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RKCORDS
OF THE
TOWNS OF
North and South Hempstead,
Long Island, N. Y.
Edited by Benjamin D. Hicks.
VOLUME in.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF
NORTH HEMPSTEAD.
JAMAICA, N, Y :
Long Island Farmer Print,
1898.
These volumes are inscribed to the memory of Henry Onderdonk,
Jr., to whose generous public spirit and patient research, our county
is more indebted than to any other person, for promoting a general
interest in the records of the past, aud for transcribing and preserv-
ing many incidents invaluable to the future historian of our Island.
RKCORDB
01" THE
TOWNS OF
North and South Hempstead,
LONG ISLAND.
LIBBE D.
(CONTINTTBD.)
Page 358.
At a Jeneral Town meeting lield in Hempsted July the
23 day 1718 Then it was voted and agreed by the mager
voat of the free holders of the town that the sheep shall be
let out and be sold to the hies beeder. till thay ar parted at
the fauU of this year This by order
July the. 26. 1718
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Then John Mott sener Came and ordered me to right his
protest against the above said vot and doth protest against
it that thay should not keep and fould his sheep
witnes by order
John Cakel Thomas Gildeesleeve Clarck
To all Christian people to whome these presents shall
conie or any wise apertaine greeting Know ye yt I John
linninton of hempstead on Long Island alias nawsaw in
quens County in ye provinc of neu York do by these pre-
sents give grant bargin sell alinate Eelece & deliver from
me my hairs executors administrators & asigns unto Richard
4 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
Gildersleeve of ye County of Soffolck of ye town of huntng-
town of ye island & province a fore sd to him his hairs ex-
ecutors administrators or asigns a sartain Lot of meddow
Lying on a neck Called merock Containing six acars more
or Les as it was Laid oute formerly to Thomas ffoster ye
meddow bunded east and north by ye Lot of meddow Laid
out to Thomas Armitage & west by ye meddow now in ye
possestion of Georg Heulitt w'c meddows afore sd w't every
part & parsell thereof & apurtinances I. ye. sd. John Lin-
ninton do by these presents give grant bargin sell alinat
Eeleas & deliver from me my hairs & asigns unto ye sd
Richard Gildersleeve to him his hairs & asigns to have &
to hold for ever & do warant this my sail Lawful! athentick
& good free from any in combrances in consideration
of other Land in full satisfaction & in testimony here of I
have Setto my hand and seal desember ye 14 1696
Sined sealed and delivered
In presents of us
Joseph Pettet his
his John X Lininton (S)
David X Jecocks mark
mark
WrLLIAM
This .above Compared and entered by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 359.
To all people to whom these presents shall com I Georg
Heulitt do send greeting. Know ye that I ye sd Geor Heu-
litt of hempsted in quens County on nasaw island & in his
fnajesties CoUiny of Neu York, husband man for & in con-
sideration of Love & good will & affections w'c I have & do
bears to wards my Loveng grandson of ye same town
county Island & Coliney the son of my son John Heulitt
latly desesed, have given and granted and by these presents
do freely Clearely and absoleutly give and grant unto ye sd
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 5
John Heulitt his hairs executors or administrators all &
singular a hous and Land containing the quantity of fifty
acars more or les as it was laid out thereto a joyning where
the hous stands, on the west side of the first west medow in
the bounds of Hempstead in quens County : and a sartain
Lot of meddow Land and what priviledge of wood Land
that is alowed by the town of Hempstead to it by fenceing
in the said meddow. the meddow on the west sid of Eock-
away on a point known by the name of georg heulitts poynt
in the bounds of Hempstead : all which by these presents I
have given him the said John Heulitt with an equal quarter
part of all my Commanedges in the bounds of Hempstead
to have & to hold all the said Lands and meddows with all
the priviledges there unto belonging : to him the said John
Heulitt his hairs executors administrators or asigns from
hence forth as his and theire propper own for ever absolutly
without any manner of conditions in witnes whereof I have
here unto setto my hand and fixed my seal this twenty
second day of July an. no. do. mini one thowsand seven
hundred and eighteen
sined sealed and delivered
In presents of Geoeg Heulitt (S)
Tho Gildeesleeve Clark
Jonathan Smith
This above is a true coppey compared and entered by me
Janu'ar ye. 3. 1718
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 360.
At a Jeneral Town meting held in hempsted ApriU ye
7th. day 1719 Then Timothy Hoisted wos Chosen Cun-
stable and colecter by mager vot of the free holders of
Hempstead for this inseuing year
At the same Town meeting by the free holders of the
town of Hempsted Cap John Tredwell was Chosen Seuper-
yiser for this enseuing year
6 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
at the same time Jeams Searing and Thomas Carman
wear Chosen assesars for this in seuin year
at ye same time John mott Isaas Smith and morta will-
see ware Chosen survairs of the high wais for this enseuing
year
at the same time Samuel williams and Jeremiah Bedell
were Chosen for fence veuers for this inseuing year
at the same time Thomas Gildersleeve was Chosen Clarck
for this enseuing year
at the same time Coll John Jackson John mott and Isaac
Smith ware Chosen to make orders as consarning our Kams
when thay shall be taken up and when thay may go
amongst the eues and what forfit shall be laid on any ram
that doth trespass
. This entered by order By me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Page 361.
To all Christian people to whom these presants shall
com Thomas Hicks esqi. John Jackson, esqi. John Tred-
well. esqi. three of the proprieters and freeholders of ye.
town of Hempsted ia Quens County in ye. colline of neu-
yorck in america send greeting in our Lord God everlast-
ing. Know ye yt we ye sd Thomas Hicks John Jackson &
John Tredwell by virtue of ye power & authority to us ap-
pered by ye proprietors & freeholders of hempsted a fore
sd for an in Consideration of Henry Allen of madnans
neck afore sd &c his produceing to us sufitiant proprieties
Right purchased of several proprieters have (in the apee-
ty aforesaid) remised released & forever quit Claimed & by
these presents for our selves our hairs & asigns & ye pro-
prieters & ye freeholders of hempsted afore sg,id their or I
ther of their heairs & asigns fully clearly & absoleutly
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS. 7
grant coHfirm remise release & forever quit clame unto
Henry Allen of the sd madnans Neck in his full & peaceble
possession being & so his hairs & asigns forever all such
Right estate title Intrust & demand whatsoever as we ye sd
Thomas Hicks John Jackson & John Tredwell by the au-
thoryti & ye Capacity afore sd &c. as had or ought to have
as in or to a certain tract of Land Seituate lying & being
upon madnans Neck afore said bounded as foUoweth yt is
to say northarly by alixander Hubs Land easterly by John
Mitchels Land South wardly by ye laine yt leads down to
ye sd Henry Alius westerly by ye commons or undevided
laud yt ye sd Henry Alius wheat now grows or as ye fence
now staiids containing by estamation twenty four acars
more or Less to have & to hold all the afore sd Land unto
ye sd Henry AUin his hairs & asigns to ye only use and
behof ye sd Henry AUin his hairs & asigns for ever so yt
niether we ye sd Thomas Hicks John Jackson & John
Tredwell .&c. nor our hairs nor any other parson or parsons
for us or- them or in our or their or in ye name right or
sted or any of them or of ye proprieters & freeholders of
Hempsted their or any of their hairs Has from by or un-
der them or any of them state or will by aniwise & means
hearafter have clame challings or demand any estat right
title intrest of in or to ye premises or any part there of be
from all & every act or right estate title intruest & demand
of in or to ye primises or any part thereof they & every of
them shall be utterly excleuded & barred for ever by these
presents and also ye sd Thomas Hicks John Jackson &
John Tredwell & our hairs to all intents & purposes in the
law what so ever in ye capacity afore sd ye premises . afore
sd w't their & every of their appurtinances to ye sd Henry
Allin their hairs & asigns to his & their own proper use &
uses in maner & form afore specified against their hairs &
asigns & every of them shall warant & forever defend by
these presents: In witnes whereof we have here unto set
our hands & fixed our seals the sixth day of May anno dom
1713 being the twelfth year of the reign of our soverign
8 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
Lady Anne by the grace of god over great Britton france &
Irland Quen Defender of the faith &c
Sined sealed' & dated
In presents of Tho Hicks (S)
Joseph Thoen Jo'n Jackson (S)
Benjamin Deeuit John Teedwell (S)
feb 27th. 1718 Then appeared before me Thomas Hicks
& did acnolleg that he and John Jackson & John Tredwell
Did execut the with in written deed of sails to Henry AUin
acnolleg before me the Year above said Isaac Hicks Justis
This above Compared & entered by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 362.
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Eleson
of Hempstead in ye North Eiding of Neu York sheir have
sold unto William Smith of fosters medow in ye bounds &
limits of ye town and county a bove sd a sartain Lot of me-
dow lying in a place Known by ye name of hungry harbour
I say I have sold ye above sd lott of medow from me my
hairs executors administrators or asigns unto ye above sd
william Smith his hairs executors administrators or asigns
the sd Lot of medow being bounded on ye west by a lot of
Adam Mott Seners and on the north by a high way and on
ye east by a lot that was laid out to John Smith Rock Ju &
on ye south by a lot that was laid out to ye widow Carle I
say I ye above sd Thomas Blison have sold and do by
these presents fully freely and absolutely bargin alinate
and sell ye a bove sd lot of medow it being in quantyti of
acars two and ahalf more or less as it was laid out at ye
first unto ye above sd william Smith from me my hairs ex-
ecutors administrators or asigns unto ye above sd william
smith his hairs executors administrators or asigns to have
& to hold as his own propper Eight for ever & do hereby
uphold and maintain this my sail to be lawfuU athentick &
good free from all morgegses or in Combrances what soever
shall or may any way hereafter arise & to ye treu purfore
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KEOOBDS. 9
of ye primises I have here unto set my hand & fixed my seal
this 23d of January 1682-3 & in ye thirty trd year of his
magisties reign Charls the Second by ye grace of god King
of great briton franc & Ireland defender of ye faith King.
Signed sealed & delivered
In presents of us Thomas Elison (S;
witnes
John Smith
RiCHAEB GiLDEBSLEEVE Clark
Know all men that I William Smith of foster's Medow in
the bounds of Hempstead do asigne all my right title and
intrust of this within wright in bill of sail unto barns Eg-
berson of the sanie place as full and amply as my self pur-
chased it, as witnes my hand this. 6th. of Aprill. 1683
Sined and delivered in presents of mark
Thomas Okey William X Smith
EiCHAED Denton his
This Compared and entred By me
ElCHAKD GiLDEBSLEEVE Clark
Page 363.
Whereas wee John Jackson Sener Jonathan Smith S
Jonathan Smith J. & Nathaniel Pearsall all living at Hemp-
sted in quens County on naaaw Island wear at a Jenerall
town Meeting held in Hempsted & by ye Majality of voises
of ye freeholdeirs were iinpowered to sel several parsels of
land for ye paying & defraing of ye Charges exposed or
brought on ye towrt Consarning a sut in law about rocka-
way. in pursuanc of ye affore said to us given wee have
bargined sold delived & set over from us our hairs execu-
tors administrators or asigns to Hendrick Dosenborow of
ye town & County afore sd to him his hairs executors ad-
ministrators or asigns a small peec of land containing eight
acars or there abouts it lies & is setuated in ye bounds of
Hempsted in ye edg of ye woods on ye south sid Jemeca
path bounded on ye west by dusenborrows own Land & on
10 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
ye north by a line of marked trees w'c is ye south sid of ye
high way & runing eastwardly all most to ye valley whenc
William Cornel doeth to another rang of marke trees that is
the east bounds and Euning southardly twenty fowr rods
to another rang of marked trees w'c is ye south bounds :
Now wee ye above sd John Jackson Seuer, Jonathan Smith
Sener, Jonathan Smith Juner, & Nathaniel Pearsall, do
hereby acknowledg that wee have sold ye afore sd Land :
bounded as afore sd from us our hairs executors admin-
istrators or asigns to ye afore sd Hendrick Dosenborow to
him his hairs executors administrators or asigns to have &
to hold for ever for full satisfaction by us allredy reseved
wee waranting this our sail good in Law free from any for-
mer gift sail or morgage or Jxist Clame of any parson or
parsons what so ever & in conformation here of wee have
setto our hands & Seals this 8 of November. 1699. ye word
hempsted enterlined was before sining
witness Jonathan Smith (S)
Thomas Hicks Jonathan Smith (S)
Joseph Smith John Jackson (S)
Nathaniel Peaesall (S)
This is a treu Coppy Compared with ye original and en-
tred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
November 8. 1699. Then apeared Mr John Jackson.
Nathaniel Pearsal Jonathan Smitli Ju & Jonathan Smith
Sener be fore Cap't Daniel Whithed esq'er one of his ma-
jesties Justices of ye peace for quens County and did ac-
knowledge this within deed of sail to be their fre Vallintery
acte and deed be fore me
Dan'ill Wsithed
This is a treu Copy Compared with the original by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 364.
To all People to whom these presents shall Come Greting
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 11
&c Know ye yt I Abraham Denton of Hempsted in quens
County on nasaw lisland in her magisties province of neu
York for & iu conscidaration of ye sum of thirty pounds
Curant money of ye sd province of New York to me in
hand before ye ensealing hear of well & treuly paid by John
Searing of ye Town County Island & province above sd ye
recepts whereof I do hereby acknowledg & my self there w't
fully satisfyed & contented & thereof & of every part & par-
sell thereof do exonaraie & discharg ye sd John Searing his
hairs exe'rs admin'n for ever by these presents have given
granted bargined sold alinated convayed & confirmed and
by thes presents do freely fully & absolutly give grant bar-
gin sell alian Convay & confirm unto him ye sd John Sear-
ing his hairs & asigos for ever one sartaine tract of land
scituate liing and being in ye bounds of hempsted in quens
County in ye north woods containing by estemation twenty
acars more or less as it was laid out at first buted and
bounded as foUoweth viz. on ye south Joseph Motts land
that wos formerly John Courtiseses and west by a rod or
path and north by a high way and east by a high way. to
have and to hold ye sd granted and bargined primises with
all ye appurtinanses priviledges and commodities to ye
same be longing or in any wies appertaining to him ye sd
John Sering his hairs & asigns for ever to his & their own
benefit & behoof for ever w't all thfe timber trees standing &
lying under woods & greasing & all other apurtinances there
on what ever and I ye sd Abraham denton for me my hairs
executors administrator do covenant and promise & grant
to & w't ye sd John Searing his hairs yt before ye enseal-
ing hearof I am ye tru sole & lawfuU owner of ye above
bargined primises & am lawfully sised & posesed of the
same in my own proper right as a good parfict and abso-
lute estate of in heritance in Hempstead • and have in my
self good right full pour'& lawfuU athoryty to grant bar-
gin sell convay & confirm sd bargined primises in maner
as above sd & yt ye sd John Searing his hairs & asigns
shall and may from time to time & at all times for ever
12 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS.
hearaf ter by force & virtue of these presents lawfully peati-
ablely aud quiatly have hold use occupy poses & enjoy ye
sd demised & bargined primises w't ye appurtinanses free
& clear & freely and clearly acquited exonerated & dis-
charged of from all and all maner & other gifts grants bar-
gins sails leases morgages wills entails Jointors dowries
Judgments executions incombrances & extents for there I
ye sd Abraham Denton for my self my hairs executors ad-
ministrators do covenant & ingage ye above demised prim-
ises to him ye sd John Searing his hairs and asigns against
ye lawfuU clams or demands of anv parson or parsons what
so ever forever heare after to warant secuar and defend
forever in testimony whereof I have setto my hand and
fixed my seal this sixteenth day of may. 1713
Sined and sealed & de livered
In presents of us
John Sapfoed Abeaham Denton (S)
Tho Gildeesleeve
This is a treu copy Compared & entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
upone ye 23 day of January, 1718-14 the w't in mention-
ed Abraham Denton appered before me william Cornell one
of her majesties for keeping ye peac in quens county & did
acknowledg ye w't in written deed to be his own free vol-
lentary act & deed
Wn^LIAM COBNELL
Page 365.
To all Christian people to whome these presents shall
Come John Smith of Hempsted in quens County on Nasaw
Island Yeman sends Greeting Know ye yt ye sd John
Smith for & in ye consideration of ye sum of forty pounds
of good & LawfuU money of neu York to him in hand paid
before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents by John
Serrion of ye town County & Island Yeman ye Kecepts
whereof to full content & satisfatction he ye sd John Smith
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 13
doth acknowledg & himself to be there w't fully satisfyed &
contented & paid & there of & of every part thereof for
him self his hairs executors administrators acquit exonarate
& fully discharg him ye sd John Serrion his hairs executors
& administrators by these presents & for divers other good
causes & considerations him ye sd John Smith espetially
moveing hath given granted bargined & sold alinated con-
firmed & convayed & by these doth fully freely clearly &
absoleutly give grant bargin sell allien enfeoffe convay &
confirm unto ye sd John Searrion & to his hairs and sux-
susers forever all yt of a sartaine Lot of Salt & fresh me-
dow and a small peace of about five or six acars of upland
little mor or less liing & being scituate on Eainers Neck on
ye south side of nassaw Island w't in ye bounds of Hemp-
stead afore sd being bounded on ye south by ye cove & on
ye west by a lot of medow in ye possestion & occupation of
Jeams Pine and on ye east by ye medow of Jeams Pine &
on ye north by ye side of a hole of fresh medow being
bounded on ye north west corner by a black oak saplin
marked on ye east & west side w't three chops & both
splised down or marked on the south side to gether w't all
such Bights Liberties profits Immulaties privUedges com-
modities emoluments & appurtinanses as in any kind ap-
partaineth there unto thereunto belonging & appertaining
& all the estate Eight title propperty posestion Clame and
demand what soever of him ye sd John Smith of in & to ye
same & every part & parsell thereof to have and to hold all
ye above granted primises w't all & signgular ye appertin-
ances there of to him ye sd John Serrion & to his hairs and
asigns to his and their own soul & propper use benefit & be
hoofe of him ye sd John Serrion & to his hairs & asigns
forever & ye sd John Smith further declare at ye time of ye
ensealing and delivery of these presents he is ye treu sole
& lawful! owner of all ye above bargined & granted primises
& stands lawfully sised & possesed of ye same in a good
parfict & indeafeazeable estate of inheritance in fee simple
haveing in my self good right fuU Power and Lawfull au-
14 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
thority to sell & dispose of ye same in maner as afore sd &
yt ye sd John Serrion his hairs exeutors administrators &
asigns hencefort & forever hereafter have hold occupie
poses & enjoy all ye above granted primises w't all & sing-
Tiler ye apurtinances freely & clearly acquited & discharg-
ed of & from all & all maner of former & other gifts grants
bargins sails morgagse Leases Jointors Judgments execu-
tions Intails forfitures executions & all other titles troubles
or Jugments & incombrances whatsoever had made com-
mted don or suffred to be don by ye sd John Smith his
hairs or asigns or at any time or times before ye ensealing
& delivery hereof & further ye sd John Smith doth by these
presents promise grant & bind & oblige himself his hairs
executors & administrators to warant & defend ye above sd
John Serrion his hairs & asigns for ever in ye quiat & peti-
able possestion of all ye above granted primises against ye
lawful clames or demands of all and every parson or par-
sons what so ever & any time or times here after to give .&
pass such further & other aseurance & confirmation of the
premises unto ye sd John Serrion his hairs & asigns as in
law or equity >hall be resonably advised devised or Requir-
ed so as it contain no further warants then is contained in
Page 366.
these presents In witnes where of he hath here unto setto
his hand and fixed his seal the third day of May one thou-
sand Seven hundred and eighten
Sined Sealed and delivered
In presents of John Smith (S)
William Willis
Dainel Townsad
Sam'el Dickinson
January. 18th. 1719 Then appeared before me John
Smith and acknowledg the within written deed to be his
Vollentary act and deed as witnes my hand this day and
year above written.
Isaac Hicks Justice
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 15
This is a treu Coppey compared and entered by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
At a Jeneral Town meeting held in Hempsted the fif day
of aprill 1720. Then their was Chosen for Cunstable &
colector for this enseaing year Timothy Halsted
att the same time Cap John Tredwell was chosen seup-
ervser for this enseuing year
att the same time Jeams Searing and Thomas Carman
weare Chosen Assesars for this enseuing year
at the same time there was John mott Isaac Smith and
Morta Willsee chosen survairs of the high ways for this en-
seuing year
at the same time Samuel Williams and Jeremiah Bedell
wear Chosen fence weuers for this enseuing year
at the same Town meeting Thomas Gildersleeye was
chosen town Clarck for this enseuing year
Att the same Town meeting by mager vat of the free-
holder of the town there was given to John Rider of flush-
ing about three quarter of an acar of land Joyniug near
matagorisons bay Joyning to Nicols line wheare elias baly
did formerly live for to set up a smiths shop on and to do
smith work for the naiahbours there a Joining as thay do
wont it
This by order by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 367.
Att the fore going town meeting April ye 5 1720 Then
there was given to After Burtos liberty to set up a fulling
Mill on Eock away River Stream in any place that he shall
think conveniant
At ye same town meeting Col Isaac Hicks Cap Thomas
Tredwell and Isaac Smith weare Chosen to take an account
of the towns money that is in the trustees hands
By order by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
16 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
At a Jeneral Townd meting held in Hempsted Jun ye
10th 1720 Then it was voated by the mager part of the
freeholders of the Town that no part of the money that the
trustes have in their hands it shall not be applied to no
maner of use without the consent of the majer part of the
freeholders this by order by me
Tho Gildersleeye Clarck
At the same time it was Voated by majer part of the
freeholders yt the Trustees of the Town shall annually every
year giv a list of their bonds of the Towns money to the
Clarck of the town
It is ordered at the same time that the money that the
Trustees have in their hands that be longs to the town
shall not be let to any othere towns man or men till after
ye first day of april every year
These two Voats above conserning the towns money en-
tred by me
Tho Gildersleeye Clarck
At a Jeneral Town Meeting held in Hempsted June the.
24. 1720 Then Col'l John Jackson Col'l Isack Hicks John
Carman and William Willis and benjaman Seman ware
chosen by Mager Voate of the freeholders of the town to
take an account of every mans propryety Eight that he hath
In the town that will bring them to them and make a return
of them to the town, and every proprieter in the town is
ordered to bring an account of his pro priety or proprietyes
that he Clameth in the town to the above named men to ye
hous of ye widow Jean Smith in Hempsted by ye first day
of august next enseuing This entred by order by me
Tho Gildersleeye Clarck
Page 368.
Know all men by these Presents that I Henri Whelpley
do hereby assign and make over this writing and all the
Purchass there by granted unto Adam Mott of Hempsted
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 17
for him Ms hairs and sucsesers for ever to en Joy Witnes
my hand this first day of November 1661 Stilo Nov. In
presents of
Jonas Houldwoeth his
John Smith Heney X Whelpley
marck
and ffurther (now haveing a parsel vor lotment of meddow
surrenderd up to me by thomas Hioks w'ch lieth on the
Neck Commonly called Mr Hickses Neck the which sd
meddow was excepted in this sd bill of sail) I do here by
make over the sd meddow to the said Adam Mott and lick-
wise do grant him the dongue that is in or about the barn
and yards and that w'o is yet Kemaining to thatch on the
south side of the barn I do ingage forth with to have it
thatched and further I do bind my self my hairs executors
and administrators to deliver the sd Adom Mott full free
and quiat posestion of ye said lands granted by this bill of
sail with in a month or two after ye day of ye date' hereof
and of the hous and barn at or before, ye sixtenth day of
May next enseuing the date here of all free from Kates this
year wheater demanded or not demanded exsept ye sd
medow lying on Mr Hickses neck and further I ye sd Henry
Welpley do acknowledg to have Keseeved of the said Adam
Mott full payment and sattisfatction for all the said hous
and lands specefied in this bill of sale, in witnes whereof I
do here unto set my hand this ffirst day of november. 1661.
stilo noT
In presents of
John Smith his
Jonas Hodidwoeth Heney X Whelply
marck
This above is a treu Copy Compared with the original,
and entred
by me Tho Gildebsleete Clarck
18 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 369.
January 28. 1660 This writing witneseth that I Thomas
Hicks of Hempsted Juner have bargined with and sold unto
Sarah Tredwell of huntingtown Late wife of Edward Tred-
well decesed. my hous barn orchard home lotfc with all
othere priviledges belonging thereunto (viz) all meddowing
hollows Plain Land and wood land, with four ox gats in
the east ox pasture which said hous barn orchard hom lott
and meddowing, howllows and uplands weare late William
Smiths of Hempsted. afore said with all the rights privi-
ledges accomodations and appurtinances there unto belong-
ing whethere given to ye sd William Smith by ye sd town
of Hempsted or otherwies purchesed w't his money and
allso what priviledges ye sd William Smith had in the
north neck for gats for young Cattle also twelve gats for
pastreg at Kookaway all w'o sd hous barn orchard homlot
meadowing and hollows Plaine & wood lands w't all ye
priviledges & appurtinanse thereunto belonging: excepting
a small peece of meddow or lotment being upon the neck
Commonly caled Mr hicks neck I ye sd Thomas Hicks do
hearby ingadge my self to give full and free possestion of
to ye sd Sarah Tredwell or her asigns at or before the
tenth day of march next enseuing ye date hereof In witnes
whereof I do hereunto set my hand ye day & year above
said
In presents of
John Cabman Thomas Hicks
Jonas Holdswoeth
This above is a true Copy Compared w't ye original &
entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 370.
At a town meeting held in hempsted July ye 25th 1719
because of ye erelegulre proseedings of some purticular
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 19
parsons in driveing & moUesting & foulding of our flock of
sheep w'c ought to feed on ye Commons w't out moUesta-
tion w'c is to ye great damige of ye owners of ye sd flock
of sheep therefore wee ye free holders and owners of ye sd
sheep of Hempsted at this our town meeting by a mager
Voat do order yt our flock of sheep nor any of them shall
not be driven molested or foulded any wheare & wee do
order yt they shall not be driven exscept som of ye owners
of ye sd sheep has accation to take some up for theire use
as must apear or to part them at times apointed by ye own-
ers of ye flock and if they drive them to take some up for
theire use theire not to keep them up not above one howre
in ye day time exsept it be to draw some for ye boochers
then not to exsceed two howrs but wee do furder order yt
they shall not be driven or molested in ye night time at all
bat shall be at quiat and liberty without mollestation on
the Commons except they be hired by some parson appoint- ■
ed by the Mager Voat of ye owners of ye sd flock to let or
hiere them out other wise they are not to be driven mollest-
ed or foulded contrary to ye treu intent & meaning of this
our order
and know all men by these presents yt we have as signed
ordained & made & in our steds & placeses have put & con-
stuted our trusty & well be loved friend Isaac Smith of
Hempsted in quens county in ye Province of Neu York to
be our treu & lawfuU aturney for us & in our steds & be
hafs to seu recover & receve of any parson or parsons that
shall be found driving MoUesting or foulding of our sheep
Contrary to the treu in tent & meaning of ye liberty given
in our above sd order the sum of forty shillingf? which is
damig to us ye owners of ye sheep to seu before aney of his
magisties Justices for je peace of quens County the one
third part of the damige to be for ye poore of our sd town
when it is recovered and the rest to him that suse for the
same giving & by these presents granting to our sd atorney
our soull & full powre & authoryty in the premises to seu
'2D HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS-
& reeovier as abwve said in witnes whereof we ha^'e sum of
us set our hands and seals this 25 day of July 1719
his
^Eehream X Vallintine (S) John Jackson (S)
marek Benjamin Skmans (S)
'Sam Williams (S) John Cabman (S)
'Thomas Seamans (S) Tho Gildebsleeve (S)
This compared and entred by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Olarck
Page 371.
This Indeutor TMade the first day of march in ye year of
our Lord seventeen hundred & foureteen fifteen betwen
John Williams of Elizebeth Town in ye county of essex in ye
province of east jarsey sun & hair of John Williams late of
Hempsted in quens on Nasaw island in ye Provinc of Neu
York of ye one part & Joseph Mott & Thomas Williams of
Hempstead in quens County on Nasaw island Yeman of ye
other part now this in dentor Witneseth yt he ye sd John
Williams for & in Consideration of one hundred pounds of
Lawful! Money of Neu York to him in hand payd by ye sd
Joseph Mott & thomas Williams at or before ye ensealing
<fe delivery hereof ye recepts whereof to full content & sat-
isfacttion he ye sd John Williams doth acknowledg & him
self there w't fully satisfied & contented & paid & thereof
& there from & of & from every part & parsill thereof Re-
lece acquit exonarat & discharg them ye sd Joseph Mott &
Thomas Williams their hairs executors administrators &
every of them for ever by these presents & for other good.
Causes & Consoiderations him ye sd John Williams spatial-
ly moving he ye sd John Williams hath given granted bar-
gined alinated enfeofed asigned assured & confirmed & by
these present doth fully freely Clearly & absoleutly give^
grant bargin sell alien enfeof asign sell & confirms Joseph
Mott, & Thomas Williams their hairs & asigns forever all
yt of one full equal undevided Moiety or ye half part of all
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS. 21
yt one hundred acars of Land lying setuate near a place
colled hericks in ye bounds of hempstead w'c sd hundred
acars or hundred acar lott of Land was formerly granted
by John Williams of hempstead desceased unto Kichard
Williams & ye sd Thomas Williams by a deed & indentor
of bargin & sail bearing date ye 30 day of January 1692-3
to gather w't all yt one equal undevided Moiety or ye equal
half part of a peece or lot of medow lying & being situat at
a neck called Rainers Neck granted by ye sd John Williams
of hempstead unto Eichard Williams of Hempsted deseased
& ye sd Thomas Williams their hairs & asigns for ever to
geather w't all my right title Intrust Clame & demand
whatsoever of all rights of Lands whatsoever in ye Colleney
of Rod island w'c foals to me by hair ship or any other
ways or means what soever to gether w't all ye right title
intrust Clame & demand whatsoever of home Lots hollows
upon ye Plains Proprietey right Pattin Rights & all other
Rights & grants of Land whatsoever yt his desesed father
John Williams died seassed & posesed of in ye Township
& bounds of Hempstead w't all other premises w't their &
every of their hereditements & apurtenances w't ye rever-
tions & remainders theirof & all ye estate right title intrust
heretence Clams & demands whatsoever of him ye sd John
Williams of in & to ye above sd granted & bargined primi-
ses w't theire & every of their Hcreditiments & appurtinan-
ces & every part & parsell thereof to have and to hold ye
above sd several granted & bargined primises w't their &
every of their hereditements & apurtinenses & every part
and parsell thereof unto ye sole ownly use and uses benefit
& behowf es of them ye sd Joseph Mott & Thomas Williams
Page 372.
Their hairs & asigns for ever & the sd John Williams for
him self his hairs executors administrators & every of them
doth covenant grant proniise & agree to and with them ye
sd Joseph Mott & thomas Williams each & every of them
their and every of their Respective hairs & asigns forever
22 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
yt at ye time of ye ensealling & delivery of these lie ye sd
John Williams is ye treu sole & LawfuU owner of all ye
afore sd several & Respective granted & bargined primises
w't their & every of their hereditements & apurtinances &
every part & parsell their of & yt it shall & may be LawfuU
to & for them ye sd Joseph Mott Thomas Williams & each
& every of them their & every of their and every of, Eespec-
tive hairs & asigns forever Peasably & quiatly to have hold
use occupie poses & enjoy all & singular ye afore sd granted
& several bargined primises w't their & every of their here-
ditiments & appurtinances for ever free & clear & freely &
clearly acquited & discharged of & from all & all maner of
all other & former gifts grants leaces morgages Jointors
Dowries Judgments executions intails forfituers & of & from
all other titles Troubles encombrances & convaiences &
what so ever had made moved Commited done or suffered
to be don by him ye sd John Williams his hairs executors
administrators or asigns exsepting a fifty acar Lott of Land
lyiing and being setuate on ye north side of the great plains
in ye bounds of hempsted now in ye tener and occupation
of obadiah Vallintine by virtue of a leace and all that of
one house and lot of Laud on ye west side swampe and a
Lot of meadow at mericook. He ye sd John Williams doth
further Covenant bind and blige him self his hairs executors
administrators and every of them to warant all ye above sd
granted & bargined primises w't their & every of their here-
ditiments & apurtinances unto them ye sd Joseph mott and
Thomas Williams & to each & every of them their & every
of their Eespective hairs & asigns forever exsepting ye be-
fore exsepted and att any time or times hereafter upon de-
mand w't in the space of seven Years at ye proper Cost &
Charg of them ye sd Thomas Williams & Joseph Mott
theire executors administrators or asigns to give & to plase
further & ample assuranceses & confirmation of ye afore sd
premises as by his or their Counsel or Learned in the Law
Can Reasonably be advized devised or Requested. In wit-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 23
nes hereof to this present indentor or deed of sail hee hath
here xmto set his hand and af-*
Sealed and Delivered
In Presents of us
Tho Keble John Williams (S)
Benj Seaman
mark
MiBiAM X Coknwell
har
entered and Compared by me
• Tho Gildeeslbeve Clarck
Bee it known unto all men by these presents that I Mi-
call Chatterton have sold and set over my house & horn
Lot w't all & every building on or upon ye sd Lot w't all &
every appurtinance thereunto belonging these w't all other
improvements priviledges or apurtinances I ye sd Mical
Chatterton have sold unto Thomas Southward of ye sd
place his hairs executors administrators or asigns in consid-
eration whereof I ye sd Thomas Southward shall give unto
ye sd Michall Chatterton two cows & two load of hay to be
delivered preasantly & ye sd Thomas Southward shall have
ye bords lying upon ye flowre of ye hous w't are in number
16 & ye bords of ye Chambers w'c are in number 6 & 7
bords in ye inner Koome. In witnes whereof wee have
heareunto set our hands this 8th of December 1655 stylo nov
& ye sd Michal Chatterton shall have liberty to live in it
til ye middle of april next enseuing
Witnes
Jonas Holsted Michell Chatteeton
Daniel Denton
This is a treu Coppy compared and entered by me
Tho Gildeeslbeve Clarck
*In recording this instrument the Clerk appears to have omitted,
to copy the concluding words.
24 hempstead towtn eecobds.
Page 373.
Bee it known unto all men by these presents that wee
Justice John Tredwell esq & Thomas Gildersleeve both of
Hempstead one long Island alias nasaw in quens County and
in ye province of new York who ware mutually chosen ar-
bitrators be tween Thomas Soufchwar John Southward &
Abraham Southward & Isaac Southward all of the town
Island County & Province above sd for to arbitrate award
& give Judgment of & in all maner of defiranses what ever
did arise about their father Thomas Southwards estate
Eeaall & Parsonall Late of Hempstead there fore wee ye
above Named Justice John Tredwell esq & Thomas Gilder-
sleeve who wear mutially Chosen by the a bove sd South-
wards as well on ye one part & behalf of ye one as one ye
other part and behalf having well Considered those Con-
seams wee do award yt above sd Thomas & John South-
ward shall have a sartain alotment of Land about nine or
ten acars yt Lyeth on ye north side of ye Town known by
ye name of ye folley & Thomas Southward shall have ye
south end & John Southward ye north end as it is devided
by a Cheritree a stake & a post marked, and abraham
Southward and Isaac Southward shall have the hous and
home Lott that was their fathers Containing abought three
acars as it is fenced in w't fencing and buldings and or-
chards w't all a purtinances there one: and abraham South-
ward shall have the north side of ye sd Lot: and Isaac
Southward shall have the south side of it as it divided all
ready & ye hous & all other old buldings & old stuff & stons
their on to be equally divided betwen them and the above
named John Southward abraham Southward & Isaac South-
ward shall have ye one equal half part of their father
Thomas Southwards Eight of undevided Lands in the
bounds of Hempstead to be equally devided between
them and their hairs and asigns three lorothers to have and
to hold forever and ye above said Thomas Southward shall
give unto ye above sd John Southwar Abraham Southward
and Isaac Southward deeds of gift to each of them purticu-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 25
larly to each of them if thay for sartain parsels of Land &
meadow he gave to them in a deed of gift bearing date
April the 10 day an nodomini 1698. Thay being at all the
cost and charge of them &c. These above sd Southwards
haveing bound themselves in an one thousand pound bond
to stand to our award & Judgment w'c was made and dated
the hft day of Jun. 1706. This above wrightten is our ward
and Judgment made Ready under our hands and seeals
this 8th day of Jun anno domini. 1706.
John Tredwell (S)
Tho Gildersleeve (S)
This above is a treu Copppy Compared & entred by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Page 374.
Att a Jeneral Toun meeting held in Hempsted April The
f owrth day 1721
Then their was Chosen for Cunstable and Colecter Timo-
thy Hoisted for this in seuing year
at the same time Cap John Tredwell was Chosen Seuper-
viser for this inseuing year
At the same time Jeams Searing and Thomas Carman
weare Chosen as^eser for this enseuing year
at the same time Isaac Smith John mott and Morta will-
see ware Chosen survairs of the Highway for this enseuing
year
Att the same time Jeremiah Bedell and Samuel williams
were Chosen fenc vewers for this inseuiag year for the town
and the South Side
att the same time Robert mitchel Joseph Thorn and
Richard Cornell of Cow neck wear Chosen fence vewers for
this enseuing for madnans neck cowneck and ye north side
at the same time Thomas Gildersleeve was Chosen Clarck
for this enseuing year
At the above said Toune meeting there was Chosen Coll
26 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Jolin Jack Coll Isaac Hick william willis Cap John Tred-
well Justis funwick and Timothy Hoisted Trustees for this
enseuing year to Eepresent the sd Town in such maters as
the town shall direct them till further order: at the same
time these following Instructions are given to the trustees
by the freeholders afore said:
That thay or mager part of them shall w't all conveniente
speed to Eun all the out lines and boundreges of ye Town
& yt they give account once in every six months of what
they have don theirin
This by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
At a town meeting Held in hempstead april ye. 17. 1721
Then this above vote as conserning the trustees above
mentioned is void by ye mager voat of the free holders of
hempstead.
this entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 375.
Att a Jeneral town meting held In Hempsted April. 17th.
1721 Then their was Chosen for trustees for this enseuin
year Coll John Jackson. Coll Isaac Hicks. Cap John Tred-
well. and Thomas Gildersleeve. by ye mager vote of ye
freeholders of ye sd Town for to Eepresent the Town in
such maters as the town shall direct them till furder order,
at the same time these following instructions are given to
the trustees by the freeholders afore sd.
that they or the mager part of them shall w't all conven-
iant speed Eun all the out lines and boundriges of ye Town
according to ye pattin both west and east & yt thay give an
Count ons in every six month & of tener if the town do re-
quir it of what they have don therein
This vot entred by oi'der ' by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 27
Att the same town meeting it was voated that ye runing
of ye out lines and boundregs is to be at the towns cost
and charg to be taken out of ye towns banck of money to
pay the present charg. &. that ye. trustees are to render an
account to ye. toune how they applied the towns money
this entred by order by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Att. a Publick Town Meeting in Hempsted August ye.
7th. day 1721 Then David Bedell was Chosen Cunstable
and Colectter for this enseuin year till the first Tuse day
of April next ensewing the date here of by mager vot of
the said people of the said meeting
By order by me
Thd Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 376.
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall
come greeting Know ye yt John Serring James Serring &
Simoa Serring all of Hempstead in quens County on Nasaw
Island Yeomen & Samuel Serring of elisabeth Town in ye
County of essex in east Jarsey yeaman. for divers good
causes & considerations espetially moving hath remised
Released & forever quit clamed & by these presents for
themselves their hairs executors & administrators doth ful-
ly freely and Clearly & absolutly remise releas & forever
quit clame unto thier brother Jonathan Serring & to his
hairs & assigns forever in his full quiat & peaceable- pos-
sestion & sizeu all such Eight title estate Intrust Inheri-
tance property clame <fe demand whatsoever as they ye sd
John Serring Jeams Serring Samuel Serring & Siman Ser-
ring their hairs & assigns now have can may or ought to
have of in or unto all yt of a sertain house & Land lying &
being situated on ye north side of the Plains near a place
eog,led Hericks w't in ye bounds of Hempstead afore sd be-
gining at ye south west of his hous at ye corner of his fenc
28 ' HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
thence east three rods, thence near south twelve Kods &
five foot, thence seventeen Eods, thence fourteen Eods, &
five foot thence nere east fifty Eods & two foot, to a whit
oak bush standing in the fence thence south aleven Eods,
thence eastward sixty Eods & tenn foot to a small walnut
sapplin, thence near north eighty & one rods to the fence
yt stands north & south, thence by sd fence near south to
the midle of the well, thirty two rods thence near west by a
stake standing by the fence by the highway thirty fowre
rod and a half thence south & by ye high way to the Plaic
first above mentioned being bounded East by a high way &
on ye north by ye Land of John Serring & on ye west, part-
ly by the land of John Searring & partly by a high way &
bounded on ye South by the lands of John Searring &
Jeams Searring & of Symon Searring be Itt Quantyti of
acars more or less. To have and to hold all ye above peice
& parsell of Land & premises to geather w't ye dwelling
hous orchards pastors Corn fields yeards fence & all &
singular appurtinances thereof & there unto belonging unto
ye sd Jonathan Searing his hairs & assigns to ye only proper
use & behof of ye sd Jonathan Searing hairs & assigns for-
ever so yt nither they ye sd John Searing Jeams searing
Samuel Searing & Simon Searing nor I ther of them nor
thier Hairs nor ye hairs of any or ither of them nor any
other parson or parsons for them or I their of them or in
thier Nams or in ye name right stead of any of them shall
or will by aney way or means hearafter have Claim Chell-
ings or demand aney estate right title or intrust of in or to
the primises or any part or parsel thereof but from all every
action Eight title, estate. Intrust & demand what soever of
in & to ye primises or any part or parsel there of they &
every of them shall be excluded & debared forever by these
presents & allso they ye sd John Searing Jeams Searing
Samuel Searing & Siman Searing thier hairs ye sd grant
primises w't all and singular ye apurtinanoes their of unto
ye sd Jonathan Searing his hairs & assigns to his and their
own soul and propper use benifit & behof in maner &
hempstead town eeooeds. 29
Page 377.
forme above spetified against them selves their hairs &
assigns & every of them shall & will warrant & forever de-
fend in witness whereof they have setto their hands & fixed
their seals the eighth day of September in ye year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred & twelve
Signed sealed and delivered
In ye Presents of
OBADIAH VaLLINTIN JoHN SeARING (S)
his X Mark Jeams Beaeing (S)
pfeances Nicols Simon Seaeing (S)
William Willis
This above is a treu Coppy taken out of the origanal and
compared and entred by me
Tho Geldeesleeve Clarck
To all christian people to whome this presents shall come
or in ani wise appertain greeting Know ye yt I Jeams Pine
of Hempstead in Quens County on Nasaw Island Yeman
for the full & Just sum of two hundred & thirty & three
pounds of good & curant money of ueu York to him in
hand paid be fore ye ensealing & delivery of these presents
by Jonathon Searing of Hempstead afore sd ye receipts
whereof to ye full content & satisfaction me ye sd Jeams
Pine doth by these presents acknowledg & him self there
w't fully satistied contented & paid & thereof & of every
part & parsel thereof for him self his hairs executors &
.administrators,doth acquit exonarate & discharg him ye sd
.Jonathan Searing his hairs executors & administrators &
.every of them for ever by these presents & for divers others
good causes & Considerations him here unto moving he ye
isd Jeams Pine hath given granted bargained sold, alined
enfeafed convayed & confirmed and by these presents doth
fully, freely, clearly, & absolutly give grant bargin sell aline
enfeoffe convay & confirm unto ye sd Jonathan Searing his
hairs & assigns forever all yt of his farm or plantation w'c
hee bought of John Pearsall, lying & being scituate at a
30 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
place called hericks on the north side of ye plains w't in ye
bounds of Hempsted it being sixty acars of land more or
less as it formerly laid out the bounds begining at a walnut
sapplin at ye southeast corner runing northwardly by the
highway by marked trees a bout one hundred & sixty &
four rods to a larg whit oak tree w't three fork thence run-
ing westwardly partly by Jeams Searing land & partly by a
small stripe of undevided Land about ninty & three rods &
a half to a stak, thence southardly by a line of marked
trees that parts sd Land & Daniel Pearsalls Land, to a
walnot sapplin one hundred & sixty & fowre rods & one
half, thence eastwardly by marked trees to ye Walnot
Sappline first above mentioned being bounded on ye south
by ye land of Samuel Denton decesed or howsoever other
wise bounded or reputed to be bound to gether w't all &
singular ye rights, liberties, Imunities profits priviledges &
apurtinances as in any kind apportaining thereunto w't ye
revertions, and remainders theirof & all the estate right title
intrest inheritance propertie possestion clame & demand
whatsoever of him ye sd Jeams Pine, of in & to ye same &
every part there of to have & to hold all ye above granted
premises w't all & singular appurtinanses thereof unto ye
sd Jonathan Searing his hairs & assigns to his & their own
soull & propper use beneifit & be hoofe from hence forth
for ever & ye sd Jeams Pine doth hereby declare yt att ye
Page 378.
time of the ensealing & delivery of these presents he is ye
treu soul & lawfuU owner of ye above bargined primises &
stands Lawfully sized thereof in his own propper Eight of
a good parfiot & indefezeable estate of Inheritance In fee
simple haveing in him self good right full power & lawfuU
authoryty to sell & dispose of ye same In maner as afore
sd & yt ye sd Jonathan Searing his hairs exe'c & admin'r &
assigns shall & may hence forth & forever here after Law-
fully peaciably & quiatly have hold occupy posses & enjoy
ye above granted primises w't ye appurtinances there of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 31
free & clear & clearly acquited & discharged of & from all
& all maner of former & other gifts, grants, bargins, sails,
leases, morggages Jointers Judgments, executions, entails,
forfitures & of & from all other titles, troubles Charges &
incombranoes whatsoever had, made, doae, or suffered to
be done by the said Jeams Pine his hairs or assigns at any
time or times before ye ensealing & delivery hereof, and
further ye sd Jeams Pine doth here by covenant promise
bind & oblige him self his hairs executors & administrators,
from hence forth & for ever hereafter to warant & defend
all the above granted primises & ye appurtinances thereof
unto ye sd Jonathan Searing his hairs & assigns against the
lawfull clames & demands of all & every parson or parsons
whom so ever & att any time or times here after on demand
to give and pass such further & other ample as-^urance and
firmattion of the primises unto ye sd Jonathan Searing his
hairs & assigns forever as in law or equiatty can be reson-
ably devised or required so as it shall contain no further
clame Propperty then is above Intend or ment at the prop-
per cost and charg of the above named Jonathan Searing
inwitnes whereof the said Jeams Pine have here unto setto
his hand and seal the twenty ninth day of the first month
march In the year of our Lord one thotisand seven hundred
and fowrteen and in the thirtenth year of the reign of our
sovering Lady Ann. Queen of great britton &e & Hanah
Pine the wife of the said Jeams Pine doth allso rsine up all
her Blight and title of dowry of and unto all the above
Primises unto the bove said Jonathan Searing his hairs and
assigns as witnes her hand and seal the day and year above
written
William Willis Ju Jeams Pine (S)
Jeams Searing (S)
William Willis
This above is a tren Coppy Compared with the original
and entered by me
ThO GrILDERSLEEVE Clarck
32 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 379.
To all Christian People to whom these presents shall com
Greeting Know ye John Searing Jeams Searing both of
Hempstead in Quens bounty on nasaw Island and within
the Province of Neuyork Yeaman & Siman Searing of eliza-
beth Town in ye County of essux w't in ye province of ye
east neu Jarseys Teaman for divers good Causes & consid-
erations them moving hath remised Kelesed & forever quit
Clamed & by these presents for them selves & their hairs
doth fully Clearly & absolutly remise releas & forever quit
Clame unto Jonathan Searing of Hempstead above sd Ye-
man In his full & peacible possestion & sizen & to his
hairs. &. assigns forever, all such Eight estate title Intrust.
&. demand whatsoever as they ye sd John Searing Jeams
Searing Simon Searing have or ought to have in or to all
two peices of Land both lying. &. being Scituat in. ye.
north sid of. ye. great Plains near a place Coaled Hearicks
w't in. ye. bounds of Hempsted above sd the one peiee
begining at a walnot sapplin marked on ye southeast Cor-
ner then runing westwardly to a black oak tree then
Northerly by a row of apple trees to a Chesnot stake
thence to a walnot sapplin then sowthardly to the firs
staticm bounded on ye west by John Searings land one
the north by Jeams Searings Land one ye east by Simon
Searings Land one South part by John Treadwells Land
& part by Isaac Smiths Land, ye other peace begining
at a walnot sapplin marked then runing southward to a
stake, westward to a stake then northward to a walnut sap-
pline, then easterly to ye first Station, bounded one ye
south by John Searings Land on ye west by John Tred-
wels Land on ye north by Siman Searings Land on the east
by Joseph motts Land, ye quontyty of acars w't in ye sd
two Peaces of Land be it more or Less to have & to hold
all ye sd two peaces of land unto ye sd Jonathan Searing
his hairs & assigns to ye only use & behoof ye sd Jonathan
Searing his hairs & assigns forever so yt nitiber ye sd John
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 33
Searing Jeams Searing Siman Searing nor their hairs nor
itheir of their hairs nor any other parson or parsons for
them or Ither of them or in Ither of their nams or right or
stead of any of them selves will by any ways or means
hear after have Clamed challing or demand any estate right
title or intrust of into ye primises or any part or parsell
thereof but from all & every action estate right title Intrust
& demand what ^o ever of in or unto the primises or any
part or parsell they & every of them shall^be utterly exclu-
ded and bared forever by these presents & also ye sd John
Searing Jeams Searing Siman Searing & their the sd two
peaces of land & the primises w't ye appurtinances thereof
to ye sd Jonathan Searing his hairs & assigns to his & their
own propper use & uses in maner & form afore specified
against their selves their hairs and assigns and every of
Page 380.
them shall warant and for ever defend by these presents
In witnes whereof they have sett their hands and seals the
thirtieth day of march in The year of our Lord Christ one
thousand seven Hundred and ninteen
Sined Sealled and delivered
In the presents of
John Seabing John Sbaeing (S)
Epenetos Wood (S)
Tho Heble Siman Seaeing (S).
This above Compared w't ye original and entred by me
Tho Gdldebsleeve Clarck
Att a Jeneral Town meeting held at Hempstead April ye
third day 1722. Then their was Chose for Cunstable a
Colecter for this enseuin year Davit Bedell by mager Vote
of ye free Holders
at the same tim Isaac Smith and John mott Juner weare
Chosen assesers for this in seuing
34 HEMPSTEAD TOWN REOOEDS.
at the sam time Justis John Tredwell was Chose Seuper
vizser for this enseuing year.
at the same time Isaac Smith John Mott Se and morta
willsee were Chosen for Survairs of the High ways for this
enseuing year
at the same time then their was Chose for fence Weuers
for this enseuin year Samuel Williams and Jeremy Bedell
for the Town and southside and for madnans neck and
cou neck Richard Cornell and Eobart mitchel, and for the
north side Peter Titos and Jams Denton Sener all for this
enseuing year by mager vote
at the same Time Tho Gildersleeve was Chosen Town
Clarck for this enseuing year.
Att a Jeneral Town meeting Held in Hempsted aprill the
third day. 1722. Then their was given by mager vote of
the free holders of the said Town a lot of land a three acare
lot that was given for A schoole at the Rear of Joseph
Pettes Seners Lott, it is to Justis John Tredwell to him his
hairs and assigns for ever. This entred by order by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Thomas Gildersleeve Schoole master doth protest against
ye sd voat. entered by mee
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Page 381.
At a Jenerall Town meeting held in hempsted aPrill the
17. day 1722 Then their was Chosen Samuel Carman Ben-
jaman Seman .J. Abill Smith John Mott. J. Tho Carman
John Cornell and Eichbell Mott for to aid and assist wil-
liam wiUis In finishing the Instrument that taks the asso-
eiats in Company with the Pattintees
this by order by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
At a Jeneral Town meeting held in Hempsted August the
6 day 1722. Then by mager Vott John Jackson Juner was
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 35
Chose assesar for this enseuing year, till the first tusday
in april nex enseuin the date hereof
this by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
At the afore said town meeting their was Liberty given
by mager Toat of the free holders then present that the
sheep that runs at liberty on the great Plains shall be let
out every week to the hiest bider till the first of October
nex ensewing the date hearof and to be Let out by Cap
John Tredwell who was Chose at the aforesaid Town jneet-
ing to let out ye sd sheep to the hiest bider and allso to
mak a yard for to part the sheep with the money that he
gits for Letting of the sd sheep and allso small particuler
yards adjoining to the great yard for to put them in as
shall be needfuU.
This by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
John Mott Sener doth protest agains the folding of the
sheep
At a Jenerall Town meting Held in Hempsted august ye
12. 1723 Then Col Isaac Hick william willis Benjaman
Seman Juner and James Jackson weare Chosen for to
draw a sceam for the Regelating of and divideing of all
our Lands and have it in redines on the first monday in
October to offer to the Towne Then at a publick Towne
meting
This by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
Att a town meeting on the 7th day of October 1723. In
answer to the afore said town meeting held the 12. day of
august Last past 1723. when there was Chosen Co Isaac
Hicks william willis Benjaman Seman Juner and Jeams
Jacson to Draw a Scheem for the deviding of all our un-
devided Lands and the afore said men have appeared on ye
sd 7th day of October and Then their was so small appear-
36 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
ance of ye free holders for which we then dirl thinck it act
Convenient to proseed on our present Consarns and have
agurned our cours untill munday next the 14th of this In-
stant and a warant was drawn out for the warning of all ye
freeholders of Hempsted to meet on ye afore sd day at ye
Church in hempsted
this by order by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 382.
To all People Whome this deed of saile may consearn
be it known & manifest yt James Sands of oysterbay In
Quens County on ye Island Nawsaw In ye Provinc of neu-
york Yeoman for & in Considderation of ye sume of two
hundred foitie and one pounds Curant money of ye colony
of Bhoad Island and Prpvidenoe Plantation to him in hand
be fore ye ensealling or delivery of these presents well &
treuly Paid by John Sands of Hempstead In ye county &
Province afore sd yeman ye rescepts thereof he ye sd
Jeams Sands doth hereby Acknowledg & him self there-
with to be well satisfied Contented & paid hath given grant-
ed bargined & sold alined enfeofed convayed & confirmed
& by these presents doth fully freely Clearly & absolutely
give grant bargin sell alien enfeoff Convay & confirm unto
ye sd John Sands his hairs exec'rs Adm'st or assigns for
ever sartain Lands situate lying & being in ye town ship of
New shosam alias Block Island in ye colloney bi Ehoad
Island & Providence Plantation afore sd Containing in ye
Whole eighty acars and ye one half of three Quarters of
one acar seventy four acares and three fourths of one acare
of said Land being buted & bounded as foUoweth viz east-
erly by ye sea Southwardly by Land belonging to Calep
Littlefield westerly & Northardly on Land belonging to
Thomas Mitchel sometime ye sd Jeams Sands Land and
allso five acares of Land being ye one Moiety or half ten
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 37
acres Liing into neck Commonly called ye corn neck on ye
east side thereof m''c ten acres of Land is butted & bonded
as foUoweth eastardly by ye sea Southardly by ye sd John
Sands his Land westarly by Land some time Samuel Sands
now in the improvement of John Eodman & northerly on
Land belonging to ye widow Rimond & also ye one half
one acre and quarter of Land Commonly colled ye orchard
in ye great swamp all w'c Land being on Block Island afore
sd as set forth w't these bounds or how soever otherwise
bouted & bounded to geather w't one half of ye sd Jeams
his share of common or undevided Lands on sd Island & all
other Eights, Profits, Privilidges & appartinents Procreating
from ye above demised premises & every Parte thereof or w'c
thereunto doth belong or in any wise appertain is hereby
Convayed: & Confirmed unto ye sd John Sands his hairs ex-
ec'rs & admins'tr or assigns from hence fort to have and to
hold as his or their Propper Eight in fee and to the same
and every Part theirof from time to time and at all times
hereafter to use and Improve without Let hindrance or
denial of them ye sd Jeams Sands who doth hereby Pub-
lish and declare that at ye ensealling & before the delivery
hereof he is the treu sole and LawfouU owner of the above
bargined Primises and hath In him self full power good
Eight & LawfuU authoryty said Convaiance to make for
that ye some is freely & Clearly acquit exonerated & dis-.
charged of & from all maner of former & other titles
Troubles Incombrances whatsoever w'c can or may after
Change defeat or make void this Present saile and doth
hereby further Covenant Promise and grant that him the
said Jeams Sands his hairs executors adm'ts shall and will
the above granted & demised Primises unto ye said John
Sand his hairs exec'rs Adm'rs or assigns forever warrant
secure and defend against all other LawfuU Clame or
Clames Whatsoever. In witnes hereof the said Jeams
Sands Hath here unto sett his hand and fixed his Seale
Twenty third day of June In the fourth year of the Eeign
of bur soverign Lord george by the grace of God King of
38 hempstead town eecobds.
Page 383.
great Britton &c Anno que dommi one thousand Seven
hundred and eighteen
Sined Sealled '& Del'd
In Presents of Jbams Sands (S)
Thomas Mitchell
NiCHo's Lang
Quens County s. s.
Mr Jeams Sands ye executor of the above Instrument of
Convaianoe on ye day and year above mentioned parsonal-
ly appeared before me one of his Magisties Justices for
quens County assigned and did acknowledg ye same to be
his free and Vollientary act and deed
John Undeehill Just
To all People Whome this Instrument may conseam be
it known and manifest I the within mentioned Thomas Mit-
cel do hereby oblige my self my hairs exec'rt & adm'st att
aU times hereafter Ijo freely suffer ye w't in mentioned John
Sands and all his yt is intended his hairs and assigns to
have free passage from the Land within Demised Through
the said Thomas Mitchels Land Within mentioned the most
directed way unto a gate in ye line between ye Land Posses-
sed Robert mesleet and said mitchels Land. In witnes
whereof ye sd Thomas Mitchel hath here unto set his hand
ye day and year within mentioned
Witnes
James Sands Thomas Mitghel
NiCHo's Lang
Quens County
Mr Thomas Mitchel the executor of ye above Instreu-
ment Personally appeared before me one of his magisties
Justices for Queens County assigned and did acknowledg
the same to be his free and VoUintary act and deed on ye
day and year within Righten
John Underhill Justis
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOKDS. 39
This above and afore sd deed and liberty for a Eoad and
acknowledgements Compared and entred in this book of
Reacords for Hempstead
By me Tho Gildebsleeve Clarek Dec. 22. 1722.
Page 384.
Att a Jeneral Town meting held in Hempsted april the
Second day 1723. Then their was Chosen David Beadell
for Cunstable and Colecter for this enseuing year by mager
vote of ye freeholders of the towne
At the same time John Jackson and John Mott ware
Chosen aasesers for this enseuing year by mager voat
At the same time Justis John Tredwell was Chosen seti-
parviser for this in seuing year by mager vote
At the same time their was Chosen for Survairs of high
ways John mott and Isaac Smith for the town and andrus
Onderdonk for this enseuing year
At the same time Samuel Williams and Jeremiah Beadell
ware chosen fence veuers for the town and Robart Mitchel
and Richard Cornell for the neck all for this enseuing year
At the same time John Barcar was Chosen for A whiper
for Hempstead and ye. bounds thereof for this ensuing year
At the same time Thomas Gildersleeve was Chosen Clarek
for this enseuing year
Att the same time Coll John Jackson Col Hicks Ju's fon
wick William willis John mott.S. John Jackson .J. Tho
Williams wear Chosen or any three of them for to Run our
out boundredges according to our pattin. These men wear
Chosen by mager voat at ye above said meting
At the time Their Chosen Ju's fon wick and William wil-
,lis for to a just an account with Justis John Tredwell as
conseming the folding of the Sheep and agreeing about the
making of the yards for Chetching of our Sheep in
At the same time Tho Langdon and John Mott S weare
Chosen for to take Care to prevent all parsons whatsoever
40 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
that they shall not fold our sheep day nor night without the
Consent of the mager part of ye sheep owners of the Town
this don by mager Vot
This by order entred by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
Page 385.
At a Jeneral Town meeting held in Hempsted April. 19th.
1723 Then it was voated and agreed upon that all our
Eeacords of Hempstead shall be trans scribed and Copied
out by such men as are hear after named and Chosen by
the mager voat of the freeholders of our said Town and
they shall be satisfied for Their Labour out of the Publik
stock of our Towns money
At the same time Mr John Cornell William Willis Benja-
min Semans and Thomas Gildersleeve Clarck to assist them
These men were chosen by mager Yoat of the freeholders of
the town this by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
Att a Jenerall Town meetii;g Held in Hempstead Aprill
the 30 1723. Then it was Considred as Conserning the
voat yt was made the 19. day of this present aprill that it
was in no wise profitable to the town in any maner There-
fore we the freeholders of this town meeting by mager voat
have vacated and made it void this entred by me by order
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
Att the same time at ye sd town meeting their was
Chosen for to demand and take in Spetction of and from
every man and men that have taken up any Land by Sur-
vay or choping it out him self within twenty one year last
past and make thier return to the town as soone as they
have taken inspection are Col Hicks Justis Treadwell wil-
liam willis Benjamin Seman Cap Carman John mott and
Abill Smith at ye same time it was ordered for every one
to come on the 2 monday in may and the Second Monday
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 41
in June for to bring in account what lie hath Sarvaied to
these men above named at mordicay Lesters house by ten
of the clock in the morning and such parson or parsons
that shall neglegt or delay and refuse to give an account of
what lands he hath take up by or within the time afore
said Then the parsons appointed as afore said are hearby
impowered to seu such parsons in maner as the Law di-
rects for such neglects
This by order by me
Tho Gildeksleeve Clarck
At the afore said Town meeting. Then John wolley
Complained that the Land that he did by of Judg Hick
Coir Jackson Justise Tredwell and Mr William McoU trus-
tess for the town of Hempstead Doth apear to be his own
Land. Therefore by mager vot of the freeholder of ye sd
town meeting it was ordered yt ye sd John WooUey should
have his money that he has paid give ento him again and
also his bond yt he gave for the' rest of the money should
lick wise be returned to him a gain and ye said John
Wooley is hereby alsoe ordered to return his deed yt ye sd
trustees gave to him to the Town again
This by order by me
Thomas Gildersleeve Clarck
Page 386.
Hempstead 5th of January A No: 1665 Thes presents
witneseth that I Abraham Smith of Hempstead on Long
Island in Neu York Shair in the North Riding, have bar-
gined and do by these presents sell and deliver unto
Thomas Statham of the same Place my now dwelling house
& farm and home Lott. 4. oxpaster gates in the west
oxpaster and. 4. acars of meadow at fosters meadow mor or
Less as it was Laid out &. 15. acars of meadow at Neare
Eockaway be it more or Less as it was Laid out with all
my Eight at Bockaway of Common meadow and half my
Eight of Pastregs and half my Laid out lote at Rockaway
42 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
of upland. I say I have sold all tlie fore mentioned
premesseses to geather with all the Eights Commanegs
thereunto belonging exsepting the Common meadow east
ward and my Eight at the north Neck and madnans neck
and matinacock and my Land at Herieks to him his hairs
or assigQS free from me my hairs or assigns, as Witness
my hand and seal this. 5. of Januawary A.no. 1665. and in
the 17. year of his magisties Eeign Charls the Second by
the grace of God King of great britfcon f ranee & Irland
defender of the faith King
Sined Sealed and delivered
In the Presents of us
Tho Hicks Clerck Abbaham X Smith (S)
John X Tewe mark
mark
This deed is a treu coppy compared & entred by me
Thomas Gildeesleete Clarck
Bee it known to all men home this presents may Oon-
searn that I Thomas Statham of Hempstead have and do
by these presents firmly freely and absolutly assign all my
Eight and intrust of this within written bill of sail Two
John Williams of the same place exsepting two oxpastur
gats in the west oxpasture I say I have assigned the afore
mentioned primises two John Williams to him his hairs
executors or assigns free from me my hairs executors or
assigns as witnes my hand and seal this 12th of January
Ano. 1665.'
Signed Sealled and delivered
In presents of us
Thomas Hicks Clarck Thomas S Statham (S)
Thomas X Geissel
mark
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 43
I Sary Pudinton do confirm this act of my mother above
written as witnes my hand
Saey Pudintun X her mark
■ Thomas Benny dint
This compared by me and entred by me
Th6 Gildeesleeve Clarck
Wm Lawrence his Ear mark is a Crop in Each Ear and a
hole in Each Ear Aprill ye 11th 1735 pr me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 387.
To all Christian People to whome these presents shall
come or any wise appertaine Greeting Know ye yt I Tim-
othy Hoisted Seanor of Hempstead one Long Island alias
nasaw in quens Couaty in. ye. Province of neuyork Do. by.
these presents give grant bargin sell alinate Releaa. &.
deliver from mee my hairs, executors administrators and
assigns unto Cap't Joha Saads of Cow neck in ye. bounds
of Hempstead of ye. sd. Island county and Province afore
.sd. to him his hairs executors administrators and assigns
the right of aleven gats of fence on the sd cow neck w't
what Eight of Land or other advantages may accrew
apertaiiie by virtue of ye sd gates also all my Right title
intrust clam or demand of & to a sartaine Parsell of Land
on ye sd Cowneck w'c I tooek up aboat three years Since
w'c Land I took up by virtue of ye sd gates ye Land lyeth
on ye north side John Simson is setled & frunting to ye har-
bowr all my right title or improvements of ye Land or on ye
Land afor« sd w't all other advantages orappurtinances be-
longing to ye sd eleven gates. I ye sd Timothy Hoisted do
by these presents give grant bargin sell releace & deliver from
me my hairs & as signs unto ye sd Cap't John Sands to him
his hairs & assigns to have & to hold for ever, frie from
any former sail let morgadg or any person or persons to
clame ye same by virtue of ye sd gates for and in consider-
ation a valiable sum of money in hand paid & Eecevid in
44 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
full sattisfatction before ye signing hereof & in testimony
of ye Premises I have hereunto setto my hand and fixed
my seal march ye nineteenth in ye year of our Lord an. no
domini 1696-7
Sined Sealled & delivered
In presents of us Timothy X Holsted (S)
Thomas Smith his mark
SOLOMAN X SeMMAN
his mark
Joseph Pettet
The above named Hoisted Parsonally appeared before
us this 2 day of april. 1697. and acknowledged ye above
written primises to be his vallentory act & deed
John Tkedwell Justice for ye peace
John Smith Justice of ye pece
These may sertifie whome it may Consearn : that I Jonah
Hoisted son of the above named Timothy Hoisted good
Considerations me moving there unto have Released unto
the above named Sands from my self & hairs to sd Sands &
his hairs all the right that ever I had or ever Pretend unto
the above mentioned gats, haveing In Leu of the same
other eleven in full satisf acttion. as witnes. my hand & seal
ye 26 of aprill 1697.
sined sealed & delivered
In presents of us Jonah Holsted (S)
Sarah X Parsal her mark
Sarah X Carman her mark
This above is a treu coppy Compared & entred by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
. i Page 388.
To all Christian People to whome these presants writting
shall come I Jeams Sands Pi,eeident at Matinicock In the
Town ship of oisterbay In quens County In ye Province of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 45
Nenyork on ye Island nawsaw sendeth Greeting Know ye
yt I ye sd Jeams Sands being former Reasident at Block
Island a Place my father Jeams Sands Deaseased being
Recident their my elder brother John Sands & my sd father
James Sands In pardnership bought three hundred acars of
Land on Block Island of one Phillip worton formerly Resi-
dent at Boston my brother John Sands his part of sd Pur-
chas of ye three hundred acars being one third ye deed or
Convaince of ye sd Land being from sd whortor being given
in ye name of Jeams Sands Sener & Jeams Sands Juner and
my sd eldest Brother John Sands yet not haveing a Convai-
ance by ous to him given. I therefore Considering It his Just
Right now Know ye for sundry good, causes me moving there
unt & espetially ye above writen Cause to give & to my sd
eldest brother John Sands a free and Cleare Releas of said
Land from me my hairs executors administrators or assigns
so yt none from by or under me shall for ever here after
Clame or pretend any right title or intrust of ye Bove sd
Land or any part or parsell there of it being the Just Right
his hairs executors and administrators and assigns forever
as witnes my hand & seal In ye fourteenth day of march and
In the year of our Lord 1710
In the presents of us
his James Sand (S)
William X Pap
marck
John Claek
This above said deed is a treue Coppy Compared and
entred by me
Tho ■ GiLDEESLEEVE Clarck
To all Christian people to whome these presants shall
come or any wise appertain Greeting Know ye y 1 1 Joseph
Pettet of Hempstead on Long Island alias nasaw in quens
County in ye Province of neuyork I do by these presents
46 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
give grant bargin sell alinate Eeleas & dispose from me my
hairs executors administrators & assigns unto Thomas
Hicks Juner of cow neck in ye bounds of ye town County
Island & Province afore sd to him his hairs executors ad-
ministrators & assigns ye Eight of six gats of fence on Cow
Neck afore sd yt is worded in ye reacords to ye name of
Thomas Jecocks and three gats in ye name of Joseph
Scott on ye Eeacord six gats in ye whol with what Eight of
Land or other advantages ye sd Hicks Can recover or
may accrew by virtue of ye sd six gates on ye sd cow neck
to ye sd Thomas Hicks his hairs & assigns to have & to
hold for ever from me my hairs & assigns unto ye sd
Thomas Hicks to him his hairs & assigns and Do further
warat & uphold this my sail Lawfull & good so fare as the
gate Eights extends for & in Consideration of full satis-
faction receved and in testimony hereof I have hereunto
my hand and seal October ye 17th 1696
Sined Sealed and delivered
In presents of us Joseph Pettet (S)
Thomas Ieeland
Jeremi Beet
Theis presents witneseth that I the within named hicks
Page 389.
have and doe assign mak over and assure from my self my
hairs executors administrators & assigns forever all my
Eight title & Intrus I have unto the w't in mentioned gates
& apurtinanses theire unto belonging unto John Sands of
ye within mentioned neck to him his hairs executors &
administrators & assigns forever & do ingage at ye request
of ye sd Sands his hairs or assigns to acknowledg the same
before any Justis of peace as witness my hand and seal this
29th day of October 1698
It is further ordered betwen sd Sands and hicks before
sealing yt I ye sd hick have sold ye sd Sand two gats &
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 47
half more which in all is eight gates and a half for all w'c
sd gats I do acknowledg to reseved full satisfatction.
Sined Selaled and delivered
in presents of us
Eich'd Allin Tho Hicks (S)
Elisebeth X Elison her
mark
Debeba Hicks
her X mark
This is a treu Coppy Compared w't the original and en-
tred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck.
To all Christian People to whome these presents may
come greeting Know ye yt I Solomon Seman of Hemp-
stead in quens County on nasaw Island in ye Province of
neuYork yeman for & in consideration of ye sum of nine
Pounds ten shillings of good & LawfuU money of ye Pro-
vince afore sd to me in hand paid by John Sands of ye
same Towne County & province afore sd ye resepts whereof
I do here by acknowledg and my self thier w't fully satis-
fied & contented & of every part & parsell thereof do exon-
erate discharg & acquit ye sd John Sands his hairs execu-
tors & administrators for ever by these presents given
granted bargined sold allinted convayed & confirmed set-
over & delivered from me mj hairs exe'c adm'n unto ye
above sd John Sands to him his hairs exec's adm's and as-
signs all my right & title of two gats & half Right of Land
upone Cow neck w'c by granfather Semans & laid out to
ye above sd John Sands by Samuel Clows Survair w't all
ye priviledg their unt belonging or any wise belonging or
appertaining to ye same and I ye sd Soloman Seaman do
furmly & treuly w't out any fraud or deseite Lawfully de-
mise grant set over and deliver from me my hairs exec's
adm's unto him ye sd John Sands to him his & assigns for
their only proper use benefit & behof forever w't all ye ap^
purtinanses properties priviledges & commodities their unto
48 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
belonging or in any wise appertaining is & shall be fore ye
use benefit & behoof of John Sands his & assigns forever
quiatly & paciably to have hold enjoy & possess all ye
above granted demised primises according to ye treu inten
& meaning hereof w't out Lett desturbance or interruption
of him ye sd Solomon Seamans his hairs or assigns or any
other parson or parsons claming or to elame from by or
under me In witnes whereof I ye sd Solemon Seamans have
here unto set my hand fixad my seal this twenty sixh day
of October in ye second year of ye reign of our soverign
Lord King Georg Anno quod. 1717.
sined sealed & delivered
In presents of us
JosHEUA Caeman Solomon Seaman (S)
MOEDECAI LeSTEE
This above is a treu coppy Compared and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 390.
To all Christian People to whome these presents shaU
come or any wise appertain greeting Know ye yt I John
Seaman Sener of Hempstead on Long Island alias nawsaw
in quens count in ye Provinc of neu York Do by these
presents give grant bargin sell alian Eeleas & deliver from-
me my hairs executors 'administrators & assigns unto Cap
John Sands at Cow neck in ye bounds of Hempstead on ye
Island county & province afore sd to him his executors
administrators and assigns the Eight of twenty gats on
Cow neck afore sd w't what Eight of Land or other ad-
vantages yt may acorw or yt ye sd Cap John Sand can
Eecover by virtue of twenty gates of fence w'c Eight as
afore sd I ye sd John Seamans Doth by these presents give
grant alinat Eeleas & deHver fro& me my hairs & assio-ns
unto ye sd Cap John Sands to him his hairs & assigns to
have & to hold forever & I ye sd John Semans Do further
covenant & promise for my self my hairs & assigns to &
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 49
w't ye sd Jolin Sands his hairs & assigns^yt at; this saile
makeing I had a good title to ye right of twenty gates of
fence on ye sd Cow neck w'c I Do warrant to defend ye sd
gate Right against any Parson or parsons Claming ye same
for & in Consideration of full satisfatction Recevid and in
testimony of ye primises I have here unto setto my hand &
fixed my seal inarch the 22 ano 1701. Memorandom and
before signing ye sd twenty gates or any part or parse!
thereof are here by owned
Sined sealed & delivered in
presents of us
Joseph Pettet John Seaman (S)
Joseph Smith
This deed Compared and entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarek
To Christian People before whome these preasants shall
com Jeams Sands Sarah Sands his wife both Residents new
Shorum aleas block Island in ye county of Rhodis land &
providence plantation in neuingland Sendeth greeting Know
yea yt wee ye sd Jeams Sands & Sarah Sand for ye good
will nature Love & parent affecttions wee bear & have to
our son John Sands Resident at ye place afore sd do give
grant assure convay & confirm unto him sartain Lands &
chatties one sd Shorom alredy in his possestion namely as
foUoweth ye farm yt Thomas Mitchel formerly hired being
partly of Dearings hare & partly of allcoct. buted & bound-
ed as followeth westardly on ye south Rhod & partly a
dich as now ye easterly on my own Land being bounded
partly one ye mill River & partly a dich as now ye fence
stands southely on ye land yt formerly Phillip whortons
Commonly called gleufers share ye sd land being ye wester-
. must end of two great lots in ye corn Neck from ye sd woster
& eastharly to ye great cart path w'c is near ye middle of sd
Lott bounded one ye south by Mr Cuthing his Land & ye
north side by ye mitchels Land Mr Seieellsye above mention-
ed two parsels of land to geather w't all ye above mentioned
50 HEMPSTEAD TOWN "EEODEDS.
as well Moveables as emmovables w't all libeities privi-
ledges & apurtiuanses yt now is or ever hearafter shall arise
wee doe freely Clearly & absoletely give grant & confirm
from us & our hairs executors administrators & assigns to
our sd son John Sands his hairs executors administrators &
assigns for ever & yt shall forever hereafter be to his &
their proper use benefit & behof and Doe for our selves and
Page 391.
succesers warant ye title thereof haveing in our selves good
Eight full power and lawfull authoryty ye same to convay
it being free <fe acquited of and from all & all maner of
former gifts grants bargins sails Contracts dowries oi; in-
combranses of what nature or kind soever had don or made
or qpntf ated by us or Ither of us where by our said son his
hirs executors administrators or assigns may or should by
any Maner or means be in acted or exsacted out of ye
quontyti posession of ye above granted primises or any
part or parsel thereof or their unto belonging & Do further
convay as followeth yt one third part of ye Land I bought
of Mr plesep whorton namely ye third part of one great Lot
commonly colled gilfords share & ye third part of two great
Lots in ye Corn neck, ye whole Containing three hundred
acars by estemation and sirvairs measure be it more or less
In consideration of w'c we do acknowledge to have Eecived
full satisfatction by ye Payment of money In equal propor-
tion according to purchq,s part of which our sd son hath
sold to our son in Law Joseph Kaymor w'c is ye eastermost
end of ye two great Lots In ye same neck at ye eastermosi
thereof ye w'c wee do aLow: and for ye Eemaining part we
have Convayed to him two fowre aCars Lots one ye Indian
head Neack & ye westermost end of sd glufers great Lot
from ye hiway to ye mill Eiver all w'c wee Do w't ye privi-
ledges and appurtinanses their unto belonging assure &
confirm from us & hairs executor & admin's to our sd son
his hairs exec'u adm'ns & assigns forever in witnes & Con-
formation of ye above granted Primises we hare hereunto
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 51
set our hands and fixed our seals ye 5 day of November
1690:
sined sealed & delivered in presents of us
J Raymond his
James Sands James X Sands (S)
Saey Eaymond mark
Saeah Sands (S)
This compared w't ye original and entred by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
This Indentor witneset yt Jeams Chogum son of Samuel
Chogum of Couneck Indians hath of his own & vollentary
free will and accord to & w't ye free will assent & accord
of Samuel Chogum father of ye sd Jeams Chogum Put him-
self apprintest & doth by these presents put himself ap-
printice to John Sands Juner of Cow neck in ye town shijD
of Hempsted in quehs County on nasaw Island in ye Prov-
ince of Neuyork to him his hairs & assins for ye full & Just
tearm of ninteen years from ye sixteenth day of this instant
November in ye year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred & ninteen dureing all w'c sd time his sd Master
faithfully shall serve his LawfuU gladly every where
obay he shall do no damig to his sd Master nor suifer
it to be done by others w't out letting or giveing notis
thereof to his sd Master he shall not wast his sd Masters
goods nor lend them un Lawfully, to others, he, shall not
by nor sell deuring all ye. sd. tearm w't out lisence from
his sd. Master, he shall not hant tavarns aile houses, at
cards dice or any other unlawfull game he shall not play
w't his own goods or ye goods of others he shall not Com-
mit fornication nor mattrimoney Contract during y6 sd tearm
he shall not absent himself day nor night from his sd Mas-
ters service but in all things be have him self as a LawfuU
Page 392.
aprintis towards his sd Master his hairs & assigns in all
"t hings as a faithfull apprintis aught to do during aU ye sd
52 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS.
time : And he ye sd Master doth covenant promise and In-
gage to provide meat drink washing & loging fiting for his
on apprintice during ye sd time to teach or caues to be
taught ye sd apprintis to reed & right Inglish if capiebll
and at ye experation of ye sd time to discharge his sd ap-
printice & to give him agood sent of wearing appearrill be
sides his every day wearing Cloaths. In Witnes whereof
Ither of the parties have hereunto Interchangably Put theire
hands and seals ye day and year above Written
Sined sealed and delivered
In the presents of us
NiN BuECH the mark X of James Chogum (S)
the marck of the mark X of Samuel Chogum (S)
Thomas X neeo Indian mark X Mirce his Squaw (S)
John Sands (S)
this Indentor Compared w't ye originall and entred by
me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
To all Christion People to home these presents shall
Come or any wise appertain Greeting Know ye yt I Abill
Smith of Hemstead on Long Island alias nasaw in quens
County In ye Province of Neu York do by these presents
give grant bargin sell Keleas & alliuat & deliver from me
my hairs exec'u adminis'n & assign unto John Sands of
Cow Neck in ye bounds of Hempstead on ye Island County
& Province afore sd to him ye sd Abill his hairs execu't
adminr's & assigns all my Eight & title a hundred twenty
of fence on Cow Neck afore sd w'c is in a sartin tract of
Land Lying scituated & being near ye head of Cowneck
survaied & laid out by Samuel Clows to John Sands de-
ceased and now in ye possestion of John Sands his son. all
ye bowndrig as afore sd set forth by Samuel Clows to ye
see by hempstead harbor & all my Eight of a hundred &
twenty gates as afore sd in a sartain goore of Land Lying
& being a peas of land laid out to Georg Heulitt & now be-
ing in ye possestion Leuis Heulitt of cowneck in ye prov-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 53
ince afore sd which rights as afore sd I ye fore sd Abill
Smith Do by these presents give grant Alinate Eealeas &
deliver from me my hairs & assigns unto ye sd John Sands
him his hairs & assigns to have and to hold for ever : and I
ye sd Abil Smith for ever Covenant & promise for my self
my hairs & assigns to & w't ye sd John Sands his hairs &
assigns yt all ye fore mentioned had a good title to ye right
on Cowneck for & in Consideration of full satisfaction Eea-
seaved, and in testimony of ye primis I have hereunto set
my hand and seal April ye twelfth day one thousand seaven
hundred & twenty one
Sinned Sealed & delivered
in presents of
Thomas Baker his
his X mark Abill X Smith (S)
Maby X Bakee mark
har mark
before sining and sealing It is to be under stood that the
above said goore of Land lies on ye north sid ye land of ye
afore said Hulit
This above said deed Compared w't ye original and
entered by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 393
Whereas Cap't John Seamans Late of Hempstead in
quens county on nasaw Island Yeoman desesed being in
his lif time one of ye first & priatiable purohers freeholders
& proprietors of ye Township of Hempstead by virtue
whereof he was in Joint tenure in titled unto several par-
sels & tracts of Land w't in ye said Township of Hemp-
stead & amongst others of ye freeholders of ye sd Township
of hempstead of twenty gats so called in ye north neck or
ye cow in his own right & where as ye sd John Seman by
his Last will & testament bearing date ye twenty first day of
august in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred
54 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOKDS.
& ninty foure proved & approved by his exensellency Ben-
jamin ffletcher Governour & commander in cheif of ye
Colliny of neu Yorck on ye twentyeth of marcli in ye year
of our Lord one thousand six hundred & ninty fowre five
as by ye reacords in ye Secreteries office may fully appear
gave & beaqueathed unto his eight sons therein named &
all then Liveing an eaqual shaire part portion & proportion
of all his undevided lands in ye Towne Ship of Hempstead
afore sd and whereas Benjamin Seaman of Jerusalem ■w't
in ye Town Ship of Hempsted being one of his eight sons
in ye above recited last will & testimony of ye above named
John Seaman desesed named & theirby Lawfully Jiistly &
treuly & absolutly intitled to ye eighth equall undevided
part of ye undevided twelve gats on ye Cowneck yt his
father John Seaman afore sd dyed sized of or unto two
gats on ye one half gate: Now Know ye yt he ye above sd
Benjamin Seaman for ye Valiable sum of thirteen pounds of
good & LawfuU money of neu York to him in hand well &
treuly paid by John Sands of cow neck in ye bounds of
Hempstead afore sd before ye ensealing & delivery of these
presants ye resepts whereof to full content & satisfatction
he ye sd Benjamin Seaman Doth acknowledg & him self to
be there w't fully satisfied '& contented & paied & there of
& of every part and parsell thereof doth aquit esonarate &
fully discharge him ye sd John Seaman his hairs execu's
admin's & every of them foreve by these presents & for
Divers other good Causes & Considerations him ye sd
Benjamin Seaman especially moving hath given granted
remized released & forever quit clamed & by these presents
Doth fully clearly & absolutly give grant remize & releas &
forever Quit clame unto the above sd John Sands of cow
neck afore sd in his full possescion & seizen and to
his hairs & assigns forever all such right estate title
Intrust clame & demand what so ever as he ye sd
Benjamin Seaman ever had now hath or at any time
or times here after ought to have of to or in all & in every
part or parsell of Land contained in ye above recited two
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 55
gats & half on ye cow neck & now in ye occupation poses-
cion & siszen of ye above sd John Sands being Laid out &
survaied unto him ye sd John Sands or unto his father John
Sands deseased in right of John Seaman afore sd deseased
amongst other lands to have & to hold all ye sd two gats &
half w't all ye land contained therein or their on unto ye sd
John Sands his hairs & assigns to ye only proper use & be-
hoof of hini ye sd John Sands his hairs & assigns for ever
so nither he ye sd Benjamin Seaman nor his hairs nor any
of their person or persons for him oi them or in ye name or
right or stead of any of them shall or will by any way or
means hereafter have clame Challinge or demand any estat
Eight title or Intriest of in or to ye primises or any, part or
parsell their of: but from all & every action Eight estate
title Intrust and demand of or in to ye primises or any part
or parsel thereof they & every of them shall be utterly ex-
cluded and bared from me by these presents and allso ye
sd Benjamin Seaman ye sd Eecited two gats & a half & all
ye land Contiained there on in ye occupation of ye sd John
Sands & ye appurbinances theirof against him self and his
Page 394.
hairs and assigns and aganst all & every and every of ye
hairs & other asigns of ye above sd John Seaman deseased
unto ye sd John Sands & unto his hairs & assigns shall
warant & foreve Defend in Witnes whereof he ye sd Benja-
min Seaman hath setto his hand & fixed his seal the first day
of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun-
dred and seaventen the word (named) being enterlined be-
twen the fowrtenth & fiftenth lines before the sinning &
sealing hereof
Sined sealed & delivered
in ye presents of
Benj Seaman Ju Benjamin Seaman (^S)
Jeams Seaman
EicHABD Seaman
56 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
This above sd deed taken out of ye original and Compared
& entred by me •
Tho Gildeesleeye Clarck
To all Christian People to whome these presents shall
Come Greeting Know ye yt Wee John Kobison & Joseph
Eobeson his son both of Hempsted in quens county on ye
Island Nawsaw w't our wives Jean' & Jean, for & in consid-
eration of ye sum of one hundred Pounds to us in hand
paid before ye ensealing & Delivery hereof by Charls Mott
of ye same place the Recepts whereof wee do hereby ac-
knowledg & our selves there w't fully satisfied & contented
& theirof & of every part & parsel theirof do exonarat aquit
& discharg ye sd Charls Mott his hairs execu't adminis'r
forever by these presents have given granted bargined sold
alinated Convayed & confirmed & by these presents do
freely fully & absolutely give grant bargin sell alinate &
confirm unto ye sd Charls Mott his hairs & assigns forever
one sartain grist Mill w't ye dam and streem upon ye
head of hempsted harbour as it was granted to us by
ye Towne of Hempstead, a small frame of a hous & one
Irn croo'w't some other Instruments, belonging to ye sd
already delivered to have and to hold ye sd Mill w't ye
priviledges & appurtinances to ye same belonging or any
wais appertaining to him ye sd Charls Mott his hairs & as-
signs forever to his & their only proper use benefit & be-
hoof foreve & we ye sd John Eobison Sener Joseph Robi-
son & John Eobison Juner of brookhaven to ye fore
named John Eobison w't our wives Jean & Jean & Eebecka
for us our hairs execu's adminis'r do covenant & grant to
& w't ye sd Charls Mott his hairs & assigns yt before ye
ensealing and delivery of these presents we were ye treu
sole & LawfuU owners of ye above bargained primises and
were Lawfully sissed & possesed of ye same in our own
propper Eight as a good parfict & absolute estate of inheri-
tance & have in our selves good right full power & lawfuU
authoryty to grant bargin sell convay & confirm ye same in
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS. 57
maner as above sd & yt ye sd Cliarls Mott his hairs & as-
signs shall & may from time to time & at all times forever
by virtue of these presents lawfully peasablly & quiatly
have hold use occupy poses & enjoy ye sd demised & bar-
gined primises w't all ye appurtinances free & clear & free-
ly & clearly acquit exonarate & discharged of all maner of
all former gifts grants bargins sails leases morgages entails
Jointors dowries Judgments executions Incombarances &
troubles what so ever and we ye sd John Kobison Sener
Joseph Robison & John Kobison Juner w't our wives Do
further covenant & bind our selves our hairs executors
adminis'r firmly by these preseiits to warant & defend ye
sd Charls Mott his hairs & assigns in quiat & peasiable
Posestion of all and singular ye sd granted & bargined
Page 395.
primises against any Just & lawfull Clame of any parson or
parsons what so ever In Witnes whereof we ye sd John
Eobison sener Joseph Robison & John Robison Juner w't
our wives have here unto our hands & seals 2 day of May
being ye seventh year of our severing Lady Anne by ye
grace of god Queen of england An no Dominy 1709.
Memorandom before ye ensealing hereof ye words upon
ye head of Hempstead hai;bolir betwen ye 14th & 15th lines
was enterlined before ye ensealing here of
Sined sealled and delivered
in presents of
his
John Robison
(S)
ELIAS X BaLY
Joseph Robinson
(S)
mark
Jean Robinson
(S)
ROBAET X MiTCHEL
her mark
his mark
Jean X Robinson
(S)
Timothy Holsted
John X Robinson
(S)
JOSHEUA CaEMAN
his mark
RiOHAED Comes
her mark
EebeckaX Robinson (S)
68 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
March 1st 1717. 18'. Theu appeared before me Theo-
dorus vanwicke one of his majestioes of ye peace for
Queens County ye above named Timothy hoisted and
acknowledged yt he saw ye above sd John Eobinsn Sener
& Joseph Eobinson & Jane Eobinson Sener & Jean Eobin-
son to deliver ye w't in written as there owne voUintory act
& deed & lickwise ye above written named Eichard Comes
& declared yt he saw ye above named John Eobinson Juner
& Eebecca Eobinson to acknowledg ye same to be their
own Voluntary act and deed
ThEODOEUS VANWICKE
This ded Compared with the original and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck.
Know all people before these presents shall com greeting
Know ye yt I Thomas Daniels of ye town ship of rye in ye
County of west Chester in ye Province of Neu York for a
In consideration of ye sum of three fourteen pounds curant
Lawfull money of ye afore said Province to me in hand
paid be fore ye ensealing and delivery hereof by John
Sands of ye Town ship of Hempstead in quens County on
ye Island of nawsaw in ye province above sd yeaman Eecept
whereof I do hereby acknowledg & my self there w't fully
satisfied & contented and their of & there of & Every part
& parsell thereof do exonarate & acquit and discharge ye
sd John Sands his hairs executors & administrators forever
by these presents have given granted bargined sold alinated
& Confirmed & by these presents Do fully freely & ab-
soleutly give grant bargin sell alinat Convay & confirm unto
ye sd John Sands his hairs & assigns for ever one sertain
Message & tract of Land scituate lying and being on Coiw-
neck in the townshij) of Hempstead in quens County In ye
Provinc above sd bounded north by the Land of John
Sands on the east by the bay on the south by the land
Leuis Heulit on the west by a walnot tree on a Eock thence
on a strait line to a black oake being by estamatation one
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOKDS. 59
hundred & foure acars or tlieire about to have and to hold
ye sd granted and bargined primises w't all the apurtinances
priviledges and Commodities to the same belonging or in
any wise appertaining with the house & house gardins
orchards fenceing timber trees standing and lying to him
the said John Sands his hairs and assigns for ever to his
and their propper use benefit and behoff for ever and I the
Page 396.
said Thomas Daniels for me my heirs executors & admin-
istrators do covenant promise and grant to and the said
John Sands his hairs and assigns yt before the ensealling
Hearof I am the treu and soiile lawfull owner of the above
bargined primises I am lawfully sised and possesed of ye
same in my own propper Right as a good parfact and
absolute estate of inheritance and have in my self w't ye
consent of mj wife a good right full power lawfull authoryty
to grant bargin sell Convay and Confirm ye sd bargined
Prinaises in maner as above sd and ye sd John Sands his
hairs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at
all times forever here after by these presents Lawfully
Peacably and quiatly have hold use occupie poses and
enJoy ye sd Demised Bargined w't ye appurtinances free
and Clear and freely and Clearly acquited exonarated and
discharged of and from all and all maner former gifts grants
bargins sails leasses Morgages will entails Jointors Dowries
Judgments exeCutions Incombranses and troubles whatso-
ever and I ye sd Thomas Daniels Do further Covenant
bind myself my hairs executors and administrators firmly
by these presents to warant and defend ye sd John Sands
his hairs and assigns In quiat Peaciable Posestion of all
and singular ye sd granted and bargined Primises against
and Lawfull Clame of any parson or parsons what soever.
In Witnes whereof I ye sd Thomas Daniels have here unto
set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of December,
60 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
being ninth year of ye Eeign of our soverign Lord Georg
over Great Britton An no do mini 1722.
Sined Sealled and delivered
In the presents of his mark
Elias Clapp Thomas X Daniels' (S)
Daniel Beonidge har X mark
Ann Daniels (S)
there was enterlined betwen the 7 & 8. line before the
sealing of ye above the words In quens County in ye pro-
vino
January ye 2 1722. Then Parsonably appeared before
me Samull Purdy esq, one of his Magisties Justises for the
County of West Chestor the grantors Thomas Daniels &
Ann, his wif and Did aoknowledg this above written deed
of sail to be their own vallintary act and deed
Samuel Pubdy
This above said deed Compared with the original and
entrfed by me ,
Thomas Gildeksleete Clarck
These Presents witneseth that I Richard Stites of Hemp-
stead on Long Island alias nawsaw In Quens County In
the Province of neu York do by these Preasents give grant
bargin sell aliuate & Eeleas unto Cap John Sands of cow
neck In the bounds of Hempstead afore sd to him his hairs
executors or assigns from me my hairs or assigns all my
Right at said Cow neck forever gates in number of fence
with what Right of Land and timber or other advantages
Page 397.
that may accrew or atained there by to have and to hold
for ever for and In Considiration of full satiafatction all-
ready Reaseved before ye ensealing hereof In testimony of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 61
the premises I have here unto setto my hand and fixed my
seal March the. 20. Anno ddmini 1694-5
Sined Sealed and delivered
In Presents of us
Joseph Pettet his
Samuel Denton Eichakd X Stits (S)
Jonathan Smith marck
This above sd deed Compared with the original and eu-
tred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Know all men by these presents that I Nathaniel Briggs
of block Island In y§ Colony of Rohd Island and provi-
dence Plantation. In Neuingland attorny to Mr Phillip
Wharton of Boston In the Matetuset In Neuingland afore
sd have by the order and according to the appointment
of sd Whorton absolutly sold unto Mr John Sands sener
of sd Block Island three hundred acars of Laud scituate
lying and beeing on sd Island named a great Lott lying on
ye southeast end of sd Island and was formerly known by
the name of glovers great Lott together with two fifty acar
Lots Lying and being In the Corne neck ajoiniug to gether
and lying bet wen the land of Mr Thomas Terrey and Mr
henry Neall ye afore sd three Lots be thay more or Less
togather with all and singular the priviledgs and apurtinan-
ances to them or any part or parsell thereof being absolut-
ly sold by sd Briggs as above sd to sd Sands his hairs or
assigns to be his or their proper estate forever ye sd Sands
for himself his hairs executors and administrators Covenant
promise and Ingage to pay or cause to be paid to sd whor-
ton his hairs or assigns in boston three hundred Pounds
LawfuU silver money of New Ingland or good Provition at
the money price yt shall be at the several time of pay ment
In ye space of six years from the last day of November
next in manner and form following Namely sixtj- pounds at
or before the last day of November in ye year 1683 : and
fifty Pounds In each enseuing year on or before the Last
62 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
day of November, till the afore sd three hundred Pounds
be fully paid and to the treu performance of all the above
said Primises ye sd Briggs & Sands do firmly bind them
selves and hairs by setting here unto their hands and a fix-
ing their seals this 17.th day of July 1683 : it is to be un-
derstood that their is to be forty Pounds in the last Pay-
ment.
Eead sined sealled
and delivered In presents of
John Potte Nathaniel Beiggs (S)
Nathaniel "Nile James Sands (S)
This above sd deed Compared w't ye original and entred
by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Know all men by these presents yt I Abill Smith of
Hempstead in ye Quens County and Province of Neu York
Yeaman from I my self my hairs execu't adminis's & as-
signs have Remised Kealeased & forever Quit Clamed by
these Remise & forever Quit Clame to John Sands of ye
afore sd Town County & Province his hairs execut'r & ad-
ministrators all my whole Right title & Intrust all yt Lott
or Parcell of Land being thirty nine acars bounded East-
rdly by Samuell Dodg and Laid out formerly to Cap't
John Sands desesed and in witnes hereunto I have setto my
hand and fixed my seal ye fouretenth day of feabruary anno
do: 1722-3
Sined sealed and delivered
in presents of
Joshua Caeman Abill X Smith (S)
Benj Smith his mark
this is a treu Coppy entred by me '
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 398.
Eeseved twenty first day of february one thousand seven
hundred and twenty one two by me Edward Sands of Cow
neck in quens County on the Island nasaw in the Province
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 63
of Neu York of John Sands both of Cow neck in the Coun-
ty and Provinc afore said executer of his father John Sands
of Cow neck in the said County afore said Decesed all Dues
Duties sume and sumes of money and Demands what
soever by any leagecy Leagasies or Perticulers sum or
sumes of money goods or Chattels &c that are aniwais
appertaining Coming or bequeathing' or wear bequeathed
unto the said Edward Sands by his father John Sands
Deceased afore said as more at large appears by his last
Recited will and testament baring date the first day of July
which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred ten recouerse there unto being had, and further I
the said edward Sands do acquit and fully Discharge the sd
John Sands his hairs executors administrators and every of
them forever by these presents In witnes where of I have
here unto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of
february in the seventh year of ye Reign of our soverign
Lord Georg by the grace of Qod King of great britton
Annodomini one thousand seven hundred twenty one two
Signed sealed and delivered in
presents off
enterbned in ye eighth before the
ensealing and delivery of These presents
Elias Clapp Edward Sands (S)
William Sanor
ffebruary the 20th. 1701-2
Reaceved of John Sands all Satisfaction and Demand
relating anexing or belonging unto the said John Sands
that is to say Book debt or Debts by any sum or sumes of
money as may hereaf-ter make any Differance betwen the
said Parties from the begining of the world untill this as
witnes my hand the day and year firs above written
Elias Clapp Edwakd Sands
William Sainor
This is a treu Coppy Compared w't ye original and
entred by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarok
64 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOKDS.
Where as on the twelf bh day of August Last past at A
Jeneral Town Meeting then held A Meeting appointed to
be held at the Meeting hows at Hempstead on the first
Munday in Octiber. it being this Presant day in order to
Chuse men to devid the undevided Lands In the township
of Hempstead and whereas there was but a very small ap-
pearance of the free holders and In habitants at ye sd Last
Becited Town meeting and In order that every man that is
a freeholder may have a Leagal warning of another meeting
that is this day agreed on These are to Require you David
Beadell Cunstable of the Town of Hempstead, to take Dili-
gent Care to give timely Worning and notis to every free-
holder within the town ship of Hempstead of a Towne Meet-
ing to be held on Monday next by ten of the Clock In the
fore noone in the meetting hows in Hempstead. In order to
proseed to a divition of the lands In our Township. Given
under our hands and seals the seventh day of October. An.
no. y. Do. myni. 1723.
Isaac Hicks (S)
John Tread Well (S)
This is a treu Copy taken out of ye original and entred
by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 399.
At a Jeneral town meeting'held in Hempstead. June. ye.
25. 1724. Then Purseuant to a vot made April ye. 7th.
1724. that ye sheep that doth run on the plains might be
folded this sommer and their was no man deputed for to
Let them out Therefore we the owner of ye sheep at this
present town meeting by mager vot l^ave Chosen Justice
John Tredwell to let out all the sheep to the hiest bider
once a week till the last day of September nex enseuing.
and he thut doth hire the sheep are here by obliged not to
drive them above half a mile in to the woods and if they
dont fich six shillings a week they are to run at liberty and
the sd letter out of the sheep is hereby ordered to collect
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 65
the monney that is raised by leting out of the sheep and to
deliver ye same to any man or men that the owners of the
sheep shall depute when he hath collected it : memarandom
he that hiereth the sheep is hereby obliged to put the sheep
in the fold by ye sun setting and let them by ye sun rising
every day
This entred by order of the freeholders of ye Town by
me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
We who names are here under written do ptotest against
this above said voat '
John mott Sener
Ca John Cabman
Tho Lee
Jeams Pine
Chaels mott
Ben Seaman
Tho Langdon
Pag5 400.
Att a Jeneral Town IVfeeting held at Hempstead ye 14th.
day of oct'o 1723. At w'c time we ye freeholder and in-
habitants of ye Town ship afore said finding that Seaveral
Parsons not haveing any Eight in our town as well as some
others who have a Eight, [have taken upon them to layout
larg parsels of Lands w't out any regulation or orders from
sd Town by w'c means several Parsons who have good
Eights in ye Township afore sd are hiudred from haveing
their Just due^ & now ye freeholders & inhabitants of ye
Town afore sd or ye Greater number of them being willing
yt a divition should be made & yt Justice may be done to
every Parson yt hath any Eight in our Town wee do ap-
point & impower ye Parsons here after Named to wit
CoU'o Hicks Jeams Searing Jeams Jackson William Wil-
lis Se Benjamin Seaman Ju Josheua Carman & Abill Smith
who wee give full power & authority to devid our lands
66 HEMPSTEAD' TOWN RECOBDS.
in maner & form following first if their be any Propria-
tors or blaneks who has not had their hundred fifty
& twenty two acars they shall Lay out to such Parsons the
Number of acars afore sd In pursuant to ye several vots
past In this Town for yt Purpose & our south Necks North
necks home beauiles & all former grants shall be & remain
as they wears laid out but all other undevided Lands or
any other Land that has been taken up Laid out or survaied
by any Parson or parsons what so ever with out order or
directions from sd Town shall be vewed & resurvaied if re-
required by the parsons before appointed and where they
shall find any parson or Parsons who has taken up or Laid
out any more Land then they have a Just Bight to they
shall Lay out such over plush to such Parson or Parsons
who has hot had their Right in purportion to what thay
have Justly Paid to the Pattin and allso where they shall
find any Parson or Parsons that has Laid out any Lands &
has no Eight to the same they shall take & Lay out such
Lands to such Parsons who has not had their Eight as
afore sd and all ye land with in our town ship w'c has not
yet been taken up or laid out shall be Justly & equally de-
vided by the Parsons afore sd to every Parson according to
Page 401.
what he has Justly Paid to the Pattin, & the treu meaning
of us the freeholders & inhabitants of Hempstead is that
after the Proprietors and blanks are full filled that all our
other Lands exsepting our Necks bevils and grants as afore
sd shall bee Justly and impartially laidout in quantyti and
qualLity to every Parson of our town ship their hairs or,
assigns according to what they have Respeottively Paid tJ
the Pattin
There was also A Larg Tract of Land Laid out the Sea-
venth day of Aprill 1712 for Town Commons lying betwen
ye east meadow and west meadow which Land we find by
experiance has not answered the expectations or ends that
it was Laid out for by Eeason that Seaveral Persons Maks
HEMPSTEAD TOWN ftECOEDS. 67
such havock & destruction of the timbei that the efi.d will
prove destructive to the In habitants afore sd we the
free holders and in habitants of the afore sd Town Do, order
and direct the parsons afore appointed to surveay and Lay
it out with the rest of our undevided Land as a fore sd and
when the divition is finished and return made and entred
upon our Reacords by the Parsons before appointed it shall
be to us the free hold.ers afore sd taken and , estemed to be
a faire and Just devition of our Land and be a bar against
all other devitions what soever that shall be ever after made
and allso the treu intent and meaning of us the free holders
and Inhabitants of ye sd Town is that all the Plains be-
longing to Hempstead shall not as yeat be divided or Laid
out not withstanding the above sd order but shall Eemain
in Common till further order of sd Town.
This entred by order by me
Tho GildeesleeVe Clarck
And for the defraying of the Charges of the devition
afore sd it is allso this day voated that the Charges of the
dividing & Laying out of the lands of the Township of
Hempstead shall be paid out of the Publick Stock of the
Towns money lodged . in the hands of Justice John Tred-
- well &yt ye Trustees or mager Part of them shall agree w't
a survair as they Can w't ye best advantage & Cheapest
Rate and allso ye Town hath this day Chosen Justice John
Tredwell and John Mott Treasurers of the above said
Towne Money and to Pay the above said Charge out of the
Publick Stock. At the same time It was ordered yt the
men deputed for to make a divition of our Land. are. aLowed
six shillings a peece Pur day:
This entred by- order By mee
Tho Gildersleete Clarck
Page 402.
Att a Jeneral Town meeting held In Hempsted Desember
ye 28th. 1723. Then their was Chosen Isaac Smith John
68 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
foster Thomas Langdon and Thomas Gildersleeve to be
aded to the trustees of Hempsted for to meet the Trustees
of flushing on monday next to Confer with them what Line
shall be Eun between Hempsted and flushing and to make
Eeturn to the town of what thay have Don This entred
by me
Tho Gildersleete Clarck
At the same time the men above named ware chosen to
confer with Jemaca trustees on the same head above said
This entred by order by mee
Tho Gildersleeve Clarek
Whereas at a General Town Meeting held in Hempstead
the second day of aprill 1723. Ooll John Jackson esqr &
Coll Isaac Hick esqr John Jackson Juner John Mott
Thomas "Williams William Willis & Theodorous Vanwick
esqr or any three of them was Chose by the Proprieters of
ye township of Hempstead to Eun ye out side Lines of ye
sd Town ship. Pur seuant to ye sd order on the 23. day of
December 1723 wee therefore: Viz. Isaac Hicks John
Jackson Juner William Willis & Tho Williams by ye
assistance of William Moyles Deb surveyor & Eichard
Searle his assistance after three days diligent Labur Eiin
and Compleated a sertain Line from a dead White oak Tree
standing in a Point at ye east end of ye Plains being Eobart
Williames South east bownder unto a sertaine whit oak
tree standing near the meadow edge on a neck of Land
Called'by ye Indians MaskaChung ye Cours being from ye
sd ded Tree to ye nex station or Whit oak tree at ye south
meadow S. 7. degrees 30 minutes west nearest. As witnes
our hands the year and day above writen
Isaac Hick
John Jackson
his
Thomas X Williams
mark
William Willis
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECORDS. 69
This is a treu coppy of the originall Compared and en-
tred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clafck
Whereas at a town meeting held in Hempstead ye second
day of apnll 1723. Coll Isaac Hicks & Theodorous Van-
viek & Coll John Jackson & John Mott & William Willis
& Thomas Willianjs & John Jackson Juner was by mutual
Consent of ye whol Town present Chosen to Run ye Line
of ye Town or any three of ye men above named & purseu-
ant to ye sd Towns Consent & voat wee Coll Isaac Hicks
William Willis & Thomas Williams have to geather w't Cap
Jarwice Mudge Jeams Cock & Samuel Underhill three men
Chosen at a Town Meeting held in oysterbay the Second of
November 1723: to Perambulate & Bemark ye trees of ye
Line from bar of beach to Cantiague: Now these Presents
witneseth that wee whose names are under writton have on
ye second & third days of December 1723. Preamlated &
remarked ye old marked trees from ye east sid of hemp-
stead harboure Bight over against the east end of ye bar of
beach to a walnot tree at Cantiage point & remarked the trees
w't a splice down ye north west and south east side of ye
old marked trees & three Chops on the south west & north
west sides of sd trees. In Witnes whereof wee have setto
our hands the Third day of december Anno Domini. 1723.
Isaac Hicks
Jaevis Mudge
Sam undeehill
William Willis
James Cock
Tho Williams
This is a treu Coppy of ye original compared & entred
bv me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clark
Page 403.
Whereas wee under written owners of the meadow one a
neck of meadow Colled hungry harber on the south side of
70 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
nasaw Island being most of us met to geather to fence sd
neck to secuar it from damig & having vewed it for ye best
conveiiiance of fenceing have agreed to fence sd Neck in
and every mans proportion of fence shall be in Porprtion
w't his meadow in number of acars as it stands recorded
according to the bredth of sd neck & we have agreed to be-
gin sd neck fence at the mill River as high as ye whit oak
tree that Jeremiah Wood marked for his corner tree & froin
thence to run southwardly to ye beaverdam & from thence
to run a straight line to the crek that parts Johh Motts &
Joseph Motts meadow <fe do allso allow yt Jeremiah wood
shall have two acars of sd land about his house more then
his proportion according to his fence to be set out by som
men appointed by our selves & to fence it in by ye last day
of may nex enseuing ye date hereof and w't as much speed
as can be well w't conveniancy to devid sd Neck when it is
fenced in according to every mans Number of acars of mea-
dow as it stands Eeacorde in the Eeacords of Hempstead.
In witnes whereof we have setto our hands the twentieth
second day of Aprill 1718
William Willis
John Mott •
Samuel Williams
Thomas Williams
Samuel Cabman
Jeeemiah Wood
David Beadell
Aftee alBuetos
Joseph Beadell
Joseph Mott
Thomas flewelling
his
Jeams X Abitt
marck
James Wood
ThO' Gildeksleeve
■ . hempstead town eecokds. 71
Page 404.
Att a Jeneral Town meeting held In Hempstead April
the. 7th. 1724.^ Then Justis John Tredwell was Chosen
seupervizer by mager vot for this enseuing year
Att the same time David Bedell was Chosen Cunstable
and CoUecter for this inseuing year
Att the same time John mott Juner and Samuel Williams
weare Chosen assesers for this enseuing year
Att the same time John Mott sener Samuel Jackson and
andiis Onderdonk was chosen survairs of the high ways for
this enseuing year
Att the same time Samuel willianis Jeremiah Beadell
Eobart Mitchell and Eichard Cornell of couneck ware Cho-
sen fence vewar for this Present year
Att the same time Tho Gildersleeve was Chosen Clarck
for this enseuing year
Att the sam tim it was voted and ordered that the time
for Looking up our sheep for to shear is the second mun-
day in may next enseuing the date above sd
Att the same time Justice John Tredwell Thomas Car-
man and John Dorlon weare Chosen for to Purfix a day for
drawing of our sheep in the faul of the year, they giveing
the owners of the sheep seven days notes before hand at ye
Least
At the same time by mager vote of the People it was
voted that our sheep that runs on the Plain may be folded
this present summer
This entre by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Wee whos names are under written do protest against
the above written vote and do allow that our sheep shall
72 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
run on the Plains at liberty without a sheap heard or any
moUisttion by day or night.
Coll John Jackson
Isaac Smith
John mott sener
Mr John poster
Daniel Pine
John Mott Juner
Thomas Lee
Page 405.
To all Christian People to whom these presents shall
Come greeting Know ye that I Eichard Osborn of Hemp-
stead in quens County on nasaw Island in ye Province of
neu york yeaman for and in consideration of full satisfact-
tion to me in hand before the ensealing and delivery hereof
by Joseph wood of ye same place yeaman ye recept whereof
I do hereby acknowledg & my self their w't fully satisfied
& contented & their w't of & of every part & parsel theirof
do exonarat acquit & discharg ye sd Joseph wood hie hairs
& assigns forever by these presents have given granted bar-
gined sold allinated convayed & by these presents do freely
.fully and absoleutly give grant bargin sell alien convay &
confirm unto ye sd Joseph wood his hairs and assigns for-
ever the one equal third Part of all ray whole right & Eights
propriety Eights and Pattin Eights and all rights what so
ever shall & may arise to me in the bounds of Hempstead
or w'c did arise from ye Eights of John elison but I except
the Eight of old Linninton to have and to hold ye sd bar-
gine primises w't all ye appurtinances priviledges & com-
modities to ye same belonging their unt or in any wise ap-
pertaining to him ye sd Joseph wood his hairs and assigns
forever to his & their only proper use benefit & behoof for-
ever & I ye sd Eichard Osborn for me my hairs exec's ad-
min's do covenant promise & grant to & w't ye sd Joseph
Wood his hairs & assigns yt before ye ensealling hereof I
am ye trew soil & lawf uU owner of ye above bargined prim-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 73
ises & have good riglit full power & lawfull authoryty to
grant bargin sell convay & confirm sd bargined primises in
maner as above sd wliere unto I have here unto fixed my
hand and seal this second day of aprill In ye first year of
his magisties Eeign in the year of our Lord God 1715.
Sined sealed and delivered
In presents of
John Dosenbokow mark
Jambs Wood Eighaed X Osbobn (S)
MoBDiOAi Lester his
Quens County, april ye 14. 1724.
Then came ye w't in named Mordieai Lester & John Do-
senborow witneses to ye w't in written deed parsonally be
fore me Judg of ye cort of Common pies in Quen^ County
& being duly sworen saith yt they see. Eichard Osborn sin
& seall & deliver this within written Instrument and declare
it to be his free and vallintary act & deed
Isaac Hicks
This Deed above Compared & entred by me
Tho Gildebslebve Clarck
To aU Christian people to whom these presents shall com
or aniwise appertain Greeting Know ye yt where as our
Decesed father Eichard elison did by his Last will &
testament as may appear give & be queath to my self my
-brother Thomas & our sister Eachell ye estate then in his
posestion there being an agreement w't our sister Eachell
as may appear by a discharg I Eichard elison Do theirfore
for my self my hairs executors administrators & assigns
allow give grant alinate releas & deliver from me my hairs
executors administrators & assigns unto my brother Thomas
ellison to him his hairs executors administratprs & assigns
Page 406.
yt peace or parsell of meadow on a neck called neubri neck
w't ye Land & apurtinanses on ye sd neck & all ye gats yt
did belong to our deceased father on sd cow neck so called
74 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
& also one parsell of plow Land on ye north side ye Town
supposed to be about three acars w't ye fencing & appurti-
nances there on & allsoye one moiety or equal half part, of ye
hollows on ye plains right of upland devided and undevided
on, & through ye whol pattin of hempstead in every part &
parsell of the same each to defend the other in, every
proportion in ^ every part & parsell of ye afore mentioned
parsels w'c I ye sd Richard elison Do releas & deliver from
me my hairs & as signs unto my sd brother Thomas elison
to him his hairs and assigns to have & to hold for ever from
me or any sail Lett morgage or in combrance by me or any
from by or under me or my sertain aturney for & In con-
sideration of full satisfaction receved. In testimony of ye
premises I here unto setto my hand and fixed my seal
December the nintenth day. Anno Dommi 1701
Sealled and Delivered In presents of us
Joseph Petted Eichaed Elison (S)
Timothy Holsted
Eichaed Smith
Quens County Then the w't in named Joseph Pettet
witnes to ye w't in written Deed came Parsonablely before
me Isaac Hicks Judag of ye Court .of common plees in
Quens County and being Deuly sworn says that the sd
Eichard Elison sign & seall the w't in deed & Delivered to
be his free and vallentyry act and deed and at the same he
see sd Timothy hoisted and Eichard Smith sign as witness
to the same Deed
Isaac Hicks
This above sd deed and acknowledgment Compared and
entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
I do here by Certy fie that when I survaied and Laid out
the gate Eights on Cow neck in Hempstead on Long Island
I Laid out a Publick high way from the head of the jS^eck
to Prats Point. Witnes my hand the sixth of May anno
1728.
Samuel Clowes
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 75
This is a treu Coppy Compared and entred By me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
Page 407.
Mad Nans Neck Jan'ey 15th. 1724.
Whereas there is a sartain parsell of Land Swamp &
meadow on this sd neck appertaining to me Wilhani Mott
which sd land &c is parted from my other Lands by the high
way & ye sd Land & &c Runing a great Length on ye high
way is a great ingry & hindranc towards my Improveing ye
sd Lands &c, wherefore to mak ye sd Land &c, more con-
veniant for my Improvement by liberty of you my neigh-
bours on ye sd neck, I intend if gaining ye sd Liberty to
hang three gats on ye high way that is one gate by the
Comes of my neighbour gee field where the wais Part, a,
nother gate more westerly towards ye hous of my sd neigh-
bour Gee, annother gate on ye high way yt leads towards
my neighbour Treadwells. ye hanging of w'c gats I humbly
Conceive Cannot be inguro.s to any of my Naighbours but
advantage to me. Therefore I Request ye consent of you
my Neighbours here unt & as a testimony your to set here
unto your hands :
Theod Van Wick Robart Hubs
richbell mott robaet mitchell
TEN. A. BYTE HeNEY AlLIN. GeORG HbULIT
John Heatiland Joseph Williams
Daniel Kissam ' Benjamin Teedwell
This above request Compared w't ye original and entred
by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Hempstead the 4th. day of ye month
feabreuary 1724-5
Whereas WUliam Mott of Madnans Neck w't in ye pre
sinck of Hempstead hath made application to us John
Treadwell & William Willis two of the Comisoners ap-
pointed for the Laying out of the highways w't in the pre-
76 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
sincts, & limits of ye bounds of Hempstead afore sd yt he
may have liberty to hang gates across ye high way or road
yt leads down ye neck coled Madnans neck & Eruning across
the land of ye sd William Mott & whereas all so ye sd Wil-
liam Mott hath requested Con sent of his neigh hours for
their consent & approbation thereof as appears by a writing
under their hands beare ing date the January the 15th.
1724. & wee ye sd John Treadwell & William Willis having
Conscidred ye mater to gether w't ye consent of ye neigh-
bour hood, do purseu ant to ye Power & authoryti to us'
given thinck yt it may not be inconveniant for ye publick to
allow ye sd William Mott ye liberty to hang gats a cross ye
sd road according his request & there fore wee do order &
alow yt ye sd william Mott shall & may hang three good
swinging of aleven foot wide across ye sd high way at ye
three places (viz) one gate at ye corner of Tamsin gee ye
wif abram gee's field whear ye ways part & another More
westwardly towards ye hous of sd gee & a nother gate-
across ye highway that leads towards ye widow & Benja-
min Treadwells all w't three gats & no more wee the sd John
Treadwell william Willis do allow ye sd William Mott to
hang he keeping ye sd gats either swinging or foalding gats
as ye act of assembly will allow from time to time & at all
times in good sufitiant repair & in confirmation hereof wee
have here unto setto our hands ye day & year above written
, John Treadwell
William Willis
This above liberty compared w't ye original & entred by
me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 408.
At a Jenerall Town meeting Held in Hempstead Aprill
the 6th. day 1725. Then Justis John Treadwell was Chosen
for seupervisear by the mager voat of ye freeholders then
present for this presant year
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 77
At the same time David Bedell was Chosen Cunstable
and CoUecter for this enseuing year by mager vott
' At the same time Jacob Smith and Adam Mott wear
Chosen assesars for this enseuing year by mager voat
At the- same time John mott Se Isaac Smith and Ezecell
Bolden wear Chosen Survairs of the high waies for this
present year enseuing by mager voat
At the same time Samuel williams Jeremiah Bedell
Eobart Mitchell and Eichard Cornell of Cpuneck weare
Chosen for fenc vewers for. this enseuing year by mager
vot
At the same time Thomas Gildersleeve Se was Chosen
Clarck for this enseuing year by mager voat
At the same tim by mager vote of the fi'ee holders Then
present there was given to Joseph Bedell liberty for to set
up a fulling mill on the streem that is known by the name
of Rockaway River where he hath began to mak a dam and
that no parson or parsons shall arect a mill nither above or
below the sd Joseph Bedell to any wais damnili his -mill
and that Justis Cornell , Justis Treadwell John motts and
Isaac Smith are at ye same time de puted to veu the con-
venicies for a,llowing of sum land for makeing and maintain
of his mill withsand and timber solong as he doth keep a
good fulling mill their or any parson under him
This above grant entred by order of the freeholders by
ipe
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck. '
Page 409.
Whereas on the ninth day of March in ye year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred & six there was a high
way Laid out by Coll Jackson & Thomas Stepheson from
Robisons mill Dam to Thomas Pearsals w'c sd high way was
Laid out from the marckt trees on ye east side of sd high
way to the east side of the harbour and we haveing vewed
78 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOJBDS.
the sd high way & find it nesesary that there may be gats
hanged acros sd high way in such places as may be con-
venient & likwise considered that a high way to be made,
iit for a cart wagons to pass and Beapass have laid out ye
sd high way in sum plase some thing mor eastwardly
then it was before haveing marked trees on ye east
side of ye sd high way and according to the power and au-
thority invested in ye Conimissioners of the high ways for
the respective Towns in quens County Wee John Tredwell
and William Willis two of ye commisitioners for ye Pres-
cincts of Hempstead have and Do allow that Richard Val-
lintine May hang a good gate near his house across sd high
way and another to be hanged on the north side of Richard
Vallintines Land be tween Samuel Pines Land and his &
another gate on ye North side of Samuel Pines Land, and
all the gates to be good swinging gates as ye Law in that
Cause will allow & to be ten or aleven fut betwen the posts,
and also have on the same day Laid out a high way of
three rods wide beginning at the high way afore said a little
westward of Richard Vallintines hous & to run east ward
as ye path runs to ye high way yt leads from the plains to
Thomas Pearsalls & to be an open high way free for all
Parsons to pas & repass w't out gate or bars, as witnes our
hands the thirteenth day of feabruary one thousand seven
hundred & twenty and fowre five
John Teedwell
William Willis
This above sd Return is a true coppy taken out of the
original and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleete Clarck
Page 410.
