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HUNTINGTON

TOWN RECORDS,

INCLUDING

BABYLON,

LONG ISLAND, N. Y.

1776 = = = 1873.

WITH

INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND INDEX

CHARLES R. STREET.

VOLUME III.

TRANSCRIBED, COMPILED AND PUBLISHEITBT'
AUTHORITY AND AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE TWO TOWNS.

1889.

The "Long Islander" Print ;
huntington, l. i.

Copy of Resolution,

Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars be raised
for continuing the work of editing and publishing the old
records of this Town.

Town Clerk's Office, \
Huntington, Suffolk Co. j '

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a
resolution passed at the Annual Town Meeting, held in
the Town of Huntington, April 3, 1888.

Philip Pearsall,

Town Clerk.
May 20th, 1889.

Town Clerk's Office, )
Babylon, Suffolk Co., N. Y. \

I hereby certify that at the annual Town Meeting held
in and for the town of Babylon, on the 3rd day of April,
1888, the sum of five hundred dollars was appropriated for
publication of old town records.

Joseph A. Douglas,

Town Clerk.
Dated April i8th, 1889.

Town Clerk's Certificate.

I hereby certify that I have compared, or caused to be
compared, this printed volume with the original manu-
script recorded in my office, and that 1 beheve the same is
a correct and exact copy of said original records where
the same purport to be printed in full, and where desig-
nated "abstract," that I believe the same to be true copies
of the parts of the originals so printed, "errata" excepted.

Philip Pearsall,

Town Clerky

INTRODUCTION.

The second printed volume of the Town Records ended
with a paper dated December 15, 1775. This volume con-
tinues the record in the order of dates, and begins about
the opening of the Revolutionary War, and ends in 1873,
about the time Babylon was, by act of the Legislature,
erected into a separate town.

The papers printed in this volume, covering the period
of the Revolutionary War, are quite voluminous and many
of them are important, giving facts and details not hereto-
fore printed, and though some of them may not be highly
important, it was deemed best to insert them, as the origi-
nals are chiefly loose papers, liable to perish soon ; and
everything concerning this interesting period will grow in
historical importance with the lapse of time. The record
shows the ineffectual effort made by the inhabitants of
Huntington, in connection with other towns, to prevent
the capture of Long Island by the British troops ; the mil-
itary organization of this town and lists of officers and
soldiers; their participation in the battle of Brookljm ; their
defeat by overwhelming numbers of the enemy on all sides,
and the consequent subjugation of the people, followed
by an armed occupation, the entrance of British soldiers
into Huntington and the consternation which the event
occasioned ; the quartering of the troops upon the inhabi-
tants, the signing of the oath of allegiance to the king un-
der the threat of banishment and a list of those who fled
into Washington's lines rather than submit. Many orders
issued by and under the authority of British officers will

-vi INTRODUCTION.

be found, requiring the citizens here to aid in building forts
in Brookl3'n and on Lloyd's Neck, and to transport soldiers
and military supplies from place to place. Lists of the
militia forced into the British service are given and
copies are printed of the orders under which the church
in Huntington was converted into stables for horses, finally
-demolished and the material used in constructing Fort
■Golgotha on the burying hill. Lists are given of the
grave stones taken up and used in the construction of the
fort, and finally appears the evacuation of the town by the
British soldiery in March, 1783, and the consequent rejoic-
ing of the inhabitants. An appendix contains a list of
claims presented, after the war, by the plundered inhabi-
tants, the details of which furnished much interesting local
history.

The period immediately succeeding the war was marked
by great activity and energy on the part of the people.
Churches were built of larger dimensions in place of those
■destroyed. Schools were re-established, the Huntington
Academy was built by subscription, a public libi"ary found-
ed in Huntington, and grants were made by the town, of
sites for larger and better equipped flour mills. Lists are
printed of the inhabitants, and the assessments of property
show the relative wealth of the people. The record of the
manumission of slaves, between 1800 and 1824, shows the
names of slave owners and of the slaves. The numerous
papers concerning the suit in chancery between the Nichol
family and this town, involving the title to beaches and
islands in the South Bay ; the subsequent efforts of both
sides to secure a legislative grant, and the final compromise
establishing the line, all of which covered a period of
about twenty years, ending about 1824, are full of interest.
Many important papers will be found adjusting the boun-
dary between this and neighboring towns. Records are
printed of divisions of early purchases from the Lidians,

INTRODUCTION. Vll

known as Squawpit or Squampit, Baiting- Place and East
Neck, giving descriptions and lists of owners. The sale
of the great body of the pine plains belonging to the town,
took place about 1855. The agreements and deeds and
controversies concerning these sales are important.

The records and papers concerning the War of the Re-
bellion of the Southern States are printed, and may be
brief!}- summarized as consisting of resolutions passed at
Town Meetings and by the Board of Trustees of the Town,
for raising money ; lists of contributors of money raised to
pay for recruiting and forwarding volunteers; the raising
of money by taxation and its payment to a finance com-
mittee, and the disbursements of this committee for boun-
ties and relief to families of soldiers during the war, to
which may be added a complete list or quota of the troops
furnished the United States by the Town of Huntington,
during the entire period of the war, with details showing
their period of service, battles engaged in, etc.

Care has been taken to include all records relating to
title to lands, including all conveyances by lease or deed
by or to the Trustees of the Town, of lands either above
or under tide water.

The year 1873 seemed to be an appropriate period at
which to close this volume, as the publication is thereby
brought down late enough to include all ^^apers relating
to the organization of Babylon as a sepa\^te town. All
records are now printed in which the Town of Babylon
has a direct interest, except all of records of highways
and a book of grants of lands by the Trustees of the Town,,
made about one hundred years ago. These have been re-
served for a separate book and Huntington and Babylon-
have a like interest in them.

The liberality and unanimity with which the people of
Huntington and Babylon have for several successive years
voted appropriations for the printing of the Town Records,,

Vill INTRODUCTION.

is highly creditable to them, and with the publication of
one more book, taking in the highway records, which will
be the fourth volume, the work will be ended.

This volume covers a period of nearly one hundred
years. It takes in three wars ; the Revolution of 1776, the
second war with Great Britain in 1812, and the war of the
Rebellion in i860. The people performed their duty to
the best of their ability in all these wars. During the first
they were a subjugated people with an army of occupation
quartered upon them too powerful to be overcome ; they
suffered almost every kind of oppression known to war,
and peace found them diminished in number and despoiled
of much of their property, but nevertheless full of cour-
age, hope and joy over their independence, the dawn of
liberty and the birth of a new nation. The War of 18 12
scarcely left any traces upon this Town. The events of
the Rebellion of the Southern States are so recent as to
be fresh in the minds of most living persons, and any ex-
tended comment is not called for. The record has been
made, has been put in print and will endure for ages to
come.

Charles R. Street.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[PREPARING FOR WAR. THE MILITARY OR-
GANIZATION OF THE WESTERN TOWNS
IN SUFFOLK COUNTY.]

[1775, Sept. 5.]

At a meeting at Smithtown, Sept. 5. 1775, for nomina-
ting Field Officers for the Western Reg. of Suffolk, present,

From Huntington, John Sloss Hobart, Esq, Tho's
Wickes, Esq. Dr Gilbert Potter, Capt Timothy Carll,
Henry Scudder, Stephen Ketcham, Tho^ Brush Jr., John
Squier, Eben'' Piatt. From Smithtown Tho's Tredwell,
Esq, Jeffery Smith, Jacob Mills, Jonas Mills, Sam'l
Phillips, Philetus Smith, Edmund Smith, Dan' Smith.
From Brookhaven, &c W"" Smith, Tho's Fanning, Noah
Hallock, W™ Brewster, Jona. Baker, John Woodhull, Jos.
Brown Sam' Thompson, Danl. Roe, Nath' Roe, W'" Floyd
was nominated Col. ; Dr Gilbert Potter, Lt. Col. ; Capt.
Nathan Woodhull, 1'' Major; Edmund Smith, 2" Major;
Philip Roe, Adj. ; John Roe, Jr. Q. M.; Col. Nath' Wood-
hull, Brig. Gen.

Sept. 5, 1775, Eben'' Miller was chosen Capt.; Caleb
Woodhull, i"^ Lt. ; Jas. Davis, 2^ Lt. ; and David Davis,
Ensign, of 2^ Company in Brookhaven, in presence of

2 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Tho' Helme, John Woodhull and Noah Hallock, Commit-
tee men.*

rO''f,FileNo.2Sd.)

[1775. Sept. II.]

Committee Chamber, Huntington, Sept. 11, 75.
Officers of the i"^ three Militia Companies.

1. John Wickes, Capt. ; Epenetus Conklin, i^*^ Lt. Jonah
Wood, 2^ Lt. Ebenezer Prime Wood, Ensign.

2. Jesse Brush, Capt.: Epenetus Conklin, i"*. Lt. ;
Philip Conklin, 2'^ Lt. ; Jos. Titus, Ensign.

3. Timothy Carll, Capt.; Gilbert Fleet, 1'' Lt. ; Joel
Scudder, 2^' Lt. ; Nath' Buffet Jr, Ensign.

4. The South part not yet elected officers.
{"O," File No. 288)

[*The Huntington Records, relating to the Revolutionary
War, will perhaps be better understood by an occasional refer-
ence to the most important events that had already occurred,
or were transpiring in the country at large. At this time,
more than a year had elapsed since the people of Boston had
emptied 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. The
Continental Congress had been in session just one year ; had
voted to raise 20,000 men and had chosen George Washington
Commander-in-chief. Lord Chatham's conciliatory measures
toward America had been rejected in Parliament the preced-
ing February ; the battle of Lexington had been fought the
19th of April of the same year. Ticonderoga and Crown Point
had been captured by the rebels. Articles of confederation
had been agreed upon. The 17th of May the battle of Bunker
Hill had been fought and at the date of the above paper Col.
Ethan Allen was making an attack on Montreal. Huntington
had the previous June published to the world its Declaration
of Rights.— C. R. S.]

[fSuch of these papers as were printed in a work entitled
Revolutionary Incidents of Suffolk and Kings Counties, by
Henry Onderdonk, Jr., and the originals of which have in
some cases been lost, are in this book designated by the letter
O.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 3

[LETTER OF GILBERT POTTER TO JOHN SLOSS

HOBART.]

[1775, Dec. 10.]

Huntington, Dec. lO, 75.
Sir.— You will receive this by Major Brush, who is ap-
pointed by the Committee to lay before the Congress, the
state of the town as to their slackness in military prepara-
tions, as also that we have great reason to believe all
methods are used by our neighbors to make them indiffer-
ent in this great contest. We not only beg your advice
but assistance, for it is my opinion, if there is not a suffi-
cient number of men immediately sent to effectually sub-
due Queens Co. and to intimidate the people among us a
great many from here will soon be in a little better condi-
tion than the rebels of Queens Co., which we have great
reason to believe is making interest with our slaves and
other servants. I have exerted myself in my station but
if nothing is done by your House, I must be obliged to
desist ; but as to myself as an individual, I am determined
to live and die free.

I am sir, your most humble servant,
Gilbert Potter.
To John S. Hobart Esq. in Pro. Congress.*
{File No. 287.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1776, May 7.] .

At A Town Meeting held this f^ Day of May 1776 the

[*Col. Nathaniel Woodhull and John Sloss Hobart were at
this time delegates to the Continental Congress. Ebenezer
Piatt, of Huntington, received of Congress one hundred
pounds of powder, Sept. 14, 1775. — Holt's Jour. p. 146.]

4 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

following Persons Chosen Trustees : Israel Wood Presi-
dent, Capt. Timothy Carll Samuel Oakley Stephen Kellcy
Solomon Ketcham Gilbert fleet Timothy Conkling.

Solomon Ketcham Town Clerk & Treasurer.

Ezekiel Conkling chosen Constable & Collecter with
surty.

To take care of Intestate Estates Israel Wood Justic
Williams.

Commissioners Tho^ Wicks Esq. Stephen Kellcy & Sol-
omon Ketcham.

Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Israel Wood Stephen
Kellcy Solomon Ketcham.

Assessors Stephen Kellcy Solomon Ketcham.

Surveyor Col. Conkling chosen.

Chosen to take care of the Poor the ensuing 3'ear. Mr.
Joseph Lewis Timothy Conkling.

To take care of fires Col. Conkling Jesse Conkling
Nath'* Oakley Capt. Elkanah Conkling, Abijah Ketcham,.
Thos. Wickes, esq. John Buffet Joshua Ketcham Zeb.
Ketcham Abel Wood George Norton Willmoth oakley
Jacob Oaks.

The hog act revised.

Voted that the Gates at Crabmeadow should be kept
shut the ensuing year.

The same Day it was Voted that the Constable should
set above and Timothy Conkling and Jesse Ketcham Be-
low to see that good regulations be kept amongst the Boys
& Negroes & if any be obstinate & will not submit to good
order their Names shall be taken Down & Brought to the
Authority.

(Toivn Meetings, Vol. I, p. 326.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1776, May 30.]

Return of Col. Smith's Regiment, May 30, 1^.

Captains.

bf.

c/}

David Piersoii. . .
Ezekiel Mulford.

Zeph. Rogers

Paul Reeve

Jona Bailey

Selah Strong

Nath'l Piatt

Thos. Wickes. . . .

Total

35
27

57
42

Remarks.

Complete in arms,
do do

do do

do except bayonets,
do except bayonets,
want 15 guns and bay-
nets complete,
complete except i man

i6|6

18 I307

2412418

Drums, fifes, colors, all deficient.*

{^'0", File No. 286.)

r* In a letter dated June 24th, 1776, Wm. Smith, Chairnian of
the Committee of Safety, states he has "no doubt the Conti-
nent proposes to protect the Island ; that the malitia of Sut-
folk County but little exceeds 2,000" ; and complains of the
want of guns.— Om/erdo/ik, 24. The officers of the 2d Company
of Col Josiah Smith's Regiment were as follows : Captain
Nathaniel Piatt ; First Lieutenant, Samuel Smith ; Second
Lieutenant, Henry Scudder ; Sergeants, John Stratton, John
Carll, Jesse Bunce ; Corporals, James Hubbs, J. Mills, John
Uan.—Onderdo/i/c, 28.— C. R. S.]

[Note.— It appears by papers, File No. 269, that the first
regiment of Suffolk County was organized as follows : Colonel,
William Floyd ; Lieutenant, Col. Gilbert Potter ; Majors, Jef-
frey Smith and Jesse Brush ; Adjutant, PhiHp Roe ; Quarter-
master, John Roe. The following are the names of the Cap-
tains of Comoanies and the number of men under each : Sam-
uel Johnson, '117 : Ebenezer Miller, 71; Nathan Rose, 113;
WiUiam Brewster, 82 ; Philetus Smith, 82 ; Joshua Rogers,
114 : Epenetus Conklin, 99 ; Joel Scudder, 65 ; John Buffett,
52; Piatt Vail, 59; Gilbert Carll, 56 ; Benajah Strong, 38 ;
Daniel Rose, 76. Of these 26 were Lieutenants, 13 Ensigns,
52 Sergeants, 52 Corporals, 13 Clerks, 13 Drummers, 13 Fifers.
Total, 1024.— C. R. S.]

6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[KING GEORGE III. BURNED IN EFFIGY.]

[1776, July 23.]

Huntington, July 23, 'j6.
Yesterday the Freedom and Independence of the Thir-
teen United Colonies was, with beat of drum proclaimed
at the several places of parade, by reading the Declaration
of the General Congress together with the Resolutions of
our Provincial Convention thereupon : which were ap-
proved and applauded by the animated shouts'- of the
people who were present from all the distant quarters of
this district. After which the flag which used to wave on
Liberty-pole, having Liberty on one side, and George III.
on the other, underwent a reform, i. e. the Union was cut
off, and the letters George III were dscarded, being pub-
licly ripped off : and then an effigy of the Personage, rep-
resented by those letters, being hastily fabricated out of
base materials, with its face like Dunmore's Virginia
(negro) regiment its head adorned with a wooden crown
and its head stuck full of feathers like Carleton and John-
son's Savages, and its body wrapped in the Union, instead
of a blanket or lobe of state, and lined \\\\\\ gunpowder,
which the original seems to be fond of. The whole, to-
gether with the letters above mentioned, was hung on a
gallows, exploded and burnt to ashes. In the evening the
Committee of this town, with a large number of the prin-
cipal inhabitants sat around the genial board, and drank

[* The successes of the American forces had been such as to
inspire the people here with confidence. Gen. Howe's attack on
Boston had been repulsed ; the subsequent attack of Gen.
Clinton on Charleston had been a failure ; the Declaration of
Independence of the Colonies had been proclaimed on the 4th
of this month and read to 20,000 militia in New York and the
city had celebrated the event by overthrowing the statue of
George III. Huntington was wild with joy and excitement
but their happiness was soon nipped in the bud. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. /

13 patriotic toasts, among which were, The free and inde
pendent States of America ; The General Congress ; The
Convention of the 13 States Our principal military Com-
manders, and success and enlargement to the American
Navy. Nor was the memory of our Late brave heroes,
who have gloriously lost their lives in the cause of Liberty
and their Country forgotten. — Holfs N. V. Journal.
C'O", File No. 285)

[LETTER OF COL. POTTER TO GEN. WOOD.

HULL. ARRIVAL OF BRITISH VESSELS*

ON THE COAST.]

[1776, Aug. 26.]

Huntington, Aug. 26, y6.
I had not arrived at my house from Jamaica half an
hour, before I received information by express from Capt.
Thompson of Brookhaven, that two ships, one brig and
three tenders had landed a number of regular troops
between Old Man's and Wading Rivers, who at one
o'clock were shooting cattle. Major Smith has ordered
the detachment designed for your party to the eastward,
and as our men are gone and the wind fresh to the east-
ward, I well know they cannot lay there. I expect them
in our bay before morning, the only harbor in the Sound.

[* Lord Howe's plan for the capture of Long Island was
evidently well considered. It was to land his army at Brook-
lyn and at the same time make a feint of landing troops at the
East end of the Island, and further west at Huntington, there-
by intimidating the people at the East so that it would be dif-
ficult to induce the militia to leave their homes and families
behind to the mercy of the invader, in order to meet the enemy
at Brooklyn.— C. R. S.]

8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

I have not ordered any men from here as yet, but am
mustering them to make as good opposition as possible.
We must have help here, every thing possible for me shall
be done. I think Gen. Washington should be acquainted.
Our women are in great tumult.

In great haste, yours.
Gilbert Potter.*
To Brig. Gen. WoodhuU.f
("0"', p. 31, File No. 284.)

[JUDGE HOBART AND JAMES TOWNSEND TO
THE CONVENTION.]

[1776, Aug. 30.]

Huntington, Aug. 30.
To our unspeakable mortification we found, when we

[* Dr. Gilbert Potter was born in Huntington, January 8th,
1725, and was the son of Nathaniel Potter, who came from
Rhode Island. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel
Williams. In 1756 he was a Captain in the French War, and
was at Ticonderoga. Returning to Huntington at the end of
the war, he practiced medicine here until the outbreak of the
Revolution. After the capture of Long Island he refused to
take the oath of allegiance, and went into the Continental
Army. After the war he returned and practiced his profession
until his death in 1786. His son Nathaniel was long an hon-
ored citizen of Huntington and died here in 1841, leaving lega-
cies to the Huntington Academy and to the Presbyterian
Church.— C. R. S.]

[t Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull's ancestors were from North-
amptonshire, England, where Richard was born, 1620, and the
latter came to America in 1648 and settled on Long Island, and
had children, Richard, Nathaniel add Deborah. Subsequently
the family is found at Setauket, Smithtown and in this town.
Gen. Nathaniel WoodhuU had experience as an officer in the
French War, and was very prominent as a patriot at the open-
ing of the Revolution. His untimely death cast a shadow over
the cause he so nobly advocated. When taken prisoner he was
commanded to say, "God save the King." His response was,
"God save us all" : and this so enraged his captors that they
inflicted mortal wounds upon him with their swords. — C. R. S.J

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 9

arrived in Oueens Co. that the militia had dispersed, and
Gen WoodhuU had fallen into the hands o the eneny^
?Ve hen proceeded with all dispatch to th.s t-vn a. e
onlv Dlace where we could have any prospect of makui
an effectual stand, as the enemy were in full possession of
the western parts of Queens Co., as far - J---^-^ *:
Disaffected from the east are gone nr to them We ha^e
ordered the militia of Suffolk to rendezvous he. e and
w'itt^n to Col. Mulford of E. Hamton to come up and aU
command, and have borrowed £r-0 from the Treasu.er

''^A^,^°:^ -Our express not bemg able to cross to Sand's
Point°has returned. A. no. of militia of this town are now
rX .tL, but they complain their officers have left therm

We have exerted ourselves to recover the people from the
consternation into which they were thrown b)' he Pre-
cipitate retreat of Woodhuirs party. A par y of King s
Co horse have crossed the Sound from this place, leaving
their horses to follow in the next boat. We stopped he
horses and sent for the men back We purpose after the
party who were with Gen. WoodhuU are rallied, to form
[he rest into companies. As to field officers we sha 1 be
at a loss as Col. Floyd is at Congress, Lt^ Co Potter s
gone off I" Major Smith resigned: 2d Major Brush is
with us and begins to be in spirits."*

("0," p. 42, File No. 283^)

TFfl^rC^ention had, Aug.^l^rdered Gen. Nathaniel
wLdhulurmLch without defay one-half the VVes tern Reg.-

rraL^;«°ii^r/rf,raV?gin?: £:::^A^^ ««„.

^°o?dhuuLd Co.. Potter, of Huntington both arrived in Ja-
rmeTtV'onJ^rnlln^tr'M^r'josiah Sinith had in t^^

sr G^ Ht:^e :;s'':ri:uTHoV w^thVdtl^^^^^^

force of 24,000 men. Washington collected -,000 raw recruas
under Generals Greene and Putnam, ,n New ^^ork Cty, Howe
landed 10,000 men and 40 pieces of cannon at Brooklyn, au

10 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE MILITIA DISBAND.]

[1776, Aug. 30.]

Narrative of the proceedings of the officers and men of
part of ist Reg. of Suffolk Co., Aug 30 at Brookhaven and
Smithtown, by Eben'r Dayton, Q. M.

Aug. 29 Maj. Jeffery Smith sent orders to Adjutant
Philip Roe, to order the 4 companies in Brookhaven to
march immediately to Piatt Carll's in Huntington. He
did so, and there appeared a high spirit among the men.

By the middle of next day 3 companies arrived to Epe-
netus Smith's, Smithtown, and the other, Capt. Mch.
Roe's, was coming up. It was reported at Smith's that
the Mayor was gone to Huntington to see Messrs. Hobart
and Townsend, and desired the companies to wait till his
return, which was not till dark, Meanwhile the militia
were uneasy and eager to march to Hempstead Plains to
bring off the stock and make a stand in the woods E. of
the Plains. At dusk the Major returned and called the
officers into a room, and told them he thought, "it dan-
gerous to march farther West, as their forces would not
be sufficient to oppose the enemy and he very much gave
up the Island ; they must fall in the enemy's hands, it
would not be good policy to incense a cruel enemy by being
taken in arms ; if they remained quietly at home, they
would fare better and that he should resign his commission
Col. Potter was gone off and left him alone, and Maj.
Brush had judged it unsafe to proceed aganst the enemy,

gust 226., and moved up the Island in three divisions. A con-
flict took place August 27th, at Flatbush. The American loss
was 500 killed and wounded and 1,100 prisoners. Washington
retreated to New York City the 2Sth. Gen. WoodhuU was
mortally wounded by a rufifian near Jamaica, August 28th, and
his men dispersed. Judge Hobart and James Townsend were
sent to Woodhull's rescue, but hearing of his capture, moved
on to Huntington and first informed the people of the disaster
that had befallen the American forces at the west. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

unless reinforced Capt. Thompson said he would give
orders for his company to return home nnmediatey
Major S. said he would give no orders as he designed to
decline his commission (but advised them to wait tiU they
could have orders from Hobart and Townsend) ; where-
upon the milita repaired to their homes.
[" 0" , p. ^^, File No. 2S±)

rTHE TWO HUNTINGTON COMPANIES WHO
WERE IN COL. JOSIAH SMITH'S REGIMENT.]

[1776, • ] . r

Returns of Capt. John Wickes Company Huntington for
serving in Col. Josiah Smiths Regiment from July 29 to
Aug. 31—1776

John Wickes Capt.
Thomas Brush 1=*^ Lieut
Nathaniel Whitman 2'^ Lieut
Jesse Ketcham Serg*
Timothy Sammis "
Samuel Vail "

Nathaniel Rusco Corporal
Ezra Conkling
Stephen Kellcy
John Williams Drummer
John Bennett Filer
W"" Sammis — Privates
Samuel Nostran

Robert Brush

Jonas Sammis

Tho. Conkling

Joseph Wood

Benj. Denton

PhiUip Sammis

James Brush

Ebenezer Sammis

Gilbert Brush

Joseph Conkling

Jesse Smith

Alexander Bryant
Josiah Smith
Joseph Ireland
George Everit
Nathaniel Allen
Isaiah Jarvis
Peleg Smith
Nathaniel Udale
Jonas Higbee
Nathaniel Jarvis
Joseph Jarvis
Caleb Rogers
Samuel Wickes
Stephen Stratton
Obadiah Kellum
John M'Gear
Piatt Sammis
David Ruland
Nathaniel Sammis
Eliphelet Chichester
Samuel Hart
Enas Bishop
1 Jesse Willmot

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

A List of Capt. Platts Company under Command of Jo-
siah Smith Col.*

Nathaniel Piatt, Capt.
Samuel Smith r^ Lieut.
Henry Scudder 2'' Lieut
John Stratton i'' Sargent
John Carll 2'^
Jesse Bunce 3*^ "
James Hubbs i'*^ Corperall
Jedediah Mills 2''
John Hart 3*^

W"! Newman, Drummer

Privates
Thomas More
Nathaniel Taylor
Daniel Smith
Epenetus Wood
Israll Mills
Nathaniel Smith
Nathaniel Sammis
Nehemiah Brush
W" Mills
Mathew Smith
Job Smith
David Smith
Henry Shaddain
Tho. Wheeler
Silas Biggs
Floyd Smith
James Hubble
Moses Soper
Jesse Bryan

{File No. 224.)

Hezekiah Smith
Nathan Smith
Phillip Bayley
W^ Gates
Jonas Wood
James Smith
Seth Jarvis
John Bayley
John Gildersleve
Isaac Haff
Jesse Weeks
James Abbet
wSimon Oakes
James Haff
Scudd Carll
Josah Wickes
Lemuel Rose
Alexander Fleet
Lake Ruland
Mathew Beale
W"^ Taylor
W"^ Snialling
Nehemiah Hart
James Grifhs
George Beale
John West
Joseph Scidmore
Eliphelet Hill
Reuben Arthur
David Monroe

[* These lists are of great value in showing who actually took
up arms in the patriot cause at Huntington, and though it does
not include all, it probably embraces the most of them. These
two companies are shown to have been with Col. Josiah Smith's
regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn. Many of them returned
after the battle and others enlisted in the Continental Army. —
C. R. S.]

HUXTIXGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 5

[GEN. ERSKTNE'S PROCLAMATION COMMAND-
ING SURRENDER OF THE REBELS.]

[1776, Aug.]

To the Inhabitants of Suffolk County:

His Excellency Gen. Howe having appointed me C6m-
manding officer for the eastern part of this Island, I do
hereby strictly enjoin and order all persons whatsoever in
your County of Sufft)lk, upon your peril, to use your
utmost effort to preserve the peace of said county ; that
all Committee-men and others acting under the authority
of the Rebels, immediately do cease and remain at their
respective homes, that every man in arms lay them down
forthwith and surrender themselves on pain of being
treated as rebels ; and I hereby exhort all persons to be
aiding and assisting His Majesty's Forces by furnishing
them with whatever lays in their power. In pailicular
that they bring in their cattle (except milch cows and
calves) for their supply, and their wagons and horses for
transporting their baggage, &c. — for all which they shall
be fully paid, His Majesty having sent his army, not for
the oppression but for the protection of the inhabitants :

But I must also signify that unless they show a dutiful
submission in all respects and an immediate compliance
with these orders respecting the cattle and wagons I
shall be under the necessity of marching the forces under
my command without delay into the county, and lay waste
the property of the disobedient, as persons unworthy His
Majesty's clemency.

Will Erskine, Brig"" Gen^

Head-Quarters in Queens County, Aug. 29, 1776.

{"0",p.U, File No. 281.)

14 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[GEN. DELANCEY'S PROCLAMATION FROM
JAMAICA.]

[1776, Sept. I.]

Jamaica, Sep. i, 'j^
Sir : — I am ordered by his Ex. the Hon. Wm. Howe,
Gen' and commander-in-chief of all his Majesty's forces in
N. A., from Nova Scotia to the Floridas, on the application
of the County of Suffolk, by Nath^ Woodhull and Sam'
Philips, who have signified to him that the mhabitants of
said Co. are desirous to lay down their arms and again
become loyal and obedient subjects; that for the peace
and Ease and security of the mhabitants, he is willmg to
accept of their submission and promise them protection,
on the King's Colonels, or other inferiors of Militia, re-
spectively causing the men through the county to lay
down their arms, take the oath of allegiance, and sign the
said roll of submission, disclaiming and rejecting the
orders of Congress and Committees and totally refusmg
obedience to them, and to obey the legal authority of
Gov^ ; and in all places of worship in future to pray for the
King and royal family, as was used before the present un-
provoked I'ebellion.

Oliver Delancey,
Major Gen' of the Militia in the Southern
District of the Colony of N. Y
To Col. Conklin.

("0,"p. 45, i^iZeJVo. 280.;

tCOL. DELANCEY ARRIVES IN HUNTINGTON
AND ISSUES HIS PROCLAMATION.]

[1776, Sept. 2.]

Huntington, Sep. 2, -jd.
Sir : — You are hereby directed to give orders to all the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 5

King's Capts., or next commanding officers of Militia, in
the 3d Bat. of Suffolk Co., to call their several companies
together, at the usual places immediately, and to order
those that have taken up arms against the King, to lay
them clown and take the oath of allegiance to the King,
and sign a roll of submission, disclaiming and rejecting the
orders of Congress or Committees ; and to obey the legal
authority of Goverment. This is by order of Gen. Howe.

O. Delancey.

I have inclosed a true copy of the writing sent me by
Gen. Howe.

To Col. Phineas Fanning.
("0,"p. 46, File No. 279.)

[MEN ORDERED TO BE ENLISTED IN THE
KING'S SERVICE.]

[1776, Sept. 5.]

Jamaica, Queens Co., )
Sept. 5, 1776. f
His Ex. the Hon. Wm. Howe, Gen. and commander-in-
chief of all His Majestys forces within the Colonies lying
on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia to West Florida,
inclusive, &c, having authorized me to raise a Brigade of
Provincials solely for the defence of this Island to re-es-
tablish order and gov* within the same : to apprehend, to
drive all concealed rebels from among His Majestys well-
affected subjects, and other essential purposes ; I do here-
by for the encouragement of enlisting men in the county
of Suffolk, give notice, that upon any persons of good

[Note. — Sept. 2, 1776, Israel Wood, President of the Trus-
tees of Huntington, writes to Col. Livingston to disperse his
army or the Regulars will be on him ; the people are in a dole-
ful situation, having received the proclamation, and sent in
their resignations yesterday. Smith town did the same. — Onder-
donk's J?. /., p. 46. — C. R. S.]

l6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

recommended characters, raising a company of 70 men,
they shall have commissions for one Capt., one Lt., and
one Ensign, and shall be paid and subsisted as the officers
and soldiers are in the British pay ; and it is hoped the
inhabitants of the county will cheerfully raise the men
wanted for the service, as it will prevent the disagreeable
business of detaching them which I shall be under the
necessity of doing if the companies cannot be raised with-
out.

Given under my hand, the date above

Oliver Delancey, Brig. Gen'.
("0,"p. 47, i^iZe^A'o. 278.)

[ALL FAX CATTLE AND SHEEP TAKEN.]

[1776, Sept. 5.]

Jamaica, Queens Co.,
Sept. 5. ^6.

I am ordei-ed by His Ex. Gen. Howe to write to you,
and order all the fat cattle and sheep in Suffolk Co. to be
immediately driven down to Jamaica, where proper per-
sons will be appointed to ascertain the weight of them ;
give certificates of the value of them that the owners may
be paid ; keeping a distinct account of those cattle, &c.
that belong to the people who are in actual rebellion,
whose cattle must be forced down for the refreshment of
the King's Troops. This order must be speedily obeyed,
or the county will other wise feel the resentment of the
King's Troops. Reserving only as many cattle as is nec-
essary for their own subsistence.

Given under my hand, the above date.

Oliver Delancey, Brig. Gen.*
{"O," p. 4:7, File No. 277.)

[* A distinction is here made between loyal and disloyal own-
ers. The cattle and sheep of rebels were to be taken without
compensation ; the loyal were promised pay, but afterwards,
as a general rule, such compensation was denied. — C. R. S.j

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 17

[1776, Sept. 27.]

N. Y. Sep. 27. yd.
Sir. — You are to desire the Justices of the Peace to
summon the farmers of their Districts to attend at some
central place, to demand of each, what grain and straw he
can spare — as to hay we must have the whole, for which
you'll give them proper Certificates to me to pay them by.
The whole of the grain and forage of Rebels in arms is to
be seized for the King's use. All persons removed off are
to be deemed Rebels, and dealt with accordingly 1

John Morrison

To Mr E. Punderson.
("0,"p. 55, i^^iieiVo. 276.)

Comissary of Forage-

[1776, Sept.]

1776 To 4 Days Carting Wood for Gen" Delanceys 2^
& third Batt" at I2p the Day

1776 Sept. To Carting Gen'' Tryons Baggage from
Huntington to Jamaica with an Ox team Gone 4 Days at
16 pr Day. 2

John Jarvis.
{War Claims, Vol. I, p. 35.)

[iNoTE. — At a Council of War held by American officers,
September 1 2th, it was decided to retreat from the City of
New York. Some of the soldiers from Huntington joined
Washington's army and others returned to their homes, but a
full list of their names cannot be obtained. — C. R. S.]

[2 Note. — Although nothingappears in the Huntington Town
Records concerning the transaction, it is of interest to note
that it was on the 22d day of this September that Capt. Nathan
Hale was executed in New York City as a spy. Hale was sent
from Connecticut into the British lines by Gen. Washington,
crossed L. I. Sound to Huntington, made his way to Brooklyn,

I8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1776, Oct I.]

In pursuance of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chiefs
orders to me, you are hereby directed to take into your
■custody all the grain, forage and creatures you can find on
L. I. being the property of persons in actual rebellion or
who have deserted their habitations, and put themselves
under the protection of the rebels taking an exact accoimt
of what is so seized : and report frequently to John Mor-
rison respecting grain and forage, and to Jas. Christie, re^
specting creatures. In execution of this duty you are to
employ such persons as you think proper, who will apply
to His Majesty's Justices of the Peace to impress boats,
wagons, horses, drivers, mills, barns and what other con-
veniences you may require for the benefit of His Majesty's
services : and all officers civil and military, are hereby re-
quired to give you their aid. For doing all which this
shall be a sufficient warrant.

Oct. I. 1776.

Dan'l Chamier, Com. Gen.
{"0," p. b5, File No. lis)

[1776, Oct. 2.]

Jamaica Oct. 2. 1776.
To John Hewlett, Esq., L. I.

You are to use your utmost endeavors to bring me cat-

and having acquired the information desired, returned to Hun-
tington ; remained over night at the home of a friend, William
Johnson, on East Neck. The next day he ventured down to a
public inn kept by " Mother Chid," (Chichester) at a place
called "The Cedars," at the head of Huntington Bay, near
where Titus Conklin now lives, intending to cross to Connec-
ticut in a boat. Seeing a boat approach he took it for the one
expected, but he was mistaken, as it came from a British vessel
and was manned by British sailors. His true character was
revealed by a Loyalist at the inn and he was taken prisoner,
hastened to the City of New York, and hung as a spy. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. I9

tie and sheep for the army ; when delivered a receipt will
be given, to be paid at a certain time and place. If any
butcher or others interfere with you under pretence of
bringing them to me, without a w^ritten order from me,
seize their cattle, put a fair value on them and drive them
to me and the owners shall be paid ; also seize all sheep
and cattle of rebels who have left their habitations, and
employ proper people to assist you. For doing whereof
this shall be your warrant.

J AS. Christie, Com. for cattle and sheep.
("0,"p. 56, File No. 274)

[1776, Oct. 4.]

To Mr. Ezekiel Conkling Constable of Huntington you
are hereby requested to Notify Mr Joseph Burch and Mr
Isaac Scidmore to remove their respective Vessells to the
Dock ni Huntington Harbour by the Morning Tide

Given at Huntington the 4"' October 1776.
Saml. Birch L. Col.
{War Claims, Vol. I, j). 89, and File No. 155.)

[1776, Oct. 17.]

October 17"' 1776
Cor William Sherif Qr. mater general Better
for carrying one hundred & sixty casks of oil £
from huntington to New York 48 o o

for earring to New York 20 hogshead of mo-
lasses* 800
Entered

(War Claims, Vol I, p. 20.)

[* The hogsheads of oil and molasses were taken from the
owners here and carried to New York City in the vessels re-
ferred to in the previous paper. — C. R. S.]

20 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE
RECANTS.]

[1776, Oct. 21.]

Huntington, Oct. 21, 1776.
The Committee of Huntington, being thoroughly con-
vinced of the injurious and inimical tendency of our former
meetings and resolutions and willing to manifest our hearty
disapprobation of all such illegal measurs, do hereby dis-
solve this committee, and as far as in us lies revoke and
disannul all former orders and resolutions of all committees
and Congresses whatsoever, as being undutiful to our
lawful Sovereign repugnant to the principles of the British
Constitution & runious in the extreme, to the happiness
and prosperity of this country.
{"0," p. 60, File No. 273.)

[1776, Nov. 9.]

Received at Huntington on Long Island the 9th of
November 1776 One Waggon Load of sheet Oats for the
use of the Queens light Dragoons^ supply d by Stephen
Ketcham.

W. H. Talbot Lt.

Queens L.

{War Claims, Vol. I, p. 76)

[Note. — Similar declarations were made, signed and deliv-
ered to Gov. Tryon early in November by the committees in
all the other towns in Suffolk County and by the County
Committee of Suffolk. They were concessions forced from a
conquered people. They must do this or their families would
be driven from their homes at the beginningof winter. — C. R. S.]

[* The first British force that arrived in Huntington was the
Queens 17th Light Dragoons. They arrived here Sept. i, only
six days after the battle of Brooklyn, and they are said to
have first camped about where the Huntington House is now
located.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1776. ^

I Zophar Piatt one of his Majestys Justices of the peace

for the County of Suffolk do Certify that —- of the

^_2_____________ is duly Inlisted in the Company to

be commanded by Thomas Conkling in his Majestys Ser^
vice under the Command of Brig Gen^ Delancy that I
IdminTste'd to him the oath of Fidelity; and that he
Acknowledged that the Clause against Mumty and deser-
tion had been read to him.

anted the — ^ day of ■ 1776-

A true Copy of the Oath Administred to Each man m
Capt. Thomas Conklings Company *
{File No. 154.)

£ s. d.

71 5 6

I o o

61 6 4

o o

[1776 ]

The deed of meadow on Horse Neck Beach
sold to Thomas Brush Jur. for

I at the Round Hole to Joseph Gonklm
I Below please^ land to Stephen Kelcy
The Thatch in the East Neck to Reuben
Johnson & Thomas Scudder for _4^

173 II 10
Jesse Sammis I piece round hole Beach ^^ ^

Money all to be paid May i, i77o-

A Deed from Zophar platt Jr. to Philip Smith one acre
more or less East by highway South by sam money West
by Silas mone>^jlorth^)^ZopharUie£i^

22 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

A deed from Zoph. Piatt to Silas Money for 5 A. more
or less Bounded North by Silas & Thos, totten East by
Zoph. & Philip, South by Sam Money west by middle
ditch sum ;^2o.
{File No. 188.)

[1777 Jan. 12.]

This is to Certify that Nathaniel Harrison has been em-
ployed with his waggon and horse 6 days in carting Bag-
gage from huntington to Narrows for the use of my Com-
pany Given Under my hand this 12th January 1777.

Edw'd Allison Capt.
in 3"^ B. G. Delancys Brigade.

[1777, March 8.]

* •jt * * * * ^ wagon Two Horses & a Driver
belonging to Nathaniel Harrison was Eleven days em-
ployed in carting provisions & wood for the use of the
Detachment at this Port. Huntington 8"' March, 1777.

Edward Potts Q. M. 2 Batt.

Genl. DeLelancys Brigs.
{War Claims, Vol. I, p. 75.)

[1777, Apr. 4.]

This is to certify that a Wagon Two Horses & a Driver

belonging to Sam' Lewis has been five days employed in

Transporting the Cloathing of Gen' DeLancey Brig, to

Huntington April 4, 1777.

Edw'd Potts Q. M.

2°'' Batt".
( War Claims, Vol. I, p. 33.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2$

This is to Certify that a wagon Two Horses & a driver
bekn'ing to Selah Samens has been employed F.ve days
in Transporting the Cloathing of Gen' DeLancy s Bng. to
Huntington April 4, ^7-^^^^^,^ ^^^^^ g_ M. 2. Batt.
{War Claims, Vol. I,P- 71.)

This is to certify that a wagon Two Horses and a driv-
er be on^ing to Dan- Smith has been Five days Employed
in Transporting the Cloath.ng of Gen' DeLancy Bng.
To Huntington April 4, i/T^-^^,^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^ ,j Batt.
{War Claims, Vol. I, p. 65.)

[TOWN MEETING.*]

[1777, May 6.]
At a Town Meeting held this 6- Day of May i777 the
following Persons chosen^^^^

-.^p--crars^^'-.-p.5 £i^^

battle of White Plams ^ad taken place tnep

srxVo'n ;rrn^r„g&TtLtrd b„"ig .s .ow„s.

I«I,will be noticed that during the P<=™d "^ Ae Revolu-
fionarv War the record of proceedings at town meetings
scarcely ever makes any reference to n-.duary events.-C. R. S.l

24 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Trustees, Israel Wood President Capt. Timothy Carll
Samuel Oakley Stephen Kelcey Solomon Ketcham Gilbert
fleet Timothy Conkling.

Solomon Ketcham chosen Town Clerk arid Treasurer,

Ezekiel Conkling chosen Constable and CoUecter.

To take care of Intested Estates Israel Wood Jonas
Williams Esq.

Commssioneis John Brush Stephen Kellcy Solomon
Ketcham.

Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Israel wood Stephen
Kellcy Solomon Ketcham.

Assessors John Brush Stephen Kellcy.

John Brush chosen supervisor.

Chosen Overseer of the Poor Joseph Lewis Timothy
Conkling.

To take care of fires Col. Conkling Jesse Conkling Nath
Oakley and nine others.

Chosen fence viewers Henry Sammis Capt. Wickes
and twelve others.

Overseers of highways Eliphelett Stratton and thirty
others.

Voted that the Gates at Crab meadow should be kept
shut the ensuing year.

{Town Meetings, Vol. I, p. 327.).

[1777, May 7.]

This Indenture Witnesseth that Timothy Conkling &
Joseph Lewis Church wardens and overseers of the Town
of Huntington hath put & bound Samuel Hand a child
about five years old who has become Chargable to said
Town, and by these presents doth bind & put him an
apprintice to Sarah Bunce of the same place to serve Hur
from the day of the Date hereof for and during the term

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2$

of Eleven years thence Next ensuing during all which
term the said an apprintice faithfully shall serve and that
Honestly and obediently in all things as a good and faith
apprintice ought to do, and the said Sarah Bunce dunng
sai^ Term shall find & provide for said apprintice sufficient
Meet drink apparel washing & Lodging and at the Expira-
tion of said Term the said Sarah Bunce is to give said
apprintice sufficient Cloths to go to a trade as is Customary

for such an apprintice. , , ., .u • i

And for the True performance hereof both the said
parties bind them selves firmly unto each other by these
presents In Witness whereof they have here unto inter-
chano-ably sett their hand and seals, Dated the seventh Day
of May in the seventeen yeare of his Majestes Reign Anno

Domini 1777

Sealed & Delivered Sarah BuNCE [Seal]

in the Presence of Timothy Conkling [Seal]

Israel Wood Joseph Lewis [Seal]

Henery Smith*
{File No. 156.)

[1777, May 28.]

May 28. 1777. Col. Smith and Rev. Mr. Hart were
brought to the Provost were Hart fell sick and lay at
death's door. Col. Ethan Allen kneeled down and made
so fervent a prayer by his side, and otherwise cheered him
up that he recovered and was admitted on parole in New
York City, Oct. 25.

("0," p. 65, File No. 272.) ^

H'i^rhiT^^^^iTTs'pri^U^ as a specimen oTr^^I^^^^rouT^similar
inLIture^ortracts^and throws sUe light on the customs of

the times. — C. R. S.]

CNoTE.-The stars and stripes were adopted by Congress as
the patriot flag, June 14th of this year.— C. K. b.J

26 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1777, July II.]

Huntington July 11*^ 1777.

A List of the Millitia which were Ordered On Duty by
John Harris Coll. Cruger of ist Battallion in Gen. Del-
lancy Belonging to Capt Conklings Comp

Timothy vSammis, Elexander Denton, Simion Crosman^
John Morgan, Zebulon Titus, Thomas Conkling, John
Williams, Es'ra Conkling, Sollomon Ketcham, Henry Sam-
mis, Stephen Whitman, Samuel Conkling, Jacob Titus,
Amos Piatt, Jonas Kelcv, Elexander Sammis with i Wag-
gon & Horses, William Jeams, David Conkling, Philip
Sammis, Jacob Ketcham, Elexander Rogers, Isaac Wood,,
Jacob Brush, Obediah Piatt, William Sammis with i
Waggon & Horses Joseph Sammis, David Kellcy, Salva-
nus Weight, Henry Titus, Jesse Brush.
{File No. 151.)

[1777. July 16.]

Huntington July y^ 16''' 1777.

A List of the Militia belonging to Capt. Cornelius Com-
pany which were Ordered On Duty by Coll. I W Cruger
in first Bat'.

Nathaniel Brush, Timothy Conkling, Annanias Conk-
ling, Benjamin Gould, Nathaniel Williams, John Squires,
Jeremiah Wood, John Heaviland, Jonas Sammis, Jesse
Sammis, Jacob Rorgers, Israel Titus Abiel Titus Richard
Smith ISIoIbah Burtice Zophar Ketcham Zophar Brush
Jacobmiah Brush Richard Valentine Isaac Whitman Jesse
Whitman Samuel Nostran Thomas Conkling, Eliphilet
Brush John Sammis.
{File No. 150.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2/

I1777, Oct. 13.]

October ye 13th 1777.

Capt. Cornelius Conkling, Philip Sammis David Sam-
mis Timothy Sammis William Jeams Elexander Denton
Isaac Whitman Israel Titus Benj. * * Stephen
* " John Morgan Elexander Lewis Joseph Sammis
Tacob Brush Benj, Gould Annanias Conkling Jacob
Ketcham Jesse Whitman Silas Sammis Henry Sammis
Jonas Sammis Salvenus Chichester Amos Piatt Alexander
Rorgers Alexander Sammis Stephen Brush John Williams
Jesse Weecks Hobart Co * * g with i pair Oxen
Thomas Allen John Ketcham With a pair Oxen John
Weaviland Richard Vallentine Jonas Kelcey John Squires^
{File No. 149.)

[1777, Dec. 28.]

december the 28 day ye 1777.

Paid for my taking to go in to the King servis
this was to git him Clear again . . .800

for 8 Sheap stold 1 1 o o

for 5 hogs stold 1300

for Carting for the serves . ... 500

for working upon forts 600

Stold by the Reforgee money & goods . 13 10 o

for timber ...... 19 o o

taking by a tore and Reforgees and Put in

gail and this is the charg for falce inpresment 80 o o

150 10 o
Silas Sammis.

{File No. 152 )

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

The Number of the People
Conklings Destrict

Nathaniel Williams

Salvanus Chichester

David Kelly

Sarah Haff

Phebe Magce

Jonas Piatt

Titus Bennett

Thomas Conkling Sen''

Thomas Conkling Jun""

Jeremiah Wood Sen""

Israel Ketcham

Thomas Sands

Jonas Williams

Stephen Ketcham

Ezekiel Brush .

The Widow Ruth Gold

John Denton

Silas Sammis

Cornelius Conkling .

Annias Conkling

Hubbard Conkling . .

William Davis

The Widow Charity Rock

Joseph Sammis

John Sammis

M" Potter

Timothy Sammis

David Conkling

Abraham Chichester

Abigal Smith

John Roberts

Capt John Squires

John Brush

and the Grain in Capt.

Souls.

wheat.

Rye.

Corn.

flour

• 7

. 2

. 8

. 2

. 6

• 9

• 3

• 9

-7

• 9

• 5

. 7

. 6

. lO

• 3

1
2

. lO

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Souls.

wheat.

Rye.

Corn-

flour.

Alexandras Denton

• 7

Ebenezer Gould

Solomon Ketcham

•

. • 15

Ezekiel Conkling-

Timoth)' Conkling-

. 10

281

188

156

134

Souls.

Wheat.

Rye.

Corn.

281 .

188

156

134

117

035

076

179

113

169

160

119

021

083

696

455

381

453*

. {File No. 153.)

[1778, Jan. 5.]

•

Huntington Jan. the s'*" 1778
Sirs. — I take this oppertunity to warn & Desire you
once more to meet me & the other Trustees on Saturday
the 10'^ of this Instant at the house of Joseph Lewis at one
O'clock in the afternoon to settle the Town rate we have
met twice & could do nothing- for want of you and in case
you do not I shall Immediately Return your Names to
General Delancey.

Israel Wood, P D*^
{File No. 236.)

[*Captains of companies were required to make returns of
the number of inhabitants, and the quantity of grain within
their several districts. These Hsts are of some value now, in
showing the names of inhabitants and their property, during
the war. — C. R. S.]

30 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1778, May 5th.]

At a Town Meeting held this 5"' Day of May 1778 the
following- Persons chosen

Trustees — Israel Wood President, Capt Timothy Carll,
Samuel Oakley Stephen Kellcy Timothy Conkling Gilbert
fleet Solomon Ketcham.

Solomon Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.

Ezekiel Conkling chosen Constable and Collecter.

Chosen to take care of Intested Estates Justic Williams
Stephen Kellcy.

Commissioners John Brush Stephen Kellcy Solomon
Ketcham.

Chosen Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Solomon
Ketcham.

Chosen Assessors Joseph Lewis Jeremiah Brush.

Chosen Overseers of the Poor Eliphelet stratton Na-
thanael Williams Jr.

To take care of fires Col. Conkling & eleven others.

Chosen supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

The same day it was voted that the Gates at Crab-
meadow should be kept shut the ensuing year.

Chosen fence viewers Henry Sammis and thii-teen others.

Chosen Overseers of highways Eliphelet Jarvis and
twenty-five others.

(Town Meetings, Vol. I, p. 328-9).

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 3 1

[THE FORT AT LLOYD'S NECK.]*

Huntington May i8"' 1778.

The Millita belonging to Capt. Conkling which was
ordered to build works on Lloyds Neck, by Ch' Carmeron
Capt.

30 men a Day, i Sarg* i Corporal.

[1778, May 18.]

Segt. Nathaniel Brush Benjamin Brush Isaac Whitman
Richard Smith Stephen Whitman Richard Valentine Jesse
Whitman Malbah Burtice Zophar Brush Zophar Ketcham
Jacob Ketcham Obediah Piatt John Foster Elifilet Brush
Tredwell Brush Jacobmiah Brush Samuel Nostran Jacob
Brush Jun-- William Ward John Sammis Timothy Sammis
Joseph Sammis John Squires Jesse Weekes Conkling
Ketcham Abiel Titus Nath" Williams Silas Sammis Philip
Sammis David Sammis Ananias Conkhng Benjamin Gould
Hubbart Conkling SoUomon Ketcham John Morgan
Elexander Rogers Timothy Conkling Sen^ Salvenus Chi-
chester David Kelcy Amos Piatt Thomas Conkling Jr.
Elexander Denton Ezra Conkling Henry Sammis Jonas
Sammis Jervis Sammis Jonas Kelcy John Heaviland Sam-
uel Heaviland Israel Titus Zebulon Titus Jesse Sammis
Elexander Sammis William Jeams Jesse Brush

{War Claims, Vol. 1, p. 18.) ^

[* Lloyd's Neck was the rendezvous for refugees from Con-
necticut, who frequently came and went in whale boats. The
fort was built at the western extremity of the Neck and the
present site of Dr. R. H. Derby's house is where the fort was
located, some of the embankments of which are still visible.
This and the three papers following, seem to be details of men
assigned to the work of building the fort. — C. R. S.J

32 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1778, May 21.]

May y^ 21'^'^ 1778
Capt. Conkling, Ezra Conkling, Elifilet Brush, Henry
Titus, Elex Denton, David Kellcy, Zacariah Borgers, Benj
Gould, Stephen Whitman, Salvenus Chichester, Joseph
Sammis, Henry Sammis, William Jeams, Jesse Whitman,
Richard Smith, Malbah Burtice, Zebulon Titus, Isaac
Whitman, O. Jonas Sammis, Timothy Conkling, John
Morgan, John Foster, Zophar Brush, Elexander Rorgers,
Israel Titus, Jesse Sammis, David Conkling, John Sammis^
Trewell Brush, Annanias Conkling, Benj Brush, Jacob
Ketcham, Nath' Brush, Jacobmiah Brush, Thomas Conk-
ling, William Ward, John Squires, Amos Piatt, Jacob
Brush, Conkling Ketcham, David Sammis, SoUomon
Ketcham, Silas Sammis, Phillip Sammis, Samuel Brush,
Hubbart Conkling, Obediah Piatt, Richard Valentine,"
Jonas Kellc}^ Jesse Brush, Samuel Heaviland, John
Ketcham. 52 Men.
[File No. 264 )

[1778, May 22.]

May y'' 22
Capt. Conkling, Ensign Conkling, Elifilet Brush, Henry
Sammis, Jacomiah Brush, Jesse Brush, Zacheriah Rorgers,
William Jeams, Jonas Sammis, Timothy Conkling, Alex-
ander Rorgers, Benj Brush, Jacob Ketcham, Zophar
Brush, David Sammis, Jesse Sammis, Amos Piatt, Jacob
Brush, Annanias Conkling, Joseph Sammis, William Ward,
Israel Titus, John Sammis, Ezra Conkling, Timothy Sam-
mis, William Sammis, Zebulon Titus, Jeams Rorgers, John
Morgan, Henry Titus, Obediah Piatt, Samuel Brush,
Sollomon Ketcham, Nathl Brush, Richard Valentine,
Treadwell Brush, Jonas Kelcy, Stephen Whitman, Elex-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 33

ander Denton, Richard Smith, Benj Gould, David Kellcy,
Conkling Ketcham, David Conkling, Salvenus Chichester,
Samuel Heaviland, Thomas Conkling, Phillip Sammis,
John Ketcham, Hubbard Conkling. 50 men

{File No. 2G4.)

[1778, May 23.]

May y« 23-'^ 1778
Capt. Conkling, Ensign Conkling, Ezra Conklin, Elex-
ander Rogers, Amos Piatt, Jacob Brush, Phillip Sammis,
Jacomiah Brush, William Jeams, Richard Smith, Samuel
Heaviland^ Malbah Burtice, Henry Titus, William Sam-
mis, Richard Valentine, Timothy Conkling, John Ketcham,
Zebulon Titus, Zacheriah Rogers, Elifilet Brush, Silas
Sammis, Jesse Sammis, Henry Sammis, Conkling Ketch-
am, David Sammis, David Kellcy, Isreal Titus, Joseph
Sammis, William Ward, John Squires, David Conkling,
Salvenus Chichester, Elexander Denton, John Foster,
Jesse Brush. 35 others
(File No. 264.;

[A SEVERE ORDER.]

[1778, Sept. 3.]

In Persuance of his Excellency General Tryon order : —
We Do Hereby Notify to the Inhabitants of the Town-
ship of huntington, that all The male Inhabitants From
fiveteen years old to seventy that have omited or Neg-
lected waiting on his Excellency on the 2"^ Instant Acord-
ing to Orders: are Required to wait on His Excellency at
New York on or before the lo"' Day of This month on

34 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

faillure of Which They will be fined five Pound, Each, and
after the fines Are Leavid any refuseing to wait on his Ex-
cellency will be Obliged To Quit The Island with Their
families—

John Ireland.
Isaac Young.

Hunting 3"^ September, 1778'
{File No. 266.)

[REMONSTRANCE OF THE TOWN TRUSTEES.]

[1778, Nov. -]

To His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton Knight of the
most Honourable order of the Bath Commander in Chief
of all his majesties Troops in North America from Nove-
scotia to west flurrida &c &c.

The Memorial and Humble Petition of the Trustees of
the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County.
Humbly Sheweth.

That on Tuesday Last the 24"' Day of November 1778.
A Party of his majesties Troops under the Command of
• on their Return from Smith Town came to Hun-
tington and there Plundered several Houses carrying away

[*Though the people of Huntington were in complete sub-
jection and compelled to endure the fate of a conquered peo-
ple, the American arms had been successful in many engage-
ments on the Continent. The battle of Saratoga had taken
place, resulting in the capture of 6,000 of the flower of the
British army as prisoners, a large train of artillery, 5,000 mus-
kets, and an immense amount of "munitions of war. France
had acknowledged the independence of the American Colonies
and the treaty of alliance between the two countries had been
made, and the French government in April had sent a squad-
ron of twelve ships of the line and four frigates to aid the
Americans. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 35

Butter and the Princable Necessarys of Many familys
took away many fouls Destroyed wheat and carryed off
Quantities of corn and Did other Great Dammages with-
out Paying or giving any Receipts for the things taken by
the said Party.

Your Excellency s Petitioners are Always Willing to
supply his Majesties Troops with any thing they want that
we have to spare and therefore we Look upon it A Great
Hardship to be treated in this manner since by our Oath
we are Entitled to his Majesties Protection we Pray your
Excellency therefore to Interpose in our Behalf that we
may not only have Restitution made But for the future be
Protected against Every Act of Injustice and your peti-
tioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray &c.
{File No. 226 )

[FIRST LIST OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THE
OATH OF LOYALTY.]

[1778, ]

List of Persons in the Township of Huntington who

took the Oath of Loyalty and Peaceable behaviour before
Governor Try on in Suffolk County, Long Island 1778

John Ketcham Malbah Burtice

Sam^ Conkling Nathan' Udal

Solomon Ketcham Henry Titus

Sam' Oakley Jesse Brush

Alex^ Rogers David Sammis

Wilmot Oakley Nathanl Smith

Phillip Samis Step'' Higby

John Sammis Thomas Taylor

Zachariah Rogers Jacob Piatt

Dan' Pearsal Nehemiah Brush

James Rogers W"^ Lysaght

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Josiah Weeks
Michael Beagle
Thos. Kellum
Sam' Hart
Stephen Kebey
Benj" Davis
Thos. Colly
Jacomiah Brush
James Berry
William Albeen
Abrah"" Brinkerhoff
W° Smith
Timothy Sammis
John Hudson
Sam* Munsey
Austin Jarvis
Joseph Higby
Zophar Rorgers
Joshua Bunce
Ruben Sammis
David Smith
Tho'^ Burch
John Grit man
Amos Smith
Vanhalah Robbins
Gamalill Conkling
Jonah Wood
Sam' Bennet
W'" Johnson
Nathanl Buffett
Michael Bamp
Jonah Pederick
Moses Vail
Joseph Barker
Hulet Jones
John Jones
David Vancot
Jonathan Weeks
W"' Gates
Jonah Scudder
~ Jonathan Scudder
Charles Dunce

Jesse Smith
Piatt Vail
Phineas Sills
Joseph Bunce
Gilbert Piatt
Dan" Udall
Zebulon Ketcham
Jacob Conkling
Sam' Smith
Peter Huff
Philip Ketcham
Jacob Nokes
W"' Newman
Abel Titus
Josiah Toper
David Smith
Jesse Carl
Nathan Totten
Timothy Carl
Nehemiah Whitman
Anther Dingee
Gilbert Fleet
Ananias Carll
Israel Ketcham
Alison Wright
Jonathan Stratton
Jesse Piatt
Zophar Nichols
Nathanl Bunce
Zophar Rogers
Sam' Carmen
Piatt Anther
Ambrose Weeks
Uriah Hubbs
Rheuben Rolph
Peter Berry
John Abbett
Simon Totton
Caleb Ketcham
Jesse Bryant
Samuel Carl
Jesse Baldwin

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Stephen Weeks
Philip Jarvis
Whitehead Sexton
Jonas Rogers
Rheuban Johnson
Dan' Jarvis
Stephen Ketcham
Jacob Smith
Hezekiah Smith
Augustin Akerley
Nathanl Akerley
John Bishop
James Griffis
Alexancl' Fleet
Nathanl Jarvis
Pine Chichester
David Wood
Micah Veal
Nathanl Rogers
Ezekiel Conkling
Uriah Hart
Zebulon Bunce
Israel Carl
Joseph Lewis
Ephraim Chichester
Silas Smith
Aaron Higbie
John Rogers
John Vancott
Thos. Totten
Stephen Totten
David Sammon
Ezekiel Hubbard
Nathanl Ketcham
John Vanderbilt
Isaac Smith
Jacob Smith
Israel Woqd
Eliphelet Chichester
Nathan Piatt
Jacobus Van Noostrand
Israel Conkling

George Norton
John Baldwin
Isaac Dennis
Ezekiel Ketcham
Sam' Townshend
Joseph Whitmon
Nathanl Harrison Sen'
Nathanl Harrison Jun'
Joshua Rogers
Nathanl Hart
Timothy Smith
Thos. Sammis
Benj. Oakley
Danl. Smith
Timothy Abel
Danl Rogers
Stephn Stratton
Zophar Brush
Ananias Conkling ^"""^
Danl. Blackle
Philip Ketcham
Step" Rogers
Joshua Ketcham
Edw** Bunce
Zackariah Rogers
Benj Roff
David Resgue
Amos Wood
John M*^ Coren
Justin Sammis
Philip Bailey
Saml. Rogers
Silas Piatt
Rich'^ Conkling
Isaac Nooks
Isaac Muney
Zedwell Piatt
Isaac Scidmore
Timothy Conkling ""
Augustine Fleet
Loose Totton
Philip Gould

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Saml Nichols
Jonas Gilclerslive
Jonas Wood
Ebenezer Blackle
Alaxandr Conkling
John Rogers
George Youngs
Zebu Ion Buffett
David Jackson
John Haviland
Saml. Jackson
Jonas Williams
Josiah Wheeler
Joseph Bennet
Jonathan Kelcy
Piatt Kelcy
Jacob Ireland
Peter Ruland
Danl. Higby
Selah Wood
Job. Sammis
Henry Ally
John Abbit
John Avery
Fidellon TiUet
Zophar Piatt
Moses Weeks
Isaac Youngs
John Ireland
Ichabod Jarvis
Isaac Keen
Step" Denton
Shubal Smith
James Hubbs
Danl. Blatchley
John Buffett
Rich'^ Rogers
Josiah Rogers
Piatt Carl
Jesse Buffett
Selah Carll
Selah Carll jr.

John Weeks

Timothy Taylor

John Magear

John Wicks

Thomas Smith

Step'' Abbet

Step" Whitman

Geo. Weeks

Benj. Sooper

Jeremah Sooper

Jacob Sooper

Simon Fleet

Eleanor Conkling

Nathan Jackson

Sam' Brotherton

Sender Lewis

Charles Berry

W'" Smallie

Joseph Mott

Wilked Bailey

Moses Sender

Jacob Baldwin

Danl. Ireland

W"' Davis

Solomon Ketcham

Denis Hart

John Jarvis

Abraham Jarvis

Thos. Skidmore

Derick Ambermon

W'" Foster

Jonath" Sammis

Whitehead Gildersleeve

Nathanl Gildersleeve

Isaac Loose

Jacob Rogers

Ebenezer Kellem

James Lewis

Josiah Smith

Zedack Smith

Phil. Smith

Jesse Kellam

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Benj. Denton
Selah Sammis
Caleb Sexton
Jesse Whitman
Jacob Baldwin
Simon Oaks
Zebulon Piatt
Jacob Oaks
John Taylor
Jesse Rogers
John Totten
W™ Nathway
Caleb Wood Junr
Silas Carl
Luke Ruland
Sam' Haviland
Eliphalet Strritton
Philip Conklin
Philip Skidmore
Thos. Scudder
Ebenezer Gould
Stephen White

yf Joseph Conkling
/^ Silvimus Chichester
Joseph Ireland
John Hayward
John Johnson
Stephen Ketcham
Ephraim Oaks
Tho^ Conkling
Jesse Sammis
John Sammis
Silas Sammis
Jonas Sammis
W°' Haviland
Ezra Conkling
Zebulon Titus

^ Jonah Conkling

7 Dav'i Kelly

^ W- Ward

Timothy Conkling
John Morgan

Jeremiah Wood
Dav'' Conkling
W'" James
Nathanl Williams
Amos Piatt
John Brown
Benj'" Blachle
Jonat" Gould
Titus Gould
John Sooper
Conkling Ketcham
Isaac Burr
Zachariah Smith
John Squires
John Oakley
Joseph Conkling
Abijah Ketcham
Dav*^ Rusco
Saml Wood
Jonas Kelcy
James Bishop
Jonas Samins
Hezekiah Smith
Zebulon Powell
Selah Piatt
Epenetus Smith
Jeremiah Ruland
Samuel Roose
James Abet
James Long
Reuben Johnson
Augustine Bryant
Tredwell Brush
W°' Burch
Dav'' Person
Joseph Ireland
Jonathan Jarvis
Rich. Conkling
Dan' Noostrandt
Tho^ Conkling
Thos. Sands
Zebadiah Barton

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Benj. Gildersleeve

Eliphalet Brush

John Foster

Jeremiah Rogers
* * w *

Cornelius Hart
Henry Jarvis
Jacob Piatt
Jo. Baley
Jo Lockwood
Thos. Barker
Elijah Weeks
Eliphalet Jarvis
Nathanl Kelcy
Robt Jarvis
Ichabod Smith
Hubard Conkling
Selah Bunce
Moses Roff
Kellip Wood
W" Nichols
Tim° Rogers
EHsha Jillet
Jo. Smith
Jeremiah Samins
Lavinies Samins
Isaac Smith
Eliphalet Samins
Jo Bunce
Joseph Jarvis
Isaac Ketcham
Nathanl Smith
Saml. Brush

Abel Wood
Joseph Mott
Selah Whitmoth
Jonat° Burch
Rich'* Valentine
Rlas. Muncy
Zophar Piatt
Saml. Bunce
Stephen Viteto
Joel Smith
Hfnry Sammis
W"^ Everet
Nathanl Brown
Henry Smith
Abel Akerley
David Roff
W- Weeks
John Carmon
Jesse Wilmoth
Joseph Weeks
Jesse Oaks
W™ Johnson Jr.
John Hart
W" Place
Zebulon Smith
Gilbert Hart
Nathan Valentine
Doc'i Ruland
John Sneedeear
Amos Soper
Alex^ Sammis
Jacob Brice

Certificates delivered.

