TuTTLe: 17TH Century Map oF STATEN ISLAND O7 
warrant from Governor Dongan, Philip Welles laid out for Capt. 
Thomas Lovelace on March 5, 1687, a tract of land containing 
340 acres upon the east end of Staten Island “known by the 
name of Louelaces farme” and put on record not only a descrip- 
tion but a draught of the property as well.*° The draught shows 
that “ Louelaces farme” extended along the shore from near St. 
Peter’s School at St. George to the run immediately south of 
William Street and back from the shore beyond Westervelt 
Avenue (at Fifth Avenue). The records as well as old farm 
lines indicate, however, that the depth shown by this survey has 
been encroached upon. Both the Ryder map and this draught 
indicate Lovelace’s house in a location near the present Fort Place 
at Madison Avenue, or Sherman Avenue. | 
On Oct. 11, 1687, the council minutes show that patents were 
passed Thomas Lovelace for land on Staten Island, evidently his 
farm.°° A patent for Lovelace’s farm subject to certain restric- 
tions was granted to Ellis Duxbury and Mary, his wife, March 
19, 1691. It states that Capt.. Thomas Lovelace lately possessed 
a farm known as Lovelace’s farm on Staten Island and that Ellis 
Duxbury married the niece of said Lovelace deceased, and peti- 
tioned for a grant of the premises. The property was described 
as “ farm or Plantacion commonly called or known by the name of 
Lovelace’s farme on Staten Island.” **7 Capt. Thomas Lovelace 
died about 1689. He had occupied this farm since about 1669, 
for in a petition dated June 13, 1693, Ellis Duxbury and Mary, his 
wife, state “ That yor pet*s unkle, Capt. Thomas Lovelace was 
possest of a certaine farme or small tract of land upon Staten 
Island in ye County of Richmond which hee peacebly enjoyed 
for upward of twenty years And having no children sent for ye 
pets from Barbadoes, but before they had arrived at New York 
was deceased.” 38 
35 Calendar of Land Papers p. 45. Land Papers 28 213, IDelanea i, WA. 
A photographic copy is on file in the library of the Staten Island Insti- 
tute of Arts and Sciences. 
36 Hist. Bulletin p. 56. 
37 Patents 6: 374. Delavan p. 74. 
38 Cal. Land Papers p. 61. Land Papers 3: 69. Delavan p. 75. 