Att a Jeneral Town meeting held att Hempstead ye 31.
day of July. 1725. it is a greed & concleud by mager voat
of the freeholders of ye sd Town that their sheep shall be
folded untill the tenth day of September next enseuing the
date hereof weekly. At the afore sd meeting Cap John
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 79
Treadwell is Chosen to lett out the sheep and to receve ye
money aijid to take a list of each mans sheep and to devide
unto each parson according to their sheep & if he shal
scruple the account of any pearson he shall oblige them to
tak their oaths to their number of sheep or afformation to
their number of sheep
John Mott and Capt John Carman Protests against fold-
ing their sheep and William Pine nathaniel okly Jeams
Pine Juner of Hempstead Richard Durfey Thomas Lee
This above sd voat Compared and entred By me
Tho, Gildeesleeve Clarck
Hem/pstead November ye 19. 1725. Wee John Treadwell
and Wilham Willis two of ye Comminis for ye assartaining
& laying out of ye high ways & Roads within ye Township
of Hempstead have Layed out on ye day <L year a bove sd
ye old path yt leads from eastermost hous of Thomas Car-
man to ye Road yt leads from westbery to ye great neack
so down to ye great Neck River the road lying Joining to
ye east sid of carmans fence f owre rods broad & after it leavs
ye southeast corse of sd fence it is all ye way down to ye
great neck path laid out two rods on each side of the old
path tis fowre rods broad all ye way. lickwise ye day above
sd wee ordered ye old path that was formerly little Smiths
path neare ye whale neck fence sho.uld bee . stoped & no-
more deemed a high way from ye Road yt leads across ye
whale neck to ye west sid of Jonathan Smiths, near ye
hous of Benjamin Smith, all so ye same day we have assar-
t^ined confirmed & laid out a high way or publick or open
Road & not to be stopped or cloged w't gats or bars on ye
west sifl of Jonathan Smiths orchard Joining to ye west side
of Jonathan Smiths land of fowr rods wid betwen ye land
of Jonathan Smith & Daniel Heulitt & so to go forth ye
-Road yt leads acroas mearock neck to ye west word of ye
hous of benjemin Smith & from thence northardly or north-
westwardly as ye old path goeth toward mearock river till
it Cometh to ye path yt leads up northward on ye east side
80 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS.
of mearock swamp & so all ye way as ye path now leads
till it Cometh on ye brushey plains on ye eastward of
Benjamin Smith & Jonathan Smiths houses having marked
the trees all ye way for sd road from ye hous of benjamin
Smith on mearock to his hous on the brushey plains on ye
east sid of ye path to be ye east bounds of sd path or road
& is laid out all ye way from ye cross Eoad at mearoek to
ye bushe'y plains fowr rods broad. As witnes our hands
John Teeadwell
William Willis
These roads above mentioned compared w't ye originall
& entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 411.
This Indentor ye second day of March in ye twelfth the
year of ye reign of our severing & gratious Lady queen ann
of great britton &c annq doniini seven teen hundred &
thirteen fowrteen betwen edmond Titos of Hempstead in
quens County on Nasaw island in ye Coloney of neu-York
yeoman on ye one part & his son Peter Titos of ye same
Town County Island '& Province above sd yeaman on ye
other witneseth yt ye sd edmond Titos for & in consid-
eration of ye full <fe Just sum of fifty Pounds of lawfuU
money of neu York to him in hand paid by him ye sd
Peter Titos & by him ye sd edmond Titos received of him
ye sd Peter Titos in full payment & satisfaction, before the
ensealing & delivery of these presents & their of & their
from & of every part & parsell theof doth acquit exonarat
& discharg ye sd Peter Titos his hairs exdes admdis &
every of them forever by these presents he ye sd edmond
Titos hath given granted alinated enfeefed releced assigned
assured & confirmed & by these presents doth give grant
alinate enfeof & releas assign assure sell & confirm unto
him ye sd Peter Titos his hairs & assigns forever all yt of
one third part of all his pattin right of all lands & meadow
grownd in the bounds of Hempstead & on quorter or fourth
SfiMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 81
part of all his propriety right of all ye Land & meadow
grownd in ye Town afore sd together w't all ye profets
commodeties hereditiments & apurtinances in & to ye same
belonging & every part & parsell thereoff to have &' to hold
unio him yo sd Peter Titos his hairs & assigns ye a fore sd
granted Lahd & meadow grownd & right's above mentioned
unto ye only proper use benefit & behoof of him ye sd
Peter Titos his hairs & assigns forever and ye sd edmond
titos doth bind him self his hairs exdis admdis & every of
them to warant all ye afore sd lands & primises unto him
ye sd Peter Titos his hairs & assigns forever against him
self his hairs & assigns forever & forever by these presents
well & treuly to defend, in testimonie hereof he hath here-
unto set his hand aifixed his seall ye day & year above
written
Signed and delivered
In presents of us his
ElCHAED ElISON EdMOND X TiTQS (S)
Samuel Denton ' marck
June the 4 1714. this day Edmond Titos apeared be
fore me John Jackson one of her ma Jesties Justieses of ye
peace for quens County & acknowledged the above wri-Wfen
deed to be his act and deed
John Jackson
This above written ded and acknowledament entred by
me
Thomas Gildersleeve
Page 412.
Att a Jeneral Town meeting held in hempsted Aprill the.
5. clay. 1726 Then their was Chosen for seuperviser for
this in seuing year by mager vote of the freeholder Justis
funwick
Att the same time David Beadell was Chosen Cunstable
and Collecttor by a mager voat of ye freeholders then pres-
ent year
82 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
Att the same time Jacob Smitli and John Dorlon weare
Chosen for, assers for this enseuing year by ma-ger vot of
the freeholders
Att the same time John Mott Thomas Williams and Cor-
neloiis vanwidk ware chosen Survairs of the high wais for
this enseuing year by mager vote of the freeholders
Att the same time Samuel "Williams Jeremiah Beadell
Eobart mitchell and Eichard Cornell of Couneck were Cho-
sen fence vewers for this enseuing year by mager vote of
ye freeholders
Att the same time Thomas Gildersleeve was Chosen
town Clarck for this enseuing year by mager vote, of ye
freeholders
Att the same time Justis Vanwiok Mr John ■Cornell Jme
Smith Thomas Williams and Thomas Gildersleeve weare
Chosen trustees for this enseuing year by Mager vote of
the free holders of the Town, for to act in the behalfe of
the Town according to such instructions as they shall receve
from the Town from time to time
At the same time it was voted and by mager voat of the
freeholders that our trustees above named shall take care
and find where our towns pattin is and to Lodge it in ye
hands of the Clarck and all instruments of wrightihg that
doth belong to the town
These above sd votes entred by me
Tho GiLDEriSLEEVE Clarck
Page 413.
Att a Jeneral Town meting held in Hempstead august the.
9th. day. 1726. Then it was voted and by the mager voat of
the freeholders of the said meeting that all our sheep -that
Euns upon the Plains shall not be foulded by any Parson
or Parsons what soever nor to drive them into any Clous
nither by day nor night to fould them for this present year
This entred by order by me
Tho Gildeksleeve Clarck
HEMPSTEAD TOWNBECOEDS. 83
At the aboye sd Town meeting Purseuant to the above sd
yoat we the freeholders of the sd meting have by mager
voat Chosen these men, following, viz. Justice John Tred-
well John mott Christifpr Dingey Peter Smith Samuel
Jackson James Seaman Beqjaman Seaman John Dorlon
William Stits and Thomas williams for to tak care and see
that according to the above sd voat our sheep shall not be
fpulded and if they or any two of thena or one of them do
find that any parson or parsons be found by any of thenje
men above mentione . f oulding of our sheep then, wee the
fi:ee holders as above sd do give full power to sew them in
our^ behalf for the dami^s dort to the sheep and us the
freeholder.
This entred by order by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Hempstead September ye. 20th. 1726 Then at the re-
quest of:. Thomas Williams- & Jonathan Searing wee John
Tredwell & William Willishave the day a bove written Laid
out. a highway of fower rods wide .beginingat a larg read
oak tree, about thirty Rods east ward from Samuel Lang-
dons house and so runs South wardly down to ward the
meadow of-the Lott meadow and Land that Tho Wilhams
& Jonathan Searing bought of John Pine: the trees for the
Road being markt all on the west side ye Road with three
Chops on the north & south Side of the trees & a splice
down ye east side of them from the path that Leads
from Samuel Langdons house to the mill to the road that
Leads from the mill to Rockaway and the roads is all the
way -laid out fowre rods on the east side the marked trees
by us William Willis
John Teeadwell
This above sd high way is a trew coppie compared w't ye
originall and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
84 hempstead town records.
Page 414.
Wheare as Eichard Cornell of Cow neck in tlie bounds of
Hempstead hath Eequested us Coll John Treadwell and
Jus'i John Jackson and William Willis Comisinors for the
laying out and survaing of high ways within the Town ship
of Hempstead in Quens County on nasaw Island for to lay
out at his Cost and Charge a highway acros a small slipe of
Land of nathaniel Sands from one of sd Cornells fields to
the other of them and where as wee william willis aud John
Jackson two of sd Commisouers haveing veued the place
required and Considered the necescity of a high way to be
Laid out for the sd Eichard Cornell acros sd slipe of Land
do find it to be needfull and have this thirteenth day of
november in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun-
dred and twenty and seven apoint assartain and Lay out
acros the high way for the sd Eichard Cornells use begin-
ning at a Large lending black oak tree the high way to goe
on the west side thereof within the fence of the sd Eichard
the tree being marked with a slipe down the bark on the
west side and three Chops on the north and south side and
from thence to go down the hollow or valley southwesterdly
to the Land of Eichard Cornell to ward his house the high
way we do and have laid out two Eods wide and west side
to be ten foot on the west side of the westtermost cart rut
and from thence to be made and fenced at ye pleasure and
cost of the said Eichard Cornell two Eods broad and
nomor in witness whereof we have set to our hands tO
these presents
William Willis
John Jackson
This is a treu coppy Compare with the original and
entred by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarck
Page 415.
Att ye Eequest of aron van norstran Siman Lam bertson
Harman Johnson Hendrickson John Hen drickson michal
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS. 85
Demott Johanas boorum Hendrick Auton Antoney Demott
Elisabetli Eamson John Hagewout Cornelias Eey yerse
Jacob van nort strant alle berfc van ort strunt Inhabitants of
the village of fosters meadow to stop up a high way by
gats that Leads betwen the Land of James all Burtos that
was formerly John Smiths & the Lands of Harman Johnson
& John foster Juner & antoney Demott & accordingLy wee
John Tredwell & william AVillis two of the Commitioners
for the Town of Hempstead to lay out High ways have the
Seaoond day of June in ye year of our Lord 1726. ordered
the sd high way to be Wholly stopped up and nomore to be
used or deemed a high way any more & by the consent of
James Burtos have laid out a high way a, -Cross the East
end of the land Jams All Burtos bought of John Smith the
east side of ye sd high way is bounded on ye north end
next to york Road by a black oak sapplin & on ye south
end by a white oak small tree & ye road is laid out full
fower rods wide allso the day & year above sd ascertaned
and^ laid out a high way being ye Lane that Leads of ye
Plains to fosters meadow Jjy ye hous_ of Jeams AlBurtos
the road is Laid out Just ye breadth of ye Laine haveing
Marked the high way by marked saplins near and Joining
to ye fence on each side of ye lane and at ye mouth of sd
Lane next to york Road have laid it out Just fower rods
wide from Rey yer ses fence. In witness whereof wee have
setto our hands the day and year above sd
John Tredwell
"William: Willis
This is a treu Coppy taken out of the original and com-
pared by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Hempstead October the. Hb. day. 1725. Then at the
request of severall of the in Habitants belonging to Hemp-
sted unto us John Tredwell and William Willis two of the
Commisioners for the ' laying out and survaying of the
Roads & high ways within the Township of Hempstead
86 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
that wee. should assartain & Lay out a high way from
the plains to the great neck & the Little neck- & the
neck caled neubridg and accord'ly the day & year ahote
writen by appontmen to survay the. same by us the
sd John Treadwell & William Willis - and coHcider-
ing the nesescity of the" same do order the road to go
from the plains at the wood edg to ye eastward of the
hous of Thomas Carman along the old road from westbery
to the great neck brook having marked ' the trees about a
rod on thfe east side of the path & to be fowr rods broad all
the way from the plains to the grealt neck & when the road
Cometh to the old Eoad from Westbery to the neck, the
Road is allso Laid out down' to the place where the Little
neck fence should be made fowr rods wid having marked
the trees for the Boad about a rod to the eastward of the
Path & lick wise laid out the Eoad; from the^ nubridg neck
Page 416. ;
north ward on the east side pf the Land ^william willis and
his son. sold to Benjamin Smith & bounded west hy said
Lanfi & the trees so fare on the west side and from Thence
up the old road to west bery;to the -road thatt leads to the
great neck & the trees marked about a rod to the eastward
of the path the Boad all along from grpat neck path to neu-
bridg is laid fowr Bods wide
William Willis
John Treadwell
These above sd roads are a ti-eu Coppy taken out of the
original & Compared by me
Tho GlLDEESLEfiVE Cl'arck
November the. 11th. day 1725. Laid out a highway from
the town of hempstead southeastardly by the old wood
paththatgoethin to the south woods westward of C'alip
Carman Julier his hous thence down tt) the east meaddw
swomp the northerd marked tree being a short whit oak
tree by the wood edg on the northeast side of the oM path
& so by marked trees marked on the north east side of ye
HEMPSTEAD TOWN- KECOEDS. 87
sd road to benjaman Smiths field thence throuah the
swomp eastwardly the trees being marked on the north side
ye sd Eoad or highway thence it turneth a little south ward
round the south west corner of benjaman Smith twelve acar
peice then estwardly on the sotxth sid of benjamin Smiths
land till it cometh to the corner of his field thence sum what
northardly haveing marked trees on the norih side of the
Eoad till it cometh to the fence on the south side of benja-
min Smiths land thence eastwardly on ye south side of ye
fence thef, fence being the north bounds of the high way till
it cometh to a whit oak small tree in Jonathan Smiths lot
thence to a small whit oak saplin standing at ye southeast
of benj^ins fence next to ye brushey plains ye way Jiing
allalong on the south & west side of the marked trees and
all along fowr rods wide
William Williss
John Treadwell
John Jackson
This above sd road or high way is a treiu Ooppy taken
out of the original Compared & entred by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck ,
•
Liokwise on the 11th. day of november. 1725. Laid out
a high way of fowr rods wide from the road that goeth over
the east meadow swomp afore sd for Jonatlian Smith to
goe to his twelve acar lot of land on the west side Joining
to benjamin Smiths fence on the west end of his twelve
acar Lot of Land the way to be a gate way or shut up with
bars Jonathan Smith or his assigns to maintain the gats or
bars acros sd high way that they do not exseed two gats or
pair of bars beside bars in his own Land at his own charge
William Willis
John Jackson
John Tkedwell
This above said road or highway is a treu coppy taken
out of the original compared and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS.
Page 417.
Att a Jeneral Town meeting held at hempstead Janeuary
ye 20b]i day 1726-7. Then'it was vated and by the mager
vote of the freeholders that the patin rate that is in the
hands of Justice John Tredwel shall be entred'in our Town
Eeacords and also those whos names are found in our rea-
cords what has paid to the pattin it shal be entred along
with the pattin rate and also all other that hath Justly Paid
to the pattin This entred by ord by me
Tho Gildersleete Clarck
At the same time it was voated that Mr Clarck had liberr
ty granted to take up thirty acars of the plain Land up on
his own Pattin Eight lying on the' south sid of the path
that leads from Jordans to Stringams betwen Jordons and
the furs deep hollow west ward This entred by order by
me
Thomas Gildebsleevb Clarck,
Henry Allin doth protest against the above said voat that
was made for Mr Clarck for thakeing up of 30 acar of Land
on the weste end of the plains as abgve said witnis his hand
Henaey Allyn
This entred by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarck
Cornelus vanwick doth allso protest against the above
said voat that was mad for Mr Clarck to have 30 acars of
land the west end of the plains.
Gershom mot doth protest against the above voat also
Thomas Williams doth also protest agains above sd voat
May the. 8th. and 9th. 1727. Then wee Justice John
Treadwell Cap Benjamen Hick John Allison Jacob Smith
Thomas Williams John Mott Juner and Thomas Gilder-
sleeve did purseuant to a voat made by the mager voat of
the freeholders of Hempstead did aid and assist Doctor
Colding ye Jeneral Survaior of the province of Neu York.
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS. 89
In Euning of our West Line which is our west bonds ac-
cording to our purches and patians which is a direct South
line due South from the head of mattheugarisons bay to
the South Sea. begining at a burch tree at ye sd bay head,
did run throo Samuel Smiths bam on the South side of the
Little plains and throo Thomas Cornels barn on Eockaway
and so to the Sea the same cors as a fore said.
This entred by me
Thomas Gildeesleete Clarck
Page 418.
feberuary the 27. day 1726-7 Then at a Jenerall Town
meeting held by the free holders of Hempstead in the
Church Then it was voted that william willis Thomas
Langdon and benjamin Seaman ware mad Chois of to aid as-
sist the Clarck of our town in entring a List that William
Willis and Tho Gildersleeve Clar and Justice John Tread-
well dreu out of the origanall patin Eant to enter it forth
with into our Town Eeacords with amendments which is
and shall be a treu Eeacord to every man or men that hath
a Just right in or to it as to be a treu reacord forever This
entred by order by me
Tho Gildeeslekve Clarck
At a Jeneral town meeting held in Hempsted Aprill 4
1727 Then their was Chosen by mager Justice John Tread-
well to be Seuperviser for this enseuing year
At the same time their was Chosen for Cunstable and
Colleeter for this Enseuing year by mager voat David be-
dell.
at the same time Jacob Smith and John Dorlon ware
Chosen asseser for this enseuing year by mager voat of the
freeholders
at the same time Tho Williams Jeramiah Beadell Thomas
Langdon and John Elason ware Chosen Survairs of the
high ways for this enseuing year by mager voat
at the same time theire was Chosen for fence veuers for
90 ' HEMPSTEAD 'town BECOBDS.
enseuing year Sameuel Williams and Joseph Beadell by the
ihager voat of the freeholders
at the same time Tho Gildersleeve was Chosen Town
Clarck f or this enseuing year by ma,ger voat of the free
holders
Att the same tim theire was Chosen Jus. John Treadwell
C Ben Hicks John AUason Jacob Smith Tho Williams John
Mott Ju Tho Gildersleeve they or any fowre of them for
to take care forth with to procure a survair upon as reason-
able tearms as they can for to run our out sid boundredges
that is to say our west line according to purchas and pat-
tenes that is to say from the head of Mattagarits bay a due
South Line to the South Sea and we do further orthorrise
these our men above named to take so much money out of
our publick stock to defray the Charges thereof.
This orderred by mager voat of free holders of sd Town
by order by me
' Tho Gildeksleeve Clarck
Page 419.
June the 15th. 1727:
By the request of the neighbourhood wee John Tread-
well & William Willis two of the commitioners for laying
out of high ways in the Town ship of Hempstead haveing
taken a vew of a sartain old path from the north end of
Jacob Petersons fenst lott towards the road that leads from
fosters Meadow to Thomas Whitheads and finding the said
old path to be Conveniant for travellers & carts and wag-
gons for the Inhabitants do hereby asseartain and Lay the
same out for a road of two Eods Wide all the way begin-
ning at ' the Road that leads down to Thomas' Whiteheads
and to run on the north side of Abram Mountaniayes fence
Joining to it and runing to the northestward Joining to the
fence till it Cometh over the brook and thence to run.east-
wardly betwen the Land in the Clame of Hendrick Onder-
donk and the Land of Mary Demott Mary Demotts land on
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOBDS. 91
the nortii side of the road, and thence to run on the south
side of a cerlaine peece of Lg^nd lately- laid out by the sur-
vairs of Hempstead betwen that and Jacob Petersons fence
& ye sd highway wee allow it to be a gate' way so tl^at the
People whosfe land it gOeth through or bee'twen shall hang
'good sofitiant- gats for Travillers and Carts to go through
and ye east end of sdroad to', Com out at the road that Lead
from fosters Meadow to Justice ocleyes Mill.
■' -: ' - ' William Willis
-■ * ■ '■ . -■,--' John Teeadwell ■
This abote sd highway is a treiiCoppy tacken out of the
"oMginal and entred by me
] -, . , . , , Tho Gildeesleeve Clarci
: Wh^reas'.on the 24th. day of feabrearylnthe year of- our
Lord lT14-their was a high way Laid , out from the east
side 'of Thomas Whitheads' hous to- a bridg'over the run
jthat runs from ye mill -yt then their was fleuellina & was to
,run;,southardly till it Coins. to an other, Eoad yt leads from
ye hous of ye sd;flenellin'gs & now: nathaniel Okelys, and
Euning west^ifardly to ye sd west end of the Island & then
.w.egtwai,*dly to ye Crick yt parts Hungry harbour. & Jemecos
iurther east Neck & ■ Avhereas, ye sd E.oad over ye btidg .&
acrosSi ye fly of Meadow yt runs acros ye meadow yt runs, a
crosye fly of meadow yt runs up ye middle of hungry har-
boarj,neck,' proves to be an a great Damige to Richard
Carman ye present, owner - of ye Land- & mes-do w where sd
Eoad. by travilars pulling & leaving ye fence do wp at ye
bridg &'therpby'Letting of .Cattle yt feeds on ye other side
of ye bridg . on whitheads Land unto hungry harbour
•aeck Contrary . to ye intent &i meaning of the former
owners' -of ^ ye sd meadow; & .upland on -hungry harbojir
at^such time as he sufered & alowed sd. bridge to be
madeiW'c at yt: time was only, hindred for, some other
owners of sum . small- Lots of mea,dow! on hungry har-
bour to pas & repas to labour on othcir meadows & Cart
their hay; from sd neck , being their nearest way to their
92 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOKDS.
Dwellings and whereas we have also ascertained & Laid
out on ye 15. day of this instant June a nearer & better
EiOad for all travillers to pas & repas from the Eoad yt
Leads from fosters meadow to Thomas Whitheads hous to
nathanieis Okelyes mill eastwardly. wee John Treadwell
and William Willis have asserted & Laid out a road from
ye end of the bridg on hungry harbour to the road that
Page 420.
Leads down ye westter most point of hungry harbour neck
and no further the road being for harman Johnson & Hen-
drick Hendrickson & Thomas Hendrickson & Hendrick
Dosenbrow & Samuel Dosenbrow & William Gritman & the
widow Eamson and ther assigns and none else they being
now the only owners of the Meadow that now lieth on the
other side of the bridg and it most convenient for them to
Cart that way all waise provided that they the said harman
Johnson and hendvick -hendrickson and Thomas Hendrick-
son and Henry Dosenborow and Samuel Dosenborow and
William Gritman and the widow Ramson and their assign's
at their only whol and proper Cost & eharg from time to
time & at all times hereafter of making and keeping in re-
Pair of the sd bridge for their and only their use and also
do make & hang and keep in good Repair a good gate to
Open and to shet after them when they Pas and Repass
over it on Thomas Whitheads side of the river and if the
Parsons above named or their assigns doo or shall at any
tim hereafter neglegt or refuse to keep in good repair the
said gate so that the then owners of Hungry harbour is
theirby damiged then the above Road to be wholly stopt.
and whereas that was formerly laid out, acros the meadow
that runs up the middle of the neck is not servisable to any
intent or purpose whatsoever but a great damig to the own-
ers of the said fly of meadow no one having any occation
or busines to pas that way wee do order that it shall from
the date herof be wholly stopped up and hereafter be
deemed and taken for no Road at all in confirmation here-
of wee whose names are here under subscribed do order
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 93
asertain and conclude the above said high ways to be or-
dred and regulated as above written this seventeenth day
of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun-
dred and twenty and seven
John Teedwjill
"William Willis
This above is a treu Coppy taken out of the originall and
Compared and entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 421.
At a Jeneral Town meeting held, in Hempstead April ye.
2. day 1728 then mager John Cornell by mager voat of the
free holders -was Chosen Seuperviser for this enseuing year
At the same time by mager voat of the freeholders David
Bedell was Chosen Cunstable for this enseuing year
At the same time Thomas Carman and John Dorlon ware
Chosen asesers by mager voat of the freeholders for this
enseuing year
At the same time samuel Williams Samuel Jackson and
barns Vanwick ware Chosen survairs of ye highways by
mager voat of the freeholders for this enseuing year
At the same time Joseph BeadeU and Eobart Marvin
ware chosen fenc veuer by mager voat of ye freeholders for
the enseuing year
At the same time Thomas Gildersleeve was Chosen Town
Clarck for this enseuing year by mager voat of ye free
holders
This indenture Made this twelfth deay of aprill In ye
year of our Lord Christ one thousand seaven hundred
fower betwen William Peat of Cow neck in ye town ship of
Hempstead In Quens County on Nawsaw Island in neu
York Province of ye one part & Thomas Barker of Cow
neck Juner Yeaman of ye other Part witneseth yt ye sd Wil-
liam Peat for and in Consideration of ye sum of fowr hun-
dred & fifty Pounds Neu York Money to him in hand paid
before ye execution of these presents by ye afore Named
Thomas Barker ye recepts where of ye sd William Peat
94 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
doth hear by acknowledg. &. their of. &. their from. &.
from every part. &. parsel :thereof doth by these : present
forever, acquit exbnarate and discharge him ye sd Thomas'
Barker his hairs executors. &. administrator by these pres-
ents Have given granted bargined sold, allinated enfeoffed.
&. Confirmed and by these presents doth freely. &. absolut-
ly give grant bargin sell allien, enfeoff, and con-firm unto
him. ye. sd Thomas Barker his hairs. &. assigns forever."
one sertaine Messeag. &. farm of Land Scituate lying. &.
being Cow Neck afore named at. ye. bottom of. ye. sd Neck.
&: is butted. &. bonded as- foUoweth. viz. begining at a sar-
tain Pond of water known by ye name of^ bean pole pond
on ye south side of ye sd Pond in ye line bet wen Calip -Cor-
nell & ye sd William Peat thence runiag eastwardly to a
sartine read oak tree thence runing as the fence now runs
r till it corns to ye Coi-ner of ye 'sd fence & thenT3e- from ye
Page 422..
corner of ye sd fence runing northwardly to a ■ sartain whit
oak tree thence to ye sound so from thenee along by the"
sound to ye south, side of bean pole pond being the place
we first begun at being one hundred acar or theare abouts.
be it more or less w't all Houses out houses barns Buldings
edifices wais paths efemeses & all other Convenises priviled-
ges & appurtinances unto ye same belonging ■ or in ,aniwise
appertaining w't ye Revertiou & Eeavartions, Remainder &
Reamainders there of To have and To hold all & singular ye
afore sd tract of land & primises w't all & evry of ye appur-.
tinanses Priviledes & Commodities to ye same belonging or
in aniwise appertaining unto him ye sd Thomas Barker his
hairs and assigns to his & their own proper use benefit & be
hoff for ever & I ye sd William Peat for me my hairs execu-
tors & administrators do Covenant promise & grant to &;w't
ye sd Thomas Barker his hairs & assigns yt be fore ye en-
sealling hereof I am ye treu sole & Lawf uU owQer of ye above
granted primises & am Lawfully sissed & possesed. of ye
same In my own proper Right as a good parfect & absoleut
estate of in heritance In fee simple & have in my self good
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 95
Eight full power & Lawful! authoryty to Grant bargin sell
alien & enfepf & Confirm ye afore sd granted & bargined
primises in maner as above sd & yt ye sd Thomas B;arker
his hairs and assigns shall & may from time to time & at all
times for ever here after by virtue of these presents Law-
fully peaciably & Quiatly have hold use occupy & enjoy ye
afore sd demised baxgined primises w't all & every of ye
appurtinances free & Clear &, freely & Clearly acquited ex-
onarated & discharged of &, from all & all maner of for-
mer Gifts grants bargihs sails Leasses M orgages Wills en-
tails Joyntora Dowryes lacombrances Judgments execu-
tions & troubles what soever I ye sd William Peat dh fur-
ther Covenant & bind my self-iny hairs executors & admin-
istrators firmly by these preseiits to waraut and defend him
ye sd Thomas Barker his hairs & assigns in quiatt & pe-
ciable possestion of all & singuler the above Granted
premises & every part there of against any Just & Law-
fuM. Clame of any parson or parsons what so ever. In
Witnes whereof ye sd William Peat and his wife as being a
party herein Oonsearned have set their hands & seals ye
day & year above written
Sihed sealled and delivered
In presents of us
Bam'Eamson ' , the mark of
Wm Bukch William X Peat (S)
the mark of
MakyXPeat (S) '
three taken out & fowre put in In ye 4th line before ye
ensealing hereof
October ye 12th. 1725. Then Came ye above sd wUHam
Barker one or ye. witnesses to ye above sd deed pearsonal-
ly before me Isaac Hickes Judg of ye, Court of Common
pleas of sd County and being sworn upon ye holy avange-
lest of almighty God sayeth yt he see William Peatt &
mary his wife sign seal and deliver ye above Instryment &
acknowledged to be their free and vallentry act & at the
96 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 423.
same time see Earn Eamson sign & witnes to this same The
word three was taken out and fowr set in In the second
Line before the acknowledgment hereof I alow this deed to
be Eeacorded
Isaac Hicks
Theis is a treu Coppy of the original Compared and entre
by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Whereas when Cow Neck gate right Land was laid first
oute by Samuel Clows John Sands and Jonathan Smith
and they Left fowre rods wide for a high way there in sea^
veral Parts of the Neck & aftarwards the same was Con-
firmed by the Commisioners of the high Wales & so it Lay
for maney years and the Inhabitance finding that high way
was not so Convenient as it might be. If it should be
moved where it would sute the Convenances of the naigh-
bour whood better and for that we movd it and all so
agreed how and where it should be moved, and then they
the sd Commisioners and Required them to move the sd
high way to Eun as the Inhabitants had Last agreed and
Accordingly ye sd commitioners did move ye s'd high-way &
confirmed the same & ye Commishoners desiared those men
that had their Land divided by the former high way to take it
in & so to Joyn their Land to gather, and it pleased the
Inhabitants that it sshould be so. and accordingly it hath
ben don by them and it now being the request of Richard
Cornell that he may take up his Per porshianable Part of
ye sd former high way that is according as it did go throw
or Joyn to his Land, and wee Thinking his Request reason-
able, wee therefore Do hereby agree and Consent to it
provided their is enuf of the sd former sd hie way ajoyning
to ye sd Richard Cornells Land and as an occation of our
assenting and Consenting that he Requests we have here-
unto set our hands this twenty fourth day of august an no
do mini. 1727
HEMfSfEAD *0WN BElCOtoS. Qf
JosT Springsteen "William Huchings
Thomas Dodge Andeies Ondeedonk
Calip Cornell Jeestin Dodge
Sam Sands Adam Mott
Sam Dodge Joseph Latham
Thomas Huchins Stepen Jonson
Eam Eamson Joseph Hallsted
Leuis Heulitt Hendeick Eamson
Joseph Thoen Coenelus PuLhamus
EicHAED P . . OE John Allison
JosHEUA Carman
This above said highway Compared with the original
and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleete Clarck
Page 424.
Att aJenerall Town meeting held in Hempstead Jun. ye.
28. 1728 Then by mager voat of the freeholders then pre-
sent it was voated that our sheep that Euns on the plains
shall not be folded for. this Present year nowhere In the
bounds of hempstead This entred by order by me
Tho Gildeesleete Clarck
Job Bedell doth protest agains this above sd voat
John Dosenborow blacksmith doth also protet against
the above said voat
John Southard doth protest against' the above sd voat
Whereas at ye Eeaquest of John Mott & John Dorlon &
Thomas Langdon & William Langdon & Joseph Langdon
& Samuel Langdon & Elias Dorlon & som others of the
freeholder of ye sd Town of Hempstead to us John Tread-
well & William Williss two of ye Commitionors for ye
Laying out and ascerting of ye high wais within the pre-
cincks of ye Town ship of Hempstead for a high way or
road to be laid out from ye plains down to ye mill of
William Langdon on ye west side of ye swomp that Leads
98 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
from Hempstead to sd mill accordingly on ye ninth day of
Janiwary in ye year of our Lord one thousand seaveh hun-
dred and twenty fowr five wee haveing vewed the ground &
convenience thereof for a Road from the west ende of the
Town to ye mill afore sd. aind doe Judge a road necessary
according to their Request afore said and have the day
afore sd laid out a Eoad to the sd Mill begining at a whit
oak sapplin Marked a little to ye westward of John Dorians
northwest corner of, his fenced lot at ye edg of ye Plains
marked for ye east side of ye Eoad which Eoad is Laid out
f owre rods wide from ye Plains, except the Lane betwen Dor-
lands land and ye widow burtoees w'c lane if it be not fowre
rods then ye road to be there the breadth of ye Lane in sd
lane & from thence to the west side of ye head of Shermans
Swomp & then down ye Course of ye Path formerly made
by Joseph Langdon & Joseph Williams Decesed to ye
Brook Colled ye Deep Eiver then over sd river to a read
oak sapplin or small tree neare the sand hoole the road to
go betwen the sand hoole & ye old mill pond the trees
being marked on the east side of the road and the west side
of the swomp w't three noches on ye north side and south
side.& slipe down the west side of them next the road and
the road to be from the Lane afore sd to ye sand hole all
the way fowre rods wide, given under our hands the day &
year above said.
William Willis
John Teeadwell
This above said high way Compared with the original
and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 425.
Hempstead March the fourth day 1728-9. Then at the
request Morta Willsee and Teumos Snedecor & J-ames
Smith Jonathan Eouland Garit Snedecor & Cornelos Will-
see & Thomas Cornell Theodorus Snedecor. Wee Coll
John Treadwell and William Willice two of the Commicion-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOElDS. - 99
ers for survaiing & Laying out of the high wais for ye
township of Hempstead have according their Bequest
vewed ye Eoad Leading from the house of Capt Jeremiah
Smith Late of Hempstead deceassed to taners pond so
Called and where as Isaac Smith and Capt Joseph Thorn
and John Searing being before Justice James Townsend
sworn Upon the holy evengellest did declare that the road
was by coUo John Jackson and James Cleaments formerly
Laid out in their preasents near the comer of Eichard
Durfies fence at the south west Corner of -it and so Laid it
on the "West side or end of Capt Jeremiah Smith Land and
Joining on the west of his Land till it CamB to the Land
ther, of John Cornell and from thence west ward to wards
taner* pond wherefore these may sertifie to all pearsons
that it may Concearn that on the day above written wee
John Treadwell and William Willis have for the more pear
feet understanding where the said Koad shall bee, have
Laid out the sd road beginning at the sd south west Corner
of sd Eichard Durfees fence and so to run upon a strait
liae to the west side of ye sd Durfees hous. from thence
upon a strait line tp a read oak tree markt that stands by
his fence side northardly of his house & by sd fence so to
Garit Snedecirs fence and to be and is Laid out three rods
wide all ye way as witness our hands the day and year
above ritten the way to ly on the west side of the hous
marked trees & Durfees fence
William Willis
John Teeadwell
this is a treu Coppy taken out of the original and Com-
pared by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarok
Page 426.
Att a Jenerall Town Meeting held In Hempstead Aprill
ye first day 1729. Then their was Chosen for Seupervizer
for this euseuing by mager vot of the freeholder. Mr John
Cornell
100 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
At the same time David Bedell was Chosen Cunstable
and Colecter by mager voat of the freeholders for this en-
eeuing year
att the same time Thomas Carman Cap Joseph Thorn
ware Chosen assessors by mager voat of ye freeholders for
this enseuing year
Att the same time mordicai Lester Eobart mitchel & pe-
ter Titos weare Chosen Snrvairs of the high wais by mager
vot for this enseuing year
Att the same time Mr Jeremiah Beadell & Mr John
Treadwell Juner ware Chosen fenc weuers by mager voat
of ye freeholders for this enseuing year
Att the same time mordecai Lester & Jacob Smith ware
Chosen to be invitarians of decesed mens esteats in hemp-
stead by mager voat of the free holders for this inseuing
year
At the same time Tho Gildersleeve was Chosen Town
Clarck by mager voat of the free holders for this enseuing
year
This above entred by me
Tho Gildeeseeeve Clarck
At a publick town meeting held in Hempstead may 19.
day 1729 Then it was by mager of the freeholders then
present it was voated that the Sheep in Hempstead and the
bonds thereof shall Eun at Larg and not be folded by any
Parson
This entred by order by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Page 427.
Hempstead the IG day of the 4th. Month Called June
1729. Purseuant to an act of- assembly of the province of
neu york entitled an act for the better Clearin and- further
Laing out high waies &c w'c sd act expiring by its own
Limitation was also reneued by an other act of assembly
for tha same purpose in both w'c acts wee CoUo John
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 101
Treadwell John Jackson & William Willis wee apponted
domisoniers for ye township of Hempstead to lay out neu
high ways & Eegulate the old ones as nessesity Eequired
w't in ye sd^ Township & understanding there was sume
strifes & debats Consearning the Eoad yt Leads acros the
head of Couneck ye old marks in many places being cut
down and gone in order yt ye sd Eoad may be settled and
ye desputs about the same ended have the above "sd Ee-
veued & laid out the sd Eoad as foUoweth viz beginning at
the brook to the westward of Eobart Mitchels and runing .
eastwardly to the north west Corner of Eobart mitchels fence
which fehce now stands is the south bounds of the road till
it Cometh near the north west Corner thereof and at the
Corner the fence is to stand about foot more northward
and from thence the Soanks fence is ye South bounds till
it Coms near the gate south ward of the meeting hous
to an oak saplin standing w't in the Scanks fence and
from thence eastward as the saplins are marked mostly
standing on the in side of the fence to the east end of
their fence the saplins being marked with three chops
on the east and on the west side and a slipe on the north
side : and from the east end of the fence the south side
of the Eoad is still Continued eastward by a line of mar-
ked trees & saplins^ marked as afore sd till it Cometh to
the north west corner of Thomas Cornels fence and the
north bounds of the sd Eoad begins small blak oak saplin
that stands by road that Leads to Eobart Eiders that was
marked and runing eastward from to a stake that we set
down at the south west corner of Eobert Princes fence &
thenee as the fence stands till it cometh to a small whit
oak tree that wee markt on the hill side by the fence and
thence on a strait Line to a stump marked by the fence
side and from thence to run upon a straight line a little
within princes fence to a Eead oak tree that stands a small
distance without or on "the south side of Eobart Bounds
fence & from sd tree to run eastward a little bowing to the
north SO as to Lead the road two Eods wide to a dead
102 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS.
small tree w't in the fence marked and from thence to
another small tree Just within the fence upon a strait line
and so eastward ly to a stake wee set down on the west sid
of the gate that opens to go to Joseph Lathens and from
thence to extend eastwardly to the east bounds of Joseph
Isithins land to a small forked bending walnut saplin Joseph
Holsteds southwest Corner of his Land which Eoad as
afore said is laid out all the way two Eods or' thirty three
foot wide & the north bounds of the sd Koad is as near as
wee can Judg the place wheare the' old neck fence formerly
stood against William Nicolses now Eobart bownds and
Joseph Lathins Land by our own former knowledg and the
best Information that we Could get : and the north side of
Page 428.
the sd Eoad Leading Eastward from the forked small
walnot saplin upon a^ strait Line to the place wheare Joseph
Halstead farm bounds to the south ward of the old neck
fence and from thence the old road that the forrder Com-
misioners laid out Joining to the South side of the neck
fence that went betwen Joseph Holsteds Hous and bam
till it Cometh toward the top of the hill that Joseph Hoisted
hath fensed in wee do order it to be stoped up and to be a
high way nomore, and in the Eoome and stead thereof
have the day afore said Laid out the Eoad as Thomas
Cornell and Joseph Holsteads fence now stands that Leads
betwen thir dwelling houses till it "Cometh to the east side
of Joseph Holsteds fence the breadth that it now is onely
Joseph' Holsteds fence that is on the South of the JRoad
where he now sets it to leave it two Eods wide and nomore
performed and finished the day and year first above' written
by us.
John Teeadwell
William Willis
John Jackson
This above said Eoad or high way Compared with ye
original 'and entred by me
Tho Gili>eeslbeye Clarok
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 103
Hempsted Harbour ye 12th. of 6tli m'on august. 1729
Purseuant to an act of assemly of ye province of Neu
York entitled an act for ye beter setling & further Laying
out high wais &c ,"w'c sd act expiring by its own Limitation
■was also Kenued by an other act of assembly for ye same
purpose In both w'c acts wee. Coll. John Treadwell Justice
John Jackson & -william williss ware appointed Comitni-
sioners for the Township of Hempstead to Lay out new
high wa^s & Eeagulate the old ons as nesesity Required
w't in yes sd Township and under standing their are sum de-
bats Consearning ye Road that Leads from Richard Vallin-
tius to ye Mill dam of Jeremiah Williamses. Richard Val-
lintine having fenced in the path where it went a Cross his
Land & ye old marked trees being all gon at ye head part
of ye Road & in order that ye sd Road may be setled &
desputs ended, wee have je day and year above v»fritten
setled ye Road to go from Richard Vallintins hous where it
now goeth to the place that Richard Vallintine plowed for
the path by the swomp side and theire to be one rod & a
half to the southard of where he plowed for the South side
of the rgad and to extend westward as the fence of Richard
Yallintiue now stands to ye west end of it three Rods wide
& from thence to run Southward to ye end of Jeremiah
Williamses land that he bought of william "Williss and
Thomas Pearsall betwen Jeremiahs and Richard vallintines
three R,Qds wid & from thence to extend southwardly to ye
south end of Richard Vallintines fence & from thence turn
southwardly as the fence stands the fence being at that
place the east and north side of the Road ye sd Road wee
have laid out all the way three Rods wide perfcWmed the
day and year above written.
John Teeabwbll
John Jackson
William Williss
This above is a treu Coppy compared with the original
and entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
104 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 429.
Whereas Eobart Mitchell Cornelus Polhemos by their
petition to us John Treadwell & William Williss two of the
Commitioners appointed by a late act of asembley for the
ascertaining & laying out of the publick & necescary high
wais & Eoads for the Township of Hempstead did request
that where as the Road Leading from Taners Pond to the
plains be twen the Lands of ye sd Eobart mitcheU & ye
Lands of ye sd Cornelus Polhemos was not by Coll John
Jackson and Jams Clement fully parfected nor jOannot be
found to be Ee acorded in the Town or County Eeacords
that wee the sd John Treadwell and William Williss would
Lay out and sertifie ye sd Eoad allowing them ye sd Eobart
Mitchell & Cornelus Polhemos the Libierty for to hang gats
at each end of sd Eoad & Wee ye sd John Treadwell & Wil-
liam WilUss haveing on the tenth day of this Instant aPrill
In the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seaven hundred
and thirty one weiued and Considered the same have as-
certained and ordered a road to go from the Plains along
from the great neck Path by the side of sd Cornelus Pol-
hemoses fence ntext to Eobart Mitchels Land as ye sd fence
now stands until it cometh to Eobart Mitchels northwest
Corner of his Land and have Laid it out three Eods wide all
, the way from the Plains to ye sd North west Corner of ye
sd Mitchels Land and do likewise allow them to hang &
keep, in good repaire a good sofitiant swinging gate at both
ends of ye above sd Eoad or where it may sent them best
sofitiant for travillers and Carts to pass and repass Through
and that at their own Coast and Charg in Witness whereof
wee have setto our hands this twentyeth day of Aprill In
the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seaven hundred and
thirty one
John 'Treadwell
William Willis
This above is a true Coppy taken out of the originall and
compared by me
Tho GtILdersleeye Clarke
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 105
September ye. 26. 1730. We the under named subscri-
bers of tlie TownsMp of Hempstead Do here by Protest
against the stoping or hanging of gats upon the high way
Leading from taners pond to the great Plains betwen the
Land of Eobart Mitchell & Cornelius Polhemus as witnes
our hands
OOBNELIUS WlLTSE AdEIEN GnDEEDONCK
Marten Weltsee Maetine Wiltse
Deeick Demott his
James Smith John Coenell
Nathaniel Peaesall mark
John Smith Daniel Peaesall
Heney Peaesall Joseph Denton
Bpheem Cheasman Phillip Smith
This Protest taken out of the original and Compared and
entred as a treu Coppy By mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clark
Page 430.
This Indentor made the seaventeenth day of aprill In the
year of our Lord seventeen hundred and twenty nine be-
twen John Dosenborow of Hempstead in Quens County
Yeaman of the one part & Eichard Gildersleeve & elisha
Gildersleeve of ye same Place Yeamen on ye other parte
witneseth yt ye sd John Dosenbury for & in Consideration
of ye sum of thirty Pounds LawfuU money of ueu york the
recepts whereof he ye sd John Dosenbrow doth hereby ac-
knowledg & him self to be there w't fully sattisfyed Con-
tended and paid & thereof & therfrom & of & from every
part & parsel theirof doth hereby forever acquit exonarate
releaoe & discharg them the sd Eichard & elisha Gilder-
sleeve their hairs & assigns Hath given granted Bargined
sold allined Eemised Eeleased. assined and teonfirmed and
by these presents doth give grant bargin sell alien remise re-
leas assign and Confirm unto them ye sd Eichard and elisha,
Gildersleeve & to their heirs & assigns for ever all yt se'r-
tin peese or peeses of meadow ground situate lying and
106 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
being at the south side of ye sd Town ship of hemp-
stead w't in the bownds following yt is to say begining at
an old whit ok tree by ye high way Euning about south-
west to a Crick and by a peece of meadow ground which
did formerly be Long to after alburtos Late of Hempstead
afore sd desceased thence .along the said Crick to a dich
thence northwardly along the ditch to a larg pond thence
runing across the sd pond about northeast Joining to a
peece of meadow belonging to Georg Beats and so to the
high way thence along ye sd high way till it Corns to the
first Station at ye sd old whit oak tree. Togeather w't all
the improvements privileges and apurtinances to the same
belonging or appertaining to have and to hold all and
singuler the above mentioned an bounded primasis with
the appurtmanses unto them ye sd Richard & elisha Gild-
ersleeve and to their hairs and assigns to the only proper
use benefit and behoff of them the said Eichard and elisha
Gildersleeve and to their hairs and assigns forever and the
said John Dosenborow for him self his hairs executors and
administrators doth Covenant Promise grant and agree to
and with them the said Eichard and Elisha Gildersleeve
their hairs and assigns that the above granted premises are
free from all maner of Incombranses what so ever and that
ye sd Eichard and Elisha Gildersleeve and their hairs and
assigns may Peaceably and quiatly Injoy the same and
Lastly ye sd John Dosenborow the above mentioned
primises with all the appurtinanses to the said Eichard and
Elisha Gildersleeve them their hairs & assigns against the
LawfuU Olames of any Parson or parsons or any under him
the sd John Dosenborow or his executors or administrators
shall and will -si^arant & by these presents forever defend In
wittness of which the sd John Dosenborow hath hereunto
set his hand and seal the day and year first above written
Sealed and delivered in the presents of
Jeeemiah WOOD his
his X mark John X Dosenbobow (S)
G C . . . . mark
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOBDS. . 107
this is a true Copy Compared with the original and
entred by me
Tho Gildbesleeve Clarck
Page 431.
sit a Grenerall Town Meeting held in Hempstead Aprill
the 7. day 1730. Then by Mager Voat of the freeholders
mager John Cornell was Chosen Seuperviser for this pre-
sent year
At the same time above said. David bedell was Chosen
Cunstable and colectter for this ensening year
Att the same time above said .Cap Joseph Thorn and
Thomas Langdon war Chosen assesers for this ensening
year
Att the same time above said. Peter Titos mordicai
Lester and Joseph Hoisted are Chosen survairs of the high
wais for this enseuing year
At the same time above said Leftenant Jeremiah Bedell
and Mr John Treadwell juner ware Chosen for fence veurs
for this enseuing.year
At the same time above said. Mordicai Lester ware and
Jacob Smith ware Chosen to Invitary in testeted estates
at the same time Thomas Gildersleeve was Chosen Town
Clark for this enseuing year
Att the same time CoUo'n John Tredwell had Liberty
granted to fence in and stop the way that was known by
the name of Southards Lain
Att the same time above said their was Liberty granted
to Joseph Pearce blacksmith to set up a hous and a shop
on the place that our old sheep pen was and the quntity
of Land that the old sheep pen did contain and the said
Joseph Pearce is obliged to keep a smiths shop on the
said Land and to do work for the Town and when he doth
let it go down so that he doth not do smiths work for the
Town then the Land is to return to the To^wn again
These Vots above sd entred by order by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
108 HEMPSTEAD TOWN HECOEDS.
at the same time above said Samuel Langdon Oordwind-
er had Liberty to set up him self tanfats on the same place
that Eobart Williams did set his tan fats on
This entred by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarfee
Page 432.
This Indenture made this fourteenth day of feabruary in
the year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundred twenty sea-
ven by & between James Smith of taners Pond In the
Township of Hempstead. In Queens County In Neu York
province yeaman and Mary his wif ye one part & Garit
Snedecor of ye sd Town ship of Hempstead Yeaman of ye
other part, witneseth yt ye sd James & Mary for & in Con-
sideration of ye sum thirty two pounds Neu York Money to
them or one of them in hand p'd before ye ensealing here-
of by Garit Snedecor, afore named, ye Reciept whereof
they hereby acknowledg & theirof & their from do by these
presents forever acquit exonarat & discharg him ye sd
Garit Snedecor his hairs exe'cu & admis'r they ye sd James
& Mary, have hereby given granted Bargined sold enfeofed
assigned & Confirmed & by these presents do freely fully
& absolutly give grant bargin sell allin enfeof assig & Con-
firm unto him ye sd Garit Snedecor his hairs & assigns for
ever a sartain piece or parsell of Land in the Township of
Hempstead Lying on ye north sid of the plains att a place
Called taners Pond. & it is buted & bounded as foUoweth.
viz. begining at ye south west Corner by a Chesnot Stump
w't a green bush growing in it, thence runing eastwardly,
by Lands appartaining to Cap't Jeremiah Smith duwest to
a wallnut stump in ye fence, thence Kuning Northardly as
ye fence runs to ye root of a whit oak tree, thence westard-
ly to John Cornell Line, thence southarly to the place wee
first begun at. ye whol Containing seaven acars or there
. about, be it more or less to have & to hold ye sd Land &
primises, unto him ye sd Garit Snedecor his hairs & as-
signs to his & their own proper use benefit & behoof &
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS. 109
w.ee ye sd James & Mary, do for our selves, our hairs,
execu's & admis'r Covenant to & w't ye sd Garit his
hairs & assigns yt wee are ye treu sole & Lawfull owners
of ye sd above bargined Primises & have . in our selves
good Eight full power & Lawfull authoryti to grant bai;gin
sell alien & Convay & Confirm the same in maner as above
sd & yt ye sd Garit his hairs & assigns shall & may from
time to time & at all times hereafter by virtue hereof Pea-
ciably Lawfully & Quiatly have hold use oocupie posess &
enjoy ye sd Primises free & Clear & freely & Clearly ac-
quited exonarated & discharged of & from all & of all maner
of former gifts grants bargins sails Leasees morgages en-
tails Jointers Dories Judgments executions or Incombran-
ces or troubles whatsoever. & wee ye sd James & Mary do
further Covenant & bind pur selves our hairs executors &
administrators firmly by these presents to warant defend ye
sd Land & Primises unto him ye sd Garit his hairs & as-
signs against ye Jiist & Lawfull Clames of any parson or
Parsons what so ever. In witnes whereof wee ye sd James
& mary have hereunto set our hands & seals the day & year
first above written
Sined sealed and Delivered ,
In presents of James Smith (S)
Wm Buech Maky Smith (8)
CoENELUS "WiLTSE har X mark.
Page 433.
March the 26 day 1730 Then Came before Me John
-Tolman esquir one of his Majesties Judges of the Courts of
Common Pies for Quens County the within named James
Smith who did acknowledg the with In deed to be his free
& Voluntary act and deed finding no rasurs nor enter Lins
I alow this deed to be Eecorded
John Talman
The deed on the other side and above acknowledMen
ComPared with the original and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
110 HEMPSTEAD TONVN EECOEDS.
This Indentor Made= fourth day of March In the year of
our Lord Christ Seventeen twenty six by & between John
Cornell of ye Town Ship of Hempstead In Quens County
on Nasaw island In neu York Province yeaman of ye one
part & garit sneedecor of ye sd Town Ship of Hempstead
Yeaman of ye other part Witneseth, yt he ye sd John Cor-
nell for & in Consideration of ye sum of one hundred
pounds of Neu York money to him in hand paid before ye
ensealling of these preasents by Garit Snedecur afore
named ye Eecepts whereof he ye sd John Cornell doth by
these presents Acknowled and their of & their from & of
and from every part & parsell thereof doth Exonerate acquit
& discharg him ye sd Garit Sneedecor his hairs executors &
adm'n for ever he ye sd John Cornell, hath Given Granted
bargined Sold allinated Bnfiofed asseured and Confirmed
and by these presents Doth freely fully and absolutly give
grant bargin sell alien enfeof assign and confirm unto him
the afore said Garrit Snedecor his hairs and assigns one
sertain measege and tract of Land Scituate lying at a place
known by the name of Taners pond In ye. north woods of -
the Town sJiip of Hempstead & is buted & bounded viz, as
foUoweth begining at the south west corner at a sertain
stump by the high way Euning thence northardly to a sar-
tain stake upon a straight Line easterly to a nother Stake
In ye line of Richard Durfees from thence runing south-
ardly to another stake in the line .of Richard Durfees
thence to ye high way & so by the high way westerly to
ye place we first begun, all being six acars be the same
more or Less, to have and to hold ye sd Lands & primises
w't all houses out houses barns stables & all other appur-
tinanses priviledges or Conveniancess to the same belong-
ing or in aniwise appertaining to ye same w't ye rever-
tion & Revertions Remainder & Remainders unto Mm
ye sd Garit Snedecur his hairs & assigns for ever to his
& their only proper use benefit & behoff forever & ye
sd John Cornell doth promise Covenant grant and agree
to & w't him ye sd Garit Snedecur him his hairs & assigns
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS. Ill
w't before ye ensealling hereof he is ye treu and Lawful!
owner of ye sd bargined primises & is Lawfully sized of ye
same In his own propper Bight as a good perfect & absolut
estate of Inheritance in fee simplee & have in my Self good
right full power and lawfull authority to give grant bargin
Page 434.
sell alien enfeof asseure & Confirm ye sd granted primises
In maner and form as above sd & yt ye sd Garit Snedecur
his hairs and assigns shall and may from time to time and
at all times forever here after by Virtue hereof -lawfully
peasciably and quiatly have hold use occupie poses & enjoy
ye sd demized & granted primises free and Cleer and freely
and Clearly acquited exonarate & discharged of & from all
and every other former gifts grants bargins sails Leases
morgages Deeds wills entails Jointors Dowries Judgments
executions InCombrances or troubles what sp ever, and I
ye sd John -Cornell Do further Covenant and' bind my self
my hairs and executors & administrator firmly these pre-
sents to warant & defend all and every of ye above granted
and bargined primices unto him ye Said Garit Snedecur to
him his hairs executors & assigne forever against ye Just &
Lawfull Clams or Clame of any parson or parsons what so
ever .In Witness whereof I ye sd John Cornell have here-
unto set my hand & seal ye day and year first above written
& Elizabeth Cornell wif of ye sd Joha Coraell to testifie
har consent here unto hath Likewise here unto set har
hand and seall-ye day & year above Written.
Sined sealed^and delivered
In Presents of
John Allason the mark of
WILL BuEGH John X Coenell (S)
the mark of
Elizabeth X Coenell (S)
March ye 26 day 1730 Then Came be fore me John
Tolman Esquier one of his Majesties Judges of the Court
112 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
of Common Pleas for Queens County the with in named
John Cornell who did acknowledg the with in to be his own
free and Vallintary act and deed finding no rasurs nor
enter Lines I alow this doed to be entred
John Talman
This above said deed Compared with the original deed and
entred by mee
Tho Gildersleete Clerke "
This Indenture made the fourteenth day of feabruary In
the year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundred twenty sea-
ven by & between Thomas Smith of the Township of Hemp-
stead In Quens County In neu York Province yeaman of
the one part and Garit Snedecoar of ye sd Town Ship of
Hempstead yeaman of the other part, Witneseth yt ye sd
Thomas Smith & Mary his wife the party herein concearned
for & in consideration of ye sum of one hundred ninty eight
pounds Carant money of neuyork to them or one of them
in hand paid be fore ye ensealling of thes presents by ye
afore sd Garit Snedecour the recepts where of ye sd Thomas
& mary Do hereby acknowledg and their of & their from &
of and from every part & parsell thereof do exonerat aquit
and discharg him ye sd Garit Snedecour his hairs execu't
and Adminis't they ye sd Thomas & mary have given grant-
ed bargined sold alinated Enfeoffed assined & confirmed &
Page 435.
by these presents do freely and absolutly give' grant bargin
sell alien Enfeof assign and Confirm that him ye sd garit
Snedecour his hairs & assigns forever a sartain parsel of Land
In the Township of Hempstead lying on ye north side of the
plans at a place known by the name of Taners pond it being
the three acars mor or above the one equal -half part of a
sartan tract of Land given by Cap Jeremiah Smith to his
Two sons Thomas and James by the Last will and testa-
ment of ye sd Cap Jeremiah may appear. To have and to
hold the said one equal half Part of the said Land & ye
three acars over & above w't a sertain hollow on the plain
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 113
Land & Meadow at south w't all other Eights of ye sd
Thomas Smith and Mary his wife to Land or Meadow in
the Township of Hempstead w't all ye priviledges apurti-
nances & Commodities to the same belonging or in any wise
appertaining w't all waies as paths eusements Eight of
Commons or any other priviledge appertaining to the same
or to any part thereof unto him the said Garit Snedecour
his hairs & assigne forever to his and their own only prop-
per use benefit & behoof for ever & wee ye sd Thomas &
Mary do for our selves our hairs exec's and adminr's Cove-
naat promise grant & agree to & w't ye sd Garit his hairs &
assigns yt before ye ensealing hereof wee are ye treu sole &
Lawfull owners of ye si demised primises & are Lawfuly
sized & possed of ye same In our own Eight as a good par-
feet and absolut estat of inheritance In fee simple & have In
our selve good Eight full pour & Lawful authority to grant
bargin sell ahan enfeof assure & Confirm ye sd bargined
primices as in maner as above sd & yt ye sd Garit Snede.
char his hairs & assigns shall & may from time to time &
at all times forever heare after have hold use occupie poses
& enjoy ye same abov bargined primises free & clear &
freely & Clearly acquited exonarated and discharged of and
from all & every other gifts grant bargin sale Leces mor-
gage wills Intails Jointers Douries Judgments executions
Incombrances or troubles whatsoever & we ye sd Thomas
& mary do by these presents further Covenant & bind our
selves our hairs executors administrators firmly by these
presents to warant & defend ye above bargined primises
and every part thereof unto him ye sd Garit Snedechor his
hairs & assigns against the Just & Lawful Clame of any
parson or parsons what so ever. In. witnes whereof we ye
sd Thomas & Mary have here unto set our hands and seals
ye day & year first above written
Sined Sealed & delivered In presents of
Will Buech Thomas Smith (S)
OoENELUS WiLLSEE the mark of
Maey X Smith (S)
114 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 436.
March the 26. day 1730 Then Came before me John
Talman esquier one of his majesties Judges of the Courts
of Common pleas for quens County Cornelus wiltsey one
of the subscriber evedence to the within deed being sworn
upon the holy evanjelest of almighty God declared that he
saw Thomas Smith and Mary Smith sin and seal the within
as their free and Vallentary act and deed finding no Basurs
nor enter Lines I alow this deed to be Recorded
John Talman Coenelus Wiltsee
This deed and acknowledghien Compared with the origi-
nal and entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
July the. 21. 1730. Then at a Jeneral town m'eeting by
maaer voat it was Concluded that our flock of sheep that
run on the Plains shall be Let out to the hiest bider from
this. 21. first day untill the first day of October next enseu-
ing weekly and he that Mrs them is abliged not to drive
the flock not a bove half a mile in to the woods and to Let
the flock out by the son half an our high in the morning &
bring the flock in to the fold by sunset, and those parsons
that are not willing that their sheep should not be f oulded
they are desired to come and draw out their sheep on the
twenty third of this instant month July for the flock will be
kept in till nine of the Clock in the morning in the fold to
him that hath hired them
Att the same Collo'n John Treadwell was Chosen by
mager Voat to Let out the flock for the time above said
John Mott Seaner doth Protest against the voat about
the sheep above said
This above said voats above sd entred by order by me
Thomas Gildeesleeve Clarke
At the same time Their was Liberty Granted to these
men here under named Collo'n John Treadwell mordicai
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. . 115
Lester augustos oldfield Joseph Hall Juner John fievelire
and Joseph Thuston to fence in the Lains folowing first the
Laine betwen the buring Pase and CoUo'n John Treadwell
Lot. and fossecors Lain at the east eand & on ye west end
as fare as Searings Corner.
This entred By order by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Joseph Smith S doth protest a gainst ye above said grant
Page 437.
and Isaac Jarman doth protest against the fore said voat
for stoping of ye high waies on the other sid and Daniel
Pearsall doth protest against it all so and Daniel Pine doth
protest a gainst it all so & Gershom Smith doth protest a
gainst it all so & Eichard Gildersleeve doth protest a gainst
it all so & Timothy Smith doth protest against all so
This a bove sd by the request of these men a bove named
entred by me
Tho Geldebsleete Clarke
July the .22. 1730. Then Daniel Smith the son of Avidow
Jean Smith Came and did protest agains the stoping of
ye Lains afore said, this entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Dito. Hanah-Smith & Jean Smith widows both do pro-
test a gainst the stoping of the Lains a fore mentione en-
tre by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Att a Jeneral Town meating held in Hempstead October
the 18th. 1732. Then by the mager Voat of the free hold-
ers of the said Town meeting it was voted and strongly
for bidden for any parson or parsons that they shall not
drive any sheep or Cattle to fould them nither day nor
night any where in the bound of Hempstead
Att the same time wee the free holders of hempstead as
a fore said do pray the assembly to make an act for the
116 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
establisMng of the above said voat for not foulding of our
sheep and Cattlee
at the same time it was voated that their should no hor-
ses nor mairs nor hors kind run at liberty on heinpstead
plains and we do pray the assembly to pas an act for the
same
These above said Voats entre by order by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
Peter Smith protest against ye vot made about the sheep
and John Dorlon doth the same
Daniel Pine & Isaac Jarman do protest aganst the above
said voat made a bout ye horses yt they shall not run on
the plains
Thomas Williams
Silos Smith
Ephe Vallintine
John Dosenborow
Sam Dosenborow
'Page 438.
Know all men by these Present that I Richard Wallin-
tine of Hempstead in Quens County on Nasaw Is land in
ye Province of new York for divers good Causes and Con-
siderations mee thier unto moving but more espetially for
the Love that I bar unto my two brothers na'than Vallin-
tine and benjamin Vallintine both of the Town County Is-
land and Province afore sd have given granted aliaated
released from me my hairs executors administrators and
every of them firmly by these preasents to them and
their hairs executors administrators & assigns forever
ye Dwelling hous and Land ■ a Joy^ning their unto in
the Town of Hempstead which was my fathers the Land
being by estemation ten acars litle more or less and a
lot of Meadow lying on the east side of a neck Com-
monly colled Dentons great Neck with all the Land
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 117
ajoining their unto which belongs to sd meadow being
bounded on the east w't ye Cove & bounded on ye west
by. a lot of meadow of John Carlse runing southward
down to ye bay and runiug up North wardly as fur as the
meadow goeth up that neck & ten or twelve acars of land
Lying near half way down in ye south woods on the north
side of an old field Colled Carpenters field and two hollows
lying about a quarter of a mile South west or there abought
of fransers nicoUs his hous the one being Colled the wallnot
hollow and the other lying about six or seven rods to the
South ward of that, i give unto them the equall half part or
moity of the undevided Land which belongs unto Jonas
woods' right all which house and Land at Hempstead and
-Lot of meadow on Dentohs neck and belonging their unto
and ten or ,twelve acars of Land lying on the north side or
end of Carpenters field and two hollows on the plains and
equal half part of Jonas woods Eight and the apurtinances
thereunto belonging I ye a bove sd Bichard wallintine do
give grant Eeleas and confirm all my Eight title and de-
mand from me my hairs executors and administrators unto
my two brothers Nathan Vallintine and Benjamin Vallin-
tine to them their hears executors administrators and
assigns forever to be equally devided be twen them. Ee-
serving alowance to my mother deuring her naturall Life
the Dwelling house and orchard w't as much Land at Town
as will mak up the orchard half the Land w't in the fence
at ye Town and ye use of as much meadow as she shall
occation of to Cat hay for her Cattle and for the confirma-
tion I have setfco my hand and fixed my seal the ninteenth
day of feabreuary annaco dominy one thousand seaven
hundred and four five
Sined Sealle and delivered
In presents of
Timothy Holstead Eichaed Vallintine (S)
William Willis
Benjamin Holstbd
118 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
This above said deed compared with the original by me
and entred
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
Page 439.
Att a Jenerall town Meeting held In Hempstead aprill
the. 6. day 1731 Then their was Chosen by mager vat of
the freeholders Mr John Cornell was Chosen Seuperviser
for this enseuing year
Att the same time above said David bedell was Chosen
Cunstable and Collector for this enseuing year
Att the same time above said Cap Joseph Thorn and Lef
Jeremiah Beadell ware Chosen assesars for this enseuing
year
Att the same time above said John Pearsall Cornelus
vanwick Isaac Jarman ware Chosen Survairs of the high
wais for this enseuing year
Att the same time above sd Leftenant Jeremiah Beadell,
and Leftenant John Treadwell war Chosen for fencvers for
this enseuing year
Att the same time above sd Tho Gildersleeve was Chosen
Town Clarke for this enseuing year
These above sd. voats entred by order by mee
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
Att a Jenerall Town Meeting held In Hempstead Aprill
the 4th day. 1732 Then Jacob Smith was Chosen Seuper-
viser by the mager voat of the freeholders then present for
this inseuiDg year
At the same time a bove said David Beadell was Chosen
Cunstable & Collector by the freeholders for this enseuing
year
At the same time above said Lef Jeremiah Beadell and
Lef John Treadwell weare Chosen assesars for this enseu-
ing year by the free holders
At the same time above said John Pearsall Cornelus Van
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 119
Wick and Isaac Jarman weare Chosen survairs of the high
wais for this enseuing year by ye freeholders
At the same time above said Left Jeremiah Beadell &
Left John Treadwell weare Chosen fence veuers for this
enseuing year by the freeholder
At the same time a bove said Mordecay Lester and Jacob
Smith ware for to atest deseased mens estats for this en-
seuing year by the free holders for this enseuing year
At the same time Thos Gildersleeve was Chosen Town
Clarke for this enseuing year by the freeholders
At ye same time there was given to benjamin Valintine
all the timber thar was Lef about the School hous and ye
hous and lento entred by order by me
Tho Gildeesleeye Clarke
Page 440.
To all Christian People to whome these preasents shall
com or any wise a pertaine Greeting Know ye that I peter
Totten of hempstead on nassaw island in quens County in
3'e Provinc of neu york do by these presence give grant
bargin sell a lianate releas and deliver from mee my hairs
executors administrators & assigns" Unto my Son Samuel
Totten of the same Town county island & Provinc afore
said to him his hairs executors administrators & assigns my
home Lott in Hempstead containing six acars more or less
as shall bs fouai within the following bounds that is
bounded east south and west by the Streets or high ways &
north by the Lott of Isaac Southard all which home Lott
as is above bounded to geather w't ye dwelling hous fenc-
ing orchard and all appertaning theare on I ye sd Peter
Totten do by these presents give grant bargin sell alinate
Realeass from me my hairs and assigns unto my sd son
Samuel totten to him his hairs and assigns to^have & to
hold the sd Lott hous & primises w't all ye apurtinances
- to ye only use benefit and behouf of him ye sd Samuel Tot-
ten his hairs and assigns forever waranting the sd home
120 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Lott to be free from any former saile Lett Morgadge or In
Combranc what ever by mee or any from by or under mee
ye same to uphold & defend a gainst any parson or parsons
that make any Just Clame there unto for & in Considera-
tion of a vaKable .... to me in hand paid & Reoived in full
satisfaction before the In sealling here of & in testimoney
of ye primises I have here unto setto my hand & fixed my
seal this ninteenth day of January An no domini. 1714-15.
Sined Sealled and delivered
In presents of
Joseph Pettet Sene Petek Totten (S)
Joseph Pettet J his X mark
This a bove sd deed is treu Copy taken out of the origi-
nal and compared By me
Tho Gildebsleete Clarke
At a Jeneral Town meting Held in Hempstead April. 4.
1732 Then the brick that are Left at the School house are
allowed for the repairing of the Parsonig Chimni and hous
At the same time their was Let to Collo John Treadwell
the town Scool Lot for twenty seaven shilling by mager
voat of the freeholders for this present year
this entred by order by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarke
Page 441.
This Indentor made the seacond day of feabruary In the
year of our Lord seventeen hundred & twenty betwen
Charls Petors of Hempstead in quens County on nasaw
Island suregeon & mary his wife of ye one part and Jona-
than Whitbead of ye County afore sd Jent on ye other side
whereas Georg heulit to whome sertain rightt of proprie-
tiship did w'c formerly did belong to one hop washbon In
Hempstead afore sd did by his sartain Deed Indecited
under his hand & seal dated ye 31. day of January anno-
domni. 1704 Sell the same Eight of Land to Jonathan
Whithead Above mentioned & his hairs, & whereas ye sd ■
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 121
Jonathan Whithead by virtue thereof hath amungst other
Lands taken up In ye sd Town ship one scertain tract of
Land near washbons neck Containing ninty seaven acars,
& one other tract of Land near a place Coled neubridg neck
Containing fifty fower acars as may more fully appeear &
particurlerly decribed by ye return two suryays there made
dated the 14th & 15 of June anno domi 1710 by Samuel
Clows Survair & whereas ye sd Jonathan Whithead did by
a certain Instreument under his hand and seall bearing
date ye firs day of this instant feabruary assign & make
over all his Eight & title to ye sd rights of propriety ship
of Land unto ye sd Charls peters & Mary his, wife whereby
they became duely Intitled theireto. Now this Indenter
witneseth yt ye sd Charls Peters & Mary his wife for
valiable Causes and Consciderations them there unto mov-
ing but espetially for ye Conscideration of ye sum of
fivef shiying Lawfull money of Neu York to him paid
by ye sd Jonathan Whithead before ye executin of
these presents ye recepts whereof is here by owned &
ye sd Jonathan Whithead & his executors & administra-
tors therefrom for ever hereby acquited have given grant-
ed Eemised & Keleaced & alltogether of & from them
& their & their of their hairs forever quit clamed
unto him ye sd Jonathan Whithead In his full and
Peat^ble possestion & seiuer now being & to his hairs
& assigns. for ever all & singular ye rights estate titles In-
trust use Possestion Eevertion Clames & demands what so
ever w't they ye sd Charls Peters & Mary his wife or Ither
of them ever had have or which here after thay or Ither of
them or Ither of their hairs can obtain to have of & in ye
sd above mentioned two tracts of Land in Contrivarti to gea-
ther one hundred & fifty one acars so that whether ye sd
Charls Peters or mary his wife or Ither of them their or
Itheir hairs or asigns any Eight title Intrust retails use
profits there unto clame & demand of in or to ye sd tow
lots of Land or any part their of at any time hearaf ter can
or may challinge or requier but of & from all Clames and
122 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
acounts of Eights estats titles Judgments & demands there
to or any Part thereof to be had they & either of them their
and every of their hairs be all to gether bared and utterly
excluded by these Presents In witnes where of the said Par-
ties have by these presents Put their hands and seals Inter-
changablely the day & year first above written
Sined and dehvered
In Presents of Chaeles Peters (S)
Sam Bayles Maby Petees (S)
ElCHAED OlDFIELD
this above Indentor taken out of the original Compared
and entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
' On ye day and Year w't in written Came be fore me "Wil-
liam Cornell esquier one of his majesties Justices of ye
peace in quens County the w't in named Charls Peters &
Mary his wife & acknowledged ye Instrument on ye other
side to be his act & deed
WrL Coenell
Eeasurvayed & laid out to Jonathan Wbithead ye Land
described in these two drafts one lying above ye neubridg
neck & ye other above washbons neck & both Containing one
hundred & seaventeen acars & one half upone hop washbons
Eight derived to ye sd hop washbons by his father jvilliam
washbons last will and testament that ye sd william Wash-
bon Clamed in the Township of Hempstead Purformed by
us the thirteenth day of november In the year of our Lord-
one thousand seven hundred and thirty
William Willis Isaac Hicks Joshua Caeman
James Jackson Abill Smith James Sbaeing
This entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Page 442.
To all Christian People to whome this presant writing
shall come I Thomas Barker Sener of Cow neck in the
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 123
TownsHp of Hempstead in Queens County on Nasaw Is-
land in tlie Province of Neu York Yeaman sendth Greet-
ing Know Ye that I the said Thomas Barker as well for
and in conscideration of the Natural Love and affections
which I have and baer unto my well beloved grand son
Thomas Peat as for divers other good Causes and Concid-
erations me here unto moving have given and granted and
by these preasants do fully Clearly and absolutly give grant
and Confirm unto the said Thomas Peat his hairs executors
administrator or assigns for ever one sertain Lot of Land
seatuate Lying and being in oring County in the province
of Neu York afore said at a place known by the name of
Caceate other wise neu Hempstead it being sixteen Lott In
number of the third draft in the Last devitian so Cold and
Containeth In Quontity two hundred acars as by estema-
tion to gather with all priviledges a purtinances and con-
vaiances to ye sd lot or tract of Land appertaining or an-
yes belonging w't all ye rits titles clams Challings and de-
mande what so ever which i ye sd Thomas Barker" now
have or which any or Ither of any of theirs executors or
administrators may here after have in or to the said bar-
gined primises or any part or parsell or membr thereof to
have and to hold the said lot or tract of Land and the ap-
purtinanses and Priviledges theirunto belonging unto the
said Thomas Peat his hairs executors administrators or
assigns forever absolutly without any maner of Conditions
whatsoever, otherwise then above written as the said
Thomas barker have freely fully and absoleutly & of his
own free will and accord put in further testimoney. In Wit-
nes whereof I have hear unto set my hand seal this twenty
seacond of Aprill, In the year of our Lord Christ one
thousand seven hundred thirty and one.
Sined Sealed and
delivered in presents of
Natha'll Sands Thomas Baekeb (S)
Oalap Coennell Jv
124 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
This deed a bove & memarandom taken out of the ori-
gioal & compared and entred by mee
Tho Gildeksleeve Clarke
memarandom yt ye word first was scratced out & ye word
third set over it in ye twelft line be fore the execution of
these presents as witnes
John Yong
Page 443.
Att a Jeneral Town Meeting held in Hempsted July 17.
1732 Then it was by mager voat of the free holders it was
concluded on that our sheep that runs on our plains shall
be Let out to the hiest bider for to be f ould once a week & Let
out once a wek till the 15 day of September and Col John
Tredwell is to Let them out for the present term afore
said & to gather the money entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Hempstead August the. 3. day. 1732. At the request of
Henry Mott wee have veued the path Colled hungry har-
bour Path be Low doxes and have ordered that the old
path Leads in to harry mott fence be stopped & is hereby
us stopped and have laid out the road beginning at a small
bush marked near the place wheare it Into said fence & to
Join to the fence from sd bush along by sd Henry Mots
house untill it cometh to a black oak Marked & thence to a
Whit oak forked tree and from thence to a prity Large red
oak tree by the Lower end where said Road goeth out of
said Henry Motts fence again all the way to be fowre rods
wide from ye bush and fence and marked trees above said
as witnes our Hands the day and year a bove written
John Treadwell
William Willis
This above said high way entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Hempstead August the 3'd day 1732. At the request of
Thomas Doxey and several others of the Naigh hours and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 125
freeholders of the Township of Hempstead bearing dats the
21 of June 1732 to us the Commitioners for the seatuating
the high wais and Roads for the Township of Hempstead
that the road nere unto the sd Doxse may be assertained
& Continued wheare it now goes accordingly wee John
Treadwell <fe William Wilis two of the Commitioners of ye
"sdTown have taken a vew of ye sd Koad wheare ye sd
Thomas Doxsey hath fenced up the old path and finding
the Eoad to be as convenintus & som what nearer do hear-
by order that the old Eoad within ye said fence be stopped
& be, nomore taken or deemed to bee a road and the road
where it now gose we have the day above said Laid out
from ye place where it goes Into sd Doxes fence to where
it Cometh out of sd fence again being now about four rods
wide from the fence eastward by ye sd Thomas Doxsey to
stub up the stubs and mak the road good to go with Carts
and Wagons both Loden and empty as witnes our hands
the day and year above written
John Teeadwell
this above said Eoad William Willis
entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Page 444.
January the 28th. 1660 This writing witneseth that I
thomas Hicks of Hempstead Juner have bargined with and
sold unto Sarah Treadwell of Huntington late wife of
Edward Treadwell decesed my hous barne & orchard home
Lot with all the priviledges belonging there unto (viz) all
meadowing hollows plain Lands and wood Land with fowre
ox gats in the east oxe pasture with sd hous barne orchard
home Lote and meadowing hollows & upland weare late
William Smiths of Hempstead afore sd with all the rights
Priviledges accomodations and appurtinances there unto
belonging whether given to the said William Smith by the
sd Town of Hempstead or other wise Purchased with his
money, and also what privileges ye sd William Smith had
126 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOKDS.
in the north neck for gats for Young Cattle also twelve gats
for pastrege at Eockaway all which sd hous barn orchard
home Lot meadowing and hollows Plaine & Wood lands'
with aU privileges and appurtinanses thereunto belonging
exsepting a small parsell of meadow or Lotment being upon
the necke commonly colled Hixes neck I ye sd Thomas
Hicks do here by engage my self to give full & free possession
to ye sd Sarah Treadwell or her assigns at or before ye
tenth day of march nex enseuing the date here of In witnes
whereof I do here unto setto my hand the day and yeare
above said
In presents of
John Seaman Thomas Hicks
Jonas Holdswoeth
This a treu Coppy taken out of the origenal and com-
pared and entred by mee
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke^
Know all men by these Presencs that I Henry Whelply
do here by assign & make over this writing' and all the
purchase thereby granted unto Adam Mott of Hempstead
for him his hairs and sucsesers forever to enjoy
witness my hand this first day of November 1661. Stilo
nova
In presents of
Jonas Holbswoets his
John Smith Heney X Whelply
mark
This is a treu Coppy taken out of the original and Com-
pared and entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
And further more having a parsell or Lotment of meadow
survayed up to mee by Thomas Hicks which lieth on ye
Neck Commonly Colled Mr Hickes neck the which ye sd
meadow was exsepted in ye sd bill of saile I do here by
make over ye sd Meadow to ye said Adam Mott and Lik-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEGOEDS. 127
■wise do grant him the dong that is in or about the barn and
yards and that which is yet Eemaining to thatch on the
south side of the barn I do engage forth with to have it
thatched and further I do binde myself my hairs executors
and administrators to deliver the said Adam Mott full free
and quiat possession of the said Lands granted by this bill,
of Saill within a month or two after the day of the date
hearof and of the house barn at or before the sixtenth day
of may next enseuing ye date here of all free from Rats "this
yeare whether demanded or not demanded except the sd
meadow Lying upon Mr Hickes neck and further I ye sd
Henry Whelpley do acknowledg to have Eecived df ye sd
AdaM Mott full payment and full satisfatction for all ye sd
yhouse and land spesified in the bill of saile In Witnes
whereof I do hereunto setto my hand this first day of
Nqvember. 1661. Stilo Nova
In presents of
John Smith his
Jonas Holdsworth Henry X Whelply
mark
This is a treu Coppy taken out of the original! and Com-
pared and entred by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
Page 445.
By viertu of an act of Jeneral Assembley of the CoUiny
of Neu York Intitled an act for the beter Inabling & further
Laying out high ways in w'c sd act commisoneres for ye
Several Countyes Townships & presencts are respectively
nominated appointed & authorised to lay out neu wais
where they shal be found nesesity of & to take a Eevew of
ye Roads already Laid out & if they find any inconvency in
ye sd Roads theay or any two of them have power accord-
ing to Law to alter ye same &c : and whereas Capt John
Treadwell William Willis & John Jackson Ju'n are by ye
same act appointed Oommisioners for ye Township of
Hempstead in Quens County and whereas obadiah Vallin-
128 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEGOBDS.
tine did on ye twenty eighth day of august In ye Year of
our Lord""Seventeen hundred & twenty and two make Com-:
plaint unto us John Treadwell & William Willis yt ye road
Lying from the plains betwen ye hous of John Smith &
James Pine to ye harbour was not oommodus & also veary
prejudiciall to him & therefore requested us to take a vew
of ye saide Eoad & also to alter & stop up ye sd Road at
ye place it formerly went and accordingly the day above
written wee CarfuUy vewed ye sd Koad astwas laid out &
finding it not to bee Commodious and also very preJuditi-
cial to ye sd Obadiah Valintine acordingly as he made his
Complaint to us & accordingly John Treadwell & william
willis two of ye Commitioners afore sd do order yt ye Road
shall go where Coll John Jackson & James Cleament former
Commitioners of ye high ways for Quens County laid it out
from the plains betwen ye houses afore sd to a great wal-
not tree ye southwest corner of a Lot of Land ye vallintines
bought of Georg Pearsall & of Thomas Parsall decesed from
w'c tree yesd road shall stop & go no forther northward
only for James Pine & his hairs & assigns, we have Laid
out a gate way from ye sd Walnot tree of twenty foot wide
to ye Corner of ye sd James Pines Land & no further where
it may Conveniant for ye sd Richard Vallintine & ye sd
James Pine their hairs and assigns for ye sd James Pine &
his assigns to have free Libirty to cart and to drive his
Cattle & from ye sd Larg walnot tree wee doe Lay out ye
high way to turn Round on ye north side of it eastwardly
two rods wide on ye south «ide or end of the field to a red
oak saplin markt on ye west & north side for ye south and
east sids of the road thence northwardly by ye east side of
ye field under the hill edg to a large forked whit oak tree
Marked on ye east side of ye high way thence round under
the hill to a broken topt white oak tree marked for the east
side of ye high way thence up the hollow to peter Titoses
corner tree of the land that Peter bought of docter Peters
having marked trees on ye east side & from ye sd Corner
tree northwardly to ye Road that leads from Westbery to
HEMI'Sl'ilAl) 'romi BECOEbS. 12§
the harbowr.Peter Titos & Obadiah Vallintine each to bear
their eqall half the said from peters Corner afore sd to his
Corner of his fence where it meets westbery Eoad wee have
Laid out all the way from the westbery Eoad to the great
walnot tree two rod wide and no more exsept at the red oak
saplin where it turns round the corner of the field at the
hill edg it is abought three rods wid and for Confirmation
thereof wee haye setto our hands the twentieth day of Sep-
tember in the year of our Lord one thowsand seaven hun-
dred and twenty and two
John Teeadwell
William Willis
a treu Copy taken and Compred by me
William Willis
this above sd road or highway is a treu copy of a copy
entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Page 446.
Att a Jeneral Town meeting held in Hempstead march ye
3d 1733 Then there was Chosen by mager voat Jaob Smith
was Chosen seupervizser for this Inseuing year
Att the same time David Beadell was Chosen Cunstable
& Colecter ffor this enseuing year
Att the same time Jeremiah Beadell and Thomas Wil-
liams were Chosen assesers for this In seuing year
Att the same time Isaac Jarman John Loosee and Thom-
as Williams ware Chosen survairs of the high ways for this
enseuing year
At the same time Thomas Williams and mieal Smith ware
Chosen fence veuers for this in seuing year
at the same time Mordaciah Lester and Isaac Jarman
wear Chosen for to be prisers of on detesed estats ffor this
enseuing year
Att the same time Tho Gildersleeve was Chosen town
Clark for this ensewing year
130 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Att a Jeneral Tound metting held in Hetnpsted April yd
6 day 1736 Samuel Scid mar Eequested of ye free holders
of tlie same Tound to grant unto him The Streame which
was formerly grantted unto william Smith wich his mill now
stands on At the same Tound meatting it wos Yotted and
a greed upon That the said Samuel Scidmor Should have
the Said Stream Provideed That he doth keepe a good mill
and keep it in good Eepare and griijd all sorts of green for
the eleventh part and for oiir one Tound before any others
by order by me
ToMAS GiLDEKSLEEVE Clarke
Page 447.
This Indenter made the Seacond day of October In the
year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundread & thirty by &
between Georg Heulitt of ye Township of Hempstead in
quens County In neuyork Province Yeaman and hanah his
wife ye one part & Thomas Hendrickson of ye sd Township
of Hempstead yeaman of ye other part witneseth that ye sd
Georg Heulit & hanah his wife for and in Consideration of
ye sum of thirty & one pounds Neu York money to theni
in hand paid be fore ye execution of these preasants by ye'
afore sd Thomas Hendrickson ye recepts of w'c sd sum they
ye sd Georg & hanah do hereby acknowledg & them
selves be there w't fully satisfied & Contented & there-
of and there from & of & from every part & parsell there of
do by these presents forever acquit exonarat & discharge
ye sd Thomas hendrickson his hairs executors & admin-
istrators they ye sd Georg and hanah have given granted
bargined sold allinated enfeofed asseured & confirmed ATay
these present do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargin
sell alien enfeof assign and confirm unto him ye sd Thomas'
Hendrickson his hairs & assigns forever one sertain measeg
& tract of Land sceitiate Lying and being in ye bounds of''
Hempsted afore named easterly of a place Coled-fost6i'6'
meadow and is butted & bounded as foUowethiNoxtherly
partly by Land in possession of William Cornell esquier &'
HEMPSTEAD 1^0 WN EECOEDS. 131
partly by Land Clamed Johanaas Borrum Westerly partly
by ye Claine of ye sd Borrum partly by Lands of ye sd
Thomas'Hendrickson partly by hermoniss Johnsons Land
& partly by Lands of Hendrick Hhdrickson southardly
partly by Lands In possesion of James alburtos and partly
by Lands of Thomas Hendrickson eastardly by Lands
Clamed by William Cornell esquier begining at the north
east Corner at a Chesnot bush runing thence N. 24. W. five
roods thenes runing thence N. 50 west 6 Eodds & 20. Linck
to a black oak sapplin thenc runing S. 20. W. sixty three
rods to a whit oak bush thence runing So. 57. 2. filte rods .
to .a small whit oak sapplin thence S. 31. 30'm westerly W.
ninty two redds to, a stooping whit oak tree from thence S.
70. E. forty one rods thence S. A. 2. E. 20 rods thence S.
76. E. twenty five rods to whit oak bush in ye swamp thence
runing 20. E. one hundred and twenty one rodds to the
place wee firs begun at all Containing fifty seven acars and
three quarters with all houses, barns orchards waters &
water corses and all & every priviledges appurtinanees Con-
veinanses there unto belonging or in aniwise belonging or
in any wise appertaining known taken or reputed as a peice
'parsell or member thereof to have and to hold ye sd grant-
ed Land & primises w't ye appurtinanses w't ye revertion &
revertions remainders & remainder thereof unto him ye sd
Thomas Hendrickson his hairs & assigns forever to his &
Page 448.
their only proper use benefit & behoof forever, &. ye sd.
Georg & Hanah for them selves their hairs executors ad-
ministrators & every of them Covenant promise grant &.
agree to & w't ye sd Thomas Hendrickson his hairs & as-
signs that they ye said Georg tfe Hanah are ye treu sole &
Lawful owners of ye above bargined primises & stand Law-
fully sised & possesed of ye same in their own right as a
good perfect & absoleut estate of in hearitance in fee simple
& have in them selves good right & full pour & LawfuU au-
thority to give grant bargin sell effifot alien convay & con-
132 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
firm the sd primises in manner as afore sd & that the said
Thomas Hendrickson his hairs & assigns shall & may from
time to time & at all times forever here after by virtue of
these presents Lawfully Peaciblely & quiatly have hold
use occupie poses & injoy ye sd demized & bargined primi-
ses free & clear & freely & Clearly acquited exonarated &
discharged of & from all & all maner of other former gifts
grants bargins sails Leasses wills Intails Jointors dowries
Judgments Intents executions Incombranses or troubles
what so ever and the said Georg & Hanah do fully cove-
nant" i^Jbind them selves their hairs executors & admin-
istratclrs firmly by thes presents to warant and defend
the 3,bove granted & bargin primises & every. part there-
of unt him ye sd Thomas Hendrickson his hairs &
assigns against the lawfuU clam or clames of any parson
or parsons what soever. In witnes where of ye sd Georg
& Hanah have hereunto set their hands and seals the day
and year first above written
Sined sealed & delivered
In presents of Geobg Heulit (S)
Will Burgh the mark of
Joseph Williams Hanah X Heulit (S)
mer'mp the word rode taken out & ye word aires put in
the 28 line before insealing Hereof
Quens ) Parsonably appeared before me Isaac Hicks
County ) esq his majestises of the Corts of Common
Plese for sd County Joseph one of the evedences to the ye
w't in written deed who upon oath declared that he saw the
w't in named Georg Hulitt and Hannah Hulitt sin seal &
deliver the with in instrument as thair free & Vallintary act
& deed and like wise that he saw the w't in named William
Burch subscrib as an eavidence there unto and finding no
reason to ye or intruption there in but whats is manifested
modearateth I alow the same to be Eecorded
Isaac HiOks
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 133
This above sd deed Compared and entred by me in the
neu book page ye 402 403
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
This Indenter made the Seaventh^ day of december in ye
third of ye Begin of our Soverigen Lord Georg by the Grace
of God over Great Britton france & lerland King defender
of the faith &c. and in the year of our Lord God one thou-
sand seven hundred & twenty three, betwen Henry Hen-
drickson of Hempstead in quens County on nasaw Island
in ye ColHney of Neu York yeaman of ye one part & Thomas
HendrickSon of the same Place of the other Part Wintneseth
that ye sd Henry hendrickson for and in Consideration of
the naterall Love and affections -which he has and does
Page 449.
bare to the afore sd Thomas Hendrickson but more ess-
peatially for the sum of five shilling Inglish money to him
in hand paid by. ye sd Thomas before ye ensealling & de-
levery of these preasents the recept where of the afore sd
Henry do by these preasants forever acquit release and
discharg ye sd Thomas Hendrickson his hairs exsexitor &
admy's have given granted bargined sold elinated infeofed
assigned & confirmed & ye sd Henry Hendrickson do by
these preasents have fully clearly & absolutly give grant
Bargin sell alien enfeof asseure <fe Confirm to ye sd Thomas
Hendrickson his hairs & assigns forever a sartain messag
tenement & lot of Land seatuate lying and being at fosters
meadow nv't in ye Town Ship of Hempstead afore sd Contain-
ing twenty fowr acars be ye same mor or Less w't in ye
bounds and Limits hereafter exprest (viz) east by fosters
river north by John Hendricksons Land west by ye Lands
of ye sd -Thomas Hendrickson Lately Purchesed of Daniel
Baley: & south by a high way or ye Lands of Henry Onder
Donk and also a parsell of meadow scituate in ye bounds
of Hempstead afore sd at a place commonly Coaled or
known by ye name of hungry harbour neck, (viz) the one
moiety ot equal half part of all the meadow, that was my
134 HEMPSTEAt) TOWN BECOEDS.
father Harman Hendricksons deceased to be devided
eaqually shear and sheire a Licke bounded as ioiloyfeih.
southly by a little Crick eastardly by the meadows was in
ye possestion of Samuel Dosenborow north by the meadow
of Lucos eldeart & Thomas fleuelling westeardly by the
meadows of Thomas Chesman deceased with all houses out
houses barns stables orchards gardins fencing timber trese
under woods standing or King on the same or any part par-
sell or member thereof as allso aU the estate, right title In-
trust property Olame & demand of in & to the same with
ye remainders & revertions thereof to have and to hold the
afore sd Lot of Lands meadows ground and primises with
all and every of the appurtinances or to him ye sd Thomas
Hendrickson his hars and assigns to ye only proper use
benefit and behowfe of him ye sd Thomas Hendrickson his
hairs & assigns forever and ye sd Henry Hendrickson doth
for him self his hairs executors and adm's further covenant
promise grant & agree to and with ye sd Thomas Hendrick-
son his hairs & assigns that he the afore sd Thomas Hen-
drickson his hairs and assigns may and shall at all times
and forever hereafter quiatly have hold occupy possess and
enjoy the above sd Lot of Land and meadow ground and i
promise with all & every of the appurtinanses w't out any
Let trouble molistation evertion qivicken intdtion or denial
of him ye sd Henry Hendrickson his hairs and assigns in
witnes whereof the parties to these present have enter-
changabley put to their hand and seals, the day and year
first above righten -
Sealed and delivered the mark of
In ye presents of us Henry X Hendbickson (S)
Cathaen Wiggins
Tho whithead
This above said deed entred by me
Thomas Gildebsleeye Oiark
hempstead town eecokds. 135
Page 450.
Quens ) on ye 9 day of June in the year one thousand
County ) seven hundred thirty three. Then Came be-
fore me John Tolman one of the Judges of for the Court of
common Pleas for Quens County Henry Hendrickson who
did ackuowledg the within written Instryment to be his act
and deed - finding nor races nor enter Lines let this deed
be recorded, entred by me
John Talman
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
This Indentor made this eleventh day of May and in the
sixth year of the Raign of our Lord Severing Georg by the
grace of God of Great britton &cK^ing defender of the faith
&c and in the year of our Lord Christ on thousand seven
hundred & twenty and betwen Harman Jonson of Hemp-
stead belonging to fosters meadow in quens County on naw-
saw Island & in the colloney of neu york, viz. of the one part
& Thomas Hendrickson of the "same jplaoe County Island
& Colloney afore sd. viz. of the other part witneseth that
the above sd Harman Jonson for & in Conscideration of a
valible satisfaction to him in hand paid by the above said
Thomas Hendricksen at or before the ensealing and delivery
of these presence the recept whereof he doth Lawly own &
doth acknowledg him self to be there with satisfied Content
and paid and their of & there from do forever exonarate
acquit & discharg ye above sd Thomas Hendrickson his
hairs exs'c admin's & every of them from every part & par-
sell thereof. I have given granted allinated infefed assured
quited clamed sold & made over and do by these presents
freely Clearly and absolutly give grant alinat infef assume
quit claime sell and make over unto ye above sd Thomas
Hendrickson his hairs & assigns foreever all that sartata
peece- parsel or lot of upland scituate lying and being in
the bounds of Hempstead afore sd being in a right called
-the patin right containing by estemation fo«ar acars being
the same mor or less as it was Laid out and loted and
bounded as f oHoweth that is to say east by William Cornell
136 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EfiCOEDS.
and west by John Smitli and north by the above sd Thomas
Hendricks(?n and south by the above sd Harman Jonson
that is to say bound as the fence runs all which Land as
above bounded and exprest with all the pri-vdledges appur-
tinances hereditements and emulimente to the same be-
longing w't all the trees timber trees & woods under woods
wheather standing lying or belonging to the same w't all ye
estate title property clame & demand of him ye sd harman
Jonson his hairs exeu's & administrators to him ye sd Thomas
Hendrickson his hairs & assigns to have & to hold forever
Page 451.
& ye same to be & remain to ye onely proper use benifit &
behoff of him the sd Thomas Hendrickson his hairs & as-
signs for ever and yt ye sd Thomas Hendrickson his hairs
assigns shall & may at all times forever hereafter have hold
occupy poses & enjoy ye above Eecited Land & primises as
his or their own Land of inheritance in fee simple freely &
clerly discharged of & from all former gifts grants' sails
morgedes dowries intails Judgment executions or extents
or any other title or incombranses what soever. In testi-
money hereof the party first above written hath setto his
hand affixed his seal the day and year first above written.
Sealed and delivered in
the presents of us
Nathan Smith Habman X Johnson (S)
Nathaniel Oolee his mark
this within writen deed entred & Compared by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarck
Quens ) on the 9 day of June In the year one Thous-
County I and seven hundred thirty three: Then Came
before me John Tallman esquier one of the Judgs for the
Cort of Common Pies for quens County nathan Smith one
of the subscriun evedence to the with written deed sail who.
being sworn upon the avanjelest saith that he saw harman
Jonson sine seal and deliver the with written deed of sail
to be his free act and deed
John Talman Nathan Smith
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS. 137
fowr lins and a half rast out of this within written before
the acknowledging
This indenter made this twenty second of feabruary & in
ye year of our Lord Christ sentee hundre twenty one or two
between Hendrick Dousenborow of Hempstead in Queens
County on the Island of nawsaw In ye province of neu
York yeaman of ye one part and Thomas Hendrickson on
the other part witneseth yt where as I Hendrick Dosenbo-
row above sd did formerly seU unto Harman Hendrickson
the father of the sd Thomas Hendrickson above sd twenty
five acars of pattin right belonging to ye sd Land I Hen-
drick above sd sold formerly to ye sd Harman Hendrickson
above sd and ye pattin right no1; being in serted ui ye sd
deed ye w'c I Hendrick Doseborow did then sell & receved
three pound Curant money of the Province above sd in full
satisfatction for ye same of ye sd Harman Hendrickson of
ye sd Town &• County above sd dececed and his son Thom-
as Hendrickson being invested w't ye sd Land I by ye Last
wiU & testament of his father deseased know ye that ye yt
I Hendrick Dosenborow above sd ye man having good
right & full power by & in ye Pattin of Hempstead in the
County above sd & in conseideration of ye sd thre pound
formerly reseved of his father the recept whereof I ye sd
Hendrick Dosenborow above sd doth ownst there from doth
for ever by these presents a,cquit. & release the sd Thomas
Page 452.
Hendrickson his hairs exs'c and'm & every of them hath
given granted bargined sold allinated Infeofed & Confirmed
& by these presents I ye sd Hendrick Dosenboro doth give
grant bargin sell allinat enfeof & confirm unto him the sd
Thomas Hendrickson yeaman above sd to his hairs & assigns
ye above mentioned twenty five acars right in ye Patten of
Hempstead in ye County above sd w't ye heriditiments &
apurtinanses to ye same belonging w't ye revertion & re-
mainders rights estates titles intrust benefit clam & posses-
tion what so ever of him ye sd Hendrick Dosenboro of in
138 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
& to ye sd granted twenty five acars pattin right' in ye sd
pattin above sd iinto him ye sd Thomas Hendrickson & his
hairs & assigns forever to ye only use benefit and behoff
him ye sd Thomas Hendrickson and his hairs and assignes
for ever and ye sd Hendrick Dosenboro and his hairs ex's
admr's ye sd granted right primises & appnrtinanses unto
him ye sd Thomas Hendrickson and his hairs and assigns
against all maner parson parsons Lawfully Claming the
same or any part there of shall and will warant and forever
by these presents defend in witnes whereof I the sd Hen-
drick Dosenboro above sd have hear unto subscribed my
hand and fixed my seal the day and year above written
Sined and Sealed
In presents of
John fostbk Hendbick Dosenbobo (S).
JoHN ESMEND his X mark
This within deed compared and entred by me
Tho Geldeesieeve Clarke
Queens | On ye 9. day of June in ye year 1733 Then
County j com befor John Talman one of the Judges
for the Cort of Common pies for quens County John foster
one of the subscribers evedenc to ye w't in deed who bein
sworn on the evangles saith that saw the w't' in named Hen-
drick Dosenboro sign seal and Deliver the w't in deed to
be free and vallentary. finding no raseres nor enterlins Let
this deed be entfered and recorded
John Talman John I'ostee
Page 453.
Township ] At a general Town meeting held for ye
of ^ sd Township the third day of Aprill in
Hempstead J the year of our Lord seventeen hun-
dred <fc thirti three, Att the time and place afore sd it was
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 139
unanimusly Voate agreed determine by the free holders of ye
sd Township that all sheep belonging to them shall run at
larg on the plains without molestation and have free acess
to all the Commons and that if any parson or parsons shall
at any time drive the said sheep so as to fold or pen or
shall by wais In tice them in to their fields or inclouser that
the parson so offending shal bee prosecuted or seued for
every such offenc before any Justice of the peace by the
persons here after named in the behalf of the said Town
and out of the money arising from the damiges given by
the said Justises on these suts or prosecutions the persons
who sue or prosecut in the behalf of the Town for such
trespases or damiges shall be paid for their trouble and
Charges in prosecuting the same and it is further voated
that Peter Titos Thomas Williams John Jackson Juner
John Smith r. Sener of the north side John Dosenboro of
forsters meadow and Isaac Jarman shall be the overs to
take Care of the Sheep to prosecut for the said trespases or
offences and they are desiered to be very diligent in the
discharg of their trust and it is also voated and agreed that
no rams turned out or suffered to run at larg on the said
plains or Commons fram the first day of august next untill
the first day of October next and if aney ram be taken up
within that time all parsons are at liberty to cut or geld
them andwhosoever cuts or gelds such ram shall have one
' shilling for each ram so cut or geld to be paid by CoU'
TreadweU who has money in his hand for that purpose Col-
lected formerly for the foulding of sheep
This voat to be in forse for the year enseuing and no
longer
This above said voat entred by order of ye mager vote of
the freeholders of Hempstead by me
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarke
This Indelitor made this 26 day of October in the fourth
year of the Reign of our soverign Lord King Georg the
140 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS.
seacond anno domi one thousand seaven hundred and thir-
ty betwen Thomas Grittan of Hempsted in quens County
on Nasaw island In the Provinc of neu York of the one part
and william Nicols of the Town County and Province afor
said of the other part Witneseth that the said Thomas Grit-
tan for and in Consideration the sum of fifteen curant money
of the Provence afore said to him In hand paid or reseveed
to be paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these
presents by the said "William Necols "the recepts whereof is
here by acknowledged and my self to bee fuly satisfied
Contented and paied and for every part and parsell thereof
do exonerat acquitted and discharg him the said William
Nickols his hairs executors and admis forever by these
Page 454.
presents have given granted bargined and sold alinated
Convaied and confirmed and by these presents do freely
fully and absolutly give grant bargin sell alien Convay and
confirm unto the said William Nicolls his hairs and assigns
forever one Peece or parsell of Land sicetut lying and being
in Hempstead A Said Containing by estemation ten acars
be the same more or less butted and bounded in the maner
and form following Viz. West on Jemeco line northard on
the said Lote Henry Onderdonks east on the high way to
the place of the begining to have and to hold the said
granted and bargined primises with all the apurtinanses
and priviledgs to the same belonging or in ani"wise apper-
taining to him the said William NickoUs his hairs & assigns
forever and I ye sd Thomas Gritton for me my hairs exec's
adm'r do covenant do promise grant and agree to & w't ye
sd William NickoUs his hairs and assigns that before the
ensealing and delivery of these presents that I ye sd Thomas
Gritton am the treu soil and LawfuU owner of the above
bargined primises and have in my self good right full power
and absolute authority to grant bargin & sell convay and
confirm the bargined primises in maner and form as above
'HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECQRtS. 141
sd and tliat ye sd william nicols his hairs and assigns shall
and may from time to time and all times hereafter by vir-
tue & force of these presents Lawfully peasabully and
quiatly have hold use occupy poses and enjoy the said de-
mised and granted with all the appurtinanses free and clear
and freely and clerely acquit exonerat and discharged of
and from all maner of former gifts grant bargin sails leases
morgags wills entails Jointors dowries Judgments execu-
tions Incumbrances and troubles what soever and I the sd
Thomas Gritton do further covenant and bind my self my
hairs executors and admis'r firmly by these presents to
warant and defend forever the said william NickoUs his
hairs and assigns In the quiat and peasible possestion of
all and singuler ye sd granted Primises a gainst any parson
or parsons which shall Clame the same In witnes whereof I
the said Thomas Gritton have hereunto set my hand and
seal the day and year a bove writen
Sealled and Delivered
In the presents of
Thomas Hendbickson Thomas Geitton (S)
Timothy Smith
Jonathan Inbe'
This above written deed Compared with the original and
entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Quens ) Jun the ninth day 1733. Then Came before
County ) mee John Talman pne of the Judges of the
Cort of Common pleas for Queens County Thomas Hen-
diickson one of the witnesses to the within written deed
who being sworn on the evangelles saith that he saw the
within named Thomas Gritton sin seall and dehver the
within written deed of sail as his own act and the word
142 HSMPstEAd towS recOedS.
Thomas Gritton raced in the tenth line finding no other
rasers nor enterlins Let this deed be recorded
John Talman
Thomas Hendkiokson
This entred by mee
Tho Gildebsleeve Clarke
Page 455.
To all Christian people to whome these presants shall
com or any wise appartain Greeting Know ye yt I Henry
Dosenborow of Hempstead on long Island alias nawsaw in
Quens County In ye Province of new York do by these
presents give grant bargin sell alinate releas and Deliver
from mee my hairs executors admin's and assigns unto
Harman Hendrickson of ye Town County Island and prov-
ince afore sd to him his hairs exeutors admistrator and as-
signs a seartain a commodation at fosters meadow in ye
bounds of Hempstead Consisting of twenty fowre acars of
Laud or the one moiety of fifty acar Lott more or less as it
was Laid out ye sd twenty five acars or moiety afore sd
bounded north by the other moiety In ye Possion of John
Dosenborow south and east by the high wais west hj Jem-
eco line which Land afore said to geather with ye hous out
housin fencing or orchard trees woods underwood timber
trees lying or standing and Improvements there on and all
priviledges apurtinances oh there unto or appurtinances I
ye sd Henry Dosenborow with my wife mary do . by these
presents give grant bargin sell allinat releace and deliver
from me my hairs executor administrators and asigns unto
ve sd Harman Hendrickson to him his hairs executors ad-
ministrators and assigns to have and to hold forever and
Quiatly to posess from mee or any from by or under mee
my hairs and* assigns and do further warant this my saile
to bee Lawfull athenlick and good in law free from any
former saile Leas morgage or in Combrances whatever for
and in Conscideration of a valiable sum in hand paid or
HEMFSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. l43
signed to be galid ia full saticefaction be fore tiie signing
here of and in testimonsy of the said premises I have here
unto setto my hand and fixed my seall Jenewary ye sixth
day in ye year of our Lord anno domi one thousen six hun-
dred ninty
Sined seall and Delivered
In presents of us
Joseph Pettet . Hendeck Dosenboro (S)
his Maey Dosenboro (S)
John X Dosenboeo
mark
Timothy X Halsted
his mark
This above said deede compare w't the origanal deed and
entred by mee
Tho GiI/DEBSLEEVE Clarke
Page 456.
This indentor the first day of April In ye year of our
Lord Seventeen Hundred and thirty betwen William Jons
of Oysterbay in Quens County yeaman of the one part and
Thomas Tovmsend Thomas Vallintin and William Vallintine
aU of Hempstead in the County, afore sd yeomen on the
"other part Witneseth that the sd William Jones for and in
CJonsideration of the sum of three hundred pound LawfuU
anoney of Neu York to him in hand by ye sd Thomas
'Townsend Thomas Yallintine at and before, the ensealling
^and delivering of these presents the receipt where of he
'doth hereby own and acknowledg and him self to be ther-
' with fully satisfied Contented and paid and thereof and
theirfrom and of and from every part and parsell thereof
•doth hereby forever acquit exonerate Releas and disoharg
them the said Thomas Townsend Thomas Vallintin and
'William Vallintine and every of their hairs executors and
-administrators hath Given Granted Bargined sold Aliened
144 seMpst^eaB Town liEcofiDS,
remised released assigned and Confirmed and by ttese
presents dotli give grant bargin sell alian remise releas
' assign and Confirm unto ttem the said Thomas Townsend
Thomas Vallintine and william Vallintine and to their hairs
and assigns forever all that one seartain loatt of Land Lying
and being seatuate within the Tovm Ship of Oysterbay
afore said containing two hundred and twenty two acars
bounded northardly by the country Road easteardly by
John Narins west by ye Loot which was formarly Thomas
Townsends and southardly by obadiah Vallintines to
geather with all and singular the premises and every of
their appurtinanses and woods under woods trees timber
waters and corses and every other the priviledges freedoms
Immunites theare unto belonging or in any means of wais
apperaing and the revertions and remainders thereof to
have and to hold all and singuler the above mentioned
Land and primises with their appurtinances Unto them the
said Thomas Townsend Thomas Vallintine and william
Vallintine and to their hairs and asigns to their only proper
use benifit and behoof and their hairs and assigns for ever
and the said William Jons for him self and his hairs his
executors and administrators doth hereby Covenant prom-
ise grant and agree to and with the said Thomas Townsend
Thomas Vallintine and William Vallintine and their hairs
executors and administrators In maner and forme fol low-
ing tha;t is to say that he the said William Jons at the time
of executing these presents is the treu soule and LawfuU
owner of the above mentioned Primises and hath in him
self good Right full Power and Lawful! authority to seU
and dispose of the same in maner and forme as afore said
and that the same is free and clear from all in combranses
what so ever and lastly the said William Jons and his hairs
executors and administrators the above mentioned Lands
and primises to the said Thomas Townsend Thomas Vallin-
tine and William Vallintine a gainst the LawfiiU Olames or
pretenses of any parson or parsons shall will warant and
by these presents for ever defend In Witnes whereof the
HEMtsTEAB TOWN aEcOEtoS. l45
s4 William Jones hath here unto setto his hand seall the'
day & year above first written
Sealled and delivered
in presents of us
«
Danies Dento William Jones (S)
Geehads Clowss
This above writen deed entred by me
Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
Page 457.
Memorandom that on the. 31.st day of July anno domini.
1733 the w'thin named William Jons Came before me David
Jons one of the Judges of the Court of Common for Queens
County and acknowledged that he executed the within
written deed freely to the usees therein mentioned which I
also examened I allow to be entred on Reacord
David Jones
This acknowledgment entred by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
These Presents Witneseth that whereas Elisabeth Pear-
sail of rye in west Chester County in Neu York CoUiney
Sempster hath by her Deed under hur hand and seal bear-
ing even date with these presents sold and Conveyed unto
Benjamin Underbill of Hempstead in Quens County on
nawsaw Island hous Carpentor all her farm on the north
sid of the plains with In the bounds of Hempstead afore
said Containing as by said Deed two hundred and sixty and
five acars of Land exsepting the hagh wais that Lads throw
the same which Contains about eight acars of Land as by
sd deed may more fully appear & ye sd elisabeth Pearsall
haveing given her ded w't a generall waranttee to defend the
sd Benjaman Underhill his hairs & assigns in ye quiat &
peasiable possetion there of & where as there may be som
questionsse wheather ye sd elisabeth Pearsall hath a sofi-
tiant title to sum of ye land w't in ye fore mentioned deed
for her farm afore sd therefore there was ents witneseth yt
146 Hempstead town eecobd^.
Thomas Pearsall of Hempstead harbour in ye County &
Island afore sd for a Yalyable sum of money to him paid by
his sister Elisabeth Pearsall a for sd before ye ensealling &
delivery of these presants ye resepts where of he doth by
these presants acknowledg & to be there w't fully satisfied
Contented & paid & doth hereby acquit exonarate & dis-
charg her ye sd elisabeth Pearsall her hairs exsexetor &
adminisrators & every of them for ever by thes presents &
for divers other good Causes & Considerations him ye sd
Thomas Pearsall esspetially moving hath given granted
bargined Convayed sold alined convayed & qQi^^med & by
these preasents doth fully freely Clearly- & ab.^plutjy give)
grant bargin convay sell alian & confirm unto ye. sd Bjenj'ja-
man Underhill & to his hairs and assigns forever all' yt of "
ye property right of ninty & fowr acars of Land w't ioi' ye>
Town Ship of Hempstead for him ye sd benjamin UnJer^
hill & his assigns to support the right of ninty acars &
three quarters of Land by Sam Elison to Samuell pearsall ,
Late of Hempstead deceased & by his last will amungst
other Lands be queathed to his sistar elisabeth Pearsall &
to hairs & assians for ever and also for him ye sd benja-
min Underhill to support ye Eight of seventy three acars
of Land sold to ye above mentioned Samuel Pearsall by
Thomas Townsend of Hempstead afore sd & given by ye.
Last will & testament also of the said Samuel Parsall unto'
his sister elisabeth Pearsall afore sd & to her hiers &.
assigns forever & whereas twenty acars & three quarters of
Land & ye seventy three acars of Land afore sd being a
part of ye primises sold by ellisabeth Pearsall to benjamin
Underhill afore sd & ye title there of being questioned as
afore sd therefore for ye more full Clear & absolute Con-
firmation of ye above sd primises & every part thereof sold
as afore sd to benjamin Underhill by elisabeth Pearsall ye
above sd Thomas PearsaU hath sold as above sd unto
Page 458.
Benjamin Underhill & his hairs & assigns for ever the above.
HEMf-STEAD TOWN HECOEfiS. 147
granted property right of ninty fower acars of Land w'c
]^roperty Eight of ninty fower acars of Land w't all &
singuler the privileges profits & appurtinances thereof w't
ye rights titles & remainders thereof w't all ye estate right
title intrust inheritats property possestion Clame & demand
whatsoever of him ye sd Thomas Pearsall of in & to ye
same & every part thereof more over also ye sd Thomas
Parsall doth by these presants. grant bargin & sell unto ye
sd benjamin Underhill & to his hairs & assigns forever as
muth mor proper right asto support ye remaining part of
ye woodLand Contaning in ye farm yt has sister elisabeth
Pearsal hath sold unto Benjaman Underhill Clams except-
ing all ye plaine land and hollows w't in fence & of fifty
acars lying on ye west side of the road & ye twenty-five
acar of land I bought of Thomas Elison & all ye plain Land
on ye south end of sd twenty five acare yt is w't in fence
ye sd Thomas Parsall doth not hereby convay having
already according to ye last will of his brother Kealeased
it to his brother Samuel Pearsall to have & to hold all ye
above granted &*bargined primises & ye appurtinances
thereof free & clear & Clearly acquited & discharged' of &
from all & all maner of former & other gifts grants bargins
sails losses morgages Jointors dowries Judgments execu-
tions Intails forfit uers & of & from all other titles troubles
Charges & incombrances what so ever had mad Commited
don or sujBfered to be don by ye sd Thomas Pearsall or his
hairs or assigns hi any time or times before ye ensealing
and delivery hereof & further ye sd Thomas Parsall doth
hereby declare yt at the time of ye ensealing & delivery
here of that he is ye trou soul & Lawfull owner of all ye
above granted Primises &. ye appurtinances thereof & stood
seazed & posesed thereof In his own. right of a good parf ect
& Indeferable estate of Inheritance In fee simple except as
be fore excepted & hxth in him self full power good right &
Lawful authority to grant bargin & sell the same in maner
as afore sd it being free & Clear & freely & clearly acquited
& discharged of & from all maner of former & other gifts
148 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBD^.
grants bargins sails bargins Leases morges Jointors Dow-
ries Judgments executions entails forfituers whatsoever &
further ye sd Thomas Pearsall doth here by bind & prom-
ise & bind and oblige himself & his hairs executors &
administrators from hence forth <fe for ever hereafter to
warant & defend all ye above granted primises & ye
appurbinances thereof except as is exepted unto ye sd
Benjamin TJnderhill unto his hairs & assigns for ever
against all the Lawfull Clames & demands of all & every
parson or parsons whatsoever in Witness where of ye sd
Thomas Pearsall hath here unto set to his hand fixed his
seal ye twenty sixt day of the third month Called may in
ye year of our Lord one thousand three hundred & thirty
one
sined sealled & delivered in presets
John Titos Thomas Paesall (S)
' Jacob williss
Quens | Hempstead May the Six. 1732 Then Came
County j the within named Parsonally be fore me
Isaac Hicks Judg of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County and acknowledged the within writen Instrument to
be his free and Vallentery act and deed I alow this ded to
be recorded
Isaac Hicks
This deed and acknowledgment above written entred by
mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Page 459.
This Indenture made this twenty fifth Day of the third
month colled May In the Year one thousand seven hun-
d^red and thirty one Betwen Elisabeth Parsall of the Town-
ship of rye In the County of west Chester In the province
of Neu York of the one part and Benjaman TJnderhill of
the Township of Hempstead In Quens County on Long
Island In the Provinc of neu York afore said hous Carpeitor
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS. 143
of ye other part witneseth that the s^.id Elsabeth Pearsell
for and in ye Consideration of the sum of six hundred and
forty eight pounds of good Curant Lawful! money of neu
York to her in hand Paid by the said benjaman Undrell
before ye ensealling & delivery hear-of ye resept whereof
full Contented & satisfaction she ye sd Elisabeth Pearsall
doth by these presents acknowledg & there or & of every
part thereof for her self her hairs executors & administra-
tors doth acquit exonerat & full discharge ye sd benjamin
Underbill his hairs executors & administrators & every of
them forever by thes preasants and for divers other good
Causes & conseideration her herunto moveing she ye sd
elisebeth Pearsall hath given granted bargined sold alinat-
ed enfehofed & confirmed & by these presants doth fully
freely absolutly & absolutly give grant bargin alien Convay
& confirm unto ye sd benjamin Underbill & his hairs &
assigns forever a sartain farm & plantation of Land Con-
taining two hundred & sixty five acars & a half be it more
or less seatuiat lying & being at ye head of the bviel so
Called in ye Town Ship of Hempstead in quens County on
Long island aforesd Buted & bunded as foUoweth beginin
at ye South east corner of ye sd farm in the same at south-
eas corner of sd orchard & so runing north half one degree
west twenty fouer rods thence north two degrees & a half
east twenty six rods thence north one degree & a half west
twenty rod Thence north fower degrees & half west sixty
rods thence north two degrees and, a half west forty five
rods & aleven links thence north two degrees west three
hundred rods thence westerdly thirty nine rod thence south
two degrees east three hundred rods to a great rock lying
on east side of the high way that leade from the Plains
north ward throw the said land and from the said rock
north fifty eight degrees west one hundred and one rod
thence west three degrees south fifty six rod and a half to
a larg whit oak tree being the north west corner and from
thence south eight degrees east ninty seaven rod & a half
thence south thirty fower degrees east eighty one -rods
150 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS:
hence south nintee' degrees and one half east .sixty six
rods and one half to the fence standing on the plans being
the southard most^ bound thereof from thence east five de-
grees south aighty fowr rods Thence north sixteen degrees
and a half west eighteen rods and one half thence east eight
south twenty nine rods and fif tteen links to the place of the
begining being bounded on the south by ye plains on ye
east by the Lands of Thomas Townsend on the north partly
by John Smith Sec Land and west partly sd Smiths Lands
& partly by obadiah Vallintine Ju Lands all wais exsepting
high wais a fore sd being fowr rods wide Contaning near
above eight acars which is in cleuded withiji ye sd bound
and ye sd elisabeth Pearsall doath also sell convay & con-
firm unto ye sd Benjamin Underhill his hairs & assigns
forever all her right of plain Land within the Town Ship of
Page 460.
Hempstead afore sd to gather w't all houses out houses
barns stables buldiags edefises orchards fences pastuers"
wells waters timber trees standing lying & growing & all
rights Liberties Tnammities prophits priviledges Commodi-
ties immollements & appurtinances as in any right Can
appertain theare unto w't ye revertions & remainders there-
of & all ye estate Eight title Intrust Inheritance Property
possession Olame and demand what so ever of her ye sd
Elisabeth Pearsall of in and unto ye same and every part
thereof to have & to hold all ye above granted primises w't
their apurtinanses unto ye sd benjaman Underhill his hairs
and assigns forever to his & their one soule and proper use
benifit & be houfe hence forth forever ye sd Elisabeth
Pearsall doth declare yt at ye time of ye Insealining and
delivery here of that she is ye treu sowl & lawfuU owner of
all ye above bargined Primises & stands Lawfully sized &
possesed thereof In her own Eight of a good parfect &
absolut estate of Inheritance in fee simple haveing in her
self full pouer good Eight & Lawfull authoryti to sell &
dispose of ye same in maner as aforesd & yt ye sd Benja-
min underhill his hairs & assigns shall & may have hence
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 15l
forth forever Lawfully peacibully quiatly have hold use
occupy poses & Injoy ye a bove granted primises with the
appurtinanses thereof free and clear & Clearly acquited &
discharged of & from all maner of former and other gifts
grants bargins sails Leasses morgagses Jointers dourys
judgments executions Intails forfituers and Incombrances
what so ever &' further ye sd Elisabeth Pearsall doth hereby
Covenant Promise & oblige her self her hairs executors &
administrators from her self hence forth & for ever here
after to warant ye same & defend all ye above granted and
bargined'Primises with the apurtinances exsept as is before
expresed unto ye sd Benjami Underhill his hairs and
assigns lor ever against all ye Lawfull Clams & demands
what so ever of all & every Parson or parsons In witnes
hereof I ye sd Elisabeth Pearsall hath here unto set to my
hand & fixed my seal ye day and year afore said sined
sealed and Delivered In ye presents of )
( Pearsall In the w't in written Instrument
Is sd to warrant and Defend ye w't In named Benjamin
Underhill & his assigns In ye possesion of two hundred fifty
& five acars of Land ye high way only exsepted. Now
these presents "Witneseth that the said Elisabeth Pearsall
doth warant & defend no more then two hundred and
twenty acars of ye sd Land to ye sd Benjaman Underhill &
his hairs & assigns for ever any thing to the Contrary not
withstanding befor Writton : and doth Eeleas all ye Eight
title property & possestion that she now hath or that she
may can or ought to have in the remaning forty & five
acars of Land to ye sd Benjamin Underhill & his hairs &
assigns for ever as witnes her hand and seal the day & year
first above written
Sined sealed and delivered
In the presents of Elisabeth Peabsall (S)
Nathaniel Seaman
Bachel Seaman Juner
152 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 461.
