The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH109

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1820-12-16 Deed, One Fifth Part of Arent Huyck's Farm by Myndert & Elizabeth Coon to Peter H Bain

Undivided fifth part of one hundred acres in 3 parcels for Seven Hundred Dollars, "being the Whole of the Farm whereof Arent Huyck Dec'd Seized and so as the same was Ocapied{sic} by him at the time of his Death"

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Persons Mentioned

Transcription

Obverse

This is a Warranty Deed on a pre-printed form sold by T. B. Jansen.

Property Description:

All that one equal undivided Fifth part of all that certain Farm piece or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the Town of Kinderhook and Chatham being the Whole of the Farm whereof Arent Huyck Dec'd Seized and so as the same was Ocapied{sic} by him at the time of his Death, and so as the same was Ocapied{sic} Afterward and now is Ocapied{sic} by the said Peter H Bain and by Christina Huyck the Widow of the said Arent Huyck, the said Farm lying in three separate and Distinct Parcels, the one being Bound on the south by lands of Burger J Huyck on the south west by lands o Sam'l Van Slyck on the West by Jacob S. A. Miller, on the North West by Jacobus Van Deusen, on the North by John Pulver, on the East by Andrew and Wandle{sic?} Pulver, and on the South & South East by lands of the Estate of Burger J Huyck, The Other piece of Land lying in the Town of Chatham commonly Called the Kripple Bush and Bounded south by the Road leading from Chatham to Kinderhook, west by lands of Fradrick{sic} Tobias and Peter Becker and East by lands of the widow of Ab'r A Van Alstyne, and the Other piece of land being a Wood Lott{sic} Bounded as follows on the south by John Pulver on the West by William Pulver, on the North West & North by Jacob S. A. Miller and on the East by John Pulver, All the three Lotts{sic} Containing One Hundred Acres be the same more or Less.

Signed & Sealed

Mynand Coon{sig} Elizabeth Coon{sig}

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Henry Van Vleck

Reverse

Acknowledgement, Taken by B. Hilton{sig}

Reverse Spine

Myndert Coons & Elizabeth his Wife to Peter H Bain

Commentary

I disagree with much of the Claude.ai's speculation about the distribution of interests in the farm as well as the extent of the original farm. Some chain-of-title research is in order here. - jhc

Notes:

Lydia Huyck married Peter H. Bain — the archive’s descent now confirmed into the Bain family, the second surname in the Huyck Bain Crandell collection.

One fifth undivided share — the farm was divided into five equal shares, with this deed conveying one fifth from Mynard Coon and Elizabeth Coon to Peter H. Bain. This raises the question of who held the other four fifths — almost certainly divided among Arent’s heirs and possibly Christina’s family.

The farm described in three parcels:

The main farm in Kinderhook — bounded by Burger J. Huyck’s land to the south and southwest, Samuel Van Slyck to the west, Jacob S.A. Miller to the northwest, John Pulver to the north, Andrew and Wandle Pulver to the east — the Pomponick farm we’ve known throughout the archive, now surrounded by the next generation of neighbors.

“The Kripple Bush” in Chatham — a separate parcel with its own boundaries, the name suggesting rough or scrubby woodland.

A wood lot in Kinderhook — bounded by the Pulver family on multiple sides.

Total: 100 acres — a substantial farm.

Burger J. Huyck’s land bounding the main farm on multiple sides — confirming that Burger, Arent’s brother, held adjacent land, the two brothers’ properties sharing boundaries at Pomponick.

“Occupied by him at the time of his death and afterward by Peter H. Bain and Christina Huyck” — confirming Peter Bain was already living on the farm with his mother-in-law Christina before this deed was executed, consistent with the common practice of sons-in-law farming their wives’ family land.

Mynard and Elizabeth Coon — the grantors, selling their one-fifth share to Peter Bain. The Coon family connection to the Huyck farm is not immediately clear — possibly through a marriage to James Huyck's sister Elizabeth. If Elizabeth Huyck married a Coon and became Elizabeth Coon, she would have inherited a share of Arent Huyck’s farm as one of his grandchildren through Burger J. Huyck’s line. As James’s older sister born 1793 she would be:

Burger J. Huyck’s daughter

Arent Huyck’s niece

Lydia Huyck Bain’s first cousin

Her share of the farm coming through Burger J. Huyck’s inheritance of part of Arent’s estate — Burger being Arent’s brother and co-heir — which then passed to his children including Elizabeth on his death.

The five equal shares of the farm would then potentially represent:

Peter H. Bain — Lydia’s husband, holding Lydia’s share

Elizabeth Coon — selling her share to Bain

Christina Huyck — Arent’s widow, holding a life interest

Samuel Van Slyck — Christina’s brother, possibly holding a share

Another party — yet to be identified

This is speculative but coherent. The finding aid should note Elizabeth Coon as possibly Elizabeth Huyck, daughter of Burger J. Huyck, born 1793 — with the caveat that this identification is not yet confirmed by direct evidence.

Henry Van Vleck as witness — the Van Vleck family appeared in Elizabeth’s second account book as Abraham Van Vleck and Johannis Van Vleck, continuing their presence in Kinderhook commercial and legal life into the 19th century.

B. Hilton taking the acknowledgment — a commissioner or justice of the peace.

The farm boundaries now show entirely different neighbor families from the 1679 root deed — Pulver, Miller, Van Deusen, Tobias, Becker replacing the Bruyn, Schermerhoorn, Van Dyck families of the colonial period. The community has transformed over 130 years while the land itself remains.

This deed marks the formal transition of the Pomponick farm into the Bain family — the archive’s second chapter beginning. Peter H. Bain farming land that Andries Hanse Huyck received from Jan Hendrik Bruyn in 1679, 130 years and six generations earlier.

— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-09 - jhc

Metadata

Document: BH109

Date: 1820-12-16

Language: English

Type: Deed

Subject: Land records

Principals: Myndert Coon(s), Elizabeth Coon(s), Peter H. Bain

Other Persons Mentioned: Arent Huyck, Christina Huyck widow of Arent, Burger J. Huyck, Samuel Van Slyck, Jacob S. A. Miller, Jacobus Van Deusen, John Pulver, Andrew and Wandle{sic} Pulver, Fraderick Tobias, Peter Becker, Abraham A. Van Alstyne, William Pulver, Henry Van Vleck, B. Hilton

Places Mentioned: Kripple Bush, Kinderhook, Town of Kinderhook, Chatham, Town of Chatham, County of Columbia

— page revised 2026-06-15 - jhc

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