James Huff
David Huff
Amos Baldwin

John Huff
Isaac Huff
Gilbert Weeks
Sylvanus Baldwin

I hereby Certify the 430 Persons mentioned in the fore-
going List took the Oath of Loyalty and peaceable be-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RFXORDS. 4I

haviour before me in Huntington Township Suffolk County
Long- Island. 1778.

Wm. Tryon M. G.
and Gov'' Province of New York.
Mem" This List* to be recorded in the office of the
County Court Clerk for Suffolk County

Wm. Tryon, Gov'
To Messrs. Ireland & Youngs

Huntington Township
{File No. 232.)

[SECOND LIST OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THE
OATH OF LOYALTY.]

[1778.]

An Additional List of Persons in the Township of Hun-
tington, Suffolk County, Long Island, who took the Oath
of Allegiance & Peaceable behaviour, before John Hew-
lett Esqr Justice of Peace in the said County as Certified
by him to His Excellency Governor Tryon.

Names.

Residence.

Age.

Occupation.

Silas Wickes

Huntington

Blacksmith

Joseph White

Carpenter

Col. Piatt Conkling

Farmer

Jesse Conkling

Rich'^ Ruland

d°

[*This list contains nearly all the family names in this town.
Huntington was no exception, as the other towns on Long
Island pursued the same course. They took the oath as an
outward form, but inwardly revolted against it. They yielded
to the King a lip service extorted by force too great to be
overcome, but mentally they abhorred the act, and all their
sympathies were with the patriots who were fighting in the
armies of Washington. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Joshua Oaks
Jesse Weekes
Nathan Bunce
Phillip Jarvis
Abijah Hoyatt
Jacobus Nostrandt
Zophar Kitcham
James Pearsall
Matthew Bunce
Saml. Wickes
Ezekiel Brush
Epenetus Bryan
John Wood
Jonathan Brush
Danl. Wiggins
Lemuel Bryan
Obadiah Piatt
Piatt Conkling
Joseph Whitman
Henry Chichester
Jesse Sammis
Eliphalet Wood
Piatt Brush
Smith Conkling
Jacob Brush
Samuel Chichester
James Hill
James Smith
Rob' Kellam
Tho^ Oakes
Jdhn Wheeler
W"^ Soper
John Sells
Eliakam Smith
Charles Grice

Blacksmith

Turner

Farmer

57
46

d°
Weaver

Blacksmith

Farmer

50
61

d°
Cordwainer

Farmer

d°

63
32

d°
Doctor

Farmer

d°

Carpenter
Farmer

Farmer

Weaver

Cordwainer

Farmer

d"
Cordwainer

Weaver

Miller

64
64

Carpenter
Blacksmith

53
60

Carpenter
d"

Cordwainer

Farmer

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Phillip Kellam
Nathan Willmoth
John Ruland
Thomas Fleet
Jacob Young
Jacob Vanbelt
Ezekiel Brush
David Stilhvell
Nehemiah Hart, Junr.
Selah Dingee
Ruben Ketcham
Alex'' Denton
Sam' Jarvis
Benjn. Brush
Hezekiah Wickes
Jacob Ketcham
Nehemiah Hart
Melanthon Bryan
Ananias Wickes
Epenetus Conkling
Miles Oakley
Obed Kellam
Thomas Ketcham
Noah Rogers
Rich'' Smith Junr.
Joseph Stratton
Saml. Wfeekes
Timothy Carl
Loose Ireland
Jarvis Whitmon
Nathan' Whitmon
Elijah Chichester
Scudder Ketcham
Jacob Scudder
Ellis Carll

d«

d<'

Weaver

Carpenter

Cordwainer

Farmer

Weaver

Cordwainer

Farmer

d°

Carpenter

Weaver

Cordwainer

Carpenter

Farmer

Weaver

d°

Farmer

Miller

Weaver

Farmer

Taylor

Farmer

d°

Tajdor

Farmer

d«

d°

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Sam^ Nostran
Piatt Willits
Peter Still
Jesse Abbett
John Smith
Nathaniel Higbee
Abel Conkling
John Gilderslive
Scudder Carll
Thos. Higbee
Jeremiah AUebee
Joshua Kellam
George Wiser
Joseph Waer
Sam' Wickes
Joel Rogers
Thomas Rogers
Thos. Dennis
Tho^ Bunce
Joseph Uddell
John Foster
Nathanl. Williams Jun"^
Jonas Piatt
John Allee
Israel White
Nathan' Sammis
Jacob Brush
Tho^ Ireland
Luke Ruland
John Brush
Nathanl. Miger
Nathan Vallentine
Jacob Mott
Scudder Robbens
Isaac Bunce

d°

d»

Weaver

Farmer

Weaver

Blacksmith

Farmer

d°

Cordwainer

Taylor

Farmer

Cooper

Taylor

Farmer

Weaver

Farmer

Blacksmith

Currier

Farmer

Weaver

Taylor

Shop-Joiner

Miller

Farmer

Cordwainer

Weaver

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 4S

Isaac Ketcham 6i Farmer

Sam^ Brush ^9 Miller

Ananias Brush 30 Joiner

Sami Ackerley 39 Boatman

Israel Wood 54 Farmer

Moses Jarvis 28 Cordwainer

Joshua Ketcham 63 Farmer

Tho^ Jackson 6 do

Sam^ Skidmore 5^ do

I hereby Certify, the 1 19 Persons named in the forego-
ing List, took the oath of Allegiance and Peaceable be-
ha^'viour before ^P Justice John Hewlett, as Certified by

him to me.

Wm. Tryon Gov''

Mem. This Additional List of Names, in Huntingdon
Township, to be recorded in the office of the County
Court Clerk, for Suffolk County.

{File No. 265.) ^

[-Note— On the authority of Gaine, Nov. 2d, 1778, Major
Ebenezer Gray, with a party of Col. Meigs' Regiment, went
from New London, Connecticut, to Huntington, and brought
off 16 prisoners who had gone over to the enemy (the British)
and three others were killed. The next day a party of rebels
in 20 whaleboats came over to Huntington from Norwalk and
attacked the house of widow Chichester, in which 25^ refugees
were quartered. Several were killed and 16 made prisoners.—
C. R. S.]

i-NoTE— The Winter of 1878-79 was severely cold. The
writer remembers well the statements made by his grand-
father Gilbert Scudder, who was a young man during the Rev-
olutionary War, and resided in Huntington, concerning this
Ions: and gloomy Winter. He said that Long Island Sound
was completely frozen over for several weeks so that persons
passed from shore to shore on the ice. It is also a matter of
history that New York Harbor was covered with such thick
ice that cannons were drawn over on it from the city to Staten
Island.— C. R. S.]

46 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1779, Feb. 27.]

The Marsh Sold.

1779 feb 27''' paid to Solomon Ketcham on
his rights in the marsh

Paid to him for taking an account of the I
rights f

To Cash paid Before to Richard Vallentine

To John Hartt for Horses &:c

To platt Veal for waggon &c

To Jesse oaks for Waggon &c

To Cash to Stephen Kellcy

146 18 o
Paid Joseph Whitman on account of his right i 3 4

148

{File No. 131.

[Nov. 7.]

Return of the Militia belonging to Capt. Conklings

[Note. — The Loyalists posted a "Caution to Travelers''
March 10, 1779, to the effect that "a party of rebels have a
place of resort at Bread and Cheese Hollow, on a by-road
from the houses of two rebels, Nathaniel Platt and Thomas
Tredwell, to that of the noted Samuel Philips near the Branch.
They extend along the road from Philips' to the well known
Platt Carll's. They are said to be commanded by the rebel
Major Brush, of Huntington. The unfortunate Loyalists in
this part of the country are greatly exposed to the savage
cruelty of these assassins. They are few in number and un-
able to defend themselves from the frequent incursions of the
parties who land from Connecticut and who are supplied with
provisions and intelligence by their confederates above men-
tioned."—C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 47

Destrict with the number of Ox teams Oxen Waggons
Horses and Servants.

^ ^ w

^ ^ X 73

H ^ O <!

Alexander Rogers Servant taken out. E5 9 S ?3 p^

t5 > j2 O cn ^

g S ^ W H

•^ 2: C/3 C« Crt

AT COLD SPRING. I 2

Zebulon & Isaac Rogers i 2

John Morgan

Richard & Henry Conkling i 2

William James

Zacheriah Rogers

Zebulon Titus & Son • i

Dan'^ Hendrickson & son John i 2

Israel & Abiel Titus i 2

Jonas Rogers & son Jacob i 2 i

WEST NECK ■ I 2

Jesse Brush

William cSl John Haviland i 2

Alexander Sammis & Jesse i 4

Henry Titus i 2

Joseph Conkling 2

James Long i 2

Jonas Sammis I 2

Augustus Sammis i 2

John Sammis & Son Nath^^ 2

James Rogers & son Charles 2

Ebenezer Gould i

TOWN SPOT.

John Squires i

Ebenezer Brush son of John Brush Miller i 2 i

Timothy Conkling i 2

Alexander Denton & Aprintice I
Abel Conkling

Joseph Sammis I

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

vSalvanus Chichester
Amos Piatt

Thomas Conkling

Jeremiah Wood

Peleg Wood

Conkling Ketcham

Isral Ketcham — Quaker

John Williams & Gilbert sons of Justice

Williams

Hubbard Conkling

Nath" Williams

Silas Sanirnis and sons Philip & David

Benjamin G(3uld

Ananias Conkling and x\printice

David Conkling and Aprintice

Heniy Sam mis

Ezra Conkling

John Sammis

William Ward

Timothy Sammis & son Scudder

Jacob Brush and two sons

WEST HILLS

John Wood out by age

John Wheeler & son John

Obediah Piatt

Tredwell Brush

Isaac Wood

Jonathan Brush out by age

John Buffett

Zophar Brush

Jacobmiah Brush

Benj. Brush

Malbah Burtis & Aprintice

Richard Smith

Jesse Whitman

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 49

Nehemiah Whitman
Nathan Valentine
Sam" Nostran
Zophar Ketcham
John Howard Smith

Total Men 69 38 89 5

{File No. 249.)

[REMONSTRANCE AGAINST CUTTING WOOD.]

To His Excellency Major General Tryon Governor and
Commander in Chief of his Majesties forces in the Prov-
ince of New York &c.

The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hun-
tington in Suffolk Count}^

Humbly Showeth
that Whereas Sir Henry Clinton K. B. General & Com-
mander in chief of all his Majestic? forces in America
was Pleased to Issue his Proclamation Bearing Date the
24th Day of November 1779 ordering and requiring all
Propriators of wood Lands on Long Island and Stratten
Island Immediatel}^ to cut and cart A Quantity of fire
wood for the use of the City of New York.

Therefore your Excellencys Petitioners Beg Leave to
Inform vou that we the Inhabitants of this Town in Gen-
eral Did comply with the said Proclamation and have cut
A Large Quantity of wood and carted it to the Different
Landings where it Now Lyeth As the Long Continuance
of the Ice Hindered the Vessells from taking it away and
many Persons hath Large Quantityes of wood cut and it
was not in their Power to cart it as their teams Hath Been
Employed in carting of forage and wood in goverment
service and Now People in General is employed in that

50 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Business and will verry soon have Great Quantities of
wood cut and will deliver it to the Landings as soon as
Possable considering the scarcity of teams in this town.

Your Excellency* Petitioners are willing to cut cord
wood for the City of New York in Proportion to the
Nnmber of acres of wood Land that we have in Posses-
sion and to have another Person Deputed in the stead of
Mr. John Ireland Deceased to associate with Mr. Youngs
to receive your Orders & Communicate the same unto us
the Inhabitants of this Town if it may be Agreeable to
your Excellancy.

And we your Excellencys Petitioners Humbly Beg that
we may have lull Liberty to cut our own Wood and that
Permissions may not be granted to any Person or Persons
to cut our timber as we mean to convince Your Excellency
that we are cutting A sufficient Quantity our selves
agreeable to the above said Proclamation and we further
Humbly Beg that the Permissions already Granted to
other Persons to cut on our Wood Lands may be Recalled.
{File No. 257).

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1779, May 4.]

At a Town Meeting held this 4"' Day of May 1779 the
following Persons chosen.

Trustees, Israel Wood President. Capt. Timothy Carll
Samuel Oakley Stephen Kellcy Timothy Conkling Gilbert
fleet Solomon Ketcham.

Solomon Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.

Chosen to take care of Intestate Estates Justice Williams
Stephen Kellcy.

Commissioners John Brush Stephen Kellcy Solomon
Ketcham.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 5 1

Survej^ors Capt. Timothy Carll Solomon Ketcham.

Assessors Joseph Lewis Jeremiah Brush.

Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

Chosen Overseers of the poor Henry Smith Ananias
Conkling.

To take care of fires Col. Conkling & ten others.

Fence viewers Henry Sammis & thirteen others.

Overseers of highways Eliphelet Jarvis cS: twenty-five
others.

The same Day it was Voted that the Deficiency or Loss
in the horses & oxen taken the i8of March 1779 and also
the Deficiency or Loss in the Horses to be delivered at
Epenetus Smith the 10"' of ALay 1780 should Be all made
up with the charges & expences By A Town Rate.*
{Town Meetingfi, Vol. I ,p. 330.)

[THREATS OF BANISHMENT AND
CONFISCATION.]

[1779, July 10.]

Orders Head Quarters Long Island, the lo''^ July 1779.

To the Commander and every Commissioned Officer of
Delancys third Battalion at Loyds Neck &c. To the
Colonel of Kings County Coll. of Queens County and
Colonel of Suffolk County Melitia &c.

As by the Duplicity and faint Attachment to Loyalty of
some persons on this Island that enjoy the Protection of
Government, and have the benefit of a Peaceable and

[* As the British troops plundered the rich and the poor in-
discriminately, this act of the Town Meeting, in making the
losses on the occasion referred to a charge on the town, to be
paid according to the assessed value of property, was highly
commendable. This plan, however, was not generally pursued.
— C. R. S.]

52 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Profitable life Who have sons and near Relations with the
Rebbles taking a leading part in Committing Scandalous
Robberies and secretly in the night carry off Peaceable
and Inofensive Inhabitants to Captivity. The Persons in
this Predicament may be assured that on Proof of their
connivance Abetting, assisting secreting or corresponding
with such Robbers I will send over such Fathers or
Masters with their whole Families to Connuticut and give
Possession of their Farms and Property to be enjoyed by
his Majesties true and Faithful! Subjects who are to take a
just and true Inventory on Oath of all the effects left by
the Owners in the Presence of three Neighbours of good
Repute One copy to be left with me and one copy with
the Justice of Peace or Nearest Capt. of Militia that they
may be made accountable for the value untill they can
prevail on the Robbers to desist wholly from such detesta-
ble actions These orders to be put in Execution on due
proof and they are to couse the heads of such Familys to
be apprehended and sent to me with The report and proof
of their Crimes that I may use the spediest means to Red
his majesties lines of such unfaithfuU Perjured Persons.

Oliver De Lance y, B. G^
Commandant of Long Island.

The Inhabitants Living on the Necks and Shores of
Long Island are to give the spediest notice that the Melitia
and other People near the approach of the enemy may
take the Alarm and Muster to repel the enemy and cut off
the Retreat of their Boats by which they will Merritt
1 hanks and Rewards from their Country for their AUert
Behaviour of which they have a Recent Instance in the
spirited Conduct of the Hempstead ^Militia any Person
knowing where these Robbers Intend to Land or have
Landed and from any feigned cause does not immediately
communicate to the nearest Militia officer This Inteligence

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 53

will be Treated with the greatest Rigor as being Privy to
and Abetting the enemy's Designs. •

Oliver De Lancey, B. (j.

{File No. 147, ".4.")

[ORDERED TO HELP BUILD THE FORT AT
LLOYD'S NECK.]

[1779, July 24.]

Huntington July 24*^ i779-
By Virtue of an Order from Leuit Coll Hewlett you are
required to warn the number of Men whose names I send
Here Enclosed to Appear, on Lloyds Neck on Tuseday
the 27^^^ of July at 7 o'clock in the mornmg with three Day
provision and one ox team or Waggon and Horses with a
Driver in Order to build a fortification, each man to bring
a shovel or spade except three men with Axces Likewise
the Coll. also Insists that every mans name be returned
that you are ordered to warn that does not Appear and he

will send for them. .

Philip Conkling, Ensign.

To Seg* Nath" Brush.

N B If the above articles are not fuUfilled you must
abide the Consequence you must be on Loyd's Neck at 7
O Clock and Call at my House as you Go. , ^ ^

Nath Brush Malbah Burtice Eliphelet Brush

Beni Brush Jacobmiah Brush Tredwell Brush

Isaac Whitman Zophar Brush Samuel Nostran

Richard Smith Zophar Ketcham

Stephen Whitman Jacob Ketcham
Richard Valentine Obediah Piatt
Jesse Whitman John Foster

{File No. 148.)

54 HUNTINGTON TOWN RFXORDS.

[MEN WANTED FOR THE LLOYD'S NECK
FORT.]

[1779, Aug. 10.]

Sir — As the Works are still unfinished — in a Good Way
— I desire you will Immadiately warn one staff of your
Company to be and Apear on Lloyds Neck y^ 13 Instant
With six axes the Rest with shovells, spaids and one
Waggon with a good team In case y^ they come by seven
a Clock they shall only stay one Day, and y*" other staff to
Apper y"" Next Day following In y" same manner. I am in
hopes y' In Going through y'' four Companies with one
Day Each will Compleat y'' Work.

From y' Humble Serv'

RiCH'b Hewlett Lieut. Colo'
Lloyds Neck, Augst 10, 1779.
To Cap* Conkling.
{File No. 262 )

[ORDER FROM COL. DELANCEY TO FURNISH
MEN ON THE FORT AT BROOKLYN.]

[1779, Aug. 19.]

Jamaica Long Island 19"' August 1779
Sir. — Brig. D. Gen" Delancey having received direc-
tions To Order 500 Militia to parade with their Blankets
On Monday the 23'''^ Instant to be employed in repairing
and constructing the works at Brooklyn you will please to
furnish 210 men from Suffolk County of the above Number
and Cause them to March I mediately under a propper
proportion of officers to Brooklyn heights where they v/ill
receive directions from the Engineer this party to be re-
lieved by an Equal Number as often as you shall Judge
Expedient from the Melitia of Suffolk County you are also
directed to Cause from the said County the following

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 55

Articles to be prepared which when Compleat are to be
sent to the Magazene at Brooklyn.

That is Fascins 9 feet long well Bound and [
Stript of their leaves j ^

Pickets from 3 to 4 feet long 25000

Praising or Stockade from 9 to 10 feet long )
& from 6 to 8 Inches thick f ^ooo

Railing oi 6 &. 4 Inches Scantling fut round loooo

[File No. 147, "B.")

75000

[CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE

REFUSAL TO FURNISH MEN AND

MATERIAL FOR BROOKLYN.]

[1779, Aug. 27.]

Jamacia y*" 2/^ August 1779
Sir. — Inclosed you have a Copy of Lord Rawdons
Letter in Consequence of a Letter from Coll. Floyd in
which he signifies his Inability to Comply with a Requisi-
tion made for a working party and Sundry Articles re-
quired from Suffolk County for buildmg a Fort at Brooklyn
Ferry this you will Immediately Communicate to the
Other Capts. and Officers of the Militia in Huntington
District that they may take such Measures as will prevent
the threat in the Adjudant Gen" Letter.

I am Sir Your Humble Servant

Oliver Delancey, Brig. Gen"

{File No. 146, "A.")

To Capt Dingee at Huntington South and the Militia
officers for Huntington District Suffolk County. Head
Quarters Long Island.

56 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

27*^ August 1779
Upon Co" Floyds Lately receiveing Orders for a Certain
proportion of Militia from Suffolk County to be employed
in the Public works at Brooklyn As well as the furnishing
a Quantity of Fasines &c. &c. to Construct them We
replied that It was Impossible for him to Comply with the
same in Consequence of which the Adjutant Gen" has
Wrote the following Letter by order of the Commander
in Chief in Order that his Intention may be known in Case
the County Does not Comply with the Demand.
Copy of the Letter to Brig Gen" Delancy.
(File No. 146, "5."

[1779, Aug. 26.]

New York August 26"^ 1779
Sir. — I have laid before the Commander in Chief your
Letter With its Inclosure, Stateing the Refusal of the In-
habitants of Suffolk County to take share in the Publick

[Note. — That all the inhabitants of Huntington did not tame-
ly submit to British oppression is shown by newspaper items of
the period taken from Loyalist sources. A writer here says :
"The friends of Government here have been greatly distressed
ever since the King's troops left the East End of Long Island.
The rebellious part of the inhabitants of this town (Hunting-
ton), who were kept in awe, while the troops were stationed
east of us, are now becoming more insolent than ever and pub-
licly threaten to have all the Loyalists carried off to Connecti-
cut. The principal of these miscreants are Nathaniel Wil-
liams, Stephen Kelsey, Eliphalet Chichester, John Brush, Jonas
Rogers, Marlboro Burtis and Isaac Wood. These scoundrels
live in perfect safety, when scarcely a night passes but some of
their loyal neighbors are plundered by the sons and other re-
lations of those rebels, who fled to Connecticut when the
King's troops landed on the Island. I hope you will keep a
good lookout for these traitors. I hope in God these perjured
villains will be made to rue the day they entered into rebellion
against the best of Kings." — Gaine, July 2Sth, 1779. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 57

Works at Brooklyn you will Please to Signify to that
County by sending written Copies of the Letters that If
the Requisition of men and Materials for the purpose
Above Mentioned is not Imediately Complyed with A
Detatchment of Troops will be sent Into that District and
every Person who shall have refused to Contribute his
Assistance towards a Work in which the Kings Service
and the Interest of the Loyal Inhabitants are so Intimately
Blended Shall be turned without Distinction out of Long
Island and their Farmes w^ill be Allotted for the Support
of those who have Suffered for Real Attachment to Gov-
erment.

I have the Honour to be and &c. &c.

Jagnee Rawdon,
To Capt. Dingee and other Adjudant Gen''

Melitia Captins of Huntington
District From Brigadier Gen" Delancey

Commanding on Long Island.*
{FileNo.U6,"C:')

[NAMES OF SOME OF THE SOLDIERS CAMPED
IN HUNTINGTON.]

Muster Roll of Captain.

I Graves Simcoe Esq. Lieutenant.

No. Rank Names Date of — or time of enlisting, i Cap-
tain John Saunders i Lieutenant John Wilson i Cornet
Thomas Merritt i Q"" Master Robert Payne, 3 Sergents
John Bert William Hodgins Daniel Keith, 2 Corporals

[*This proclamation of Gen. Rowdon was occasioned by the
refusal of the inhabitants to comply with the requisition made
on tnem, shown in the foregoing paper, to send men to aid in
the construction of a new fort at Brooklyn and furnish
material for stockades. — C. R. S.]

58 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Samuel Bates Richard Steers i Trumpeter John Porter,

I Jacob Iden i Privates Samuel arbuckle 2 Jonathan

Blair 3 John Barret, 4 John Barry, 5 Rich Brown 6 John
Bellard 7 Humphrey Cockran 8 Joseph Cole 9 James
Campbell, 10 William Cornwall 11 Makepeace Coleby 12
Robert Carson 13 John Dogherty 14 Jacob De Lien 15
James Inglis 16 Theobald Franks, 17 James Fox 18 Lewis
Florence, 19 Mathew Gallant 20 John Gray 21 William
Harvy 22 Edward Hinks 23 James Hill 24 John Higgins
Sen"" 25 John Higgins Jun"" 26 Isaac Horton 27 David Lind-
say 29 John Leighton 30 William Mitchell 31 John Monroe
32 John Maize 33 Anthony Manuel 34 John Newbury 35
Fred"" Pickhart 36 William Pope 37 John Sparks, 38 Barny
slack 39 Alex. Simpson 40 Thomas shannon 41 David
Mitchell 42 William Winflow43 Thomas Willis 44 Thomas
Whalley 45 John M= Connell.
(War Claims, Vol. I, p. 86 J

[COL. SIMCOE DESCRIBES HUNTINGTON AS
REBELLIOUS.]

Sir. — The expectation of seeing the General which is
frustrated by the delay of our Embarkation and my In-
disposition prevented me from Instantly answering your
Letter relative to the Complaint of Isaac Ketcham Mr^
Moffat, the Quarter Master alluded to has been dead some
time so that I cannot particularize on what account I did
not give a receipt to the complainant for his Corn; altho
if he applied to me I do not know that I then Gave him a
reason conformable to the Instructions I had received from
General Vaughn or Sir W. Erskine. I did not give re-
ceipts to a great Number of People on Account of their
Rebellious Principles, or absolute disobediance of the
General Order the Inhabitants of the town of Huntinsfton

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. $g>

came under both discriptions — The last Order I received
relative to the Collection of Forage was to direct it all ta
be brought in giving only an allowance for working Oxen^
under Penalty not only of having it Confiscated but their
Houses given up to Plunder in case of a disobedience
I have the honour to be Sir Your Most Ob'' Ser'^

J. G. SiMCOE.

(A Copy) Coll. of Queens Rangers,

{File No. 231.)

[1779, Dec. 6.]

6*'' of December 1779 Carted from the Kings Magazine
In Huntington on Long Island to go to Marstms Wharf

T. lbs. grs.
6 Ox Loads prized at • 4 10 o

31 Waggon Loads prized 11 00 o

Amount of the Day
y^^ 16 Country Waggon Loads prized
47 Kings Waggon Loads prized
1 1 Ox Loads prized
22 Kings Waggon Loads prized

Amount of the Day 54 12 o

Ton.
gth 20 Kings Waggon Loads prized 23 00 o

Ton. lbs.

err.

The whole Amount of Each Day is 93 20

{War Claims, Vol. I , p. 11.)

[PETITION OF ALEXANDER SAMMIS.]

[1780, Feb. 18.]
To His Excellency Major General Tryon Governor &

'6o HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Commander in Chief of the Province of New York &c. &c.
The Petition of Alexander Sammis of Huntington in
Queens County,

Most Humbly sheweth.

That the Petitioner is Proprieter of about fifteen acres
of wood Land in the Township of Huntington — That altho
it was no more than was necessary for the use of His
Family, he did in Consideration of the wants of the In-
habitants cause two Boats Loads of wood to be cut (con-
sisting of Thirty six Cords of wood) and sent down to New
York before the severe frost set in and hath since had one
other boat load cut which he intends to send to N. York
as soon as the Navigation will admit.

That not withstanding these Exertions Joseph Booth,
Mr Coram & Mr Moss have by some wrong suggestions
obtained Permission to cut three hundred Cords of Wood
upon the Land of the Petitioner for the use of the City.

That by virtue of the said Permit they began to cut
Timber, but upon application to Colonel Hewlett and a
Representation of the facts under both, by two of the
Petitioners Neighbours, he desired the Persons cutting to
desist untill he could make known the situation of his Case
to your Excellency and obtain a Revocation of the Permit
or that your Excellency might refer the same to Colonel
Ludlow & Colonel Hewlett.

The Petitioner therefore most humbly Prays that your
Excellency will be pleased to order that the Premises may

be refered to the Colonels & Hewlett, and that

he may be allowed to cut «& send to the Market his own
wood in such quantity as those Gentlemen shall direct.

And as in Duty bound he will ever Pray.

Alexander Sammis.

N. York, 1 8 Feb. 1780.
{File No. 235.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 6l

[MEMORIAL OF SOLOMON KETCHAM AND

OTHERS CONCERNING THEIR

WOODLANDS.]

[1780, March 2.]

To the Honorable Brigadier General John Leland Es-
quire &c.

The Memorial of Solomon Ketcham in behalf of himself
and sundrv Inhabitants of the Town of Huntington on
Long Island

Humbly Showeth

That vour Memorialists are the proprietors of sundry-
Lots of Woodland contiguous to the Town of Huntington,
many of which ai-e barely sufihcient for the uses and ordi-
nary purposes of their Farms and a few have some wood
to spare.

That a number of people under the Character of Refu-
gees are cutting the Wood frcjm off your Memorialists
Lands which will entirely ruin their Farms.

That your Memorialists are disposed and ready to cut
any quantity of wood for the supply of the Garrison and
Inhabitants, that may be thought a just and reasonable
proportion of their woods.

And therefore humbly pray that the persons who are
now Cuttmg their wood may be ordered immediately to
desist and that Col. Richard Hewlet who Commands at
Loyds Neck or any other person the General may think
proper to appoint may be directed to enquire into the
state and quantity of their Woodland and ascertain what
Quantity each person shall have cut.

And the memorialist as in Duty bound snail ever pray &c.

Solomon Ketcham.
New York March 2 1780.

'62 huntington town records.

(Answer.)
Gen' Tryon cannot Revoke his orders or supersede them
— But will inform himself of the state of the wood Lands
in Huntington Township.

Wm. Tryon M. G.

{File No. 263.)

[1780, March 9.]

Public thanks are hereby rendered to His Ex. Brig. Gen.
Leland for his amiable command during his stay at Hun-
tington by a vote (nem. con.) of the inhabitants, at a town
-meeting, held March 9, 80.

Sol Ketcham, Town Clerk.
("0."p. 92, File No. 271.)

[THE MEN WHO NEVER SURRENDERED.]

[1780, Apr. 13.]

An Account of Farmes which were evacuated when the
Island was Taken and since in Huntington.*
Cornelius Conkling's by Joseph Hoit
Thomas Brush Jun'^ by Jabeth Cabbs
William Sammis by Jeams Ketcham

Gilbert Bryant by Sam'' Hitchcock.

[* The names at the left indicate those who suffered banish-
ment rather than submit and take the oath of allegiance, and
the right hand column contains the names of those loyalists who
took possession of the abandoned farms. A journal of the
period under date of Oct. 21st, 1780, states that Maj. Jesse
Brush sent a warning to Ketcham and his associates as fol-
lows : -Aug. 25th 1780, "I have repeatedly ordered you, es-
pecially April 15th to leave my farm. This is the last invitation.
If you do not your next landfall will be in a warmer climate

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Josiah Buffett by Stanton & Birdseye

Joshua Rorgers by Nathaniel Jarvis

Thomas Weeks by Burr.

Jesse Brush's by John Ketcham & the Hobarts.

Isaiah Whitman by Filer Dibble

by Order of Daily.

Huntington April 13, 1780.

by Capt. Squire I wrote the same.

{File No. 248.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1780, May 2.]

At a Town Meeting held this 2 day of May 1780 the fol-
lowing Persons Chosen.

Trustees Joseph Lewis President Capt. Tmiothy Carll,
Samuel Oakley Stephen Kellcy, Timothy Conkling Gilbert

Fleet.

Solomon Ketcham chosen Town Clerk & Treasurer.
Chosen to take care of Intested Estates Justice Williams

Stephen Kelcy.

Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Solomon Ketcham.
Commissioners John Brush Stephen Kelcy Solomon

Ketcham.

Assessors John Brush Stephen Kelcy.
Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.
Overseers of the Poor Silas Sammis Jacob Brush.
To take care of fires Col. Conkling and ten others.

than anv you ever lived in yet. 20 days you have to make
vour escape " Maj. Brush is described in an account of one ot
his adventures as "A small, well-built man with red hair
sandy complexion and a bright eye, strong as Hercules and
bold as a Hon " The list above given evidently does not
contain the names of all who abandoned their property here
rather than submit, but it is important as the only list among
the records. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis & twenty four others.
Overseers of Highway's Eliphelet Jarvis & thirty others.
A hog act passed.

Chosen Constable and CoUecter Jesse Whitman.
{Town Meetings, Vol. I, p. 332.)

[1780, July 1 1

A List of Wood
Huntington and in
1780.

John Wood
Obediah Piatt
Solomon Ketcham
Timothy Conkling
Thomas Conkling
Jeremiah Wood
Jonas Williams
Stephen Ketcham
Robert Conkling
Silas Sammis
John Brush
Tredvvell Brush
Joseph Sammis
Timothy Sammis
Jonas Rogers
Dan^ Hendrickinder

son
George Youngs
Alexander Rorgers
Isaac Ketcham
Jeams Rorgers
Jonas Sammis
John Sammis
Silvanus Sammis
Ananias Conkling
Philip Conkling
Nehemiah Wdiitman
Sam' Nostran
Jeams Nostran
John Foster

{File. No. 261.)

]

Land belonging to the Inhabitants of

Capt. Conkling's Compan}*, July ii,

40-

15-

200-

18-

12-

20-

18-
10-

20-
70-

35-

10-

8-
12-

15-

60-

15-
10-
10-
10-
10-

5-
100-

15-
15-
12-

- H

-20

- iJ

- ^l

- 2

- I

- If

- I

- 2

- 7

- 3i

3.
4

I
I

Joseph White
Selah Wood
Stephen White
Joseph Ireland
Nath' Whitman
John Oakely
Eliphelet Chichester
Malbat Burtis
Jonathan Brush
Jacob Ketcham
Nathan Valentine
Rich'i Smith
Samuel Oakley
Theadorus Vanwicke
Jacobmiah Brush
Benj. Brush
Ezekiel Brush
Ananias Brush
Nath'' Brush
Zophar Brush
Jesse Ketcham
Wilmott Oakly
Zophar Ketcham
Daniel Ireland
John Howard
Dandl Nostran
Israel Ketcham

12 —

20 —

25—

40—

20 —

10 —

8—

10 —

15—

H-

40—

10 —

100 —

25—

2 2"

14—

lO- — •

10 —

20 —

80—

20 —

10 —

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 6$

[1780, Sept. II.]

Huntington, September ii 1780
By Virtue of an Order from the Barrack Master you are
required Imediately to warn all the Inhabitants of the
Town, to Cart their Wood for Goverment, (each man his
Proportion as was before pointed out by tickets) to John
Brushes Landing without Delay; for the Vessels have
waited some time where an Officer of the MilHtia will
point out a spot for the Wood to be Laid to prevent fur-
ther Cartage, the Wood must be Down in ten Days if Pos-
sible ; When the Wood is down it will be Measured by
Capt. Squires, and Receits Given both for Wood and Cart-
age to an officer of the Millitia, the Wood to be Corded 4
Feet 9 inches.

Phillip Conkling Esq.
N. B. Your Teams are not to be Brest when Carting

Wood.

{File No. 247.)

Jamaica y« 23*^ September 1780
I do hereby certify that Eliphilet Sammises four ox team
and Ezekiel Conklings Jeremiah Woods -5^ * * * *
and Joseph Wickes Nathaniel * * * * and Nathan
Platts wagons were employed two days carrying the sick
of the second Batt. Light Infantry from Huntington to

Jamaica.

Tho. Armstrong
Major comm*^ 2"'' B. 2 I.

Jamaica y" 23 September 1780 I hereby certify that two
four ox teams of Zophar were employed two days in car-

[NoTE. — The 3^ear 1780, now drawing to a close, had been
one of almost uninterrupted disaster to the patriot cause
throughout the country. The British Parliament had voted
$100,000,000, 85,000 seaman and 35,000 troops in addition to

66 HtJT^TINGTO]^ TOWN RECORDS.

rying the sick of the 2^ Batt Q Infantry from Huntington

to Jamaca.

Tho. Armstrong
Major Com. 2 B. Q. I.

{War Claims, Vol. I, p. 58.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1781, May I.]

At a Town Meeting held this first day of May 1781 the
following Persons chosen.

Trustees Joseph Lewis President.

Eliphelet Chichester Capt. Digbe Jonah Scudder Tim-
othy Conklin Stephen Kelcy Solomon Ketcham.

Solomon Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.

To take care of Intestate estates Justic Williams Stephen
Kelcy.

Commisioners John Brush, Stephen Kelcy Solomon
Ketcham.

Surveyors Capt. Carll Solomon Ketcham.

Assessors Jesse Ketcham John Ketcham.

Chosen to take A New Estimate Capt. Carll Samuel
Oakley.

Chosen Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

Israel Smith and Eliphelet Chichester to estimate Capt.
Carll's & Samuel Oakly's estates.

Overseers of the poor Jonathan Scudder and Hubbard
Conkling.

Chosen Constable and Collector Ezekiel Conkling.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis & thirteen others.

Overseers of highways Eliphelet Jarvis & twenty five
others.

those already in America. Gen. Benedict Arnold had turned
traitor and surrendered West Point to the enemy. In the gen-
eral despondency, the people of Huntington, at this period,
doubtless had little hope of ever gaining their independence. —
C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 6/

Capt Squire and Justic Piatt chosen to Buy the Horses
and take them to Jamaica and to joyn with the men in the
other towns to chuse other men to Value them.

Hog act revised.

[lown Meeting.^, Vol. I, pp. 334-5.

[1781, June 23.]

Account Current of Horses Purchased by Capt. John
Squier and Zophar Piatt Esq. for Huntington for the use
of Government Huntington June 23 1781.

Hulet Jones one Mare

Zophar Smith i Horse

George Norton i Horse

Selah Carll i Mare

Eliphilet Stratten i Horse

Elemuel Carl Mare & i Horse

Jesse Smith i Horse

Eliphilet Chichester 2 Horses & i Mare

Jesse Fleet i Horse

Amos Willis i Horse

John Ketcham i Mare

Nath" Williams i Horse

John Carmen i Horse

Jesse Buffett i Horse

Shubal Smith i Horse

Malby Burtis i Mare

Nathan Valentine i Mare

John Veall i Mare

Samuel Jarvis i Mare

Baldwin i Horse

William Hobert i Horse

Baldwin i Horse

854

- 67 13

921 12

749

68 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Charge on the above
Mistake against myself i6s.

O b}^ Cash Reed, at the office

172 13 2
The first Cost & Charges upon Twenty five Horses
purchased by the Town of Huntington for the use of Gov-
ernment.

Huntington August 11, 1781.
i^920 17s. 2d.
Thursday August 9th 1781.

Rec'd from the Q. M. General for the 25 Horses which
was valued at ^749

{File No. 243.)

[CENSURE OF HUNTINGTON MILITIA.]

[1 78 1, July 16.]

Extract of a Letter from Major Gen' D*" Reidesel, to
Brigad'' Gen' D"^ Lancey, Dated

Brooklyn July 16"' 1781

I likewise have to beg of you, My Dear General to let
my Perfect satisfaction & Thanks be communicated
through the proper Channel to Capt. Youngs; Officers
& Troops, & Capt. Van Wykes Company of Foot, also to
such of the Queens Count}- Militia as turned out for their
alertness & Willingness to Assist Lieut. Co" Upam. It
Grieves me to to be under the Necessity of excluding from
this Number the Huntington Militia. But their unwilling

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 69

Conduct & absolute neglect in Giving any support to
Lloyds Neck but too sensibly Obliges me to it.*

{File No. 244.)

To Geo. D. Ludlow, Magestrate of Police at Jamaica on
Long Island.

The Petition of Sarah Williams and her Son John Wil-
liams Inhabitants of Huntington Humbly Prayeth that
your Honour would be pleased to grant Restistution being
made her son for false imprisonment and Charges from
Capt. Glover of the Whale boats who took him Prisoner
June 22, 1779 When he was carried to New York before
Gen^' Jones who Imediately discharged him the second
time Imprisoned 28 of June 1779 and Carried on board of
a Refugee Privateer where he was detained till the 4^'' of
July in Irons where I found him at Brooklyn Ferry then
sent to Jail in New York by a party of Refugees
The Bill of Charges against Capt Glover
Expenses while on board & my passage to New £

York which is 20

A fire lock Valued at 216

^ Gallon of spirits and bottle o 8

Charges for Going to New York three times and

board Whilst there 8 o

Paid for the hire of a Man to carry papers from

Coll. Hewlett to New York 2 o

For Nessarys whilst sick in Jail and for a
Womans attendance besides the false Impris-
onment A O

{File No. 246 )

[*This historical disparagement of the Huntington militia is
the best compliment they could possibly receive. — C. R. S.]

70 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1781, Aug. 3.]

Aug. 3. a body of armed men with fixed bayonets, came
to the house of Gilbert and Simon Fleet, near Huntington
and robbed the 2 families of all the money and plate they
could find (in their possession), and had nigh strangled one of
them by hanging him up to a beam in his kitchen. Aug.
15. 81.

{"0," p. 102, File No. 210.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1781, Oct. 2.]"

At a Town Meeting held this 2 Day of Oct. 1781. the
following Persons chosen in the Room of those Deceased.

John Brush President.

Thomas Jarvas Trustee.

John Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.

Zophar Piatt Esq. Chosen Commissioner.

John Brush surveyor.

The same Day it was Voted that Philip Conkling Jere-
miah Wood Ezekiel Conkling Alexander Denton should
furnish Beef for the use of the shiping Lying in Hunting-
ton Bay.

[Town Meetings, Vol. 1, p. 335.)

[ *The battle of Yorktown was fought about this time and
Cornwallis, on October 19, surrendered the port of Yorktown
and Gloucester with over 7,000 British soldiers to Washington,
and ail the shipping in the harbor to Count DeGrasse, the
French Admiral, and Congress appointed the 13th of December
following as a day of public thanksgiving for the great success
of the American armies ; but this success seems to have led to
more tyrannical treatment by the British soldiers of the people
of Huntington. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1781, Dec. 25.]
A List of the Guards In Town Spot, 1781 Decembr 4.

TUESDAY NIGHT GUARD.
Jeremiah Wood
Amos Piatt

Timothy Conkling Sen''
Piatt Tucker
Jacob Place
John Ketcham
Conkling Ketcham
Philip Sammis
WEDNESDAY NIGHT GUARD.

Salvenus Chichester
Stephen Kelcy
David Conkling
Joseph Sammis
Timothy Sammis
Ebenezer Brush
John Samis

THURSDAY NIGHT GUARD.
Jacob Mott
Silas Sammis
Abel Conkling
William Place
Hubbard Conkling
Doct^ Piatt
Abel Conklinsf '

FRIDAY NIGHT GUARD.
Titus Bennett
William Ward
John Brush
Alexander Denton
Benj. Gould
John Williams
Jesse Sammis in Town.

SATURDAY NIGHT GUARD.
Jonas Piatt
Scudder Sammis
Nath' Vanderburg
Timothy Conkling Jun""
Ezekiel Conkling
Ananias Conkling
Sam^' Conkling

SUNDAY NIGHT GUARD.
Philip Conkling
Gilbert Williams
Jesse Piatt ,
John Sammis
Moses Jarvis
Jacob Place
Peleg Wood

We, the subscribers, Do freely Associate & Volentarily
Agree to keep up a Guard for our Own &our Neighbours
Preservation therefore Do * * * * ^ Agree to pay
the sum of ten shillings Currancy For Every Failur of Ap-

[NoTE. — Though the war continued nominally several
months longer, and the people of Huntington suffered more
than ever from the barbarities of the soldiers camped in their
midst, the fighting practically came to an end early the next
Spring. The War Ministry of Lord Northwent out of power,
and in May instructions were given by the British Govern-
ment to negotiate for an early peace, and the Summer of 1782
passed in correspondence with a view to peace. — C. R. S.]

72 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

pearance on the Night forfit For Each Guard s*^ Guard to
Meet at 7 O'clock in 3'^ Evening and not to be up till 5
O'clock in the Moi-ning.
Huntington Dec. 25^'' 1781.
{File No. 245.)

[1782, March 5.]

I hereb}" certify that John Hendrickson of Huntington
was employed with his waggon & horses four Days from
the first of March 1782 in removing Provision from Ja-
maica to Llo3^ds Neck for the use of his Majestys Troops
at the last place.

J. Upham, Br. Cob, &c.
Lloyd's Neck, March 5, 1782.
To Peter Paumier Esqr. D. Com. Genl.
{War Claims, Vol. I,x)- 57.)

1782, Apr. 2.]

Lloyds Neck April 2^ 1782.

Sir. — You will Furnish two Waggons with Horses &

Drivers out of y'' Company to go to Jamaica next Friday

Morning for the purpose of removing Provisions from

thence for the use of his Majestys Troops at this Place.

[Note. — The 17th Regiment Light Dragoons, Seventy-
first Infantry, Tarleton's Legion, the Queen's Rangers, the
Hessian Yagers, the Prince of Wales' Regiment and several
companies of Provincials were more or less of them camped at
Huntington all through the war, and war ships were anchored
in Huntington Bay. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 73

You will have them Paraded early on Friday Morning-
next at a Place agreed on.

by Ord' of U Co'^ Upham
Thomas Cutler Capt.

W. N. England.
Capt. Conkling, Huntington Militia.
( War Claims, Vol. I., p. 12.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1782, May 7.]

At A Town Meeting held this seventh day of May 1782
the following Person chosen.

Trustees Capt. Thomas Jarvis President John Brush
Timothy Conkling Eliphiiet Chichester John Wickes
Epenetus Conkling Piatt Carll.

John Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.

To take care of Intestate estates John Brush and Zophar
Piatt Esq.

Commissioners John Brush John Wickes John Ketcham.

Surveyors John Brush Capt. Carll Jacobmiah Brush.

Assessors John Brush Nathaniel Williams.

Chosen to take a new Estimate Timothy Conkling An-
anias Carll.

Chosen Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

Overseers of the poor, Jeremiah Wood Jr. Zebulon Piatt.

Chosen Constable & Collector Ezekiel Conkline.

To take care of Fires Jesse Conkling and eight others.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and fourteen others.

To furnish Beef for the use of the shiping In Hunting-
ton Bay belonging to his Majesty, Philip Conkling Jere-
miah Wood Jun*- Ezekiel Conkling.

Overseers of Highways Eliphiiet Jarvis & twenty six
others.

74 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

By Virtue of an Order from Judge Ludlow bearing-
Date July lo, 1 78 1 being Read on this Day to the Free-
holders and Inhabitants of Huntington for the Various
Duties set forth in the Order for the Assistance of Gov-
erment. And the Vote was carried that the Burthens of
Goverment should be equally Bourn by each Inhabitant
according to the Poor Rate.

{Town Meetings, Vol. I, p. 336.)

[1782, May 10.]

These Certify that William Johnson with his Wagon &
two Horses have been employed Two Days viz 9. & 10.
Instant May in Transporting Provision from Jamaica to
this Place for the use of his Majestys Troops here.
Lloyds Neck May 10, 1782

J. Upham B. Col. &c.
To Peter Paumier Esq. Deputy Com. Genl. &c.
{War Claims, Vol. l,p. 72.)

[1782, Sept. II.]

Your Memorialists having a few Day past sent your
Excellency a Memorial with an account of our Loss we
had then sustained on Fresh Beef Requesting your Excel-
lency would allow us ^ per lb. for said Beef which we had
suplj^ed his Majestys Armed Vessels with for this Quarter
at the same time Impowering Mr Conkling to Contract
for Fresh Beef in Behalf of said Town to be issued here-
after and as Mr. Conkling has brought us no Answer from
your Excellency

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 75

Your Memorialists once more begs your Excellency
would send us an Answer and that we were and are ever
willing to suply his Majesty Armd Vessels here with fresh
Beef without any Profits to our selves nor would we wish
to be any Lossers.

Huntington Sept. ii^'' 1782.
{File No. 239.)

[1782, Oct. 3.]

To His Excellency Sir Guy Carleton Knight of the most
Honourable Order of the Bath General and Commander
in Chief of his Majestys Forces in North America &c. &c.

The Memorial of John Squire Humbly Showeth

That Your Memorialest was Authorized and Impowered
by several Inhabitants of Huntington Township Suffolk
County on Long Island, to Recover the several sums of
Money : Due them by Government, for Forage &c. which
they had Delivered, as p'' Certificates Did Appear to be
Dew about twelve Months past. That your Memoralist
Produced said Certificates at the Office which was Ac-
knowledged to be good and Due. That your Memoralist
has at several times asked for payment for said Certificates
to the Amount of about three hundred Pounds Currancy,
which has hitherto been Neglected to be Done. Your
Memoralist therefore Most Humblv Prays that your Ex-
cellency Would Please to take into your Consideration
the Necessary Wants of these Inhabitants That Furnished
the supplies for his Majestie's service And Order the same
be Paid. And as in Duty Bound your Memoralist Will
ever be Thankful.

New York Oct. 3, 1782. John Squire.

{File No. 240.)

•]6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[ACCOUNT OF WORK DONE ON FORT
GOLGOTHA.]

[178?, Nov. 5.]

Huntington November 5'^ 1782
Being called upon by Co" Thomson to Give Assistance
by 7*'^ Instant of my Company the Numbers of Servants
and Waggons & Horses ox teams & Oxen in each mans
possession Accordingly I did, then he Ordered me to send
one Quarter of the men with Axes Day by Day till the
works were done, on Failur some times of the Men he
Repeatedly sent me Orders to warn them again which was
done and this is the List of their Labour, Timber and
straw and how far carried in the first Collumn is the
Number of Days works done by the men for the Fort the
second the Days work with Drivers, Horss and Wagons
in the third Value of timber with Carting Forth of straw.

Days
Work Wagons Timber Straw

Silas Sammis to Carpenter work 15 2

Philip Sammis Carpenter 4

Jesse Sammis 5 i

Isaac Wood Carpenter 46 i

[* While the fort was being constructed a force of carpenters
was set at work tearing down the church, which stood where the
present First Presbyterian Church now stands, and the material
was used in building the fort. Lumber in barns and other
buildings was also taken for the purpose. Apple orchards
were cut down and fences levelled in all direction and used on
the fort. The fort was built in about 15 days. It faced the
north, about five rods front, with a gate in the middle. The
works, including huts for the soldiers, occupied about two acres
of ground. The tombstones, which were dug up, went into
the construction of the fort for fireplaces and ovens and it is a
tradition that loaves came out of these ovens with the reversed
inscription on the tombstones on the lower crust. These out-
rageous acts were principally committed after peace had been
determined upon by Great Britian and this country. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 'Jf

Zebulon Whitman cSl Nathanel Vander-

burg- 6

Obcdiah Piatt 5

Richard wSmith 4 2 3: 4 i

Furmon Smith i
John Ketcham 2\ 3: 4

John Morgan Carpenter work 10

Jacob Brusli Juri'' 6 i|-

James Long 4

WiUiam Haviland 7

Zophcr Ketcham 4 1:12 i

Daniel Nostran 3 i ^

Nathaniel Williams 6^

Ezekiel Conkling 4

Ebenezer Briggs 2

John Brush 5 3

Jesse Brush 2 3

Henry Titus 2 4

Ezra Conkling 5 o

Ananias Conkling 7 o 3: 4

Benjamin Goold 2

Samuel Haviland a Carpenter 3

Samuel Deane Carpent. work 5
Augustin Sam mis 5

Alexander Sammis 4 i
Henry Sammis thirty bords one foot

wide & thirteen feet longe 4

Conkling Ketcham 5 7 4: o

John Wood Sr. 3 i

Jesse Whitman o 7 1:02

Scudder Sammis 6

Thomas Conkling 3 1 1

Timothy Conkling & Abel 6 3

David Conkling 6 3

Tredwel Brush 4 2

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

DarlJn Whitney
MoUvee Burtis
Zophar Brush
Jecomah Brush Carpenter
Benjamin Brush Carpenter
Isaac Young-s
Richard Conkling
Jacob May bee & William
Heulet Jones
Jonas Rogers
Daniel Hendrickson
Zebulon Rogers
Alexander Rogers
John Jones
Israel Titus
Zachariah Rogers
Isaac Rogers
Henery Alley
Alexander Denton
Joseph Denton
Ebenezer Goold
John Buffett
Jonas Samis
John Wood Jr.
Amos Piatt
Jeremiah Wood
Samuel Ketcham
John Sammis miller
James Rogers
Jonas Williams
John & Gilbert Williams
Hubart Conkling
John Whclor Carpenter
Nathan Valintine
{File No, 248.)

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5 .

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 79

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1782, Nov. 14.]

At a Town Meeting Held this 14"^ Day of Nov. 1782 at
the House of Justic Piatt esq.

A Vote was carried that the Garrison in Town should
be supplied with Fuel at 4 Dollars per cord.

Also a Vote was carried to chuse four men to se that
said wood was furnished and to Contract with Coll. Thom-
son on the best Terms whose names are undermentioned.

Contractors for Wood, Philip Youngs Jacob Brush
Eliphilet Stratten David Smith.
{Town Meetings, Vol. I., p. 338.)

[1782, Nov. 17.

Huntington november 17 day 1782.
For working as carpender upon the fort for Cornel tom-
son fifteen days and cartain too days with the wagon

timber.

Silas Sammis.

For working Carpenter work fore days.

Philip Sammis.
{War Claim, Vol. I.,p 35.)

[1782, Nov. 22.]

A Ust of Wood Land belonging to the Inhabitants of

Huntington and in Capt. Conklings Destrict Nov. 22, 1782.

John Wood 35 Selah Wood 20

Obediah Piatt 15 Stephen White 25

Solomon Ketcham 40 Joseph Ireland 40

Timothy Conkling 18 Nath" Whitman 20

Thomas Conkling 12 John Oakley

Jeremiah Wood 18 Eliphelet Chichester 10

Jonas Williams 10 Malbah Burtis 8

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Stephe Ketcham
Hubba^'d Conkling
Silas Sammis
John Brush
Tredwell Brush
Joseph Sammis
Timothy Sammis
Jonas Rogers
Dan" Hendricson
George Youngs
Alexander Rogers
Isaac Wood
Ananias Conkling
Peleg Wood
Nehemiah Whitman
Sam" Nostran or Father
Joseph White
Wiimot Oakley
{File No. 238.)

1 8 Jonathan Brush la

12 John Buffett 15

20 Nathan Valentine 4a

45 Richd. Smith 10

30 Sam" Oakley 70

7 Jacobmiah Brush 14

7 Benj. Brush 14
10 Ezekiel Brush 14

8 Nath" Brush Widow 10
12 Ananias Brush 10
15 Zophar Brush 10
20 Jesse Ketcham 20
10 Zophar Ketcham 20
15 Daniel Ireland 2a

100 John Howard 2a

15 Danll. Nostran 20

12 Israel Ketcham 10
40

[1782, Nov. 23.]

Huntington Nov. 23, 1782.
Whereas we the subscribers whose names are under
written was Chosen by a Town Meeting to Furnish the
Troops with Wood in Behalf of the Town we find that the
Town ship is so much Divided that we desire that every
Capt would Consult their Company Just as they think
Propper and send a man or two or the whole Company at
Piatt Carll's on Wednesdavnext at 12 O'Clock on said Day.

r Philip Youngs.

By us

Jacob Brush.
Eliphilet Stratton.
David Smith.

B. — Each mans proportion must be leveled in Wood.

{File No. 242.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 8l

To His Excellency Robert Digby Esq., Rear Admiral of
the Red & Commander in Chief &c. *&:c.

The Memorial of the Inhabitants of Huntington on Long
Island Present.

That 3'ou Memorealests having about Two months ago
sent your Excellency an Act of the Loss we had then sus-
tained on fresh Beef which we had furnished the armed
Vessels with here up to that time. Beging your Ex-
cellency would take the Matter into Consideration & alow
us such prices as would make up the whole or a part of
said Loss. As yet we have Reed, no answer, Except yes-
terday Mr. Youngs told us we ware to Receive ^ p' lb.
We here Inclose the Acct. up to this day since the 30*^
June by which your Excellency will be able to see our
further Loss. & we by your Excellency would alow us ^ pr.
lb. for said Beef or send orders to your Cap'" here Not to
Issue fresh Beef any longer, or that they May be suplied
through some other Line. For which your Memoralist
doth ever Pray.

Mr Conkling the bearer was Impowered to Contract for
said Beef in behalf of said Town.
{File No. 250.)

[ORDER OF COL. THOMPSON FOR BUILDING
FORT GOLGOTHA.]

[1782, Nov. 26.]

Huntington Novem'' 26"^ 1782.
By Virtue of an Order from Lieut. Coll. Thomson you
must Imediately warn all the Carpenters in Capt. Conk-
ling District Especially those whose names are under
written to appear by 8 O Clock every morning with their
Tools to work at said Fort in Town on Failure of which
I"' under an Obligation to return their names Imediately

82 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

thej must also appear at the time every Morning- and not
go away till Dismissed or they will not be Credited for a
Days work.

Philip Conkline Capt.

Hubbard Conkline

Sam" Haveland.

Jn° Morgan.

Rich'^ Rogers.

Benj. Brush.

Isaac Selah.

John Wheler.

Isaac Wood.

Dan" Higby.

To Sag^ Conklin Ketcham, Huntington to labour on fort
Golgotha.

{File No. 241.)

[Note. — "Near the center of the village of Huntington there
is a hill of considerable elevation, forming the northern termi-
nus of a range of hills coming from the South. It commands
a fine view of the harbor, bay and sound and the distant shores
of Connecticut. This hill had been consecrated ground, for
all around its sloping sides to the crown of the eminence were
the graves of the ancestors of the inhabitants. It had been the
principal burying ground in the town for more than a hundred
years, and was well occupied with graves, a large portion of
which were marked by tombstones. It was upon this spot,
sacred to the tenderest sentiments of the human heart, that
Col. Thompson decided to erect his fort, and he chose the
highest part of the hill, where some traces of the work may yet
be seen. Probably nothing could have been done by the
British soldiers at this period to so profoundly move the peo-
ple to anger and grief as this horrid sacrilege and when, on the
26th day of November, the order went forth from the com-
manding General, directing the inhabitants to come with their
spades, axes, and teams and commence the work of desecra-
tion, we may well imagine there was a fiery indignation kin-
dled in the hearts of the people, which neither time nor cir-
cumstance, nor ought else than death could ever quench." —
From the Hisioiy of Uinidfigton by Charles R. Street in Munsel (Sr*
Co.'s History of Suffolk County ^ page 43.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 83

Sr^. — If 3'ou can Git me a good Qr'"" veale or a good pig
or 4^ Doz Good chickens amongst y' Company pray Dow
it for I cannot Live on Salty Meate every Day & you will
oblige.

S-" yr. to Sat.
CoRS Veorns.

To Isaac Brush Esq'

{File No. 255.)

[1782, Dec. 3.]

Huntington December 3"^ 1782.
By Virtue of an Order from L*^ Coll Thomson you are
ordered to warn all the Waggons in your District To ap-
pear at the Fort tomorrow morning by 7 O Clock to Cart
Provision from the Vessels to the store — fail not.

Philip Conkling Capt.
To Sargt. Timothy Conkline &c. &c.
(War Claims, Vol. I., p. 74 j

[DESCRIPTION OF THE FORT.]

[1782, Dec. 8.]

Information by D. M., an inhabitant of Stamford.
On the ist Dec, he was at Huntington passing for an
inhabitant, and passed, within 4 rods of the front of the
Fort which faces the north. It is about 5 rods in front
with a gate in the middle, it extends a considerable distance
north and south ; the works were altogether of earth, about
six foot high, no pickets or any other obstruction to the
works, except a sort of ditch, which was very inconsidera-
ble some brush like small trees fixed on the top of the

84 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

works, in a perpendicular form ; he was told it encom-
passed near 2 acres of ground. It is built on a rising-
ground, and takes in the burying-ground ; the Meeting
house they have pulled down. The troops consist of
Thompson's regiment, the remains of the Queen's Rangers
and the Legion, being 550 effective ; they are quartered as
compact as possible in the inhabitants houses and barns,
and some hutted along the sides of the Fort, which makes
one side of the fort. The inhabitants of Huntington do
suffer exceedingly from the treatment they receive from
the troops, who say the inhabitants of that County are all
Rebels, and therefore they care not how they suffer.
Dec. 8, 1782.

("0,"p. 26Z,File No. 268.)

[VALUE OF THE CHURCH BELL AND OTHER
PROPERTY TAKEN.]

Goverment D"^

To the townd of Huntington.

At the meeting house of Huntington taken said townd
at several times (namely) by General Delancy Command
at Huntington his briggade and Lastly in this 1782 by CoL
Thoms(Mi of the Kings American Dragoons Valued and
Estimated by David Resco and Hubbard Conkling Chosen
by y'^ trustees for that purpose to be worth four hundred
Pound Currancy.

To the Bell belonging to s'^ Meeting Flouse taken and
Carry ed off by Capt Ascough of The Swan Stationed in
Huntington Bay Cost the Town Seventy five Pounds.

To the burying yard Fence Composed of 260 best of
pine Boards ben erected about five years taken by ordrs of
Col. Tarlton or Major Cockran's they being both present

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

in Town when Taken prized by
3s p'' ps ani*^ to

{File No. 260.)

to be worth

[ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY IN HUNTINGTON
ABOUT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.^]

[1782.]

Nath'' Williams Estate

Silas Sammis

Molbah Burtice

Charles Grice

John Brush

Elephilet Brush .

Joseph Wickes

Joseph Whitman

Isaac Scidmore

John Squire

Charrity Titus

Stephen Ketcham & Son

Jonas Williams

Israel Ketcham

David Ketcham

Solomon Ketcham Estate

Isaac Ketcham

Phillip Conkling

Timothy Conkling

Peleg Wood

Isaac Wood .

£
90

100

340
12

135

112

412

225

137
100

157

o
10

[*The total amount of the assessment is ^2^,^°4
in round numbers to $78,000. This is about ^ of
assessed value of property in the town. — C. R. S.]

, los., equal
the present

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Jeremiah Wood .

Thomas Conkling & Son

Hubbart Conkling

Salvenus Chichester

Richard Conkling

Timothy Sammis .

Stephen Woods Estate

John Morgan .

Samuel Conkling

Israel Titus

Zebulon Titus

Ezekiel Conkling .

Zebulon Piatt

Jonas Rogers .

W"" Haviland

Jesse Brush

Jesse Sammis

Alexander Sammis .

Henry Titus

Piatt & Abell Rogers

Isaac Rogers

Alexander Rogers .

Benjamin Conkling Estate

Salvenus Sammis .

James Long

John Sammis Miller

Jonas Sammis

James Rogers

Widdovv Elizibeth Rogers

Widdow Elizibeth Denton

Ebenezer Gould

Joseph Conkling

John Sammis

Jonathan Stratton .

William Allibe .

126
92
64
90
52
30
22
16
16
60
10

160

150

120

112

47
20

145
100
172

12
135
137
194

100

45
10
10

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

James Smith .
Joseph Sammis .
Josiah Buffett
William Netheway
Josiah Wheeler
Reuben Johnson
William Johnson
Capt Thomas Jarvis
John Mageer
Jonathan Scudder
Thomas Scudder
Shobell Smith .
Joseph Bennett
Moses Jarvis
John Johnson & Son
Isaac Locey
Stephen Kelcey
Nath^^ Kelcey
Israel Wood .
Lamuel Douglass
Samuel Allen Estate
Capt John Wickes
Hezekiah Wickes
John Kelcy
Thomas Oakes
Elephilet Strattain
Samuel Strattain
Obediah Flatts Estate
PhiUip Youngs
Scudder Lewis .
John Baily
David Rusco
Henry Smith
Zachariah Smith
Doct"^ Daniel Wiggins

116

290

150

100

150

. 40

100

200

160

190

260

222

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Obediah Piatt .

Jonathan Jarvis

Nath" Harrison

Moses Ralpht

Ruben Ralpht

Zophar Piatt Esq'' .

Joseph Lewis's Homested

Joseph Lewis Mills & C"

Michael Bedle .

Jobe Sammis .

Mathew Bunce .

Doct' Zophar Piatt

Jacob Brush

Tredwell Brush

David Conkling- .

Piatt Brush .

William Place

Jesse Fleet

Simon Fleet Jun"" Estate

Jeremiah Fleet

Joseph Higbe

Ezra Conkling-

Thomas Dennice Coope:

Ichabod Jarvis

Abraham Jarvis .

Samuel Wickes

James Hill .

Nath" Udle .

John Jarvis

Stephen Jarvis Estate

Benjamin Denice

Isaac Dennice

Elemuel Wickes

Josiah Wickes Estate

Thomas Totten .

150

130

120

561

150

140

160

42
29
20
50

55
28

113

1 10

Z7
40

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Ambrus Wickes

John Wood Hunter

Isaac Keen

John Wheeler

Zachariah Rogers .

Joseph Smith Estate

Joseph Mott .

John Freebody .

Filetus Smith

Selah Bunce Estate

Epenetus Bryan

William Nichols

Jesse Oakes

Ephraim Oakes .

Noah Rogers

Nathan Huzze

Josiah Pederick

Jacob Piatt

Josiah Rogers Black Smith

Samuel Bunce

Phenious Sills

John Sills

Amenin Mobery

Alexander Lewis

Isaac Bunce Jun'" .

Samuel & Abell Akerly

Jonas Piatt

Widdow Sarah Piatt .

Jacob Baily

Zophar Rogers. .

Ananias Conkling .

Elemuel Bryan .

Henry Jarvis .

Amos Soaper

Josiah Soaper

24
142

43
52
160
140
1 1
50
18

170

120

13
10

6S
114
46
25
17
15
27

55
70
29
8
10

200
44
47

100

52
16

10
10

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Elemuel Soaper .

Elephilet Sammis .

Richard Ruland

John Ruland ....

Jacobus Hubs

Epenetus Piatt Jun'' Estate .

Whited Gildersleve .

Isaac Ketcham Estate .

Ezekiel Ketcham

Hubard & Nehemiah Ketcham

Calob Ketcham .

Daniel Hendrickson

Stephen Hendrickson

Jacamiah Rogers .

Ebenezer Bryant

John Bunce

Capt. Timothy Scudder

Melanchton Bryan

Thomas Fleet Jun""

Thomas Scidmore .

Phillip Scidmore

Jacob Smith .

Hezekiah Smith

John Wood South

Benjamin Guildersleve

Epenetus Smith

Jonah Scudder .

Moses Neal

Jesse Bryan

Piatt Neal

Isaac Bunce Sen""

John Totten Jun"" .

Joseph Scidmore Widow

Samuel Scidmore Estate

Elephilet Jarvis .