Queens ) Hempstead Aprill tlie. 17. 1732
County j Then Came the above named William Wil-
leis one of the witneses to the above written deed parsonal-
ly before mee Isaac Hick Jndg of the Court of Common
plees of the County above said and did declare on his
solem affirmation that he did see Elisabeth Pearsall execute
the above written Instrument as her free and Vallentary
act and deed I allow this deed to be Recorded
Isaac Hicks
Theis above acknowledgment and the deed on the other
side of this leaf Compared and entre by mee
Tho Gildeksleeve Clarke
Hempstead the 27 day October 1733 that at the request
of John Loosee Juner and sevrall others of the Naigh bours
Inhabitants and freeholders of the sd Town wee John
Treadwell and William Willis two of the Commitioners of
the Township of Hempstead for the laying out and survay-
ing of ye publick Eoads and high ways w't in ye sd Town-
ship having took a vew of ye Road that Leads down betwen
the Land of ye sd Loosee & saperats in two peeses his
Cleared Land to provent the same wee having vewedye
Land on ye west side of his fence where hee desiars the
Eoad may be Laid accordingly wee have Laid out the Eoad
begining at a Eead oak mall tree on the North side of the
Sand hole where the paths meet near the going over the
Swomp and haveing marked the trees with a splice on the
east side of them and three notches on the north and south
side of them and have Laid out the said Eoad from the
said Small read oak tree to the mouth of mordioay Lesters
lain the said road being laid out all the way fowre rods
wide and the trees all marked on the west side of the road
& ye sd John loosee finds the Land for the road wee do
allso order the Eoad where it now goeth in some Conyen-
iant time to be Stopted and John Loosee is to Clear and
when occation shall be to stub and to Cut the Eoots out of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 153
the nue Eoad as it shall and may wanted without being
Chargable to the Publick. In witnes whereof wee have
here xmto setto our hand the day and year first above
written
John Tbeadwell
"William Willilss
This above written Eoad or high way is a treu copy e'd
w't ye original Compared and entred by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Page 462.
Att a Jeneral Town Meeting held in Hempstead Aprill
the 2 day 1734 Then there was for Superviser for this en-
seuing year Jacob Smith
Att the same time David Beadel was Chose Cunstable
and CoUeter for This enseuing year
Att the same time Tho williams and Johan Treadwell Ju
ware Chosen assesers for this enseuing year
Att the same time Tho Williams Isaac Jarman and Joseph
Mott Ju weare Chosen Survairs of the high wais for this
enseuing year
Att the same time mordicay Lester and Isaac Jarman
weare Chosen prisers of on atested estates for this enseuing
year
Att the same time Tho Williams & Mical Smith were
Chosen fence veuers for this enseuing year
At the same time Tho Gildersleeve Clarke for this en-
seuin year
Hempstead ] At a Meeting of the Freeholders of
in y Hempstead by Vertue of a Warrant
Queens County j from two Justices of the Peace of the
County afforesaid on the first Tensday in April Anno 1734
On the Application of John Tredwell William Cornel
John Cornel Jacob Smith Esq's John Sering & Eichard
Thome Gent Freeholders of the said Town & concerned in
154 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.-
the undevided Lands Then & there voted & concluded Ne-
mine contradicente by all the Freeholders them & there
present That the said John Tredwel William Cornel John
Cornel Jacob Smith Esq's John Bering & Richard Thorne
Gent shall and they here by respectively have Liberty
granted to them & their respective Heirs & assigns to take
up upon their own respective Eights in the undivided
Lands in this Township the Quantity of halfe an Acre of
Land at or near the place where the old Church now stands
in the same Town Whereon to build a Church wherein to
Page 463.
perform devine Service according to the Usage of the
Church of England and also for a Church Yard or Burying
place as they the said John Tredwel William Cornel John
Cornel Jacob Smith Esq's John Sering & Richard Thorne
Gent shall order assign & appoint The same to be & remain
to them their Heirs & assigns for ever to the uses affore
said Ordered That Thomas Gilderslieve & John Mot Gent
doe Survey & lay out to the above said persons the said
halfe acre of Land
entred by me Tho Gildersleeve Clarke
Thomas Hendricksons his deeds that hath entred for
Land one that derived from Georg Heulitt P. ye: 403
one from Henry Hendrickson 407
one from Henry Dosenborow P. 410
one from Henry & mary Dosenbrow Pa. 409
one from Harman Johnson 406
this by mee
Tho Gildersleeve Clark
Att a town meeting held in Helnpsted Novembe ye 1.
1734 Then there it was put to voat as conserning the
moveing of the seats out of the old Church in to the new
Church and by the mager vot are to be moved in to the
neu Church
This entred by me
Thomas Gildersleeve Clarke
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOKDS. 155
Hempstead Decismber the twenty eight day 1734. Then
at the request of John Dingy and Joseph Wright both of
West bery In the bounds of Hempstead to us John Tread-
well and William Willis two of the Commitioners for ye
survaing & laying out of the high wais & roads in the town
ship of Hempstead to Lay out a high way from there Land
that Lyeth under the hills to wheatly road leads to the
Plains and accordingly the day above said wee have vewed
the ground all the way and have Layed a road out for them
acording to their request the Koad begining at a whit oak
tree being the south bounds of Joseph Writs Land about
five rods west of the line betwen John Dingey and Joseph
Writs Land and marked the trees on the north side of the
Page 464.
Eoad in sd line of Joseph Write and John Dingey land
easterdly till it Cometh to the east side of the Land of that
James Pine and silas smith Lately bought that was
Richard Elisons and from thence Laid it down southward on
the east side of the sd peece of Land Joining to the sd
pece of Land Joining to the sd line and marked the trees
for the west side of the road being the Lin trees of sd Peec
of Land and Laid it all the way from tke firs mentioned
whit oak tree till it coms to ye path that goeth from the
plains to wheatly two roads two Rods wide from the mark-
ed trees and no more in witness whereof here unto set to
our hands
William Willis
John Tbeadwbll
By appointment of the freeholders of the Township of
Hempsted at a general Town meeting held in said town
April the 2d 1734 We have surveyed & laid out halfe an
acre of Land whereon to set a Church for Divine Service
according to the Usage of the Church of England The first
Bounds being fifteen foot west from ye old Church or
meeting house by the side of CoUonel John Tredwels fence
156 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECORDS.
& thence westward along the side of said Tredwels fence
eighteen rodds which comes to the south west Comer of
said CoUonel Tredwels -Lott and from thence Southerly four
Eodds and from thence Bastwardly such a Course as will
make it five rodds wide at the East End at the length of
eighteen Eodds Performed the eighth day of April Anno
Domini 1734 pr us
John Mott
Thos Gildersleete Clarke .
The above said survey was done by order of John Tred-
well William Cornel John Cornel & Jacob Smith Esq's &
John Syren & Kichard Thome Gent
A treu Copy entered by mee
Tho Gildeksleeve Clarke
Page 465.
This Indentor made the sixteenth day of aprill in the
year of our Lord seventeen hundread thirty three by &
between Henry AUin of the Township of Hempstead in
Queens County In new York Province Yeaman & Phebe his
wife of ye one part & mary allin of ye sd Tounship of
Hempsted widow of the other part Witneseth that ye sd
Henry AUin & phebe his wife for & in Consideration of the
sume of one Thousand pounds New York money to them or
of them In hand paid be fore ye ensealling & deliverance of
these presents by ye above named mary Allin ye Kecepts
whereof they ye sd Henry Allin & Phebe his wife do by
these presents acknowledg them selves to be there w't fully
satisfied and contented & there of & there from & of & from
every part and parsell thereof by these presents do acquit
& exonarat & discharge har ye sd Mary Allin her heirs ex-
ecutors administrators for ever have given granted bargined
bargin sold allinated enfeofed assined Convayed & con-
firmed & by thes presents do give grant bargin sell allien
enfeof assigne Convay & confirm unto her ye sd Mary AUin
her har hairs & assigns Certain parsels of Lands and Mea-
dows Lying and being on madnans neck otherwise Great
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 151
heck in ye fore named Town, ship of Hempstead Viz. ye
one equal third part of all that home farm or Plantation on
which the sd mary allin now lives as it was given & be
queathed him ye sd henry Allin by ye Last Will and testar
ment of his deseased father to geather with his ye sd Henry
Mlins third part of the measags & meadows on & to ye sd
farme or plantation belonging w't ye third part of ye mill
and also one equall third part of a sartain farm of land Ly-
ing nere ye hed of ye sd neack w'c farme formerly aper-
tained to Thomas Eushmore decesed togeather with the
mill priviledges appurtinances Conveninses & commodities
to ye same or to any part there of belonging known taken
Reputed to be as a part parsel or member thereof w't ye
revertion & revertions remainder & remainders there of.
To have and to hold ye one third part of ye same farm as it
was given & bequeathed him third part of the mashes mea-
dows mill & ye third part of that farm which formerly was
Thomas Eushmore to geather w't all & every of its *appur-
tinanses w't ye Eevertion and Eevertions Eemaine & re-
mainders thereof w't all ye Eight title Intrust Property
Possestion Clames Challinge or demand what soever of him
ye sd Henry allin of to,in or upon ye sd granted & bar-
gined Intended to be granted & bargined primises or any
part thereof unto ye sd Mary Allin her hairs & assigns for
ever to have & their only property benifit & Behouf for-
ever & ye sd Henry allin & Phebe his "Wife for them selves
their hairs executors and administrators and every of
them do Covenant Promise grant & agree to & w't ye
sd Mary Allin har haires & assigns & every of them yt
at or before the ensealling hereof they are ye treu sole
■& LawfuU owners of the above bargine primises & stand
Lawfully seized & Posed of ye same In their own proper
right as a good Parfict & absolute estate of Inheritance
In fee simple and yt they have in them selves full
Power Just Eight & lawful! authority to give grant bargin
;sell alian enfiof assure Oonveay & Confirm the same In
maner as a for sd & yt ye sd mary Allin her hairs & assigns
158 aEMPSa^EAB *oWn iific6BDg.
Page 466.
may & shall from time to time & at all times forever here
after Peasably Lawfully & quiatly have hold use occupy &
Injoy ye same free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquited
exonarated & discharged of & from all & every other former
gifts grants bargins sails Leasses Intails wills Jointbr
dowrey Judgment execution estate Incombrance or trouble
whatsoever & ye sd Henry AUin forther Covenant & bind
him self his ha;irs executor & administrators & every of them
firmly by these presants do warant & defend ye above bar-
gined Primises & every Part theire of unto her ye sd Mary
AUin her hairs & assigns for ever against ye Just & Law-
full Clame or Clames of any Parson or parsons what so
ever. In witness whereof ye sd Henry AUin & Phebe his
wif have hereunto sett their hands & seals the day and
year above written
Sined Sealed & delivered
In presents of Heney Allin (S)
Wm Buech Phebe Allin (S)
Geoeg Heulit
This above sd deed compared and entred in the records
lu page ye 149 in the new Book By me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
Quens ) memorandom on 24 day of may : 1733
County j Then Came the w't in named Henry Allin
and Phebe his wife Parsonly before mee Isaac Hicks Judg
of the Cort of Common Plees of Queens" County and
acknowledg the within Instrument to bee their free and
vallentary act and deed finding no Racar or enterlinatron
I alow this deed to be recorded
Isaac Hicks
This entered by mee
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
hempstead town becoeds. 159
Page 467.
Asa Gildersleeves ear marck entered in P. 48
John Elderds ear mack entered in P. 48
Gorg Gildersleeves ear marck entered in P. 48
whot wos aded to the ministars rat for the pore ye
1705 in P. 148
henry AUins bill of sail entered in P. 152
henry AUins bill of sail entered in. P. 153
Hempstead December ye twenty eighth Day 1734 Then
at the Att the request of James al Burtos of fosters mea-
dow unto us CoUon'al John Treadwell & William Willis
two of the Commitioners to lay out the Publick roads &
high-wayes in the Township of hempsted som time in Aprill
Last past to alter the Eoad or short Lain in fosters meadow
that Lies southward from Coirnelos Eyersees hous a Croos
sd Burtoses meadow from Yorke road to ye Eoad that
goeth from the Plains threw fosters Meadow to ye South
and accordingly at the time above sd wee Veued & took
very good notice of the said Lane & found it in many
respects to be very hurtfull & Preditisall to the sd James
All burtos & not hurtfull to any parson to have the sd Eoad
or lain to be stoped & at ye time Left the doing thereof for
further consideration & accordingly wee the a bove named
John Treadwel & William Williss haveing fully wayed &
considered it have & do hereby order that ye sd Eoad shall
be turned & yt ye sd James Al-Burtos shall & may stop up
ye sd lain at both ends thereof & that it bee no more hear
after to be useed taken or deemed to be a publick high
way or road any more hereafter & do hereby in Compensa-
tion & satisfatction to the inhabitance of the Town afore sd
■ & for their ease & benifit order ye sd James allburtos to
take of three Lengts of his fence at. ye north end of his
Land next to York Eoad & five lengths of fence of from ye
:sd corner on ye east side next to the road that goeth down
threw fosters meadow & yt ye sd James allburtos his hairs
and assigns shall from time to time for ever maintain &
160 SEMpgO^EAD T6WN SfidOfiDg.
keep tlie Koad suffitiant & good Just round the Corner &
no further for waginsto pass & repass at his own cost &
charg & no further In witness whereof wee have set to
our hands the twentieth eight day of December in the
year of our Lord seventeen hundred & thirty fower :
William Willis
Col. John Teeadwell
This above sd high way is a treu coppy taken out of the
original and compared by me
Tho Gildeesleeve Clarke
RKCORDS
OF THE
TOWNS OF
North and South Hempstead,
LONG ISLAND.
LIBEE E.
Page 1.
November the fourst 1735 Then entered this ear mark
of Thomas Cornell the son of william Cornell his ear mark
is a crop on the of ear & a slit in the Crop & two half
penies under the near ear
etre by mee
Tho Gildeksleeve Clarck
November the .8. day. 1735 Then Henry Pearsall sees
caus to enter his ear mark that is. a latch on the fore side
of the of ear and a half peny under the sid ye near ear
entred by me
Tho Gildersleeve ClarE
John Loosee Juner his ear mark is three half penies on
the fore side of the Eight ear Entred ye .25 day of no-
vember by mee
Thomas Gildersleeve Clark
1735
Thomas Boldin his eare mark is a slit in the end of the
nere Eare and a nick under the of ear entred the 24 day
of desember by me by order by me
Thomas Gildersleeve Clark
1735
162 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECORDS.
(Here follows the record of an ear mark which is illeg-
ible.)
The Ear Mark of Gorge Hulit Juner is a slipe Under ye
Eight Ear and A Flower Deluce on Left Ear Entered 19th
Day af Aprill 1736
by MicAH Smith Clarke
Page 2.
To all Christian People to whome these Presents shall
Come Know Ye that I George Balding of Hempstead in
Queens County in the Province of New York on Nassaw
Island have for and in Consideration of the Just and full
Sum of one pound five Shillings Currant Lawfull moeney of
New York to me in hand paid by Rebert Shadbolt of Oy-
sterbay in the Same CoiTnty and Province aforesaid Have
Given Granted Bargained Sold and Conveyed and Confirm-
ed and do by these Presents fully freely Clearly and abso-
lutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm all that
one Shilling Patent Right to Be taken up in marsh or
meadow in the Bounds or Township of Hempstead or
Beach unto him the Said Robert Shadbolt or to his heirs
Executors Administrators or Assigns forever unto him and
*their Only Proper Benefit and Behoof all said one Shilling
Right Shall Comprehend in marsh and meadow and Beach
vnth all and Singular Appurtenances and Every Part and
Parcell thereof unto him the. said Robert Shadbolt his
heirs Executors and Administrators and Assigns and Every
of them forever and that the same is Clear and free from all
and all manner of former Gifts Grants or Incubrances
Watsoever wich said Patent Right was Given to me By
my father Ezekiel Balding which he Bought of abel Smith
and by Deed and will may appear and furthur I the said
George Balding Do by Vertue of these Presents Bind my-
self my heirs Executors Administrators and- Every of them
firmly by these Presents unto the said Robert Shadbolt or
to his Certain Attorney Heirs Executors Administrators
and Assignes the said one Shilling in form and manner as,
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 16S
Above S'd and furthur the Said Eoberfc Sliadbolt or his
heirs Executors Administrators may forever use the Same
hereafter have Hold and forever Enjoy the said one Shil-
ling Patent and I the Said George Baldpn Do Bind myself
my heirs Executors and Administrators and Every of them
to Warrant and Defend the Said one Shilling Patent Against
any LawfuU Claim of any Person or persons whatsoever
Claiming any Part thereof as Witness my hand and Seal
this eleventh Day of October in the year of our Lord Christ
one. Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Two
Sign'd Seal'd and Delivered In the Presents of us
Embkee Shadbolt his
MoEEis Shadbolt Geobge O Balding (S)
mark
Queens County s. s. on the 1st Day of November 1762
Personally Appeared before me Valentine H. Peters one of
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said
County the within Named Grantor George Balding & Ac-
knowledged the within Instrument of Writing as his Volun-
tary act and Deed Wich having Examined allow it to be
Recorded
Valentine H. Peters
Examined & Compar'd With the Original
By Valentine H. Petees Clerk
Page 3.
The Ear Mark of Micah Smith is A Crap of ye Eight Ear
and A Happany ye fore Side of ye Same and a Happany
Under Side of ye Left Ear, Enter'd ye 19th Day of Aprill
1736
by Micah Smith Clarke
The Ear Marck of John Oakley is A Crap of ye Near Ea;r
and a happany Under ye Near Ear and A Slitt in ye Crop
and A hole in Right Ear Enter'd ye 6th of May 1736
loy Micah Smith Clark
The Ear Mark of William Niccols is A Crop of ye off Ear
164 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
and A happany Under ye Same Ear Enter'd May ye 6tll
day 1736
by MicAH Smith Clark
The Bar Mark of Benjamin Seaman Son of Jeames Sea-
mans is A lath on ye fore Side of ye Near Ear and A Slit
in ye End of ye of Ear & A happany under ye of Ear
Enter'd by Me May ye 10th Day 1736
MiCAH Smith Clark
The Ear Mark of Coleman Combs is four Nicks Under
the Near Ear Enter'd by Me the 19th Day of May 1736
MiCAH Smith Clark
The Ear Mark of Thomas Martin is A Crap of ye Nea
Ear and A Nick Under it & A Nick Each side ye oft Ear
Enter'd ye twenty ninth Day of May 1736
by Me Micah Smith Clark
The Ear Mark of Eichard Williams is A Lath Under ye
Near Ear and A happeny ye fore side and A nick Under ye
same Ear Enter'd ye 5th Day of July 1736
by me Micah Smith Clark
The Ear Mark of Thomas Williams is a Latch Under ye
Near Ear and A hole in ye Same Ear Enter'd by Me
Micah Smith ye 5th Day
Aprill 1736
Page 4.
Samuel Mott Son of John Mott his Ear Mark is two
Happenys under Each Ear Enter'd ye 12th Day of Octo-
ber 1736 by Me
Micah Smith Clark
James Wood Ijis Ear Mark is Latch Under ye Near Ear
and two happenys ye fore side ye off Ear Entered ye 12th
Day of October 1736 by Me
Micah Smith Clark
Peirssey pool his Ear Mark is A happany A fore side
Each Ear and A Nick in Each happany Enter'd ye 12th
Day October 1736 by Me
Micah Smith. Clark
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 16S
William Fosters Ear Mark is A Crop of ye Near Ear and
three happanys A fore ye off Ear Entered ye 4tli Day of
October 1736
by Me Micah Smith Clark
Samson Kroker his Ear Mark is a flowr Deluce of ye
Near Ear and A hole in ye off Ear Enter'd ye fourth Pay
of November 1736
by Me Micah Smith Clark
Benjamin Havaland his Ear Mark Is A Crop & hole In
ye Near Ear and A Nick ye fore side ye off Ear Entered
ye 14th' Day of Jenewary
by Me Micah. Smith Clark
Samuel prince his Ear Mark Is A Crop of Each Ear and
A happany Under ye off Ear Entered ye 28th Day of
Jeneuary 1736-7 by Me
Micah Smith Clark
Daniel Carman Seley his 'Ear Mark Is A Slitt In the off
Ear and A Latch the Under side ye Near Ear this being
formerly ye Mark of William Toten by his Consent En-
tered ye 28th of Jeneuary 1736-7
by Me Micah Smith Clark
Beniaman VaUantine Jun his Ear mark Is A Crop the off
Ear and A nick ye fore Side of Each Ear Euter'd ye 15th
Day of March 1736-7
by Me Micah Smith Clark
Page 5.
Thomas Hicks Ear Mark. Is A Swallow fork ye off Ear
and a happany ye fore Side ye Same and a slitt In ye near
Ear Enter'd ye 29th of March 1737
By Me Micah Smith Clark
Joseph Hicks his Ear Mark Is a Swallow fork ye off Ear
and a Slipe Under ye near Ear Enter'd ye 29th of March
1737 by me
Micah Smith Clark
166 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Samuel pearsall his Ear Mark Is a Latcli ye fore side ye
of Ear and a Crap ye near Enter'd May 1737 by me
MicAH Smith Clark
Charles Peters his Ear Mark Is A Square happany Under
ye Near Ear June ye 10th 1737 E per me
MicAH Smith
ye above said Declin'd Clark
Eichard Barns his Ear Mark A Crop ye off Ear & two
slitts In itt & hole In ye Near Ear Enter'd by Me
MicAH Smith Clark Novem 1737
Beniamin Pine his Eiar Mark Is a Swallow fork ye near
Ear & happny Under ye Same- & a Latch Under ye off Ear
Thomas Conkelin his Ear Mark is a Latch ye foreside ye
off Ear and a nick ye fore side of ye Near Ear 1737
Charles Peters his Ear Mark A Slipe Under ye Near Ear
and A Slitt In ye off Ear and A hapney Under ye of Ear
Thomas Seamans Son of Nathaniel Seamans his Ear
Mark Is A Swallow fork ye Near Ear and happany Each
side of ye Same & a Latch ye fore ye off Ear february
1738
Samuel Seamans Son of Nat : Seamans his Ear Mark Is
A Swallow fork ye Near Ear a happay Under itt & a
happany ye fore Side ye off Ear february 1738 Enter'd
by ,
MiCAH Smith Clark
Abram Bonds Ear Mark is . Latch ye fore side ye of Ear
and a hapny fore side ye Same Entr'd 1745
Page 6.
Kobert Dingeys Ear ' Mark is A Slitt In Each EaT & a
Happany ye Under Side ye Near and Upper Side ye off
Ear. 1738
Epheraim Vails Mark is a Crop of Each Ear and a Nick
under Each and a hapney ye fore Side ye Near Ear 1738
HEJfPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 167
- Abram Losees Mark is two hapneys ye fore side ye oS
Ear the above Ear Marks Entr'd June 1738
by MicAH Smith Clark
Caleb Morrils. Ear Mark is a Crop ye off Ear and a Slitt
in ye End of ye Near Ear June 1738
Jonathan Smith Son of Jonathan Smith Eock his Ear
Mark is a Crop ye off Ear a Nick Under A Latch ye fore
Side ye Near Ear and a Nick ye fore Side ye Same Bnter'd
ye 23th Day of October 1738
by MicAH Smith
James Dentuns Ear Mark a Crop ye off Ear a Slitt in
Crop and a Nick Under ye near Ear November ye 14th
1738
John Carpenters Ear Marks a Crop of Each Ear & two
Slitts In Each Crop November ye 14th 1738
Thomas VanWicks Ear Mark is A Crop ye Near and a
Slipe Under off Ear, which Mark his father Baernt Van Wick
purchased of Jeremiah Wood November ye 14th 1738
John Southards Ear Mark a Crop ye of Ear two Slitts in
ye Crop and a happny Under ye Same,November ye 14th
1738
Ben:Pines Ear Mark a Latch under ye of Ear and a
Swallow fork ye Near Ear and a hap,Under ye Near Ear,
November 1738
Thomas Hendrickson,Carpenter,his Ear Mark is a Latch
Under ye Near Ear a hapney under ye off Ear and" a hole
in ye Same Ear
Enter'd December 1738 by Micah Smith CI
Herikiah Pearsalls Ear Mark is a Latch ye fore side ye
oaf Ear & a Nick ye fore side ye Neare Ear and a hapney
Under ye Near Ear Enter'd ye 6th Day of November 1739
Micah Smith
Page 7.
Thomas Grittmans Ear Mark is a flow deluce ye of Ear
and A Square hapney Under ye near Ear 13th of february
1738-9
168 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
Peter Smith Juner his Bar Mark is A Swallow fork ye
oaf Ear and three Nicks Under ye Near Ear Enter'd ye
20th of aprill anno Domini 1739
by MiCAH Smith Clark
Eichard Gildersleave his Ear Mark is A Latch ye fore
side ye Near and A happany ye fore side of ye same
James Jonson his Ear Mark is a Crop ye of Ear and A
Slitt in ye Crop and a happany ye Upper Side of ye Same
and A Latch ye Upper Side of ye Near Ear
Timothy Townsend his Ear Mark is A Slitt in ye End of
ye Near Ear theses Ear marks Enter'd ye 15th of may
1739
by MiOAH Smith Clark
Hugh Eyder his Ear Mark is A Slitt in ye Near Ear and
A hapny Under ye of Ear & a nick between ye hapny and
head Enter'd ye 15th of May 1739
by MiCAH Smith C
Abram Losee his Ear Mark is two Hapneys ye fore side
ye Oaf Ear
William Vanvouras Ear Mark is two Slitts in ye Near
and one half Cut Out & a hole in ye Same Enter'd July
1739
by Micah Smith Clark
John Hickes Ear Mark is a Lath ye fore side ye oaf Ear
and two hapneys Under ye Near Ear enter'd October 1739
Henry Barns his Ear mark is a Crop ye oaf Ear a Slit
in ye Crap a hole in ye Same Ear Enter'd October 1739
Samuel Dentun Son of Joseph Dentun his Ear Mark is A
Crap ye off Ear two Slitts In ye Crap & a nick Under Side
ye near Ear Entered ye 6th Day of November 1739 by
MiGAH Smith Clark
Joseph Dentun Son of Joseph Dentun his Ear Mark is a
Crap ye Oaf Ear two Slitts in ye Crop and a hapney ye
Under Side ye near Ear, Enter'd ye 6th Day of November
1739
hempstead town k^cobds. 169
Page 9.
Harmatt Hendrickson Ms Ear mark is a Crap ye Near
Ear and a Lath In ye Crap ye Under Side ye Ear
John Stevens Ear Mark is A Crap ye Near Ear a Latch
ye fore Side in ye Crap and A hole In ye Oaf Ear
John Dusenbury Son of Samuel Dusenbury his Ear Mark
is a Crap ye Near Ear and three hapneys ye Upper side ye
oaf Ear
Hendrick Hendrickson Ear Mark is Swallow fork ye
Near Ear A hapny ye fore side ye Oaf Ear which mark was
his fathers John Hendricksons and Eecorded former to his
Sd father
Daniel Cornell his Ear Mark is a Crop ye Oaf Ear &
three hapnys ye fore side ye Near Ear theses Above said
Marks Entered ye 21th Day of November 1739 by me
MicAH Smith Clark
Thomas Gildersleave his Ear Mark is A Latch Under ye
oaf Ear- & hapney Under ye Same Ear Bnter'd ye 26th
Day of November 1739
by Me Micah Smith
Silas Carman his Ear Mark is A Swallow fork ye oaf Ear
and A Crap ye Near Ear and a hapny ye fore side of ye_
Near Ear Enter'd 1739
Joseph Baldens Ear Mark is Crap of ye Near Ear and a
Nick Under ye Same,and Thomas Balden Junr Son of Jo-
seph Balden Bar Mark A Latch Under ye Near Ear and a
Nick under ye of ear
James Bedle his^Ear .Mark is a Slitt In ye oaf Ear and
hapny Under Each Ear and A hapany ye foreside of ye
near Ear Entered ye 5th of May 1740
Gorge Everit Juner his Ear Mark is a two happany ye
fore Side of ye near Ear and A hole in ye oaf Ear
Moses Dusenbury Son of John Dusenby his Ear Mark is
three Hapnys ye fore side ye of Ear
170 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
Cornelias VanWicks Ear Mark is a Swallow fork ye oaf
Ear a hapny ye fore Side and a Nick Under ye Same Ear
John Smith Son of Jonathan Smith E: his Ear Mark is a
Crop ye oaf Ear and A hapny Under itt and a Latch and
hapuy ye fore Side ye Near Ear Entered May ye 16th 1740
Page 10.
Nicols Wrights Ear Mark is a Crop of ye fiear Ear and A
hapany ye fore Side of Each Ear Eecorded July 1740 '
Stevan Hicks Ear Mark is a Swallow fork ye Oaf Ear
Enter'd 14 October 1740
Beniamin Flowers Ear Mark is a Swallow fork ye of Ear
and a Crap ye Near Ear
John posts Ear Mark is a Slitt in the Near Ear and a
hapny and A nick ye fore Side ye oaf Ear
John Doughty his Ear Mark is a Slipe ye fore Side of ye
of Ear & A hole in ye near Ear
Jacob Jonsons Ear Mark is a Lath Under ye of Ear and
A nick Under ye same Entered theses above Marks
Novemb 1740
Antony Demotts Ear Mark is a Crop ye oaf Ear and two
- holes in the Same Ear Enter'd April 1741
Thomas Seamans Son of Tho Seamans Ear Mark is a
•Slipe ye fore side the off Ear itt formally belonged to
Joshua Barns from him to Hicks Seamans Entered October
1741
Theodoras Van Wick Son of Barnt VanWick his Ear
Mark is a Crop ye off Ear and A hapny Under Each Ear
itts ye mark of his Grandfather VanWick Enter'd Decem-
ber 1741
John Searing Son of Daniel Searing his Ear Mark is a
Slitt in ye near Ear and ' a hole in ye oaf Ear and two
hapneys ye fore side of ye Same Enter'd ye 27th of May
1742 "
Samuel Cornall Ear Mark is a Crap of ye Near Eai; and
two Slits in ye Crop Enter'd Sept 1742
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 171
William Smith his Ear mark is a slipe under Each Ear
and a hapny ye fore side of Each Ear. Enter'd 1th Day
Deoemb' 1742.
John Smith his Ear mark is a Swallow fork ye of Ear
and a Crop of ye near and a hole in ye Crop Enter'd
December 1742
Page 11.
- John Dorland Son of John Dorland his Ear Mark is a
Latch Under ye near Ear and. a hapny Each Side of the
Same Ear, Enter'd ye 22th Day of february 1742-3
the Ear Mark of Eam Ramson is a Crop of ye near Ear
Entered the 24th of march 1742-3 by
MicAH Smith Clark'
the Ear Mark that formerly belonged to Henry Seamans
Now to -Timothy Road, is a Latch ye fore side of ye near
and a hapny under ye Same and a Slitt in of Ear and a
Nick Under ye Same
the Ear Mark of Henry Road, Son of timothy Rhoads is
a hole in ye near Ear and a Slit in ye End of ye of Ear and
a hapny Under it these two marks Entered ye 11th Day of
May 1743
by MiCAH Smith
Robert Crooker his Ear mark is a hole in ye llight Ear
and happy fore Side ye Left Ear, Enter the third Day of
November 1743
by Me Micah Smith Clark
Thomas Lewis his Ear Mark is a Swallow ye oaf Ear and
flower Deluce ye near Ear
Beniamen Smith Son of Cap't Smith his Ear mark is a
Swallow fork ye off Ear and a Crop of ye near Ear and a
hapny Under near Ear and
Samuel Smith Son of Cap't Smith his Ear Mark is a Crop
ye of or Right Ear and a hole in itt and a Latch Under ye
near Ear, theses three Marks above Enter'd the 5th of No-
vember 1743
by MiCAH Smith Clark
Isaac Smith Son of Micah Smith his Ear Mark is a Crop
of Bach Ear and hapny ye fore Side of ye off Ear and a
172 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
hapny Under ye near Ear and the Ear Mark of Richard
Smith his Brother is A Crop ye of Ear and a hapny ye fore
side ye same and Under side ye near Ear and a hole in ye
near Ear Enter'd the fifth Day of november 1743
Page 12.
To all Christian People to whome these Presents shall
come I Charls Mott of Hempsted in Quens County on
nasaw Island in the provence of New York yeaman send
Greating Know ye that I Charls mott for and in Considera-
tion of the love good will and affection which I have and
do bear towards my dutyful son Gershom mott of the Perish
County Island and provence afore said yeoman have given
and granted and by these doe fully freely clearly and ab-
solutely Give and grant to the said Gershom mott his hairs
and asigns two sartain Pesces and parcels of land scituate
lying and being in the Parish of hempsted afore said con-
taing together ninety fore acres more or les butted and
bounded in manner following that is to say, one certain
Pice and parsel of land Parte of the said ninety fore acres
of land the bounds thereof begining at a large Chesnut
stand by a Pond by the higway at the head of Couneck
and runing' north to a smol red oack tree marked Thence
west to a whit oack tree marked Standing by the higway
that leads down to couneck thence south as the said hig-
way runs to a stake and thence to the afore saide large
chesnot tree containing fourteen acres more or less : and
one other Certain piece and parcel of land Residue of the
saide ninety fore acres of land bonded westerdly by Jonas
halstead land southerly by the land of the Serrings and
Joseph mott eastwardly by Thomas bedels land and north-
erly by the highway at the hed of Couneck containing
eighty acres more or less with all ithe houses barns build-
ings Trees advantages and privileges belonging or apper-
taing to the aforesaid given and granted premises together
with all the right titel in trust cleame and demand what
soever which I now have or which any or other of my heirs
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDg. l73
fexeutofs admynistrators or asigns may here after have of
to or in the said given and granted premeses together with
all riglut titel entrust cleam and demand what soever which
i now have or which any or other of my heirs executors
administrators or asigns may heareaf ter have of to or In the
Page 13.
said given and granted premeses or any Part Theare of To
have and to hold the said ninety f oure acres of land more or
less together with all the houses beams buildings trees ad-
vantages and priviledgs afore said unto him the saide ger-
shom mott his hears and asigns for ever in witness whare
of i have heare unto put my hand and seal the sixth day of
Jenevary in the eight year of his magestys rain and in the
year of Lord one thousen seven hundred and twenty one
SealLed and Delivered in the presants of
EOBBOB HUTHINGS his
Tho Lynsad • Char's : C :,Mott. (S)
mark
queens County may the 2 1724 : Then came The within
named Charls mott ParsonoUy before mee Isac Hix esq :
■Judge of the Cort of Common please in quens County and
aknoledged The within ritten instrument To bee his free
"voUentery act and deed
Isac Hix
Page 14.
the Ear Mark of Siman Losey is a happany the Each
rgide of Each Ear and a Slitt in the near Ear Entered ye
12th of november 1743
by MiCAH Smith Clerk
The Ear Mark of Garrit Golder is A Latch ye fore side
-Je> of Bar and two Hapneys ye fore Side of ye same En-
'.tered ye 27th of march 1744
by MiCAH Smith
'The Ear Mark of Jacobas Muntfort is A Slite in the End
<t)f ye Near Entered ye 29th of March 1744
174 HEMPSTEAD ToWn HECORDS.
The Ear Mark of Abram Garrison is a Nick Under Side
the Eight Ear Entered ye 29th of March 1744
by MiCAH Smith Clerk -
The Ear Mark of Mr Adam Mott is A Crop ye off Ear
and A hapny Under Each Ear itt being ye Ear Mark that
Just' Vanwick formerly Gave and he Sees Cause to Assign
ye 8d Mark to Sd Mott. Enter'd ye 16th Day of April
1744
by Me Mioa-h Smith Clerk
The Ear Mark of William Birtis Son of Joseph Birtis is
a hole in ye of Ear and a Nick and hapny under ye near
Ear
The Ear Mark of Salvenas Townsend is a hapney ye
Each Side of Ear and a Slit in ye off Ear Enter ye 11 of
march 1744-5
The Ear mark of William Sprag a Crop ye off Ear and
Slitt in ye Crop & a nick ye fore side and a slitt in ye near
Ear Enter'd ye 11 Day of March 1744-5
by me Micah Smith Clerk
The Ear Mark of Cap't Will Hick is a Swallow fork ye
off Ear and two nicks Under ye Near Enter'd March 28th
1745
by me Micah Smith Clerk
The Ear Mark of Henry Smith is a Swallow fork of Each
Ear, Entered ye 8th of April 1745
Page 15.
the Ear Mark of Isaac Jackson is a Slipe ye fore "side ye
off Bar and hapny ye fore Side ye near "Ear Enter'd ye 22fh
of April 1745
The Ear Mark of Jacob Mott is A Latch ye fore Side ye
off Ear and a IHower Deluce ye Near Ear this formerly be-
longed to his father Joseph Mott
the Ear Mark of Joseph Mott Son of Jacob Mott is A
Latch ye fore side ye off Ear and a half flower Deluce the
fore side ye Near Ear
fiEMP§TEA5 TOWN EECOBDg. 175
the Bar Mark of Isaac Mott Son of Jacob Mott is a
LatcH ye fore Side ye off Ear and a half fflower Deluce
Under the Near Eay theses three Marks Above Entered ye
22th Day of April' 1745
by MicAH Smith Clerk
the Ear Mark of John Wright Son of William Wright of
oysterbay is A Crop ye Near Ear a Slitt in ye Crop and
hapny afore Side of ye off Ear, Entered ye 23fch of may
1745
by Me Micah Smith Clerk
the Ear Mark of Samuel Clows is A hole in ye off Ear
and A Ihapny Under it and a Nick ye Uper Side Enter'd
June J© 6th 1745
by Micah Smith
the Ear Mark of Jobe Vail is a Crop ye near Ear and a
nick the Under side ye oaf Ear Enter'd ye 9bh of July
1745
The Ear Mark of Mr Samuel Seabre is A Crop ye Eight
of Ear Entered ye 11th Day of July 1745
by Micah Smith
the above Mark is Declined
the Ear Mark of John Lee is Latch ye under side of near
Ear and a slit in ye of Ear and the Ear Mark of Thomas
Lee is a Latch ye upper Side of Each Ear and ye Ear
Mark of Josep thuston is a latch ye fore side ye of Ear and
a nick Under & a Slipe Under ye Near Ear, theses three
Ear Marks Entered ye 21th of august 1745
by Micah Smith Clerk
Page l6.
Att A General town Meetting Held in Hempstead April
the 13th Day 1736 then was Chosen thomas Williams
Robert Sutton John Dorland trustees and John Hall and
Patrick ■ Mott Assistants with them for this Ensuing Year
ifor This By order by me
Thomas Gildeesleeve Clarke
176 HEMfSTfiAD TOWN ftEOGftDg.
Att A General town Meetting Held in Hempstead April
the ISth Day 1736, then was Voted that the Above Sd
trustees are hereby Impower'd to Call all persons to An-
acompt who have any of ye towns Money in their Hands
Eitheir Sheep Money or any Moneys or Bonds Conserning
ye town in publick
by order by me
Thomas Goldeesleeve Clark
At a town meetting held in Hempstead June ye 26th Day
1736 then were Chosen by Major Vote of ye Freeholders
Robert Mervin for Over Seer of ye High ways and Fence
Veiwer in place & Stead of Tho' Williams Deseast
Att the Same time Joseph Mott were Chosen Assessor in
ye place and Stead of Tho' Williams Late Deseast
Att ye same time Tho' Cornall of Eock'w were Chosen
trustee for ye Sd town in place and stead of Tho' Williams
Deseast
Att ye Same town Meetting were by Major Vote of je
Freeholders of ye town that ye trustees of our town that
were Chosen for this Ensuing Year 1736 were impowered to
Call all persons to An accompt that hath any of ye towns
Money or propriator Money in their Hands and to take itt"
into their hands and to make A Report their of to ye Said
town
Page 17.
Att a Town Meetting held in Hempstead October ye 11th
Day 1736 then was Voted and Agreed upon by ye Ma-
jority of ye freeholders of hempstead, that our Sheep Pens
shall be Made on ye East Side of ye Run that is in ye Most
Conveniant Place that is between John halls and tom Lees
John Durenburys and Richard Seamans and ye said Run
this Above Sd Vote Enter'd by Order
MiCAH Smith Clark
Att a General Town Meetting held In Hempstead Aprill
je 5th Day 1737
Att ye Same town Meetting was Chosen for Supervisor
for this Ensuing Year Jacob Smith
Att ye Same time were Chosen for Assessors for this En-
suing Year Joseph Mott and Joseph Smith
Att the Same time David Bedle were Chosen Constable
and CoUecttor for this Ensuing Year
*
Att the Same time Eichard Bedle Peter titas Tho' Cor-
nall were Chosen Serveyors of ye high ways for this En-
suing Year
Att the Same time Eobert Mervin John Smith were Cho-
sen fence Veiwers for this Ensuing Year
Att ye Same time Mordecai Lester John tredwell were
Chosen Aprisors of Mens Intested Estates for this Ensuing -
Year
Att the Same time Micah Smith were Chosen town Clark
for this Ensuing Year
Att the Same time John Dorland tom Comal Eobert
Sutton were Chosen trustees for ye town for this Ensuing
Year
Page 18.
To aU Christian people to whom these presents shall
Come Greeting, Know ye that I obediah Eogers of ye town
of Southampton in ye County of Soffolk & CoUony of New
York Yeaman, for and in Consideration of ye Sum of ten
pound and ten Shillings Currant Money of ye Afore S'd
Collony to me in hand paid before ye Ensealing & Delivery
of these presents by lerimiah Wood of ye town of Hemp-
stead, in Queens County and ye Collony afore Said, yea-
man, the receipt whereof I do here by Acknowledge & my
- therewith fully Satisfied and Contented and thereof & of
Every part and pearsall thereof do Exonerate aquit & Dis-
charge the S'd Jeremiah Wood his Heirs Executrs and
Admrs for Ever by these presents and for Divers other
good Causes and Eeasonable Considerations me att this
present Espetially moving have Eemised Eeleased Quitted
178 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORPS.
Claim & Confirmed & by these Presents for My Self & -my
Heirs do fally freely clearly, & absolutely, Eemise, Eelease,
Quitt, Claim and Confirm ; unto ye sd Jeremiah Wood & in
his full & peaseble possession & seizin & to his heiTs & as-
signs, for Ever all such Eight Estate Title Interest Claim
and Demand whatsoever as I ye sd Obadiah Eogers Ever
Had Now have or ought to have of in or to all or any of ye
Estate or Eight of Lands and Meadows which are Situate
Lying and being within ye township of Hempstead afore-
said formerly purChased by My Grandfather William Eog-
ers Deceased by any Manner of ways or Means whatsoever
To Have and to Hold all and Singular ye sd Eemised &
Eeleased premises with all ye Appurtenances priviledges
& Commoditys to ye same belonging or in any Manner of
wise Appertaining unto him ye sd Jeremiah Wood his
Heirs & Assigns for Ever to his & their only sole proper
Use Benefitt & behoof for Ever as his & their own free Es-
tate in fee simple so that Neither I ye sd Obediah Eogers,
nor my Heirs nor any other person or persons whatsoever
for Me or them or in My or their Names Eight qr Stead or
in ye Name Eight or Stead of any of them thatt or will by
any ways or means hereafter have Claim Challange or De-,
-mand any Estate Eight title Interest Claim and Demend
whatsoever of in or to premises or part or parsell there-
of but from all & Every Action Eight Estate title Inter-
Page 19.
est Claim & D^nand whatsoever, of in or to ye Prem-
ises or any part or parsall thereof I my self & Enery of
them shall be Utter Excluded & forever bared by these
presents and further Know ye that I ye sd Obediah Eogers
for my self my Heirs Executrs & admrs ye premises afore
sd with ye Appurtenances thereof Unto ye sd Jeremiah
Wood his Heirs and Assigns & to his & their own proper
Use & Uses in manor and form afore sd specified Against
their Heirs & Asigns & Every of them shall and will for
Ever Warrant and Defend by these presents In Wittness
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 179
■whereof I have hereunto Set My Hand & Seal this thir-
teenth Day of August in ye Ninth Year of ye Eeign of Our
Soveraign Lord Gorge ye Second by ye Grace of God of
Great Brittan France & Ireland King Defender of ye faith
Anno q Domini one thousand Seven hundread and thirty
and five
Signed Sealed & Delivered Obediah Rogers (S)
in ye Presence of Us
Joseph Sayre
Abraham Cooper
On ye Day and Year Above Written and Subscribed
Obediah Rogers Apeared before Me and did Acknowledge
ye Above Written Release or Deed of Sale to be his free
and Volantary Act and Deed
As Witnes My hand
John Howell Justice of ye peace
The Above Written Deed Recorded and Compared with
ye originall the 19th Day of Aprill 1736 by
MicAH Smith Clarke
Page 20.
To all People to whom theses Presents Shall Come Greet-
ting Know ye that I David Smith of Hempstead in Queens
County in the province of New York on Nassaw Island tay-
lor for & in Consideration of ye Sum of Ninty Pounds Cur-
rant Money of ye Province Above sd to me in hand before
ye Ensealing hereof well and truly Paid by Micah Smith of
ye town Above sd, ye Receipt whereof I do hereby Acknow-
ledge and my Self therewith fully Satisfied & Contented &
thereof and Every part & Pearsall there of Doe Exonerate
Aquit & Discharge ye Said Micah Smith his Heirs Execu-
tors Admrs for Ever By these Presents Have Given Grant-
ed Sold Aliened Conveyed & Confirmed Unto Micah Smith
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all my Lands and Right of
Lands with ye Patin Right and all other Rights in ye Town
of Hempstead which is ye fifth part of Land and Rights
that Samuel Smith my father Dyed Seised of. One Pearsall
180 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
or tract of Land lying between Isaac Smith Land and James
Dentun Deseast one Hollow on ye Plains where he lived
One tract or. pearcell of land lying by ye Road that Leads
from ye plains to Cow Neck, on lott of Meadow with Some
Land ioyning to itt, one tract of Land in ye South Woods
to Have and to hold ye sd- Granted Premises with all ye Ap-
purtenances Privileges & Commodities to ye Same belong-
ing or Any Wise Apertaining, to him ye Said Micah Smith
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and there only proper
use benifitt and behoof for Ever and I ye sd David Smith
for Me My Heirs Extors Admrs Dos Covenant promise &
Grant to and with the sd Micah Smith his heirs and Assigns
for Ever to his and there only proper Use benifitt and be-
hoof that before ye Ensealing Hereof I am ye true sole and
LawfuU Oner of ye Above Bargained Premises and am
Lawfully Seised and possessed of ye Same in Mine own
proper Bight as a good perfect and Absolute right Estate
of inheritanc fee simple and I have in myself good RightfuU
power & lawful Athority to Grant bargain Sell Convey and
Confirm ye Said Bargaind Premises Manner as Above Said
and that ye said Micah Smith his Heirs and Assigns Shall
"and may from time to time and att all times here After by
force and Virtue of these Presents Lawfully peasably and
Quietly have hold Use Occupy possess and Enjoy ye Sd De-
Page 20a.
mised and Bargaind Premises With all ye Apurtenances
free and Clear and freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated
and Discharged from all and all manner of Former and Other
Guifts and Grants Bargains Sails Leases Mortgauges Wills
intails ioynters Dowrys Judgments Executions Incumber-
ances what soever further more I ye sd David Smith for my
Self my Heirs Executors Administrators do Covenant and
Ingage ye Above Demised Premises to him ye sd Micah
Smith his Heirs and Assigns Against ye Lawful! Claims or
Demands of Any person or Persons what soever -here After
to Warrant and Secure and Defend unto him ye sd Micah
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 1,81
Smith his Heirs and Assigns in "Witness whereof I have
hereunto Set My hand and Seal this twentyeth Day of len-
euary Anno Domini 1728 and in ye Second Year of Our
Soveraign Lord Gorge of Great Brittan France and Irland
Kiag Defender ye faith
Caterine Smith his
Welliam Kurk David :A: Smith (S)
Mark.
December the Seventh Day 1729
Queens County then Came ye Within Named WUliam
Kurk one of ye Wittneses to ye Within Written Deed Per-
sonally before David lones Judge of ye Court of Common
Pleas of Queens County and full Examination being Made
he Sayeth that he See David Smith Signe and Seal ye
Within Written Instrument and Did here hin Declare itt
to be his Free Act and Deed and Att ye Same time he see
Caterine Smith Sigae as Wittness to ye Said Deed
the Above Written Deed ye Seventh Day of June 1736
then Was Eecorded by Me
MicAH Smith Clark
Page 20b.
Know all men by these presents, that I James Hugins of
Hempstead in Queens County on ye ILand of Nassaw The
province of New York felt Maker Have made Ordained
and Constituted and by these presents Do make ordain and
Constitute and in my place and stead put and Depute
my trusty and Loving Friends Samuel Balden Au-
gust Oldfeild Jacob Fowler William Vallantine and Na-
thaniel Pearsall of Hempstead af'd My tru and Lawfull
Attorneys : for Me and in my Name and for My Use to
ask, Demand Sue for Eecover and Eeceive all Such Sum
and Sums of Money Debts Goods Wares Dues Accompts
and other Demands What Soever which Are or Shall be
Due Owing Payable and belonging to me or Detained from
me by any Manner of ways or means what soever by any
Manner of person or persons whomsoever, and in all and
182 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Every place Town County or Province whatso ever Giving
and Granting Unto my Said Attorneys by these presents
my fuil and whole power Strenght and Athority in and
about ye premises to have Use and take all LawfuU ways
and means in My Name for ye Eecovery thereof and upon
ye Eeceipt of Any Such Debts Dues or Sums of Money
Afore Said Acquittences or other Sufficient Dycharges for
Me and in My Name to make Seal and Deliver and Gener-
ally all and Every other Act and Acts thing and things De-
vice and Devices in ye Law what soever NeedfuU and
nesessary to be Done in and About ye premises for ye -Re-
covery of all or any Such Debts or Sums of Money Afore
Said for me and in my name to Do, Execute and perform
as fully Largely and Amply to all Intents and purposes as
I my Self might or Could Doe if I was personally present,
or as if ye Matter required more Speciall Athority then is here
Page 21.
given And Attorneys one or more under them for ye purpose
Afore said, to make and Constitute and Again att Pleasure
to Eevoke Eatafying Allowing and holding for firm and
Effecttual all and what soever my said Attornys Shall Law-
fully Doe'in and About ye premises by Virtue Hereof : In
Witness whereof I have here uq to Sett my hand and Seal
this twenty second Day of December in ye Ninth Year of
his Maiestys Eeign Anno Domini On Thousand Seven
Hundred and thirty five
Sealed and Delivered
in ye presence of James Hugins (S)
Owen
Geokge Eeynolds
Philadelphia ye 22d Day of December 1735
Personally ^.peared before Me William Allen Esq'r
Mayor of ye City of Philadelphia the within Named James
Hugins and did Declare that the Within Written Power of
Attorney was by him Duly Executed in ye presence of ye
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 183
within Signed "Witnesses and that ye same is his Own Vol-
antary Act and Deed In Witness "Whereof I have here
"Dnto set my Hand and Seal the Day and year above
"Will Allen Mayor
23d Jenuary 1735
Queens County s.s. then personally appeard before me
Hennery Iiudlam- Esq one of his Maiestys Justices of ye
peace for ye sd County Assignd Gorge Eeynolds one of ye
Wittnesses to ye "Within Instrument or Letter of Attorney
and Declared upon ye Evangelists of Almighty God that
he saw ye within Mention'd James Hngias Sign Seal and
Deliver ye within "Written Letter of Attorney as his "Volan-
tary Act & Deed for Uses theirin Mentioned
George Eeynolds
Jurat Ceram me
Die & Anno Supradictis
Heney Ludlam
the above "Written Letter or Power of Attorney were
Compar'd and Enter'd Sept ye 20 Day 1736
by me
MicAH Smith Clark
Page 22.
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall
Come or any wise apertain Greeting : Know ye that
Thomas Cheesman of Hempstead in Queens County on
Nasaw ILand Yearn an for and the Consideration of ye Sum
of three Hundread pounds of Good Currant Money of ye
Colony of New York to him in hand paid before ye Enseal-
ing and Delivery of theses presents by his son Epheraim
Cheesman of ye town County and Island afore said yeaman
ye Eeceipt whereof t'o full Satisfaction he ye sd Thomas
Cheesman doth Acknowledge and thereof and of Every part
and-pearsall thereof for him self his heirs Execcutors &
Admrs : Doth Aquitt Exonerate & Discharge him ye sd
184 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
Epheraim Cheesman his Heirs Exetors & Admrs : & E^ery
of them for Ever by these presents & for Divers oth Good
Causes & Considerations him hereunto Moving he ye sd
Thomas Cheesman hath given granted Bargained Sold &
Conveyed and Confirmed and by these presents doth fully
freely Clearly and Absolute give Grant bargain Sell Alien
Enfeoffe Convey and Confirm Unto his sd son Epheraim
Cheesman and to his Heirs & Assigns forever all that of A
Certain farm or Plantation T^hich I have Lying and being
Seituated on ye North Side of ye Great plains within ye
Bounds of Hempstead afore sd att a place Called Herricks
where I now Dwell with all houses outhouses barns stables
Yards orChards Gardens Lands pastures feilds Corn feilds
woods Under woods water water Courses ways Easments
profits Commoditys & heriditiments what so Ever to ye
Same belonging or apertaining Containing a bout Eigh-
ty Acres being more or Less one part thereof being a
twenty two Acre Lott which his father Richard Wal-
lantine Late of hempstead Did Grant unto him as itt
was Laid out and ye other part which said Thomas
Cheesman purchased of Nathaniel pearsall and Gorge
pearsall as by their severall Deeds may make apear Be-
ing bounded on ye North by ye Land of Thomas Lee
and oti ye East by ye Land of Thomas pearsall & on ,ye
South by ye Land of Gorge Pearsall and on ye West as
Euning as far as ye other Twenty two Acre Lotts Doe and
, also all ye Meadow Land and previledges belonging there
Unto which ye sd Tho : Cheesman now hath Lying seituat-
ed att a place Called Eockaway within ye Bounds of Hemp-
stead on a neck Commonly known by ye name of hungry
Page 23.
harbour being bounded northwardly by a great pond &
South by a Creek & Eastwardly by ye meadow of hendrek
Harmonson and west by ye meadow of Herman Jonson
and James abbett or how so Ever other wise bounded or
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. - 185
Reputed to be bounded to gather with all such Eights Lib-
ertys immunitys profits priviledges Commoditys Emmoli-
meuts & apertenasies as in any kind apertain thereunto ye
sd above Eecited Farm and peice of Meadow with ye Re-
vertians & Remainders thereof & all ye Estate Right title
I^iterest inheritance property possestion Claim and Demand
what soever of him ye sd tho : Cheesman of in and to ye
Same & Every part and persall thereof to have and to hold
all ye Above granted premises with all and Singular ye ap-
pertenances thereof unto ye sd Epheraim Cheesman his
heirs & assigns to his own sole and proper use benefitt and
behoof from hence forth for ever and ye said tho : Chees-
man doth hereby declare that att ye time of ye Ensealing
and Delivery of these presents he ye sd Tho : Cheesman is
ye true and sole and lawfuU owner of all ye above granted
premises & Stands Lawfull Seized thereof in his own pro-
per Right of a perfect and indefeazable Estate of inheritanc
in fee Simple having in himself good RightfuU power and
Lawfull athority |;o seel and Dispose of ye same in Manner
as afore said and that ye said Epheeraim Cheesman his
heirs and assigns shall and may henceforth and for Ever
hereafter Lawfully peacably & Quietly have hold occupy
posses and enjoy all ye above Granted premises and ye ap-
pertenances thereof free and Clear & Clearly Aquited and
deCharged of and from all and all Manner of former guifts
grants bargains Leases mortgages Joyntures dowerys lud-
ments Executions Entails forietures and of and from all
other titles Trobles Charges and encumbrances whatsoever
had made done or suffered to be done by ye sd tho : Chees-
man his Heirs or assigns att any time or time before ye En-
sealing and Delivery of these presents and ye said tho :
Cheesman doth hereby Bind and oblige himself his heir
and Assigns from hence forth and for Ever .here after to
warrant and Defend all ye Above granted premises and ye
Apperteuances thereof unto ye said Epheeraim Cheesman
his heirs and assigns against the Lawfull Claims and De-
mands of all and Every person or persons whom so Ever in
186 - HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Witness whereof ye Said Thomas Cheesman hath here Unto
Sett to his hand and fixed his Seal ye thirtyeth Day of
July In ye Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundread
and thirteen
^ Signed Sealed and Delivered his
In the presents of Thomas :T C: Cheesman (S)
Maey Willis Mark.
Heney Willis
William Willis
Then Came before me ye within named William Willis
one of ye witneses of ye .within written Deed Pearsonally
before Me David Jones one of ye Judges of ye Court of
Common pleas and full Examination being Made he Sayeth
that he see thomas Cheesman signe seal ye within written
Deed or instrument & did here him Declare itt to be his
free act and Deed and att ye same time he see Mary Willis
and Henry Willis Signe as Witneses to ye Said Deed
D. Jones
this is a true Copy taken out of ye Original ye seventh
Day of December 1736 and Compared by Me
MicAH Smith Clark
Page 24.
To all Christian People to whome these presents Shall
Come Joseph Inings of Hempstead in Queens County on
Nassaw ILand Yeaman Sends Greetting Know Yea that
ye Said loseph Innings for ye Consideration of ye Sum of
one hundread and Eighty Pounds of Good Currant Money
of New York to him in hand paid by William Willis of
Hempstead Afore sd Yeaman ye Receipt whereof to full
Content and Satisfaction he ye Sd loseph Inings Doth Ac-
knowlede and there of and of Every and pearsall thereof
Doth Acquit Exonerate & Discharge him ye sd William
Willis his Heirs Executors and Administrators and Assigns
and Each and Every of them for Ever by these presents
and for Divers other Good Causes and Considerations him
Especially Moving hath Given Granted Sold Bargained
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 187
Sold Inf eafed Conveyed and Confirmed & by these presents
Doth fully freely Clearly & Absolutely Give Grant Bargain
Sell in fee of Demise Eelease Quit Claim Convey and Con-
firm Unto ye sd William Willis his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever all that of his farm wheron he ye sd loseph linings
Now Dwelleth on Lying on ye North Side of ye Great
Plains within: ye patent of ye town ship of Hempstead Atfc
a place Called Wesberry being Bounded on ye South by ye
Boad that Leads from Oysterbay to ye Ferry att York and
one ye West by ye Land of Gorge Balden and one ye East
by ye Land of Nathaniel Seamens and William Willis and
one North by ten Acres of Land in ye possestion of Wil-
liam Willis and Tho:Balden being About forty Acres More
or Less and Also one other peice of Land Containing twen-
ty and five Acres being ye North half of a fifty Acre Lott
Granted by ye town of Hempstead to loseph linings De-
ceased father to ye sd loseph linings Party to these pres-
ents Lying and Being situated near Wesbyry afore said
Page 25.
and one ye Eastward of John titases his Land being boundr
ed by Marked trees to Gather with all Houses Out houses
Barns Stabbles ponds wells water Courses fences feilds
pastures Closes Yards timber trees Woods Under Woods
and what So Ever Else is Arising Growing or becoming
Due Upon ye same and all ye Eight of property that ye sd
loseph linings his Heirs and or Assigns hath to any Land
in ye Patin of ye township of Hempstead both Surveyed
and Lying in Common be the same More or Less to gather
with all Such Eights profits priveledges and Appertenances as
in any kind Appertaining thereunto with ye Eevertions and
Eemainders thereof and all ye Estate Eight title Interest
Inheritance property possestion Claim and Demand whatso-
ever of him ye sd loseph Jingings of in and to ye same and
Every part thereof to have and to hold all ye Above sd
Granted premises withall and Every part thereof to have
and to hold all ye Above Granted premises with all and
188 , HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
singular je Apertenanees thereof Unto ye sd William
Willis his Heirs and Assigns to his and their one sole and
proper Use Benefitt and behoof from hence forth and for
Ever and ye Said loseph lenings Doth Declare that att ye
time of ye Ensealing and Delivery of these presents he is
ye true Sole and Lawf uU Oner of all ye Above. Granted and
Bargained premises and Stands Lawfully Seized thereof in
his Own proper Eight of A good perfect and in Defeazable
Estate of Inheritance in fee simple having in himself Good
Eight full power and LawfuU Athority to Sell and Dyspose
of ye Same in Manner as afore sd and that ye sd William
Willis his heirs and Assigns shall and May hence forth for-
ever Lawfully peacably have hold Use Ocupy poses and In-
loy all ye Afore Granted premises with ye Apertenanees
thereof free and Clear and Clearly Aequited and DyCharged
of and from all and all Manner of formpr and other Guifts
Grants bargains Sales Leases Mortgages loynters Dowrys
Page 26.
Judgments Executions Entails forfitures and of and from
all other Titles troubles Charges and Encumbrances what
soever Done and or Suffered to be Done by ye Said loseph
lenings his Heirs and Assigns before the Ensealing and De-
livery hereof and ye Said loseph linings Doth bind and
oblige Himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators
from hence forth and for Ever here After to Warrant & De-
fend ye sd William Willis his Heirs and Assigns In Quiet
and peacable possestion of all ye Above Granted premises
& ye Apertenanees thereof against ye Lawful Claims & of
all and Every person or persons whom so Ever & Susannah
ye Wife of ye said loseph linings Doth fully & freely Give
and Yield up Unto ye sd William Willis his Heirs and As-
signs All h^r Eight & title of Dowry & interest of in and to
ye Premises Eespectively forever by theses & att Any time
or Demand they ye sd loseph linings & Susannah his wife
shall Give and pass Such further & Ample Asuriances and
Confirmation of ye premises unto ye sd William WiUis his
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 189
Heirs and Assigns forever as in Law or Equity Can Be
Eeasonably Aduijed or Eequired in "Wittness whereof they
ye sd loseph linings and Susannah his Wife hath hereunto
sett to their hands & Seals the Ninteenth Day of february
in ye Year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundread and
fourteen, fifteen
Sealed and Delivered his
In the presence of Joseph :J: Jinings (S)
Samuel titas Mark
Silas titas her
William Stites Susanah :S: Iinings (S)
Joseph Clement Mark
Memorandum that on ye first Day of Jeneuary In ye
year of Our Lord one thousand Seven Hundread fifteen,
sixteen ye Within Named loseph linings personally Ap-
peared before Mee Timothy Bagley Esquire one of his
Maiesties Justices of ye peace & Quorum & acknowled ged
ye within Written Deed to be his free and Volantary Act
and Deed Acknowledged before Mee
Tim: Bagley
the Above Written is A true Copy taken Out of ye Ori-
ginal! and Compared and Recorded ye fourth Day of Oc-
tober 1736
by Me Micah Smith Clark
Page 27.
This Indenture Made the Eight Day of May in ye Year
of our Lord Seventeen hundread & thirty Six Between Peter
Smith Sener of ye Township of Hempstead In Queens
County, Yeaman and Ester his Wife (she being Signified a
party hereunto by Ensealing & Delivery ye Same) of ye one
part and Peter Smith Juner Son of ye Said peter Smith
Sen of ye same place, yeaman on ye other part Wittnesseth
that ye Said peter Smith Sener afore said in Consideration
of ye Naturall Love and Affecttion which he hath and Bear-
eth unto his sd Son peter Smith Jum- and Also for ye
190 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
further Consideration of ye Sum of Sixty pounds Lawful!
Money of New York to him in hand paid at and before the
Ensealing and Delivering of these presents the Receipt
whereof he Doth hereby own and Acknowledge and him-
self to be therewith fully Satisfied Contented and payed
and thereof and of Every part and parcel thereof doth
hereby forever Acquit Exonerate Eelease and Discharge
him ye sd peter Smith Jun and his heirs Executors and ad-
mrs, have Given Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Bemised
Released Assured and Confirmed and by these presents,
Doe give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Remise Release Asure
and Confirm unto him ye Said peter Smith Jun and his
Heirs and Assignes All That one Certain Messuage Tene-
ment and Lott of Land and premises Situate lying and be-
ing at Hempstead aforesaid at ye North Side of ye grate
plains there Containing forty four Acres the same being
within fence and is Bounded Northwardly by lakamiah
Mitchel East by John Smith Rock South by ye Road which
leads from Westbury to lemacai being ye Common Country
Road and West by ye afore said plains As also two Hal-
lows of Land on ye Great plains Southward of ye Above
Mentioned premises About A half A mile, To gather with
all and singular the Houses Barns Stables Orchards fenc-
ing Timber pastures waters and improvements with Every
their Appertenances and ye Eevertions and .Remainders
thereof To have and to Hold all and Singular the Said
Messuage Tenement Lott of Land and Premises and ye
hollows on ye plains before hereby Granted unto him ye sd
peter Smith Jun and his heirs and Assigns to ye only pro-
per Use benifet and behoof of him ye said peter Smith and
his Heirs and Assignes for Ever And ye Said peter Smith
Sen for him self his heirs Executors and Administrators
and Every of them Doth hereby ■ Covenant promise Grant
and Agree to and with ye said peter Smith Juner and his
Page 28.
heirs and Assigns In manner and form following that is to
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 191
Say that he ye Said peter Smitli Sen, Att ye time of Seal-
ing and Delivering these presents was ye true Sole and
Lawfull owner of ye Above hereby Given and Granted
Messuage land and premises and had in himself Good Right
full power and lawfull Athority to Sell and Dispose of ye
Same In Manner and form As A fore Said As also that ye
sames are free and Clear from all Intanglements or Incum-
brances what so Ever Lastly the said peter Smith Sen, the
said Lands and premises unto ye said peter Smith Jun and
his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns Against
ye Lawful Claims or pretences of all persons. Shall and will
Warrant and by these presents for Ever Defend In Witt-
ness whereof ye said Peter Smith Sen and Ester his wife
have hereunto set their hands and Seals the Day and Year
above first written
Sealed and Delivered Peteb Smith (S)
In the presence of her
Amos Smith Ester :E: Smith (S) ■
Ad'm Laweance Mark.
Queens County s. s. 26th 7ber 1736 Then and their
personally appeared before Me John Messenger Esq Sec-
ond Judge of the Court of Common pleas for ye said Coun-
ty Adam Lawrance Esq on of the wittnesses to the within
Instrument and Declared on Oath that he saw Peter Smith
Sen Seal and Deliver the same as his Volantary Act and
Deed for the Uses their in Mentioned which being by Me
Carefully Examined and finding No Razors or Interlinia-
tions theirin Do permit and Allow ye Same to be Recorded
John Messengeb
Acknowledged and Sworn before Me the Date Above
This is A true Copy taken out of the Originall and Com-
pared the Seventh Day of December 1736 by Me
MiCAH Smith Clark
Page 29.
To all Christian People Whome these presents shall
192 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOSDS.
Come Greeting Know ye that I Barent Van-Wick of ye '
township of Oysterbay In Queens County on Long Island
Yeaman for and in the Consideration of ye Sum of three
Hundred and Sixty Seven pounds Eighteen Shillings and
three pence half penny to Me In hand paid of Good Cur-
rant and LawfuU Money of New York Before ye Ensealing
and Delivery hereof By Eobert Mervin of Herricka In ye
Limits of Hempstead In ye County & Island Afore said
Yeaman ye Beceipt whereof I ye said Barnt Van Wick Do
Acknowledge My Self there with fully Satisfied Contented
and paid and thereof & Every part & percell thereof Do
full Acquit Exonerate and Discharge him ye Said Robert
Mervin his Heirs Execiitors & Admrs forever by these
presents Have Given Granted Bargained Sold Aliened En-
feofed Conveyed Assined & Confirmed and by these pre-
sents Do give Grant Bargain Sell Allien Enfeofe Convey
Asure and Confirm Unto him ye said Robert Marvin his
heirs and Assigns forever all that of one Certain tract or
parcell of Land Lying Scituated and being on ye North
part of herricks In ye town County And Island afore said
Containing Seventy seven Acres and thirty-five Rods the
first Bounder is ye North west- Bounder of Joseph Carls
fourty Acres which he purchased of sd Barent Van Wick itt
being In a Swamp thence Running East twenty one Degrees
north Six Rods thence one Rod Northward upon A Square
thence East twenty one Degrees North Ninty Rods thence
North forty Rods and a half thence South Eighty Two De^
grees East Sixty Six Rods and one quarter to black Oak
tree thence North thirty Seven Rods and one half to John
Searings Laud thence West Eight Degrees north Ninty
Seven rods and twelve Links Thence North three De-
grees & one half fifteen Rod West thence west fifty two
Rod and fifteen Links thence South forty six Rods and
twelve Links thence West two Degrees North Eighteen
Rods and twenty one Links from thence South Six Degrees
East eighty Seven Rods and twenty one Links to ye first
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 193
I
Bounder In ye Swamp, Bounded In General Terms Vir't
Southwardly partly by Joseph Carles Land and partly by
Biichard Seamans Land and Eastwardly by Bichard Sea-
mans Land And Northwardly by partly by John Searings
Land and partly by Thomas Cornals Land and westwardly
by Skancks Land Or howsoEver other wise bounded or
Reputed to be Bounded togather Avith all Such Eights li-
bertys profits priveledges Commodities Bmoliments Heri-
ditements & Appertenances To Have and to Hold ye Said
Granted and Bargained premises with All and Every of
there Appertenances previleges Advantages paths Ways
Easments Emmoliments and Conveniances to ye same Be-
longing or In any pertaining As Can be Reputed Calld or
taken as any part parcell or Member thereof Unto him ye
Page 30.
Said Robert Mervin his Heirs And Assigns for Ever to his
and there only proper Use and Benefit & behoof from hence
forth and for Ever And I ye said Barent Van Wick Do De-
clare that att ye time of ye Ensealing And Delivery hereof
he is ye true Sole and Lawf ull Owner of all ye Afore Bar-
gained premises and Am Lawfully Seize and possesed
thereof In Myne Own proper Right of A Good Perfect and
Absolute Estate of Inheritance In fee Simple having in My
self full power good Right and LawfuU Athority to Give
grant Bargain Sell Enfeoffe Convey and Confirm In Manner
As Afore said and that he ye said Robert Mervin his Heirs
and Assigns Shall and May Lawfully & peassably Have
Hold Use Ocquipy Command Enjoy and possess all ye
afore Bargained premises with air appurtenances free and
Clear and freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Dis-
charged of and from all & all maner of former and other
gifts grants bargains Sales Mortgages Joynters Doweries
Judgments Executions Entailes Titles Trobles Charges for-
feitures and InCumberrances Whatsoever And I ye Said
Berant Van Wick Doth further Bind & Oblige himself his
Heirs Executors & admrs to Warrant and secure & forever
194 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
, Defend the above said peice of Land wit.li their Apperte-
nances unto ye said Robert Mervin his Heirs and Assigns
from hence forth & for Ever here after from ye Just and
Lawful! Claims And Demands of All and Every Manner of
person or persons whom soever and further I Hannah
YanWick Wife of Me Berent Van Wick Do by these pre-
sents freely willingly and Volantaryly Give Yeild and De-
liver up Unto Eobert Mervin his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever all my Eight of Dowrey Challenge and Claim & power
of Thirds of in and Unto ye above Demised premises and
as further Confirmation Here Unto^Wee ye said Berent
Van Wick and his wife Hannah Van Wick hereunto sett to
Our hands and fixed our Seales this fifth Day of June Anno
Domini One Thousand Seven and thirty two
Signed Sealed and Delivered in
ye presence of Us Barent Vanwyck (S)
Sam'll Willis her
EiCHARD Seamans Hannah : H : Vanwiok (S)
Mark.
November ye first Day 1736 Then Came ye within
Named Berent Vanwyck personally before me David Jones
Judge of ye Court of Common pleas of Queens County &
Did Declare this within Written Deed to be his Act and
Deed which having Examined I allow to be Enterd on
Eecord
D Jones
This A True Copy Taken and Compard with ye Originall
and Enterd ye 29th of December 1736 by Me
MiCAH Smith Clark
Page 31.
To All people to whome these Presents shall Come Greet-
ting &c Know ye that wee Justice William Cornall and
hempst^ead town eecobds. 195
Elizabeth Dentun both of Hempstead In Queens County
on Nassaw Island In ye province of New York for & In
Consideration of ye Sum of three hundred and Sixty pound
Six Shillings and Eight pence Currant Money of ye prov-
ince Above said to Us In Hand Before ye Ensealing here-
of well and truly Paid by Robert Marvin of ye Town and
County & province Above said the Eecept whereof Wee
Doe hereby Acknowledge and Our Selves their with fully
Satisfied and Contented & there of & of every part & per-
cell thereof Doe Exonerate Aquit and DisCharge the Said
Eobert Mervin his Heirs Executors and Adtnrs : for ever
by these presents Have given granted Bargained Sold
Aliened Conveyed and Confirmed and by these presents do
freely fully and absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien
Convey and Confirm Unto Eobert Marvin his Heirs and
Assigns for Ever One Messuage Or tract of Land In ye
North Woods In ye Bounds of Hempstead Containing by
Estimation Sixty Seven Acres be itt more or Less. Butted
and Bounded begining Att A White Oak Tree Standing att
ye North West Corner of Samuel Smiths Land then West-
wardly by A high way to Joseph Dentuns Land then South-
wardly by Joseph Dentuns Land Untill It Comes to own
Acre of Land that James Dentun Sold to Joseph Dentun
then Eastwardly A Cross ye liigh way to a fence that
Stands on ye East side of said high way, then Euning by
ye high way Uiitill It Comes Against Champions South
West Corner tree then East to ye sd trees then Northward-
ly by Champions Line Untill It Comes to Eobert Mervias
Land then by Mervin Land Untill It Comes to ye South
West Corner of Samuel Smiths Land then Northwardly by
ye said Land to ye place of begining, To Have and to Hold
the said Granted and Bargained Premises with all ye
Apurtenances Houses Barns Orchards previledges and
Commoditys to ye same belonging or In any wise Aper-
taining Accepting A high way that Leads from herrick by
James Dentons to ye plains with ye previledge of water as
196 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
itt was Laid Out excepted, to him ye said Robert Mervin
Ms Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and there only proper
use benefit And behoof for Ever, and Wee ye Said William
Cornall and Elisabeth Denton for Our Selves Our Heirs Ex-
ecutors and Administrators Po Covenant promise and grant
to and with ye said EobertMarven his Heirs and Assigns that
before ye Ensealing hereof wee are ye true sole and LawfuU
Owners of ye Above bargained premises and are Lawfully
Seized and possesed of ye Land in Our Own proper Right
Page 32.
As A good & perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance In
fesimple and have In our Selves good Eight full power and
LawfuU Athority to Grant Bargain Sell Convey and Con-
firm ye said Bargained premises In Manner As Above said
and ye said Robert Mervin his Heirs and Assigns shall and
May from time to time and Att all times hereafter by force
and Virtue of these presents Lawfully peasably and Quietly
have hold Use Occupy posses and Inioy the Said Demised
and Bargained premises with all ye Apertenances free and
Clear freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Dis-
charged from all and All Maner of and Other Guifts grants
bargains Sales Leases Mortagages Wills Entails Joynters
Dowryes Judments Executions Incumberances and Extents,
fjirthermore wee ye said William Cornall and Elisabeth
Denton for Our Selves and Each of Us by him self Our
and Each of our Heirs Executors and Admrs: Do Covenant
and Engage the Above Demised premises to him ye sd
Robert Mervin his Heirs and Assigns Against the LawfuU
Claims or Demands of any Persons whatsoever' here after
to Warrant secure and Defend And Jane Denton Widdow
of Jeams Denton formerly Deseast doth by these presents
freely and Willingly give yeild up and Serrender all her
Claim Right title and Interest In and Unto ye Above De-
mised premises Unto him ye Said Robert Mervin his Heirs
and Assigns In Witness where of wee have Sett our hands
and seals third Day of March Anno Domini 1728 and In ye
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 197
Second Year of ye Eeign of our Soveraign Lord Gorge ye
Second of Great Brittan france and Irland King &c
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Wi: Coenell (S)
Jacob Smith Elisabeth Denton (S)
Goenelias VanWyck Jane Denton (S)
James Jackson
Jacob Smith
November ye first Day 1736 then Came ye Within Named
Jacob Smith one of ye Wittneses of this "Within Written
Deed and did Declare on ye Holy Avangelist that he Saw
ye within Namd William Cornall and Elisabeth Denton
Sign Seal and Deliver this Within Deed to be their Act
and Deed and that he See Cornelias VanWyct and James
Jacson Sign As Witnesses Att ye Same time, Which having
Examined I Allow to be Entered on Eecord
' . D Jones
the words in ye Lines 20 Land, Line 26 tree, Line 34
Water, Line 59 Claim, was Done by ye Mistake of ye Clark
in Entere
Eecorded ye 31st Day of December 1736 by me
MiCAH Smith Clark
Page 33.
To all Christian People To whome these presents Shall
Come Greeting. Know ye that I Micah Smith of Hemp-
stead In Queens County In ye Province of New York Yea-
man for and In ye Consideration of ye Sum of Eight pounds
Currant Money of ye sd province to Me in hand paid before
the Ensealing and Delivery hereof by Eobert Mervin of ye
Same Town County and province Afore Said Yeaman the
Receipt where of I do here by Acknowledge and My Self
there with fully Satisfied and Contented & there of & of
Every part and percell there of I do Exonerate Acquit &
discharge the Said Eobert Mervin his Heirs Executors Ad-
/ministrators for ever by presents Have given granted bar-
198 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
gained sold Aliened Conveyed and Confirmed and by these
presents Do freely fully and Absolutely give grant Bargain
Sell Alien Convey and Confirm Unto Eobert Mervin his
heirs and Assigns for Ever on Certain Messuage and tract
of Land Scituate Lying and being In Hempstead Butted
and Bounded by ye Land of ye said Samuel Smith begining
at A Certain White Oak tree and so runing Northward to
ye North Side of a Swamp from ye said Oak tree as ye said
Marvin fence Now stands and from thence Basward and
Southward a Joying to ye said Marvins Land which tract
of Land to Contains two Acres ye Said tree Standing Att
ye Southwest Corner of ye said tract or percell To Have
and to Hold ye Said granted and bargained premises with
all ye Appertenances Priviledges and Commoditys to ye
same belonging or in Any Wise Appertaining to him ye
said Robert Marvin his Heirs and Assigns for Ever and to
his and their proper Use Beuifit and behoof forever and I
ye said Micah Smith for me My Heirs My Executors and
Administrators do Covenant premise and Grant to and with
ye said Eobert Mervin his Heirs and Assigns that before
ye Ensealing hereof I am the true Sole and Lawfull Owner
of ye Above bargained premises and am Lawfully Seized
and possesed of ye same In my Own proper Eight as a
good perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance And have
In My Self good Eight full power and Lawfull Athority to
grant Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm the said Bargained
premises In Manner As Above Said and that ye said Eobert
Mervin his Heirs and Assigns Shall and May from time to
time and att all times for Ever here after by virtue of these
presents Lawfully peasably and Quietly have hold Use
, Page 34.
Occupy possess and Enioy the said Demised and bargained
premises with ye Appurtenances free and Clear and freely
and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Discharged of and
from all and all Manner of former Gifts grants bargaings
Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joynters Dowrys
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 199
I
Judgments Executions Incumbrances and troubles whatso-
ever and I ye sd Mioah. Smith Do further Covenant and
Bind my Self my Heirs Executors and Administrators firm-
ly by these presents to Warrant and Defend the Said
Eobert Mervin his Heirs and Assigns In Quiet and peae-
able possession of all and Singular ye said granted premises
Against Any Just and LawfuU Claim of any person Or per-
sons Whatsoever In Wittness whereof I ye Said Micah
Smith have here Unto Set my hand and Seal this twelfth
Day of November In Year of Our Lord one thou'sand Seven
Hundrerd and thirty
Sealed and Delivered Micah Smith (S)
In presence of
Heneey Smith
Joseph Ankoks
Noveniber ye 1st Day 1736 Then Came ye within Named
Micah Smith personally before David Jones Judge of ye
Court of Common Pleas of Queens County and Did Declare
this Within Written Deed to be his Act and Deed which
having Examined I allow to be Bnterd on Record
David Jones
Page 35.
Know all men by these presents that I William Willis of
the Township of hempstead in queens County on Long
Island Yen-man sends Greeting Know ye that I the said
William Willis' Do for and in the Consideration of the Per-
ternal Love and affection which I Do Bear toward my
Youngest Son Samuel Willis of Springfield Near Jericho
In ye Limits of Oysterbay in the County and Island afore-
said yeoman and for Divers Good Causes and Considera-
tions me there unto Especially moving have Given Grant-
ed Eemised Eeleased aliened assured Conveyed and Con-
firmed and by these presents Do fully freely Clearly and
Absolutely Give Grant Remise release Alien assure Convey
and Confirm un to him the Said Samuel Willis his heirs
200 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
and Assigns forever all that of a Certain Peiee of Land
Scituated Lying and Being on ye South Side of the Harbor
Hill being the East Lot of Land and in Number five Lying
in the Patten and Township of Hempstead aforesaid. The
Bounds thereof are as foUoweth Beginning at ye South-
east Corner thereof which is the Southeast Corner of my
hundred Acre Lot at an old Stump Standing in the parti-
tion line Between this Lot and Jeremiah "Williams his Land
and from the Said Stump Extending North fourteen De-
grees and thirty minuts Bastwardiy Ninty Nine rods from
thence North Seventy Seven Degrees West and thirty
minuts more Westwardly forty four rods Three foot Six
Inches from thence Euning South Twelve Degrees and one
half Westwardly Ninty Eight Eods To Jeremiah Williams
his Land from thence South Seventy Seven Degrees East
forty Eods three foot and Six Inches to the first begining
at the Stump Being bounded Eastwardly & Southwardly
by Jerimiah WiUiams his Land on the West by my Son
Jacob Willis his Lot of Land on the North by my own
Land or howsoever other wise Bounded or Eeputed to be
Bounded To have and to hold the sd Granted and De-
mised Lot of Land with all & Every of the Apputenances
Priveledges Commodities Emmolument advantages and
Liberties to the same Belonging or in any kind appertain-
ing (allways Eeserving Eetaining and Excepting unto my
Self and my other four Sons Namly William & henry and
John & Jacob Willis and unto there heirs and assigns for-
ever and unto Each and Every of them free 'full and Clear
Libertie to tranceport or Convey Timber or whatsoever
Else from the Land on ye Hills a Cross the North end of
this Lot or otherwise to their Lands or any part thereof
with their Carts Sleds or otherwise or to their Eespective
Dwelling places) unto him the said Samuel WiUis his heirs
and assigns forever and that the sd Samuel Willis his heirs
and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all
Page 36.
times forever hereafter by force and Vertue of these pre-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECORDS. 201
sents Lawfully Quietly and Peaceably have hold Use Oc-
cupy Command Enjoy and Possess all the fore bargained
premises with there appurtenances without ye Lawful! Let
hinderance Molistation Interuption or Deniel of me the
said WilUam "Willis or my heirs Exeuitors Administrators
or any other person or persons from by or under me or in
my Name Right or Stead and as a further Confirmation
thereof 1 have hereunto set to my hand and fixed my Seal
this Twenty Second Day of December In the Year of Our
Lord Christ Seventeen Hundred and thirty Three (the
word (East) Between ye Tenth and Eleventh Line was
Enterlined Before Signed)
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of ' William "Willis (S)
John "Willis
Jacob "Willis
William Willis Junr
Memorandum that on the 28th Day of the 1th mo anno
Domini 1734 the within Mentioned William Willis Pearson-
ally Appeared Befor me David Jones one of the Judges for
ye Court, of pleas for Queen County and Acknowl-
edged this , within written Deed of Gift to be his
real and volentary act & Deed which having Examined I
allow to Enter upon Record
D Jones
This Is A true Copy taken Out of ye Originall and Com-
pared the ninth Day of Aprill 1737 by Me
MicAH Smith Clark
The Ear Mark of Peter "VD : Water is a Latch the fore
side Each Ear & a half penny under, the off Ear Bntr'd
13th 1765
The Ear Mark of Fry Willis is a Swallow in the Near
Ear & a half penny under the Same & a Slitt in the off Ear
itt being the Mark that was formerly Stephen
The Bar Mark of George Hewlett Jr a Slope under the
202 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
off Ear & a Slitt in the Near Ear & a half a flouer D'Luce
the fore Side the Same
The Bar Mark of Eichard Hewlett Son of George is a
Slope under the Near Ear & a Slitt in the off Ear & a half
flower D'Luce under the same The above three marks
Enterd the 4th Day of Nov 1765.
by Valentine H Petebs Clerk
Page 37.
Know all men by these Presents that I william WUlis of
the Township of hempstead in queens County on Long Is-
land Yeoman for and in the Consideration of the parternal
Love and affection which I have and Do bear toward my
youngest Son Samuel "Willis of the Township of Oysterbay
In queens County and Island afore said Yeoman and for
Other good Causes me thereunto Especially moving have
Given Granted Eemised Eeleased Conveyed and Confirmed
and by these presents Do Give Grant Eemise release Con-
vey asure and Confirm unto him the sd Samuel Willis
his heirs and assigns for ever all that of a Small peice of
Land Scituated Lying & being In the Township of hemp-
stead aforesaid Lying under ye South side of the harbour
' hill (so Called) on the North end of the peice of Land yt I
have all ready Given him by Deed Bounded as foUoweth
Beginning at ye Northeast Corner of his sd former Land
and thence to run North fourteen Degrees one half East
five rods to a Chestnut Tree marked and from thence! North
five Degrees East five rods and from thence Westerly upon
a parrellel Line with ye North End of his sd former Land
untell it Bears North Twelve Degrees & one half East from
the North West Corner thereof and from thence South
Twelve Degrees and one half West about ten rods to his
other Lands thence Eastwardly by his other Land to ye
'first bounds Containing two Acres and one hundred Square
Eods or how soever otherwise Bounded or reputed to be
bounded To have and to hold the said granted Lot or
peice of Land with all and Ever}' of the appurtenances
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 203
priveledge hereditement advantage and Bmoliment thereof
unto him the Said Samuel Willis his heirs £ind assigns for-
ever and that the Said Samuel Willis heirs and assigns
Shall and May from time to time and at all times forever
hereafter by Vertue of these Presents Lawfully and Quietly
have hold use and Enjoy ye above Granted peice of Land
with all & Every appurtenance thereunto Belonging with-
out ye Lawful! Let hinderance Molestation or Denial of me
the sd William Willis or my heirs Executors admts.or any
other person or persons from by or under me or in my
Name Eight or Stead and as a further Confirmation hereof
I have hereunto set to my hand and affixed my Seal this
Twenty Six Day of November in the Year of our Lord
Christ Seventeen hundred and thirty five '
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
Sam'l Undeehill William Willis (S)
Jeeemiah Williams
Page 38.
Memorandum that on the 6th Day of apriel Anno
Domini 1736 Then Samuel Underhill one of the within
Subscribed Evedences Appeared before me David Jones
(one of the Judges of ye Court of Common pleas for Queens
County) and Solmnly Declared that he Saw the Within.
Named William Willis Execute this Deed volentaryly which
having Examiaed I allow to be Entered upon Record
D Jones
This Is a True Copey Taken out of the Origional and
Compared the ninth Day of apriel anno Domi 1737 by Me
MicAH Smith Clark
To all Christian People to whom these presents writting
Shall Come Greetting Know ye that Richard Dirfy of
Hempstead In Queens County On Nassaw Island Yeaman
Sendeth Greeting for and In Consideration of Sixteen ,
204 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BEOOEDS.
pound Currant Money of New York Unto him In hand
paid by Micah Smith of ye Same place Yeaman the Eeseipt
where of ye said Richard Dirfy Doth Acknowledge and
himself therewith fully Satisfied Contented and payed &
thereof and from Every part & persell there of for himself
his Heirs Executors administrators and Every of them doth
Eelese Acquitt and Discharge himself ye sd Eichard Dirfy
his heirs. Executors administrators and Every of them for
Ever by theses presents and for other good Causes and
Considerations him ye sd Eichard Dirfey Especially Mov-
ing he hath Given granted Bargained Alianed in fee simple
Assigned Asured Sold and Confirmed and by these presents
hath fully freely Clearly and Absolutely given Granted
Bargained Aliened Asigned Asured Sold and Confirmed
Unto him ye sd Micah Smith his heirs and assigns for
Ever all that of one Certain Messuage or tract of Land
with An Orchard upon itt Scuituate Lying and being In
ye Bounds of Hempstead att Herricks Butted and Bounded
as foUoweth Easwardly by Daniels pearsalls Land or Or-
chard and South by Micah Smith Land and West and
North by Henery pearsalls Land to have and to hold, the
said granted and Bargained premises with all ye apperte-
Page 39.
nances Previledges profets Commoditys Heriditinients to
ye Same belonging or any wise Appertaining to him ye
said Micah Smith his Heirs and Assigns for Ever to there
only proper Use Benefitt and behoof for Ever To have and
to hold all and Singular ye above said Orchard and prem-
ises with itt and Every of Itts Heriditements and Apperte-
nances properly belonging to ye same Unto him ye said
Micah Smith his heirs and Assigns for Ever to warrant and
Defehd ye Said Micah Smith his Heirs Assigns in Quiet &
peasable possestion of all and Singular ye Said granted
premises Against any Lawfull Claim of any person or per-
sons whatsoever In WittneES whereof I ye Said Eichaid
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 205
Dirfey have hereunto Sefct my hand and Seal this fifth Day.
oi August In ye Year of Our Lord one Thousand Seven
Hundread and thirty four
Signed Sealed and his
Delivered In jsresence of Kichard : E D : Dirfey (S)
Peter Smith Mark.
Herekiah Smith
The Ear Mark of John Birdsall is a Crop of the off- Ear
and a Nick under the same June 8th 1764 Which Mark
belonged to his father
Laurenpe Halstead Bar Mark a Crop of the off Ear and
a Mck the fore Side the Near Ear Nov 1764
William Seaman Ear Mark a Swallow fork the off Ear
and a half penny Each Side the Same and a Latch the fore
Side the Near Nov 1764 '
Daniel Deryee his Mark is a Slitt on Each Ear & a half
penny under the off Ear Nov 1764
Joseph Powell his Mark is a half penny Each Side the
off Ear Nov 1764
Kichard Smith his Mark is a Crop of the off Ear & a half
penny Under the Same & a flower DLuce of the Near Ear
Nov 1764
Stephen Powell his Mark is a Swallow fork in the off Ear
and a half penny the fore Side the Same and a Crop of ihe
Near Ear Mar 6th 1765
William Crooker his Mark is a Crop of the Near Ear and
two Nicks under the off and a hole in the Same Dec 24th
1764
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To all people to whom these presents shall come greeting
&c: Know ye that I Epheraim Cheesman of Hempstead
In Queens County in his Maiesties province of New York
for & In Consideration of ye Sum of two Hundred and
forty pound Currant Money to me in hand before ye En-
206 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
sealing here of well & truly paid by Jonatlian Hutchings
Eobert HutcMngs and Caleb Morrill of ye town County
and Province Afore Said ye Receipt where of I do hereby
Acknowledge and my Self, their with fully Satisfied and
Contented and there of & of Byery part and parcell thereof
Do Exonerate Acquit and Discharge ye Said Jonathan
Hutchings Eobert Hutchings and Caleb Morrill their Heirs
Executors Administrators for Ever by theses presents Have
Given Granted Bargained Sold AUiened Conveyed and
Confirmed & by these presents do freely fully and Abso-
lutely give grant bargain Sell Allien Convey and Confirm
Unto them ye Said Jonathan Hutchings Eobert Hutchings
and Caleb Morrell their Heirs and Assigns for Ever One
Messuage Or tract of Land Situate Lying and being In ye
Bound^ of Hempstead on ye North Side in ye County and
province Afore said, Containing by Estimation Sixty Acres
be itt More or Less Butbed and Bounded begiaing by ye
highway that Leads to Cow Neck so Euning East wardly
by Daniel pearsalls Land Untill You Come to ye East Side
of that Feild which ye House Stands on then Euning some
Eods North wardly by said Danel persalls Land to A
Marked Chesnut tree then Easwardly to ye Corner of Dan-
iel Pearsalls Land that Lyes by ye Highway that Leads to
Searings, Then Northwardly by Daniel pearsalls to Thomas
Williams Land then Weswardly by Thomas "Williams • and
Eichard Seamans Land to a. White Oak Stump In a hallow
be ye fence then Southward to ye high way and so by ye
highway To ye place of begining, To have and to Hold the
said Granted and Bargained premises with houses fences
and with all ye Appurtenances previledges and Comoditys
to ye Same belonging or In any Wise appertaining to them
ye said Jonathan Hutchings and Eobert hutchings and
Page 41.
Caleb morrill Their Heirs and Assigns, for Ever to them
and their only proper Use benifet and behoof forever and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 207
I ye Said Epheraim Cheesman for me my heirs Executors
Administrators Covenant promise and grant to and witli ye
said Jonathan Hutchings Robert Hutchings and Caleb
Morrill there heirs and Assigns that before ye Ensealing
hereof I am ye true Sole and Lawfull Owner of ye above
bargained prepiises and am Lawfully Seised & possessed
of ye Same In Mine own proper Right as a Good perfect
and absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple and have
In my Self good Right full power and Lawfjall Athoryty to
grant bargain Sell Convey and Confirm Said bargained
premises In Manner as above said and that ye Said Jona-
than Hutchings Robert Hutchings and Caleb morrill their
Heirs and Assigns shall and May from time to time and att
all times for ever here after by force and Virtue of theses
presents Lawfully Peaceably and Quietly have hold Use
Occupy possess and Inioy the said Demised and bargained
premises with ye Appurtenances free and Clear and freely
and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Discharged of from
all and all maner of former and other Guifts Grants Bar-
gains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures
Dowers Judgments Executions Incumberrances and Ex-
tents further More I ye Said Epheraim Cheesman for my
self my heirs Executors Administrators do Covenant and
Engage ye above Demised premises to them ye above said
Jonathan Hutchings Robert Hutchings & Caleb morrill
their Heirs and Assigns Against ye Lawfull Claim or De-
mands of Any person or persons whatsoever Here after to
Warrant Secure and Defend And Es^er Cheesman ye
Wife of me ye said Epheraim Cheesman doth by these
freely Willingly give Yeild Up and Serrender all her Right
of Dower and power of thirds of In and Unto ye above
Demised premises Unto them ye paid Jonathan Hutchings
Robert Hutchings and Caleb Morrill their heirs and as-
signs where of wee have here Unto Set our hands and fixed
Our Seals this Ninteenth Day of March one thousand Seven
hundred and twenty five and In ye Eleventh Year of ye
208 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Eeign of our Soveraign Lord Gorge of Great Brittan france
& Ireland King &c
Page 42'.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Epheeaim Cheesman (S)
Bebent Vanwyck Mark
Jacob Smith Estee :X: Cheesman (S)
her
August ye fifteenth 1737 the within Named Epheraim
Cheesman personnally Appeared before Me Jacob Smith
one of his Majestys Justices of ye peace for Queens County
and Acknowledged this to be his Volantary Act and Deed,
taken and Acknowledged before Me ye Day and Year
Above Written
Jacob Smith J. P.
A true Copy taken Out of ye Original and Compared ye
] 5th Day of October 1737 by me
Micah Smith Clark
At the Bequest of Nehemiah Samons wee Peter Titus &
John Williams two of the Commisionors Chosen for Laying
out and Acertaining Highways in the Township of Hemp-
stead having taking a vew of a Highway that Leads through
the Lands of the Said Nehemiah Samons So going over the
Swamp into the Eoad that runs by Benjamin Lesters House
and it Appearing unto us that the Koad of Late Years has
been butt very little used by reason of a New Highway
Nigh by lately laid out much more Commodious & as it will
Save the sd Samons a Considirable String of fence and
their being butt few Objections Against Stopping the sd
Way and those of very little weight we Do think it reason-
able that it ought to be Stopped and wee do according to
the power and Authority given us by the Laws of this
province Allow the Said Highway to be Stopped up by the
Said Nehemiah Sammons Not Debarring Benj'u Lester &
Valentine H Peters and their Heirs and Assigns being own-
ers of Certain Lands on the North West Side of the Swamp
, HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS. 209
from passing and Eepassing with Carriges &c to and from
there Land Witness our hands at Hempstead the 6th Day
of June 1764
Petee Titt/s
'John Williams
Entr'd and Compar'd with the Orriginal by
Valentine H Petees Clerk *
Page 43.
Know all men by these presents that I Caleb Seamans of
Hempstead in Queens County in New York province Yea-
man Have Made Ordained and Constituted my Trusty &
well Respected friend Richard Durffee of ye, township of
flushing In ye County Afore Said to be my true and Law-
full Attorney for Me In my Name and by my Athority &
for my use to Examipe & adjust Accompts with Mordecai
Lester Administrator on ye personall Estate of my father
Caleb Seamans Late of Hempsetad Deceased and with all
other persons or person within ye Bounds of Hempstead
having any Deniand on ye Estate of my sd Deceased Father
and also to Enquire Into all Rights of Lands Meadows
Commonages &c in ye Undivided Land of Hempstead or
any other part of this province of New York is ought to be
& are appertaining to me as being Heir att Law to my
afore named Deceased father Caleb Seamans Hereby giv-
ing & granting Unto my Said Attorney in my name my full
power strength and Athority to ask Demand Levy Sue for
Recover & for my Use to Receive & possestion In my
name to take of all or any part or parts of ye Real and
personall Estate of my Deceased father as may be found
within this province of New York and alko to adjust Ac-
compts with ye afore named admiijistrator or any other
person or persons Claiming any Demands on ye Estate of
my Deceased father and also to rebeive Debts where owing
& payable to ye said Estate and I further hereby impower
& athorise my Said Attorney for me & for my Use & in my
210 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOBDS.
Name tp make La"wfiill Sale of Any or all Lands Meadows
Eights Whether Undevided or Divided as shall or May be
found to Appertain to Me (by Virtue of being Heir att Law
as afore to my Deceased Father Caleb Seamans) within
the province Afore named here by giving and granting Unto
my said Attorney my full power Strength and athority in
my Name to Act & Do in the premises and Use & take all
LawfuU ways and Means for to Eecover any Land Right
of Lands or Meadows or other Rights whatsoever with in
ye province of New York which Appertain to me and from
me are kept & Detained by any person or persons, whatso-
ever hereby giving my sd Attorney full power to Use and
take in my Name AH LawfuU ways and Means for ye
acomplishing the purposes Before named & finally all &
Every Act and Acts thing & things Device and Devices in
ye Law Needfull to be Done in ye premises as fully Large-
ly and amply to all Intents and purposes As I my Self
Page 44.
might or Could do were I personally present or as if ye
Matter Required more Specially Athority and Attorneys
one or more under him for ye purposes Aforesaid to ordain
and Constitute and again, att plesure to Revoke hereby
holding for firln and Effecttuall all & Every thing My sd
Attorney shall Lawfully Do in ye premises by Vertue here
of In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand
and Seal this Seventeenth Day of September Anno Que
Domini Seventeen hundread thirty Seven
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Caleb Seamans (S)
Adeies Onderdonck Jun
"Wm Buech
Memo'd September ye 19th Anno 1737 Queens County
Then personally Appeard before Me Andreas Onderdonk
Esqs one of his Maiesties Justices for Queens County As-
signed ye Within Named Caleb Seamans and Acknowledge
yt Within Written Instrument to be his Volantary Act and
Deed Andeeas Onderdonck
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 211
The Ear Mark of William Smiti. is a Slope under Each
Ear & a half penny the fore Side Each the DoLap Cut
Downwards Entr'd May the 11 1764
The Ear Mark of John Birdsall is a Crop of the off Ear
& a Nick under the Same it being the Mark his father Gave
Entr'd May 22 1764
The Ear Mark of James Birdsall is a Crop of the off Ear
& a Nick under Each Enter'd May 22 d 1764
The Mark of Oliver Birdsall is two Nicks under the off
Ear & a Nick under the Near Ear May 22 D 1764
Nov 2d 1764 The Ear Mark of Jacob Vanostrandts is a
Slitt in Each Ear & a hole in the Near Ear
April 2 1765 Eobert Mitchell his Ear Mark is a Swal-
low fork in the off Ear & a hole in the Near Bar & a half
penny the fore Side the Same
Eobert Mitchell Ju his Mark is a half penny under Bach
Ear & a hole in the Near Bar
Ben Akerley his Bar Mark is a Crop in the Near Ear & a
Swallow fork in the off & a half penny under ye Same
Page 45.
This Indenture Made this Sixteenth Day of Aprill In ye
Tear of our Lord Seventeen Hundxead and thirty three By
and Between Abel Smith of ye township of Hempstead in
Queens County in New York province Yeaman and Debo-
rah his Wife of ye one part and Henry Allen of ye Said
township of Hempstead Yeaman of ye Other part Wittnes-
seth that ye said Abell Smith & Dteborah his Wife for and
In Consideration of ye Sum of Sixteen Hundread and fifty
Pound New York Money to them In hand paid before ye
Ensealing and Delivery of theses presents ye Receipt
whereof they doe hereby Acknowledge & themselves to
be there with fully Satisfied and Contented and thereof &
therefrom and of and from every .part and parcell thereof
Do by theses presents forever Acquit Exonerate and Dis-
212 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
I
charge him ye said Henry Allen his Heirs Executors and
Administrators have given Granted Bargained Sold AUie-
netd Enffeoffed Assured Conveyed and Confirmed and by
these presents Do freely fully and Absolutely Give grant
bargain Sell Allien Enffeoff Assure Convey and Confirm
Unto him ye sd Henry Allen his Heirs and assigns for
Ever one Certain Mfessuage and Tract or farm of Land
Scituate - Lying and being On Msld-Nans Neck (otherwise
great Neck) in the afore Named Township of Hempstead
and is Butted and Bounded As followeth Viz Begining att
ye Water side at ye North West Corner by ye Land of
Daniel Kissam & Bounded by his Land North Wardly &
Running from ye sd Corner Easterly as ye fence now runs
Between ye Land of ye said Abell Smith & ye Land of
Daniel Kissam till itt Comes to ye Swamp & so Into ye
Swamp till itt Meets with Gorge Huletts Line and so
Bounded In ye Swamp by ye sd Huletts Line till itt Comes
to ye Upland & on ye Upland Bounded Esterly partly by
ye Land of ye said Gorge Hulett as ye fence Now stands
and partly by Land of Joseph Williams and Land of Bob-
ert Mitchell as ye fence Now stands and Bounded Souther-
ly by ye Aliens Land as ye fence Now stands to ye Mill
pond and to ye Creek & so by ye Creek to ye Bay & by ye
Bay Westerly to ye place we first begun Att, Containing
two Hundread and Seventy Acres or there Abouts be ye
same More or less Together with all Houses out houses
barns Stables Orchards Gardens Woods Under Woods
Ways paths Easments & all and Every other Apperten-
ance privilege and Convenancy to ye same belonging or in
any wise appertaining knowen taken or Eeputed to be
part percell or Member thereof with ye Reversions and
Reversions Remainder and Remainders thereof To Have
Page 46.
and to hold the said Granted Land & Premises with all
and Every of ye Appertenances previledges and Commo-
ditys to Same belonging with ye Reversion and Rever-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOKDS. 213
sions Remainder and Eemainders thereof Unto Him ye
sd Henry AUyne to liim his Heirs & Assigns for ever to
his and their own proper Use benefitt and behoof for ever
and ye sd Abell Smith & Deborah his Wife for them selves
their heirs Executors and Administrators Do Covenant
premise grant and Agree to and with ye sd Henry AUene
his Heirs and Assigns by theses presents that att or Imedi-
ately before ye Ensealing hereof they are the tru sole and
LawfuU Oners of ye above bargained and Granted premises
and stand Lawfully iSeized and possesed of ye Same in their
own Eight as a Good perfect and absolute Estate of In-
heritance In fee Simple and have In their Selves Good
Eight full power and Just and Lawful athority to give
grant Bargain Sell Alien Enffeeoff. Asure Convey and Con^
firm the same in as Above Said - and that ye said -Henry
AUyne his Heirs and Assignes Shall and may from time to
time and att all times forever here after by Virtue of theses
presents Lawfully peaceably and Quietly have hold Use
Occupy posses and Enjoy ye same free and Clear & freely
& Clearly, Acquited Exonerated and Discharged of and
from all and Every other former Gift Grant Bargain Sale
Lease Will Entail Joynture Dowrie Judgment Execution
Extent Encumbrance or trouble whatso Ever and ye sd
Abel Smith Doth farther Covenant and Bind Himself his
Heirs Executors and Administrators and Every of them-
selves firmly by theses presents to Warrant and Defend ye
above Bargained and Granted premises and Every part
theirof Unto him ye said Henry Allyne his Heirs and
Assigns for Ever Against ye Just and LawfuU Claim or
Claims of any person or persons whatsoever In Wittness
whereof ye said abel Smith and Deborah his Wife have
Hereunto sett their hands, and Seals ye Day and Year first
above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered Abel Smith (S)
In presence of Debokah Smith (S)
Wm Betbch
John Allyne
214 hempstead town records.
Page 47.
Queens County Memberandom on the twenty fourth
Day of May 1733 then Came je Within Named , Abel
Smith and Deborah his "Wife personally Before Me Isaac
Hicks Judge of ye Court of Common Pleas of Queens
County and Acknowledged ye within Instrument to be
there free and VoUantary Act and Deed and finding No
Eaisor No Interlination I alow this Deed to be Recorded
Isaac Hicks
To the Commistioners and Asserters of ye publick high
ways and Roads for ye township of Hempstead Whereas
their is A Certain High Way that Leads from Westbury to
ye head of Hempstead Harbour and the Said High Way
Now Leadeth between Jacob Vails Land that he had of his
father Obediah Vail and ye land he purchased of Henry
Willis'es Extor's and Silas Willis'es Extor's to that as ye
path Now Goeth it Seperates his land and Also goeth
Down A pritty long hill, Now we ye Subscribers do de-
sire and Request You .that Yould come and Veiw the prem-
ises and stop up ye present High Way at ye place Above
sd & in Leiw their of to Lay Out and Open A High Way
upon ye East End & North side of ye land that ye Afore
Named Extor's Sold to ye sd Jacob Vail and that ye Way
do Join to ye W^st Side of Samuel Titas Land this place
Being Much more Commodious for ye publick " and No
Ways prejuditial to any In so doing you will oblige Your
Petitioners October ye 12 1745
John Willis Robert Titas Rich'd Vail
Rich'd Titas Jacob Vail Will Titas
Will WiUis Jacob Titas Sam Willis Jur
Samuel Willis Tho Pearsall Will Loines
Peter Titas jur Nat: Seamans Jur John Pbst
Rich'd Willis - '
We the Commissioners of the Above said high ways have
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 215
Laid out and Confirmed ye High way as above Eequested
by the petitioners This : 4: Day of November 1745
Joseph Mott
SOLOMAN SeAMANS
Page 48.
This Indenture made the Sixteenth Day of May in the
Year of our Lord Seventeen hundread and thirty Eight
Between peter Smith Sener of Hempstead in Queens Coun-
ty Yeaman and Ester his Wife (Signifyed as a party to
theses presents by Signing Sealing and Executing ye same)
of ye onp part and peter Smith Jun of ye Same place Yea-
man of ye Other part, Wittnesseth that ye said Peter Smith
Sener for and in Consideration of ye Sum of five Hundread
and fifty Pounds LawfuU Money of New York to him Paid
The Receipt ye Said peter Smith Sener Doth hereby Ac-
knowledge and him self to be therewith fully Satisfyed Con-
tented and paid and there of and there from and of & from
Every part & parcell there of Doth hereby forever Acquit
Exonerate Eelease & Discharge him the sd peter Smith Jun
and his heirs Executors Admrs and Every of them hath
Given Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Remised Released
Asured and Confirmed and by theses presents Doth Give
Grant Bargain Sell Aliene Remise Release Assure ami
Confirm unto him ye Said peter Smith and his Heirs and
Assigns, All that one Certain Messuage Tenement percell
of Land and premises Scituate Lying & being partly in ye .
Town Ship of Hempstead and partly Li ye town Ship of
flushing in ye County Afore Said Containing About one
Hundread and fifty Acres be ye Same More or Less Bound-
ed Northerly by a High Way Leading' from ye Great plains
to ye township of Hempstead afore said towards ye Town
of Jamacia in ye Same County, Westardly by Hendrick
Barnes, Southerly partly by Antony Demott and partly by
Remsons Land, Easterly partly by Hendrick Outer, Berent
Van Nostrandt and ye Great plains afore said being ye
Messuage Tenement tract of Land and' premises which did
formerly belong unto peter Stringham Late of flushing
216 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
afore Said Late Deseased and Since Conveyed Unto James
Stringliam and Ms Assigns Under the hands and Seals of
Anne Stringham Thomas, Samuel and William Stringham
ye Sister and Brothers of ye Said James Stringham for a
-Certain Consideration therein Mentioned Dated ye fifteenth
Day of May in ye Year of our Lord Ses^enteen Hundred
Page 49.
and twenty Nine Eefferance being their unto had ye Same
' May More fully and Amply appear and Since the Same
Messuage Tenement Tract of Land and premises and Every
part & percell thereof was Convey'd Unto ye Said peter
Smith Senn and his Assigns Under ye hands and Seal of
ye Said James Strinham and Elisabeth his Wife by Deed
Dated ye twenty first Day of March in the Year of Our
Lord Seventeen Hundread and thirty four As by ye Same
Relation thereunivo being had Will more Amply apear to-
gether with all and, Singular ye Edifices Buildings houses
Out houses Barns Stables Orchards fences pastures Gar-
dens Wells Water Water Courses trees Timber Rights
priviledges Benifets Advantages Easments Immunitys heri-
ditiments and Every of their Appertenances belongings Or
Appertaining to ye Said Premises Lands Messuage and
Tenements With all and Singular yQ Estate Right title Use
Trust property possestion Claim and Demand What soever
of ye Said peter Smith Senn or his Heirs Executors Ad-
ministrators or Assigns With ye Revertion and Reversions
Remaind and Remainders thereof and ye Rents ISuws &
profits of ye Same and of Every part and percell there of
With all Deeds Evidence Writings Records & Minuments
touching or Conserning ye Same or any part or percell
their of To have and to hold all & Singular ye Said farm
Messuage Tenement Tract of Land & Premises with Every
their Appertenes hereby before Mentioned Granted Re-'
mised & Released or intended to be hereby Granted Re-
mised & Released unto him ye Said peter Smith Jun and
to his Heirs & Assigns to ye only proper Use Benefit and
Behoof of him ye said peter Smith In and to his Heirs and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 217
Assigns and ye said peter Smith Sen for him self, his heirs
Executors and Admrs and Every of them Doth hereby
Covenant promise and grant & agree to & with the Said
peter Smith Jun and his Heirs and Assigns In Manner and
form following That is to Say That he ye Said peter Smith
Sener att ye Time of Ensealing & Delivering of theses pje-
sents Was ye true Sole and LawfuU oner of all and Singu-
lar ye afore Mentioned premises and had In hjmself good
Eight full power and LawfuU Atho'rity to Sell Convey and
Dispose of ye Same and of Every part and percel thereof
in Maner and form as afore Said and Also that it Shall and
may be LawfuU for him ye Said peter Smith Jun and his
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Heirs and Assigns from time to time and att all times here-
after peasably and quietly to have hold Use Occupy and
enjoy the Said Messuage tenement Tract of Land and
premises With their Appertenances With out ye Lett Suit
Trouble Eviction or Molestation of him ye Said peter
Smith Sen or his Heirs Exe'tor Adinrs : Assigns As also
that ye Same Messuage Tenement Land and premises are
free and Clear from all Manner of Intanglements or Incum-
berances What Soever Lastly ye Said peter Smith Sen ye
before Hereby Granted and Bargained Messuage Tene-
ment tract of Land and premises With every there Appe-
tenances and Every part parcel and Member thereof Unto
him ye Said peter Smith Jun and his Assigns Against
ye Lawful Claim'es or pretences of all and all manner of
persons and persons Claiming the Same or Any part their-
of Shall and WiU Warrant and by theses presents forever
Defend In Wittness whereof ye Said peter Smith and
Hester his Wife have hereunto Sett their Hands and Seals
ye Day and Year herein first Written
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Peteb Smith (S)
Jonathan VallanTine her
Gee'h'ds Clowes Hester :S: Smith (S)
Mark
218 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EBCOEDS.
Memorandom that on' ye fifteenth Day of May In ye
Year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundread , and thirty Eight
Came before Me peter Smith ye Grantee Within Named
and Acknowledged the Within Instrument to be his Volan-
tary Act and D6ed their are no Interlinations In, there-
fore Lett ye be Recorded
Acknowledged before Me Thomas Hicks Eque one of ye
Judges of ye Court of Common Pleas the Day above
T Hicks Judge
Enter A true Copy' taken Out of ye Original and Com-
par'd ye 20th Day of June 1738
by MiCAH Smith Clark
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Know 4ll men by these presents that I Jonas wood Be-
longing To the Town of Huntingtown In ye County of Suf-
folk Doe by These presents reseine up all my Bight in a
propriety with a blanck that was my Granf ather Edmun
Wood belonging to ye Town of Hempstead in the queens
County Upon ye Island of Nasaw I Say Doe by these
presents Besigne Up all my Bight Title and Interest prop-
erty & Demand To ye Afore mentioned propriety and
Blank Belonging to the Same from me my Heirs Execu-
tors admrs or Assigns forever Unto William Willis of
Hempstead in Queens County i To him his heirs Execu-
tors admrs and Assigns forever I the afore sd Jonas Wood
Do own to have Beleast ye afore sd propriety withall
Priveledges thereunto Belonging as Also an Equalpart of
all ye Undivided Lands In the Bounds of Hempstead Be-
longing to ye Said propriety & Blank as allso An equall
^part of ye Divisions on ye plains & what other Eight and
Priviledge may belong to ye Afore, mentioned premises
Excepting ye Hollows on ye plaines and ye home Lott As
Wi'ttness my Hand As having Reseaved Satisfaction for ye
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EBCOEDS. 219
Same this fifteentli Day of June And In ye Year of our
Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Ten
Sealed and Deliyered
In the presence of us JoNAs Wood (S)
Jeeemiah Hobaet
John Katcham '
Abiel Titus
Memorandum that on ye 12th Day of March Annoy
Domini 1710-11 Abiell Titus and Jeremiah Hobard Two of
The Witnesses to the within written Deed of Eelease par-
sonally. Appeared before me John Wicks one of her niajes-
ties Justices of The peace for Suffolk County Assigned and
Declared that they Saw the within named Jonas Wood
Signe and actially Seal the within Written Deed of Eelease
Left' John Wickes
A True Copy of the original Taken and Compaired this
13th Day of November Annoy Domini 1738 by me
MiOAH Smith
Page 52.
Queens County YSs Whereas Caleb Cornall Joseph
Thome Thomas Cornall Hennery AUyn four of his Majes-
tys Justices of ye Peace Whereof one is of, ye QUorom for
ye County afore Said having heard and Examined ye
Matter in Differance between Joseph. Dodge an Apprintice
to Jeremiah Dodge and itt Appearing to us upon Oath that
ye said Jeremiah Dodge hath not-allow'd his sd Apprintice
Sufficient Meat We Do therefore for ye Cause afore said
Discharge ye Said Joseph Dodge from his said Apprintice
ship and Do hereby Under our Respective hands and Seals
pronounce and Declare that ye Said Joseph Dodge is Dis-
charged from his being any Longer an Apprintice to his
220 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS.
Said Master As Wittness our hands and Seals this 2th
Day of November 1738
Caleb Coknall (S)
Joseph Thoene (S)
Thomas Coenall (S)
Heneey AjjLYn (S)
November ye 2th Day 1738 then Eecorded by
MicAH Smith.
Page 53.
Wharas Trnstum Dodge of Cow Neck in ye Township of
Hempstead did on ye twenty first Day of May in ye year
of Christ Seventeen Hundread and thirty Seven put his
son Joseph Dodge An Apprintice to Jerimiah Dodge Ju of
ye Same Place and with him to Live As an Apprintice
untill ye third Day of June Seventeen Hundread and forty
two As by ye Said Indentures may More att Large Appear
Relation being thereunto had and ye sd Jeremiah Dodge
During ye sd time were to Learn ye sd Joseph Dodge ye
trade & Mistery of A Black Smith and also During ye sd
time to find him Sufficient Meat and Appearel but ye
sd Apprintice did some time In ye Latter Part of October
or in ye fore part of November Seventeen hundread and
thirty Eight Comeplain that his sd Master had not allowed
him Sufficient Meat upon which ye sd Jerimiah Dodge and
Trustum Dodge did Refer ye same Unto Caleb Cornall
Joseph Thome Tho : Cornall & Henry AUyn and they
being of Opinion that ye sd Apprintice Ought to be
Discharged, did accordingly order ye sd Apprintice to be
Discharged but ye Sd Jerimiah not being Satisfied there-
with ye sd Jerimiah and ye sd Trustum to prevent trouble-
some & vexatious Suits Conserning sd Aprintice did Joynt-
ly Agree On ye Second Day of Jeneuary Last to Refer ye
sd diference Concerning ye said Apprintice tJnto Thomas
Pearsall Joseph Wood and Richard Mott, as by ye Bonds of
Arbitration may More att Large Appear, Relation being
thereunto had, We therefore whose Names are hereunto
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 221
Subscribed and Seals Affixed Arbitrators Named and Cho-
sen as afore sd having heard ye AUygations as Well as ye
sd Trustum as of ye Said Jerimiah and by what Evidence
Appeared to Us itt did not Appear to Us that he was Soe
poorly provided for as has been Reported; but was keept as
well as many Other Apprintices who served Out their time
but sd Master being a young beginer We think he did not
, provide soe plenty of Varietys as ye Apprintice was Used to
have Att his fathers table but itt appears to Us that their
is soe much Annomositys and Strife Between said Master
I Page 54.
& Apprintice that we Judge itt not Conveniant or best for
them to Live togather and that Love and Amity may In-
crease between them We do there fore in persuance of ye
sd Bonds of Arbitration & Power Given Us Order Award
Arbitrate & Determine that ye sd Apprintice be and shall
remain Fully Discharged from his sd Master and in Leiue
of ye time ye sd Apprintice had to serve his sd Master' or
had to serve his sd Master from ye time of his first Depart-
ure from him ye sd trustum Dodge Do pay or Cause to be
paid unto ye sd Master Jerimiah Dodge the Sum of thir-
teen pounds ten shillings new york Money and that on or
before ye first day of may Next Ensuing ye Date hereof
and on payment there of ye sd Master shall deliver up to
sd trustum ye Indenture he Hath for sd Apprintice And
we further Order that ye sd Master keep what Cloaths, ye
sd A-pprintice Left att his house att ye time of his departure
from him In Wittness wherof We have here Unto Set our
hands and fixed our Seals this twenty sixth Day of febru-
ary In ye Year of Christ Seventeen Hundread and thirty
Eight, nine.
