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ing ground, with standing headstones, lies on the knoll northwest of the 

 house. 



B. The Lake-Tysen House 



The eighty acres of land adjoining the Guyon farm on the east were 

 granted in 1677 to Hans " Lauras " or Hanse Lawrence, and seems later 

 to have come into the possession of James Hanse Dye, probably a son of 

 Hanse Lawrence. This land was probably bought at an early period by 

 one of the Guyons. Joseph Guyon, who died in 1758, devised his land, 

 without identifying it, to Joseph, son of the testator's brother James. It 

 is probable that Joseph ist was a son of Jacques 2d. 



Joseph Guyon 2d, the nephew of Joseph ist, seems to have been in 

 possession of this property, from recitals in a mortgage of 1772 from 

 Daniel Lake to Christian Jacobson and the record of relocation of the 

 Mill Road in 1773. (B Mgs., 84; E Deeds, 51.) 



The earliest recorded deed is that given by Martines Swaim to Peter 

 Cortelyou in 1790. The latter appears to have married Addra Guyon in 

 1772. The land later came to the Barger family, was partitioned and 

 conveyed in 1812 to Daniel W. Lake, whose daughter, Elizabeth C. Lake, 

 married David Jacques Tysen. On the partition of the property after the 

 death of Daniel W. Lake, it was conveyed, in 183,9, to David J. Tysen, and 

 is now the property of his son, bearing the same name. 



C. The William Lake House 



This is the stone two-story, curb-roof house standing in the Tysen fac- 

 tory plant. The land was originally granted to Samuel Curtis and was 

 later conveyed to James Rue. A mortgage covering this land was made 

 in 1772 by Daniel, son of William Lake. It seems to have come to the 

 possession of another William Lake, on a partition of whose estate it was 

 conveyed to Anthony Johnson in 1825. The way running through the 

 property in a northerly and southerly direction is still known as Johnson's 

 Lane. 



D. The Jacobson House 



This house stands on the west side of New Dorp Lane, near the Boule- 

 vard, on land coming through the following chain of titles : 

 1677. Sept. 29. — Sir Edmund Andros, governor, &c., to John Watson. 

 1685. Dec. I. — John Watson and Sarah, his wife, to Josiah Marlett. 

 1699. May 22. — Josiah Marlett and Jane, his wife, to Christopher Gar- 



ret'son. 

 1706. May 2. — Stoffel Garrison van Sant and Rachel, his wife, to Aris 



Jansen (Vanderbilt). 

 1715. May 19. — Aris Van der Bilt and Helitia, his wife, to Jacob Vander- 

 bilt. Will of Jacob Vanderbilt, dated May 10, 1759; proved Jan- 

 uary 27, 1761 ; 22 Wills, 345, N. Y. 