Estate

ID'

140

115

100

200

290

185

175

144

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. gi

Piatt Arthur 72 lo

Jonathan Sam mis Sen' 35

David Sammis Farms , • . . . • 15

Seth Jarvis 10

Nehemiah Brush Sen' ...,,. 77 10

Jonathan & Jesse Sammis 20

Darling Whitney 12 10

William Griffis . 16

Simon Fleet Fresh pond 200

Gilbert Fleet 370

Selah Piatt 20

James Bisshop . 36

Joseph Bunce 47

Zebudiah Bunce 73,

Benjamin Soaper 34

Stephen Higbe 50

Jesse Buffett 106

John Buffett 140

Phillip Jarvis 80

Jonathan Smith . . . . . . . 167

Joel Smith 60

Phillip Smith 150

David Smith 138

Daniel Smith 140

Ebenezer Kellam & brothers . . . .130

Samuel Lewis . . . . . . . 130

Jeremiah Sammis ....... 79 la

Daniel Guildersleve 20

Ichabod Smith 105

Easter Brush 50

Ananias Carll 125

Nath^i Smith 20

Isaac Smith Jun'' 30

Silos Carll 116

James Soaper ....... 60

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Piatt Carll ....

Timothy Carll

Vanakerly Robbins

Scudder Robbins .

Benjamin Cheeseman

Simon Totten

Loce Totten

Michael Remp

John Soaper

Widdow Blatchly & Son Moses

Benjamin Blatchly

Michael Hart

Stephen Willets

Gilbert Carll .

George Nortan .

Selah Carll

Jesse Smith

Isaac Youngs at South .

Jesse Boalding .

Salvenus Boalding

Jacob Boalding .

Amos Bolding

Jeremiah Ruland

.Samuel Smith's Estate .

Moses Wickes

Thomas Robbins .

Nath" Buffett & Son .

Nath^^ Buffett Jun""

Jonah Wood

Isaac Smith Sen""

Amos Smith

Silos Smith

John Carmon Dum Estate

Ebenezer Blatchly

William Hart

280

225

57
18

25
17
18
62

25
80

210

180

7
25
90

115

140

287

160

15
10

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS

Cornelius Hart

John Hart .

Israel & Elephilet Carll

Ellison Wright .

John Totten Sen'' .

Jacob Vanbelt Estate

John Carmon H. H. Hill

John M^Coun

Jacobus Nostran Weaver

Joseph Udle

John Rogers Jun'' .

Jesse Rogers

John Vanbelt .

Jacob Conkling Sen'' .

James Berry .

James Oakerly Sen'' .

Nath'i Akly .

James Akly Jun''

Abraham Snedicker
James Rushmore

Elkanah Conkling .

Epenetus Conkling

Coll Piatt Conkling Estate

Jesse Conkling .

Abel Wood South

Israel Wood South

Isaac Oakes South

Arthur Dinge

Peter Ruland

Jacob Oakes

Zophar Smith

Nehemiah Hartt

Phillip Kellom

Obediah Kellom

Joseph Abbett

18
240
127

150
12

160

30
70
90
12

154
21

53
65
120
140
310
200
380

97
10

200

35
80

55
56

37
48

10
10
10

10
o

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Elijah Chichester

Samuel Muncey & Son

Silos Muncey

Reuben Sammis

Salvenus Townsend

Israel Youngs

Isaac Youngs

Jonathan Brush

Jacamiah Brush

Benjamin Brush

Joseph Ireland

Daniel Ireland

Isaiah Whitman .

John Foster's Estate

Obediah Burto .

Nehemiah Whitman

Stephen Whitman

Nathan Vollintine & Son

Richard Vollintine

Elephilet Chichester

Samuel Oakl}^

Ananias Brush

Selah Wood

Joseph White

•Stephen White .

Robert Jarvis

Jeames Persall

Daniel Persall

Docf Vanwarters

James Nostran

Yarret Vanfore .

Jacobus V^ancot

Abraham Colyer

Samuel Nostran

John Whitson Round Swamp

12 lO

lOO

89
50

160

34
265

75
122 10

64 5
125

37
155

13
244
180
198
150

95
171
160
180
120
116
100

20
40
60

15
42
46

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

John Colyer

. 70

John Howard Smith ....

Abijah Ketcham . . . . .

• n

WillmotOakly

Jesse Ketcham . . . . • ,

. 61

Zophar Ketcham ....

John Powell

. 90

Cornelius Vanscot ....

Gabriel Vanscot . . . . .

. 16

Waike Powell

Isaac Powells Estate . . , .

. 200

Joshua Ketcham ....

215

Phillip Ketcham . . . .

Joshua Ketcham Jun''

Ruben Ketcham . . . . .

Alexander & Smith Conkling .

. • . 180

Israel Conkling

. 80

Silos Carmon South ....

Isaac Conkling South . . . .

. 60

Obediah Vollintine & Waters .

140

William Langdon . . . . .

. 50

Seth Purdey

Thomas Burch

Richard Smith

Nathan Totten

. 25

William Browne at South .

Anny Havens . .

Timothy Taylor ....

Benjamin Denton . . . .

• 35

Joseph Piatt black fields . ...

Isaac Burr

' 37

Timothy Smith .....

Jacobus Half . ...

. 15

John & David Haff ....

Theodourus Vanwike . . . ,

. 160

HUXTIXGTOX TO^A'N RECORDS.

Austin Jarvis

Daniel Jarvis .

Daniel Rogers

Uriah Hubs

William Hills .

Samuel Phillips

Henry Sammis .

John Oakh'

William Svsed

William Stilhvell .

Silos Wickes

Ezekiel Brush Jun'' Estate

Phebe Scudder Daughter to

Timoth}' Scudder Jun'

Samuel Powell .

Silos Newman

John Abbett

Miles Oakly .

Stephen Abbet .

James Abbet .

Timothy Abbet

Piatt Conkling Jun'

Rev'^ Ebenezer Estate

Jesse Wickes at South

Pen Wickes

Charles Derree

Daniel Nostran .

Jonas Powell .

Joseph Powell

Richard Wickes

George Wickes South

Luke Fleet

Jesse Whitmen .

William Ward

(File No. 267.)

Timoth}'

i6o

120

105

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

This is the account of what I have lost by Robbers one
hundred Pound one hors five Pound, A mustee Bo}^ ten
Pounds for work upon the Forts five Pound.

John Rogers.

[War aaims. Vol. 1, p. 63.)

7169 9 6

904 o o

[1782.]

Account of Damages sustain'd by the Inhabitance of
Huntington by the British Troops & Refugees Account
carried out and attested to the amount of

Among which are 140 od Receipts signd
by Different officers

Other Damages by Coll. Thomson by
Labour Fourage &c.
1781.

Paid for Loss on Horses

Paid for Loss on Beef

Damages sustained by Labour of Capt.
Wickes Company on Lloyds Neck & in
Huntington by Co" Hewlett and Delancey

Capt. Wickes 5 cattle 26 sheep 12 Hogs
& timber

Ezekiel Conkling Loss by Leather, Hor-
ses prest. Robbery &c

William Johnson by Cattle sheep &c
Drafts from Cattle &c. Lost

Also
Cash Plundrd, Horses Cattle Sheep &c

177

165

17 10

15 o

273 o

217

28r 6

6/6

10154 10

97 0

950 16

21383 3 8

{War Claims, Vol 1, p. 14.

98 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Simon Fleets Estimate of Losses sustained by Enemy
during the War in stock of all sorts taken from him in
money, in provisions in house hold goods plundered In
Losses of v\arious kinds amounting in the whole
to ;^i5oo o o

Jonah Scudder's Losses in Stock & loss of
other things 171

Expences while a prisioner in the provost 179 o o

3S0 o o

Timothy Scudder's Losses in stock Loss in
mony & goods plundered Loss of time, team,
service, graine ii^i20 o o

Thomas Sciddmores Losses in time in stock
money and household goods Plundered

Jesse Bryants' Losse in Cattle & sheep

Cash robbed by Joseph Hoyt

Loss of time, work on the forte, team &c

John Tottons Losses

Epenetus Smith estimate of Losses by the
enemy Loss of time for two years exile
Loss of stock, timber & money

Moses Vail Loss of Cattle, Horses money
Plundered and other things

Lemuel Bryant Losses in stock and Loss of
time and- other Losses

Isaac Scidmors Losses in timber Vessle and,
cargo, stock Clothing mony stolen buildings
provisions £iSoo o o

Gilbert Fleets Losses of stock mony stolen
and other things ;66oo o o

John Stratton' Losses of time and expences £/0 o o

X"200

-^120

166

^.300

100

300

i^400

£300

£150

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 99

While a prisoner Loss of stock and other
things 230 o o

John Bunce Estimate of losses Loss in hor-
ses, cattle, sheep, mony stolen ^300 o o

Benjamin Gildersleeve loss by the enemy
Loss of time & expences in the * * Loss
of stock -^322 o o

Neamiah Brush Loss in stock & plunder ^^150 o o

{War Claims, Vol l,p. 37.)

[ACCOUNT OF TOMBSTONES AND OTHER
PROPERTY TAKEN.]

[1783, Feb. 13.]

Account of Damages Sustained by Coll. Thomson (In
building the Fort) in Huntington from 27th Sept. 1782 to
13th February 1783 ;^ s. d.

Upward 100 Tombstones at 4 Dollars each 160 o o

124 Apple Trees at 50s. each cut for Arbatus
for the Fort 310 o o

1300 Chestnut Rails which fenced the above
Trees at 3s. lod. per 100 45 10 o

100 Feet of Boards taken from Fresh Pond
Meeting House Valued at 10 o o

£$^5 10 o
Public Damages.
Huntington March 5th, 1783.

Coll. Thompson Dr. To John Sammis to being turned

out of his house 3 months 6 days £ s. d.

to his Barn stript of 1566 feet Board 12 8 ir

18 Apple Trees at 50s. each 45 o 00

2518 Chestnut Rails at 3s. lod. per 100 88 3 o

145 II II

lOO HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Account of Rails Burnt by the Troops Under Coll.
Tomsons Command Whilst in Huntington
Rails
Salvenus Chichester 800 at 3s. 10 per 100
Timothy Conkling 500 Do

Ezra Conkling 200 Do

Widow Piatt 500 Do

Eliphilet Stratton 280 Do

Israel Wood 700 Do

Ananias Conkling
Widow Brush
Conkling Ketcham
Philip Conkling
Jonas Williams
Peleg Wood
Ezekiel Conkling
Richard Rogers
Rachel Williams
John Ketcham
John Squires

2850 is i^99 15 o

Account of Timber Cut by Coll Thomsons men and by
the Melitia and was carried away.
Jonas Williams 1 1 Loads.
Ananias Conkling 3 Loads.
Chestnut Timber.
Henry Sammis 390 feet Board.
[File, No. 229.)

2980

300

250

450

200

150

500

400

300

200

£^03

150

[1783, Feb. 21.]
To His Excellency Sir Guy Carleton knight of the most

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. lOI

Honerable order of the Bath General and Commander in
chief of his Majestys Forces in North America &c. &c.

The Memorial of Sundry Inhabitants of Huntington on
Long Island.

Humbly Showeth.

That your memorialests are the Proprietors of Sundry
Lots of wood Land contiguous to the Town of Hunting-
ton many of which are barely sufficient for the uses and
Ordinary purposes of their Farms.

That a number of soldiers are cutting a Large quantity
of the choicest timber for fencing our grounds from of
jour Memoralists Lands which will entirely ruin their
Farms.

That your Memoralists have been Great Sufferers on
Account of their fences being burnt and taken for the For-
tification also a Great Loss of timber for building said Fort
by Coll. Thomson. And your Memoralists have been
great sufferers heretofore on account of having their fences
burnt and timber destroved in the Town spot. Therefore
your memoralists humbly Pray your Excellency would
take the matter into consideration and send us relief for
which they will be ever Thankfull and are in Duty bound
to Pray.

Huntington February 21, 1783.
{File No. 256.)

[BURNING OF THE SOLDIERS' HUTS.]

[1783, March 11.]

Saturday Night about 9 or 10 Oclock part of the Huts
on the East side was Burnt on Tuesday 11 March 1783 two
more was Burnt also the store catcht fire.

1783 March 22 on Saturday Night about 11 O Clock,

I02 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

wind at East, snow about shoe deep, Wind so Violent
as to Rool the snow in Balls of Different size some as
Large as a Common Water pail.

(File No. 258.)

[1783, March 16.]

To His Excellency Robert Digby Esq'" Rear Admiral of
the Pres. and Commander In Chief &c. &c.

The Memorial of the Inhabitants of Huntington on Long
Island.

Humbly Showeth.

That your Memoralist are still Lossers In supplying his
Majestys armed Vessels in this Bay with Fresh Beef, and
that your Excellency may remember by a former Memorial
that we were the Greatest Lossers at this season last year
and we would observe to your Excellency that we have
always suplied the shiping with fresh Beef at your own
Price without a Contract also that there is not a sufificency
comes from the other shore to suply the troops In Town
and that Beef is ^ and I per lb. therefore Beg your Excel-
lency would take the Matter into Consideration and that
he would be pleased to contract or allow us a Price Ac-
cordingly and as in Duty bound will ever Pray.

Signed by the President
Thomas Jarvis.

Huntington, March 16, 1783.

Cop3^ sent by Nath' Williams.
(File No. 253.)

[1783, Apr. 8.]

Duck pond 8''' Aprile 1783.
Dear Sir.

I imbrace the Earliest oppertvmit}' in Acquaint-
ing you 'of a meeting proposed at Co' John Sand's at Cow-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. IO3

neck on Thursday next at i O'Clock to consult on our
situation of danger from Robbers on the withdrawing
the Troops and a Remedy also on the Practability of hav-
ing a share in the Elections for Governor of the State ot
New York the election to commence the last Tuesday in
this month. Please tq attend yourself if possible, please
inform one of the substantial men in Suffolk County and
desire his attendance. Reasons very Interesting requires
our utmost exertions.

Sir Yours &c.
Jams Townsend.
To Sam^ Townsend Esq., Oyster Bay.*
{File No. 227.)

[1783, April 10.]

Queens County April lo"' 1783.
Gentlemen.

We have this day met a Number of Persons
of Queens County att Mr Onderdonk's att Hamsted Har-
bour these Persons as well as ourselves are under great
Apprehension of the Confusions, Roberies, and other dis-
aofreeable Circumstances we shall Labour under untill
Civill Goverment can take place they have addressd the
Governor on the subject for Relief likewise as the Election
for a Governor is shortly to take place and they think
themselves intitled to a Voice with the rest of their Fellow
Cittizens they have asked the Governors Opinion and Ad-
vice we were deputed by a number of the People att
Huntington to attend the Meeting and Approve their
Measures and mean as soon as we can collect the sense of
the People more att large to adopt similar Measurers, if

[* Congress proclaimed a cessation of hostilities April nth,
and ratified the preliminary treaty with Great Britain. — C. R. S.]

104 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

time will not permit us to send a person to his Excellency
we beg you will use your Influence with the Govener
and give us the Earliest Intelligence of its success the
Bearer of this Mr Onderdonk goes to Governor from
Queens County and can give you more particular Infor-
mation.

John Wickes.

Stephen Kelcy.
To Thomas Tredwell & Thomas Wickes.
{File No. 234.)

[THE RETURN OF PEACE.]

[1783, April II.]

To his Excellency George Clinton Esq'" Governor of the
State of New York.

We the subscribers being a Committee appointed by
sundry Persons of Huntington and Smith Towai in Suffolk
County to Congratulate your Excellency on the return of
Peace and the Independence of the United States of Amer-
ica and at the same time to Express to your Excellency
our apprehensions of the dangerous situation we are in
before Civil Goverment takes place we ask to have your
Excellencys advice in what manner we are to proceed.

The Election for a Governor for this State we are in-
formed is Approachmg and as we think ourselves intitled
to a voice with our Fellow Cittizens of the state we beg to
have your Excellencys Opinion and advice the Bearer Mr

has directions to Explain our intentions more at

large.

April II, 1783.

We have propos'd to meet at Piatt Carlls on Saturday

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

105

ye J 2th Appril at 9 O'clock. Please to forward the Con-
tents to the East ward without delay.

Thos. Jarvis.

Timothy Carll.

John Wickes.
File No. 233.)

[LIST OF INHABITANTS.

[About 1783.]

A List of the Inhabitants of Huntington
TOWN SPOT OF HUNTINGTON. Alexander Rorg-ers

Thomas Brush
John Heaviland
Jabeth Cables
Joseph Hoit
Alexander Sammis
Henry Titus
Jonah Conkling
Widow, Keziah Conkling
Jesse Sammis
Rich Conkling
Jonas Sammis
Jeams Ketcham
Salvanus Sammis
John Sammis
Jeams Rorgers
Timothy Sammis
Hitch Cook
Ebenezer Gould
Abiel Titus
Jonas Rorgers

Hendrickson

Israel Titus
Zebulon Titus
Benjamin Denton
Widow Wood

Samuel Conkling
John Morgan
Joseph Whitman
Isaac Kean

Richard Conkling Sen''
Isaac Youngs
George Youngs
Isaac Ketcham
Jonathan Brush
Jacob Ketcham
Trewdwell Brush
John Wood
John Wheeler
Obediah Piatt
David Conkling
Ananias Conkling
Silas Sammis,
Hobert Conkling
Nath" Williams
Ezekiel Brush
Jonas Williams
Joseph Handford
Sollomon Ketcham
Alexander Denton
Jeremiah Wood Sen''

io6

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Jeremiah Wood Jun'"
Phillip Conkling
Ezekiel Conkling
Thomas Conkling
Jonas Piatt
Timothy Conkling
Salvenus Chichester
John Brush
William Place
Elizebeth Potter
Joseph Sammis
Doc* Piatt
Abraham Sillick
John Sammis
William Ward
Thacher Sears
Jacob Brush
Mathew Bunce
Job Sammis
Michal Beagle
Nath^^ Harrison
Moses Rolph
Rheuben Rolph
Zebulon Piatt
Zophar Piatt
Zonathan Jarvis
Daniel Wiggins
David Rusco
Joseph Lewis
Widow Piatt
Nath" Williams Ju'^'
John Weeks
Jonathan Baldwin
Ezra Conkling
Israel Wood
Isaac Lose
John Denton
Joseph Bennett
Moses Jarvis
Josiah Wheeler
Shubal Smith
Stephen Kelcy

Jonathan Scudder
Thomas Scudder
Henry Sammis
Lemuel Douglas
Joseph Weeks
John Johnson
Rheuben Johnson
Jesse Fleett

WEST HILLS.
Annanias Brush
Ezekiel Brush & Jacobmiah
Eliphilet Brush
Eliphelet Chichester
Malbah Burtis
Rich'^ Smith
Selah Wood
Joseph White
John Foster
Corras Nostran
Widow Collier
Zophar Ketcham
Abraham Collier
Sam" Nostran
Wilmott Oakely
Jesse Ketcham
Selah Piatt
John Oakerly
Sam" Oakerly
Nathan Valentine
Nehemiah Whitman
Nath" Whitman

M-- Dible

Stephen White
Sam" Wood
Joseph Ireland
John Ketcham Sen''
Nath" Brush

LONG SWAMP.

David Smith
Sam" Lewis
Robert Jarvis
Jeremiah Sammis

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

107

Ichabod Smith
Thomas Kellum
EHthan Smith
Timothy Abbitt
Jonathan Smith
Phillip Smith
Phillip Jarvis
Jesse Buffctt
Annanias Carll

DICKS HILLS.
Daniel Smith
Cornelius Hart
Micah Hart
Richard Valentine
John Hart
Timothy Smith
Amos Smith & Silas
Isaac Smith & Zebulon
Nathan Piatt
Timothy Carl
Jonah Wood
Jesse Carl
Jonathan Kelcy
Piatt Carll
Sal** Baldwin

Bald^

Sam" Townsand
Eliphilet Stratton
Jesse Smith
Selah Carll
Gilbert Carll
Silas Carll
Moses Weeks
E * * * Weeks
Simon Huff
Nath" Buffett
Daniel Blattsly
Scudder Lewis
Uriah Hubbs
Michal Primp
Silas Weeks
Elisha Jillett

Amos Soper
Ostran Jervis
Zophar Rorger

OLD FIELDS
Henry Smith
Jacob Willis
Zacheriah Smith
Jacob Ireland
Ebenetus Conkling
William Lysaght
Josiah Weecks
Ambrus Weecks
Lem'^ Weecks
Piatt Veal
Eliphilet Jarvis
Isaac Dennis

cow HARBOR.
Nath" Jarvis
Benj. Dennise
Widow Udall
Dan" Higby
Abraham Jarvis
Thomas Fleet
Icabod Jarvis
Jeams Hill
Stephen Higby
Jacob Piatt
Abel Akerly & Sam
Joseph Higby
Noah Rorgers
Jesse Baldwin
Zebulon Bunce
Jesse Noaks
Joshua Bunce
Nath" Kelcy
Josiah Rorgers
Jacobmiah Rorgers
Stephen Rorgers
Stephen Weecks
Widow Havens
William NicoUs
Ebenetus Bryant

I08 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Widow Bunce Jeams Bishop

Phineas Sills Joseph Bunce

Widow Bryant Jesse Bryant
{File No. 251.)

[1783, Apr. 12.]

Huntington April 12*^ 1783.
Honour'd Sir.

We would acquaint your Excellency we
disposited account's some time past to a large amount in
Adjudant General Delancys hands to deliver to Your Ex-
cellency as soon as possible & Not having heard from him
since we would enquire of 3'our Excellency whether they
have been presented & if they have if we are to receive
.any satisfaction for said Amounts which were against Co^^
Thomson & OfiBcers.
{File No. 228.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1783, May 6.]

At a Town Meeting Held this 6*^ Day of May 1783.

The following Persons Chosen.

Trustees Capt. Thomas Jarvis President, John Wickes
Timothy Conkling Piatt Carll Epenetus Conkling Scudder
Lewis Eliphilet Chichester.

John Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.

To take Care of Intestate Estates Sam'^ Oakley and
Jacobmiah Brush.

Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Brush
John Wickes John Ketcham.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. I09»

Surveyors John Brush Capt. Timothy Carll Jacobmiah
Brush.

Assessors Scudder Lewis, Jacobmiah Brush.

Supervisor Capt. Timothy Caril.

Overseers of the Poor Scudder Lewis Eliphilet Jarvis.

Constable and Collector Ezekiel Conkling.

To take care of Fires Jesse Conkling and 8 others.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and thirteen others.

Overseers of Highways Zacheriah Smith and twenty
three others.

Also Vote was carried on the same Day tnat no Person
within the Township of Huntington nor any other Person
should go upon the Marshes on the Island the South side
of this Island to cut any sedge grass before the first Day
of September under the Penalty of paying the sum of Five
Pounds for the offence one half to go to the Complainer
the Other Half to the Overseers of the Poor for the use of
the Poor.

Also on said Day Philip Conkling Ezekiel Conkling Jer-
emiah Wood Were chosen to supply the shiping in Hun-
tington Bay with Fresh Beef.
{Toivn Meetings, Vol. L,p. 340.)

[1783, May 7.]

Huntington, May 7^^ 1783.
The Poor is put out for the ensuing year.
First the Person that takes any of the Poor is to find
them meat Drink Lodging suitable for such Persons And
mend for the Men and make and mend for the Weoman
and Children. The overseers of the Poor to pay for the
Doctering and Clothing if wanted.

Eliphalet Jarvis.
Scudder Lewis.

no HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Silas Hand's Daughter Sarah Hand 6 years £. s. d.
■old Oct. To Esther Wickes she to take an In-
denture till y" child is i8 years. 17 00

William Gates Daughter Hannah Gates 6
year old To William Nicolls for the child to be
put out if possible. 9 10 o

Widow Elisabeth Wood to Crabmead-
ow to Hannah Smith to be taken away
if convenient but if kept a year 40 o o

Sarah Brown to Jeremiah Soper's wife Mary. 20 o o
Widow Rebecah Brown to VV"' Griffith. 20

Jonathan Ketcham to Ezekiel Conkling he
to find him all Victuals Lodging and cloathing
with washing and mending for his Labour.

Mary Wood to John Gritman i 3'ear for 25 10 o

Selatetial Johnson to William Davis at 9p
per Week for a year is 25 4 o

Blachburn child Hannah to Susanah Wood
for one year 12 00

[File No. 196.)

[THE WAR CLAIMS.]

[1783, May 28.]

To the Inhabitants of Huntington.
In Consequence of a Proclamation from the Commander
in Chief Bearing Date 4*'' May 1783 You are desired to
bring in your Accounts thats unsettled from the month of
August 1776 to the present year 1783 to Zophar Piatt Esqr
who will give attendance every Tuesday and Friday from
12 to 4 O'clock in the Afternoon till i^'^^ June next For all
Properties supplied the British Army or officers in the
several Public Departments with their Proof and Vouchers
that the whole may be properly attended to and sent to
New York to certain officers Appointed to receive them

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. Ill

and to register the same Preparatory to a future settle-
ment.

By Advise of the Trustees.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
Huntington 28"^ May 1783.*
( War Claims, Vol. I , p. 34.)

[PETITION FOR THE RETURN OF THE
CHURCH BELL.]

[1783, Aug. 22.]

Sr.— Whereas the Church Bell of Huntington on Long
Island, was taken from this place in the year one thousand
seven hundred seventy seven, by a Party from his majestys
ship the swan (& we suppose without ordrs hum any
proper authority) and carried to New York. Not many
Days since it was on board his majestys brig Rhinoceros
lying at the Dock near the ship yard in the east River.
Wherefore we the Trustees of this Town, whose Names
are hereunto subscribed, beg that your Excellency would

be pleased to order the said Bell to be delivered to

who is authorized to receive it, which is discrimi-
nated by the Name Huntington which. was cast upon it,
& you will very much oblige your excellencys most obedi-
ent humble servants.

Huntington, August 22, 1783.

His Excellency Admiral. Digby.

{File No. 259.) ^

[* Pursuant to this proclamation, those who had property
taken from them or had rendered services during the war and
had received certificates or assurances of reimbursement from
British officers, made out their claims in writing which they
swore to as correct, and they were forwarded for payment but
were never paid. A statement in detail of these claims is
printed in the appendix of this book and is interesting as
showing in detail the losses and sufferings of the people here
during the war. — C. R. S.]

112 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[DEED. TRUSTEES OF HUNTINGTON TO
ZOPHAR PLATT OF HARBOR MILL.]

[1752, Apr. 10.]

This Indenture made this Tenth day of ApriUin the year
of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty two
by and Between Capt" Isaac Piatt Eliphalct Wickes Joseph
Lewis Moses Scudder Joseph Whittman Thomas Conkling-
and Rueben Brush all trustees for the time being of the
Town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Nassau Island
Duely Elected and Chosen for this present year for the
Time being by the freeholders and Commonalty of the
S'^ Town of the one part, and Zophar Piatt of the Same
Town and County and Island of the other part — Witnesseth
that Whereas Benjamin Fletcher Ca.pt" General & Gov-
ernor in Chief of the Province of New York and Terri- *
tories thereon Depending in America &c : By his Certain
Patent under his hand Beareing Date the fifth Day of
October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Six Hun-
dred and ninety four did give and grant unto the free-
holders and Commonalty of the Town of Huntington and
their Heirs and Successors the privilege of a body Corporal
and Politique and of Chusing Electing and appointing"
Seven Trustees 3-early and every year to act and manage
the Publiqvie affairs of the freeholders and Commonalty of
the Town afoi-esaid and with all giveing unto the trustees
afores'' for the Time being full power and authority to give
grant Release alien Assigne & Dispose of Lands Tene-
ments and heredetaments and all and every other thing"
and things act and acts to do and Execute by the name of
the Trustees of the freeholders and Commonalty of the
Town of Huntington aforcs'^ as may more fully Largely
and Plainly appear by the S'* Patent afore Recited Now
Know ye that this Indenture further witness that we the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. II3

S'' Isaac Piatt Eliphalet wickes Joseph Lewis moses Scud-
der Joseph whittman Thomas Conklin and Reuben Brush
Trustees for the time being in the name of the Trustees of
the freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Hunting-
ton for our Selves our heirs Successors & the freeholders
and Commonalty of the S'^ town for which Considerations
and immunities hereafter Expressed and mentioned in be-
half of the freeholders and Commonalty of the Town afore
S*" to be granted unto them and us by the S'^ Zophar Piatt
his heirs and Successors We the S^' Trustees have given
granted Released Conveyed Assured Enfeoffed and con-
firmed and by these presents for our Selves our heirs Suc-
cessors and the freeholders and Inhabitants and Com-
monalty of the S'^ Town do give Grant Release Convey
Assure Enfeoff and confirme unto him the S'^ Zophar Piatt
his heirs and assignes forever the Rights Liberties &
Priveledges here after mentioned to witt of building make-
ino- and Runinsf of a Dam to Dam the water at the head or
near the head of Huntington harbor and thence to run
from the thatch point of the salt Marsh on the East side
of the Creek across to the Shore, on the west Side of the
Creek neare opposite to the house that formerly Belonged
to Joseph Dean Deceased or att the place that the S"^
Zophar Piatt shall Judge most Convenient & to Raise the
Dam as high on the Mash as he shall Judge most Conven-
ient full and free Liberty to Erect or build a mill or mills
on the S'' Dam or below the Same at the most proper
Place att the Election of the S"^ Zophar Piatt or his heirs
or Successors with free Liberty to Dam and Confine the
water above the mill Dam and to improve the same and
further in Case when the mill pond should be made and
there Should hereafter grow and be oysters in the S'^ mill
pond that the S'' Zohar Piatt his heirs Assignes & Succes-
sors to Pick gather or Rake oysters for his familys use
from time to time and att all times for ever hereafter as

114 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

also free and full Liberty of Diging and Carrying of Earth
for the building or Repairing the S*^ mill Dam off the High
ways or Commons not Prejudiceing the High ways To
have and to hold all the above granted and bargained
premises with their appurtenances unto him the S'' Zophar
Piatt his heirs Successors & Assignes forever to his and
their own Sole and Proper Use Benefit and Behoofe from
henceforth and forever and we the S'* Trustees in the
name of the Trustees of the freeholders and Commonalty
of the Town do covenant grant and agree to and with him
the S^ Zophar Piatt his heirs Ex* and Successors and
Assignes that it Shall and May be Lawfull for him the S*^
Zophar Piatt his heirs Successors and Assignes to have
hold use and improve all the above Granted Priveledges
and all the mills Erections Buildings and Emprovements
that he or his heirs or Successors may hereafter make Im-
prove or Erect on the Priveledges above granted without
the lett hindrance or molestation of us the Trustees for
the time being or our Successors & the freeholders &
Commonalty of the Town afore Said and this Indenture
further witnesseth that I the S'^ Zophar Piatt for and in
Consideration of the above granted Priviledges f(jr my
Self my heirs Successors and Assigns do Article Cove-
nant Stipulate and agree and bv these presents do full}' and
absolutely article Covenant Stipulate and agree to and
with the Said trustees for the time being and their Suc-
cessors that I the S** Zophar Piatt Mv heirs Successors and
Assigns will Employ my upper mills that I bought of Jacob
Scudder to Grind the Corn and Grain of the freeholders
and inhabitants of the town of Huntington from time to
time as far forth as my above S'' mills are Capable to Per-
form they the S'' freeholders and inhabitants allowing the
one fourth part to be taken for the Tole for grinding to
him the S*^ Zophar Piatt his heirs Successors and Assigns
forever. It being pressent Common Custom of Tole and

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 11$

I the S'' Zophar Piatt for me my heirs Successors and
Assignes do further Covenant and agree to and with the
Said trustees for the time being their heirs and Successors
to make and Support a dam a Cross the Creek Below the
Road and to dig a Ditch and Turn the Current or Stream
of water into the Cove Below Benijah Jarvis house Item
I the said Zophar Piatt for my self my heirs Successors
and Assigns do Covenant article and agree that the Said
freeholders and Commonalty of the Town aforesaid may
and Shall have Liberty att any time and all times Plere-
after of fishing cS: gathering of oysters in the mill pond
when they breed Grow and are there to be had and further
it is Stipulated Concluded Covenanted and agreed unto by
the S'^ Trustees in behalf of themselves their successors the
freeholders and inhabitants of the Town on the one part
and the said Zophar Piatt on the other part that in Case it
Should so Happen that the said Zophar Piatt Should not
go on to build a mill or mills Down at the head of Hun-
tington harbour as above Described and will Deliver up
his Right to the town again of this present Grant that
then in such Case the use of his upper mills Shall Revert
to his own disposal & employment as he Shall see Cause to
Employ them In witness whereo-^ the S'' Trustees above
named of the one part and Zophr-*- Piatt of the other part
have Sett to our hands and fixeci our Seals the day and
year above written.

Signed Sealed and Delivered

in the presence of us
Samuel Clark, Isa/c Platt, Pd. [Seal.]

Isaiah Totten. ELiniELET Wickes, [Seal.]

JosFPH Lewis, [Seal.]

Moe-SES SCUDDER, [Seal.]

Joseph Whitman, [Seal.]
Tfomas Conklin, [Seal.]
Reuben Brush, [Seal.]

Il6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Memorandum that on the forth Day of May anno D
1752 then Personally appeared Before me Jonas Williams
one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County
of Suffolk the Within named trustees of huntington of the
first party and Zophar Piatt of the other Party and Did
freely one and acknowledge this to Be their free Volun-
tary act and Dead for the use therein mentioned likewise
their hands and seals.

Test Jonas Williams Justice.
{File No. 306.)

[1783, March i.]

Huntington JNJarch i, 1783
Coll Thompson Dr to John Sammis from the 7th No-
vember 1782 to 13th Noyember 1783. To being turned
out of my house three months 6 days My barn stript of
1566 feet of Boards To 18 Apple trees cut down for
Arbatees for Fort to 2518 Chestnut rails some of which
was put in the Fort the otherburnt — 18 Apple Trees at 50s
each 45, o, o. 2518 Chestnut Rails at 3, 10 per 100 88, 3
1566 at 2 dollars per 100 feet 12, 8, 11 145, 11, 11.
{File No. 305.)

[1783, March 6.]

Huntington March 6^'^ 1783
Amount of Labour by the men & with waggons loads

[* This deed was omitted at its proper place in the order of
dates in consequence of its temporary absence from the Clerk's
office.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 11/

timber straw hay Fences Boards Mens days Labour 234 —
£g^, I2s, od. Days with waggons I40^i^98, 3s, 6d.

Loads timber ^20, 20s, od.

Loads straw i7-|- — ^17, los, od.

Tombstones 100 pair at 4 Dol — ^80, os, od.

124 Apple Trees i^3io, os, od.

1000 feet board M. K. £10, os, od.

1300 Rails £4S, los, od.

People Rails 5830 Sammis 25 1 8 — 9648 Rails i^2 13, lis, od
Jonas Williams 11 loads timber ^11. Ananias Conkling 3
loads timber ^3. Henry Sammis 390 feet boards ^^3.
Amount ;^905, 6s, 6d.
{File No. 301.)

[1783, Aug. 28.]

Huntington 28 August 1783.

At a meeting at Piatt Carlls of the Inhabitants. The
Under written are men Chosen to call the Inhabitants to-
gether in case of Robberies* being Committed &c.

Moses Wickes Comm.

Scudder Lewis Cube.

Joshua Ketcham South

Epenetus Smith | Crabmedow

Jesse Bryant )

Zebulon Smith j ^.^^^ ^.^^^

Lemuel Caril \

David Smith Long wSwamp.

[* The close of the war found the country in a state of great
disorder, concurrent history showing that bands of lawless
persons occupied remote and unfrequented places, from whence
they came in the night time and plundered the inhabitants.
This condition of things rendered it necessary to establish
civil government as soon as possible in the place of the
military rule, which had held sway ever since the occupation
of Huntington by the British troops in August 1776. — C. R. S.]

Il8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

^[.^^V^^lt Oakley [west Hills

Eliphilet Chichester \

Isreal Titus Cold Spring

Thomas Brush West Neck

Capt. Wickes } ^ c <.

r^ ^ ^ r- IT lown Spot

Capt Conklmg \ ^

Piatt Vial Old Fields

Jonathan Scudder East Neck.

(File No. 237.;

[THE CHURCH BELL.]

[1783, Sept. 3.]
Personally appeared before me Zebulon Piatt and made
Oath that some time in the last of November on the first
of December 1777. he was taken Prisioner by the Master
of the ship called the swan and was carried on board of
the said ship where he saw the Bell Belonging to the In-
habitants of Huntington and the Deponent further saith
that he and the Bell was shifted on board of a Brigg and
from there he cS: the Bell was put on board, of a Tender
where the Bell was when he was sent to the Mane Guard
in New York.

Zebulon Platt
Sworn this 3 of Sept. 1783 Before me

ZoPHAR Platt Justice
{War Claims, Vol. I, p. 80.)

[1783, Dec. 17.]

These are to Desire all the Freeholders Inhabitants of
the Town of Huntington to meet at the Church on Mon-
day the 22 of December at 10 Oclock in order to elect
corporate and Town ofificers for the Town of Huntington

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. IIQ

by order Capt Timothy Carll Capt. John Wickes and Mr
Wilmoth Oakerly is Appointed to Superintend the election
Huntington 17'^ Dec. 1783.
{File No. 187.)

[TOWN MEETING.

[1783, Dec. 22.]

At a Town Meeting held this 22 of Dec 1783 The follow-
ing Persons Chosen.

Trustees Capt. Thomas Jarvis chosen President John
Wickes Timothy Conkling Piatt Carll Epenetus Conkhng
Eliphilet Chichester Scudder Lewis.

John Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.

[Note. — By a general order of Congress the army was dis-
banded November 3d. The British army evacuated New York
City November 25th, and Washington took an affectionate
farewell of his officers in New York City December 5th and
sought retirement. — C. R. S.]

[Note. — The Tories in Huntington found their position very
uncomfortable here at the close of the war. They were in-
tensely hated and large numbers fled to Nova Scotia, joining
there about ten thousand refugee Loyalists from the States,
now free from British rule. — C. R. S.]

[Note. — "From the profoundest depths of humiliation and
sorrow, into which the people of Huntington had been plunged
by a long and desolating war, they were elevated as it were,
to the seventh heaven, by the news that the armies of Wash-
ington were victorious, the haughty legions of the King van-
quished, and the freedom and independence of the Colonies
achieved and acknowledged. Is it any wonder that the gen-
eration that passed through these trials and triumphs ever
after celebrated their independence, as John Adams predicted
they would, by the ringing of bells, the roar of artillery and
the declamation of orators ?" — From Street's History of Hunting-
ton, p. 44.]

I20 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

To take care of Intestate Estates Sam^ Oakley Jacobmiah
Brush.

Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Brush
John Wickes John Ketcham.

Surveyors John Brush Capt Timothy Carll Jacobmiah
Brush.

Assessors Wilmoth Oakley Scudder Lewis, Jacobmiah
Brush.

Supervisor Capt Timothy Carll.

Overseers of the Poor Scudder Lewis Eliphilet Jarvis.

Constable and CoUecter Ezekiel Conkling.

To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and 8 others.

Fence Viewers Henr}^ Sammis and thirteen others.

Overseer of Highways Zacheriah Smith and twenty five
others.

[Town Meetings, Vol., I,j). 341.)

[1783-]

List of Taverns — Licenses given.
Abijah Ketcham George Norton, Tho^ Udale Nath.
Higbee, Gilbard Piatt, Thomas Jarvis Jacob Ireland John
Jones, Wilmot Oakley Nath' Williams Piatt Brush, Piatt
Carll Joshua Ketcham Phineas Carll, Foster Nostran, Jon-
athan Titus.

{File No. 191.)

[CLAIM OF THOMAS JARVIS.]

[1784, Jan. 12.]

£ S.
2 Cattle 20 —

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

121

1 1 Hogs, Big & Little at ...

Rails & Board Fence ....
Barn & other out Buildings .
Horses taken on service
Horses wagon & Driver
Money paid for wagon hire

I Wagon

Goods plundred in 178 1 & 82
Wheat R3'e v,V Hay taken & Destroyed
Labour done in Erecting works &c
Houses taken & occupied by B. Troops
Use of household furneture & Destroyed

Huntington Jan. 12*'' 1784.
{TVar Claims, Vol. I, p. 35.)

22 —

40—
15—
4—
12

15—

359—
86—17

I — 10

49—
20 —

682—19
Tho. Jarvis.

[FURTHER ACCOUNT OF WORK ON FORT
GOLGOTHA.]

[1784, Jan. 13.]

The Account of the work done in Huntington in erect-
ing the works around the Presbeteeren Church By B. G.
Oliver DeLancey with his Troops, and By the people in
my destrict, July 12, 1777.

By several orders from Coll. John Harris Cruger, to me
to order the men to work Amounts to, two Hundred twen-
ty & four men with shovels & axees, twelve men with their
Horses &. waggons. May if^ 1778.

By an order from Capt. Charles Cameron to order the
men to Erect the fort on Lloyds Neck, the whole of the
days works with .shovels & axes is two Hundred eighty
and nine — under him. June 12, 1778.

122 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Bj an order from Capt. Benj"" Rooaback to me for men
to come on the Neck to Comepleate the works was twen-
ty & one, with shovels & axes. July 24, 1778.

By several orders from Coll. Richard Hewlett to me to
order the men to come to Loyds Neck to Erect new works
with in the old, the davs works with shovels and axes was
three Hundred and sixty, five days with Drivers Horses &
waggon. August 3"^ I779-

By an order to me from Coll. G. G. Ludlow for men to
come to Loyds Neck to work, was eight days work with
shovel & axes. July 15"" 1781.

By Several orders to me from Maj. Upham to send
teams to Loyds neck to work, which is three Drivers and
Horses & waggons one day and three Drivers and their
ox teams one day, six men with their axees one day. Nov»
5, 1782.

By several orders from Coll. Benjamin Thompson to me
to order men to come to work to Build a fort Round the
Burying ground in Huntington. Likewise to furnish
Timber & straw this is the number of days works with
axes. Drivers with their Horses & waggons the Value of
Timber, the Loads of straw.

The Days works is 1 19. Drivers with Horses & waggons
is 56. The Value of the Tmiber that the people furnished
£$4, 14s, od, with carting the Loads of straw is 8 waggon
Loads.

Timothy Carll.

Dicks Hills, January 13, 1784.
{File No. 225.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1784, Apr. 6.]

Huntington, April y'^ 6"> 1784.
Following Persons chosen for one year.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 125

Trustees John Brush President, John Wickes Piatt Carll
Silas Sammis Henry Scudder John Oakley Epenetus
Conkling.

John Ketcham Town Clerk and Treasurer.

To take care of Intestate Estates Samuel Oakley Jaco-
miah Brush.

Chosen Constable and Collector Isaac Carll Ketcham.

Surveyors John Brush Timothy Carll Jacomiah Brush.

Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Brush
John Wickes John Ketcham.

Assessors and Inspectors of Election Jesse Brush Henry
Scudder Wilmoth Oakley.

Overseers of the Poor Philip Conkling Silas Sammis.

To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and nine others.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and thirteen others.

Overseers of Highways Simon Fleet and twenty-three
others.

Also Voted that if any Person that doth not belong to
this Township should Hunt Hawk Fowl or Fish within
this Township to be Prosecuted for the same and Damages
Recover'd before a Justice of the Peace.

Voted that if any man is found Mowing any Grass upon
the Common meadow on the south side of Long Island in
the Township of Huntington before the first Day of Sep-
tember in said year to be Fined Forty shillings New York
currency which is to be recovered before a Justice of the
Peace within said Town.

Hog act revised.

Also Voted that if the Trustees thinks Propper to Build
an Addition to the Town House for the Conveniencey of
the Poor said addition to be Built at the Towns Expence.

Voted that the Trustees of the Present year should Hire
out the Ferry for three, Four or five years as they think
Propper. John Brush, P'^ [Seal.]

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 1-3.)

124 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1784, Apr. 27.]

Articles of a Vandue held in Huntington this27"' day of
April 1784 to hire out the Priveledge of the Ferry from
Huntington to Norwalk on the Main are as followeth
Whosoever shall have said Ferry cryed of on their bid
shall give Bond to the amount of 200 pounds to keep a
good sufficient Boat to carry eight Horses in good order
and give propper attendance and shall receive no more
than three shilling for each person and five shilling for
each Horse all other freight as they shall agree and they
shall be obliged on receiving double Ferrage to go with
one passenger further whosoever shall hire said ferry shall
have the exclusive right of said Ferry from any Person
whatsoever from Huntington to said Norwalk for the term
of five years from the first Tuesday in April 1784.

John Brush, P'^

Cryed of to Capt. Jonathan Titus a £^i, 10, o, per year.
{lown Meetings, Vol. II, p. 3 )

[1785, Jan. II.]

Suffolk County \- ss.

To the Assessors and Collectors of Huntington You are
hereby Authorized & Required to assess levy and Collect
of the several Freeholders and Inhabitants of your Town
the sum of Seventeen Pounds it being your Towns propor-
tion oi the County Charge for the last year to this date

[Note. — In July, 1784, Fort Golgotha was demohshed by the
inhabitants, and the materials of which it was constructed were
sold in parcels at public auction. From a scrap of paper on
file we learn that the timber and boards were purchased by
Gilbert Potter, David Conklin, John Sammis, Doctor Prime
and Stephen Ketcham for ;^i 7, iSs; the gate and bridge by
Joseph Wicks, and a quantity of bricks was purchased by Isaac
Losee and others. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 25.

and to pay the same unto the Treasurer of this County on
or Before the first day of April next and for your so doing
this shall be your sufihcient vrarrant given under the hands
and seals of the supervisors at the County Hall on Eleventh
day of January Anno Dom. 1785.

Selah Strong

Isaac Thomson

Tho' Youngs

David Howell

EZEKIEL MULFORD

Timothy Carll
{File No. 195.)

Supervisors.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1785, Apr. 4.1

At a Town Meeting Held in the Town of Huntington
the 4*'' April 1785 It was Voted and Agreed that a Gate
should be kept up by the Road that Leads from the House
of the Widow skidmore at Fresh Pond to the sound or
landing. Certified by

John Wickes P*^ [Seal.]

1785 the South Bay Leas'd out to Joshua Ketcham also
the undivided plains leas'd out to Zebulon Smith John
Snedecor Silas Smith Phineas Carll Isreal Carll Timothy
Carll iS^ Eliphilet Carll for seven shillings.
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 15.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1785, Apr. 5.]

HuNTlNGTOM y^ 5'^ April 1785..
Followino: Persons chosen for one Year.

126 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Trustees Capt. John Wickes President Henry Scudder
Silas Sammis Piatt Carll John Oakley Epenetus Conkling
David Rusco Jun'

Town Clerk & Treasurer John Ketcham.

To take care of Intestate Estates Sam" Oakley Jacomiah
Brush.

Constable and Collector Isaac C. Ketcham.

Surveyors John Brush Timothy Carll Jacomiah Brush.

Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

Commissioners for laying out Highways John Brush,
John Wickes John Ketcham.

Assessors and Inspectors of the Election Henry Scudder
Wilmot Oakley John Ketcham.

Overseers of the Poor Silas Sammis Philip Conkling.

To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and nine others.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and twelve others.

Overseers of Highways Simon Fleet and twenty three
others.

A Town Act to prevent Foreigners from Hunting
Hawking Fishing or Fowling within the Town of Hun-
tington passed the fifth of April Amo. Domini One Thous-
and seven hundeed and Eighty five.

Whereas the necesity of the many Poor Inhabitants of
our said Town require the preventing of Foreigners from
Hunting Hawking Fishing or Fowling within the same.

Be it Therefore Enacted by the Trustees of the People
of the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, and state
of New York ; and by Virtue of their Charter bearing
date ye 5"' Day of October 1694. That if any Foreigner
is found Hunting Hawking Fishing, or Fowling, within
the Town of Huntington he or they found Trespassing
within the Limits of our said Town shall forfeit the sum
of Five pounds to the People of the Town of Huntington
which shall be recovered (if not paid) before any justice of
the Peace within said County with all reasonable Charges
for the same.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 12/

Also Voted and Agreed by the People and Trustees of
the Town of Huntington That if any Person is found
mowinsf Grass on the Islands which are undivided on the
South side of the Town of Huntington before the first day
of September in the present year 1785 shall forfiet the
sum of Forty shillings New York Currancy to the People
of the Town of Huntington which if not paid to said
people shall be recovered before any Justice of the Peace
within said Town with all Reasonable Charge for the same.

Hog act revived.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 10-14.)

[No date.]

M' Isaac Losee agrees to take the Bill for £4 a year to
Sweep the Meeting House once a month and cary the
dirt out and Brush the Seats to ring the bell on Sundays
and Lectures & Funerals.
{File No. 143.)

[1785, Apr. 6.]

Huntington April y' 6"^ 1785.
The Poor is put out for the ensuing year as followeth :
First the Person who takes any of the Poor is to find
them meat Drink washing Lodging & Nursing suitable for
such Persons and mend for the men and Make and mend
for the Weomen and Children the Overseers of the Poor
to find said Poor Persons Cloathing if wanted and Pay for
the Doctering of said Poor and the Person or Persons
who takes them not to call for a Docter for said Poor with-
out Obtaining Leave of said Overseers.

And in case there should be an Addition Built to the

128 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Poor House said Overseers Hath liberty to take away said
Poor when they think Propper and Pay the Person who
has said Poor for the time they have kept them.
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. IG.)

[TOWN MEETING— BOUNDARY LINE.]

[1785, Aug. 22.]

At a Town Meeting held in Huntington at the House of
Widow Piatt on Monday the 22 Day of August 1785 the
following persons Chosen to settle the Line between Hun-
tington and Oyster Bay Viz. Thomas Wickes High Sherif,
Joshua Ketcham Silas Sammis Jacomiah Brush.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 20.)

[BOUNDARY LINE.]

[1785, Sept. 5.]

Huntington September y'^ 5"^ 1785
Accordingly said persons Choose Timothy Carll and
Nathaniel Whitsen to run said line but the Inhabitants of
Oysterbay did not comply but the line was run as followeth.
Beginning at a walnut tree where our ancesters left of
thence running vSouth falling a little to the East of Thomas
Sands House then running to the West part of One of the
Branches of masapague Swamp thence near the East side
of the Beaver Pond and then about twenty four rod to the
west of Hendrich Duryes House so down about the middle
of Unkawa to or near a Tree the south side of the High-
way that leads across the Neck and then t(3 the bottom of
said Neck to a Creek runinij into the Meadows.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 129

Expences of said day paid by the Treasurer by Order
of the President to the surveyors and Vituals & drink for
the Assistants £2, 12s.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 20.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1786, Apr. 4.]

Huntington 4"' Apr. 1786

Following persons Chosen for one year :

Trustees 1 imothy Conkling President, Stephen Kelcy
Zophar Piatt Eliphilet Jarvis David Rusco Jr. John
Ketcham Henry Jarves.

John Ketcham Town Clerk & Treasurer.

To take case of Intestate Estates Samuel Oakley Jaco-
miah Brush.

Constable & Collector Carll Ketcham.

Surveyors John Brush Timothy Carll Jacomiah Brush.

Supervisor Epenetus Conkling.

Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Wickes
John Brush John Ketcham.

Assessors Wilmot Oakley Ananias Carll John Ketcham,

Overseers of the Poor Philip Conkling and David
Rusco Jr.

To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and nine others.

Fence Veiwers Henry Sammis and twelve others.

Overseers of Highways Simon Fleet & twenty two
others.

Laws for 1786 &c.

The Town Act passed last year revived respecting For-
eigners Hunting Hawking Fishing and Fowling within
the Town of Huntington.

Also Voted that no person shall fire a Gun at Geese at

I30 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

their sanding- places on Huntington South Beach under
the penalty of Five pounds currant money of the State of
New York to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace
in said Town with all reasonable Charges. Also Voted and
enacted that no person shall Innoculate any person in the
limits of the Town of Huntington without leave from the
Trustees of said Town.

Likewise Voted and passed into a Law that the Hog act
shall continue in force as in the year 1785.

Voted and agreed that Jonathan Titus shall have the
Ferry from Huntington to Norwalk for sixteen pounds a
year in case he pays the money Annually.

Further it is Enacted that no person shall Let his
Turkeys Ramble in his neighbours enclosure without one
wing being cut if not the person has a right to kill said
Turkeys and carry them to the owner.
By Order of the President.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 25-29.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1786 — Including back dates.]

May the 4"' received the other half of the
money on y" Bond

1778, June 2, rec*^ of Jesse Brush in Behalf
of Tho^ Brush

1780, received of William Johnson on
Bond he took up

Received of Stephen Kellcy again the
said sum of '

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. I3I

1781, Jan. 12, received of Thomas Scudder
on Bond 10 00 o

34 19 o
The old Paper Money in the Thatch Draw
Included in the above account Counted as
Nothing 181 17 o

Ballanced

1785, Account Thatch Money brought
Forward

Jan. i'^ Total with eighty Pounds Received 120 16 10

Except six bills five Dollars each ^^16, o, o.

26 Jan., Received John Taylor for thatch 4 o

March 11^^, Received of Amos Piatt for
thatch 3 o

Received of William Haviland for thatch
in 1784 I 9 6

Received of Isaac Dennis for thatch in

1784 I 5 o
Received of Jacob Rogers for thatch at

Cold Spring 1784 086

Received of Isaac Losee for thatch at the
Head of the Harbour 1784 16

Total of Thatch money on hand Feb.

22'> 1786

125 2 10

except the paper money above

1786

April 3'' Received of Ezra Conkling for

1785 for Thatch the head of the Harbour 10 o
Received of Zebulon Bunce for thatch

a Cow Harbar 2

Total Thatch Draw April 6"M 786 127 12 10

1786 y*^ 3*^ of April for Liquor subtracted 3 9

as the last footing 127 9 i

except Paper Money that wont pass

132 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Paid.

Received In Huntington y'' 30"' May 1786 of John
Ketcham Treasui^er the sum of Forty Pounds and Nine
pence being from the Money the March sold for in 1775 in
behalf of the Corperation agreable to a former Vote
£40, o, 9.

Me John Brush

Received In Huntington y® 11 July 1786 of John Ketch-
am Treasurer the sum of Eighty seven pounds eight
shilling & four pence being in behalf of the Corperation
N. B.— Vote i;87, 8, 4.

p' mee John Brush

Total paid the Corporation agreable to
a former Vote entered on Record as by
Receipt above 127 9 i

N. B. the marsh money paid out before as per accounts
back by Solomon Ketcham this 127, 9, i Paid for Thatch
money.

Received Huntington June the 5''' 178401 John Ketcham
Treasurer by Licve of the Trustees the sum of One Pound
three and four pence being upon One Hundred right in

[Note. — This is one out of many financial statements on
record and it shows the method pursued by the Trustees of
the Town in hiring out the meadows and marshes and their
disposition of the proceeds. It also shows their claim of title
to lands under water on the North and South shores under the
town patents. It was the custom of the Trustees from a very
early date, and the same has continued to the present day, to
hire out, and in some cases sell in fee, such lands under water.
Before and for many years after the date of these papers the
practice was to appoint one or more days in each year for
hiring out the South and North Meadows, and minute ac-
counts were kept of such transactions in small yearly account
books. These little books, endorsed "Thatch Books," are
carefully arranged in the order of date, placed in one package
and filed among the town papers, but it has not been thought
important to print them. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

133

the old piirchas being his part for Meadow sold by the
Trustees.

By mee Joseph Wheliar
{File No. 131, "^.")

[TRUSTEES' MEETING.]

[1786, Oct.]

At a meeting of the Trustees in October 1786 Agreed
that the Undivided Land on the Plains be Leased out to
Phineas Carll &c for the Term of one year.
Certified by

Timothy Conkling, P'^ [Seal.]

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 29.)

[GOVERNOR SINCLAIR'S BOARD.]

[1787, Jan. 10.]

Nov. 1786. Major Jesse Brush saith before Tho^ Brush
Esq. and my self when he was one of the Committee &
being absent at the time when Governor Sinclair Put upon
me on board But when he returned home Mr Weeks Ac-
quainted him of the proceedings of the Committee an his
absence which was as follows viz. Mr Weeks acquainted
him at his return that a Prisoner Governer Sinclair had
been sent here by Congress to the Committee that they
had put him out to Capt. Squires upon the public expence
thought it the most convenient House in Town.

Suffolk County, Sept. 24, 1786. I the subscriber was in
the year 1775 Chairman of this County Committee and
remember that their was sent to the Town of Huntington
as a prisoner of the United States one H. Sinclare and
there put on parole & boarded by Mr John Squire and the
orders by which he was sent was consumed in the Con-

134 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

troversy with Great Brittain this is according to the best
of my remembrance.

W" Smith.
We the subscribers members of the Committee of the
Township of Huntington in the year 1775, Do certify that
the provincial Congress then setting in New York did send
Patrick St Clare Governer of Mashelemacanac a Prisoner
on Perole together with a letter Containing an order &
recommendation to the said Committee of Huntington re-
questing that they would take care of and provide for said
St Clare that on rec^ of said Letter the Committee was
convened & in pursuance of said recommendation we took
the matter into Consideration & determined to get him in
with Capt. John Squire that he was accordingly put to
said squire who boarded him for a certain time mentioned
in an Account Certifyed by the Trustees of the Town who
succeeded us we having also examined the said Account
do think it just and reasonable.

Jacob Wood

Huntington, STEPHEN KeTcHAM

January 10, 1787. Stephen Kelcy, Clk.

Henry Scudder
Tho. Brush*

[War Claims, Vol. I, p. .36.)

[TOWN MEETING.— A SUNDAY LAW.]

[1787, Apr. 3.]

Huntington, 3'^ April 1787.
Following Persons Chosen for one year.

[* Gov. Patrick Sinclair was a British prisoner taken early
in the Revolutionary War, and he was sent here by Congress
to be held and carecl for by the patriot Town Committee, on
parole. Capt. John Squires' bill for board from August, 1775,
to March 28, 1776, was ^56, los., 7d. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 35

Trustees Zophar Piatt President, John Wickes Piatt
Carll, Timothy Conkling, Stephen Kelcy John Oakly,
Henry Scudder Lewis.

Town Clerk and Treasurer John Ketcham.

Collector John Oakley.

Constable Isaac Carll Ketcham.

Supervisor Stephen Kelcy.

To take care of Intestate Estates Samuel Oakley Jaco-
miah Brush.

Surveyors to lay out Vacant Lands John Brush Timothy
Carll Jacomiah Brush.

Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Wickes
John Brush Timothy Carll Capt.

Assessors Ananias Carll Jacomiah Brush John Ketcham.

Overseers of Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco.

To take care of fires Jesse Conklin and eight others.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and twelve others.

Overseers of Highways Jesse Bryant and twenty six
others.

Voted, That the Gates at Crabmeadow and Fresh pond
shall be kept in good repair as usual with the penalty of
five shilling to be paid by the Person who leaves them
open.

Voted, That the Hog act be revived.

Voted, That no Horses of any kind Oxen or Cows shall
be allowed to run at large in the street on the Sabbath
within the Hours of Ten O Clock in the Morning and four
Clock in the afternoon within one Quarter of a mile of any
House of Publick Worship within the Town and that for
every Horse Ox or Cow that shall be so found running at
Large as aforesaid the owner or owners thereof shall for-
feit and pay to any person or persons who ask demand or
sue for the same the sum of one shilling.

Voted, That the Trustees have full Power to settle the
Lines between this Town and the several Towns adjoining

136 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

and that they shall be paid a Reasonable reward for their
services.

Voted, That if any Person or Persons shall Cut any
Grass on the Marshes or Islands in the South Bay before
the first day of September next such Person or Persons
shall forfeit the sum of forty shillings for every Boat Load
of Grass so cut the one half to go to the Complainer the
other half to the use of the Town.

Voted, That when any person or persons shall become
chargable to the Town by being sick or unable to work
and afterwards recovers his or their health the overseers
of the Poor shall be empowered to hire him her or them
out to servise and receive until they shall receive a suffi-
cient sum to repay such Charges as aforesaid By Order
and in behalf of the Trustees of the Town of Huntington.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 36-40.)

[THE TOWN BOUNDARY.]

[1787, Oct. 3.]

Huntington, October 3, 1787.
John Ketcham, Esq.

Sir. — I Take this Opertunity to Give you the acounts
of the 27 Day of Last Aperel. We went to the head of
the river to run the Line of the ould Patting & when we
came there I startted at a Certain Chestnut tree in the
Corner of Joshua Smiths Lot Near the head of the river
as we so passed the sd tree is 26 rods to the west of a
Certain Chestnut stump called Nicoals Corner & 24 rods
to the East-ward of the Pair tree called Wenecomack
Corner. I run the Line Due South to the South Side of
the Island I Crost the South road about five or six rods to

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 3/

the west of the house that lormerly belonged to Saxton
But know belonging to Gilbert Carll.

This from your friend

Timothy Carll, Surveyor.
{File No. 219.)

[LIST OF TAVERNS.]

[1788, March 29.]

Huntington 29"' March A. D. 1788.

Account of Persons who hath taken permits & Licenses
for retailing strong and spiritous Liquors for one year at
£2 each.

Thomas Robertson Jacob Ireland, Aron Higbee Israel
Ketcham Piatt Brush, Rachel Williams Anne Havens,
Christopher Mong, John Jones, Peleg Wood, Thomas
Udale, Thomas Seaman Phineas Carll Gilbert Piatt, Wil-
mot Oakley Piatt Carll, Foster Nostran, Jonathan Titus
John Scudder, Selah Conkling.
{File No. 192.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1788, Apr. I.]

At a Town Meeting held in Huntington April y® i^*
1788.

The following Persons Chosen for one year.

Trustees Zophar Piatt President, John Wickes Stephen
Kelcy John Oakley Timothy Conkling Piatt Carll John
Ketcham.

Town Clerk & Treasurer John Ketcham.

138 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Constable Carll Ketcham.

Collector John Oakley.

To take care of Intestate Estates Samuel Oakley Jaco-
miah Brush.

Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

Commissioners for Laying- out Highways John Brush
Timothy Carll John Wickes.

Surveyors for Laying out Vacant Lands John Brush
Timothy Carll Jacamiah Brush.

Assessors Ananias Carll Jacamiah Brush John Ketcham.

Overseers of the Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco
Jun^

To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and eight others.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and twelve others.

Overseers of Highways Isaac Burr and twenty six
others.

April I, 1788, Voted that the Gates at Crab meadow
& Fresh Pond should be kept up as usual.

Also Voted that the Hog act should continue in Force
as in 1787.

And Voted that all stray sheep for the future should be
brought in at the different places herein written Viz on
the first monday of November A. D. 1788 at the House of
Widow Piatt and Piatt Carll Jacamiah Brush Abijah
Ketcham Jacob Irelands Silas Muney and David Smiths
and the next Day all to be brought at the House of Widow
Platts at which time to be sold and all Reasonable Charges
Paid under the forfiture of Twenty shilling.

Also Voted that no Rams should run on the Commons
And that the Trustees stand tryal with Isaac Youngs re-
specting the account of Ezekiel Conkling.

Also that the Town gives Abijah Ketcham the sum of
Forty shilling by way of Liberty to sell spiritous Liquors
without pay for the same.

Also Voted that the Law respecting Mowing Hay on
the Islands Continue as in A. D. 1787. And that the same

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 39

power be Invested in the Overseers respecting Persons
becoming Chargableas in A. D. 1787.

And that the stray sheep be brought in at Widow Platts
& sold the 14'^ April 1787 and the Persons Paid for bring-
ing and for Neglect to forfit 30s.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 46-48.)

[LICENSES TO SELL LIQUOR.]

[1789, February 26,]

26 Feby 1789, Excise given out.
Rachel Williams, Thomas Robinson, Piatt Carll, Jacob
Ireland, Piatt Brush, Gilbert Piatt, Phineas Carll, Aron
Higbee, Isreal Ketcham, Foster Nostran, Jonathan Titus,
Anne Havens, Selah Conkling, Joseph Lewis, Stephen
Kelsy, Christopher Meng, Pelig Wood, Wilmot Oakley,
John Scudder, Rich'' Moale.
{File No. 301.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1789, Apr. 7.]

The names of Persons who were Chosen for one year at
a Town Meeting held in Huntington the f^ of April 1789.

Trustees Zophar Piatt President, Henry Scudder Esq.
Capt. John Wickes John Ketcham Esq. John Oakley
Ananias Carll Silas Sammis.

John Ketcham Town Clerk and Treasurer.

John Oakley Collector.

Constables Carll Ketcham Alexander Denton.

To take Care of Intestate Estates Samuel Oakley Jaca-
miah Brush.

Capt. Timothy Carll Supervisor.

140 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Com, of Highways Samuel Oaklc}^ Capt. Timothy Carll
Thomas Ireland.

Surveyors Timothy Carll Sen'' Timothy Carll J"" Jaca-
miah Brush Esq'.

Assessors Ananias Carll Jacamiah Brush Esq. John
Ketcham Esq. Melanthon Bryant Zebulon Ketcham.

Overseers of Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco Jun^

To take Care of Fires Jesse Conkling and eight others.

Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and fifteen others.

Overseers of Highways Isaac Burr and twenty four
others.

Voted, The Hog act revived and to continue in force
as in 1788.

Voted, That no person shall cut any grass on the
Islands in the South Bay before the first day of September
next.

Voted, That Abijah Ketcham sell Liquor without pay-
ing for the same.

Voted, That ^100 be raised for the support of the Poor.

Voted, That the Trustees of Huntington settle the
Lines between Town and the adjoining Towns and Pros-
ecute on Account of the same if Necessarry.

Voted, That a Pound be Built where the former Pound
stood.

John Ketcham, Clerk.

The above Hundred pounds not raised the Trustees
.supposed the rearages sufficent for the year.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
(Tmvn Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 56-8.)

[THE FERRY TO CONNECTICUT.]

[1789, Apr. 8.]
Articles of a Vandue held in Huntington the eighth day

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. HI

of \pril A D. 1789 to Hire out the Privelege of the Ferry
from Huntington Harbor in the State of New \ ork and
County of Suffolk to Norwalk Harbour in the state o
Connecticut Fairfield County as follows, whosoever shall
hire said Ferry cryed off on their bid shall give a Bond to
the Trustees of the Town of Huntington with sufficient
security as well for the payment of the money as to per-
form their condition to keep a good and sufficient Boat
which will carry six Horses at a time in good order and
give propper Attendance and shall receive no more than
three shillings for a man and four shillings for a Horse
and four shillings for all grown cattle and by a single man
applying and offering dubble Feryage said Ferrymen shall
be Oblio-ed to go if the weather will permit, Also said
Ferryman shall not be obliged to cross the Sound from
the Twenty fifth day of December to the first day of
March said Ferry to be hired out for the term of five
years from the date here of and the person who hires said
Ferry to pay yearly, if the money is not paid in thirty
days from the said year and at the expiration of every
year Including said thirty Days then the said Lease to be

Void.

Witness our hands the Day & Year above written.

ZoPHx\R Platt P^^ ^
Henry Scudder
John WiCKES I Trustees.