Signed & Sealed by Us Thomas peabsall (S)
Joseph Wood (S)
Rich'd Mott (S)
A true Copy taken out of ye Original and Comepared ye
28th of May 1739 by me
Micah Smith Clark
222 hempstead town becoeds. -
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A Eecord of Joseph Kissams Deed from Tkomas Barker
TMs Indenture Made tMs seventh Day of Angust In ye
Year of Our Lord Christ Seventeen Hundread thirty five
By and Between Thomas Barker of Cow Neck In ye Towjq
ship of Hempstead In Queens County In New York Pro-
vince Yeaman and Mary his Wife of ye one part and Jo-
seph Kissam of ye Said place Yeaman, of ye other party,
Wittnesseth that ye Said Thomas Barker and Mary his
Wife for and in Consideration of ye Sum of four Hundread
and thirty pounds Currant Money of New York to them in
hand paid before ye Ensealing hereof, by Joseph Kissam
Afore Named the Receipt whereof ye sd Thomas Barker
and Mary do hereby Acknowledge and them selves to be
there with fully Satisfyed and Contented & there of & their
from and of and from every part & percell thereof by theses
presents Do for Ever Acquit Exonerate and Discharge him
ye Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs Executors and Adminis-
trators. Have Given Granted Bargained Sold AUianated
Enfeeoffed Asur'd Convey'd & Confirmed and .by theses pres-
ents. Do freely fully and absolutely Give Grant Bargain
Sell Allien enffeeoff Assure Convey and Confirm Unto him
ye Said Joseph Kissam All that one Certain Messuage &
plantation of theirs Scituated and being on Cow Neck
Afore Said Near Joseph Lathams Mill pond and is butted
and Bounded as foUoweth Viz : Begining by ye mill pond
by ye fence that now is Between this said Land and Wil-
liam Hutchings and soe Euning thence as ye fence Now
Stands or Buns that is Between this Said Land and Will
Hutchings to a Chestnut tree being Capt John Sands Cor-
ner tree so thence boutided East something Nortwardly
partly by Capt John Sands Land partly by Joshua Car-
mans Land and partly by ye Land of Daniel Kissam De-
seast thence Bounded Northwardly and Westwardly by ye
Land or Joseph Kissam to y6 Mill pond thence Bounded
Southly by ye MiU pond to ye fence wee first begun att
hempstead town ,eecoeds. 223
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Containing One Hundred and fifty Acres or their abouts be
ye same more or Less To gather with all Houses out
Houses Barns Orchards Gardens Rivers Riverletts Brooks
or Streams of "Water Water Courses pasteures Meadows
Marrishes fences Timber trees Woods Under Woods and
all and Every other Appertenances priveledge Convenian-
cy and Commodity- to ye Same belonging or in any ways
Appertaing (AUways excepting for prized and Reserved out
of this Grant unto Thomas Barker his Heirs Executors Ad-
ministrators and Assigns for Ever ye Use of twenty foot
Square of ye sd Land for A byrying place ye South Side
ye Old Orchard itt being ye Byrying place of i ye family of
ye Barkers.) To have and to hold ye above Messuage &
plantation with all and Every Appertenance priveledge
Convenancy and Commodity their Unto Belonging known
taken or Reputed to be part percell or Member theirof with
ye Reversion & Reversions Remainder & Remainders there-
of (Except as before ye Use of twenty foot Square In ye
Old orchard for A Burying Place.) Unto him ye sd Joseph
Kissam his Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and their Own
proper Use Benif et and behoof for Ever and ye sd Thomas
and Mary for them Selves and their Heirs Executors & ad-
ministrators & Every of them Doth Covenant promise grant
& Agree with ye sd Joseph Kissam his Heirs and Assigns
by theses presents that before ye Ensealing hereof they Are
the true Sole and Lawfull Oners of ye Above Bargained
Premises and Stand Lawfully Seized & possessed of ye
Same in their Own proper Right as a good perfect & Abso-
lute Estate of Inheritance in fee simple and that they have
in them selves good Right full power and Lawfull Athority,
to Give Grant Bargain Sell Allien Enfeeoff Assure Convey
& Confirm the Same in Manner as Above said and that ye
Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs and Assigns shall and may
from time to time & att all tim^s for Ever here after by
Virtue of theses presents Lawfully peacably & Quietly have
224 HEMPSTEAD TOWN E^COEDS.
hold. Use Occupy possess Injoy the Same free and Clear
and freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated & discharged
Page 57.
of and from All & every other former Gift Grant Bargain
Sale Lease Mortgage Will Entail Joynture Dowrye Judg-
ment Extent Execution Incupibrances or trouble Whatso-
ever and ye sd Thomas Barker Doth further by Theses
presents Covenant & bind himself his Heirs Executors, And
Administrators & Every of them to Warrant and Defend
the Above Granted & Bargained premises Unto him ye
Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Against ye
Just & Lawfull Claim or Claims of person or persons What
soever In Wittness Where of the sd Thomas Barker and
Mary his Wife have hers Unto Sett hands & Seals ye Day
and Year first Above Written.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Thomas Baekee (S)
John Sweeting Mary Baekee (S)
Wm Buech ,
Queens County April the 27th Anno 1736
Then personally Appeared before Mee Joseph thorne
Esqr one of his Majestys Justices of or ye County Afore
Said the Within Named Thomas Barker and Acknowledged
ye Within Written Instrument to be his Volantary & Deed
and att ye Same time Mary Barker his Wife Within Nam-
ed Came before Me and being by Mee privately Examined
Acknowledged the Within Instrument to be her Valantary
Act and Deed With out any threatnings or Compulsions. of
her said Husband Enforcing his threats
* Joseph Thoene
Page 58.
This Indenture Made this Eleventh Day of Marclj In ye
Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundread twenty seven
by and Between Jonathan Whitehead of ye Township of
Hempstead In Queens County in New York Province Esqr
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 225
and Sarah his Wife of ye one part & Joseph Kissam of ye
sd Township of Hempstead Teaman, of ye Other part Witt-
nesseth that ye sd Jonathan Whitehead and Sarah his Wife
for and In Consideration of ye Sum of Six Hundread and
Seventy pounds New York Money to them or one of them
In hand paid before ye Execution of theses presents by ye
afore Named Joseph Kissam ye Eeceipt whereof they ye
sd Jonathan & Sarah Doe hereby Acknowledge & them
Selves to be therewith fully Satisfied and contented &
thereof and therefrom and of and from Every part and per7
cell thereof Do by theses presents forever Acquit Exonerate
& Discharge him ye sd Joseph Kissam his Heirs Executors
& Administrators, they ye sd Jonathan & Sarah have Given
granted Bargained Sold Allianated Enffeoffed Assured &
Confirmed and by theses presents Doe freely fully and Ab-
solutely Give grant Bargain Sell Allien Enffeoff Assure and
Confirm Unto him ye said Joseph Kissam his Heirs & As-
signs forever one Certain Messuage farm^ or plantation of
Land Scituate Lying and being on Cow Neck In ye Afore
Named Township of Hempstead It being on ye West Side
of ye Said Neck & Containing two Hundred forty two Acres
& A half It being -ye one half part of a Certain formor
plantation f orinerly belonging to Capt Tho Hicks and Ser-
vey'd by Samuel Clows Serveyor ye sd two hundread forty
two Acres & half being Butted and bounded As foUoweth
Viz Westerly by Cow bay Southerly by Gildersleaves Creek
or ye Mill pond & Land of Tho Barker Easterly by Cow
neck Middle Line Northerly by ye half part of ye said
first named farm or plantation Togather with all ye Build-
ings Edifices Houses out houses Barns Stables Orchards
Gardens Waters Water Corses Ways paths Easements &
all & Every other Appertenance priviledge or Convenances
To the same belonging or to Any part Member or percell
thereof To have and to hold ye said two hundread forty
two Acres & half (Excepting about a Quarter of an acre
formerly Convey'd by Jacob Doughty to Tho : Waters) with
aU ye priveledges Conveniances & appertenances to ye
226 hempstead town eecokds.
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Same belonging Or In any ways Appertaining with ye Ee-
vertion and Eevertions Remainder & Eeinainders there of
unto him ye Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever to his and their only proper Use Benifit & behoof for
Ever and ye said Jonathan & Sarah, for them selves their
Heirs Executors & administrators Doe promise Coveinant
and Grant to and with ye sd Joseph Kissam his Heirs and
Assigns that before the Execution here of they are the true
Sole and Lawful! Owners of ye sd premises & stand Law-
fully Seized of ye Same In their own proper Eight as a
good perfect & Absolute Estate of Inheritance In fee simple
and have In them selves Good Eight full power and Law-
full Athority to Give Grant Bargain Sell Allien Enffeo£f
Assure and Confirm the Same In Manner As afore sd and
that ye Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs & Assigns shall and
May from time to time and att all times for Ever here after
by Virtue hereof Lawfully peacably and Quietly have hold.
Use Occupy possess & Enjoy ye sd Demised and Bargained
premises free and Clear and freely and Clearly Acquitted
Exonerated & Discharged of and from all and Every other
former Guifts grant Bargain Sale Lease Will Entiaill Joynture
Dowry Judgment Extent Encumbrances and trouble what
soEver and ye Said Jonathan and ^ Sarah Do further Cove-
nant and Oblige themselves that att any time or times here
after att ye Eequest of him ye Said Joseph Kissam his
Heirs and Assigns and att his or their proper Cost they
the sd Jonathan & Sarah Will Execute Such Instrument or
Instruments In Writting for ye better Conveyance of ye
Said Land and premises as ye sd Joseph Kissam or his
Heirs and assigns his and their Counsel Lerned in ye Law
Shall Advise and ye sd Jonathan and Sarah Do further
Covenant amd Bind themselves their Heirs and Assigns
firmly by theses presents to Warrant and Defend ye abGve
Barg ained premises & Every part thereof Unto him ye sd
Joseph Kissam his Heirs and Assigns Against the Just and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS, ^27
Lawfull Claim or Claims of any person or persons what
soever In Wittness whereof ye sd Jonathan and Sarah
have here Unto Sett their hands and Seals ye Day and
Year first above Written
. Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of ' Jona'th Whitehead (S)
Benjamin Whitehead Sarah Whitehead (S)
Tho Star Treadwell
Wm Burch
September ye twenty seventeen thirty three then Came
ij'e within named Jonathan Whitehead personally before
Me Isaac Hicks first Judge of ye Court of Common pleas
of Queens County and acknowledged ye Within Written
Instrument to be his free Volantary Act and Deed finding
no Razor Nor Interlination alow this Deed to be Recorded
Isaac Hicks
Entered and Compatred by
Micah Smith Clerk
Page 60.
This Indenture Made this first Day of Aprill In ye Tear
of Our Lord Seventeen Hundread and forty betwen Richard
Elison of Hempstead in Queens County on ye Island of
Nassaw Yeaman of ye one part, and Richard Elison Juner
his son of ye same place on ye other part Wittnesseth that
the Said Richard Elison Sen for and in Consideration of ye
Sum of one hundread pounds Lawful Money in hand paid
by ye said Richard Elison Jur before ye Ensealing hereof
the receipt -of which Sum of Money the sd Richard Elison
Sen Doth hereby acknowledge and for other Lawful!
Causes him theirunto Moving he ye Said Richard Elison
hath given granted bargained Sold Aliened Enfeofed and
Confirmed and by theses presents Doth give grant bargain
Sell Alien Enfeof and Confirm unto him ye sd Richard
Elison Jur and his Heirs and Assigns for Ever A Certain
tract of Land Containing one hundread Acres More or Less
228 - HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Scuituate Lying between ye path that Euns from William
Lioyn's to ye harbour and Lewis old path In ye North
Woods to have and to hold ye Said tract of Land with ye
Heriditiments and appertenances and also all my Land and
Meadows with my Eights and Commonages that Doth any
ways belong Unto Me within the township of Hempstead
what soever to have and to hold the same with their
Appertenances Unto him ye sd Eich'd Elison Jur and his
Heirs and Assigns to ye only Use and behoof for Ever and
ye sd Eichard Elison Sen for him self and his Heirs and
Assigns in Manner following that is to say that ye sd here-
by Granted Lands and premises are free from all manner of
Incumberances what soever and that he ye sd Eichard
Elison Sen and his heirs the Above hereby granted Lands
and premises with Every of their Apertenances, Unto him
ye said Eichard Elison Jun and his Heirs and Assigns
against all Manner of persons Lawfully Claiming ye Same
or any part their of Shall and will Warrant and for Ever by
, Page 61.
theses presents Defend In Wittness whereof the above
said Eichard Elison have Hereunto fixed his hand and Seal
the Year and Day first Above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered his
In the presence of Us Eichaed :E: Ellison Se. (S)
PETER Titus Junee Mark
his
John :X: Combs
Mark '
Memorand August ye 21th Day 1740 then personally
Appeared ye Within Named Eichard Ellison before Me
Micah Smith one of his Majestys Justices of ye Court of
Common Pleas held for Queens County and did Declare
this Instrument to be his free Volantary Act and Deed
Micah Smith
Entered and Compared with ye original by
Micah Smith Clerk
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 229
July ye 16 1763 Aplication being made By a Consider-
able Number of the freeholders of the Township of Hemp-
stead to us John Williams and Peter Titus for to Lay out a
way a cross the plains Beginning at the plain Edge between
Joseph • Cheesman and.Johii Sniith So running Southerly
along the hallow on the west side of, Joseph Cheesman
fence as the path now goes so along the west side of Bpe-
netus Piatt's plain Lott untill it Comes to the forrow Boad
and from thenc under the foot of the hill on the west side
of the hallow upon a straight line Untill it Comes to a Cer-
tain Bunch of Small Bushes now stands at the Edge of
Thomas Stringhams fence near the Lowest part of the
Hallow thence turning westerly up the hill as the path now
goes untill it Comes to the House of 'Ben Flowers wee tak-
ing a view of the same do think proper to allow the sanie
and According to the power Given us wee do Lay out the
same four rods wide as Wittness our hands
John Williams
Petee Titus
Page 62.
This Indenture made the first Day of December in ye
Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundread and
Thirty Eight between Joyles Seamans of Hempstead In
Queens County and Letitia his Wife Signifyed as a party
hereunto by Signing and Delivering of je" Same of ye one
part and Peter. Smith Juner of flushing in ye County above
said Teaman on ye other part Wittnesseth that ye said
Joyles Seamans for and In Consideration of the Sum of
twenty Eight pounds New York money to him well and
truly in hand paid or Secured to be paid att and before ye
Ensealing and Delivering of theses presents the Eeceipt
whereof he Doth hereby Acknowledge and himself to be
therewith fully Satisfied Contented ancj paid and their of
and of Every part and percel thereof Doih Hereby forever
Acquit Exonerate Eelease and Discharge him ye said peter
230 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Smitli and his Heirs and Assigns Hath Given granted Bar-
gained Sold AUiened Eemised Eeleased Atssured and Con-
firmed and by theses presents Doth Give Grant Bargain
Sell Alien Bemise Belease Assure and Confirm unto him ye
said peter Smith and his Heirs and Assigns, All That the*
Equal Moiety or haK part of a Certain Lott of Meadow
Ground Containing Ten Acres be ye same more or Less
Scituate Lying and being att Jemacai on ye South Side
of ye Said Township att A Neck Commonly Called the
further East Neck Bounded by Bichard Oldfeild de-
ceased East by Meadow belonging to one Loise, West
by Adam Laurance South by the Bay aind North by the
Island Togather with all and Singular the premises and
Appertenances to ye Same five Acres belonging or Ap-
pertaining and ye Reversions and Remainders thereof
To Have and to Hold all and Singular the Equal Moiety
of ye Said Ten Acres of Meadow Ground with ye Ap-
pertenances unto him ye said Peter Smith and his Heirs
and Assigns to ye only proper Use Benifit and behoof of
him ye Said Peter Smith his Heirs and Assigns forever and
ye Said Giles Seamans for himself his Heirs Executors and
Admrs Doth hereby Covenant and promise grant and
Agree to and with ye Said peter Smith his Heirs and As-
signs in Manner and form following that is to Say That he
ye Said Giles Seamans att the time of Ensealing and De-
livery of theses presents was the true Sole and Lawful Oner
of all Singular the Equal half or Moiety of ye Above here-
by granted and Eeleased ten Acres of meadow and that he
had in himself good Eight full power and Lawful! Athority
to Sell and Dispose of ye same as Afore Said Lastly the
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Said Giles Seamans the said five Acres of Meadow Unto
ye Said Peter Smith Against the Claimes of all persons
shall and will "Warrant and by theses presents for ever
Defend In Wittness whereof ye Said Giles Seamans and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 231
Letitia Ms Wife have here Unto Sett their Hands and
Seals ye Day and Year first Above Written
Sealed and Delivfered
In presence of i Giles Seamans (S)
Joseph Thuston Letitia Seamans (S)
GekAds Clowes
1742 Augt 26. Queens County ss Then appeared be-
fore me Micah Smith a Justice of ye peace for ye County
Above Said Gerherdus Clowes one of ye Witnesses to the
Within Instrument and Declared on Oath he Saw Giles
and Letitia Seamans Execute ye Within Conveyance as
their Act & Deed and that he Saw Joseph Thustan ye other
Witness Sign as Such I having Examined the Same Do
order ye sd Instrument to be Recorded
Micah Smith
Sworne ye Date Above
The Will of John Elison Made ye 8th Day of ye 11th
month 1684 I give to my brother Thomas after ray De-
seas my whole Estate only ye Said Thomas is to Satesfy
my debts if Justly Demanded, Only One bed and Bolster
to my Cosen Mary Balden
Edmand Titus the mark : X : of John Elison
The : X : Marke
of Joseph Ginings ■
Att a Cort of Inf eriour pleas held att, Jemacia ye 10th
Day of Jeneuary 1668 the Within Mentioned Will of ye
Within Named John Elison was proved by Oaths of ye
Within Named Edmund Titus & Joseph Jenings
Andbew Gill
Entered Records of Hempstead in Book E. and Page 63
from yfe original a true Copy by me
Micah Smith Cle
Page 64.
To all Christian People to whom this present Writting
shall Come I Thomas Barker Seiner of Cowneck In ye
232 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Township of Hempstead In Queens County on Nassaw
Island in ye Province of New York Yeaman Sends Greet-
ing Know yea that I ye Said ThomaS Barker as well for and
in Consideration of ye Natural Love and Affection w'ch I
have & bear unto my well beloved Son in Law & Well beloved
Daughter James & Elisabeth Boast, of ye Township of
Henipstead aforesaid as for Divers Other Good Considera-
tions me hereunto Moving have Given and Granted and by
theses Presents do fully and Absolutely^ Give grant and
Confirm unto theni ye sd James & Elisabeth Boast During
their and each of their Natural Lives and after their De-
cease unto ye Heirs of ye sd Elisabeth begotten by ye sd
James if any their be to them their Heirs and Assigns for
Ever, but for want of Such Heirs I give Unto my well be-
loved Grandson William Peat his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever one Certain Lott of Land Scuituate Lying and being
in Orange County, In ye province of New York, att a
place Known by ye Name of Cacuate otherwise New Hemp-
stead Itt being ye fifthteenth Lott, in number of ye First
Draught of ye Last Division so Called and Containeth In
Quantity one hundread Acres, and is Bounded Southward-
ly by ye Lott in ye said Division Called Number fourteen
appertaining to William Asborn, and Northwardly by ye
Lot in ye Division Called Number Sixteen Appertaining to
Jonathan Seamans &c : Togather with all priviledges Ap-
pertenances and Conveniances To ye sd Lott of Land Ap-
pertaining or any ways appertaining or in any ways belong-
ing with all ye Eight, Titles, Intrest, Claime, Challenge,
and Demands which I ye sd Tho : Barker Now have or
Which any or Either of my Heirs Executors or administra-
tors may here after have in or to ye sd Granted premises,
or any part or parpel or member thereof, To have and to
Hold the sd Lott of Land and ye Appertenances, and
premises theirunto belonging Unto ye sd James Boast, and
Elizabeth his Wife During Each of their Natural Lives and
after their Decease Unto ye Heirs of ye sd Elizabeth be-
gottto by ye sd James Boast if any their be, to them ye sd
HEMPSTUAD TOWN BEOORDS. , 233
Heirs of ye sd James and Elizabeth for Ever but (as above)
for Want of Sucli Heir, To Wi-lliam Peat bis Heirs and As-
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signs for Ever, Absolutely witli out any Manner of Condi-
tions as I ye afore said Thomas Barker have freely fully
and Absolutely and of my Own Accord Set and put in fur-
ther Testimony In Wittness wherof I have here Unto Set
my hand and Seal ye fourth Day of June in ye Year of Our
Lord one Thousand Seven Hundread twenty and Nine
Signed Sealed and
Delivered In presence of Tho : Baeker (S)
Joseph Thorne
William Dodge
Jno. Young
Memorandum Provided there should be any Lessening
(by Haryastraw Pattrons) of ye said Hundread Acres of
Land which I have per Deed as above given to my Well be-
loved Son in Law James and my well beloved Daughter
Elizabeth Boast &c I hereby Bind myself my Heirs Execu-
tors or Administrators to Allow Out of ye South West part
of a Certain Tract of Land Scuituate Lying and being Att a
place Known by ye Name of Caucate In ye Precint of
Harvastraw in Orange County in ye province of New York
the sd Lott of Land is known by ye Name of Number Six
of ye West Lots in ye first Division so Called, and Contains
in Quantyty two hundred Aci-es as by ye Servey.' To
ye sd James and Elizabeth Boast, ye same Quantity a num-
ber of Acres as shall Lawfully taken out of ye first fore
said Hundred Acres or any part Appertaining their unto
Further I promise that ye above sd James and Elizabeth
or Either of them their Heirs or Assigns (as pr the Deed)
shall and May Lawfully take same Quantity out of afore sd
two Hundred Acre Lott. provided he ye said James or
Elizabeth Boast, do well and truly pay all Cost of Law which
may Incur by a suit or suits of Law Conserning the Above
234 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
Said Harvarstraw Pattorns In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourth Day of June In
ye Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred twenty
nine
Signed Sealed Tho : Barker (S)
Joseph thorne
William DOdge
Jno Young
Cowneck august ye 2th Day 1739 then Joseph thorne
Esqr one of his Majestys Justices of ye peace for Queens
County personally before Me and Did Declare upon oath
thai he see thomas Barker Late of Cow Neck Sign Seal
and Deliver ye within Written obligation for ye Use within
mentioned and he saith that he see William Dodge Set his
hand as Witness to ye same before Me Caleb Cornall
' Bntred ye 22th of august 1739
Micah Smith Clerk
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This Indenture made this ninth Day of March in ye
Seventh Year of ye Eeigne of Queen^ Anne annoq Domini
1707 Between Jacob Doughty of Hempstead in Queens
County on ye Island of Nassaw Within ye province of New
York Gent. & Amy his 'Wife of ye one part and Jonathan
Whitehead of Jamacai in ye County above said Esqr on ye
other part Wittnesseth that ye Said Jacob Doughty & Amy
his Wife for and in Consideration of ye Suni of Six Hun-
dread Pounds, to ye Said Jacob by ye Said Jonathan in
hand paid at and before the Ensealing and Delivering
hereof receipt whereof ye sd Jacob Doughty doth hereby
Acknowledge & therefrom & from Every part and parsal
thereof doth hereby Acquit Release Exonerate and Dis-
charge him ye Said Jonathan Whitehead his Heirs Execu-
tors Admrs & Every of them by theses presents & for
Divers other good Considerations them therunto moving
they ye sd Jacob Doughty and Amy his Wife have Given
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECGEDS. 235
Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Bnfeofed Assured & Con-
firmed and by theses presents Doe Give Grant Bargain Sell
'Allien Enfeoff Assure & Confirm nnto Mm ye Said Jona-
than Whitehead & his ' Heirs & Assigns for Ever all that
his ye Said Jacob Doughtys plantation or tract, of Land &
Meadow Ground Scituate lying and being att Cowneck in
ye Township of Hempstead in Queens County above said
Bounded Westerly" by Cow Bay Northerly by ye Land of
J onathan Whitehead Easterly by ye Middle line & South-
erly by Gildersleaves Creek and ye Land of Thomas Bar-
ker Containing one hundread & Eighty five Acres or their
abouts being ye Same Lands on Which ye Said Jacob
Doughty now Lives and which he Lately purchased from
Daniel Whitehead Deceased by Deed bearing date ye fourth
Day of february 1702 with all and Singular the Houses
buildings Bams Orchards Gardens Eights priviledgeg &
Heriditiments their unto every ways belonging, Excepting
and allways Excepted a small percell of Land Containing
About one quarter of An Acre part of ye above granted
premises which was Lately Conveyed by ye sd Jacob
Doughty, Unto one Thomas Walters, And also ye Reversion
& reversions Remainder and Remainders Right Estate .
Title benefit Claim & Demand whatsoever of them ye sd
Jacob Doughty and Amy his Wife or Either of them of In
& to all & Singular ye above Bargained premises & Every
part thereof, to have and to hold the said tract of Land &
meadow ground and all & Singular of ye premises Herein
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before mentioned and Intended to be here by granted. Ex-
cepting as before Excepted, with Every their appertenances
Unto ye sd Jonathan Whitehead his Heirs and Assigns to
ye only use benefit and behoof of him ye sd Jonaathan
Whitehead & his heirs and Assigns for Ever. And ye sd
Jacob Doughty for Himself his Heirs Executors Admrs &
Assigns doth by theses presents Covenant promise and
Agree to & with ye Said Jonathan Whitehead & his Heirs
236 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
and Assigns In Manner and form following that is to say
that he ye Said Jacob Doughty & his heirs Exrs Admrs the
sd above granted Lands & premises & Every part thereof
with Every their Appertenances, Excepting as before
Excepted, unto him ye sd Jonathan Whitehead & his
heirs and Assigns & against all Manner of person or
persons Whatsoever at any time or times here after
Lawfully Claiming any right title Interest or Estate
in or to ye Said Above Granted Lands and premises
or any part member or percel thereof, Excepting as above
is Excepted by from or Under him ye Said Jacob Doughty
or Amy his Wife theit or either of their Heir's or Assigns
Shall & Will Warrant & forever by theses presents Defend.
In Wittness where of the Said partys to these presents
have here Unto put our hands & Seals ye Day & Year first
Above Wrijtten.
Sealed & Delivered by Jacob Doughty (S)
the Said Jacob Doughty ye
word partys in ye Last Line
Save one, being first Inter Lined
In ye presence of
Will, (no name.)
Sam Clowes
Memmarandum that on ye twentyeth Day of September
1727 Came before me Isaac Hicks Esqr one of ye Judges
of ye Court of Common pleas for ye County of Queens the
within Named Samviel one of ye Witnesses to this Deed
Who made Oath on ye holy Avangalist of almighty God
Saith that he this Deponant Saw Jacob Doughty Sign Seal
and Deliver ye within Instrument to be his Volantary Act
and Deed and I having perrused ye same and finding No ra-
sour or Interlination do admit ye Same to be Intered or
Recorded.
Isaac Hicks
Entered and Compared With ye original ye 22 of October
1739 by MiCAH Smith Clerk
hempstead town eecoeds. 237
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This Indenture made this Twenty ' Sixth Day of March
In ye Sixt Year of ye Reign of Soveraign Lord Gorge ye.
Second by ye Grace of God of Great Brittan france and
Ireland King &c and In ye Year of Our Lord Christ one
thousand Seven hundred and thirty three Between Martine
Wilsea: Sen:,of Hempstead in Queens County on Nassaw
Islaijd in ye province of New York Yeaman of ye one part
and Richard Cornal Jur: of ye Same place Yeaman on ye
other part Wittnesseth that ye Said Martine Wiltse for and
In Consideration of ye Sum of three Hundread and Sixty
Six pounds Good and LawfuU Money of New York to him
In Hand Well truly Paid before the Executing hereof of ye
Receipt whereof the Said Martine Wiltse Doth hereby
Confess and Acknowledge And thereof And therefrom Doth
Exonerate Acquit and Discharge the Sd Richard pornall
his Heirs Exs and Admrs by theses presents Hath granted
Bargained Sold Alliened Enfeofed and Confirmed and by
theses presents Doth freely Clearly and absolutely Grant
Bargen Sell Allien Enfeoff and Confirm Unto ye Richard
Cornall his Heirs and Assigns forever all that Certain
Tenement or Messuage and Lands Now in ye tenor & Oc-
cupation of Cornelias Wiltse Sciutuate Lying and being In
Hempstead Aforesaid Bounded on ye South by A High
Way or Road Leading from Herricks into ye Great Neck
'Road; Begining att A Large White Oak tree Runing thence
Along ye said Way or Road As ye fence Now Stands Ac-
cording to ye Severall Courses and turning there of to ye
South East Corner, thence North ten Degrees East two
Chains thirsty three Links to A Stump Near A pond Called
Tanners pond thence North Sixty four Degrees West three
Chain twenty One Links, and North thirty Degrees West
two Chain twenty five Links, and North one Degree & ^
■East two Chain and North Sixty five Degrees East to
Chains to A Small Black Oak in John Cornells flFence
Thence Bounded An ^e ! East by the sd John Cornells
238 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Lands as ye fence now Stands About a Eleven Chain thirty
Links to a Chesnut Saplen Standing Near a Swamp thence
through ye Said Nore Nore Bast or their abouts until itt
Comes to a maple tree Standing partly in ye Said Swamp
About twelve Chain and half from ye Said Chestnut Sap-
leng thence North Eight Degrees West three Chain to a
Walnut Sapling thence North twenty two Degrees East
three Chain Seventy Links Into ye wood Land and thence
by a Line of Marked trees North ffifteen Degrees East
seven Chain forty Eight Links to aLarge Black Oak
Corner tree and thence by a Line of Marked trees A
Long other Land of sd Martine ' Wiltse South Sixty five
Degrees West Eighten Chain twenty Links to a small
Walnut Bush Marked thence South Seven Degrees East
two Chain twenty five Links to a Stake and thence along
ye Said Martine Wiltseas Land About South Seventy Six
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Degrees West Near Seven Chains to A Stake In ye ffence
And'thence as ye ifence now Stands Acording to ye Bend-
ings and turnings thereof Untill itt come "to ye White Oak
tree first Above Mentioned and bounded on ye North & West
by other La-nd of , the Said Martine Wiltsea Containing
within ye sd Bounds and Courses Above Mentioned Sixty
Acres To gather with all & Singular the housesand Edifices
building Out houses bams Stables orchard Gardens Wells
Water Water Corses trees timber Woods Under Woods
fences Improvements Ways priveledges EasmeHts Immuni-
tys Heriditiments and appertenanees Whatsoever Belong-
ing or In Any Wise Appertaining to ye Said Message and
Land and premises here in and here by Granted or to any
part or persall thereof To have and to hold the Said Tene-
ment and Messuage & Land & premises with the Apper-
"tenences thereof Unto him ye Said Richard Cornal his
Heirs and Assigns forever to his and their Sole and only
proper Benifet & behoof for Ever And ye Said Martine
Wiltsea for him self his heirs Exrs and Admrs Doth Cove-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 239
nant promise Grant and Agree to and With ye Said Eichard
Cprnell, his Heirs and Assigns by theses presents that he
ye Said Martinc' Wiltse Now Immpdiately before Sealing
and Delivery hereof is Lawfully Seized in his own Eight of
a good Sure Absolute and indefeazable Estate of Inheri-
tance In fee Simple of and in all and Singular the premises
herein and hereby granted or Intended to be Granted and
hath himself good Eightfull power and LawfuU athority to
Sell and Convey ye Same. According to ye true Intent and
meaning hereof and that ye sd Eichard Cornell his Heirs
and Assigns Shall and May from time to time and att all
times for Ever here after peasably and Quietly have \hold
Use Occupy possess and Enjoy ye Mesuage and Lg-nds
With ye Lett troble hinderance MolestatioQ Interruption
or Denial whatsoever of him ye Said Martine Wiltse his
Exrs Admrs or Any other person or persons Whatsoever
from by or Under him or. them but that ye same is and
shall be free and Clear and freely and Clearly Acquited
and Discharged of and from all and all maner of other and
former Guifts grants bargains Sails Leases Morgages Joyn-
tures Dowries Uses Wills Entails Judgments Executions
and Incumberanceis of what Nature or kind soever and
further that he ye said Martine Wiltse his Heirs Exrs and
Admrs all and Singular ye said Messuage Land and prem-
ises herein and hereby Granted or Intended to be Granted
Unto him ye Said, Eichard Cornell his Heirs and Assigns
Against ye Jus^ and LawfuU Claim and Demands of any
person or persons whom soever shall and will Warant, and
by theses presents for Ever Defend In Wi'ttness whereof
he hath here Unto Set his hand Seal ye Day Year Herein
before Written '
Signed Sealed and Delivered In presence of us
John Cornel : X : his mark Martine Wiltse (S)
Beiaman Cornell
TIMOTHY Smith
240 . hempstead town becobds.
Page 70.
Hempstead November ye 14tli Anno Donlini 1739 then
Appeared before Me James Hazzard one of ye Judges- of
ye Court of Common Pleas of Queens County Assigned ye
Witli in Named Martine Wiltse and Did Acknowledge ye
Within Written Deed to be his Eail Volantary Act and
Deed and finding no Razors nor Enterlination I allow this
Deed to be Recorded
James Hazabd
Entered and Compared by me with ye Origanal
MicAH Smith Clerk
To John Williams Benj'n Hewlett & Peter Titus Com-
missioners Chosen for the Laying out of Highways in the
Township of Hempstead, Whereas there is A peace of
Common Land & medow Lying at Hempstead South Ad-
joining to the Bast Side of Aron Burtisis Land, Whereon
Some part is very Good Landing places and is very much
wanting on Several Accounts Especially on Account of
landing and Curing of Hay that is got of the salt marshes
which is a very great priveledge to this Town but being so
fenced up or Some part thereof so that the publick cant
have the Benifit thereof. We the' Subscribers hereof Do
Humbly pmy that you would Lay out A high way or ways
Along the same Common Land Down to the Landing places
so that I the publick May have an opportunity to ha;ve the
Benifit of their Priviledge thereof and there will be Also
great Necessity of Hanging of Gates upon the Same way
or ways in the time of Getting of & Curing of Hay that is
got of the salt marshes, & your Petisheners Shall pray
May 10th 1762
Isaac Denton his
William Shaw Absolam :X: Seamans
Daniel Combs Mart
Emanuel Jackson Hezekiah Pearsall
Timothy Clowes Richard Rhoads
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 241
Joseph Cheesman John Smith
James Pearsall William Langdon
Samuel Wood Samuel Southard
Benj. Cheesman Eichard Gildersleve
Stephen Smith
July the 3 Day 1762. By a Bequest of the free Holders
of Hempstead In Queens County wee the Commissioners
Chosen for this year for Laying out of Highways wee took
a view and thought it proper to Lay a Way from the South
End of the Long Lain near Henry' Shaws So Eunning
Southerly by Aaron Burtis his Land So Down to the water
By the mill tail and from their to the oven So to Burtis his
house from thence a Long the East side of Aaron Burtis
land Down to the Shell Banck to the water four Eods wide
Petee Titus
John Williams
Benjamin Hewlett
Entr'd by Valentine H Petees Clerk
Page 71.
This Indenture made the thirteenth Day of October in
ye Year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundread and forty Witt-
neseth that Phillip Legross of Oysterbay in Queens County
Labourer Hath put and Bound his Son Samuel An Infant
Aged three Years and Eight Months An Apprintice unto
ye Eeverend Mr. Eobert Jeimey Minister of ye parish of
Hempsted in Queens County Afore Said with him to Live
and after ye Manner of an Apprintice to Serve from ye
Dsite of theses presents Untill the Said Apprintice Shall
Arive to ye full Age of twenty one Years fully to be Com-
pleat and Ended During all which Said time the Said
Apprintice his Said Master and his Mistress the wife of ye
Said Mr Jenney faithfully Shall Serve, his Secrets keep,
his LawfuU Commands Gladly Every where Obey, he shall
do no harm to his said Master or Suffer ye same to be done
by any other During ye said term without informing his
242 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
Said Master thereof, fornication he Shall not Committ or
Contract Matramony Within ye Said term, att Cards Dice
or other Unlawful! game he Shall not play, or absent him-
self day or Night from his Masters Service "Without his
Leave, taverns or play houses he Shall not frequent. But in
all things as a good & faithfuU Apprintice he shall behave
himself towards his said Master and all his during ye Said
term and the Said Master During ye Said term Shall find
and provide Unto his Said Apprintice Sufficient Meat Drink
Apperrell "Washing and Lodging fitting for Such an Ap-
printice and Shall also teach or Cause to be taught to Read
Write and Cypher ffor ye true performance of which
Covenants Either of ye Said partys bind themselves Unto
the Other. In Wittness Whereof they have to theses pre-
sents Interchangeably Set their hands and Seals ye Day
and Year first above first Written.
Sealed and Delivered his
In presence of Phillip :X: Legeoss (S)
William Ingkam M ark.
Geead's Clows Eobeet Jenney (S)
Queens County Yss then Appeared before Me Dirick-
Albertson Esq one of his Maiestys Justices of ye peace for
the Said County Assigned Greadias Clows one of ye Witt-
nesses to ye Within Indenture & Declared upon Oath he
Saw phillip Legross therein Mentioned Seal & Deliver ye
Same as his Act and Deed and also he saw William Ingram
the other Witness Sign ye Same as Such
DiEiCK Albeetson Juj
Sworn before Me ye 21th Jeneuary 1740
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To All Christion People to whom theses presents Shall
Come I Thomas Hicks of Queens County on the Island of
Nassaw within ye terrotory of new York Gent. Send Greet-
ing In our Lord God Everlasting, Know ye that I ye sd
HEMPSTEAD^ TOWN EECOEDS. 243
Thomas Hicks for ye Love and Affection that I Have and
bear to my Son thomas Hicks Eisident on Cow neck With-
in the Presinct Afore Said have Given Granted and Con-
firmed and by this present writting Do fully freely and ab-
solutely give Grant and Confirm to my Son thomas Hicks
all my Eight title and Interest I have to any and Every
Pearsall or pearsalls of Land I have on sd Cow neck Either
by purchases or patent or Gate Eights or Other ways by
What, Nature or Way Soever to me belonging or In any
way Appertaining togather with the Libertys previledges
and Appertenances that theirin theiron or theirfrom shall
Arise, without ye Least Let Hendrance or molestation from
by or under Me ye Above sd with all ye appertenances for
Ever here After Shall be ye Eeal and proper Estate of my
Son thomas Hicks his Heirs Executors Administrators and
Assigns, to have and to hold Use posses and Injoy itt being
free from all and all manner of former Guifts Grants or In-
Cumberances of what nature Soever had done or Commit-
ted by me, Whearby my sd Son Shpuld be Molested Everted
or Ejected out of ye Quiet possesion of the Same, the Day
of the Date of theses presents I have Given and Deliver'd
In the name of possestion and Seizen of all and Singular
ye sd premises In Witness and Confirmation I have here
unto Set to my hand and Afixed my Seal this 18th of march
1697
Signed Sealed and
Delivered In the presence of Tho: Hicks (S)
ElCHAKD COENELL
John Sands
his
John :I." T: thoene
mark
A true Copy taken out of ye original and Enter'd ye 4th
Day of f ebruara by
MiCAH Smith Clark
244 hempstead town eecoeds.
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To all Christian People to whom theses presents shall
Come I Charles Mott of the parish of Hempstead in Queen
County on Nassaw Island In ye province of new York
Yeaman Sends Greeting, Know Yea that I Charles mott
for and In Consideration of the Love good will and af-
fection which I have and Doe Bear towards my Dutiful
Son Charles mott Jun' of ye parish County Island and
Province Aforesaid Yeaman have Given and Granted and by
theses do fully freely Clearly and Absolutely give and grant
to the Said Charles mott Jur his Heirs and Assigns all
that one Certain peice of Land, Scuituate Lying and Being
on Cow Neck in the Bounds of Hempstead In Queens
County the Bounds , begining att a Large Chestnut tree
marked on two sides. Standing by the neck fence So Eun-
ing North or Northardly to A small Bed Oak tree marked
on three sides, from thence West or Westerly to A white
oak tree Marked Standing by ye high way that Leads down
the Neck from thence Northardly to A Chesnut Stake that
Stands by the Land of John pines, Soe Euning East or
Easterly by ye Said Land of John Pines to ye harbour or
high Water Mark Soe Euning South or Southerly by High
Water Mark Unto A Stake planted In a Small Brook
marked on two Sides, So Down ye Brook Unto the Channel
so Euning up ye sd Creek or Channel Unto ye fence So A
Long the neck to ye first Station, Bounded Westerly by the
Land of Gersham Motts, Southerly by ye Land of Gersham
Motts, Westerly by the high way that Leads down ye neck
Northerly by ye Land of John Pines Easterly by ye Crick
Southarly 'by ye old neck fence. Being one hundread
Acres of Land More or less Togather with all ye Eight
title Interest Claims and Demands Whatsoever which I
now have or which any or Either of my heirs Executors
admrs or Assigns may here after have or to or In ye sd
given and granted premises or any part theirof to have and
to hold the sd given and granted premises Unto ye sd
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 245
Charles mott Jur his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Abso-
lutely without any manner of Condition Whatsoever In
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Wittness where of I have here Unto Sett my hand and
Seal this Eight of Jeneiiary In ye twelfth Year of the
Eeign of King Gorge and In ye Year of our Lord one
thousand Seven hundread and twenty Six
Sealed and Delivered his
In ye presence of Chaeles : C : mott (S)
Samuel pine Mark
Eachel pine
Queens County This Third Day of february anno
Domini Seventeen hundread forty one personally Appeared
before Me Micah Smith Esqr one of his Majestys Justices
of the peace for ye County afore Said, ye within named
Charles Mott And Acknowledged ye within Instrument to
be his own Volantary act and Deed
Micah Smith
The Ear Mark of Richard Valentine Son of Jonathan is
a Crop of the Near Ear & a Nick under the Same & a Slitt
in the off Ear
The Ear Mark of Phillip Valentine is a Latch the fore
Side the Near Ear &'two Nicks under the oS Ear
The Ear Mark of James Valentine is Crop in the Near
Ear & a Nick the fore Side the Same & two Nicks under
the off Ear
Enter'd the 14th Day of Nov'br 1763
John Hewlitt Mark is a Slope under the off Ear & a
Slitt in the Near Ear & a half penny under the Same Dee
ffdl763
Edmund Post his Mark is a half flouer D'Luce the fore
Side Each Ear ^.Dec 24th 1763
The Ear Mark of John Mitchell is two half pennys the
246 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOKDS.
fore Side the off Bar & a Nick the fore Side the Near Ear
En'td Feb'y 4th 1764
The Bar Mark of Elizabeth Eushmore is a Latch the fore
Side the off Ear and a Slope under the Near Bar & a half
flower D'Luce the fore Side the same March 1 1764
Page 75.
To all Christian people to whom theses presents shall
come I Charles mott of the Township of Hempstead In
Queens County on Nassaw Island In New York province
Yeaman send Greetting
Know Ye that I ye sd Charles Mott for and In Consider-
ation of ye fatherly Love and Good Will and Affection
which I have and Do Bear to my Son Adam Mott and for
his Dutifull and well Demeaning himself, towards me and
for other good Causes and Considerations me their unto
moving have Given Granted and by theses presents Do
freely fully Clearly and Absolutely give and grant Unto my
sd Son Adam Mott his heirs and Assigns for ever All my
farm of Land Lying near ye head of Cow Neck In ye
Bounds of Hempstead In ye province Afore Said Boiinden
Northerly by Where sd Cow neck was formerly fenced and
Westerly by ye said heigh way that Leadeth from Cow
Neck to ye plains and Souther by Bedells Land and
Easterly by or near ye Road that is on ye ; West Side
of ye Swamp that williams Mill Stands on, Itt being,
all ye Land I Bought of Jojiathan Smith Excepting
about half an Acre I sold to Jeremiah william being by
Estimation one hundread and twenty Acres or more be itt
more or Less with all ye housing fencing trees timber
thereon togather with all ye Eight title Intrust Claim Chal-
lenge or Demand Whatsoever which I ye sd Charles Mott
now have or which any or Either of my heirs Executors
Administrators or Assigns hereafter may have of to or In
ye sd granted premises Unto him ye sd Adam mott his
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 247
heirs and Assigns foreyer absolutely without any manner
of Condition Whatsoever
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and
Seal this twenty third Day of December In ye Year of our
\Lord iDne thousand Seven hund and thirty Bight
Signed Sealed and Delivered
. In presenpe of his
Thomas peaesall Chaeles :G: Mott (S)
Joseph Mott Jur Mark
Joseph Staekins
Queens County this third Day of february anno Domini
one thousand Seven hundread forty one then pearsonally
appeared before me Micah Smith Esqr one of his Majestys
Justices of ye peace for ye Country afore Said ye within
named Charles mott and then acknowledged ye within
Written Instrument to be his own Volantary Act and Deed
Micah Smith
Enter 'd and Compared with ye original by me
Micah Smith Clerk
Page 76.
This Indenture made ye one & twentyeth Day of may In
ye fourth Year of the Eeign of our Soveraign Lady Anne
by the Grace of God Queen of England Scotland france and
Ireland Defender of the faith &c and In ye year of our
Blessed Lord and Soveraign Jesus Christ one thousand
Seven and five, Between William Mckols of Islip In ye
County of Suffolk Gentleman, Adam Mott of Hempstead
In Queens County Gentleman and Andrew Gibb of ye
pleasant Springs in ye County of Suffolk Afore said of the
one part and Joseph mott of Hempstead afore said Gentle-
man of ye other part Wittnesseth that ye sd William Nick-
ols Adam Mott and Andrew Gibb for and In Consideration
of a Certain Sum of good and LawfuU Money of New York
to them In hand paid by ye said Joseph Mott and before
ye Ensealing & Delivery of theses Presents the Beceipt
24y HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
"Whereof they Do hereby Acknowledge and them selves
and Every of them to be their with ffully Satisfied Content-
ed and paid and thereof and of Every part and percell
thereof they Doe forever by theses presents Exonerate and
Aquitt and Discharge the said Joseph Mott his Heirs Execu-
tors and Administrators, have Granted Bargained and Sold
Alliened Eeleased and Confirmed and Do by theses presents
ffully ffreely and Absolutely Grant bargain and Sell Allien
Eelease and Confirm Unto ye sd Joseph Mott his Heirs
and Assigns forever all that a Certain Lott or tract of Land
Containing Sixty Acres Within ye Bounds of Hempstead
Afore said Surveyed and Laid Out by ye Surveyor Jenerall
his Deputy by Vertue of a Warrant from his Excellency ye
Governour In Council Bearing Date the ninth Day of may
In ye Year one thousand Seven hundread and four to gath-
er with all Singular ye Eights priviledges Heriditiments
and appertenances to ye same belonging or In any Wise
appertaining and all ye Estate Eight title Interest Claim
property and possion and Demand of them the sd William
Nickels Adam Mott and Andrew gibb or Either of them In
and to the premises & in and to Every part and percell
thereof. To have and to hold the sd Sixty Acre Lott of
Land with ye appertenances to him ye sd Joseph Mott his
Heirs and Assigns to the only proper Use benifet and be-
hoof of him ye said Joseph Mott his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever, and ye sd William NicoU Adam Mott and Andrew
Gibb for them Selves their heirs Executors and Amrs and
Each and Every of them Doe hereby Covenant and promise
to and with ye Said Joseph Mott his Heirs & Assigns, that
he ye sd Joseph Mott his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may
Now and att all times here after for Ever have hold Occupy
Page 77.
possess and Enjoy the before mentioned barganed prem-
ises as his & their free and Indefezable Estate of Inherit-
ance In fee simple free and Clear and freely and Clearly
Acquited and Discharged' of & from all former and other
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 249
Gifts Grants Mortgages Reverson or Eevertions Remainder
or Remainders or Other title or Incumbrances Whatsoever
and that ye Same and Every part and percell thereof to ye
sd Joseph Mott his Heirs and Assigns Against all persons
-Lawfully Claiming ye Same Shall and Will Warrant and
for Ever by theses Presents Defend In testimony whereof
the partys to theses presents have here Unto Set their
Hands and affixed their Seals ye Day and Year first Above
Written.
Sealed and Delivered W Nicoll (S)
In presence of Ad Mott (S)
Jonathan. Smith Andeew Gibe (8)
FEANSEs Nicoll
Chbistophbe Dingey
This Indenture Made this Seventeenth Day of June In
the Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen huadread twenty
Nine By and Between Charles Mott Juner of ye township
of Hempstead In Queens County In New York province
Yeaman and Deborah his wife of ye one part and Joseph
Mott Juner of ye fore Named Township of Hempstead Yea-
man of ye other Wittnesseth that ye sd Said Charles Mott
and Deborah his Wife for and In Consideration of ye Sum
of three hundread Ninety five pounds New York money to
them or one of them In hand paid before ye Ensealing
hereof by ye afore Named Joseph Mott ye Receipt whereof
they the sd Charles and Deborah Do hereby Acknowledge
and themselves to be their with fully Satisfied and Content-
ed and there of and there from and of and from Every part
and percell thereof Do by theses presents for Ever Acquitt
Exonerate and Discharge the Said Joseph mott his
Heirs Executors and Admrs, they ye sd Charles and Debo-
rah have Given Granted Bargained Sold Elianated Enfeo-
feed Assured Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses pre-
sents Do freely fully and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain
Sell Allien Enfeoffee Assure Convey and Confirm Unto
250 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS.
tain Messuage & tract or Plantation of Land Scituate Ly-
Page 78.
ing and being Upon Cow Neck In ye Afore Named Town-
ship of Hempstead att ye Head of ye said Neck and
is butted and Bounded as followetli tliat is to Say Be-
gining att a Certain wMt Oak tree Standing by ye Water
Side In ye old Neck fence thence Euning Westerly
as ye old neck fence Euns to a Certaine Chest nut tree
Euning thence Northerly by ye Land of Cornelias Polhe-
mas to a Certain Eed Oak tree Marked on three sides
thence Euning Westerly by ye sd Corneliases Land to a
Certain White Oak tree Marked on two sides thence Eun-
ing Northerly partly by Cow Neck High Way and partly
by John pines Land to A Certain Stake In ye Line Be-
tween John pines Land and ye sd Charles Motts Land
thence Euniag Easterly by the sd John Pynes Land to A
Certain Marked AUder by ye Landing att ye Water Side,
and Containing In Quantity one hundread Acres or their
Abouts be ye Same more or Less to Gather With all ye
Houses out houses 'Barns Stables or other Edifices or
Buildings, thereunto Belonging with all Orchards Gardens
Woods timber Woods trees timber & fences whether Stand-
ing or Lying with all and Every other Appertenance Con-
veniancy and Previledges to ye same belonging or In any Wise
Appertaining known taken or Eeputed or as a Part Persell
or member theirof to have and to Hold ye sd Messuage
tract or Plantation of Land with all and Every of ye Aper-
tenances priviledges Convenances and Commoditys to ye
same belonging with ye Eeversion and Eeversions Eemain-
der and Eemainders theirof Unto ye sd Joseph Mott his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and their only proper
Use Bienititt & Behoof for Ever and ye sd Charles & Debo-
rah for themselves their Heirs Executors Administrators
Do Covenant promise Grant and agree to and with the
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS. 251
Said Joseph Mott his Heirs and Assigns that before ye Ex-
ecution hereof they are ye true Sole and Lawful! Oners of
ye above Bargained Premises and Every Part thereof and
Stand Lawfully Seized and possesed of ye Same In their
own proper Eight as a good perfect and Absolute Estate of
Inheritance In fee simple and have In them selves Good
Eight full power and LawfuU Athority to Give Grant Bar-
gain Sell Allien Enffeeoff Assure Convey and Confirme ye
same In Manner Above said and that ye said Joseph mott
his Heirs and Assigns may and shall from time to time and
at all times for Ever hereafter by Virtue hereof Lawfully
~ peacably and Quietly have hold Use Occupy possess and
Enjoy ye Demised and Bargained Premises and Every part
theirof free and Clear and freely and Clearly Acquited Ex-
onerated and Discharged of and from all and Every other
former Gift Bargain Sale Lease Will Intail Morguage Joyn-
ture Dowries Judgment Extent Execution or Incumbrance
Page 79.
Whatsoever And ye Said Charles Mott and Deborah his
Wife Do further Covenant and Bind themselves their heirs
Executors and Admrs and Every t)f them firmly by theses
presents to Warrant and Defend ye above Bargained premi-
ses and Every part theirof Unto ye sd Joseph Mott his
Heirs and Assigns Against ye Just and LawfuU Claim or
Claims of any Person or persons Whatsoever In Wittness
whereof I ye said Charles Mott and Deborah his Wife have
here Unto Set their hands and Seals ye Day and Year first
above Written.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of ^ Chables Mott Juer (8)
Wm Buech ' The Mark of
Silas Smith Debobah :C: Mott (S)
Queens County Be itt Eemembej-ed that this third Day
of ffebruary Annoy Domini one Seventeen Hundread forty
one personally appeared before Me Micah Smith Esqr one
252 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECORDS.
of his Majestys Justices of ye peace for ye County afore
said William Burch one of ye Evidences to ye witMn Writ-
ten Instrument and Being Sworn on ye Holy Evangalest of
almighty God maketh Oath that he Saw ye Within Named
Charles Mott Jur and Deborah his Wife Execute ye Within
Written Instrument as their Volantary Act and Deed, and
that In presence of Silas Smith within Named whom he
Saw Subscribed With him as Evidence to ye within Instru-
ment.
MiGAH Smith
Enter'd and Compared with ye original ye 13th Day of
february Annqe Domini 1741-2 by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
Page 80.
This Indenture Made this Twenty seventh Day of march
In ye Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen and thirty By
and Between Cornelias Polhemas of ye Township of Hemp-
stead In Queens County In New York province Yeaman
and Susanna his Wife of ye one part and Joseph Mott of
the Township of Hempstead Yeaman of the other part
Wittnesseth that ye sd Cornelias Polhemas and Susanna
his Wife for & In Consideration of ye Sum of four hundred
fifty five pounds New York Money, to them or one of them
In hand paid before the Execution of these presents by ye
Afore Named Joseph Mott ye Receipt whereof ye sd Cor-
nelias Polhemas and Susanna his Wife Do hereby Ac-
knowledge and themselves to be there with fully Satisfied
Contented and thereof and theirfrom and of and from Every
part and percell theirof Doth Acquitt Exonerate and Dis-
charge him ye sd Joseph Mott his Heirs Executors and
Admrs for Ever he ye sd Cornelias and Susanna his Wife
Have Given Granted Bargained Sold Allianated Enffeeoffed
Assured & Confirmed and by theses presents Doth freely
fully and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Allien En-
feeoff Assure Convey and Confirm Unto him ye said Joseph
Mott his Heirs and Assigns for Ever one Certain Messuage
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOfiDS. 253
Tenement or Dwelling house with two percels of Land all
Scittnate Lying and being In ye affore Named Township of
Hempstead the whole Containing Eighty Acres or More &
is Butted and Bounded as foUoweth Viz one peice their-
of being part of ye Eighty Acres begining att a Large
Chestnut tree by a pond by ye High Way att ye head of
Cow neck thence Runing North to a Small Eed oak tree
Marked, thence West to a White Oak tree Marked Stand-
ing by ye high way that Leads down Cow Neck thence
South as ye Said High Way Euns to a Stake and
thence to ye afore Said Cheestnut tree wee first be-
gun att, and one Other Certaine peice or percell of Land
part of ye Said Eighty Acres Butted and Bounded as
follows Viz Begining att a Chestnut Stump by Joseph
Halstead Land Euning thence Southerly to a Small Black
Oak Sapling by Searings Land thence Running Easterly to
a Marked Walnut Sapling Euning thence Southerly by ye
said Searings Land to a Small White oak Marked thence
Easterly to a Large Chestnut tree Marked thence northerly
to a, Small Wallnut or Stake by thomas Bedells Land
thence Still by Bedells Land to a Stake by ye high way
that Leads a Cross Cow Neck thence Westerly by ye Eoad
to ye Chestnut Stump wee first begun att To gather with
Page 81.
all ye previledges Appertenances & Conveniences there-
unto belonging to have and to hold the said Messuages
house ye sd two Lotts or percells of Land with ye houses
out houses Barns Orchards Stables & all & Every Other
priviledges appertanances Convenances & Commidtys to ye
Same belonging or In Any Wise Appertaining known taken
or Eeputed as a part percell or member their of with ye
Eeversion & Eeversions there Unto him ye sd Joseph Mott
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and their own only
proper Use Benifett and behoff for Ever and the Said Cor-
nelias and Susanna his Wife for them selves their heirs
Executors & Admirs and Every of them .Do Covenant
254 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
promise and Grant -& agree to and With ye Said Joseph
Mott his Heirs and Assigns that before ye Ensealing here-
of they or one of them Are ye true Sole and LawfuU
owners of the above bargained premises & Stand Lawfully
Seized & possesed of ye Same In their Own Right as
Good perfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance In fee
Simple & have In themselves Good Bight full power
and Lawfull Athority to give Grant Bargain Sell Allien
Infeeoff Assure Convey and Confirm ye Same In Man-
ner as above Said and that ye Said Joseph Mott-
his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may from time to
time and att all times for Ever hereafter by Virtue hereof
Lawfully pacably and Quietly have hold Use Occupy
possess and Enjoy the Same free and. Clear freely and
Clearly Acquitted Exonerated and Discharged of and from
all and all Manner of former Gifts grants Bargains Sales
Leases Wills Entaills Joynters Dowris Mortgauges Judg-
ments Extents Executions Incumbrances or troubles What-
soever and ye Said Cornelias and Susannah his Wife Do
further Covenant & Bind themselves their heirs Executors
and Admrs firmly by theses presents to Warrant and De-
fend ye above Bargained premises and Every part thereof
Unto him ye Said -Joseph Mott his Heirs and Assigns
Against the Just and Lawfull Claims of any person or per-
sons Whatsoever In Wittness where of the Said Cornelias
Polhemas and Susannah his Wife have Unto Set their
hands and Seals ye Day and Year first Above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of . Coenelias Polhemas (S)
Wm Buech Susannah Polhemas (S)
ElCHAED COENELL
Page 82.
Queens County Be it Eemembered that this Third Day of
february anno qe Domini Seventeen hund forty one per-
sonally apear'd before Me Micah Smith Esqr one of his
Majestys Justices of the peace for ye County Afore Said
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 255
William Burch one of ye Evidences to ye within Written
Instrument And being Sworn on ye holy Avengalist of al-
mighty god Maketh Oath That he Saw ye within Named
Cornelias Polhemas and Susanna his Wife Execute ye
Within Written Instrument as their Volantary Act and
Deed And that In presence of Richard Cornell With in
Named Whom he Saw Sign with him as Evidence to ye
within Written Instrument
MicAH Smith
The Ear Mark of Benjamin Hick Son of CoU' Isaac Hick
is A Swallow £fork ye oaf Ear Entered ' ye 2th of Novem-
ber 1745
The Ear Mark of Isaac pettit is a Slipe Under ye near
Ear a hapny ye fore Side and a hapny Each Side ye Near
Ear
Entered ye 2th of November 1745
The Ear Mark of Joseph Pettit is a Slipe ye fore side ye
of Ear and a hapny Under ye off Ear and Each side ye
near
Enter'd ye 12th of November 1745
The Ear Mark of Jonathan Smith is a Swallow fork ye
oaff Ear and a Slitt in ye Swallow fork Entered ye 12th
of November 1745
by MiCAH Smith Clerk
The Ear Mark of Benjamin Doughty is a Crop ye off Ear
a hole in itt and a Slitt in ye near Ear
Entered ye 30th of November 1745
MicAH Smith
the Ear Mark of Aaron Vannostran is a hole in ye of Ear
and a hapny ye fore side of ye same Entered ye 11th Day
of March anno Domini 1745-6
by MiCAH Smith Clerk
the Bar Mark of Henry post is a swallow of Each Ear a
hapny Under ye of Ear and a Slitt in ye Swallow fork ye
near
Entered December 1746 '
Enter'd by Mioah Smith
256 hempstead town eecokds.
Page 83.
The Ear Mark of Aaron Birtis is a Crop ye of Ear &
Swallow fork ye Near Ear and A liapny Under Each Ear
Enter'd 1st of April 1746
The Ear Mark of Zebulan Seamans is a Latch ye fore
side ye of Ear and a hapny Under the Same and hapny
Bach Side ye near Ear Enter'd 5th of May 1746
The Ear Mark of Samuel Smith, Eock, is a Crop ye Near
Ear and a hole in the Same and a Latch ye fore side ye of
Ear
Entered ye 5th of May 1746
The Ear Mark of Joseph Southard Jur A flower Deluce
the of Ear and a hole in ye Near and A Latch Under ye
Same
Entr'd July ye 7th 1746
The Ear Mark of Jonathan Shaw is a Latch Under ye
Near Ear and hapny the fore Side ye off Ear
Entered October ye 27th 1746
The Ear Mark of Joseph Vallantine is a hapny the Uper
Side ye near Ear and a hapny ye Under Side the of Ear
and a hole in ye Near Ear Entered October ye 28th 1746
The Ear Mark of fredrick vanosten is a Swallow fork ye
oaf Ear and a nick ye fore Side ye near Ear which belong-
ed to Harman Jonson Deseased Entered October ye 28th
1746
The Ear mark of Joseph Thuston is a Swallow fork ye
near Ear and a Latch ye fore Side ye of Ear and a nick
and a happny Under ye of Ear Entered ye 28th of Octo-
ber 1746
The Ear Mark of Michel Mudge is a hapny ye Each Side
the of Ear and a nick Under ye Near Ear
Entered ye 24th of November 1746
by MicAH Smith Clerk
the Ear Mark of Hennery Hick is a Slipe Under the of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN REC0BD8. 257
Bar, and the Ear mark of Robert titas is A Latch ye fore
side ye of Ear and A hapny under ye Same Enter'd by
MicAH Smith Clerk
27th of December 1746
Page 84.
Att a Generall Town Meetting Held In Hempstead Aprill
the 5th Day 1737
then was Agreed and Voted by ye Majority of ye Town
that Mr Eobert Jenney Rector Shall have priviledge to Use
and Inclose ye School house Lott that Joyns to him Untill
ye Town Shall have Occation of Itt for A School or School
Master, and then ye sd Mr Jenney Shall have Liberty to
Take his fence if itt Shall be Judged he hath Not had Ben-
ifett to Vally of ye sd fence.
by Order Micah Smith Clark
Att ye Above Said Town Meetting was Voted that John
Thus ton shall have Our Old Sheep pens that Stands ye
South Side of CoUonels Treadwells Land
Samuel Dusenbury Protests against ye above Said Vote
of ye School house Lott to Mr Jenney
Enter'd by Me Micah Smith Clark
Queens County To ye Constable of Hempstead You are
hereby Directed to Warn ye freeholders of Your town to
Appear Att ye town house Or Old Church In Hempstead
on ye first Monday of October Next by two of ye Clock In
ye After noon, for ye following Reasons, there is Complaint
Made by Severall of ye freeholders of ye town and by ye
trustees that there Is Money in ye hands of Severall per-
sons that belongs to ye town and they Refuse to pay itt
Into the hands of ye trustees for ye Use of ye town and ye
Reason for Calling this town Meetting is to Impower the
Trustees to Demand or Sue any persons they shall think
has got any of ye Money that belongs to ye town of Hemp-
stead. If they Refuse to pay itt to ye trustees and to
Impower the trustees to pay them selves for there trouble
258 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS.
and ye Charges they shall Lay Out In trying to recover Or
get ye Money into there Hands for ye Use of ye freehold-
ers of ye town of Hempstead. Given Under Our hands
and Seals this 26th Day of August 1737
Jacob Smith (S)-
JosEPH Thoene (S)
Page 85.
Att a General Town Meetting of ye Township of Hemp-
stead the 3d Day of October Anno 1737
Voted That John Dorland Eobert Sutton and Thomas
Cornall all of ye Said Township Yeaman. Trustees-form-
erly Elected to Inspect into ye Arerages Surplasage and
Moneys Due and to become Due & payable from all per-
sons Indebted to ye Said Town Shall be by ye afore Said
"Vote Entituled and fully Empowered to Act In behalf of
ye Town And to Demand & Receive for ye Use thereof all
Such Sums of Money as are or Shall be Due unto ye Said
township from Any person or persons and with them to
Account Eecon and agree As also on ye Beceipt of Any
such Moneys Acquittances to Seal and Make In behalf of
ye Town and Upon Eefusal of payment, aforesaid Such
persons to Arrest Sue Implead and Imprison & In Every
respect So to Act in ye premises, as May be LawfuU for ye
Recovery of Such Moneys in as Ample Manner as if ye
Said Township Were Universaly Concerned In ye prosecu-
tion Giving unto ye Said Trustees, Our full Strenth and
Power in ye premises. Allowing them for all nesessary
Expences In ye Law and for there trouble Out of ye Money
belonging to ye Said Town they rendering when Called A
Just Account of their Dysbursments
by Order Micah Smith Clark
Att ye Same town Meetting Mordecai Lester protested
against ye above Said Vote
Micah Smith
hempstead town records. 259
' - . ■ .• ' ' Page. 86. - ■
Att A Generall town Meetting held in Hempstead y.e
fifthDay of April' 1738 '' ' ''
then Jacob Smith Was Chosen Supervisor for this Ensu- •
ing Year and Joseph Smith and Joseph Mott Were Chosen,
Assessors for this Ensuing Year
and David Bedle Were Chospn Constable and Collecttpr.
for this Ensujing Year ,
'.and Richard Bedle , Samuel . Baldle & Martine Wilsey
Were Chosen Over-Seers or Seryeyers of our high Ways
John Smith and Eobert Merven was Chosen fence
Veiuers
Jonathan Rowland and John treadwell were Chosen
Aprisors of Intested Estates &c
Micah Smith were Chosen town Clark &c
■ John Borland tho : Cornall and Robert Sutton Were
Chosen trustees for our town of Hempstead for this Ensu-
ing Year
and Collo' Treadwell Were Chosen pounder for this Ensu-
ing Year
by Order by Micah Smith Clark
the Ear Mark of Thomas Willitts is a half penny under
Each Eajr & a hole in Each Ear
Enter'd May I4th 1766
Page 87.
Att A Generall Town Meetting of ye Township of Hemp-
stead ye 25th Day of Aprill Anno 1738 then Was Yoted by
Major Vote of ye freeholders that Jonathan Rowland and
John Dorland both of Hempstead Shall take ye Sheep that
Shall be Left in ye Sheep pens after Drawing att ye gener-
all Day or Days Appointed for our publick Drawing or
parting of Our flock of Sheep and if any Person or persons
Shall have Any sheep that Shall gett in Among his or Shall
take any In to Releive them In Case they May Not Suffer
260 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
he or they to give An accompt in 20 Days to ye Sd Men
Appointed of ye Ear Mark and Number or bring ye sd
Sheep to ye Men wee have Appointed, And theses Men are
to take ye Sheep that Shall be in ye pens With out Oners
and ye Sheep that Shall be Brought to them, they Shall
take into their Care and keep Untill ye Nest Spring if ye
Oner or Oners Doth not appear and take their Coats for
their Winter ing of them and Mark ye Lambs ye Same
Mark of ye Ews and then turn them to ye plains Our Gen-
eral Sheep pasture that ye Bight Oners May gett them but
any person finding any of his Sheep in ye hands of ye Men
Appointed to take care of ye Above Said Sheep, Shall take
them Att any time paying Reasonable Charge to ye Men
above Appointed
Entered by Order
MiCAH Smith Clark
Att ye Same Town Meetting Jonathan Eowland John
Willis Obediah Vail Jn Jeremiah Bedele John Hall and
patrick Mott Were Chosen to inspect into our flock of
Sheep, and to See if their be any Corse Wool'd Earns that
they Shall Judge to be A damage to Our flock, in Case
they or Any two of them Shall find any they Judge not fitt
to Eun in ye flock may geld ye sd Eams or Order any
Other person to geld them
Att ye above said town Meeting itt was Voted that our
Sheep Shall not be foaled nor Driven by any person or
persons whatsoever for this Ensuing Year
by order MicAH Smith Clark
Page 88.
Att a Generall town Meetting held in Hempstead April
the 3th Day 1739
then Jacob Smith was Chosen Supervisor for this Ensu-
ing Year
and Joseph Mott & John treadwell Were Chosen Asses-
sors for this Ensuing Year
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 261
and David Bedle Was Chosen Constable and Collecttor
for this Ensuing Year
and for Over-Seers and Snrveyers of ye High Ways was
Chosen Minard Schank James Pine and Will : Nickols for
this Ensuing Year
and John Smith and Eobert Merven Was Chosen fence
Veiwers
Jeremiah Bedle and Eichard titas Was Chosen Aprisors
of Enteste Estates for this Ensuing Year
And John Dorland and Robert Sutton and Jonathan
Eowland were Chosen trustees for this Ensuing Year
Voted att ye Same town Meetting that ye above said
trustees Shall have ye Same Power to act and Doe in our
business of ye town of Hempstead as fully and as Amply
on all Accounts as was given to our trustees by Major Vote
of ye town ye 3th Day of October anno Domini 1737.
CoUo' Treadwell Chosen Pounder for this Ensuing Year
Micah Smith was Chosen town Clerk
Page 89.
Att a Generall town Meetting held att Hempstead April
the 1th Day 1740
Then Was Chosen Jacob Smith Supervisor for this En-
suing Year
and Joseph Mott and John Treadwell were Chosen Asses-
sors for this Ensuing Year
then David Bedle was Chosen Constable and Collecttor
for this Ensuing Year
then Was Chosen John Smith and Eobert Marvin fence
Veiwers for this Ensuing Year
then Was Chosen Jerimiah Bedle and Eichard titas
aprisers of Entested Estates for this Ensuing Year
then Was Chosen Jerimiah Bedle John Dorland and Jo-
seph Mott Commisi oners for Laying High Ways Out In ye
town of Hempstead for this Ensuing Year
262 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Were Surveyors or Overseers of High Ways Chosen
John Pearsall Eichard Bedle Will : Nickols Hicks Seamans
John Dingey Silas Smith Daniel pearsall John pine Eich-
ard Cornail Joseph Scidmore for this Ensuing Year
Chosen for trustees for this Ensuing Year for trustees
Eobert Mitchel Jonathan Eowland and John Dorland and
ye power Given them as Was Given ye trustees In ye Year
1737 .oto'3 " ,
Soloman Seamans Was Chosen Pounder for this Ensuing
Year
Micah Smith Were Chosen town Clerk for this Ensuing
Year
Att ye Same town Meetting was ordered that Jerimiah
Bedle Eichard Bedle Blias Dorland and John Dorland Was
to take Care and fence ye Burial Ground Lptt , and to be
paid out of ye towns Money by ye trustees for their Ser-
vice ' ■ I
Page 90. ■ : , <
August ye 1th Day 1739 Att a town Meetting held att
Hempstead the Day above Written itt was Voted by ye
Major part of ye freeholders then present that ye Sheep or
flock of Sheep runing upon our plains Shall be foalded and
hired out by John Dorland Weekly at a time and place
that he Shall Apoint to ye Highest Bider and it was Voted
that ye sd Sheep or flock shall be foaled " from this„ time
Untill ye Sixt Day of September Next and then ye Said
Sheep to' Eun at Liberty, without being foaled, and whoso-
ever Hireth ye sd Sheep, Shall give a note to ye sd Dor-
land to pay ye Money to him by ye first of Jeneuary itext
the persons here Under Written protests against foalding
ye Sheep or hiring of them out to be foaled in any Manner
John Mott Sam : Mott Jacob Mott Pa'rk Mott ■ :
by order . .
MiOAH Smith Clerk
Att a town Meetting Held Ih Hempstead April the 23th
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 263
Day 1741 About or Conserning our town Quit Eent then
CoU'd John Cornall and Jacob Smith were Appointed by
Major Vote of the town to Goe Down to New York and
pay ye Quitt Eent of our General patent of Hempstead
that is behind, and Agree for ye Charges that is alrady Ac-
crued by neglect of itts not being paid, and Make Eeport
thereof to ye town, and they to be Eepayed by the town
again, and 6 per Cent Interest allowed them till they be
paid Again by the town
Bnter'd by order of ye town by Micah Smith
' Clerk
Page 99.
«
Att a Geuerall Town Meetting held In Hempstead April
ye 7th day 1741
then Jacob Smith was Chosen Supervisor for this Ensu-
ing Year
and Joseph Mott and Silas Smith was Chosen Assessors
and David Bedell was Chosen Constable and CoUecttor
and John Smith and Eobort Marvin was Chose fence
Veiwers
and Jeremiah Bedell and Eichard tittas was Chosen
Aprisors of Intested Estates
Jeremiah Bedle John Dorland and Joseph Mott was
Chosen Commissioners for Laying out High "Ways In ye
town of Hempstead
Serveyoj'S or Over-Seers of ye High "Ways "Was Chosen
Soloman Seamans Jerusalem, Eichard Bedell and Patrick
Mott, John Cornall of Eockway, & Antony Demott, John
Dingey and Silas Smith Sam : pearsall, Eoolof e Scank and
Jecobas Montfort
Soloman Seamans Was Chosen Pounder this Ensuing
Year
Micah Smith was Chosen town Clerk
John Dorland John Hall and Joseph Denton was Chosen
trustees for this Ensuing Year and Same power given them
that Were, given ye trustees In ye Year 1737
264 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
Att ye above Said town Meetting Was Voted, by Major
Vote that ye Earns shall be keept of ye Commons from ye
flock of Sheep and whoever Shall find Any Earn or Eams
after ye first Day of August may geld them and making of
itt appear Shall have 18 pence a peice paid him out of ye
towns money by ye trustees of ye Town
Att ye above Said town Meetting their was Liberty
Grantedrto John Carpenter to Sett a fuUen Mill on ye
Stream Nigh his house on theses Conditions not Doing ye
High Way any Damage With his pond and When ye Mill
goes Down ye Stream to Eemain ye towns again Enter'd
by Order by Me
MicAH Smith Clerk
Page 100.
Att a Generall Town Meetting held In Hempstead the
24th Day of August 1741 In order to Call the four Ee-
maining Men to an account that was Chosen ye 14th Day
of October 1723, to Divide our Undivided Land in Hemp-
stead and to Give Us An account, of what they have Done
In that affair and Also to Eender An account of what
money they Have Eeceived of ye town for that purpose,
and Some of the men viz Collo' Hicks Joshua Carman and
James Searing Apeared att town Meetting, and Said that
they had almost Done their Works and Desired Some
Longer time to finish and Bring In there works, Itt was
Consented by Several to ye 20th of November, but Several
of ye freeholders Desired and order'd Me to Enter their
Names to a General protest I Eead In publick Town Meett-
ing which I Did
MiCAH Smith Clerk
And another Warrant Granted out, and A town Meetting
held ye 20th of November 1741 for ye Same purpose above
said for them to Eender an a Count of their Demands on
ye town, and Joshua Carman apeared and Desired three
weeks time Longer yett and Six Weeks Were Allowed by
Several that they might Bring their Works In in order that
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 265
we might Consider Either to Confirm or Condem them, att
ye same town meetting Several freeholdei's ordered their
Names to ye Said protest and Several ordered Me Att other
times to Enter their protest and Enter them In this Eeoord
which* I have Done by Order of ye persons Here after
Named which have Ordered their Names to be Entered to
the protest against the mens works that pretends to Divide
our Undivided Land In Hempstead
Page 101.
Att a Generall Town Meetting held In Hempstead the
14th Day of Octobeij 1723 their Was Seven Men Chosen
by the Major Vote of ye town, Viz, Coll' Hicks James
Jackson James Searing William Willis Abel Smith Joshua
Carman and Benjamin Seamans Jur, to Di\'ide the Undi-
vided Land In Hempstead and to Lay to Every Man Ac-
cording to his Just Right In ye Township of Hempstead,
and theses Seven Men Were Chosen Joyntly, to Lay out
and Acer bain our Lands and not Severally or the Major
part of them but the whole Seven Men to Doe ye work ac-
cording to Justice, But itt appears In our Way of thinking
that they have proseeded, Contrary to Reason and the
Sceim that was then projected by the Town By taking and
Selling the towns Land where and what they Pleased and
Laying Out to Some Men Where they Chose, and others
Could Not gett their Rights Except they took their Ijeav-
ings In poor Land, and theirs three of them Men Dead
and the four thats Living Continues Laying Out Land and
Bringing the town More In Confusion, Which, Wee think
Contrary to Law and Reason and their fore Wee whose
Names Are here after Written do Protest Against all what
they have Done or Shall Doe In any Divition by any
power from ye Town, As Wittness our Hands, Enter'd by
MiCAH Smith Clerk by our order
Obediah Vallantine Sam totten Isaac 'Smith
Edward Cornall John Jackson Jur Micah Smith
Jerimiah Wood John Birdsall Joseph pettit
266
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
Ben Lester Jacob Smith
Patrick Mott Ben: Smith Eo:
Richard Gildersleve James Bedell
Jecovas peterson
Abram Southard
Joab VaU.
Caleb Carman
Sam: Langdon Sen
Sam Rainer
Ben: VaU
Ephe: Vallantine
John Rainer
Silas Carman
Soloman Langdon
Jacob Vallantiue
JujWill: Cornall
Gorge Balden
John Townsend
Jonah flower
Hendrick Hendrick-
son
Tho: Lee
Ephe Cheesman
Joseph Moti
Elisha Gildersleve tlio: Hendrickson
John Mott Isaac Hendrickson
Mordecai Lester Jonathan Rowland
Sam Southard Martine Wilsey
Page 102.
Cornelias Losee
Ezekial Balden
Joseph Carl
Isaac Losey
John Davis
John Cornall
Joseph Denton
Ben: Carman
Rich'd Barns
Tho: Gildersleave
James Wood
Hanas Elderd
per Tho: Barker
Jaines Pine.
Page 103.
John Balden
Ram Ramson
James Pine
Thomas Bedell •
James Smith
Harman Jonson
Obediah Vail Jur
Sam: Carman
John pettit
Juj: James Smith
Nathan Vail
John Linnintan
Jonathan VaU
Att a General Town Meetting held In Hempstead the
Sixth Day of April Anno Domini 1742
then was Chosen by Major Vote Jacob Smith for Super-
visor for this Ensuing Year
and for Assessors Joseph Mott and Jerimiah Bedell were
Chosen for this Ensuing Year
and David Bedell were Chosen Constable and Collector
for this Ensuing Year
Richard Bedell and Ben: Lester were Chosen Apprisors
of Intestate Estates for this Ensuing Year
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 267
and John Borland Joseph Mott and Soloman Seaman s
Jur were Chosen Commistioners for Laying out of High
Wajs
and for Serveyors of High Ways were Chosen John Sea-
mans Eichard Bedell Patrick Mott John Comall John
Dingey Silas Smith Jeeobas Hegerman , Abram Monfort
Sam : Pearsall Jonah Flower Henry Allyne
John Smith and Eobert Marvin ware Chosen fence
Veiwers
Soloman Seamans was Chosen Pounder
John Dorland John Hall and John Birdsall was Chosen
trustees of our towns Money and to have ye Same power
that was Given ye trustees ye 3th' of October 1737
and att the , same Town Meetting Micah Smith was
Chosen Town Clerk for tjiis Ensuing Year
Att. the Same Town Meetting their was Liberty Given to
•Thomas Frost and Nathaniel Oakley^by Major Vote to Sett
a Grist Mill on a Eiver Called, Merack Eiver on Conditions
of taking ye Eleventh part as Long as they keep a MiU on
that Stream but In Case they Lett ye Mill Goe Down ye
priviledge to Eeturn to the Town Again Entered by order
by Me
Micah Smith Clerk
An Account of ye Towns Money that is In Bank : one
Bond In Sam : Clowsses hands Which was Payable
June 1738
and was paid In ye Year 1738.
Ditto In October 1740.
paid on ye Bond
Eenjains Due , 140- 18- 4
■ - . Page 104.
Att a Town Meetting held in Hempstead the 27th Day
of December^ Anna Domini 1742
then was Voted by the Major Vote of ye Town that Jeri-
miah Bedle and John hall and John Dorland to take Care
£.168-
S.08- p.04
17-
10-
10- 0
00- . 0
■ . 27-
10- . 0
268 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
and Charge of our old Church or town house to Secure itt
from any further Damage of any person or persons What
soever and as We are Informed Several persons have pull-
ed and Carried away a great part of ye sd House and
Without order or any Athority therefore Wee Impower the
Persons above named to make Enquiry after theses prem-
ises that have been taken away from ye said house or did
any Ways belong to ye sd House and to prosecute Any
Such person or persons In behalf of ye town Entered by
order
MiCAH Smith Clerk
Wee Joseph Mott John Wood & John Townsend Com-
misinors for Laying out highways in the township of hemp-
stead having takeing a Vew of a highway on the South Side
of hempstead Between the house of Capt Benjamin Smith
& the Lane that goes to Daniel Beadles & find part of the
Way Not Conveniant by reason of its being Crooked &
Discommodious wee Do therefore Alter Such part of the
Said Highway & Lay it out through the Land of Capt
Benjamin Smith as the Laine Now is the Said Highway to
be the Same breadth as the old highway was Layd out
Witness our hands this 6th Day of feb 1755
Joseph Mott
John Wood
John Townsend
Enter'd by Valentine H Petebs Clerk
105.
Att a General Town Meetting Held in Hempstead the
fifth Day of April 1743
then was Chosen by Major Vote of the Town, Town
officers to affitiate for ye Town for this Ensuing Yeare
Chosen for Supervisor for this Ensuing Year Jacob Smith
Chosen for Assessors this Ensuing Year Jesse mott &
Jerimi Bedell
Chosen for Constable & CoUecttor David Bedell
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 269
Chosen Aprisers of Entestate Estates Eich'd Bedell &
Ben : Lester
Chosen Commissioners for Laying Out and Eegulating
High "Ways this Ensuing Year John Dorland Joseph Mott
& Soloman Seamans
Chosen Serveyors or Overseers of the High Ways John
Seamans E^ichard Bedell Elias Dorland John Cornall John
Dingey Jacob Vail Jecobas Hegerman Eichard Mott Tim :
Smith Jonah fflower Eichard Thorne
Chosen Trustees John Dorland John Hall John Birdsall
and the Sanie Power Given to them that was ye Trustees
ye 3th Day. of October 1743
Chosen for Pounder Soloman Seaman Jun
Chosen for fence Veiwers John Smith and Eobert mar-
vin
Chosen for Town Clerk for this Ensuing Year Micah
Smith
and the Same Day ye Common Meadow at near Eocka-
way Were hired by ye trustees to Silas Smith for L 1 - 0 - 0
and the Common Meadow att hay Bridg to John Birdsall
L 0 - 10 - 0
Entered by order by Micah Smith Clerk
The Ear Mark Leffert Lefferts is A Nick under the of
Ear Nov :11th 1765
George Ludlow his Ear Mark is a Latch under the off
Ear & a half penny Each Side the Same & a half penny
under the Near Ear
Micajah Mott his Mark is a Latch under the off Ear & a
half penny Each Side the Near Ear & a Nick the fore side
the Same
William Johnson his Ear Mark is a Latch & Nick under
the off Ear & a Slitt in the Near Ear Dec 9th 1765
the Ear Mark of Jacob Underhill a Slope under the Near
Ear & two half pennys under the off Ear Dec 12 : 1765
270 HEMPSTEAD TOWN fiECORDS.
Page 106. '
Att a General Town Meetting held in Hempstead tlie tUrd
Day of April Anno Domini 1744 / .<
Then Was Chosen by Major Vote of ye Town, oflScers'to
Officiate for this Ensuing Tear
Jacob Smith' Chosen Supervisor •
David Bedell Constable and Collecttor
Jeremiah Bedell and Jesse : Mott Assessors
Commistioners of High Ways are John Dorlahd Jesse
Mott and Soloman Seamans
Eich'd Bedell and Ben : Lester of Intestate Estate
Suirveyors of High Ways are Jacob Seamans Eich'd Be-
dell Elias Dorland John Cornell Richard Post Jacob Vail
Jecobas Hegerman Koloof Schank Tim Smith Lander
Touilgs Jonah fHower Richard Thbrne
Trustees Are John Dorland John Birdsall & John Hall
ffence Veiwers Are Richard Williams and Silas Smith
Town Clerk Micah Smith
Towns pender CoUo' Treadwell
And att ye Same Town Meetting ye Trustees Gave Ac-
compt to ye Town of Bonds in theirs hands that Amounted
to two Hundread and thirty two pounds 3 s - 1 p.
Entered by order by Micah Smith
the Ear Mark of Thomas Prior is a SwoUow fork in Each
Ear & a half penny the fore Side the Near Ear & a half
penny the under Side the off Ear Dec 12 : 17!5b
The Ear Mark of Samuel Post son of Henry Post is a
half a flower DLuce the fore Side the Near Ear & a half
penny the fore Side the off Ear
The Ear Mark of John Laton is a Slitt in the Near Ear
& a half penny Each Side Each Ear it being the Mark that
Simon Losee Dec'd formerly Gave Enter'd 4th Feb 1766
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS, 271
The Ear Mark of Benjamin Everit is a half penny under
the off Ear & a half a flower DLnce under Each Ear Ent'd
Mar 11 1766
By Valentine H Petees Clerk
Page 107.
Att a Generall . Town Meetting held In hempstead ye
third Day of April one thousand Seven Hundread and forty,
five
■ then Was Chosen by ye Town, Town Officers for this
Ensuing Tear
Jacob Smith for Supervisor
David Bedell Constable & Collector
Jerimiah Bedell and Joseph Mott Assessors
John Dorland Joseph Mott & Soloman Seamans Com-
missioners for Laying out of High Ways
Benj. Lester & Eieh'd Bedell Aprisors of Intestate Es-
tates
Serveyors of ye High Ways Are Jacob Seamans Eieh'd
Bedell Elias Dorland John Cornell Richard Post Jonathan
Vail Jonah ^iflower Adam Mott thomas Dodge Caleb Morril
Timothy Sniith John Vail
Trustees, John Dorland John Birdsall and John Hall
ffence Veiwers, Jacob Vail and Eichard Williams
Town Clerk Micah Smith
Towns Pounder Collo' John Treadwell
The Day of General parting of our Sheep ye Last mun-
day of October
Att ye Same Town Meetting our Trustees gave An Ac-
count of ye Towns Money in their hands Which was : L
230 - s 05 - p 9. then Due to ye Town of Hempstead
Entered by Order by Me
Micah Smith Clerk
Att a Town Meetting Held in Hempstead ye 22th Day of
April 1745 Then itt wa^ Agreed by ye Majory of Votes
272 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
that, that thoses persons here After Named Are to Consult
and Conclude of Some Measures Conserning, of our plains
Either to have a Division or fencing, from other Towns, or
Some Measure that they may be of more profet to ye Own-
ers of them, then they have been or Are at present, and ye
persons or Committe Chosen are to make a report to ye
Town of their proseedings, by ye Majority on Munday ye
20fch of may att which time ye sd town Meeting Were
Ajoyned to a list of ye names of ye men Chosen John
Treadwell peter Titas Samuel "Willis Jacob Smith Richard
Thome Jacob Seamans John Linninton John Borland
Henry pearsall John foster Daniel Hulet Sam titas Jere-
miah Bedell Sam Southard, and the Above Said town
Meetting be Ajoyned to this Day four Weeks for ye Above
said men to Make a Report to ye town of their proseeding
Entered by order of Me
MicAH Smith Clerk
Page 108.
Propersitions and Measures Agreed on by ye Men Afore
Named or Committe Chosen
Whearas at A publick Town Meeting held at Hempstead
the 22th day of April one Thousand Seven Hundread and
forty five it was Agreed and Voted by ye Major Vote of ye
Inhabitants of the Town to Chuse a Committe to Consult
of Some Method Either to Make a Division of ye plain
Land Belonging to ye Town or to Consider of some Method
to ye taking up fenceing Improveing ye Same, and In per-
suance to ye Above Recited Order, We ye Subscribers Who
Are ye Committe Appointed for that purpose have Consid-
ered the Circumstances of ye Same
And It is our Judgment and Oppinion that is ye first
place that there be A Committe Chosen to Joyn in Convin-
tion with ye Ajacint Towns to Settle ye Limits Between us
and them
Secondly, that their be Due Care taken that there be
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 273
Suffieent. higli Ways Laid out A Cross to and fro In ye
plains to ye proper Conveniances of ye Inhabitants to pass
and Eepass
thirdly that all those former Devesions gifts grants and
hollows which Shall or Can be maid Appear by Eeacord
which has Been heretofore Laid out or granted Shall be
first deducted and then the Bemainder part to be Mesured
& Bulcked and .'a Computation of the Quantity Described
by the persons Deputed by the Town for that perpose and
that the Bxpence of the proseeding thus far be in Some
publick manner as the town Shall think most proper
forthly when a Computation is maid of the Quantity
Contained in ye Said plaines by the persons deputed that
their be a faire and Just division maid theirof to Every
Orriginal patten Eight to Every person that hath a Just
Right in or to the Same Provided that Each person Having
any Eight do pay his own petecular Charg in Laying his
Right out to the Most Convenancy not prejudicing his
Neighbours as may Be Judged by those persons deputed
to do the Same In Witness heirunto Wee have Set to our
hands this thirteenth day of may one thousand Seven hun-
dread & forty five
Henry ParsaU Peter Titus Richard Thorne
John Dorlon John Linniton Jeremiah Beadle
Samuel Titus Jacob Smith John Tredwell
Daniel Hewlett Samuel Willis John Foster
Samuel Southard
Entered & Compared with the Orriginal By
"Valentine H Petees Clerk
Page 109.
Hempstead Jenewary ye 21th Day 1745
Att A Town Meeting Held in Hempstead ye Said Day
then persuant to A Warrant given for a Town Meetting the
Said Day to Chuse A Committee to Joyn with Oysterbay in
Setlmg Our Line of Partition on ye plains, with A Commit-
274 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
tee Chose by Oysterbay for tliat purpose Itt was Voted
att ye Said Town Meetting, Jacob Smitli and Benjamin
Lester, Shall Meet and Joyn the Committee In order to
Settle Our partition Lines and fix Monaments
Entered By Order
MicAH Smith
This Instrument of Writing Testifieth that Whearas ye
proprietors of that part of the Great plaines Included
Within the patten and purchase of Eobert Williams Which
Borders upon the Town of Hempstead have Agreed to
Divide their Said plain Land and for the More Sure Effect-
ing of their Decesion Did Depute \t illiams Seaman and
Zebulon Seaman as a Commety to Capitulate With the
Town of hempstead Respecting, the Settlement of their
bounds Which Said Committy Applyed to the Said town to
Joyne in Conjuntion With them in that Respect pursuant
to the Said Application the Majestrates of hempstead or
Several of them Did Ishew out their. Warrents to Notifie
the proprietors and freeholders of the Said Town of hemp
stead to asemble themselves togather on the twenty first
Day of Janwary this present Year In Order to. Elect and
Impower a Commety in behalf of the town to Settle the
Bounders as aforesaid the Said properietors and freehold-
ers of hempstead being Mett and assembled at the time
appointed, Did by the Major Yoat Elect and Appoint Jacob
Smith & Benjamin Lester to Settle the Said bounds and
Erect Monuments there at as May Appear in and by the sd
hempstead town Records
Now Be it further Manifest that wee the two Respective
Committys In behalf of Each party did on the 24th of
the Month aforesaid Meet and agree to begin at a Large
Stone (Which wee have Caused to be brought and fixed
as a monument) at a place Commonly Called and Known
by the Name of Cantiague point it being the place as we
are of Opinion that Was formerly Agreed on as a bound-
er between the Town of Hempstead and Oysterbay and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 275
from the Said Stone we have Eun a South Line by a
Meridional Compass Varying by Computation from the Ar-
tick' 'pole about Six Degrees and one half "Westerly one
hundred and Seventeen Chaines and Seventeen Links to
the Midle of the Great plains Where "We have planted An-'
nother Large Stone for the Corner as a Monument to be a
perpetual Bounder and from the sd Stone "We have Eun a
Page 110.
Direct Line Dae Bast perpendicular or Squair "With the
North and South poles, to the Eastermost Extent of the
great plaines "Whear the Said Due East Line Cuts the East
"Woods at Which place Wee have Marked Several Trees to
be a Continual Bounder, and We the Said Jacob Smith
and Benjamin Lester in behalf of the Town of hempstead
on the one part and Williams Seaman and Zebulon Seaman
iu behalf of the proprietoi;s of the Williams purchase So
■ Called on the other part, do by "Virtue of the Authority
Comiriited Unto us Eespectively Covenant and' Agree that
the two Lines as above Said & the Monuments therein fix-
ed Shall Stand and Continue as a perpetual Bounds Be-
tweeut the Town of hempstead of the one part and the pat-
ten and purchase that Was formerly Maid by Eobert Wil-
liams of the Other party In Witness hereunto We have
Set to our hands and fixed our Seals this thirty first Day
of January Anno Domini Seventeen hiindread and forty
five Six '
Sealed and Delevered Jacob Smith (S)
in the presence of Benjamin Lestee (S)
John Hall' Williams Seaman (S)
SaIvison CeOokee ' Zebulon Seaman (S)
Petee "Vandeewatee
Enter'd & Compared with the Orriginal By
"Valentine H Petees
' ' Clerk
Wee Jdhn Willis, Patrick Mott & Jno' Williams Com-
misinors for Laying Out Highways iu the Township of
276 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Hempstead Do According to the power & Authority in us
Eesiding by Virtue of Several Late Acts of the General As-
sembly of the Colony of New York Survay & Lay out a
publick High Way in the town Spoot of Hempstead Be-
gining at the Brook by the North West Corner of Daniel
Ehoades fence as it Now Stands : to be the South Side
thereof and So to Run upon a strait Coarse As the Old
Cart path Goes unto the House of John Woods the Said
Highway wee Lay out four Rods Wide Witness our
Hands at Hempstead this first Day of July 1761
John Willis
Pateick- Mott
John Williams
Entr'd & Compar'd With ye Orriginal by
Valentine H Petees Clerk
Page 111.
The Petition of Sundry freeholders Inhabitants of the
township of Hempstead whose Names are hereunto Sub-
scribed to the Commisioners for Laying out Highways in
the township of Hempstead Humbly Sheweth that Whear-
as theire is a Highway Laid out from the town of Hemp-
stead a Croos the Plains to Richard Williams and part of
the Way Runing through the Inclosed Land of Jeremiah
Beadle Juner and that Wee Conceive the Road would be
more Convenient for Travilers And the Inhabitants of the
Said Township to be Altered So as to Run on the West
Side of the Said Jeremiah Beadles Lott where the path
now Runs wee therefore pray that you would take a Vew of
the Said Road and if you Judge proper to alter the Same
Accordingly
Jonah Valentine Henry Valentine Timothy ^.mith
Hendrick Onder- Jacob Valentine Daniel Searing
donck Jacob Searing Jonathan Searing
James Hewlett Samuel Searing Benjamin Akely
Samuel Titus John Searing
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 277
Wee Patrick Mott and John Williams two of the Com-
misioners for Laying out Highways in the Township of
Hempstead have taken a Vew of the Within Mentioned
Highway and have Altered the Same According to the Be-
quest of the Within Mentioned Petition Witness our
hands this 10th Day of June 1761
Patrick Mott
John Williams
Entr'd & Compar'd With the Orriginal By
Valentine H Peters Clerk
Page 112.
To all Christian people to whom theses may Come Greet-
ing Know yea that I Jacob Hicks of Hempstead In
Queens County on Nassaw Island and In ye province of
new York Esq : for and in Consideration of the Love Good
wiU and Affection which I have & Do bear towards my
Well beloved Son John Hicks, of ye Same place Do fully
freely and Absolutely give and grant Unto him my sd Son
John Above Mentioned A Certain persall of Land and
Ground Scituate Being and Lying In the township of
Hempstead Above Said part theirof being In a Neck
Called Long Neck, Bounded as foUoweth Viz, on ye West
Side begining att a place Called the Cloe hole by ye Eoad
that Leads to Eockaway So Euaning Southarly a long
Where ye fence now stands on ye West Side ye path that
Leads Down to ye Said Neck Called Long Neck XJntill itt
Comes' near ye head of a Little Swamp : then taking a
Eange of marked trees on ye East Side' of ye Said path
Untill itt Comes Unto a Brush fence : then keeping the Said
Brush fence Untill itt Comes to a fence that Leads A Cross
ye neck then keeping that fence A few Eods Untill itt
Comes to a three Eail feoce Which is my Soa Jacobs East
Bounds, keeping ye Said Eailed fence Untill itt Come to a
Barrack then keeping a Eange of Stakes Untill itt Comes
to ye head of a Ditch then Easterly as ye Ditch Euns Untill
itt Comes to ye head of a Crick then keeping ye main
278 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Creek as itt Buns Untill itt Comes to a three Bailed fence
Called ye black berry place then keeping that three Baild
fence Untill it Conies to a place Called the horse Brook
then keeping the Said Brook Untill itt Comes to ye Orchard
fence, then keeping ye fence on ye East Side ye Orchard
Untill it Comes to Burying place, then keeping the Bange
of Stakes untill it Comes to ye North East Corner of the
Smoak house, and from thence to ye high Way that Leads
to Bockaway : and thence along ye Said high Way to the
Where first begun : All within Said Bounds be it in Num-
ber of Acre as itt Shall be found with Houses Baji'ns
Orchards fences Wood Under Woods, and all Apertenances
priviledges and Commodytys to ye " Same belonging to him
ye sd John Hick his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, Absolute-
ly Excepting A high Way or Libirty for my Son Tho :
Hicks his Heirs and Assigns to pass and Bepass to ye
point Where ye way now goes I also Give to my Son John
one Equal third part of ye Beach Called Long Neck Beach,
with an Equal third part of my Lands Lying >' on ye North
Side of ye afore Said Bockaway Boad on Bockaway Neck
with an Equal third part of all my paitent Bight In ye sd
town of Hempstead with ye Sixth part of my Bight on
hempstead plains but ye Bemain'g part of my Land Lying
between ye Swamps I Beserve to my Self WittnesS my
hand Aprill the third Day 1735
Page 113.
, Signed Sealed and Diljverd
In presence of Jacob Hicks (S) "
Benjamin Hicks
John Mott
Queens County Sililisus february , Seventeen Hundread
thirty Eight, nine then Came ye Withiu Nained Jacob
Hicks Esqr before Me Tho : Hicks one of ye Judges of ye
Court of Common Pleas and Acknowledged this. Within
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 279
Written Instrument to be his own Volantary Act and Deed
and finding no Interlination nor Eaizors Do order this
Deed to be Recorded
T. Hicks
A true Copy taken out of the Original and Compared by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
To Whome these presents may Come greeting know ye
that I George Balding of Hempstead in Queens County in
the Pro-vince of New York on Nausaw Island have for and
in Consideration of the Just & full Sum of Five Pounds
Six-teen Shillings Current LawfuU Money of New York to
me in hand Paid by Isaac Underbill of Oysterbay in the
Same Caunty and province have given Granted bargained
Sold Conveyed and Confirmed and do by these Presents
fully freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell Convey
and Confirm all that three Shillings Patten Wright to be
taken up in the Great Plains and in Marshes or Meadow in
the bounds or Township of- Hempstead or beach unto him
the said Isaac Underbill or to his Heirs Ex's Admr's or
Assigns forever unto him and their only Proper benifitt
and behoof all Which said three Shillings Wright Shall
Comprehend in great Plains marsh and Meadow and Beach
with all and Singular Appurtenances and Every Part and
Parcell thereof unto him the Said Isaac Underbill his Heirs
Ex's Admr's and Assigns and Every of them forever and
that the Same is Clear and free from all and all Manner of
Page 114.
former gifts grants or incumbrances Whatsoever Which
Said Patent Wright was given to me by my father Ezekiel
Balding which he bought of Able Smith and by Deed &
Will may Appear & further the Said George Balding do by
Virtue of these presents bind my self my Heirs Ex's Admr's
^nd Bypry of them firmly by these Presents unto the Said
Isaac Underbill or to his Certain Attorney Heirs Ex's and
Admr's and Assigns the Said three Shillings in form and
280 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Manner as Above sd and further that the Said Isaac Un-
derhill or his Heirs Ex's Admr's may forever use the Same
hereafter have hold and forever Injoy the Said three Shill-
ings Patten and I the Said George Balding do bind my
. Self my Heirs Ex's And Admr's and Every of them to War-
rant and Defend the Said three Shillings Patten against
any Lawfull Claim of any Person or persons Whatsoever
Claiming any Part thereof as Witness my hand and Seal
this Eighteenth Day of August in the Year Seventeen Hun-
dred & Sixty Two
Signed Sealed and Delivered his
in the Presents off Geoegb :0: Balding (S)
John Denton Mark
John Smith
Queens County ss. On the first day of November one
thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Two Personally Ap-
peared before me Valentine H Peters one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas for the Said County the Within
Named George Balding & Acknowledged this Instrument
as his Vollentary Act and Deed which having Examined I
allow to be recorded
Valentine H Petees
Entr'd & Compar'd With the Orriginal by
Valentine H Petees Clerk
Page 115.
To all Christian People to whome theses presents Shall
Come Greetting Know Yea that I James Smith & Mary his
Wife of Hempstead In Queens County In ye province of
new York for and In Consideration of ye Sum of three
Hundread pounds Currant Lawfull Money of ye province
Above Said, to me In hand paid before the Ensealing &
Delivery here of by Uriah Piatt of ye town County and
province above Said the Eeceipt Whereof I do hereby Ac-
knowledge and my self here With fully Satisfied and Con-
tented & thereof and of Every part and percell thereof Do
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 281
Exonerate and Discharge ye Said Uriah Piatt his Heirs
Executors Admrs for Ever By theses Presents Have Giv-
en Granted Bargained Sold AUianed Conveyed and Con-
firmed and by theses presents Do freely fully and absolute-
ly give Grant bargain Sell Allien Convey and Confirm Unto
ye sd UriaL Piatt his Heirs and Assigns for Ever one Cer-
tain Messuage and tract or tracts of Land Scituate Lying
and Being In ye Bounds of^Hempstead In ye North Woods
Near Herricks Begining att a Certain Stake by ye Corner
of ye fence In ye pertition between ye sd Joseph Smith and .
ye sd James Smith, Euning th&nce South ffifty four Rods
and a half by ye Land that was Dirfeys to ye highway that
Leads from Suckses to Herricks thence Runing South Eighty
five Degrees East one Hundread and one Rods, by ye sd
High Way thence runing north two Degrees West Seventy
seven Rods and twenty Links by a high Way that Leads to
Joseph Smiths Runing thence North Seventy two Degrees,
West Seventeen Rods to another Stake In ye Corner of ye
partition fence between Joseph & James thence as ye fence
Runs South Seventy Six Degrees West Eighty two Rod
and half, to ye Stake wee first begun att, Containing forty
one Acres and a hundread and fifty Square Rods and also a
Certain peice of wood Land, being Butted and Bounded as
followeth Viz Begining att a Stake Standing by ye High
Way In ye fence that now parts ye sd Joseph Smiths Clear
Land from ye Wood Land Runing thence north one degree
East twenty two Rods, Euning thence north twenty five
Degrees West fifteen Rod thence Runing north twelve De-
grees East fifteen Rod thence South Eighty five "Degrees
west twenty and a half Rod by ye Land of Joseph Smith
thence South three Degrees West thirty nine Rods By a
Range of marked Saplings to a Certain marked Bnrch tree
Stand In ye Said Josephs fence, thence Runing East as je
fence Now Stands to place we first begun att Containing
Page 116.
Six Acres and ten Square Rods And a house Barn and Or-
chard Containing About twelve Acres Scituate on ye East
282 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Side of ye Eoad that Leads from Uriali Plats to JosepH
Sndiths, Butted and Bounded Viz Begining Southerly by ye
High Way, and Westerly by ye sd High Way, and north
by ye High Way that Leads from Herricks to Joseph
Smiths and East by Land of Uriah Piatt, the whole Con-
taining Sixty Acres of Land More or Less To gather with
ye houses Barns Stables out houses Orchards Gardens, To
have and to hold the Said granted and Bargained premises
with ye Appertenances priviledges and Gdmmoditys to ye
Same belonging or In any Wise Appertaining to him ye
Said Uriah Piatt his Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and
their only proper Use Benifet and behoof forever, and I ye
sd James Smith for me my heirs Bxetors & admrs : Do
Covenant promise and Grant to and with Uriah Piatt his
Heirs and Assigns that before ye Ensealing hereof I am
the true Sole and Lawfull Oner of the above Bargained
premises and Lawfully Seized and Possessed of ye Same In
mine own proper Eight as a good and perfect and Absolute
Estate of Inheritance and have In my Self Good Eight full
power and Lawful Athority to Grant Bargain Sell Convey
and Confirm the Said Bargained premises In Manner
Above Said and that ye Said Uriah Piatt his Heirs and
Assigns Shall and May from time to time and att all times
for Ever hereafter by Virtue of theses presents Lawfully
and peacably & Quietly have hold Use Occupy posess and
Enjoy the Said Demised and Bargained with Apertenances
free and Clear freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and
Discharged of and from all and all of formet Gifts Grants
Bargairte Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures
Dowers Judgments Executions Incumberrances and troubles
Whatsoever and I ye sd James Smith and Mary his Wife
Do further Covenant and Bind our Selves our Heirs Exe-
tors & admrs firmly by theses Presents to warrant and
Defend ye Said Uriah Piatt his Heirs and Assigns In
Quiet and peacable possestion of all and Singular ye Said
Granted premises Against any Just and Lawful Claim of
any person or persons Whatsoever In Wittness Whereof
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 283
Wee ye sd James Smith and Mary Smith Have hereunto
sett our hands and Seals this Bight Day of february and In
ye Year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven & forty
two
Signed Sealed and Delivered jAiffES Smith (S)
In presence of her
MiCAH Smith Mary :M: Smith (S)
Thomas Applela Mark
Page 117.
Queens County the Eight Day of february Anno Domini
1742 -then Personally Appeared the Within Named James
Smith before Micah Smith one of his Majestys Justices of
Peace for Queens County and Acknowledged this Within
Written to be his Volantary Act and Deed
Micah Smith
A true Copy taken' out of ye original and Compared by
Micah Smith Clerk
To all Christien People to Whome theses presents shaU
Come, Greetting Know yee that I Martine Willsey of
Hempstead In Queens County In ye province of New York
for and In Consideration of ye Sum of Seven Hundread
pound Currant Lawful Money of the province Above Said
to me In hand Paid before the Ensealing and Delivery
hereof by James Smith of ye Same place the Receipt
whereof I dso hereby Acknowledge and my Self herewith
fully Satisfied and Contented and thereof and of Every
part and parcel thereof Do Exonerate Acquit and Dis-
charge ye Said James Smith his Heirs Executors Adnirs
for Ever by theses presents Have Given granted Bargained
Sold Elianated Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses
presents , Do fully freely and Absolutely ^ive Grant Bar'
gain Sell Allien Convey and Confirm Unto ye Said James
Smith his Heirs & Assigns for Ever one Certain Messuage
or tract of Land Scituate Lying and being In the Bounds
of Hempstead Att a Place Called Sucksess Near ye Great
284 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS.
Pond Butted and Bounded Viz Begining att ye North-
west Corner of ye sd tract, near ye Gate of Isaac Hick by
the Eoad that Leads to Madnans Neck from ye plains and
Southerly Along by ye High Way Untill itt Comes to a
Gate or Eoad that Leads from that said Eoad to tanners
Pond Soe Along that sd Eoad Easterly till itt Comes to ye
Land of Eichard Cornall thence Northerly A Long ye Land
of Eichard Cornall till itt Come to a Division Fence Be-
tween ye said Eichard Cornell and the Land of Martine
Wilsey thence Easterly Along ye Land of Eichaird Cornell
by a Line of Marked trees till itt Comes to a Black Oak
tree Marked With N. E. S. thence Westerly to a Sertain
tree Marked N. E. S. thence Westerly By a Line of marked
trees as itt Was Eun by the trustees formerly thence
Northly till itt Meets tyces feild or to a Certain High Way
that Leads from Cowneok to Madnans Neck Eoad ye first
place of Begining att ye norwest Corner Westerly by ye
high Way that Leads from ye plains to madnans Neck
Southerly by a high Way that Leads from ye Neck Eoad
to tanners pond Easterly by Eichard Cornells Land, and
Northerly by Cowneck Eoad that Leads to ye above Said
Madnans Neck Eoad To Have and to Hold ye Said Grant-
Pagb 118.
ed and Bargained premises with all ye Appertenances
priviledges their Unto belonging . or In Any Wise Apper-
taining Excepting ye Church and Land ye Church hath In
fence about itt Which belongs to ye Congregation of ye
Dutch People and Excepting ye Burying place on ye sd
farm to him ye sd James Smith his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever, and also A Certain Lott of Salt Meadow Scituate
Lying and being on ye South side of Hempstead att a
place Called Hungry harbour Neck and is Butted and
bounded As foUoweth Viz Southerly by a Lott of Jonah
flower and northerly by ye Same lott, thence Easterly by
Major Martins and Palhemises Lott to„a Black Oak Stake
att ye East Corner thence Eiining Southerly to a Stake by
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS. 285
Motts Creek, to have and to hold ye Said Granted and
Bargained Premises With all ye Apertenances previledges
and Commoditys their Unto belongiug with a Whitning
Yard ye West Side of ye Road by ye pond with a Smoak
house In ye Said Yard and my Dwelling Houses With out
Houses and Barns Stables Orchards Gardens Meadows
Pasture Ground Advantages Ways Easments Emoloments
or profets Arising or belonging or apertaining to ye Above
Said farm or tract of Land Which Contains one Hundread
and fifty Acres more or Less, and all my Patent Eight that
is not taken up as Yet and I ye Said Martine Wilsey for
me my Heirs Executors Administrators Do Covenant
promise and Grant to and with ye Said James Smith his
Heirs and Assigns forever that before the Ensealing hereof
I am the true Sole and Lawfull oner of ye Above Said
Granted and Bargained premises and am Lawfully Seized
and possessed of the Same in my- proper Right As A Good
perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance and have In my
Self Good Right full Power and Lawfull Athority to Grant
Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm ye sd Bargained premi-
ses In Manner Above said and that ye said James Smith
his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may from time to time and
att aU times for Ever here after by Virtue of theses Pres-
ents Lawfully peacably and Quietly have Hold Use Occu-
py possess and Enjoy ye Said Demised and Bargained
j)remises with the Appertenances free and Clear freely and
Clearly Acquited and Discharged of and from all and all
manner of former Gifts grants Bargains Sales Incumbran-
ces and troubles Whatsoever and I ye Said Martine Will-
sey Do freely Covenant and Bind my Self my Heirs Exe-
tors firmly by theses presents to Warrant and Defend ye
Said James Smith his Heirs and Assigns In Quiet and
peacable possestion of all and Singular ye Said Granted
Page 119.
premises Against any Just and Lawfull Claim of Any per-
son or persons Whatsoever In Wittness whereof I ye Said
286 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
Martine Wiltsey liave here Unto • Set my hand and Seal
this Eight Day of february In ye Year of our Lord Christ-
one. Thousand Seven hundread forty one-two
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of ' Marten Willsee (S)"
Uriah Platt
MicAH Smith
Queens County february ye Eight Day anno Domini
1742 then personally Apeared ye Within Named Martin
Wilsey before Me Mioah Smith one of his Majestys Justi-
ces of ye Peace for ye said County and Did Acknowledge
this Within Written Instrument to be his Volantary Act
and Deed
Migah Smith
A true Copy taken out of ye original and Compared by
Me ■
]y[icAH Smith Clerk
This Indenture made this tenth Day. of October In the
Year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundread
thirty five : Between Abel Smith of Hempstead In Queens
County on Long Island In the province of new York of ye
one part and John Searing Juner of ye Same place Yeaman
of the other p9,rt Wituesseth that the Said Abel Smith for
and In Consideration of the Sum of four Hundread and
twelve Pounds ten Shillings Currant Money of New York
to him in hand paid beiore ye Enseahng and Delivery of
theses Presents by ye afore Said John Searing the Receipt
Whereof I do Acknowledge my Self there with fully Satis-
fied Contented and paid and theirof and of Every part ,and
percel theirof Do Exonerate Aquit and Discharge the 'Said
John Searing his Heirs Executors and admrs forever by-
theses presents have given granted Bargained Sold Aliana-
ted Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses presents Do
freely fully and Absolutely give Grant Bargain Sell Alien
Convey and Confirm Unto ye sd John Searing his Heirs
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 287.
and Assigns for Ever One Certain messuage and tract of
Land scituate Lying and being In ye Bounds of Hemp-
stead in Queens, County afore Said on ye North Side of ye
plains Butted and Bounded as follows, Be.gining.att a
Chesnut .Stak then EuUing Easterly by^ James pines thomas,
Williams Land fifty Eod to a Walnut Sapling Marked four
Sides thence Buning Southerly by a Streit By Jonathan
Page 120.
Vallantines Land thence Southerly and westerly as the
fence now Stands by Jonathan Searing and John .Searings
Laiid to a post in by a Certain High Way theses Buning
Northerly by Said High Way forty two Chain and Eighty
eight Links to ye first Bounds Containing in ye afore Said
Bounds fifty Nine Acres and ninteen Bods and Likewise
one other peice Butted and Bounded as foUoweth Begin-
ing att a White Oak tree by ye afore Said high Way thence
Buning Northard by sd high Way twenty five Chain and
Seventy five Links to a Walnut Bush marked on two Sides
thence Buning Westerly by Joseph Motts Land thirty two
Chain and Sixty five Links to a Chestnut Stake thence
Soiitherly by James Searings Land fifteen Chain and twen-
ty Links to A Stake in ye Corner of ye fence thence East-
erly by said fence now Stands by James Searings Land to,
ye Corner of ye fence thence Southerly by Said James'
Searings and John Searings Land forteen Chain and forty
five Links to the Corner of ye fence thence Easterly by sd
John Searings Land Eight Chain and twenty five Links to
ye first Bounds Containing "in ye afore sd Bounds fifty one
Acres and thirteen Bods Making in the Whole one Hun-
dread and ten Acres and thirty two Bods To have and to
hold the granted and Bargained premises with all the ap-
purtenance priviledges and Commoditys to Same belonging
or in any Wise appertaining, to him ye Said John Searing
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and their only proper
Use Benif et and behoof for Ever and I ye Said Abel Smith
288 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
for me my Heirs Executors and Admrs Do Covenant prom-
ise and Grant to and With ye sd John Searing his Heirs
and Assigns that before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye true
Sole and Lawful oner of the above Bargained premises and
am Lawfully Seized and possessed of ye in mine own pro-
per Eight as a Good perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheri-
tance and have in my Self good Eight fuU power and Law-
full Athority to grant Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm
the Said granted and Bargained premises in manner afore-
said and the sd John Searing his Heirs and Assigns Shall
and may from time to time and att all times for Ever here
after by Virtue of theses presents Lawfully peasably and
Quietly have hold Use Occupy and possess and Injoy ye
Said Devised and Bargained with all ye apertenances free
& Clear freely and Clearly Acquitted Exonerated and Dis-
charged of and from all and all manner of former Gifts
grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entailes
Joyntures dowers Judgments Executions ineumberances
and troubles Whatsoever and I ye Said abel Smith Do fur-
Page 121.
ther Covenant And Bind my Self my heirs Executors and
Administrators firmly by theses presents to Warrant and
Defend the sd John Searing his Heirs and Assigns In
Quiet and peasable possestion of all and Singular ye sd
Granted premises against any Just and Lawful Claim of
Any person or persons What Soever in Witness Whereof
togather With ye Consent and Good Liking of my Loviag
Wife Euth Smith Wee have Unto Set our hands and fixt
our Seals ye Day and Tear Above Written
Joseph Mott Abel Smith (S)
Daniel Seaeing Euth Smith (S)
Samuel Seaeing
Queens County Memerandum february ye 17 Day 1741-2
then personally apeared the Within Named Samuel Sear-
ing one of ye Witnesses of this Within Instruinent before
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOKDS. 289
Me Micah Smith one of his Majestys of ye peace for
Queens County and Did Declare on ye holy Avangalist that
he See ye Within Named Abel Smith and Euth his Wife
Acknowledge this Within Written Deed or Instrument to
be their Volantary Act and Deed and In presence of Joseph
mott and Daniel Searing two of ye witnesses to this With-
in Written Instrument
Micah Smith
A true Copy taken and Compared With ye original by
me Micah Smith Clerk
The Ear. Mark of Eichard Wiggens is a Slope under
Bach Ear and two half pennys the fore Side the near Ear
June 25th 1766
The Ear Mark pf Peter Muttee is a Slope under the off
Ear & a hole in the Near Ear it being the Mark that Greo :
Peters formerly Gave Enter'd June 27 : 1766
The Ear Mark of Timothy Titus is a Slitt in the off Ear
& a half penny the fore Side the Same & a Crop in the
Near Ear Obr 18th 1766
The Ear Mark of John Willis Son of Sam Willis is a
Latch the fore Side the off Ear & a half penny under Side
the Same Ear & a half penny under the Near Ear & a hole
in the Same Nov 4th 1766
the Ear Mark of John Peters Jr Son of Dr peters is a
Slope under the Near Ear & a Slitt in the off Ear & a half
penny under the Same Enter'd Dec 1 1766
Page 122.
This Indenture Made this Thirtieth Day of December In
the Year of Our Lord Christ Seventeen Hundred and For-
ty by and Between Eichard Williams of the Township of
Hempstead In Qrieens County on Nasaw Island Black
Smith of the one Party and John Searin of the Town Coun-
ty and Island Aforesaid Weaver of the other Party Wit-
nesseth that whereas Thomas Williams Marriner Brother
to the sd Eichard Williams did on the 22d Day of August _
Last Constitute and Surrogate His Brother ye Sd Eichard
290 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOBDS.
To be his tinae and Lawful Attorney And in his Name and
for his use to Sell and dispose of his Land &c In the Town-
ship And to Give and to pass a Lawful! Deed of Convey-
ance for the Same Eelation there to Being had May more
fully Appear Which Sd power of Attorney Being Attested
to by the Sd Thomas Williams as his Voluntary Act and
Deed on ye 25th of the Above Cited Month of August Last
past Before Henry Pearsall Esqr One of His Majesties
Justices of the peace for Queens County Assigned Now
Know ye that I the Sd Richard Williams Subsequent to
the Sd power of Attorney And In Behalf of my Said
Brother Thomas Williams As well as in part of my own
-Right title And property for and in the Consideration of
the full and Just sum of Two Hundred and Twenty three
pounds Eighteen Shillings and five pence of good Currant
and LawfuU Money of the Province of New York to me in
hand paid or Secured to be paid by the Sd John Searing
Before Ensealing and Delivery hereof the Receipt Whereof
I the Said Richard Williams Do Acknowledge and my self
therewith fully Satisfied Contented And paid and of Every
part and percel thereof Do Acquit Exonerate and fully dis-
charge Him the Sd John Searing his Heirs Executors And
Administrators And Every of them for ever by these pres -
ents And for Other Good Causes And Considerations Me
Espesially Moving Hath Given Granted Bargained Sold
Aliened Enfeofed Assured Conveyed and Confirmed And
by these presents Do fully freely Clearly and Absolutely
Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfeoff Assure Ratefie Con-
vey and Confirm Unto him the Sd John Searing his Heirs
and Assigns forever All that of one Certain Tract or peice of
Land Situated Lying And Being Near Herricks within th e
patent and Township of Hempstead Aforesaid Containing
fifty Nine Acres one half and Thirty four Square Rods : Wher-
Page 123.
of forty nine Acres And eight Square Rods is on my Brother
Thomas Williams his right And Ten Acres one half and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOKDS. 291
Twenty Six Sq'r Eods the Eesidue Being upon my own Eight
the Bounds of the Whole is as f oUoweth Begining In A Cer-
tain Swamp or hole of water in a Cleared field About the
Middle of the Swamp And so Extending from ye Middle of
the Said Swamp North Nine Degrees and one half East
forty Six Eods thence East one third of a Degree South
forty Seven Eods to the Eoad thence North one half a
Degree East by the Sd Eoad fifty four Eods thence South
Eighty two Degrees and one half West one Hundred And
Eight Eods thence South two Degrees West one hundred
And thirty Eight Eods thence N orth Eighty Six Degrees
Bast thirty Six Eods then North two Degrees East About
forty Two rods thence North Sixty nine Degrees and One
Half East About twenty Eods and one Half to the Middle
of the Swamp At the first begining Bounded on the West
by Eiohard Seamans his Land And on ye North part by ye
Sd Seamans his Land And Part by ye Sd John Searings
Land on the East partly by ye Sd Eoad that Leads from
Searings to the Hills and partly by the Said Eichard Wil-
liams his Land And on the South partly by ye Sd Eichard
Williams And partly by John williams his Land or howso-
ever Otherwise Bounded or Eeputed to be Bounded to-
gether with all the Timber Trees Woods fences fields pas-
tures Waters or Whatsoever Else belonging to the Same
that Can be Deemed or Constined to be a part parcel or
Member thereof with all, the Eeversions and Eemainders
thereof To Have And to hold the Granted And Bargained
peice with all the Apperteaances Hereditements And Ad-
vantages Belonging to the Same unto him ye Sd John
Searing His Heirs And Assigns forever to his and their
own Sole and proper Use Benefit And Behoof from hence
forth and forever And I ye Sd Eichard Williams Do de-
clare that I have in my self full power Good "Eight And
LawfuU Authority To Sell Give grant And Convey And
Confirm the Afore demised premises in Manner as Afore
Sd And that he the Sd Eichard Williams And His Brother
Thomas Williams Was Before the Ensealing And Delivery
292 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
hereof the True Sole and Lawfnll Owners of ye Sd Demised
premises And was Lawfully Seized And possessed thereof
in their own proper Eights of a Good perfect And Absolute
Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple And that the Sd John
Searing his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may by force and
Virtue of these presents Lawfully Quietly And Peaceably
Have hold Use Occupy Command Enjoy And possess the
Above Demised premises with ye Appertainces free And
Page 124.
