patroon
noun
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
patroonship
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a word derived from
patroon.
Example Sentences
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The largest of these, the manor, or patroonship, of Rensselaerwyck went to Kiliaen van Rensselaer in 1630, and contained approximately one million acres on both banks of the upper Hudson.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
In return, the shareholder who gained the patroonship promised to pay for the passage of at least thirty Dutch farmers to populate the colony.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
The English continued the Dutch patroonship system, granting large estates to a favored few families.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
From this suggestion the scheme of patroonship was developed.
From Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Maud Wilder Goodwin
Over this tract, the first patroonship granted in the colony, he had the usual powers and rights of a patroon.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