Silas Sammis '
John Ketcham
Ananias Carll
This is to Certify that the subscriber Platt Kelcy hath
agreed to take the above said Ferry agreable to said
Articles at the rate of eight pounds a year, As Witness
my hand this 8'^ Day of April 1789.

Witnesses present Platt Kelcy

Thos. Brush
Ezekiel Conkling
(File No. 214.)

142 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE PRICE OF A NEGRO ;^8.]

[1789, Apr. 13.]

Suffolk County, Huntington 13*'' of April A. D. 1789.

Personally appeared before me Obediah Johnes one of
the Justices Assigned to keep the peace in said County
Simon Loce Jarvis and being- duly sworn Testifieth &
saith that Silas Powel in his hearing said that he the said
Powell had bought a certain Negro man by the name ot
James of Samuell Lewis for eight pounds cS: determined to
keep him five Months in his service and then to let him go
free further the Deponent saith not.

Simon Lose Jarvis

{File No 189.)

LIQUOR LICENSES.]

[1790, March i.j

A List of the names of Tavern keepers & retailers
Licensed in Huntington i'* March 1790 viz:

Piatt Brush, Israel Ketcham Aron Higbee Jonathan
Titus, Piatt Carll, Phineas Carll, Selah Conkling, Jacob
Ireland, Timothy Williams, Gilbert Piatt, Thomas Robin-
son Joseph Lewis, Foster Nostran, Thomas Seaman John
Scudder Wilmot Oakley Peleg wood. Divine Hulet
Epenetus Bryant.
{F>le No.'im.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1790, Apr. 6.]
At a Town Meeting Legally warned & held at the House

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 143

of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper in Huntington y'^^ 6"' of April

A. D. 1790.

The following persons Chosen for one year.
Trustees Zophar Piatt President Henry Scudder Esq.
Capt. John Wickes John Ketcham John Oakley Ananias
Carll Silas Sammis.

John Ketcham Town Clerk and Treasurer.

Obediah Piatt Constable & Collector.

Alexander Wickes Constable.

Supervisor Capt Timothy Carll.

Overseers of the Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco Jr.

Commissioners of Highways Capt. Tmiothy Carll Sam-
uel Oakley Thomas Ireland.

Surveyors to lay out Vacant Lands Capt. Timothy Carll
Timothy Carll Jr. Jacamiah Brush Esq.

Assessors Ananias Carll Jacamiah Brush Esq. John
Ketcham Silas Muney.

To take care of Fires Philip Kellum & seven others

Fence Viewers Thomas Roe and fifteen others.

Overseers of Highways Jonas Gildersleeve and twenty
five others.

Voted, That the Trustees fix the Spot where the pound

shall stand.

Voted, That Two Hundred pounds be raised for the
support of the Poor.

Voted, That the Gates at their usual places at the East
part of the Town be kept up as they formerly were and
the penalty as in years back.

Voted, That no person shall cut any Grass on the un-
divided Islands in the South Bay belonging to the Town
of Huntington before the first day of September A. D.
1790 under the penalty of Forty shilling a waggon Load
and in proportion for more or less.

Voted, That the Trustees of the Town of Huntington
settle the Lines between this Town and the Adjoining

144 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Towns and prosecute on account of the same if Necessarry
And be reasonably paid for their survices as a Committe
appointed for that purpose.

Voted, That the next Annual* Town Meeting be held
in the Presbyterian Church in the Town Spot of Hun-
tington.

John Ketcham, C""
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 65-9 )

[THE TOWN POUND.]

[1790, iMay 3.]

The Trustees of the Corporation of the Presbeterian
Congregation of Huntington hereby grant a sufficient
quantity of the Parsonage Land near the Meeting House
to the Trustees of the Township of Huntington to set a
Town-Pound upon. In Witness whereof we hereunto set
our hands and affix the seal of the said Corporation this
3*^ day of May 1790.

Jas. Sandford.
Jac'' Brush.
[Seal.] MiCAH Hartt.
Tho' Brush.
Zachariah Smith.
Thomas Ireland.
[File No. 212 )

[LETTER FROM AARON BURR.]

[1790, Sept. 30.]
Sir. — I do not see that it is possible to institute an Ac-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 145

tion of Trespass, by reason of the Difificulties suggested
when you were here. — a Lessee cannot maintain an Action
for any Trespass before his Interest accrued. — If the Com-
mons in Dispute are Town property or the property of all
the Inhabitants as such they are subject to Town regula-
tions & in this way may be preserved from Mauraurders.

I am Sir y"" most oby
Aaron Burr.*

30'^'' Sept. 1790.
[File No. 213.)

[CONDITION OF THE SOUTH BEACHES AND
INLETS AT AN EARLY PERIOD.]

My Dear Son.

Thy Request of my affidavit concerning the Islands is
come to hand but I being far from any Magistrate and
somewhat Indisposed in body am Not at Present Well
able to go to one but I propose to take or make an oppor-
tunity shortly and Quallify to such things as I can Re-
member of the Matter which is at present to the following
effect. I became acquainted at sequetaug in the year 1692
at which time the great inlet was already Broken and had
been I conclude several years by the effect it had wrought
upon our shore there being at that time divers thick
swamps or Clusters of Timber standing dry in Low parts
of the meadow that had been killed by the salt water flow
ing higher after the making of that Gut than it had done
before, and as to any claim or pertence by any of the Nic-
oUss or any other to any Islands or Beech to the West-

[*This autograph letter from Aaron Burr, the distinguished
statesman and lawyer, was in reference to trespassers on the
South Meadows, which finally ripened into a law-suit which
lasted several years. — C. R. S.]

146 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

ward of the said inlet I know of none nor never heard of
any till yesterday by th}' writing.

No more at present as I think Material perhaps I May

recollect other instances to send with another oppertunity

my Love Continueth to thee and th}^ family. Remember

me kindly to my poor helpless daughter her * * * *

Jesse Willets at Islip Suffolk County these.
{File No. 82.)

[THE OLD POOR HOUSE.]

[1790, Nov. 13.]

Know all men by these presents that I Hannah Davis
widow of William Davis Deceased of the Town of Hun-
tington in the County of Suffolk on Nassau Island and
State of New York hath Bargained cSl sold unto Philip
Conkling and David Rusco Junr. a Certain House situated
on the Town Lot of Huntington together with all the Tim-
bers and boards and every of the Appurtenances to said
House belonging for the sum of six pounds ten shillings
Lawful money of the State of New York In witness where-
of I bind my self my heirs Ex — Adm" & Assigns to war-
rant secure and forever defend said House free and Clear
unto the said Philip Conkling and David Rusco Jun"" Over-
seers of the Poor of said Town of Huntington for and In
behalf of the said Town of Huntington In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day
November In the year of our Lord One Thousand seven
hundred and ninety. ''"

Sealed & Delivered Hannah x Davis

In presence of "^""^

Tim Williams
John Ketcham.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

147

Know all men by these presents that I Joel Davis son of
William Davis Deceased and son of the within Named
Hannah Davis do hereby Surrender vip all my right Title
Interest Claim and demand of In & to all the within grant-
ed premises being for Value Received as Witness my hand
and seal this Twenty six day of November A. D. 1790.
Witness present Joel Davis [Seal,]*

Tim Williams
John Ketcham
{File No. 220.)

[CENSUS OF HUNTINGTON.]

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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 59

[179 1, Feb. 9.]

All persons who has rights In the Undivided Lands In
Huntington from the Antient proprietors are desired to
attend at the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn keeper on Mon-
day the 14'" of February Instant at 2, O Clock in the

afternoon.

By Order of the Trustees

Jn° Ketcham Clerk.
Huntington, February y*^ 9, 1791.
{File No. 211.)

[GRANT BY ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS.]

[1791, Feb. 14.]

At a Meeting of the Original Proprietors of the Town
of Huntington Legally Notified and held at the house of
Gilbert Piatt Inn keeper in said Town this 14 day of Feb-
ruary 1791 it was Voted & Granted that John Hartt of
said Town should have the Gore of land between Weno-
Comack and the old Patent Line of the Town of Hunting-
ton and Bounded Northerly to the head of the River and
Southerly by Caleb Smith south Path.*

Recorded by John Ketcham,
Clerk of the Town of Huntington.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 79.)

r* Under the Nicoll patent to Huntington in 1666, the east
line of the town ran from Smithtown River south to the sea.
The subsequent patents by Dongan, 1688, and by Fletcher in
1694, changed the boundary so as to run from Fresh Pond m a
direct line to Sumpwams River and thence to the sea ; so that
the last two patents left out quite an extensive territory lying
between what was called "the old patent line" and "the con-
firmation line." The northerly portion of this strip lay m
Smithtown ; the southerly part in the new town of Islip. The

l6o HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[Abstract.]
[1 79 1, Apr. 4.]

The Petition uf Abraham Van Wyck to the Town
Trustees :

Humbly Sheweth, that he is possessed of a Farm or
Tract of Land situated on West Neck on the west part of
Huntington Harbour, which Land joins the shore About
the Distance of One Hundred and eighty one rods & runs
within a few rods of the channel and he petitions the Trus-
tees to Grant him toleration to Run a water fence from
the South part of his Land Down to the Channel, with his
errecting and keeping A Good & Convenient Swing Gate
whereby the Inhabitants may as heretofore have free
Eofress and Insrress to and from s*^ shore, as their Business
may Require.

April 4"' 1791. Abraham Vanwyke.

{File Ko. 204 )

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1 79 1, Apr. 5.]

At a Town Meeting Legally warn'd & held at the House

part in Smithtown had been adjudged to belong to that town,
in a suit at law decided about 1670, but the part south of
Smithtown and in Islip was disputed territory. Huntington
claimed it under the first patent of 1666, on the ground that
although the subsequent patents did not include it for juris-
dictional purposes as a township, her title to the soil was never-
theless good under the first patent. On the other hand it was
claimed by Islip parties as being within the limits of their
patents. These contentions ripened into law suits which were
prosecuted over many years with much vigor, but Huntington
ultimately gained a large share of the territory, and sold it
about 50 years later. The above grant to Hart relates to a
part of this territory east and south of Comae. Perhaps a
doubt arose concerning the power of the Trustees to convey
these premises, and hence a meeting was called of all the
^'Original Proprietors." — C. R. S.J

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

i6i

of Gilbert Piatt by Adjournment from the Meeting House
y« 5'^^ of April 1 79 1.

The following persons Chosen.

Trustees Zophar Piatt President, Henry Scudder John
Wickes John Oakley Ananias Carll Timothy Conkling
Jun'^ John Ketcham.

John Ketcham Town Clerk.

Jonathan Titus Constable.

Overseers Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco Jacamiah
Brush Esq. Supervisor.

Commissioners of Highways Capt Timothy Carll Capt.
Timothy Conkling Thomas Ireland Esq.

Assessors Micah Hartt Esq. Silas Muncey Selah Wood
John Ketcham Esq.

Voted, that Two hundred pounds be raised this year
to defray the Expences of the Poor and other Town Ex-
pences.

Collector Obediah Piatt.

Fence Viewers Thomas Roe and fourteen others.

Overseers of Highways John Sammis and twenty-seven
others.

Also Voted, that no person shall cut any Grass on the
Islands In the South Bay West of Cedar Island within the
bounds of the Town of Huntington before the first day of
September A. D. 1791 : Under the penalty of Forty shiUing.

Also, the same day Voted that the following Persons
settle the Lines between the Town of Huntington and
Towns Adjoining Committe Viz— Zophar Piatt Jun^ Henry
Scudder Thomas Wickes John Wickes Timothy Carll Sen^
John Oakley Timothy Conkling Jun^ Ananias Carll John
Ketcham. Who are to act as a standing Committee Ap
pointed by said Town of Huntington for that purpose In-
vested with power to Nominate any three of the above
said Committe to transact the Business respecting a Settle-
ment of said Lines between the Town of Huntington and

l62 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Towns Adjoining and prosecute on Account of the same
and do what is Necessary thereon, and be reasonably paid
for their trouble.

John Ketcham, Clerk.

Also Voted, at the aforesaid Town Meeting that the
next Annual Town Meeting be held at the House of Gil-
bert Piatt Innkeeper In Huntington to be opened at his
said House on the first Tuesday of April next Ensuing at
Ten O'clock in the fore noon of said day for the purpose
of Choosing proper persons to Negociate the Public Afairs
of the Town of Huntington.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 81-4 )

[179 1, Apr. 18.]

Articles of Vandue held this iS"" April 1791 By the
Corporation of the Presbyterian Congregation in Hun-
tington for the purpose of renting the Parsonage lot ad-
joining the Homestead of Silas Sammis for Pasturage
from the 18"' Instant to the 25"' of December next ensuing
Are that the rent must be paid by Christmas Next with
lawful Interest if not then paid, till paid ; that if any bidder
refuses his bid or to give secureity if demanded it will be
put up again *& the first bidder must make up the defi-
ciency, if any, and shall reap no benefit if it rents for more
than when first put up.

Also the necessary Expences of repairing the fence to
be taken out of the rent.

John Ketcham Clerk.

The above Parsonage hired out to Isaac Losse and
James Pine Chichester for six pounds fourteen shilling

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 163

agreable to the above articles as witness our hands this
iS'*" April 1791.

James P. Chichester \ Paid
Isaac Losse i in full

Certified by me Carll Ketcham, Vandue Master.
1795, Nov. 7 Isaac Losee C by Cash in part for the
above rent £6, 5 s.

1792, March 24 James Pine Chichester paid in full ot rent
£6, 9s. The Interest thrown in for their repairing the
fence.

[File No. 218.)

[PROOF CONCERNING INLETS THROUGH
SOUTH BEACH.*]

[1792, Jan. 28.]

Supreme Court.
Aaron Higbie

Richard Udall

David Willets of Islip in Suffolk County in the State oi
New York Farmer aged Seventy four years upon his
solemn affidavit and Declaration saith That he has lived
or had his home in Islip from the time that he was eight
years of age to this present time ; and that the Gut or
Inlet that lyeth nearly opposite to, or South from the
house of William Nicolls in which he now liveth, through
the caurse of his memory has been called Nicolls Gut or

[* This was an action arising out of a dispute concerning
title to the Islands in the South Bay and finally culminated in
a long litigation between the Town of Huntington and Islip
parties. This and other affidavits are important as showing
the changes which many years have wrought in the physical
structure of the beaches and shores on the South Side. — C. R. S.]

164 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Inlet ; and the great gut or Inlet, and that the Gut or
Inlet called Huntington Gut or Inlet at the time that he
was sixteen or seventeen years of age was nearly South
from the East end of the Island that was called Cedar
Island ; and that he this affirmant is positive and certain
from his own vew and personal knowledge that there was
an Inlet or Gut at that time in that place ; and further this
afifirrriant saith not. David Willets.

Affirmed on this 28*'' of Januarv 1792 before me Isaac
Thompson one of the Commissioners for taking affidavits
in the County of Suffolk.
[File No. ^217.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1792, Apr. 3.]

At a Town Meeting duly Notified and held at the House
of Gilbert Piatt In keeper in Huntington on the third of
April 1792.

The following Persons chosen to transact the public
Affairs of this Town :

Trustees Zophar Piatt Jun' President. John Wickes,
John Oakley Ananias Carll Henry Scudder Timothy
Conkling Jun'' John Ketcham.

Clerk and Treasurer John Ketcham.

Constable Jonathan Titus.

Overseer of the Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco Jun"".

Supervisor Ebenezer Piatt Esq.

Commissioner of Highways Timoth}- Carll Sen'' Timothy
Conkling Junr. Thomas Ireland Esq.

Collector Obediah Piatt.

Surveyors Israel Carll ]Micah Hartt Esq. John Oakley.

Assessors Jacamiah Brush Esq. Phineas Carll John.
Ketcham.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 165

Voted, that Two hundred pounds should be raised this
year to defray the Expences of the Poor and other Town

Charges.

Fence Viewers Capt. David Smith and twenty others.
Overseers of Highways Capt. David Smith and twenty

nine others.

Also Voted, that the Hog act be revived.
Voted, that the Liberty of Building a Mill at- Cold
Spring Gut be left to the Discretion of the Trustees of the
Town oi Huntington.

Voted, that the Management of the Undivided Islands
in the South Bay be left to the Discretion of the Trustees.
Also Voted, that the stray sheep in the Town of Hun-
tington be taken up and drove to the different places in
Huntington on the third Monday in October Next Namely
Gilbert Platts Timothy WiUiams Piatt Carlls Silas Muncey
Nathaniel Whitmans Jacob Irelands Austin Jarvis Abijah
Ketchams Capt. David Smiths and James Oakleys and
there keept till Tuesday week following and then brought
to the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper In Huntington
and sold at public Vandue at One O'Clock in the After-
noon of said day under the penalty of Twenty shillings.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 98-101.)

[1792, Aug. 9.]

Notice is Given that as the Trustees of the Township of
Huntington are for hireing out all the Islands but if they
answer'their ends Whoever hires them may depend upon
having their Boats stove & Whosoever shall let any Person
from Uie North side or any other Place that hires sd.
Islands Land any hay at their Landings may Depend upon
having their fences all Destroyed & perhaps something

worse.

1 66 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Advertisement set up on the Island & taken down by
Zophar Piatt Esq. 9 Aug. 1792.

{File No. 221.)

[COSTS OF SUITS CONCERNING THE SOUTH
MEADOWS.]

[1793. ]

Dr. Trustees of Huntington

Account With Eliphalet Wickes.

£ s. d.
1790 Sept. Going to New York & searching
Records for Nickolls pattent i 4

1791

July 25 Dr. to get exemp — . Copy of Smith &
Nickolls pat. i 4

July — Dr. for Consultation relative to pro-
ceedings I 4
Aug. 17 Dr. for same purpose i 4
1792
Aug. 5 Dr. to get Colo. Burrs opinion i 4

1793

May 20 Dr. went W. Scudder & my father

for same purpose i 4

CostsinthecauseofHarttV. Wheeler 5 59

Do. Do. Higbee ag^ Udall 7 i

Do. Do. The same ag. the same 8 i 9
Costs in the cause of Higbee ag.

Marshal County Court 2 11 6
Sept. 1793 prepairing the cause of Hart ag.

Wheeler for trial 15 9 9

Do. Hubbsagt.

Mobray 696

£52 3 3
{File No. 197, "A.")

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 167

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1793, Apr. 2.j

At a Town Meeting duly Notified and held at the House
of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper in Huntington on the second
day of April 1793.

The following Persons Chosen to transact public busi-
ness in the Town of Huntington for one year and By Laws
passed.

Town Clerk John Ketcham.

Trustees Zophar Piatt President John Wickes John Oak-
ley Ananias Carll Henry Scudder Timothy Conkling John
Ketcham.

Overseers of Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco.

Supervisor Ebenezer Piatt Esq.

Commissioners John Oakley Timothy Conkling Jun^
Timothy Conkling Sen^

Collector Obediah Piatt.

Town Surveyors Timothy Carll Jun"" Isreal Carll John

Oakley.

Assessors Jacamiah Brush Esq. Capt. Isreal Carll John

Ketcham Esq.

VOTED, that the sum of One hundred and Eighty pounds
should be raised this Year to defray the Expences of the
Poor and other Town Charges.

Fence Viewers Capt David Smith and twenty two others.

Highway Districts Isreal Titus i& eleven others.

Overseers of the Highways John Haviland and twenty
nine others.

Voted, that the next Annual Town Meeting be held at
the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn keeper In Huntington.

Also Voted, that the Prayer of Coles Wortmans Peti-
tion be Granted Respecting his making a Mill Dam and
Erecting a Grist Mill below the old Mill and Mill Dam
formerly John Sammises the Spot where to build said Dam

1 68 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

and privileges In behalf of the Town of Huntington re-
fered to the Trustees of said Town.

John Ketcham Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 110-15.)

[THE HUNTINGTON ACADEMY.*]

[1793, June I.]

We the subscribers do severally promise to pay or cause
to be paid to a Committee hereafter appointed by a major-
ity of votes of the subscribers such share or shares as we
annex to our respective names each share amounting to
five pounds current money of New York in four equal in-
stallments, The first on the first day of June, The second on
the first day of September, The third on the first day of No-
vember and the last on the first day of January 1794 with
lawful interest if not paid at the above mentioned periods
which committee shall be appointed in the following man-
ner Viz : each subscriber shall be entitled to a number of
votes proportioned to the number of shares he or she shall
hold according to the following ratio Viz : one vote for
every share not exceeding four — Five votes for six shares,
six votes for eight shares, seven votes for ten shares and
one vote for every 5 shares above ten the money so raised
to be laid out by the committee in building a house not ex-
ceeding two stories in height forty feet in length and twen-
ty four in breadth at such time and in such a manner as
shall be agreed upon by a majority of the subscribers ac-

[* The Huntington Academy was built on the hill nearly on
the site of the present Union School building. It was built
about 1793 by an association of about fifty of the leading citi-
zens of Huntington, whose names are here given. It was a
'two story building with a belfry ; was a well built structure
for the period, and furnished the means of a more liberal edu-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

169

cording to the above mentioned ratio of votes— All regu-
lations^'of the House when built and whatever thereunto
appertains shall forever be regulated and done in such way
and manner as the subscribers hereof their Heirs Execu-
tors Administrators or assigns shall order and direct which
shall be determined by a majority of the proprietors to
the above ratio of votes.

4
2

Subscribers names

James Sandford
Samuel Fleet
David Rusco Jr
Silas Rusco
Rueben Rolph
Gilbert Piatt
John Wickes
John Piatt
John Ketchani
Timothy Jarvis
Mary Prime
Zebulon Piatt
Amelia Lloyd
William Havieland
Alexander Sammis
Jesse Sammis
Nathaniel Potter
Selah Wood
Jesse Conklin
Epenetus Smith
William Jones
Noah Wetmore
Obadiah Piatt
Solomon Carll

Thomas Weeks 6

Solomon Ketcham i

Huntington, June ist 1793
{File iVo. 197, "5 ")

Subscribers names

Zadick Smith
John Brush
Stephen Fleet
John Oakley
Samuel Oakley
Thomas Roe
Ephraim Chichester
Henry Sammis
Richard Lewis
Zophar Ketcham
Isreal Titus
James Long
Richard Conklin Cold

Spring
Zophar Piatt
Christopher Ming
Ebenezer Piatt five,

certainly or ten if

wanted to complete

the building
Selah Conklin
Sallie Rogers
Ebenezer Chichester
Timothy Williams
Nathaniel Conklin [Islip]
James Pine Chichester

Shares
I

6
2

4
5 or 10

cation than the common schools of that period. For more
than fifty years some of the best educators in the country
taught within its walls, and many of their pupils attained emi-
nence in all the avocations of life. Nathaniel Potter, who died
in 1841, gave by his will $10,000, the interest on which has to

I70 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' MEETING.]

[1793, June 3.]

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Huntington
on the third day of June A. D. 1793 at the House of Gilbert
Piatt Inn Keeper in said Town.

Members present Zophar Piatt P'^ John Wickes Ananias
Carll John Oakley Henry Scudder Timothy Conkling
Jun'' John Ketcham.

Voted, that no foreigner shall carry any Clams from
the South Bay of the Town. of Huntington under the Tol-
eration of three pence per Thousand (If said Clams were
catched therein) and the penalty of Ten shillings per
Thousand without a permit.

Also Voted, that no Beach Clams on the south side of
the Islands In our South Bay be catched by any Person
Whatsoever to Sell to Boatmen under the penalty of Ten
shillings per Thousand Clams for the Inhabitants of Hun-
tington to pay & Twenty shillings for Foreigners.

And it is Ordained that all which penalties as aforesaid
shall be recovered with Costs of Suit before any Justice
having power to try the Cause.

And it is Ordained that Thomas Wickes Esq. shall be
Inspector of the Clams in the South Bay of the Town of
Huntington and recover the Toleration & Give Permits
for the Boatmen to carry said Clams away or authorize
any other person.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 118.)

[I793> ]

Be it known To all it May Concern that the Boatmen

be used by trustees for educating "the children of the poor in
Huntington," and the fund was first applied to the support in
part of the old Academy, and later, when this building was de-
molished, went t^ the Union School, which took the place of
the Academy. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. I /I

will not pay hommig to Neither King Nor Toleration
Masters under no les penalty than they shall fight for their
Athoraty.

Advertisement set up at South 1793 In Contempt of the
Trustees.

{File No. 200.)

[1793, June 4.]

Notice is hereby Given that the Grass on the Islands
Eastward of Cedar Island In the South Bay and west of
the Great Gutt will be hired out for Mowing this Season
on Wednesday the Twelvth day of June Instant at 9
O'clock A. M.

Vandue to be opened on Oak Island.

By Order of the Committee

John Ketcham, Clerk.
Huntington 4 June 1793.
{File No. 201.)

[1793, June 13.J

State of New York ,
Suffolk County

The Deposition of Nathaniel Wickes of Lower Salem in
the County of West Chester and State of New York De-
poseth and saith he is well Acquainted with a Certain Gut
lying on the South side of the Town of Huntington in the
County of Suffolk on Nassaw Island and State of New
York called Massapague Gut about Sixty years ago which
said Gut then lay about two miles or two miles and a half
westward from a certain Island at that time called Goose

172 ■ HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Island at which time the two whale Houses'" on the Beach
stood between Goose Island & Thatch Island about oppo-
site the opening. Taken and sworn According to the best
of his Knowledge this thirteenth day of June A. D. 1793.

Before me John Ketcham,

Justice Peace.
{File No. 216.)

[TRUSTEES' MEETING.]

[1793, June 25.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton at the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper in said Town
on the 25^^' of June 1793 — Members Present. Zophar Piatt
President John Wickes John Oakley Capt. Timothy Conk-
ling John Ketcham Esq.

Resolved that Ebenezer Hartt who has refused to pay for
Marsh he hired on the Islands last 3^ear be Immediately
prosecuted if sufficient evidence can be procui"ed.

Resolved that if any Inhabitant of the Town of Hunting-
ton shall carry any Clams out of said Towni to sell without
permission shall pay a Fine of Forty Shilling.

Also Resolved that if any person not an Inhabitant of the
Town of Huntington shall carry any Clams away out of
said Town catched within the Limits of the Town of Hun-

[* The mention of "whale houses" reminds us of the fact
that from the earHest settlement of Long Island the capture of
whales for securing oil was carried on more or less from the
South Beach. Many from the North Side of the Island en-
gaged in the business for a part of the year, and shared in the
profits of the business. The writer, when a boy, listened to
the stories told by his grandfather, Gilbert Scudder, of the ex-
citing adventures of the latter while pursuing and capturing
Tvhales. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. l/J

tington without first having obtained Permission as afore-
said under the penalty of three pounds.

John Ketcham Town Clerk.

Also Voted and agreed on the day aforesaid that no per-
son shall cut or carry any Timber of the Uunivided Lands
In any purchase In the Town of Huntington without first
having Obtained Permission from the Trustees of said
Town Under the Penalty of Twenty shillings per Cord for
Each offence to be recovered before any Justice of the
Peace.

John Ketcham Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 119-20.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1793, Oct. 22.]

At a Town Meeting legally warned and held at the
House of Gilbert Piatt Innkeeper In Huntington on the
22 day of October 1793

For the purpose of Electing a Supervisor in the room of
Ebenezer Piatt Esq. Who since the last Annual Town
Meeting has been appointed to the ofifice of first Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas in this County and has Quali-
fied into that office and of course Cannot Constitutionally
act as Supervisor.

At the aforesaid Town Meeting on the 22 of October
1793 Voted and agreed that Jacamiah Brush Esq. Act as
Supervisor In the Room and stead of the aforesaid Ebene-
zer Piatt Esq.

John Ketcham Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 127.)

174 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE SOUTH BEACHES.]

(1793, Dec. 3.]

vState OF New York, Suffolk County.

The Deposition of John Wood of The County of Suffolk
& State of New York Deposeth and saith he is well Ac-
quainted with a certain Gut lying on the South Beach In
the Town of Huntington in said County on Nassau Island
& State of New York Called Nassapage Gut about sixty
years ago which said Gut then lay at lest about two miles
& a half or three miles westward from a certain Island at
that time called Goose Island at which time the two whale
Houses on the Beach stood between Goose Island and
Thatch Island. And that he was well acquainted with
said Beach and was there a whaleing ,two seasons about
sixty years ago and very well remembers when there was
no Gut where the present Gut now is opposite the East
point of Gilgo and that he had walked dry shod from the
whale Houses a number of times along the Beach to Mas-
apage Gut and that said Masapague Gut divided Hunting-
ton Beach & what was then called Jones Beach on the
West Beach. Taken & sworn this 3'' day December 1793.
Before me John Ketcham Justice.
{File No. 222.)

[1794, March i.]

An Account of the Licences and Permits Given out this
first day of March 1794.

A permit to Peleg Wood, Piatt Brush, Timothy oakley,
thomas Ketcham, Nathaniel Merrit, Jonathan titus, Ste-
phen Sam mis, Gorge Everit, Jesse Smith, Amos Willits,
ihomas Roe, Elias Baley, thomas forrington, Jacob Ireland,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1/5

Jesse Briant, thomas Semany, Eliphilet Chiches., Solomon
Ketcham, Timothy Carll, John Scudder, Samuel fleet, John
May, David Briant, Piatt Carll, Timothy Williams, Epen-
etus Bryant, INIoses Blachley, Gilbert Piatt, John Snidecor,
John Piatt, thomas Ireland.
{File No. 194)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1794, Apr. I.]

At a Town Meeting held at the House of Gilbert Piatt
Inn Keeper in Huntington on the first day of April A. D.
1794: The following Persons Chosen to Transact Public
Business in the Town of Huntington for one year.

Trustees Jacamiah Brush President John Ketcham
Esq^ Capt. Timothy Conkling Capt. Timothy Carll Jun^
Zophar Piatt Esq. Henry Scudder Esq"" John Oakley.

John Ketcham Esq. Town Clerk.

Israel Carll Supervisor.

Assessors Jacamiah Brush Esq. John Ketcham Esq'.
Thomas Skilman.

Overseers of the Poor PhiHp Conkling David Rusco
Jun^

Commissioners of the Highways Capt. Timothy Carll
sen'' Capt. Timothy Conkling Junr. Selah Wood Esq'.

Collectors of Taxes Obediah Piatt.

Town Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Jun"" Israel Carll
John Oakley.

Constable Capt. Jonathan Titus.

Also Voted, that the sum of Hundred pounds New
York Currency should be raised this year to defray the
Expences of the Poor of the Town of Huntington and
other Contingent Charges of said Town.

176 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Fence Viewers Capt. David Smith and twenty three
others.

Overseers of Hiij^hways Samuel Carll and thirty two
others.

Also Voted, that the next Annual Town Meeting be
held at the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper in Hun-
tington.

Voted, That the stray sheep In the Tow^n of Hunting-
ton to be taken up and drove to the different places in
said Town on the third Mondav In October next, viz James
Oakleys and twelve others. And all the remaining stray
sheep in said Town of Huntington to be brought in to the
House of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keener in said Town on the
first Monday following & if not owned to be sold on the
same day by the overseers of the Poor & said Overseers
of the Poor to pay those men who have yarded them what
shall be thought reasonable for keeping from the third
Monday of October to the fourth.

Voted, that if any Goose or Gooselin older than two
months sliall be found in the Streets within the Town
Spot of Huntington without a suf^cient yoke the owner
shall be Liable to pay six pence a head fine to be recovered
with cost of suit by any Person who shall procecute for
the same.

Voted, That if any Cattle or Horses shall be found on
the commons within half a mile of the Meeting House on
Sunday between the Hours of Ten O'Clock in the morning
and three O'Clock in the afternoon between the first day
of November 1794 and the first day of May 1795 the
owners of such Cattle or Horses on Complaint made to
any Justice of the Peace shall be subject to a fine of one
shilling a head with costs of suit to be recovered by any
person who shall procecute for the same to effect.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 136 40.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 177

[TRUTSEES* MINUTES.]

[1794, June 17.]

At a Meeting- of the Trustees 17"' June 1794 at the
House of Gilbert Piatt in Huntington Present Jacamiah
Brush Esq. President Zophar Piatt Henry Scudder John
Oakley Timothy Conkling John Ketcham.

Voted, That Ebenezer Hartt and Jesse Smith be Ime-
diately prosecuted before Judge Smith of Smith Town
Court to be next Saturday week 28"' June Instant at 10
o'clock B}^ the Trustees of the Town of Huntington.

Jn° Ketcham, Clerk.
(File No. 206.)

[TRUSTEES' MINUTES.]

[1794, July 24.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Huntington
at the House of Selah Conkling Inn Keeper in Hunting-
ton on the 24*'' of July A. D. 1794. It was resolved that
no person shall cut or Carry away any Grass or thatch in
the south Bay from any Islands or Marsh to the west of
Cedar Island unto the Patent Line untill the Tenth day of
September ensuing and that no person having a Boat
shall Cut any more than one Boat Load before he Carry
that off under the Penalty of five pounds and that no Per-
son having a Boat shall leave to exceed ten Cocks on the
Penalty of the Hay so left.

Also resolved the same day that all the Grass to the East
of Cedar Island be hired out at Vandue and likewise on
the Beach.

Also it was Resolved that Notice be given to the Inhab-

1/8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

itants forbiding- any Person carrj'ing Passengers from the
Harbour in the Town of Huntington to Norwalk Harbour
in the State of Connecticut under the penalty of the Law.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 148.)

[THE RIGHT OF FISHING IN SOUTH BAY.]

[No Date.]
To the Honerable the Legeslature of the State of New
York.

The petition of the freeholders and Inhabitants of the
Town of hempstead and Oysterbay County of Queens
Humbly showeth that we Your petitioners Claim a Right
of fishing fouling and Claming on the Bays bars Laying
Southardly of the Town of Huntington and Islip and in
the County of Suffolk which privilege we and our fore-
fathers never have been deprived of and now being In-
formed that a petition is About to be presented to your
honorable body for the purpose of preventing the said
freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town Hempstead and
Oysterbay for using the same which prayers of their said
petition we hope your honours will Consider Groundless
and not Suffer us to be purhibited of our former Rights
and priviledges and your petitioners as in Duty bound
will ever pray.

Thomas Tredwell
Danel Bedel
and 150 others.*
[File No. 139.)

[* There seems to have been no grounds for such a petition.
Huntington acquired and was entitled to hold an exclusive
right to fishing in all the bays and waters lying south of the
Town, at least to high water line, on the Atlantic Ocean. If
the people of Hempstead and Oyster Bay fished there, it was
by sufferance and not of right. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 79

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING— BAITING PLACE
PURCHASE.]

[1794, Sept. 8.]

At a special Town Meeting of the Freeholders and In-
habitants of the Town of Huntington Legally Notified by
Advertisement and held at the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn
Keeper In Huntington on the eighth day of September A.
D. 1794 for the purpose of Consulting on proper measures
to be adopted and pursued with respect to a certain dispute
subsisting between the Trustees of the Commonality of
the Town of Huntington and certain persons Stileing
themselves proprietors of the Bateing Place purchase and
to Transact such Other Business as might be necessary to
be done in behalf of the Tdwn.

On Motion made by Ebenezer Piatt Esq. and Seconded
by Thomas Wickes it was Voted Unanimously that the
Trustees of the Town for the time being be and are hereby
Authorized and impowered to agree with the persons
claiming certain Lands & Marshes on the South side of the
Island as proprietors of what is called the Bating place
purchase. To leave the said Matter in dispute to Referees
to be appointed b}' Rule of Court and in case the said
Claimants will not Agree to that Measure that then and in
that case if the said Claimants think propper to Issue pro-
cess in the Law that the said Trustees for the time being
be and are hereby Authorized and impowered to defend
the said suit in behalf of the Town.

Also on Motion made by Capt Timothy Conkling and
Seconded by Docter James Sanford. It was Voted Unan-
imously

That Thomas Wickes Esq. Ebenezer Piatt Esq. and Capt.
Timothy Conkling be and are hereby appointed Commission-
ers to attend the Circuit Court to be holden in the County

l8o HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

of Queens on the eleventh Instant for the purpose of pre-
senting an alteration made in the public Country Road
leading from the Town of Huntington to Hemstead Plains
and so on to Brookl3'n Ferry which Road is in the Town
of Oysterbay in Queens County and Altered and laid out
through Land belonging to John Hulet of the said Town
of Oysterbay from going through the Hollow on the East
side of the dwelling House where George Youngs lately
lived to go on a straight and direct course to the said
plains where the road formerly was laid out and continued
to be a good road at all seasons of the year for many years,
and perhaps ever since that part of the Country has been
settled to go over hills to difficult to go up with Loads
and extremel}' dangerous to go down with any kind of
Carriages on the west and North of the said dwellincr
House late of the said George Youngs as a public
Nusance.

Certified by John Ketcham Clerk.

[Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 150)

{File No. — )

[TRUSTEES' MINUTES— BAITING PLACE
PURCHASE.]

[1794, Oct. 2.]

At a Meeting held at the House of Eliphilet Chichester
Jun' at West Hills the second day of October 1794 Present
Jacamiah Brush President Zophar Piatt, John Oakley
Timothy Conkling Jun', Timothy Carll Jun"" and Henry
Scudder Trustees on the part of the Town of Huntington
And Abijah Ketcham Zebulon Ketcham Silas Sam mis and
Ebenezer Hartt as a Committee on the part of the pro-
prietors of Bating place purchase. It was Agreed Unan-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. iSl

imoLisl}' That Selah Strong John Hulbert and John Smith
be the Referees to he appointed by a rule of Court in
Suffolk County Common pleas to determine a dispute
subsisting between said Town and said proprietors upon
said Committee filing a declaration in said Court unto
which said Trustees will plead by Mutial Consent.

Jacamiah Bruspi, President.
Abijah Ketchaai )
Zebulon Ketcham ^ Committee.
Ebenezer Hartt )
A True Copy Delivered to me by Henry Scudder 3*^ of
Oct. 1794.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings. Vol. II. p. 151.)
[File No. —.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1795, Feb. 16.]

At a Special Town Meeting of the Freeholders & Inhab-
itants of the Town of Huntington duly warned and held
at the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper in said Town on
the Sixteenth of February A. D. 1795 for the purpose of
Considering what Number of Taverns will be sufhcient to
License the ensuing year in said Town &c. Voted that
John Brush shall be moderator of said meeting and James
Sanford Clerk of the same.

Resolved., that it be recommended to the Commissioners
of Excise to License Ten Taverns in the following dis-
tricts viz Two in the Town Spot one between thence and
the Bound of Smith Town on the North road, One near
the Borders of Wene-comack, one in Dicks Hills, Two at
South & One in the Hollow Hills & one at Sweet Hollow
and one at Huntinofton Harbor.

1 82 HUNTINCxTON TOWN RFXORDS.

Resolved, that the following persons be requested to At-
tend the Commissioners on the second of next March to
Consult with them upon the proper persons to be licenced
in their respective destricts viz. In the Town Spot Capt.
Timothy Conkling Thomas Roe, up-Tovvn, Down Town
David Rusco Jr. John Wickes North Road, Thomas Skil-
man Joseph Piatt Wenecomack Jacobus Hubbs Ellis Carll
South Jesse Ketcham Silas Muncv, Half Hollow Hills
John Carmon John Ruland. Sweet Hollow Zophar Ketch-
am Sam" Oakley Harbour Jonathan Titus Jonathan Scud-
der Dix Hills Jonah Wood Nath" Buffett.

Also Resolved, that Thomas Wickes Ebenezer Piatt and
Timothy Conkling apply to the Commissioners of Oyster
bay to endeavour to get the Road that leads to New York
Altered and that their Expences be defrayed by the Town.

John Brush, Chairman.

James Sandford, Clerk.

Certifyed by

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 152.)

[1795, March 2.]

March 2'' 1795 A List of Taverns in Huntington.

Jonathan Titus £2, Epenetus Bryant 4, 12, o, Thomas
Farrington 5, 12, Eliphilet Chichester 5, 12, Piatt Brush
5, 12, David C. Bryant 5, 12, Thomas Roe, 5, 12, Thomas
Fleet 5, 12, Jonathan Scudder 2, Jesse Smith 5, 12, o,
George Everit 3, 12, Thomas Ireland 5, 12, o, Thomas
Ketcham 4, 12, Amos Willits 5, 12, Gilbert Piatt 5, 12,
Timothy Williams 5, 12, Selah Conkling 4, 18, John Sned-
icor 3, 12, John May 3, 12, Abijah Ketcham Licence for
Nothing.

[File No. 190.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 83

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1795, April 7.]

At an Annual Town Meeting- held at the House of Gil-
bert Piatt Inn Keeper in Huntington on the Seventh day
of April A. D. 1795,

The following- Persons Chosen to transact Public Busi-
ness for the Town of Huntington for one Year Together
with By-Laws for said Town.

Trustees John Brush, President Henry Scudder John
Oakley David Rusco John Ketcham Timothy Carll Jun""
Philip Conkling.

Town Clerk John Ketcham Esq.

Supervisor Capt. Israel Carll.

Assessors Selah Wood Esq. Capt. Timothy Carll Jun''
John Ketcham Esq. Thomas Skilman.

Overseers of the Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco
Jun^

Commissioners of Highways Selah Wood Esq. Capt.
Timothy Carll Jun'' Capt. Timothy Conkling Jun^

Collector Obediah Piatt.

Constable Capt. Jonathan Titus.

Town Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Jun"" Capt. Israel
Carll John Oakley.

Pound Master Isaac Losee.

Fence Viewers Capt. David Smith and twenty five others.

Overseers of Highways Samuel Haviland and thirty two
others.

Also Voted, that the next Annual Town Meeting be
held at the House of Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper In Hun-
tington.

Hog act revived.

The Sheep act reenacted.

Voted, that no Cattle or Horses be allowed on the High-
way on Sundays.

1 84 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Voted, that no person shall cut any Timber on the Com-
mons in the Town of Huntington on the penalty of Twen-
ty shillings per cord to be Recovered by the Trustees
with Costs of suit.

Also Voted, that the sum of Two hundred fifty pounds
be raised for the present year to support the poor and
Other Contingent Charges of the Town of Huntington.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. 11, pp. 15G-60.)

[PETITION TO TRUSTEES.]

[1795, May 20.]

May 20, 1795. We the subscribers Inhabitants of Cow-
harbor would direct our request to the Considei-ation of
Mr. John Brush President of Huntington. We think our-
selves much aggrieved by a particular set of Persons who
are making it their Business to catch and carry Clams &
oysters to New England and as the Bed is but small they
will soon all be destroyed and we forever be deprived of
the priveledge we wish that some means might speedily be
used to put a stop to it which would be a public benifit as
well as a great convenience to us. The persons employed
in the Business are two or three Free Blacks belonging to
this Town & two or three others from we know not where.
We are certain it is not for want of employment that would
be more profit but because they are two Idle to follow it.

Phinihas Sills, Epenetus Bryan, David Bryan, Eliphalet
Bunce, Isaac Smith, Nath" Kelcy, Daniel Brown, Jesse
Bryan, Edmund Scudder, Peter Hill, Thomas Higbee,
Daniel Higbee, William - * * -, Joseph Higbee, Jona-
than Brush, Eliphalet Carll, Stephen Higbe, Thomas Jar-
vis, Joseph Piatt, Jaems Hill, Ephram Oakes, Abel Akerley,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 8$

Simon L. Jarvis, Nathaniel Kelcy, Nathaniel Havens, Je-
mima Bird, Silas Wicks, Abigail Pedrick, Nathaniel Udell,
Scudder Lewis, Jacob * * * *, Samuel Ackerly, Jacob
Ireland, Lemuel Wickes, Epenetus Smith, Scudder Piatt.
[File No. 198.)

[1795, June I.]

Advertisement. By order of the trustees To be hired
out at Vendue the 13''' day of June all the Islands and
Beach from Cedar Island eastward to the Patent line.
Vendue to be held at the house of Jesse Smith at the South
side at 2 OClock of sd day.

John Brush,
Huntington, June i, 1795. President of trustees.

{File No. 199.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1795, June I.]

An Act to prevent the distruction of Clams and oysters &.

Whereas sundry persons are making a practice of taking
and carrying away Clams and Oysters from the harbours
on the North side of the Town of Huntington for the pre-
vention of which,

Be it enacted and ordained by the Trustees of the Free-
holders and Commonalaty of the Town of Huntington and
it is hereby enacted and ordained by the authority of the
same that if any person or persons after the tenth day of
June one thousand and seven hundred and ninety five shall
take and carry away out of any of the harbours on the
North side of the township of Huntington either to Con-

1 86 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

necticut or else where any Clams or oysters he she or they
or any one of them so offending shall forfeit the sum of
forty shillings for every offence contrary to the true in-
tent and meaning of this Act to be recovered before any
one Justice of the Peace of the county of Suffolk in an
action of debt by any person who shall sue for the same in
which action the Plaintiff shall recover his costs one half
the penalty so recovered shall belong to the complainant
and the other half shall belong to the Overseers of the poor
of the Town of Huntington for the use of the poor Pro-
vided that nothing in this Act shall extend to prevent any
person from taking Clams or Oysters for their own use or
the use of their families residing within said township or
to sell to any of the inhabitants of said township.
Passed the first day of June 1795.

John Brush, P"^
(File No. 203 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1795, Aug. 12.]

To whom it may Concern this is to Certify that at a
meeting of The Trustees of the Town of Huntington at
the House of Timothy Williams In Keeper in said Town
on the Twelvth day of August A. D. 1795 It was Agreed
that William Haviland and Richard Conkling shall by this
Instrument of Writing have Sufficient Power and we do
hereby Empower them to Collect ail Money due or justly
Owing to the said Trustees from divers persons who have
made a practice of Carrying away stones* from off the

[* This act of the Trustees of the Town shows with what
jealous care the rights of the Town to the shore and lands
under water were guarded in the olden time, and these asser-
tions of rights are not without value in these times, in showing
ancient and long continued claim of title. — C. R. S.J

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 8/

shore against their Lands or from any other person or per-
sons who shall or have got stones from said shore from the
First Tuesday of April last to the first Tuesday of April
next ensuing the above date at the Rate of Three pence Ton.

Certified by John Brush
President of said Trustees.
[File No. 202 )

[1796, March i.]

March the i^' 1796 A List of Persons who this day Aplied
for License.

John Snedicor, Piatt Brush, Joseph Jarvis, Thomas Fleet,

Ehphilet Chichester, Smith, John Scudder, Thomas

Ireland, George Everit, Thomas Ketcham, Jacob Ireland,
Jonathan Titus, Jonathan Scudder, Timothy Williams,
Amos Willets, Piatt Carll, Gilbert Piatt, Zebulon Doughty,
Thomas Roe, Selah Conkling, Jesse Smith, Thomas Ger-
man, Lemuel Fleet.

{File No. 302 ) .

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1795, Nov. 23.]

At a Special Town Meeting held at the House of Gil-
bert Piatt Inn Keeper in Huntington on the 23'' day of
November A. D. 1795 for the purpose of Choosing a Pres-
ident of the Trustees in the Room of John Brush Deceased

It was Voted by a Majority of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Huntington that Capt. Timothy Conkling should
officiate in that Office as President till the first Tuesday in

April 1796.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 166.)

l88 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1796, Apr. 5.]

Town Officers and By Laws Voted at Gilbert Platts In
Huntington at a Public Town Meeting held the 5*'' of
April A. D. 1796.

Town Clerk John Ketcham.

Trustees Jacamiah Brush President of the Trustees
Henry Scudder John Oakley David Rusco Jun'' Philip
Conkling John Ketcham Timothy Carll Jun""

Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.

Assessors Selah Wood Timothy Carll Jun' Thomas Skil-
man John Ketcham.

Overseers of the Poor. Philip Conkling David Rusco Jun""

Commissioners of Highways Selah Wood Timothy
Carll Jun"" Timothy Conkhng Jun'

Collector John Oakley.

Constable Jonathan Titus.

Town Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Jr Capt. Israel
Carll John Oakley.

Pound Master Isaac Losee.

Fence Viewers Capt. David Smith and twenty five others.

Overseers of Highways Samuel Haviland and thirty five
others.

Also Voted, that the next Annual Town Meeting be
held at the House of Gilbert Platts Inn keeper in Hun-
tington.

Hog act revived as in 1795.

Sheep act revived as in 1795.

Cattle & Horse act revived as in 1795.

Voted, that no person shall cut any Timber on the Com-
mon in the Town of Huntington on the penalty of Twenty
shillings per Cord to be recovered by the Trustees with
Costs of suit.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 1 89

Also Voted, that the sum of Four Hundred pounds be
raised by Tax for the present year to support the Poor
and Other Town Charges.

And Voted, That Capt. Israel Carll Eliphilet Chiches-
ter Jun' Thomas Skilman John Ketcham David Rusco J''
Jesse Conkline Be Commissioners of Schools.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
{Tuivn Meetings, Vol II, pp- 174-8.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1796, May 10.]

At A Special Town Meeting held at the House of
Gilbert Piatt Inn Keeper in Huntington on the Tenth Day
of May 1796 by Reason of the Former Constables refusing
to Qualify Also the Fence Viewers not Coming forward
to be sworn.

It was Voted that Ebenezer Vail act as Constable till
our next annual Town Meeting in the room of Capt. Jon-
athan Titus.

Also Voted that the following Persons Act as Fence
Viewers Capt. David Smith and twenty five others.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 179,)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1796, June 20.]

An Act or Ordinance laying four pence per Cord on all
wood laid on the common or Highway at Bryants landing
belonging to any person living in Smith Town.

IQO HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Whereas the Common and Highway at Bryants landing
in Huntington in Suffolk County is much covered with
wood and on account of its hilly and unlevel situation as
well as the contracteded and narrowness of the highway
and common renders it impossible for many of the wood
carters belonging to Huntington at many times to find
suitable ground to lay their wood on And whereas the
road and roads leading from said landing to the boarders
of Smith Town have been found lately to be much out of
repair, and much labour and expence has lately been done
by the inhabitants of Huntington that use that road and
landing and much more is necessary to be done in repair-
ing the roads and levelling the hilly and uneven ground
near the landing. And whereas a great proportion of the
■wood and other lumber usually brought to the said land-
ins: comes out of Smith Town the owners of which refuse
to assist in repairing the roads and uneven ground at the
landing. In order therefore to obtain some pecuniary
assistance from the inhabitants of Smith Town who use
the road and landing.

Be it enacted and ordained by the Trustees of the Free-
holders and commonality of the Town of Huntington and
it is hereby enacted and ordained by the authority of the
same that each and every person or persons who during
the continuance of this act or ordinance may have any
cord wood or lumber laid on the highway or common at
Bryants landing or within a quarter mile of the shore shall
pay for the same at the rate of four pence per cord if cord
wood, and if other lumber at the rate of two pence per
waggon load to be paid at the time the wood or lumber is
taken off, all which sum or sums as aforesaid shall be paid
into the hands of the overseers of the highway called the
cord wood road leading to Bryants landing, to be by him
applied towards the repair of the said road and landing
place at his discretion and in case any of the owners of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 191

the said wood or timber being an inhabitant of Smith
Town, laid on the highway or common land within quarter
of a mile of the shore of said landing shall neglect or refuse
to pay for the same at the rate of four pence per cord for
wood and at the rate of two pence per waggon load for
lumber unto the overseers of the said highway upon
demand at the time or after the same is taken off. The
said overseer of the said highway is hereby authorized
and impowered to sue for and recover the same before
any one Justice of the peace of the County of Suffolk in
an action of debt with costs of suit, who is hereby em-
powered and required to hear and determine the same by
the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses.
, Passed the 20"' day of June 1796.*
{File No. 215.;

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1796, June 20.]

An Act to prevent the destruction of Clams and Ov^ters
&c.

Whereas sundry persons are making a practice of taking
and carrying away Clams and Oysters from the harbours
on the North side of the Town of Huntington for the pre-
vention of which

Be it enacted and Ordained by the Trustees of the Free-
holders and Commonalaty of the Town of Huntington
And it is hereby enacted and Ordained by the Authority
of the same that if any person or persons after the Twenty
third of June A. D. 1796 shall take and carry away out of
any of the harbours on the North side of the Town of Hun-

[* Bryant's landing above mentioned was at Northport then
called Cow Harbor.— C. R. S.] '

192 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

tington either to Connecticut or elsewhere any Clams or
Oysters, he, she, or they or any of them so offending shall
forfeit the sum of Forty shilling for every offence Con-
trary to the true intent and meaning of this Act to be
recovered before any one Justice of the Peace of the
County of Suffolk in an Action of Debt by any person
who shall sue for the same in which Action the Plaintiff
shall recover his costs, one half the penalty so recovered
shall belong to the Complainant and the Other half shall
belong to the Overseers of the Poor for the Town of Hun-
tington for the use of the Poor. Provided that nothing in
this Act shall extend to prevent any person from taking
Clams or Oysters for their own use or the use of their
Families residing within said Township or to sell to any
of the Inhabitants of said Town.
Passed the 20 of June 1796.

Jacamiah Brush, P D.

Attested by John Ketcham, Clerk.
{File No. 205J

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1796, July 27.]

At a meeting of the Trustees at Timothy Williams 27*''
July 1796.

Jacamiah Brush John Oakley Philip Conkling Timothy
Carll David Rusco John Ketcham.

i^^ An Enquirey Respecting the stones at West neck
shore.

2^ William Haviland and Richard Conkling was cited
to appear before the Trustees to shew their Titles respect-
ing the shore.

3"* Mr. Conkling and Haviland Informs that Timoth^^

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 193

Youngs and Louse Ireland has carried away from the west
Neck shore eight sloop Load of stone.

Also that Ebenezer Jones & Reuben Johnson has taken
2 Loads of stone.

But still he claims part of the' stones as his property.

Trustees to meet at * " ■• ^' * '^ West Neck at Eight
OClock in the Morning A petition brought forward in
Favour of James Ruland respecting his Fine by Esq. Hart.
{File No. 207.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1797, Apr. 4.]

At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Hun-
tington held at the House of Gilbert Piatt in Huntington
on the 4th of April A. D. 1797.

The following Persons were Chosen to Transact Public
Business for one year.

John Ketcham Chosen Town Clerk.

Israel Carll Supervisor.

Trustees Timothy Conkling President John Ketcham
Phineas Carll Jesse Conkling Gilbert Piatt Daniel Jarvis
John Oakley.

Overseers of the Poor Obediah Piatt Silas Sammis.

Commissioners of Highways Israel White Solomon
Ketcham Phineas Carll.

Collector & Constable Jonathan Titus.

Commissioners of Schools David Rusco Jun' Jesse
Conkling Eliphalet Chichester Jun"" Malancthon B. Wood.

Assessors Jacamiah Brush John Ketcham Timothy Carll
Jun' David C. Bryant.

Town Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Jun' Capt. Israel
Carll John Oakley.

194 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Pound Master Isaac Losee.

Fence Viewers Josiah Smith and twenty five others.

Overseers of Highways as follows Piatt Rogers High-
way master for the Road upon Santepogue To Call on the
Proprietors & thirty five others.

Also Voted that the next Annual Town Meeting be held
at the House of Gilbert Piatt In Huntington.

And Voted the Hog act revived, also the sheep act.
also the Cattle & Horse act,

Also Voted that no person shall cut any Timber on the
Commons in the Town of Huntington on the penalty of
Twenty shillings per Cord to be recovered by the Trus-
tees with Costs of suit.

Also Voted that the sum of Four Hundred pounds be
raised by Tax for the present year to support the poor
and other Town Charges.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings. Vol. II, pp. 185 9.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1798, Apr. 3.]

At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Hun-
tington held at the House of Gilbert Piatt In Huntington
on the third day of April 1798.

The following Persons were Chosen to Transact Public
Business for one year.

Town Clerk John Ketcham,

Supervisor Israel Carll.

Trustees Timothy Conkling Jr. President Phineas Carll
Daniel Jarvis Jesse Conkling Gilbert Piatt John Oakley
John Ketcham.

Overseers of the Poor, Obediah Piatt Silas Sammis.
Constable & Collector Capt. Jonathan Titus.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 195

Commissioners of Highways Jacamiah Brush Esq. Phin-
eas Carll Amos Piatt.

Commissioners of Schools David Rusco Jr. Jesse Conk-
ling Melanthon B. Wood Eliphilet Chichester Jun^

Assessors Henry Scudder John Oakley Zebulon Ketch-
am John Ketcham Tmiothy Carll Jun^

Town Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Jr. Major Israel
Carll John Oakley.

Pound JNIaster Isaac Losee.

Fence Viewers Josiah Smith & twenty seven others.
Overseers of Highways, Master Piatt Rogers and thirty
seven others.

Hog act voted revived.
Sheep act also ixvived.

Also on the same day Voted that Major Israel Carll and
David Rusco Jun^ take care of Instestate estates in the
Town of Huntington in Suffolk Countv on Nassau Island
and State of New York.

Also Voted that the next Annual Town Meeting for the
Town of Huntington be held at the House of Gilbert
Platts in Hunting-ton.

Also Voted that the sum of one Thousand Dollars be
raised this Year to Support the Poor and Other Contin-
gent Charges.

Also Voted That no person or pei-sons not being an Inhab-
itant or Inhabitants of this Town shall Practice Fouling
Fishing Claming or Oystering in the Town of Huntington
Under the penalty of Ten Dollars for every offence of that
kind One Moiety thereof to the Complainers and the other
Moiety to the Overseers of the Poor of said Town. Over-
seers of the above act to put it in execution Isaiah Jarvis
Zebulon Ketcham Simon L. Jarvis Epenetus Smith, Third
of April 1789.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
{Towji Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 194-99.)

196 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE SOUTH BEACH.]

[1798, March 3.]

Supreme Court | ^^
Suffolk County f

Jonathan Mills of the Town of Smith Town in the said
Count}' of Suffolk (Yeoman) being of the age of Eighty
eight 3'ears and upwards Maketh Oath and saith that
when he was about Twenty two and twenty three years
of age He' was (in the season of Whaling) for two suc-
cessive years on the south Beach with others, whaling
who made their stand at a place called piquety Roof.
That there was then a Gut or Inlet through the Beach
considerably to the westward of a south line from the
dwelling House of the late William NicoU Esq. and about
a mile or a mile and an half west of the west point of the
woods on the Beach and that he never heard that the
former William Nicoll Esq. Laid any claim to any part of
the Beach on the west side of the said Gut but that he
claimed on the east side of the same — further saith not.

Jonathan Mills.
Sworn the third day of March in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred & ninety eight Before me
Ebenezer Platt — one of the Commissioners in said Coun-
ty for taking af^davits to be read in Supreme Court.
{File Nu. 208.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1799, Apr. 2.]

At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Hunting-
ton held at the House of Gilbert Platt in said Town on the
second day of April A. D. 1799.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. I97

The following Persons were Chosen to Transact Public
Business for one year.

Town Clerk John Ketcham.

Supervisor Major Israel Carll.

Trustees Timothy Conkling Jr. President Phineas Carll
Daniel Jarvis Jesse Conkling Gilbert Piatt John Oakley
John Ketcham.

Overseers of the Poor Obediah Piatt Silas Sammis.

Commissioners of Highways Jacamiah Brush Esq. Silas
Smith of Dicks, Amos Piatt.

Constables Jonathan Titus Ezekiel Wickes.

Collector Jonathan Titus.

Assessors John Ketcham Jacamiah Brush Zebulon
Ketcham Malanethon B. Wood Scudder Lewis.

Town Surveyors Capt. Timothy Carll Jr. Major Israel
Carll John Oakley.

Pound Master Isaac Losee.

Fence Viewers Josiah Smith and twenty seven others.

Overseers of Highwa3's Piatt Rogers & thirty four others.

Hog act revived as in 1798.

Also Voted the same day That Major Israel Carll and
David Rusco Jun'' take care of the Intestate Estates in the
Town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Nassau Island
and State of New York.

Also Voted that the next Annual Town Meeting for the
Town of Huntington be held at the House of Gilbert Piatt
In Huntington.

Also Voted that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars be
Raised for the support of the Poor A. D. 1799.

Also Voted that no person or persons not being an Inhab-
itant or Inhabitants of this Town shall practice Fowling
Fishing Claming or 03'stering in the Town of Huntington
under the penalty of Ten Dollars for every offence of that
kind One moiety thereof to the Complainer and the other
Moiety to the Overseers of said Town. Overseers of the

198 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

above act to put it in execution Isaiah Jarvis Zebulon
Ketcham Sunon L. Jarvis Epenetus Smith.

John Ketcham Clerk.
Huntington 2^ of April 1799.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 21215.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1799, April 30.]

Notice
Is hereby Given That on Tuesday the seventh day of
May Next at three O'Clock in the Afternoon will be hired
out at the House of Jesse Smith at Huntington South All
the Marsh Eastward of Cedar Island to the Patent Line
Likewise the Beach and the Gronts.

By Order of the Trustees

Jno. Ketcham Clerk.
Huntington 30*^ April 1799.
{File No. 209.)

[Note. — The period between the close of the war in 1783
and the beginning of the new century was marked by no ex-
citing local events. The people here gladly resumed their ac-
customed avocations and rapidly repaired the wastes of war,
and they readily adapted themselves to the new machinery of
Town, County, State and National government under the new
order of things, and being one of the oldest towns of the State,
Huntington exercised considerable influence in public affairs.
By special provisions of the treaty of peace with Great Britain
and by the first Constitution of the State, existing titles to
land were confirmed, and grants of land made under the
Colonial Government were ratified and confirmed, so that the
title Huntington had acquired to its lands, above and below
water, from Colonial Governors, were continued valid and ef-
fectual. The new Federal Constitution was ratified by the
States in 1788, George Washington was elected President the
same 3"ear, re-elected in 1792, and declining a re-election in
1796, John Adams was chosen, and at the end of his term,
1800, Thomas Jefferson was elected President, and the capital
was moved from Philadelphia to the city of Washington.
The census taken this year shows the population of the
United States to have been 5,308,483. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. I99

[NEGRO SET FREE.]

[1800, January 30.]

Huntington, January Y*" 30'^ A. D. 1800.
To all People to whom these presents shall Come Greet-
ing Know ye that I Jonah Wood of the Town of Hunting-
ton in the County of Suffolk on Nassau Island and State
of New York do Manumit and set free A Certain Female
Slave by the Name of Mary aged about fifty three years.
Agreeable to a Law of the State of New York passed 29^'*
March 1799 Specifying That it shall be lawfuU for the
owner of any Slave Immediately after the passing the said
act to Manumit such Slave by a certificate for that pur-
pose under his hand and Seal.*

Jonah Wood.

In witness of

Epenetus Platt.
Melancthon B. Wood.

{File No. 316.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1800, April I.]
At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Hun-

[* Negro slaves were held in Huntington from the first set-
tlement down to the early part of this century, and in 1755
there were eighty-one slaves here, forty-six males and thirty-
five females, distributed among fifty-three families. By act of
the Legislature, passed after the Revolution, provision was
made whereby slave owners could voluntarily free their slaves,
provided such slaves were under fifty years old and capable of
supporting themselves. The Town Clerk's office abounds in
records of the manumission of slaves during this period, but
it is not deemed important to print more than a few, and
these are given as samples. — C. R. S.]

200 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

tington held at the house of Gilbert Platts in said Town
on the First day of April 1800

The following persons were chosen to transact Public
Business for one year.

John Ketcham Town Clerk Isreal Carll Supervisor
Trustees, Timothy Conklin Jun' President Phineas Carll
John Oakley John Ketcham John Snedicor Daniel Jarvis
Gilbert Piatt Commissioner of Highways, Jacomiah Brush
Silas Smith Amos Piatt — Overseers of the Poor Phillip
Conkling David Rusco Jun"" — Constables Jonathon Titus
Collector & Constable Piatt Vail Jun Constable Assessors,
Nathan Potter Jacomiah Brush Zebulon Ketcham Melanc-
ton B. Wood Henry Scudder, Town Surveyors, Timothy
Carll Jun Major Isreal Carll John Oakley Pound Master
Isaac Losee — Fence Viewers Josiah Smith and twenty

seven others — Overseers of Highways

''Piatt Rogers and thirty seven others Highway Masters,
and further that Major Isreal Carll and David Rusco be
chosen to take care of the Intestate Estates. Also voted
$1,000 to take care of the Poor and other Charges of Town
of Huntington.

"Also Voted That no person or persons not being an In-
habitant of said Town of Huntington shall practice Fish-
ing Clamming or oystering in the Town aforesaid under
the Penalty of Ten Dollars for every offence of that kind
one moiety thereof to the Complainer hereof and the other
moiety to the overseers of the Poor of said Town" Isaiah
Jarvis Zebulon Ketcham Simon L. Jarvis Capt. J. Bunce
Overseers of the above act to put it into execution.

On Motion of Ebenezer Piatt Esq and seconded by
David Harrision Voted That the sum of seven hundred
and fifty Dollars be levied and collected from the Taxable
Inhabitants of this Town in the present year in the Same
Manner that monies are levied and Collected from said In-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 20I

habitants for the Support of the Poor of the Town which
said Sum of Seven hundred and Fifty Dollars when so
Collected shall be applied by the Overseers of the Poor of
this Town for the time being and by and with the Consent
and approbation of two or more of the Justices of the
Peace of the County of Suffolk for the purcheaseing a
Suitable Lot of Land and House or of Building a House
convenient for the Lodging and accomodation of the
Poor of the Town and also to purchase Necessary Mate-
rials for Seting such Poor persons to workand for the Pay-
ment of such person or persons as the said Overseers may
from time to time appoint as Keepers of such House or
Poor Persons mentioned therein.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 216, 218-22.)

[1800, April 3.]

Manumission of slave Charles by Elizabeth Bryan.

Whereas by an Act of the Legislature of the State of
New York entitled "an Act for the gradual abolition of
Slavery passed the 29th of March A. D. 1799" and by the
sixth Section thereof it is enacted "That it shall be lawful
for the owner of any Slave immediately after the passing
of this Act to manumit such slave by a certificate for that
purpose under his hand and Seal." Now know ye that I
Elizabeth Bryan of Huntington in Suffolk County and
State of New York pursuant to the above recited Act do
by these presents Manumit and set free my negro servant
man Charles to take effect three years from the date here-
of and he is hereby manumitted and made free on the third
day April which will be in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and three.

202 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal the third day of April A. D. 1800.

Elizabeth Bryan.
Young P. Scudder.
Jonas S. Smith.
[File No. 303.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS-.]

[1800, June 18.]

At a Meeting of the Trustees on the 18*^ of June 1800.

Timothy Conkling John Oakley Phineas Carll Gilbert
Piatt John Snedicor John Ketcham Present, said Trustees
resolved that their Clerk should write Letters to the fol-
lowing Persons who cathed and sold clams to persons
out of said Town from the Various creeks Bays or. Har-
bours Therein viz: Zacheriah Rogers Cold Spring Luman
Tubs Cedars and agreed that said Clerk write to John
Scudder and Edmund Scudder to desist cuting cedars on
the Beach leading to Eatons Neck under penalty of being
prosecuted for the same.