Clear and freely And Clearly Acquited Exonerated and
Discharged of and from All and All manner of former and
Other gifts Grants Bargains Sales Mortgages Joyntures
Dowries Judgments and of And from all Other Titles
Troubles And Incumbrances Whatsoever* And furthermore
I ye Sd Eichard Williams (By And through ye power and
Authority Eeposed in me by Virtue of ye Sd power of At-
torney as well as for My Own Eight And Interest in the
premises) I do Covenant Bind and Oblige my self my Heirs
Executors and Administrators To Warrant Secure And De-
fend the Above Demised premises with ye Appurtanances
unto him ye Sd John Searin his Heirs And Assigns forever
Against ye Lawful Claims and Demands of All Persons
Whomsoever : And Furthermore I Elizabeth Williams Wife
of him ye Sd Eichard Williams and I Sarah Williams Wife
of him ye Above Sd Thomas Williams Do for our selves
And Each of us Give Grant And Surrender up All our
Eights of Dowry in the Above Sd Lands And Appurtanan-
ces unto ye Sd John Searing his Heirs And Assigns forever
In Witness Hereunto We have Set to our hands And fixed
our Seals ye Day And date Above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In The presents of Eichabd Williams (S)
John Hicks her
Jacob Haight Elizabeth : X : Williams (S)
Benjamin Hicks Mark
Sarah Williams (S)
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 293
Queens County The 17th Day of february annoq Domo-
ni 1741-2 then personaly Appeared the Within Named
John Hicks one of the Witnessess of this within written In-
strument And did Solemnly Sincerely And truly Declare
before me Micah Smith one of his Majesties Justices of ye
peace for ye 8d County that he See ye within Named Eich-
ard Williams And Elizabeth his wife And Sarah ye Wife of
Thomas Williams Acknowledge this within written Instru-
ment to be their Voluntary Act And Deed And In presents
of Jacob Height And Benjamin Hicks Witneses to this
Within Written Instrument
Page 125.
To all People to whom these presents Shall Come Greet-
ing Know ye that I Joseph Latham of Cow Neck in ye
Bounds of Hempstead in Queens County on Nasaw Island
& in ye Province of New York Shipwright for and in Con-
sideration of the Sum of Six pounds Currant Lawful Money
of New York to me in hand paid before ye Ensealing and
Delivery of these presents by Samuel Willis of Jerico And
Thomas Pearsall Junr of Cedar Swamp Both in the town-
ship of Oysterbay & in ye County & Island And Province
Abovesaid Yeomen the Receipt whereof I ye Sd Joseph
Latham Do hereby Acknowledge Myself to be fully Satis-
fied And paid of Every part And parcel thereof I do Ex-
onerate Acquit And fully Discharge ye sd Samuel Willis &
Thomas Pearsall their Heirs Executors & Administrators
forever by these presents I have Given Granted Bargained
Sold Allienated Conveyed And Confirmed by These pre-
sents unto the Sd Samuel Willis & Thomas Pearsall their
Heirs And Assigns Forever One Certain Small peice of
Land Scituate Lying And Being upon Cow Neck Above Sd
on ye North Side of ye Highway that Leads A Cross ye
Neck where ye Meeting House of Ereinds Now Stands ye
first Bounder Begins at the Southwest Corner of ye Above
Sd peice of Land Begining at ye High Way & Near or by
the Fence as it Now Stands from thence to Eange North 7
294 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
Degrees "West Eleven Eods & nine Links of Chain thence
East one Degree South tenn Eods & five Links of Chain
thence South Six Degrees East ten Eods & Seventeen
Links of Chain thence "Westwardly by the highway yt
Leads A Cross the Neck to the first Bounder Containing
half Acre And About Nineteen Square Eods of Ground In-
cluding the Meting house And Stables Being Bounded on
ye West North And Bast by Nathaniel Pearsalls Land And
on the South by ye Above Sd highway & is Bounded Near
As ye Fence now stands they the Sd Samuel Willis &
Thomas Pearsall Jr To Have and to hold the Sd Granted
And Bargained premises with all ye Appertanances privi-
ledges & Commodities to ye Same Belonging to them ye Sd
Samuel Willis & Thomas Pearsall their Heirs & Assigns
forever to their Only proper Use Benefit and behoof for-
ever And I ye Sd Joseph Latham Doth for me my self my
Heirs Exeor's Admr's Do Covenant Grant And Agree to &
Page 126.
with ye Sd Samuel Willis and Thomas Pearsall Junr their
Heirs And Assigns that I am Lawfully Seized of ye Above
Bargained premises And Have in my self Good Eight full
power And Lawful Authority to Grant Bargain Sell ye Bar-
gained premises As Above Said And that the Said Samuel
Wilhs & Thomas Pearsall their Heirs And Assigns Shall &
may from henceforth forever Hereafter By Vertue of these
presents Lawfully peaceably And Quietly Have hold Use
possess And Enjoy ye Sd Bargained premises with ye Ap-
purtanances free and Clearly Acquited Discharged from all
former Gifts Grants Bargains Sails Leases Mortgagues
Wills Leases or Any Incumbrances whatsoever And I the
Sd Joseph Latham Do further Covenant and bind my self
my Heirs Executors And Admrs firmly by these presents
to warrant And Defend to ye Sd Samuel Willis & Thomas
Pearsall their heirs And Assigns In Quiet And Peaseable
possession of All and Singular ye Sd Granted premises
Against ye Just And Lawful Claims by or under me or Any
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOKDS. 295
that Shall Claim under me In Wtiness whereof I ye Sd
Joseph Latham have hereunto Set my hand And Affixed
to my Seal this First Day of ye Eleventh Month Called
Jenuary In ye Year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Sev-
en hundred and thirty Six-Seven
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the Presents of Joseph Latham (S)
Sam: Undekhill
William Latham
Memorandum That on ye 27th Day of March Annoq
Domoni 1742 That Samuel Underhill one of the Witneses
to ye Within Written Deed of Conveyance Came personaly
before Me David Seamans Bsqr One of the Judges of ye
Court of Common pleas for Queens County Assigned And
on his Solomn Affirmation Declared that he saw ye Within
Grantor (Viz) Joseph Latham Execute ye Within Written
Deed of Conveyance Which having Examined I allow to be
Entred On Record
David Seamans
Page 127.
To all Christian People to whom theses presents Shall
Come Greeting Know Yea that I Thomas Townsend of
Hempstead in Queens County in ye province of New York
on ye Island of Nassaw Yeaman for and In Consideration
of ye Sum of Sixty two pound ten Shillings to me in hand
paid before ye Ensealing and Delivery hereof by Epheraim
Vallantine Junr of the Same place town County and prov-
ince ye Receipt Whereof I do here by Acknowledge and my
Self their with fully Satisfied and Contented and theirof
and of Every part and percel thereof Do Exonerate Aquit
and Discharge ye Said Epheraim Vallantine his Heirs Ex-
tors and Admrs for ever by theses presents have given
igranted bargained Sold Allianated Conveyed and Confirm-
ed and by theses presents Do freely fully and Absolutely
give grant Bargain Sell Allien Convey and Confirm Unto
296 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
the said Epheraim Vallantine his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever one Certain peice of Land Containing twenty five
Acres Lying in Hempstead in ye North Side on ye North
Side of Peter Titases Land and East of Epheraim Vallan-
tine Land West of John Townsend Land, the Sowest Cor-
ner begins att a White Oak Tree that Stands in a hollow,
and Enns East thirty Six Eods and Eighteen Links then
North a hundread and nine Eods, to Have and to Hold ye
granted and Bargained premises with all the Appertenan-
ces priviledges & Commoditys to ye Same belonging or in
any Wise apertaining to him ye Said Epheraim Vallantine
his Heirs and Assigns forever to his and their only proper
Use Benifet and Behoof forever, and I ye Said Thomas
Townsend for me my heirs Executors Admrs Do Covenant
promise and Grant to and With ye Said Epheraim Vallan-
tine his Heirs and Assigns that before ye Ensealing Herer
of I am ye true Sole and Lawfull oner of ye above Bar-
gained Premises and am Lawfully Seized and possessed of
ye Same in mine own proper Eight as a Good and perfect
and absolute Estate of Inheritance and have in my Self
good Eight full power and LawfuU Athority to grant Bar-
gain Sell Convey and Confirm ye Bargained premises in
Manner Above Said and that ye Said Epheraim Vallantine
his Heirs and Assigns shall and may from time to time and
att all times for Ever here after by Virtue of theses presents
Lawfully Peacably and Quietly have hold Use Occupy possess
and Enjoy the Said Demised and Bargained premises with
ye appertenances free and Clear and freely and Clearly
Acquited Exonerated and Discharged of and from all and
Page 128.
all manner of gifts grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages
Wills Entails Joynters Dowers Judgments Executions In-
cumbrances and troubles Whatsoever and I ye Sd Thomas
Townsend Do further Covenant and Bind my self my Heirs
Executors and Administrators firmly by theses presents to
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 297
Warrant and Defend ye Said Epheraim Vallantine his Heirs
and Assigns in Quiet Peacable possestion of all and Singu-
lar ye Said Granted premises against any Just and Law-
full Claim of any person or persons What Soever In Wit-
ness Whereof I ye Sd Thomas Townsend have hereunto
Set my hand Seal this thirteenth Day of March one Thou-
sand Seven hundread and thirty one
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In ye Presence of Thomas Townsend (S)
John Townsend
Richard Townsend Jur
Nathaniel Townsend Jur
May ye 3th 1742 Then personally Appeared ye within
Named John TownS)end one of ye Wittneses to this Within
Written Deed before Me Micah Smith one of his Majestys
Justices of ye peace for Queens County Assigns and Did
Declare on ye holy avangelist that he See Townsend Sign
Seal and Deliver this Within Written Instrument to be his
Volantary act and Deed and in presence of Richard Town-
send Jr and Nathaniel Townsend Jur
Micah Smith
A Record of John Motts Deed to Epheraim Vail To
All Christion people to Whom theses presents Shall Come
or any Wise Appertain Greeting, Know ye that I John
Mott of Hempstead on Long Island Alias Nassaw in Queens
County in ye province of new York. Do by theses presence
give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Release and Deliver from me
my heirs Executors Admrs and Assigns Unto Epheraim
Vallantine of ye Town County Island and province afore-
said Unto him his Heirs Executors Admrs and Assigns A
Certain percell of Land Containing twenty five Acres as itt
was formerly Laid out to William Jecocks on ye north
Side ye great plains in Beavill Wood Edge frouting to
plains Ajoyning to ye Land Laid out to John Ellison De-
298 hempstead town becords.
Page 129.
seast all Which twenty five Acres of Land as Appears was
formerly Laid out to William Jeacocks Deseased to gather
with ye Timber And appertenances theron I ye Said John
Mott Do by theses presents Give Grant Bargain Sell
Alianate Eelease and Deliver from me my Heirs and As-
signs Unto the Said Epheraim Vallantine to him his Heirs
and Assigns To have and to hold for Ever from Me or
Any from by or Under Mee my Heirs and Assigns and Doe
further Warrant this my Sail to ffree from Any former Sale
Lett Mortgage or Incumbrance What Ever by me or any
from by or Under Mee My Heirs and Assigns, Which sale
is for and in Consideration of ffull Satisfaction E-eceived
before ye Signing hereof and In testimony of ye premises
I have hereunto Sett my hand and fixed my Seal September
ye Sixth Day In ye Tear of our Lord one thousand Seven
Hundread
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of us John Mott (S)
Thomas Gildersleave
William Thickstone
Joseph Pettit
March 6th 1765 Whearas A pettetion Being brought to
us Peter Titus George Eiason & John Williams Commisin-
ours of the Township of Hempstead for to take a Yew of a
Certain Eoad that Leads from Justice Skidmores : at the
time of Laying in the possession of Forwelling to Fosters
Meadow As it Appears by the Record of the County it
Extends from the Said Skidmors to A Certain place Called
Onderdonks Brook at Posters Meadow thence through a
Certain parcell of Land belonging to Onderdonk & Thomas
■ Hendrickson wee Vewing the Same find the Said Road has
Not been used by the best Information wee Can find this
forty Years that is from the Said Brook Westerly therefore
According to the power & Authority given us wee Do Allow
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 299
the Said Way to be Stopt that is that part from the Said
Onderdoneks Brook Westerly as far as our Township Ex-
tends As Witness our hands the Day & Year above
Written
Petee Titus
Geoege Eiason
John Williams
Enter'd & Compar'd with the Orriginal By
Valentine H Petees Clerk
Page 130.
This Indenture made this Last Day of August in ye Year
of our Lord one thousand Seven hundread and thirty three
Between Josias Wiggins of Jemacai in Queens County on
Long Island Yeaman and Bebecca His Wife of ye one part
and thomas Hendrickson of fosters meadow in ye County
afore Sd Yeaman on ye other part Wittnesseth that ye
Said Josias Wiggins by and wth the Consent and good
Liking of ye Sd Bebecca his Wife Signified by her being a
party to and Sealing and Delivering of theses presents for
and in Consideration of ye Sum of thirty pounds New York
Money to him in hand paid by ye Said Thomas Hendrick-
son att and before ye Executing of theses presents ye Ee-
ceipt Whereof he doth hereby Acknowledge and theirfore
doth for Ever Acquit and Discharge ye sd Thomas Hen-
drickson and his Executors and Admrs and for other Law-
full Causes him their Unto Moving he ye Sd Josias Wig-
gins hath Given granted Bargained Sold Alien'd Enfeoffed
Assured and Confirmed and by theses presents Doth give
grant Bargain Sell allien Enfeoff Assure and Confirm Unto
him ye sd Thomas Hendrickson and his Heirs and Assigns
for Ever, all that Certain Tract or percell of Land Situate
and being att fosters Meadow in ye Township of Hemp-
stead In Queens County afore said, and Contains Twenty
Acres bounded as follows to Witt Begining att a Black
Oak Standing on ye , West Side of a path that Leads from
ffosters M«adow to Thomas frost Mill from thence itt Buns
West twenty four Bods to a Black Oak Sapling thence
300 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
South one hundread thirty four Eods to a Black Oak Bush
Joyning to Thomas Oakleys Land thence Bast twenty four
Eods to a Scrubed White Oak by ye path afore sd then
north along ye Said ye path or high Way as itt Euns to ye
first Station togather With all Eights previledges Heri-
ditements and appertenances thereunto belonging or in any
Wise appertaining and ye Eertions and ye Eemainders
thereof and all ye Eight title Interest Claim property and
possestion of him ye sd Josias Wiggens and Eebeccd; his
Wife of in and to ye Same and Every part thereof and ye
Said Josias Wiggens for him Self his Heirs Exectrs &
admrs : Doth hereby Covenant & promise grant and agree
to and With ye sd Thomas Hendrickson and his Heirs and
assigns In manner and form following that is to Say that
he ye sd Josias Wiggens and his Heirs Exetors and Admrs
the above hereby granted tract of Land and premises With
ye Appertenances unto him ye sd Thomas Hendrick-
son his Heirs and Assigns against all Manner of per-
Page 131.
sons Lawfully Claiming the Same or any part thereof,
Shall and Will Warrant and by theses presents for
Ever Defend and further that ye Same hereby Granted &
Intended to be granted Lands & premises are free from all
Incumberances and that ye Said Josias Wiggens att & Im-
mediately before the Sealing and Delivering of theses pre-
sents Was ye true Sole and Lawful oner and properitor of
ye Sd granted Lands and premises & had in him Self a
good and Indef ezable right in fee simple of in and to ye
Same and also had in him self good Eight full power and
Lawf ull Athority to Sell grant and Convey away ye Same
in Manner and form afore sd In Witness Whereof ye sd
partys have hereunto Interchangably put their hands &
Seals the Day and Year first Above Written
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Josias Wiggens (S)
S Clowes Eebegca Wiggens (S)
Jos. Smith
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 301
Jemacai 31 august 1733 Eeceived of Mr Thomas Hen-
drickson Within named ye Sum of thirby pound being in
full of ye Consideration money Within Mentioned Wit-
ness my hand
Test JOSIAS WiGGENS
Jos : Smith
William Ceeed
Memorandom that on ye third Day of Sept anno Dom-
ini 1733 quiet and peacable possestion of the Within tract
of Land Was taken & Delivered by ye Within Named
Josias Wiggens to ye Within Named Thomas Hendrickson
in presence of us Whose names are here Under Written
Jos : Smith
Will'm Wiggens
Qaeens County May ye 24th 1734 Then Came ye With-
in Named Josias Wiggins and Rebecca Wiggins his Wife
personally before me Isaac Hicks first Judge of ye Court of
Common pleas of Queens County and Acknowledged ye
Within Written Instrument to their free Volantary Act and
Deed I allow this Deed to be Recorded
Isaac Hicks
Page 132.
To all Christian People to Whom theses presents Shall
Come Greeting Know yee that I Isaac Hick of Hemp-
stead in Queens County In ye province of New York Esqr
for and In Consideration of ye Sum of ten pounds Currant
Money to me in hand paid before the Ensealing and De-
livering hereof by Thomas Hendrickson of ye same place
County and province Yeaman the Receipt theirof I do
hereby Acknowledge and my Self their With fully Satasfied
■and Contented and thereof and Every part and percell
Theirof do Exonerate Acquit and Discharge ye sd Thomas
Hendrickson his Heirs Exetors & admrs for Ever by these
presents have given granted Bargained Sold AUianated
Conveyed and Confirmed & by these presents do freely
302 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
fully and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell allien Con-
vey and Confirm Unto ye - sd Thomas Hendrickson his
Heirs and Assigns forever one Certain Messuage and Tract
of Land Scituate Lying and being below ffosters Meadow
in ye fork of ye Swamp above frost mill pond Begining
att a Ked oak tree by ye path as You goe over ye Swamp,
and So Euning Easterly by ye fence as itt now Stands to a
Black oak Dead Sapling in ye Swamp and Soe Kuning
Round ye fork of ye Swamp by ye Brook till itt Comes to
ye first Station Containing twenty five Acres, To have and to
hold the Said granted and Bargained premises With all ye
appertenances previledges and Commoditys to ye Same be-
longing or in any Wise appertaining to him ye Said Thomas
Hendrickson his Heirs and Assigns forever to his and their
only proper Use Benifet and behoof for Ever and I ye Said
Isaac Hick for me my Heirs Exetors Admrs Doe Covenant
promise and grant to and With ye Said Thomas Hendrickson
his Heirs and Assigns that before ye Ensealing hereof I am
ye true Sole and Lawf ull Oner of ye above Bargained premi-
ses and am LawfuU Seized and Possessed of ye Same in Mine
own proper Right as a good perfect and Absolute Estate of
Inheritance and have In my self good Right full power and
Lawfull athority to grant Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm
ye sd Bargained premises In Manner Above sd and that ye
sd Thomas Hendrickson his Heirs and Assigns shall and
May from time to time and att all times for Ever here after
by Virtue of theses presents Lawfully and peaseably &
Page ]33.
I
Quietly have hold Use occupy possess and Enjoy the sd
Demised and Bargained premises with ye appertenances
free and Clear freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and
Discharged of and from all and all manner of former Gifts
grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Intails
Joynters Dowers Judgments Executions Incumbrances and
troubles Whatsoever and I ye sd Isaac Hicks Do further
Covenant and Bind my Self my Heirs Exrt & Admr firmly
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 303
by theses presents to Warrant and demand the said Thomas
Hendrickson his Heirs and Assigns In Quiet and peasable
Possestion of all and Singular of ye Said granted premises
against any Just and LawfuU Claim of any person or per-
sons Whatsoever In Witness whereof I ye said Isaac
Hick have here Unto Set my hand and Seal this 20th Day
of March Annoq Domini 1733
Sealed and Delivered
In ye presence of Isaac Hicks (S)
Henry Hicks
EiCHAED Jackson
Jane 15th Day 1742 Qaeens County then Appeared ye
Within Named Henry Hicks one of ye- Witnesses of this
Within Written Instrument before Me Micah Smith one of
his Majestys Justices of ye peace for Said County Assign'd,
and Did Declare on ye holy Avangelist that he See ye
within Named Isaac Hicks Execute this Within Written
Deed to be his Act and Deed
MioAH Smith
Entered and Compared With ye original by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
Page 134.
This Indenture Made the twenty third Day of february
In ye Year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hun-
dread and forty or forty one Between Thomas foster of
Hempstead in Queens County on ye Island of Nassaw in
ye CoUony of new York Yeaman of ye one part and Har-
man Hendrickson and thomas Hendrickson Jur of ye Same
town County and Island & Colony afore Said Yeaman of
ye other part Witnesseth that ye said Thomas foster for
and 'In Consideration of ye Sum of thirty Seven pounds
Currant Money of new York afore said to him in hand paid
by the said Harman Hendrickson and thomas Hendrickson
before ye Ensealing and Delivery of theses presents the
Eeceipt of which he Doth here by own and Acknowledge
304 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
himself to be. their "With Satisfied and paid and their from
and of and from Every part and peroel thereof Doth by
theses presents Acquit and Discharge ye said Harman
Hendrickson and Thomas Hendrickson their Heirs Eietors
and admrs forever, Have Granted Bargained Sold AUiena-
ted' Enfeofed Assured and Confirmed and Doth by theses
presents Give Grant Bargain Sell Allien Enfeeof Assure and
Confirm Unto ye said Harman Hendrickson and Thomas
Hendrickson and their Heirs and Assigns forever. A
Certain percell of Land and Swamp Scituate and be-
ing In ye Bounds of !Eempstead aforesaid Near A
Village Called fosters Meadow partly In a Neck Call-
ed Chestnut and partly In a Neck Called White Oak
Neck Bounded as followeth that is to say Begining
att A marked White Oak tree itt being ye Boundris
Between ye Land now in ye possestion of George Everitt
and ye sd premises on ye South East Corner of ye said
Everits Land and ye North East Corner of ye Said prem-
ises then Euning from Said White Oak Near about South-
erly With ye Land Now in ye possession of Harman Jon-
son to a Marked Black oak Sapling or Small tree itt being
ye South West Corner- of Said Jonson Land that was here
tofore Laid out to Thomas Martin Ajoyning to ye Land
now in possession of Edward Cornall then Euning from
said Black Oak With Said Cornells Land North 64° West
to a Black oak tree marked with :I. F: then Euning from
Said tree Marked with :I. F: north 6° East thirty four Eods
then north 2° West Eighteen Eods to a marked Small Black
Page 135.
oak tree Then from Said black oak south 80° West thirty
Eods and twenty Links then north 43° East to a Marked
Walniit Stump or Eoot ye Said Sapling being Looping to
ye Eastward itt being ye Northwest Corner of Said premi-
ses and Bounderis Between Said premises and the Land of
George Everit Afore Said Adjoyning to other Land of Har-
man Jonson afore Said then Euning from sd Looping
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS. 305
Waljiut "With a Direct Parrallel Line to sd Marked White
oak that Was ye first Station to gather With all ye Said
Land and Swampy Land, Containing by Estimation thirty
Seven Acres be ye Same More or Less to gather With all
and Singular the timber trees Woods & Under Woods
Standing and Lying With all fenceings Waterings or Water
Corses Commoditys Advantages profits and benifets What-
soever thereunto belonging or In any Manner of Ways Ap-
pertaining and the Reversion and Remainders theirof to
have and to hold ye Said granted and above mentioned
Land and Swamppy Land and premises With Every of ye
Apertenances Unto ye sd Harman Hendrickson and thomas
Hendrickson & to their Heirs and Assigns, to them and
Every of their sole & proper Use benifet and Behoof for
Ever and ye sd Thomas foster Doth hereby for himself his
Heirs Extors Admrs Covenant and promise to and With to
ye sd Harman Hendrickson and thomas Hendrickson their
Heirs and Assigns that he the sd Thomas foster Immediate-
ly before ye Signing and Sealing, of this Indenture had in
himself good Right full and Legal power to Allinate> and
Convey ye Said Land and Swamp and premises and Every
of ye appertenances in manner and form as above Said and
further that ye same and Every part thereof. With All and
Singular ye said appertenances Unto ye Said Harman
Hendrickson and thomas Hendrickson their Heirs And As-
signs Shall abide Remain and Continue as pure perfect and
Indeferable Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple and also
that ye said Land and Swamp and premises With ye ap-
pertenances is Cleared and freed from all Incumbrances
Whatsoever and further Absolutely that ye sd Thomas
ffoster his Heirs Exetors & admrs ye Said Land and Swamp
with all and Singular of ye appertenances Unto ye sd Har-
man Hendrickson and thomas Hendrickson their Heirs and
assigns Against all person or persons Lawfully att any time
here after Claiming ye Same or of any part or peroell
thereof Shall and Will Warrant and by theses presents for
ever Defend In testimony Whereof ye Said Thomas foster
306 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
hath here Unto Set his hand and Seal ye Day and Year
first above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered Thomas ffostee (S)
In ye presence of us
ElCHAED BVEEIT
GOEGE EvEEIT
Page 136.
June ye 15th Day 1742 Queens County Then person-
ally Appeared ye Within Named Thomas ffoster before Me
Micah Smith one of his Majestys Justices of ye peace for
Queens County Assigned and did Declare this Within Writ-
ten Instrument to be his Volantary Act and Deed
MicAH Smith
Entered and Compared With ye original by me
Micah Smith Clerk
This Indenture made this tenth Day of february in ye
ninth Year of ye Reign of Gorge ye Second by the Grace
of god over Great Brittan france and Irland King &c : and
in ye year of our Lord Christ Seventeen Hundread thirty
five-six by & Between James alBirtis of Hempstead In
Queens County on Nassaw Island and In ye province of
New York Yeaman of the one part and Thomas Hendriek-
son of ye town County Island and province afore said on
ye other part Witnesseth that ye Said James Albirtis for
and In Consideration of ye Just and full sum of Six
pounds of good and Lawful! Money of ye province afore sd
to him in hand paid before the Ensealing and Delivery
hereof by ye Said Thomas Hendrickson the Eeceipt Where
of ye sd James Albirtis Doth bere by Acknowledge and
himself there with fully Satisfied and Contented and there-
of and of Every part and percell thereof Doth Exonerate
Discharge and for Ever Acquite the Said Thomas Hen-
drickson his Heirs Exetors Admrs and Assigns forever,
Have given Granted bargained Sold Allien'd Conveyed and
Confirmed and by theses Presents Do fully freely and Ab-
HEMPSTSAD TOWN EEOOKDS. 307
solute give grant Allien Convej' and Confirm To him ye sd
Thomas Heiidrickson his Heirs and Assigns for Ever one
Certain Peice or percell of Land Scituate being and Lying
Back of fosters Meadow Lots adjoyning to hanas Elderds
Lot in the Town Ship of Hempstead above Said- Bounded
as foUoweth Viz Begining att a Walnut Sapling Standing
att ye mouth of a Lain so Running Sotherly along Hannas
Elderds Line till itt Comes to a Black oak one of George
Everits Comer trees and from thence Easterly along ye sd
Everits Line untill it Comes to a Bed oak another of
Everits Corner trees & from thence Southerly along ye sd
Everits Line untill it comes to a Bed oak, another of
Everits corners & from thence Southerly along Everits
Line to a White oak Bush and from thence Easterly
till itt Comes .to a Chesnutt Sapling ye said line from ye
Page 137.
White oak Bnsh to the Chestnut is part of ye Way by
Common Land and part of ye Way by Land of Harmon
Jonson and from ye sd Chestnut Northwardly along bar-
man Jonsons Line part of ye Way and ye other part by the
Land that Said Thomas Hendrickson bought of Harman
Jonson and ye other part by other Land of ye sd Thomas
Hendricksons till itt Comes to a Saxsifracks Bush Standing
by Land ye .sd Thomas Had of Hulet, from ye sd Sassa-
fraks West along the said Land that was Hulets to a
Stooping White Oak tree, and from thence as the fence
Stands till itt Comes to ye Mouth of ye Lain and from
thence South a Cross ye mouth of ye Lain to the Walnut
Where first begun Containing thirteen Acres be itt more or
Less as itt shall be found Within Said Bounds To him ye
Said Thomas Hendrickson his Heirs and Assigns for Ever
to his and their only proper Use benifit and behoof, only
Liberty Excepted for three men Viz John foster Harman
Jonson and Gorge Everit to have a Way to pass and Ee-
pass too and from their Land the Way to be twenty foot
In Wedth the Said Way to goe from ye mouth of ye Lain
along by Hanases Line till it Comes to Gorge Everits Land
308 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
and from thence a Direct Line by ye Said Everits Line to
a Eed Oak and from thence Direct to ye sd Johnsons Land
and ye sd thomas Hendrickson his Heirs and Assigns Shall
and may from time to time and att all times for Ever here
after by Virtiie of theses presents Lawfully peacably and
Quietly have hold Use Occupy possess and Enjoy the Said
Granted primises with all and Every of ye appertenances
and profits With trees Woods Under Woods Waters Water
Corses and all Apertenances free and Clear and freely
and Clearly Acquited and Discharged of and from all and
all Manner of former gifts grants bargains Sales Leases
Morgages Wills Entails Joynters Dowers Judgments Ex-
ecutions and Incumbrances Whatsoever and ye sd James
Albirtis Doth hereby further Bind himself his Heirs Ex-
ecutors and admrs firmly by theses presents to Warrant
and Defend ye sd Thomas Hendrickson his Heirs and As-
signs In Quiet and peacable possestion of all and Singular
ye sd granted premises against any Just and Lawf ull Claim
of any person or persons In Witness Where of ye Said
James AlBirtis hath here Unto put his hand and Seal ye
Day and Year first above Written (in 24th other side Line
ye word "Sapling") and 27 Line these word ("UntiU itt
Comes to a Red Oak another of Everits Corners and from
thence Southerly along ye Said Everits Line to White oak
Bush") Mistake in Entering and Rectified here by the
Clerk
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of his
James Albiktis Jun James :X: albietis (S)
John Mott Mark
June ye 15th Day 1742
Queens County then personally appear'd ye Within Nam-
ed James Albirtis Jun one of ye Witneses to this Within
Written Instrument before Me Micah Smith one, of his Ma-
jestys Justices of ye Peace for ye Said County and on his
Solomn affirmation Did Declare he Saw ye Within Named
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOKDS. 309
James albirtis Execute this "Within Written Instrument and
See John Mott Sign as Witness att ye Same time
MicAH Smith
Entered and Compared with ye original by Me
MioAH Smith Clerk
1742 July 1th
Att the Bequest of Jahn Rusmore Wee here Under
Written Surveyors of ye High Ways In ye Township of
Hempstead in Queens County Do Certify that on fifth Day
of July in ye Year of our Lord Seventeen and forty last
past Wee did Lay out A High way begining Att ye West
Side of ye East Meadow or Boggs their in ye Said Town-
ship from thence Buning Westerly to ye Brusy plain thence
Southerly to A High Way or ye Eoad Which Leads to ye
Great Plains Which was performed by Us
John Doeland
Joseph Mott
This is all so done at ye Bequest of Colenian Combs Ger-
sham Smith and others
Whearas on the first Day of July 1742 their was a high-
way Laid out begining at the West Side of the East Mea-
dow or boggo thence Eunning Westerly to the Brushey
plains thence Southerly to a highway or Boad which Leads
to the great plains Which Said Highway Wee Joseph Mott
& John Townsend two of the Commisionors for Laying out
highways in the township of hempstead having a Vew off :
Do Judg it Eeasonable that it Should be a Gait Way & Do
Accordingly Allow it to be Such of 20 foot Wide & also
Lay it out Eight Bods further Easterly through the Boggs
till it Comes to Mr Seaburys fence Witness our hands the
6th Day of feb 1753
Joseph Mott
John Townsend
Page 139.
This Indenture Made the Twenty Six Day of ye Eight
Month Called October Anno Q Domini Seventeen Hun-
dread and fifteen Between. James Jackson of flushing in
310 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
Queens County on Nassaw Island Above sd Yeaman on ye
on part and Eichard Vallantine Jur of Henipstead in
Queens County on Nassaw Island Above Said Teaman on
the other part Whareas Samuel Clows Servey'd and Laid
out to John Jackson William Willis and Thomas Pearsall
Jur A Certain peice or tract of Land Lying and being Scit-
uate att or Upon A place Called Hempstead harbour Hills
in ye Bounds of Hempstead afore Said Now this Indenture
, Witneseth that ye Said James Jackson for and In Consider-
ation of one Hundread and twenty Pounds of Lawfull Mo-
ney of new York to him In hand paid by him ye sd Eichard
Vallantine Att or before ye Ensealing here of ye Eeceipt
Whereof the said James Jackson Doth Acknowledge and
himself there with fully Satisfied and Contented and paid
and thereof and therefrom and of and from Every part and
percell thereof for himself his Heirs Exetors Admrs and
. Every of them Doth Eelease Acquit Exonerate and Dis-
charge him ye Said Eichard Vallantine his Heirs Executors
Admrs and Every of them for Ever by theses presents, he.
ye sd James Jackson Hath Given Granted AUianated En-
feeofed Assigned Assured Sold and Confirmed and by
theses presents Doth Give Grant AUianate Bnfeeof Assign
Assure Sell and Confirm Unto him ye Said Eichard Vallan-
tine his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all that of one full
third part of all ye Above, Said Lands and premises being
Bounded as it is Mentioned In ye Card for ye Same baring
Date ye twenty fourth Day of April one thousand: Seven
Hundread & ten, Excepting What- a former Servey of
Eichard Ellisons May happen to Come Within itt to Have
and to Hold Unto him ye Said Eichard Vallantine his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever all and Singular ye above Said
third part of all ye above sd Lands and premises witli itts
and Every of itts heriditinents and Appertenances Except-
ing ye before Excepted and the . Said James Jackson for
himself his heirs Exetors Admrs and Every of them Doth
Covenant Grant promise' and Agree to and With him ye
Said Eichard Vallantine his heirs Exetors and Every of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN REC0BD8. 311
them that itt shall and may be Lawfull to and for him The
Page140. (
Said Richard Vallantine his Heirs Extors Admrs and Every
of them peacably and Quietly to have hold Use Occupy
Possess and Enjoy and Singular the above Said third part
of ye above Said tract of Land and premises With all itts
and Every of itts Heridiments and Appertenances Except-
ing the before Excepted, free and Clear freely and Clearly
Acquited and Discharged of and from all and Manner of
other and former Gifts Grants Mortgages Incumbrances or
In Convenances Whatsoever had made Moved Commited
Done or Suffered to be Done by him ye sd James Jackson
his Heirs or Assigns att any time or times before ye En-
sealing of and Delivery hereof and ye sd James Jackson
for himself his Heirs Extors Admrs and Every of them
Doth further Covenant bind and Oblige himself his Heirs
and Extors Admrs and Every of them to Warrant ye Above
Said Granted Lands and Premisess Unto him ye sd Rich-
ard Vallantine his Heirs and Assigns and for Ever by
theses presents Well and truly to Defend and att any time
or times here after Within ye Space of Seven Years att ye
proper Cost and Charge of him ye sd Richard Vallantine
his Heirs or Assigns To Give and to pass Such further and
Ample Assureances and Confermatioas of ye premises as
by his or their Councelor Learned In ye Law Can Reason-
ably be Advised Devised or Required In Witness hereof
to this present Indenture and Deed of Sale he ye Said
James Jackson hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the
Day and Year Above Written
Sealed and Delivered James Jackson (S)
In presence of
Benj Seamans Jur
her
Jane : T : Seamans
Mark
t
312 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Hempstead December 9t]a 1729
Queens CouHty s. s. then Came ye Within Named James
Jackson personally before Me IsaB.c Hicks Judge of ye
Court of Said County and Acknowledged ye Within Writ-
ten Instrument to be his free Volantary Act and Deed I
allow this Deed to be Becorded
Isaac Hicks
Page 141.
To all Christian People to whom theses presents shall
William Willis of Hempstead in Queens County on Nassaw
Island Yeaman Sends Greeting, Know Yea that ye Said
William Wilhs for and In ye Consideration of the Sum of
twenty Pounds and Seventeen Shillings of good and Law-
full Money of New York to him In Hand paid by Richard
Vallantine of the Town County and Island Afore Said Yea-
man the Receipt Whereof to full Content and Satisfaction
he ye Said William Willis Doth Acknowledge and himself
to be their With fully Satisfied & paid and thereof & of
Every part thereof Doth Acquit Exonerate & fully Dis-
charge ye sd Richard Vallantine his Heirs Exetors & Admrs
& every of them for Ever by theses presents and for Divers
other good Causes and Considerations him ye sd William
Willis Especially Moving Hath given Granted Bargained
Sold and Conveyed and Confirmed & by theses presents
Doth fully freely Clearly and Absolutely Give grant bar-
gain Sell Convey and Confirm Unto ye sd Richard Vallan-
tine and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all that of one
Certain peice of Land Scituate Lying and being on ye East
Side of the Head of Hempstead Harbour Against ye East
End of ye Mill Dam the Bounds Whereof on ye Northest
Begins Att Bending Small Chestnut tree that Stand Upon
ye hill and to Run from thence West forty Rods to ye high
Way that Leads from ye Mill to Richard Vallantines House
& from thence to Run South Eight Degrees East Seventeen
Rods thence to Run About East and Something Southerly
o ye hill Side on ye East Side of ye High Way that Leads
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 313
Down on the East Side of ye Swamp thence South about
Eight Degrees East till itt Eeacheth So far as a Streit Line
on ye South Side of Eichard VaUantines Land being Ex-
tended West as said Line now is Make A Corner by the
High Way thence East twenty nine Eods to A stake, thence
North twenty Eight Eods to a bending Chestnut tree being
Bounded on ye East and North by Eichard Vallantins Land
and West by the Eoad and South by ye Land of WiUiam
Willis Containing Six Acres and a Quarter of Land, to-
gather With all timber trees Woods and Underwoods with
aU and Singular the appertenances thereof and all ye Estate
Eight title Interest Inheritance property Claim and Demand
Whatsoever of him ye Said WiUiam Willis of in and to the
Page 142.
before E^ecited peice of Land and ye appertenances thereof,
to have and to hold the Above Granted & Bargained prem-
ises with ye Appertenances thereof unto the Said Eichard
Vallantine and his Heirs and Assigns to his and their own
Sole and proper Use benifet and behoof from hence forth
and for Ever and further ye Said William Willis Doth
-hereby Declare that at ye time of Ensealing and Delivery
hereof that he is ye true Sole & LawfuU Owner of ye Above
Granted and Bargained premises & Stood Lawfully Seized
and possessed thereof in his own proper Eight of good
perfect and Indefeazable title of Inheritance ia ffee Simple
having in himself good Eight full power and LawfuU
'Athority to Sell and Dispose of ye Same In manner as
afore Said and that the Said Eichard Vallantine and his
Heirs and Assigns Shall and may henceforth and forever
hereafter Lawfully peacably & Quietly have hold Use
Occupy & possess tlie above granted and Bargained prem-
ises with ye Appertenances thereof free and Clear and
Clearly Acquited and Discharged of & from all and all
manner of former and other gifts grants Bargains Sales
Leases Joynters Dowers Mortgages Judgments Executions
Entails forfeitures and of & from all other troubles Charges
314 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EBCOEDS.
& incumbrances Whatsoever had made Done Committed or
Suffered to be Done by ye sd William Willis or his Heirs
or Exetors or Administrators at any time or times before
ye Ensealing & Delivery hereof and further ye Sd William
Willis Doth hereby promise Covenant and Bind himself
his heirs Exetors and Admrs : and Every of them from hence
forth & for Ever here after to Warrant Secure & Defend
ye sd Eiehard Vallantine & his Heirs and Assigns in ye
Quiet and peacable possestion of ye before granted premi-
ses & ye Appertenances their of Against all ye Lawfull
Claims & Demands of all and all manner of person & per-
sons WhatsoeTer In Witness whereof ye Said William
Willis hath here Unto Set his Hand and fixed his Seal the
Seventh Day of ye first Month Called March in ye year of
our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundread and twenty Eight
nine & in the Second Year of ye Eeign of Gorge ye Second
King of Great Brittan &c
Jerimiah Williams William Willis (S)
Alexander Youngs
Hempstead December 9th 1729 Queens County
then Came ye Within Named William Willis, personally
before Me Isaac Hicks Judge of ye Court of Common
pleas of Said County and Acknowledged The Within In-
strument to be his free Volantary Act and Deed : I allow
this lo be Recorded
Isaac Hicks
• Page 143.
To all People Whome theses presents shall Come Greet-
ing &c Know that I Jacob Smith of Hempstead in County
in ye province of New York on Nassaw Island for and in
Consideration of ye Sum of twenty two pound ten Shillings
Currant Lawfull Money to me in hand before' ye Ensealing
hereof Well and truly paid by Eiehard Vallantine of the
Town and province Afore Said the Eecept 'whereof I . do
hereby Acknowledge and my Self therewith fiiUy Satisfied
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 316:
and Contented and hereof and of Every part and percell
thereof Do Exonerate Acquit and Discharge the Said Rich-
ard Vallantine his Heirs Executors and Admrs : for Ever
by theses presents. Have' given granted bargained Sold
Released Aliened Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses
presents Do freely fully and Absolutely Give Grant Bar-
gain'Sell Alien and Confirm Unto Richard Vallantine ' his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever one fifteen Shilling Right
Which is-Yet to be Divided by ye patent in ye Bounds of
Hempstead that I ye Said Jacob Smith bought of Daniel
Wood of Hempstead which sd fifteen Shillings Right is
part of that Right that was Jeremiah Woods Seners, hp be-
ing a freeholder and a Inhabitanir of Hempstead When the
patent Was Granted and paid for his three pound two
Shillings and Six pence as may be Seen in ye List of those
that paid to ye pattent, to him ye Sd Richard Vallantine
His Heirs and Assigns to his and their only proper Use
benifet & behoof for Ever and I ye Said Jacob Smith for
nae my Heirs Exetors and Admrs Do Covenant promise
and grant to and with ye Said Richard Vallantine his Heirs
and Assigns that before ye Ensealing hereof I am the true
Sole and LawfuU Oner of ye above bargained Right and
have In my Self good Right full power and Lawfull Athor-
ity to grant bargain sell Convey and Confirm the Said bar-
gained Right in manner as above Said with all ye previled-
ges benifets and apperteaances theiranto belonging or In
Any Wise Appertaining and that ye sd Richard Vallantine
his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may from time to time and
att all times here after by force and virtue , of theses pres-i
ents Lawfully peacably Quietly have hold Use Occupy pos-
sess and Injoy ye Said Demised right with all ye apperten-
ances free and Clear freely and Clearly Acquited Exonera-
ted and Discharged from all and all manner of farmer Gift^
Page 144.
grants bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails
Joynters Dowers Judgments Executions Incumbrances and
316 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
Extents further more I ye Said Jacob Siiiitli for my self my
Heirs Exetors and Admrs, do Covenant and Engage the
above Demised Eight to him ye said Eichard Vallantine
his Heirs and Assigns Against the Lawful! Claims or de-
mands of any person or persons hereafter to Warrant and
Defend In Witness whereof I have here unto put my
hand and fixed my Seal this fifth Day of June in ye Year
of our Lord Christ one thousand Sfven Hundread. and
twenty Seven and in ye thirteenth Year of ye Eeign of our
Soyeraign Lord Gorge of Great Brittan &c
Signed Sealed and Delivered Jacob Smith (S)
In presence of
Jerimiah Williams
Thomas Bumstid
Febru : ye 5th 1742-3 Queens County
Then personally Appeared ye within Named Jacob
Smith before Me Micah Smith one of his Majestys Justices
of ye peace for ye sd County and Did Declare this Within
Wiitten Instrument to be his Volantary Act and Deed
MicAH Smith
Entered and Compared by Me
Micah Smith Clerk
Whereas there was formerly a highway laid out from a
place Called the Sand hole Nigh Eockaway leading down to
the place that. Patrick Mott had at Eockway Commonly
Called Patrick Motts path Sence which time the Said Pat-
rick- Mott has Sold his possessions at Eockway and there
Seems to be No Occation for that part of the Said High-
way that leads by & through Capt Hewletts Land which
wee Allow Said Eich'd Hewlett to Stop up and No more to
be used as a Highway always Excepting a , way for the
widow Langdon to pass and repass to and from her House
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 317
to the Common Highway runing a Cross Eockway Witness
our hands the 7th Day of Aprill 1764
John "Williams ) Commisinors for Laying out
Peter Titus ) Highways in Hempstead
Entr'd & Compared with the Original
by Valentine H Peters Clk
Page 145.
Know all men by theses presents that I Eichard Vallan-
tine of Hempstead in Queens County on Nassaw Island in
ye province of new York Yeaman for Divers good Causes
and Considerations Me their Unto moving but more Es-
pecially for the fatherly and Natural Love and Affections
which I have Unto my Eldest Son Eichard Vallantine of ye
Town County Island and province Af oreSaid Yeaman Have
Given granted Allienated Made over Enfeoffed and Con-
firmed & by theses presents Doe give grant Allienate Make
over Enfeeofe and Confirm Unto my Said Son Eichard
Vallantine All that of Hundread Acres of Land Lying and
being Scituate on the East Side of Hempstead Harbour
Near ye Head of Said Harbour & fifty Acres theirof being
my Devidend of Land <fe fifty Acres that I Lately purchased
of Eichard totten & of his two Sons Eichard and William
as by their Polio Deeds Under their hands and Seals Eefer-
ance thereunto had may more att Large Appear Now know
Yea that I the Said Vallantine afore Said for the Causes
above Said Do by theses presents Give grant Allienate
MakiB over Infeeoffe and Confirm Unto my Son Eichard
Vallantine to him his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all that of
my Hundread Acres of Land above Said itt being Bound
on ye North by William Osbands fifty Acres Lot of Land &
Bounded South & East by the Undevided Land and front-
ing West to ye Harbour Togather with all houses Out
houses feild pastures fences Ways Easments Waterings
Elvers Eiverlets Woods Under Woods Timber trees Grow-
ing Standing or lying on ye Same or any part or percell
318 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
there of having put my sd Son Eichard Vallantine in' the
Lawf all and Queiet possession by turffe and twig and by
theses presents itt being free and Clear and freely and
Clearly Acquited and Discharged from all and all Manner
of former And other gifts grants Intailes Mortgages or any
other or former Incumberances Whatsoever had made
Committed or Done by me or any other person What-
soever form by or Under me and I the Said Eichard Val-
lantine Do further Grant Unto my Said Son Eichard Val-
lantine that it Shall and may be lawfull for him my Said
Son,' Eichard Vallantine His Heirs or Assigns To have
Page 146.
and to hold the Said Hundread Acres of Land and prem-
ises Quietly and peacably & to Use Occupy and Inioy
ye Said Land and premises forever and further Confirmation
I have Sett to my hand and fixed my Seal this Sixth Day
of August in ye Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hun-
dread and Nine and in ye Eight Year of ye Eeign of our Sove^
raign Lady ann by the grace of god Over England Scotland
france and Ireland Queen &c
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Eichard Vallantine (S)
John Titas
Petek Titas
William Willis Ju
Memorandom that on the Day & Year .above Written the
above named Eichard Vallantine personally Appeared be-
fore Me John Jackson Esquire one of her Majestys Jus-
tices for keeping of ye peace for Queens County ye Within
or above Written Deed to be his free and Vallantary Act
and Deed
Jo'n Jackson
Entered and Compared with ye original
To all Christian people to whom theses presents shall
Come Eichard Vallantine of Hempstead In Queens County
HEMPSTEAD TOWN . BECOEDS. 319
on Nassaw Island Sends Greetting Now know Yee that
ye Said Eicliard Vallantine as well for ye & parentall Love
tliat he hath and Doth bear Unto his Eldest Son Richard
Vallantine of Hempstead Harbour in the County and on ye
Island Above Said Yeaman and for a Certain Valliable Sum
of good and LawfuU Money of new York to him In hand
well and truly paid by his Son Richard Vallantine Ju :
afore Said before the Ensealing and Delivering of theses
presents the Receipt whereof to full Content & Satisfaction
He ye Said Richard Vallantine Doth by theses present
Acknowledge and thereof & of Every part and percel there-
of for himself his Heirs Executors & admrs : Doth Acquit
Exonerate and Discharge the Said Richard Vallantine Jur
his Heirs Exetors & Admrs and Every of them for Ever by
theses presents and for Divers good Causes and Considera-
tions him hereunto Moving He ye Said Richard Vallantine
Hath given granted Bargained Sold AUienated Enfeeoffed
_ Page 147.
Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses presents doth fully
freely Clearly and Absolutely give Grant Bargain Sell
Allien Bnfeeoffe Convey and Confirm Unto his Said Son
Richard Vallantine and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever
all that of the Equall Moiety or half part of all ye Said
Rich'd Vallantines patent Rigbt to all and Every of ye un-
devided Lands and Meadows and plains that is in ye
Bounds and Within ye Limits of ye patent of ye Township
of Hempstead with the Equal half of all- the Lands and
Arearages of Lands to be Divided According to ye money
the Said Richard Vallantine paid to ye procuring the patent
for ye Township of Hempstead or howsoever other wise
hath a Right their unto Togather with all Such Libertys
Immunitys profits priviledges Commoditys Emoluments
and Appertenances as In any kind Appertain'g their unto
with the Reverstion and Remainders thereof and all ye
Estate Right title Interest Inheritance property possestion
Claim and Demand Whatsoever, of him ye Said Richard
320 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Vallantine Sen of in and to tlie Same and Every part their
of, To Have & to liold all tlie above Granted premises With
all and Singular the Appertenances Unto ye Said Eichard
Vallantine Jur his Heirs and Assigns for Ever To his and
their own Sole and proper Use benifet and behoof from
hence forth and for Ever & ye Said Richard Vallantine
Senr Doth Declare that at ye time of the Ensealing and
Delivery hereof that he is ye true Sole and Lawf uU Oner
of all the Above granted premises and stood Lawfully Seiz-
ed and possessed therof in his own Right of a good perfect
and Indefezable Estate of Inheritance in fee simple having
in himself good Right full power and LawfuU Athority to
give grant Sell and Dispose of ye Same in manner as afore
Said, and that he ye Sd Richard Vallantine his Heirs and
Assigns shall and may hence forth and for Ever Lawfully
peacably and Quietly have hold Use Occupy possess & En-
joy the above Granted premises With ye Appertenances
thereof free and Clear and Clearly Acquited & Discharged
of and from all and all manner of former and Other Gifts
grants bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Joynters Dowers
Judgments Executions forfitures and of and from all other
Titles troubles Charges and Encumberances whatsoever
had made Commited Done Or Commited or Suffered to be
Page 148.
Done by theses Richard Vallantine att any time or times
before the Ensealing & Delivery hereof and further the
Said Richard Vallantine Doth by theses presents Warrant
and Defend his Said Son Richard Vallantine Jun in the
Quiet and peasable possestion of all ye Above Granted
premises Against himself & against all and all Manner of
persons or persons Whatsoever that hath or pretends to
have Claim Challenge or Demand or Any Right title or
property to the .Above granted premises or any part or par-
cel thereof from by or Under him or his Exetors Adminis-
trators or Assigns In Witness whereof ye Said Richard
Vallantine hath here Unto Set to his hand and fixed his
HEMPSTEAD TOWlsr RECOEDS. 321
Seal tlie Eight Day of August in ye ninth Year of ye Eeign
of our Soveraign Lord king of Great Brittan &e and in ye
Year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundread and
twenty and two
Signed Sealed and Delivered his
In the presence of Richard :E: Vallantine (S)
Joseph Mott mark
Ester Crumel
Entered and Compared by me
Micah Smith Clerk
Hempstead June ye 5 Day 1718 Then Eeceived of John
Beats the Sum of Eighteen pound five Shillings Currant
Lawful Money of New York which was Due from ye Sd
John Beats by a Certain Deed of
I Say Eeceived in full of all by Me
Jonathan Smith
"Witness
Isaac Jarman
his
THOMAS :T: Mannering
Mark
Page 149.
To all Christian People to whome theses presents shall
Come I Thomas Bedle of ye township of Hempstead in
Queens County do send Greeting, Know Yea that I the
Said Thomas Bedell for & in Consideration of ye Affection
& good will which I have and Do bear towards my Sons
"William Bedell & Joseph Bedell of ye Same Township and
County afore Said have Given Granted & by theses pres-
ents doe freely and Absolutely give and grant "Unto ye
Said "William Bedle and Joseph Bedell, to them their Heirs
& Assigns for Ever all that percell or Tract of Land Lying
in ye North "Woods Containging About one hundread and
Thirty two Acres togather with all the movable Effects to
322 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
Each and either of them and to their Heirs Executors Ad-
ministrators and Absolutely without any Condition as I ye
Sd thomas Bedell do hereby theses presents Acknowledge
to have Eec'd full Satisfaction & have fully freely and Ab-
solutely & of my own Will and Accord Set my hand & Seal
this Twenty Sixth Day of April anno Domini 1742
Signed Sealed in presence of
Nic's Barrington his
John Deescow Thomas :X: Bedell (S)
Mark
July ye 30th 1743 Queens County Then personally
Appeared or Came before Me Micah Smith Esqr one of his
Majestys Just's of ye Peace for Said County Assign'd ye
within Named JTicholas Barrington one of ye Witneses to
this Within Written Instrument and did Declare on ye holy
Avavgelist of almighty God that he See ye Within Named
Tho: Bedell execute this Within Instrument to be his Vol-
antary Act and Deed and at the Same time See John Dees-
cow Sign, the other Witness
MiCAH Smith
Page 150.
Be it known unto all men by theses presents that Wheras
I Jonas Wood .H. Now Resident at Southamton Did for-
merly Sell and Allianate Unto Daniel Whitehead of Hemp-
stead in ye new neatherlands my House and Land Given
me by ye Town of Hempstead with all Rights Immunitys
preveledges apertenancys there Unto belonging which was
in my possession ye 27 of november in the Year Anno
Domini 1648 1 ye Said Jonas Wood do hereby Assign up
and Allianate for Ever Unto Daniel Whitehead his Heirs
and Executors Administrators or Assigns to his or their own
proper Right and Interest as Ever formerly it was my own
Witness my hand
Witness Jonas Wood
Daniel Denton
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 323
I Daniel Whitehead Do Assign all my Eight Title Inter-
est of the Afore Said purchase from Me my Heirs Execu-
tors & Assigns Unto James Pine his Heirs Executors and
Assigns the purchase being fully Comj)leatly paid Witness
Hiy hand
Entered and Compared Daniel Whitehead
with the original by
MicAH Smith Clerk
Page 151.
Know all men by theses Presents that James pine the
Son of James pine Named on ye other Side of this paper
do Assign Set over and from me my Heirs Executors Admrs
or Assigns Unto James pine ye Son of William pine in
Hempstead in Queens Coui:ty on Nassaw Island in the
province of new York all ye Whole Eight that is Mentioned
on ye other Side of this paper Unto him ye sd James pine
Unto him his Heirs Executors Admrs or Assigns for Ever
for to have and to hold for his and their own proper Eight
for Ever As Witness my hand and Seal this tenth Day of
September 1729
Sealed and Delivered Mark
In presence of James :X: Pine (S)
Tho: Gildebsleve his
Elisabeth Babto
Hempstead may ye lOfch 1738 Queens County Then and
their personaly Appeared before me Benjamin fowler Esqr
one of his Majestys Justices of ye peace for ye sd County
Assigned ye Within Named James pine and Acknowledged
that he Executed the Within Instrument as his Volantary
Act and Deed and having^ Examined the Same and finding
no Eaisors or interliniations do allow the Same to be Ee-
corded •
Acknowledged before Me the Date above Written
Benjamin Fowleb
Entered and Compared With the original by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
324 hempstead town becoeds.
Page 152.
To all Christian People to whome theses presents shall
Come Send Greeting &c : know yea that I Daniel Pine of ^
Hempstead in Queens County in the province of New York
Teaman do for Divers good Causes and Considerations
Me here Unto moving hath Remised Released and for ever
Quit Claim and by theses presents for me my Heirs Execu-
tors Doth fully Clearly and Absolutely Remise Release and
for Ever Quit Claim Unto James pine Son of William,
Yeaman, of ye Same place all my Right title Interest and
Demand What soever In and to ye Lands and Meadows
Houses and tenements that are now or have been in the
possession of ye Said James pine which did or has former-
ly belonged to my sd two Uncles James pine and Nathaniel
Pine Deseast and Especially A Certain percel of Meadow
at South now in possestion of the Said James pine which
hath been in Dispute in ye Law and also Eleven Acres
Patent Right which did belong to my Said Uncle James
pine To have and to hold all the above Released and De-
mised Lands Meadows and premises above Mentioned
Unto the sd James pine Son of William pine his Heirs and
Assigns for Ever and I ye Said Daniel pine Do further
Covenant and Bind my Self my Heirs Exetor and Admrs
Soe that neither wee nor any other person from by or
Under Me here after have any Claim or Demand of in or to
any of ye premises Above Mentioned be Unterly Excluded
and Barred for Ever by theses Presents As Witness my
hand and Seal this twelf Day of September one thousand
Seven hundread forty three
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of us Daniel pine (S)
Richard Thobne
MicAH Smith
September 12th Day 1743 Then personally appeared ye
Within liamed Daniel pine before Me Micah Smith Esqr
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 325
one of his Majestys Justices peace for Said County ac-
knowledged this within Written Instrument to be his
Volantary Act and Deed
MicAH Smith
Page 153.
This Indenture Made the Twenty Sixth Day of April in
the Year of our Lord Seventeen Hundread & forty two
between Thomas Bedell of ye Township of Hempstead in
Queens County Yeaman, of the one part and William
Bedell and Joseph Bedell the Sons of ye afore Said Thomas
Bedell of ye Same Township & County afore sd Yeaman
on ye other part Witnesseth that ye sd Tholnas Bedell for
and in C6nsideration of ye Sum of four Hundread & fifty
pounds LawfuU money of New York to him in hand well
and truly paid or Secured to be paid at and Immediately
before the Ensealing & Delivering of theses presents the
Eeceipt Whereof he ye Said Thomas Bed'ell doe hereby
acknowledge to be therewith fully Satisfyed Contented &
paid & their of and of Every part and parcel thereof Do by
theses presents for ever Acquit Exonerate Release and Dis-
charge them ye sd William Bedell and Joseph Bedell &
their Heirs Executors & Administrators & Every of them
Have Given Granted Bargained Sold Alianed Eemise Release
Assure and Confirm unto them ye Said William Bedell and
Joseph Bedell & their Heirs and Assigns all that one Certain
Messuage Tenement Lot of Land & premises Scituate Ly-
ing and being at a place called and known by the name of
Near Rockaway in the Township afore Sd and as Butted
and Bounded as follows yt is to Say ye north part thereof
where on the Houses and Orchard Stands is on ye "East by
Land which Joseph Peirce Deceased purchased from Jo-
seph Langdon now Deceased but now Claimed by mordecai
Lester. Westerly by motts path, so Called, Leading to a
percel of Me idow belonging to partrick Mott, Northerly by
a High way which Leads to Sam : Langdons Senr & South-
erly by ye highway Runs to ye mill belonging to Soloman
326 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS.
Langdoii And all so all and Singular of ye sd Quantity of
two Hundread and twelve Acres directly Opposite to Sam
Langdons Senr and Samuel Langdons Jun Tenements and
premises adjoyning to ye meadow ground their unto also
belonging (here after Described) which sd Upland is boun-
ded Easterly by Thomas Lewis West by ye afore Said
partrick Motts North by the High way and South by ye
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Cove or Creek And also all and Singular ye Meadow
Ground to ye Said Last mentioned Land Adioyning & fi-
nially all & Singular the farm of upland and Meadow
Ground at near Eockway which in ye Life time of Joseph
Langdon he was possessed off Togather with all and Sing-
ular the Houses out houses. Barns Weaving Shops Stables
Yards fencing Pastures Waters meadows Marshes Or-
chards &: Improvements w'th ye Eeversions & Eemainders
theirof and the Eents Issues and Proffets of the Same To
have and to hold ye said above hereby Granted Messuage
tenements Lands Meadows and premises & Every part per-
cal <fe member theirof w'th every their Appertenanoes unto
them ye Sd William Bedell & Joseph Bedell & their Heirs
and Assigns to ye only proper Use Benifet and behoof them
the sd William Bedell & Joseph Bedell and their Heirs
and Assigns for Ever. And the sd Thomas Bedell for him-
self his Heirs Executors &: admrs and Every of tiiem Do
here by Covenant Promise Grant and Agree to & w'th ye sd
William Bedell & Joseph Bedell & their Heirs and Assigus
in Manner and form following that is to say That ye sd
Thomas Bedell at ye time of Ensealing & Delivering of
theses presents had in himself good Eightful power & Law-
full Athority to Sell Dispose & convey ye Said Lands Tene-
ments and premises unto ye Sd William Bedell & Joseph
Bedell their heirs and Assigns in manner and form as
aforesaid According to ye true intent purposes and mean-
ing of ye Same And Lastly ye sd Thomas Bedell do by
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS. 327
theses presents Warrant and Defend the said Lands Tene-
ments and premises & Every part & percel thereof unto ye
Said William Bedell & Joseph Bedell & their heirs & As-
signs against the Lawfull Claimes or pretences of all and
all Manner of person or persons lawfully Claiming ye Same
or any part percell or member their of by from or Under
the Said Thomas Bedell In Wittness whereof the Said
Thomas Bedell have here unto Set his hand and Seal the
Day & Year first Written
Sealed and Delivered his
In presence of Thomas :X: Bedell (S)
Nicholas Barrington Mark
John Descow
July ye 30th 1743 Queens County Then personally Came
before me Micah Smith Esqr one of his majestys Justices
of ye peace for said Countj' assign'd ye w'thin Nicholas
Barrington one of ye witnesses to this within Instrument
and Did Declare on ye holy Avangalist of Almighty God
that he See Tho : Bedell Execute this Within Written in-
strument to be his Volantary Act and Deed and att ye
Same time see John Descow ye other Witness Sign as Such
Micah Smith
Entered and Compared by
Micah Smith Clerk
Page 155.
This Indenture Made thig twenty Eight Day of April In
the Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen Hun dread and forty
' three by and between Eobeit Hutchins of Cow Neck in ye
township of Hempstead In Queens County in New York
province Yeaman and Amy his Wife of ye one part and
Oliver Baxter of the Said Township of Hempstead Yeaman
of ye Other Party Witnesseth that the Said Robert Hutch-
ius and Amy his Wife for and in Consideration of ye Sum of
one Hundread and Seventy Seven Pounds New York Money
to them in hand paid before Ensealing of theses presents
328 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
by Oliver Baxter afore Named tlie Eeceipt whereof they
the Said Eobert and Amy Do hereby Acknowledge and
themselves to be their with fully Satisfied and Contented
and there of and there from and of and from Every part
and percell Theirof Do by theses presents for- Ever Aquit
Exonerate and Discharge him ye Sd Oliver his Heirs
Exetors and Admrs, they ye sd Eobert and Amy have Giv-
en granted Bargained Sold AUianated infeeoffed Assured
Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses presents Do freely
fully and Absolutely give grant Bargain Sell Allien Enffeoff
Assure Convey and Confirm Unto him ye Said Oliver Bax-
ter his Heirs and Assigns forever One Certain Messuage
farm or plantation of Land Scituate Lying and being on
Cow neck Afore named and is Butted and Bounded as fol-
loweth that is to Say Westerly by the Bay Northerly by ye
Eoade that Leads to Dodges Landing till it Comes to a
White Oak marked Sapling marked on three Sides being
Samuel Dodges Corner tree Easterly by ye Land of Sam-
uel Dodges Southerly by the Land of Daniel Whitehead
Esqr to ye mill pond and from his Land Euning ye north
Side 'of ye mill pond and mill Dam to the Bay the Whole
Containing thirty nine Acres or their abouts be ye Same'
more or Less to have and to hold ye S;iid Messuage farm
or plantation with all Houses out houses Barns Orchards
Gardens and all other and Every other appertenances prive-
ledge and Convenancy to ye Same belonging known taken
or Eeputed as a part parcel or member theirof with ye Ee-
vertion and Eevertions Eemainder and Eemainders their of
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Unto him the Said Oliver Baxter his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever to his and their own only proper Use Benifet and be-
hoof forever, and ye Said Eobert Hutchins and Amy for
them Selves their Heirs Exetors and admrs Covenant
promise Grant and Agree to and w'th ye Said Oliver Bax-.
ter his Heirs and Assigns that before the Ensealing hereof
they are the true Sole and Lawfull owners of the Above
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOKDS. 329
Demised premisess and Stand Lawfully Seized of ye Same
in their own proper Eight as a good perfect and Absolute
Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple and have in them selves
Good Eight power and Lawfall Athority to give Grant
Bargain Sell allien Enffeoff Assure Convey and Confirm the
Same in manner as above Said and that ve Sd Oliver Bax-
ter his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may from time to time
and att all times here after by Virtue of theses presents
Lawfully peacably and Quietly Enjoy the Same free and
Clear and freely and Clearly Acquitted Exonerated and
Discharged of and from all and all other former Gifts
grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgauges Wills Intailes
Joyntors Dowreys Judgments Extents Executions Incum-
berances or troubles Whatsoever & ye Sd Eobert & Amy
Do further Covenant & bind themselves their Heirs Extors
(t Admrs to Warrant & Defend ye above Demised premises
<fe Every part theirof Unto him ye Sd Oliver Baxter his
Heirs & Assigns forever Against ye 'Just and Lawfull Claim
or Claims of any person or persons Whatsoever In Wit-
ness whereof We ye'Sd Eobert & Amy have hereunto Set
their hands and Seals ye Day and Year first above Written
Signed Sealed and
Delivered In presence of • Eobekt Hutohins (S )
GoKGE Baker Ame hutchings (S)
Joseph Kissam
Queens County Sejjt ye 27th anno Domini 1743 then
Personally Apeared before me Micah Smith one of his
Majestyes Justices of ye peace for'Sd County ye W'thin
named Joseph Kissiim one of ye witnesses to this Within
Written Deed and did Declare on ye Holy Avangelist of
Almighty God that he See Eobert Hutchins and Amey his
Wife Execute this Within Written Instrument to be their
Volantary Act and Deed and att ye same time See Gorge
Baker Sign as Witness
Micah Smith
330 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 157.
This Indenture Made this fourth Day of may In the
Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundread & thirty
Eight By and Between Daniel Kissam of Madnans Neck
Alias Great Neck in the Township of Hempstead in Queens
Couuty in New York province Yeaman of ye one part and
Joseph Kissam of Cow Neck in ye Afore Named Township-
of Hempstead Yeaman of ye other party Wittnesseth that
the Said Daniel JKissam for and in Consideration of three
Hundread Pounds New York Money to him in hand paid
before ye Ensealing hereof by the afore Named Joseph
Kissam the Keceipt Whereof ye sd Daniel Kissam Doth by
theses Presents Own And Acknowledge and himself to be
there with fully Satisfied and Contented and thereof and
their from and of and from every part and percell their of
by theses presents Doth for Ever Acquit Exonerate And
Discharge the Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs Executors
Admrs Hath Given Bargained Sold Alianated Enffeoffed
Assured Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses presents
Doth freely fully and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell
Allien Enffeoff Assure Convey and Confirm Unto him ye
Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs and Assigns for ever One
Certain farm or plantation of Land Scituated Lying and
being on Great Neck Afore Named in the Township of
Hempstead afore Named on ye West Side of the Said Neck
and is Butted and Bounded as foUoweth Viz Begining at
ye Water Side att a Certain Place known & Commonly
Called ye Clay pitts in ye Line Between Gorge Huletts
Land and this Said Land Euning thence by ye Water Side
or Bay Southerly to Henry AUyns Land thence Euning East-
erly by ye Land of Henry allyne as the fence Now Stands
till itt Comes to a Certain Gate Near the Great Swamp
thence Euning a Cross ye. Way or path into ye Swamp to a
Certain Maple Bush it being Hulets Corner thence Eun-
ning About Northwest by Huletts Line a Cross the Way or
Road or path to ye fence and thence as ye fence now
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 331
Stands in ye Line between this sd Land and Huletts Land
it being About Northwest till itt Comes to ye Corner and
thence Euning About Southwest as the fence now Stands
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In the Line Between Huletts Land and this Said Land to
another Corner and from thence Euning Near about north-
west as the fence now Stands in the Line Between Huletts
Land and This said Land to ye place of first Begining att
and Containeth One Hud dread and live Acres Togather W'th
all priviledges Appertenances Convenances and Commodi-
tys to ye Said Land belonging or Appertaining To have
and hold the Said Bargained farm or plantation of Land
togather w'th all & every priviledge Appertenance Conven-
iancy and Commodity their unto belonging Known taken
or Eeputed to be a part percell or Member theirof with ye
Eeversion and Eeversions Eemainder and Eemainders
thereof Unto him ye sd Joseph Kissam his Heirs and As-
signs for Ever to his and their own only proper Use Beni-
fet and bphoofe for Ever and ye Said Daniel Kissam for
himself his Heirs Exetors and Admrs and Every of them
by theses presents Doth Covenant promise Grant and
Agree to and with ye sd Joseph Kissam his Heirs and
Assigns that before ye Ensealing of theses presents he is ye
true Sole & Lawfull oner of ye Above Bargained premises
& stands Lawfully Seized and possessed of the Same
in his Own proper Eight as a Good perfect and Abso-
lute Estate of Inheritance in fee simple and hath in
himself good Eight full power and Just and Lawfull Athor-
ity to Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfeeoff Assure Con-
vey and Confirm the above Bargained premises in Manner
As above Said and that the Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs
and Assigns Shall and may from Time to time and att all
times for ever hereafter by Virtue of theses presents Law-
fully Eeacably and Quietly have hold Use Occupy possess
and Enjoy the Same free & Clear & freely and Clearly Ac-
quitted Exonerated & Discharged of & from all & -Every
332 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
qther former Gift Grant Bargain Sale Lease Will Entail
Joynture Dowrie Mortgage Judgment and Extent Execu-
tion Incumberanee or troubles Whatsoever and ye Said
Daniel Kissam further by theses presents Doth Covenant
and bind Himself hi-i Heirs Executors & Admrs and Every
of them to Warrant & Defend ye above Bargained premises
and Every part thereof Unto him ye Said Joseph Kissam
his Heirs and Assigns for ever Against ye Just & LawfuU
Claim & Claims of any person or persons Whatsoever In
Wittness Whereof the Said Daniel Kissam hath hereunto
Set his hand and Seal the Day and Year first above Writ-
ten
Signed Sealed and Delivered Daniel Kissam (S)
In presence of
Benj. Teeadwell
Phebe Teeadwell
Page 159.
Queens County April 2th Anno Domini 1742 then per-
sonally Appeared before me Gorge Hulet Esqr one of his
Majestys Justices of ye peace for ye County Afore Said the
Within Named Daniel Kissam and Acknowledged the With-
in Written Instrument to be his Volantary Act and Deed
I Allow this Deed to be Eecorded
Goege Hulett
Entered and Compared With ye original by Me
MicAH Smith Clerk
Simon Losees Deed from James pine
To all Christion People to whom theses present's shall
Come Greeting Know Yea that I James pine of Hempstead
in Queens County in ye province of New York Yeaman for
& in Consideration of ye Sum of twenty pound to me in
hand paid before ye Ensealing and Delivery by Siman Lo-
sey of Oysterbay and County and province Above Said ye
Receipt Whereof I do hereby Acknowledge and my self
therewith fully Satisfied and Contented and thereof and of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS. 333
Every part and percell thereof Do Exonerate Acquit and
Discharge ye sd Simon Losey his Heirs Exetors and Admrs
for Ever by theses presents Have Given granted Bargained
Sold AUianated Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses
presents Doe fully and Absolutely give grant Bargain Sell
Allien Convey and Confirm Unto the Said Simon Losey his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever one Certain Peice or percell of
Salt Meadovsr att ye South Side of ye township In A neck
Called Washband Neck with ye Equal half or Moiety of A
Lot of upland Lying in ye Said Neck ye Lot of Meadow
Butted and Bounded North by a Creek and East partly by
ye sd James pines Meadow, and partly by Cap't Ben
Smiths and Southard Meadow and Southerly by a Creek
Called Embrees Creek and West by Joseph Halstead
Meadow. Containing the Number of Acres Within theses
Bounders More or Less and formerly the Said Lott of
Meadow Was in ye possestion of Epheraim Vallantine but
now in ye possestion of me ye sd James pine, the whole
Lott of Upland Butted and Bounden, North by Uriah
Platts Land and East by ye High Way, Runing Down ye
sd neck and South by Thomas Lees Land, and West by
John Halls Meadow ye Breadth or Wedth being Six Eods
and by Estimation Containing three Acres More or Less,
To have and to Hold the Said granted and Bargained
premissess with all Apertenances priveledges and Com-
moditys to ye Same belonging or in any Wise Appertain-
ing to him ye Said Simon Losey His Heirs and Assigns
for Ever, to his and their only proper Use Benifit and
behoof forever and I ye sd James pine For me my Heirs
Page 160.
Executors and Administrators Do Covenant promise and
grant to & with ye sd Simon Losey his Heirs and As-
signs that before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye true
Sole and Lawfull Oner of ye Above Bargained premises
and am Lawfully Seized and possessed of ye Same in mine
own proper Eight as a Good perfect and Absolute Estate of
334 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
Inheritance and have in my self good Right full power &
LawfuU Athority to grant Bargaia Sell Convey aad Confirm
ye sd Bargained premises in Manner as above Said and
that ye sd 'Simon Losey his Heirs and Assigns Shall and
may from time to time & at all times and for Ever hereafter
by Virtue of theses presents Lawfully peaoably and Quietly
have hold Use possess and Enjoy ye Said Demised and
Bargained premises With ye Appertenanoes free and Clear
and freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Discharg-
ed of and from all and all manner of former Gifts Grants
bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Intails Joynters
Dowers Judgments Executions Incumberances and troubles
Whatsoever and I ye Said James pine Do further Covenant
& Bind my self my Heirs Exetors and Admrs firmly by
theses presents to Warrant and Defend ye Said Simon Lo-
sey his Heirs and Assigns in Quiet and peasable possession
of all and Singular ye Said granted premises Against any
Just and Lawfull Claim and Claims of any person or per-
sons AVhatsoever. In Wittness Whereof I ye said James
pine have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this twelfth Day
of November one thousand Seven Hundread and forty three
Signed Sealed and Delivered James pine (S)
In presence of
Phebe Smith
MiGAH Smith
Queens County on ye 12th Day of november 1743 then
personally Appeared ye Within Named James pine before
Me Micah Smith one of his Majesties Justices of ye peace
for Said County and Did Acknowledge this Within Written
Instrument to be his Volantary Act and Deed
Micah Smith
Entered and Compared with ye original by Me
Micah Smith Clerk
hempstead town becords. 336
Page 161.
This Indenture made this Seventeenth day of September
in the twelfth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
George of Great Brittain &c and in the year of our Lord
Christ One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty five,
Between Daniel Wood of Hempstead in Queens County on
Nassau's Island and in the province of New York Weaver
of the one part and Jeremiah Smith and Jonas Smith both
of Huntinton in Suffolk County on the Island and province
afore sd Teoman, 6i the other part witnesseth, That the sd
Jeremiah Smith and Jonas Smith for and in Consideration
of the Sum of forty three pounds of good and Lawfull
money of New York to him in hand well and truly paid by
the Sd Daniel Wood before the ensealing and Delivery of
these presents the Eeceipt whereof to full Satisfaction The
Sd Jeremiah Smith and Jonas Smith doth acknowledge and
themselves to be therewith fully Satisfied and paid and
thereof and of every part and parcel thereof doth acquit
exonerate and fully discharge him the Sd Daniel Wood his
Heirs Executors and administrators and every of them for
ever by these presents and for divers other good causes and
Considerations them the Sd Jeremiah Smith and Jonas Smith
Especially moving them the Sd Jeremiah Smith and Jonas
Smith hath given granted Bargained Sold jnfeoffed conveyed
_ and confirmed and by these presents doth fully freely clearly
and absolutely give grant bargain Sell infeoffe convey and
confirm unto the Sd Daniel Wood and to his Heirs and
assigns all that the Estate right title Interest claim portion
perportion inheritance dividend property possession re-
verton remainder claim and demand whatsoever which the
Sd Jeremiah Smith & Jonas Smith now hath or ever had
or in time to come They or their Heirs or assigns can
may might should or ought to have claim challenge or de-
mand of in or unto any and all the Land and eight of
Lands or Medows in the town of Hempstead afore sd which
was their Grandfathers James Smith Deceased, Devided
336 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
and imdevided in what nature or kind Soever it be in the
Sd Township of Hempstead to have, and to hold all the
above granted premises with all and Singular the appurte-
nances thereof unto the Sd Daniel Wood and unto his
Heirs and assigns for ever to his and their only proper use
benefit and behoof from hence forth for ever and the Sd
Jeremiah Smith and Jonas Smith doth hereby declare that
at the time of the ensealling and delivery of these presents
we the Sd Jeremiah Smith and Jonas Smith are the true
Sole and lawful owners of all afore sd granted and bargain-
ed premises and Stand lawfully Seized thereof in our own
right of good perfect and indefesable Estate of inheritance
in Fee Simple having in our Selves good right and full pow-
er and lawful authority to sell and dispose of the Same in
manner as aforesd and that the Sd Daniel Wood and his
Page 162.
Heirs and assigns Shall and may here after and for ever
Lawfully peaceably have hold occupy possess and enjoy the
above granted premises with the appurtenances thereof free
and clear and clearly acquitted and discharged of and from
all and all manner of former and other gifts grants bargains
sales Leasses mortgages joyntures dowres Judgments Exe-
cutions intails forfeitures and of and from all other titles
troubles charges and incumbrances whatsoever had made
done committed or Suffered to be done by us Jeremiah
Smith and Jonas Smith us our Heirs or Assigns at any
time or times before the ensealling and delivery hereof and
further we the Sd Jeremiah Smith and Jonas Smith do
hereby Covenant promise and Bind and Oblige our Selves
our Heirs Executors and administrators from hence forth
and for ever here after to warrant and defend all the above
granted premises and the appurtenances thereof unto the
Sd Daniel Wood his Heirs and Assigns the Lawful claim
and demand of all and every person or persons whatsoever
from by or under us in witness whereof we the Sd Jeremiah
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 337
Smith and Jonas Smith have Set to our hands and fixed
onr Seals the day and year first above written
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in presence of us Jebbmiah Smith (S)
Tho's Thiestan Jonas Smith (S)
Joseph Platt
Memorandum that on the twenty Second day of Sep-
tember in the Year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and
forty three came before me John Willet Esqr one of his
Majesties Justices of the peace for Queens County and also
one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for Said
County Jeremiah Smith one of the grantors of the premises
within named and acknowledged the within Instrument to
be his voluntary act and Deed there are no Rasions or In-
terlinations In the Same let it be recorded taken and ac-
knowledged before me the day above written
John Willet
Enter'd and Compared by
Micah Smith Clerk
Page 163.
To all Christian people to whom these presents may
come John Seamans of Hempstead in , Queens County in
the Colony of New York Sends Greeting Know ye that I
the Sd John Seamans for and in Consideration of a Valua-
ble Sume of Current Lawful money of the province above
sd to me in hand paid by Thomas Whitehead of Jamaica
and Jeremiah Wood of Hempstead both of the Same Coun-
ty on Nassau's Island in the County above sd the Receipt
wherof I do forever acquit release and discharge the Sd
Thomas Whitehead and Jeremy Wood there Heirs and As-
signs from any further Claim and Demand of any part par-
cel or member thereof Have given granted Sold enfeoffd as-
sured and confirmed and the Sd John Seamans for himself
his Heirs Executors and Administrators do by these pres-
ents more fully Clearly and absolutely give grant Bargain
338 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOOEDS.
Sell Enfeoff assure and confirm to the Sd Thomas White-
head and Jeremy Wood to their Heirs and assigns forever
all his the Sd John Seamans right of up Land Meadows
and plains in the Sd township of Hempstead abovesd which
is already laid out or that may or Shall at any time or times
hereafter for ever be laid out Excepting two Lots of Land
(Viz) the one Lying at Westberry a Small village in Town
of Hempstead abovesd adjoyning to the land of William
Stites containing twenty two acres more or less with the
addition thereunto belonging. The other a Lot of Land
lying by the road that leads to the harbour bounded South-
erly by Jonathan Smith's Land and Northerly by the land
of Young Orsbands containing fifty acres more or less as it
is laid out with all and Singular the rights priviledges ap-
purtenances there unto belonging or in any manner of ways
appertaining as also all the Estate Right title interest prop-
erty possession Claim and demand of in and to the Same
To Have and To Hold the above sd Eight of upland mea-
dow and plains as it is above express'd to the only proper
use benefit and behoof of them the Sd Thomas Whitehead
and Jeremy Wood their Heirs and assigns forever free and
clearly acquitted and discharged of and from any manner
of intanglement of what nature or kind soever with a war-
rantee to defend against all persons Laying Just Claim
thereunto in witness whereof I have put my hand and Seal
this eighteenth day of February in the fourth year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the grace of God
king of great Brittain &c defender of the faith &c and in
the year of our Lord Christ Seventeen Hundred & Seven-
teen
Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of the mark of
the mark of John :X: Seamans (S)
Nicholas :X: Stilwel Jun
Hannah Van Goldee
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS. 339
Page 164.
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas White-
head within named Do by these presents for full satisfac-
tion Eeceiv'd of Jeremy Wood give and grant to Jeremy
Wood his Heirs and assigns for ever all my right title in-
terest property possession claim and Demand of in and to
the within written Deed as witness my hand and Seal this
10th day of Jan'y in the fifth year of his majesties roign
Anno Dom: 1718 and also from the Heirs and assigns of
him the Sd Thomas Whitehead
Sealed and Delivered Tho Whitehead (S)
in the presence of
the mark of
Elizabeth :E: Pieman
1743 Feb: ye 14th
Queens County ss. Then appeared before me Micah
Smith a Justice of the peace for the Sd County the within
named John Seamans and acknowledged the Instrument
within mentioned to be his voluntary act and Deed
Micah Smith
•
Entered and Compared with ye Original by
Micah Smith Clerk
Att the Request of Sundry of the Freeholders & Inhabi-
tants of the Township of Hempstead Wee John Dorlon
Joseph Mott and Solomon Seaman Commissioners for Lay-
ing out Highways in the Said Township having taken a
Yew of a Certain Old Wood path that Leads from the
Plains (Nigh the House of John Eushmour Down on the
West Side of the East Meadow Swamp and their Being
Some Disputes Wheither the Said Old path had Ever been
Established a publick highway or Not it Eichard Ellison
Being about to Inclose the Sd path at the 'Edge of the
Plaines & Turn it More to the Eastward) Now wee the
Commissioners Above Named having Duly Considered the
340 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS.
Same are of Oppenion as the path Leads to Severel Per-
sons Wood Land that a highway Ought to be Laid Out &
wee do Accordingly to the power & Authority in us Eesid-
ing Lay out a Publick highway as foUoweth Viz to Eun out
of the Eoad that Leads from Joseph Carmons over the
Bast Meadow Swamp Some Small Distance in the "Woods &
So to Continue Southerdly as the path Goes untill it Comes
to the Northarmost pice of Land Thomas Tredwell Bought
of Eichard Ellison the Said Highway wee Lay out four
Eods Wide Witness our hands at hempstead the 30th Day
of October 1748
Joseph Mott
SoLOMAN Seaman
John Doblon
Page 165.
Wee Whose Names here unto Subscribed have Given
and Granted and by theses presents do freely Clearly and
Absolutely Give & Grant from us our Heirs Exets Admrs
and Assigns Unto Cap't Jacob Hicks of Eockaway in ye
Bounds of Hempstead in Queens County his Heirs Execu-
tors Admrs all our Eight Title Interest Part or Shai;p be-
longing to a Beach Lying on ye South Side of ye Island in
ye Bounds of Hempstead aforesd att a place Called Eock-
away, Bounded as foUoweth West by Whelses Line South
by the Sea East by Brockelfaoe Gutt and North by ye
Great Creek, Togather with all ye Marshes and other Privi-
ledges Thereunto belonging or in any Wise Appertaining to
him ye Said Jacob Hick his Heirs and Assigns forever.
Given Under our hands and Seals ye Seventh Day of June
in ye Eleventh Year of his Majestys Eeign Anno Domini
1725
his Henry Pearsall (S)
Joseph :J: Mott (S) Epheraim Vallantine (S)
Mark Peter titas (S)
William WilHs (S) Isaac Smith (S)
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEOORDS.
341
William Stits
(S)
Christifer Dingea
(8)
his
Silas Titas
(8)
Gorge :B: Balden
(S)
Benjamin Seamans
(8)
Mark
(8)
Joshua Barns
(8)
Samuel Jackson
(S)
Ben Hicks
(8)
Jacob Seaman
(S)
Isaac Hicks
(8)
James Seamans
(S)
his
Benjamin Birdsall
(S)
Abel :S: Smith
(8)
Jolin Birdsall
(S)
Mark
Jolin Treadwell
(S)
Gorge pearsall
(8)
Joseph Pettit
(8)
Daniel Pearsall
(8)
Jacob Smith
(8)
Eich'd Seamans "^
(8)
his
Samuel Titas
(8)
Eich'd :X: Elison
(8)
his
Mark
(8)
Obediah :0: Vallantine (8)
Samuel Seamans
(8)
Mark
James Jackson
(8)
Thomas pearsall
(8)
Page 166.
John Carman
(8)
Richard, Seamans
(8)
Mordecai Lester
(8)
John Mott
(8)
his
(8)
Joshua Carman
(8)
William :X: Pine
(8)
his
Mark
(8)
Samuel :N: Williams/
(8)
Jo'n ffoster
(8)
Mark
(8)
Tho Gildersleve
(8)
his
Thomas Langdon
(8)
Samuel :8: Langdon
(8)
-Benjamin Seamans
- (8)
Mark
Henry Seamans
(8)
John Jackson
(8)
William Langdon
(8)
Joseph Denton
(8)
342- HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
Adam Mott
(S)
his
Jonathan Smith
(S)
Joseph :X: Langdon
(8)
his
Mark
James :X: Pine
(S)
Nathaniel Oakley
(S)
Mark
his
his
Caleb :X: Carman
(S)
John :M: Langdon
(S)
Mark
Mark
Samuel Eainer
(S)
Eighbill Mott
(S)
his
Thomas :X: Carman
(S)
Mark
'
Page 167.
This Indenture made the twenty Seventh Day of August
in ye Year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
forty Between William Nicols of Hempstead in Queens
County Teaman and Sarah his Wife (Signifyed as a party
to theses presents by her Executing ye same) of ye one part
And peter Smith Junor of flushing in the Coiinty afore Said
Teaman on ye other part Witnesseth that ye Sd William
Nicols for and in Consideration of ye Sum of three Hun-
dread and Sixty Seven pounds LawfuU Money of New Tork
to him in hand paid by ye Said peter Smith att and before
the Ensealing & Delivering of theses presents the Eeceipt
whereof ye Sd William Nicols Doth hereby Acknowledge
and himself to be there with fully Satisfied Contented and
paid and their of and there from and of and from Every
part and percel thereof Doth hereby forever Acquit Exon-
erate Eelease and Discharge him ye Said peter Smith and
his Heirs Exetors and Admrs and Every of them Hath
Given Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Eemispd Eeleased
Assured and Confirmed & by theses presents Doth Give
Grant Bargain Sell Alien Eemise Eelease Assure and Con-
firm Unto him ye Sd peter Smith and to his Heirs and As-
signs All and Singular the Lands and tenements which att
ye time of Executing hereof Doth belong Unto ye Sd Wil-
liam Nicols Soituate in the township of Hempstead Afore
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 343
Said "With ye Eeversions there of and of Every part and
parcel thereof wheresoever ye Same may be found With ye
Eights of Commonage and also all and Singular the Goods
& Chattels of What kind or nature soever they be or where
soever belonging to ye Said William Nichols Including one
Negro Man Called James And one Negro Girl Called Tabb
both Slaves to Gather with all houses Out houses Bams
Stables Orchards Lands Meadows fences tenements Edi-
fices Buildings Reparations W^aters Elvers Graising and all
Improvements with ye Eevertions and Eemainders thereof
and the Eents Issues and profits of ye Same and of Every
part and parcel thereof To have and to hold all and Every
the Said Lands Tenements and premises and all and Singu-
lar the Goods and Chatties as afore said Being the Intire
Page 168.
Estate Eail and personal of ye Said William Nichols Unto
the Said Peter Smith and his Heirs and Assigns to je only
proper Use benifit and behoofe of him ye Said peter S'mith
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever and the Said William Nich-
ols for him self his Heirs Exetors and Administrators and
Every of them Doth hereby Covenant promise grant and
Agree to and With ye Said peter Smith and his Heirs And
Assigns In Manner and.form following that is to say that
he ye Said William Nichols at ye time of Ensealing and
Delivering of theses presents was the true Sole and LawfuU
Oner of all and Every of ye above hereby Granted and Re-
leased Lands and premises Goods and Chattels and that he
had in himself good Eight full power and LawfuU Athority
to Sell and Dispose of ye Same In Manner As above Said
and that ye Same and Every part ^thereof Are free from all
Trouble or Incumberanoes Lastly the Said William Nich-
els ye Sd Lands tenements and premises with ye Sd Goods
and Chatties Unto ye Sd Peter, Smith and his Heirs Execu-
tors Administr^iiors and Assigns Against ye Claims and
pretences of all persons Shall and Will Warrant and by
theses presents for Ever Defend In Witness whereof the
344 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Said William Nidiols and Sarah his Wife have here Unto
Set their hands and Seals ye Day and Year first Above
Written
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Us William Nicolls (S)
Sarah Clowes her
Gerh'ds Clowes Saeah : X : Nichols (S)
Seale & Delivered by Mark
William Nichols In presence of
Henry Smith
William farmer
Hempstead 21th July 1744
Queens County Then and there personaly Appeared be-
fore me Micah Smith Esqr one of his Majestys Justices for
the Sd County Assigned Gredias Clowes one of ye Witoeses
to ye Within Written Instrument and Declared on Oath
that he Saw yt Within Mentioned Sarah Nicols Sign Seal
and Deliver ye Same as her Volantary act and Deed
Micah Smith
Hempstead December 1744
Queens County Then and their personally appeared be-
fore me Micah Smith Esqr one of his Majestys Justices for
sd County Assigned Henry Smith one of ye Witnesses to
ye within Written Instrument and Declared on Oath that
he Saw ye within mentioned William nicols sign Seal and
Deliver ye Same as his Volantary act and Deed
Micah Smith
Page 169.
To all Christian people to whome theses presents Shall
Come Know yea that Benjamin Wiggins of Jemacai in
Queens County on Nassaw Island and province of New
York Yeaman & Kachel his Wife for and in Consideration
of the Sum of forty-two pounds good andwLawfuU Money
of the province afore Sd To them in hand paid by Peter
Smith of flushing in ye County and province afore Said
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS. 345
Yeaman ye Receipt whereof they Do hereby Acknowledge
and them Selves their with to be fully Satisfied and Con-
tented & their of and their from they do Acquit Exonerate
and Discharge the Said Peter Smith his Heirs Exetrs and
Admrs for Ever by theses presents Have Given Granted
Bargained Sold Aliend Conveyed & Confirmed unto ye Said
Peter Smith Junr and to his Heirs and Assigns for Ever
all that farm Scituate Lying & Being in Jemacai af. sd
on ye Little Plains Which is Bounded East by John
Doughtys Land South as ye ffence now Stands And West
as- ye ii'ence Stands and North by the Country Road that
Leads from Jemacai to ye Great plains Containing fifteen
Acres be ye Same more or Less Togather with all and
Singular the Improvements ffencing ffences trees timber
wood under woods Houses and out Houses Barns Stables
Orchards Priviledges Commodities Advantages Easments
Immunities Heriditiments & Appertenances Whatsoever
Belonging or any Ways Appertaining theirunto With all
the Right title Interest property Claim & Demand What-
soever of them the sd Benjamin Wiggins and Rachel his
Wife of in or to ye premises or any part or parcel thereof
To have and To Hold the Sd House and Land above Men-
tioned to be Granted and Sold & Singular the premises
Heriditements And Appertenances Above Mentioned to
him ye Sd Peter Smith his Heirs and Assigns to his and
their only proper Use Benifit and behoof for Ever and the
Sd Benjamin Wiggins and Rachel his Wife for them Selves
their Heirs Extors and Admrs Do Covenant promise and
grant to and with ye sd Peter Smith his Heirs and Assigns
that Before the Ensealing hereof they are ye true Sole and
Lawfull owners of all and Singular ye above Bargained and
are Lawfully Seized and possese-d of ye same in their own
Page 170.
proper Right and have in them Selves full power and
Lawfull and Absolute Athority to Bargain Sell Con-
vey & Confirm & ye sd Bargained premises in manner
346 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Above Sd and that ye Sd Peter Smith his Heirs and As-
signs Shall and may from time to time and att all times for
Ever here after peacably & Quietly have hold Use Occupy
Possess and Enjoy all and Singular the premises Above
Mentioned free and Clear and freely and Clearly Acquited
and Exonerated Discharged of and from all and all Manner
of former Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages
Wills Entails Judgments Executions & Incumberances
Whatsoever and ye Sd Benjamin & Rachel his Wife -Do
further Covenant & Bind them Selves & their Exetors and
Admrs firmly by theses Presents The Sd Peter Smith his
Heirs and Assigns in, peacable and quiet possession of all
and Singular the premises Against the Just and Lawful!
Claim or Demand of any person or persons Whatsoever to
Warrant and Defend by theses presents In Wittness here-
of Wee have hereunto Sett our hands and Seals this Seven-
teen Day of Aprill Annoque Dom : one thousand Seven
Hundread & forty four
Signed Sealed and Delivered Benj'a Wiggins (S)
In presence of her
Jacob Doughty Rachel : X : Wiggins (S)
Augustus Oldfeild Mark
Hempstead July 21th 1744
Queens County then personally Appeared before me
Micah Smith Esqr one of his Majestys Justices of ye peace
for ye Sd County Assigned Jacob Doughty One of ye Wit-
nesses to ye Within Written Instrument and Declared on
oath that he Saw ye Within Named Benjamin Wiggins and
Rachel his Wife Sign Seal and Deliver ye same as his Vol-
antary Act and Deed
MicAH Smith
Entered and Compared with ye original by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
hempstead town eecobds. 347
Page 171.
By the Bequest of John Dingey and Benjamin Seamans,
and ye Consent of ye Neighbours in Generall We have
Surveyed and Laid out A Certain High Way Beginning
at ye Great Plains Commonly Know by ye Name of
Dingeys South path Begining Att White Oak tree and
Extending four Eods Westerly, and Soe by Marked trees
the Same Wedth A Cross ye Bruahe plains, and So ou by
ye Land John Dingey on ye Bight hand and ■ partly by ye
land of Silas titas and partly by ye Land of ye afore Said
John Dingey on ye Left to a Certain pond known by the
Name of ye Great pond Lying Near ye afore Named Benj :
Seamans House In Wittness we have here Unto Sett onr
hands this Ninth Day of March anno Domini one thousand
Seven Hundread forty four five 1744-5
Joseph Mott
SoLOMAN Seamans
Att the Bequest of Bichard Post and William titas We
' have Serveyed and Laid out A Certain High Way Begining
Att A Boad that Leads from Westbury to Wlieatly att ye
Divition Line, Euning by said Line untill itt Meets ye
Boad that Leads from William Loynes to Whektly two
Eods Wide As Witness Our hands this Ninth of March
Anno Domini 1744-5
Joseph Mott
SoLOMAN Seamans
Att the Bequest of William Loyns and Nathaniel Sea-
mans Jur We have Serveyed im(i Laid Out A Certain High
Way Begining at ye plains Near the Said Nathaniel Sea-
mans before Mentioned and Biming as ye Boad Lyes by
Marked trees Along ye Hollow or Valey that is known by
ye Name of Metenicock Hollow till itt meets ye Divition
Line four Eods Wide, Also a High Way Leading from ye
afore Said High Way on ye East Side of William Titas
timber Land to Nathaniel Seamans Jun Land and So a
Cross ye South End of sd Nathaniel Seamans Land to Sam:
348 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECORDS.
Seamans Land this Last High Way Appearing to -us to be
more Commodias then one that was formerly perposed By ye
Division Line by agreement Between ye before Mentioned
Nat Seamans and Sam: Seamans ye Said High Way to be
one Eod and a half Wide as Witness our hands this Ninth
of March 1744-5
Joseph Mott
SoLOMAN Seamans
Entered and Compared with ye Original by
MiCAH Smith
Page 172.
This Indenture Made this Twentyeth Day of August in
ye Year of our lord Christ Seventeen Hundread and thirty
one Between John Minthorne of Hempstead in Queens
County on Long Island in ye Province of New York Yea-
man of ye one parte and Samuel Barker of ye Same place
Yeaman of ye other parte Witnesseth that ye Said John
Minthorne for and in Consideration of A Certain Sum of
Money to him in hand paid att or before the Ensealing
hereof the Receipt Where of he doth Acknowledge and him
self theirwith fully Satisfied and Contented and paid and
thereof and theirfrom and from Every part and percell
theirof Doth by theses presents for Ever Acquit Exonerate
and Discharge ye Sd Samuel Barker his Heirs and Assigns
for ever and Doth by theses presents freely and fully and
Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien infeeof Assure
and Confirm unto the Said Samuel Barker his Heirs and
Assigns forever all my Right title Claim and Demand to
any Lands Either Laid out or may here after be laid out on
ye Right of Richard' Minthorne Deseased in ye township of
Hempstead or Else Where in Americai to Have and to
Hold ye Said Granted and Bargained premises to gather
with the appertenances j)riveledges and Commoditys to ye
same belonging or in any Wise appertaining Unto ye Said
Samuel Barker his Heirs and Assigns for ever and furbher
I ye Said John Minthorne for me my heirs ■ Executors and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS. 349
admrs Do Covenant promise and Grant to and With ye
Said Samuel Barker his Heirs Exetors and Admrs and As-
signs that before the Ensealing hereof I am the true and
Sole and Lawful! Oner of ye Above Bargained premises
and am Lawfully Seized of ye Same in fee and that ye Sd
Samuel Barker his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may from
time to time and at all times for Ever hereafter by virtue of
theses presents Lawfully peaoably and Quietly Injoy ye
Same free and Clear of all incumberances Whatsoever and
Lastly I ye Said John Minthorne Do Bind my Self my
Heirs and Exetors and Admrs firmly by theses presents to
Warrant & Defend ye Said Samuel Barker his heirs and
Assigns in Quiet possestion of ye Said Bargained premises
from all Manner of persons Claiming from by or Under me
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and fixt
my Seal the Day and Year Above. Written
Page 173.
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of John Minthorne (S)
EicHAED Ellison
Daniel Denton
October ye -22 1744
Queens County then personally the Within Named Bich-
ard Blhson one of ye Witnesses to this Within Written In-
strument Came before Me Micah Smith one of his Majesties
Justices of ye peace for Sd County and Did Declare on ye
holy Avangelist that he See the Within Named John Min-
thorne Execute this Within Instrument to be his Volantary
Act and Deed and at ye Same time Daniel Denton Signed,
the other Witness
Micah Smith
To all Christien people before whome theses presents
Shall Come Richard Cornell of Rockaway on Long Island
in Queens County in ye province of new York Sendeth
Greeting Know Yea that for and in Consideration of ye
350 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
full and Just Sum of two Hundread Pounds good Lawful!
Money of New York to me in hand Already paid by John
Sands formerly of Block Island and now Inhabitant Att
Cowneck Whereof aud where with I Doe Acknowledge my
Self fully paid and Contented and Doe by theses presents
Acquit and Discharge Sd Sands his Heirs Exetors- & admrs
theirfrom and Every part and percell thereof or thereunto
Bslongiug having Given Granted Bargained Sold Enfeeof-
ed and Confirmed Unto Sd Sands his heirs Extors Admrs
and Assigns for Ever A Certain tract of Land Scituate Ly-
ing and being on ye above Sd Cowneck the Scituation and
Bounders being att Large Contained In a Patent Signed
and Confirmed by Thomas Dongon Govener baring Date
the :25: Day November 1686 as also ye Servey and Draught
of Sd Land being Laid Down and Drafted by Phillip Wells
by order of Said Govenour Dongon baring Date ye 18th
Day of October 1686 the above said Lands together with
all the Libertys priviledges and appertenances theirunto
belonging theirin theiron or theirfrom Arising According
to sd patent and Draft to be for Ever Hereafter the true
Page 174.
Eight and proper Inheritance of him ye sd Sands his Heirs
Executors Admrs or assigns To have and to Hold and
Quietly Use possess and Enjoy without ye least Lett Hen-
dreuce or Molestation from by or Under mee or any per-
son or persons What Soever having Claiming or pretending
Any Bight title or Interest to any part or percell of tlie
above Granted premises having in my Self full power and
Lawfull Athority ye Same to Convey and Insure it being
free from all and all Manner of former gifts grants Bargains
Sales Intails Comparts Incumberances of what Nature or
kind Soever had or Commited by Mee Whereby Said Sands
his Heirs or Assigns Shall or May be molested Everted or
Ezected out of ye quiet Possestion of the Same and further
Doe for my Self my Heirs Exetors and Assigns Covenant
Grant promise to and with Said Sands his Heirs Exetors
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 351
Admrs and Assigns to Warrant & Defend ye Above Grant-
ed: In Witness my Confirmatioa of ye Above Written Sd
Cornell and Ms Wife have hereunto Seb their hands and
fixed their Seals this 25 of December 1691
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Us Eighard Cornell (S),
Jonathan Whitehead her
■John Cornell Elisabeth :X: Cornell (S)
John T Wolley Mark
Decem'r ye 25th 1695 then Appeared Mr Richard Cor-
nell and Elizabeth his Wife and did Acknowledge ye within
Deed of Sale to be their Volantary Act and Deed as Ac-
knowledged before Me
Tho : Hicks Judge
Entered and Compared with ye Original by
•MiCAH Smith Clerk
Page 175.
To all Christian people to whome this present Writting
Shall Come Greeting Know Yee that I Benjamin Seamans
of Oysterby in Queens County on Nassaw Island for and In
Consideration of Seven Pounds of LawfuU Money of new
York him in Hand paid by Jerimiah Williams of Hemp-
stead in je CoUnty afore Sd ye Receipt whereof ye Sd
Benjamin Seamans Doth Acknowledge and him Self their
With fully Satisfied Contented and paid and their of and
their from and of and from Every parte and percell theirof
for him self his Heirs Exetors Admrs and Every of them
Doth Release Acquit & Discharge him ye Sd Jerimiah
Williams his Heirs Exetors Admrs and Every of them for
Ever by theses presents and for other Good Causes and
Considerations him ye Sd Benjamin Seamans Especially
Moving he ye Said Benjamin Seamans for ye Consideration
Afore Sd hath Given Granted Alienated Assigned Assured
Sold and Confirmed and by theses piesents Hath Given
Granted Allianated Assigned Assured Sold and Confirmed
352 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
Unto him ye sd Jeremiah Williams his Heirs and Assigns
for Ever all that one peice of Land Lying and being Scitii-
ate one ye West Side of a place Called Hempstead Har-
bour Begining att a White Wood tree Called Jonathan
Smith his North East Corner tree, Euning South 22 East
forty two Eods thence Easterly twelve Rods thence
Northerly about forty Eods thence Westerly About two
het. the place of Begining Togather with one other peice of
Land Begining att ye Southwest Corner of ye feild where
Jerimiah Williams his Orchard Stands Eanging East 35 "
No Sixteen Eods thence No 22 West Sixteen Eods thencB
North 48 Eods West twenty four Eods thence North
twenty two West about thirty four Eods thence West
to Jonathan Smith his Line or to ye High Way thence
southerly Joyning to ye Sd Line or High Way About
Seventy four Eods where itt first began To gather with
all and Singular feilds fencing Stuff timber Woods and
under Woods With all other the premises with there and
Every of their Heridetements and Appertenances and part
and parcell theirof To have and Hold all and Singular ye
Sd Land and premises with ye Appertenances theirof Unto
ye Sole and only Use Benifit and Behoofe of him ye Sd
Jeremiah Williams his Heirs and Assigns and ye Said Ben-
Page 176.
jamin Seamans Doth declare that att ye time of ye Enseal-
ing and Delivery hereof he ye Said Benjamin Seamans is
ye true Sole and Lawfull oner of all ye Above Mentioned
Lands and Stands Lawfully Seized theirof in his proper
Eight as a perfect good and Absolute Estate of Inheritance
In fee Simple having in them selves Good Eight and Law-
full Athority to Sell ye Same in form and Manner as Above
Sd and that itt shall and May be Lawfull to and for him ye
Sd Jerimiah Williams his Heirs and Assigns for Ever peac-
ably Quietly To Have hold Use Occupy possess and Enjoy
all and Singular the above Sd Lands with the Appertenan-
ces thereof freely and Clearly Acquited and Discharged of
HEMPSTEAt) TOWN EECOEDS. 368
and from all Incumberances and Conveniances whatsoever
had made Moved Committed Done or Suffered to be Done
at any time or times before ye Ensealing hereof & ye sd
Benjamin Seamans Doth further Covenant promise Bind ct
Oblige him self his Heirs Extors Admrs and Every of them
to Warrant all ye Above premises Unto ye sd Jerimiah
Williams his Heirs and Assigns and for Ever by theses
presents well and truly to Defend In Witness hereof ye sd
Benjamin Seamans hath here Unto Set his hand and Seal
the twenty Day of May In ye Year of our Lord 1720
Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of Benjamin. Seamans (8)
EoBEKT Dingey
Alexandeb Youngs
Memorandom that on ye fifth Day of ye twelfth Month
Called february Seventeen Hundread and twenty two then
Came the Within Named Benjamin Seamans before Me
Timothy Bagley Esqr one of his Majestys Jus't of ye peace
for Queens County and Did Acknowledge this within Writ-
ten Deed to be his Bail Act and Volautary Deed
TiM': Bagley
Page 177. ,
To all Christion people to whome theses presents shall
Come or any wise appertain Greeting Know Yea that
Whereas John Robinson Late of Hempstead Some Years
past had Given and Granted Unto him the Stream of Water
that Leadeth Down to ye head of Hempstead Harbour by
ye Town Inhabitants & freeholders of ye Sd Township of
Hempstead to Build and Sett up a Grist Mill and ye Sd
John Eobinson Builded A Grist Mill upon ye Sd Stream
and ye sd John Robinson and Joseph Robinson & John
Robinson Jur Sons to ye Said John Robinson having by
their Deed of Sale Under their hands and Seals bearing
Date the Second Day of May in je Year of our Lord one,
thousand Seven Hundread and Nine Sold and Conveyed
354 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
the Sd Mill and all and Singuler the Appertenances Unto
Charles Mott of Hempstead in Queen County on Nassaw
Island Yeaman As by the Said Deed of Sale Eeferance
there unto being had Doth and may more Largely Appear,
Now know Tee that ye Said Charles Mott for and in ye
Consideration of ye Sum of one Hundread & twenty
Pounds of Currant Money of New York to him in hand
paid before ye Ensealing and Delivery of theses presents
by Jerimiah Williams of New York the Eeceipt whereof &
of Every part and percell he Doth hereby Acknowledge
and himself to be their with fully Satisfied Contented &
paid and theirof and of Every part and perceU Doth Ex-
onerate and Acquit & Discharge him ye said Jerimiah
Williams his Heirs Extors Administrators and Every of
for ever by theses presents Hath given granted bargained
Sold Aliened Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses pres-
ents Doth Give Grant Bargain Alien Convey and Confirm
Unto the Said Jerimiah Williams his Heirs and Assigns
forever all that of ye Above Said Grist mill with ye Dam
and ye Stream above Said as it Granted Unto ye S'aid John
Robinson afore sd by ye freeholders of sd Town and as it
stands Recorded in ye Records in ye Said town of Hemp-
stead Referance their unto being had Doth and may more
fully Appear togather with ye Iron Crow and all other ye
Instruments belonging Unto ye Sd mill with all and Singu-
lar ye priviledges and Appertenances to ye Same belonging
or in any ways Appertaining with all and Singuler ye Re-
Page 178.
vertions and Remainders their of and all ye Estate Right
title Interest Inheritance property possession Claim and
Demand what Soever of him ye said Charles of in or to the
Same and Every part thereof To have and to hold all ye
above Granted premises with all and Singuler the Appert-
enances their of unto ye Sd Jerimiah Williams his Heirs and
Assigns to his and their Sole and proper Use Benifet and
behoofe from hence forth for Ever and ye Said Charles
Mott Doth here by Declare that att ye time of ye Enseal-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 356
ing & Delivery of theses presents he ye Sd Charles Mott
was ye true Sole and LawfuU oner of ye said Mill and all
and Singuler ye Appertenances theirof in his own Eight of
a good perfect and Indefeazable Estate of Inheritance in
fee Simple having iu my Self full power good Eight and
LawfuU Athority to Sell and Dispose of ye Same in Man-
ner as afore Said and that ye Sd Jerimiah Williams his
Heirs and Assigns Shall and may from time to time and att
all times forever here after Lawfully peacably and Quietly
Have hold Occupy possess and Enjoy all ye Above De-
mised premises With ye Appertenances free and Clear &
Clearly Acquited and Discharged of & from all & all man-
ner of former and Other Gifts grants bargains Sales Leases
Mortgages Wills Intails forfitures and of and from all Other
titles troubles Charges and Eiicumberances Whatsoever
had made Done or Suffered to be Done by ye Sd Charles
Mott his Heirs or Assigns before ye Ensealing and Deliv-
ery of theses presents and he ye Said Charles Mott Doth
hereby Bind and Oblige him self his Heirs Bxtors & Admrs
to Warrant and Defend ye Sd Jerimiah Williams his Heirs
and Assigns in ye Quiet possestion of all ye Above Grant-
ed & Bargained premises against all and all manner of per-
sons or persons Whatsoever that Shall Lay any Just or
Lawful! Claim their unto in Witness Whereof the Sd
Charles Mott hath Hereunto Set his hand and Seal ye Sec-
ond Day of ye fifth Month July in ye Year of our Lord
one Thousand Seven hundred & fifteen
Sealed and Delivered his
in ye presence of Chables :C: Mott (S)
ElCHAED COENELL Mark
Obediah O Vallantine
William Willis
Memorandom on ye twenty fourth Day of May 1722
Then Came before me Isaac Hicks one of his Majestys
Jus's for Queens County the Within Named Charles Mott
and Did Acknowledge ye Within Written Deed to be his
•free Act and Deed Isaac Hicks
356 hempstead town becoeds.
Page 179.
This Indenture Made This Tenth Day of April Anno
Domini Seventeen Hiindread and thirty three By and be-
tween Cornelias Vanwick of the Township of Hempstead
in Queens County & province of New York Yeaman &
hannah his Wife of ye one part and Richard Mott of the
Said Township of Hempstead Yeaman of ye Other part
Witneseth that ye Said Cornelias Vanwick and Hannah his
Wife for & in Consideration of ye Sum of Eleven hundread
<L fifty Pounds Currant money of New York to them or one
of them in hand paid at or before the Ensealing of theses
presents by Richard Mott afore Named ye Receipt Where-
of they ye Sd Cornelias & Hannah his Wife Do hereby
Acknowledge and themselves to be therewith fully Satisfied
Contented and paid and thereof & therefrom ct of and from
every part and percell thereof Do by theses presents for
Ever Acquit Exonerate & Discharge him ye Said Richard
Mott his Heirs Exetors & Admrs they ye Said Cornelias
Vanwick and Hannah his Wife Have given Granted Bar-
gained Sold Allinated Enffeoffed Assured Conveyed & Con-
firmed and by theses presents Do freely fully & Absolutely
Give Grant Bargain Sold Alien Enffeofi' Assure Convey and
Confirm Unto him ye Said Richard Mott his Heirs and As-
signs for Ever One Certain Messuage and Tract of Land
Scituate Lying & Being in ye Township of - Hempstead
Afore Named on ye North Side of ye Plains It being all
that Messauge & tract of Land on which ye Sd Cornelias
now Lives (Excepting out of this sale one Hundread Acres
of Land to be taken oS of ye South Side of this Said farm
w'ch Sd one Hundread Acres was before ye Ensealing here-
of Conveyed By ye Sd Cornelias & Hannah to John Hick
his Heirs and Assigns) the whole farm Containing About
three hundread and five Acres More or Less & is Butted
and Bounded In A General way as foUoweth Viz on ye
East by the High Way and Cornelias Hegermans Land,
West By Hicks Land South by Lands of John Hicks form-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 357
erly Joseph Thornes Land, North by Eobert Mitchels Land
Norwest by Allyns Land Begming & Euning as foUoweth
(to witt) Begining in the Swamp att the North West Cor-
ner of John Hickes Land Lately thornes Euning thence
Along ye Sd Land East and one Degree thirty Minutes
North 42 Chains to a Stake thence East Seventeen De-
grees South to ye North East Corner of ye Said John
Hicks Land 138| Chains Thence North Eleven Degrees
Page 180.
and thirty minutes East to a Eed Oak 19 cha : & 6 Links
from thence about one Chain to a White Oak thence
Northerly about two^Eods thence West A long the Eoad
to an Ash Sapling near the Bridge It being Hegermans
Corner thence North by Hegermans fence as it now
Stands to ye Corner at a Stake thence by ye fence Esterly
to Chestnut Sapling thence Northerly to a maple then
along Hegermans fence to a Black Oak Sapling then West-
erly to a Maple Sapling thence Northerly Along the
Swamp to a Eed Oak Sapling About a Eod East of the
path thence West 2 Degrees thirty Minutes North thirty
minutes sixty Seven Chains to ye South West Corner of
Michells Land thence Northerly by ye fence to ye Gate
thence by Allyns Land South thirty five Degrees West 15
Chains to ye Brook thence Along ye Sd Brook to ye place
wee first Begun att togather with all ye priviledges Ap-
pertenanees Conveniances and Commoditys to ye Sd Mes-
suage and Tract of Land or in Any Wise Apperteining
Known taken or reputed to be part or percell and Member
theirof and Also one Certain peice of Salt Meadow Lying
att .Little Neck in ye Township of fflushing in Queens
County (Always Excepting out of this Sale of Meadow the
one Equal third part thereof to John Hicks Afore Named)
ye Sd Meadow being Bounded in a General Way Viz be-
gining at a Small Chesnut tree Marked .W.W. Standing att
ye head of a Little Creek thence Euning Along ye Said
Creek Down to ye Bay so along ye Bay till itt meets a
358 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Creek that is between this Medow and theodoras Van Wicks
Meadow So a long ye Said Creek to ye upland thence by
ye upland till itt Comes to ye Chestnut tree wee first begun
att Containing ye whole ten Acres be ye same more or less
To Have and To Hold ye Above Granted Tract of Land and
ye Above said Peice of Meadow With its Appertenances
(Under ye Exception & Eevertions Above Unto John
Hicks Excepted and reserved) and with all Conveniences
Unto ye Sd Granted & Intended to be hereby Granted with
ye Eevertions & Eevertions Eemaiuder & Remainders
Page 181.
thereof Unto him the Said Eichard Mott to him his Heirs
& Assigns for Ever to his and their only proper Use beni-
fet & behoofe forever and ye Sd Cornelias Van Wick and
Hannah his Wife for themselves their Heirs Extors &
Admrs & Every of them Do Covenant promise Grant and
Agree to and With ye Sd Eich'd Mott his Heirs and As-
signs and Every of them that Immediately before the En-
sealing of theses presents they are the true Sole and Law-
full Owners of the Above Granted and Intended to be
Granted premises and have in them selves Good Eightfull
power and Lawfull and Just Athority to Give Grant Bar-
gain Sell Alien Enfeoff Assure Convey and Confirm the
Same in Manner As above and that the Sd Eichard Mott
his Heirs & Assigns Shall and May from time to time and
att all times here after forever by Virtue of theses presents
Lawfully peasably & Qaietly have hold Use Occupy pos-
sess and Enjoy ye Same free and Clear & freely and Clear-
ly (Except as before Excepted and Reserved) Acquited Ex-
onerated and Discharged of and from all and Every Other
former Gift Grant Bargain Sale Mortgage Lease Will Dow-
rie Entail Judgment Execution Incumberance or trouble
What Soever, and ye Sd Cornelias Van Wick Dotb further
Covenant and Bind himself his Heirs Exetors & Admrs &
Every of them by tbeses presents to Warrant and Defend
ye Above Granted premises and Every part thereof unto
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOKDS. 359
him ye Sd. Eichard Mott his Heirs and Assigns, Agaiast ye
Just and Lawfull Claim or Claims of any person or persons
Whatsoever In Wittness Whereof the said Cornelias Van
Wick and Hannah his Wife have hereunto Set their Hands
and Seals the Day and Year Above Written
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Cobnelias Van Wick (S)
Wm. Buech The Mark of
Joseph Williams Hannah :X: Vanwick (S)
Memo'd : Agust ye 22 anno 1734
Then Appeared before Me Isaac Hicks Bsqr Judge of ye
Court of Common for Queens the within Named William
Burch one of ye evidences to ye Within Written Deed and
being Sworn on ye holy avangelist Maketh Oath that he
Saw ye Within Named Cornelias VanWick and Hannah his
Wife Execute ye Within Written Deed as there free and
Volantary Deed & that in presence of him & Joseph Wil-
liams Whom he Saw Sign as Bvedence With him to ye Sd
Deed and I allow this to be Recorded
Isaac Hicks
Page 182.
Articles of Agreement Indented Made Concluded agreed
Upon by and Between John Sands and his Brother Ed-
ward Sands both of Hempstead Township in Queens Coun-
ty on ye Island of Nassaw in ye province of New York Yea-
man Witnesseth that whereas ye Above Named John
Sands and his Brother Edward Haveing upon or About ye
Day of february anno Domi'i 1734-5 Purchased of their
Brother Nathaniel Sands of the Township of Hempstead
Afore Said Yeaman A Certain Farm or Tract Land & Mea-
dow With ye Edifices Buildings and Improvements theiron
and ye Apertenances thereunto belonging as by a Deed of
Conveyance Under the Hand and Seal of ye Sd Nathaniel
Sands is fully Set forth which Said farm being Scituate
360 ' HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Upon Cowneck So Called Within ye Pattent & township
of Hempstead afore Said was upon or about ye 30th of Oc-
tober Last past Surveyed Viz All ye Upland which Con-
tained in Quantity as ye Survey Sets forth five Hundread
& thirteen Acres after Allowance made for Highways and
ye Sd Lands was by ye Joynt Consent of ye above Said
John Sands and Edward Divided as followeth Viz to begin
at a Certain Spring or Watering place at ye head of a Cer-
tain peice of Sedgey Meadow Southward of ye Dwelling
House thence Crossing ye high way to a Round hole in ye
Ground be ye fence Side thence to extend South 72° De-
grees Easterly twenty Eight Rods thence on a Streight
line to ye South Westermost Corner of Sam : Sandes on a
Hill near a Large Whiteoak tree Which Said Line they
have Mutually agreed that ye Same Shall be and Remain
ye Line of partition between ye two tracts of Land for ever
but whereas ye tract of Land Lying on ye north side of ihe
Said partition Line is Sixteen Acres Less in Quanty then
ye Southermost tract their is Eight Acres of Wood Land
Within ye Southermost Tract Joyning to Sam'll Sandes
fence being forty Rods in Length and 32 rods in breadth
to be and belong to ye northermost tract to Render Each
Part Equall in Quantity and they have likewise Mutually
Agreed that ye Tract of Land Lying Northerd of ye Affore
Said partition Line shall be ye part au'l proparty of ye
above Said John Sands ct also ye afore Said Eight Acres,
and je tract of Land lying Southerd of ye aforesaid parti-
tion Line Excepting ye Sd Eight Acres is to be ye part
and property of ye above Said Edward Who Doth hereby
for himself his Heirs Extors & admi'st Remise Release Dis-
Paoe 183.
charge And forever Quit Claim to Any Right Title Inter-
est or property Which he now hath or which any Other
Either of his Heirs Extors or Admrs may hereafter have of
to or in ye above Mentioned Eight. Acres of Wood liand
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS. 361
Withiii ye Southermost Tract aad Also ye Whole Ti-act of
Land Lying Northward of ye Affore Said partition Line
And to ye house Barn Orchard fences Timber Herbage
pastures and Whatsoever Else in Standing lying or Grow-
ing thereon or anj' Ways Appertaing to ye Same To him ye
above Named John Sands to his Heirs Extors Admrs And
Assigns ffor ever and -ye above Named John Sand Doth
Hereby for himself his Heirs Extors and Admrs Remise
Release and Discharge & forever Quit Claim to any Right
title Interest property Claim and Demand which he ye Said
John Sands now hath or which Any or Either of his Heirs
Extors or Admrs Might hereafter have of in or Unto ye
above mentioned Tract of Land Lying Southerd of ye Afore
Said, partition Line Excepting ye above Mentioned Eight
Acres as Above Excepted Togather With all ye Harbage
Grass pastures ffences Timber and all ye Improvements
being of What nature or Kind Soever To him ye Sd Edward
Sands & to his Heirs Extors admrs or Assigns forever and
they Have further Mutually Agreed That all ye Meadows
Creeks Creek thach and Beaches purchased as above Men-
tioned and not being as Yet Devided Shall be by ye Sd
John Sands & Edward Sands their Heirs and Assigns for-
ever As Tenants in Common in the premises be possessed
and Enjoyed Without Lett Hendrance or Denyal of Each
Other and no Advantage shall be taken of Survivorship
and that ye said Edward Sands shall have free Liberty to
pass & Rejjass to & from ye Sd Meadows & to Cart his
Hay Through ye Said John Sandaes Land Where itt may
Best suit Both partys and Doe Least harm ye Sd priviledge
to be and to Remain to him his Heirs and Assigns, is in
Like manner to Have free Liberty to pass ct Repass,
through ye Said Edward Sands Lands to the afore said
Eight Acres & thence to Cait his Timber or other things as
it may best Suit With their Conveniauces In Witness
Whereof as a farther Confirmation of What is above written
ye partys to theses presents Have Interchangably Sett
their Hands & fixed their Seals to two Instruments Both
362 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS.
of ye Same tenure & Date this 18th Day -of february
AnnoqE Domini 1735-6
Sealed and Delivered
In ye presence of John Sands (S)
EiCHARD ThorN Edward Sands (S)
Wm. Moyles
Page 184. .
