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  Fort Wilhelmus   Fort Beversreede   Fort Nya Korsholm   De Rondout Settlements:   Noten Eylandt   New Amsterdam   Rensselaerswyck   New Haarlem   Noortwyck   Beverwijck   Wiltwyck   Bergen   Pavonia   Vriessendael   Achter Col   Vlissingen   Oude Dorpe   Colen Donck   Greenwich   Heemstede   Rustdorp   Gravesende   Breuckelen   New Amersfoort   Midwout   New Utrecht   Boswyck   Swaanendael   New Amstel   Nieuw Dorp The Patroon System Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions Directors of New Netherland: Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620-25) Willem Verhulst (1625-26) Peter Minuit (1626-32) Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632-33) Wouter van Twiller (1633-38) Willem Kieft (1638-47) Peter Stuyvesant (1647-64) People of New Netherland New Netherlander Twelve Men Eight Men Flushing Remonstrance In the United States a patroon (from Dutch patroon owner or head of a company) was a landholder with manorial rights to large tracts of land in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America (notably along the Hudson River in New York). Through the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions of 1629 the Dutch West India Company first started to grant this title and land to some of its invested members. These inducements to foster immigration (also known as the "Rights and Exemptions") are the basis for the patroon system. The deeded tracts were called patroonships and could span 16 miles in length on one side of a major river or 8 miles if spanning both sides. In 1640 the charter was revised to cut new plot sizes in half and to allow any Dutch American in good standing to purchase an estate. The title of patroon came with powerful rights and privileges similar to those of a lord in the feudal period. A patroon could create civil and criminal courts appoint local officials and hold land in perpetuity. In return he was commissioned by the Dutch West India Company to establish a settlement of at least 50 families within four years on the land. As tenants working for the patroon these first settlers were relieved of the duty of public taxes for ten years but were required to pay the patroon in money goods or services in kind. A patroonship had its own village and other infrastructure including churches (which recorded births baptisms and marriages). Contents 1 Rensselaerswyck 2 Original patents 3 Other large private land patents 4 English manorial grants 5 Notable English non-manorial grants 6 Resistance 7 Abolition 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links Rensselaerswyck The largest and most successful patroonship in New Netherland was the Manor of Rensselaerswyck established by Kiliaen van Rensselaer. Rensselaerswyck covered almost all of present-day Albany and Rensselaer counties and parts of present-day Columbia and Greene counties in New York State. Original patents Zwaanendael (Delaware Bay) - Samuel Blommaert and Samuel Godyn plundered by Native Americans soon after its founding. Pavonia (Hudson County) - Michael Reyniersz Pauw re-sold to the West India Company becoming a company-managed holding. Staaten Eylandt (Staten Island) - Cornelis Melyn mired in conflict with Raritan Indians and company politics Achter Col (Hackensack River) aborted at the outset of Kieft's War Other large private land patents Colen Donck (Bronx and Yonkers) - Adriaen van der Donck Bronx - Jonas Bronck Vriessendael - David Pietersen de Vries English manorial grants Bentley Manor - Christopher Billopp.1 Cassilton Manor - John Palmer Livingston Manor (Dutchess and Columbia counties) - Robert Livingston the Elder 160000 acres (650 km) Lloyd's Neck Manor - James Lloyd Pelham Manor - David Pelham 2 Manor of Rensselaerswyck and Lower Manor at Calverack Notable English non-manorial grants Cortlandt Manor - Stephanus Van Cortlandt (Westchester County) 85000 acres (340 km) Schuyler Mansion - Pieter Schuyler (Albany and Saratoga County) Castleton Manor - Thomas Dongan - now Dongan Hills Staten Island Morrisania - Lewis Morris Resistance Jacob Leisler and Leisler's Rebellion Anti-Rent War Abolition The word patroonship was used until the year 1775 when the English redefined the lands as estates and took away the jurisdictional privilege. Rensselaerswyck was dismantled in the 18th century and became different counties and towns in New York's Capital District. See also New Netherland settlements Voorleser Notes English Crown Grants By S.L. Mershon NEW YORK THE LAW AND HISTORY CLUB: PUBLISHERS 39 CORTLANDT STREET 1918 Burrows Edwin G.; Wallace Mike (1999) 1999 Gotham A History of New York City to 1898 New York: Oxford University Press p. 92 ISBN 978-0-19-514049 http://books.google.nl/booksidxF4NDALYWSAC&pgPA92&lpgPA92&dqCassilton+Manor&sourcebl&otsfqCbps-b85&sigVQnYXgyvxm8zSyRXPNthC5QVM&hlnl&eicCWUS7CHLpaB-gbn0tyaBg&saX&oibookresult&ctresult&resnum1&ved0CAYQ6AEwAA#vonepage&qCassilton%20Manor&ffalse  References The Patroon System Patroonships Manor Lords Schuyler House Dutch Patroons The Patroonship plan 1 External links Westhook Patent:2 Rensselaerswyck information Albany Patroons Basketball Team Dragonwyck Howard Zinn's: A People's History of the United States Chapter 10: The Other Civil War