By order of the Trustees*

Jn° Ketcham, Clerk.

Letters wrote 19'^^
{File No. 186.)

[1800, August 25.]

This is to Certify all whom it may Concern that agree-

[*The constant and repeated custom of our ancestors, both
at Town Meetings and through the Board of Trustees of the
Town, to assert their control of the fisheries in all the bays and
harbors in the Town, shows that from the first settlement
down, they fully understood and appreciated their rights under
the Colonial Patents. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 203

able to a Law of the State of New York Passed the 29th
of March 1799 Entitled an act for the Gradual abolition
of Slavery the Subscriber Doth abandon a Certain Male
Child Born of a woman Slave his Property said child
being Born on the Sixteenth day of December Last Past
Named.

Jarvis Whitman.
Huntington the 25th of August 1800.
{File No. 317.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1801, April 7.]

At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Hun-
tington held at the house of Gilbert Piatt in said town on
the seventh day of April 1801 The following Persons were
Chosen to Transact Public Business for one year John

Ketcham Town Clerk Isaac Supervisor Col. Timothy

Conkling President of the Trustees— Phineas Carll John
Oakley John Snedicor John Ketcham Daniel Jarvis Gilbert
Piatt Trustees — Jacomiah Brush Jarvis Whitman Amos
Piatt Commissioners of Highways— Phillip Conkling David
Rusco Jr. Overseers of the Poor— John Oakley Collector
—Jonathan Titus Piatt Vail Jr. Constables— Jacomiah
Brush Esq. Melancton B. Wood David Rusco Jr. Assess-
ors—Timothy Carll Jun. Major Isreal Carll John Oakley
Town Surveyors— Isaac Losee Pound Master and Josiah
Smith and twenty-eight others Fence Viewers — Overseers

of Highways "Piatt Rogers Highway

Master for Santepogue Path up the neck to Call on the
Proprietors — Henry Sammis" and thirty-six others "Also

204 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

on the same day it was Voted that Major Isreal Carll and
David Rusco Jr. take Care of the Intestate Estates."
And also voted that eight hundred and seventy-five dollars
be raised to support the Poor of the Town for the ensuing-
year.

"Also Voted That no person or persons not being an
Inhabitant of said Town of Huntington shall practice
Fishing Claming or Oystering in the Town aforesaid
under the penalty of Ten Dollars for every Offence of that
kind One Moiety thereof to the Complainer hereof and
the other Moiety to the Overseers of the Poor of said
Town" John Conkling and eight others "Overseers of the
above act to put in execution."

Zebulon Ketcham Isaiah Jarvis Daniel Sprague and
Oliver Carll appointed to carry the Law Respecting
Pasturing any Horses or neat Cattle on the Beach or Islands
of Town of Huntington, into effect viz. — Any person or
persons Pasturing Stock as above after June lo next shall
pay a fine of $io for each offense — In default stock shall be
sold overplus if any to paid to the owner — and Amount
of fines to be paid to Overseers of the Poor.
{Tuwn Meetings, Vol. II, ijp. 224, 227-29.

[i8oi, April 10.]

Huntington, April lo, i8oi.
To all whom it may concern I hereby Certify that by
virtue of the authority vested in me as the owner of a
slave named Frank by an act of the Legislature of the
State of New York entitled "an act concerning slaves and
Servants" passed the S"' of April A. i8oi I have, after the
tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thovisand
eight hundred and eight manumitted and set free and do
by these presents after that period manumit and set free

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 205

the said negro man Frank who was brought up by &
whom I purchased of Samuel Wood.

Certified by me the day and year first above written.

In presence of Platt ROGERS.

Silas Wood.

{File No. 318 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1801, April 30.]

Advertisement.
The Grass on the Islands and Beach in the South Bay
Eastward from Cedar Island to the Patent Line will be
Hired out to mow this season on Wednesday the twentieth
of May next at 10 Clock in the forenoon Vendue to be held
on the premises By Order of the Trustees.

John Ketcham, Clerk.
Huntington 30'^ April A. D. 1801.
{File No. 185.)

[1801, August 25th.]

Whereas by a Law of the State of New York, Passed,
the twenty Ninth day of March One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety Nine by which act in a Certain
Clause whereof it was Enacted That all Children Born of
any woman being a Slave after the fourth day of July
then Next should be Deemed to be Born free under such.
Restrictions as said act Doth Direct making it the Duty of
Every such master or Mistress to Certify the age and sex
of Everv such Child so Born to the Town Clerk where
such Child shall be Born. Now this is to Certify all whom

.206 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

it may Concern that I, Jonah Wood yeoman of Hunting-
ton owner of a Certain Black Woman an Born a Slave
who was Delivered of a male Child on the twenty fifth
day of March Last Past which Child is called James.

Dated in Huntington this twenty fifth day of August
Eighteen Hundred and one and Signed by the Said

Jonah Wood.

(File No. 319 )

[PETITION FOR DOCK AT BRYANT'S LANDING.]

[1802, .]

To the President & Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton.

We the Undersigned being Inhabitants of said Town &
persons who frequent the Landing Called Brvans Land-
ing in said Town Humbly Request that A Grant or Per-
mission may by you be given us for the purpose of build-
ing a Public Dock at said Landing as afore said under such
Rules & Regulations as a majority of the persons con-
cerned may adopt from time to time.

As the public utility of a Dock as afore said must be
fully manifest to you We flatter ourselves you will not
hesitate to comply with our request.

Am Gentlemen yours, &c.,

Phinehas Smith, Moses Blachley, Ellis Carll,
Silas Carll, Jesse Bryan, William Jarvis, Philip Jar-
vis, Obediah Wheeler, Platt Willets, Lewis Wickes,
John B. Scudder, Augustain Jarvis, Ebenezer Weakes,
Epenetus Bryan, Platt Arthur, Fredric Smith, Da-
vid Skidmore, Joel Bunce, Edmund Scudder, Joel
Smith, Eneas Smith, Hubbart Ketcham, Moses Rog-
ers, Isaac huff, James Gildersleeve, Elkanah Bunch-
es, Agustain Jarvis, Young P. Scudder.

{^Flle No. 182.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 20/

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1802, Jan. 28.]

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton on the 28th of January 1802 Present, Timothy Conk-
ling Pd. John Oakley, Phineas Carll John Ketcham Gilbert
Piatt Trustees. Resolved that Letters be wrote to Jona-
than Titus Collector and his suretys to settle the Averages
of rates without delay. Also resolved that Imediate at-
tention be paid to the Undivided Lands in the Old Pur-
chase to prevent Persons from cutting and carting away
the Timber. Agreed that Mr. John Oakley Inquire who
cut a number of Cords of wood on the undivided Lands
and settle with them.

Also to Inquire who has been cutting Cedar & Pines on
Eatons Neck Beach. Phineas Carll Dan" Jarvis to go to
Eaton Neck Beach.

Jn° Ketcham, Clerk.

Also a Complaint respecting the Thatch being cut at
Cow harbour By W'" Sills.
(File No. 180.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1802, April 6.]

"At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Hun-
tington held at the House of Gilbert Piatt in said Town
on the Sixth day of April 1802 The following Person were
chosen to Transact Public Business for one year

Town Clerk — John Ketcham. Supervisor — Isreal Carll.
Trustees — Timothy Conkling Jun' President Phineas Carll

208 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

John Oakley John Ketcham Timothy Carll Jr. Samuel
Scidmore Gilbert Piatt. Overseers of the Poor — Phillip
Conkling David Rusco Jun. Collector — John Oakley.
Commissioners of Highways — Jacomiah Brush Jarvis
Whitman, Amos Piatt. Constables — Jonathan Titus, Piatt
Vail Jun''. Assessors — Jacomiah Brush, jNIelancton B.
Wood David Rusco Jun'. Town Surveyors — Timothy
Carll Jun'' Major Isreal Carll John Oakley. Pound Mas-
ter— ISIicah Beadle, Fence Viewers — Josiah Smith" and
twenty nine others. "Overseers of Highways — Piatt
Rogers Highway Master from Santepogue path up the
neck to call on the proprietors Henry Sammis" and thirty
five others. Also on the same day it was voted that Major
Isreal Carll and David Rusco Jun' take care of the Intes-
tate Estates Also Voted that next Annual Meeting for the
Town be held at the house of Gilbert Piatt in said Town.
It was also voted to raise One thousand Dollars to defray
the expenses of the Town Poor for the ensuing year.

"Also voted That no person or persons not being Inhab-
tant of said Town of Huntington shall Practice Fishing
Claming or Oystering in the Town aforesaid Under the
penalty of Ten Dollars for every offence of that kind one
Moiety thereof to the Complainer hereof and the other
Moiety to the Overseer of the Poor of said Town" "Over-
seers of the above act to put in execution" John Conkling
and eight others.

It was also voted the Zebulon Ketcham Isaiah Jarvis
Daniel Sprague Oliver Carll Carr}- the following Law in
effect Respecting the Beach. That if any person or per-
sons shall let any Horse or neat Cattle of any kind le-
main on the Beach or Islands belonging to the Town of
Huntington after the loth day of June next for the pur-
pose of pasturing such person or persons shall be fined Ten
Dollars for each. In default the said stock shall be sold
the overplus to be paid to the owner, and the balance to

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

209

the Overseers of the Poor of the Town and it was "fur-
ther resolved at the annual Town Meeting of the Inhabi-
tants of Huntington that Phineas Carll and Moses Blachly
Esq. was unanimously Chosen to meet other Delagates
from the Several Towns in the County of Suffolk for the
purpose of apportioning the County into Districts."

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 234-36.)

[GRANT FOR DOCK AT BRYANT'S LANDING.]

[1802, May 18.]

Whereas Jesse Bryan, EUes Carll, John Scudder and
others Inhabitants of the Town of Huntington and other
persons frequenting the Landing called Bryans Landing in
the Eastern part of the Town of Huntington did by their
Petition to the President & Trustees of the Commonality
of the Town of Huntington request that a Grant or per-
mission be given them & such other persons as might as-
sociate themselves with them for the purpose of building
a Dock at said Landing under such rules & regulations as
a Majority of the persons concerned might from time to
time adopt of & concerning the same. The President &
Trustees in pursuance of the request contained in said pe-
tition did on the last Tuesday in April Grant the same
with full power & authority to said persons to build said
Dock and to make such necessary Laws & regulations of
& concerning the same as may be deemed by them or a
Majority of them right & proper.

Huntington May 18, A. D. 1802.

By Order of the Trustees

John Ketcham Clerk.

A copy Granted.
{File No. 181.)

2IO HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[LEASES— SOUTH SIDE.]

[1802, June I.]

June I'* 1802 — Leases to be Imecliately wrote.

Grass Island to Isaiah Jarvis £\ 10.

Small Island between Oak Island & Grass Island to
Abraham Thomson for 12s.

West end of Oak Island to Oliver Youngs for £4. 12.

East end of Joshuas Island to Zebulon Smith ior £4. 12.
Wrote.

Jesse Island to Zebulon Smith £^ 2. wrote.

West end of Cap tree to the hills David Sprauge £2.

South side of Middle Creek to broad Creek to the water
and West to the Hills Isaiah Jarvis £2 3. wrote.

East lott to the Gut to Jesse Wickes £0 16 on the Beach.

Lot to the East of the Island South by the Middle Creek
to Crooked Creek «& North to the Bay to Silas Smith £2 3.

East of Crooked Creek to broad Creek & South to mid-
dle Creek North to the Bay Isaiah Jarvis £2 18. wrote.

East of Broad Creek to the Gut to Silas Smith £2 o.
[File No. 183.)

[1802, June I.]

To whom it may concern Know ye That I Timothy
Conklin Jim"" President of the Trustees of the Town of
Huntington in the County of Suffolk on Nassau Island
State of. New York — By and with Consent of said Trus-
tees of said Town by these presents doth Demise Grant
and to farm let all the Grass for this season on three cer-
tain lots in the South Bay of said Town of Huntington
viz — Grass Island Also East of Crooked Creek to broad
Creek and South to middle Creek & North to the Bay and

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 211

South side of Middle Creek to Broad Creek to the Water
and west to The Hills for the sum of i6 Dollars, t,6 cents
which money the said Jarvis promise to pay to said Trus-
tees Agreeable to the Articles of the Vendue list as wit-
ness my hand & the Seal of said Trustees this first day of
June A. D. 1802.
{File No. 320)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1802, July 31.]

Huntington.
At a meeting of the Trustees at the House of Conkling
Ketcham on the 31*' of July A. D. 1802 Present Timothy
Conklmg P' John Oakley Gilbert Piatt John Ketcham
Voted & Agreed that the dispute respecting the eastern
purchase be Imediatel}- prosecuted. Trustees to go to
South Monday 2'' August to Commit a Trespass by mow-
ing on the eastern Marsh to meet at Jesse Smiths south
(went 3'' Udale not ready.) Wrote 7 Leases.
{File No. 181 )

[1803. Feb. 22.

Return Black Children Born Slaves in the Town of
Huntington on Nassau Island County of Suffolk In the
State of New York.

Scudder Lewis, a Female Slave named Elipha Born 17
Jany A. D. 1800 Abondoned 25"' August A. D. 1800.

Jarvis Whitmans Male Slave named Aaron Born Fif-
teenth of December A. D. 1799 abandoned the Twenty
fifth of August A. D. 1800.

Zophar Brush Male Child a Slave named Harry Born

212 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

y'^ 20*'' of December A. D. 1800 Abandoned the 8*^ of
August A. D. 1 80 1.

Naomy Young two Female Slaves one Named Clarissa
and the other Mary Ann Born 6"' day of June A. D. 1801
Abandoned 30'^ January A. D. 1802.

Phebe Whitman, a Female Slave Born y' i'* day of July
A. D. 1801, Abandoned the 15*'' March A. D. 1802 which
said Slave is named Sarah.

Richard Conklings Female Slave named Margaret Born
the 13"' September A. D. 1800 Abandoned y'' 13"' day of
August A. D. 1 80 1.

This is to certifv that the above is a true Copy taken
from Huntington Records by me.

John Ketcham, Town Clerk.

Huntington y^ 22'' February 1803.
{File Xo. 321.)

[1803, March 12.]

Dear Sir. — I was informed this day by the President of
the Trustees that they would wish I should write a line to
you respecting ye Eastern Marsh in Contention in the
Town of Huntington respecting Evidences Viz they would
wish you to obtain the afifidavit of Joel Ketcham respect-
ing the Lease Given Thomas Wickes and him for the
South Bay or Island the 20*'' of September A. D. 1764.

Also the deposition of Elijah Wickes who lives up the
North River (we no not where) Respecting his Fathers
living on saide '^ * '-^ Island & Marsh and Building a
House thereon a number of years ago. If Joel Ketcham
has got the Lease and it Could be Obtained It might Give
further Information.

By Order of the Trustees.

John Ketcham, Clerk.

Huntington y*" 12''' March A. D. 1803.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 213

P. S. Some time past if I Recollect under the former
Goverment of Gov. Clinton since the American has a
number of the Inhabitants of Islip Applyed to y*" Gov.
for a Charter for said Island, and the Trustees order'd
these their Attorney I think Mr Skinner to throw in a
Caviat against it if that would be found would it would

plainly Convince the they had no title.

Jno. Ketcham.
{File No. 322 )

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1803, April 5.]

"At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Hunting-
ton Held at the House of Gilbert Piatt in said Town on
the fifth day of A. D. April 1803 The following Persons
where Chosen to transact Public business for one year.
Town Clerk — John Ketcham. Supervisor — Major Isreal
Carll. Trustees — Timothy Conkling President, Phineas
Carll David Rusco Jun' John Oakley Gilbert Piatt Samuel
Scidmore Timothy Carll Jun' Collector — John Oakley.
Constables — Jonathan Titus Piatt Vail Jun"" Assessors —
Jacomiah Brush Melancton B. Wood, David Rusco.
Town Surveyors — Timothy Carll Jun"" Isreal Carll John
Oakley. Commissioners of Highways — Jacomiah Brush,
Jarvis Whitman Amos Piatt. Pound Master — Micah Bea-
dle. Fence Viewers — Josiah Smith and twenty eight
others. Overseers of Highways — Thomas Rogers, High-
way Master for Santepogue path up the Neck to call on
the proprietors Isaiah Jarvis" and nine others "Silas Smith
for Cow harbour road from Dix Hills to the Mill Landing,
Eliphas Buffett for Negumtatouge road up the Neck to

214 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

call on the proprietors Samuell Lefferts and twenty four
others.

Also on the same day it was Voted that Major Isreal
Carll and David Rusco Jiin'' take charge of the Intestate
Estates.

Next Annual Meeting- for Huntington to be held at Gil-
bert Piatt's house in said town Also that the sum of $i,ooo
be raised to defray expenses of maintaining the poor of
the Town during the year.

"Also Voted that no person or persons not being an In-
habitant of the Town of Huntington shall Practice Fishing
Claming or Oystering in the same Town aforesaid under
the penalty of Ten Dollars for every offence of that kind
one Moiety thereof to the Complainer hereof and the other
Moiety to the Overseers of the Poor of said Town" "Over-
seers of the above act to put it in execution" John Conk-
ling and eight others.

"Also Voted Agreeable to an Invitation from the Eastern
Towns to appoint Delegates to meet at Piatt Carlls on the
lo*^ Instant for the purpose of makeing a nomination of a
Suitable Candidate to be held up as an Assembly man"
Capt Timothy Conkling and several others were proposed
for that honor. Swine act reenacted.

The law regulating the penalty for allowing Horses and
neat Cattle to pasture upon the Beach and Islands of the
Town was passed in the same form at the last Town
Meeting.

Also at a meeting of the Trustees and Overseers of the
Poor an additional sum of five hundred dollars was author-
ized to be raised to meet deficiencies in maintainance of
the Town Poor.

[Toivn Meet'mgs, Vol. 11, ijp. 239-44)

[1803, May 3.]
At A Meeting ot the Commissioners of Excise At the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 21$

House of Piatt Carll In the Town of Huntington the 3
day of May 1803.

Present Isreal Carll Supervisor.

Brush )

Nathaniel Potter V Justices.
Charles Colyer )
Resolved that Jonathan Titus Joseph Ireland Eliphalet
Chichester Phineas Smith George Everitt John Persal
Piatt Brush John Scudder Piatt Carll Thomas Seaman
Philetus Snedicor Epenetus Smith Ezekiel Hicks Hawly
Beers and Conklin Ketcham be Licensed to Keep Inns
and Taverns in this Town the present year Agreeable to
an act to Lay a duty on Strong Liquors and for Regu-
lating Inns and Taverns Passed the 7**^ April 1803.

Isreal Carll
Jaramiah Brush
Charles Colyer
Nathaniel

{File No. 323.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1803, June 8.]

An Account of the Islands hired out the Eight day of
June 1803 which is wanted Leases for— Grass Island Isaiah
Jarvis West Ende of Oake Island Theodorus Wickes East
end of Oake Island Isaac Oakes Jesses Island Zebulon
Robbins, Captree Island to the Gut Jesse Wickes put all
the Beach East of Lone hill to Jesse Wickes.

There is five leases wanted.
(File No. 179.)

2l6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1804, April 3.]

"At a Town Meeting held in the Town of Huntington
on the third day of April 1803 The following persons were
Chosen for one year for public Business Town Clerk — John
Ketcham. Supervisor — Isreal Carll. Trustees — Timothy
Conkling Jun'' President, John Oakley, Phineas Carll,
David Rusco, Samuel Scidmore Gilbert Piatt Timothy
Carll Jr. Collectoi' — Jacob Smith. Constables — Jonathan
Titus, Jacob Smith, Peter Wickes. Assessors — Jacomiah
Brush, David Rusco Jun. Town Surveyors — Timothy
Carll Jun"', John Oakley, Abel Ketcham. Commissioners
of Highways — Jacomiah Brush Amos Piatt Ellis Carll.
Pound Master — Micah Beadle. Fence Viewers — Josiah
Smith" and twenty eight others. "Overseers of Highways

Thomas Rogers Highway master for

Santepogue Path up the Neck to call on the proprietors
Oliver Carll" and 37 others.

John Ketcham Clerk Major Isreal Carll and David
Rusco Jun' were again appointed to take charge of In-
testate Estates in the Town and Nassau Island. Voted
that $1100 be raised to maintain the Poor of the Town for
the present year.

"Also voted that no person or persons not being an
inhabitant of the Town of Huntington shall practice Fish-
ing Claming or Oystering in the Town aforesaid under the
penalty of Ten Dollars for every offence of that kind one
Moiety thereof to the Complainer hereof and the other
Moiety to the Overseers of the Poor of said Town To
put the above act in Execution, Isreal Carll" and eight
others.

Also Law relating to pasturing Horses & rieat Cattle

HUNTINGTOX TOWN RECORDS. 21/

on the Town Beach was adopted with Zebulon Ketcham
and others to carry it into execution.
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 249-51.)

[Abstract.]
[1804 ]

"At a Special Town Meeting held at the House of El-
kanah Piatt's Inn Keeper in Huntington for the purpose
■of Chooseing a person or persons to fill the Offices of David
Rusco Jun"^ Deceased

Trustee — Thomas Roe. Overseer of the Poor — Thomas
Roe. To take charge of Intestate Estates Nathaniel Pot-
ter Esq.

Recorded by John Ketcham, Clerk."
[Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 257.;

[TRUSTEES' LEASE TO DAVID HARRISON.]

[Abstract.]
[1805, Feb. 16.]

Lease — Trustees of the Town of Huntington to David
Harrison of "a certain lot of Land Covered with water on
the east side of Cold Spring Harbour Bounded as fol-
loweth on the east by the Common Land or Highway and
South fifty feet from the well west at low water Mark and
on the North One hundred from the well said Lot is to
contain One hundred and fifty feet in width and running
into the Harbour to low water Marke which said lot is to
build a Dock on Eighty feet in width and to have thirty
live feet on each side for Vessels to lay two" for the term of
twenty one years at a yearly rental of $i23§g^ "and it is

21 8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

further to be observed in this lease or Indenture that at the
Expiration of Twenty One years yet to come the Trustees
of the Town shall be at liberty to have the improvements
valued and pay David Harrison for them or give him a
new lease for Twenty years longer on his yielding and
paying the Sum of Twenty five dollars therefor yearly
and during the said Term hereby granted unto the Presi-
dent of the Trustees and at the Expiration of the said
term to have the Buildings Valued and pay David Harri-
son" Covenant of quiet enjoyment. Dock to be completed
in three years otherwise void.

Timothy Conkling, Jun' Pres., Platt Conkling, John
Ketcham, Feby i6th 1805.

"Resolved that David Harrison begin the Dock amedi-
ately and persue the Building thereof as per Lease two
years is added from this date for the purpose Timothy
Conkling P. D " April i'' 181 1 Recorded by Moses Rolph
Town Clerk.

[Deeds and Leases hy Trustees, Vol.. I, pp. 1-3,

[TRUSTEES' LEASE TO SAMUEL FLEET AND

OTHERS.]

[Abstract.
[1805, March. 28.]

Lease Trustees Town of Huntington to Samuel Fleet
Moses Scudder, Scudder Sammis and Samuel Whitmore
"a certain lot of Land Covered with Water on the East
side of Huntington Harbour Bounded as follows on the
East Side of Huntington Harbour against the Land Capt.
Jonathan Titus Sold to the above Named Samuel Fleet
Moses Scudder Scudder Sammis and Samuel Whitmore
said Dock to be Sixty Feet on the West to Low Water

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 219-

mark and on the East by the Road Allong Shore not ob-
structing the same but keep it Sufficient Across said dock
with the privilege of Thirty Feet on the North and South
Sides of Said Dock" at a yearly rental of $5.00 for twenty
years. Special Clause to increase rent $10^-^^ yearly for
succeeding twenty years. Covenant of quiet enjoyment
Timothy Conkling P. D. Nathaniel Potter Charles
COLYER. Mch. 28"^ 1805.

(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 5-6.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1805, April 2.]

Election of Town Officers held April 2, 1805 to serve for
one year

Town Clerk — Moses Rolph. Supervisor — Isreal Carll.
President of Trustees Timothy Conkling Jun' and Phineas
Carll, Gilbert Piatt, Capt. Thomas Ketcham, John Oakley,
Samuel Scidmore, Moses Blachley, Trustees. Assessors —
Jacomiah Brush, Nathaniel Potter, Selah Carll, Capt.
Thomas Ketcham. Town Surveyors — Charles Colyar,
John Oakley, Abel Ketcham. Overseers of the Poor —
Thomas Roe, Samuel Fleet. Commissioners of Highways
Jacomiah Brush, Amos Piatt, Silas Smith. Constable and
Collector — Jacob Smith. Constables — Jonathan Titus, Pe-
ter Wickes. Pound Master — Micah Bedle. Fence View-
ers— Josiah Smith and twenty nine others. Overseers of
Highways — "Thomas Rogers highway Master for Sante-
pogue path up the Neck to Call on the Proprietors Oliver
Carll and thirty eight others. Major Isreal Carll, Isreal
Piatt and Amos Piatt were Chosen to take charge of Intes-
tate Estates in the Town. It was also adopted to i-aise.

220 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

$1300 expense of maintaining the Poor of the Town.
Swine act reenacted.

"Resolved that if any person or persons shall come into
the jurisdiction of the Town and shall Catch Clams hors-
feet or Eils such offender or offenders shall for every of-
fence pay the sum of twenty five Dollars with Costs of
Suit the one half of S'^ penalty to be paid to the Overseers
■of the Poor of the Town of Huntington the other Moiety
tj he person Complaining."

Recorded by Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 259-264.)

[THE THATCH DRAW.]

[1805, April 6.]

Thatch Draw April 6"' 1805.
Belonging to the proprietors of the old Purchase.*

£ s. d.
One piece of Gold 600

One half poe 3 56

One Do 3 4 3

[* By the "Old Purchase" was meant the first purchase made
from the Indians in 1653. It embraced about six miles square
in the northwest corner of the Town, including Huntington
village. The proceeds of sales and leases of land here seem to
have been kept separate from revenue derived from other parts
of the Town and were divided out to the descendants of the
original proprietors until these descendants became too nu-
merous to reach or identify, and finally a committee of these
proprietors sold the remainder, as we shall subsequently dis-
cover, and the title, whatever it amounted to, was still later
vested in the Trustees of the Town. It is questionable whether
conveyances of lands, solely by the proprietors of the Old
Purchase, or by any committee of such proprietors, made after
the Fletcher Patent of 1794 had vested title in trustees, ever
conferred on the purchaser a legal title. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

221

One Piece oi Gold

I D "

I Guinea

I half Do

I piece of Gold

I Do

Silver.
25 Crowns

40 two shilling pieces
1 1 half Dollars

3 Bank Notes of 20 Dollars Each
5 Of Ten Dollars Each
5 of Five Dollars Each
I D° 3 Dollars

1 of One Dollar

3 of 5 Dollars Each

2 of One Dollar Each
Silver 4 shilling

;^ioo

1 1

9
17
18
16

10
6

€19

17 I

In the Thatch Draw.
Old— 4 EngHsh shilling & 4 half Do
Coppers

Paper in said Draw.
Six Connecticut Bills of forty shiUing each LawiuU Money.
[File No. 178.)

[1805, April 23.]

At a Meeting of a respectable Number of Electors of
the Western district of the County of Suffolk at the
dwelling House of Elkanah Piatt in Huntington on the
23"^ Apl 1805 Resolved unamimously that Major Isreal

222 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Carll be supported as a Candidate for the Assembly of
this state at the Ensuing Election in Concurrence with two
■other Genuine republican Candidates that may be Nomi-
nated in the two other districts of the C(nmty.

Signed by order of the Meeting
Timothy Conkling, Char.
Moses Blackly, Secy.
{File No. 324 )

[1805, May 7.]
At a Meeting of the Commissioners of Excise of the
Town of Huntington at the House Eliphalet Chichester
for the purpose of Licencing Inns and Taverns cSl for
Granting Licence for Retailing of Spiritous Liquors 7th
May 1805.

Present Isreal Carll Supervisor.
Jacamiah Brush )
Nathaniel Potter ■ Justices.
Charles Colyer )
Resolved That Conklin Ketcham Eliphalet Chichester
Epenetus Smith Jeffery Woodhul John Scudder Jacob
Smith George Everitt Ezekill Wickes Piatt Brush Philetus
Snedecor Jonathan Titus John Person Piatt Carll Thomas
Seaman Hawly Beers & Abel Brush be Licensed to keep
Inns and Taverns in this Town the present year.

Isreal Carll, Jacomiah Brush, Nathaniel Potter,
Charles Colyer — Commissioners of Excise.
{File No. 325.)

[DEED.— THOMAS FLEET TO R. WOODWARD.]

[Abstract.]
[1805, Aug. 15.]
Deed Thomas Fleet to Russel Woodward Consideration

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 223

$2500. "one messuage or Tract of Land and Meadow sit-
uate Lying and Being in the Town Plat of the Town of
Huntington aforesaid Butted and Bounded as follows to
wit begining at the North side of the highway Sixty
feet westerly from the out Side of the foundation of the
west side of the Presbyterian Meeting House thence
running near northerly on the line parellel with the West
side of said Meeting house untill it goes twenty feet moi"e
northerly than the out Side of the foundation of the North
end of wSaid Meeting house thence near Easterly on the
Line Runing parellel with the North end of S'' House
untill it striks Land belonging to the Corporation of the
presbyterian Congregation in Huntington now Lying in
Common thence Runing nearly North as the fence now
stands untill it Strikes Meadow Belonging to Benjamin
Gould thence Runing Nearly westerly as the fence now
stands untill it Strikes Meadow Belonging to Abel Conk-
ling thence Runing Nearly Southerly as the fence now
stands untill it strikes the highway Leading from the
Meeting house to the Dwelling House of Timothy Wil-
liams thence runing nearly Easterly by said Highway
untill it Comes to the place of begining Containing thirty
acres by estimation Be it more or less Bounded Easterly
partly by Land belonging to the presbyterian Congrega-
tion of Huntington partly by Meadow and Swamp be-
longing to Jesse Buffett partly b}' the Land and Meadow
belonging to the heir of Isreal Wood (deceased) partly by
the Land of Abiel Gould Northerly partly by Meadow of
Benjamin Gould and partly by the Great ditch runing
between the said Benjamin Goulds Meadow and said
Bargained premises Westerly partly by Meadow of Abel
Conkling and partly By Meadow and Land I Bought of
George Powers Southerly by the afore mentioned High-
way to the place of begining" Covenant of quiet enjoy-

224 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS,

ment Right of Dower assigned to purchaser.

EZEKIEL CONKLING ThOMvVS FlEET

Jacomiah Brush ^''

Frances x Fleet

mark

[Deeds and Leases, Vol. I, pp. 7-10.)

[1805, September 3'"'']

Whereas Gilbert Piatt of the Town of Huntington in
the County of Suffolk and State of New York, hath (in
pursuance of the provisions of the statute of the State
aforesaid in such cases made and provided) made applica-
tion to us the undersigned Overseers of the Poor of the
Town of Huntington aforesaid for the emancipation of A
Certain negro man Slave named Cesar We have therefore
examined in the State and circumstances of said Slave and
find him to be under fifty years of age and in our Judge-
ment and Opinion of suiBcient ability to provide for and
maintain himself we do therefore here by Certify that we
approve of and consent to the manumition Said Slave.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our
names this third day of September in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and five. 1805.

Thomas Roe ) Overseers of the Poor of the
Samuel Fleet [ Town of Huntington aforesaid
[File No. 326 )

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1806, April I.]
Election of Town Officers held April i 1806 to serve for

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 225

one year.

Town Clerk — Moses Rolph. Supervisor — Isreal Carll.
President of the Trustees — Timothy Conkling Jun, and
Trustees — Nathaniel Biggs Samuel Fleet, John Oakley,
Samuel Scidmore, Phineas Carll, Richard Conkling Jun""
Committee to assist the Trustees in Law Suit — Henry
Scudder, Jacomiah Brush, Isreal Carll, Moses Blachly.
Assessors — Jacomiah Brush, .Nathaniel Potter, Henry
Scudder, Selah Carll, Thomas Ketcham. Town Survey-
ors— Charles Colyer, John Oakley, Abel Ketcham. Over-
seers of the Poor — ^Thomas Roe, Samuel Fleet. Commis-
sioners of Highways — Jacomiah Brush, Amos Piatt, Silas
Smith. Collector — Jacob Smith. Constables — Elkanah
Piatt, Jacob Smith, Peter Wickes, Piatt Vail Jun' David
Bryan. Pound Master — Thomas Woodward. Fence
Viewers — Josiah Smith and twenty nine others. "Over-
seers for the South path from Town to Daniel Pearsalls to
call on any man in the Neighborhoods to mend where said
overseers think Necessary on said Road Overseers for the
above path, Silas Ketcham William Jervis Josiah Smith
Isreal White George Everitt."

"Overseers of Highways — Thomas Rogers, David Fleet"
and forty two others.

Isreal Carll, Isreal Piatt and Amos Piatt to take Charge
of Intestate Estates in the Town.

Swine Act reenacted.

"Resolved that if any person or persons shall place any
Boxes for the purpose of destroying any fowl in the south
Bay him or them shall for every such offence pay the sum
of five dollars to be Recovered the one half to the Com-
plainant and the other for the Use of the Town."

"Recorded by Moses Rolph Town Clerk."
{Town Meetings, Vol II, pp. 265-71.)

226 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[LEASE OF THE FERRY TO NORWALK.]

[1806, April I.]

This Indenture made between Timothy Conkling Junor.
President of the Trustees of the Town of Huntington in
the County of Suffolk and state of New York by and with
the Consent of the other Trustees of the Town of Hun-
tington and Nathan Smith and Jacob Jonson of the other
part of the same place for and in Consideration of the
rents and Covenants herein after Mentioned and Contained
wich on the part and behalf of the said Nathan Smith and
Jacob Jonson are to be paid and perform 'd hath demised
Granted and to farm Letten and by these presence doth
demise unto the said Nathan Smith and Jacob Jonson the
Ferry from the Harbour of Huntington to Nor walk in
Connecticut to have and to hold the said ferry unto them
the said Nathan Smith and Jacob Jonson for and during
the term of five 3'ears fully to be Compleat and ended
yealding and paying the sum of eight Dollars therefore
yearly and every year during the said term hereby granted
unto the said Timothy Conkling or his successors in office
to be applyd to the Towns Use and further it is observed
in this Indenture or Lease that the said Nathan Smith and
Jacob Jonson doth hereby Covenant and agree to provide
and keep in good repair A sufficient boat Covenent for the
purpose of Carrying passengers stock and Carriges from
said harbour in Huntington to Norwalk in Connecticut
and further we the said Nathan Smith and Jacob Jonson
do Covenant and agree to keep said Vesel or boat in said
harbour of Huntington ready for passengers or stock from
the first of March to the first of December in Each and
every year during said Lease Except when Actually on
our passage or Detained by the Vv^eather or tide and fur-
ther I the said Timothy Conklin juner Presedent of the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 22/

Trustees do hereby Impower the said Nathan Smith and
Jacob Jonson to ask and receive from every passenger
they shall so Carry across said ferry the sum of fifty cents
and for every hors or ox the sum of sixty two and half
cents and also the sum of seventy five Cents for each and
every Carriage with two wheels and for each and Every
four Wheel Carriage the sum of one Dollar and further
the said Nathan Smith and Jacob Jonson doth Covenant
and agree to go on the passage in said Ferry at any time
when weather permits for two passengers betwixt the first
of March and the first of December in each and every
year and further it is agreed that the said Nathan Smith
and Jacob Jonson shall for one passenger in the above
Limited time go on the passage by his paying the sum of
one Dollar and it is agreed further that if the yearly i-ent
or any part thereof shall be behind and unpaid for the
space of thirty days the lessors to i-eenter.

Quietly to have hold and occopy said Ferry during the
term hereby Granted without any Disturbance of him the
said Timothy Conklin or of any other person Claiming or
to Claim by from or under him or by from or under his
successors in office in Witness Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the Town of Huntington this
first Day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight Hundred and Six.

Timothy Conkling Jr., Pd.

In the presence of
Charles Colyer.
Moses Rolph.

Received 15 Dollars of Jacob Johnson on the within
Lease for the ferry. $15,

Mosses Rolph.

[File No. 177.)

Present

228 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1806, Ma}^ 6.]

At A Meeting of the Commissioners of Excise of the
Town of Huntington at the House of Piatt Carlls the 6*''
day of May 1806.

Isreal Carll, ^Supervisor.
Jaramiah Brush )
Charles Colyer >■ Justices
Nathaniel Potter )
Resolved that Philetus Snedecor Jonathan Titus Piatt
Carll George Everitt John Scudder Jacob Smith Epenetus
Smith Eliphalet Chichester Jefiery A. Woodhul Ezekiel
Wickes Hawly Beers Jacob Hooper Thomas Fleet Elkanah
Brush Thomas Woodward John Pearsal Abel Brush & Eb-
enezer Gold Be Licensed to Keep Inns and Taverns the
present 3'ear.

Isreal Carll Jaraml\h Bru.^3H Charles Colyer Na-
thaniel Potter, Commissioners of Excise.
(File No. 321.)

[LEASE BY TRUSTEES.]

[1806, July 5.]

To all whom it may Concern know y^ that I Timothy
Conkling Jun'' President of the Trustees of the freeholders
and Commonality of the Town of Huntington in the Coun-
ty of Suffolk and State of New York by and with the Con-
sent of the other Trustees of said Town and for and in
Consideration of the sum of five Dollars and seventy five
Cents by these presents doth Demise, Grant, and to farm
Let all the Grass for this vSeason on the Island and Beach
in the South Bay of said Town of Huntington from Cedar
Island East to the Great gut or Huntington East Gut unto
Samuel Vail of Smith Town the County aforesaid in Wit-
ness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS, 229

the Trustees of said Town of Huntington the fifth Da}^ of
July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and six in the presence of Moses Rolph.

Timothy Conkling P. D., Trustees.

{File No. 176.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1807, April 7.]

- Election of Town officers held April 7 1807, to serve lor
one year.

Town Clerk — Moses Rolph. Supervisor — Isreal Carll.
President of Trustees — Timothy Conkling. Trustees —
Phineas Carll, Samuel Scidmore, Richard Conkling Jun',
Solomon Ketcham, Eliphalet Chichester, Moses Blachly.
Assessors — Jacomiah Brush, Thomas Ketcham, William
Wickes, Nathaniel Potter, Henry Scudder Jun'. Over-
seers of the Poor — Thomas Roe, Samuel Fleet. Town Sur-
veyors— John Oakley, Charles Colyer, Abel Ketcham.
Highway Commissioners — Jacomiah Brush, Amos Piatt,
Silas Smith. Collector — Jacob Smith. Constables — El-
kanah Piatt, Jacob Smith, Peter Wickes, Piatt Vail Jun"".
Pound Mater — Thomas Woodward.

Isreal Carll, Isreal Piatt and Amos Piatt were chosen to
take charge of Intestate Estates in the Town.

"Resolved that any person heaping Sea weed on the
Shores at the harbour in Huntington shall not give them
any title to it any more than if it Lay in the Same manner
the tide Left it."

"Overseers of Highways — Thomas Rogers highway
Master for Santepague path up the Neck to Call on the
proprietors, Abraham Van Wick Jr." and forty four others.
Fence Viewers — Josiah Smith and thirty others.

230 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Fifteen hundred dollars Voted to be raised to defray the
expense of maintain the Poor of the Town.

Recorded by

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk

[Toivn Meetings, Vol.II,i)P- 272-277.)

[1807, Mays-]
At A Meeting of the Commissioners of Excise of the
Town of Huntington at the House of Eliphalet Chichester
for the purpose of Granting Licence to Retailers of Spir-
itous Liquors & Likewise for Inns and Taverns the 5th
day of May 1807.

Present Isreal Carll, Supervisor.
Jaramiah Brush \
Nathaniel Potter ^ Justices.
Charles Colyer )
Resolved That Eliphalet Chichester Epenetus Smith
George Everitt David Ketcham Thomas Fleet Johaberd
Beedler Philetus Snedecor Thomas Seaman Piatt Carll,
Ezekiel Wickes, Jeffery A. Woodhul John Scudder Jacob
Smith Jonathan Titus Elkanah Brush Ebenezer Gould
Thomas Woodward Hawly Beers Jacob Hooper Abel
Brush Theodore Wickes Darlin Whitney Jesse Rogers
Alexander Smith Daniel Pearsal & David Conklin Be Li
cenced to Keep Inns and Taverns the present year.

Isreal Carll Jaremiah Brush Nathaniel Potter,
Charles Colyer, Commissioners of Excise.
[File No. 328.)

[SUIT BETWEEN WILLIAM NICOLL AND THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN.]

[1807, June I.]
In Chancery —

"Isreal Howell a witness produced sworn and examined

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 23 1

on Direct Interrogatories to him administered and filed in
a certain cause pending in the Court of Chancery of the
State of New York wherein William NicoU, an infant, by
Selah Strong and Richard Udall, his guardians are com-
plainants, and the Trustees of the Freeholders of the
Town of Huntington, Isaiah Jarvis, Silas Smith, and Jesse
Weeks and Timothy Conklin, Phineas Carll, John Oakley,
Samuel Scidmore R. Conklin and Nathaniel Briggs are
Defendants, on the part of the Complainants Deposeth as
follows, viz:

To the first Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he is
Sixty five years of age, is a farmer and miller and resides
at Islip in the County of Suffolk.

To the twenty first Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that he is well acquainted with a certain Gut, Inlet or
water passage from the Bay in question thro the beach
into the Atlantic Ocean now commonly Called Fire Island
Inlet, that he has known the same as long as he can re-
member and that about fifty years ago remembers that it
was called the Great Gut.

To the twenty second Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that he is peifectly well acquainted with the Beach which
separates the Bay on the South side of Long Island from
the Sea as enquired of by the said Interrogatory, and
particularly with that part of the said Beach to the East-
ward adjoining and near the said Gut or Inlet commonly
called Fire Island Inlet and has been acquainted with it
for fifty years and upwards having been on the same
oftener than he can enumerate and near the said Beach to
the Eastward of the said Gut or Inlet so to observe the
form thereof where it joins the Inlet on the Eastwardly
part thereof and has been on and near the same as well
latterly as formerly, that he has also been acquainted with
the said Island called Fire Island as well and as long as
with the said Beach and has frequently on and around
almost every part of the said Island and particularly the

232 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

South part thereof so as to observ^e the form of the same
and this Deponent saith that the westermost part of the
said Beach which is on the Easterly side of the said Inlet
extends further to the Westward than the Westermost
part of the said Fire Island. And this Deponent saith that
from his own observation and Knowledge in the course of
his long and familiar acquaintance with the said Island
and beach last above Mentioned he is certain that for-
merly and within his remembrance the Westermost end
of the said beach on the Eastwardly side of the said Inlet
did not extend so far Westward as at present That he
remembers the time when the Southerl}- side of the said
Fire Island lay so much exposed to the open sea thro' the
said Gut or Inlet that it was dangerous to navigate near
and along the said Southerly side in a hard gale on ac-
count of the high and heavy surf that rolled directly in
from the Ocean and broke upon the shore, but that at
present owing to the increase and projection of the said
Westerly part of said Beach on the Eastwardly side of
said Gut or Inlet in manner aforesaid the said Southerly
side of the said Fire Island is entirely protected from the
surf.

To the twenty third Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that it has always has been customary without any ex-
ception to his Knowledge among the inhabitants and
people in that part of the County wdien speaking of the
Island before mentioned by the name of Fire Island to call
the same an Island or Fire Island in the singular number
as one Island and distinguishing it by name from the said
other Islands lying in the same Bay, as Cap Tree Island,
Oak Island and Grass Island and further that altho' the
said Islands except Oak Island have small cuts or water
passages thro' them yet has neither of them on that ac-
count or any otlicr to his Knowledge ever been called or
mentioned in the plural number.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 233

To the twenty fourth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that he knows the situation of the mansion house and farm
of the Complainant and which belonged to and came to
him from his male ancestors situate at Islip in Suffolk
County on the North side of the Bay in which the Islands
called Fire Island Cap Tree Island and Oak Island etc are
situated at a place called Coneticut River : and this De-
ponent sayeth that the said River is farther to the East-
ward than the Eastern most of the said Islands so that a
Hue runing due South from the said River to the Beach
on the outer side of the Bay would strike the said Beach
a mile to the Eastward of the said Fire Island.

To the twenty fifth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that as he has already deposed he knows the inlet or water
passages called Fire Island inlet ; that as long as he can
remember the same has always been called Fire Island
inlet or Gut, and has never within his Knowledo-e been
called Huntington Gut.

To the twenty sixth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that he has heard his Father and Uncle and other old
people say that there was formerly a long Inlet or Gut
thro' the said Beach now called Sicketauge Beach into the
ocean ; that it was to the Westward of all the said Islands
above enumerated and from the description he has had of
it, it must have been a mile to the Westward of Oak
Island, that till within a few years there was a small wash
or water passage not far from the place last mentioned
and near Oak Island and which at times was filled up with
the sand thrown in by the Ocean, and at other times again
broke thro' but so as to be navigable by boats and that at
present it is filled up with the sand.

To the twenty eighth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that the said Selah Strong and Richard Udall as Guardians
of the Complainant have been in the practice from time to
time since they have been such guardians of granting

234 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

permission to sundry persons to cut and carry away grass
from the said Cap Tree Island, Oak Island and Grass
Island, but he has never seen no written lease or per-
mission for that purpose — and that in consequence of such
permission a number of persons have been in the habit of
Cutting grass from the said Islands.

To the twenty ninth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that as he has already related there was till within a few
years past a small opening or water passage thro' the said
Beach nearly opposite the westerly end of Oak Island but
that the same is now filled up, and there is no water
passage thro' the said Beach to the Westward of said
Island till you come to Gilgo Inlet.

To the other Interrogatories this Deponent was not ex-
amined and to the Last he cannot depose.

IsREALL Howell.

Sworn and examined this first day of June 1807

Before me Anthony Bleecker,

Examiner in Chancery.*
{File No. 346 "A")

[1807, July 23.]

John Edwards a witness produced, sworn and examined-

[*This suit in Chancery was brought in behalf of William
Nicoll as^ainst the Trustees of this Town in order to establish
his title and recover possession of certain islands and beaches
in the Great South Bay. It was the culmination of a long dis-
pute and bitter contention between the parties. Several suits
had already originated between persons holding leases from
the respective claimants, but these suits had settled none of
the issues. The Nicoll family had for many years owned and
occupied an extensive tract of land adjoining the Bay, and had
from a remote period claimed these islands under grants from
Colonial Governors. On the other hand, Huntington claimed
the premises under Indian deeds and its first grant in 1666.
This suit lasted over seven years, and both sides employed
distinguished counsel. It was decided in 1814, the great Amer-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 235

To the First Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he
is in the Sixty ninth year of his age, that he resides in Islip
on Long Island and is a Farmer.

To the Twenty second Interrogatory this Deponent
saith that he is well acquainted with the Beach adjoining
the said Gut or Inlet and has been acquainted with the
same forty years and particularly with that part of it to
the Eastward adjoining the said Inlet, that formerly he
used to go frequently on the same and has been there with-
in ten years past, that he also knows the said Fire Island
and has been frequently on the Southerly side thereof so
as to observe the form of the same and that the West
wardly part of the said Beach which is on the Eastwardly
side of the said Inlet extends at present farther to the
West than the Westermost end of the said Fire Island.
And this Deponent saith that according to his Judgment
and belief and what he knows of the changeable nature of
the said Beach, the said Western most end of said Beach
adjoining the Easterly part of said Inlet did not formerly
extend as far to the West as it now does by two or three
miles — the said parts of the said Beach has within his
remembrance increased very considerably towards the
West, that he recollects the time when a very heavy surf

lean jurist, James Kent, rendering the decision of the Courts
The suit was dismissed, each side paying its own costs. While
this suit was a triumph by Huntington, in having determined
that William Nicoll did not have title to the premises, it hardly
established title in Huntington, but left the question open as
to whether it was within the limits of any grant or not, and
subsequently, as we shall find, the matter was settled by a
compromise. The papers in this case, on file in the Town
Clerk's office, are voluminous and in a good state of preserva-
tion, but only a few have been selected for printing and these
are given chiefly because they show the situation of the shores
and beaches of the South Bay soon after the settlement of the
Town, and the changes which have since taken place, occa-
sioned by the wind and waves opening new inlets and closing
old ones. — C. R. S.]

.^236 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

in ordinary times used to break on the Southwest end of
the said Fire Island, but that at present owing to the pro-
jection of the said Westerly part of said Beach as above
mentioned the south West end of the said Island is no
longer exposed to the surf of the Ocean except in very
great storms and then only in a comparatively small de-
gree— And this Deponent further saith he is inclined to
think from appearances that the Westermost end of the said
Beach on the Easterly side of the aforesaid Inlet was for-
merly as far Eastward as the Easterly part of the said Fire
Island.

To the Last Interrogatory this Deponent cannot Depose.

Jacob Willets.
Affirmed and Examined this 23''' day of July 1807 Before
me.

Anthony Bleecker
Examiner in Chancery.
{File No. 346 "B.")

[1807, Nov. 7.]
In Chancery —

Daniel Udall a witness produced sworn examined.

To the first Interrogatory This Deponent saith that he
is in the fifty second year of his age — is a mariner and re-
sides in the Town of Huntington on Long Island.

To the Twenty fifth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that he has Known the said Inlet or Gut through the
Beach to the Sea now called Fire Island Inlet ever since
he w^as a boy and that he never heard the same called
Huntington Inlet, nor by any other name than he has
above mentioned, but that he Know^s an Inlet called Hun-
tington Inlet between Oak Island and Cedar Island and
running round the South side of Cedar Island and between

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 237^

that and the Beach to an opening in the same called Gilgo
Gut.

To the Twenty sixth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that in the time of the American War there was a Gut or
Inlet thro' the Beach just to the Westward of Grass and
Oak Islands and opposite the interval between the said
Islands and Cedar Island, which said Gut was called Hun-
tington Gut, that he this Deponent has sailed thro' it sev-
eral times but that for the last seventeen or eighteen years
it has been filled up with sand thrown up by the Ocean.
To the Last Interrogatory this Deponent cannot Depose.

Daniel Udall.
Sworn and examined this Seventh day of November
1807 before me.

Anthony Bleecker
Examiner in Chancery.
{File No.3i6"Cr)

In Chancery. —

Moses Wicks a Witness produced Sworn and examined
on Direct Interrogatories to him Administered and filed in
a certain cause pending in the Court of Chancery of the
State of New York wherein William NicoU an infant by
Selah Strong and Richard Udall his Guardians, is Com-
plainant and the Trustees of the Freeholders of the Town
of Huntington Timothy Conkling Phineas Carll, John
Oakley and others are Defendants on the part of the said
Defendants deposeth as follows viz. :

To the first Interrogatory this Deponent saith that he is
in the Sixty Seventh year of his age, is a farmer and re-
sides in Smith Town in the County of Suffolk.

To the Seventeenth Interrogatory This deponent Saith
that he Knows the Gut or Inlet in question and has been,
acquainted with it as long almost as he can remember..

238 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

That when he first knew it it was pretty generally called
the Great Gut and at other times it was called Huntington
East Gut, and by some NicoU's Gut, while others have al-
ways called it Fire Island Gut, which is its present Name.

To the Eighteenth Interrogatory this Deponent saith
that he has Known the beach in question ever since he was
a boy, and has also been acquainted with the Different
Guts or Water Passages which have from time to time
been made by the force of the Ocean thro' the same Beach
and to the Westward of the aforesaid Fire Island Inlet,
that the first of the said Guts, which he remembers tho'
the same was between Cedar Island and Oak Island another
small one was between Oak Island Cap Tree Island, after-
wards another small one broke through nearly opposite
Fox Creek in Cedar Island, and that the Gut called Gilgo
Gut or Sand Point and by some called Huntington West
Gut has been in Existence as long as he can remember,
but all the said Guts between Fire Island Inlet and Gilgo
Gut have since been closed up by the Sand thrown in by
the ocean and no traces of them remain, but this deponent
does not recollect the time when the said Guts disappeared
tho' he thinks it was near to the close of the War.

To the Nineteenth Interrogatory this deponent saith
that the first Gut or passage to the Westward of the said
Cap Tree Oak and Grass Islands was between Oak Island
and Cedar Island as above mentioned. That the Beach
between the said Gut and Oak Island was high and Hilly
but intersected with Sand Vallies through which the Wind
blew and drove away the sand and grass so as to prepare
a passage for the Surf in the time of violent Storms and
high floods, and further that within his recollection Shrubs
cedars wild Plumb and cherry Trees grew upon the said
Beach near where the said Gut last mentioned broke
through and rather to the Westward of Oak Island and
some nearly opposite.

♦

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 239

To the Twentieth Interrogatory this Deponent Saith
that he Knew Caleb and Epenetus Wood who followed
Whaling on the South side of Long Island many years ago
when this deponent was a lad. That they, had a Whale
House on the said Beach near where the said Gut after-
wards broke through of which this deponent has spoken
in his answer to the last preceeding Interrogator}^ at which
time the said Beach was solid and entire from the said
Gilgo Gut to the aforesaid Fire Island Inlet witliout being
interrupted or Separated by any intermediate Gut or water
Passage, which fact this deponent Knows of his own
Knowledge having frequently Traversed the said Beach
from one end to the other, when it was customary to keep
horses thereon,

To the Twenty first Interrogatory This deponent Saith
that the aforesaid Gut called Gilgo Gut was formerly
called Huntington West Gut, and fire Island Gut was
called Huntington East Gut, and that this has been the
case as long as he can remember, and that when he was a
)^oung man he remembers to have heard his father call and
distinguish them by the same Names. To the last and to
the rest of the Interrogatories he cannot Depose.

MOSES WiCKES.

Sworn and Examined this 5th day of May 1808

Before me A. Bleecker,

Examiner in Ch'ry.
{File No. 347.)

[THE LANDS OF JOHN SAMMIS.]

[1807, Sep. I.]

Whereas John Sammis late of Huntington Deceased in

his Life time and at the time of his death among other

things was seized and Possessed of a Certain Part of the

Meadow and Marshes on an Island in the South Bay

240 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Called Cedar Island, as a Tenant in Common with others
and in his Last will and Testament did Give and bequeathe
said Meadows unto his five sons then living being an
equal Part or share and share alike as by said will doth
appear, and as the said Meadows and Marshes are held
and occupied by other Hands to the damage and Preju-
dice of the Right Heirs of the said John Sammis Deceased
now we Whose names are Hereunto signed and seals
affixed being the lawfuU Heirs of the said John Sammis
Deceased and being willing to Enjoy the Property Left
us so sacred from our Fore Fathers and believing it will
be attended with some Expence to Vindicate our Rights
and obtain our Property do Hereby Covenant and oblige
Selves Heii"s Execut(^rs and administrators to Pay our
Proportionable Part of such sums of Money as may from
time to time become Necessary and be wanting to Pay
the Expenses and Costs in taking such LawfuU ways and
Means as shall be thought Best to get the said Property
into our Possession and in order to Cary the same into
Effect we do Hereby appoint

To transact the Business for us and impowering him to
Call on us and Each of us for such sums of Money as may
be wanted from us in Proportion to Each of our Right in
Witness Whereof we have Hereunto set our Hand and
fixed our seals this first day of September Eighteen Hun-
dred and Seven.

Sealed and delivered Jonas Sammis.

in the Presents of
(File No. 329 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1807, Dec. 8.]
At a Meetino; of the Trustees of the Freeholders of the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 241

Commonalty of the Town of Huntington held at the
dwelling house of Piatt Carll Innkeeper in said Town on
the 8^'' day of Dec. 1807.

Resolved that any of the Inhabitants of said Town may
Cut Pine Timber on the Commonage belonging thereto
by consent from either of the Trustees paying therefore at
the rate of Twenty five Cents pr. Waggon Load & if any
person shall Cut any such timber without the Consent as
aforesaid they shall be deemed trespassors and persecuted
accordingly.

by Order of the Trustees
M. R., Clerk
To Moses Rolph Esq.

It was concluded by the Trustees that you should draw
a number of copies of the above resolve & sign them as
their Clerk & place the Town seal in the Margin to be
set up in different parts of the Town — I am your friend

Moses Blachly.

Joseph Jarvis Load 2 5cts. to be entered by the Clerk.
{File No. 175]

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1808, April 5.]

Election of Town Officers held April 5th 1808, to serve
one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Isreal Carll.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling Jun'. Trustees,
Phineas Carll Samuel Scidmore, Richard Conkling Jun""
Eliphalet Chichester, Solomon Ketcham, Moses Blachly.
Assessors, Ezra Conkling Matthew Gardiner, Charles
Colyar, Timothy Carll, William Wickes. Collector, Jacob
Smith. Commissioners of Highways, Solomon Ketcham

242 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Samuel Carll John Oakley. Town Surveyors, John
Oakley, Charles Colyar, Abel Ketcham. Overseers of the
Poor, Thomas Roe, Samuel Fleet. Constables, Elkanah
Piatt, Jacob Smith, Peter Wickes, Piatt Vail Jun^ Pound
Master, Thomas Woodward.

Two Thousand dollars Voted to maintain the Poor ol
the Town.

Fence Viewers, Josiah Smith and twenty eight others.
"Overseers of Highways, Thomas Rogers, highway
Master for Santipague path up the neck to Call on the
proprietors, Abraham Van Wick Jun'" and thirty eight
others.

John B. Scudder, Isreal Carll and Samuel Fleet to take
charge of Intestate Estates.

Jonas Scidmore Constable.

Recorded by Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
{ToiC7i Meetings, Vol. II, pp 278-83 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1808, June 28.]

Notice.
At A Meeting of the Trustees of the freeholders and
Commonality of the Town of Huntington Conven'd at the
House of Ebenezar Gould Inn keeper in S^ Town on Sat-
urday the 25"^ Instant Resolved that if any person or per-
sons shall come into the South Bay belonging to s** Town
not being inhabitants thereof and Catch any Clams (Except
the Inhabitants of Islip and * * * *) shall forfet and pay
the sum of twelve Dollars and fifty Cents for every such
offence to be Recoverd with Cost of Suit in any Court
having Cognizance thereof the one moiety to the Com-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

243

plainant the other to the use of s'd Town.

B3' order of the Trustees,

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
Huntington June 28, 1808.
{File No, 174.)

[ELECTION.]

[1808,

]

T T

Congress

Senate

Assembly

Huntington

164

135

162

Dix Hills

Crabmeadow

South

1809.

361

303

361

Huntington
Dixhills
Crabmeadow
South

Assembly

Senate

304

264

119

1 12

I8I0.

563

504

Huntington
Dixhills
Crabmeadow
South

Assembly
248

80
114

Gov't
234

109

Congress
251

49
79

109

490

463

488

244

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

18II.

Senate

Assembly

Huntington

153

139

Dixhills

Crabmeadow

South

I8I2.

Dec^

.291

343

267

Senate

Assembly

Congress

Huntington

172

181

Dixhills

Crabmeadow

South

338

Congress

Huntington

218

Dixhills

Crabmeadow

South

154

532

{File No. 330.)

355

[DEED BY TRUSTEES TO SELAH WOOD.]

[1809, Jan. 4.]

This Indenture made this fourth day of January in the
year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Nine Between
Timothy Conkling Juner Solomon Ketcham Phineas Carll
Moses Blachly Samuel Skidmore Richard Conkling Junor
and Eliphelet Chichester Present Trustees of the Inhabi-
tants Freeholders and Commonality of the town of Hun-
tington of the one Part and Selah Wood of Huntington
Suffolk County and State of New York of the cither Part

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 245

Witnesseth that we the said Timothy Conkling &c. as
Trustees of said Town by the Deligated Power and au-
thority to us given by said Patent as well as for and in the
Considerations of the sum of — Pounds — shillings to us
in hand paid &c. by these Presents Hath Given Granted
Bargained sold alienated Conveyed and Confirmed unto
him the said Selah Wood to His Heirs and assigns forever
all that of a certain Piece of Common or undivided Land
situate in the old Purchass so called Lying on the East of
the Road that Leads from Charles Peters to George Eve-
rets Bounded on the North or Northerly by Land sold to
Gilbert Vallentine westerly and Southwesterly by other
Land of Selah Wood being a three cornered Piece called
No. 3 on the Maps where the Compass and Distance may be
the Better known Reference thereto being had which map is
Lodged in the town Clerks office and Containing within
said Bounds one acre and twenty six Rod of Ground To-
gether with all &c. To have and to hold &c. In Testimony
whereof we have caused the seal of the Corporation of
said Trustees to be Hereunto afixed and to be signed by
our President the day and year above Written.

Timothy Conkling, P. D.
Sealed and Delivered
In the Presence of

Moses Rolph

C. Hutting.
{File No. 291.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1809, April 4.]

Election of Town Officers, held April 4 1809, to serve
one year.

246 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Isreal Carll,
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling Jun"" and Trus-
tees. Phineas Carll, Samuel Scidmore, Richard Conkling-
Jun"" Solomon Ketcham, Moses Blachly, Eliphalet Chi-
chester. Commissioners of Highways, Solomon Ketcham,
John Oakley, Samuel Carll. Assessors, Ezra Conkling,
Timothy Carll, Matthew Gardiner, Charles Colyar, Wil-
liam Wickes. Collector, Oliver Carll. Overseers of the
Poor, Thomas Roe, Samuel Fleet. Constables, Elkanah
Piatt, Jacob Smith, Peter Wickes, Piatt Vail Jun' Epene-
tus Griffith. Town Surveyors, John Oakley, Charles Col-
yar, Abel Ketcham. Fence Viewers, Josiah Smith and
twent}^ eight others. Overseers of Highways, Jonas Sam-
mis and forty two others. "Thomas Rogers Highway
Master for Santepogue path up the Neck to Call on the
proprietors Eliphas Buffet" and others.

Seventeen Hundred dollars voted to meet expense main-
taining Poor of the Town.

Swine Act reenacted.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 284-88.)

[1809, May 2.]

At a Meeting of the Commissioners of Excise of the town
of Huntington at the house of Piatt Carll 2'"' May 1809
Present Isreal Carll, Supervisor.
Jacomiah Brush
Nathaniel Potter
Moses Blachly }» Justices.

Moses Rolph
Jonathan Gardiner
Resolved That Samuel Whitson Thomas Woodward
Eliphalet Chichester Jeffery A. Woodhul John B. Scudder
Alexander Smith Lewis Wicks Ebenezer Gould Silas
Smith Tchabod Bedell Theodorus Wicks George Everit

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 247

David Ketcham Elcanah Brush Daniel Whitney & Piatt
Carll Thomas Seaman be hcensed to Keep Inns and Tav-
erns in this town for the ensuing year:

IsREAL Carll, Jacoml\h Brush, Nathaniel Potter,
Moses Blachly, Moses Rolph, Jonathan Gardiner.

{File No. 331.)

[DEED. MOSES SCUDDER TO JOSEPH BUNCE.]

[1809, Aug. 26.]

Know all men by these presence that I Moses Scudder
of Huntington in Suffolk county and State of New York
for and in consideration of the sum of Five dollars well
and truly paid by Joseph Bunce of Smith Town in the
county and State aforesd. have granted bargained and sold
and by these presents do grant bargain and sell convey
and confirm unto the said Joseph Bunce and to his heirs
and assigns forever a certain piece of salt or sedge meadow
lying nearly in the North west corner of the Crabmeadows
bounded on the East by Capt. Thomas Bunce meadow on
the South by Joseph Bunce meadow on the west by the
meadow of Moses Scudder and on the North by the beach
containing fourteen square rods of meadow ground to-
gether with all and singular the privileges and appurte-
nances to the same belonging or in any ways appertaining.
To have and to hold the premises aforesaid with the ap-
purtenances unto the said Joseph Bunce and to his heirs
and assigns forever. And I the said Moses Scudder for
myself my heirs executors and administrators the premises
aforesaid w'ith the appurtenances unto the said Joseph
Bunce his heirs and assigns will warrant and forever de-
fend by these presents. Sealed with my seal dated the

248 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

26"' day of August A. D. 1809.

Sealed and delivered
in presence of

Henry Scudder.
Phebe Scudder.

{File No. 173.)

Moses Scudder [Seal.]

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO GILBERT PLATT.]

[Abstract.]
[1810, Feb. 20.]

"A Certain piece of land covered w^ith water on the East
side of Huntington Harbour bounded as followeth on the
East by the Common Land on the North by the old Dock
on the West by low water mark stretching southai'd one
hundred and twenty five feet from the south end of the
said old Dock which said piece of land is to build a Dock
on seventy feet in length and to have fifty five on the
South end of Said Dock for vessels to lay two."
Covenant of quiet enjoyment.
Term twenty one years.
Dock to be constructed in two years.
Trus<-ees reserve the right to occupy of forty feet in
front of said dock extending East and West by the bounds
above named.

Trustees reserve right to reenter in event of nonful-
ment of terms relating to building dock.

Witnesses Timothy Conklixg, P. D.

Moses Rolph
Elizabeth Rolph

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, jip- 36-8.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 249

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[18 10, April — ]

Election of Town officers held on the first Tuesday in
April 1 8 10, to serve for one 3^ear.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Phineas Carll.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling Jun"" and Trus-
tees, Phineas Carll, Solomon Ketcham, Richard Conkling
Jun"" Samuel Scidmore, Eliphalet Chichester, Moses Blach-
ley. Assessors, Ezra Conkling, Timothy Carll, Matthew
Gardiner, Charles Colyar, William Wickes. Collector,
Oliver Carll. Overseers of the Poor, Thomas Roe, Sam-
uel Fleet. Commissioners of Highways, Samuel Carll,
Moses Scudder, Richard Oakley. Constables, Jacob
Smith, Joshua Robbins, Peter Wickes, Epenetus Griffis,
Conkling Gould. Town Surveyors, John Oakley, Charles
Colyar, Abel Ketcham. Pound Master, Thomas Wood-
ward. Fence Viewers, Josiah Smith and twenty nine
others.

Fourteen hundred dollars Voted to meet expense main-
taining Poor of the Towm, Overseers of Highways Jonas
Sammis and forty tw^o others.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Resolved that whereas sundry persons from Towns not
in the County of Suffolk and from other Towns not being
entitled to the privelege of fishing and fowling in the
Limits of said Town of Huntington that any person who
will cause any such tresspassor or tresspassors to be
Brought to Justice before any Court of Record Shall be
entitled to a premium of five Dollars to be paid on A Cer-
tificate Duly Certifyed By any Magistrate of the County.