To all Christion people to whom this present writting
shall Come Greeting, Know yea that I Charles Mott of ye
Township of Hempstead in Queens County on Nassaw
Island Yeaman, for and in ye Consideration of ye full and
Just sum of LawfuU Money of New York unto me
in hand well and truly paid by Jeremiah Williams of ye
same township and County and Island above Said att and
before ye Ensealing and Delivery of theses presents ye
Eeceipt where of to full Content and Satisfaction of ye Sd
Charles Mott Doe by theses presents Aknowledge and my
Self therewith fully Satisfied Contented and paid & thereof
& of Every and percel thereof for myself my Heirs Extrs
Admrs and Every of them Do by theses presents Aquit
Exonerate and fully Discharge him ye Sd Jeremiah Wil-
liams his Heirs Extors Admrs & Every of them for Ever by
theses presents & for other Good Causes and Considera-
tions Me ye Said Charles Mott Especially Moving lye Said
Charles Mott Do Give Grant Bargain Alinate Enfeof As-
sign Assure Sell and Confirm uuto him ye Said Jeremiah
Williams his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all that of one
peice of Land Lying and Being Near ye head of Hempstead
Harbour on ye West Side Containing in Quantity halfe and
Acre Being Bounded on ye West Side by ye High Way or
Eoad and on ye East by ye Land of him ye said Jeremiah
Williams and on ye South or Southerly as far as the South
end Most part of ye Now Dwelling House of him ye Said
Jeremiah Williams & So to Extend Northwardly Untill itt
shall make Up ye full Quantity of Half an Acre of Land
togather With all ye profits Commoditys heriditments and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 363
appertenances in & unto ye Same belonging and Every part
and percell thereof to Have and to Hold all and Singular
tlie above Said half Acre of Land and premises with all ye
appertenances their of unto ye sole and only Use benefit
and behoof of him ye Said Jeremiah Williams his Heirs
and Assigns for Ever and I ye Said Charles Mott Do De-
clare that att and before ye Ensealing here I am ye true
Sole and Lawfull owner of all ye Afore Said Bar-
gained premises and stand Lawfully Seized there of
In My own proper Eight of a perfect good and Absolute an
Estate of loheritance in fee simple Having in ray self
Good Eight full power and Lawfull athorityto grant bargain
and sell ye same in Manner and form as bove said and that
itt shall and may be lawfull to and for him ye said Jere-
miah Williams his Heirs and Assigns for Ever hereby
Virtue of theses presents peacably and Quietly to have hold
Use Occupy possess and Enjoy all the afore Said Granted
premises With ye appertenances Thereof free and Clearly
Page 185.
Aquited and Discharged from all Incumberances and Con-
veyances whatsoever had Made Moved Committed Done or
Suffered to be Done by him ye said Charles Mott his Extors
Admrs or Any other person or persons att any time or
times before ye Ensealing and Delivery hereof and I ye
said Charles Mott Doth further by theses presents Cove-
nant promise bind and Oblige him self his Heirs Extors
Admrs and Every of them to Warrant all ye Above Said
Bargained Premises Unto ye said Jeremiah Williams his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever and forever by theses presents
weell and truly to Defend iu Witness hereof ye Said
Charles Mott hath hereunto Sett his Hand and Affixed his
Seal this fifteenth Day of April and In ye Year of our Lord
on Thousand seven Hundread and twenty Eight.
Sealed and Delivered his
In ye presence of Us Chaeles :C: Mott (S)
John Eoe Mark
EiCHAED Post Jur
364 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS.
Memorandani that on ye 14th Day of may annoge Dom-
ini 1744 then Eichard Post one of ye Witnesses To ye
Within Came personally Before Me David Seamans Bsqr
one of ye Judges of ye Court of Common pleas for Queens
County Assigned And on his Solomn Affirmation Declared
that he Saw the Within Grantor Charles Mott Execute the
Within Deed of Sale which having Examined and finding
No Enterlinations or Eaisors I Allow ye Same to be Ee-
corded
David Seaman
Page 186.
To All Christian People to whom theses Shall Come or in
Any Wise Consern Jonathan Smith Black of Hempstead in
Queens County on Nassaw Island Yeaman Sends Greetting
Know yea that ye Said Jonathan Smith for & in ye Con-
sideration of ye Sum of one pound of good and Lawfull
Money of New York to him in hand well and truly paid by
Jeremiah Williams of ye Town County and Island afore sd
Marchant ye Eeceipt whereof to full Content & Satisfaction
he ye sd Jonathan Smith doth Acknowledge & himself to be
theirwith fully Satisfied Contented and paid & their of & of
every part & percel their of Doth acquit Exonerate and
fully Discharge him ye sd Jeremiah Williams his Heirs
Extors Admrs and Assigns it Every of them for Ever by
theses presents and for Divers Other good Causes & Con-
siderations him hereunto Moving hath given granted bar-
gained sold iUienated Enfeofed & Conveyed & Confirmed
& by theses presents Doth fully frely Clearly & Absolutely
give grant bargain Sell Allien Enfeoff Convey & Confirm
Unto ye Said Jeremiah Williams and to his Heirs and As-
signs forever all that of a small peice of Land Containing
nine Eods Square Beginiug at a Stake that Stands North-
east of ye northeast Corner of ye northermost Leanter of ye
sd Jeremiah Williams his Barn ct Euning Westward one
Eod & a half northwest of ye sd Leantoe of his Said Barn
Nine Eods & from thence Southwardly Nine Eods & from
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 365
thence East Nine Eods and from thence Northward by ye
high Way Nine Eods to ye Stake first mentioned Contain-
ing half an Acre and one Rod of Ground, Scituate Lying
and being near ye Dwelling House of ye Sd Jeremiah Wil-
liams, att Hempstead Harbour being Bounded on ye East
by ye High way and on ye north south and West by ye
Land of Said Jonathan Smith, To Gather w'th all ye Rights
libertys profits priviledges Commoditys and appertenances
as in any kind Appertain thereunto With the Reversions
& Remainders thereof and all ye Estate Right title Interest
property and possession Claim & Demand What Soever of
him ye sd Jonathan Smith, of in and to ye Same and Every
part thereof To have and to hold ye above Granted prem-
ises and Every part and percell thereof Unto ye Said Jere-
miah Williams his Heirs and Assigns To his and their own
Sole and proper Use benefit and behoof from hence forth
and for Ever and ye Sd Jonathan Doth further declare that
att ye time of ye Ensealing and Delivery of theses presents
Page 187.
he is ye true Sole and Lawfull Owner of all ye Afore Bar-
gained premises and Stood Lawfully & possessed thereof in
his own Right of a good perfect & InDefeazable Estate of
Inheritance in fee Simple having in himself full power good
Right and Lawfull Athority to Sell and Dispose of ye same
in fee simple and in Manner As afore Said and that ye Said
Jeremiah Williams his Heirs and Assigns shall and ma^^
henceforth and for Ever Lawfully peacably & Quietly have
hold use Occupy possess and Enjoy the above Granted
premises free & Clear & Clearly Acquited & Discharged of
and from all and all Manner of former & Other guifts grants
Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Joynters Dowers Judg-
ments Executions Entails forfitures and of and from all
Other Titles troubles Charges & Incumberances whatso-
ever, had made Done or Suffered to be Done by ye Said
Jonathan Smith his Heirs and assigns att any or times
before ye Ensealing and Delivery hereof and further the
366 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOKDS.
said Jonathan Smith Doth hereby Covenant promise Bind
and oblige himself his Heirs Executors Admrs and Every
of them from hence forth and for Ever hereafter to Warrant
and Defend ye sd Jeremiah AVilliams his Heirs and Assigns
in ye Quiet & peacable possession of all ye above Granted
peice of Land with ye Appertenances thereof Against _ye
Lawfnll Claims of all and Every other person and persons
"Whomsoever In Witness whereof ye said Jonathan Smith
Hath here Unto set his hand and fixed his Seal the Six-
teenth Day of ye third month may In ye Year of our Lord
one thousand seven Hundread and twenty
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Jonathan Smith (S)
Jonah Denton
William Willis
his
Obediah :0: Vallantine
Mark
Memorandom that on ye 30th Day of march 1744
Then Came Samuel Willis before me David Seamans one of
ye Judges of ye^ pleas for Queens County Assigned and
Solomnly Declared that he is fully Acquainted with Wil-
liam Willis hand Writting and Veryly believes that William
Willis his Name Within Mentioned (as a Witness) was
Wrote by his own hand and he further Saith that he Verily
beleaves that Jonathan Smiths name Written as ye Grantor
to this Deed was Wrote by his own hand for According to
ye Best of his Memory itt Eepresents his hand Writting in
other places Which having Examined and finding no Inter-
linations or Easure Except ye Last word in ye Sixth line I
allow it to be Recorded
David Seamajss
Entered and Compared by
MicAH Smith Clerk
hempstead town eecords. 367
Page 188.
This Indenture Made this Tenth Day of • September In
ye Year of onr Lord Christ Seventeen hundread and forty
one By and Between Adaxn Mott of ye Township of Hemp-
stead in Queens County in New York province Yeaman &
Elisabeth his Wife of ye one part and Richard Mqtt of ye
City of New York, Bolter, of ye Other part Witiiesseth that
he ye Sd Adam Mott and Elisabeth his Wife for and in
Consideration of ye Sum of three hundread and Sixty
Pounds New York Monej^ to them in hand paid before ye
Ensealing here of by ye Afore Named Richard Mott Re-
ceipt where of ye Sd Adam Mott & Elisabeth his Wife Do
by theses presents Acknowledge and them selves to be
their With, fully Satisfied and Contented and theirof and
theirfrom and of and from Every part and percell theirof
by theses presents Do forever Acquit Exonerate and Dis-
charge him the sd Richard Mott his Heirs Executors and
Administrators Have Given Granted Bargained Sold AUin-
ated Enfeoffed Assured Conveyed and Confirmed and by
theses presents Do freely fully and Absolutely Give Grant
Bargain Sell Allien Enfeoff Assure Convey and Confirm
Unto him ye sd Richard Mott his Heirs and Assigns, All
that one Certain Messuage Farm and Plantation of theirs
Scituate Lying and Being Near ye head of Cow Neck in ye
Afore Named townbhip of Hempstead which Said planta-
tion is Bounded Northerly by Cow Neck fence Westerly
by ye high Way that Leads from Cow Neck to the plains
and Southerly by Bedells Land and Easterly by or Near ye
High Way that is on ye West Side of ye Swamp that
Thomas Pearsalls Mill Stands on And Begins att a Black
Oak Saplin Marked Standing by ye high Way, thence Run-
ing by Tho : Bedells Land North Eighty five Degrees East
one hundread and twenty one Rods, Thence North ten De-
grees and a half West Sixteen Rods, thence North twenty
Seven Degrees and a half West fifty two Rods, thence
North Seventeen Degrees West twenty four Rods, thence
368 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Nortli' twenty Six Degrees and a half West twenty Eight
Eod by ye high way from ye plains to ye Mill thence
North three Degrees and a half West Sixteen Eods, thence
North forty five Degrees and a half West twenty four Eods,
thence by pearsalls Land or Swamp ten Eods, thence North
Eighteen Degrees and a half West twenty Six Eods &
Eight Links to a White Wood tree Blown np by ye Eoots,
thence by Cow Neck fence South Seventy Eight Degrees
West one hundread and three Eods to A Eed Oak tree
Marked, thence by ye high way from ye head of Cow Neck
towards ye plains South three and a half Degrees West
twenty one Eods, thence South Sixteen Degrees East twen-
ty nine Eods, thence South Eight Degrees and a half East
forty for Eods, thence South twenty Eight Degrees Sixty
Eods, thence twelve Eods, thence Nine and A half Eods to
ye Black Oak Sapling Marked att which Wee first began
Page 189.
and Containing one hundread twenty two Acres and one
hundread thirty one Eod Beside ye high Way and half
An Acre of Land formerly Granted Jerimiah Williams (as
by a Servey of ye Same said to be made by David. Seamans
September ye twenty Eight one thousand Seven hundread
and thirty Eight May More Att Large Appear Eelation to
ye Same being had) To gather with all ye Houses Barns
Buildings Orchards, Gardens Woods, Waters, And all and
Every other priviledges Appertenances Conveniancy and
Commodity to ye Same belonging Known taken or Eeput-
ed to be as a part parcell or member of ye Same, To have
and to hold the Afore Mentioned Bargained & Described
Messuage Farm and plantation of Land Containing as
Afore sd One hundread twenty two Acres And one hundread
thirty one Eods be ye Same more or Less (Besides ye high
Way and ye half Acre of Land formerly granted to Jeri-
miah Williams Which Excepted out of ye grant) Together
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 369
with all Houses, Bams, Buildings, Orchards, Gardens,
Woods, Waters, and all and every Other priveledges Ap-
pertenance Conveniancy and Commodity ye Same Belonging
Known taken or Repiited to be as a part parcell or member
of ye Same with ye Eeversion and ye Eeversions Eemaind-
er and Eemainders theirof Unto him the Said Eichard
Mott his Heirs and Assigns for Ever to his and their only
proper Use Benifet and behoof for Ever, And the Said
Adam Mott and Elisabeth for themselves their Heirs Extrs
& Admrs Do Covenant promise & grant & agree With ye
Said Eichard Mott his Heirs and Assigns By theses pres-
ents that they ye sd Adam & Ehsabeth before the Enseal-
ing hereof Are ye true Sole Owners of ye afore Mentioned
"knd Bargained premises And that they Are Lawfully Seized
& possessed of ye Same in their own Eight As a good per-
fect & Absolute estate of Inheritance in fee Simple And
that they have in them Selves Good Eight full power and
LawfuU Athority to Give Grant Bargain Sell Allien Enfeeoff
Assure Convey and Confirm ye Same in Manner as afore
Said, and that ye Said Eichard Mott his Heirs and Assigns
Shall and May by Virtue of theses presents from time to
time & att all times for Ever here After Lawfully Peacably
& Quietly Have hold Use Occupy possess and Enjoy the
Sd Granted & Bargained premises free aiid Clear And that
ye sd premises att ye time of Ensealing hereof is free and
Clear and Stands freely & Clearly Acquited Exonerated &
Discharged of and from all & Every Other former Guift
grant Bargain Sale Lease Mortgage Entail Dowry Judg-
ment Extent Execution Incumberanee or trouble Whatso-
ever and ye sd Adam Mott Doth further by theses presents
Covenant & Bind himself his Heirs Extors & Admrs and
Every of them to Warrant and Defend ye Above Bargained
and Granted premises and Every part thereof with its
Appertenances Unto him ye Said Eichard Mott his Heirs
and Assigns for Ever Against Just and Lawfull Claim or
Claims of any person or persons Whatsoever In AVitness
Whereof the sd Adam Mott and Elisabeth his Wife have
370 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
here Unto Set their hands and Seals ye Day and Year first
above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Adam Mott (S)
Wm Bukch her
Joseph Mott Elisabeth :X: Mott (S)
mark
Page 190.
Memorandom that on ye 30th Day of march 1744 then
Came Joseph Mott one of ye witnesses to this Within
Written Deed & personally Appeared before Me David
Seamans one of ye Judges of ye pleas for Queens County
Assigned and being Deposed Saith that he Saw Adam Mott
and his Wife Elisabeth Mott Execute this Deed Volantaryly
of their own Accord Having Examined and finding no
Interlinations or Rasors doe Allow itt to be Recorded
David Seamans
Entered and Compared with ye original March 27th Day
1745 by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
This Indenture Made this Twenty Second Day of the
fourth Month Called June In ye fifteenth Year of our
Soveraign Lord Gorge the Second King of Great Brittan
f ranee and Ireland Defender and &c And in ye Year ,of
Lord Christ Seventeen Hundread and forty one by and
Between Jerimiah Williams of Harbour In ye Limits of
Hempstead In Queens County on Nassaw Island, Marchant,
of ye one party and Thomas Pearsall of Ceder Swamp
Within ye Bounds of Oysterbay In ye County and Island
Afore Said, Yeaman, of the other part Witnesseth That
Whereas ye freeholders & Inhabitants of ye Town of
Hempstead above Said Did Give and Grant Unto
John Bobinson &c The Stream of Water at ye head of
Hempstead Harbour Afore Said for Erecting and Building
of a Grist Mill Upon ye Said Stream & in persuanee To ye
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 371
Said Grant of ye Town of Hempstead ye sd Eobinson Did
Erect A Grist Mill upon ye sd Stream And In process of
time ye Said John Eobinson Together With his two Sons
Joseph Eobinson and John Eobinson Did pass a Deed of
Conveyance from Under their hands and Seals Unto
Charles Mott of Hempstead afore Said for ye sd Mill and
Appertenances as May Appear by ye sd Deed, Bearing
Date ye Second Day of may In ye Year of our Lord one
thousand Seven Hundread and Nine Which sd Mill with
ye Mill Dam and Stream and other appertenances was
transfered from ye Said Charles Mott Unto ye Above said
Jerimiah Williams his Heirs and Assigns for Ever by one
Certain Pole Deed Bearing Date ye Second Day of ye fifth
month, July, In ye Year of our Lord Christ one thousand
Seven Hundread and fifteen Eelation their Unto being had
May More att Large Appear and further ye Said Jerimiah
Page 191.
Williams hath also purchased Sundry Samll peices of Land
Lying Ajacint to the Said Mill to ye West Ward theirof
as may Appear by the Several Eespective Deeds for ye
Same as foUoweth Viz the first of which is A Deed of Sale
for two small peices of Land ye one Where his House that
he Dwelleth Standeth ye other where his Orchard is plant-
ed and Soe Extendeth Along by ye West Side of ye Mill
Swamp and Including ye other Dwelling House to ye
Southwest of ye Mill Dam, and Bounded on ye West by ye
High Way the limits whereof is Described More att Large
of Both peices in ye Body of ye Said Deed of Sale from
Under ye hand and Seal of Benjamin Seamans of West-
byry Deceased, Bearing Date ye twentyeth Day of May
1720 ye Quantity of Land in ye Said two peices Is Eecord-
ed and Set forth att Large in and by Eecords of ye Town
of Hempstead In ye New Book in page 93 under ye patent
Eight of one Tho : WalHce, the third Small peice is where
ye sd Jerimiah Williams Barn Now Standeth Being Nine
Eods upon Bach Side in a Eight Anguler form Containing
372 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
half An Acre and one Square Eod as is Described in A
Deed of Sale from Under ye hand and Seal from Jonathan
Smith to ye sd Jerimiah Williams, Bearing Date ye Seven-
teenth Day of ye third month, May, Anno Domini 1720
The fourth Small peice of Land Lying Near and Ajoyning
to ye Small peice Wheir his House he Dwells in Including
his Garden on ye West Side of ye house and So Bounded
Westardly by ye High Way and East by his Other Land
and so Extending Northerly Between ye Said Bounds from
ye South End of ye Garden Northerly so far as to Compre-
hend half an Acre of Land According as it Was Granted
to ye Said Jerimiah Williams from Charles Mott By A
Deed for ye Same Baring Date ye 15th of April 1728, the
fifth peice of Land was Conveyed to ye sd Jerimiah Wil-
liams by Joseph Mott of Cow Neck by Deed the 22th of
April 1732 Limited as foUoweth on ye West by ye High
Way that Leads from sd Jerimiah Williams his House to
Cow Neck on ye East by or near to High Water mark on
ye North by sd Joseph Motts Land and on ye South By
Jerimiah Williams his own Land, Including Within ye
Above Mentioned Bounderies four Acres and thirty Six
Square Rods As ye Quanty Scituation and Limitation
thereof Is More fully and Clearly Mentioned In and by ye
Said Deed And Whereas the Said Jerimiah Williams hath
Greatly Augmented ye Improvements Upon ye sd Stream
of Water and Dam By Errecting A Large and Specias Mill
Upon ye sd Stream and Greatly Advanced ye Said Mill
Page 192.
Dam with other Benificial Materials Belonging to ye Said
Mill as Well as Built Severall Dwelling Houses With a
Bam and other Edifices Upon ye Land Comprised in the
Above Recited Deed Sence the purchase was Made thereof.
Now This Indenture Witnesseth that I ye above sd Jeri-
miah Williams for and in Consideration of ye full and Just
Sum of one Thousand and fifty Pounds of Good Currant &
LawfuU Money of ye Colony of New York to me in hand
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 373
Well and truly paid or Secured to be paid Before ye En-
sealing and Delivery Hereof By ye sd Thomas pearsall Jur
The Beceipt whereof I ye sd Jerimiah Williams Do hereby
Acknowledge and my self therewith fully Satisfied Con-
tented and paid and theirof and of Every part & percell
thereof Do Acquit Release Exonerate and Discharge him
ye sd Thomas Pearsall His Heirs Extors Admrs and Each
and Every of them for Ever By theses presents and Divers
other -good Causes and Considerations Me ye said Jeri-
miah Williams Especialy Moving Hath Given granted
Bargained Sold AUiened Enifeoffed Asured Ratified Con-
veyed and Confirmed And by theses presents Do fully
freely Clearly anH Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell
Alien EnfeofFe Assure Ratify Convey and Confirm Unto
him ye sd Thotnas pearsall His Heirs and Assigns for
Ever all that of ye Afore Said Grist Mill Scituated and
Being att ye head of Hempstead Harbour afore sd within
ye patent and Township of Hempstead afore sd Togather
with ye Stream of Water and Mill Dam With all ye sluces
and flood Gates .belonging to ye same With ye Mill and
Mill house Mill Stones and all and Every part of ye Run-
ing Gear of sd MUl with two Bolting Mills Standing in ye
sd Mill with ye Utensals theirof Togather with two Certain
Messuages Scituated and being on ye West Side of ye Mill
Near and Ajoyning thereto the Bounds Whereof is set forth
and Described In and by ye afore Expressed Deeds of
Conveyance Containing within ye whole of ye above sd five
perticular peices of Land About Eleven Acres Three Quar-
ters By Estimation To gather with all ye Dwelling Houses
Barns Edifices Buildings Orchards fences fields pastures
Rivelets Wells Springs Water Courses or Whatsoever be-
longing to ye sd Lands Tenements or Mill With all and
Every ye Appertenances Rights Libertys Immunities pro-
fits priviledges Commoditys and Advantages To the same
Belonging or in Any kind Appertaining that Can be Con-
strued Deemed Taken Reputed or known to be a percell
part or Member theirof with ye Reversions and Remainders
374 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
theirof and all ye Estate Eight title Interest profits posses-
tions Claim and Demand of me ye Said Jerimiah Williams
Page 193.
of in and to ye Said Bargained premises and Every part
theirof. To Have and To Hold all and Singular ye Afore
Bargained Lands Messuages Mills and Appertenances Unto
him the sd Thomas Pearsall His Heirs and Assigns for
Ever to his and their Only sole and proper Use Benifit &
Behoof from hence forth and for Ever and ye Said Jerimiah
Williams for Himself his Heirs Extors Admrs Doth Cove-
nant promise Grant and Agree to and with him ye said
Thomas pearsall his Heirs and Assigns that before ye
Ensealing hereof he ye sd Jerimiah Williams Was ye true
Sole and LawfuU Oner of ye Above Bargained premises
and was Lawfully Seized and possesed their of Tn his Own
proper Eight of A good perfect and Absolute Estate of
Inheritance in fee simple & had in Himself full power Good
Eight and LawfuU Athority to give grant Bargain Sell Con-
vey and Confirm all ye Above Bargained premises With all
and Singular the appertenances In Manner As Above said
and that ye Said Thomas pearsall His Heirs And Assigns
shall and May by force & Virtue of theses presents from
time to time and att all times for Ever here after Lawfully
Quietly and peasably Have Hold Use Occupy Command
Enjoy and possess all ye Above Granted and Bargained
premises with ye Appertenances free and Clear and freely
and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Discharged, of and
from all Manner of former and Other gifts Grants Bargains
Sales Mortgages Joynters Dowers Judgments Intails Exe-
cutions and all Incumberances Whatsoever and further
More I the Said Jerimiah Williams Doth Covenant Binde
and oblige My self my Heirs Exetors and Admrs to War-
rant Secure and for ever Defend all ye Above Granted and
Bargained premises with ye Appertenances unto Him ye sd
Thomas pearsall his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Against
all ye Just and LawfuU Claims and Demands of all manner
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOKDS. 375
of persons Whatsoever, And also I Mary Williams Wife of
him ye Said Jerimiah Williams Do hereby Give Grant
Eemise Eelease and Surrender Up all my Eight of Dowry
and power of thirds of in and to ye above Bargained
premises With ye Appertenances Unto him ye sd Thomas
pearsall His Heirs and Assigns for Ever In Witness here
unto We ye sd Jerimiah Williams & Mary Williams, hath
Set to Our hands and fixed our Seals ye Day and Date
Above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In ye presence of Jekimiah Williams (S)
Petee Titas Maky Williams (S)
Samuel Willis
Joseph Mott
Page 194.
Memorandom That on the 30th of March annoq Domini
1744 Then Samuel Willis one of ye Witnesses to ye Within
Deed Came presonally Before Me David Seamans Esqr one
of ,ye Judges of ye Court of Common pleas for Queens
. County Assign'd and Declared on his Solomn Affarmation
that he Saw ye Within Grantor Jerimiah Wilhams and his
Wife Mary Williams Execute the Same Which Having Ex-
amined and fining No Enterlinations or Eaisures I Allow
the Same to be Entered Gn Eecord
David Seamans
This Indenture Made this twelfth Day of ye Second
Month Called April anno Domini One thousand Seven
hundread and forty two By and between Thomas pearsall
Jur of Hempstead Harbour in Queens County on Nassaw
Island in ye province of New York on ye one part and
Eichard Mott of the place above said on ye other part,
Witnesseth that Whereas the freeholders & Inhabitants of
ye town of Hempstead above said did give and grant unto
John Eobinson ye Stream of Water at ye head of Harbour
afore Said for ye Erecting and Building a grist mill upon
376 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
ye said Stream and in persuanoe of ye said grant of ye
Town of Hempstead ye said Eobinson did Erect a grist
mill upon ye said Stream and in prosess of time ye Said
John Robinson togather with his two Sons Joseph and
John Eobinson did pass a Deed of Conveyance from Under
their hands and Seals Unto Charles Mott of Hempstead
afore said for the said mill and appertenances as may ap-
pear by ye said Deed bearing Date ye Second Day of may
in ye Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hxmdread and
nine which said Mill With ye mill dam and Stream & ye
other Appertenances was transfered from ye said Charles
Mott unto ye above Said Jerimiah Williams his Heirs and
Assigns for ever by one Certain Deed bearing date ye Sec-
ond day of ye fifth month July in ye Year of our Lord
Christ one thousand Seven Hundread and fifteen as may
more at Large Appear Relation being their Unto had &
further ye Said Jerimiah Williams hath also purchased
Sund Small peices of Land lying ajacent to the Said mill
on ye West Side of the Stream & Harbour as may appear
by ye Several Eespective Deeds for ye same as followeth
Viz one Whereof is a Deed from Under ye hands and
Seals of Benjamin Seamans of Westbury Deceast bearing
Date ye 20th Day of may 1720 Including two small peices
Page 195.
of Land one peice Whereof is that Whereon ye Orchard is
on ye west Side of ye Swamp & house Southwest from ye
mill Dam &o : ye other peice wheron ye house standeth &
now Inhabited by Tho: pearsall above said &c : both ye sd
peices Bounded as represented in ye said Deed from sd
Benj: Seamans to sd Jerimiah Williams: ye quantity of land
in ye sd two is Recorded and Set forth More at Large in
and by ye Eecords of ye Town of Hempstead in ye new
Book in page 93 Under ye patent Eight of one Tho: Wallas
ye third small peice is half an Acre & one Eod, Where ye
barn now standeth bounded as is Eepresented in a Deed
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 377
from Jonathan Smith to Jerimiah Williams bearing Date ye
16th of ye 3th month, May, anno Domini 1720 the 4th
peice lieth Joyning to that Whereon his House Standeth
containing in Quantity half an Acre, bounded as it is des-
cribed in a Deed for ye Same from Charles Mott to Jeri-
miah Williams bearing Date ye 15 of april 1728 the 5th
peice contains four Acres & thirty six Eods bounded as
described in a Deed for ye same from Jose: Mott to Jeri-
miah Williams ye 22th of april 1732 and whereas by an
Indenture Made & passed from sd Jerimiah Williams to
sd Tho: pearsall bearing Date ye 22 of ye 4th month,
June, Seventeen hundread and forty one, all ye premises
Yiz Dam Mill & all itts Appertenances togather AVith
all and Singular ye said peices of Land With ye houses
and Edifices & all their appertenances Were Sold and
Conveyed to ye said Tho: Pearsall as may Appear by
the above sd Indenture from Jerimiah Williams to Tho :
pearsall. Now This Indenture Witnesseth that I ye sd
Tho : pearsall for and in Consideration of ye Sum of
Ten Hundread and fifty pounds Currant money of sd
province of new York to me in hand paid or secured to be
paid before ye Eusealing and Delivery hereof by ye sd
Richard Mott ye Receipt whereof I ye Said Thomas pear-
sall do hereby Acknowledge and my self to be therewith
Satisfied and Contented & thereof & of Every part and
perceU thereof do Exonerate Acquit and Discharge ye sd
Richard Mott his Heirs Extors and Admrs & Every of
them for Ever by theses presents and for Other Causes and
Considerations me ye said Tho : pearsall Especially Mov-
ing, Have given granted bargained Sold Alieneted Convey-
ed and Confirmed aad by theses presents do freely fully
and absolutely give grant Bargain Sell Alien Convey &
Confirm Unto him ye said Richard Mott his Heirs and
Assigns for Ever all that of ye afore sd Grist mill Scituated
at ye head of Hempstead Harbour togather with ye Stream
of Water Dam Sluces Mill house Mill Stones Runing
Gears togather With the three Bolting Mills their Unto
378 hempstead town becobds.
Page 196.
belonging Togather witli all other ye priviledges & apperte-
nances to ye before mentioned things belonging or in any
Wise apertaining, as also two Certain Messuages Scituated
on ye west Side of ye Mill Comprehending all ye Land
Described & bounded in ye deeds before mentioned Con-
taining in ye Whole of theses Sundry peices about Eleven
Acres a-nd three Quarters by Estimation, togather With .all
ye Dwelling Houses barn Buildings and all other ye preyi-
ledges Commodities and appertenances to ye same belong-
ing or in any Wise Appertaining &c : With ye Scow and its
appertenances, To have and to hold ye bargained premises
Unto him ye sd Kich'd Mott his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever to his and their own proper Use benifet & behoof for
Ever & further I ye said Tho ; pearsall do Covenant &
agree to and with ye said Rich'd Mott his Heirs & Assigns
that before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye true sole & Lawfull
Oner of ye above bargained premises & am Lawfully Seized
theirof in my own proper Right as a good perfect and
absolute Es,tate of inheritance & have in my self full power
and lawfull Athority to Sell Convey and Confirm all ye sd
bargained premises With all & Singular ye Appertenances
in Manner as above sd & that ye sd Eichard Mott his
Heirs and Assigns Shall and may by Virtue of theses pre-
sents from time to time and att all times for Ever here
After Lawfully Quietly & peacably Have hold Use Occupy
possess and Enjoy all ye above granted premises with ye
appertenances free & Clear and freely & clearly Acquited
Exonerated and discharged of & from all Maimer of former
and other Gifts grants bargains Sales leases Mortgages
Wills Intails Joynters Dowers Judgments Executions In-
cumberances and troubles Whatsoever and further more I
ye sd Tho : pearsall do Covenant bind and oblige my self
my Heirs Excutors and Admrs to warrant and Defend for
ever all ye above granted & Bargained premises Unto hiin
ye sd Eich'd Mott his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Against
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. 379
all ye Just and LawfuU Claims & Demands of all Manner
of persons "Whatsoever & also I freelove Wife of Tho :
pearsall do hereby give graiit and Resign Up all my lawfull
thirds in & of ye Above Bargained premises unto ye sd
Rich'd Mott his Heirs and Assigns for ever, In Witness
whereof we ye sd Tho : pearsall and freelove pearsall have
hereunto Set our hands and Seals ye Day and Date above
Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of us ThOmas PeAhsall Jur (S)
Thomas peaksall freelove peabsall (S)
Samuel peaesall
Hanah Peaesall
Page 197.
Memorandom that on ye 60th Day of March annque
Domini 1744 Then Tho: pearsall one of ye Witnesses to
Within Conveyance Came personally Before Me David
Seamans Esqr one of ye Judges of ye Court of Common
pleas for Queens County Assigned and on his Solemn Af-
firmation Declares that he Saw Tho: Pearsall Jur and his
Wife freelove pearsall Execute ye Within Deed Which
having Examined and finding No Enterlioations or Eaisures
I Allow ye Same to be Entered on Record
David Seamans
Entered and Compared with the original by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
To all Christian People to whom theses presents shall
come Greeting Know Yea that I Joseph Mott of Cow
Neck in ye townsbip of Hempstead in Queens County on
Long Island Yeaman for and in ye Consideration of ye
Sum of Twenty one pound two Shillings aud Six pence of
good Curraut lawfull Money of New York To me in hand
paid by Jerimiah Williams of ye same place Marchant Be-
fore ye Ensealing and Delivery hereof the Receipt Whereof
I do hereby Acknowledge & my Self there With fully Sat-
380 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
isfied Contented and paid and of Every part and percel
thereof do Acquit Exonerate and fully Discharge him ye
Said Jerimiah Williams his Heirs Exers and Admrs for
ever by theses presents hath given granted bargained Sold
aliened Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses presents
Do fully freely and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Al-
lien Enfeeoffe Convey and Confirm Unto him ye sd Jeri-
miah Williams his Heirs and Assigns forever one Certain
peice of Land Scituated lying and being Near ye sd Jeri-
miah Williams his House on ye West side of Hempstead
Harbour Near ye head thereof, Begining att ye South East
Corner from thence Euning West Seven Degrees and thirty
minutes South twenty four Rods from thence North forty
Degrees and one half West, twenty five Bods from thence
East twenty three Degrees north twenty Eight Rods and
Nine Links from thence South twenty Seven Degrees East
twenty nine Rods and one half to ye first Bounder, Con-
taining four Acres and thirty Six Rods, Being Bounded on
ye South by Jerimiah Williams Land on ye West by ye
High Way that Leads from Jerimiah Williams House to
Cow Neck on ye North by Joseph Motts Land and on ye
East by or Near high Water Mark or how soever other
Wise bounded or Reputed to be Bounded To Have and to
Page 198.
Hold ye Said granted and Bargained premises with all ye
timber trees fences & Water Brooks with all & Every other
Appertenances Priviledges and Commodities Emoluments
profits Conveniences and all & Every Advantage Whatso-
ever to ye same belonging or in any Wise Appertaining
Unto him ye sd Jerimiah Williams his Heirs and Assigns
for ever to his and their only proper Use Benifet and be-
hoof from hence forth and for Ever, and I ye sd Joseph
Mott do Declare that before ye Ensealing and Delivery
Hereof I am ye true Sole and LawfuU Oner of ye above
granted premises and am Lawfully Seized and possessed
theirof In mine own proper Eight of a good perfect and
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS. 381
Absolute Estate of Inheritance In fee Simple and have in
my self good Eight full power and Lawfull Athority to give
grant Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm ye sd Bargained
premises in Manner as above Said and that ye sd Jerimiah
Williams his Heirs and Assigns shall and may from time to
time & att all times for Ever hereafter by force and Virtue
of theses presents Lawfully peaceably and Quietly have hold
Use Occupy Command Enjoy and possess ye sd Bargained
and Demised premises with all and Every Appertenance f ree
and Clear & freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and
Discharged of and from all and all Manner of former and
Other gifts grants Bargains Sales Leases Joyntures Dowries
Judgments Mortgages Entailes Executions and all other
troubles and Incumberanoes Whatsoever and further ye
sd Joseph Mott Doth Covenant and bind and Obleige him
self j his Heirs Executors and Admrs to Warrant Secure and
for—Ever Defend the above sd peice of Land and Apper-
tenances Unto ye sd Jerimiah Williams his Heirs and As-
signs for ever Against all ye Just and Lawfull Claims and
Demands of all and Every person or persons Whatsoever &
Whome Soever In Witness Hereof he ye sd Joseph Mott
hath hereunto Set his Hand & fixed his Seal this twenty
Seventh Day of ye Second Month Anno Domini one thou-
sand Seven hundread and thirty-two.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Joseph Mott (S)
Sam Willis
John Eidway
FKANCES DaVENPOBT
Memorandom that on ye 30th of March Anno Domini
1744 Then Samuel Willis one of ye Witnesses to ye With-
in Written Conveyance Came personally before Me David
Seamans Esqr one of ye Judges of ye Court of Common
pleas for Queens County Assigned and on his Solomn Affir-
mation Declared that he Saw Joseph Mott ye within Grant-
or Execute the Within Conveyance Which having Exami-
382 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
ned and finding no Enterlinations or Rasors Excepting ye
word (Runing) Between ye twelfth and thirteenth Line I
allow ye same to be Recorded
David SeaMans
Page 199.
This Indenture Made ye Eleventh Day of November in
ye Eleventh Year of the Reign of Our Soveragn Lord King
Gorge and in ye Year of mans Salvation Seventeen Hun-
dread and twenty four by and Between' Jonathan Smith of
Mereck in ye Bounds of hempstead in Queens County
Within his Majesties province of New York one Nassaw Is-
land Yeaman of ye one part and Charles Mott of ye Same
town County province and Island afore Said Yeaman of ye
other part Witnesseth that ye sd Jonathan Smith for and
in Consideration of two Hundread and Seventy pounds of
good and Lawfull Money of New York to him in hand paid
before ye Ensealing and Delivery of theses presents by
Charles Mott Above sd ye Receipt whereof I do hereby Ac-
kaowledge and my self their With fully Satisfied and" Con-
tented and theirof and from all and Every part and percell
thereof do forever Acquit and Discharge ye sd Charles
Mott his Heirs and Assigi^s have Given Granted Bargained
Sold AUienated Conveyed and Confirmed and Do by theses
presents More fully freely Clearly and absolutely give
grant bargain Sell Alien Convey and Confirm Unto ye sd
Charles Mott his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all that one
Certain peice and percel of land Scituated in ye bounds of
Hempstead at ye head of A Neck Commonly Called Cow
neck Buted and Bounded as followeth viz Begining
first att ye North West Corner of ye sd percell of land by a
Black oak tree Marked on four Sides Standing by ye sd
Cow Neck old fence and by a high Way that leads from ye
sd Cow Neck to Hempstead plains thence Southerly Along
ye Said High Way to Another Black Oak Sapling marked
on three Sides by ye Land of Tho : Bedell thence Easter-
ly Along ye sd Bedells land to a Chestnut Sapling Marked
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 383
on three Sides thence Northerly to A high Way that
Leads from ye plains to Jerimiah Williams thence Still
Northerly partly by ye sd high Way & partly by half an
Acre of Land that ye sd Jonathan Smith Conveyed and
Sold to ye before Mentioned Jerimiah Williams thence
Still Northerly along ye same high Way partly and partly
by other Land of ye sd Jerimiah Williams to a white Wood
tree marked on four Sides Standing by ye Edge of ye Swamp
by ye sd Cow neck old fence thence Westerly Along ye sd
old Neck fence to ye first Bounds Being Bounded Norther-
ly by ye Old neck fence Westerly by a high Way South-
erly by Land of Tho: Bedell being a Streight line from
ye Black Oak to ye Chesnut by ye sd Bedle afore Mention-
ed Easterly by a high Way and ye land of Jerimiah Wil-
liams With all timber Standing and lying brush Under
brush with all priviledges thereunto belonging To have and
to hold ye granted and Bargained premises with all ye
Page 200.
Appertenances And Commodities to ye Same belonging or
in any Wise Appertaining to him ye sd Charles Mott his
Heirs and Assigns for ever to his and their only proper
Use benifet and behoof for Ever and I ye sd Jonathan
Smith for me my Heirs Exetors Admrs do Covenant prom-
ise and grant to & with ye sd Charles Mott his Heirs and
Assigns that before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye true Sole
and LawfuU owner of ye above bargained premises and am
lawfully Seized and possessed of ye Same in my own
proper Right as a good perfect and absolute Estate of In-
heritance in fee Simple and that ye said Charles Mott his
Heirs and Assigns Shall and may from time to time and att
all times forever hereafter by force and Virtue of theses
presents Lawfully peacably and Quietly have hold Use
Occupy possess and Enjoy ye Demised and Bargained
with ye Appertenances free and Clear and freely and
Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Discharged of and from
all and all manner of former and other gifts grants Bar-
384 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
gains Sails Mortgages Wills Intails Joyntures Dowries
Judgments Executions and Incumberances Whatsoever and
I ye sd Jonathan Smith do further Covenant and bind my
Self my Heirs Exetrs Admrs firmly by theses presents to
Warrant and Defend ye sd Charles Mott his Heirs and
Assigns in Quiet and peacably possession of all and Singu-
lar ye sd Granted premises against any Just and LawfuU
Claims of any person or persons Whatsoever and do and
suffer any other Deed or Deeds for ye more sure Making
and firm Binding of ye sd granted premises as ye Said
Charles Mott or his Councel learned in ye law Shall Rea-
sonably think good att ye proper Cost and Charge of ye sd
Charles Mott his Heirs or Assigns In Witness Whereof
ye sd Jonathan Smith hath here Unto Set his hand and
Seal ye Day and Year first Above Written
Signed and Delivered
In presence of
Samuel pine Jonathan Smith (S)
Adam Mott
William Mapes
Queens County ss. May ye 22d 1725 Then came ye
Within Named Jonathan Smith personally before me Isaac
Hicks Esqr Judge of ye Court of common pleas of Queens
County and Acknowledged ye Within Written Instrument
to be his free and Volantary Act and Deed I allow this
Deed to be Recorded
Isaac Hicks
Page 201.
This Indenture Made this Seventh Day of March Seven-
teen Hundread andiour five By and between Amas Dodge
of Cow Neck in ye bounds of Hempstead in Queens Coun-
ty on Nassaw Island house Carpenter of ye one party and
Mary Cornell Widdow and Relect of Tho : Cornell late of
Oysterbay Deceased of ye other parte Witnesseth that I ye
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 385
sd Amos Dodge for and in Consideration of ye full and
Just Sum of Three Hundread Pounds Currant and Lawfull
Money of New York to me in hand Well and truly paid by
ye sd Mary Cornell ye Receipt Whereof I do Acknowledge
and my Self there with fully Satisfied Contented and paid
and there of and Every part and percell thereof Do Acquit
release and fully Discharge her ye sd Mary Cornell her
Heirs Extors and Admrs & Every of them for Ever by
theses presents hath Given Granted Bargained Sold Alien-
ated Enfeofed Assured Conveyed and Confirmed and by
theses presents do fully freely Clearly and Absolutely give
Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfi'eoffe Assure Convey and
Confirm unto her ye Said Mary Cornell her Heirs Extors
Admrs and Assigns for ever all that of one Certain
Messuage and tract of Land Scituate Lying and being on
Cow neck Near ye middle of ye neck Joyning to ye East
Side of ye High Way that leads through ye Neck the
Bounds Are as foUoweth Begining at ye North west Cor-
ner of sd peice or tract of Land about twenty Bods South-
ard of Samuel Dodes land in a Right perpendicular line
there from and joyning to ye East Side of sd High Way
thence Southardly by sd highway forty three Rods and
two Links to Jerimiah Dodges his land thence by his
Land East four Degrees and a Quarter North Eighty Rod
to Justice Onderdonks land thence North Nine Degrees
West twenty Rods and about Eight links thence East
three Degrees and three Quarters North one hundread and
Sixteen Rods and twenty three links of Chain To ye Land
of trustram Dodge thence North by his land forty one
Rod thirteen Links of Chain and from thence on a Direct
line to ye first Bounds Containing fifty acres of land With-
in ye Bounds Being Bounded in General terms on ye West
by ye high Way leading through ye neck on the South
partly by Jerimiah Dodges land and partly by Justice
Onderdonk land on ye East by trustrum Dodges Land
on ye North by Tho : Dodges his land or how Ever Other
wise Bounded or Reputed to be Bounded Togather With
386 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 202.
all ye Dwelling Houses Barns Buildings fencings feilds pas-
tures Inclosures Wells Water Water Courses Timber trees
Woods Under Woods and all and Every other of ye ap-
pertenances Except as here After Excepted Which is this
liberty and free priveledge of Ingrees Egrees and Regress
Unto Justice Andrees Underdonk his heirs and Assigns
for Ever for to pass a Cross ye Above granted Plantation
of land to his timber land With his Cart Sled or Other
wise in Some Conveniant place, as Also a priviledge of
Watering Unto Tho : Dodge and Any Under him During
his Natural Life for ye Watering his , Cattle and Creatures
To have and to hold all ye Above Granted and Bargained
premises with all and Singuler ye Appertenanees (Except
as above Excepted) Unto her ye Said Mary Cornell her
heirs and Assigns for ever to her and their Own proper Use
Benifet and Behooff forever hence forth and for Ever and I
ye sd Amas Dodge do Covenant promise and Agree for me
my Heirs Extors and Admrs to and with her ye Said Mary
Cornell her Heirs and Assigas, that at ye time of Ensealing
and before ye Delivery hereof I ye sd Amas Dodge am the
true Sole and LawfuU Owner of ye above Bargained prem-
ises and was lawfully Seized & Possessed theirof in my
own proper Right of a good perfect and Absolute Estate of
Inheritance in fee Simple and had in my Self full power
good Right and Lawfull Athority to Sell and Dispose of
ye Same in manner Above Said, and that ye sd Mary Cor-
nell her Heirs & Assigns Shall and May by Virtue hereof
lawfully Quietly and peacably Have Hold Use Occupy
Command Enjoye and possess all the above Demised
premises with their Appertenanees In Manner above Said
free and Clearly Acquited released and fully Discharged of
and from all Manner of former and other gifts grants Bar-
gains Sales Mortgages Joynters dowers Judgments Execu-
tions and Incumberances and further more I ye sd Amos
Dodge doth Covenant bind and oblige my Self my heirs
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 387
Extors and Admrs to Warrant Secure and for Ever Defend
all ye above granted and bargained premises Unto her ye
Said Mary Cornell her heirs and Assigns forever against
all lawfuU Claim and Demands of all manner of persons
Whatsoever and furthermore I Sarah Dodge Wife of him
ye sd Amos Dodge do hereby give grant Yeild up and Sur-
render up all my Eight of Dowry and power of thirds of in
and to ye above Demised premises Unto her ye said Mary
Cornell her heirs and Assigns In Witness hereunto we
have set to our hands and fixed our Seals ye Day and Date
above Written
Page 203.
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Amas Dodge (S)
Andrees Andeedonk Sarah Dodge (S)
Eichard Thorne
Samuel Willis
Qaeeus County Memorandom that on ye Day and Date
Within Written, then came Amas Dodge the Grantor and
Sarah his Wife before me Audrees Anderdonk one of his
Majesties Justices of ye peace for ye County Above Said
and Acknowledged this Deed to be their Volantary Act and
Deed which having Examined I allow itt to be Eecorded
Andreas Anderdonk
Entered and Compared with ye original by
Micah Smith Clerk
May the 12th 1650.
This Writting Wittness that I Jonah Wood of Hempstead,
on long Island have Sold Unto Eobert Jackson of Hemp-
stead I Say have Sold to ye sd Eobert Jackson my house
and Barn and all my Lands which now I do possess in the
town of Hempstead with my Eight on ye North all Lots or
Alotmeuts that Either now Are or shall be here after belong
to that house with Meadow and Ospastures with what other
Eights of Lands shall here after fall to it Except all those
388 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
Movables in ye house or barn & ye Sawn board on ye Uper
floor and two beadsteads & ye "Well pail and rope and Small
trees in ye garden, and ye Said Jonah Wood Doe promise
to Kesinge ye sd lands Unto ye Said Eobert Jackson at ye
first of October Next Ensuing the Date hereof, and the
house and Barn & Yards the Next may Ensuing ye Date
hereof being in ye Year 1651 then to Give him full posses-
tion the house and barn and Yards afere Mentioned and I
ye sd Jonah doe promise to pay or Cause to be paid all
Rates that Shall Come Upon this land till ye last of Sep-
tember next Ensuing the Date hereof and then to be freed
of all taxes or Charges that shall and may Come Upon ye
sd Lands
Jonah Wood
Witness
Samuel Clabk
John Lum
Theses presents may Testifie any Whome it may Consern
that I Eobert Jackson of Hempstead do fully Assigne Over
ye Whole Sale herein Specified on ye Other Side to Richard
Vallantine of ye Same town, his Heirs and Assigns Except-
ing only ye Oxpastures Gates Witness my hand february
ye 12th 1669
Robert Jackson
Entered and Compared With ye original by
Micah Smith Clerk
This Indenture Made this Seventeenth Day of Jeneuary
in ye Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen Hundread thirty
Seven By and Between Peter Montfort of ye township of
Redding in ye County of Hunderdon in ye Western Devi-
sion of Jersey Yeaman and Margaret his Wife and Abram
Monfort of ye Township of Hempstead in Queens County
in New York province Yeaman and Sarah his Wife of ye
one part and Jacobas Montfort of ye Township of Hemp-
stead in Queens County Afore Named of ye Other party
Witnesseth that ye sd Peter and Margret his Wife Abram
and Sarah his Wife for and In Consideration of ye Sum of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 389
five Hundread sixty two pounds ten Sliillings to tliem in
hand paid before Ensealing and Delivery hereof by Jacobas
Montfort Above Named the Receipt Whereof they ye sd
Peter and Abram Do here by Acknowledge aiid them selves
to be theu- with fully Satisfied and thereof and therefrom
and of and from every part and percell by theses presents
Do for Ever Acquit Exonerate and Discharge him ye sd
Jacobas Montfort his Heirs Executors and Administrators,
Have Given Granted Bargained Sold AUiened Enfeoffed
Assured Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses presents
Do freely fully and Absolutely Give grant Bargain Sell Al-
lien Enfeoff Assure Convey and Confirm Unto him ye said
Jacobas Montfort his Heirs and Assigns for Ever the one
Equal half part of all that farm of Upland on Great Neck
in the afore Named Township of Hempstead Late belong-
ing to John Montfort Deseassed and Containeth two Huu-
dread twenty two Acres be itt more or less, and is Bound-
ed in a Genral Way Westerly by ye road or high way
Southerly by Land Late Appertaining to Rigbill Mott De-
ceased Easterly by Cowbay Creek or Channel Northerly
by Land of Eobert Hubbs it being ye Southermost half
part or plantation of Upland With all ye Houses Out
houses Barns Buildings Orchard Gardens and Other Im-
provements to ye Southermost half part of ye Upland be-
longing to ye said farm or plantation with ye Eqiial half
part of all the meadows and Marsh Appertaining to ye sd
former Lying at ye East end thereof with all priviledges
Appertenauces Conveniances a,nd Commoditys to ye said
half part being the Southermost half part of ye Afore Men-
tioned farm Apertaining or belonging Always Allowing to
Peter Lueister his Heirs and Assigns free liberty to pass
and repass over ye sd Laud with Cart or Waggon to ye
Meadow or Marsh on ye East of ye sd farm To Have and
to Hold ye sd Half part it being The Southermost half part
Page 205.
of ye Afore Mentioned farm with all ye Building Houses
390 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Barns Orchards & Gardens and Other Improvements to ye
Southermost half part of ye Upland of ye sd farm With ye
Equal half part of ye Meadows and Marsh thereto Apper-
taining Always Allowing as afore to Peter Lyster his Heirs
and Assigns free Liberty to pass and Repass Over ye sd
farm with Cart or Waggon to ye Meadow and Marsh Afore
Said Unto him ye sd Jacobas Montfort his Heirs and As-
signs for Ever to him his Heirs and Assigns for Ever tq
him hia and their own proper Use Benifit and Behoofe for
Ever And said Peter and Margret his Wife Abram and
Sarah his Wife Do by theses presents Covenant promise
Grant and Agree with ye Said Jacobas Monfort his Heirs
and Assigns that before the Ensealing they Are ye true
Sole and lawfull oners of ye Above premises and have in
themselves Good Eight full power and Lawfull Athority to
give grant Bargain Sell Alien Enffeoff Assure Convey and
Confirm ye Same as Above Said and further that ye Same
att time of Ensealing of theses presents is free and Clear
of all former Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Wills
In tails Joyntures Dowries Mortgages Entails Judgments
Executions Incumbe'rances or troubles What soever and
further ye Said peter & Abram by theses presents Bind
themselves their Heirs Executors and Admrs to Warrant
and Defend ye Above Bargained premises and Every part
theirof Unto him ye Said Jecobas Monfort his Heirs and
Assigns forever Against ye Just and Lawfull Claim or
Claims of any person or persons Wittness Whereof ye sd
Peter and Abram have here Unto Sett their hands and
Seals togather with Margret and Sarah their Wives ye Day
and Year Above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered Petee Monfooet (S)
In presence of Abeaham Monfoet (S)
Wm Buech her :H: Mark
William hogaland Makgeet Monfooet (S)
her
Saeah :S: Monfooet (S)
mark
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EEC0ED8. 391
Queens County Jeneury 19th 1737 Mem Then person-
ally Appeared before me Theodoras Van Wick Esqr one of
his Majesties for Queens County ye within named peter
Monfoort and Abram Monfoort and Acknowledged ye with-
in Written Deed to be their Volantary act and Deed
Tho'd VanWick
May ye first 1738 Then personaly Appeared before me
Tho: Cornell Esqr one of his Majesties Justices for Queens
County ye Within Named Margret Monfoort and Sarah
Monfoort and Did Acknowledge the With in Written In-
strument to be there Volantary act and Deed
Thomas Coenell
Page 206.
Be Itt Remembered that on ye 28 and 29 Days of March
one Thousand Seven Hundread and thirty Eight att ye
Eequest of Peter Lueister and Jecobas Monfoort Samuel
Willis Surveyed ye farm or plantation which formerly be-
longed to John Monfoort Lying od Great Neck in ye Town-
ship of Hempstead and now in ye possestion of Jecobas
Monfoort and Abraham Garison, and in ye figure or Card
protracted by Samuel Willis he made a partion Line from"
ye West Ead of ye Said farm or plantation to ye marshes
Sedge att ye East End of ye farm Mentioned and Laid ye
South Side of ye sd farm twenty three Links of Chain ye
Widest, which was ye Said Jecobas Monfoorts part as they
Agreed to Divide ye sd farm of Upland Now Know yea
that we Jecobas Monfoort and Abram Garison Hathltlutual-
ly Agreed to and with Each Other that ye Above Mentioned
partition Line Dividing our upland Shall be and Continue
ye Same Course to Cow Bay to ye Utmost Extent of our
Bounds ^'and limits East And wee ye sd Jecobas Monfoort
and Abraham Garison Do Order and Agree that ye sd par-
tition shall Divide our meadows and Marshes in ye form As
itt Doth our Upland and by Virtue of theses presents we do
Eemise Eelease and Quit Claim Unto Each Other all of our
Eights that is to Say I ye sd Jecobas Monfoort all ye Right
392 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
title Intrest and Demand of in and to ye Meadows Sedges
& Marshes on ye North Side of ye Said Division Line from
, me my Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns Unto
Mm ye said Abraham Garison his Heirs and Assigns for
Ever to his and their only Benifet & Behoofe for ever and
I ye sd Abraham Garison do Release all my Eight as above
Said Unto him ye Said Jecobas Monfoort his Heirs Exe-
cutors Administrators and Assigns for Ever to his and their
only proper Use Benifet and Behoofe for Ever: In testi-
mony whereof we ye above Named Jecobas Monfoort and
Abraham Garison have hereunto Set our hands and fixed
our Seals this Tenth Day of may anno Domini one thous-
and Seven Hundread and forty five
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of Us Jecobas Monfoort (S)
Andreas onderdonk Abraham Garison (S)
MicAH Smith
Hempstead May ye 10 Day 1745 Then Came ye Within
Named Jecobas Monfort and abraham garison b.efore Me
Micah Smith one of his Majesties Justices of ye peace for
Queens County Assigned, and Acknowledged this Within
Written Instrument to be their Volantary act and Deed
MicAH Smith
Page 207.
To Christion People to whom theses presents Shall Come
Greeting Know Yea that I Abram Garison of Hempstead
in Queens County in ye province of new York Yeaman'for
and in Consideration of ye Sum of Eighty pounds to me in
hand paid before ye Ensealing and Delivery hereof by Je-
cobas Monfoort Yeaman of ye same place the Keceipt where-
of I do hereby Acknowledge and my Self their With fully
Satisfied and Contented and theirof and of Every part &
parcel thereof Do Exonerate Acquit and Discharge ye said
Jecobas Monfoort his Heirs Executors Admrs and for Eyer
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 393
by theses presents, Have Given Granted Bargained Sold
AUiened Conveyed and Confirmed and by theses presents
Do fully freely and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell
Allien Convey and Confirm Unto ye said Jeoobas Monfoort
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever One Certain Messuage and
tract of Land Containing Sixteen Acres and half, being on
a Neck Called ye great Neck in ye township of Hempstead
Butted and Bound as followes Begining att ye Eoad that
Leads Down ye Said Neck att ye partion Line Between ye
sd Jecobas Monfoort and Abraham Garison Made March
ye 28th and 29th Anno 1738 by Samuel Willis thence East
or Easter along ye said Line As ye fence Now Stands
Seventy Bight Rods to Said Garisons Wood Land thence
north fourteen Eods and Seven Links thence West or
Westerly Continuing fourteen Eods and Seven Links Dis-
tant from ye said partition Line to ye afore Mentioned
Neck Eoad Being Bounded West by ye said Great Neck
Eoad South by ye partition Line East by Garisons
Wood Land and North by said Garisons Cleared Land,
To have and to hold ye said Granted and Bargained prem-
ises with all ye Appertenances priveledges and Commodi-
ties to ye Same belonging or in Any Wise Appertaining to
him ye said Jecobas Monfoort his Heirs and Assigns iox
ever to his and their only proper Use Benifet and behoof
for ever and I the said Abraham Garison for me my Heirs
Exetors and Admrs do Covenant promise grant to and with
the said Jecobas Monfoort his Heirs and Assigns that
before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye true Sole and Lawfull
oner of ye above Bargained premises and am Lawfully
Seized and possessed of ye same in mine own proper Eight
as a good jjerfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance and
have in my Self good Eight full power and Lawfull
Athority to grant Bargain Sell Couvey aud Confirm ye said
Bargained premises in Manner as above said and the said
Jecobas Monfoort his Heirs and Assigns shall and may
from time to time and att all times for ever here after by
Virtue of tlieses presents Lawfully peacably Quietly Have
394 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 208.
Hold Use Occupy possess and Enjoy ye said Demised and
Bargained premises, with ye Appertenances free and Clear
and freely Acquited Exonerated and Discharged of and
from and all Manner of former Gifts Grants Bargains Sales
Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Jud-
ments Executions Incumberances and troubles whatsoever
and I ye said Abraham Garison Do further Covenant and
bind my self my Heirs Extors Admrs firmly by theses
presents to Warrant and Defend ye sd Jecobas Monfoort
his Heirs and Assigns in Quiet and peacable possession of
all and Singular ye said Granted premises Against Any
Just and Lawful! Claim or Claims of any person or persons
What soever. In Witness whereof I ye said Abram Gari-
son here Unto Set my hand and Seal this tenth Day of may
one thousand Seven Hundread and forty five
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of his
Andreas Andeedonk Abeaham :X: Gaeison (S)
MicAH Smith Mark
Queens County Hempstead May ye 10th Day 1745
Then Came personally before Me Micah Smith one of his
Majesties Justices of, ye peace for sd County Ass'd the
Within Named Abram Garison and Acknowledged this
Within Written Instrument to be his Volantary Act and
Deed
Micah Smith
february 4th 1744-5 Att the Request of Sundry of ye
freeholders and Inhabitants of the town of Hempstead We
have Laid out a high Way Begining att Merack old Road
A Little Above ye River and Runing By A line of Marked
Trees four Rods Wide to ye Southard, and So to Run that
Wedth till itt Leads into Wasbands Neck Road Witness
our hands ye Date Above
Joseph Mott
Soloman Seamans
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
395
Page 209.
Wee the Subscribers liere Under Written Do think it Con-
veniant and Nesesary to Lay out a publick High Way from
ye Mouth of ye Lane that Leads from Westbury by the
Meetting House A Long ye Hollow known by ye Name of
East Meadow Hollow and so on As ye Titases South path
Lyes Until it Meetts with ye path that Leads from Hemp-
stead to ye South Side Bj Jonathan Smith Eocks and Lik-
wise from ye High Way by Natka,niei Seamans Jur A Long
as ye path goes Untill itt Meetts with ye Eoad that Leads
from ye meetting House Afore Mentioned As Witness our
Hands this 22th Day of April anno Dom 1745
Thomas Carman Benjamin Seamans Rich'd Ellison Jur
Silas Willis
Nat: Seamans
Joseph Balden
John Williams
Jacob Willis
Jerimi Bedell Sen
Eobert Titas
Benj, Smith
Sam, Totten
John Dingey
Tim, Bedell
Att the Eequest of the persons Under Written we have
Surveyed and Laid out A Certaia High Way Begining att
a Chestnut tree Standing ye East side of ye path att ye
parting paths Below Jonathan Smith Eocks and So Euning
Northward by Marked trees to ye plains By John Eusmore
and so up ye hollow by Joseph Southards to ye East Mea-
dow as Titases South path lies keeping said Hollow Up to
ye High Way that Leads from Westbury By ye Meeting
House four Eods Wide. As Witness our hands this 30th
Day of April Anno Dom 1745
Eichard Post
Peter Titas Jur
WUl: Titas
James Ellison
Sam: Titas
John Post
John Titas Sen
Eichard Willis
Sam, Southard
Abram Bedell
Tho: Lee
Jacob Titas
Tho, Seamans
John Willis
Jacob Willis Jur
Will, Willis
Benj, Lester
John Birdsall
John Townsend
Sam, Seamans
Edward Sprag
Compared and Entered by
MicAH Smith
Joseph Mott
SoLOMAN Seamans
396 hempstead town recobds.
Page 210.
We the Subscribers Here Under Written Do think it
Conveniant and Nessesary to Lay out a publick High Way
from ye house of Peter Titas Jur between Eichard Ellison
Lott and John Post Lott and so to Eua Southard as far as
ye furrow Eoad We the Subscribers Do Also think it nes-
sesary to Lay a high way in ye East meadow Hollow In-
cluding ye Watering place four Eods Wide of Each Side
Begining at ye north End of said Watering place and Eun-
ing As ye Brook Euns South ward Untill itt Comes to a
Certain place Known by ye Name of ye Upper Pond
John Willis John Titas Jacob Tit^s
Eichard Townsend Will, Titas Peter Titas
John Combs Sen John Post Peter Titas Jun
Will. Lines
Att ye Eequest of ye persons here Under Subscribed we
have Survey'd and Laid out A Certain high Way Begining
at ye high way by Nat, Seamans Jur So Euning as ye path
goes to John Baldens Untill itt Meetts ye high Way Along
ye iEast Meadow four Eods Wide Also a high Way from
peter Titas Jur Between ye Land of John Post and Eich-
ard Ellison to ye furrow Eoad as ye path now Lies four
Eods Wide As Witness our ■ hands this 30th day of April
Anuo Dom 1745
Joseph Mott
SoLOMAN Seamans
At Eequest of ye persons here Under written we have
serveyed and Laid out a Certain Highway Begining att the
north End of ye watering place in ye East Meadow Includ-
ing the watering places four Rods wide of Each side Eun-
ing southard as ye Brook Euns Untill it comes to a Certain
place known by the name of the Upper Pond, As witness
our hands this 30th Day of April anno Dom 1745.
Joseph Mott
Solomon Seamans.
hempstead town records. 397
Page 211.
This Indenture Made ye Tenth Day of May in ye Year
of our Lord & Savioiir Christ Jesus one thousand Seven
Hundread and thirty one &c in ye fourth Year of ye Reign
of our Soveraign Lord Gorge the Second by ye Grace of
God of Great Brittan france and Irehind King Defender of
the faith &c Between Martin Wiltse of Hempstead in
Queens County oa Nassaw Island in ye Colony of New
York Yeaman of ye one part aad Adrian Onderdoak & Cor-
nelias Eeyerse of ye same place Gentlemen of ye Other
part Witnesseth that ye Said Martin Wiltse for and in Con-
sideration of ye Sum of twenty five Shillings Currant
Money of sd Colony well and truly by ye sd Cornelias Rey-
erse & Adriaen Onderdonk to him ye sd Marten Wiltse in
hand before ye Ensealing & Delivery of theses presents the
Receipt Whereof he Doth Hereby Acknowledge & himself
therewith to be fully Satisfied Contented & paid & there of
& therefrom & of & from Every part & parcell thereof Doth
fully freely Clearly and Absolutely Acquit Exonerate Re-
lease and Discharge ye sd Adriaen Onderdonk & Cornelias
Eeyerse their heirs Extors & Admrs & Every of them by
theses presents And for Other good & Lawfull Considera-
tions him there unto -Moving for Use Intent and purjDOSe
here after Mentioned he ye Said Marten Wiltse Hath
Granted Bargained Sold Conveyed Enfeoffed Released As-
sured & Confirmed And by these presents doth Grant Bar-
gain Sell Convey Enfeoffe Release Assure and Confirm
Unto the sd Cornelias Reyerse & Adriaen Onderdonk their
Heirs and Assigns forever A Certain Small Tract of Land
Scituate Lying & being Within ye Limits of Hempstead
above sd Near Success pond over Against ye House Lately
belonging to Dirik Demott ye Same Begins at a Sassafrax
Sapling Standing on ye East Side of ye high Way Which
Leads from Madnans Neck to ye plains and Runs from
thence Eastward five Rods and ten & a half feet then
northward four rods & Eight and ahalf feet then West-
ward Seven rods & ten foot to ye Said Way and from thence
398 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
AloDg ye Same to ye place first begun being Bounded
West by ye sd Hi/h Way & on the Other three Sides by ye
Land of Said Marten Wiltse, togather with all ye Eights
Easements priviledges Commodities advantages heriditi-
ments & Appertenances to ye Same in any Manner of Ways
belonging or properly Appertaining and also the Reversion
and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Right Estate
title property Possession Claim and Demand Whatsoever of
him ye Said Marten Wiltse of in & to all and Singular ye
above Granted Small tract of Land and premises With
Every of the Appertenances To Have and to Hold ye above
Page 212.
Granted & Conveyed Small tract of Land & premises with
Every ye Appertenances Unto them ye Sd Adriaen Onder-
donck and Cornelias Reyerse and to their Heirs and As-
signs for Ever to ye Use intent and purpose here after
Mentioned that is to say, to ye Intent and piirpose that
they the Said Cornelias Reyese & Adriaen Onderdonk and
Every of their heirs & Assigns Shall atb all times hereafter
permit and Suffer the Reformed Nether Dutch Congrega-
tion of Hempstead above Said or Such Other person or
persons as by them or ye Major part of them Shall be Nom-
inated & appointed to Erect a Church or publick Edifice
for ye pertioular Sole and only Use & Benifet of ye Re-
formed Nether Dutch Congregation of the Said Town
of Hempstead to Worship ye Almighty God in & to
or for No other Ends purpose Use or Uses Whatsoever
& further to ye Intent that ye Said Adriaen Onderdonk
and Cornelias Reyerse & Either of them & all & Every of
their or Either of their Heirs & assigns Shall att all times
and times hereafter When Required Assign Release & make
Over Unto the Said Reformed Nether Dutch Congregation
of sd Town of Hempstead In Queens County or body
pollitique incorporated Representing them or Any Such
Succeeding Congregation or to Any Such person or persons
as bvthem or their Successors Shall be for that End Nomi-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 399
nated and appointed to ye Use & purpose Afore Said all
ye sd Small tract of Land above Mentioned to be hereby
granted -witli all ye Edifices theiron & Eights and privi-
ledges afore sd with ye Appertenances to ye Same belong-
ing to ye Use and purpose afore sd by Such Instruments &
Conveyances in ye Law (at ye Cost and Charges of ye sd
Grantees) as by their Councel in ye Law Shall in that
behalf be Devised & ye sd Marten Wiltse for himself his
Heirs Exetors and Admitrs Doth Covenant promise Grant
and Agree to and with ye sd Cornelias Eeyerse & Adriaen
Onderdonck their Heirs & Assigns that ye Above Granted
& Conveyed Small lott or tract of Land & premises with ye
Appertenances Are free and Clear from all Manner of
Incumberances & Intanglements Wt soever & that he ye
Said Marten Wiltse is ye Sole true and LawfuU Owner of
ye Small tract of Land & premises & hath in him self at ye
time of Sealing and Delivery of theses presents good Eight
full power lawfull and Absolute Athority to grant and
Convey away the same in fee Simple as Above Said and
Lastly that ye Said Marten Wiltse his Heirs Exetors &
Admrs ye same Above hereby granted and Conveyed Small
tract of Land and premises With ye Appertenances Unto
Page 212a.
ye sd Adrian Onderdonck & Cornelias Eeyerse their Heirs
and Assigns (for ye Use afore Said) Against all persons &
people what soever Lawfully Claiming ye Same or Any
part percell or Member thereof Shall and Will Warrant
and for Ever by theses presents Defend In Witness Where-
of ye sd Marten WUtse hath here Unto Set his hand and
Seal ye Day and Year first Above Written
Sealed and Delivered
In Presence of Mabten Wiltse (S)
Cornelias Wiltse
Maktin Ebyerson
Hempstead May ye 10th 1745 Queens Coucty Then
Came ye within Named Marten Wiltse personally before
400 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
Me Micah Smith one of his Maj Justices for Queens Coun-
ty Assigned and Acknowledged this Within Wiitten InstrUf
ment to be his Vohintary act and Deed
Micah SmitbE
To all Christiou people to whome theses presents Shall
Come Know Yea that I James pine of Hempstead in
Queens County in ye province of New York for and in Con-
sideration of ye Sum of one hundread and fifty Six pounds
to me in hand paid before ye Ensealing and Delivery of
theses presents by John Hick of ye Same place the Receipt
Whereof I do hereby Acknowledge and my Self their with
fully Satisfied and Contented and their of and of Every
part and percell do Exonerate Acquit and Discharge ye
said J(jlin Hick his Heirs Extors and Administrators for
Ever by theses presents have Given Granted Bargined
Sold Alienated Conveyed and Confirmed and hy theses
presents Do freely fully and Absolutely give Grant bargain
Sell Allien Convey and Confirm Unto ye said John Hick
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever one Certain Messuage and
tract of Land Scituate Lying and being in ye township of
heinpstead in ye north Woods, on ye East Side of
ye Koad that Leads from Cow Neck to ye plains, Butted
and Bounded, Viz, fiist AVestardly by ye sd Neck Road
and northerdly by John Smiths Land and Easterly
partly by John Smiths land and partly by Joha Wil-
liams Land and Southerly by Land of John Searing
late Deceast, the Said tract Containing thirty four
Acres, As it hath been Already Serveyed, to have and to
hold the Said Granted and Bargained tract of Land With all
ye Appertenances priviledges and Comodities to ye Same be-
longing or in any Wise Appertaining to hi-m ye Said John
Hick his Heirs and Assigns forever to his and their only
proper Use benifet and behoof forever And I ye Said
Page 212b.
James Pine for me my Heirs Exetors and Adminr's do
Covenant promise and grant to and with ye Said John Hick
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 401
his Heirs and Assigns that before ye Ensealing hereof I am
ye true Sole and LawfuU Owner of ye Above Bargained
and granted premises and am Lawfully Seized and possess-
ed of ye Same in Mine own proper Eight as a good perfect
and Absolute Estate of nheritance and have in my Self
good Eight full power and Lawfull Athority to grant Bar-
gain Sell Convey and Confirm ye Said Bargained tract of
Land in Manner as above Said, and that ye Said John Hick
his heirs and Assigns, Shall and may from 'tinie to time and
at all times for Ever here after by Virtue of theses presents,
Lawfully peacably and Quietly have hold Use Occupy
possess and Enjoy the sd Demised and Bargained premises
with ye Appertenances free and Clear and freely and Clear-
ly Acquited Exonerated & Discharged of and from all and
all manner of former gifts Grants Bargains Sales leases
Mortgages Wills Entails Joynters Dowers Judments Exe-
cutions Incumberances and troubles What Soever, and I ye
Said James pine doe further Covenant & Bind my Self my
Heirs Extors and Admin's firmly by theses presents to
Warrant and Defend ye Said John Hick his Heirs & As-
signs in Quiet and peacable possestion of all and Singular
ye Said Granted premises Against any Just and Lawfull
Claim of any person or persons What Soever. In Witness
Whereof I the Said James pine have hereunto Set my hand
and Seal this third Day of may one thousand Seven hun-
dread and forty Six
Sealed and Delivered
Tn presence of Us James pine (S)
Jacob Smith
MiCAH Smith
Meraorandom may ye 3th Day 1746 Then Came per-
sonally 'the Within Named James Pine before me Micah
Smith one of his Majesties Justices of ye peace Assigned
for Queens County, abd acknowledged this Within Written
Instrument to be his Volautary Act and Deed
Micah Smith
402 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Page 213.
This Instrument of Writing Made this Twenty Second
Day of ye first month in ye Year of our Lord one thousand
Seven hundread forty five Six tistifieth that Whereas Wee
William Willis and John Willis both of Westbury and John
Birdsall of Jerusalem all of ye Township of Hempstead in
Queens County on Nassaw Island Yeaman having Bach of
Us Certain Lands Lying on A neck at ye Soxith Side of ye
Island Commonly Called and Known by ye name of New
bridge Within ye Township Afore Said and in Order that
Bach Man Should Bnjoy his own particular Eight in Sev-
eralty, We have Made a Division theirbf According to Bach
mans Right as ye Same is figured and Described in ye An-
nexed Scheme, therefore We ye sd William Willis John
^illis and John Birdsall do Covenant and Agree Severally
and Destinctly to and With Each Other and with Bach of
our Heirs Respectively That ye Under Described Devision of
our Land as before Mentioned, Shall be good Substantial
and Effectual to Bach of Us our Heirs and Assigns forever
and that Each of Us shall by Virtue of this Division and
his Heirs and Assigns in Severality Shall have and Hold
ye Same free from any Let hindrance or Molestation of
Either of the other parties or their heirs Extor or Admr
for ever hereafter In Witness hereunto we have Bach of
us Set to our hands and fixed our Seals the Day and Date
Above Written
Sealed and Delivered
In ye presence of William Willis (S)
JosiAs Robins John Willis (S)
Maby Willis John Birdsall (S)
Sam Willis
Map.
Page 214.
This Indenture Made this Eighteenth Day of November
Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundread and forty
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 403
five by and Between Amas Mott of Hempstead in Queen
County on Nassaw Hand Yeaman of ye one part & Michael
Mudge of ye Township of oysterbay in ye County above
Said Mill Eight of ye other party Witnesseth that I the
Said Amas Mott for and in ye Consideration of ye full &
Just Sum of five Hundread and Sixty Seven pounds Seven-
teen Shillings and Six pence of Good Currant Money of
New York to me in hand well and truly paid by the Said
Michael Mudge the Receipt Whereof I do Acknowledge
and my Self fully Satisfied Contented and paid and thereof
and of Every, part and percell do Release Acquit and Dis-
charge ye Said Michael Mudge his Heirs Exetr and Admr
and. Every of them for Ever by theses presents, hath given
granted Bargained Sold Aliened Enffeoffe Assure Conveyd
and Confirmed and by theses presents do freely Clearly
and Absolutely give grant Bargain Sell Alienate Enfeoffe
Assure Convey and Confirm Unto him ye Said Michael
Mudge his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, All that of one
Certain Messuage and tract of Land Scituate lying and
being within ye patent and Township of Hempstead afore
Said Near ye East Side of Hempstead Harbour bounded as
followeth, ye first peice Bounded as followeth, Begining att
ye northwest Corner of sd peice att ye High Way Between
this Land and Tho: pearsalls land and from thence Euning
Easterly along ye South side of ye High Way, about one
Hundread and thirty four Rods to ye High Way that Runs
Southard, thence runing Southerly by ye High Way forty
five Rods to William Ktrks Land, thence Westerly by
William Kirks Land as the fence Now Stands Untill itt
meets Tho: pearsalls Land, and from thence runing North
one Degree twenty Minutes West Sixty four Rods and
twenty ona Links of Chain to ye first Bounder Containing
about ior'.y three Acres thirty one Sq'r Rods Including the
Dwelling Housen Buildings Barns Orchards fences fields
and Improvements, the Second peice begins at the North
West Corner of ye turn of ye high Way by and Joyning to
ye Land of Tho: pearsall thence Easterly by his Land
404 hempstead town eecokds.
Page 215.
about one hundread and Seven rods to the Land I have
Now Sold Salvenas Townsend thence Southerly by his
Land to ye land he bought of Jerimiah Williams, thence
Still Southerly by that Land Eighty two Rods and twenty
Links to a white oak tree marked, thence South forty
Seven Degrees and forty minutes West seven Rods to ye
High Way, thence northerly by ye High Way about forty
Bight rods to Eich'd Vail an tines Land thence North one
Degree West thirty three Rod and two thirds to a black
Oak Sapling Marked, thence West Two Degrees South
twelve rods to ye above Said High Way, thence Northerly by
ye High Way one Hundread & four rods to ye first bounds,
Including within the Bounds Sixty Six Acres one hundread
and fifty Seven Sqr Rods being Bounded one ye north by
Tho: pearsalls Land on ye East by Salvenas Townsend
Land one ye West partly by ye High ^ Way and part by
Eich'd Vallantines Land . Togather with all ye Rights
Liberties Immunities profits priveledges advantages ■with
all ye Dwelling Housen barns Orchards fences feilds tim-
bers trees woods under woods wells springs Riverlets or
what soever Else belonging or in any kind Appertaining or
Either of ye Said peices of Land with ye Reversions and
Remainders thereof and all ye Estate right title Interest
property claim and Demand Whatsoever of me ye Said
Amas Mott of in or to ye above Bargained premises or any
part thereof To have and to Hold, all ye above demised
premises with all ye appertenances Unto him ye sd Michel
Mudge his Heirs and Assigns forever to his and their own
sole and proper Use benifet and behoof from hence forth
and forever and I the sd Amos Mott doe Covenant promise
and grant for my self my Heirs Executors and administra-
tors to and with him ye said Michel Mudge his Heirs and
Assigns that at ye time of ye Ensealing and before ye De-
livery hereof I ye said Amas Mott am ye true sole and
Lawfull owner of all ye Above Bargained premises and was
Lawfully Seized and possessed theirof in mine own sole
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 405
and proper Ilight of a good perfect and Absolute Estate of
Inheritance in fee Simple and had in my self full power
good Eight and Lawfull Athority to Sell and Dispose of
ye same in manner Afore Said and that ye Said Michel
Mudge his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may by Virtue
hereof Lawfully Quietly and peacably have hold Use
Occupy Command Enjoye & freely possess ye same free
and Clearly acquited Released and fully Discharged of and
from all manner of former and other Gifts grants bargains
Page 216.
Sales Leases Mortgauges Joynters dowries Judgments Exe-
cutions Intails and Incumberances Whatsoever and further
more I ye Said Amas Mott do here by Covenant Bind and
Oblige my Self My Executors and . Adminrs to Warrant
Secure and forever Defend all ye Above Bargained premi-
ses with ye Appertenances Unto him ye Said Michel Mudge
his Heirs and Assigns forever Against all ye Just and
Lawfull Claims and Demands of all manner of persons
Whatsoever In Witness here Unto I have Set to my Hand
and fixed my Seal ye Day and Date Above Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of Amos Mott (S)
Coles Mudge
Gorge Downing
Sam: Willis
Memorandom that on ye 19th of July 1746 Personally
Appeared before Me Dirick albertson one of his Majesties
Just of ye peace for Queens County Assigned Coles Mudge
and Gorge Downing two of the Within Witnesses and did
Declare upon ye Holy Avangelist of almighty God that
they Saw Amos Mott Sign Seal and Deliver ye Within
Written Instrument to be his free and Volantary act and Deed
and Like Wise that they Saw Sam: Willis Witness ye Same
Acknowledged before Me
^ DmiCK albektson Just
Entered and Compared With ye Original by
Micah Smith Clerk
406 hempstead town eecoeds.
Page 217.
To all Cliristien people to whome this preseut Deed of
Sail sliall Come Greeting Know Yea that I Jerimiah Wood
of Hempstead in Queens County and Province for and in
Consideration of full Satisfaction to me in hand already
Received Have granted Bargained Released Conveyed
made Over Confirmed Quitt Claimed and Sold Unto Adam
Laurance of fHushing In ye County and Province aforesd
and to his Heirs and Assigns forever one Certain ten
shilling Patent Eight of plains in ye Township of
Hempstead being part of ye Eight of my father Jerimiah
Wood Deseased To Have and to Hold ye said patent
Eight of plains for and to ye Sole and only proper Use
Benifet and behoof of- him the Said Adam Laurance his
Heirs and Assigns for ever and ye said Jerimiah Wood for
him Self his Heirs Executors and Admrs Doth Covenant
prpmise and Warrant ye sd Eight of plains Af'd Unto ye sd
Adam Laurance and to his Heirs and Assigns Against all
persons Lawfully Claiming Any Eight Titel or Interest to
ye said premises shall and Will Warrant and forever De-
fend by theses presents As Witness my Hand and Seal
this Seventh Day of July 1744
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of Us his
Heney Smith Jeeemiah :X: Wood (S)
MiCAH Smith Mark
July ye 7th 1744
Then Appeared Before me Micah Smith Esq and one of
his Maiesties Justices of ye peace for Queens County ye
Within Named Jerimiah Wood and Did Acknowledge the
Within Deed to be his Volantary Act and Deed
Micah Smith
Entered and Compared with ye original By
Micah Smith Clerk
Page 218.
Tihs Indenture Made this fifth Day of December in ye
Year of our liord Christ one thousand Seven hundread
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 407
thirty Nine Between Peter Leister of Oysterby In Queens
County on Nassaw Island and in ye province of New York
Yeaman of ye one parte and Abram Garison of ye same
place Yeaman of ye Otber parte Witnesseth That I ye sd
peter Leister for and in ye Consideration of ye Sum of four
Hundread and Eighty pounds Currant Lawfull Money of
New York Afore said To me in hand paid before the En-
sealing and Delivery hereof By ye said Abram Garison The
Receipt whereof I do hereby Acknowledge & my Self their
with fully Satisfied Contented and paid and theirof and
theirfrom and from Every part and percell thereof do Ex-
onerate Acquit and fully Discharge ye said Abram Garison
his Heirs Exectors Admrs forever By theses presents have
• Given Granted Bargained Sold Alianated Conveyed and
Confirmed and by theses presents Do fully freely and Ab-
solutely give Grant Bargain Sell Allien Convey and Confirm,
Unto him ye said Abram Garison his Heirs and Assigns
forever, One Messuage or tract of Land Situate Upon Great
Neck so Called and Within ye Bounds of Hempstead & In
ye County Aforesd The same Being one Equal Moietie or
Northermost half parte of all that farm or plantation w'ch
was John Monforts of Great Neck Deceast'd and sd North-
ermost Half parte was Conveyed Unto me ye sd Peter
Leister By Peter Monfort and Margret his Wife of ye
Township of Bedding in ye County of Hunterdon In ye
Western Division of New Jersey, and Abram Monfort and
Sarah his Wife of Hempstead Afore said By Deed Bearing
Date ye Eighteenth Day of Jeneuary Seventeen Hundread
and thirty seven, And ye sd farm or plantation being
Bounded in General Way or Manner iii ye form following.
Westerly by ye Eoad or high Way, Southerly by Land
Late belonging to Eighbill Mott Deceased, Easterly by
Cow bay or Channel and Northerly By Lands Late be-
longing to Robert Hubs Deceased Containing in Quantity
two Hundread and twenty two Acres in the Whole farm, be
itt More or Less, To gather with all priviledges Appertenan-
ces and Commodities, to ye said Northermost Half parte of ye
408 hempstead town becords.
Page 219.
Afore Mentioned farm of Upland belonging Within ye Equall
Moetie or half part of all ye Meadow and Marshe belonging
to ye Afore Mentioned Farm Lying at ye Bast End thereof
(Always, Allowing to Jecobas Monf ort his Heirs and Assigns
free liberty to pass and Eepass with Cart or Waggon front
ye Southern part of ye Afore Mentioned farm to ye Landing
on ye North Half parte thereof) To have and to Hold the
Granted and Bargained premises with all ye Appertenanees
priviledges Conveniences and Commodities to ye same be-
longing or any Ways Appertaining (Excepting as is before
Excepted) Unto him ye sd Abram Garison his Heirs and
Assigns forever, To his and their only proper Use Benifit
and behoof forever, and I ye said Peter Leister for me my
Heirs Exetors and Admrts Do Covenant promise and Grant
to and with ye said Abram Garison his Heirs and Assigns
that before and at ye time of ye Ensealing hereof I am ye
true Sole and Lawfull Owner of ye Above Bargained prem-
ises and am Lawfully Seized and possessed of ye same In
mine own proper Eight as good perfect and Absolute Es-
tate of Inheritance in fee Simple and have in myself good
Eight full power and Lawfull Athority, to Grant Bargain
Sell Convey and Confirm The Said Granted And Bargained
premises In Manner as Above Said and that ye said Abra-
ham Garisee his Heirs and Assigns shall and May from
time to time att all times forever hereafter By force and
Virtue of theses presents Lawfully Pecably and Quietly
Have Hold Use Occupy possess and Enjoy the Demised
and Bargained premises With all itts Appertenanees (Ex-
cepting as is before Excepted) free and Clear and freely
and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and Discharged of and
from all Manner of former and Other Gifts Grants Bar-
gains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures
Dowers Judgments Executions Extents and troubles what-
soever and further more I ye sd Peter Leister for my Self
my Heirs Extrs and Admrs Do Covenant and Engage the
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 409
Above Demised premises to him ye sd Abraham Garisee his
Heirs and Assigns Against ye Lawfull Claims and Demands
of any person or persons Whatsoever here after to Warrant
Secure and Defend, And Sarah Leister ye Wife of me the sd
Peter Leister Doth by theses presents freely and willing
Give Yeild Up and Surrender All her Right of Dowry and
Page 220.
Power of thirds of In and Unto ye Above Demised prem-
ises Unto him ye said Abraham Garisee his Heirs and As-
signs, In Witness where of We have here LTnto set our
hands & Seals ye Day and Date Above Written
Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of Petek Leister (S)
Adbian Hegekman her
Petebes Hegeeman Sabah :X: Leistee (S)
David Seamans Mark \
September ye 26th 1743
Then Appeared Peter Leister before Me Thomas Cornell
one of His Majesties Justices of ye peace for Queens Coun-
ty and Did Acknowledge this Deed to be his Volantary Act
and Deed for ye Use Within Mentioned.
Thomas Coenell
Enter'd and Compared with ye original
by MicAH Smith Clerk
To all Christians to Whome theses presents shall Come
Greeting Know yea that I Micah Smith of Hempstead in
Queens County in ye province of New York for and in Con-
sideration of ye sum of seventy Pounds Lawful! money of the
province Above Said to me in hand paid before ye Enseal-
ing and Delivery here of by Timothy Smith of ye same
place the Receipt whereof I do Acknowledge, and my self
their with satisfied and Contented and theirof and of Every
part and percel theirof do Exonerate Acquit and Discharge
ye said timothy Smith his Heirs Executors and Admrs for
Ever by theses presents Have Given Granted Bargained
410 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Sold Allienated Conveyed and Confirmed by theses presents
do freely fully and Absolutely give. Grant Bargain Sell
Allien Convey and Confirm Unto ye Said Timothy Smith
his Heirs and Assigns for Ever One Certain Messuage of
Land and Meadow Scituate Lying and Being att ye South
Side of Hempstead in a Neck Called Washband Neck But-
ted and Bounded Viz Begining by ye High Way at ye
North East Corner thence Euning Southerly as ye fence
now stands by ye high Way, till itt Comes to Lees Land at
ye point thence Westerly as ye fence stands till it Come
to ye line of my pond thence Southerly as that line Buns
till itt Comes to my fence in ye Meadow thence Southerly
as ye fence and Ditch goes Thence from ye End of ye
Page 221.
Ditch on a Strait line to ye Bottom of my said Meadow
where it meets Coes Neck Creek and Southerd and West-
erly till it meets Timothy Smiths Meadow thence North-
erly by timothy Smiths Meadow till itt Comes to ye Main
Ditch at ye North End thence Easterly by ye Ditch to ye
fence parting Lees fly and this said Meadow Thence
Northerly till itt Comes to timothy Smith Land thence
Easterly and Westerly by Tim Smiths to Lees Land or
fence at ye norwest Corner thence Easterly as ye fence
stands to ye first place of begining, and providing and Re-
serving A high way that Leads a Cross ye north End of ye
said Lott to tim Smith Land for Carting hay, the general
Bounds Viz the Upland Bounded East by ye high way,
The pond or fly by Lees point, the Salt Meadow East by
platts meadow. South by ye Creek West by tim Smiths
Meadow, and North by Lees fly Lot, And ye pond and Up-
land by Lees Land, To have and to Hold the said Granted
and Bargained premises with all ye Apertenances privi-
ledges & Commoditys to ye same belonging or in any Wise
Appertaining to him ye said Tim Smith his Heirs and
Assigns for Ever to his And their only proper Use Benifit
and Behoof forever and I the said Micah Smith for me my
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 411
Heirs Exetors and Admrs do Covenant, promise and Grant
to and with ye said Timothy Smith his Heirs and Assigns
that before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye true Sole and Law-
full Owner of ye Above Bargained premises and am Law-
fully Seized and possesed of ye same in mine own proper
Right as a good perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance
and have in my self good Rightfull power and LawfuU
Athority to grant Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm ye said
Bargained premises in Manner as above said, and that ye
sd timothy Smith his Heirs and Assigns shall and may
from time to time and att all times for ever hereafter by
Yirtue of theses presents Lawfully peacably and Quietly
have hold Use Occupy possess and Enjoy the said Demised
and Bargained premises with ye Appertenances free and
Clear and freely and Clearly Acquited Exonerated and
Discharged of and from all and all manner of former Gifts
grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgauges Wills Entails
Joynters Dowers Judgments ExecutioDS and Lioumber-
ances What soever and I ye said Micah Smith do further
Covenant and Bind my self my Heirs and Admrst firmly by
theses presents to Warrant and Defend the said timothy
Smith his Heirs and Assigns in Quiet and peacable posses-
sion of all and Singular ye sd Granted premises against
any Jufet and LawfuU Claim of any person or persons
Whatsoever, whereof I ye said Micah Smith and With the
Page 222,
good liking of Phebe my Wife, have hereunto set our hands
ye Second Day of April One Thousand S^veti Hundread
and forty Six
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of us Micah Smith (S)
Chaeles Petees Phebe Smith (S)
John Rowland
Jonathan Smith
Memorandom August ye 6th Day 1746 Then Came the
Within Named Micah Smith before me Richard titas one
412 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
of his Majesties Justices of je peace Assigned for Queens
County and Acknowledged this Within Written Instruipent
to be his Volantarj Act and Deed
ElCHAED TiTAS
Entered and Compared with ye Original by
MiCAH Smith Clerk
By the Eequest of Ephrani Valentine and Aron Van No-
strand wee have Survayed and Layed out A Certain high-
way beginning at A walnut Sapling Near the Afore said
aron Van Nostrands Line So Eunning Soothardly Betwen
the Aforesaid Aron Van Nostrands Land and John Cornels
Land two Eods wide Untill itt meets with the North End
of the Lane and So on as the fence Now Stands to the path
that Leads from westbury to Herrioks as wituess our
hands at hempstead the' 17th Day of April 1747
Joseph Mott
John Doblon
April 18th 1747 Compared and Entered by Val :Hw't:
Peters Clerk
By the Eequest of the Neighboorhood Wee John Dorlon
and Joseph Mott Tow of the Comisiners for Laying out
highways In the Township of Hempstead having this Day
Taken a Vew of a highway Layed out the 15th Day of June
1727 and wheiras theire are Some Disputes where part of
the aforesaid highway Shoold Eun Which wee Alow ■ To
Continue along By the Northwest Corner of Jacobus Peter-
sons Land and So Euning the North Side of his Wood
Land untill itt Comes to the Eoad that Leads from Fos-
tersmedow to Joseph Schidmors Mill and the Said highway
Wee alow to Be a Gaite Way of Two Eods Wide Witness
our hands this 16th Day of November 1747
Joseph Mott
John Doelon
Entered and Compared By Val :Hew't: Petees Clerk
hempstead town records. 413
Page 223.
To all to Whome theise Presents: Shall Come Elisabeth
Dusenberry and John Dusenberry hur husband of hemp-
stead and Mary powel and Waite Powel hur husband and
Jane Mudg all of oysterbay all in Queens County on Nas-
saw Island and In the province of New York Sendeth
Greeting Know Ye, that wee the Said Elizabeth Dusen-
berry John Dusenberry mary powell Waite powell and
Jane Mudg for and In the Consideration of the Sum of
Eight Hundred and fifteen pounds Current LawfuU money
of New York afore said to us In hand paid Before the En-
sealing and Delevering of theise presents Well and Truly
paid By Able Smith Jur La,ite of oysterbay aforesd the
Receipt where of wee Do herby acknowledg and our Selves
theirwith fully and Intirely Satisfied and Contented and
for other Good Causes and Considerations Us the sd Eliza-
beth Dusenberry John Dusenberry Mary powel Waite
powel and Jane Mudg more Especially moving have Re-^
mised Released and forever Quitt Claimed and by these
presents Do for us and Each and Every of Us and Each
and Every of our heirs Extrs and Adm'trs fully freely
Clearly and Absolutely Remise Release and for Ever Quit
Clame unto the Above sd Abel Smith and to his heirs- and
Assigns forever all that of our Right or Interest or pre-
tended Right or lutrest Claim Property or Demand of to
and In all that plantation with the Mill Houses Barnes and
other Improvements their on which our Brother Jarvis
Mudge Laite of Hempstead Dyed Seized of Scituated on the
East Side of Hempstead Harbour and Lying partly In Hemp-
stead and partly in oysterbay and Bounded as followeth, Viz,
Westwardly partly By sd Harbour and partly by Jarvis
Dusinberys Land Southwardly By Thomas parsalls Land
Eastwardly partly By Jacob Motts Land and paitly By
Doras CoUiars Land and partly By Land Belonging to the
Estate of Sam'l Doty Deseased or the path that Leads from
sd Jacob Motts to Jacob Doty, Northardly as the fence now
414 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
Stands Containing By Estimation within the sd Bounds'
one hundread and thirty Acres Be the Same More or Less
Togather with all the appurtenances previledges Conveni-
ences and Commodityes to the Same Belonging or In Any
Wise appertaining unto the Above Bounded and Remised
tract of Land and primises the above Mentened Jarvis
Mudge Des'd Dyed Intestate and the Aforementioned and'
Remised Lands and Herideterments Desended Down In
CoHeirship, to his aforementioned three Sisters Viz, Elisa-
beth Dusenberry Mary powel and Jane Mudge To Have
and to Hold the above Remised and Released Land and
premises with all the appurtenances previledges Convenances
Commodityes to the same Belonging or In Any wise apper-
taining Unto him the Said Able Smith and to his heirs and
assigns forever and wee the sd Elizabeth Dusenbery John
Dusenbery Mary powel Waite powel and Jane Mudge Do
forever Release Acquitt and Discharge our Selves of the
Same So that Nither wee the Said Elisabeth Dusenbery
Page 224.
John Dusenbery Mary powel Waite powel and Jane Mudge
nor Neither of Us or our heirs nor Any other person or per-
sons for us or them or In our or theire Name or names
Right title or Stead Shall or May by Any Ways or Means
heirafter have Clame Challinge or Demand any Bstaite or
Intrest of In or to the Same premises Butt from all Action
title or Interest of In or to the premises or any part theirof
Shall and will be Utterly Debared and Excluded forever
be theise presents and furthermore wee the sd Elizabeth
DiTsenbery John Dusenbery Mary powel Waite powel and
Jane Mudge Do Covenant to and with the Said Abel Smith
and wee Do by theise presents Bind our Selves and our
heirs to Warrent and forever Defend the sd Abel Smith his
heirs and Assigns In the Above Released premises In Man-
ner and form afore Specified Against our and each of our
heirs and assigns and Every of them by theise presents In
Witness wheirof we the sd Elizabeth Dusenbery John Dns-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 415
enbery Mary powel Waite powel and Jane Mudge have
■heirunto Set our hands and seals this thirteenth Day of
July In the year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven
hundred and forty one
Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of Elizabeth Dusenbereb (S)
Jarvis Dusenberee John Dusenbebee (S)
Samson Crooker Mary Powell (S)
David Seaman Waite Powell (S)
Jane Mudg (S)
Memorandom that on the Day and Daite within Written
the Within Written Elizabeth Dusenbery John Dusenbery
Mary powel Waite powel and Jane Mudge personally Ap-
peared before Me David Seaman Esqr one of the Judges of
the Court of Common pleas for Queens County Assigned
and acknowledged the within written Instrument to be
their Eeal Act and Volantery Deed Which having Exam-
ined I Allow to Be Recorded
. David Seaman
Entered and Compared with the Original By me
Val: Hew't: Peters
Clerk
Page 225.
This Indenture maid this Seventeenth Day of april in
the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Soverign Lord king
Georg over Great Britten france and lerland Defender of
the faith &c and In the year of Mans Salvation Seventeen
Hundreed Twenty two Between William Cornell of Hemp-
stead In Queens County on Nassaw Island In the Colony
of New York Esqr of the one part and Richard Cornell of
the ' Same place yoman of the other part Witneseth that
the Said William Cornell for Divers good Causes and Con-
siderations him theirunto moving but more Especially for
the Natural Love and affections Which he has and Doe
Bare to his Loving Son Richard Cornell abovesaid Have
416 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
Given and Granted and the Said William Cornell Doth By
Vertue of theise presents more fully Clearly and Absolutely
Give and Grant to his Son Kiehard Cornell and to his heirs
and Assigns for Ever all that farme and plantation wheiron
my father Richard Cornell Deseased formely Lived on,
Which is Now In the possession of my sd Son Richard
Cornell (the Beach and the Meadows theirunto Adjoyning
with a Suffecient Way over the Said Land for the sd William
Cornell his heirs and Assigns to pass and Repass to And
from the sd Beach only Excepted) being bounded Westerly
Northerly and Easterly by Lands of Thomas Cornell and
South by a Ditch or fence also one pice of Salt Meadow
Lying on Rocks point Containing ten Acres be the Same
more or Less bounded Easterly and Westerly by the
meadows of the Sd Thomas Cornell Northerly By the
Bay and Southarly by a Ditch all which Said Land and
meadow ground and premises with all and Every of the
Appurtenances I the Sd William Cornell Do own and Ac-
knowledge to have Given and Granted as Above Said with all
houses out houses orchards Gardens fencings Barnes
Stables Timber Trees Woods under Woods Standing or
Lying on the Same or any part theiiof and Also all the
Estate Right title Intrest property Claime and Demand of
in and to the Same with the Remainders and Reservations
theirof To Have and To Hold the above said pice of Land
and meadow Ground and premises with- all and Every of
the Appurtenances unto him the said Richard Cornell his
heirs and Assigas for Ever and the Said William Cornell
for himself his heirs Execus and Admrs Doth further Cove-
nant promise Grant and agree to and with the said Richard
Cornell his heirs and Assigns that he the Said Richard
Cornell his heirs and assigns may and shall from time to
time and at all times for Ever heirafter Quietly have hojd
use occupy possess and Enjoy the Same without any Lett
trouble MoUestation Evection Ejection Interruption or
Denial of the Said William Cornell his heirs and assigns
In Witness wheirof the partyes to theise presents have
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 417
Enterchaingabley put to their hands and Seals The Day
Page 226.
and Year first above Writton
Sealed <fe Delevered
in the presents o| Wi: Coenell (S)
James Joedan
T. Whitehead
memorandom that on the thirteenth Day of ffebuary annoq
Domi 1722 Came before Isaac Hicks Esqr Judg of the
Court of Common pleas for Queens County the within
Named William Cornel Esqr and Did own and Acknowledg
that he Did Seal and Deliver the within Written Deed of
Gift for the Uses within Mentioned
Isaac Hicks
Entered and Compared with the orrigenal By Mee
Val: Hewlett: Petees:
Clerk
To all Christian people to whome theise presents shall
Come I Isaac Smith of hempstead In Queens County In
the province of New York Send Greeting know ye that I
Isaac Smith for and In Consideration of Love good will
and E£fection Which I have and Do Bear towards my
Loveing Soji Micah Smith of the Said hempstead County
and Province afore said have Given and Granted and By
theise presents Do fully freely and Absolutely Give and
Grant Unto the said Micah Smith his heirs and Assigns
the one half part of a Certain tract of Land In the North
Woods In the Bounds of the Said hempstead that I Bought
of Thomas Parsall and the half part of that Land which I
Bought of Elias Dorlon and the one half part of that Land
which I Bought of Ephram Cheesman and the half of all
my Eight In that whole Tract and parsall of Land Togath-
er with all my Eight Title Intrest Clame and Demand what-
soever which I now have or which any or Either of my
heirs Executors administraiters or Assigns May heirafter
418 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
have of to or In tlie Said Granted Premises or any part
theirof To have and to hold the fore Granted Primises unto
him the Said Micah Smith his heirs and Assigns for Ever
absolutely withought any manner of Consideration as I the
Said Isaac Smith have fully freely and absolutely and of
my one word and Putt In further Testimoney In Witness
wheirof I have heirunto Sett my hand and Seal this Eighth
Day of June Ano Dominy 1725
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presents of Isaac Smith (S)
John Pudney
James Denton
Queens County November ye 12th Day 1735 then Came
the within Named John Pudney one of the Wittneses to
the within Deed personally Before me John Messenger
Esqr one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of
ye sd County and Declareth on oath that he See Isaac
Smith Sign and Seal the within written Instrument and
Did Heir him Declaire itt to Bee his act and Deed and att
ye Same time he See James Denton Sign as Witness to the
Said Deed I alow this Deed to Be Recorded
John Messenger
Entered and Compared With the original By
, Valentine H Petees Clerk
Page 227.
Hempstead in Queens County November 2d 1748
By Virtue of an act (j)f the General assembly Intitled for
the Regulation arid Laying out publick highways in Kings
County Queens County Richmond & Orang County wee
Solomon Seman & John Dorlon Commisiners for the town
of Hempstead to regulate and Lay out Such Highways as
are Nessary for the Inhabitants Theirof having Been Re-
qilired by Mary Cornel Widow and Relick of Thomas Cor-
nel Deceased to Lay, out for the use of hur Drawing water
and Repairing hur Well and having Vewed the premises
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 419
found it actually Nessary to proseed to the Same & to Cer-
tifie all that may Conform by Virtue of an Act of the Gen-
erall assembly for Kegulaiting and Laying out publick
Highways We the Said Solomon Seman and John Dorlon
Have Laid out a. Certain highway twenty foot Wide and
ten foot Long on the South Side of the Land of Mary Cor-
nell Directly South into Jeremiah Dodges Land ten foot
from the Line Southardly into his Land abought South
East from hur Dwelling House as Witness our hands the
Day and Year first above Written
SoLOMAN Seman
John Doklon
Entered and Compared With the original By
Valentine Hw't Peters Clerk
1749 April 15th Then Jeremiah Dodge protested against
the Abovesaid highway & ordered his protest to be Entered
Entered By me
Valentine Hewlett Peters '
Town Clerk
Hempstead September the 14th 1749 This is to Certifie
that Joseph Motfc & Robert Marvin two of the Commissi-
nors of the highway roads have Taken a vew of the old
path that Leads out of fosters medow Road to Joseph
Schidmors mill and a Cross the Dam untill it Comes to the
Gaite that Leads into hungry harbour neck and Judg the
Same to be Suffecient and we Lay it out two Rods Wide
all Along as the path Runs
Joseph Mott
' Robert Marvin
Entered & Compared With the Original By
Valentine Hw't Peters Clerk
Page 228.
To Messrs Joseph Mott Robert Marvell & John Dorlon
Commissinors of the highways in Hempstead Whearas
John Jackson Thomas Stevenson & Thomas Waters the
420 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
twenty third Day of March in the Year of our Lord one
thousand Seven hundred & five Did Lay out a highway
Begining at a Highway that Leads from Mesketecove to
Hempstead about half a Mild or a Little more in the
Woods Running Easterdly to a pond thence Round the pond
thence from the Said pond Southardly Untill it Comes to
the North End of Peter -Tituses Land thence Eastwardly
Between Peter Tituses Land & Ephram Valentines Land &
through Richard Townsends Land To a highway in Metine-
cock Hollow as by the Records of queens County Doth
fully Appear therefore we under written freeholders within
the Township of hempstead aforesaid thinking it Nessesary
& Expedient that some Small part of the Aforesaid high-
way Should Be Altered Do Request that you the Aforesd
Commissinors would Lay out a highway beginning at the
Abovesd pond and So Running Southardly as the Road
Now Goes Ontill it Comes to the End of peter Titus's Land
thence Eastwardly Between the abovesaid Peter Titus's
and Ephram Valentines Land as the abovesd highway Runs
to Mittinecock hollow Daited the 27th of May 1749
Georg Hewlett Jacob Valentine Joseph Clement
Will Loynes Nath' Seman Jur James Ellison
John Towndsend John Combs Aron Vanostrent
Jonathan Smith Henry Valentine John Balden
John Vanostrent Ephram Valentine Charles Peters
John Williames Edward Peters
At the Request of the persons within Named wee John
Dorlon & Joseph Mott tow of the Commisinors for Laying
out highways in the township of hempstead Do heirby
Certifi that wee have Altered Such part of the Within Men-
tioned Highway as is Set forth in the Within petetion
Witness our hands this 25th Day of Desember 1749
John Doelon ) ^ ,
Joseph Mott \ ^°"^ ^•
Entered & Compared with ye Orriginal By
Valentine Hw't Petees Clerk
hempstead town becobds. 421
Page 229.
To all Christion People to whome theise presents Shall
Come I Isaac Smith of Hempstead In Queens County In
the Province of New York Send Greeting know ye that I
Isaac Smith for and In Consideration of Love good will
and Affection which I have and Do Bear towards my Love-
ing Son Micah Smith of the Said hempstead County and
province aforesaid have given and Granted and By theise
presents Do fully freely and absolutely Give & Grant unto
the Said Micah Smith and his heirs and assigns for ever
the Equal half part of all my Land In the North Woods
that Lyeth Betwen that High way that Leads from the
plaines to Cow Neck and Timothy Smiths Land and Like-
wise one Equal half of all my Undivided Land In the
Bounds of Hempstead and A Certain Lott of Medow Ly-
ing and Being Att South In A Neck Called Washbonds
Neck Togather with all the Eight Tittle Intrest Clame and
Demands whatsoever which I now have or which any or
Either of my heirs Executors administrators or assigns
May heirafter have of to or In the Said Granted Primises
unto him the said Micah Smith his heirs and Assigns for
Ever Absolutely Withought any Manner of Condition as
the Said Isaac Smith have fully freely and absolutely and
of mine Accord and Putt In further Testimoney In Wit-
ness Wheirof I have heirunto Set My hand and Seal this
Twenty third Day of March Anno Domini 1726-27
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the presents, of Isaac Smith (S)
T : Temple
JosiAS Smith
Queens County Desember the Seventeenth Day 1729
Then Came the within Named Isaac Smith Personally
Before Me David Jones Judg of the Court of Common
Please of Queens County and full Examination being Maid
422 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Declared this Within Written Deed to be his free Act and
Deed.
David Jones
Entred and Compared with the original By
Valentine H Peters Clerk
Page 230.
This Indenture maid the fifth Day of June in the Twen-
tyeth Year of the Eeign of our Soverign Lord Georg the
Second by the grace of God of Great Britan france and
Ireland king' Defender of the faith &c Anno Domini Sev-
enteen Hundred and forty Seven Bet wen Isaac Onderdonck
of Hempstead In Queens County In his Majestyes Colony
of New York Yeoman and Anne his Wife of the one part
and Stephen Cornel of the Township of flushing In the
County and province aforesaid Sadler of the other part
Witneseth that the Said Isaac onderdanck by and With the
free and Voluntary Consent of Anne his Said Wife Signified
by hur Being Maid a party to and Sealing and Delivering
of theise presents and for and in Consideration of the sum
of three Hundred and twenty pounds Current Lawful!
money of this Colony to him in hand paid by the Said
Stephen Cornell at and before the Ensealing and Delivery
heirof the Receipt Wheirof he Doth heirby Acknowledg
and himself to be theirwith fully Satisfied Contented and
paid and theirof and of Every part and parcel theirof Doth
Acquit Release Exonerate and Discharge the Said Stephen
Cornel his heirs Exe'rs and adm'rs and Every of them for-
ever by theise presents Hath Granted Barrgained Sold
Alined Enfeoffe Convay'd and Confirmed and in and by
theise presents Doth Grant Bargain Sel alien Enfeoff Con-
vay and Confirm unto the Said Stephen Cornel his heirs
and assigns forever All Theise Certain pices of Lands Scit-
uate Lying and Being In Hempstead aforesaid and now in
the possession of the Sd Isaac onderdunck the first bounds
theirof Begining at a certaine Road that Leads from Hemp-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBD0. '' 423
stead planes to MadNans Neck So Euning Southardly by
the Said Road as fence now Stands Untill it meets with
Richard Cornels Land thence westerly and Notherly by
the Said Richard Cornels Land Untill it comes to a Certain
pond as the fence Now Stands the pond Commonly Called
Success pond thence Easterly by the Said pond Untill it
meets with the place wheir it first Began the Same Contain-
ing Ten Acres be the Same more or Less Another Certain
pice Laying by the Said Road and is Butted and Bounded
as foUoweth, Viz, Begiaing at A Certain Marked white oak
tree Standing by the Road thence Runing Easterly by Land
of John Cornels and the Land which was Cornelias poleha-
mus Running along the Said polehamus Land Untill it
Comes to the Said Road thence Northerly by the Road
Untill it Comes to the White oak tree wheir it iirst Began
the Same Comtaining forty Eight Acres be the Same more
or less Another Certain pice Laying by the Road Which
Leads from Cow Neck to Success and is Butted and Bound-
ed as followeth, Viz, Begining at the Said Road and thence
Running Eastardly by Land of Caleb Morrel to Land of
John Smith Rock thence Running Southardly by Land of
Page 231.
the Said John Smith Rook Untill it Meets with the Land of
James Smith westardly by the Said James Smiths Land Untill
itt meets with the Said Road that Leads from Cow Neck to
Success thence notherly by the Said Road Untill it Comes
to the Land of Caleb Morells wheir it first Began the Same
Containing Two Acres Togather with all Houses Edifices
Buldings orchards Gardens fences Hedges Ditches fences
wooils under woods Commons and Common of pasture ways
waters Easements prevelidges Advantages and Appurten-
ances theirunto Belonging any part or parcell theirof or in
any Ways theirunto Appertaining and all the Remainder
and Remainders Reversion and Reversions theirof and all
the Estate Right Tittle Intrest property possesion Clame
and Demand whatsoever of them the Said Isaac onderdunk
424 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEiDS.
and Anne his "Wife their or Either of their Heirs Exers or
Admrs of in and to the Same to have and to Hold all and
Singular the Said Granted and Bargained premises With
their and Every of their appertenances unto him the Said
Stephen Cornel his heirs and Assigns forever to his' and
their own proper use benefitt and behof without any Man-
ner of condition absolutely forever and the Said Isaac on-
derdonk for himself his heirs Exc'rs and Adtrs and Every
and Either of them Doth Covenant promiss and Grant to
and with the Said Stephen Cornel his heirs and Assigns
that and Before the Ensealing and Delevery df this Inden-
ture he the Said Isaac onderdonck is the true Sole and
Lawfull owner of all and Singular the above Granted and
Bargained primises and is Lawfully Seized and possessed
of the Same In his own proper Right as A Good perfect
and Absolute Estate of Inheritance and hath In himself
good Right full power and Lawfull and absolute Authority
to Gralnt bargain Sell and Convey the Same In Manner as
Above said and that it Shall and May be Lawfull to and
for the Said Stephen Cornel his Heirs and assigns from
Time to Time and at all Times forever Heirafter Lawfully
peacably and "Quitly to have hold Use Occupy possess and
Enjoy all and Singular the said granted and Bargained
primises and Every part and p^rsell theirof with their and
Every of their appertenances free and Clear and freely
Clearly and Absolutely Acquited Released and Discharged
of and from and from all manner of former and other gifts
grants Bargains Sailes Leases Mortgauges Jointers Dowrys
Wills Entailes Extents Judgments Executions Troubles and
Incumbrances Whatsoever and the Said Isaac onderdanck
for himself his heirs Exctrs and Admrs Doth further Cov-
enant promis and Grant to and with the .Said Stephen Cor-
nel his heirs and assigns In the Quite and peacable posses-
sion and Enjoyment of all and Singular the Said Granted
and Bargained premises Shall and will Warrent and forever
Defend by theise presents against the Lawfull and Just
Claimes of Any person or persons whatsoever Claming or
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECORDS. 425
heirafter to Claime the Same or Any part their of In Wit-
ness wheirof the above Named Isaac onderdanck and Anne
his Wife have heirunto Bet their hands and Seals the Day
and year first above AYritten
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the presents of Isaac ondeedonck (S)
Beni Cornell ' Anne ondeedonck (S)
Benj'n Hicks
Jas Cornell
March 25th 1748 Then appeared before me Thomas
Hicks one of the Judges of Common Please for Queens
County the Within Named Isaac Onderdouok Within
Named and Anne his Wife and She Being Privatly Exam-
ined According to Law and Did Acknowledge the Within
Written Deed to be their Volluntary Act and Deed and fin'd-
ing No Keasure Nor Enterlination I alow this Deed to be
Eecorded
T Hicks
Entered and Compared With the original By
Valentine Hw't Petees
Clerk
Page 233.
To all Christion people to whome theise presents Shall
Come Greeting know ye that I William Willis of westbury
in the bounds of Hempstead in Queens County on Nawsaw
Island yoman for and in the Consideration of the full and
Ju^t Sum of one Hundred and Sixty pounds of good Cur-
rent and Lawfull Money of the Colony of New York to me
in hand paid By Williams Seman Isaac Doty and Robert
Seman all of Jerioo In the bounds of oysterbay in the
County and Island aforesaid the Receipt Wheirof I the
Haid William Willis Do hereby acknowledge and my Self
theirwith fully Satisfied Contented and paid and theirof
and from Every part and parcell theirof Do Acquitt Eeleace
426 ' HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS
and fully Discharge them the Said Williams Seman Isaac
Doty and Eobart Seman and Each and Every of them and
Each of their Heirs Executors and Administrators and
Every of tnem forever by theise presents have Given Grant-
ed Bargained Sold Aliened Enfeoffed Assured Conveyed
and Confirmed and By theise presents Do fully freely
tllearly and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell alien En-
feoffe assure Convey and Confirm Unto them the Said Wil-
liames Seman Isaac Doty and Robert Seman to be Equally
Divided amongst them and to Remain In Severalty and their
heirs and assigns forever all that of A Certain Eott of Salt
and fresh meadow and upland Lying at South at a Neck
Commonly C ailed and known by the name of New Bridge
within the pattent and Township of Hempstead abovesaid
the lott of meadow is bounded as foUoweth on the West by
a Lott belonging to Obediah Valentine on the East by a
Lott of medow Laitely Belonging to Benjamin Seman now
in the Claime and possession of John and Jeremiah Rob-
bins on the North by the Upland and on the South by the
Bay of Salt Water be it in quantity of Acers more or Less
the upland Lying in Several pices the first pice is bounded
as followeth on the East by John Willis his upland and so
Running Northwardly into the flag pond and being about
three Rods Wide in the pond and Running South westwardly
and then Westwardly by John Birdsalls Upland to a White
oak Marked Jpyning to Samuel Willis his upland an thence
Running South Ten degrees and one Quarter of a degree
East untill it Meets With Nathaniel Semans his Medow
and thence by his Medow Untill it Comes to Obediah
Page 234.
Valintines medow thence Running Eastwardly by his med-
ow untill it Comes to the lott of medow above Granted and
then bounded Southward and Eastwardly by sd Lott untill
ib Comes to the Northeast Corner and thence Running
Westwardly by John Willis his upland untill it Comes to
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS 427
the first bounds Containing By Estimation about Two Acres
be it more or Less the Next pice Lyeth Joyning to the
Northside of the old fence of the Neck and is undivided
Betwen me and my Brother John Willis it being the three
fifths of all that Lot of Land that was Laid out to my father
William Willis Lying Betwen the Neck fence and the Cross
Eoad (one acre first only Excepted at the South west Cor-
ner to my Brother Samuel Willis) Containing Betwen five
and Six Acres in this pice and also all my Eight of Land
and Swamp that I have Lying Northward of Samuel Willis
his Land that Runs a Cross the Neck (above the Cross Eoad)
and Betwen Little Neck Swamp and the west Side of the
East Branch of the Ceder Swamp and So Northward to the
Brushei plaines be it in Quantity of acres more or Less to-
gether with all the medow Ground Mashes Ditches Dreans
Creeks ponds pools Water Water Courses' Eivfeluts Springs
fences filds Inclosurs Timber Trees Woods underwoods and
all and Every other Eight member or appurtenance whatso-
ever with the Eeversions and Remainders and all the Es-
tate Eight Tittle loterest Inheritance propety possession
Claime and Demand whatsoever of me the Said William
Willis of in and to All the Above Bargained primises with
their Appurtenances To have and to hold unto them the
Said Williames Seman Isaac Doty and Eobart Seman as
Tenants in Common in Manner following that is to Say the
Equal one third part of all the Medow ground and Lands
above Expressed unto him the Sd Williams Seman and his
Heirs and assigns forever and the one Equal third part of
all the medow Ground and Lands above Expressed unto
him the Said Isaac Doty his Heirs and Assigns forever and
the one Equal third part of all the meadow Ground and
Lands above expressed unto him the Said Eobart Seman
his heirs and assigns forever and to the only proper Use
Benifitt and behoof of them the Said Williames Seman Isaac
, Doty and Eobart Seman in Severalty in Manner as above
Expressed and unto their Heirs and assigns Eespectively
forever and I the Said William Willis for ane my heirs Ex-
428 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOKDS.
ecutors and Administrators Do Covenant Promis Grant and
agree to and with them the Said Williames Seman Isaac
Page 235.
Doty & Robert Seman Respectively and with their Respect-
ive heirs and assigns that at the Time of the En sealing and
before the JDelevery heirof the said "William Willis was the
Tru Sole and LawfuU owner of all and Every part of the
above Bargained premises and Was Lawfully Seized and
possessed theirof in my own proper Right of a Good per-
fect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple and
had in my Self full power Good Right and LawfuU Author-
ity to Sell and Dispose of all the above Granted primises
With the Appurtenances and that they the Said Williams
Seman Isaac Dotv and Robert Seman and .Each of them as
Tenants In Common their heirs and assigns Shall and may
by force and Virtue of theise p' resents In manner as above
Expressed Shall and may have hold use occupy Command
Enjoy Improve and possess all the above Bargained prim-
ises with all the Appurtenances theirunto Belonging free
and Clear and freely and Clearly acquited Released and
fally Discharged of and from all manner of former and
other Gifts Grants Bargains Sailes Leases Mortgages Joyn-
tors Dowreys Judgments Intailes Executions and Incum-
berances Whatsoever and furthermore I the Said William
Willis Do heirby Covenant Bind and Oblidg my Self my
heirs Executors and Administrators to Warrent Secure and
forever Defend all the Above Bargained primises with the
Appurtenances unto them the Said Williames Seman Isaac
Doty and Robert Seman as Tenants in Common and to
their Respective Heirs and Assigns in Severalty forever in
manner as above Limited and Expresed against all the Just
and LawfuU Olaimes and Demands of all persons Whome
soever In Witness heirunto I the Said William Willis hath
Sett to my hand and fixed my Seal this fifth Day of the
third month Called May In the Year of our Lord one thow-
sand Seven Hundred and torty Eight the. word (Running)
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS. 429
Interlined Betwen the twenty first and Twenty Second Lines
on the other Side before Signed
Sealed and Delevered William- Willis (S)
In the presents of
Nathaniel Townsend
David Seman
Page 236.
Be it Kemembred that on the Day and Daite above
written the Within or Above Grantor William Willis Came
personally Before Me David Seman Esqr one of the Judges
of the Court of Common pleas for Queens County assigned
and Acknowledged the above Written Conveyance to be his
Real act and Volentary Deed which having Examined and
finding no Enterlinations or Easures Excepting the word
(Running) Bnterlined Betwen the Twenty first and Twenty
Second Lines Do Allow the Same to Be Recorded.
