Stories from Early New York History:
About 1636 Van Twiller gave a farm of sixty-two acres on the side of the island to one of the colonists named Jans. The farm was between Broadway and the Hudson River, and north of Warren street. Jans died soon after, leaving farm to his widow, who later married Dominie Bogardus, after which time the place was known as the Dominie's Bouwerie. After death of Bogardus, the property passed into the possession of Colonel Lovelace and finally became a part of what was known as King's Farm. In 1703 the land was given to Trinity Church by Queen Anne. What was then a farm is now in the heart of a city and a large part of it is still owned by Trinity which derives a princely revenue from it that it uses for many beneficent purposes. Bogardus was a resolute and capable man From the first was a leader in the affairs of New Amsterdam. His marriage with the wealthy widow Annetje Jans added to his importance and influence.
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