Recorded by Moses Rolph.

Towm Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 289-95.)

250 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[18 10, May 14.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the freeholders and
Commonality of the Town of Huntington Convened at the
House of Piatt Carll on Monday the 14''' of May 18 10

Resolved that we approve of the Conduct of the Inhab-
itants of the western part of said Town in erecting a flew
on the Run of water opposite the house of Mr. Prime for
the purpose of washing sheep therein.

Resolved that the said flew be free for the Inhabitants of
said Town to occupy for the purpose above said. Re-
solved that the inhabitants of said Town be permitted to
erect and keep in Repair one or more yards on the com-
mon Land near the said flew for the purpose of yarding
sheep.

Resolved that if any person or persons shall inger the
said flew or Yards they shall be Deemed trespassors on the
Towns property and be prosecuted accordingly.

Resolved that the president of said Trustees sign the
above Resolves and cause the same to be Recorded in the
Town Clerks office.

TliMOTHY CONKLING P. D.
{File Ko. 172.)

[THE PROPRIETORS OF THE OLD PURCHASE.]

[1810. ]

Whereas we the subscribers holding certain Rights in
the undivided Lands and meadows and marshes in the old
Purchase in the Town of Huntington and Whereas it has
appeared to us to be most Benifishal to us that certain

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 251

Pieces or Parcels thereof should be sold and the money
arising there from should be Divided among the Proprie-
tors of said Purchass and according to the Rights that
each of us do hold as Tenants in Common and ^^ ^^reas a
Number of Pieces of said Land and Meadows has Been sold
under the Direction of the Trustees for the time Being ot
said Town and Titles Created by them for the same.

Now know all y^ whom it may Concern that we the sub-
scribers being will satisfied and Contented with the sale
thereof do hereby Release Remise and forever Quitclaim
unto said Trusties and to their asigns forever al our
Rio-ht Title Claim and Demand whatsoever unto al those
several Pieces of Land meadow and Marsh so sold and
Conveyed as aforsaid so that in them we nor our heirs nor
any other Person Holding or Claiming any Right or Title
from by or under us or any or either of ^f ^^ ^7/\";^
hereafter shall have any Right title Claim or demand to the
Premises so sold and Conveyed as afore said but from al
and every action and actions, suits Right Title Interest
Claim and Demand we they and every of us and our Heirs
shall be forever Barred by these Presents in Testamony
whereof we have set our Hands and fixed our seals on this
. day of in the year of our Lord Eighteen hun-
dred and ten *

[File No. 171.)

[DEED. TRUSTEES TO P. WOODWARD.]

[iSio. June 7.]
This Indenture made this seventh day of June in the
year of our Lord_EighteenJiundre^^

"T^Yh^;^^^^irSi7p^ipi^Ts~^N^it^^ here

as showini the views held, by at least some of these propne-
tors, concerning their title. — C. R. S.J

252 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Timothy Conkling Junor Solomon Ketcham Phineas Carll
Moses Blatchly Richard Conkling Junor Samuel Skidmore
and Eliphelet Chichester Present Trustees of the Inhabit-
ants Freeholders & Commonality of the Town of Hunting-
ton of the one Part and Prusil Woodward of Huntington
Suffolk County and State of New York of the other Part
Witnesseth that the said Timothy Conkling &c. by virtue
of a Pattent Granted to said Town of Huntington &c. and
for the consideration of the sum of three Pounds one shil-
ling &c. hath Given Granted Bargained sold alienated
Conveyed and Confirmed &c. unto him the said Prusell
Woodward to his Heirs and assigns forever all that of a
small Piece of Land Belonging to the undevided Part of
the old Purchass situate in the Town of Huntington Bound-
ed as follows, to wit. being and Lying between where the
Town South Path and the Path that from Huntington to
Richard Brovais seperates Bounded easterly by said south
Path southerly by Land of James Jones Westerly by said
Path that leads to said Browns to the Place of Beginning
being a three Cornered Piece containing about one half
acres be the same more or Less Together with all the Tim-
ber Trees woods, Priveledges and advantages to the same
Belonging or in any Wise appertaining w^ith the appurte-
nances To Have and to Hold all and singular the within
and above Granted and Bargained Premises with the He-
reditments unto him the said Prusill Woodward to his
heirs and assigns forever to him and their own sole and Prop-
er use Benefit and Behoof from thenceforth and forever, &c.
and further we do Bind our selves and our successors in
office to warrant and Defend the above Granted and De-
mised Premises unto him the said Prusell Woodward to his
Heirs and assigns forever against any Person who shall
claim any Right or title from by or under us or any of us
as Trustees of said Town of Huntington and our success-
ors in office in Testimony whereof we have caused the seal

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

-3>

of the Corporation of said Trustees to be hereunto affixed
and to be signed by our President the day and year above
written.

Timothy Conkling P. D.

Sealed & Delivered
in the Presence of
Jeremiah Brush
Moses Rolph.
{File No. 292.)

[DEED. TRUSTEES TO SELAH WOOD.]

[1811, April 30.]

, This Indenture made the thirtieth day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven
Between Timothy Conkling junior, Solomon Ketcham
Phinehas Carll Richard Conkling Elias Baylis Samuel
Skidmore and Samuel Carll present Trustees of the Town
of Huntington of the first part and Selah Wood of said
Town of Huntington, Suffolk County and State of New
York of the second part. Witnesseth that the said party
of the first part by virtue of a Patent granted to said Town
of Huntington under the hand and Seal of Benjamin
Fletcher Governor in chief over the then Colony of New
York which patent bears date the fifth day of October one
thousand six hundred and ninety four by the delegated
power and authority so given by said patent and for
divers good causes and valuable considerations, the said
partv of the first part have given granted bargained and
confirmed, and by these presents do give grant bargain
convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part
his heirs and assigns forever, All that small piece of
common land in the undivided part of the Old Purchase^

2S4 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

lying northward of Elias Bayles ; bounded northwesterly
and southeasterly b}' land of said Selah Wood, and north-
erly by land of Gilbert Valentine it being a triangular
piece, containing one acre and tw^enty six rods, as may be
seen by a draught of the same lodged in the Town Clerks
ofifice : Together with the privileges thereunto belonging
or in any wise appertaining To have and to hold the said
premises above granted unto the said party of the second
part, his heirs and assigns to his and their only proper use
benefit and behoof forever and the said party of the first
part, hereby publish and declare that by the delegated
power so given in said patent we have good right and
lawful authority to dispose of the premises above men-
tioned as aforesaid free and clear from all troubles and
incumbrances whatsoever And farther we bind ourselves
and our successors in office to warrant and defend the
above granted premises unto him the said party of the
second part his heirs and assigns forever against all and
•every person and persons claiming any right or title from
by or under us as Trustees of said Town of Huntington,
or our successors. In testimony whereof we have caused
the seal of the Corporation to be hereunto afifixed and
signed by our President, the day and 3-ear abo\'e written.

Timothy Conkling, P. D.
Sealed and delivered [Seal.]

in the presence of

Abel Ketcham

Platt Conkling
[File No. 293.)

[1811, May 7.]

At a Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Excise
of Huntington in the County of Suffolk held at the dwell-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2$$

ing house of Ebenezer Gould Inn keeper in said Town on
the 7^'^ May 1811

Resolved that the following persons be & hereby are
Licensed as Tavern Keepers in said Town of Huntington
for the ensuing year :

Joseph S. Jarvis Hally Beers Eliphelet Chichester
Thomas Fleet Lewis Wicks John Beadell Jesse Piatt Eben-
ezer Gould Daniel Pearsall Ichebod Bedell David Conk,
ling John Mulford John B. Scudder Samuel VVhitson
Epenetus Smith Elkanah Brush Abel Brush Piatt Carll
Jeffery A. WoodhuU.

Samuel Carll, Jaccoml\h Brush, Nathaniel
Potter, Jonathan Gardiner, Moses Rolph, Commr's
of Excise.

(File No. 338.;

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1 811, April 2.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 2°"^ day of April
18 II to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Samuel Carll.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees,
Samuel Carll, Samuel Scidmore, Phineas Carll, Richard
Conkling Jr., Solomon Ketcham, Elias Baylis. Assessors,
Ezra Conkhng, Timothy Carll, Charles Colyar, Matthew
Gardiner, William Wicks. Overseers of Poor, Thomas
Roe, Samuel Fleet. Constables, Nathaniel Rusco, Daniel
Conkling, Peter Wickes, Epenetus Grifihth, David Conk-
ling. Commissioners of Highways, Amos Piatt, JNIoses
Scudder, Richard Oakley. Collector, Oliver Carll. Over-
seers of Highways, Jonas Sammis and forty one others.

256 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Town Surveyors, John Oakley, Charles Colyar, Abel
Ketcham. Fourteen Hundred dollars voted to meet ex-
penses of maintainance of Poor of the Town. Fence
Viewers, Josiah Smith and twenty seven others. Swine
Act reenacted.

At a special Town Meeting Ma}- i6th 181 1, Jacob Smith
was chosen to serve as Constable.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol, IT, pp. 298-304.)

[BOND. JACOB HARNED AND ELIAS SMITH.]

[1812, Feb. 27.]

Know all men by these presents that we Jacob Harned
and Elias Smith of Smith Town in Suffolk C(Hmty and
State of New York am held and firmly Bound unto Timo-
they Conkling Phincas Carll Richard Conkling Juner Sol-
omon Ketcham Elias Bayliss Samuel Carll & Samuel
Scidmore present Trustees of the freeholders and Com-
monality of the Town of Huntington County and State
aforesaid in the penal sum of two thousand Dollars to be
paid unto them the said Timothey Conkling Phineas Carll
Richard Conklmg Jr. Solomon Kitcham Elias Bay lis Sam-
uel Carll and Samuel Scidmore or to their successors in
Office wich payment well and truly to be made and Done
we bind ourselves our heirs Executors and Administrators
firmly by these presents seald with our seals and Dated
the twenty seventh Day of February eighteen hundred and
twelve.

Whereas a certain Dispute has taken place between the
said Jacob. Harned and Elias Smith and the aforesaid
Timothy Conkling Phineas Carll Richard Conkling Junior.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2$/

Solomon Ketcham Elias Baylis Samuel Carll and Samuel
Scidmore Trustees as aforesaid Touching and Concerning
the South and West bounds oi Wenea Commack patent.
Now the Condition of the above Obligation is such that
if the above Bound Jacob Harned and Elias Smith their
heirs Executors or Adminestrators and every of them do
and shall for and on their part and behalf in all things well
and truly stand to abide and perform fullfill and keep the
Award Arbitratement order and Determination ot John
W. Seamon Jesse Merrit and Samuel Burr Junor. all of the
County of Queens and State above said or any two of them
Arbetrators Indifferent chosen as well on the part of the
said Jacob Harned and Elias Smith as on the part and Be-
half of the said Timothy Conkling Phineas Carll Richard
Conkling Junor Solomon Ketcham, Elias Baylis Samuel
Carll and Samuel Scidmore Trustees as aforesaid to Arbi-
trate adjudge of Determine and Agree upon touching and
Concerning the south and West bounds of Wenea Com-
mack patent so always as the said Award Arbitratement
final end and Determination of the said south and West
bounds of Wenea Commack patent be made in Writing
and A Chart thereof Ready to be Delivered to the said
parties under the hands and seals of the said Arbitrators
or any two of them on or before the first Day of April now
Next Ensuing the Date of these presents then this Obliga-
tions to be null and void Otherwise to Remain in full
power elect and Virtue in the Law.

Jacob Harned [Seal]
Elias Smith [Seal.]
Signed sealed and Delivered
In the presence of

Samuel Vail.

Jesse Scudder.
{File No. 290.)

258 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[DEED. JACOB HARNED AND ELIAS SMITH
TO TOWN TRUSTEES.*]

[181 2, March 21.]

Know all men by these presents that we Jacob Hearned
and Elias Smith of Smithtown County of Suffolk & State
of New York for Divers good Causes and Considerations
have Remised released and forever quit-claimed and do
for us our heirs Executors Adm" and assigns Remise Re-
lease and for ever quit Claim unto Timothy Conkling
Phineas Carll Richard Conkling Jn' Solomon Ketcham
Elias Bayles Samuel Carll Samuel Scidmore present Trus-
tees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of
Huntington County & State aforesaid and to their Succes-
sors for ever all the estate Right Title claim and demand
whatsoever of in or to all that land South of Weana Com-
mack pattent that is to say South of the bounds hereafter
Described begining at the Northwest Corner of Said pat-
tent Measureing Two Hundred Three chain and Thirty
Seven links on the Confirmation line to a blacke oake
Sapling marked and Stones around it then runing South
Eighty nine Degrees & forty five minutes East Ninety
Eight Chain & Sixty eight links to Elias Smith land thence
South Six and a half west Six Chains & forty four links to
A Stone being Elias Smith South west Corner thence East
on the olde line of Marked Trees South Eighty Seven and
ThreeQuarters west one hundred and Sixty five Chain to
the South east Corner of Vandams line or Crooks Survey
Whereas a Dispute has for many years been Concerning
the South Bounds of the Pattent of Weana Commack
pattent and the north and East bounds of our olde pattent

[* By consulting file No. 295 a small map will be found, show-
ing the location of the premises conveyed by this deed in con-
nection with a map of the land conveyed to the Trustees by
Anning Moubray. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 259

In the east part of The Town of Huntington and we Jacob
Harned and Elias Smith do for our Selves our heirs Exe-
cutors Adm^ and assigns for Ever quit claim unto Timothy
Conkling Phineas Carll Richard Conkling Jn"" Solomon
Ketcham Elias Bayles Samuel Carll and Samuel Scidmore
present Trustees of the Freeholders of the Commonalty
of the Town of Huntington and to their Successors in
office for ever all our Right Title claim & Demand of
whatsoever kind or nature laying South of the said line
above Described and the North line of Islip as Witness
our hands and seals this Twenty first day of March in The
year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Twelve.

Jacob Hearned [Seal]
Elias Saiith [Seal.]
Signed Sealed cSc Delivered
In the presence of

Matthew Gardiner.
William Blvdenburgh.

Recorded by Moses Rolph

Town Clerk.
{File No. 332, J; Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 11 12.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[18 1 2, April 12.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 7th day of April
1812, to serve for one year:

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Samuel Carll.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees,
Samuel Carll, Samuel Scidmore, Phineas Carll, Richard
Conkling Jun'', Solomon Ketcham, Elias Baylis. Assess-
ors, Ezra Conkling, Timothy Carll, Charles Colyar, Mat-

26o HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

thew Gardiner, William Wickes. Overseers of Poor,
Solomon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet. Constables and Col-
lectors, Jacob Smith, Nathaniel Rusco, Daniel Conkling,
Epenetus Gi"iffith. Commissioners of Highways, Epenetus
Sammis, Moses Scudder, Richard Oakley. Town Sur-
veyors, John Oakley, Charles Colyar, Abel Ketcham.
Overseers of Highways, Jonas Sammis and fifty others.
Fence Viewers, Joshua Smith and twentv eight others.
Thomas Woodward, Pound Master.

Twelve hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
tainance of Poor of the Town. Swine act reenacted.

"Also Voted that all persons who Cut pine Wood on
the undivided pine plains belonging to the Town of Hun-
tington the Last winter or spring should be Liable to pay
twenty five Cents per Cord for each and Every Cord so
Cut.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 305-10 )

[i8i2, ]\Lay 5.]

List of Excise May 5"' 181 2.
Jeffery A. Woodhull John Mulford Hally Beers John B.
Scudder Abel Brush Jesse Piatt Israel Carll John Beadell
Benjamin Rushmore Thomas Smith Samuel Fleet Epen-
etus Smith Ichabod Beadle Asa Chichester, Joseph Jarvis
Ebenezer Gould Thomas Roe Nathaniel Potter Isaac
Conkling David Conkling, Henry Scudder Lewis, Lewis
Wickes, James West, Israel Youngs Alanson Hovt Luther
Loper Williams & Woolsey Daniel Jarvis Bathsheba May,
Piatt Carll. •
{File No. 339)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 261

[THE NICOLL SUIT.]

[1813, Jan. 20.]

At a Court of Chancery held for the State of New York
at the Capital in the City of Albany 20th Jany 1813.

Present the Honorable John Lansing Junr Esqr Chan-
cellor.

William Nicol, Infant by Selah Strong his Guardian vs.
The Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the
Town of Huntington Isaiah Jarvis & others.

Messrs. Riggs James and Harison of Council for the
Complainants, and Messrs. Sandford & Hoffman of Council
for the Defendants in the above Cause having been heard
last Octob'' Term on the Affidavits Read in the Said Cause
and on the petition of the Complainants by Mr Caleb S-
Riggs his Solicitor Setting forth among other things that
the above named Selah Strong together with Richard
Udal were by this Court appointed Guardians of the
person and Estate of the said william Nicol within a few
weeks after his Birth owing to the particular Situation of
His Estate at that time, that the present Suite was com-
menced when the said william Nicol was of the age of
about Six years by the said Selah Strong and Richard
Udal as his Guardians and has been presented in that
manner Until on or about the Twenty Sixth day of May
last when this Court on the Application of the said Wil-
liam NiQol with the Consent of the Said Selah Strong and
Richard Udal dismissed the Said Richard Udal from
Being Guardian of the said william Nicol and Ordering
that his Name be Considered as being Struck out of the
Record in the Said Suite and that all Subsequent pro-
ceeding in the Said Suite Should be in the name of the
Said Selah Strong alone as Such Guardian — that the Said
Order by which the Said Richard Udal is dismissed as

262 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Guardian as aforesaid was Granted on account of its
appearing to the Court that the Said Richard Udal was
an Important Witness for the said William NicoU that no
Steps have Been taken in the Said Suite Since the Said
order dismissing the Said Richard Udal from his Said
Guardian Ship was Entered as aforesaid, that on the hear-
ing of the Cause Certain feigned issues were directed to
be made up and tryed by A special Jury and the Same
were made Up and Tried accordingly after which the
Said petitioner applied for and obtained an order for a
Rehearing which as the Said petitioner was advised opens
the Whole Case for the Consideration of this Court as it
Stood before the Same was heard that the Said Richard
Udal is now in a situation to be A Competent witness for
the Said petitioner and he is advised by his Council and
believes that the Testimony of the Said Richard Udal is
very Important for the Said petitioner on the merits of
this Cause of which he Cannot avail himself in a full and
beneficial manner without he Shall be examined in the
Cause in this Court because Unless the Said Testimony be
so taken it will not form part of the Evidence on the
Rehearing nor in the Court above on an appeal Should an
appeal Take place, that within a few days before the date
of the Said petition the Said petitioner or his Council for
the first time became acquainted with the Existence of a
manuscript book found among the deeds and Title papers
of the Loyd family present or Late owners of the Estate
on the North side of Long island known by the name of
Loyds Neck which Contains many entres made by and in
the handwriting of James Loyd then owner of Lovds neck
and of other property on the south side of Long island in
the Neighborhood of the property in Question in this
Cause and other Entries made by Henry Lovd the Son of
the Said James Loyd after his decease, which Said James
Loyd died between the Tenth day of April 1684 and the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 263

22"'' of Sept 1693 as the Said petitioner Understands and
believes from a Coppy of the Said James Loyds Will
Entered in the Said book and an Enti"y of the time the
Same was proved in Which Said book is contained a
diagram or Map of Long- island together with the South
Bay and with the Beach on the South side thereof which
Map so far as relates to Long island the bay and beach
purports to have been Copied from Riders Survey of
hojiig island on a leaf of the Said book by the Said James
Loyd in his Lifetime and from which it appears that at
that time there was not any Gut water passage or inlet
through any beach from the Bay to the ocean Except one
to the" Westward of all the Islands in Question in this
Cause that Riders Survey in the Said petition mentioned
if it Can be Discovered and proved or the Said Copy
Contained in the Said Book if Authenticated by proof
will be Material Testimony for the Said petitioner in this
cause tending to Shew that all the Islands in Question
were Comprehended in the patent Under which the Said
Petitioner Claims Title to the Same and praying an Order
for the Examination of the Said Richard Udal as a witness
for the Said petitioner in this Cause on the Usual Notice
to the adverse party and to Examine witness to prove
Rider's Survey if to be found and to prove the Authen-
ticity of the Said manuscript book and the Entries thereof
particularly the Said Diagram or Map of Long island the
South Bay and the beach on the South side thereof in
such manner as the Said petitioner Shall be advised to
make the Same evidence in this Cause if Such proof Shall
be in his power and due delibereation thereon having
thereon been had it is ordered that the Said Richard Udal
be Examined as a witness in the said Cause on giving the
usual notice to the adverse party of Such Examination and
that the Said petitioner have leave to Examine Witnesses
to prove Riders Survey and also to prove the Authenticity

264 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS,

of the manuscript book in the Said petition mentioned and
the entries therein and the Said Diagram or Map of Long
island the South Bay and the beach on the South side
thereof and that the Depositions and proofs to be taken as
evidence in this Cause Notwithstanding that Publication
has passed therein and Subsequent proceedings been had
therein in like Manner as though Publication had not
passed in the Said Cause.*

[A Copy.] Sanders Lansing,

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[18 1 3, April 6.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 6th day of April
18 1 3, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Samuel Carll.
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Potter. Trustees, Alex-
ander Lewis, Phineas Carll, Samuel Carll, Richard Conk-
ling, Solomon Ketcham, Elias Ba3dis. Assessors, William
Wickes, Jonathan Gardiner, Ezra Conkling, Timothy
Carll, Abel Ketcham. Collector, Daniel Conkling, (ac-
cepted the office at the rate of nine cents per twenty shil-
lings collected.) Constables, Jacob Smith, John D. Brush,
Peter Wickes, Daniel Conkling, Timothy Conkling.
Overseers of the Poor, Solomon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet.

[* The Lloyd manuscript book and map, above referred to,
are now in the possession of Henry Lloyd, of Huntington, a
descendant of the James Lloyd above mentioned, and these
papers have furnished evidence in many important suits and
legal proceedings since this. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 265

Commissioners o-f Highways, Moses Scudder, Epenetus
Sammis, Abel Ketcham. School Commissioners for Com-
mon School, Samuel Fleet, Elias Baylis, Thomas Gould.
Fence Viewers, Josiah Smith and thirty others.

"Voted that the Town Raise by tax as much Money as
is Granted to S*^ Town by Law for the Common School
fund."

Voted eighteen hundred dollars (including School Tax)
to meet expenses maintainance of Poor of the Town.
Overseers of Highways, Zophar Ketcham and forty seven
others. Swine act reenacted. Act relating to pasturing
Cattle on the Town Beach with penalty, i-eenacted.
Town Surveyors, John Oakley, Charles Colyar, Abel
Ketcham.

Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 311-18.)

[1813, May 5.]

At a Meeting of the Commissioners of Excise of the
Town of Huntington in the County of Suffolk held at the
DweUing house of Piatt Carll on the fifth Day of May 1813.

Resolved that the following persons be licensed to keep
inns or Taverns in the said Town of Huntingrton for one
year from this Date.

Jeffery Woodhull, John Mulford Piatt Carll Thomas
Seaman Epenetus Smith Jesse Piatt Ebenezer Gould
Hawley Beers Isaac Conkling Assa Chichester Moses
Hill Daniel Jarvis.

Samuel Carll, Divine Hewlett, Moses Rolph,
William Wickes, Charles Colyer, Commissioners of
Excise.

[File No. 315.;

266 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1813, Dec. 23.]

'*At a Special Town Meeting held at the House of Piatt
Carll on Thursday the 23''^ Day of December 181 3 for the
Express purpose of Chooseing Inspectors of Common
School in the Town of Huntington the following persons
were chosen viz : Daniel Jarvis, Abel Ketcham, John
Rogers, Thomas Leoland, Thomas Ketcham (of Jesse)
William WoodhuU, Inspectors of Common Schools.

Recorded by me Moses Rolph Town Clerk of the Town
of Huntington aforesaid."

{Town Meetings, Vol II, p. 319.)

[DEED. ANNING M(3UBRAY TO TOWN
TRUSTEES.]

[1814, Jan. 15.]

To all to whome these presents shall come know y'' that
I Anning Moubray of Islip in the County of Suffolk and
State of New York. Have remised released and forever
quitclaimed, and by these presents Do for myself my heirs
executors and administrators remise release and forever
quit-claim unto Nathaniel Potter President of the Trustees
of the Town of Huntington in the County and State afore-
said and Phinehas Carll Solomon Ketcham xA.lexander
Lewis Richard Conkling, Elias Baylis and Samuel Carll
present Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of
said Town of Huntington and to their successors in office;
All that certain tract or parcel of Pine Plains within the
said County of Suffolk situate as follows Beginning one

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 267

hundred and fifty two chains from the Candle wood road
so called, or Nicolls road on a due north line from the
head of Orawack Brook or River, and at the distance of
one hundred and sixty chains and fifty links from the head
of said Brook or River at a stake and stones thence run-
ning due west till it shall intersect a line running due north
from the east Brook of Apple tree neck ; thence on a due
north line to Conklins road, or the middle Country road
so called, thence along said road easterly, until a line on
the south part of the land of Elias Smiths crosses said
road ; thence by the land of said Elias Smith easterly,,
until a due south line shall strike the place of beginning —
To have and to hold all and singular the above mentioned
premises and every part and parcel thereof with the ap-
purtenances unto the said Trustees of the Freeholders and
commonality of the said Town of Huntington and their
successors forever So that neither I the said Anning Mou-
bray, my heirs, executors or administrators, at any time
hereafter shall or will claim challenge or demand any in-
terest property benefit or other thing in any manner what-
soever to the above mentioned premises belonging or in
any wise appertaining ; But of and from all claims and de-
mands which I the said Anning Moubray my heirs execu-
tors or administrators may have concerning the same
shall be forever barred by these presents. In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifteenth
day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fourteen.

Anning Moubray [Seal.]
Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of
Selah Carll.
Joshua Wicks.

268 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Draught of within described and quit-claimed pre-mises
as drawn from actual survey, January lo"' 1814.*

By Abel Ketcham, Surveyor.

[Here follows map of the premises made by Abel Ketcham, Surveyor,
January lo, 1814.]

State of New York )

Suffolk County \ ' '

On the 15*'' day February in the year 1842 Selah Carll
with whome I am personally acquainted came before me
and being by me duly sworn depose and say that he is a
resident of the Town of Huntington in the County of Suf-
folk that he saw Anning Moubry execute the within con-
veyance that he the said Selah Carll subscribed his name
thereto as a witness and that he knew the said Anning
Moubray to be the person Described in and who executed
the said conveyance.

Joel Jarvis, Justice of the Peace.
[Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, p. 13.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1 814, April 5.]

Election of Town ofhoers held on the 5th day of April
18 14, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Samuel Fleet,
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees,
Alexander Lewis, Phineas Carll, Samuel Carll, Richard
Conkling Jun'' Solomon Ketcham, Charles Baylis. Over-

[* The map of these premises, which embraces about 2,000
acres of land now in the Town of Islip, will be found on a page
■of the original deed. File No. 294. The land was afterwards
sold by the Town Trustees. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 269

seers of the Poor, Samuel Fleet, Solomon Ketcham, Town
Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Collector, Daniel Conkling. Con-
stables, Elkanah Piatt, Jacob Smith, Daniel Conkling, Peter
Wickes. Commissioners of Highways, Isreal Piatt, Abel
Ketcham, Thomas Ketcham. Assessors, Ezra Conkling,
Timoth}' Carll, Samuel Scidmore, William Wickes, Abel
Ketcham. Pound Master, Thomas Woodward. Town
Surveyors, John Oakley, Charles Colyar, Abel Ketcham.
Inspectors of Common Schools, Daniel Jarvis, Abel
Ketcham, John Rogers, Thomas Ireland, Thomas Ketcham
(of Jesse), William Woodhull. Overseers of Highways,
Zophar Ketcham and forty six others. Fence Viewers,
Ezra Smith and thirty two others. Swine act reenacted.

Voted twelve hundred dollars for school and contingent
expenses of the Town. Law in relation to pasturing Cattle
upon the Town Beach reenacted.

"Also Voted and enacted that no person shall gain any
title to Sea Weed by heaping it on the Shores the North
Side of the Town of Huntington and that it shall be as
Lawful for any person to take & Carry away all Sea Weed
Lying on S'^ Shores heapt or as the tide Left it."

"Recorded by me Moses Rolph Town Clerk of the
Town of Huntington aforesaid."

[Tuivn Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 320-26.)

[DECISION OF CHANCELLOR KENT IN THE
NICOLE SUIT.]

[1814, April 29. J

At a Court of Chancery held for the State of
New York at the Capitol in the City of Al-
bany the 29"' day of August 18 14.

270 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Present.

The Honorable James Kent Esquire Chancellor.

William Nicoll an infant by
Selah Strong his Guardian.

vs.

The Trustees of the Free-
holders AND Commonality'
OF THE Town of Hunting-'
ton and others.

This cause having been brought to a re-hearing in pursu-
ance of an order for that purpose on the pleadings proofs
and exhibits in the cause, at the City of New York at a
Court of Chancery there held in the month of June in the
3'ear one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and the
matter having been opened by Mr Riggs of Counsel for
the Complainant, and the pleadings, proofs and exhibits in
the cause having been read and the Court having heard
Counsel thereon as well for the Complainants as for the
defendants, and mature deliberation being had by the
Court thereon, and it appearing Satisfactorily to the Court
that neither the Complainant nor Defendants the Trustees
•of the Freeholders Commonality of the Town of Hunting-
ton \vho have respectively claimed title thereto have any
right or title to the said Islands in the pleadings men-
tioned, called Captree Island, Oak Island and Grass Isl-
and, or to either of them. Whereupon it is ordered, ad-
judged and decreed, and his honor the Chancellor doth by
virtue of the power and authority of his Court according-
ly order, adjudge and decree that the Complainants Bill
be and the same is hereby dismissed but without Costs to
be paid by either part}' to the other, each party being to
pay his and their own Costs as well in this Court as for

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2/1

the trial at law of the feigned issue heretofore directed
and tried— And it is further Ordered, adjudged and de-
creed by the authority aforesaid that the actions at Law
mentioned in the pleadings in this cause and now pending
in the Supreme Court of this State and in which the Com-
plainant is plaintiff touching the said Islands, some or one
of them shall be discontinued and each party pay his own
costs of suit therein.

[A Copy.] Sanders Lansing,

[1814, May 3.]

Resolved that the following persons who have taken
licenses to keep Inns or Taverns this 3 day of May 18 14 are
of good moral character & of sufficient abilities to keep
Inns or Taverns for the accommodations of travelers. Viz..
Jesse Piatt, Ebenezer Gould, Thomas Gould, Epenetus
Smith, Isaac Conkling, Hawley Beers, Thomas Seaman,
Asa Chichester, Abel Brush, John B. Scudder, Ichabod
Bedell, Jeffery A. WoodhuU, Jacob Conkling, Daniel Jarvis,
David Conkling, Gilbert Carll.

Samuel Fleet, Divine Hewlett, Charles Colyer,
William Wickes, Moses Rolph, Commrs.

Huntington Suffolk County the Third day of May A. D.

1814-

{File No. 340.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. POWDER AND
SHOT PURCHASED FOR WAR.]

[Abstract.]
[1814, Nov. 5.]
A Special Town Meeting held in the Town on the 5th
Day of November 18 14.

272 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

"It was voted that the Sum of two hundred and Seven
Dollars & -^^j^ be paid by the Town being the amount of
two bills paid for 6 Casks of powder 400'^' of Musket Balls
and a Quantity of buck Shot by the Trustees of S'' Town
for the Militia to Defend the S*^ Town with in Case of
Invasion.""

It was also voted to distribute the powder and balls as
follows: "I Cask of the powder and the sixth of the balls &
shot be Deposited with Capt Samuel Muncv at South.

Also Voted that i Cask of the powder and the sixth
partt of the Balls and Shot be Deposited with Matthew
Gardiner Crabmeadow or fresh pond. Also Voted tliat i
Cask of the powder and the Sixth of the Ball and Shot be

[* War was declared by the United States against Great
Britain June 18, 1812. The causes of complaint were her im-
prisonment of American seaman, her restrictions upon com-
merce and her instigating the Indians to revolt. This record
of a town meeting here, which shows the purchase of powder
and shot "to defend the Town with in case of invasion," is, I
think, the only paper on file which alludes in any way to this
war with Great Britain, and as this purchase of war material
was made only about two months before the close of the con-
flict, the treaty of peace being signed December 24, 1814, it is
hardly probable that hostilities had much disturbed the people
here. British ships, however, blockaded the entire coast of the
United States ; many naval conflicts had taken place ; Ston-
ington, Connecticut, was bombarded Aug. 10, 1814; Washing-
ton City was taken by the British and the Capitol burned Aug.
25, of the same year, and the Battle of New Orleans was
fought January 8, 1815, several days after the treaty of peace
had been signed. The booming of cannons on the New Eng-
land shore probably reminded our forefathers, many of whom
had survived the Revolutionary War, that it was time to arm
and get ready to fight with the old enemy. We know that
many in Huntington were enlisted in the service, some going
to Sag Harbor and others to Brooklyn, and it is probable that
more or less were in the navy and saw actual service. It is
also said that on a false alarm a company was raised here, who
marched to Lloyd's Neck but found no enemy. The people
here evidently intended to give the "red coats'' a warm re-
ception.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 273

Deposited with Epenetus Smith Cow Harbour. Also
Voted that i|- Casks of the powder and the Equal propor-
tion of the Ball and Shot be Deposited with Capt Abel
Conkling. Also Voted that i^ Cask of the powder and
the Equal proportion of the Bali and Shot be Deposited
with Capt John Rogers.

Recorded by me Moses Rolph, Town Clerk of the S*^
Town of Huntington.

{Toivn Meetings, Vol. II, p. 327.)

[1815, — 20.]

An Account of Money Received by the Trustees of the
Town of Huntington for pine timber sold belonging to sd.
Town — 1 81 5.

September By Cash Received of Piatt Soper $23.05 ;
Do Elkanah Bunce 119.84; Do Samuel Blachly 77 ; Do
Morris Burr 25 : Do Piatt Wickes 77.35 ; Do John Carll
by Samll Carll 66 ; Do Eneas Smith Note by his Adms.
28.80 ; Do Samuel Carll 8 ; of Joshua Robens 10 ; of Enos
Smith by J. B. Scudder 28.37^ ; of Ebenezer Gould 26.64;
of Enos Smith 35.94 ; Do of Israel Sammis for pine timber
sold Stephen Brown 28.50; Do David Oakes per pine tim-
ber 8.00 ; 1820, Do Piatt Arther (by Zopher Sammis) 18.92 ;
Do sums paid to the overseers of the poor 289.52; Total

867.45i

[File No. 299.)

[LETTER OF WILLIAM SMITH CONCERNING
THE NICOLE PATENT.]

[No date.]
The pattent from Gov. Benjamin Fletcher to W"" Smith

274 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Dated Ninth October 1693 Extends Westward on the
beach and bay to a Gut or inlet to the bay Commonly
called Huntington Gut to a stake on the beach Eastward
to a place called Capswague being the Town of South-
hamptons Westermost bounds the said beach and bay being
from the east to the west bounds twenty four miles and
seven Chains as by the returne of the Surveyer General
May more fully Appear, (from the West bounds or Hun-
tington Gut to Long Cove is 10 Miles three Quarters & 40
rod) I have in my hands a Coppy of record from the Secre-
tarys Ofifice of a Grant to W™ NicoU Dated the forth of June
1688 for all those Islands and small Isls of Sandy Land and
Marsh or Meadow Ground With the Appurtenances sit-
uate lying and beeing on the South side of Long Island
between the inlet or Gut Commonly Called Huntington
Gut and the land of W"' NicoU Taken from a Coppy in
my hands. •

Wm. Smith.
This done at the request of Mr Carle Ketcham for the
Gentlemen of Huntington. Lib. No. 6, page 333.*
[File No. 307.)

[LETTER OF NATHAN SANFORD.]

[1816, March 4.]

Albany 4"' March 18 16.

Saturday Evening.
Dear Sir — Mr. Scudder has just now shown to me a
Petition which he has this day received from the People of
Islip praying for a grant of the Islands. After consider-
able conversation Mr. Scudder has consented at my re-

[* This paper shows how, in the suit of this Town with Wm.
Nicoll, it became important to locate "Huntington Gut." — C.
R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2/5

quest to hold the Petition in his hands until I can write to
3'ou, and you can give some answer. The Petition is well
drawn and is signed by a great many of the People of
Islip. It will be necessary for you to attend to the sub-
ject immediately Mr Scudder wishes you to see the Peo-
ple of Islip and consult with them ; and he particularly
desires that you will see Nathaniel Conklin Esquire It will
be proper to give some answer as soon as possible, as Mr.
Scudder may perhaps not think himself justified in with-
holding the Petition from the Legislature for any consid-
erable time If you cannot make some arrangement with
Islip by which they will withdraw their Petition for the
present session, it will I conceive be proper and prudent,
that vou or some other of the Trustees should repair to
Albany immediately. It is entirely uncertain how long I
shall ramain here.

With respects and esteem I am Obediently

Nathan Sanford.

Phineas Carll Esquire.

Dicks hills, Huntington, Long Island.*
{File No. 343.)

[i8i6, Dec. II.]

Suffolk County [-ss:

Zophar Ketcham being duly sworn deposeth and saith

[* Mr. NicoU having failed to sustain a title to the beaches
and islands in the South Bay in the suit with Huntington, the
people of the Town of Islip sought to acquire the premises by
Legislative grant. Nathan Sanford, the most active attorney
for Huntington in the suit which had just been decided, was
therefore sent to Albany to oppose such grant being made.
The two papers, which follow this, were used before a commit-
tee of the Legislature in behalf of Huntington's protestagainst
the grant asked for. — C. R. S.]

2/6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

that he is upwards of seventy years of age that he is as he
believes the great grandson of Samuel Ketcham who pur-
chased a certain Island of Marsh in the South Bay in the
Town of Huntington of the Seaquetaug Indians by a deed
bearing date the 13"' day of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty nine, called by
the Indians sesecunhas and by the English Cedar Island.

That as long ago as he can remember his Grandfather
Nathaniel Ketcham was in the use and possession of the
said Island or a part of it and that some part of the said
Island has continued in the family untill the present time.

And this deponent further saith that the said Cedar Isl-
and is the next Island west of Oak Island and less than
half a mile from it and that there is no other Island be-
tween Oak Island and JNIassepeg Gut but Cedar Island and
further this deponent saith not.

ZopiiAR Ketcham.

Sworn this 11"^ day of Dec"^^ A. D. 1816

Before me Abel Ketcham
Justice of the Peace in and f(3r the County aforesaid.
{Flic Ko. 310.)

[1817, Jan. 7.]

Suffolk County y ss :

Henry Scudder being duly sworn deposeth and saith
that he is upwards of seventy three years of age and now
resides in the Town of Smith Town that he was born in
the Town of Huntington and resided there untill within a
few years past, except during a part of the revolutionary
war, that he was chosen a trustee of the said Town of
Huntington soon after he was with age and was regularly
chosen to the same office untill the american revolution
when he removed into the american lines and has been a
trustee several times since the revolution that as long ago

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 2//

as he can remember the Trustees of Huntington laid claim
to the Islands lately in controvercy with William NicoU
and exercised acts of ownership over them by regulations
respecting the cutting the grass that grew on them and
restraining such as did not belong to the said Town from
using them. That they were in the constant exercise of
such acts during the whole time he was a member of the
board of Trustees. That about fifty years ago an applica-
tion was made to the then Governor of the Colony of New
York for a grant of the Islands in oposition to the title of
Huntington and that he the deponent was then a Trustee
of said Town and was employed by the board to go to the
Governor and council to resist the application on the
ground the title to the said Islands was legally vested in
said Trustees that he accordingly went and performed the
said services whereupon the Governor and council refused
to listen to the aforesaid application.

And this deponent further saith that a similar applica-
tion was made to the legislature of this state soon after the
revolution for some lands not included in the last Patent
of Huntington and that the application was resisted on the
same grounds as the preceeding with the same result, and
further this deponent saith not.

Henry Scudder.

Sworn this 7"' day of January A, D. 18 17

Before me William Wickes.

Justice of the Peace.
{File No. 308.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1815, April 4.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the 4th day of April
181 5, to serve for one year.

2/8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Samuel CarlL
President of Trustees, Timothy Conklin. Trustees, Alex-
ander Lewis, Phineas Carll, Samuel Carll, Richard Conk-
lin Jun', Solomon Ketcham, Elias Baylis. Assessors,
Timothy Carll, Samuel Scidmore, Isreal Piatt, William
Wickes, Abel Ketcham. Collector, Elkanah Piatt. Over-
seers of the Poor, Thomas Roe, William WoodhulL
Commissioners of Highways, Isreal Piatt, Abel Ketcham,
Thomas Ketcham. Constables, Jacob Smith, David
Conkling, Elkanah Piatt, Peter Wickes. Pound Master,
Thomas Woodward. Commissioners of Common Schools,
Samuel Fleet, Thomas Gould, Abel Ketcham. Inspectors
of Common schools, William Wood hull, Daniel Jarvis,
Thomas Ireland, Thomas Ketcham, John Rogers. Town
Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Town Surveyors, John Oakley,
Charles Colvar, Abel Ketcham. Overseers of Highways,
Ezra Smith and forty seven others. Fence Viewers, Ezra
Smith and thirty five others.

One thousand dollars voted to meet expenses Maintam-
anceof the Poor and other charges, including the Common
Schools of the Town.

"Voted that the Collector have Six Cents on twenty
Shillings provided he have the State Tax to Collect if not
Nine Cents on 20 Shillings."

Swine Act re-enacted.

Law relating to pastunng Stock on the Town Beach
re-enacted.

Law in regard to title to seaweed re-enacted.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 328-36.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 279

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1816, April 2.]

Election of Officers held on the 2"^^ day of April 1816, to
serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, John Rogers.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees,
Alexander Lewis, Phineas Carll, Samuel Carll, Richard
Conkling Jun', Solomon Ketchani, Elias Baylis. Over-
seers of the Poor, Solomon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet.
Assessors, Timothy Carll, William Wickes, Isreal Piatt,
Abel Ketcham, Samuel Scidmore. Commissioners of
Highways, Isreal Piatt, Abel Ketcham, Thomas Ketcham.
Constables, Jacob Smith, Elkanah Piatt, David Conklin,
Peter Wickes. Pound Masters, Thomas Woodward,
Thomas Ketcham. Collector, Elkanah Piatt. Town
Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Commissioners of Common
Schools, Abel Ketcham, Thomas Gould, Silas Wood.
Inspectors of Common Schools, Scudder B. Smith, Wil-
liam Wickes, Piatt Conkling, Benjamin K. Hobart, Abel
Ketcham, Conkling Ketcham. Overseers of Highways,
Ezra Smith, and forty ^five others. Fence Viewers, Ezra
Smith and twenty eight others.

One thousand dollars voted to meet expenses Maintain-
ance of the Poor of the Town and other Charges, includ-
ing Common Schools.

"Voted that a pound be built on the South Side of the
Town of Huntington and set on the Neck Called Negun-
tatague."

"An act to prevent the Destruction of Clams and oysters,
in any Ba\s or Shores on the north side of the Town of
Huntington."

I Be it enacted that any person or persons except in-
habitants of said Town on being convicted of catching

28o HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Clams or oysters in any. of the Bays harbours or shores
above mentioned shall for every such offence forfeit and
pay the sum of ten Dollars and a further sum of one Dollar
for every bushel so taken or caught the one Moiety to the
Complaint the other for the use of S*^ Town.

Be it enacted that if any person or persons being Inhab-
itants of sd Town of Huntington shall be Duly convicted
of selling any clams or Oysters taken in any of the afore-
said Bays harbours or shores to any foreigner or carrying
them to any Market out of S'^ Town for sale shall for every
such offence forfeit and pay the sum of ten Dollars and an
additional sum of one Dollar per bushel for every bushel
so sold or Disposed of and the informers name kept secret,
one Moiety to the complainant the other to the use of
S*^ Town."

Swine Act re-enacted.

Law relating to title to seaweed re-enacted.

Law in relation to pasturing Stock on the Town Beaches

re-enacted.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 337-45.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1817, April I.]

Election of Town Officers held first day of April 1817,
to serve for one }ear.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, William Wickes.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees, Sam-
uel Carll, Solomon Ketcham, Divine Hewlett, William
Wickes, Samuel Scidmore, Thomas Ketcham. Assessors,
Timothy Carll. William Wickes, Abel Ketcham, Samuel
Scidmore, Richard Conkling. Collector, Elkanah Piatt.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 28 1

Overseers of the Poor, Solomon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet.
Commissioners of Highways, Abel Ketcham, Isreal Piatt,
Thomas Ketcham. Constables, Elkanah Piatt, David
Conkling-, Jacob Smith, Edward Dodd. Inspectors of
Common Schools, Benjamin K. Hobart, Jonathan Gilder-
sleeve, Thomas Ketcham. Overseers of Highway's, Au-
gustin Jarvis and fortv five others. Fence Viewers, Ezra
Smith and twenty five others. Commissioners of Common
Schools, Abel Ketcham, Piatt Conkling, Thomas Gould.

"Voted at the Last annual Town Meeting in the Town
of Huntington that no foreigner be permitted to Catch
any Clams, fowls or fish in the Jurisdiction of S'' Town
under the penalty of ten Dollars for ever}' offence, one
Moiety to the Complainant the other for the use of
S'^ Town. Voted that Piatt Ketcham, Phineas Smith and
Samuel Burch put the Law in effect on the South Side of
the Island."

Swine act re-enacted.

"i\lso Voted that no horse or Neat Cattle be suffered to
remain on the Beach belonging to the Town of Hunting-
ton after the first day of June under the penalty of five
Dollars to be Recovered in any Court having Cognizance
thereof."

"Also Voted that no person gain any title or claim to
seaweed by heaping it on the Shores the North side of the
S*^ Town of Huntington and that Jt shall be LawfuU for
any person to take and carry away all Sea Weed Lying on
S'^ shores heaped up as the tide Left it."

Fourteen hundred dollars Voted to meet expenses of
maintaining the Poor and other Charges of the Town.

"Also Voted that application be made to the Legislature
of this State at their next meeting to annex the Town of
Huntington to the County of Queens."

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 346-52 )

282 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE FERRY TO NORWALK.]

[1817, April 2.]
This Indenture made the second day of April in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven-
teen between Timothy Conkling president of the Trustees
of the freeholders and commonality of the Town of Hun-
tington in the County of Suffolk and State of New York
by and with the consent of the Other Trustees of sd.
Town of the first part and Samuel B. Kelcy & Isaac Scud-
der of the Town County and State aforesaid of the second
part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the Rents
and Covenants hereinafter mentioned and contained which
on the part and behalf of the second part are to be paid
and performed hath Demised granted and to farm Letten
and by these presents Doth Demise and to farm Let unto
the sd. party of the second part all that certain ferry from
the harbour of Huntington to Nor walk in Connecticut to
have and to hold the sd. ferry unto them the sd. party of
the second part for and During the full end and term of
six years commencing the Date hereof they the second
part paying the sum of eight Dollars therefor yearly and
every year During the sd. term hereby granted unto the
party of the first part or his successors in of^ce to be
applyed for the use of sd. Town and we the sd. party of
the second part Do heTeby covenant and agree to provide
and keep in good Repair a sufficient Boat convenent for
the purpose of Carrying passengers stock and Carriages
from sd. harbor in Huntington to Norwalk in Connecticut
and to keep sd. boat or vessel in sd harbour of Huntington
R:ady for passengers or frate from the first Day of March
to the first Day of December in each and every year
During the term herein mentioned except when actually
on the passage or Detained by weather or tide and I the
sd. Timothy Conkling party of the first part Do hereby

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 285

impower the party of the second part to ask and Receive
from every passenger the sum of fifty Cents for his or her
passage and for every hors Mare, gilden or Ox the sum
of sixty two & I" Cents and the sum of seventy five cents
per each and every Carriage with two Avheels and for each
and every four wheel carriage the sum of one Dollar and
we the sd. party of the second part Do covenant and
agree to go on the passage in sd. ferry at any time when
Weather permit, for two passengers any time between the
first Day of March and the first Day of December in each
and every year during sd. term herein Mentioned and also
for one passenger provided he or she pay Double passage
and "it is further agreed that if the yearly rent or any part,
thereof shall be unpaid for the space of thirty Da3^s &c. —
peaceably and quietly to have hold and Occopy sd. ferry
During the term hereby Granted without any Disturbance
of me or any other person claiming to from by or under
me or under my successors in office in Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the sd Town of
Huntington the Day and year first above Written.

Timothy Conkling, P. D.

William Wicks

Moses Rolph [Seal.]

{File No. 297.)

[TRUSTEES' LEASE OF THE ISLANDS.]

[18 1 7, July 10.]

To all to whom these presents may come Know 3^e that
I Timothy Conkling president of the Trustees of the free-
holders and Commonality of the Town of Huntinsfton in
Suffolk County and State of New York by and witfi the
Consent of Solomon Ketcham Samuel Carll Samuel Scid-

284 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

more William Wickes Divine Hewlett & Thomas Ketcham
present Trustees of sd. Town for and in Consideration of
the sum of fifty Dollars to me in hand hath granted De-
mised, Leased and to farm Letten and bv these presents
Doth grant Demise Lease and to farm Let unto John
Carll Richard Van Wyck Edward Dodd Daniel Oakley
John Ketcham all the Grass for Mowing this season on
the Islands in the South Bay known by the names of Cap
tree Oak Island Grass & Jesse Islands together with the
Beach opposite thereto in Witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of the Trustees of said
Town of Huntington the tenth Day of July in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, •

Timothy Conkling,
In presence of P. D. Trustees [Seal.]

Moses Rolph
{File No. 296.)

IPETITION OF HUNTINGTON TO THE LEGIS-
LATURE FOR A GRANT OF THE ISLANDS
IN THE SOUTH BAY.*]

1817, Dec. 13.]

To the honorable the Legislature of the State of New
York in Senate and Assembly convened.

The memorial of the Trustees of the Freeholders and"

[* Immediately after the decision of the Court of Chancery,
<iismissing the suit of the guardians of William Nicoll, the
Town of Islip took active steps to secure a grant from the
Legislature of the Islands and beaches in question. Hunting-
ton was therefore compelled to head this measure off by a coun-
ter petition, of which the foregoing is a copy. The result was
that neither Huntington or Islip procured the grant applied
for as appears by the next paper. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 28?

commonality of the Town of Huntington in the County of

Suffolk

Respectfully Sheweth ,

That the Town of Huntington was settled and the lands
principally purchased of the natives before the conquest
of the Colony by the British Government m 1664.

That it became an object with the people to obtam the
organization of the Town and a confirmation of their pur-
chases as soon as' possible after the conquest

That thev obtained Letters Patent from Richard Nicoll
the first governor on the 30'^^ day of Noven^ber A. D 1666
By which The Town was organized, the title to such lands
as were already purchased confirmed with the privilege
of making further purchases within certain specified limits,
comprehending within the same Three certain Islands
commonly caUed Captree Island, Oak Island and grass
Island situate in the South Bay between the south side of
the Island *& the ocean.

That on the second day of August A. D. 1688 other
letters Patent were Issued by Thomas Dongan then gov-
ernor of the Colonv of New York to the people of the said
Town with the same Boundaries, By which the Town was
incorporated the former letters Patent recited forn^er
purchases confirmed and all the right and Title of he
Government to the residue of the lands m the hmits of the
Patent (with certain exceptions) were granted and con-
veyed to the said corporation for the use of the Free-
holders and Inhabitants of said Town. , ,,.

That on the fifth day of October A. D. 1694 other letters
Patent were issued bv Benjamin Fletcher then governor
of the said Colony to the said Town, without contaimn^
anv new grant, by which the incorporation was renewed,
th^ eastern boundary line altered and the corporate limits

of the Town abridged. • ^ ^f .1.^

That the Trustees of the said Town by virtue of the

286 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

right vested in them by the Secon Patent entered and
took possession of the above mentioned Islands and in the
year 1705 in order to prevent intrusions within the limits
of their posses'sions and to remove all objection arising
from defect of Indian title, extinguished the claim of the
few Indians that remained of the tribe within whose Juris-
diction they were situated ; to the Islands in dispute.

And from the time the grass became of value have been
in the constant and uninterrupted use and enjoyment of
the said Islands, cutting the grass and performing such
other acts of ownership as could be exercised over them
untill within about Twenty years past.

That within that Time the descendants of one William
NicoU have at different times claimed title to the said
Islands under pretence of a Patent granted to their
ancestor the said William NicoU the 4th day of June A. D.
1668 and to give color to their pretended title have occa-
sionlv committed and authorised others to commit
trespasses on the said Islands and that divers suits at law
have been commenced and prosecuted between your
memorialists and those claiming under the said William
Nicoll, touching the said Islands and the title thereto.

And that one William Nicoll an infant and descendant
from the aforesaid Patentee did lately by his guardians
for the purpose of establishing his title to the said Islands
and being quieted in the possession thereof, file his bill in
the Court of Chancery of this state against your memori-
alists and others, acting under them, which after the
verdict of a jury on a feigned issue directed by the said
Court to try the title of the said William Nicoll to the
said Islands, being found against him, and after two hear-
ings in the said Court, before the said Court, was dis-
missed by the final decree of the said Court on the ground
that the said William Nicoll had no title thereto ; and
from which decree there has been no appeal.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 28/

Your memorialist further shew, that The prosecution
and defence of the said suits have involved your memori-
alists in great difficulties and heavy expenses.

That from the investigation into the Title of the said
Islands to which the said suits and especially the said suit
in Chancer)^ has given rise some doubts have arisen
whether the documentary title of your memorialists to the
said Islands under the said Patents is free from exception
notwithstanding their right to the same hath never been
controverted except as before stated.

That it is not pretended that the said Islands are in-
cluded in any granf hostile to the title and possession of
your memorialists other than that to the aforesaid William
NicoU which it has been determined as aforesaid did not
include them.

On which account The Title to the said Islands if not
vested in your memorialists under some or one of the
aforesaid Patents remains in the people of the state.

Your memorialists with all due respect to the Judicial
Tribunals would humbly observe That the question rela-
tive to the validity of Their title to the Islands was only
incidentally before the Court in the suits between Them
and the guardians of NicoU and that The suggestions un-
favorable to their claim to the Islands were in a great
measure extrajudical. That several material documents
were not carried forward and particularly That the Indian
deed of 1705 was not before the Court in any of The said
trials and altho' a claim resting on no other foundation
would be of no avail at present yet many titles on Long
Island originating at that period have no other or better
foundation.

That the doubts then suggested have subjected 3'our
memorialists to all the mischiefs that arise from uncer-
tainty of title and to the interruption and endless litigation
which it is calculated to produce.

288 HUNTIXGTON TOWN RECORDS.

That The prudential regulations which your memori-
alists have been in the practice of making for a long series
of years for the preservation of the grass in order to
render it as extensively beneficial as possible are disre-
garded. The grass is now cut before it has got its growth,
by which reason it is diminished in quantity & injured in
quality and many poor people who heretofore obtained a
supply sufficient for the support of a small stock during
the winter are deprived of the means of doing it.

That the people of Islip who till the decision of the Court
against the title of Nicoll had uniformly acknowledged
his pretended Title and acted under it — In order to per-
petuate the evils resulting from the present state of the
Islands have for two years past endeavoured to defeat
3-our memorialists in their application to the Legislature
for a confirmation of their title to the Islands.

Your memorialists Therefore in order that all doubts as
to their title to the said Islands may be removed and the
same confirmed and in consideration of their very old and
undisputed claim of title to the said premises except as
before stated and their long and uninterrupted possession
and acts of ownership over the same except as in like
manner stated and the vexation Trouble and large expence
which they have been subject to in the prosecution of the
said suits. Do pray the honorable the Legislature That
thev may be quieted and confirmed in the possession and
enjoyment of the said Islands.

And to that end That all the right title interest and
estate of the people of This state may by a proper law to
be passed for that purpose be granted to and vested in
your memorialists for the benefit of the freeholders and
Inhabitants of said Town of Huntington in like manner as
the other lands granted and confirmed unto the said Town
in and by the Patents herein before mentioned or any of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 289

them and your Memorialists will ever pray.
Dated December 13*'' A. D. 18 17.

Timothy Conkling, P. D.
Divine Hewlett ^
William Wickes I
Solomon Ketcham |- Trustees.
Samuel Carll |

Samuel Scidmore J

[REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE
LEGISLATURE.]

[1818.]

Mr Coldin from the select committee to whom was re-
ferred the memorial of the Trustees of the freeholders &
commonality of the Town of Huntington in the County of
Suffolk and the petition of the freeholders and Inhabitants
of the Town of Islip in the said County Respectfully re
ports that the property referred to in the memorial and
petition is three certain Islands called respectively Cap
tree, Grass and Oak Islands situated in the great bay
which extends along the South side of Long Island.

That the memorialists and petitioners each pray a grant
of these Islands from the state the former on the ground
of having both a documentary and posessory title and the
other as having an equitable claim to the grant which they
aske on account of the situation of the said Islands the
same being in the waters of the said bay which is con-
tiguous to the south bounds of the said Town of Islip.

That the memoralists & petitioners made similar appli-
cations to the Legislature last year which were referred
by this honorable House to a special Committee which re-
ported thereon the 18*'' of February last and to which re-

290 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

port for the further information of the House your Com-
mittee pray leave to refer.

That the allegation of the memorialists as to their pos-
session of the said Islands being denied by the Petitioner
your committee did not find themselves competent to ex-
amine the question so as to be warranted in forming any
opinion in respect to it.

That the documents produced by the memoralists have
not satisfied your Committee that the memoralists have a
perfect legal title to the said Islands but if they have
either a documentary or possessary title they cannot want
a grant from the state.

The Petitioners do not pretend to any legal title but
think that the situation of the premises gives them an
equitable claim to the grant for which they pray. They
being willing to accept the same with the reservation of
the rights of the memoralists to them and of the rights of
all other persons.

Your Committee thinks that there might be some foun-
dation for their claim were it not that the memorialists
assume to have a title which they have more than once
attempted to maintain in our Courts. Your Committee
think that the state should not make a grant which would
give to any a power which without it they would not have
to litigate the title of the memorialists.
[File No. 311 )

[1818.]

February 28, 1818.
Roderic Townsend East Chester Peter Prince a black
man I pronounce you free from me till such time as you
become chargable and then you may come to me again

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 29I

and there have maintainment so long as you shall live.

RODERIC TOWNSEND.
Witness
Isaac Townsend.
{File No. 31:3.)

Note. — An act of the Legislature of this State, passed in
1799, providing for the gradual emancipation of slaves, au-
thorized the owners of negro slaves to set them free on condi-
tion of such slaves being under fifty years of age (afterwards
reduced to forty-five) and being capable of supporting them-
selves. Overseers of the Poor were given power to examine
into each case, on the application of the slave owner, and
certify in writing their approval, which certificate was to be
filed in the Town Clerk's -office. There is a small bound
volume in the Town Clerk's office entitled, "Manumission of
Slaves," which contains these certificates giving freedom to
certain negroes, where the master had applied to the Over-
seers for the purpose of freeing them. As these certificates
are verbose in form it has been thought best to give a digest
of this book in a note, rather than print its contents in full.
Slaves were set free by their owners in Huntington between
1799 ^^'^ ^^25 as follows :

805 Jonah Wood negro slave named Nancy
805 Jonah Wood *' " " Samuel

805 Gilbert Piatt " " " Cesar

806 John Gardiner " " " Cato & Elias
808 Daniel W. Kissam " " " Michael

808 Exrs. of Timothy Carll " " " Peg

809 John Carll " " " William
809 Isaiah Jarvis " " " Freelove
805 Alexander Mathews " " " Dinah
811 Joshua Hartt " " " Harry
811 John Carll " " " Richard

811 Epenetus Sammis " " " Elijah

812 Abram VanWyck " " " Stephen

811 Jesse Rogers " " " David j

812 Alexander Lewis " " " Jacob !

812 John Gardiner " " " Dorcus

813 Abram VanWyck " " " Nan ,

813 Martha Williams " " " Belinda '

814 Sally Fleet " " " Catherine

292

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1818, April 7.]
Election of Town officers held on the Seventh day of
April, to serve one year.

1814 Samuel Carll "j

Alexander Lewis [
Deborah Carll & (
Hannah N. Carll j

815 Scudder Carll

816 Jonathan Gardiner
816 Exrs. of Micah Vail

816 Moses Scudder

817 Asay Youngs
817 John H. Gardiner

817 Melancthon B. Wood

818 Nathaniel Buffett
818 Dorathy ConkUng

Titus Conkling ]

820 Rebecca Conkling&

Henry Conkling
820 Deborah Valentine
81 1 Samuel Carll

820 Jonathan Gardiner

821 Phineas Carll

822 Moses Rolph
822 John H. Gardiner

822 Jonathan Gardiner
Moses Rolph &

823 Davdd Robbins
Exrs. of Thos. Roe

823 Epenetus Sammis

824 John Wood
800 Elizabeth Bryan
806 James Oakley

negro slave named

" *' Margaret

" Peleg

" " London

" " Charles Havens

" Rachel

" " Harry

" " Lenoir

" " Jupeter

" " Kethurah

" " Abigail

" " Charles &

Experience

" " Susan

" " Margaret

" Prince

" Synthe

" " Isaac

" Plato

" " James

" Harry

" " Hannah

" " Susan

" " Charles

" " Pompey

Under the act of 1799, it was provided that all cliildren born
of any woman being a slave after the 4th clay of July of that
year, should be deemed to be born free, and it required every
master or mistress to certify the age and sex of every child and
file such certificate in the^ Town Clerk's oifice. The book
above referred to contains a large number of such certificates
filed within the dates above mentioned.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

293

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Samuel Carll.

The following are the names of slave owners who filed cer-
tificates of the birth of negro children born of women in
slavery, after the act of 1799 had made such children free, and
the names of such slave women and of the children.

1800 Scudder Lewis

1 80 1 Zophar Brush
1801 Jonah Wood

1801 Malancthon B. Wood

1801 Scudder Lewis

1802 Naomi Youngs

1801 Phebe Whitman

1802 John Gardiner
l8or Ph^ Smith

iSoo Richard Conklin

1803 Scudder Lewis
1802 Scudder Lewis
1802 Scudder Lewis

1802 Jacob Tovvnsend

1803 David Fleet

1803 Abram VanWyck, Jun

1803 Epenetus Sammis

1804 John Velsor

1804 Abraham VanWyck

1804 Phebe Whitman

1805 David Fleet

1806 Thomas Brush
1806 Abraham VanWyck
1806 Selah Wood

1806 William Willis
1805 Lemuel Carll -

1807 Lemuel Carll

1808 Lemuel Carll
181O Lemuel Carll

1807 Abraham VanWyck
1810 Abraham VanWyck
1818 Samuel Strong
1820 Samuel Stron":

SLAVE MOTHER

Sarah
Phebe

Betsy

Tamer

Freelove

Darkis

Rosanna

Margaret

Nance

Rachel

Jane

Nann

Sarah
Hasfer

Jane

Persilla

Hager

Peg

Abigail

Margaret

Hager

Nancy

Charity

CHILD

Elisha

Harry

James

Benjamin

James
j Clarissa &
( M^.ryam

Sarah

James

Jude

Harry

James

Charles

Ammeiia

James

Rachel

James

Harry

Mahala

Oliver

Vilett

Lorrey

Peter

Lydia

Jude

Tamer

Charity

Adam

Rebecca

Dick

David

Charity

The institution of slavery soon died out under the effect of
emancipation laws passed by the State, so that very little was
left of it here after the first quarter of the present century. —
C. R. S.]

294 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees, Sol-
omon Ketcham, Divine Hewlett, Phineas Carll, Samuel
Carll, Samuel Scidmore, Gilbert Piatt. Assessors, Tim-
othy Carll, William Wickes, Abel Ketcham, Piatt Conklin,
Jeremiah H. Kelsey. Collector, Elkanah Piatt. Over-
seers of the Poor, Solomon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet. Com-
missioners of Highways, Abel Ketcham, Selah Carll^
Thomas Ketcham. Constables, Elkanah Piatt, David
Conklin, Edward Dodd, John Ireland. Commissioners of
Common Schools, Abel Ketcham, Piatt Conklin, Thomas
Ketcham. Inspectors of Common Schools, Jonas L. Smith,
Jonathan Smith, Samuel W. Blachley, Gilbert H. Smith,
Conklin Ketcham, Ezra Smith. Town Sealer, Abel
Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Ezra Carll and forty
nine others.

Fence Viewers, Ezra Smith and twenty eight others.
Pound Master, Thomas Woodward.

"Voted that the Trustees have full power to Conduct
the business relative to the Islands Knowm by the name of
Cap Tree, Oak, and Grass Islands as they shall think most
for the advantage of the S*^ Town."

''Also Voted that no person who is not an inhabitant of
S*^ Town of the adjoining Towns be permitted to Catch
any clams fowls or fish in the Jurisdiction of S'' Town
under the penalty of Ten Dollars for every offence one
Moiety to the Complainant the other for the use of S'' Town."'

Swine Act re-enacted.

Act prohibiting horses and cattle running at large, on
Town Beach, re-enacted.

"Voted that no person gain any title or Claim to sea-
weed by heaping it on the Shores the north side of the
Town of Huntington and that it shall be LawfuU for any
person to take and Carry away all Seaweed Lying on S*^
Shores heaped or as the tide Left it."

Fourteen hundred dollars voted to meet expenses of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 295

maintaining the Poor and other Charges of the Town.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Toivn Meetings, Vol. II, pp 353-9.)

[DEED BY A COMMITTEE OF ISLIP TO THE

TRUSTEES OF HUNTINGTON, OF THE

ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH BAY, Etc.]

[1818, July 13.]