David Seman
Entered and Compared With the original by
Valentine H Peters Clerk
To All Christion people whome theise presents Shall
Come know ye that I Aron place of the Township of Hemp-
stea ' in Queens County on Nawsaw Island and in the prov-
ince of New York Weaver for and in Consideration of the
Sum of Ninety pounds Current LawfuU money of New York
to me in hand paid before the Ensealing and Delevering
heirof by Benjamin Akerley of Hempstead aforesaid Cord-
wainer The Recipt wheirof I Do heirby acknowledg and my
self theirwith fully Satisfied and Contented and theirof and
of Every part and parsell theirof Do acquitt Exonerate and
Discharg the Said Benjamin Akerley he his heirs Executors
and Administrators forever by theise presents have Given
Granted Bargained Sold Allined Conveyed and Confirmed
and By theise presents Do freely fully and absolutely Give
430 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Grant Bargain Sell allien Convey and Confirme unto the
Sd Benjamin Akerley his heirs and assigns forever One
Certain Mesuage farm or Tract of Land Scituate Lying
and Being upon Cow Neck aforesaid at the uper End of the
Said Neck Butted and Bounded as foUoweth, Viz, Begin-
ing At a Marked black oake Sapling Standing by a Rock by
ye Road Side Running thence Northerly Twenty Rods
thence Bastardly Eighty Rods Running thence Southerly
Twenty Rods thence Running Westerly Eighty Rods to
the place of Begining it Being Ten Acres To have and to
hold the Said Granted and Bargained primises with all the
Appurtenances priviledges and Comodities to the Same be-
longing or in any wise appertaining to him the Said Benja-
min Akerley his heirs and Assigns forever to his and their
own proper use Benifit and Behoof forever and I the Said
Aron place for Me my Heirs Execiitors Administrators Do
Paoe 237.
Covenant promise and Grant to and With the Said Benja-
min Akerley his Heirs and Assigns that before the Enseal-
ing Heirof I am the True Sole and Lawfull owner of the
Above Bargained primises and am Lawfully Seized and
possesed of the Same in my own Right as a perfect Good
and absolute Estate of Inheritance and have in my Self
good Right full power and Lawfull Authority to Grant
Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm the Said Bargained
primises in manner as Abovesaid and that the Said Benja-
min Akerley his heirs and Assigns Shall and may from
Time to time and at all Times forever heirafter By Virtue of
theise presents Lawfully peacably and Quitly have hold Use
Occupy posess and Injoy the Said Demised and Bargained
primises With all its Appurtenances free and Clear and
freely and Clearly Acquitted Exonerated and Discharged
of and from all and all Manner of former Gifts Grants Bar-
gains Sales Leases ^ortgauges Wills Entailes Joynters
Dowreys Judgments Executions Incumbrances, and Troub-
les Whatsoever the Quit Rent only Excepted and I the
HEMPSTEAD TOWN. KECOEDS. 431
Said Aron Place Do futher Covenant and Bind myself
my heirs Executors and Administrators firmly By theise
presents to Warrent and Defend the Said Benjamin Aker-
ley his heirs and Assigns forever in Quite and picable po-
sesion of all and Singular the Said Granted primises
against Any Just and LawfuU Claim of any person or per-
sons whatsoever In Witness wheirof I have heirunto Set
my hand and Seal this Twenty- Eighth Day of October In
the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Lord Georg the Sec-
ond king over Great Brittan &c Anno Domi 1738
Signed Sealed and Delevered
In the presents of us Akon Place (S)
John Whaleey hur
William Lidall Maetha :X: Place (S)
Mark
April 30th 1748 then Appeared Before me John Wood
one of his Majesties Justices of the pice for Queens County
the Within Named Aron Place and Martha his Wife and
She Being private Examined according to Law Did Ac-
knowledg the Within Written Deed to be their Volentary
act and Deed and finding No Easure nor Enterlinalion I
alow thi^ Deed to Be Recorded
JoHiNf Wood
Entered and Compared With ye original By
Valentine :Hw't Petees Clerk
Page 238.
This Indenture maid this Nineteenth Day of October in
the Year of our Lord Christ one thowsand Seven Hundreed
and forty Seven and in the Twentyeth year of His Majes-
ties Reign Between Joseph Latham of the Township of
Hempstead in Queens County in the province of New York
of the one part and Benjamin Akerley of the Town County
and province aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that
the Said Joseph Latham for and In Consederation of the
Sum of Ninety poundsLawfuU Money of the province Afore
432 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
said to him in hand paid by the Said Benjamin Akerley at and
Before the Ensealing and Delevery of theise presents the
Receipt wheirof he the Said Joseph Latham Doth Heirby
Acknowledg and theirwith to be fully Satisfied and Con-
tented Hath Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Enfeofed
Released & Confirmed and By theise presents Doth fully
freely and Absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien En-
feeoff Release and Confirme unto him the Said Benjamin
Akerley his heirs and Assigns forever one Certain tract or
parsell of Land Situate Lying and Being at a place Called
Cow Neck in the Town County & province afore Sd Con-
taining the Just Quantity of Ten, Acers of Land as it hath
Been this Dt^y Surveyed Bounded Northwardly by William
Hutchens Land By a Line Running North Eighty Six De-
grees Eastwardly fourty Rod Eastwardly By the Sd Wil-
liam Huchens Land By a Line Running South Seven De-
grees & forty Minutes Eastwardly Southwardly and West-
wardly By the Sd Josejjh Latham By Two Lines Running
parrarel with ye other Two Bach forty Rod in Lenth to-
gather With and Singular the woods waters profits Com-
modities Reversions Remainders Hereditaments preve-
ledges & appurtenances unto ye Same Belonging or in
Any maner of Ways Appertaining to him the Said Benjamin
Akerley his heirs and Assigns forever To have and to hold
the Sd Granted primises and Every part and parcell their-
of With the Appurtenances to ye only proper use Benifit &
Behoof of him ' ye Sd Benjamin Akerley his heirs and
Assigns forever and he the Sd Joseph Latham for himself
& his Heirs Extors and Admrs and Every of them Doth
Covenant and Agree to & with him ye Sd Benjamin Akerley
his Heirs and Assigns By theise presents that at the Time
of ye Ensealing and Delivery of theise presents he the Said
Joseph Latham hath Good Right full power and Absolutp
Page 239.
Authority to Grant Bargain Sel the Said Bargained primises
in maner and form abovesaid and furthermore that he the
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 433
Said Joseph Latham for himself his heirs Exers & Admrs
Doth Covenant & agree to & with the Said Benjamin Aker-
ley his Heirs & assigns that he Sliall & may at any Time or
times & at all Times Heirafter peacebley & Quitely have
hold use Occupy possess & Enjoy the Said Granted prim-
ises furthermore I the Said Joseph Latham for me my
heirs Exrs & Admrs the Said Granted primises Against the
Lawfull Claims of all & all manner of jpersons Shall & will
forever Secure Warrent and by theise presents forever De-
fend unto him the Said Benjamin Akerley his heirs & as-
signs forever In Testimony wheirof I the Said Joseph
Latham have heirunto Set my hand and fixed my Seal ye
year Month & Day above Written
Signed Sealed & Delevered
in the presents of Joseph Latham (S)
JOSEPH.KlSHAM
Isaac Smith
April 30th 1748 Then personally Appeared Before me
John Wood One of his Majesties Justices of the peace for
Queens County Joseph Kisham one of the Witneses to the
Within Written Deed and Did Declare on the holy Evangi-
lest that he Se the Within Named .jToseph Latham Execute
this Within Deed to be his Volentary act and Deed and At
the Same Time Isaac Smith Signed the Same as a Witness
and finding No Rasure nor Enterlination I Alow this Deed
to be Eecorded
John Wood
Entered and Compared With the original By
Valentine Hw : Peters Clerk
Page 240.
To All people to Whome theise presents Shall Come or
may Concern know ye that I thomas Barker of the Townd-
ship of Hempstead In Queens County In the- province of
New York yoman Sendeth Greeting know ye that I the
Said Thomas Barker for and in the Consideration of Thirty
434 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
five pound New York Money to him in hand paid Before
the Ensealing heirof By Joseph Kisham of the Same Town
County and province afore Said Yoman the Eecipt wheirof
the Said Thomas Barker heirby acknowledged and himself
fully Sattisfied and Contented theirof and theirfrom Do ac-
quitt & Discharg him the Said Joseph Kisham his heirs
and Assigns forever hath Given Granted Bargained Sold
alliened Kemised Released and forever quitt Claimed and
by these presents Doth for himself his heirs Executors and
Administrators Give Grant Bargain Sell allien. Remiss Re-
lease and forever Quitt Claime unto him the Said Joseph
Kisham his heirs and Assigns forever all that Certain Mes-
uage ferme or plantation of his Lying and Beiijg on Cow
Neck In the aforenamed Towndship of Hempstead and is
Butted and Bounded as foUoweth that is to Say Westward-
ly By Joseph Lathams Mill pond and Southardly By Wil-
liam Nicolds Line according to the Generall'Card of Cow
Neck and Bastwardly & Northwardly By the La,nd of the
Aforenamed Joseph Kissam and Containing about Ten
Acres Be the Same more or Less Now in the possesion of
William Hutchings togather with all the Buildings Edifices
houses outhouses Bams Stables orchards Gardens Waters
Water Corses Ways paths Easements and all and Every
other Appurtenance previledg or Convenience to the Same
Belonging or to any part Member or parsell theirof to have
and To hold the Said Appurtenances with Reversion and
Reversions Remainder and Remainders theirof unto him
the Said Joseph Kisham his Heirs and assigns forever to
his and their own only proper use Benifitt and Behoof for-
ever and the Said Thomas Barker Doth for himself his
Heirs Executors and Administrators Doth promis Graat
and Agree to and with the Said Josej)h Kissam his Exec-
utors administrators and Assigns that Before the Executing
heirof he is the tru Soul & Lawfull owner of the Said prim-
ises and Stands Lawfully Seized of the Same in his own
propper pight as a Good perfect Absolute Estate of Inher-
itance in fee Simple and Within himself Good Right full
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 435
power and Lawful! Authority to give grant Bargain Sell
Allien Bnfeeof Assure & Confirme the Same in manner as
afore said and that the Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs and
Assigns Shall and may from Time to time and at all Times
forever heirafter by Virtue of theise presents have hold
Occupie Possess & Enjoy all the above Granted primises
from By or under him the Said Thomas Barker his heirs
Executors administrators or Assigns or from or By any
person claiming from By or under him or Any of his Heirs
or any of his Executors or any of his Administrators or as-
signs iu Witness wheirof he the Said Thomas Barker his
Heirs or assigns or any person or persons Whatsoever
Page 241.
Lawfully Claiming by from or under him or /them or by
from or under the Said Thomas Barker his heirs or Assigns
Whatsoever and that the Said Thomas Barker will for him-
self his heirs Executors Administrators or assigns forever
Warrent and Defend the Same In Witness Wheirof he has
Set his hand and Seal this fifteenth Day of September An-
noyui Domini 1746
. Signed Sealed and Delevered
in the presents of us his
Sam'l Dodge Thomas :T: Barker (S)
Sam'l Cornell mark
memorandom September the 15th 1746 Then Person-
ally appeared Before me the Within Named Thomas Barker
and Acknowledged the Within Deed to Be his Volentary
Act and Deed
Andrews Onderdonck
Entered and Compared With the orriginall By
Valentine :Hw't: Peters
Clerk
This Indenture maid this Sixth Day of the Sixth month
In the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundread and
forty Seven by and Betwen Joseph Latham and William
436 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOBDS.
Latham Both of Cow Neck in the Limits of Hempstead in
Queens County on Nawsaw Island Yomen of the one part
and Joseph Kissam of the Same place Yoman of the Other
part Witnesseth that wee the Said Joseph Latham and
William Latham for and In the Consideration of the full
and Just Sum of Six Hundred pounds of good Current and
Lawfull money of New York To us In hand Well and Truly
paid by the Said Joseph Kissam Before the Ensealing and
Delivery heirof ye Receipt Wheirof Wee Do Acknowledg
and our Selfs theirwith fully Satisfied Contented and paid
and theirof and every part and parcell theirof Do Release
Acquit and fully Discharge him the Said Joseph Kissam
his Heirs Executors and Administrators and Eacli and
Every of them forever By theise presents hath Given
Granted Bargained Sold Alienated Enfeoffed Assured Con-
veyed and Confirmed and By theise presents Do fully freely
Clearly & absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien En-
feoffe assure Convey and Confirm unto him the Said Joseph
Kissam his heirs and assigns forever all that of one Certain
Tract or parsell of Land Containing one Hundred Acres
that is to Say Twenty five Acres of Wood Land and Seventy
five Acres of Clear'd Land Lying togather in one Intire pice
Scituate Lying and Being on Cow Neck Within the Town-
ship of Hempstead aforesaid and is Butted and Bounded as
followeth Begining at ye Southwest Corner theirof on
the East Side of the Road that Leads from Joseph Lathams
and William Lathams House to the Meeting House in the
Corner of the fence and Joyning to Nathaniel Pearsalls
Page 242.
Land and from thence Running North Eighty four De-
grees fifteen Minuets East forty Seven Chains and Twenty
five links thence North Six Degrees and thirty Minuts West
Eight Chaines thence Noarth Eighty four Degrees fifteen
Munits East Twelve Chaines and fifty Links and thence
North Six Degrees and thirty Munits West Six Chaines and
sixty Six Links and two thirds and thence South Eighty
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 437
four Degrees & fifteen Minuts West thirty Seven Chains
and fifty Links thence North Six Degrees and one half
West Twenty three pearches and Ten Links of Chaines
thence South Eighty four Degrees and fifteen Minuts West
one hundred and thirty Pearches or Eods to the Eoad
above Mentioned thence South thirty one Degrees East
fourteen pearches or Kods and fifteen Links thence South
forty Degrees East thirteen poles or pearches thence
South thirty Six Degrees East thirteen Chaines and Sixty
Eight Links thence South Nine Degrees East two Chaines
and Seventy five Links to the place of Begining Including
the Said one Hundred Acres of Land Being Bounded in
General Termes thus on the South By Nathaniel Pearsalls
Land on ye East partly By the Sd Pearsall and partly by
Coll John Tredwell or Lewes Hewlett or Both their Lands
on the North By William Lathams Land on the West By
the Sd parsalls Land as the fence Now Stands According to
the Coarse and Distance Before given on the East Side of
the above Mentioned Eoad Togather With all ye fences
fields pasturs timbers trees Woods under Woods Inclos-
uers Eivers Eiveluts Euns Springs Waters Water Courses
or Whatsoever Else Lying Standing or Growing or Becom-
ing Due on the Same that Can or ought to Be Esteamed
Construd Taken Eeputed or known to Be a part parcell or
member theirof with the Eeversions and Eemainders their-
of and all the Estate Eight title Intrest Inheritance proper-
ity possesion Claime or Demand whatsoever of us the Said
Joseph Latham or William Latham or Either of us or any
of our Heirs or Assigns of in or to the above Granted and
Bargained primises With the Appurtenances to have and to
hold all the above Bargained primises with the Appurtenan-
ces Unto him the Said Joseph Kissam his heirs and Assigns
to his and their Sole own & proper use Benifett and Behoofe
from hence forth and forever and Wee the Said Joseph La-
tham and William Latham for our Selves and our heirs Exec-
tors & Administrators Do Covenant promis Grant and Agree
to and With him the Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs and As-
438 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
signs that at the time of Ensealing and Before the Delivery
heirof wee are the True Sole and LawfuU owners of all ye
afore Bargained premises and War Lawfully Seized and
possesed theirof in our own Eight off a Good perfect and
Page 243.
Absolute Estate of Inheritance In -tf ee Simple and had in
our Selves full power good Eight and LawfuU Authority to
Sell and Dispose of the Same in manner as Before Ex-
pressed and that he the Said Joseph Kissam his heirs and
Assigns Shall and May By Vertue heirof Lawfully Quitely
and peacebly have hold Use occupy Command Enjoy
and freely possess all the afore Bargained Primises
with the Appurtenances free and Clear and freely and
Clearly Acquitted Eeleased aud fully Discharged of and
from all manner of former and other Gifts Grants Bargains
Sailes Mortgages Joyntures Dowreys Judgments Execu-
tions and Incumbrances Whatsoever and of and from all
other titles troubles Charges and Incumbrances had Maid
Done or Suffered to be Don by us the Said Joseph Latham
or William Latham or Either of us our heirs or Assigns At
Any time or times heirtofore and before the Delevery heir-
of and further more wee the Said Joseph Latham and Wil-
liam Latham Doth Covenant Bind and Oblige our Selves
and Each of us and our heirs Executors and Administra-
tors to Warrent Secure and forever Defend all the above
Granted and Bargained primises with the Appurtenances
unto him the Sd Joseph Kissam his heirs and Assigns for-
ever Against all the LawfuU Claimes and Demands of all
manner of persons whom soeve^ And also I Amey Latham
(Wife of him the above Named William Latham) Do heir-
by Give Grant Eeleace Quit Clame and Surrender up all
my Eight of Dowrey and power of Thirds of in and to the
above Bargained primises with the Appurtenances Unto
him the Said Joseph Kissam his heirs and assigns forever
In Witness heirunto We the Said Joseph Latham William
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 439
Latham and Amy Latham hath Set to our hands and fixed
our Seales the Day and Year before Written
Signed Sealed and Delevered
In the presents of Joseph Latham (S)
Sam'l Doelon William Latham (S)
Thomas Thoene ■ Amey Latham (S)
Samuel Willis
Memorandom that on ye 22 d Day of august Ano Domini
1748 Then personally Appeared the Within Named Joseph
Latham William Latham and Amey Latham ye Qrantors of
this Deed of Conveyance all personally Appeared before
me andrews Onderdonck Esqr one of his Majesties Justices
of the pice for Queens County Assigned and Acknowledged
this Deed to be their free Volentary Act and Deed which
having Examined Do Alow it to Enter on Eeacord
Andrews Onderdonck
. Entered and Compared With ye original By
Valentine Hew't Peters
Clerk
Page 244.
To all Christian people to Whome theise presents Shall
Come or any Ways Concern be it known that I William
Latham of Cow Neck in the [bounds of Hempstead in
Queens County on Nawsaw Island Yomen for and in the
Consideration of the Paternal Love and aifection which I
have and Do Bear Towards my Son Joseph Latham of the
Same place and for his filial and Dutiful! obediance and
Circumspection towards me from time to time heirtof ore as
Well as for other Good Causes & Considerations me their
unto Especially moveing hath given granted Enfeofied as-
shured Released Conveyed and Confirmed and By theise
presents Do fully freely Clearly and Absolutely Give Grant
Enfeoffe assure Eeleace Convey and Confirm unto my Son
the Said Joseph Latham on the following Condition that is
to Say to him Soly for the Space of Seven years to Com-
,440 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEBS.
mence from the first of The third mounth next Ensuing and
So to Continue to his own use But not to Be Disposed of
untill the Space of Seven years and Then next and Immed-
iately after to him the Said Joseph Latham his Heirs and
Assigns forever all that of my Right Tittle and Property
which is the one moiety and Equall half part of the Grist
Mill : Mill House Store House Mill Streeme mill Dam Mill
Pond flews and flood Gaites Bolting Mill or Mills : Mill
Wheeal Running Gears and all and Every part parcell Mem-
ber & Appurtenances Whatsoever which belongeth unto me
or that 1 have appertaining to ye Said Mill or any of the Ap-
purtenances theirunto Belonging togather With the Equall'
Moitey or half part of that Small Dwelling House which
Stands near the Mill on the North Side of the Road on my
fathers Land Lying all on Cow neck aforesaid Togather
with all the prevelidges Rights Libertyes and Appurten-
ances theirto Belonging or in any manner of Wise apjaer-
tainiug that Can be Deemed Esteamed Construd taken or
known to be a part parsell or member theirof with the Re-
version and Reversions Remainder and Remainders theirof
and all the Estate Right Tittle IntresL Inheritance property
possession Claime and Demand Whatsoever of me the Said
William Latham or my heirs or assigns of in or To all and
Every part of the above granted primises with the Appur-
tenances to have and to Hold all and Every of the above
Granted primises With all and Singular the Appurtenances
Unto him the Said Joseph Latham for and During the
Space of Seven years next to Commence from the first of
the third Mounth Ensuing and not to Be Disposed of With-
in the Term and then next and Immediately after to him
Page 245.
the Said Joseph Latham His Heirs and assigns forever as
a free Clear and absolute Estate in fee Simple to the only
proper Use Benifitt and Behoof of him the Said Joseph
Latham his heirs and assigns in manner as aforesaid for-
ever and that he the Said Joseph Latham his Heirs and
assigns in manner Aforesaid Shall and may By Verfcue heir-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS. 441
of Lawfully Quietly and peacably Have Hold Use occupy
Command Enjoy and freely possess all and Everj' of the
above Granted Primises free and Clearly Acquitted Ee-
leased and fully Discharged of and from all other Titles
Troubles Embarrishuients or lucumbrauces Whatsoever
heirtofore maid by me or any from me or from any of my
heirs Executors administrators or Assigns and that the Said
Granted primises Shall Continue and Innure to him the
Said Joseph Latham his Heirs and assigns forever under
the Same Tenure before Expressed and further more I the
Said William Latham for and in behalf of my self my heirs
Executors and Administrators Do Warren t and Deffend the
above Granted Mill and other the Appurtenances theirunto
belonging as above Expressed unto him the Said Joseph
Latham his heirs and assigns in manner as above Expressed
against my Self and my heirs Executors and Administrators
and all persons Claiming under me or them or any of them
Li Witness heirunto I the Said William Latham hath Set
To my hand and fixed my Seal this Twenty Second Day of
tlie Sixth Mounth Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hun-
dred and forty Eight memorandom that the Words (Lying
all on Covf Neck aforesaid) Interlined Betwen the fifteenth
and Sixteenth Lines before Siyned
Signed Sealed and Delevered In the Presents ofl'
Joseph Kissam William Latham (S)
Benjamin Akekley
Samuel Willis
Memorandom that on the Day and Daite v^^ithin Written
Then petsonally Appeared Before Andrews Onderdonck
one of his Majesties Justices of ye peace for Queeus County
assigned and acknowledged this Deed of Gift to be his free
and Spontanious act and Deed Which having Examined Do
allow it to Be Recorded Andrews Onderdonk
Entered and Compared With the orriginal By
Valentine : Hw't Peters
Clerk
442 hempstead town becobds.
Page 246.
To All Christian people To Whome theise presents Shall
Come Greeting Know ye that I Joseph Latham 6f Cow Neck
in the Bounds of Hempstead in Queens County on Nawsaw
Island Yoman for and in the Consideration of the Natural
Love and affection Which I have and Do Bear Towards my
Granson Joseph Latham Junr of the Same place as well for
his DutifuU Conduct and Curumspect Carridg from time to
time heirtofore Toward me & as for other good Causes and
Considerations heirunto Especially Moving hath Given
Granted Enfeoffed asshured Released Conveyed and Con-
firmed and by theise Presents Do fully freely Clearly and
absolutely Give Grant Enfeoff Release Assure Convey and
Confirm unto him the Said Joseph Latham Jur on the fol-
lowing Condetions that is to Say To him Solely for the '
Space of Seven Years to Commence from the first of ye
third Mounth Next Ensuing and So to Continue to his own
use & Benifitt Butt not to Be Disposed of Untill ye End of
the Space of Seven years and then next and Immediately
after To him the Said Joseph Latham Jur his heirs and
Assigns forever all that of My Eight Tittle which is the
Moiety and Equall Half part of the Grist Mill Mill House
Stoare House Mill Streame mill Dam Mill pond flews flood
Gaites, Boulting Mill or Mills Running Gaers and all and
Every part parcill member and Appertenance Whatsoever
Which Belongeth unto me or that 1 have Appertaining to
the Mill or Any of the Ajipurtenances theirto Belonging,
Togather with the Equall Moiety or half part of that Srnall
Dwelling House which Stands Near the mill on the North
Side of the Road and also Six Acres of Land wheiron the
Said Small Dwelling House Stands Being Bounded on the
Northen part by the Water or High water mark on the
East By the Road so as Not Infring upon The Landing
place, and So the Said pice of Land is to Extend South-
westerly to Comprise the said Six Acres and to Be laid in
the Most Convenant Manner at the Direction of me the
Said Joseph Latham the grantor, all which Said mill,
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 443
Housen Land and primises is Scituate Lying and Being on
-Cow Neck In tlie Town and County Aforesaid : Togather
-With all the Priveledges Rights Libertyes and appurten-
ances theirto belonging to the Said Mill: Mill Housen
Dwelling House and other the Members Before Expressed
and Every part theirof : and all the Timber Trees fences
Inclosures orchard fruit Trees and all other the Appurten-
ances Belonging to the Said Six Acres of Land and the Re-
versions and Remainders theirof and all the Estate Right
Tittle Intrest Inheritance Property possession Claim and
Demand Whatsoever of me the Said Joseph Latham or my
Heirs or assigns of in or to the above granted primises With
Page 247.
The Appurtenances and Every part theirof To Have and to
Hold all and Every of the above Granted primises with aU
and Singular the Appurtenances Unto him the Said Joseph
Latham Jur for and During the Space of Seven Years Next
to Commence from the first of the third mounth Next En-
suing and not to be Disposed of within the Term and then
next and Immediate after to him the Said Joseph Latham
Jur his heirs and assigns forever as a free Clear and abso-
lute Estate In fee Simple ; to the only proper Use benefit
and Behof of him the Said Joseph Latham Jur his heirs
and Assigns in Manner As aforesaid forever and That he
the said Joseph Latham Jur His Heirs and assigns in man-
ner afore Said Shall and may by Virtue Heirof Lawfully
Quietly and peacibly Have Hold use occupy Command In-
prove Enjoy and freely possess all and Every of the above
Granted primises free and Clearly acquited Released and
fully Discharged of and from all other Tittles Troubles
Embarrisements or Incumbrances Whatsoever Heirtofore
Maide by me or any from me or from any of my heirs Ex-
ecutors or administrators or assigns and that the Said
Granted Primises Shall Continue and Inxire to him the
Said Joseph Latham Jur his heirs and assigns forever under
the Tenur Before Expressed and furthermore I the Said
444 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
Joseph Latham for my Self my heirs Executors and admin-
istrators Do heirby Covenant and Agree to Warrant and
Defend the Said Joseph Latham Jur His Heirs and As-
signs in the manner as Before Mentioned forever Inthe
peaceable and Quiet Injoyment of the above Granted Prem-
ises against all the LawfuU Claimes of any Person or per-
sons Claiming any Right Tittle or Intrest under me or my
heirs Executors or administrators or assigns In Witness
Heirunto I the Said Joseph Latham hath Set my Hand and
fixed my Seal this Twenty Second Day of the Sixth mounth
Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and forty Eight
Signed Sealed and Delevered
In the f)reseiits ofl' Joseph Latham (S)
Joseph Kissam
Benjamin Akerley
Samuel Willis
Memorandom that on the Day and Daite Within Written
Then Joseph Latham Personally Appeared before me An-
drews Onderdanck one of His Majesties Justices of the
peace for Queens County assigned and Acknowledged this
Deed of Gift to be his Spontanious Act and Deed which
Having Examined Do Alow to Be Keacorded
Andrews Onderdonck
Entered and Compared With the Orrigin^l By
Valentine Hw't Peters
Clerk
Page 248.
This ludenture maid this Eleventh Day Of febuary in ye
year of our Lord Christ Seveuteen Hundred and thirty four
By and Betwen Nathaniel Sands Some time of the Townd-
ship of Hempstead In Queens County in New York Prov-
ince But Now Resident of the City of New York Yeoman of
the one part and John Sands and Edward Sands Both of
the Aforenamed Township of Hempstead Gent of the other
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS. 445
part Witnesseth that tlie Said Nathaniel Sands for and in
Consideration of the Sum of Two Thousand pounds New
York money to him in hand paid Before the Eiiseahng &
Delevery Heirof By the afore named John Sands and Ed-
ward Sands ye Recipt wheirof the Sd Nathaniel Doth By
theise presents Acknowledg and himself theirwith fully
Sattisfied and Contented and theirof & theirfrom and of
and from Every part and parcell theirof By theise presents
Doth Acquitt Exonerate and Discharge them the Said John
& Edward their Heirs Executors and Administrators for-
ever Hath Given Granted Bargained Sold Allinated En-
ffeeoffed asshured Conveyed and Confirmed and By theise
presents Doth freely fully and Absolutely Give Grant Bar-
gain Sell Allien Enfeeoff Assure Convey and Confirme unto
them the Said John & Edward one Certain Messuage and
farm of Land Situate Lying & Being on Cow Neck in the
afore named Township of Hempstead att the Bottom of the
sd Neck and is Butted and Bounded as followeth Viz East-
erly by Samuel Sands Nothardly By the Sound West-
wardly By Thomas Barker and Caleb Cornells Lands and
Easterly and Southerly By Lands of Edward Sands (always
Excepting out of this Grant one Hundred Acres Lying
within the Said Bounds Granted before this Time to Ed-
ward Sands which Said one Hundred Acres Lyeth att a
place Called Beomans point) Togather with all houses out
Houses Barns Stables Gardens Orchards Meadows Marshes
Creeks and all and Every other Appurtenance previlidges
Conveniencey or Commodity to the Same Belonging the
Said Granted farme Containing five Hundred Acres or
theirabouts Be it more or Less To have and To Hold the
afore Granted and Bargained primises With all and Every of
its Appurtenances with the Reversions Remainder and Re-
mainders thereof (the one Hundred Acres as Before Except-
ed) unto them the Said John and Edward their Heirs and
assigns for Ever to their own proper Use Benifitt and Be-
hoo'fe forever and the Said Nathaniel Sands for Himself his
heirs Executors and Administrators Doth Covenant Grant
446 hempstead town eecords.
Page 249.
and Agree to and With the Said John & Edward their
Heirs and Assigns that before the Ensealing heirof He the
Said Nathaniel is the tru Sole and Lawful! owner of the
above Bargained primises and Stands Lawfully Seized
and possessed of the Same in his own proper Right As a
good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheiitance in fee Sijn-
ple and that the Sd John and Edward they their Heirs ajiid
Assigns Shall and may from^time to time and at all Tim.es
forever Heirafter By Virtue of theise presents Lawfully
peacebly and Quietly have hold use Occupy and Injoy the
Same free and Clear and freely and Clearly Acquitted Ex-
onerated and Discharged of and from all and Every other
former Gift Grant Bargain Sale Lease Will Entail Joyn-
tur Dowry Morguage Judgmeiit Execution Extent or Trou-
ble or Incumbrance whatsoever and the Said Nathaniel
Sands Doth further by theise presents Covenant and Bind
himself his heirs Executors and Administrators and Every
of them firmly by theise presents to Warrent and Defend
the above Granted primises. and Every part theirof unto
them the Sd John Sands and Edward Sands their heirs and
Assigns forever against the Just and LawfuU Claimfes or
Claimes of Any persons or persons Whatsoever In Wit-
ness wherof the Said Nathaniel Sands hath heirunto Sett
his hand and Seal the Day and year above Written
Signed Sealed and Delevered
In the presents off Nath'l : Sands (S)
Wm Bukch
John Toffee
Hempstead may 15th Day 1735 then personally Appear-
ed Before me one of his majesties Justices of the peace
for Queens County Nathaniel Sands one and Did Acknow-
ledg this Within Written Deed of Sale to be his Volentary
Act and Deed
Joseph Thoene
Entered and Compared With the orriginal By
VaJuENtine Hw't Peteks Clerk
hempstead ^town eecords. 447
Page 250.
This Indenture maid the Eighteenth Day of April in the
year of our Loard Seventeen Hundreed and forty Eight
Betwen John Betts of Jamaica In Queens County in the
province of New York Gent of the one part and Oliver
Baxter of Cow Neck in the Township of Hempstead in
Queens County afore said Weaver of the other part Wit-
nesseth that the Said John Betts for and In Consideration
of the Sum of forty pounds Lawfull money of New York to
him in hand paid By the Said Oliver Baxter at and Before
the Ensealing and Delevering of theise presents tho Eecipt
Wheirof the Said John Betts Doth Heirby acknowledg &
Himself fully Satisfied and paid and thereof and of Every
part and parcel theirof Doth heirby forever Acquit and Dis-
charge the Said Oliver Baxter and his Heirs Executors and
Administrators By theise presents bath Given Granted
Bargained Sold Released Conveyed and Confirmed and by
theise presents the Said John Betts Doth Give Grant Bar-
gain Sell Release Convey and Confirme unto the Said Oli-
ver Baxter his heirs and Assigns all that Certain Small
tract or parsell of Land Situate on Cow Neck in Hemp-
stead in Queens County afore Said Near the place whare
the Said Oliver Baxter Now Lives Bounded Begining at
the South East Corner of the Said Baxters Land Their,
Thence Running Southerly along the fence as the Same
Now Stands Down to the Brook Their Whereon formely
Stood a fulling Mill Thence Runing Westerly along' the
Said Brook as the Same Runs till it Comes opposite a Car-
tain Black oak Tree Standing Their Near the Said Brook
Then Northerly from the Said Brook till it Comes to the
Said Black oak Tree thence Easterly along the Said Bax-
ters fence as the Same Now Stands till it Comes to the first
Station Then Beginning Again at the Said Brook opposite
to The Said Black oak Tree thence Runing along the Said
Brook Westerly as the Same Runs untill it Comes to the
Bay Thence Crossing over Northerly to the Said Baxters
448 ■ HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
fence and from thence along The Said fence Easterly as
the fence Now Stands till it Comes to the Said Black oak
Tree to Contain in the whole (all Lying the North Side
of the Said Brook) not more then Seven Acers Togather
With all and Singular Grass Graisings pasturs ponds Euns
of water fishing' fowling Hunting Hawking Stones Quarries
Mines Minerals Eights Privigeledgs Heredetiments and Ap-
purtenances to the Same belonging or Appertaining and all
the Eight Estate Tittle possession Clam and Demand What-
soever of him the Said John Betts or his Heirs or Assigns of
in or to the Said Bargained primises or Any part or parcel
theirof With the Eeversions and Eeraainders Theirof To
Have & To Hold the Said Tract or parcel of Land heirby
Bargained and Sold With the Appurtenances unto him the
Said Oliver Baxter his Heirs and Assigns to his and their
Page 251.
own only Proper use Benifit and behof forever and the
Said John Betts Doth Heirby for himself his heirs Execu-
tors and Administrators and Every of them Covenant
promis Grant and Agree to and With the Said oliver Bax-
ter and his heirs and Assigns To Warrent Secure and De-
fend unto the Said oliver Baxter his Heirs and Assigns all
and So much of ye Said Tract of Land and primises as
Lyes Easterly of the Said Black oak Tree and Betwixt the
Said Baxters fence Their, and the Said Brook be the
Same more or Less Against all Just and Lawfull Clames
and Demands of, all and Every person and persons
whatsoever from hence forth forever more and the Eest
of the Said Tract of Land and Bargained primises Lying
to the Westward of the Said Black oak Tree and Betwixt
the Said Baxters fence Their and the Said Brook he The
Said John Betts Does hereby Engage to Warrent & De-
fend only Against himself His Heirs Executors administra-
tors & Assigns & Every person & persons Claiming or to
Claim from by or under him them or Either of them In
Witness wheirof the Said parties to these presents have
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 449
heirunto Interchangeably put their hands and Seals the
Day & year heirin above first Written
Sealed and Delivered
In the presents of us Jno : Betts (S)
John Wiggens
Ben'j Hinchman
22d September 1748 Personally Appeared before me
Samuel Smith Esqr one of his Majesties Justices of the
peace for queens County the Within Named John Betts
and Did Acknowledg the Within Written Deed To be his
free and Volentary act and Deed for the Uses Within Men-
tioned Their being no Rasurs nor InterlinatioHs Let it be
Recorded
Acknowledged Before Me
Sam'l Smith Justice
Entered and Compared With ye orriginal By
Valentine Hw't Peters
Clerk
Page 252.
Know all men By theise presents that I John Tredwell of
Hempstead in queens County on Nawsaw Island & in ye
province of New york Sends Greeting know yee that I the
Said John Tredwell Do for & in ye Consideration of ye
perternal Love & affection which I Do Bear towards my
Nephew Benjamin Tredwell of ye Township & County
afore Said & for Divers Good Causes & Considerations me
Theirunto Especially Moveing have Given Granted Remised
Released Aliened Assured Conveyed & Confirmed & By
theise presents Do fully freely Clearly & Absolutely Give
Grant Remise Release Alien assure Convey & Confirme
unto him the Said Benjamin Tredwell his Heirs & assigns
forever All my Right of Lands on Madnans Neck & all
other Rights of Lands which I Now have ( Excepting what
450 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
other Eights I have in the Township of Hempstead Besides
ye Above Said Madnans Neck To Have and to Hold the
Said Lands & Eight of Lands with all & Every of the Ap-
pertenances prevelidges Commodityes Advantages & Liber-
tys to ye Same Belonging or in Any kind Appertaining unto
him the Said Benjamin Tredwell his Heirs & Assigns for-
ever and that the Said Benjamin Tredwell his heirs &
assigns Shall and May from time to time & at all times
forever heir after by force <S Virtue of theise presents Law-
fully Quietly & peacebly have hold use Occupy Command
' Enjoy & posses all the fore Mentioned Lands and Eight of
Lands withought the LawfuU Let Hindrance Molestation
Interuption or Denial of me the Said John Tredwell or my
heirs Executors administrators or any other person or per-
sons from by or under me or in my Name Eight or Stead and
in further Confirmation theirof I have heirunto Set my hand
and fixed my seal this Eleventh Day of November In the
year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundred and forty Seven
Sealed arid Delivered in the
presents off Jno : Tredwell (S)
Joseph Thurston
Valentine H Peters
January ye 11th 1748-9 Then Appeared personally Be-
fore Joseph Kissam Esq one of his Majesties Justices of
the peace for Queens County Assigned Valentine Hw't
peters one of the Witnesses to ye Within Instrument and
Being Sworn on the holy Evangilest Declareth that He Saw
Coll John Tredwell Sign Seal & Deliver ye Within Instru-
ment as his Volentary Act & Deed & at the' Same time Saw
Joseph Thurston Sign the Same as A Witness & having
Examined it & finding no Easur Nor Interlination Alow it
to Be Eecorded
Joseph Kissam
Entered & Compared With ye orriginal By
Valentine Hw't Peters Clerk
hempstead town records. 451
Page 253;
This Indenture maid this fifth Day of January In ye year
of our Lord one Thowsand Seven Hundred & forty Eight
Nine By & Betwen William Latham of Cow Neck in ye
Township of Hempstead in queens County on Nawsaw Is-
land Yeoman of ye one part <fe Joseph Kissam of ye Same
place Yeoman of ye other part Witneseth That I the Said
William Latham for and in the Consideration of the full &
Just Sum of twenty four pound of Good Current & Lawfull
money of ye province of New York to me in hand Well &
Truly paid by ye Said Joseph Kissam aforesaid the Eecipt
Wheirof I Do Acknowledg & my Self theirwith fully Satis-
fied Contented & paid & theirof & Every part & parcell
theirof Do Acquitt Release & fully Discharge him ye Said
Joseph Kissam his Heirs Executors & Administrators &
Every of them forever by theise presents have Given
Granted bargained Sold Aliened Enfeoffe Assured Convey-
ed & Confirmed & by theise presents Do fully freely Clear-
ly and Absolutely Give Grant bargain Sell Alien Enfeoffe
assure Convey & Confirme unto him the Said Joseph Kis-
sam his heirs and Assigns forever all that ,one Certain
Small piece of Swamp & Upland Lying on Cow Neck near
ye head of a brook that Leads Southward of Lathams Mill
pond being Twenty three Rods and Ten Links Wide at ye
West End Joyning to Kissams Land & so Running East-
wardly Keeping the Breadth theirof Twenty Seven Rods &
one third or So far as Will Contain four A,cors of Swamp
& upland Bounded on ye West & South by the Said Joseph
Kissams Land one ye East & North of myown Land To-
gather with all the Eights Libertyes & Appurtenances
Whatsoever belonging to the Same With the Reversions
and Remainders theirof To Have and To Hold all the
Above Bargained primises with the Appurtenances unto
him the Said Joseph Kissam his heirs and Assigns forever
to. his & their own Sole and proper use Benifit & behoof
from hensforth and forever and I the Said William Latham
'452 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
for my Self my Heirs Executors and Administrators Do
Covenant promis Grant and Agree to and With Mm the
Said Joseph Kissam his Heirs & assigns, that I the Said
William Latham Before the Delivery heirof was the true
Page 254.
Sole & LawfuU Owner of all the above bargained primises
& Was Lawfully Seized & possesed theirof in my own pro-
per Eight of a Good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheri-
tance in fee Simple and had inl my Self full power Good
Eight & Lawfull Authority to Sell and Dispose of all the
Above Bargained primises in manner as aforesaid and that
the Said Joseph Kissam his heirs & assigns Shall and may
by Vertue heirof Lawfully Quietly and peacable Have Hold
Use occupy Command & Enjoy and freely possess all the
above Bargained primises With all & Singular the Appurt-
ences free and Clearly Acquited Eeleased and fully Dis-
charged of and from all manner of former and other Gifts
Grants Bargains Sales Mortgages Joyuturs Dowreys Judg-
ments and from all other Incumbrances Whatsoever and
Lastly I the Said William Latham Do , heirby Covenant
bind and Oblidg my Self my heirs Executors and Adminis-
trators to Warrent and Defend all the above Bargained
primises With the Appertenances unto him the Said Joseph
Kissam his heirs & assignes forever Against all ye Just and
Lawfull Claimes and Demands of all manner of persons
whomesoever In Witness heirof I have Set to my hand and
fixed my Seal the Day and Year above Written The words
the Appurtenances Interlined betwen the twenty fifth &
Twenty Six Lines Before Signed
Sealed & Delevered
In the presents off William Latham (S)
Benjamin Akeeley
Samuel Willis
Memorandom that on ye 10th Day of January 1748-9
then William Latham personally Appeared before me Jo-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 463
sepli Thorne Esqr one of his Majesties Justices of the peace
for Queens County assigned, and acknowledged this Deed
of Saile to be his Spontaneous act & Deed which having
Examined and finding No Easures or Interlinations other
then what is Noted Do allow it to be Recorded
Joseph Thokne
Entered & Compared With the orriginal By
Valentine Hw't: Peters
Town Clerk
Page 255.
This Indenture maid the Twelveth Day of August in the
third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Georg over
Great Brittan &c king &c and in the year of our Lord Christ
one Thowsand Seven hundreed & Seventeen betwen .Symon
Searing of Hempstead in queens County on Nawsaw Island
' and in ye Collony of New York Yeoman of the one part and
John Tredwell Junor of the Town County Island & CoUoney
Afore said Yeoman of the other part Wifcnesseth that the
Said Symon Searing for & in the Consideration of the Sum
of one hundred & five pound of Good Lawful! money of
New York to him in hand paid By John Tredwell Aforesaid
the Receipt wheirof to full Content and Satisfaction he the
Said Symon Searing Doth by theise presents Acknowledg
and himself to be theirwith fully Satisfied Contented &
payed And By theise presents Acquit Exonerate and fully
Discharge him the Said John Tredwell his Executors and
Administrators and Assigns hath Given Granted bargained
Sold Enfeotfed Conveyed and Confirmed and by theise
presents Doth fully freely Clearly and Absolutely Give
Grant bargain Sell Enfeoffe Convey and Confirm unto the
Above Said John Tredwell his heirs and Assigns forever
all that of one Certain Tract or persell of Land Containing
Thirty & four Acres Be it more or Less Lying & being
Scituated on The North Side of the Great plaines Within
the bounds of Hempstead aforesaid at a place Called Her-
454 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.
ricks the bounds tlieirof begining at a black oak Sapplin
Marked that Stands by the higway yt Leads from the planes
To James Searings house and from thence Eunning North-
wardly by the fence as it now Stands to a Walnut Saplin
Marked being the West bounder thence Eastwardly by the
fence about Sixty Eods to a Small White oak Saplin
Marked being the North East bounder thence Eunning
Southwardly by the fence to a white oak Tree Marked be-
ing The Southwest Bounder thence Eunning Westward by
the highway to the first Bounder Being bounded on the
West by the Land of James Searing & on the North by the
Land of John Searing & on the East by the fence & on the
South By the highway and also one other pice of Land
Lying oh ye Hills above the head of Cow Neck the bounds
Wheirof Begining at a Eead Oake Tree being the South-
west Comer tree of a fifty Acre Lot of Land that John &
James Jackson Sold to John Searing Laite of Hempstead
Deseaced thence East by The Line of the Said Lot of
Page 256.
Land To a Walnut Saplin marked thence Southwardly by
James Searings To a Chesnut Saplin marked thence
Westwardly To a Walnut Saplin Marked thence North-
wardly to the first bounder Being Bounden on the South
by* the Land of John Searings and on The West by the
Land of Isaac Smith & on the North by the fifty Acre Lot
aforesaid and on the East by the Land of James Serring
Containing Eight Acres & a half more or Less Togather
With all and Singular The Woods under Woods Trees Tim-
ber fences feilds Pasturs Orchards fruit Trees With all Such
Eight previliges profetts Comodityes Emolements and Ap-
pertenances as in Any kind Appertaining theirunto with the
Eeversions & Eemainders Theirof & all the Estate Eight
Tittle Intrest Inheritance property Possession Claime &
Demand Whatsoever of him the Said Simon Searing of in
and to the Same two parcels of Land abovesaid and Every
part & parcell Theirof To have and to' hold all ye above
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 455
Bargained & Granted primises With all and Singular ye
Appurtenances Theirof unto the Abovesaid John Tredwell
his heirs & Assigns To his and their own Sole & proper use
Benifit & Behoofe from hensforth & forever & the above-
said Simon Searing Doth for himself his heirs Executors &
Administrators further Declare that at the time of the En-
sealing & Delivery of Theise presents he is the ibru Sole &
Lawfull owner of all the afore bargained & Granted prim-
ises and Stands Lawfully Seized theirof In his own proper
Eight of a Good perfect and Indefeaseable Estate of Inher-
itance in fee Simple Having in himself full power Good
Eight & Lawfull Authority to Sell and Dispose of the Same
in Manner as Aforesaid and that the Said John Tredwell
his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may heiisforth forever
Lawfully peaceably and Quietly have hold use occupy pos-
ses & Enjoy all the Above Granted premises with the Ap-
pertenances theirof free and Clear and freely and Clearly
Acquitted and Discharged of and from all manner of former
and other Gifts Grants Bargains Saileg Mortgages Joynturs
Dowryes Judgments Executions Intailes forfieturs and of
and from all other Titles Troubles Charges & Incumbrances
Whatsoever had Maid Done or Suffered to be Done by the
Said Simon Searing His heirs or Assigns at Any time or
times before the Ensealing and Delivery of theise presents
and further the abovesaid Simon Searing Doth heirby Bind
himself his heirs Executors and Administrators from hence-
Page 257.
forth & forever Heirafter to Warrent and Defend all the above
Granted primises and the Appurtenances theirof unto the
Said John Tredwell his heirs and Assigns against the Law-
full Claimes & Demands of all and all manner of persons
or persons whomsoever and At any Time or times hereafter
upon Demand to Give and pass Such farther and Ample
assurance and Confirmation of the primises unto the Said
John Tredwell his heirs and Assigns forever as in Law or
Equity Can be Eeasonably Devised Advised or E.equired
456 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
in Witness wheirof the Said Simon Searing hath heirunto
Set his hand & fixed his Seall the Day and year first above
Written
Sealed & Delevered
In The presents of Simon Searing (S)
Denis Weight
Petee Titus
William Willis
The 18th of October 1748 Personally Appeared Before
me Richard Titus one of his Majesties Justices of ye peace
for Queens County Peter Titus one of ye Subscribing Wit-
neses to ye Within Deed & Did Declare on his Soelom Af-
firmation That he Saw the Within Named Simon Searing
Sign and Seale the Same as his Volentary act & Deed
EiCHAED Titus Justice
Entered & Compared With ye orriginal By
Valentine Hw't Petees
Clerk
This Indenture maid ye Sixteenth Day of December in
the year of our Lord Christ one Thbwsand Seven hundreed
<fe Nine & in the Eight year of the Reign of our Soverign
Lady Anne by the Grace of God over Great Brittan &c
Queen Betwen Theodoros Van Wyck of Mad Nans Neck in
the bounds of Hempstead in Queens County on Nawsaw
Island Yeoman & Margrat his Wife of the one part & Daniel
Kissam of the Same place yeoman of the other part Wit-
neseth That the Said Theodoros Van Wyck & Margrat his
Wife for & in the Consideration of the Sum of one hundreed
& Seventy five pound Current money of New York Well &
Truly by the Said Daniel Kissam To them the Said Theo-
doras Van Wyck & Margret his Wife in hand paid Before
the Ensealing & Delivery of theise presents ye Becipt
Wheirof they Do heirby Acknowledg & theirfrom Do by
Theise presents fully Clearly & absolutely Acquitt Exoner-
HEMPgTEAD TOWN EECOKDS. 457
ate & Discliarge the Said Daniel Kissam Ms heirs Executors
& Administrators have granted Bargained Sold Conveyed
Enfeoffed Eeleased Assured & confirmed & heirby Do Grant
Bargain Sell Convey Enfeoffe Release Assure & Confirme
unto the Said Daniel Kissam his heirs & Assigns forever
all That a Certain peice parcell or Tract of Land Scituate
Lying & Being at Cow Neck, in the bounds of Hempstead
abovesd Containing by Estimation Eighty two Acres & a
half more or less it being the one third part (Excepting fif-
teen Acres) of Two hundreed Sixty two Acres & a half
which the Said Theodoras Van Wyck ye thirteenth Day of
October 1706 Did purchase of Coll Nicolas Bayard & Judith
his Wife as by the Deed of Conveyance may ajDpear
Bounded North by ye Land of Elbert Hegiman East by
the Lands of Theodorus Van Wyck South by the Land
Page 258.
Now Sold to Joseph Sutton & West by the Middle Line
togather with all and Singular ye Eights previleges Advan-
tages Commodities Heraditaments & Appertenances to the
Said Eighty Two Acres & a half of Land Belonging or
properly appertaining & ye Reversion & Reversions Re-
mainder and Remainders Rents Issues & proffits of The
Same & all ye Estate Right Tittle Property possession
Claime & Demand Wahtsoever of them the Said Theodorus
Van Wyck & margrait his Wife of in or to the Same or Any
part or parcell Theirof To have & To . hold the primises
before In & by these presents Granted with the Apperten-
ances unto ye Sd Daniel Kissam his heirs & Assigns to his
& their own proper use Benifitt & Behoofe forever togather
with Liberty & freedom for him the said D-xniel Kissam his
heirs & assigns to have hold & Enjoy A Conveniant passage
for Cart horse or Man in over & thorrow That Slipe or Hol-
low That Leads thorrow ye Land of Sd Van Wyck & Hegi-
man to the Water Side & ye sd Theodorus Van Wyck &
Margeret his Wife for Themselves their Heirs Executors &
Administrators Do Covenant promis Grant & Agree to &
458 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
with ye Sd Daniel Kissam his Heirs & assigns as followeth
that is to Say that they have in themselves at the time of
this Sealing & Delivery heirof Good Eight full power Law-
full & Absolute Authority to Grant Bargain & Sell ye prim-
ises Above mentioned in Manner & form as aforesaid & that
ye Same Shall Eemain to ye Said Daniel Kissam his Heirs
& Assigns as a good pure perfect & indefeasible Estate of
Inheritance in fee Simple freely & Clearly Acquited Exon-
erated Discharged of & from all Incumbrances Whatsoever
The Quitt or Cheife Eent to The Crown only Excepted &
Lastly that the Said Theodorus Van Wyck & Itlargeret His
Wife their heirs Executors & Administrators ye premises
Before in & by theise presents Granted with ye Apperten-
ances Unto the Said Daniel Kissam his heirs and assigns
Against all people whatsoever Lawfully Claiming the Same
or Any part theirof Shall and Will Warrent and forever By
Theise presents Defend In Witness wheirof the Said Thfe-
ordrus Van Wyck and Margeret his Wife have heirunto Set
their Hands and Seal the Day & year first above Written
Se'aled & Delevered In the presents off
Chables Hicks Theodoeus Van Wyck (S)
Pbteb Bensen her
Mabgeeet : W : V: Wyck (S)
Mark.
Queens County at hempstead The 16th Day of December
1709 Then Appeared Before Jonathan Whitehead Esqr
one of hur Majesty'es Justices of ye peace for County above
said the Within Named Theodorus Van Wyck & Margeret
his Wife & Did Acknowledg the within Written Instrument of
Convayance to be their and Each of Their free & Volentary,
act and Deed Jona'th : Whitehead
Entered & Compared With ye Orriginal By
Valentine : Hw't : Petees Clerk
Page 259.
To All Christion people whome These presents Shall
Come or Any Ways appertain Greeting know ye that I
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 459
Joseph Sutton Jun of Hqmpstead in queens County on the
Island of Nawsaw Yeoman for & in Consideration of ye
Sum of one hundreed & fifty pound Current money of New
York to me in hand paid before ye Ensealing & delevery
Theirof by Daniel Kissam the Recipt wheirof I Do heirby
Acknowledg and my Self their with fully Satisfied Content-
ed & paid & theirof & of Every part & parcell theirof Do
Exonerate acquit & Discharge the Said Daniel Kissam his
heirs Executors & Administrators for Ever By Theise pres-
ents have Given Granted Sold Alinated Conveyed & Con-
firmed and Do By Theise presents Give Grant Bargain Sell
Alinate Convey and Confirm unto the Said Daniel Kissam
his heirs & assigns forever all that of one Certain Mesuage
& tract of land Scituate lying and being on ye Bast Side
of Cow Neck in the town ship of Hempstead Abovesaid
bounded on the West by the Said Daniel Kissams own
land and North By Elbert Hegiman his land & East by ye
bay Commonly. Called hempstead harbour the North East
Corner begining at a Chesnut Stake Standing in A Brook
of water near ye highwater mark thence Running South-
wardly by the Said harbour till it Contains half the
Breadth of the land that I bought of Theodores VanWyck
& from thence Westwardly to a black tree being the former
bounds of ye Said Daniel Kissam & Josua Carmons land
being by Estimation forty three acres & three quarters
more or less as it was laid out with houses out housen bul-
dens fencen timber trees woods under woods Water Corses
orchards Gardens pasturs &c To have & to hold ye Said
Granted & bargained psimises with all the Appurtenances
Priveliges & Commodites to the Same belonging or in Any
ways Appertaining to him the Said Daniel Kissam his
heirs & assigns forever to his & only proper use Benifit &
behoof forever & I the Said Joseph Sutton for me my heirs
Executors & Administrators Do Covenant promis and
Grant to and with the Said Daniel kissam his heirs, and as-
signs.that before the Ensealing heirof I am the tru Sole
and Lawful! owner of the above bargained primises and am
460 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
lawfully Seized and possesed of the Same in my own pro-
per Eight as a good perfect Right of Inheritance and have
in my Self with the Consent and Approbation of my Wife
mary Good Eight full power and Lawfull Authority to
Grant bargain Sell and Convey & Confirm the bargained
primises in manner as abovesaid and that the Said Daniel
Kissam his heirs - and Assigns Shall and May from time to
time and at all times forever heirafter by Virtue of theise
Lawfully peasibly and quietly have hold use Occupy pos-
sess and Enjoy the Said Demised and Bargained primises
With the Appurtenances free & Clear and freely and Clear-
Page 260.
ly Exonerated acqiiited and Discharged of and from and all
manner of former Gifts Grants bargains Sailes leases Moit-
uagauges Wills Entails Joyntors Dowrys Judgments Exe-
cutions Encumbrances and troubles whatsoever and I the
Said Joseph Sutton Do further Covenant and bind my Self
my heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by theise
presents to Warrent and Defend the Said Daniel kissam
his heirs and Assigns in quite and peasible possesion of all
and Singular the Said Granted primises Against the Just &
lawfull Claime of any person or persons Whatsoever In
Witness Wheirof I the Said Joseph Sutton With my Wife
mary have both Set to our hands & fixed our Seals this
Eighteenth Day of January being the Twelveth year of the
Eeign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the Graice of God of
England Scotland france andlerlaud Queen Defender of the
faith Anoq 1713-14 Memorandom the words pounds En-
terlined betwen the Second and third Lines before the En-
sealing heirof
Signed Sealed & Dolevered
in the presents off Joseph Sutton (S)
ElCHAED COKNEL her
his- Maey' :X: Sutton (S)
Thomas :X: Baekee Mark
Mark ■
Tim Halstead
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. 461
Queens County at Hempstead The first Day of June 1715
Then Appeared before me John Tredwell Esqr one of his
Majestyes Justices of the peace assigned for the Said Coun-
ty the Within Named Joseph Sutton With mary his Wife
and Did Aeknowledg the Within Instrument of Writing to
be their Volentary act & Deed
John Tredwell
Entered and Compared With the Orriginal by
' Yalentine Hw't: Peters
Town Clerk
Page 261.
This Indenture maid this Tenth Day of April In the
Year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundreed twenty Eight
By and Between Daniel kissam of the township of hemp-
stead in queens County on NawsaW Island In New York
province yeoman of the one part and Daniel kissam of the
Township of Woodbridg In the County of Middlesex in the
province of New Jersey Yeoman of the other part Witneseth
that the Said Daniel kissam of Hempstead for and in Con-
sideration of the Sum of Six hundreed & thirty pounds New
York money to him in hand paid before the Executing here-
of by the aforenamed Daniel kissam of Woodbridge the Ee-
cipt wheirof he the Said Daniel kissam of hempstead Doth
heirby Acknowledge and himself theirwith fully Satisfied
and Contented and theirof and theirfrom and of and from
Every part and parcell theirof Doth by theise presents for
Ever Acquit Exonerate and Discharge him the Said Daniel
kissam his heirs Executors & Administrators he the Said
Daniel kissam of hempstead hath given Granted Bargained
Sold Alienated Enfi'eoffedf Assured Conveyed & Confirmed
and By theise presents Doth freely fully and Absolutely
Give Grant Bargain Sell Aline Enffeoff assure and Confirme
Unto him the Said Daniel kissam of Woodbridg his heirs
and Assigns for Ever one Certain Messuage and farme of
Land Scituate Lying & Being upon Cow Neck in the afore
named Township of Hempstead formerly purchased by me
462 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECORDS.
Daniel kissam partly of Theadorus Vanwyck Esq and part-
ly of Joseph Sutton both of them belonging to the Town-
ship of hempstead the Said Land is Bounded in a General
way Easterly by Hempstead Harbour Northerly by the
Land of Elbert Hegiman Westerly by Cow Neck Middle
line Southerly by the Land of Joshua Carmon and Con-
taineth one hundreed and fifty Acres or theirabouts be it
more or Less Togather "With all Buldings fences Woods
and all and Every other priviledges Appertenances and
Conveniancy to the Same belonging or in any Ways Ap-
pertaining known taken or Reputed as a part or parcel or
Member theirof To have and to hold the Said Tract of
Land and primises With its Appurtenances with the Rever-
sion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders theirof
Unto him the Said Daniel kissam of Woodbridg his heirs
and Assigns for Ever To his and their own only proper Use
benifit and behoof for Ever and I the Said Daniel kissam of
Hempstead Do Covenant Grant and Agree to and With the
Said Daniel kissam of Woodbridg his heirs and Assigns
that before the Execution of theise presents I am the tru
Sole and lawfull owner of the above Demised primises and
Page 262.
Stood Lawfully Seized of the Same in my one proper Right
as a Good perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance and
have In My Self Good Right full power and Athority to
Give Grant Bargain Sell alien Enifeoff Assure Convey and
Confirm the Above bargained premises in Manner as above-
said and that the Said Daniel kissam his heirs and Assigns
Shall and May from time to time and at all Times for Ever
hereafter by Virtue hereof lawfully peacibly and quitly have
hold Use Occupy possess & Injoy ye Sd Desmised premises
free & Clear freely & Clearly Acquitted Exonerated & Dis-
charged of and from all & Every other former Gift Grant
bargain Saile lease Will Entail Morguage Joyntor Dowrey
Judgment Execution Incumbrance or Trouble whatsoever
and I the Said Daniel kissam of Hempstead Do further
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOEDS. 463
Covenant & bind my Self my Heirs Executors and Admin-
istrators and Every of them firmly by theise presents to
Warrent & Defend the sd above bargained premises_,&-
Every part theirof unto him the Sd Daniel kissam^f-^ood-
bridg his heirs and Assigns Against the Just & LawfuU
Claimes of Any person or persons Whatsoever in Witness
Wheirof the Said Daniel kissam and Elizabeth his Wife as
a party heirin Conseined hath heiruhto Sett their hands and
Seals the Day and year above written
Signed Sealed & Delevered
In The presents of Daniel Kissam (S)
EiCHAED Caemon the Mark of
Wm Buech Elisabeth :0: Kissam (S)
January ye 11th Day 1737-8 Then Came the Within
Named Daniel Kissam before me and Did acknowledg the
within Instrument to Be his Vollentary Act & Deed of
Saile
Theod: Vanwyck
Entered and Compared With the Orriginal By
Valentine Hew't: Peters
Clerk
Page 263.
This Indenture maid the Sixth day. of January In the
Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundreed & forty
Eight Nine By & Betwen William Latham of Cow Neck in
the bounds of Hempstead in Queens County on Nawsaw
Yeoman of the one part & Benjamin Akerley of the Same
place Cordwainer of the other part Witneseth that the Sd
William Latham for & in ye Consideration of ye full & Just
Sum of Ninety pounds of Good Current & lawfuU money of
the province of New York to him in hand Well & Truly
paid by the Sd Benjamin Akerley ye Eecipt Wheirof he
The Sd William Latham Doth Acknowledg; & himself their-
with fully Satisfied Contented & paid & theirof & Every
part and parcell theirof hath Given Granted Bargained
464 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Sold Aliened Enf eooffed Assured Conveyed & Confirmed &
by theise presents doth fully freely Clearly & Absolutely
Give Grant bargain Sell Alien Enfeeoffe Assure Convey &
Confirm unto him the Sd Benjamin Akerly his heirs & As-
signs for Ever all that of one Certain pice of Wood Land
lying on- Cow Neck in ye Township aforesaid lying Almost
in a Qiiadrangle figur being bounded as followeth begining
at ye South East Corner of a pice of Land that ye Sd Ben-
jamin Akerley purchased of Joseph Latham Deceased father
to the Sd William Latham party to theise presents & from
ye sd South East Corner of his former Lands, & thence
Running South Seven Degrees East forty Rods & thence
West four Degrees South forty Rods thence North Seven
Degrees West forty Rods to the Southwest Corner of ye Sd
Benj'n Akerleys Sd former land & thence By that land
Eastardly forty Rods to ye first bound Containing Ten
Acres of Land as aforesaid bounded on ye South & West
By Sd Lathams Land on ye North by Sd Akerleys Land,
oa ye East by William Hutchens his land or howsoever
Else Bounded or Rejiuted to be Bounded with all the Tim-
ber trees "^oods under woods or Whatsoever Else Belong-
ing or in any kind appertaining With the Reversions <fe
RemaJJiders theirof To have and to hold all the above
Granted primises With all the Appurtenances unto him the
Sd Benjamin Akerley his heirs & assigns forever to his &
their own Sole & proper Use Benifitt & behoofe from hence-
forth & forever & he the Sd William Latham for himself
Page 264.
his heirs Executors And Administrators doth Covenant
promis Grant & Agree to and With him ye Sd Benjamin
Akerlj' his heirs & Assigns that at the Time of Ensealing &
before ye delevery heirof he ye Sd William Lrttham was ye
Tru Sole & Lawfull owner of all ye above Bargained prim-
ises and was Lawfully Seized & possesed theirof in his own
proper Right of a good perfect & absolute Estate of Inher-
itance in fee Simple & had in himself full power Good
HEMPSl'ExVD TOWN RECORDS. 465
Right and LawfuU authority to Sell & Dispose of ye Same
in> Manner as Abovesd and that he ye Sd Benjamin Akerly
his heirs & Assigns Shall & May By Virtue heirof lawfully
Quietly & peasibley have hold & Use Improve The above
Bargained primises with ye Appurtenances free & Clearly
Acquited Released & fully .discharged of & from all manner
of Incumbrances whatsoever & Lastly I the Sd William
Latham Do Heirby binde & oblige my Self my heirs Exec-
utors & Administrators To Warrent Secure & forever de-
fend all ye Above Bargained premises With ye Appurten-
ances unto him ye Sd Benjamin Akerley his heirs Assigns
forever against all ye Claimes & Demands of all manner of
persons Whome soever In Witness heirunto I have Set to
my hand and fixed my Seal the Day & year above Written
the Word, South, Interlined betwen the forteenth & fifteen.
Lines before Signed Memorandom that I Amey Wife of
him the Sd William Latham do heirby give grant Release
and Yeald up all my Right of Dowry & power of thirds of
in & to ye above Granted & Bargained primises unto him
ye Sd Benjamin Akerley his heirs & assigns forever as Wit-
ness my the Day & Daite aforesd
Sealed & Delevered in . William Latham (S)
the presents of Amey Latham (S)
Samuel Willis
John Mobrel
Memorandom that on ye Day ^ year within Written
then personally appeared the Within Named William La-
tham & Amey Latham Before Me Joseph Kissam one of
his Majestys Justices of ye peace for Queens County as-
signed & Acknowledged this Deed to be their Real Act &
Deed Wliich having Examined and finding No Rasur or In-
terlination other then what is Noted Do alow it to be Re-
corded
Joseph Kissam
Entered and Compared With the Orriginal by
Valentine Hw't : Peters Clerk
466 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
/
Page 265.
This Indenture maid this Twenty fourth day of Novem-
ber in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven Hun-
dreed & forty Eight Between Benjamin Seaman and his
Wife Elizabeth Seman of ye County of Eichmond and Col-
ony of New York of the one part & John Toffey of mad-
nans Neck in Queens County on nawsaw Island in the
province of New York aforesaid of the other part Witnes-
seth That ye Sd Benjamin Seman & his Wife Elizabeth Se-
man for and in Consideration of the full Sum of one hun-
dreed & ten pound Current Lawfull money of New York
aforesaid to Them in hand paid ye Eecipt they ye Sd Ben-
jamin Seman & His Wife Elizabeth Doth heirby Acknow-
ledg to have Received of ye Sd John Toffee Before ye En-
sealing & Delivery of theise presents and theirwith to be
fully Satisfied Contented & paid & of & from Every part
& parcell theirof Doth Exonerate Acquit & Discharge the
Sd John Toffey his heirs & Assigns have Given Granted
Bargained Sold Alienated Enfeeoffed Conveyed and Con-
firmed unto ye Sd John Toffey his heirs & assigns A cer-
tain Tract and percell of Land Situate Lying & being on ye
West Side of MadNans Neck and is Bounded as foUoweth
Easterdly By the fence as it now Stands and then a Cross
ye path To a Marked Chesnut Tree Standing on the South
of the Sd path, & from thence Southardly to the Brook and
So along theSd Brook till it meets With the Mill pond and
So. along the North Side of the Mill pond till it Meets With
the Mill Dam and from thence Running a Long the Said
Brook till It Meets with the upper End of the old Grist
mill pond and from thence Northardly to the Edge of the
old Mill Swamp So Running Along With the Brook or
Crick till it meets the Land of the Allyns So Northardly by
the Land of the Said Allyns, Excepting one Acre of Land
Lying upon ye North Side of the Said Land, With all ye
Marshes & medow theirunto Belonging Togather With the
fulling mill, mill Dam and Mill pond with all the Utentials
liEMf STEAD TOWN RECORDS. 467
fcheirunto Belonging To have and To liold the Sd Tract of
■Land & mill & primises With all & Every of The Appur-
tenances houses out houses Barns Stables orchards Woods
Underwoods Creeks Swamps preveliges & advantages to
the Same belonging or in any manner of Ways Appertain-
ing, Except as is above Excepted, to him ye Sd John Tof-
fey his heirs and Assigns forever & ye Sd Benjamin Seman
& his Wife for themselves their heirs Executors administra-
tors & assigns Doth Heirby Covenant & Agree ' to & With
ye Sd John Toifey his heirs And assigns that at ye Enseal-
Page 266.
ing & Delevery heir of they have In themselves good Right
full power & Lawfull Authority to Sell and Dispose of ye
Sd Land & mill in manner as above said Being Seized of ye
Same as of an Absolute Indefeazable Estate of Inheritance
In fee Simple and that it Shall & may be lawfull for the
Said John Toffey his heirs & assigns By Virtue of theise
presents peasibly & Quitely to have hold use Occupy pos-
sess and Enjoy the abovesaid Land & mill & premises with
all & Every of the Appurtenances free & Clear & freely &
Clearly acquited Exonerate 1 and Discharged of & from all
former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sailes Entailes Mort-
gauges Demand or Incumbrance Whatsoever and Shall by
Virtue of theise presents peasibly & quitly possess and En-
joy the Same in or As his own Absolute Estate of Inheri-
tance in fee Simple to him his heirs and Assigns forever
Except as is above Excepted and the Said Benjamin Seman
and his Wife Elizabeth Doth further Covenant & Agree for
themselves thir heirs and Assigns to and With the Sd John
Toffey his heirs and Assigns that they Shall & may By Vir-
tue of theise presents Warrent and Defend the Said John
Toffey his heirs & assigns in Quite and peacible possession
of all & Singular the Sd Granted Land Mill & primises
against the Just & Lawfull Claimes & Demand of any man-
ner of persons whatsoever provided Nevertheless that ye
Sd John Toffey Be no molested nor Debared from Dam-
468 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
ming & jDonding for the Convenancy of the Sd Mill In
Testimony Wheirof the Sd Benjamin Seman & his Wife
Elizabeth hath Heirunto Sett to their hands and Seals the
Day and Daite above Written
Signed Sealed and Delevered
in the presents of
John Towndsend Benj'n Seaman (S)
The Elizabeth Seman (S)
of James :X: Butler
Mark
Joseph Kissam
Queens County Memorandom January ye 21th Day
1748 Theji personally Appeared before me Joseph Thorne
Esqr one of his Majestys Justices of the peace for ye Coun-
ty aforesaid assigned Joseph Kissam one of the Within
Witneses and Maid Oath that he Saw thfe Within Grantees
Benjamin Seman & Elisabeth his Wife Sign Seal & Delever
the Within Deed and Acknowledged ye Same as their Volen-
tary Act and Deed and Also the Within Witneses John
Towndsend & James Butler Sign as Witneses and having
Examined the Same and found no Rasurs nor Enterlina-
tions I alow this Deed to be Eeacorded
Joseph Thorne
Entered & Compared With the orriginal By
Valentine : Hw't: Peters Clei-k
Page 267.
This Indentui'e Maid this Twentyeth Day of may anno
Domini one thousand Seven hundreed & forty Six betwen
Richard Ellison Jur of The Township of hempstead in
queens County on Nawsaw Island Taylor of ye one part &
Thomas Tredwell of the Same Town County & Island afore-
said Yeoman of the other part Witneseth that I the Said
Richard Ellison for & in ye Consideration of the full and
Just Sum of Sixty pounds five Shillings of Good Current
and Lawfull money of New York to me in hand well and
truly paid by the Sd Thomas Tredwell ye Recipt wheirof I
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS. , 469
the Sd Eichard Ellison do Acknowledg and my Self their-
with fully Satisfied Contented & paid & theirof & Every
part & parcell theirof Doe Acquit Eelease & fully Discharge
him the Said Thomas Tredwell his heirs Executors & ad-
ministrators & Each & Every of them forever by theise
presents hath Given Granted bargained Sold Aliened En-
feooffed assured Convened Confirmed & by theise pres-
ents I the Sd Eichard Ellison do fully freely Clearly & ab-
solutely Give Grant bargain Sell Allien Enfooeffe ■ assure
Convey & Confifme unto him the Sd Thomas Tredwell his
heirs & Assigns forever all that of Two Certain pieces or
Lots of Laud Scituate lying & being within ye patent &
Township of Hempstead aforesd Lying in the South Woods
ye first pice is bounded as foUoweth on ye East by ye
East meadow Swamp and on ye South by ye Land that was
laid out to Caleb Carmon deseaced in part & part by the
Tredwells Land on ye West partly by Sd Tredwells land
partly by Towndsends parth So Called or ye highway that
leads from this Land to ye plaines & partly by Eichard
Semans his Land and bounded on ye North partly by Sd
Seman his Land & partly by the land that ye Halls pur-
chased of Jacob and Micah Smith Containing within ye
bounds Sixty and six Acres & one hundreed & eleven
Square Eods of Land ye Second is bounded on ye East
end by a peice of Land Laid out to John Stites on ye South
by a peice of Land that ye Halls purchased of Jacob and
Micah Smith and So Eunning west from Sd Stites his land
by Halls land untill it Containes thirty three Acres one
Hundreed & Twenty Seven Square Eods Comprehending
in both peices one Hundreed Acres and Sixty Eight Sq'r
Eods Togather With all ye timber trees woods under
Woods Lying Growing or Standing upon ye Same With ye
Eeversions & Eemainders theirof and all ye Estate Eight
Tittle Intrest property Claime and Demand Whatsoever of
me the Sd Eichard Ellison or my heirs or Assigns of in or
to ye above Bargained primises with all ye Appurtenances
Tp Have and To Hold all and Singuler ye Appurtenances
470 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECORDfe.
of ye bargained primises Unto him the Sd Thomas Tred-
well his heirs and Assigns forever To his & their own Sole
Page 268.
proper Use benifet & behoofe frome henceforth and forever
& I ye Sd Eichard Ellison for me my heirs Executors and
administrators doe Covenant promis Grant and Agree to
and With him ye Sd Thomas Tredwell his heirs and As-
signs that at the Time of ye Ensealing & Delevery heirof I
am ye tru Sole & LawfuU owner of all the above Bargained
primises and am Lawfully Seized & possesed theirof in my
own proper Eight of a Good perfect and Absolute Estate
of Inheritance in fee Simple and had in my Self Good
Eight full power and LawfuU Authority to Sell and Dispose
of ye Same in manner as afore said and that the Said
Thomas Tredwell his heirs and Assigns Shall and may by
Virtue heirof Lawfully peasibley and Qnitely. Have hold
use occupy Commiind Enjoy and freely possess all ye above
Bargained premises With the Appurtenances free and
Clearly acquited Eeleased and fully Discharged of and
from all and all manner of former and other Gifts Grants
Bargains Sailes Leases Joynters dowreys Mortuages Judg-
ments Executions and Incumbrances and I the Sd Eichard
Ellison Do Covenant Bind and oblige my Self my heirs
Executors and Administrators to Warrent Secure and for-
ever defend all the above bargained primises With ye Ap-
purtenances unto him the Said Thomas Tredwell his heirs
and Assignes forever Against all the Just & LawfuU Claimes
and Demands of all manner of persons Whomesoever In
Witness heirunto I have Set to my band and fixed my Seal
the Day and year above Written
Signed Sealed and
Delevered In the Eichaed Ellison Jnr (S)
presents of
John Biedsall
Samuel Langdon Jur
Daniel Cobnell
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BEOOEDS. 471
January 21th 1748-9 Then Appeared Before me Joseph
Kissam Esqr one of his Majestys Justices of ye peace for
Queens County assigned the within Named Eichard Ellison
and Did Acknowledg this within Instrument to be his free
Volontary Act & Deed Which having Examined & iinding
no Easure Nor Enterlination I alow it to be Eecorded
Joseph Kissam
Entered and Compared With the Original by
Valentine : Hw't: Petebs Clerk
Page 269.
This Indenture maid this fifth Day of Desember in the
year of our Lord Seventeen hundreed & forty Seven Betwen
Benjamin Smith of Hempstead in queens County in the
province of New York yeoman of ye one part & Timothy
Smith of ye Same place yeoman of ye other part Witneseth
that the Said Benjamin Smith for & in ye Consideration of
ye Sum of fifty pound lawfuU money of New York to hiin
in hand paid by the Said Timothy Smith & before ye En-
sealing & Delevery heirof ye Eecipt wheirof he Doth Ac-
knowledg & himself to be theirwith fully Contented Satisfied
& paid & theirof & of Every part & parcell theirof Doth
heirby forever acquit Exonerate Eeleace & Discharge him
the Said Timothy Smith & his heirs Extors Admistors &
Every of them hath Given Granted Bargained Sold Alined
Eemised Eeleased Assured & Confirmed & by theise pres-
ents Doth give grant Bargain Sell Alien Eeleace Assure &
Confirme unto him ye Said Timothy Smith & to his heirs &
Assigns all that Certain peices of Land & medow Situate
Lying & being at the South Side of Hempstead at Washbands
neck one Lott of Medow bounded East by a Creek north by ye
Neck fence & West by a highway & South by a Ditch & fence
of Joseph Dentons Deseaced be it more or Less as it may
be found Within ye Sd bounds medow & Land & also one
other pice of medow bounded North & East by Dentons &
South by a Creek West by Southards be their more or Less
472 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECOBDS.
in Quantity as their May be found Within the Said bounds
& also one other Lott or pice of Medow Bounded West by
medow which Did Belong to Thomas Southard North by a
Creek & East by ye Cow Medow & South by Dentons with
all the Eights of Upland belonging theirunto with all &
Singular ye Said Uplands & medow with ye fences pastures
& all ye Improvements & profetts & also my Eight to a
Certain pice of medow Ditched, of from the Cow medow
to havfe & to hold all & Singular the Said Lands Medow
with Every their Appurtenances unto the Said Timothy
Smith & to his heirs & Assigns to ye only proper Use beni-
fit & behoofe of ye Said Timothy Smith & his heirs & As-
signs forever & ye Said Benjamin Smith for himself his
heirs Extors & adstres & Every of them Doth Heirby Cot-
Page 270.
enant promis Grant & Agree to & With the Said Timothy
Smith & his heirs & assignes in manner & foim following^
that is to Say that at the time of Ensealing & Delevering
heirof he Was the tru Sole Lawfull owner of all & Singular
the Said heirby above Granted & Bargained Lands & me-
dow & that he had in himself good Eight full power &
Lawfull Authority to Sell & Dispose of the same in forme
above said as also that the Same is free & Clear from all
Intanglements or other Incumbrances & Lastly the Said
Benjamin Smith the Abovesaid Lands & medow & Every
part & parcell theirof unto the Said Timothy Smith & his
heirs & Assigns Against the Lawfull Claimes & pretences
of all persons Shall and Will Warrent & by theise presents
forever Defend In Witness Wheirof the Said Benjamin
Smith hath Heirunto Sett his hand & Seal ye Day and
year above first written
Sealed & Delevered in
the presents off Benjamin Smith (S)
Benj'n Lewes
Yal't :Hew't : Peters
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 473
January 21th Day 1748-9 then personally Appeared be-
fore me Joseph Thorn e Esqr one of his Majesties Jus-
tices pf ye peace fqr queens County Assigned ye Within
Naiined Benjamin Smith & Acknowledged ye Within Writ-
ten Instrument to be his VoUentary Act & Deed which
having Examined & finding no Easure Nor Enterlination I
Allow it to Be Ecacorded
Joseph Thorne
Entered & Compared With ye Original By
Valentine Hw't : Petees
Town Clerk
Page 271.
At a General Town Meetting held in Hempstead the first
Day of April Anno Domini 1746
Then was Chosen Jacob Smith Supervisor for this En-
suing Year
David Bedell was Chosen Constable and Collect &c
Jerimiah Bedell and Joseph Mott were Chosen Asses-
sors
John Dorland Joseph Mott and Soloman Seamaus was
Chosen Commissioners for Laying out High Ways all for
this Ensuing Year
Ben. Lester and Eich'd Bedell was Chosen Aprisors of
Intestate Estates
Jacob Seamans Will Smith Ben Lester Fredrick Van-
nost Eich'd Post Jonathan Vail Daniel Combs Ben Cornell
Andreas Onderdonk Jiir Caleb Morril Daniel Pearsall are
Chosen Serveyers of or Overseers of High Ways
Jacob Vail and Eich'd Williams are Chosen fence Veu-
iers
Micah Smith was Chosen > Town Clerk for this Ensuing
Year
Coll Treadwell was Chosen Pounder
John Dorian John Birdsall John Hall and Joseph Mott
was Chosen trustees for this Ensuing Year and ye full
474 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
power Given them as was given to ye trustees ye 3tli of
October 1737
At the Same town Meetting the Sum of one pound six-
teen Shillings was Allowed to Jacob Smith and Ben : Les-
ter for Setling ye Line on ye plains with a Committe of
Oyster Bay, and ye trustees to pay ye Said money out of
ye publick Stock the Sum of money in ye trustees hands
Amounts to £. 245 s. 15 d. 7 without ye Interest being Cast
on ye Bonds
Entered by Order be Me
MiCAH Smith Clerk
The Ear Mark of Jerimiah Bedell Jur is a Slit in ye of
Ear and a hapny ye fore side of Each Ear and a Nick
under ye of Ear
Enter ye 21th Day of march 1746-7
Page 272.
Att a Genarall Town Meeting held in Hempstead the
Seventh Day of April Anno Domini 1747
Then was Chosen Jacob Smith Supervisor for this En-
suing Year
David Bedle was Chosen Constable & colector
Jeremiah Beadle and Joseph Mott ware Chosen Asses-
ers
John Dorlon Joseph Mott and Solomon Seman was Cho-
sen Comissiners for Laying ought highways
Benj : Lester and Eichard Bedle was Chosen Aprisors of
Intestate Estates
Benj : Carmon, Jacob Seman Will'm Smith Eichard Post
Fredrick VanNostront John Williames Daniel Comes Major
Tredwell Trostom Dodg Caleb Morell Tim Smith and John
Foster ware Chosen Serveyors of or Overseers of Highways
Benj : Hewlett & Thomas Tredwell was Chosen fence
vewers ,
Coll Tredwell was Chosen pounder
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 475
Val : Hewlett peters was Chosen Towij Clerk
John Dorlon John Birdsall & John Hall was Cliosen
Tritstees for this Ensuing year and the full power Given
them as was given to the trustees the 3th of October 1737
Joseph Mott was Chosen A Trustee to Take Care to pre-
vent those persons who have no Eight from Bulding upon
the plaines and fencen them in
Att the Abovesa'd Town Meeting James Seman protested
Against the Voat of Chusing the trustees
Entred by Order by me
Val : Hewle^tt Peters Clerk
Page 273.
Att a General Town Meeting Held In hempstead the
fifth Day of April 1748
Then Jacob Smith was Chosen Supervisor f ^r this Ensu-
ing year
David Beadle was Chosen Constable and Colector
Jeremiah Beadle and John Williames was Chosen
Assesors
John Dorlon Joseph Mott aiid Solomon Seman was
Chosen Commissinors for Ijaying out Highways
Benjamin Lester and Richard Beadle was Chosen Apris-
ors of Intestate Estates
Benjamin Carmou Jacob Seman William Smith Samuel
Willis Bldret Lucas Sam Searing Daniel Combs John Allyn
Trostom Dodge Caleb Morell Timothy Smith and John
Foster was chosen Survayers of or overseers of the Highways
Benjamin Hewlett and Thomas Tredwell was Chosen
fence Vewers
Jeremiah Beadle Jun was Chosen Pender
Valentine Hewlett Peters was Chosen Town Clerk •
John Dorlon John Birdsall and John Hall Was Chosen
476 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Trustees and as full power Given them as Was Given the
Trustees the 3 of October 1737
Entred By ^
Val. Hw't. Peters Clerk
Att the above said Town Meeting on The Application of
Eich'd Valentine and John Willis Itt Was Voated and Con-
cluded Bj all the freeholders their and then present That
the Said Richard Valentine and John Willis Shall and they
heirby have Liberty Granted to them and their Heirs To
Take up upon their own Rights one Acre of Land for the
Use of a Byrying place ajoynmg to the South Side of the
Meeting House Ground Att'Westbury that Is Now Within
fence the Same to Remaine To them their Heirs and assigns
forever for the Use aifor<isaid
Entered By
Val : Hw : Peters Clerk
Page 274.
Att a Town Meeting held in hempstead the Nineteenth
Day of July 1748 pursuant to a Warrent Granted for that
purpose itt is Voted and Agreed by the Major Voat of the
freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town Abovesaid ( that
wheiras wee find By Bxperence that Mowing the Grass on
hempstead plaines So Earley in the year as it Usially hath
Been Mowed of Laite years is a Great Damage to the owners
theirof By Reason it hath not Come to its full Groath) that
if any person Shall mow Any Grass on hempstead plaines
in this present year Before the twentyeth Day of August he
Shall forfett Twenty Shillings to the poor of the parish : to
Be Recovered Before any one of his Majestices Justices of the
pice in Queens County and Wee Do Impower John Dorlon
and Benjamin Hewlett to Sue for the Same
Entered By order
Val : Hewlett : Peters Clerk
HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOBDS. 477
att the above said Town Meeting the persons heirunder
Written Did protest Against the Abovesaid Voat and Ac-
ordingly ordered their Protest to Be Entered Viz
Bilyeniis Towndsend John Pine Timothy Towndsend
Jonathan Smith :B: John Towndsend Eiohard Ellison Jur
Jonas Flower William Titus Benjamin Downing
Entered By their prder &c
Val: Hewlett: Peteks Clerk
Att the Bequest of Severall of the freeholders of the
Township of Hempstead wee John Smith & Eobart marvin
Two of the Commisinors for Laying out highways in ye
Sd Township of hempstead have this 13th Day of August
1750 Layed out a highway at hungry harbour Begining at
an old highway & Ditch abought the Northwest Corner of
Elias Dorlons Lott So Running upon a Straight Line a
Cross Ben Dusenberres David Beadles Mr platts perham-
uses & Major Martins Lotts of Meadow to the Bent of a
great Crick & So from the Said Crick to Turtil Island
Twenty foot wide from one End to the other also at the
Same time Layed out a highway twenty foot Wide from the
old Eoad in hungry harbour to a Small l:')rook in Samuel
Southards Line Witness our hands the Daite above
RoBAET Marvin ) ^
John Smith J ^""^^
Enter'd & Compa'd with, ye Orriginal By
"Val. Hw. petbes Clerk
Page 275.
Att a General Town Meeting held in hempstead the fourth
Day of April 1749
Then the persons heirafter named ware Chosen Town
officers for the Ensuing Year
Jacob Smith Supervisor
David Beadle Constable & Collector
478 HEMtSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
Eichard Beadle & Benjamin Lester Apprisors of Entest-
ate Estates
Benjamin Carmon Jacob Seman of Jerusalem William
Smith Eldred Lucas William Titus Samuel Searing Daniel
Combs Benjamin Cornel Oliver Baxter Timothy Smith
Samuel Prince Hendrick Hendrickson June Survayers or
Overseers of Highways
Benjamin Hewlett & Thomas Tredwell fence Vewers
Jeremiah Beadle Jur Pender
Valentine Hewlett Peters Town Clerk
Jeremiah Beadle & John Smith Assessers
John Dorlon Joseph Mott & Robert Marvin Commisin-
ors for Laying out Highways
John Dorlon John Birdsall & John Hall Trustees & the
Same power Given them as Was Given ye Trustees ye 3d
Day of October 1737 & the ti-ustees at this Town Meeting
Gave an Aeount to ye Town of ye Towns money & their
Waire in their hands in Bonds <fe Cash to the amount of
£. 275=9=5.
at the abovesaid Town meeting it Was Voated their
Should be a publick Pound Errected at Sucksess & James
Smith is Chosen pender their Who is to Make the pound at
his own Cost
Entered By me
Valentine Hw't : Petees Clerk
Page 276.
This Indenture maid the twenty Seventh Day of April in
ye year of our lord Seventeen Hundreed & forty Eight
Between John Thomas of the Township of Eye in the
County of Westchester in the province of New York Gfent
& Margfet Tredwell of the Same place Widow Executors of
the Last "Will & Testament of Samuel Tredwell laite of Eye
in ye County of Westchester aforesaid Gent Deseased of
the one part & Thomas Tj'edwell of hempstead in Queens
I-IEMPSTBAD TOWN RECORDS. 479
County Within the province of New York aforesaid Gent
on the other part Witneseth that the Said John Thomas &
Margaret Tredwell According to the Tennor & tru Intent
& meaning of the Said Last Will & Testament of the Said
Samuel Tredwell Baring daite the fourth day of January in
the year of our Lord one thowsand Seven hundreed & forty
Seven Refference being theirunto had the Same may More
amply Appear & by force & Virtue of the Same Last Will
and Testament for & in ye Consideration of ye Sum of four
hundreed and forty five pounds LawfuU money of New
York unto them the Said John Thomas & Margaret Tred-
well or one of them well & Truly in hand paid or Secured
to be paid By the Said Thomas Tredwell at & Immediately
before ye Ensealing & Delevering of theise presents the Re-
cipt wheirof they the Said John Thomas & Margaret Tred-
well Do Heirby own & Acknowledg & themselves to be
theirwith fully Satisfied Contented & paid & tlieirof &
theirfrom and of & from Every part & parcel theirof do
heirby forever Acquit Exonerate Eeleace & Discharge him
ye Said Thomas Tredwell & his heirs & Assigns Have giv-
en granted bargained Sold Aliened Remised Released En-
feoffed assured and Confirmed and by theise presents Do
Give grant Bargain Sell Alien Remise Release Erffeeof as-
sure & Confirme imto the Said Thomas Tredwell & his
heirs & assigns for ever all that one Certain tract or
Lott of Land & Meadow theirun to adjoyning Seituate Ly-
ing & being at the South Side of the Township of hemp-
stead aforesaid at the East Side of Hickses Neck Contain-
ing by Estimation forty five Acres Be the Same more or
Less Bounded East by a Creek West partly by Daniel
pine & partly By the highway North By the Neck fence &
South partly by John Carmons and partly by Thomas Car-
mon also Another Lott of Upland & meadow Lying & be-
Page 277.
itjg at ye East Side of Hickses Neck afore said Containing
twenty Acres more or Less Bounded East partly by the
480 hemPst^ead town eecoeds.
Said John Carmons & partly by ye Cove West By Daniel
Pine north by John Carmon aforesaid & South By the
Cove Togather with all & Singular the pastures Meadows
Timber trees fenseings waters & Improvements with Every
their Appurtenances with ye Rents Issues & profits of the
Same & of Every part & parcell theirof with the Eeversions
& Remainders of the Same To have and to hold all & Every
the Said heirby Granted & Bargained Lotts of Upland &
Meadow ground With all & Every the premises & appur-
tenances theirunto belonging or in any manner of ways Ap-
pertaining unto the Said Thomas Tredwell & his heirs &
assigns to the only proper use Benifit & behoofe of him
the Said Thomas Tredwell & his heirs and Assigns for ever
and the Said John Thomas & Margret Tredwell for them
selfs their heirs Executors & administraitors & Every of them
Do heir by Covenant promis Grant & Agree to & with ye Said
Thomas Tredwell & his heirs Executors administraitors &
assigns & with Every of them, in manner & form following
that is to Saj' that all & Singular the Before mentioned
Land & primises With Every their Appiirtenances now are
& be at the time of Executing theise presents to & from
henceforth Shall Continue & abide unto the Said Thomas
Tredwell or his heirs or assigns Clear & Clearly Acquitted
& Discharged or at all times from time to time Siiffeciently
Saved harmeless of & from all & Every other former Bar-
gains Sailes Gifts Grants, Becognizantes Joynters Dowers
and of & from all & Every other Charges Tittles Troubles
& incumbrances whatsoever they Be had maid Committed
done or agreed unto by the Said John Thomas or Margaret
Tredwell or Either of them Moreover that they the Said John
Thomas & Margaret Tredwell or the Heirs of the Survivor
or Survivors of them & also all & Every other person or
persons any thing Lawfully haveing or ' Claiming or which
at any time or times hereafter Shall or may Lawfully have
or Claime any thing of in or to any part of ye Said Lotts of
Land & meadow ground & primises by from or under the
Said John Thomas or Margaret Tredwell or Either of them
Hempstead town Secobds. 481
at all times heirafter & from time to time during the Space
of Seven years upon the Lawfull Eequest & at the Cost &
Charges in the Law of the Said Thomas Tredwell his heirs
& assigns Shall & will further do Cause Knowledge & Suf-
fer to be maid & Done all & Every Such further & other
act or Acts in Law devises Devised thiog & things of assur-
ance Whatsoever With Warrentee only against the Said
Page 278.
John Thomas and Margaret Tredwell & their Heirs as by
the Said Thomas Tredwell his Counsell Learned in the Law
Shall be Eeasonabley Devised advised or Required for the
further or better Assurance Sure Maiking & Conveying of
the Said Lotts or parcells of Land & premises to be had &
maid unto the Said Thomas Tredwell and his heirs Execu-
tors administrators & assigns for & to the only proper use
Benifit & behoofe of the Said Thomas Tredwell & his heirs
and Assigns forever Provided alwayes that the said John
Thomas or Margaret Tredwell or Either of them or their
or Either o"f their heirs or assigns Shall not be Compelled
or Compellable to Trauble in & about the Maiking & Exe-
cuting of the Said Assurance or any of them above the
Space of Ten Mildes from his or hur habitation or place of
abode In Witness wheirof the Said John Thomas and
Margaret Tredwell have to theise presents Set their hands
and Seales the Day & year heirin above first Written
Sealed & Delevered
in the presents of John Thomas (S)
Benj: Tredwell Magahitt Tredwell (S)
Jacob Smith
Memorandom that before ye Signed & Sealing of the
Within Conveyance it is Mutually agreed by the parties
that all highways which have heretofore been ascertained
or Laid out as Such Within the Limits & Boundareys with-
.in Specified Shall be Excluded from any Grant heirin Maid
and also Reserving & Excepting out of the Said premises
482 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
one Acer of Meadow Ground Wliicli Jolin Carmon Claimes
In Witness wheirof the parties liave heirunto Set their
hands Accordingly the 27th day of April 1748
John Thomas
Thomas Teedwell
Maegaeet Teedwell
April 4th 1749 Then personally Appeared Before me
Joseph Kissam Esqr one of his majestyes Justices of the
peace for queens County the Within named Benjamin Tred-
well one of the Subscribing Witneses to the within Deed &
being Sworn on ye holy Evangilest Declareth that he Saw
John Thomas & Magaret Tredwell ye Grantors of this
Deed Sign Seale & Delever ye Same as their Volentary Act
& Deed & at ye Same time Saw Jacob Smith Sign ye Same
as a witness & haveing Examined it & finding no Easure
nor Enterlination I alow it to Be Eecorded
Joseph Kissah
Entered & Compared with ye orriginal By
Valentine Hew't Petees Clerk
Page 279.
To all Christion peopel to whome theise presents Shall
Gome Greeting wheareas Elbert monfort laite of Cow neck
in ye Township of Hempstead in Queens County on Nas-
saw Island Yeoman Deseased Did by his Last will & Test-
ament bearing daite ye twenty Seventh day of desember in
ye year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundreed & Twen-
ty five Give & beijueath unto Susanah his Wife ye Sole use
of his farme upon Cow Neck afore said while She Remained
his widow & by his Said Last will did appoint & Constitute
his brother in Law Cornelius Van-Wyck & his brother
peter muntfort & Rem Remson all of Queens County afore-
said Executors of his Said Last Will and Testament & did
by his Said Last will Impower his Said Executors on the
Marige of ye Said Susanah his wife to Sell & Dispose of his
M]<!M]?gf]i:At) ±owN becoedS. 48^
Said farrae upon Cow Neck according to his Said will whicli
Will was approved off by his ExcellenSey William Burnett
captain Grenerall & govener of New York new Jersey & Ter-
etoryes Theiron Depending in America as by the probate of
the Said will Bearing Daite the first day of march in ye
year of our Lord Seventeen Hundteed & twenty five Eela^
tiou theirunto being had may More fully appear Now know
yee that wee the aforenamed peter Munfort Rem Remson
& Cornelias Vanwyck Executors afpre Named In pursuance
of the last will & Testament of the Said Elbert monfort &
power their by given us having at a publick Vendue on ye
tenth day of this Instant march Exposed the aforementioned
farme to Saile to the hiarest Bidder have for the Considera-
tion of the Sum of Seven hundreed & Eighty pounds Eight
Shillings and Seven pence Current money of New York to
us or one of us in hSind paid before ye Executing of theise
presents by Robert Sutton of Cow Neck afore named Ship-
wright in Beha,lf of himself & fellow purchaisers of the Said
farme who ware Joyntly Bound with him for the payment
aforesaid & wheareas Jeremiah Dodge of Cow Neck afore-
said being by mutall agreement beforehand one of the Pur-
chasers of apart of the Said farme now theise presents wit-
nesseth that wee peter miinfort Rem Remson & Cornelius
Vanwyck ye Executors above named for the Sum of three
hundred & twenty one pound Eight Shillings & a penny
half penny to us In hand well & Truly paid by the Said
Jeremiah Dodge aforesaid the Recipt theirof & of Every
part tteeirof wee do Acknowledg & by theise presents doth
Acquit Exonerate & fully discharge him the Said Jeremiah
Dodge hi's Executors administrators & Every of th^m' for-
ever by theise presents hath Given • granted Bargained
Page 280.
Enfeeoffed Sold aliened Conveyed assured & Confirmed &
by theise presents Doth fully freely Clearly & absolutely
Give grant Bargain Sell Enfeeofe AHen Convey & assure &
484 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
Confirme unto the Said Jeremiah Dodge & to his heirs &
assigns forever all that of the Dwelling house & Barne &
orchard by the house & ye" north west part of the above
Eecited farm the bounds whereof being at a walnut Tree
which is the widow Buttons Northest bounds thence north
forty three Rods & ten Links to a Stake thence Running
west two degrees South two hundred & fifteen Rods & fif-
teen Links to the highway thence Running South nine
degrees East forty four Rods by the Road., thence to the
place of Beginning two hundreed & nine Rods to the place
of Begining Containing within the Said bounds fifty Seven
Acres & three Quarters & ninteen Rods within the Said
bounds as by the draft of the Said Land maid by Samuel
Willis who Survaied the Same may more fully Appear to-
gather with the houses outhouses bames orchards ways
paths Easements waters Springs water Coarses and all &
Every other the Appurtenances preveliges Conveniances &
Commodityes to the Same belonging and any ways apper-
taining known taken or Reputed as part parcell or member
there of To have & to hold all the above Recited premises
with ye Appurtenances & the Reversions & Remainders
theirof unto him the Said Jeremiah Dodge his heirs & as-
signes forever to his & their own Sole & proper use Benifitt
& behoofe from henceforth & forever & wee the Said peter
Munfort Rem Remson & Cornelius Vanwyck for our Selves
our heirs Executors & administrators & for ye heirs of the
afore, named Elbert Muntf ort their Heirs Executors & ad-
ministrators do Covenant & agree to & with ye Said Jere-
miah Dodge his heirs & assigns that the aforenamed Elbert
munfort Deseaced at the time of his Deseace was the true
Sole &, Lawful! owner of the above Recited & Demised
premises & Every part theirof in his own Right as a good
perfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple &
had in himself good Right full power & authority to Im-
power his above named Executors to Bargain Sell alien
Convey assure Enfeeoffe & Confirm the Same in Manner as
abovesaid & being free & Clear from any other former Saile
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 485
Lease Release Will Bntaile Mortguage Joyntor Dowrey
Judgments Extent Execution Incumbrance or Trbtible what-
soever and wee ye Said peter munfort Rem Remson Cornel-
ius Vanwyck for our Selves & for Each of us & for Every &
Each of our heirs Executors &, administrators doe further
Covenant & oblige our Selves & them to warrent & Defend
the above Bargained & granted premises & the Apperten-
ances theirof & every part & parcel] theirof unto them the
Page 28i!
Said Jeremiah Dodge his heirs & assigns from us and from
our heirs Executors & administraitors and from the heirs of
the Said Deseaced Elbert munfort & from all & every other
person or persons whatsoever Lawfully Claiming any Right
title Intrest or Estate in the Same granted premises or any
part theirof from by or under us the Said peter munfort
Rem Remson Cornelius Vanwyck or our heirs Executors or
administraitors or the Heirs of Elbert munfort Deceased in
witness wheirof wee have heirunto Set to our hands & Seals
this thirty first Day of march in ye year of our Lord Christ
Seventeen hundreed & thirty
Signed Sealed & Delevered
in the presents off petee Munfoet (S)
William Willis Rem Remson (S)
Andees Ondeedanck Coenelius Vanwyck (S)
Sam'l Willis
Queens County august the 30 1734 Then Came the with-
in named andrews onderdanck one of the within Witneses
to the within Deed personally Before mee Isaac Hicks
Jiidg of the Court of Common pleas of Queens County and
Being Sworn on the holy Evangelers of Almighty Saye.th
that he See peter Munfort Rem Remson & Cornehus Van-
wyck Execute the within Written Deed I allow this Deed
to be Reacorded
Isaac Hicks
Entered & Compared with ye orriginal By
Valentine Hew't: Petees Clerk
486 HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECOEDS.
This Indenture maid this Twelveth Day of April in the
year of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundreed thirty one By
& Betwen Andrews Anderdanck of Cow Neck in the Town-
ship of Hempstead in Queens County in New York province
Yeoman & Greetry his Wife of the one part & Samuel
Dodge of the Same place yeoman of the other party wit-
neseth that the. Said andrews Onderdanck and Greetry his
wife for & in Consideration of the Sum of two hundreed
Seventy Eight pounds twelve Shillings Current money of
New York to them in hand paid before the Enseahug heir-
of by Samuel Dodge afore named the Eeeipt wheirof the
Said andrews & Greetry Do heirby acknowledg & themselfs
be their with fully Satisfied and Contented & theirof & their-
from & of & from Every part & parcell theirof Do by theise
presents forever Acquit Exonerate and Discharge him the
Said Samuel Dodg his heirs Executors & Administraitors
they the Said andrews &, Greetry have Given Granted Bar-
Page 282.
gained Sold alienated Enfeeoffed assured Conveyed & Con-
firmed & by theise presents Do freely fully & absolutely
Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfeeof assure Convey &
Confirme unto him the Said Samuel Dodge his heirs & as-
signs one Certain peice or parcell of Land Scituate Lying
& being on Cow Neck afore Named & is Butted & Bounded
as followeth Viz Easterly by the highway that Leads
through ye Neck Northardly by the highway that Leads
to Landing Westwardly By Land of Eobert Huchings &
Jonathan Whitheads Southardly by Lands of andrews
Anderdanck aforesaid Beginning at a white Oake Sapling
Standing by the Eoad Side it being Eobert H.utchings
North East Corner tree Eunning thence South one Degree
& a Quarter West twenty four Chaine fifty three Links to a
Stake, Eunning thence East two Degrees & a half South
two Chaines thence East Six Degrees South two Chaines
& thirty -four Links thence Eunning North Seventeen De-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. 487
grees East two Chames fifty Links thence North thirty
Degrees East two Chaines & Sixty Eight Links thence
North forty Six Degrees & half East one Chaine & Seventy
iive Links thence North fifty one Degrees East two
Chaine & Sixty one Link thence North fifty two Degrees
East two Chaine & Ninty Links to a Stake thence North
Sixty four Degrees & half East four Chaines & Six Links to
a Chesnut Tree thence North Sixty Nine Degrees East
two Chaine & twenty five Link to a Chesnut Stump thence
South Sixty six Degrees East five Chain & Sixty four Link
to an ash Tree thence South Seventy Seven Degrees East
four Chaines & Eighty Six Links to a Stake by the Eoad
that Leads through the Neck thence by the Road North
Nine Degrees West twelve Chain & Eighty one Link
thence North thirteen Degrees & half West five Chaine &
Seventeen Link thence North forteen Degrees & half West
two Chaine & Seventy five Link thence North twelve De-
grees & half West two Chaine & Sixty Six Link thence
By,the highway that Leads to the Landing West Eight De-
grees & half South Six Chain Seventy five Link thence
West Seventeen Degrees South Six Chaine & fifteen Links
thence West twenty Six Degrees South five Chain & fifty
Link thence on a Straight Line to the place we first begun
all it Containing fifty three acres three Quarters & thirty
Six Eod Togather with all & Every prevelidge appurten-
ance Conveniancey & Commodity to the Same belonging to
have & to hold the Said picg of Land with all & Every of
its Appurtenances prevelidges Convenianceys and Com-
modityes to the Same Belonging known taken or Reputed
to be a part parcell or member theirof togather with ye
Reversion & Reversions Remainder & Remainders theirof
unto him ye Said Samuel Dodge his heirs & assignes for-
Page 283.
ever to his & their own only proper use Benifitt & Behoof
forever & the Said andrews Anderdanck & Greetry his wife
488 HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS.
for themselves their Heirs Executors & administraitors Do
Covenant promis Grant & Agree to & with the Said Samuel
Dodge his heirs & assignes that before the Ensealing heirof
they are the tru Sole & Lawful! owners of all the above
Bargained , premises & are Lawfully Seized & possesed of
ithe Same in their own Eight as a good perfect & absolute
Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple & have in themselves
Good Eight full power & authority to Give Grant Bargain
Sell alien Enifeoff assure Convey & Confirme the Same in
manner as abovesaid & that ye Said Samuel Dodge his
heirs & assigns Shall & may from Time to time & at all
times forever heirafter Lawfully peacibley & Quitely have
hold use Occupy possess & Enjoy the sd Bargained premi-
ses free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquitted Exonerated &
Discharged of & from all & all manner of other former
Gifts Grants Bargains Sailes Leases wills Entailes Joyn-
tors Dowreys Judgments Extents Executions Incumbran^
ces & Troubles whatsoever & the Said andrews Auder-
danck Doth further Covenant & Bind himself his heirs Ex-
ecutors & administraitors & Every of them firmly By theise
presents to warrent & Defend ye above Bargained premises
& Every part theirof imto him the Said Samuel Dodge his
heirs & assigns forever against the Just & Lawfull Claim or
Claimes of any person or persons whatsoever In Witness
whereof the Said Andrews Underdunck & Greetry his wife
have heirunto Sett their hands & Seals the Day & year
above written memorandom, with the, Enterlined in ye
thirty fourth Line before the Ensealing heirof
Signed Sealed & Delevered
In the presents of Andrew^ Onderdonck (S)
William Hutchings Greetry Onderdonck (S)
Sam'l Thurston
Sam'l Cornel
Queens County memorandom on ye twenty ninth Day
of August 1734 Came ye within named andris Anderdanck
personally Before me Isaac Hicks Judge of ye Court of
HEMPSTEAD TOWN RECORDS. . 489
Common pleas of Queens County and acknowledgd the
within Instrument to be his free & Vollentary act & Deed
I allow this Deed to Be Eeacorded
Isaac Hicks
Entered & Compared with ye Orriginal By
Valentine Hw't Peters
Clerk
Page 284.
This Indenture maid the Eighteenth Day of march in
the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord king
Georg <fe in the year of mans Salvation Seventeen hundreed
& Eighteen Between Thomas Dodge of hempstead in
queens County on the Island nawsaw Coster and Susan ah
his wife of the one part & Samuel Dodge of the Same place
Yeman on the other part witneseth that the Said Thomas
Dodge by the Consent & good liking of his Said wife Sig-
nified by hur being a party to & Sealing & Delevering of
theise presents for <fe in Consederation of the Sum of one
hundreed twenty four pounds Current money of New York
to him in hand paid & Secured' to be paid att & Before the
Executing of theise presents by the Said Samuel Dodge
the Recipt wheirof he the Said Thomas Dodge Doth heir-
by acknowledg & their from doth by theise presents forever
Release & discharge the Said Samuel Dodge & his Execu-
tors & administraitors & for other good Causes him their-
unto moving he the Said Thomas Dodge hath given Grant-
ed Bargained Sold alined Enfeeoffed & Confirmed & by
theise presents Doth give grant Bargain Sell alien Enfeeof
& Confirme unto him the Said Samuel Dodge & his heirs &
assigns forever all that his the Said Thomas Dodge is Cer-
tain farme plantation or Tract of Land Sceitiate Lying &
being on Cow Neck in the Township of Hempstead & Coun-
ty abovesaid Containing fifty nine Acres & twenty -Six
Square Rods or one third Lacking five acres of that farme
that was Samuel Cloweses Being Bounded Bastardly part-
490 HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS.
ly By tliomas Dodge aforesaid & partly by Trustum Dodge
Northwardly by Eidgbell inott westerly by other Lands
Laid out upon gaite Eights & Southardly by the Land be-
longing to the heirs of John Carle Deceased & all & Singu-
lar the Hereditaments theirunto Belonging & adjoyning &
also the Reversion & Reversions Remainder & Remainders
Eights Estates Rights Tittels Intrest Benifits Claimes &
Demands whatsoever of him the Said Thomas Dodge or
Svisanah his wife of or to all & Singular the Said premises
& of in & to Every part & parcell theirof to have & to hold
the Said plantation & tract of Land & all & Singular other
the premises heirin Before mentioned & Intended to be
heirby Granted with their & Every of their a,ppertenances
Excepting as is before Explained unto him the Said Sam-
uel Dodge & his heirs & assigns forever to the only use &
Behoofe of him the Said Samuel Dodge & his Heirs & as-
signs for Evermore and the Said Thomas Dodge for him-
self his heirs Executors & administraitors doth heirby Cove-
nant promis Grant & agree to & with the Said Samuel
Dodge his heirs & assigns & Every of them in manner &
Page 285.
forme following that is to Say that he the Said Thomas
Dodge Emediately before the Executing of theise presents
had in himself a free & Clear & Indefeacible Estate of In-
heritance in fee Simple iu & to the above granted Lands
and premises with the appurtenances & Every part & par-
cell theirof & had in himself good Right full power & Law-
full Authority to Selh & Convey & alienate the Same in
forme abovesaid and that the Same Tract of Land & Every
part theirof is free & Clear from all manner of Incumbran-
ces Whatsoever further that he ye Sd Thoinas Dodge & his
heirs Executors & administraitors ye Sd above Granted &
Intended to be truly heirby granted' Lands & premises with
ye appurtenances & Every part & parcell theirof unto him
the Sd Samuel Dodge & his heirs & assigns against him the Sd
Thomas Dod^e & Susanah his Wife their & Eit'her of their
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOBDS.- 491
heirs or asbigns & against all other person or persons what-
soever Lawfully Claiming the Same or any part theirof
Shall & will warrant & by theises presents forever Defend
in Witness wheirof ye Sd party es have to these preweuts in-
terchangeble put their hands & Seals ye Daite heirin first
above written
Signed Sealed & Delevered
in the presents of us Thomas Dodge (S)
Thomas Wilkie Susanah Dodge (S)
Teusteom Dodge
Queens County feabury 12th 1723-4 then Came the
within named Thomas Dodge Came parsonally Before me
Isaac Hicks Judge of the Court of Common pleas of Queens
County & acknowledged the within Instrument to be his
free & Vollentary act & Deed
Isaac Hicks
Entered & Compared with ye Orriginal by
Valentine Hw't : Petebs
Town Clerk
This Indenture maid ye Seventeenth Day of march in ye
year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & twenty Betwen
Capt Joshua Cornel of Cow neck in ye township of hemp-
stead in Queens County on Nawsau Island in ye Colony of
New York Gent of ye one party & Samuel Dodge of
Cow Neck aforesaid Yeoman of ye other party Witness-
eth that ye Said Joshua Cornel for & in Considera-
tion of ye Sum of fifty pounds Corrent Lawfull money of
New York to him in hand paid by ye Samuel Dodge before
ye Executing of theise presents the Eecipt wheirof the Said
Joshua Cornel Doth heirby own & acknowledg & theirof &
theirfrom Doth by theise presents for ever acquit Exoner-
ate & Discharge ye Said Samuel Dodge his heirs Executors
& administraitors & Every of them have Given granted Bar-
gained Sold Alienated Enfeoffed & Confirmed & by theise
492 HEMPSTEAD TOWN KECOEDS.
presents do give grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfeeoff & Con-
firme unto him the Said Samuel Dodge a Certain Mesuage
or Dwilling house with ye Land ye Said house Stands on,
ye Said house Lying & being upon Cow Neck aforesaid
Nigh CoUords Cove with a Certain Tract of Land Nigh ad-
joyning to the Said house Butted & Bounded as foUoweth
Viz Begining att a Certain Stake Standing To the North
Page 286.
of a Black oak stunyred Tree itt Being Thomas Carles Cor-
ner tree from thence Euning Southardly by Carles Land
to a Black oake Stump on ye North of ye Road thence
Running westerly to Another Black oake Stump Being for-
mely CoUards bound Tree So Still running westerly to a
post & Bail fence which is now Standing So Westerly as
the fence now Runs to ye Road from thence Northerdly
as fence now Runs to a Stake by ye fence from thence
Running Easterly as the fence no^v Runs to Another Stake
thence Running North Easterly to the Stake wee first Be-
gun att Being by Computation Twenty Acres or their
abouts Be it more or Less To have and to hold all ye Said
house & Land with all & Every of its appurtenances preve-
liges and Commodities to the Same Belonging or in any
wise appertaining unto him the Said Samuel Dodge & his
heirs & assigns to his & their Sole use Benifit & behoofe for
ever & I the Said Joshua Cornel for me my heirs Executors
& administraitors do heirby Covenant Grant promis & agree
to & with the Said Samuel Dodge & his heirs & assigns that
he ye Said Joshua Cornell his heirs Executors & adminis-
traitors ye abovesaid heirby granted house & Land & tract
of Land with all & Singular their Appurtenances unto him
the abovesaid Samuel Dodge his heirs & assigns against all
manner of persons what soever Claiming or to Claime any
Lawful! Right or Intrest to in & upon ye abovesaid prem-
ises or any part parcell or member theirof Shall & will
warrent & forever Defend & I the Said Joshua Cornel do
heirby further give grant ahen and Confirme unto the Said
HEMPSTEAD TOWN BECORDS. 493
Samuel Dodge His heirs & assigns all my Eight Tittle Int-
rest Claime Challeng & Demand to all the Commons or on-
inclosed Lands adjoyning to the aforesaid tract of Land
Lying on the South & west Side of the above Named fence
& will heirby warrent & Defend this my Eight to him his
heirs & assigns to & against my Self my heirs Executors &
administrators or Any from byor under me or them in
witness wheirof I have heirunto Sett my hand & Seal the
Day & year first above written
Signed Sealed & Delevered
in presents of us Joshua Coenel (S)
William Hutchens
Eem Eemson
Queens County febuary 12th 1723-4 then Came the
within named Joshua Cornel personally Before me Isaac
Hicks Judg of the Court of Common pleace of Queens
County & acknowledgd the within Instrument to be his free
& Vollentary act & Deed
■ Isaac Hicks
Entered & Compared with the Orriginal By
Valentine Hw't : Peters Clerk
Page 287.
This Indenture maid this third Day of may in the year
of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & forty nine By
& Betwen John Carpenter of the Southren part of the
Township of hempstead in Queens County on Nawsaw
Island Yeoman of the one part and Stephen Chaple of Cow
Neck in the town County & Island aforesaid Yeoman of the
other part .witneseth that I the Said John Carpenter for &
in the Consideration of the full & Just sum of one hundred
& forty five pounds of good Current & LawfuU money of
the province of New York to me in hand well & truly paid
by the Said Stephen Chappie Before the Ensealing & De-
49^ S£M:l?STEAI) TOWN eUcoedS.
levery heirof the Kecipt I do acknowledg & my Self their-
with fully Satisfied Contented and paid & theirof & Every
part & parcel theirof do Acquitt Keleace and fully Discharge
him the Said Stephen Chapel his heirs Executors & admin-
istraitors & Each & Every of theni forever by theise presents
have given granted Bargained Sold aliened Enfeooffed
assured Conveyed & Confirmed & by theise presents do
fully freely Clearly and Absolutely give grant Bargain Sell
alienate Enfeof assure Convey and Confirme unto him the
Said Stephen Chappie his heirs & assigns forever all that
of the plantation or farme of Land wheiron I now Dwell
Southard of hempsted town & within the patent & Township
of Hempstead aforesaid Butted & Bounded as followeth
Beginning at apeparage Small tree Standing near the North
West Corner of the tract & on the East Side of the highway
Leading from the town to South & from the Said peperage
Running North Seventy Degrees & one third East one
hundred & thirty three Rods & ten Links of Chain & thence
South four degrees & one third East Seventy three Rods &
fifteen Links of Chain & thence South Seventy Eight De-
grees & one half west one hundred thirty five Rods & twen-
ty Links of Chain to the hiu'hway thence a Cross the
highway & twenty one Rods & twenty Links of Chain in
the Last Mentioned Course to the Brook in the Swamp
which is the South west Corner & then a Right Line to the
North west Corner which is four Rods westward from the
Said peperage tree & then to the peperage tree the Same
Course as the North -Line Including within the same fifty
Six Acres and Ninty Seven Square Rods Besides the high-
way which is heirby Excepted & not Sold as it was meas-
ured by Samuel Willis Surveyor and is bounded on North
by Joseph Carman one the East by Samuel & Joseph Ray-
nor & on the South by Abraham & Samuel Southard on the
West by the Brook Togather with all the Dwelling housen
Buldings fences fields orchard fruit trees or whatsoever
Else Belonging to the Same as timber trees woods under
woods and all other appurtenances Heredetiments & Ap-
HEMPSTEAD TOWN EECOEDS. ' 496
pertenances Whatsoever may be Esteamed or Taken to be
part parcell or member theirof with the Eeversions &
Eemainders theirof and all the Estate Eight Tittle Intrest
inheritance properity possesion Claim & demand whatso-
ever of me the Said John Carpenter of in or to the premises
Page 288.
To have & to hold the above Bargained premises with all &
Singular ye appeftenances unto him the Said Stephen
Chappie his heirs & assigns to his & their own Sole &
proper use Benifit & Behoof from hence forth & forever &
I the Said John Carpenter for my Self my heirs Executors
and administraitors do Covenant promis grant & agree to &
with the Said Stephen Capple his heirs & assigns that at
the time of the Ensealing & before the delevery heirof I
the Said John Carpenter was the true Sole & Lawfull owner
of all the above Bargained premises & was Lawfully Seized
& possesed theirof in my own proper Eight of a good
perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple &
had in my Self full power good Eight & Lawfull Authori-
ty to Sell & dispose of the above Bargained premises
in manner as abovesaid & that he the Said Stephen
Chappie his Heirs & Assigns Shall & may by Virtue
heirof Lawfully Quitely and peacibley have hold use Oc-
cupy Command Enjoye & freely possess all the above Bar-
gained premises with the Appurtenances free & Clear from
all manner of Incumbrances as gifts grants Bargains Sailes
Leases Mortgages Joyntors dowreys Judgments Executions
& from all other Entanglements whatsoever & further more
I the Said John Carpenter do heirby Bind & Oblige my
Self my heirs Executors & administraitors to warrent Secure
and forever defend all the above Bargained premises with
the appertenances unto him the Said Stephen Chappel his
heirs & assigns against all the Lawfull Claimes & demands
of all persons Whomesoever & I Eachel Carpenter wife of
him the Said John Carpenter do heireby give grant yeald up
& Surrender up all my Eight of Dowrey &, power of thirds
496 Hempstead town fiEcoRDS.
of in & to the above Demised premises unto him the Said
Stephen Chappie his heirs & assigns forever In witness
heirunto wee the Said John Carpenter & Eachel his wife
hath heirunto Set to our hands & fixed our Seales the day
& year above Written the word (fifteen) Interlined Betwen
the Sixteen & Seventeenth Lines before Signed
Sealed and Delevered
In the presents of John Caepentek (S)
Abraham Southard the
Joseph Kissam of EacheIj : S : Carpenter (S)
the mark
of Joseph : I : Carmon
Mark
Queens County Memorandom may the 3d 1749 Then
personally appeared Before me Joseph Kissam one of his
Majestyes Justices of the peace for Queens County assigned
John Carpenter ye Within Grantor & acknowledged the
within Deed to be his Vollentary act and deed & at the
Same time Rachel his wife being Examined privately by me
Acknowledged ye within Deed to be hur VoJentary act &
Deed & that it Was not by any threats or Compulsions of
hur Said husband ~ & having Examined ye Same & finding
no Rasure nor Enterlinations Except what is noted do allow
this deed to be Reacorded
Joseph Kissam.
Entered & Compared with ye Orreginal by
Valentine Hew't Peters Clerk
(jENEraL index.
PAGE.
Account of Town's money in bank 267
Account to be taken of Town's money 15
All persons to render an account of the land they occupy 40
Assembly asked to enact a law preventing horses running at lib-
erty on "the Plains </f, 115
Assembly asked to enact a law prohibiting folding of the Town's
sheep and cattle 115
A trustee appointed to prevent the fencing in of the Plains 475
A yard to be made for parting the sheep, also several small
yards adjoining 35
Blacksmith's shop. Joseph Pearce given liberty to set one on
the old sheep pens 107
Boundary fixed between the Town of Hempstead and the Wil-
liams Patent 274
Boundary line as run by Commissioners 68
Boundary line between Hempstead and Jamaica to be surveyed. 68
Burial Ground Lot to be fenced . .> 262
Care takers appointed to see that the sheep are not folded 39
Charges for running the Town boundary to be taken out of the
public funds by the Trustees '. 27
Church of England. Half an acre voted on which to build, and
for a burying place 158
Church of England. Land laid out for new building 155
Coarse wooled rams found in the public flocks to be gelded 260
Commission appointed to divide the Town lands 65
Commissioners appointed to procure a surveyor to run west
boundary line 90
Commissioners from Hempstead and Oyster Bay report the run-
ning of a line between the towns 69
Commission selected to run the boundaries 39
Committee appoihted to devise a plan for dividing the Town
lands 35
Committee appointed to have charge of the Old Church or Town
House 267
Committee chosen to join with a similar committee from Oyster
Bay to fix the Town's line on the Plains 273
Committee chosen to propose some plan as to the Plain lands. . . 271
Committee for setting the Town line on the Plains, paid 474
Committee to divide the Town Land, ask for more time 264
Committee to take an account of all Proprietary Eights in the
Town 16
Common Meadow at Hay Bridge, hired 269
498 INDEX.
PAGE.