This Indenture made the Thirteenth day of July in the
Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Between Nathaniel Conklin, Jonathan Thompson, Jesse
Smith and Joshua Willets a committee of the town of
Islip chosen on behalf of the said town of the first part,
and Timothy Conklin, Tnomas Carll, Divine Hewlett,
Gilbert Piatt, Solomon Ketcham and Samuel Carll
Trustees, of the freeholders and the commonalty of the
Town of Huntington of the second part Witnesseth That
the said Parties of the first part for and in consideration of
the sum of one Thousand dollars to them in hand paid by
the Parties of the second part, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged Have granted bargained, sold,
released and quit claimed, and by these presents Do give,
grant bargain, sell release and quit-claim unto the said
Parties of the second part (in their actual possession now
being) and to their successors forever all that certain
Island parts of Islands & Beaches situate l3'ing and being
in the said Town of Islip between the line runing thro' the
middle of Brood Creek on the Island Called Cap Tree
Islands to the first forks in said Creek and from thence by
a line runing due south from the middle or center of said
creek to the Atlantic Ocean, and the line of the confirma-

296 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

tion Patent of the said Town, together with the lands
north of the hne established as the division between
Anning Mobray and the said Town of Huntington, ex-
tended west the confirmation line of the said Town of
Huntington and the said Parties mutuall}" convenanting on
behalf of the said Towns not to suffer any horses cattle
sheep or hogs to be put upon the tract within the said
limits, Together with all and singular the Edifices, Buildings,
Rights, Member, Hereditaments and Appurtenances to
the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining ; and all
the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Property, Possession,
Claim and Demand whatsoever of the said Parties of the
first part, either in Law or Equit}^ of, in, or to the same,
and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders
thereof To Have and to Hold unto the said Party of the
second part their Successors and assigns, to the only
proper use and behoof of the said Parties of the second
part their Successors and Assigns forever.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and
Seals on the day and year first above wa-itten.

Platt Conklin [Seal.]

Jonathan Thompson [Seal.]
Jesse Smith [Seal.]

Joshua Willets [Seal.]

Sealed and Delivered

in the Presence of
Silas Wood
Tredwell Scudder

Suffolk County S. S. on the 21st day of February 1842
Silas Wood came before me and being b}^ me duly sworn
deposes and says that he resides in the Town of Hunting-
ton in the County of Suffolk — that he saw Nathaniel Conk-
lin Jonathan Thompson Jesse Smith and Joshua Willets
execute the within Conveyance that he knew the said
Nathaniel Conklin Jonathon Thompson Jesse Smith &

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 29/

Joshua Willets to be the persons described in and who
executed the said conveyance, And the said Silas Wood
one of the Subscribing Witnesses said he subscribed his
name thereto as a Witness and I am personally acquainted
with Silas Wood the Subscribing Witness.*

Abel K. Conklin,

Justice of the Peace.

{File No. 349.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[Special Meeting.]
[1819, Jan. 8.]

"At a Special Town Meeting held at the house of Gil-
bert Carll in the Town of Huntington on the 8^'' day of
Januar)' 18 19 by order of the Trustees of S'' Town for the
purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of
petitioning the Legislature of this State to annex the S*^
Town of Huntington to the County of Queens.

Voted and Resolved by the above S'' Meeting that no
petition be sent to the Legislature for the aforesaid
purpose.

Recorded by Moses Rolph

Town Clerk."
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p- 360.)

r*By this deed Huntington did not get all that it claimed,
but it was intended as a final settlement of a great contest in
the Courts and the Legislature, that had lasted for about ten
years. The deed also confirmed the title of the Trustees to
several thousand acres of upland in Islip, east of the Con-
firmation line of Huntington, which land was afterwards sold
by the Trustees. — C. R. S.]

298 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1819, April 6.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 6th day of April
1 8 19, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Elias Baylis.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees,
Solomon Ketcham, Divine Hewlett, Phineas Carll, Moses
Scudder, Jesse Scudder, Gilbert Piatt. Assessors, William
Wickes, Abel Ketcham, Piatt Conkling, Benjamin Rush-
more, Azel Lewis. Collector, Elkanah Piatt. Overseers
of Poor, Solomon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet. Constables
Elkanah Piatt, David Conkling, Edward Dodd, Jarvis
Rogers. Commissioners of Highways, Abel Ketcham,
James Nostran, John Wood. Commissioners of Common
Schools, John Rogers, Benjamin Rushmore, Piatt Conk-
ling. Town Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Inspectors of Com-
mon Schools, Jonas S. Smith and five others. Overseers
of Highways, Josiah Smith and forty eight others. Fence
Viewers, Ezra Smith and twenty nine others. Pound
Master, Thomas Woodward.

"Voted that no person who is not an Inhabitant of the
County of Suffolk be permitted to Catch any Clams fish
or horsfeet in the Limits and bounds of the Town of Hun-
tington under the penalty of Twelve Dollars and fifty
cents for every offence to be Recovered with costs to the
Complainants, one Moiety to the Complainant the other
for the use of S'' Town."

Swine Act reenacted.

Law prohibiting the pasturing of stock on the Town
Beach reenacted.

"Also Voted that no person gain any title or Claim to
seaweed by heaping it on the Shores the North side of
the S'' Town of Hunting- ton and that it shall be as Law-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 299

full for any person being an Inhabitant of S^' Town to take
and carry away all Seawead Lying on S*^ Shores either
heaped or as the tide Left it."

Fourteen hundred dollars voted to meet expense of
maintaining the Poor of the Town and other charges.

Recorded by Moses Rolph Town Clerk of the S'' Town
of Huntington.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 361-68.)

[SALE OF LAND BY TRUSTEES.]

[1819, Nov. 18.]

Articles of Vendue held this 18"^ Day of November 18 19
By the Trustees of the Town of Huntington for to sell
undivided Land in sd. Town Lying near the House of
Caleb Ketcham.

i^* the Land to be set up by the acre in separate tracts
and fairly struck off to the highest bidder no Less than
one shilling will be reckoned as a bid per acre, the Deeds
for the Land sold will be Delivered on the first Day of
December next provided approved Notes be given for the
same payable on the first Day of April next ensuing, the
Trustees Reserves one bid on each Lot set up the pur-
chassor or purchassors to sign the articles of sale and pay
one Dollar in advance for each Lot sold.

Timothy Conkling, P. D.

Lot No. I Joining Ezekiel Ketchams sold to Gilbert
Samrais for $10.25 per acre.

Lot No. 2 to Phineas Ketcham at $ii.37i per acre.
Lot No. 3 to Gilbert Sammis at $io.i2i per acre.
Lot No. 4 Small piece to David Ketcham for $3.12-1.
{File No. 298)

300 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract. [
[1820, April 4.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 4th of April 1820,
to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Abel Ketcham.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees,
Phineas Carll, Divine Hewlett, Moses Scudder, Samuel
Fleet, Henry Scudder Jun', Simon W. Cooper. Assessors,
Abel Ketcham, Azel Lewis. Overseers of the Poor, Sol-
omon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet. Collector, Philip Ketcham.
Constables, Elkanah Piatt, David Conklini;-, Jai-\'is Rogers,
John Rogers. Commissioners of Highwavs, Abel Ketch-
am, James Nostran, John Oakley Jun"". Commissioners of
Common Schools, Abel Ketcham, John Wood, Jacob
Smith. Town Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Inspectors of Com-
mon Schools, Samuel W. Blachly and five others. Over-

[NoTE. — It may be of interest to know what surveys and
xnapss are in the Town Clerk's office. Reference has already
been made to several maps which accompany conveyances
of land, usually drawn on one of the pages of the deed, but
necessarily omitted in print, although placed in the file of
printed matter. Outside of these are many maps generally
indorsed "Cards of Land," which were filed in the office at
various dates, CQvering a period of over one hundred years. Of
these the following relate to lands now or once held or claimed
by the Trustees of the Town as common lands, or to the boun-
dary lines of the Town :

17 1 7 — Map of meadows at head of Huntington Harbor.

1768 — Maps of Baiting Place Purchase (in part).

No date — Map of land sold by Trustees in Eastern Purchase.

No date — Map of Squaw Pit Purchase (in part).

1781 — Map of Oakey Neck or Seketogue Neck.

1 791 — Map of Grass Island, South Bay.

1812 — Map of land bought by the Trustees from Ellas Smith
-and Jacob Harned.

1814 — Map of land bought by the Trustees from Anning
Moubray.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 3OI

seers of Highways, Augustus Jarvis and forty eight others.
Fence Viewers, Ezra Smith and twenty nine others.

"Voted that no person who is not a Resident of the
County of Suffolk be permitted to Catch any Clams fish or
horsfeet in the Limits or bounds of the Town of Hunting-
ton except for their own consumption under the penalty
of twelve .Dollars and fifty cents for eyery offence to be
Recovered with costs to the complainant one Moiety to
the complainant the other for the use of the Town."

Swine Act re-enacted.

Law prohibiting the pasturing of Stock upon the Town
Beach re-enacted.

"Also Voted that no person gain any title or Claim to
Seaweed by heaping It on the Shores the North side of
the Town of Huntington and that it shall be Law full for
any person being an inhabitant of S"^ Town to take and
Carrv away all Seaweed Lying on S'' Shores either heaped
or as the tide Left it.

About 1820 — Map of the Town of Huntington.

No date — Map of the South part of the Town of Huntington.

No date— Map of tier of lots at Dix Hills.

i833_Map of Pine Plains belonging to the Town (in part).

X836 — Map of land sold at Comae Point.

182 Q — Map showing dividing line between the Towns of Hun-
ton and Oyster Bay from the^head of Cold Spring Harbor to
the Southside Turnpike.

1868 — Map Poor House Farm at Long Swamp.

187 1-2 — Maps showing line of L. I. Railroad, Southside
Railroad, and line of Port Jefferson Branch Railroad through
the town, and location of school and highway districts thereon,
as a basis for assessment ot taxes.

1872 Map showing division Hne between the towns of Hun-
tington and Oyster Bay from the head of Cold Spring Harbor,
northerly, to the terminus of the line.

1872 Map showing the boundary Hne between the towns of

Huntington and Babylon.

1883— Maps of Northport Harbor and Bay, Huntington Har-
bor, Lloyd's Harbor and Cold Spring Harbor, showing location,
of oyster lots, and numerous maps of individual lots.

302 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Also Voted that the Trustees hire out the Islands and
beach belonging to the Town of Huntington on the Last
tuesday of June Next and take approved Notes for the
Same."

Twelve hundred dollars to meet expenses of maintain-
ance of the Poor of the Town and other Charges.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 369-76.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1820, April 25.]

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the freeholders and
Commonality of the Town of Huntington on the 25 day of
April 1820.

Resolved that any person or persons wishing to turn

1883 — Maps showing location of stone monuments on the
shores of Northport and Huntington Bay.

i884 — Map of division line between the towns of Huntington
and Smithtown from Long Island Sound at Fresh Pond, south-
ly, to the north line of the Town of Islip.

1886 — Map of Lloyd's Neck as annexed to the Town of
Huntington.

1887 — Map of Huntington Bay and its subdivision into oys-
ter lots.

In addition to the foregoing, there are about seventy-five
maps indorsed "cards of land," being private surveys and maps
ot land which were filed in the office at early dates, in connec-
tion with deeds of land which were recorded. With some ex-
ceptions, they are very imperfectly drawn. They are all filed
in one package. No mention is here made of the great num-
ber of highway surveys and maps on file and in the records,
as all highway records are reserved for another volume.
Several quite important maps have disappeared from the
office, within the recollection of the writer, especially one
giving the subdivision of lands at Crab Meadow, and one
showing the location of different purchases from the Indians
on the Suuthside of the Island, both of remote date. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 303

horses or Cattle on the Beach belonging to the Town of
Hnntington may have permission by Applying to Simon
W. Cooper by paying therefore at the Rate of 9 cents per
Week for each hors and six cents per week per cattle per
head untill the first Day of June Next.
(File No. 300.)

[EXCISE LIST.]

[1820, May 7.]

Licenses granted to the following persons to sell liquor:
Henry S. Lewis, Jeffery A. Woodhul, Isaac Wood,
Isreal Carll, Thomas Gould, Edward Dodd, Ichabod
Bedell, Jesse Gould, Ketcham Terry, David Conklin,
Experience Whitman, John B. Scudder, Halley Beersi
Abel Brush, Ira Piatt, Jesse Carll, John O. Ireland, Tim-
othy O. Carll, Seaman J. Clowes, Isaac Scudder, Henry
Gould, John B. Oakley, Jesse Piatt and Son, George D.
Conklin, Ebenezer Chichester, William Cobman, Samuel
Fleet, Gilbert Carll, Asa Chichester, Jordan Seaman, John
Whitman, Geo. Oakes, John V. Cott, Charles Hewlett, J.
H. and W. F. Jones.
{File No. 334.)

[LEASE. DOCK AT COWHARBOR.]

[1820, Sept. 20.]

This Indenture made this twentieth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty between Timothy Conkling President of the
Trustees of the freeholders and commonality of the Town

304 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

of Huntington by and with the concent of the present
Trustees of said Town in the County of Suffolk and State
of New York of the first part and Alexander Lewis of the
Town County and State aforesaid of the second part Wit-
nesseth that the sd. party of the first for and in consider-
ation of tlie Rents and covenants herein after Reserved
and contained which on the part of tlie sd. Alexander
Lewis party of the second part his heirs &c. are to be paid
and })erformed hath Demised and to farm Letten and by
these presents doth demise and to farm Let unto the sd-
party of the second part a certain piece of Land covered
with Water situate in the sd. Town of Huntington on the
east side of great Cowharbour otherwise known by the
name of Bryants Landing bounded as foUoweth easterly
by the Highway that runeth along shore by the Land of
the sd. Alexander Lewis party of the first part Southerly
within twenty four feet of the old Dock at sd Landing
Westerly by Low water mark Northerly one hundred
feet from the southermost bounds which Demise is on
these conditions that in case the sd. party of the second
part his heirs &c. shall build a sufficient Dock on the
herein Demised premises in the space of two years from
the first Day of April in the 3^ear eighteen hundred and
twenty one and also pay the sum of one Dollar unto the
sd. Timothy Conkling party of the first part or to his
successors in office on the first Day of April yearly and
every year forever then and in such case the sd. party of
the second part his heirs executors c'vic shall peaceably and
quietly have hold and enjoy the within Demised premises
forever without any Disturbance by the party of the first
part or his successors in office but in case default shall be
made by the party of the second part his heirs &c. in
building and Completing the sd. Dock by the time stipu-
lated or by paying the Rent as herein contaned or by
suffering the sd. Dock to be out of Repair for the space of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 305

six Months then and in such case of default for either of
the stipulation aforesaid it shall be LawfuU for the party
of the first part or his successors in office the sd Dock or
Lot of Land covered with water to have again the same to
Repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Right.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Caused the seal of the sd Trustees of the Town of Hun-
tington to be hereunto afihxed on the Day and year above
Written.

Timothy Conkling, P. D.
In presence of [Seal.]

Moses Rolph
Melanction Rogers

(File No. 312.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1 82 1, April 3.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 3rd of April, 1821,
to serve one year,

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Abel Ketcham.
President of Trustees, Timothy Conkling. Trustees, Sol-
omon Ketcham, Jesse Scudder, Selah Carll, John Oakley,
Junr., Piatt Ketcham, Piatt Conkling. Assessors, Timothy
Carll, David Carll, Azel Lewis, Piatt Conkling, Abel
Ketcham. Collector, John Oakley, Junr. Overseers of
the Poor, Solomon Ketcham, Samuel Fleet. Constables,
Elkanah Piatt, David Conkling, Joel Jarvis, Jarvis Rogers.
Commissioners of Common Schools, Selah Carll, John
Rogers, Abel Ketcham. Commissioners of Highways,
John Oakley, Junr., Abel Ketcham, James Nostran. Town
Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Josiah
Smith and forty-eight others. Fence Viewers, Ezra Smith
and twenty -eight others.

3o6 HurrriNGTON town records.

"Voted that no person who is not a Resident of the
County of Suffolk be permitted to Catch any Clams fish or
horsfeet in the Limits and bounds of the Town of Hun-
tington under the penalty of twelve Dollars and fifty cents
for every offence to be Recovered with costs in any Court
having Cognizance thereof one Moiety to the Complain-
ant the other for the use of said Town."

Swine Act re-enacted.

''Also Voted that the Trustees of S'^ Town take Such
Measures as they think proper to secure the grass on the
Island and Beach belonging to the S"^ Town of Huntington.

Also Voted that the Trustees hire out the Islands and
beach belonging to the S'' Town of Huntington at their
Descression."

"Resolved that the Town Clerk of S'' Town be Town
treasurer and that all the Towns money be paid into his
hands and that he pay no Money out without an Order
Signed by the President of the Trustees.

Resolved that the Poor of S'' Town be put out in bulk
and that one person be hired to keep them all together
provided the Trustees of S'^ Town approve of the price
asked and if not for them to be put out in the Usal manner."

Recorded by

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol II, pp. 377-383.)

[TRUSTEES' STATEMENT.]

[1821, April 3.]

We the Trustees of the Freeholders and commonality of
the Town of Huntington Do Report that we and our pre-
decessors have Received the following Sums of Money for
the Sale of Pine timber Sold in the year 18 14 $867.43! Do

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 307

for Island and Beach hire in 1817 and Same to the present
Date 1241.78I- Total $2109.24.
1821.
March 27 that we have paid out for expenses Respecting
the Law Suit about the Island and other Town Expenses
1663.83 and other Town Expenses 43541

and that we now have a Ballance on hand of 49-75

485.16
Amount of Notes Due the Trustees for the sale
of pine timber is 1059.80^

Amount of notes and Vendue accounts Due
Trustees for Island and Beach hire including
other Notes is 1081.19I

Amount of Judgements obtained in favor of
the Trustees for Island and beach hire 152.72

April 3 Amount of cash Received this day 49-75

Total amount 2778.93

{File No. 335 )

[182 1, May I.]

At a meeting of the Commissioners of Excise for the
Town of Huntington in the County of Suffolk the first
day of May A. D. 1 821, the following persons were granted
licenses to keep taverns.

Abel Brush, David Conklin, Jesse Carll, Joseph C. Lewis,
Hannah Morrell, Experehce Whitman, Thomas Gould,
Edward Dodd, Ebenezer Gould, Hawley Beers, Asa Chi-
chester, Jeffery A. WoodhuU, Jordan Seaman, John B.
Scudder, Ichabod Bedell, George Oakes and Gilbert Carll.

Abel Ketcham,
Moses Rolph,
Samuel Strong.

{File No. 314.)

308 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

Abstract.

[1822, April 2.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the 2nd of April
1822, to serve for one 3^ear.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Abel Ketcham.
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Piatt. Trustees, Piatt
Conkling, Divine Hewlett, Jesse Scudder, Selah Carll,.
John Oakley, Jun', Timothy Carll. Assessors, Abel
Ketcham, Timothy Carll, Azel Lewis, Piatt Conkling, Wil-
liam Wickes. Overseers of the Poor, Samuel Fleet, Abel
Conkling. Commissioners of Highways, Abel Ketcham,
John Oakley, James Nostran. Collector, John Oakley Ju"^
Constables, Elkanah Piatt, David Conkling, Joel Jarvis,
Jarvis P.ogers. Town Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Commis-
sioners of Common Schools, Gilbert H. Smith, Selah Carll,
Abel Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Lewis Sammis
and forty eight others. Fence Viewers, Ezra Smith and
twenty eight others.

"Voted that no person who is not a Resident of the
County of Suffolk be permitted to Catch any Clams fish
or horsfeet in the Limits and bounds of the Town of Hun-
tington under the penalty of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents,
for every offence to be recovered with costs in any Court
having Cognizance thereof one Moiety to the Complainant
the other for the use of S'^ Town."

Swine Act reenacted.

Law in relation to pasturing Stock on the Town Beach
reenacted.

Recorded by

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol JI, pp. 384-90 )

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 309

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO TITUS CONKLIN
AND OTHERS.]

[Abstract.]
[1822, Dec. 25.]

Lease. Trustees of Town of Huntington to Titus Conk-
ling, Richard M. Conkling, Henry Conkling and Rebekah
Conkling.

"A Certain piece of Land covered with water Situate in
the Said Town of Huntington at a place Called and Known
by the Name of Cold Spring, formerly Known by the
name of Wigwam Swamp Cove and Bounded as followeth
to begin at a Stake on the Shore nine Rods west of the
corner of and in a Line with the front Door yard fence of
the Dwelling House of Richard Conkling Deceased thence
Northwesterly across the cove to a Stake on the North Side
of the Cove thence Easterly up the Cove to the foot of
Zachariah Rogers Dock thence to the foot of a Large
Rock Lying in the Sout east part of S'' Cove thence
Round the South Side of Said Cove to the place of be-
gining the Dam across the S'' Cove not to be made Higer
than to Raise the pond barely to Reach the Dock and
Roc aforesaid."

Covenant of quiet enjovment.

Term twenty years. Rent $10 Yearly. Right of rent-
ing reserved to Trustees in the event of nonpayment of
rent.

Option given lessees of renewal on terms to be agreed
upon.

Witnesses Nathaniel Potter P. D.

Moses Rolph
Gilbert Carll

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.

3IO HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

L1843, June 6.]

"June 6th 1843 The Board of Trustees of the town of
Huntington passed the following Resolution as may be
seen in the Book of minutes of Said meeting Resolved that
the Lease of Richard M. Conkling be cancelled and that
he be discharged of the rent due.

Josiah Smith, Clerk."
{Deeds and Leases hy Trustees, pp. 15-17.)

[DEED. SILAS MUNCY TO THE TRUSTEES.]

1823, Feb. — ]

This Indenture, Made the — day of February in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
three. Between Silas Muncy of the Town of Huntington
Smffolk County and State of New York of the first part,
and Nathaniel Potter P. D., Timothy Carll Divine Hew-
lett Piatt Conkling Jesse Scudder Selah Carll and John
Oakley Jun. present Trustees of the freeholders and com-
monality of the sd. Town of Huntington in the State
aforesaid of the second part, Witnesseth, That the said
Party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum
of five dollars in hand paid by the Party of the second
part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, Have
granted, bargained sold released and quit-claimed and by
these presents Doth give, grant, bargain, sell, release and
quit claim unto the said Party of the second part, (in their
actual possession now being,) and to their successors in
ofihce forever all that certain tract or piece of Meadow or
thatch bed situate in the sd. Town of Huntington Lying
at the northeastern part of Cedar Island in the South Bay
begining at a stake and stone the North side of Smith

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 3II

Muncy Meadow from thence running on a Course of
North seventy six Degrees and one half west in a direction
toward the Middle of a Large grove or clump of walnut
trees on Unkaway neck untill it shall come on sd. Course
to the extent of the Meadow adjoining where the water
first washes the bank thereof containing all the Meadow
or Thatch bed that Lies Northard of sd. Line. Together
with all and singular &c. To have and to hold unto the
said party of the second part, their successors and Assigns,
to the only proper use and behoof of the said Party of the
second part their successors and Assigns forever.

In Witness Wherof 1 have hereunto set my hand and
seal on the day and year first above written.

Silas Muncy [Seal.]

Thomas Jackson

Timothy Carll
{File No. 344.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1823, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April 1823 to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Moses Rolph.
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Potter. Trustees, Divine
Hewlett, Timothy Carll, Piatt Conkling, Selah Carll, Jesse
Scudder, John Oakley Jun^ Assessors, Timothy Carll,
Abel Ketcham, Piatt Conklin, Azel Lewis, Selah Carll.
Overseers of the Poor, Samuel Fleet, Abel Conkling.
Commissioners of Mighways, Abel K. Conkling, John
Oakley Jun% James Nostran. Collector, John Oakley
Jun^ Constables, Elkanah Piatt, David Conkling, Jarvis

312 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Rogers, Joel Jarvis. Commissioners of Common Schools,
Jacob Sniith, John Wood, Gilbert N. Smith. Town
Sealer, Abel Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Au-
gustin Jarvis and forty nine others. Fence Viewers, Ezra
Smith and twenty nine others.

"Resolved that the poor of Sd Town be put out by the
Overseers of the poor of Sd Towm as they were the last
Year."

Six hundred dollars voted to meet the expense of main-
taining the Poor of the Town and other charges.

"Voted that no person who is not a Resident of the
county of Suffolk be permitted to catch any clams fish or
Horsefeet in the limits and bounds of the Town of Hun-
tington under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty Cents
for every offence to be Recovered with costs in any covirt
having cognizance thereof one Moiety to the Complainant
the other for the use of said Town."

Swnne Act re-enacted.

Law in relation to pasturing stock on the Town Beach
or Islands re-enacted. 4

"Also voted that the Trustees of said Town hire out the
Islands and beach belonging to the Town of Huntington
for cash."

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 391-96.)

[1823, May 6.]

At a Meeting of the Commissioners of Excise for the
Town of Huntington in the County of Suffolk on the Sixth
day of May 1823 licenses were granted to keep taverns to
the following persons:

Henry S. Lewis, Ezra Smith, Hawley Beers, Jeffery A.
WoodhuU, Ketcham Terry, Ebenezer Gould, Experience

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

313

Whitman, John B. Scudder, Isaac Wood, Gilbert Carll,
George Oaks, Henry Sammis, Asa Chichester, David
Conklin, Abel Brush, Ichabod Bedell, Piatt Lewis, Jesse
Carll, Henry Conklin.

Moses Rolph, Supervisor.

Samuel Strong ) t .• r

William Wicks t Justices of
Abel Ketcham ) ^"^ peace.
{File No. 336.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1823, Dec. II.]

"At a special Town Meeting held in the Town of Hun-
tington agreeable to public Notice at the dwelling House
of Ebenezer Gould on the 11"' day of December 1823 for
the express purpose of Electing an Overseer of the poor to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Samuel Fleet.
Zophar B. Oakley was Elected Overseer of the Poor.
Recorded by

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 396.)

[DEED. TRUSTEES TO THOMAS C. HEN-
DRICKSON.]

[1824, March i.]

This Indenture made the first day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
Between Nathaniel Potter P. D. of the Trustees of the
freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Huntington
by and with the consent of Timothy Carll Divine Hewlett

314 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Jesse Scudder Selah Carll John Oakley Jun'' and Piatt
Conkling present Trustees of S'' town of the first part by
virtue of a Patent granted to the S*^ Town of Huntington
and by the Delegated power and Authority therein con-
tained wich will fully appear by S*^ patent Refeience being
thereunto had and for the Consideration of the sum of one
Dollar to us in hand paid by Thomas C. Hendrickson of
the town County and State aforesaid of the second part
have bargained sold and Conveyed and by these presents
Do bargain sell and Convey unto the S"^ party of the sec-
ond part and to his heirs and assigns forever all the salt
Marsh or thatch bed grown on the shore the east si,de of
the channel in Huntington Harbour opposite the farm of the
party of the second part Reserving the privilege of fishing
fowling claming oystering and a free passage for passing
and repassing with carriages along the shore below high
water mark and further more we the Said party of the first
part Do grant unto the said party of the second part and
to his heirs and assigns the Liberty of erecting a water
fence from the south Line of his farm runing westerly in-
to the harbour so far as to prevent Cattle or other crea-
tures from trespassing on his S^ farm he the S'' party of
the second part his heirs or assigns keeping a good gate or
handy Bars at the edge of the Bank on the shore and also
the privilege of Building a Dock or Docks opposite to the
land of him the S'' party of the second part not hindring
or obstructing the passage of Carriages. In witness where-
of we have caused the seal of the S'' trustees to be hereunto
affixed and signed by our President the day and year above
written.

Written in Nathaniel Potter, P. D. [Seal.]

presence of

Moses Rolph,

ROSWELL DrIGGS.

Recorded bv Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases Trustees, py. 20-21.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 31$

[DEED. MOSES SCUDDER TO THE TRUSTEES.]

[1824, March i.]

This Indenture Made the first day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
Between Moses Scudder of the Town of Huntington in
the County of Suffolk and state of New York of the first
part and the Trustees of the freeholders and Commonality
of S'd Town of Huntington of the Second part, Witness-
eth, That the said party of the first part for and in consid-
eration of the sum of one Dollar in hand paid by the party
of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowl-
edged, Have granted bargained sold released and quit
claimed and by these presents. Doth give grant bargain sell
release and quit claim unto the said party of the Second
part (in their actual possession now being) and to their suc-
cessors in office forever all that certain piece of thatch bed
or Salt Marsh situate in the said Town of Huntington and
lying in Huntington Harbor bounded as foUoweth.

Easterly by land of Thomas C. Hendrickson Northerly
by thatch bed of Thomas Scudder westerly by the chan-
nel Southerly as far as the land of the S'd Thomas C. Hen-
drickson goes on the bank be the Quantity more or less
Together with all and singular the edifices Buildings Rights
members Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the same
belonging or in anywise appertaining and all the estate
Right Title Interest Property Possession Claim and De-
mand Whatsoever of the S'd party of the first part either
in law or equity of in or to the same and the Reversion
and Reversions remainder and remainders thereof to have
and to hold unto the said party of the second part their
successors in office to the only proper use and behoof of
the said party of the second part their successors in office
forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand

3l6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

and seal on the day and year first above written

Sealed cSl Delivered Moses Scudder [Seal],

in presence

Isaac Platt,
Moses Rolph.

Recorded by Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases Tru?,tees, pp. 18-19.)

[LEASE. DOCK AT COW HARBOR.]

Abstract.
[1824, March i.]

Lease — Trustees of Town of Huntington to Joseph C.
I^evvis March i, 1824.

"A certain piece of land covered with water situate in
the S'd Town of Huntington at a place called and known
by the name of Cowharbour and on the west side thereof
for the express purpose of Building a Dock thereon bound-
ed as foUoweth beginning — feet Northward of the old
Dock bv the Mill of Henry S. Lewis and others runing
easterly into the Harbour to low water mark thence North-
erly one hundred feet thence westerly to high water mark
thence southerly to the Place of beginning but not to ob-
struct the free passage of carriages along the shore on the
west side of the S'd dock or lot of land above Described."

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Term fifty years.

Rental six cents yearly.

Right of reentry reserved in event of nonpayment of
Tent.

Dock to be built in three years.

Rates of wharfage specified.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 317

Option of renewing the lease given to Lessee for same
term at same rental.

Witness Nathaniel Potter, P. D.

Moses Scudder.

ROSWELL DrIGGS.

Recorded by Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.*

{Deeds and Leases Trustees, pp, 22-25.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1824, first Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April 1824, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Moses Rolph.
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Potter. Trustees, Tim-
othy Carll, Divine Hewlett, Piatt Conklin, John Oakley
Jun^ Jesse Scudder, Selah Carll. Assessors, Timothy Carll,
Piatt Conklin, Selah Carll, Nathaniel Chichester, Joel
Scudder. Overseers of the Poor, Nathaniel Potter, Divine
Hewlett. Commissioners of Highways, John Oakley, Jun%
James Nostran, Abel K. Conklin. Collector, John Oakley,
Jun^ Constables, Elkanah Piatt, David Conklin, Joel Jar-
vis, Jarvis Rogers. Town Sealer, John Rogers. School
Commissioners, John Wood, Gilbert H. Smith, Jacob Smith.
Overseers of Highways, Augustin Jarvis and forty eight
others. Fence Viewers, Ezra Smith and twenty nine others.

Authority given the Trustees to dispose of the Poor of
the Town in the most comfortable and economical manner,
as may be judged expedient by the Trustees.

Swine Act reenacted.

[* This was an extraordinary lease, practically giving the
lessee the premises for one hundred years at a yearly rent of
six cents. The dock referred to, is near the old tide mill at
Centreport, and was subsequently conveyed in fee to William

Titus.— C. R. S.]

3l8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

"Voted that no person who is not a Resident of the
county of Suffolk be permitted to catch any clams fish or
Horsefeet in the limits and bounds of the Town of Hunting-
ton under the penalty of twelve Dollars and fifty cents for
every offence to be recovered with costs in any court hav-
ing cognizance thereof one moiety to the complainant the
other for the use of said Town."

Law relating to pasturing stock on the Town Beach and
Islands reenacted.

Recorded by

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol II, pp. 397-401.)

[1824, May 3.]

At a meeting of the board of Commissioners of Excise
for the Town of Huntington in the County of Suffolk on
the Third day of May 1824.

The following persons applied to us for license to Keep
Inns and Taverns & to retail Spiritous Liquors under five
gallons as Inn Keepers in their respective dwelling
Houses in the said Town and we the Commissioners afore-
said having satisfactory evidenc that the said Asa Chi-
chester, John Pearsall, Hawley Beers, Jesse Carll, Joel
Scudder, Donald Frame, Terry & Ketcham, Edward Dodd,
John B. Scudder, Joseph C. Lewis, Timothy P. Carll,
Peter Oakes, Isreal Ketcham, Ichabod Bedell, Abel Brush,
Ezra Smith, Jeffery A. WoodhuU, Ebenezer Gould, Zebu-
Ion Ketcham, Jonah Rogers, George Oaks, Gilbert Carll,
Daniel Carll, Bunn & Carll,

Are of good Moral Character & of Sufficient ability to
Keep an Inn or Tavern & that they have accomodations
to entertain travellers and that an Inn or Tavern is abso-
lutely necessary at the dwelling House of each person as

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 319

aforesaid it is therefore resolved that a License be granted
to each of the aforesaid persons according to their appli-
cations.

Moses Rolph ^

Samuel Strong | Commissioners

Jacob Smith [

William Wicks J

{File No. 337.)

[DEED. TIMOTHY WHEELER AND OTHERS TO
THE TRUSTEES.]

[1824, Dec. 7.J

To all to whom these presents shall come Know y' that
we Timothy Wheeler Timothy Wheeler Jr and Thomas
Wheeler all of the Town of Islip in Suffolk County and
State of New York have remised released and forever
quit claimed, and by these presents Do for ourselves our
heirs executors and administrators remise releas and for-
ever quit claim unto Nathaniel Potter President of the
Trustees of the Town of Huntington in the County and
State aforesaid, and Timothy Carll, Divine Hewlett, Selah
Carll, John Oakley, Jun^ Piatt Conklin and Jesse Scudder,
present trustees of the freeholders and commonality of said
Town of Huntington and to their Successors in office, All
that certain tract or parcel of Pine Plains within the said
County of Suffolk situated as follows. Bounded on the east
by a line to commence at a point one hundred and sixty
chains and fifty links due north from the head of Orawack
Brook or river at which point is a stake and stones and
which is the northeast corner of Anning Mobray and the
Southeast corner of the lands belonging to the Town of
Huntington running thence north one and a quarter de-

320 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

grees West one hundred and twenty two chains to Elias
Smith's line at a pine tree and heap of stones, north by
Elias Smith's and the heirs of Jacob" Harned, west by Hun-
tington confirmation line, south by lands now or late be-
longing to Annin Mowbray To Have and to hold all and
singular the above mentioned premises and every part and
parcel thereof with the appurtenances unto the said Trus-
tees of the freeholders and commonalty of said Town of
Huntington and their successors forever So that neither
we the said Timothy Wheeler Timothy Wheeler Jr.
Thomas Wheeler or either of us our heirs executors or
administrators or the heirs executors or administrators of
either of us at any time hereafter shall or will claim chal-
lenge or demand any interest, property, or benefit or other
thing in an)' manner whatsoever to the above mentioned
premises belonging or in anywise appertaining But of and
from all claims and demands which we the said Timothy
Wheeler, Timothy Wheeler Jr., and Thomas Wheeler our
heirs or either of our heirs executors or administrators
may have concerning the same shall be forever barred by
these presents. In Witness whereof we have severally
hereunto set our hands and seals the seventh day of De-
cember in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hun-
dred and twenty four.

his

Timothy x Wheeler [Seal]

mark
his

Timothy x Wheeler Jr. [Seal]

mark

Thomas Wheeler Jr. [Seal.]
Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of
Joshua Smith.
JosHA T. B. Smith.

huntington town records. 321

Suffolk County }-ss:

Be it remembered that on the thirteenth day of May in
the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and
twenty six personally appeared before me Joshua Smith
First Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for said
county Timothy Wheeler, Timothy Wheeler Jr and
Thomas Wheeler Jr person to me known to be the persons
intended as grantors and acknowledged that they execu-
ted the foregoing Deed of quit Claim for the uses and pur-
poses therein mentioned and I having examined the same
and finding no Material alterations or interlineations Allow

it to be recorded

Joshua Smith *

{File No. 350.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1825, First Tuesday m April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April 1825, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Moses Rolph.
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Potter. Trustees, Divine
Hewlett, Selah Carll, Piatt Conklin, John Oakley Jun%
Azel Lewis, Timothy Carll. Assessors, Timothy Carll,
Selah Carll, Piatt Conklin, Joel Scudder, Nathaniel Chi-
chester. Overseers of the Poor, Nathaniel Potter, Divine
Hewlett. Collector, John Oakley Jun'. Commissioners
of Highways, James Nostran, Abel K ConkUn, Divine
Hewlett. Constables, David Conklin, Jarvis Rogers,

[* It would seem that this conveyance was one of several
made in order to carry out the final compromise between Hun-
tington and Islip, under which a line of title was agreed upon.
This land was in the Town of Islip and was afterwards sold by
the Trustees to private parties. — C. R, S.]

322 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Elkanah Piatt, Joel Jarvis, John Colyer. Commissioners
of Common Schools, Jacob Smith, Gilbert H. Smith,
Isaac Piatt. Town Sealer, John Rogers. Fence Viewers,
Ezra Smith and twenty nine others. Overseers of High-
ways, Augustin Jarvis and forty six others.

"Voted that no person who is not a resident of the
county of Suffolk be permitted to catch any clams fish or
Horsefeet in the limits and bounds of the Towni of Hun-
tington and that no person be permitted to gun with
macheanes or stools in sd Town under the penalty of
twelve dollars and fifty cents for every offence, to be
recovered with costs in any Court having cognizance
thereof one Moiety to the complainant the other for the
use of the sd Town."

Swine Act re-enacted.

Law relating to pasturing Stock on the Town Beach
and Islands re-enacted.

"Also voted and resolved that the Trustees of said Town
hire out the Islands and beach belonging to sd Town for
cash this year."

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp 402 5 )

[Abstract.]
[1825, April 5.]

Lease, Trustees Town of Huntington to Benjamin Keiler.

"All that certain Dock and twenty four feet of Land on
each side of the same covered with water, situate Lying
and being on the east side of Huntington Harbour, oppo-
site the Land sold by Capt Jonathan Titus to Samuel J.
Witmore and Company Reserving the privelege of

^ HUNTINGTON TOWN RFXORDS. 323

passing and repassing with teams and carriages on the East
side of Said Dock and lot of Land."
Covenant of quiet enjoyment.
Term of Lease 40 years.
Rent five Dollars per year after ten years.
Right of re-entry reserved in event of non payment of
Rent.

Witness Nathaniel Potter,

Moses Rolph President.

Jonathan Gardiner
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, pp. 28-30, and File No. 360.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract,]
[1826, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Moses Rolph.
President of Trustees, Isaac Conklin. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Piatt Conklin, John Oakley Jun', Azel Lewis, Thomas
Ketcham, Jacob Smith. Assessors, Piatt Conklin, Na-
thaniel Chichester, Selah Carll, Henry Scudder, Samuel
Ireland. Collector, John Oakley Jun"". Constables, Elka-
nah Piatt, Jarvis Rogers, Joel Jarvis, John Oakley Jun^
Commissioners of Highways, James Nostran, Richard
VanWyck, Abel K. Conklin. Overseers of the Poor, John
Oakley, Piatt Conklin. Commissioners of Common Schools,
Jacob Smith, Josiah Smith, Piatt Conklm. Town Sealer,
John Rogers. Overseers of Highways, Stephen Carll and
forty five others. Fence Viewers, Ezra Smith and twenty
eight others.

"Voted that no person who is not a resident of the

324 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

County of Suffolk be permitted to catch any fish clams or
Horsefeet in the limits and bounds of the Town of Hun-
tington and that no person be permitted to gun with ma-
chines or stools in said Town under the penalty of twelve
dollars and fifty cents for every offence to be recovered
with cost in any court having cognizance thereof one
moiety to the complainant the other for the use of Said
Town."

Swine Act re-enacted.

Law relating to pasturing stock on the Town Beach &
Islands reenacted.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 406-10.)

[SILAS WOOD'S OPINION ON A TITLE.]

[1826, July 26.]

Gentlemen — I have not been able to find the original
grant to Jacob Brush for his land at Cold Spring, but
suppose the land above the bank in Cannons deed was a.
part of it.

If the tract 52 rods by 15 was below the bank it must
have comprehended the shore and gone to the channel and
was conveyed to Cannon and will belong to those who-
hold his title.

I have not seen any deed but Brushes to Cannon but
was informed by Judge Hewlett that he held a regular
chain of conveyances from the original deed of Brush.

I presume that he will shew them to the Trustees if they
wish to see them.

Under these circumstances I should think it imprudent

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 325

to make a grant to any one within the bounds of Cannons
deed who cannot shew title under him to the premises.*

S. Wood.

[July 20-^ 1826.]

The Trustees of Huntington.

Map of Meadow at the head of Cold Spring Harbour.

Book A., page 84, April 18'^ 1707 — voted that Jacob
Brush should run his field fence at both ends of his field
into the water at Cold Spring harbour.

May 2^ 1 71 7. Laid out a sufficient highway by the con-
sent of Jacob Brush above the bank from his house along
towards the mill and we laid him out as much as we deemed
equivelent.

A, page 256, June O-^ 1722. Laid out to the right holdin
by Jacob Brush senior Five acres joining his other land at
Cold Spring 52 rods long by the harbour side and i5|^rods
broad.

April 4"" 1723. Granted to John Cannon of New York
mariner 10 or 12 rods of land against the tract of land he
bought of Jacob Brush for his convenience, not to obstruct
the channel.

3*^ Book pages "ji, 74, 75, 15 October 1723. Deed of
Jacob Brush to John Cannon for land &c. Beginning at the
channel below rockey Point and up the bank to a chesnut
oak — thence E. 15° 50 rods and five links — thence 10 E. 40
rods — thence W 2 North 32 rods then W. 22 N. 28 rods to
the bank then on same line to the channel and so along by
the channel N. 8° E. 46 rods to the place of beginning con-
taining 16 acres an \ and 15 rods — Bounded N. & E. by
the said Jacob Brushs S. by David Rogers and on the West
by the channel.
{File No. 345 )

[* There is a survey and map accompanying this opinion. —
C. R. S.]

326 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1826, Sept. 12.]
"At a special Town Meeting held in the Town of Hun-
tington on the 1 2th day of September 1826 on the applica-
tion of 12 freeholders in sd Town for the purpose of
Choseing a Constable in the Eastern part of the Town
aforesaid opened at the House of Ebenezer Gould and
determined by the moderators that the meeting have no
authority to make a New choice of Constable.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk."
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 410.)

[VOTE ON ELECTING JUSTICES OF THE
PEACE, Etc.J
[1826, Nov. 9.]
Suffolk County, )
Town of Huntington, f

A true Canvas and estimate of the votes taken at the
annual Election held on the first Monday in November
1826 in pursuance of "an act to submit to the People of
this State Certain amendments propossed to the Constitu-
tion Passed April 17, 1826" Sixty Eight votes were given
for Electing Justices of the Peace by the People and
Seventy Nine votes were given against Electing Justices
of the Peace by the People and Twenty seven votes were
given against extending the Elective Franchise and Sixty
Nine votes were given for extending the Elective Franchise
Given under our hands at Huntington the Ninth Day of
November A. D. 1826.

Moses Rolph ^

Henry Scudder ', t ,

Nathaniel Chichester I ^"spectois

SiLUKE CaRLL

Samuel Ireland
Platt Conklin

{File No. 352.)

^ of

I Election.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 32/

[GENERAL ELECTION.]

[1826, Nov. 9.]

Suffolk County, \
Town of Huntington. \

At an election held in the Town of Huntington in the
County of Suffolk on the sixth clay of November and on
the two succeeding days inclusive, for the purpose of
chooseing A Governor Lieutenant Governor One Senator
One Member of Congress and Two Members of Assembly.
One Hundred and Forty eight votes were given for
DeWitt Clinton for the office of Governor.

One Hundred and Fifty three votes were given for
William B. Rochester for the office of Governor.

One Hundred Forty eight votes given for Henry Hun-
tington for the office of Lieutenant Governor.

One Hundred and Fifty five Votes were given for Na-
thaniel Pitcher for the office of Lieutenant Governor.

One Hundred and forty eight votes were given for
Robert Bogardus for the Office of Senator.

One Hundred and Fifty five votes were given for
Stephen Allen for the Office of Senator.

Two Hundred and twenty three votes were given for
Silas Wood for the Office of member of Congress.

Two Hundred and twenty one votes were given for
Isaac Conklin for the Office of Assemblyman.

One Hundred and thirty five votes were given for Sam-
uel Strong for the office of Assemblyman.

Two Hundred & twenty votes were given for Charles
T. Deering for the office of Assemblyman.

One Hundred and thirty two votes were given for

328 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

George L. Conklin for the Office of Assemblyman.*

Given under our hand at the s^ Town of Hun-
tington this 9 Day of November 1826.
Moses Rolph
Nathaniel Chichester
Samuel Ireland
Selah Carll
Henry Scudder
Platt Conklin
{File No. 351.)

Inspectors

of
Election.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1827, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April 1827 to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Moses Rolph.
President of Trustees, Isaac Conklin. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Platt Conklin, Thomas Ketcham, Azel Lewis, John
Oakley Jun', Richard Van Wyck. Assessors, Platt
Conklin, Henry Scudder, James Nostran, Nathaniel
Chichester, Samuel Ireland. Collector, John Oakley
Jun', Overseers of Poor, Platt Conklin, John Oakley.
Constables, David Conklin, Joel Jarvis, Hallet Jones Jun^
James Hartt. Commissioners of Highways, Richard Van
Wyck, Abel K. Conklin, Samuel Carll. Commissioner of
Common Schools, Platt Conklin. Inspectors of Common
Schools, Ebenezer Prime, Zebulon Brush, John Wood.

[* With the exception of a few items, all returns of general
elections have been omitted from the printed books, as being
outside of the scope of the work. Three bound volumes con-
tain the canvass of votes for National, State and County
Officers, Members of Congress, Senators and Assemblymen
from the close of the Revolutionary War to 1872, with a few
omissions in the earlier years. The record is complete since
1872.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 3^9

Overseers of Highways, Stephen Carll and forty seven
others. Fence Viewers, Josiah Smith and twenty eight
others.

"Voted that no person who is not a Resident of the
County of Suffolk be permitted to Catch any Clams fish
or Horsefeet in the hmits and bounds of the Town of
Huntington and that no person be permitted to gun with
machines or stools in said Town under the penalty of
twelve Dollars and fifty cents for every offence to be re-
covered with costs in any Court having Cognizance thereof
one Moiety to the Complainant and the other for the use
of said Town."

Swine Act re-enacted.

Law relating to pasturing Stock on the Town Beach
and Islands re-enacted.

Two hundred dollars Voted to meet expenses of main-
taining the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 411-14.)

[LEASE BY TRUSTEES.]

[Abstract.]
[1827, x\ug. 7.]

Lease. Trustees Town of Huntington to Hawley Beers
Aug. 7, 1827.

"A certain piece of land covered with water Situate in
the Town of Huntington afore said at a place called and
Known by the name of cold Spring being opposite the
land of Samuel Beers and on the East side of the Harbour
for the express purpose of building thereon, bounded on
the east by the Highway runing between the land of the
said Samuel Beers and the premises herein Described

330 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Westerly by the Channell one hundred feet and to widen
Northerly and Southerly to the width of one hundred and
sixty feet by the highway aforesaid.
Covenant of quiet enjoyment.
Term twenty one years.
Rent one dollar yearly.

Option given to Lesee for renewal of lease for another
twenty one years same rental.
Dock to be built in three years.

Rigrt of re-entry reserved in event of non payment of
rent.

Rates of wharfage specified.

Witness Isaac Conklin, P. D.

Selah S. Carll
Moses Rolph

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases bij Trustees, pp. 31 4. j

The foregoing lease assigned by Samuel Beers to Rich-
ard Colyer and Henry I. Jones, b}^ assignment dated De-
cember 8th i832.'*

{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, p. 35.)

[ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL
DISTRICT.]

[1827, Dec. 31.]

We the subscribers Commissioners of Common Schools

[* This lease was further renewed by endorsement thereon,
September 18, 1852, to Noah Seaman for 21 years, and again
renewed June 15J 1872, for 5 years, and again renewed to Hen-
ry T. Seaman February 20, 1879, for seven years from June 15,
1877, and at its expiration a new lease of the same premises
was given to Henry T. Seaman in due form. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 331

in the Town of Huntington have altered the line on the
South west corner of School District No. 18 in said Town
stopping on the North line fifteen rods short of the east of
William Wickes house thence running Southerly twenty
rods thence westerly to the cord wood road or west line
of said District leaving William Wickes house in School
District No. 17.

December 31^* 1827.*

JosiAH Smith ) Commisssioners
Jacob Smith v of

Platt Conklin ) Schools.

Recorded By Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.

[1828, March 25.]

We the subscribers Commissioners of Highways in and

[* This is printed as a snecimen of orders changing school
districts, but all others are omitted. There are 37 separate
orders on file made by school officers, changing the boundaries
of school districts, bearing dates between 1824 and 1872, when
Babylon was set off as a separate town. These changes relate
to 31 districts. They effect nearly every district. No. 4 is
changed seven times ; No. 7, nine times ; No. 19, four times ;,
No. 24, three times ; No. 26, four times ; No. 27, three times,
and nearly all the others frl>m one to two times each. Since
the division of the Town, numerous orders changing bound-
aries have been made. It is doubtful, however, whether the
boundaries of many of the school districts could be ascer-
tained by these imperfect and indefinite records. The bound-
aries of all the districts would be re-established by new de-
scriptions and carefully marked by monuments. The same
observations apply to election and road districts. The Union
School District, embracing the village of Huntington, was
monumented at the suggestion of the writer, while a member
of the Board of Education, about 1869. Records of the elec-
tion of Trustees and other school officers in the several school
districts, from about 1800, are in the Town Clerk's office, care-
fully filed in the order of date, but are too voluminous to allow
of their being printed. — C. R. S.]

332 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

for the Town of Huntington have sold to Moses Rolph
Esqr. a spot of land adjoining his buildings Extending
North from his hog house granary twelve feet West as far
-as the brook East as far as the Corn Crib For the compen-
sation of one dollar in hand paid to us.
Huntington, March 25th 1828.

Samuel Carll ) Commissioners

Richard VanWick [■ of

Abel K. Conklin ) Highways.
Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{File No. 353.)

[LEASE BY TRUSTEES.]

[Abstract.]
[1828, March 31.]

Lease. Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Henry
Williams.

"A certain piece of land covered with water around the
■dock on the East side of Huntington Harbour and to in-
clude therein the present dock bounded as follows begin-
ing twenty feet southeast of the southeast corner of the
-dock as it now stands thence running Westerly to the
■channel thence southerly by and with the channel two
hundred feet, thence southeasterly to the common land
thence two hundred feet to the place of begining which
land included is for the express purpose of building a new
-and repairing the present dock.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Term twenty one years.

Rent one dollar yearly.

[*This is a singular paper. The Commissioners certainly
never had any power to sell any part of the public highways. —
C R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 333;

Option given Lesee to re-lease for same term at same
rental.

Dock to be built in two years.

Right to re-enter reserved by Trustees in event of non
payment of rent or failure to complete dock in time agreed
upon.

Rates of wharfage specified.

Witness Isaac Conklin

Joel Jarvis President of Trustees.

Moses Rolph

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerks
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, pp. 39-41.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1828, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April in 1828, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Moses Rolph.
President of Trustees, Isaac Conklin. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Piatt Conklin, Thomas Ketcham, Richard VanWyck,
John Oakley Jun^ John Ketcham. Assessors, Piatt Conk-
lin, Nathaniel Chichester, Samuel Ireland. Overseers of
the Poor, Piatt Conklin, John Oakley Jun'. Constables,.
Ebenezer Smith, David Couklin, Skilman Brush, Isreal
Ketcham. Commissioners of Highways, Abel K. Conklin^
Richard VanWyck, Samuel Carll. Commissioners of
Common Schools, Jacob Smith, Piatt Conklin, Josiah
Smith. Collector, John Oakley Jun'. Overseers of High-
ways, Stephen Carll and forty eight others. Fence View-

334 . HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

ers, Josiah Smith and twenty eight others.

"Voted and Resolved that the Trustees of said Town
hire out the Islands and beach belonging to the Town of
Huntington this year for cash."

"Voted that no person who is not a Resident of the County
■of Suffolk be permited to catch any Clams fish or Horse-
feet in the limits and bounds of the Town of Huntington
and that no person be permited to gun with machines or
stools in said Town under the penalt}^ of twelve dollars
and fifty cents for every offence, to be recovered with
Costs in any Court having cognizance thereof one moiety
to the complainant and the other for the use of said Town."

Law relating to pasturing Stock on the Town Beach and
Islands reenacted.

Swine Act reenacted.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 415-19.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1828, Aug. 7.]

Huntington, August 7 1828.
Articles of Vandue to Sell the grass on the Beach Be-
longing to the Town of Huntington. Ai-ticle i'' the grass
to be set up in lots and fairly struck off to the highest
Bidder the purchase Money to be paid down. Article
2'' In case of Refusal the lot to be Set up again and if Sold
at loss the first purchaser to make good the first sale.

Isaac Conklin,
Pres*^' Trustees.
{File No. 354.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 335

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Special Meeting.]
[1828, Nov. 10.]

"At a Meeting of the trustees of the Free holders and
commonality of the Town of Huntington convened in the
village of Cow harbour on Monday the loth day of Nov""
1828 present Isaac Conklin, Pres., Selah Carll, Richard
VanWyck, John Ketcham, John Oakley, Junr, Trustees.

Resolved that the Commissioners of Highways in and
for said Town do lay out a public highway round little
neck.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk."
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 419.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1829, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April 1829, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Abel K. Conk-
lin. President of Trustees, Isaac Conklin. Trustees,
Piatt Conklin, John Ketcham, John Oakley, Richard Van
Wyck, Selah Carll, Joel Jarvis. Assessors, Piatt Conklin,
Josiah Smith, Samuel Ireland, Selah Carll, Azel Lewis.
Constables, Ebenezer Smith, David Conklin, Isreal Ketch-
am, Skilman Brush. Commissioners of Highways, Samuel
Carll, Richard V'anWyck, Abel K. Conklin. Commis-
sioners of Common Schools, Jacob Smith, Piatt Conklin,
Jonah Smith. Collector, Ebenezer Smith. Town Sealer,

336 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Asa Chichester. Overseers of the Poor, Piatt Cdnklin,
John Oakley. Overseers of Highways, Ezra Conklin and
forty seven others. Fence Viewers, Josiah Smith and
twenty six others.

"Voted and Resolved the Trustees of said Town hire
out the Islands and Beach belonging to the Town of
Huntington this year for cash.

Voted that no person who is not a resident of the
County of Suffolk be permitted to catch any clams, fish or
horsefeet in the limmits and bounds of the Town of Hun-
tington and that no person be permitted to gun wdth
machines or stools in said Town under the penalty of
twelve dollars and fifty cents for every offence to be
recovered with costs in any court having cognizance
thereof one moiety to the Complainant and the other for
the use of said Town."

Law relating to pasturing Stock on the Town Beach
and Islands re-enacted.

Swine Act re-enacted.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 420-23.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1830, Jan. 5.]

At a Meeting of the Trustes at the house of Gilbert
Carll Jany 5th 1830.

Resolved That the Island Be hired out on Monday and
Sunday The Second and Third days of August Ensuing.
Resolved that Isaac Conklin, Piatt Conklin, John Oakley,
Moses Rolph Be a Committee to hire the Island.
{File No. 355.)

. • . ~ HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 33/

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1830, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town officers, held on the first Tuesday in
April 1830, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Isaac Conklin.
President of Trustees, Isaac Conklin. Trustees, Piatt
Conklin, Richard VanWyck, John Oakley, John Ketcham,
John Wood, Piatt Ketcham. Assessors, Piatt Conklin,
John O. Ireland, Henry Scudder, Nathaniel Chichester,
Isaac Bayhs. Overseers of the Poor, John Rogers, John
Oakley. Constables, Ebenezer Smith, David Conklin,
Isreal Ketcham, Jacob Laton. Commissioners of High-
ways, Samuel Carll, Richard VanWyck, Moses Rogers.
Collector, Ebenezer Smith. Town Sealer, Asa Chichester.
Commissioners of Common Schools, Piatt Conklin, Moses
Rogers, John O. Ireland. Inspectors of Common Schools.
Solomon Smith, Seabury Ketcham, Piatt Ketcham.
Justice of the Peace, Jacob Smith. Overseers of High-
ways, Ezra Carll and forty seven others.

"Resolved that the assessors and commissioners of High-
ways be entitled to one dollar per day for services as fence
Viewers."

Five hundred dollars voted to meet expenses of main-
taining the Poor of the Town.

Two hundred and eighty dollars voted for maintainance
of Common Schools. ,

Swine Act re-enacted.

Law relating to pasturing Stock on the Town Beach
and Islands re-enacted.

"Voted that the Trustees of said Town hire out the

338 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Islands and Beach belonging to the Town of Huntington
this year for cash."

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Toivn Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 424 28.)

[LEASE BY TRUSTEES.]

[xA-bstract.]
[1830, June 15.]

Lease. Trustees Town of Huntington to William Jones.

"A certain Dock on which a store now stands owned by
the party of the second part and land adjoining the same,
and covered with water, situate in the Town of Hunting-
ton aforesaid and on the east side of Cold Spring Harbour
and opposite the Dwelling House late owned by Charles
Hewlett Deceased bounded on the east by the Highway
and being two hundred and eighty feet by the same on the
west by the Harbour being eighty eight feet from the
Highway aforesaid and one hundred and ten feet in length
on the west or Harbour."

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Term, twenty one years.

Rent, one dollar per year.

Option given Lesee to renew for same term at four dol-
lars yearly.

Lessee may extend the dock in three years.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in event of non pay-
ment of rent or failure to extend dock.

Rates of wharfage specified.
Witness Isaac Conklin,

Moses Rolph President.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
[Deeds and Leases by Trustees, pp. 46-49 ^

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 339

• [LEASE. TRUSTEES TO DIVINE HEWLETT.]

[Abstract.]
[1 83 1, April 4.]

Lease. Trustees Town of Huntington to Divine Hewlett.

"A certain piece of land covered with water situate in
the Town of Huntington aforesaid and on the east side of
Cold Spring Harbour and bounded on the North opposite
the line fence between the lands of Henry Titus and
Eliphalet Rogers Easterly thirty feet from common high
water mark Southerly three hundred and fifty feet from
the Noith bounds Westerly into the Harbour at both ends
to five feet water at low water in common tides which is
for the express purpose of building a Dock exclusively for
the use of Steamboats when there is any running from
Cold Spring Harbour."

Term, twenty one years.

Rental, one dollar yearly.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Right of re-entry reserved by Trustees in event of non
payment of rent.

Dock to be built in two years.

Witnesses Isaac Conklin,

Moses Rolph President.

Abel K. Conklin
{Deeds and Leases hij Trustees, pp. 50-52.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[183 1, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the first Tuesday in
April 1 83 1, to serve one year.

340 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Isaac Conklin,
President of Trustees, Isaac Conklin. Trustees, Richard
VanWyck, John Oakley, Joel Jarvis, John Ketcham, John
Wood, Piatt Conklin. Assessors, Piatt Conklin, Joel
Jarvis, Henry Scudder, Nathaniel Chichester, Timothv P.
Carll. Overseers of the Poor, John Ro^^ers, John Oakley,
Commissioners of Highways, Richard VanWyck, Samuel
Carll, jMoses Rogers. Commissioners of Common Schools,
Piatt Conklin, Josiah Smith, Joel Jarvis. Inspectors of
Common Schools, Moses Rogers, Seabur}- Kissam, Stephen
Jayne. Collector, Ebenezer Smith. Constables, Ebenezer
Smith, David Conklin, Isreal Ketcham, Stephen Jayne.
Town Sealer, John Rogers. Justice of the Peace, William
Wickes. Overseers of Highways, Josiah Smith and forty
eight others.

"Resolved that the Assessors and Commissioners of
Highways in said Town be entitled to one dollar per day
for services as Fence Viewers."

Seven Hundred dollars voted to meet expense main-
tainance of the Poor of the Town.

Two hundred and eighty dollars voted to support the
common Schools.

Law relating to pasturing stock on the Town Beach and
Islands re-enacted.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Voted that the Trustees of said Town hire out the Isl-
ands and Beach belonging to the Town ot Himtington this
year for cash."

Jeremiah Ketcham given permission to build a shop on
"The Green,"

"Resolved Unanimously that the Supervisor of said
Town be instructed to oppose and Reject the proposition
of Establishing a Cou-nty Poor House."

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 428-33 )

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 341

[MAD DOGS.]

[1832, February i.]

"At a meeting of the Trustees and Inhabitants of the
Town of Huntington convened by notice to take into con-
sideration the alarming circumstances of Rabid Dogs run-
ning at large unquestionable one or more having lately
traversed nearly all the Township overspreading their
baneful Poison to the great danger of the Inhabitants in
general and injury to property Have come to the convic-
tion that any dogs running at large at this time are a dan-
gerous nuisance and ought to be attended too — and that it
is expedient that every person owning a dog either kill
or secure him safely untill the last Tuesday in March next,
and that an}^ person be at liberty to kill any dog found
running at large out of the charge of the owner or some
other person."

Resolved unanimously by the Trustees that the above
be made public.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees.

Isaac Conklin, President.

Huntington, Feby i, 1832.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{^Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 433.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1832, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April 1832, to serve one Year.

342 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Gilbert Carll,
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Potter. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Joel Jarvis, Lemuel B. Rogers, Samuel A. Van
Wyck, Joel Scudder, Nathaniel Chichester. Assessors,
Gilbert Carll, John P. Smith, Henry Scudder', Nathaniel
Chichester, Timothy P. Carll. Overseers of the Poor,
John Oakley, John Rogers. Commissioners of Highways,
James Nostran, George Oakley, David Carll. Commis-
sioners of Common Schools, Alfred B. Grossman, Josiah
Smith, Joel Jarvis. Inspectors of Common Schools,
Henry Williams, Richard M. Conklin, Timothy P. Carll.
Collector, Ebenezer Smith. Constables, Ebenezer Smith,
Isreal Ketcham, David Conklin, John Velsor. Town
Sealer, John Rogers. Justice of the Peace, Joel Jarvis.
Overseers of Highways, Oliver Carll and forty eight others.

"Resolved that the outside fence in said Town be four
feet high.

Resolved that the Assessors and Commissioners of High-
ways in said Town be entitled to one dollar per day for
service as Fence Viewers."

Seven hundred dollars voted to meet the expenses of
maintaining the Poor of the Town.

"Resolved that an addition be built to the poor house
in said Town this year."

Overseers of Poor and President of Trustees appointed
to superintend construction of said addition.

Two hundred and eighty dollars voted to support Com-
mon Schools in the Town.

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, j^p. 435-38.)

[LEASE. DOCK AT COWHARBOR.]

[Abstract.]
[1832, Sept. 5.]

Lease. Trustees of the Town to Jesse Bunce.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 343

A certain piece of land covered with water at the head
of great Cow harbour at a place called Jamespoint bounded
westerly by a highway newly laid out easterly by the
channel to be seventy feet front and rear which land in-
cluded is for the express and only purpose to build Dock
in such manner as not to encounter the highway at the
head of said Dock.

Term 30 years.

Rent 50 cts. per year.

Rate of wharfage specified.

Dock to be built within two years.
Moses Rolph Nathaniel Potter Pres*^

Recorded in the Town Clerks Office in the Town of
Huntington the 4th Day of March 1836 by

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.

Suffolk County, ss. — I the subscriber for the consid-
eration of One Dollar in hand paid by John Velzor have
and by these presents Do transfer & assign the within
Lease to the said John Velzer, To hold the same to him his
heirs executors & administrators during the residue of the
unexpired term. Witness My hand.

In presence of Joseph Dixon

Charles A. Floyd

This is to Certify that I the said Jesse Bunce of the
Town of Huntington do hereby Transfer convey and set
over unto Samuel Bryan of the same place all the right
title interest Claim or demand that I now have or hold to
the within Grant to him and to his heirs and assigns for-
ever he or they paying the yearly rent as within mentioned
as witness my hand and seal this sixteenth day of Feb-
ruary 1837.

In presence of Jesse Bunce [Seal.]

George Oakes
Moses Rolph

The above agreement is duly recorded

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.

344 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Bryan
do hereby transfer and set over all my Right and Interest
to the within Lease to Joseph Dixon he paying the yearly
rent and fulfiling the stipulations therein contained Witness
My hand and Seal the nineteenth Day of September 1837
Signed and Sealed.

In the presence of Samuel Bryan [Seal.]

Timothy Carll
Moses Rolph
The above assignment is duly recorded by me

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.
{File No. 357.)

[THE ELEVATION OF JAMES HILL.]

[1832, Sept. 22.]

"I hereby certify that in the month of October 1825
Abel Ketcham Esqr. at my request and at my expense
took the elevation from Cold Spring Harbour beginning
at a point equi-distant from ordinary high water and low
water mark to the top of the hill in the field called the
hiofh hill field then belono-ins: to Zebulon Rogers deceased
near the house of John Oakley in the village of West
Hills, in order to ascertain the height of said hill above
the level of the Sound and that the papers on the proceed-
ings and subsequent proceedings are a copy of the field
notes with the Calculations and draft of the route followed
made b}' the said Abel Ketcham by which he makes the
height of the said hill to be three hundred and fifty four
feet above the level of the Sound.

Certified by me this 22"^ day of September 1832, and
entered on the records of the Town that the same may be
preserved.

Silas Wood

Huntington Sept. 12, 1832.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 345

The within Field notes and calculations were affixed by
me at the request of Hon. Silas Wood, that the same
might be Kept for information and future reference. Let
it be carefully preserved.*

Dated Sept. 22"" 1832. ' J. R. Rolph

(Map on File.)

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 651-52.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1833, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers held on the first Tuesday in
April, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Gilbert Carll.
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Potter. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Joel Jarvis, Isaac Baylis, Lawrence Seaman, Junr.,
Joel Scudder, John Oakley. Assessors, Azel Lewis, Tim-
othy P. Carll, Aaron Oakley, Gilbert Carll, Abel K. Conk-
lin. Overseers of the Poor, John Rogers, John Oakley.
Commissioners of Highways, James Nostran, David Carll,
George Oaks. Commissioners of Common Schools, Joel
Jarvis, Josiah Smith, Reuben Rolph. Inspectors of Com-
mon Schools, Lawrence Seaman, Junr., Richard M. Conk-
lin, David C. Brush, Town Sealer, Joseph C. Lewis. Col-
lector, Ebenezer Smith. Constables, Ebenezer Smith, Da-
vid Conklin, Isreal Ketcham, Leonard Fleet. Justice of

[* The notes of this survey, showing courses, distances and
elevations, are recorded in plain writing at the end of Vol. II,
of Town Meetings. A dispute had a long time existed con-
cerning the comparative height of this hill and Harbor Hill,
near Roslyn, in North Hempstead. Mr. Wood claimed that
this, the most elevated point in West Hills, was the highest
land on Long Island. — C. R. S.]

346 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

the Peace, Abel K. Conklin. Overseers of Highways, Ol-
iver Carll and fifty-one others.