Common Meadow at Near Eookaway, hired 269
Cost of surveying and dividing the public lands to be paid out of
the Town's money 67
Day to be named for parting the sheep 71
Gates allowed at each end of road fiom the Plains to Tanner's
Pond .• 104
Gates on highway from Plains to Tanner's Pond. Fourteen in-
habitants protest against them -. 105
General sheep-parting. Date of 271
Hungry Harbor Neck to be divided and fenced by the owners. . . 70
John Thurston to have the old Sheep Pens 257
John Woolley reimbursed for purchase of land 41
Joseph Dodge, an apprentice, complains of his employer 219
Land granted for a burying place at Westbury 476
Land purchased to erect Dutch Eef ormed Church 398
Lane closed in Hempstead. Ten inhabitants protest 115
Liber " E " 161
Mowing on the Plains prohibited before August 20 in each year. 476
Names of those who have paid the Patent rate to be entered in
the Town Kecord 88, 89
Orders concerning rams , 6
Parsonage House. The brick left at the School House, to be
used to repair the former ' 120
Plains not to be included in division of. land 67
Pound to be erected at Success 478
Protest against reporting the division of Town Land 364, 265
Publici records of the Town to be copied 40
Public records. Vote to copy them rescinded 40
Quit rent in arrears on the Town's Patent, to be paid 263
Bams found running at large may be gelded 139
Earns not to run at large on the Plains 139
Rams shall not run on the Commons. Those found there after
the 1st of August to be gelded 364
Report of Committee to propose a plan as to the Plain Lands. . . 272
Robert Jenney, Rector, to have the use of the School House lot. . 356
Seats out of the old Church to be moved into the new Church. . . 154
Sheep not to be folded 83, 97, 100, 115, 260
Sheep of the Town not to be driven or folded under penalty of a
damage suit 19, 139
INDEX. 499
PAGE.
Sheep of tile Town to be let out to the highest bid-
der -. .' .,. .8, 35, 64, 114, 124, 363
Sheep pens to be made between John Hall's, Tom Lee's, John
Durenbury 's and Richard Seaman's, and the Run 176
Sheep to be folded • 71, 78, 262
Sheep without owners, to be kept until the next year 259
There was given to Benjamin Valentine all the timber left about
the School House 119
The three acre lot formerly set aside for a school, given to Jus-
tice John Tredwell 34
Time fixed for shearing the sheep 71
Town Commons directed to be divided among the free-holders. . 66
Town Patent, and all public records to be placed with the Town
Cleik 83
Town School Lot let to Coll. John Tredwell 120
Town's money not to be used except by consent of majority of
freeholders 16
Trustees directed to call all those to an account who have any
public money ^ 176
Trustees, empowered to take legal proceedings against those
owing thp Town 258
Trustees render an account of bonds in their hands 270
Trustees render an account of the public money 271
Trustees to give annually a list of their bonds to the Clerk 16
Trustees to run the boundary lines of the Town 26
West boundary line run by Doctor Colding, Surveyor of the
Province ;...'. 88
William Mott given liberty to hang three gates on the highway. 75
INDEX TO PLACES.
Barker Family Burial Plot ; . 233
Bean Pole Pond 94
Beoman's Point 445
Bevell Wood Edge 397
Blackberry Place 278
Brockelface Gut 340
Brushy Plains 80, 87, 347, 437
Chestnut Neck 304
Clay Pits : 330
Cloe Hole 277
Coe's Neck Creek 410
Collard's Cove 492
500 INDEX.
PAGE.
Oow Neck 43, 48
49, 53, 53, 54, 58, 73, 94, 101, 223, 285, 285, 243, 344, 246, 250
884, 293, 350, 360, 366, 385, 430, 438, 436, 443, 445, 454, 486, 492
Cow Neck Pence 368
Cow Neck Old Fence 383, 383
Cow Neck Eoad 284
Deep River. 98
Denton's Great Neck 116
Denton's Neck. 117
Dingey's South Path. 347
Dodge's Landing 328
Dutch Church at Cow Neck 284
East Meadow Swamp 87, 339, 469
Embree's Creek 333
Ele.uellin's Mill 91
Foster's Meadow 41, 85, 90, 91, 92, 130, 133, 298, 299, 303, 304
Foster's River 133
Friends' Meeting House 293
Frost's Mill 299
Frost's Mill Pond 302
Furrow Road 829
Further East Neck 830
George Heulitt's Point 5
Gildersleeve's Creek 885, 335
Great Creek 340
Great Neck 79, 330, 389
Great Neck at South 86
Great Neck Brook 86
Great N eck Path 104
Great Neck River 79
Great Neck Road 837, 393
Great Plains 88, 815, 879, 345, 347
Great Pond 347
Great Swamp 330
Harbor 338
Harbor Hill , 800, 803
Hempstead Harbor. 56, 317, 358, 353, 363, 370, 377, 403, 413, 459, 462
Hempstead Harbor Hills 310
Herricks 21, 27, 30, 32, 48, 183, 184, 804, 337, 881, 390, 453
Hick's Neck 17, 18, 'l36, 137, 479
Horse Brook 878
Hungry Harbor .8, 91, 477
Hungry Harbor Bridge 93
INDEX. 501
PAGE.
Hungry Harbor Mill River 70
Hungry Harbor Neck 69, 91, 93, 133, 184, 284, 419
Hungry 'Harbor Path 134
Jamaica 330
Jamaica Path g
Joseph Latham's Mill Pond 434
Joseph Skidmore's Mill 419
Justice Oakley's Mill 91
Langdon's Mill 97
Lathaip's Blill Pond 451
Lewis Old Path 338
Little Neck at South : 86
Little Neck Swamp 437
■Little Plains 89, 345
Long Neck : ; 377
Long Neck Beach 278
Madnans Neck 7, 43, 156, 212, 284, 897, 466
Matineoook 43
Matinecock Hollow 347
Maskchung 68
Mattagarets Bay. 15, 90
]^eeting House 101, 436
Mericook.' 23
Merook Neck 4, 79
Merock Eiver 79, 367
Mott's Path 325
Near Kockaway 41, 335, 326
New Bridge Neck 73, 86, 131, 133, 403, 426
North Neck 43
North Woods 11, 331, 400
Old Neck Fence 244, 250
Onderdonck's Brook ; 298, 299
Pearsall's (Thomas) Mill 367
Plains 67, 85, 98, 104, 246, 397
Eainer's Neck 13, 21
Eockaway 5, 18, 41, 89, 340
Eockaway Neck. 378
Eockaway Eiver 15
Eocks Point 416
Tanner's Pond 99, 104, 108, 110, 112, 237, 384
Town Commons 66
502 INDEX.
PAGE.
Towiisend's Path 469
Turtle Island 477
Washburn's Neek 131, 123, 333, 410, 421, 471
Westbury 79, 86, 186, 338
Whale Neck 79
White Oak Neck : 304
William's Mill .' - 246
Wood Edge 86
TOWN MEETINGS.
PAGE.
July 33, 1718 3
July 35, 1719 ' 18
June 10, 1730 16
April 4, 1731 35
August 7, 1731 37
April 17, 1733 34
April 3, 1733 39
April 30, 1738 40
October 7, 1733 35
December 38, 1733 07
June 35, 1734 64
July 31, 1735 78
August 9, 1736 83
February 27, 1726-7 89
April 2, 1728 93
April 1, 1739 99
April 7, 1730 107
April d, 1731 118
July 17, 1733 134
March 3, 1733 139
April 3, 1734 153
April 6. 1736 130
June 36, 1736 176
Aprils, 1737 176
April 5, 1738 359
April 3, 1739 260
April 1, 1740 261
April 23, 1741 362
November 30, 1741 364
December 37, 1743 367
PAGE.
April 7, 1719 5
April 5, 1730 15
June 34, 1730 16
April 17, 1731 36
April 3, 1738 33
August 6, 1733 34
April 19, 1723 40
August 13, 1723 35
October 14, 1733 65
April 7, 1734 71
April 6, 1735 76
April 5, 1730 . . . : Bl
January 30, 1736-7 88
April 4, 1737 89
June 38, 1738 ' 97
May 19, 1739 100
July 31, 1730 114
April 4, 1732 118
October 18, 1733 115
April 3, 1733 138
November 1, 1734 154
April 13, 1736 175
October 11, 1736 176
October 3, 1737 358
April 35, 1738 359
August 1, 1739 363,
April 7, 1741 363
August 34, 1741 264
April 6, 1743 366
April 5, 1743 868
INDEX. » 603
PAGE. PAGE.
April 3, 1744 270 January 21, 1745 273
April 8, 1745 271 April 33, 1745 271
April 1, 1746 478 April 7, 1747 474
Apri; 5, 1748 475 July 19, 1748 476
April 4, 1749 477
COMMISSIONERS FOR LAYING OUT HIGHWAYS.
PAGE.
Bedle, Jeremiah 261, 263
Borland, John 261, 263, 267, 269, 270, 371, 473, 474
Dorlon, John 475, 478
Marvin, Bobert. ... '. 478
Mott, Jesse ■ 370
Mott, Joseph 261, 263, 267, 269, 371, 473, 474, 475, 478
Seaman. Solomon 269, 270, 271, 478, 474, 475
Seaman, Solomon, Jr 267
LAND GRANTS.
PAGE.
Clarok, Mr 88
Pearoe, Joseph 107
Rider, John 15
Tredwell, John 34
Valentine, Eiohard 476
Willis, John 476
RECORD OF LAND.
Whitehead, Jonathan 133
MILL GRANTS. ,
1
B edell, Joseph ■ • Ti
Burtos, After •"■ 15
Carpenter, John 264
Frost, Thomas 367
Oakley, Nathaniel 367
Scidmor; Samuel 130
504 * INDEX.
SUPERVISORS.
\PAGE.
Cornell, John 93, 99, 107, 118
Smith, Jacob 118, 129
153, 177, 259, 360, 261, 263, 266, 268, 270, 371, 473, 474, 475, 4i'7
Tredwell, Capt. John 5, 15, 25
Tredwell, John 34, 39, 71, 76, 8,9
Van Wyck, Justis 81
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Albertson, Derrick 343, 405
AUyn, Henry 319
Bagley, Timothy 189, 3o3
Oornall, Caleb '. 219, 234
Cornell, Thomas , 219, 391, 409
Cornell, William 12, 122
Fowler, Beiijamin 323
Hicks, Isaac 8, 14, 355
Howell, John 179
Hulett, George 332
Jackson, John 81, 318
Kissam, Joseph 450, 465, 471, 483, 496
Ludlam, Henry 183
Onderdonck, Andreas 310, 387, 435, 439, 441, 444
Pearsall, Henry 290
Purdy, Samuel 60
Smith, Jacob 208
Smith, John 44
Smith, Micah 231
245, 247, 351, 254, 383, 386, 288, 289, 393, 397, 303, 306, 308, 316
333, 334, 337, 339, 334, 339, 344, 346, 349, 393, 394, 400, 401, 406
Talman, John Ill
Thorne, Joseph 219, 324, 234, 446, 453, 468, 473
Titus, Eichard 413, 456
Tredwell, John 44, 461
Underhill, John 38
Van Wyck, Theodoras 58, 391, 403
Whitehead, Jonathan. 458
Whithed, Capt. Daniel 10
Willet, John -. 337
Wood, John ' 431, 433
INDEX. 505
TOWN CLERKS.
PAGE.
Gildersleeve, Thomas 6
15, 35, 34, 39, 71, 77, SB, 89, 93, 100, 107, 118, U9, 139, 153
Peters, Valentine H : 475, 478
Smith, Mioah 177, 359, 361, 363, 363, 367, 369, 370, 371, 473
COLLECTORS.
Beadell, David 39, 81, 118, 139, 153
Beadle, David 47,5, 477
Bedell, David... 37, 33; 71, 77, 89, 100, 107, 118, 363, 366, 368, 370, 371
Bedle. David 177, 359, 361, 473, 474
Hoisted, Timothy 5, 15, 35
ASSESSORS.
Beadell, Jeremiah 118, 13d
Beadle, Jeremiah 475, 478
Bedell, Jeremiah 866, 368, 370, 371, 473, 474
Carman, Thomas 6, 15, 35, 93, 100
Dorlon, John . . .82, 89, 93
Jackson, John 39
Jackson, John, Jr 34
Langdon, Thomas 107
Mott, Adam '. 77
Mott, Jesse 368, 370
Mott, John 39
ikott, John, Jr .~ 33, 71
Mott, Joseph 176, 177, 359, 360, 261, 363, 371, 473, 474
Searing, James 6, 15, 35
Smith, Isaac 33
Smith, Jacob 77, 82, 89
Smith, John ,478
Smith, Joseph , 177, 359, 366
Smith, Silas 368
Thorne, Oapt. Joseph 100, 107, 118
Treadwell, John : • .118, 360, 361
Treadwell, John, Jr 153
Williams, John 475
Williams, Samuel 71
Williams, Thomas 139, 153
506 INDEX.
CONSTABLES.
PAGE.
Beadell, David 39, 81, 118, 129, 153
Beadle, David 475, 477
Bedell, David.. 27, 33, 71, 77, 89, 93, 100, 107, 118, 363, 366, 268, 370, 371
Bedle, David 177, 259, 361, 473, 474
Hoisted, Timothy 5, 15, 25
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Allyne, Henry. 267
Allyn, John ..'. ." 475
Baldle, Samuel 359
Baxter, Oliver 478
Beadell, Jeremiah ; 89
Bedell, Eichard 263, 367, 269, 370, 271
Bedle, Richard , . . .' 177, 259, 262
Bolden, Ececell 77
Carmon, Benjamin 474, 475, 478
Combs, Daniel .473, 475, 478
Comes, Daniel 474, 475
Cornall, John 363, 367, 369
Cornall, Eichard 363
Cornall, Thomas. 177
Cornell, Benjamin .473, 478
Cornell, John 370, 371
Demott, Anthony 263
Dingey, John., 262, 263, 267, 369
Dodge, Thomas 271
Dodg, Trostom 474, 475
Dorland, Elias 269, 370, 371
Elason, John 89
Flower, Jonah 367, 269, 270, 371
Foster, John 474, 478
Hegeman, Jacobas • 267, 369 370
Hendrickson, Hendriok 478
Hoisted, Joseph 107
Jackson, Samuel 71, 93
Jarman, Isaac , 118, 139, 153
INDEX. 507
PAGE.
Langdon, Thomas 89
Lester, Benjamin _ 473
Lester, Mordeoai 100, 107
Loosee, John 129
Lucas, Eldert 475, 478
Meryin, Robert 176
Mitohel, Robert 100
Monfort, Abraham 367
Montf ort, Jaeobas 363
Morell, Caleb. '. 474, 475
Morril, Caleb 371,473
Mott, Adam 371
Mott, John 6, 15, 35, 34, 39, 71, 77, 83
Mott, Joseph, Jr 153
Mott, Patrick 363, 267
Mott, Richard 369
Nickels, William 361, 363
Onderdonk, Andreas, Jr ' 473
Onderdonk, Andros 39, 71
Pearsall, Daniel 363, 473
Pearsall, John 118, 362
Pearsall, Samuel 363, 207
Pine, James 361
Pine, John 363
Post, Richard... 370, 371, m, 474
Prince, Samuel 478
Schank, Minard ■ 361
Schank, Ruliff 368, 270
Scidmore, Joseph 362
Seaman, Hicks 363
Seaman, Jacob 370, 371, 473, 474, 475, 478
Seaman, John ' 367, 369
Seaman, Solomon 363
Searing, Samuel • 475, 478
Smith, Isaac 6, 15, 35, 34, 39, 77
Smith, Silas 363, 363, 367
Smith, Timothy 369, 370, 371, 474, 475, 478
Smith, William 473, 474, 475, 478
Thorne, Richard 369, 270
• Titus, Peter 100, 107, 177
Titus, William ; 478
Tredwell, Major 474
508 INDEX.
PAGE.
Vail, Jacob 309, 270
Vail, John 271
y»ll, Jonathan 271, 473
Van Nost, Fredrick 473
Van Nostront, Fredrick 474
Van Wyck, Barns..: 93
Van Wyck, Cornelius -,■■ ■ 118
Williams, John 474
Williams, Samuel • • • 93
Williams, Thomas .82, 89, 139, 153
Willis, Samuel ..., 475
Willsee, Morta 6, 15, 25, 34
Wilsey, Martine 259
Youngs, Lander 270
TRUSTEES.
Birdsall, John 367, 369, 270, 371, 473, 475, 478
Oornall, Thomas 176 177, 35&
Cornell, John 83
Denton, Joseph 363
Borland, John 175, 177, 261, 363, 363, 267, 369, 270, 371
Dorlon, John 475, 478
Gildersleeve, Thomas : 83
Hall, John 263, 267, 269, 270, 371, 473, 475, 498
Hicks, Col. Isaac &6
Hoisted, Timothy , 26
Jackson, Col. John : 26
Mitchel, Robert 263
Mott, Joseph 473
Kowland, Jonathan 261, 262
Smith, Jme 83
Sutton, Robert 175, 177, 359, 261
Tredwell, Oapt. John 26
Van Wyck, Justis 36, 83
Williams, Thomas ;83, 175
Willis, William 26
ASSISTANT TRUSTEES.
Hall, John 175
Mott, Patrick 175
INDEX. 509
JUDGES.
PAGE.
Hazard, James ^ ■ 340
Hicks, Isaac 73, 74, 95, 132, 148, 103
158, 173, 214, 236, 801, 312, 314, 359, 384, 417, 485, 488, 491, 493
Hicks, Thomas 318, 278, 351, 425
Jones, David 145, 181, 186, 194, 197, 199, 201, 203, 431
Messenger, John 191^ 418
Peters, Valentine H I(j3, 880
Seaman, David 295, 364, 366, 370, 375, 379, 381, 383, 415, 439
Smith, Micah 338
Talman, John 109, 114, 135, 136, 138, 143
FENCE VIEWERS.
Beadell, Jeremiah 71, 83, 100
Beadell, Lieut. Jeremiah 118, 119
Bedell, Jeremiah '. 6, 15, 25, 34, 39, 77, 107
Bedell, Joseph 89, 93
Cornell, Eichard 25, 34, 39, 71, 77, 82
Denton, James 34
Hewlett, Benjamin 474, 475, 478
Marvin, Robert 93, 176, 263
Mervin, Robert 177, 359, 361, 367, 269
Mitchel, Robert 25, 34, 39, 71, 77, 82
Smith, John 177, 259, 261, 263, 367, 369
Smith, Michael ;.'. ., 139, 153
Smith, Silas 370
Thorne, Joseph 35
Titos, Peter 34
Treadwell, John, Jr 100, 107
Treadwell, Lieut. John 118, 119
Tred-well, Thomas 474, 475, 478
Vail, Jacob 371, 473
"Williams, Richard 370, 271, 473
Williams, Samuel 25, 34, 39, 71, 77, 82, 89
Williams, Thomas 1^9, 153
510 INDEX.
APPRAISERS OF INTESTATE ESTATES.
PAGE.
Bedell, Eichard 266, 269, 270, 271, 473, 474, 475, 478
Bedle, Jeremiah 261, 263
Jarman, Isaac 129, 158
Lester, Benjamin 266, 269, '270, 271, 478, 474, 475, 478
Lester, Mordecai 100, 107, 119, 129, 153, 177
Kowland, Jonathan 259
Smith, Jacob 100, l07, 119
Titas, Biohard 261, 263
Ti-edwell, John 177, 259
POUNDERS.
Beadle, Jeremiah, Jr 475, 478
Seaman, Solomon 262, 263, 267
Seaman, Solomon, Jr 369
Smith, James ■ ' ■ -, 478
Treadwell, Colonel ' 259, 261
Treadwell, Col. John 270, 271
TO HAKE ORDERS CONCERNINQ RAMS.
Jackson, Col. John 6
Mott, John 6
Smith, Isaa,c 6
ARBITRATORS.
Gildersleeve, Thomas ' 24
Mott, Biohard '. 220
Pearsall, Thomas 220
Treadwell, John , 24
Wood, Joseph 220
INDEX. 511
WHIPPER.
PAGE.
Barcar, John .jq
APPRENTICES.
Chorsun, James, to John Sands, Jr 51
Legross, Samuel, to Kev. Robert Jenney 341
RECEIPTS.
Beats, John, to Jonathan Smith .;...; 331
Sands, Edward, to John Sands 63
POWERS OF ATTORNEY.
f Samuel Balden ]
I Jacob Fowler |
Hugins, James, to { August Oldfield j- 181
I Nathaniel Pearsall |
(_ William; Valentine J
Seaman, Caleb, to Eiphard Durffee 209
WILLS.
Ellison, .John 251
EAR MARKS.
Akerley, Benjamin 311
Balden, Joseph 169
Balden, Thomas, Jr 169
Barns, Henry 1(8
Barns, Richard 1C6
Bedell, Jeremiah, Jr 474
Bedle, James 169
512 INDEX.
PAGE.
Birdsall, James 311
Bii-dsall, John 205, 211
Birdsall, Oliver 211
Birtis, William 174
Boldin, Thomas 161
Bond, Abram 166
Bnrtis, Aaron 256
Carmen, Silas ' 169
Carpenter, John 167
Clows, Samuel 175
Combs, Coleman 164
Donkelin, Thomas 166
Cornall, Samuel 170
Cornell, Daniel 169
Cornell, Thomas 161
Crooker, Robert 171
Crooker, William 205
De Mott, Antony 170
Dentun, James 167
Dentun, Joseph, Jr 168
Dentun, Samuel 168
Deryee, Daniel 205
Dingey, Eobert 166
Dorland, John 171
Doughty, Benjamin 255
Doughty, John 170
Dusenbury, John 169
Dusenbury, Moses 169
Everit, Benjamin 271
Everit, George, Jr 169
Flower, Benjamin 170
Foster, William 165
Glarrison, Abram 174
jrildersleeve,' Richard 168
jildersleeve, Thomas 169
jrolder. Garret ■. 173
Grrittman, Thomas 167
ff al stead, Lawrence 205
Eaviland, Benjamin 165
Sendriokson, Harman 169
Bendrickson, Hendrick 169
Bendrickson, Thomas 167
INDEX. 513
PAGE.
Heulitt, George jgg
Hewlett, George, Jr 201
Hewlett, Richard 3q2
Hewlitt, John ' 245
Hicks, Benjamin 355
Hicks, Henry 256
Hicks, John ^gg
Hicks, Joseph . .' jgg
Hicks, Stephen 170
Hicks, Thomas j 05
Hicks, William I74
Jackson, Isaac I74
Johnson, William '. 269
Jonson, Jacob 170
Jonson, James Igg
Kroker, Samson igg
Laton, John 270
Lawrence, William 43
Lee, John 175
Lee, Thomas 175
Left'erts, Leffert 269
Lewis, Thomas . . . . ; 171
Loosee, John, Jr 161
Losee, Abram 167, 168
Losey, Simon 1 173
Ludlow, George 269
Martin, Thomas 164
Mitohel, Robert 311
Mitchel, Robert, Jr 311
Mitchell, John 345
Morril, Caleb '. 167
Mott, Adam 174
Mott, Isaac 175
Mott, Jacob 174
Mott, Joseph 174
Mbtt, Micajah 369
Mott, Samuel 164
Mudge, Michael 256
Muntfort, Jacobas 173
Mutte, Peter 289 '
Nicools, William 163
Oakley, John. 163
514 INDEX.
PAGE.
Pearsall, Henry 161
Pearsall, Hezekiah 167
Pearsall, Samuel 166
Peters, Charles 166
Peters, John 289
Pettit, Isaac 255
Pettit, Joseph. , 255
Pine, Benjamin ■ ■ ■ • 166, 167
Pool, Percy 164
Post, Edmund 245
Post, Henry 255
Post, John 170
Post, Samuel , . ; 270
Powell, Joseph 205
Powell, Stephen 205
Prince, Samuel 165
Prior, Thomas 270
Eamson, Bam 171
Boad, Henry '. 171
Boad, Timothy 171
Bushmore, Elizabeth 246
Eyder, Hugh 168
Seabre, Samuel 175
Searnan, Benjamin 164
Seaman, Samuel 166
Seaman, Thomas ^ 166, 170
Seaman,' William 205
Seaman, Zebulon 256
Searing, John 170
Seley, Daniel 0 165
Shaw, Jonathan 356
Smith, Benjamin 171
Smith, Henry 174
Smith, Isaac 171, 305
Smith, John 170, 171
Smith, Jonathan 167, 255
Smith, Micah 163
Smith, Peter, Jr 168
Smith, Eiohard 173
Smith, Samuel 171
Smith, Samuel, Bock 256
Smith, William 171, 211
Southard, John 167
Southard, Joseph 356
INDEX. 515
PAGE.
Sprag, William j^y^
Stevens, John , ^gg
Tliuston, Joseph 1 ^^75 256
Titus, Bob6rt ggi^
Titus, Timothy ggg
Townsend, Sylvanus I74
Townsend, Timothy 168
Undevhill, Jacob ggg
Valentine, Benjamin, Jr ^ , 165
Valentine, James 345
Valentine, Philip 243
Valentine, Eichard 245
Vail, Ephraim 166
Vail, Job 175
Vallantine, Joseph , ' 256
Van De Water, Peter 201
Van Nostran, Aaron 255
Vanosten, Frederick , 256
Van Ostirandt, Jacob 211
1^ Van Voittas, William 1 f 168
Van wick, Cornelius : 170
Van-syick, Theodorus , 170
Vamvick, Thomas 167
Wiggens, Richard 289
Williams, Kichard .' 164
Williams, Thomas 164
Willis, Fry 201
Willis, John 289
Willitts, Thomas 259
Wood, James ; 164
Wright, 'Nicols , 170
HIGHWAYS.
Oow Neck. Across a strip of Nathaniel Sands' land from one of
Bichard Cornell's fields to another 84
Crossing the land of Nathaniel Seaman to the road that runs by
Benjamin Lester's house. To be closed 208
516 INDEX.
PAGE.
Doxy's road changed ■ 124
Eastward from Samuel Langdon's house, to the road that leads
from the Mill to Kockaway 83
Fossecor's Lane to be fenced in eastward, and as far as Searing's
corner to the west 114
From the edge of the Plains at the west end of the Town to Wil-
liam Langdon's Mill , 9'''
From Capt. Jeremiah Smith's to Tanner's Pond 99
From Richard Valentine's to the Mill-dam of Jeremiah Williams. 103.
From Tanner's Pond to the Plains 104
From the Plains, between the houses of John Smith and James
Pine, to the Harbor 137
From John Dingy's and Joseph Wiight's land, to Wheatly road. 155
From head of Cow Neck to Pratt's Point 74
From Robinson's Mill Dam to Thomas Pearsall's 77
From a little west of Richard Valentine's house, t6 the highway
from the Plains to Thomas Pearsall's 78
From Thomas Carman's house to the road from Westbury to
Great Neck 79
From west side of Jonathan Smith's orchard to the Brushy
Plains eastward of Benjamin and Jonathan Smith's houses.. 80
From the Plains to Foster's Meadow 85
From the Plains at "Woodedge to Great Neck, Little Neck and
New Bridge Neck at South 86
From Hempstead southeasterly to the East Meadow 86
From Jacob Peterson's lot to the road that leads from Foster's
Meadow to Justice Oakley's Mill 90
From the road that leads from Foster's Meadow to Nathaniel
Oakley's Mill eastwardly 90
From the end of the bridge at Hungry Harbor to the road that
leads down the west point of Hungry Harbor Neck. . . ; 9S
From Westbury to head of Hempstead Harbor 214
From Plainedge by Furrow Road to house of Benjamin Flower. 229
From south end of lane, near Henry Shaw's, to the Shell Bank
at Hempstead South 241
From the house of Capt. Benjamin Smith, to the lane that goes
to Daniel Beadle's on south side of Hempstead 268
From Town of Hempstead across the Plains to Richard Williams' 277
From Justice Scidmore's to Foster's Meadow. Road closed 298
From west side of East Meadow at Mr. Seabury's fence westerly
to the Brushy Plains .309
From the Sand Hole at Rockaway to Patrick Mott's. Road
closed 316
From Joseph Carman's to Thomas Tredwell's land 339
INDEX. 517
PAGE.
From the Great Plains to Benjamin Seaman's at the Great Pond 347
From Westbury to Wheatly 347
From Nathaniel Seaman's on the Great Plains, through Matin-
eoock Hollow 347
From William Titns' land to Samuel Seaman's land 347
From highway between Mosquitoe Cove and Hempstead to high-
way in Matineoock Hollow 419
From old road in Hungry Harbor to Samuel Southard's line 477
From Peter Titus, Jr., to Fiirroe Boad 396
From Merrick old road to Washburn's Neck road 394
From Westbury Meeting House to the parting of the paths be-
low Jonathan Smith, Bocks, on the south side 395
From highway by Nathaniel Seaman, Jr., to meet the highway
at East Meadow 896
From the north end of watering place at East Meadow, to the
upper pond 396
From Aaron Van Nostraud's line to path from Westbury to
Herricks 413
From northwest corner of Jacobus Peterson's land to road that
leads from Fosters Meadow to Joseph Skidmore's Mill 413
From south side of land of Mary Cornell to Jeremiah Dodge's
land 418
From road between Fosters Meadow and Joseph Skidmore's
Mill to the gate at Hungry Harbor N eck ; 419
Highway across the east end of James Alburtis land, laid out. . . 85
Highway leading from land of James Alburtis to land of Har-
mon Johnson et al at Fosters Meadow, closed. 85
Highway on Hungry Harbor Neck to be closed 91
Hungry Harbor highway, from Blias Dorlon's to Turtle Island. 477
Hungry Harbor Path laid out : 134
In town spot of Hempstead. From corner of Daniel Ehoade's
fence to house of John Wood 375
Lane between the burying place and Col. John Treadwell's lot
to be fenced in H'i
Lane from Cornelius Eyerson's house on York road over James
Alburtis' land to road leading through Fosters Meadow to
the Plains, to be closed 159
Little Smith's path stopped '''9
Over land of John Loosee, Jr., from the Sand Hole to the mouth
of Mordeoai Lester's lane 152
Eiohard Cornell ha^ liberty to take in his proportional part of a
discontinued highway on Cow Neck 96
Eoad that le^d.s across the head of Cow Neck, reviewed 100
Southard's lane. Col. John Tredwell given liberty to fence it in 107
518
INDEX.
INDEX OF DEEDS-Qrantors.
DATE.
Feb. 10, 1735-6,
April 16, 1733,
Oct. 11, 1762,
Aug. 18, 1762,
June 4, 1729,
Sep. 15, 1746,
Aug. 7, 1735,
April 22, 1730-1,
April 26, 1742,
April 26, 1742,
April 18, 1748,
March 22, 1745-6:
May 3, 1749,
Dee. 8, 1655,
GEANTOB.
Albirtis, James
AUiu, Henry
Balding, George,
Balding, George,
Barker, Thoinas
Barker, Thomas
Barker, Thomas
Barker, Thomas
Bedell, Thomas
Bedle, Thomas
Betts, John
, Birdsall, John
Carpenter, John
Ohatterton, Michael
March 19, 1725, Oheeseman, Ephraim
July 30, 1713,
March 3, 1728,
March 4, 1726,
March 17, 1720,
Dec. 25, 1691,
April 17, 1723,
Dec. 29, 1733,
May 16, 1713,
March 3, 1728,
Augtjst 5, 1734,
March 7, 1704-5,
March 18, 1718,
Feb. 23, 1731-3,
Jan. 6, 1690,
April 17, 1729,
March 9, 1707,
Cheeseman, Thomas
Cornall William )
Denton, Elizabeth T
Cornell, John
Cornell, Joshua
Cornell, Biohard
Cornell, William
Daniels, Thomas
Denton, Abraham
Denton, Elizabeth {^
Cornall, William )
Dirfey, Richard
Dodge, Amos
Dodge, Thomas
Dosenborow, Hen-
drick
Dosenborow, Henry
Dosenborow, John
Doughty, Jacob
GRANTEE. PAGE.
Thomas Hendrickson . . . 306
Mary AUin 156
Robert Shadbolt 162
Isaac Underbill 279
(Elizabeth Boast. .. .1 go^
(James Boast i
Joseph Kissam 433
Joseiih Kissam 322
Thomas Peat 133
( William Bedell ! ook
1 Joseph Bedell i '^■''^
(Joseph Bedell I qoi
IWilliam Bedell i '^'^'^
Oliver Baxter 447
(John Willis ) .f.„
IWilliam Willis ) ^"''
Stephen Chappie 493
Thomas Southwai'd 23
(Jonathan Hutchings)
- Robert Hutohings. . V 305
(Caleb Morrell )
Ephraim Cheeseman. . . . 183
Robert Mervin 194
Garret Snedeoor 110
Samuel Dodge 491
John Sands 349
Richard Cornell 415
John Sands 58
John Searing 11
Robert Mervin 194
Micah Smith 303
Mary Cornell 384
Samuel Dodge 489
Thomas Hendrickson. . . 137
Harman Hendrickson . . . 142
(Elisha Gildersleeve.) .,,1-
IRiohardGildersleevef ^"°
Jonathan Whitehead 234
INDEX.
519
DATE.
SRANTOE.
QBANTBE.
PAGE.
July 13. 1741,
July 13, 1741,
Jan. 23, 1682-3,
Dec. 19, 1701,
April 1, 1740,
May 20, 1746,
June 7, 1725,
Feb. 23, 1740-1,
May 10, 1745,
May 10, 1745,
May 20, 1705,
Oct. 26, 1730,
Deo. 7, 1728,
Oct. 2, 1730,
March 20, 1738,
April 3, 1785,
May 6, 1713,
March 18, 1697,
Jan. 28, 1660,
Oct. 29, 1698,
Jan. 28, 1660,
April 26, 1697,
March 19, 1696-7,
July 22, 1718,
April 28, 1743,
Oct. 26, 1715,
May 6, 1713,
Duaenberry, Eliza- 1
beth '1
Mudre!'S''°'MAbel Smith, Jr.
Powell, Mary
Powell, Wait
Dusenberry, John "]
Dusenberry, Eliz-
Mudge, Jane \^^^^ ^'^^^^' J^'
Powell, Mary
Powell, Wait , J
413
413
Eleson, Thomas William Smith 8
Elison, Eichard Thomas Elison 78
Ellison, Bichard , Eichard Ellison, Jr 227
Ellison, Eichard, Jr., Thomas Tredwell 468
Fifty-eight Grantors, Uapt. Jacob Hicks 340
■i?„ot„- Tii.„™„„ ( Harmon Hendrickson ( „„„
Foster, Thomas JThos, Hendrickson, Jr. j ^03
Garison, Abraham
Garrison, Abraham
Gibb, Andrew
Nicols, William
Mott, Adam
Grittan, Thomas
Hendrickson, Henry
Heulitt, George
Hicks, Isaac
Hicks, Jacob
Hicks, Thomas )
Jackson, John
Tredwell, John )
Hicks, Thomas
Hicks, Thomas
Hicks, Thomas, Jr.,
Hicks, Thomas, Jr.,
Hoisted, Jonah
Hoisted, Timothy
Hulitt, George
Hutchings, Eobert
Jackson, James
Jackson, John )
Hicks, Thomas ,
Tredwell, John )
Jacobas Monf ort 891
Jacobas Monf ort 892
I
- Joseph Mott 247
I
William Nicols 139
Thomas Hendrickson. . . 133
Thomas Hendrickson. . . 180
Thomas Hendrickson. . . 301
John Hicks 277
Henry Allen 6
Thomas Hicks, Jr 242
Sarah Tredwell 18
John Sands 46
Sarah Treadwell 125
John Sands 44
John Sands 43
John Heulitt 4
Oliver Baxter 327
Eichard Valentine, Jr.. 309
- Henry Allen 6
520
INDEX.
DATE.
Nov. 8, 1699,
Feb.. 13, 1669,
Feb. 19, 1714-15,
May 11, 1720,
April 1, 1730,
April 10, 1728,
May 4, 1738,
Oct. 19, 1747,
Sep. 6, 1747,
Sep. 22, 1748,
Jan. 1, 1736-7,
Jan. 6, 1748-9,
Jan. 5, 1748-9,
Sep. 6, 1747,
Sep. 33, 1748,
Deo. 5, 1739,
Dec. 14,. 1696,
Aug. 20, 1731,
Jan. 17, 1737,
May 10, 1745,
Jan. 17, 1737,
May 30, 1705,
Sep. 10, 1741,
Nov. 18, 1745,
Dec. 23, 1738,
Jan. 6, 1731,
Jan. 8. 1736,
July 2, 1715,
April 15, 1728,
June 17, 1729,
Sep. 6, 1700,
March 27, 1733,
GEANTOB. GEANTEE. PAGE.
Jackson, John ]
iZl%lt^r' \ Hendrick Dosenborow.. 9
Smith. Jonathan, Jr I
Jackson, Bobert Bioharcl Vallantine. ... 388
Jenings, Joseph William Willis 186
Johnson, Harman Thomas Hendrickson . . . 135
rThomas TownsencL.)
Jones, William ^Thomas Valentine. . ^- 143
(William Valentine. . )
Kissam, Daniel Daniel Kissam 461
Kissam, Daniel Joseph Kisaam 330
Latham, Joseph Benjamin Akerley 431
Latham, Joseph j j ^ j^j 435
Latham, William ) ^
Latham, Joseph Joseph Latham, Jr 442
T iv T t, ' Thomas Pearsall. . . . > „„„
Latham, Joseph "(Samuel Willis I ^93
Latham, William Benjamin Akerley 463
Latham, William Joseph Kissam 451
Latham, William ) t^„„ , -rr-„,^ ahh
Latham, Joseph i" ^°^^^'^ kissam 48o
Latham, William Joseph Latham 439
Leister, Peter Abraham Garison 406
Linninton, John Bichard Gildersleeve. . . 3
Minthorne, John Samuel Barker 348
Monfort, Abraham ) t 1 -ht t i .100
Monfort, Peter i Jacobus Monfort 388
Monfort, Jacobus Abraham Garison 391
'^Mtfo'rt^'tteahaml J^^- Monfort 388
Mott, Adam )
Nicols, William >■ Joseph Mott 247
Gibb, Andrew )
Mott, Adam Bichard Mott 367
Mott, Amos Michael Mudge 403
Mott, Charles Adam Mott 246
Mott, Charles Gersham Mott 173
Mott, Charles Charles Mott, Jr 344
Mott, Charles Jeremiah Williams 353
Mott, Charles Jeremiah Williams .' 362
Mott, Charles, Jr. , Joseph Mott, Jr ^249
Mott, John , Ephraim Valentine 297
Mott, Joseph Jeremiah Williams 379
INDEX.
521
DATE.
July 13, 1741,
March 31, 1730,
May 20, 1705,
Aug. 37, 1740,
April 12, 1731,
June 5, 1747,
April 2, 1715,
May 25, 1731,
Nov. 8, 1699,
May 36, 1731,
May 26, 1731,
April 13, 1742,
April 12, 1704,
Feb. 3, 1730,
Oct. 17, 1696,
Sep. 12, 1743,
May 3, 1746,
Nov. 12, 1743,
March 29, 1711,
Sep. 10, 1729,
Oct. 38, 1738,
March 27, 1730,
July 13, 1741,
July 13, 1741,
GEANTOB. ■ GKANTKB. PAGE.
Mudge, Jane }
Dusenberry, Eliza- I
Dusenberry, John Ubel Smith 413
Po-well, Mary
Powell, Wait j
Munfort, Peter ^
Remson, Eem [
Van Wyck, Come- f
lius J
Nicols, William )
Mott, Adam ,-
Gibb, Andrew )
Nicols, William
(Jeremiah Dodge. . . . )
(Robert Sutton j
482
Joseph Mott 247
Peter Smith, Jr 342
Onderdank, Andries Samuel Dodge 486
Onderdoiik, Isaac Stephen Cornell 422
Osborn, Richard Joseph Wood 72
Pearsall, Elizabeth
Pearsall, Nathaniel ]
Jackson. John I
Smith, Jonathan ,'
Smith, Jonathan, Jr J
Pearsall, Thomas
Pearsall, Thomas
Pearsall, Thomas, -Jr.,
Peat, William
Peters, Charles
Pettet, Joseph
Pine, Daniel
Pine, James
Pine, James
Pine, -James
Pine, James, Jr.,
Place, Aaron
Polhemas, Cornelius
Powell, Mary ^
Powell, Wait
Dusenberry, Eliza
beth
Dusenberry, John
Mudge, Jane
Powell, Wait
Powell, Mary
Mudge, Jane
Dusenberry, Eliza-
beth
Dusenberry, John J
Benjamin Underbill. .. .
Hendrick Dosenborow .
Elizabeth Pearsall
Benjamin Underbill . . . .
Richard Mott
Thomas Barker, Jr
Jonathan Whitehead . . .
Thomas Hicks, Jr
James Pine
John Hicks
Simon T/Osey
Jonathan Searing
James Pine
Benjamin Akerley
Joseph Mott, Jr
148
145
145
375
93
130
45
334
400
333
39
333
439
353
Abel Smith, Jr 413
Abel Smith, Jr.
413
522
INDEX.
DATE.
March 31, 1730,
Aug. 13, 1735,
May 2, 1709,
May 3, 1709,
Feb. 18, 1735-6,
Nov. 5, 1690,
March 14, 1710,
June 23, 1718,
Feb. IS, 1735-6,
Feb. 11, 1734,
Nov. 5, 1690,
Nov. 1, 1717,
Nov. 24, 1748,
May 20, 1720,
March 23, 1701,
Feb. 18, 1717,
Dec. 1, 1738,
Oct. 36, 1717,
Sep. 8, 1712,
Sep. 8, 1713,
Sep. 8, 1713,
Sep. 8, 1713,
Aug. 13, 1717,
April 16, 1733,
Feb. 14, 1722-3,
Oct. 10, 1735,
April 13, 1731,
Jan. 5, 1665,
GBANTOE. GRANTEE. FAGE
^^™T'.^^T ^ (Jeremiah Dodge....). ,«„
^ant^Wo^LliusI (BobertSutton^ f ^««
Kogers, Obediah Jeremiah Wood 177
Bobison, Joseph 1 ^tarles Mott 56
Kobison John )
Kobison, John ) ^.j^ j j^^^t 56
Eobison, Joseph i
Sands, Edward John Sands 359
'sanVsrh } John Sands 49
Sands, James John Sands 44
Sands, James John Sands 36
Sands, John Edward Sands 359
Sands, Nathaniel ^^^Cflas'.'/. ! ! ! l ! } ^^^
'sa\'d;s,Ws I- John Sands 49
Seaman, Benjamin John Sands 53
Seaman, Benjamin John Toffey 466
Seaman, Benjamin Jeremiah Williams 331
Seaman, John John Sands 48
a „ T„i,i, 1 Thomas Whitehead . > 007
Seaman, John -^ Jeremiah Wood .... f ^^^
Seaman, Joyles Peter Smith, Jr 229
Seaman, Solomon John Sands '. . . 47
Searing, James ]
iS|;Sn [ Jonathan Searing 27
Searing, Samuel J
Searing, John ~1
irarinl&el Jonathan Searing 37
Searing, Simon J
Searing, Samuel "1
1=1: Ss [ Jonathan Sealing 37
Searing, Simon J
Searing, Simon 1
i:S:&^^ J Jonathan Searing 37
Searing, James J
Searing, Simon 1 John Treadwell, Jr. i . . . 453
Smith, Abel Henry Allen 311
Smith, Abel John Sands 63
Smith, Abel John Searing, Jr 286
Smith, Abell John'Sands 53
Smith, Abraham Thomas Statham 41
INDEX. 523
DATE. GRANTOR. GRANTEE. PAGE.
Dec. 5, 1747, Smith, Benjamin Timothy Smith 471
Jan. 20, 1738, Smith, David Micah Smith, 179
March 33, 1736-7, Smith, Isaac Micah Smith 431
June 8, 1725, Smith, Isaac Micah Smith 417
June 5, 1727, Smith, Jacob Eichard Valentine 314
Feb. 8, 1743, Smith, James Uriah Piatt 280
Feb. 14, 1727, Smith, James Garret Snedecor 108
May 3, 1718, Smith, John John Searing 12
Smith, Jonathan 1 '
Nov. 8, 1699, SoJ°^fi^r-J^- [ Hendrick Dosenborow. 9
Pearsall, NathanielJ
Nov. 11, 1734, Smith, Jonathan Charles Mott 382
Smith, Jonathan, Jr )
Nov. 8, 1699, fanfjohn'" f Hendrick Dosenborow. 9
Pearsall, NathanielJ
May 16, 1730, ^"jjlack)""^*^^" f Jeremiah Williams 364
Nov. 13, 1730, Smith, Micah ' Eobert Mervin 197
Api;il 3, 1746, Smith, Micah Timothy Smith 409
May 8, 1736, Smith, Peter Peter Smith, Jr 189
May 16, 1738, Smith, Peter Peter Smith, Jr 215
Feb. 14, 1737, Smith, Thomas Garret Snedecor 113
April .6, 1683, Smith, William Barns, Egberson. ..... 9
Jan. 13, 1665, Statham, Thomas John Williams '. . . 43
March 30, 1694-5, Stiles, Kichard John Sands 60
Jan. 18, 1713-14, Sutton, Joseph, Jr., Daniel Kissam 458
April 37, 1748, '^^.Xeli! Margaret} ^l^omas Tredwell 478
March 2, 1713-14, Titos, Edmond Peter Titos 80
Jan. 19, 1714-15, Totten, Peter Samuel Totteu 119
March 13, 1731, Townsend, Thomas Ephraim Valentine, Jr.. 395
May 6, 17.3, Tref-J'; ^ } ^enry Allen 6
Nov. 11, 1747, Tredwell, John Benjamin Tredwell 449
April 27, 1748, ^r-J- 1 JohT"* [ '^^°-- T-'^^'^" '''
-n , -n ,™„.. r- IT T L- -D- t, J' (Nathan Vallentine. . > ,,,.
^eb. 19, 1704-5, Valentine, Richard (Benjamin Vallentine ,' ' "^
Aug. 6, 1709, Valentine, Richard Richard Valentine, Jr.. 317
Aug. 8, 1723, Valentine, Richard Richard Valentine, Jr.. 318
June 5, 1733, Van Wick, Barent Robert Mervin 191
April 10, 1733, Van Wick, Cornelius Eichard Mott.- 356
524
INDEX.
DATE.
March 31, 1730,
Dec. IG, 1709,
July 17, 1683,
Nov. 1, 16G1,
Nov. 1, 1661,
No date.
March 11, 1727,
Jan. 10, 1718,
April 17, 1744,
Aug. 31, 1733,
June 22, 1741,
Dec. 8, 1655,
Dec. 30, 1740,
March 22, 1745-6,
March 22, 1745-6,
May 5, 1748,
March 7, 1728-9,
Dec. 22, 1733,
Nov. 26, 1735,
Teb. 8, 1841-2,
Blay 10, 1731,
Sep. 17, 1725,
July 7, 1744,
May 12, 1650,
No date,
June 15, 1710,
GBANTOK. GRANTEE. PAGE.
Van Wyck, Cornelius) ( jgremiah Dodge. ... 1 .^o
Munfort, Peter ,- -^ jjo^ert Sutton ( ^^
Eemson, Bern ) ( )
Van Wyck, Theodoras Daniel Kissam 456
Wharton, Philip John Sands 61
Whelpley, Henry Adam Mott 16
Whelply, Henry Adam Mott 126
Whitehead, Daniel James Pine 323
Whitehead, Jonathan Joseph Kissam 224
Whitehead, Thomas Jeremy Wood 339
Wiggins, Benjamin Peter Smith 344
Wiggins, Josias Thomas Hendrickson. . . 299
Williams, Jerenoiah Thomas Pearsall . ., . 370
Williams, John {SL Wmiams: ! ".l ^«
Williams, Kiohard John Searing 289
Willi-s, John ) J j^ Birdsall 402
Willis, William i
mms, William 1 J j^ Birdsall 402
Willis, John >
(Isaac Doty )
Willis, William -, William Seaman ,■- 435
(Robert Seaman )
Willis, William Richard Valentine 312
Willis, William Samuel Willis 199
Willis, William Samuel Willis 202
Willsey, Martine James Smith 283
n[7-u. nT i- (Adrian Onderdonk..) „(,»
Wiltse, Martin ^^ Cornelius Reyerse. . i ^^^
Wood, Daniel {in^J^'lliuif '*''■ ' ' [ 335
' ( J onas bmitn )
Wood, Jeremiah Adam Laurance 406
Wood, Jonah Robert Jackson 387
Wood, Jonas Daniel Whitehead 832
Wood, Jonas William Willis 218
INDEX OF DEEDS— Grantees.
DATE.
GEANTEE.
Oct. 19, 1747,
Jan. 6, 1748-9,
Oct. 38, 1738,
May 6, 1713,
Akerley, Benjamin
Akerley, Benjamin
Akerley, Benjamin
Allen, Henry
GEANTOB. PAGE.
Joseph Latham 431
William Latham 463
Aaron Place 429
(Thomas Hicks 1
- John Jackson - 6
(John Tredw ell )
INDEX.
525
DATE.
April 16, 1733,
April 16, 1733,
Aug. 20, 1731,
April 12, 1704,
April 28, 1743,
April 18, 1748,
April 26, 1743,
April 36, 1742,
April 26, 1742,
April 26, 1743,
Mar. 22, 1745-6,
June 4, 1729,
June 4, 1729,
May 3, 1749,
July 30, 1713,
March 7, 1704-5,
April 17, 1722,
June 5, 1747,
March 31, 1730,
March 17, 1720,
March 18, 1718,
April 12, 1731,
Nov. 8, 1699,
May 5, 1748,
April 6, 1683,
Dec. 19, 1701,
April 1, 1740,
Dec. 5, 1739,
May 10, 1745,
April 17, 1729,^
GRANTEE.
Allen, Henry
Allin, Mary
Barker, Samuel
Barker, Thomas, Jr.
Baxter, Oliver
Baxter, Oliver
Bedell, Joseph )
Bedell, William j"
Bedell, Joseph (^
Bedell, William )
Bedell, William )^
Bedell, Joseph j"
Bedell, William ^
Bedell, Joseph j
Birdsall, John
Boast, Elizabeth )
Boast, James j"
Boast, James |^
Boast, Elizabeth )
Chappie, Stephen
Cheeseman, Ephraim
Cornell, Mary
Cornell, Richard '
Cornell, Stephen
Dodge, Jeremiah {
Sutton, Robert v
Dodge, Samuel
Dodge, Samuel
Dodge, Samuel
Dosenborow, Hen-
drick
Doty, Isaac 1
Akerley, Benjamin |
Seaman, Robert |
Seaman, William J
Egberson, Barns
Elison, Thomas
Ellison, Richard, Jr.,
Garison, Abraham
Garison, Abraham
Gildersleeve, Elisha)
Gildersleeve, Rich- ,-
ard )
GKANTOE. PAGE.
Abel Smith 211
Henry Allin 156
John Minthorne 348
William Peat 93
Robert Hutchings 327
John Betts 447
Thomas Bedell 325
Thomas Bedle 321
Thomas Bedell 335
Thomas Bedle 331
(John Willis ) .,,„
"(William Willis ) *"~'
Thomas Barker 231
Thomas Barker 331
John Carpenter 493
Thomas Cheeseman 183
Amos Dodge 384
William ( Cornell '. . 415
Isaac Onderdonck 432
(Peter Munfort )
- Rem Rerason ■ 483
( Cornelius Van Wyck)
Joshua Cornel 491
Thomas Dodge 489
Andries Onderdank 486
f John Jackson ]
! Nathaniel Pearsall.. |^ „
) Jonathan Smith. . . . |
^Jonathan Smith, Jr. J
William Willis 425
VV illiam Smith 9
Richard Elison 73
Richard Ellison 337
Peter Leister 406
Jacobus Monfort 391
John Dosenborow 105
526
INDEX.
DATE.
April 17, 1729,
Dec. 14, 1696,
Jan. 6, 1690,
Feb. 23, 1740,
Feb 10, 1735-6,
Feb. 22, 1721-2,
Dec. 7, 1723,
Oct. 2, 1730,
March 20, 1733,
May 11, 1720,
Ang. 31, 1733,
Feb. 23, 1740-1
July 22, 1718,
June 7, 1725,
April 3, 1735,
May 3, 1786,
Marcb 18, 1697,
Oct. 17, 1696,
March 19, 1725,
March 19, 1725,
May 12, 1650,
April 10, 1728,
Jan. 18, 1713-14,
Dec. 16, 1709,
Aug. 7, 1735,
Sep. 15, 1746,
May 4, 1788,
Sep. 6, 1747,
Jan. 5, 1748-9,
March 11, 1727
Sep. 22, 1748
Sep. 3 , 1748, '
GBANTBE. »EANTOB. ' PAGE.
Gildersleeve, Bich- )
ard > John Dosenborow 105
Gildersleeve, Elisha )
Gildersleeve, Richard John Linninton 3
Hendrickson,Harman Henry Dosenborow 142
Hendriokson, Har- ]
He"'na^ickson,Tho- [ Thomas Foster 803
mas, Jr. J
Hendriokson, Thomas James Albirtis 806
Hendrickaon, Thomas Hendriek Dosenborow. . 137
Hendrickson, Thomas Henry Hendriokson. . . . 138
Hendriokson, Thomas George Heulitt 130
Hendrickson, Thomas Isaac Hicks 301
Hendrickson, Thomas Harman Johnson 135
Hendrickson, Thomas Josias Wiggins 299
Hendriokson, Tho- "1
HeTd'rickson, Har- [ Thomas Foster 303
mon J
Heulitt, John George Hulitt. 4
Hicks, Capt. Jacob Fifty-eight Grantors 340
Hicks, John Jacob Hifeks ' 277
Hicks, John James Pine 400
Hicks, Thomas, Jr. Thomas Hicks 242
Hicks, Thomas, Jr. Joseph Pettet 45
Hutchings, Jonathan]
Hutchings, Robert - Ephraim Cheeseman 205
Morrell, Caleb )
Hutchings, Robert ~1
Hutchings, Jona- [--c, -u ■ m. „„_
than ' J^P'i''^ini Cheeseman 205
Morrell, Caleb J
Jackson, Robert Jonah Wood 887
Kissam, Daniel Daniel Kissam 461
Kissam, Daniel Joseph Sutton, Jr 458
Kissam, Daniel Theodorus VanWyck . . . 456
Kissam, Joseph Tliomas Barker 222
Kissam, Joseph Thomas Barker 438
Kissam. Joseph Daniel Kissam 330
Kissam, Joseph jfe'^'S^Cm: ! : ! } ^^5
Kissam, Joseph William Latham 451
Kissam, Joseph Jonathan Whitehead 224
Latham, Joseph William Latham 439
Latham, Joseph, Jr., Joseph Latham 442
INDEX.
5'27
DATE.
July 7. 1744,
Nov. 12, 1743,
March 3, 1738,
Nov. 12, 1730,
June 5, 1732,
May 10, 1745,
May 10, 1745,
Jan. 17, 1737,
March 19, 1735,
Dec. 33, 1738,
Nov. 1, 1661,
Nov. 1, 1661,
May 3, 1709,
Nav. 11, 1734,
Jan. 8, 1736,
Jan. 6, 1721,
May 20, 1705,
Dec. 8, 1655,
June 17, 1729,
March 27, 1730,
Sep. 10, 1741,
April 12, 1743,
April 10, 1783,
Nov. 18, 1745,
Oct. 36, 1730,
May 10, 1731,
May 26, 1731,
Jan. 1, 1736-7,
June 22,-1741,
April 23, 1730-1,
Sep. 13, 1743,
Sep. 10, 1739,
No date,
Feb. 8, 1743,
May 10, 1731,
GKANTBB. GBANTOE. PAGE.
JLiaurence, Adam Jeremiah Wood 406
Losey, Simon James Pine 333
ix/r„,.„;,, T!„v,„,.+ (William Oornall.'. .. ) ,„,
Mervin, Robert JElizabeth Denton. .. [ ^^^
Mervin, Robert Mioah Smith 197
Mervin, Robert Barent, Van Wick 191
Monfort, Jacobus Abraham Garison 391
Monfort, Jacobus Abraham Garrison 392
Monfort, Jacobus {1^,™' Z£'°'^ ! } ^^8
1l°utchin?f Wt} Epl^raim Cheeseman... 205
Mott, Adam Charles Mott 846
Mott, Adam Henry Whelpley 16
Mott, Adam Henry Whelply 186
Mott, Charles SSSson::::[ ^«
Mott, Charles Jonathan Smith 383
Mott, Charles, Jr. Charles Mott 844
Mott, Gersham Charles Mott 173
< Andrew Gibb )
Mott, Joseph Adam Mott 247
(William Nicols )
Mott Josfeph Ij^j^j, Williams 20
Williams, Thomas (
Mott, Joseph, Jr., Charles Mott, Jr 249
Mott, Joseph, Jr., Cornelius Polhemas ... 252
Mott, Richard Adam Mott 367
Mott, Richard Thomas Pearsall, Jr . . . 875
Mott, Richard Cornelius Van Wick 356
Mndge, Michael Amos Mott 402
Nicols, William Thomas Grittan. 139
Onderdonk^ Adrian } ^^^.^^^ ^^^^^^ 397
Reyerse, Cornelius)
Pearsall, Elizabeth Thomas Pearsall 145
Pearsall, Thomas Ij^seph Latham 393
Willis, Samuel |
Pearsall, Thomas Jeremiah Williams 370
Peat, Thomas Thomas Barker 133
Pine, James Daniel Pine 334
Pine, James James Pine, Jr 338
Pine, James Daniel Whitehead 838
Piatt, Uriah James Smith 280
Reyerse Cornelius I Martin Wiltse 397
Onderdonk, Adrian |
528
INDEX.
DATE.
Feb. 18, 1735-6,
Feb. 11, 1734,
Dec. 2n, 1691,
Dec. 29, 1723,
Oct. 29, 1698,
April 26, 1697,
Mar. 19, 1096-7,
Feb. 18, 1735-6,
March 14, 1710^
June 23, 1718,
Kov. 5, 1690,
Feb. 11, 1734,
Nov. 1, 1717,
Marcli 22, 1701,
Oct. 26, 1717,
April 12, 1721,
Feb. 14, 1722-3,
Mar. 20, 1694-5,
July 17, 1683,
May 5, 1748,
May 5, 1748,
May 16, 1713,
May 3, 1718,
Dec. 30, 1740,
Oct. 10, 1735,
March 29, 1714,
GRANTEE.
Sands, Edward
Sands, Edward
Sands, John
Satids, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Rands, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, Johii
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, Edward
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Sands, John
Seaman, Robert
Seaman William
Doty, Isaac
Seaman, William
Seaman, Robert
Doty, Isaac
Searing, John
Searing, John
Searing, John
Searing, John, Jr.
Searing, Jonathan
Sep. 8, 1712, Searing, Jonathan
Oct. 11, 1762, Shadbolt, Robert
July 13, 1741, Smith, Abel, Jr.,
Feb. 8, 1741-2, Smith, James
<So,^ 17 1 7')«; Smith, Jeremiah
bep. 17, U45, Smith, Jonas
GRANTOR. PAGE.
John Sands 359
[Nathaniel Sands 444
Richard Cornell 349
Thomas Daniels 58
Thomas Hicks, Jr 46
Jonah Hoisted 44
Timothy Hoisted -43
Edward Sands .......... 359
James Sands 44
James Sands 86
James Sands | .„
Sarah Sands \
[^ Nathaniel Sands 444
Benjamin Seaman 53
John Seaman .- 48
Solomon Seaman 47
Abell Smith 52
Abel Smith 62
Richard Stites 60
Phillip Wharton 61
- William Willis 425
)
- William Willis 425
)
Abraham Denton 11
John Smith 12
Richard Williams 289
Abel Smith 286
James Pine 29
f John Searing ")
J James Searing I „„
) Simon Searing (
L Samuel Searing J
George Balding 162
f Elizabeth Dusen-"]
I berry |
j John Dusenberry. . . ! .,„
] Mary Powell f ^^'^
I Wait Powell |
LJane Mudge J
Martina Willsey 288
i Daniel Wood. . ., 385
INDEX.
529
DATE.
Sep. 17, 1735,
Jan. 30, 1738,
Aug. 5, 1734,
June 8, 1735,
March 33, 1726-7,
April 17, 1744,
Aug. 37, 1740,
Deo. 1, 1738,
May 8, 1736,
May 16, 1738,
Deo. 5, 1747,
April 3, 1746,
Jan. 23, 1682-3,
March 4, 1736,
Feb. 14, 1727,
Feb. 14, 1727,
Dec. 8, 1655,
Jan. 5, 1665,
March 31, 1730,
March 3, 1718-14,
Nov. 24, 1748,
Jan. 19, 1714-15,
April 1, 1730,
Aug. 13, 1717,
Jan. 38, 1660,
Nov, 11, 1747,
Jan. 28, 1660,
May 30, 1746,
April 37, 1748,
May 35, 1731,
May 36, 1731,
Aug. 18, 1763,
Sep. 6, 1700,
March 13, 1731,
June 5, 1737,
March 7, 1738-9,
Oct. 26, 1715,
Aug. 6, 1709,
Aug. 8, 1733,
GRANTEE. GEANTOB. PAGE.
Smith, Jonas ] t, • i -nr j „„^
Smith, Jeremiah [ ^"""^^^ ^°°^ ^35
Smith, Mioah David Smith 179
Smithy Mioah Bichard Dirf ey 303
Smith, Mioah Isaac Smith 41 7
Smith, Mioah Isaac Smith 431
Smith, Peter Benjamin Wiggins 344
Smith, Peter, Jr., William Nicols 342
Smith, Pefe, Jr., Joyles, Seaman 329
Smith, Peter, Jr., Peter Smith 189
Smith, Peter, Jr., Peter Smith 315
Smith, Timothy Benjamin Smith 471
Smith, Timothy Mioah Smith 409
Smith, William Thomas Eleson : . . 8
Snedecor, Garret John Cornell 110
Snedecor, Garret James Smith 108
Snedecor, Garret Thomas Smith. . .' 112
Southward, Thomas Michael Chatterton 23
Statham, Thomas Abraham Smith 41
Sutton, Kobert ) (r^'p^^J,!"^* } 4«o
Dodge, Jeremiah T ; S®"* ?-^™^,?" " w ' V 1 ^^^
" ' ) (Cornelius van Wyok)
Titos, Peter Edmond Titos 80
Toflfey, John Benjamin Seaman 466
Totten, Samuel Peter Totten 119
Townsend, Thomas )
Valentine, Thomas - William Jones 143
Valentine, William)
Treadwell, John, Jr., Simon Searing 453
Treadwell, Sarah Thomas Hicks, Jr 125
Tredwell, Benjamin John Tredwell 449
Tredwell, Sarah Thomas Hicks 18
Tredwell, Thomas Bichard Ellison, Jr 468
Tredwell, Thomas {Margaret" Treadwell} ^^^
Underbill, Benjamin Elizabeth Pearsall 148
Underbill, Benjamin Thomas Pearsall ' 145
Underbill, Isaac George Balding 279
Valentine, Ephraim John Mott 297
Valentine, Ephraim,Jr Thomas Townsend 3£l5
Valentine, Bichard Jacob Smith 314
Valentine, Bichard William Willis 313
Valentine, Bichard, Jr James Jackson 309
Valentine, Bichard, Jr Bichard Valentine. .. 317
Valentine, Bichard, Jr Bichard Valentine 318
530
INDEX.
DATE.
April 1, 1730,
April 1, 1730,
Feb. 19, 1704-5,
Feb. 19, 1704-5,
Feb. 12, 1669,
No date,
March 9, 1707,
Feb. 2, 1720,
Feb. 18, 1717,
July 2, 1715,
April 15, 1728,
March 27, 1783,
May 20, 1720,
May 16, 1720,
Jan. 13, 1665,
Dec. 8, 1655,
March 23. 1740-6,
Ja-.i. 1, 1736-7,
Dec. 22, 1783,
Nov. 36, 1735,
March 22,1745-6,
Feb. 19, 1714-15,
June 15, 1710,
Aug. 18, 1785,
Feb. 18, 1717,
Jan. 10, 1718,
April 2, 1715,
GBANTEE. GKANTOB. PAGE.
Valentine, Thomas )
Townsend, Thomas - William Jones 143
Valentine, William) ■
Valentine, William )
Townsend, Thomas ;- William Jones 143
Valentine, Thomas )
Vallentine, Nathan ")
Vallentine, Benja-^ Richard Valentine 116
min )
Vallentine, Bichard Robert Jackson 388
Whitehead, Daniel Jonas Wood 323
Whitehead, Jonathan Jacob Doughty 334
Whitehead, Jonathan Charles Peters 120
'^^ot'Je;e^aT^^^ J°^- teaman 337
Williams, Jeremiah Charles Mott 353
Williams, Jeremiah Charles Mott 362
Williams, Jeremiah Joseph Mott 379
Williams, Jeremiah Benjamin Seaman 351
Williams, Jeremiah Jonathan Smith (Black) 364
Williams, John Thomas Statham 43
"SSTosSr^^ [ ^o^- Williams. 20
™ls,'^miam } John Birdsall 402
Willis, Samuel ) t i t ii, ono
Pearsall, Thomas )" ^°^^^^ ^'^^^^'^ ^93
Willis, Samuel William Willis 199
Willis, Samuel William Willis 202
Willis, William I t i x>- j n Ann
Willis, John \. J°'^'^ Ei'-'^^'^" 402
Willis, William Joseph Jenings 186
Willis, William Jonas Wood 218
Wood, Jeremiah Obediah Rogers 177
Wood, Jeremiah 1 t i. a oon
Whitehead, Thomas^ ^"^"^ ^^^'^^'^ ^^^
Wood, Jeremy Thomas Whitehead 339
Wood, Joseph Bichard Osborn ' 27
INDEX. 531
PERSONAL INDEX.
PAGE.
Abbett, James : 184
Abit, James 70
Akeley, Benjamin 276
Akerley, Benjamin 211
429, 4;)0, 431, 432, 433, 441, 444, 452, ,463, 464, 465
Albertson, Derrick 242, 405
Albirtis, James 306, 308, 309
Albirtis, James, Jr '. 308
Alburtis, After 15
Alburtos, After 70, 106
AUason, John 90, 111
Allburtos, James 85, 131, 159
Allen, Henry 6, 7, 8, 211, 212, 213
Allen, John , , 213
Allen, William : 182, 183
Allin, Henry 75, 88, 15S, 157, 158, 159
AUin, Mary ' 156, 157, 158
Allin, Phebe 156, 157, 158
Allin, Eichard , 47
Allison, John 88, 97
Allyn, Henry ^ 219, 220, 330
AUyn, John 475
Allyne, Henry. 267
Anderdauk, Andrews 487, 488
Anderdank, Greetry 487, 488
Anderdonk, Andrees '. 387, 394
Aukors, Joseph 199
Applela, Thomas , 283
Armitage, Thomas 4
Asborn, William '■ 232
Auton, Hendriok 85
Bagley, Timothy 189, 353
Baker, George 329
Baker, Mary , 53
Baker, Thomas 53
Balden, Ezekiel 266
Balden, George 187, 266, 841
Balden, John 366, 396, 420
Balden, Joseph 169, 395
Balden, Mary. . . . •. 331
532 INDEX.
PAGE.
Balden, Samuel .: '. 181
Balden, Thomas 187
Balden, Thomas, Jr . 169
Balding, Ezekiel 163,379
Balding, George. 163, 163, 379, 280
Baldle, Samuel '. 359
Baley, Daniel 133
Baly, Elias 15, 57
Barcar, John » , . . : i 39
Barker, Mary 333, 333, 334
Barker, Samuel 348, 349
Barker, Thomas 132, 133, 222
333, 224, 225, 331, 383, 333, 334, 335, 366, 433, 434, 435, 445, 460
Barker, Thomas, Jr 93, 94, 95
Barker, William 95
Barns, Henry 168, 215
Barns, Joshua 170, 341
Barns, Eichard 166, 366
Barrington, Nicholas 333, 337
Barto, Elizabeth . ( ',.... 323
Bayard, Judith 457
Bayard, Nicolas '. . 457
Bayles, Samuel 132
Baxter, Oliver 327, 328, 329, 447, 448, 478
Beadell, David 39, 64, 70, 81, 129, 153
Bcadell, Jeremiah ; 39, 71, 82, 89, 100, 118, 119, 129
Beadell, Joseph. 70, 90, 93
Beadle, Daniel 268
Beadle, David 475, 477
Beadle, Jeremiah 273, 276, 474, 475, 478
Beadle, Jeremiah, Jr 475, 478
Beadle, Eichard 475, 478
Beats, George 106
Beats, John 331
Bedel, Thomas 172
Bedele, Jeremiah 360, 361
Bedell, Abraham 395
Bedell, David 27
33, 71, 77, 89, 93, 100, 107, 118, 363, 266, 268, 370, 371, 473
Bedell, James 366
Bedell, Jeremiah, Jr 474
Bedell, Job 97
Bedell, Joseph 77, 331, 335, 336, 327
Bedell, Eichard r 363, 366, 267, 269, 270, 271, 473
, INDEX. 533
PAGE.
Bedell, Thomas 358, 366, 331, 333, 335, 326, 837, 367, 383, 883
Bedell, Timothy 395
Bedell, William 331, 335, 336, 337
Bedle, David. I77, 259, 361, 474
Bedle, James 169
Bedle, Jeremiah. .' 363, 363, 367
Bedle, Eichard 177, 359, 363, 474
Bedle, Thomas 33I
Beet, Jeremi '. 46
Benny, Thomas 43
Bensen, Peter 458
Betts, John 447, 448, 449
Birdsall, Benjamin 341
Birdsall, James 311
Birdsall, John 305
311, 365, 267, 369, 270, 371, 341, 395, 402, 436, 470, 473, 475, 478
Birdsall, Oliver 311
Birtis, Aaron 356
Birtis, Joseph 174
Birtis, William 174
Boast, Elizabeth 333, 333
Boast, James 333, 338
Bolden, Ezecell 77
Bolden, Thomas 161
Bond, Abram 166
Boorum, Johanas 85
Borrum, Johannes 131
Bound, Robert 101
Bownd, Eobert 103
Briggs, Nathaniel 61, 63
Bronidge, Daniel 60
Bumstid, Thomas 316
Burch, Nin 52
Burch, William 95,109, 111, 113, 133
158, 210, 313, 334, 337, 251, 353, 353, 355, 359, 370, 390, 446, 463
Burnett, William 483
Bnrtis, Aaron ,. 240, 341
Eurtooe, Widow 98
Burtos, After 15
Burtos, James ' 85
Butler, James 468
Carel, John i 3
Carl, John ' 117
Carl, Joseph 192, 193, 366
534 INDEX.
PAGE.
Carle, John 490
Carle, Thomas 492
Carle, Widow 8
Carman, Benjamin '266
Carman, Caleb ., 266, 342
Carman, Caleb, Jr 86
Carman, Captain , 40
Carman, John 16, 18, '?0, 65, 79, 341
Carman, Joseph 494
Cavman, Joshua 48, 57, 63, 65, 97, 122, 222, 204, 265, 341
Carman, Richard 91
Carman, Samuel 34, 70, 266
Carman, Sarah 44
Carman, Thomas 6, 15, 25, 34, 71, 79, 86, 93, 100, 102, 342, 395
Carmen, Silas 169, 266
Carmon, Benjamin 474, 475, 478
Carmon, Caleb '. 469
Carmou, John 479, 480, 482
Carmon, Joseph 340, 496
Carmon, Joshua 459, 462
Carmon, Richard 463
Carmon, Thomas 479
Carpenter, John 167, 264, 493, 495, 496
Carpenter, Rachel , 495, 496
Chappie, Stephen 493, 494, 495, 496
Chattel-ton, Michael 23
Cheasrcian, Ephraim 105, 183, 184, 185, 205, 207, 208, 266, 417
Cheeseman, Esther 307, 208
Cheesman, Benjamin 241
Cheesman, Joseph 329, 241
Cheesman, Thomas 183, 184, 185, 186
Chesman, Thomas 134
Chogum, James 51, 52
Chogum, Mirce 52
Chogum, Samuel 51 , 52
Clapp, Elias. 60, » 68
Clarok, Mr 88
Clark, Samuel 388
Clarr, John 45
Clement, Joseph 189, 420
Clements, James 99, 104, 128
Clowes, Gerhads 145, 217, 331, 242, 344
Clowes, Samuel 74, 236, 300, 489
Clowes, Sarah 344
INDEX. 535
PACjlB.
Clowes, Timothy 340
Clows, Samuel 47, 53, 96, 131, 175, 335, 367, 310
Cook, James 69
Oolding, Doctor ' 88
Colliar, Doras . , 413
Combs, Coleman 164, 309
Combs, Daniel 340, 473, 475, 478
Combs, John 338, 396, 420
Comes, Daniel 474
Comes, Eichard 57, 58
Conkelin, Thomas 166
Cooper, Abraham 179
Cornall, Caleb 319, 220-
Oornall, Edward 265, 304
Cornall, John. . ; 263, 266, 267, 369
Cornall, Eichard 337, 338, 262, 284
Cornall, Samuel 170
Cornall, Thomas 176, 177, 193, 219, 220, 358, 259
Cornall, William 194, 196, 366
Cornel, Benjamin . .' 478
Cornel, John , ; 413, 423
Cornel, Joshua 491, 493, 493
Cornel, Mary 418
Cornel, Eichard 433, 460
Cornel, Samuel 488
Cornel, Thomas 418
Cornell, Benjamin 239, 435, 473
Cornell, Caleb 93, 97, 133, 445
Cornell, Daniel 169, 470
Cornell, Elizabeth ' '. Ill, 351
Cornell, James 435
Cornell, John 34, 40, 83, 93, 99, 105
107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 118, 153, 154, 156, 237, 239, 370, 271, 351
Cornell, Justis ; 77
Cornell, Mary 384, 385, 386, 387, 419
Cornell, Eichard 35
34, 39, 71, 77, 82, 83, 96, 339, 343, 253, 255, 349, 351, 355, 415, 416
Cornell, Samuel ,- 435
Cornell, Stephen 422, 424
Cornell, Thomas 89, 98, 101, 161, 384, 391, 409, 416
Cornell, William 10
13, 132, 130, 131, 135, 153, 154, 156, 161, 197, 415, 416, 417
Cornwell, Miriam 23
Courtis, John 11
536 INDEX.
PAGE.
Creed, William 301
Croker, Samson 165, 375, 415
Orooker, Kobert 171
Orooker, William .r... , 305
Cmmel, Ester /...... 321
Cuthing, Mr 49
Daniels, Ann 60
Daniels, Tliomas 58, 59, 00
Davenport, Frances 381
Davis, John 366
Deesoow, John 333, 337
Demott, Anthony 85, 170, 215, 263
Demott, Derick , 105, 397
Demott, Mary 90
Demott, Michael 84
Dento, Danies 145
Denton, Abraham 11, 13
Denton, Daniel 23, 333, 349
Denton, Elizabeth 196, 197
Denton, Isaac ' 240
Denton, James 34, 195, 196, 418
Denton, Jane : 196, 197
Denton, John 280
Denton, Jonah 366
Denton, Joseph 105, 263, 266, 341, 471
Denton, Eichard 9
Denton, Samuel 30, 61, 81
Dentun, Elizabeth 195
Dentun, James ; 167, 180, 195
Dentun, Joseph : 168, 195
Dentun, Joseph, Jr 168
Dentun, Samuel 168
Deryee, Daniel 205
Dickinson, Samuel 14
Dingey, Christopher ' 83, 349, 341
Dingey, Robert 166, 353
Dingy, John 155, 362, 363, 267, 269, 347, 395
Dirfey, Eichard ..204, 205
Dirfy, Eichard 203
Dodes, Samuel 385
Dodg, Samuel 63, 486
Dodg, Trustom 474
Dodge, Amos 384, 385, 386, 387
Dodge, Jeremiah 385, 419, 488, 484, 485
INDEX. 537
PAGE.
Dodge, Jeremiah, Ji 219, 330, 331
Dodge, Joseph 319, 230
Dodge, Jrestin '. 97
Dodge, Samuel 97, 338, 435, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 493, 493
Dodge, Sarah 387
Dodge, Susannah 489, 490, 491
Dodge, Thomas ^97, 371, 385, 38C, 489, 490, 491
Dodge, Tristram 230, 331, 885, 475, 490, 491
Dodge, William. ..... 333, 334
Dongen, Thomas 350
Dorian, John 98, ,473
Dorland, Elias 363, 369, 370, 271
Dorland, John 171
175, 177, 358, 259, 361, 363, 363, 367, 369, 270, 271, 373, 309, 473
Dorlon, Elias 97, 417, 477
•Dorlon, John 71, 83, 83
89, 93, 97, 116, 273, 389, 340, 413, 418, 419, 430, 474, 475, 476, 478
Dorlou, Samuel 489
Dosenboro, Hendriok 143
Dosenboro, John 143
Dosenboro, Mary ; . . . 143
Dosenborow, Hendrick 9, 10, 93, 137, 138
Dosenborow, Henry 142, 154
Dosenborow, John 73, 97, 105, 106, 116, 139, 142
Dosenborow, Mary. 142
Dosenborow, Samuel 92, 1 16, 184
Dosenbrow, Mary 154
Doty, Isaac 435, 426, 427, 428
Doty, Jacob 413
Doty, Samuel '. 413
Doughty, Amy 384. 236
Doughty, Benjamin 255
Doughty, Jacob 235, 334, 335, 386, 346
Doughty, John 170, 845
Downing, Beujamiu 477
Downing, George 405
Doxey, Thomas 124, 125
Dreuit, Benjamin 8
Durenbury, John 176
Durfee, Bichard 99, 110
Durfey, Bichard 79
Durffee, Bichard 209
Dusenberee, Elizabeth 4, 15
Dusenberee, Jarvis 415
538 INDEX.
PAGE.
Dusepber,ee, John ; 415
Di).senberres, Beniamin 477
Dusenberry, Elizabeth. 418, 414
Dusenberry, John 413, 41 4
Dusenbery, John 415
Dusenbury, John , 169
Dusenbui;y, Moses •■ 169
Dusenbury^ Samuel 169, 257
Dusinbery, Jarvis 413
Egberson, Barns 9
Elason, John .'..:.. 89
Eldeart, Lucas . 134
Elderd, Hanas 266,307
Elder d; John. . ....■: ; '. 159
Eleson, Thomas 8, 9
Elisou, Elizabeth 47 '
Elisoh, John 72, 231
Elison, Eachel 73
Elison, Bichard ;73, 74, 237, 328, 341
Elison, Bichard, Jr , 73, 81, 155, 337, 328
Elison, Samuel 146 -
Elison, Thomas 73, 74, 147, 331
Ellison, James 395, 430
Ellison, John 397
Ellison, Bichard <. 310, 339, 340, 349, 396
Ellison, Richard, Jr 395, 468, 469, 470, 471, 477
Esmend, John 138
Everit, Benjamin 271
Everit, George 304, 306, 307
Everit, George, Jr 169
Everit, Bichard 306
Fieuelire, John 115
Firman, Elizabeth - 339
Fletcher, Benjamin 54
Fleuelling, Thomas 134
Flewelling, Thomas 70
Flower, Benjamin 170, 229, 323
Flower, Jonah 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 284
Flower, Jonas. ,. . 477
Foster, John 67, 72, 138, 272, 273,- 307, 341, 474, 475
Foster, John, Jr 85
Foster, Thomas 4, 303, 305, 306
Foster, William 165
INDEX. 539
PAGE.
Fowler, Jacob 181
Frost, Thomas 267, 299
Funwick, Justis ,. : 36, 39, 81
Garisee, Abraham -109
Garison, Abraham 391, 392, 393, 394, 407, 408
Garrison, Abram 174
Gee, Abraham 76
Gee, Tamsin 76
Gibb, Andrew 347, 348, 349
Gildersleave, Thomas ; 3Cfi, 398
Gildersleeve, Asa 159
Gildersleeve, Elisha '. . . . 105, 106
Gildersleeve, George. :....'...:' 159
Gildersleeve, Eiohard 4,9,105,106,115,168, 241
Gildersleeve, Thomas: ' 3, 4, '5, 6, '8
10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 3d, 23, 34, 35, 26, 37, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36
39, 40. 41, 43, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63
64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 83
84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 103
104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 113, 114. 115, 116, 118, 119, 130, 133, 134
135, 136, 137, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139,- 14l', r42, 143
145, 148, 153, 153, 154, 156, 158, 160, 161, 169, 175, 176, 323, 341
Gildersleve, Elisha ^ . . 388
Gildersleve, Richard , 366
Gill, Andrew ' 331
Ginings, Joseph ■ 231
Golder, Garret ' 173
Gritman, William ;....'.. 93
Grittan, Thomas 140, 141, 143
Grittman, Thomas i 167
Grissel, Thomas 42
Hagewout, John 85
Haight, Jacob ■ 393, 393
Hall, John. . .175, 176, 200, 363, 267, 269, 270, 271, 275, 333, 473, 475, 478
Hall, Joseph, Jr 11 5
Hallsted, Joseph • - ,97
Halstead, Jonas ■, 172
Halstead, Joseph 353, 333
Halstead, Lawrence 2()5
Halstead, Timothy 4'j )
Halsted, Timothy 15, 143
Harmonson, Hendrick 181
Haviland, Benjamin , • - 16j
540 INDEX.
PAGE.
Hazard, James 240
Heaviland, John 75
Heble, Thomas 33
Hegermau, Adrian 409
Hegerman, Cornelius , 356
Hegerman, Jacobus .'.. 3(37, 360, 370
Hegerman, Peteres 409
Hegiman, Elbert 457, 459, 463
Hendriokson, Isaac 366
Hendrickson, Harman 134, 137, 143, 169, 303, 304
Hendrickson, Harman J 84
Hendrickson, Hendrick 92, 131, 169, 366, 478
Hendrickson, Henry 133, 134, 135, 154
Hendrickson, John 84, 133, 169
Hendriokson, Thomas. 92, 130, 131, 133, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141
143, 154, 167, 366, 398, 399, 300, 301, 303, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308
Hendrickson, Thomas, Jr 303
Heulitt, Daniel 79
Heulitt, George 4, 5, 53, 75, 130, 130, 131, 133, 158, 162
Heulitt, Hannah 130, 131, 133
Heulitt, John 4, 5
Hewlett, Benjamin ' 340, 341, 474, 475, 476, 478
Hewlett, Captain 316
Hewlett, Daniel 273
Hewlett, George 202, 430
Hewlett, George, Jr 201
Hewlett, James 376
Hewlett, Lewis. . , 437
Hewlett, Bichard '. . 202, 316
Hewlitt, John 245
Hicks, Benjamin 255, 378, 392, 393, 341, 435
Hicks, Behjamin (Capt.) 88, 90
Hicks, Charles 458
Hicks, Colonel 39, 40, 65, 364, 265
Hicks, Deborah 47
Hicks, Henry 356, 303
Hicks, Isaac 8, 14, 64 69
73, 74, 95, 96, 133, 133, 148, 153, 158, 173, 314, 337, 336, 384, 301
303, 303, 312, 314, 341, 355, 359, 384, 417, 485, 488, 489, 491, 493
Hicks, Isaac (Col.) 15, 16, 26, 35, 68, 69, 255
Hicks, Jacob 377, 278
Hicks, Jacob (Capt.) 840
Hicks, Jacob, Jr ' 277
Hicks, John 168, 377, 378, 393, 393, 356, 357, 358, 400, 401
INDEX. 541
■PAQ'E.
Hiofcs, Joseph 165
Hicks, Judge 41
Hicks, Stephen 170
Hicks, Thomas. 6,7, 8,10, 17,18, 43,47, 165, 235, 343, 343, 378, 379, 351, 435
Hicks, Thomas, Jr 46, 135, 136, 318, 243
Hicks, William. .'. 174
Hinchman, Benjamin 449
Hobard, Jeremiah 319
Hobart, Jeremiah 319
Hogaland, William 390
Holdworth, Jonas 17, 18, 136, 137
Holstead, Timothy 117
Hoisted, Benjamin 117
Hoisted, Jonas 23, 44
Hoisted, Joseph 102, 107
Hoisted, Timothy 5, 25, 36, 48, 44, 57, 58, 74
Howell, John ; 179
Hubbs, Bobert 389
Hubs, Alexander , 7
Hubs, Robert , 75, 407
Huchings, William 97
Huchins, Thomas : 97
Hugins, , James. 181, 183
Hulet, Daniel 373
Hiilet, George 333
Hulett, George 313, 330, 332
Hulitt, Lewis 58, 53, .58, 97
Hutchens, William , .432, 464, 493
Hutchings, Jonathan : 206, 207
Hutchings, Bobert ,.'. 306, 307, 337, 338, 339, 486
Hutchings, William 333, 434, 488
Hutchins, Amy 337, 328, 339
Huthings, Bobert 173
Inbe, Jonathan 141
Ingram, William 343
Inings, Joseph 187
Inings, Joseph, Jr 186, 187, 188, 189
Inings, Susannah 188, 189
Ireland, Thomas ' 46
Jackson, Colonel 41, 77
Jackson, Emanuel , 340
Jackson, Isaac 174
Jackson, James. ...*.. .35, 65, 123, 197, 365, 309. 310, 311, 313, 341, 454
542 INDEX.
PAGE.
Jackson, John 6
7, 8, S), 10, 20, 39, 81, 84, 87, 101, lOa, 103, 310, 318, 341, 419, 454
Jackson, John, (Col) 6, 16, 26, 39, 68, 69, 73, 99, 104, 128
Jackson, John, Jr 34, 39, 68, 69, 127; 139, 265
Jackson, Eichard 303
Jackson, Robert 387, 388
Jackson, Samuel 71, 83, 93, 341
Jarman, Isaac 115, 116, 118, 119, 139, 139, 153, 321
Jeacocks, William 398
Jecocks, David 4
Jeoocks, Thomas 46
Jecocks, William 297
Jeninys, Joseph 187, 231
Jenings, Joseph, ,Tr 186, 187, 188, 189
Jenings, Susanah 188, 189
Jenny, Robert, 241, 242, 257
Johnson, Harman 85, 92, 131., 135, 136, 154
Johnson, William 269
Jones, David 145, 181, 186, 194, 197, 199, 301, 303, 431, 422
Jones, William 143, 144, 145
Jonson, Harman 184, 256, 266, 304, 307
Jonson, Jacob ' 170
Jonson, James 168
Jonson, Stephen 97
Jordan, .Tames 417
Katoham, John 319
Kehle, Thomas 33
Kirk, William 403
Kisham, Joseph 433, 434
Kissam, Daniel 75
213, 323, 330, 331, 332, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 463, 463
Kissam, Elizabeth 463
Kissam, Joseph 323, 333, 224, 335, 336, 339, 330, 331, 333, 434
4fi5, 436, 437, 438, 441, 444, 450, 451, 453, 465, 468, 471, 483, 496
Kroker, Samson 105
Kurk, William 181
Lambertson, Simon 84
Lang, Nicholas 38
Langdon, John 342
Langdon, Joseph 97. 98, 335, 336, 343
Langdon, Samuel 83, 97, 108, 266, 325, 320, 341
Langdon, Samuel, Jr > 326, 470
Langdon, Solomon : 266, 335, 326
Langdon, Thomas 39, 65, 68, 89, 97, 107, 341
INDEX. 543
PAGE.
Langdon, Widow 316
Langdon, William , 97^ 34I, 341
Latham, Amey 438, 439, 465
Latham, Joseph 97, 102, 223, 293, 394 295, 431
433, 483, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 4G4
Latham, Joseph, Jr 443, 443, 444
Latham, William 39,5
435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 451, 452, 463, 464, 465
Laton, John 270
Laurance, Adam 230, 406
Lawrence, Adam U)i
Lawrence, William '. ,43
Lee, John ,. . . n.o
Lee, Thomas 65, 72, 79, 175, 176, 184, 266, 333, 395
Lefferts. Leffert .' 269
Legross, Philip 341, 342
Legross, Samuel , 241
Leister, Peter 407, 408, 409
Leister, Sarah 409
Lester, Benjamin. 208, 366, 369, 370, 271, 274, 275, 395, 473, 474, 475, 478
Lester, Mordecai ./. 41
48, 73, 100, 107, 114, 119, 129, 152, 153, 177, 309, 358, 366, 325, 341
Lewes, Benjamin ,., 473
Lewis, Thomas 171, 336
Lidall, William , 431
Lines, William 390
Linninton, John. .'. ,- • • 3, 4, 266, 373, 373
Lioyns, William ; 228
Littlefield, Caleb ,. .-, ,36
Loines, William , 214
Loosee, John J.29
Loosee, John, Jr 152, 161
Losee, Abram '■ 167, 168
Losee, Cornelius 266
Losee, Simon 270
Losey, Isaac l 366
Losey, Simon 173, 332, 333, 334
Loynes, William 347, ,430
Lucas, Eldret 475, 478
Ludlam, Henry 183
Ludlow, George -. .■. 269
Lueister, Peter 389, 391
Lum, John 388
Lynsad, Thomas 173
Lyster, Peter. .'. 390
544 INDEX.
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PAGE.
Mannering, Thomas 321
Mapes, William , 384
Martin, Major 284, 477
Martin, Thomas 164, 304
Marvin, Robert 93. 192, 195, 196, 198, 263, 267, 269, 477, 478
Merven, Robert 261
Mervin, Eobert 176, 177, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 259
Mesleet, Eobert 38
Messenger, John , 191, 418
Minthorne, John : 348, 349
Miiithorne, Richard : 348
Mitchel, Jackamiah 190
Mitchel, John 7, 245
Mitchel, Eobert. .25, 84, 39, .57, 75, 82, 100, 101, 104, 105, 211,-212, 262, 357
Mitchel, Thomas 36, 38, 49
Mitchell, Robert 71; 77
Mitchell, Robert, Jr 211
Monfoort, Abram 391, 407
Monfoort, Jacobas 391, 392, 393, 394
Monfoort, John 391
Monfoort, Margaret 390, 391, 407
Monfoort, Teter 390 .391
Monfoort, Sarah 390, 391
Monfort, Abram 267, 388, 389, 390, 407
Monfort, Elbert 482. 483, 484, 485
Monfort, Jacobus * 408
Monfort, John 889, 407
Monfort, Margaret 407
Monfort, Peter 407
Monfort, Sarah 407
Monfort, Susanna 482
Montfort, Jacobus 263, 388, 389, 390
Montfort, Margaret 388
Montfort, Peter 388, 389
Montfort, Sarah 388
Morell, Caleb 474, 475
Morrell, Caleb 206, 207, 423
Morrell, John 465
Morrill, Caleb 167, 271, 273
Mott, Adam 8, 16, 17, 77
97, 120, 127, 174, 246, 247, 248, 249, 271, 342, 367, 369, 370, 384
Mott, Amos 403, 404, 405
Mott, Charles 56, 57, 172, 173, 344
245, 246, 247, 354, 355, 362, 363, 364, 371, 372, 376, 377, 382, 384
INDEX. 545
PAGE.
Mott, Charles, Ji' 244, 245, 249, 350, 351, 253
Mott, Deborah 249, 350, 251, 353
Mott, Elizabeth 367, 369, 370
Mott, Gersham gg, 173, 244
Mott, Henj-y 124
Mott, Isaac ' ; 175
Mott, Jacob 174, 175, 262, 413
Mott, Jesse 268, 270
Mott, John. 3, 6, 15, 35, 34, 35, 39, 40, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 77, 79
83, 83, 97, 114, 154, 156, 164, 262, 366, 378, 397, 298, 308, 309, 343
Mott, John, Jr 33, 34, 71, 72, 88, 90
Mott, Joseph 11, 20 21
23, 33, 70, 173, 174, 176, 177, 215, 248, 349, 259, 260, 361, 263, 366
367, 268, 369, 271, 287, 288, 389, 309, 331, 339, 340, 347, 370, 373
375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 394, 395, 396, 412, 419, 473, 474, 475, 478
Mott, Joseph, Jr 153, 247, 249, 35"), 251, 252, 253, 354
Mott, Mioajah 269
Mott, Patrick.. 175, 260, 262, 263, 266, 367, 275, 376, 377, 316, 335, 336
Mott, Richard.. 320, 221, 369, 356, 358, 359, 367, 369, 375, 377, 378, 379
Mott, Richbell 34, 75, 342, 389, 407, 490
Mott, Samuel 164, 362
Mott, William 75, 76
Mountaniayes, Abram 90
Moyles, William 68, 363
Mudge, Coles 405
Mudge, Jane 413, 414, 415
Mudge. Jarvis : 69, 413, 414
Mudge, Jarvis (Capt.) 69
Mudge, Michael 356, 403; 404, 405
Munfort, Peter 483, 484, 485
Muntfort, Jacobus 173
Muntf ort, Peter 482
Muttee, Peter : 289
Narins, John , 144
Neall. Henry ; 61
Nero, Thomas 53
Niocols, William .^ 163
Nicolds, William 434
Nicoll, Francis 39, 117, 349
Nicoll, William 41, 102, 347, 348, 249
Nicols, Sarah 343, 344
Niools, William 140, 141, 342, 343, 344
Nile, Nathaniel.. 63
546 INDEX.
PAQE.
Oakley, John ." 163
Oakley, Nathaniel 267, 342
Oakley, Thomas 300
Oclee, Nathaniel 136
Okely, Nathaniel .91, 92
Okely, Thomas 9
Okly, Nathaniel 79
Oldfleld, Augustp .' 115, 181, 346
Oldfield, Eiohard 132, 230
Onderdanck, Andres 485, 486
Onderdanok, Greetry 486
Onderdonck, Adrian 105, 397, 398, 399
Onderdonck, Andrews 435, 439, 444
Onderdonck, Anne 422, 424, 485
Onderdonck, Isaac -. 422, 423, 424, 425
Onderdonk, Andreas 210, 386, 392
Onderdonk, Andreas, Jr 473
Onderdonk, Andries, Jr 210
Onderdonk, Andrus 39, 71, 97
Onderdonk, Andrews 441
Onderdonk, Hendrick 90, 276
Onderdonk, Henry 133, 140
Osband, Eiohard 317
Osborn, Bichaid 72, 73
Outer, Hendrick 215
Pap, William 45
Parsal, Sarah 44
Parsall, Henry 273
Parsall, Thomas 128, 413, 417
Pearce, Joseph 107
Pearsall, Daniel 30, 105, 115, 204, 206, 362, 341, 473
Pearsall, Elizabeth ,145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152
Pearsall, Freelove 379
Pearsall, George ! 138, 184, 341
Pearsall, Hannah 379
Pearsall, Henry 105, 161, 304, 272, 290, 341
Pearsall, Hezekiah 167, 240
Pearsall, James 241
Pearsall, John 29, 118, 262
Pearsall, Nathaniel 9, 10, 105, 181, 184, 294, 436, 437
Pearsall, Samuel 146, 147, 166, 263, 267, 379
Pearsall, Thomas 77, 78, 103, 146
147, 148, 184, 214, 330, 331, 347, 341, 367, 370, 377, 379, 403, 404
Pearsall, Thomas, Jr. . . .393, 294, 310, 370, 373, 374, 376, 377, 378, 379
INDEX. , 547
PAGE.
Peat, Mary 95
Peat, Thomas , 123
Peat, "William 93, 94, 95, 233, 333
Peirce, Joseph 335
Perhamua, Piatt 477
Peters, Charles 120, 121, 132, IGG, 411, 420
Peters, Doctor 138, 389
Peters, Edward 430
PeterR, George 289
Peters, John, Jr 389
Peters, Valentine H..163, 303, 308, 209, 341, 368, 371, 373, 375, 376, 277
380, 399, 317, 413, 415, 417, 418, 419, 430, 423, 435, 439, 431, 433
435, 439, 441, 444, 446, 449, 4dO', 453, 456, 458, 461, 463, 465, 468
471, 473, 473, 474, 475; 476, 477, 478, 483, 485, 489, 491, 493, 496
Peterson, Jacob 90, i)l, 366
Peterson Jacobus 413
Petors, Mary 130, 121, 132
Pettet, Joseph , Jr 130
Pettit, Isaac 355
Pettit, John \ 366
Pettit, Joseph.. 4, 34, 44, 45, 46, 49, 61, 74, 120, 143, 255, 265, 398, 341
Pine, Benjamin 166, 167
Pine, Daniel 73, 115, 116, 334, 479, 480
Pine, Hannah 31
Pine, James 13, 29, 30
31, 65, 128, 155, 281, 266, 287, 323, 324, 332, 333, 334, 372, 400, 401
Pine, James, Jr 79, 366, 333, 324
Pine, John , 83, 244, 250, 262, 477
Pine, Nathaniel ■ , 324
Pine, Rachel 245
Pine, Samuel 78, 245, 384
Pine, William 79, 333, 324, 341
Place, Aaron ; 439, 431
Place, Martha 431
Piatt, Epenetus '. 239
Piatt, Joseph 337
Piatt, Uriah 380, 381, 386, 333
Polehamus, Cornelius 433
Polhemas, Cornelius 104, 105, 350, 353, 353, 354, 255
Polhemas, Susanna 353, 353, 254, 355
Pool, Percy 164
Post, Edmund >■'. 345
Post, Henry 355, 370
Post, John 170, 214, 395, 396
548 INDEX.
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Post, Richard 270, 271, 347, 395, 473, 474
Post, Richard, Jr 363, 364
Post, Samuel 270
Potte, John 62
Powel, Mary 4, 13, 414, 415
Powel, Waite 413, 414, 415
Powell, .Toseph 205
Powell, Mary : 415
Powell, Stephen ~. 305
Powell, Waite 415
Prince, Robert 101
Prince, Samuel 165, 478
Prior, Thomas 270
Pudinton, Sarah 43
Pudney, John 418
Pulhamus, Cornelius 97
Purdy, Samuel 60
Rainer, John 366
Rainer, Samuel 366, 342
Ramson, Elizabeth 85
Ramson, Hendrick 97
Ramson, Ram 95, 96, 97, 171, 266, 482, 483, 484, 485, 493
Ramson, Widow 93
Raymond, J 51
Raymond, Sarah - . 51
Raymor, Joseph 50, 494
Raynor, Samuel 494
Reyerse, Cornelius 397, 398, 399
Reyerson, Martin : 399
Reynolds, George , 183, 183
Reyyerse, Cornelius 85
Rhoades, Daniel 276
Rhoads, Richard 340
Rhoads, Timothy : 171
Riason, George 398, 299
Rider, John .' 15
Rider, Robert 101
Ridway, John 381
Rimond, Widow 37
Road, Henry 171
Road, Timothy 171
Kobbins, Jeremiah 436
Robbins, John 436
Robins, Josias 40
INDEX. 549
PAGE.
Robinson, John 352, 354, 370, 371, 375, 37G
Eobinson, John, Jr 853, 371, 376
Robinson, Joseph 358, 371, 376
Robison, Jean .' 56, 57, 58
Robison, Jean, Jr 56, 57, 58
Robison, John 56, 57, 58
Robison, Joseph 56, 57, 58
Robison, Rebecca 56, 57, 58
Rodman, John 37
Roe, John 303
Rogers, Obediah 177, 178, 179
Rogers, William 178
Rouland, Jonathan 98
Rowland, John 411
Rowland, Jonathan 259, 360, 261 , 262, 266
Rushmore, Elizabeth 246
Rushmore, Thomas 157
Rashmour, John • 339
Rusmore, John 309, 395
Ryder, Hugh 168
Ryersee, Cornelius * 159
Safford, John 13
Sainor, William 63
Sands, Edward 62, 63, 359, 360, 361, 862, 444, 445, 446
Sands, James. . . .' 36, 37, 38, 44^ 45, 49, 51, 62
Sands, J ames, Jr 45
Sands, John 36, 37, 38, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54
55, 58, 59, 61; 63, 63, 96, 343, 350, 359, 360, 361, 363, 444, 445, 446
Sands, John (Capt.) 43, 44, 48, 322
Sands, John, Jr 51, 63, 63
Sands, Nathaniel 84, 133, 359, 444, 445, 446
Sands, Samuel 37, 97, 360, 445
Sands, Sarah 49, 57
Sayre, Joseph 179
Soank, Ruliff 363, 370
Schank, Minard 261
Sohidmore, Joseph , 412
Scidmore, Joseph. 363
Scidmor, Samuel 130
Scott, Joseph . ._ 46
Seabre, Samuel 175
Seabury, Mr .'309
Seaman, Absolom 240
Seaman, Benjamin 311, 341, 395, 466, 467, 468
550 INDEX.
PAGE.
Seaman, Caleb 209, 210
Seaman, Caleb, Jr '. 209, 210
Seaman, David.. 295, 364, 366, 368, 370, 375, 379, 381, 382, 409, 415, 429
Seaman, Elizabeth : 466, 467, 468
Seaman, Giles 330, 231
Seaman, Henry 171, 341
Seaman, Hioks 170, 262
Seaman, Jacob 370, 271, 272, 341, 473
Seaman, James 55, 83, 164, 341
Seaman, Jane .' 311
Seaman, John : 48, 49, 54, 126, 267, 269, 337, 338, 339
Seaman, John, (Capt. ) 53
Seaman, Jonathan , 232
Seaman, Joyles 329
Seaman, Letitia 329, 331
Seaman, Nathaniel 151, 166, 187, 348, 395, 426
Seaman, Nathaniel, Jr 214, 347, 395, 396, 420
Seaman, Nehemiah '. 208
Seaman, Eachel, Jr 151
Seaman, Richard .55, 176, 193, 294, 206, 291, 341
Seaman, Samuel . . . * '. 106, 341, 347, 348, 395
Seaman, Solomon 44, 47, 48, 315, 262
263, 369, 270, 371, 339, 340, 347, 348, 394. 395, 396, 418, 419, 473
Seaman, Solomon, Jr 207, 269
Seaman, Thomas 20, 166, 170, 395
Seaman, Thomas, Jr 170
Seaman, William 305
Seaman, Williams 374, 375, 435, 426, 427, 428
Seaman, Zebulon 356, 374, 275
Searing, Daniel 170,376,388,289
Searing, Jacob '. . .» 376
Searing, James. 6, 15, 35, 37, 38, 39, 30,31, 32,33, 65,122, 264, 265, 367, 454
Searing, John 11, 13, 13, 14, 37, 28*
29, 33, 33, 99, 170, 193, 193, 276, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392. 400, 454
Searing, John, Jr 286
Searing, Jonathan 37, 38, 29, 30, 31, 33, 33, 83, 376, 287
Searing, Samuel 37, 38, 29, 376, 288, 475, 478
Searing, Simon 27, 38, 29, 33, 33, 453, 455, 456
Searle, Eiehard 68
Seieells, Mr 49
Seley, Daniel 0 ' : 165
Seman, Benjamin 16,30,23, 40
54, 55, 65, 83, 89, 104, 347, 351, 353, 353, 371, 376, 436, 466, 467, 468
Seman, Beniamin, Jr 34, 35, 55, 65, 265, 341
INDEX. 551
PAGE.
Seman, Jacob 474, 475, 478
Seman, James 474, 475
Seman, Kiohard 469
Seman, Eobert 425, 426, 427, 428
Seman, Solomon 474, 475
Sering, John 153, 154
Shadbolt, Embree 163
Shadbolt, Morris 163
Shadbolt, Eobert 162, 163
Shaw, Henry , 241
Shaw, Jonathan 256
Shaw, William 240
Simson, John 43
Skidmore, Justice 298
Smith, Abel 34, 40, 52, 53
62, 65, 122, 162, 211, 212, 213, 214, 265, 279, 286, 287, 288, 289, 341
Smith, Abel, Jr 413, 414
Smith, Abraham, 41, 42
Smith, Amos 191
Smith, Benjamin 62, 79, 80, 86, 87, 171, 333, 395, 471, 472, 473
Smith, Benjamin, (Oapt.) ' 268
Smith, Benjamin, (Bock) 366
Smith, Captain 171
Smith, Catherine 181
Smith, Daniel 115
Smith, David 179, 180, 181
Smith, Deborah 311, 313, 314
Smith, Esther 189, 191, 315
Smith, Gersham 115, 309
Smith, Hannah /. 115
Smith, Henry 174, 199, 344, 406
Smith, Herekiah 205
Smith, Hester 217
Smith, Isaac 6, 15, 19, 25, 33
33, 34, 39, 67, 73, 77, 99, 171, 180, 265, 370, 417, 418, 421, 433, 434
Smith, Jacob.... 77, 82, 88, 89, 90, lOO, 107, 118, 119, 127, 153, 154, 156
177, 197, 208, 358, 359, 260, 261, 263, 266, 268, 370, 271, 272, 273
274, 375, 314, 315, 316, 341, 401, 469, 473, 474, 475, 477, 481, 482
Smith, Jacob, Jr 197
Smith, James 98
105, 108, 109, 112, 306, 380, 281, 282, 383, 384, 285, 335, 433, 478
Smith, James (Judge) 366
Smith, Jean (Widow). 16, 115
Smith, Jeremiah 335, 336, 337
552 INDEX.
PAGE.
Smith, Jeremiah (Capt.) 99, 108, 112
Smith, Jme 82
Smith, John 9, 13, 13, 14, 17, 44, 85, 105, 136, 137, 138, 136, 150
170, 171, 177, 339, 241, 359, 361, 363, 367, 369, , 380, 400, 477,' 478
Smith, John (Eock) 139, 190, 433
Smith, John, Jr. (Rook) 8
Smith, Jonas. '. 335, 336, 337
Smith, Jonathan 5, 9, 10, 80, 87, 96, 346, 249, 355
321, 338, 342, 353, 364, 365, 366, 373, 377, 383, 383, 384, 411, 430
Smith, Jonathan, Jr '. 9, 10, 61, 79
Smith, Jonathan (Black) 364, 477
Smith, Jonathan (Eock) 167, 170, 395
Smith, Jonathan, Jr (Eock) 167
Smith, Joseph 10, 49, 115, 177, 359, 381, 383, 300, 301
Smith, Josias ■ 421
Smith, Little 79
Smith, Mary 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 280, 283
Smith, Micah 163
163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177
179, 180, 181, 183, 186, 189, 191, 194, 197, 198, 199, 301, 303
204, 208, 218, 219, 220, 331, 337, 338, 331, 334, 336, 340, 343, 245
347, 351, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 261, 262, 263, 264
265, 267, 268, 369, 370, 371, 272, 274, ,879, ' 383, 286, 289,, 293, 297
303, 306,. 308, 309, 316, 321, 322, 334, 325, 327, 329, 332, 334, 337
339, 344, 346, 348, 349, 351, 366, 370, 379, 387, 888, 393, 394, 395
400, 401, 405, 406, 409, 410, 411, 412, 417, 418, 431, 469, 473, 474
Smith, Michael 129, 153
Smith, Nathan 136
Smith, Peter . ..83, 116, 189, 190, 191, 305, 215, 316, 317, 218, 344, 346
Smith,Peter, Jr. 168, 189, 190, 191, 215, 216, 217, 239, 330, 341, 343, 345, 346
Smith, Phebe 334,' 411
Smith, Phillip : 105
Smith, Eichard 74, 173, 305
Smith, Eath 288, 289
Smith, Samuel 89, 171, 179, 195, 198, 449
Smith, Samuel (Rock) 256
Smith, Silas 116, 155, &51, 353, 363, 363, 367, 369, 370
Smith, Stephen 241
Smith, Thomas .44, 113, 113, 114
Smith, Timothy '. ■ 115
141, 389, 369, 270, 271, 276, 409, 410, 411, 431, '471, 473, 474, 475
Smith, William 8, 9, 18, 135, 130, 171, 311, 473, 474, 475, 478
Snedeoor, Garit 98, 99, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 113
Snedeoor, Teumos 98
INDEX. 553
PAGE.
Snedecor, Theodorua 98
Southard, Abraham ^(i6, 494, 496
Southard, Isaac 119
Southard, John 97, 167
Southard, Joseph 39i5
Sojithard, Joseph, Jr 356
Southard, Samuel 341, 366, 372, 273, Sdn, 477, 494
Southard, Thomas •. 472
Southward, Abraham . 34
Southward, Isaac , 24
Southward, John 34
Southward, Thomas 33, 24
Spracr, Edward 395
Sprag, William ' 174
Spr,iugsteen, Jost 97
Starkins, Joseph 347
Statham, Thomas 41, 43
Stepheson, Thomas 77
Stevens, John 169
Stevenson; Thomas 419
StJiwel, Nicholas 338
Stites, John 469
Stites, Richard 60, 61
Stites, William 189, 338
Stits, William 83, 341
btringham, Anne 316
Strihgham, Elizabeth 316
Stringham, James 316
Stringham, Peter 315
Stringham, Samuel 216
Stringham, Thomas 316, 239
Stringham, William ' 316
Sutton, Joseph 457
Sutton, Joseph, Jr 459, 460, 461, 463
Sutton, Mary 46(», 461
Sutton, Robert ' 175, 177, 358, 359, 361, 483
Sweeting, John 234
Syren, John 156
Talman, John 100, 111, 112, 114, 135, 136, 138, 141, 143
Temple, T 431
Terry, Thomas 61
Tewe, John 43
Thickstone, William 398
Thirstan, Thomas 337
554 INDEX.
PAGE.
Thomas, John. 478, 479, 480, 481, 483
Thorne, John 243
Thorne, Joseph 8
25, 97, 319, 330, 324, 233, 234, 258, 357, 446, 453, 453, 456, 473
'i home, Joseph (Capt.) 99, 100, 107, 118
Thorne, Pichard 151, 154, 156, 369, 370, 373, 373, 334, 362, 387
Thorne, Thomas ; 439
Thurston,- Joseph 115, 175, 331, 356, 450
Thurston, Samuel 488
Thuston, John 357
Titas, Jacob 314, 395, 396
Titas, John 187, 318, 395, 396
Titas, Peter 177, 272, 296, 318, 340, 375
Titas, Peter, Jr 214, 395, 396
Titas, Richard 314, 361, 411, 413
Titas, Eobert 214, 357, 395
Titas, Samuel 189, 314, 373, 341, 395
Titas, Silas 189, 341, 347
Titas, "William 314, 347, 395, 396
Titos, Edmond 80, 81
Titos, John 14-8
Titos, Peter 34, 80, 81, 100, 107, 138, 139, 139
Tittas, Eichard 363
Titus, Abiel 219
Titus, Edmund 231
Titus, Peter 308, 309, 329, 340, 341, 273, 398. 399, 317, 430, 456
Titus, Peter, Jr 338
Titus, Richard , . 456
Titus,- Timothy 389
Titus, Samuel ..373, 376
Titus, William . . . .■ 477, 478
Toffee, John 446, 466, 467
Toffey, John 466, 407
Toten, William 165
Totten, Peter 119, 130
Totten, Eichard 317
Totten, Richard, Jr 317
Totten, Samuel 119, 365, 395
Totten, William 317
Townsad, Daniel 14
Townsend James ^ 99
Townsend, John 366, 268, 396, 397, 309, 395, 430, 468, 469, 477
Townsend, Nathaniel 429
Townsend, Nathaniel, Jr 397
INDEX. 555
PAGE.
Townaend, Eichard 396, 430
Townsend, Eichard, Jr 297
Townsend, Salveiias 174, 404
Townsend, Silvanus 477
Townsend, Thomas ,. . . . . 143, 144, 146, 150, 295, 396, 297
Townsend, Timothy '. 168, 477
Treadwell, Benjamin 76
Treadwell, Colonel 257, 259, 261 , 270, 273, 274
Treadwell, John 75, 76, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98
99, 102, 104, 125, 128, 129, 152, 153^ 155, 259, 260, 361, 372, 341
Treadwell, John (Capt.) 127
Treadwell, John (Ool.) 84
100, 103, 107, 114, 120, 134, 155, 159, 160, 171, 437
Treadwell, John, Jr 100, 107, 153, 453, 455
Treadwell, John (Lieut.) 118, 119
Treadwell, Phebe t 333
Treadwell, Thomas 8 .' 337, 340
Tredwell, Benjamin 75, 333, 449\ 450, 481, 483
Tred well. Colonel 139, 156
Tredwell, Edward 18, 125
Tredwell, John 6, 7, 8, 24, 25, 32, 34, 39
44, 64, 67, 71, 78, 79, 80, 83, 85, 88, 93, 154, 177, 273, 449, 450, 461
Tred.well, John (Capt.) 5, 15, 25, 26, 35, 78
Tredwell, Justice 40, 41. 77
Tredwell, Major 474
Tredwell, Margaret , . . . .^478, 479,, 480, 481. 483
Tredwell, Samuel. .^ .478, 479
Tredwell, Sarah 18, 135, 126
Tredwell, Thomas 468, 469, 470, 474, 475, 478, 480,, 481, 483
Tredwell, Thomas (Capt.) • 15
Underhill, Benjamin 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151
Underhi 11, Isaac • 379
Underhill, Jacob 369
Underhill, John . 38
Underhill, Samuel ' 69, 203, 295
Vail, Benjamin 266
Vail, Ephraim 166
Vail, Jacob 214, 269, 370, 271, 273
Vail, Joab 266
Vail, Job 175
Vail, John 371
Vail, Jonathan 366, 371, 473
Vail, Nathan 266
556 INDEX.
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Vail, Obediah 214
Vail, Obediah, Jr ' 360, 366
Vail, Richard 314
Valentine, Beniamin, Jr 163
Valentine, Ephraim 412, 420
Valentine, Henry 276, 430
Valentine, Jacob 369, 270, 271, 876, 420
Valentine, James . . .-, 345
Valentine, Joab '. 366
Valentine, John 271
Valentine, Jonah 276
Valentine, Obediah 436
Valentine, Oberliah, Jr 150, 360, 266
Valentine, Phillip 245
Valentine, Richard 476
Valentine, Thomas 143, 144
Valentine, William '..\ 148, 144
Vallantine, Ephraim 366, 398, 333, 340
Vallantine, JSphraim, Jr . . ; 295, 396, 397
Vallantine, Jacob 366
Vallantine, Jonathan 317, 345, 266, 270, 387
Vallantine, Obediah 365, 341, 355, 366
Vallantine, Richard 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 330, 388
Vallantine, Richard, Jr 310, 311, 316, 317, 318, 319, 330, 331, 404
Vallantine, William 181
Vallentine, Jacob 314
Valleutine, Joseph ; 356
ValUntine, Benjamin 116, 119, 366
Vallintine, Ephraim 30, 116
Vallintine, Nathan 116, 366
Vallintine, Obediah 32, 3i», 137, 138, 129, 144, 314
Vallintine, Richard 78, 103, 116, 117, 128, 314, 245, 321
Vanderwater, Peter 275
Van Pe Water, Peter 301
Van Golder, Hannah 838
Van Norstran, Aaron 84
Van Nortstrant, Jacob 85
Van Nost, Frederick 473
Van Nostont, Frederick 4*74
Van Nostran, Aaron 355
Van Nostrand, Aaron 413
Van Nostrandt, Barent 315
Van Ortatrunt, Albert 85
Vanosten, Frederick 356
INDEX. 557
PAGE.
Van Ostrandt, Jacob 311
Vanostrentf Aaron 430
Variostrent, John 430
Van Vouras, William 168
Van Wick, Rarent 167, 170, 193, 193, 194, 308
Van Wick, Cornelius ' , S3, 88, 170, 356, 358, 359
Van Wick, Hannah ' 194, 356, 3S8, 359
Van Wick, Theodorus 358, 391
Van Wick, Thomas 167
Van Wyck, Barns 93
Van Wyck, Cornelius 118, 197, 482, 483, 484, 485-
Van Wyck, Justis 36, 39, 81, 174
Van Wyck, Margaret 456, 457, 458
Van Wyck, Theodorus ........' 456, 457, 458, 459, 462, 463
Van Wycke, Theodorus .• 58, 68, 69, 75
Wallantine, Bichard 184
Wallas, Thomas '. 376
Wallioe, Thomas 371
Walters, Thomas .' 235
Washborn,.Hoi)e. 120, 123
Washborn, William ' '. .'. 133
Waters, Thomas 325, 419
Wells, Phillip ". 350
Weltsee, Marten 105
Whaleey, John .431
Wharton, Phillip 61
Whelpley, Henry. :., ^ . 16, 17, 136, 127
Whitehead, Benjamin , 227
Whitehead, Daniel 235, 822, 323, 328
Whitehead, Jonathan 120
121, 122, 234, 325, 230. 227, 234, 335, 336, 351, 458, 486
Whitehead, Sarah 235, 226, 227
Whitehead, Thomas 90, 91, 92, 134, 337, 338, 339, 417
Whithed, Daniel (Capt.) .,...' 10
Whorton, Phillip , 49, 50
Wiokes, John 219
Wiggens, John 449
Wiggens, Richard 289
Wiggins, Benjamin 344, 345, 346
Wiggins, Catharine 134
Wiggins, Josias 299, 300, 301
Wiggins, Eaohel 344, 345, 346
Wiggins, Eebecca 299, 300, 301
Wiggins, William 301
558 ' INDEX.
PAflE.
Wilkie, Thomas 491
Willet, John. ......; 337
Williame&; John 420
Williams, Elizabeth 292, 293
Williams, Jeremiah 103, 300
303, 240, 314, 816, 351, 353, 353, 854,, 355, 363, 363, 364, 365, 366
368, 370, 371, 373, 373, 374, 375, 376, 877, 379, 880, 881, 3H3, 404
Williams, John .20, 21, 22, 23, 42, 208, 309, 329
240, 241, 275, 276, 277, 291, 298, 299, 317, 395, 400, 420, 474, 475
Williams, Joseph , ... 75, 98, 182, 213, 359
Williams, Mary 875
Williams, Biohard. . . .31, 164, 370, 371, 376, 289, 290, 391, 393, 293, 478
Williams, Robert 68, 108, 274, 375
Williams, Samuel 6, 15, 20, 35, 34, 89, 70, 71, 77, 82, 90, 93, 841
Williams, Sarah 292, 293
Williams, Thomas 30, 31, 22, 39, 68, 69, 70, 82, 83, 88, 89, 90
116, 129, 139, 153, 164, 175, 176, 206, 387, 289, 290, 291, 292, 398
Willis, Prj' 201
Willis, Henry 186, 200, 314
Willis, Jacob 148, 300, 201, 395
Willis, Jacob, Jr ■ 395
Willis, John.. 300, 301, 214, 360,275, 276,289, 895,396, 403,436, 427, 476
Willis, Mary 186, 402
Willis, Richard _ 214, 395
Willis, Samuel '. 194
199, 202, 308, 214, 272, 273, 289, 398, 294, 366, 375, 381, 387, 391
893, 402, 405, 426, 427, 439, 441, 444, 453, 465,' 475, 484, 485, 494
Willis, Samuel, Jr 214
Willis, Silas.... 214, 395
Wiiris, William 14, 16, 36, 29, 31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 65, 68, 69, 70
75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 8.6, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97
98, 99, 101, 103, 103, 104, 117, 133, 124, 135, 127, 128, 129, 153, 153
155, 159, 160, 186, 187, 188, 199', 201, 202, 203, 314, 318, 365, 310
312, 818, 314, 340, 855, 366, 895, 402, 425, 437, 428, 429, 456, 485
Willis, William, Jr 31, 200, 201, 818
Willitts, Thomas 359
Willsee, Cornelius gg^ 113
Willsee, Morta ; ' 6, 15, 35, 84
Willsey, Martine [ . . 283, 385
Wilsey, Martine [ 259, 266, 284, 286
Wiltse, Cornelius 105, 109, 114, 337, 399
Wiltse, Martine 105, 237, 238, 289, 2iO, 897, 898, 899
Wolley, John T 351
Wood, Daniel 31,5, 335, 336
INDEX. 559
PAGB.
Wood, Edmund 218
Wood, Epenetus ' 33
Wood, James ! 70, 73, 104, Sbo
Wood, Jeremiah 70, 106, 167, 177, 178, 265, 315, 337, 338, 339, i06
Wood, Jeremiah, Jr 4U6
Wood, John 208, 276, 431, 433
Wood, Jonah 3*<7, 388
Wood, Jonas 117,218,219,333
Wood, Joseph 72, 220, 221
. Wood, Samuel 241
Woolley, John 41
Worton, Phillip 40
Wright, Dennis 456
Wright, John. .'. 175
Wright, Joseph 155
Wright, Nicols 170
Wright, William 175
Yong, John 124
Young, John 233, 234
Youngs, Alexander , 314, 353
Youngs, Lander .. . . I 270
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