" Resolved that outside fence be four feet high."

Commissioners of Highways and Assessors allowed one
dollar per day for servi'ces as Fence Viewers.

Seven hundred dollars voted to meet expense maintain-
ing the Poor of the Town.

Two hundred and eighty dollars voted for support of
Common Schools of the Town.

Law relating to pasturing stock on the Town Beach and
Islands re-enacted.

" Resolved that the Trustees of said Town hire out the
Islands and Beach belonging to the Town of tluntington
this year for cash."

Swine Act re-enacted.

" Also Voted and Resolved that no person not a Resi-
dent of Said Town be permitted to Catch any Clams, fish,
Eels or horsefeet in the bounds of Said Town under the
penalty of twelve Dollars and fifty cents, Islip exxepted.

Resolved that a premium of one dollar per head be paid
for Foxes, provided a certificate is obtained from a Justice."
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 440-43.)

[1833, Aug. I.]

" To Moses Rolph, Town Clerk of the Town of Hun-
tington : You are hereby ordered to Record the following
Certificate.

We Certify that at the last Annual Town Meeting in the
Town aforesaid it was voted that no cattle, Sheep or horse
should Run at Large at all, and that the same Vote was
Reconsidered and by the greatest number of Votes then
given It was Resolved that Cattle, horses and sheep be
permitted to Run at Large on the High ways in the Town

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 34/

aforesaid and that the vote was not entered on the Min-
utes of the Town Meeting.

Dated the first Day of August, 1833.

Jacob Smith,
Abel K. Conklin,
Moderators of the Town Meeting."
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 443 )

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO WALTER R. JONES
AND OTHERS.]

[Abstract.]
[1833, Sept. 4.]

Lease. Trustees Town of Huntington to Walter R.
Jones and Oliver H. Jones and Henry J. Jones.

" A certain piece of land covered with water situate in
the Town of Huntington aforesaiJ at a place called and
known by the name of Cold Spring, being opposite the
land of the party of the second part and on the east side of
the harbour of Cold Spring for the express purpose of
building a dock or Wharf thereon, bounded on the east by
the Highway running between the land of the parties of
the second part and the premises herein described West-
erly by the channel one hundred feet and to widen North-
wardly and Southwardly to the width of one hundred and
sixty feet the western foundation of which said Docks not
to be laid west of a Hue drawn from the southwest corner
of the dock now occupied by Seaman and Jones to the
northwest corner of the Dock occupied by Samuel Whit-
son and to extend back to the highway aforesaid."

Term, twenty-one years.

Rental, one dollar yearly.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

348 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Option given Lesees to re-lease at expiration of term,
same time and rental.

Trustees reserve right to re-enter in event of non-pay-
ment of rent.

Dock to be completed in six years.
Rates of wharfage specified.

Witnesses Nathaniel Potter

Jarvis R. Rolph, President.

Moses Rolph.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, x>p. 53-57.)

IDEED. ABRAM VAN WYCK TO DAVID
CARLL AND OTHERS.

[1833, Sept. 6.]

This Indenture made the Sixth day of September one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three Between Abra-
ham VanWyck of the Town of Huntington in the County
of Suffolk and State of New York of the first part and Da-
vid Carll, Selah Carll and James Nostran all of the Town
County and State aforesaid, of the second part Witnesseth
That the said party of the first part in consideration ot one
hundred dollars to me duly paid, have sold, and by these
presents doth grant and convey to the said party of the
second part all that certain tract, piece or parcel ,of Salt
Marsh or Meadow situate in the Town of Huntington
aforesaid at the head of Huntington Harbour and on the
east side of the Main Creek as it now Runs bounded as
follows: beginning at the Highway Running Westerly
across the aforesaid Creek Running by the upland on a
course of North twenty five Degrees east twenty six Rods

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 349"

thence North twenty eight Degrees west to the Creek
aforesaid thence Westerly and Southerly by the said Creek
to the Highway aforesaid thence by said Highway to the
place of Beginning be the number of acres more or less —
with the appurtenances, and all the estate, title and inter-
est of the said party of the first part therein. And the said
Abraham Van Wyck doth hereby covenant and agree to
and with the said party of the second part that at the time
of making this conveyance, he was the lawful owner of the
premises above granted, and seized of a good and inde-
feasible estate of inheritance therein, that they are free and
clear of all incumbrance and the above granted premises
in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of
the second part, his heirs and assigns against every person
whomsoever, will warrant and forever Defend.

In witness whereof, the said party of the first part, have
hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above
written.*

Abraham Van Wyck. [Seal.]
Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of

Moses Rolph,

Jarvis R. Rolph.

Suffolk County, )
State of N. Y., f

On the Sixth day of September one Thousand eight hun-
dred and thirty-three before me came Abraham Van Wyck
known to me to be the Individual Described in and who
executed the aforesaid Conveyance and who acknowledged
that he executed the Same there being no Material erasure

[* This deed is printed for the reason that it forms a link in
the chain of title under which the Trustees of the town now
hold the meadow lands at the head of Huntington Harbor. —
C. R. S.]

350 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

or interlineation in Said conveyance Allow the Same to be
Recorded.

Moses Rolph, Judge.

{File No. 361.)

[DEED. SELAH CARLL AND OTHERS TO
THE TRUSTEES.]

[1834, March 25.]

This Indenture made the twenty-fifth day of March in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thir-
ty-four Between Selah Carll, James Nostran and David
Carll, all of the Town of Huntington in the County of Suf-
folk and State of New York of the first part, and Nathaniel
Potter president of the Trustees of the Freeholders and
commonalty of said Town and his associate Trustees for
the time being of the second part Witnesseth, that the said
parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum
of one hundred dollars lawful money of the United States
of America to them in hand paid, by the said party of the
second part at or before the ensealing and delivery of these
presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
hath remised, released and quit-claimed and by these pres-
ents doth remise, release, and quit-claim unto the said par-
ty of the second part and to their Successors in of^ce for
the use of the Town all that of a certain tract piece or par-
cel of Land Salt Meadow (jr Marsh Situate in the Town of
Huntington aforesaid and at the head of Huntington Har-
bour and on the east Side of the main Creek as it now
Runs bounded as follows beginning at the Flighwav Run-
ning westerly across the aforesaid Creek Runing by the
upland on a course of North twenty five Degrees east t wen-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 35 1

ty six Rods thence North twenty eight Degrees west to
the Creek aforesaid thence westerly and Southerly by the
Said Creek to the Highway aforesaid thence by Said
Highway to the place of beginning be the Number of acres
more or Less, Together with all and singular the tenements
hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or
in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions,
remainder and remainders rents, issues, and profits thereof.
And also all the estate right title interest property posses-
sion claim and demand whatsoever as well in law as in
equity of the said party of the first part of in or to the
above described premises, and every part and parcel there-
of with the appurtenances To have and to hold all and Sin-
gular the above mentioned and described premises to-
gether with the appurtenances unto the said party of the
second part for the use of said Town forever. In Witness
whereof the said party of the first part have hereunto set
their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Sealed and Delivered Selah Carll [Seal]

in the presence of James Nostran [Seal]

Moses Rolpii David Carll [Seal]

Suffolk County y ss.

I certify that this Deed is duly recorded in Suffolk Coun-
ty, Liber 7 of Deeds, page 154, this 28 day of April 1834 at
I O'clock P. M.

Attest: J. R. HUNTTING, Clerk.

Suffolk County )
State of New York, f

On the twenty fifth day of March one thousand eight
hundred and thirty four Before me came Selah Carll,
James Nostran and David Carll, Known to me to be the
individuals Described in and Who executed the within
Conveyance who severally acknowledged that they exe-
cuted the same.

352 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

I having examined the said conveyance and therein find-
ing no Material erasure or Interlineing Allow the same to
be Recorded.""

Moses Rolph, Judge.
{File No. 358.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1834, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the first Tuesday in
April 1834, to serve for one year.

Overseers of Highways, Oliver Carll and fifty one others.

"Resolved that the Assessors and Commissioners of
Highways in S"* Town be entitled to one Dollar per Day
for serving as fence Viewers."

"Resolved that outside fence be four feet high."

Seven hundred dollars voted to meet expenses maintain-
ance of the Poor, and two hundred and eighty dollars to
support the Common Schools of the Town.

Law relating to pasturing stock on the Town Beach
and Islands reenacted.

"Resolved that the Trustees hire out the Islands and
Beach belonging to Said Town this year for Cash."

Swine Act re-enacted.

Cattle and horses permitted to run at large on the high-
ways in the Town.

"Also Voted and Resolved that no person not a Resi-
dent of said Town be permitted to Catch any Clams, fish

[* This seems to be the same meadow and creek land ad-
judged by arbitrators August 27th, 1717, to belong to John
Rogers. (See Huntington Town Records, Vol. II, page 236.)
A part of it has recently been sold by the Trustees. — C. R. S.}

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 353

Eels, or horsefeet in the bounds of S*^ Town under the
penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the inhabitants of
Islip excepted."

"Resolved that a premium of one Dollar per head be
paid for foxes killed in Said Town provided that a Certifi-
cate be obtained from a Justice of the peace that the said
foxes was killed in Said Town."

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 447-50.)

[SUIT WITH BROOKHAVEN SUBMITTED TO
ARBITRATION.]

[1834, April 12.]

Whereas a suit is now pending between the Towns of
Brookhaven of the one part, and the Towns of Hunting-
ton and Islip of and concerning the Boundary Line be-
tween the said Town of Brookhaven and the Town of
Huntington,

And whereas a proposition has been Made by authority
of Brookhaven to submit the Matter in Diference to refer-
ees chosen from the three Towns to meet and examine the
patents and grants relative to said Line the variation of
the Compass etc to fix a monument or Monuments which
shall be a permanent boundary between the Said Towns
of Brookhaven and the Jown of Huntington and to exe-
cute any instrument of writing that may confirm and make
Valid the Same, and in Case the said referees so chosen
cannot agree on fixing said monument or monuments It
shall be LawfuU for the Referees so chosen from the three
towns to Chose a number of Referees from Different
Towns in the County of Suffolk or Towns in either of the
Counties of Queens or Kings, and to enter into Bonds to
abide the Decision of the Last Referees in fixing said

354 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

boundary Line and in case of the failure to settle the
boundary Line by Reference then and in such Case to
authorize the President and Trustees to employ Counsell
and conduct the suit now commenced for and in behalf of
the Said Towns of LIuntington and Islip.

I certify that the above was Voted to unanimously and
at the Last Annual Town Meeting in the Town of Hun-
tington.

Moses Rolph, Town Clerk.

Dated at Huntington the 12th Day of April 1834.
{File No. 359 )

[BOUNTY FOR FOXES' EARS.]

I hereby Certify that David Howell Scidmore personal-
ly appeared before me and being bv me sworn on his
oath Says that he did kill five red foxes within the bounds
of the Town of Huntington Since the last Anual Town
meeting the ears of which he delivered to me and was by
me destroyed.

Huntington, May the 9"' 1834.

Joel Jervis, Justice.

Received May 9"' 1834 of Moses Rolph, Town Clerk of
Huntington the sum of five Dollars bounty for the above
certifycate for David Howell Scidmore. 1

per me R'ichard W. Tooker.*

[*This is given as a specimen of these records. There are
on file 62 of these certificates, dated between 1833 and 1840,
certifying to the kilHng of 148 red foxes in the town, for whicli
a bounty of one dollar each or less was paid. The ears of the
foxes were produced in every case. The bounty was given
pursuant to resolution passed at the Town Meetings. Gideon
Seaman is credited with having killed the largest number of
foxes, he having one year produced the ears of 15. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 355

[HUNTINGTON BOUNDARY WITH BROOK-
HAVEN AND ISLIP AGREED UPON.]

[1834, Dec. 15.]

"To all whome these presents shall come the subscribers
commissioners of the Town of Brookhaven Huntington
and Islip in the County of Suffolk send greeting.

Whereas we have been duly authorized by our respec-
tive towns to determine and fix the western boundary line
of the Fisheries of the said Town of Brookhaven in the
South Bay and also to settle a suit relative to the said
fisheries wherein Joseph Homan Jun., Phineas Smith,
Samuel Birch and Alexander Smith are defendants which
suit is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas, in the
said County and is prosecuted by the said town of Brook-
haven and defended by the said towns of Huntington and
Islip. Now therefore Know ye we the said Commissioners
after a full examination of the said matters, do agree of
and concerning the same as follows, that is to say, The
western boundary line of the fisheries of the said town of
Brookhaven under the two patents to that town and the
patent to Col. William Smith or by any other title shall be
as follows, that is to say, It shall commence at the norther-
most range pole on the south Beach and shall run from
thence a due north course polar direction across the South
Bay to the main shore of the Island. It is further agreed
that a permanent jNIonument shall be erected at te aboveh
mentioned range pole, and also on the Island on the north
Shore of the Bay. The said suit is hereby discontinued.
The costs of each party shall be duly taxed the one half of
the taxable costs of both parties, shall be paid by the town
of Brookhaven the other half shall be paid by the towns
of Huntington and Islip.

In Witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and

356 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

seals this fifteenth day of December in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four."
Brookhaven.
MORDACAI HOMAN, [Seal]

Davis Norton, [Seal]
James M. Fanning, [Seal]

Islip.
Eliphalet Smith, [Seal]

Tredwell O. Scudder, [Seal]
Richard A. Udall, [Seal]

Huntington.
Nathaniel Potter, [Seal]
Joel Jaryis, [Seal]

Selah Carll, [Seal]

{Deeds and Leases bij Trustees, jyp. 66 7.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1835, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the first Tuesday in
April 1835, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Gilbert Carll.
President of Trustees, Nathaniel Potter. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Isaac Baylis, John Oaklev, Lawrence Seaman Jun'.
Joel Jarvis, Joel Scudder. Assessors, Gilbert Carll, Azel
Lewis, Abel K. Conklin, Aaron Oakley, Timothy P. Carll,
Commissioners of Highways, David Carll, George Oakes,
James Nostran. Overseers of the Poor, John Rogers,
John Oakley. Overseers of Highways, David C. Smith
and fifty one others. Commissioners of Common Schools,
Josiah Smith, Joel Jarvis, Reuben Rolph. Inspectors of
Common Schools, David C. Brush, Lawrence Seaman
Jun', Jarvis R. Rolph. Town Sealer, John Rogers. Col-
lector, David C. Brush. Constables, Theodorus Wickes,.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 357

David Conklin, David C. Brush, Obadiah Piatt. Justice of
the Peace, William VVickes.

Assessors and Commissioners of Highways allowed one
dollar per day to serve as Fence Viewers.

Seven hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
taining the Poor, and two hundred and eighty dollars also
voted to support the Common Schools of the Town.

Trustees to regulate stock pasturing on the Town Beach
and Islands.

Trustees to rent the Town Islands.

Swine Act re-enacted.

Stock allowed to run at large on Town highways.

"Voted and resolved that no person not being a resident
of the Town of Huntington be. permitted to catch any
Clams fish eels or Horsefeet in the bounds of said Town
under the penalty of twelve Dollars and fifty cents the
Inhabitants of Islip excepted."

"Resolved that a premium of one dollar and fifty cents
per head be paid for foxes killed in said Town provided
that a certificate be obtained from a Justice of the Peace
that the said fox was killed in said Town."

Commissioners of Highways authorized to remove all
incumbrances from the public highways and landings in
the Town.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
(Town Meetingf^, Vol. II, pp. 452-59.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO THOMAS HEN-
DRICKSON.]

[Abstract.]
[1835, May I.]

Lease. Trustees Town of Huntington to Thomas Hen-
drickson.

358 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

"A certain piece of land covered with water westerly
and nearly opposite the dwelling house of the party of the
second part on the east side of Huntington harbour to
extend on the Shore at high water mark two hundred feet,
thence running westerly the same width to the Channel
for the express and only purpose of building a new dock
or docks."

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Term, twenty one years.

Rental, one dollar yearly.

Option given Lesee to re-lease for same term, and rental
not to exceed four dollars yearly.

Dock to be completed in one year.

Trustees reserve right to re-enter on event of nonpay-
ment of rent or failure to complete dock in one year.

Rates of wharfage specified.

Nathaniel Potter, Pres.
Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds mid Leases by Trustees, pp 62-65.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1836, First Tuesda}' in April.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the first Tuesday in
April 1836, to serve for one 3'ear.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph, Supervisor, Gilbert Carll,
President of Trustees, Selah Carll. Trustees, Piatt Conk-
lin, Isaac Baylis, John Oakley, Lawrence Seaman Jun"",
Joel Jarvis, Lemuel B. Rogers. Assessors, Gilbert Carll,
Azel Lewis, Abel K. Conklin, Aaron Oakley, Timothy P.
Carll. Overseers of the Poor, John Rogers, John Oakley.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 359

Commissioners of Highways, David Carll, George Oakes,
James Nostran. Commissioners of Common Schools,
Josiah Smith, Joel Jarvis. Abel K. Conklin. Inspectors of
Common Schools, David C. Brush, Darling B. Whitney,
Jarvis R. Rolph. Town Sealer, John Rogers. Collector,
David C. Brush. Constables, Theodorus Wickes, David
C. Brush, David Conklin, Nathan Totten. Justice of the
Peace, Joel Jarvis. Pound Master, Alexander Ketcham.
Overseers of Highways, Ezra Carll and fiftv four others.

Assessors and Commissioners of Highways allowed one
dollar per day service as Fence Viewers.

"Resolved that outside fence be four feet high."

Eight hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
taining the Poor, and two hundred and eighty dollars also
voted to support the Common Schools of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing stock on the Town Beach
and Islands.

Trustees to rent the Town Islands for cash.

Swine Act re-enacted.

Stock permitted to run at large on the highways of the
Town.

"Voted and Resolved that no person not being a resi-
dent in the town of Huntington be permitted to catch
clams, eels. Fish or horsefeet within the bounds of
S*^ Town under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty
cents, the inhabitants of the town of Islip excepted."

"Also Resolved that a premium of two dollars $2.00 per
head be paid for foxes killed in S'' town, provided that a
certificate be obtained from a Justice of the peace that the
fox was killed in Huntington.

"Resolved that three cents per head be paid as a pre-
mium for crows killed during the months of April May and
June'of the current Year 1836,"

The Trustees resolved on account of the presence of
rabies among the dogs in the vicinity of Huntington, to

360 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

kill all dogs not properly secured, and found runing at
large. Also authorize the citizens to kill all dogs as above.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 460-G5 )

[RESOLUTION CONCERNING MAD DOGS.]

[1836, Oct. 31.]

By the President & trustees of the commonalty of the
Town of Huntington.

Whereas on the 28"' day of Oct. Inst, in the village
said two persons were bitten by rabid dogs, to wit Strong

Conklin and Henry Williams And recently

in other parts of said town a number of Cattle Sheep &
Hogs have been bitten, the owners to prevent the spread
of the contagion have been obliged to kill them and the
danger from this Canine madness has become truly alarm-
ing and requires prompt and effectual measures to arrest
its progress as it's probable that the loss of life the most
shocking imaginable and an increasing danger and loss of
property will be the inevitable consequence of its spread,
We therefore recommend.

First for every person within said town owners of any
animals that exhibit symptoms of madness to kill them
without delay. Second for every owner of a dog kind, in
sd. town, to keep them in close confinement for two months.
Resolved that any person discovering any dog running at
large in this town in said months to kill them as the public
safety require such an act. The trustees aforesaid pledge
themselves to indemnify and keep harmless any such

person.

Dated Oct. 31^' 1836.
[File No. 362.)

Selah Carll, President.
Joel Jarvis, Trustee.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 361

[SALE OF PINE TIMBER.]

[1836, Dec. 5 and 6.]

Articles of The Vendue

Held the 5 & 6 days of Dec 1S36 For the Sale of a
number of lots of pine standing on the lands belonging to
the town of Huntington.

i^' The pine to be sat up in lots & fairly struck off to the
highest Bidder for Cash. If any one Refuse to pay the
lots to be sold again.

2^ The wood to be taken off on or before, the first Day
of April 1839 all the wood that remains on the land after
that time to belong to Said town No Coalkill to be burned
on the premises.

3'''' If any Dispute should arise respecting a bid the same
to be determined by the Auctioneer.''"

By order of the Trustees Selah Carll,

Pres't Trustees.

Huntington, Dec. 5th, 1836.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1837, First Tuesday in April.]

Election of Town Oflicers, held on the first Tuesday in
April 1837, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Gilbert Carll.
President of Trustees, Charles A. Floyd. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Piatt Conklin, Joel Jarvis, John Oakley, Lemuel B.

[* The pine was sold in 15 lots to numerous purchasers and
realized $315.75. — C. R. S.]
{File No. 363.)

362 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Rogers, Isaac Bavlis. Assessors, Gilbert Carll, Azel
Lewis, A. K. Conklin, Aaron Oakley, Joel Jarvis. Over-
seers of the Poor, John Oakley, John Rogers. Commis-
sioners of Highways, David Carll, George Oakes, James
Nostran. Commissioners of Common Schools, Josiah
Smith, Joel Jarvis, Abel K. Conklin. Inspectors of Com-
mon Schools, David C. Brush, Darling B. Whitney, Jarvis
R. Rolph. Collector, David C. Brush. Constables, David
Conklin, David C. Brush, Jesse Coddington, Theodorus
Weeks. Town Sealer, John Rogers. Overseers of High-
ways, Ezra Carll and fifty seven others. Pound Master,
Alexander Conklin. Justice of the Peace, Abel Conklin.

Eight hundred dollars voted to meet expenses maintain-
ing the Poor, and two hundred and eighty dollars to
support the Common Schools of the Town.

Assessors and Commissioners of Highways allowed one
dollar per day services as Fence Viewers.

Trustees to regulate pasturing stock on the Town Beach
and Islands.

Trustees to rent the Town Islands for cash.

Swine Act re-enacted.

Cattle permitted to run at large on the highways of the
Town.

"Voted and Resolved that no person not being a resi-
dent in the Town of Huntington be permitted to catch
Clams, eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said
Town under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents,
the inhabitants of the town of Islip excepted."

Premium of $2.00 per head for all foxes killed within
the Town, to be certified by Justice of the Peace.

Overseers authorized to bind out refractory Poor, under
their charge to proper persons.

Recorded by Mioses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Tow7i Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 466-70.^

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. ^6^

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1837, May I.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town May i, 1837,

Resolved that the President and Selah Carll be a Com-
mittee to finish the survey of the common lands.

Resolved that the President demand of the Long Island
Railroad Company the sum of $50 for damage in cutting
and destroying timber on the common lands.

The Board declined to grant Jeremiah Ketcham and
Ebenezer Jarvis land in the Eastern part of the Village of
Huntington— lands for setting their shops on.*
{Trustees Proceedings, Vol I, p. 1.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1837, June 10.]

At a meeting of the Trustees held at the house of Sam-
uel Whitson in the village of Cold Spring on Saturday the
loth day of June A. D. 1837, Present.

The President John Oakley,

Joel Jarvis, Isaac Baylis,

Piatt Conklin, Lemuel B. Rogers.

The object of the meeting being for the purpose of con-
ferring with the Committee of the proprietors of the Old
purchase & ascertaining how far the rights of the proprie-
tors & the Trustees extended to a certain Beach Cove &
thatch Meadow on the East side of Cold Spring harbour.

[* This is the beginning of the first bound volume of Trus-
tees' Minutes. Prior to this all such proceedings are found On
loose papers on file. Since this date the minutes have beea
kept in book form. — C. R. S.]

364 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Thereupon resolved that the Trustees claim all the Land
on the Beach the west side thereof lying between ordinary
high and low water mark.

Resolved that the board do now adjourn to Friday in-
stead of Saturday at North Port the i6th day of June
inst at 2 O'clock P. M.
(File No. 374.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1837, June 16.]

At a meeting of the Trustees June 16, 1837, Resolved
that after having heard Alexander Lewis b}- his counsel
and he having exhibited to us his title deeds for a pond
and Marsh at Great Cow Harbor, we declare, on the part
of the Town of Huntington, that the Trustees have no
claim or title to the said pond and marsh.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 2)

[ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE TO JOSEPH DIXON.]

[1837, Sept. 19.]

Lease. —

"Whereas a certain Lease for a dock was executed by
the President and trustees of the Town of Huntington un-
to Jesse Bunce of the same place on the 5th day of Sep-
tember, 1832, and the same lease transferred by the said
Jesse Bunce unto Samuel Bryan of Huntington on the 16
February, 1837, which lease and transfer are recorded on
a previous page in this book of records, Now know all men
by these presents, that I Samuel Bryan, do hereby trans-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 36^

fer and set over all my right and interest to the within sd.
lease to Joseph Dixon, he paying the yearly rent and ful-
. filling the stipulations therein contained." Witness my
hand and seal 19 Sept. 1837.
Witnesses Samuel Bryan.

Timothy Carll
Moses Rolph.

Recorded by Moses Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. 1, p. 80.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1838, April 3.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the third day of April
1838, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Moses Rolph. Supervisor, Timothy CarlL
President of Trustees, Charles A. Floyd. Trustees, Selah
Carll, Joshua Hartt, Lemuel B. Rogers, Piatt Conklin,
John Oakley, Alanson Seaman. Assessors, Gilbert Carll,
Abel K. Conklin, Samuel Ireland, Azel Lewis, Aaron Oak-
ley. Overseers of the Poor, John Oakley, John Rogers.
Commissioners of Highways, David Carll, George Oakes,
James Nostran. Commissioners of Common Schools,
Josiah Smith, Richard J. Cornelius, Abel K. Conklin. In-
spectors of Common Schools, David C. Brush, Darling B.
Whitney, Jarvis R. Rolph. Town Sealer, George Oakes.
Collector, David C. Brush. Constables, David Conklin,
Jesse Coddington, David C. Brush, Stephen J. Wilson.
Justice of the Peace, Timothy Carll. Pound Master,
Alexander Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Conklin
Smith and fif-ty nine others,

366 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Assessors and Commissioners of Highways allowed one
dollar per day services as Fence Viewers.

Eight hundred dollars voted to meet expenses maintain-
ing the Poor, and two hundred and eighty dollars to sup-
port the Common Schools of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing stock on the Town
Beach and Islands.

Trustees to rent the Town Islands for cash.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Voted and Resolved that no person being a non-resi-
dent be permitted to catch Clams, Eels, Fish or Horsefeet
within the bounds of the said town, under the penalty of
twelve dollars and fifty cents the inhabitants of Islip ex-
cepted."

Premium of $2 per head offered for foxes killed in the
Town certified to by a Justice of the Peace.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 471-7G )

[EXCISE.]

[Abstract.]
[1838, May 7.]

List of Excise of the Town of Huntington for the year
1838.

Robert Bold, Thomas S. Robbins, Abraham Waters,
John H. Jones & Co., Seaman & Rogers, Samuel Whitson,
Henry Blachly, George Oakes, Abiather Johnson, Samuel
Scudder, Divine Travis, Charles Velsor, Edward Dodd,
Jesse Conklin, Abraham R. Duryea, David C. Brush,
Ichabod Bedell, David Conklin, Ezra Smith, Matthew H.
Oardiner, Asa Chichester, Shubal M. Nichols, John B.
Hawkins, James F. Hartt, John Velsor, Alanson Seaman,
Lawrence Seaman & Co., Gilbert Carll, Henry Williams.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 3^7

"We certify that the within named persons were licensed
to keep Inns and rec'd permits to retail spiritous Liquor in
the Town of Huntington except them refused."

May 7, 1838..

Timothy P. Carll, Supervisor.

William Wicks,
Joel Jarvis,
Timothy Carll.
{File No. 363.)

[APPOINTiMENT OF TOWN CLERK.]

[1838, Sept. 29.]

Town of Huntington \-ss :

Whereas a vacancy occurred on the eighteenth of Sep-
tember one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight in
the office of Town Clerk of said town, by the death of
Moses Rolph the late incumbent of said office— Now
therefore we the undersigned being three of the Justices
of the peace of said town do hereby in pursuance of the
Statute in such cases made and provided, appoint Jarvis R.
Rolph to the office of Town Clerk of said town to hold the
said office with the same power and subject to the same
duties and penalties as if he had been duly Chosen to said
office by the electors of said town until another Town
Clerk shall be appointed in his place.

Li Witness whereof we have affixed our hands and
seals to this Warrant, at Huntington aforesaid this 29'" day
of September, A. D. 1838.

Wm. Wickes, [Seal] ) Justices
Joel Jarvis, [Seal | J- of the

Timothy Carll, [Seal] ) Peace.
Recorded by Jarvis Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Tow7i Meetings, Vol. II, p. 176.)

368 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1838, Oct. 17.]
Whereas on the 28th of September last Three persons
were bitten by rabid Dogs & the danger from this canine
madness has become truly alarming in certain portions of
our Town, We therefore recommend : First — for every
person with in said Town owner of any animal exhibiting
symptoms of madness to kill them without delay. Sec-
ond— for every owner of a dog in said Town to Keep them
in close confinement untill the hrst day of January next.
By order and request of the Board of Trustees of Hun-
tington.

October 17, 1838.

Jarvis R. Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{File No. 364.)

[THE GREEN.]

[1839, J^^i^- 10.]

To the Commissioners of Highways in the Town of
Huntington.

The petition of Ebenezer Jarvis of the village of Hun-
tington humbl}' sheweth

That it would be a great accommodation to your peti
tioner to have the privilege of erecting a blacksmith shop
on the ground attached to the highway on the green before
his door in the village of Huntington. Your petitioner
therefore prays that your honorable board will be pleased
to take his case into consideration and will grant him per-
mission to erect said shop removable at the pleasure of
the Commissioners and your petitioner as in duty bound
will ever pray.

Huntington, January 10, 1839.

Ebenezer Jarvis.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 369

We the subscribers residing in the neighborhood of the
green in the village of Huntington do consent that the
Commissioners of Highways of the Town of Huntington
shall grant Ebenezer Jarvis the privilege of erecting a
Blacksmith's shop on the green before his door on condi-
tion that it shall be removed whenever its continuance
shall be deemed inconvenient or the Commissioners shall
think proper not to continue the privilege any longer.

Silas Wood,

J. R. ROLPH,

Dan W. Kissam,
Wm. Gould,
Saml. B. Kelsey,
Alexander Ketcham.

{File No. 365.)

[1839, March 6.]

We the undersigned haveing Buildings standing on the
Lands belonging to Trustees and commonalty of the Town
of Huntington, do promise to pay to the said Trustees
such sums as are opposite our names yearly and every
year commencing on the first day of April 1839 untill said
Buildings are removed. March 6th 1839.

Owners names. Description of Building.

Miles Griffith, Blacksmith Shop,

Jeremiah Ketcham, Blacksmith Shop,

Jacob Scudder, Horse Shed,

Nathan Conklin per G. W. C. "

Isaac Scudder Horse Shed,

Alexander Ketcham, Shop,

S. WoodhuU February the 28 1846, Vacant

Grounds in front of my Land — three square

place.

{File No. 366.)

370 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1839, April 2.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the Second day of
April, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, J. R. Rolph. Supervisor, Timothy P.
Carll. President of Trustees, Charles A. Floyd. Trustees,
Selah Carll, Azel Lewis, Joshua Hartt, Piatt Conklin, John
Oakley, Alanson Seaman. Assessors, Bryan Scidmore,
Gilbert Carll, Samuel Ireland, Abel K. Conklin, Aaron
Oakley. Overseers of the Poor, John Oakley, John Rog-
ers. Commissioners of Highways, David Carll, James
Nostran, George Oakes. Commissioners of Common
Schools, Darling B. Whitney, David C. Brush, J. R. Rolph.
Inspectors of Common Schools, Abel K. Conklin, R. J.
Cornelius, Josiah Smith. Collector, David C. Brush.
Town Sealer, Matthew II. Gardiner. Overseers of the
Poor, John Oakley, John Rogers. Constables, Stephen J.
Wilson, David C. Brush, David Conklin, Jesse Codding-
ton. Overseers of Highways, David C. Smith and fifty six
others.

One thousand dollars voted to meet expenses maintain-
ance of the Poor, and two hundred and eighty dollars to
support the Common Schools of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing stock on the Town Beach
and Islands.

Trustees to rent the Town Islands for cash.

Swine Act i^e-enacted.

"Voted and Resolved that no person being a non-resi-
dent of the town of Huntington be permitted to catch
Clams, Eels, Fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said
town under the penalty of twelve and j^l dollars the
person complaining to have half the penalty so recovered
(the inhabitants of the town of Islip excepted.)"

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 371

Two dollars premium offered for foxes killed in the
Town, cei-tified to by a Justice of the Peace.

Committee appointed to select eiligible site for Poor-
house.

Recorded by Jarvis R. Rolph,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. II, 2^p. 477-81.)

[EXCISE.]

[1839, May 6.]

List of Excise of the Town of Huntington for the year
1839.

Edward Dodd, James F. Hartt, Abraham R. Duryea,
Divine Francis, Samuel S. Scudder, Aron A. Johnson,
Samuel Whitson, Seaman & Rogers, Matthew H. Gardiner,
John B. Hawkins, David Conklin, Robert H. Bald, Ichabod
Bedell, Wm. Smith, Shubal M. Nichols, Thomas L. Rob-
bins, Joseph Scudder, John H. Jones, Ezra Smith, Jesse
Conklin, Ira Chichester, Micham Walters, Lewis Wilson,
Alanson Seaman, Heni-y Williams, T. B. Carll, David C.
Brush, Zephaniah P. Brush.

It was resolved by the Board of Commissioners of Ex-
cise of the Town of Huntington that licences to Innkeeper
and permits to grocers be granted to the above named
persons and they were granted accordingly.*

Timothy P. Carll, Supervisor.

Wm. Wicks,

Joel Jervis,

Timothy Carll.

[File No. 367.)

[* All papers concerning Excise are omitted after this date
— C. R. S.]

372 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1840, April — .]

Election of Town Ofificers, held in April 1840, to serve
for one year.

Town Cleik, Josiah Smith, Supervisor, Charles A.
Floyd. President of Trustees, Charles A. Floyd. Trus-
tees, Selah Carll, John Oakley, Joel Jarvis, Alanson
Seaman, Thomas B. Smith, Piatt Conklin. Assessors,
Aaron Oakley, William Wicks, Bryan Scidmore, Alanson
Seaman, Samuel Whitson. Overseers of the Poor, John
Rogers, John Oakley. Commissioners of Highways,
James Nostran, Jacob' C. Hewlett, Matthew H. Gardiner.
Commissioners of Common Schools, Richard J. Cornelius,
Abel K. Conklin, Abraham M. Ketcham. Inspectors of
Common Schools, Darling H. Whitney, Joseph R. Ray,
Elbert Carll. Collector, David C. Brush. Constables,
Stephen J. Wilson, David C. Brush, Jesse Coddington,
David Conklin. Town Sealer, Matthew H. Gardiner.
Justice of the Peace, Joel Jarvis. Pound Master, Alex-
ander Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Charles N.
Velsor and sixty others.

Assessors and Commissioners of Highways allowed one
dollar per day as Fence Viewers.

Twelve hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
taining the Poor, and two hundred and eighty dollars also
voted to support the Common Schools of the Town.

Trustees to regulate the pasturing of stock on the Town
Beach and Islands.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Voted and Resolved that no person being a non-resi-
dent of the Town of Huntington be permitted to catch
Clams, eels. Fish, or horsefeet within the bounds of Sd

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 373

Town under the penalty of Twelve Dollars and fifty cents,
the Complainant to have half, (the Inhabitants of Islip
■excepted.)"

{Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 482-85.)

[APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE.]

[Abstract.]

[1840, Nov. 30.]

Meeting of Justices.

A vacancy occuring in the office of Collector by resig-
nation of David C. Brush, Jesse Coddington was appointed
to the office.

A vacancy occuring in the office of Commissioner of
Highways by the death of Matthew H. Gardner, Gilbert
Carll was appointed to the ofifice.

[Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 486-87.)

[DOCK LEASE TO JOHN VELSOR.]

[Abstract.]
[1839, Sept. 5.]

Lease — Trustees to John Velsor.

"A certain piece of land covered with water at the head
of Northport (formerly Great Cowharbour) at a place
called James Point, bounded westerly by a highway newly
laid out, easterly by the Channel, to be seventy feet front
and rear, which land included is for the express and only
purpose of building a Dock in such manner as not to in-
cumber the highway at the head of said Dock."

Term, Twenty three years.

Rental, Fity cents yearly.

374 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in the event of non-
payment of rent.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.
Rates of wharfage specified.
Dated 5th Sept. 1839.

Witness Charles A. Floyd, Pres. [Seal.]

JosiAH Smith

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, jop. 82-83.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO MELANCTHON BRYAN.]

[Abstract.]
[1840, March 3.]

Lease — Trustees to Melancthon Bryan, dated 3d March,
1840.

"All of a piece of shore and land covered with water on
the east side of Great Cow Harbour, now Northport, be-
ginning at the south side of the ground already leased to
the said Melancthon Bryan at the common passvvay or
ordinary high water mark, extending thence southerly to
the north side of the Bridge, thence westerly or parallel
to the south side of the new wharf 300 feet into the Bay,
thence northerly to the grant before given to the said
Melancthon Bryan."

Rental, one dollar yearly.
Lessee to keep open the common pass-way.
Witness Charles A. Floyd, [Seal.]

J. R. ROLPH Pres'd't of Trustees.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases hxj Trustees, p. 81.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 375

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JOHN WOOD.]

[Abstract.]
[1840, June 9.]

Lease — Trustees to John Wood, dated June 9, 1840.

"A certain piece of land covered with water at the west
side of Huntington harbor, bounded as follows, viz. : start-
ing- twenty four feet from the northwest corner of the mill
and running northeasterly ninety feet and then northerly
one hundred and sixty feet, and then westerly to high
water mark, which land included is for the purpose of
build ins: a dock in such manner as not to incumber the
highway at the head of said dock."

Term, twenty-one years.

Rental, one dollar yearly.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in event of non pay-
ment of rent.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Rates of wharfage specified.

Witness Charles A. Floyd, Pres. [Seal.]

JosiAH Smith

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
[Deeds and Leases hxj Trustees, pp. 84-86.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1 841, April 6.]

Election of Town Officers held April 6, 1841, to serve
one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Timothy P.

3/6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Carll. President of Trustees, Lawrence Seaman, Jun.
Trustees, Selab Carll, John Oakley, Joel Jarvis, Joel
Bryan, George Oakes, Piatt Conkling, Assessors, William
Wicks, Samuel Whitson, Aaron Oakley, Bryan Scidmore,
Richard S. Conklin. Overseers of the Poor, John Rogers,
John Oakley. Commissioners of Highways, James Nos-
tran, Jacob C. Hewlett, Timothy Carll. Commissioners
of Common Schools, Richard J. Cornelius, Abraham M.
Ketcham. Jesse Gould. Inspectors of Common Schools,
Darling B. Whitney, Joseph H. Ray, Elbert Carll. Col-
lector, Jesse Coddington. Constables, Jesse Coddington,
Stephen J. Wilson, David Conklin, Stephen Jayne. Town
Sealer, David Conklin. Justice of the Peace, iVbel K.
Conklin. Pound Master, Alexander Ketcham. Overseers
of Highways, Henry S. Carll and fifty eight others.

Trustees empowered to regulate pasturing stock on the
Town Beach and Islands.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Voted and Resolved that no person being a non res-
ident of the Town of Huntington be permitted to catch
clams, eels, fish or horse feet within the bounds of said
Town under the penalty of twelve dollars and j^jy, the
complainant to have half, the inhabitants of the Town of
Islip excepted."

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk,
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 1-3.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[Special Meeting.]
[1841, Sept. 25.]
Special Town Meeting held for the purpose of voting
what amount of money shall be raised to support the
Common Schools and maintain the poor of the Town.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. ^yj

"It was on motion resolved that the meeting^ as^ree to
disregard the law of May 14, 1840, relative to the accounts
of Town Officers for the current year and that the Board
of Supervisors be requested to prepare a petition to be
presented to the next Legislature for the repeal of said law."
Seventeen hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
tainance of the Poor of the Town.

"Also voted and resolved that a sum be raised by tax
this year equal to the amount which is allowed this Town
by the State for the support of Common Schools in said
Town of Huntington."

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 4-6.)

[DEED. THE TRUSTEES TO GEORGE W.

CONKLIN.I

» -■

[1841, Nov. I.]

This Indenture made the first day of November one
thousand eight hundred and forty one, Between Law-
rence Seaman, Jun., President of the Trustees of the free-
holders and commonality of the Town of Huntington by
and with consent of the other Trustees of the aforesaid
town for the time being, at the request of the committee
of the proprietors of the old purchase in the said Town of
Huntington Doth convey a certain piece of thatch mead-
ow situated in the town aforesaid on the east side of Hun-
tington Harbor and bounded north by a certain course
ranging from the northeast corner of Thos. Scudder, Jun.
lot (on which stands his two small houses) to the spring on
the opposite side of the Harbour below John Wood's mill,
east by a line running parallel with the west fence on sd
Scudder's lot 40 feet therefrom all the way to a small

378 HUNTINGTON TOWN RFXORDS.

creek or drain a little below the store of Geo. W. Conklin,
south by sd drain and continuing the same course of said
drain to the course of the main creek and west by the
course of sd main creek towards the Dock of Rich'd B.
Post & Co., until it strikes the first named range, contain-
ing two acres, be it more or less, for the sum of Sixty-seven
dollars {$6'/) received to the full satisfaction of the com-
mittee. Do hereby release and quit claim unto Geo. W.
Conklin, merchant of the Town aforesaid, to him and to
his heirs and assigns forever. All the right, title and in-
terest of the proprietors of the said purchase to the prem-
ises above described, reserving nevertheless, for the in-
habitants of said town, the priviledges of sailing, fishing,
and such as are common to Harbours, Creeks, etc.

Signed and Sealed with the seal of the said Trustees.
[l. s.] Lawrence Seaman, Jr.

In presence of President of Trustees.

Joel Jarvis. «

State of New York, |
Suffolk County, j

On the 3d day of November 1841, personally appeared
before me Lawrence Seaman, Jr., to me known to be the
individual mentioned and intended in the within convey-
ance and acknowledge he executed the within convey
^nce for the intent and purpose therein mentioned on ex
amining 1 find no material interlineation or erasures in it^

Joel Jarvis,
Justice of the Peace.
{File No. 368.)

[DEED. TRUSTEES TO JACOB SCUDDER.]

[1841, Nov. I.] *

This Indenture made the first day of November one

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 379-

thoiisand eight hundred and forty-one between Lawrence
Seaman, Jun., President of the Trustees of the Freeholders
and commonalty of the Town of Huntington by and witk
consent of the other trustees of the aforesaid Town for
the time being at the request of the committee of the
proprietors of the Old Purchase in the said Town of Hun-
tington, doth convey a certain piece of thatch meadow,
situated in the Town aforesaid at Huntmgton Harbor,
bounded north by a course ranging from the northeast
corner of Thomas Scudder's, Jun., lot (on which stands his
two small houses) to the spring on the opposite side of the
harbour below John Wood's mill, east by the passage of
the Main Creek to the dock on the east side of the Har-
bour, south by salt meadow of John Wood and west by
the original flood gate channel leading from Jno. Wood's,
mill pond, containing two acres more or less, being all the
several thatch beds & meadow within the said bounds, for
the sum of twenty-six Dollars ($26) received to the full sat-
isfaction of the said committee, do hereby release & quit-
claim unto Jacob Scudder, farmer of the Town aforesaid,
to him and his heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title,
and interest of the proprietors to the said purchase to the
premises above described, reserving nevertheless, for the
inhabitants of said Town, the privileges of sailing, fishing,
& such as are common to Harbors, Creeks, &c., &c.

Signed and Sealed with [L. s.] the seal of the said trus-
tees in presence of Joel Jarvis.

Lawrence Seaman, Jun.
President of Trustees.

State of New York, |

Suffolk County, j

On the 3d day of November 1841, personally appeared
before me Lawrence Seaman, Jun., to me known to be the
individual mentioned and intended in the within convey-
ance and acknowledged he executed the within conveyance

380 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

for the intent and purpose therein mentioned and on ex-
amining the same I find no material interlineations or
erasures in it.

Joel Jervis,
Justice of the Peace.
{File No. 369.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1842, Feb. 15.]

At a meeting of the Town Trustees Feb. 15th, 1842
Resolved that the Board of Trustees give permission
and the land that is needed for a public highway from John
Wood's mill to the highway near Gresham B. Scudder's
house.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 30.)

[PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN HUN-
TINGTON AND ISLIP.]

[1842, Feb. 15.]

An act ceding to the Town of Islip the interest of the
People of the State of New York in any lands within the
boundaries of such Town.

The People of the State of New York, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

1. The title and interest of the People of this State to
any lands lying within the boundaries of the Town of
Islip in the County of Suffolk are hereby ceded to that
town.

2. All grants heretofore made by such Town or under

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 38 1

its authority of lands within its boundaries shall be of the
same validity and effect as if the interest of the People of
this State in such lands had been ceded to the said Town
before such grants had been made or authorized.

3. Nothing contained in this act shall in any way impair
any deed or other instrument in writing heretofore made
relative to any of the said lands between said Town and
the Trustees of the Town of Huntington.

The subscribed, a committee appointed by the Town" of
Islip, hereby agree with the Board of Trustees of the Town
of Huntington should the above acts go into effect to enjoy
all Priveleges heretofore enjoyed in common by the Peo-
ple of Huntington and Islip.
Babylon, Feb. 15th, 1842.

Rich'd a. Udall, ) Corns.
Reuben Edwards, I of
Jonathan Smith, ) Islip.
{File No. 371.)

[LEi\SE. TRUSTEES TO WILLIAM B. SELLECK
AND ANOTHER.]

[Abstract.]
[1842, April 4].

Lease — Trustees to William B. Sellick and George Sel-
lick. — Dated Ap'l 4, 1842.

"A certain piece of land covered with water on the east
side of Huntington Harbour bounded as follows, viz :
Starting from the southwest corner of Richard B. Post
and David C. Scudder's bound, running southerly by and
with the Channel one hundred and fifty feet, thence south-
easterly to the common land thence along by the common
land to Richard B. Post and David C. Scudder's bounds

382 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

thence by their bounds to the })kice of Beginning" For the
special purpose of building a Dock.

Highway not to be obstructed at head of Dock.

Term, Twenty one years.

Rental, One dollar Yearly.

Trustees to renew lease for same period at yearly rental
•of three dollars.

Dock to be completed in four years.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in event of non pa}--
ment of rent.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Rates of wharfage specified.

Lawrence Seaman, Jr., Pres. [Seal.]

Recorded by Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
[Deeds and Leases, by Trustees, pp. 88-91.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1842, April 5.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the 5th day of April
to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Timothy P.
Carll. President of Trustees, Lawrence Seaman, Junr.
Trustees, Selah Carll, John Oakley, Joel Jarvis, Jesse Carll,
George Oakes, Isaac Conklin. Assessors, William Wicks,
Samuel Van Wyck, Aaron Oakley, Bryan Scidmore, Rich-
ard J. Cornelius. Overseers of the Poor, Aaron Oakley,
Richard J. Cornelius. Commissioners of Highways, James
Nostran, Jacob C. Hewlett, Timothy Carll. Commission,
ers of Common Schools, Joshua B. Smith, Richard J. Cor-
nelius, Gilbert Carll. Inspectors of Common Schools,
Richard B. Post, James Morris. Collector, Jesse Cod-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 383

dington. Constables, Stephen J. Wilson, David Conklin,
Jesse Coddington. Town Sealer, David Conklin. Justice
of the Peace, Timothy Carll. Pound Master, Alexander
Ketcham. Overseers of IIighwa3S, John Smith and fifty
eight others.

Voted to raise amount for maintaining Common Schools
equal to that allowed the Town by the State. Fifteen hun-
dred dollars voted to meet expenses maintaining the Poor
of the Town.

Trustees to regulate the pasturing of stock on the Town
Beach and Islands.

Swine act re-enacted.

"Voted and Resolved that no person being a non resi-
dent of the town of Huntington be permitted to catch clams,
eels. Fish or horsefeet, within the bounds of said Town
under the penalty of Twelve dollars and fift}- cents, the
complainant to have half, (the Inhabitants of Islip ex-
cepted.)"

Trustees authorized to sell the poorhouse and sufficient
pine timber to purchase a farm for maintaining Poor of
the Town.

Recorded by

Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pj). 5-9J

[PETITION CONCERNING DREDGING FOR
OYSTERS.]

[1842, Sept, I.]

We the Subscribers Inhabitants and freeholders in the
Town of Huntington do hereby petition to the trustees of
said town (or if not proper) to the legal authorities having
power to act in such cases to take into consideration the

384 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

necessity of putting a Stop to dredging for oysters in the
harbour of Northport thereby destroying much property
belonging to the town.

Dated Northport Sept. ist, 1842,

J. C. Lewis, Melancton Bryan, Bryan Scidmore,
Lyman Sammis, James F. Hartt, Augustus H. Scud-
DER, Platt Lewis, Selah Bunce, Lewis Ketcham, Isaac
M. Fleet, Abraham Ketcham, H. Sanford, John B.
Kelsey, Epenetus Ketcham, Solomon Rogers.
{File No. 370.)

[TRUSTEES' PRDCEEDINGS.]

[1842, Oct. rj.

At a meeting of the Town Trus'tees Oct. i, 1842,

Resolved, that the practice of draging in any way for
oysters in the waters of this town by any person or persons
is hereby prcjhibited under the penalty of $12.50 for each
and every offence.

Resolved, that no oysters shall be taken in any manner
in any of said waters during the months of June, July and
August, under the penalty of $12.50 for each and every
offence, and that the clerk put up copies of the resolutions
concerning 03'stering in different parts of the town.

Resolved, that a committee be appointed to lot out pine
timber and sell at private sale and that Selah Carll, Jesse
Carll and Joel Jarvis be the committee.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pP- 35-36.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1843, April 4.]

Election of Town Olificers held on the 4th day of April
1843, to serve for one year.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 385

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Charles A.
Floyd. President of Trustees, Lawrence Seaman, Junr.
Trustees, Selah Carll, John Oakley, Stymest Smith, Bryan
Scidmore, Samuel A. Van Wyck, Isaac Conklin. Assess-
oi'S, Gilbert Carll, John D. Hewlett, Joel B. Gardiner,
Ellis Strong, Aaron Oakley. Overseers of the Poor, Alan-
son Seaman, Moses Rogers. Commissioners of Highways,
James Nostran, Jacob C. Hewlett, Stephen White. Com-
missioners of Common Schools, Joshua B. Smith, Richard
J. Cornelius, Jarvis Whitman. Inspectors of Common
Schools, Richard B. Post, James Morris. Collector, Elias
Baylis. Constables, Stephen J. Wilson, Alfred B. Under-
hill, Elias Baylis, David Conklin. Justice of the Peace,
George Oakes. Town Sealer, James F. Hart. Pound
Master, Alexander Ketcham. Overseers of Highways,
Elias Smith and fifty-seven others.

Voted to raise amount for maintaining Common Schools
equal to that allowed the Town by the State.

Five hundred dollars voted to meet expenses maintaining
the Poor of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing of Stock on the Town
Beach and Islands.

Swine act re-enacted.

"Resolved, that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch clams, eels.
Fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said town under the
penalty of Twelve dollars and fifty cents the complainant
to have half (the inhabitants of Islip excepted)."

"Voted and resolved that a resolution passed by the
board of Trustees October ist, 1842, concerning taking
oysters in the waters of the Town of Huntington, also the
amendment made to the same November 5th, 1842, remain
in full force and Virtue."

386 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

"Resolved, that the collector of said town shall have at
the rate of three per cent, and no more."
Recorded by

Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 12-16 )

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING CALLED.]

[1843, November 27.]

To Josiah Smith, Town Clerk of the Town of Huntington.

The undersigned inhabitants of the Town of Huntington
elegible to the office of Supervisor of said Town, request
that a Special Town INIeeting be called (according to the
provision made in Section 12, Article ist, Part ist. Chap,
nth. Title 2nd of the revised Statutes of the State of New
York) for the purpose of deliberating in regard to the
institution of suits by the Town or Supervisor of the Town
under an ordinance passed by the electors of said Town to
prevent dredging for oysters in tte waters of the said
Town of Huntington.

Huntington, November 27th, 1843.

William M. Hamilton, L. M. Thurston, Rich'd B.
Post, David C. Scudder, George W. Conklin, Richard
Sammis, F. G. Sammis, Elbert Walters, Abel R.
Conklin, Daniel Oakley, Conklin Rogers, John K.
WooLSEY, H. Woodruff, Joel Bryan, John R. Rhine-
lander, WxM. C. Stout, B. Skidmore, Isreal Scudder,
W. M. Vail, Charles Fish, Thos. P. Rogers, Henry T.
Scudder, Jeremiah Ketcham, James P. Roe, Jesse
Gould, Henry S. Lewis, Samuel B. Kelsey.
{File No. 372.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 38/

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1844, April 2.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 2d day of April
1844, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence
Seaman, Jun. President of Trustees, Samuel A. Van
Wyck. Trustees, Selah Carll, John Oakley, Stymest
Smith, Bryan Scidmore, Isaac Conklin, Joshua Hartt.
Assessors, Gilbert Carll, Lewis Sammis, Joel B. Gardiner,
Ellis Strong, Aaron Oakley. Overseers of the Poor,
Alanson Seaman, Moses Rogers. Commissioners of High-
ways, James Nostran, Jacob C. Hewlett, Stephen White.
Superintendent of Common Schools, Richard B. Post.
Collector, Elias Baylis. Constables, Stephen J. Wilson,
Alfred B. Underbill, Elias Baylis, David Conklin. Justice
of the Peace, Joel Jarvis. Town Sealer, James F. Hartt.
Pound Master, Alexander Ketcham. Overseers of High-
ways, Charles V. Velsor and fifty three others.

Voted to raise amount for maintaining Common Schools,
equal to that allowed the Town by the State.

One thousand dollars voted to meet expenses maintain-
ing Poor of the Town.

Trustees authorized to regulate pasturing stock on the
Town Beach and Islands.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Resolved that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of sd. Town under
the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the com-
plainant to have half, (the inhabitants of the Town of Islip
excepted.)"

388 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Collector allowed 3 per cent, on all taxes collected.
Trustees authorized to sell Poor House and purchase
more suitable premises.

Town Clerk authorized to publish, at Town expense,
record of all receipts and disbursements during the past
year.

Recorded by Josiah Smith.
{Town Meetings, Vol. III. pp. 18 22.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1844, July 13.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held at the Poor
House July 13th, 1844. The Trustees having set up the
poor house and farm at public auction, as by previous
notice given, and failing to sell for want of a purchaser, it
was mutually agreed by all present that Conklin Rogers
proceed forthwith to make the Poor House a more con-
venient and" comfortable residence for all concerned in
compliance with the resolution voted at the last annual
Town Meeting, authorizing the Trustees to sell and buy
one more suitable.

[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 44-45.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO SAMUEL P. HARTT.]

[Abstract.]
[1844, Aug. 31.]

Lease — Trustees to Samuel P. Hartt, dated 31 August,
1844.
"A certain piece of land covered with water lying at

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 389

Northport Landing, bounded as follows, viz. : beginning
at the boundary line of Piatt Lewis adjoining Samuel P,
Hartt's line and running westerly 60 feet into the harbour,
thence southerly 20 feet short of Melancthon Bryan's
dock, thence easterly to a willow tree in the corner of
Samuel P. Hartt's garden, thence northerly to the place of
beginning for the purpose of building a dock and I'ailway
to repair vessels."
Term, 15 years.
Rental, three dollars yearly.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in event of non-pay-
ment of rent.

Lessee given right to renew for same term on terms to be
agreed upon.

Witness Samuel A. VanWyck, [Seal.]

JosiAH Smith President.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, pp. 92-93.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1844, Sept. 7.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, Sept. 7, 1844,
Resolved that Bryan Scidmore be authorized to make
known to the Supervisors of said Town whenever a com-
plaint is made to him against foreigners interfering in
oystering and clamming in waters within the bounds of
Huntington.

Resolved that Bryan Scidmore be authorized to take
charge of the dock at Centreport built by Joseph C.
Lewis, under a lease from the Town that has been for-
feited for non-payment.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. 1, p. 47.)

390 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1844, Sept. 27.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees Sept. 27, 1844
Resoh^ed, on the application of William L. Titus for a
new lease for the dock at Centreport Harbor, formerly
granted to Joseph C. Lewis, that the Board will grant him
a lease for 15 years from the 27th day of Sept., 1844 with
the stipulations usually given in leases for docks in this
Town, he paying the annual rent of 50 cents per year with
the privilege of extending said lease 1 5 years longer on the
same terms.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 48.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1844, Sept. 27.]
"At a Special Town Meeting held at the Inn of Ezra
Smith in the Town of Huntington on Friday, Sept. 27,
1844, agreeable to public notice and application of a suf-
ficient number of freeholders in said Town, to take into
consideration the propriety of raising a sufficient sum of
money to defray the expenses incurred in repairing the
Town Poor House,

Resolved unanimously that five hundred dollars be
raised by tax this year to be paid for repairing the above
said Town Poor House."

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 23.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO WILLIAM L. TITUS.]

[Abstract.]
[1844, Sept. 27.]
Lease — Trustees to William L. Titus, dated 27 Sept. 1844.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 39I

"A certain piece of land covered with water situate in
the said Town of Huntington at a place called & known
by the name of Centre Port harbour and on the west side
thereof for the express purpose of a Dock bounded as fol-
lows: beginning- feet northward of the Old Dock by

the mill, running easterlj- into the harbour to low water
mark, thence northerly one hundred feet, thence westerly
to high water mark, thence southerly to the place of be-
ginning."

Not to obstruct free passage of vehicles along the shore.

Term, fifteen years.

Rental, fifty cents yearly.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in event of non-pay-
ment of rent.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Lessee privilege to renew lease upon same terms.

Rates of wharfage specified.

Witness Samuel A. VanWyck, Pres. [Seal.]

JosiAH Smith.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases bij Trustees, pp. 99-100.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1845, April I.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the first day of April
1845, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence Sea-
man, Jun. President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll. Trustees,
Richard B. Post, Isreal Denton, John Oakley, Stymest

392 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Smith, Bryant Scidmore, Elbert Carll. Assessors, James
Walters, David C. Brush, Joel B. Gardiner, Ellis Strong,
Aaron Oakley. Overseers of the Poor, Alanson Seaman,
Moses Rogers. Commissioners of Highways, James Nos-
tran, Jacob C. Hewlett, Stephen White. Superintendent
of Common Schools, Joseph H. Ray. Inspectors of Elec-
tion: District No. i, Augustin S. Fordham, Samuel A.
VanWyck ; District No. 2, George Oakes, Joel Bryan ;
District No. 3, Timothy Carll, James Walters ; District
No. 4, Richard J. Cornelius, Thomas J. Seaman. Collec-
tor, Elias Bay lis. Constables, Steplien J. Wilson, Alfred
B. Underhill, Elias Baylis, David Conklin. Justice of the
Peace, Abel K. Conklin, Town Sealer, James F. Hart.
Pound Master, Alexander Ketcham. Overseers of High-
ways, Elbert D. Walters and fifty-four others.

Voted to raise an amount for maintaining Common
Schools, equal to that allowed the Town by the State.

Twelve hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
taining the Poor of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing stock on the Town Beach
and Islands.

Trustees authorized to sell three hundred acres of pine
plains and the grass on the Beach and Islands belonging
to the Town.

Swine act re-enacted.

"Voted & Resolved that no person being a non-resident
of the Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters,
clams, eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said
Town under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents,
the complainant to have half. (The inhabitants of Islip
excepted.)"

Collector allowed 3 per cent or collecting taxes.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 26-29.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 393

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JOHN L.
KORTWRIGHT.]

[Abstract.]
[1845, Sept. I.]

Lease — Trustees to John L. Kortwright, dated Sept. i,
1845.

"A certain piece of land on Oak Island bounded as fol-
lows, viz. : beginning at the southeast corner at a stake
N. 2,j W. 4 chains, 6y links to a stake, then south 86|- W.
15 cha. to a stake, thence south 3| E. 4 cha. 6y links to a
stake, on the south by the water, to the place of beginning,
for the purpose of building a house thereon."

Term, seven years.

Rental, five dollars yearly.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in event of non-pay-
ment of rent.

Lessee right to renew lease for same period upon terms
to be agreed upon.

Lessee to pay all damages to grass resulting from his
tenancy of the Island.

Witness GILBERT Carll, Pres. [Seal.]

Richard B. Post.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, pjj. 102-3.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO SMITH WOODHULL.]

[Abstract.]
[1846, Feb. 28.]

Lease — Trustees to Smith WoodhuU, dated 28 Feb. 1846.

'•A certain three square piece of land in front of his land

bounded as follows : on the east and .southwest by the

394 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

highway, north on a parallel line with the said Smith
WoodhuU's north line."
Term, seven 3^ears.
Rental, five dollars yearly.

Trustees to renew lease for same period upon terms to
be agreed upon.

Witness Gilbert Carll, Pres. [Seal]

Richard B. Post.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, pp. 103-4.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1846, April 7.]

Election of Town Officers held on the 7th day of April
1846, to serve one 3'ear.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence Sea-
man, Junr. President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll. Trus-
tees, Isreal Denton, John Oakley, Stymest Smith, Elbert
Carll, Shuball M. Nicoll, Gilbei't P. Williams. Assessors,
Joel B. Gardiner (2 3'ears), Aaron Oakley (i year), Ellis
Strong (3 3-ears). Overseei'S of the Poor, Alanson Seaman,
Moses Rogers. Commissioners of Highways, James Nos-
tran (3 years), Jacob C. Hewlett (2 years), Stephen White
(i year). Superintendent of Schools, Joseph H. Ray.
Collector, Elias Bay lis. Constables, Stephen J. Wilson,
Alfred B. Underbill, Elias Baylis, James F. Hartt. Justice
of the Peace, Richard B. Post. Town Sealer, James F.
Hartt. Pound Master, Alexander Ketcham. Overseers
of Highways, Silas W. Piatt and fift^'-seven others.

Henry Tilden appointed by the Justices of Peace to
serve as Constable in vacancy made by refusal of James F.
Hartt to serve.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 395

Voted to raise amount for school purposes equal to that
allowed the Town by the State.

Trustees to regulate pasturing of stock on the Town
Beach and Islands.
Swine act re-enacted.

"Resolved, that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said Town un-
der the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the com-
plainant to have half (the inhabitants of the Town of Islip
excepted)."

Recorded by

Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 32 35.)

[VOTE FOR AND AGAINST LIQUOR LICENSE.}

[1846, May 19.]

We, the Board of Justices of the Peace, in and for the
Town of Huntington, in the County of Suffolk, do certify
that the following is a correct statement of the result of a
special Town Meeting held in said Town on the 19th day
of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

That the whole number of votes given for License was
five hundred and five.

That the whole number of votes given for No License
was four hundred and eighty-three.
Dated Huntington, 19th May, 1846.

Rich'd B. Post,
Jesse Jarvis, [ Inspectors
George Oaks, [ of Election..
Timothy Carll, ^
[File No. 373 )

39^ HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1847, Sept. 1 1.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held Sept. 11,
1847,

Resolved, that the old dock at Centreport Harbor is pub-
lic property and not individual.

[Trustees' Proceedings, Vul. I, p. 58.)

LEASE. TRUSTEES TO MOSES HARTT.]

[Abstract.]
[1846, Sept. 24.]

Lease— Trustees to Moses Hartt, dated Sept. 24, 1846.

"A certain piece of land covered with water situate in
the said Town of Huntington at a place called and known
by the name of Northport harbour bounded as follows,
viz : beginning on a parallel line with Piatt Lewis, north
line adjoining the highway that runs east by Selah Bunce
at high water mark and running westerly seventy feet from
low water mark into the harbour, thence southerly four hun-
dred and ninety -five feet, thence easterly to highwater mark,
thence northerly 490 feet to the place of beginning, for the
express purpose of building a dock."

Not to obstruct free passage of vehicles on the east-side
of the dock.

Term, twenty-one )'ears.

Rental, eight and -^^\ dollars yearly.

Trustees to re-enter in event of non-payment of rent.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Trustees to renew lease upon such terms as may be
agreed upon.

Witness, GILBERT Carll, Pres. [Seal]

JosiAH Smith. Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, pp. 105-6.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 397-

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1847, April 6.]

Election of Town officers held on the 6th day of April,
1847, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence Sea-
man, Jr. President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll. Trustees,
Israel Denton, David Jarvis, Ebenezer Kellum, Jr., Samuel
Robbins, Gilbert P. Williams, Shubal M. Nicols. Assess-
or, Gilbert Carll. Overseers of the Poor, Elbert Carll,
Moses Rogers. Commissioner of Highways, Stymest
Smith. Superintendent of Common Schools, Joseph H.
Ray. Collector, Elias Baylis. Constables, Stephen J.
Wilson, Alfred B. Underbill, Elias Baylis, Henry Tilden.
Justice of the Peace, George Oakes. Town Sealer, Thomas
J. Seaman. Pound Master, Alexander Ketcham. Over-
seers of Highways, Plenry Hendrickson and fifty-seven
others.

Voted a sum to be raised for Common School purposes
equal to that allowed the Town by the State.

Eighteen hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
tainance of poor and other charges of the Town.

Swine act re-enacted.

"Resolved, That no person being a non-resident of the-
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said Town un-
der the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the com-^
plainant to have half. The inhabitants of Islip excepted."

Trustees authorized to sell from one to five hundred
acres pine lands belonging to the Town, occupied by col-
ored persons who have settled upon the same, without
consent of the Trustees.

Recorded by

Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetiyigs, Vol III, pp. 38-41.)

398 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

IVOTE FOR AND AGAINST LIQUOR LICENSE.]

[1847, April 27.]

We the board of Justices of the Peace in and for the
Town of Huntington, in the County of Suffolk, do certify-
that the following is a correct statement of the result of a
Special Town Meeting held in said town on the 27th day
of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.

That the whole number of votes given for No License
was four hundred and seventy-six.

That the whole number of votes given For License was
five hundred and ninety-eight.

Dated, Huntington, 27th of April, 1847.

Timothy Carll,

RiCH'D B. Post;' M^^P^t^^^
Joel Jarvis, j t^i ?•
George Oaks. ^^^^^^^"

{File No. 374.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1848, April 4.]

Election Town Officers held on the 4th day of April,
1848 — to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence Sea-
man, Jr. President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll. Trustees,
Israel Denton, Ebenezer Kellum, Jr., Gilbert P. Williams,
David Jarvis, Samuel Robbins, Shubal M. Nicols. Over-
seers of the Poor, Moses Rogers, Elbert Carll. Commis-
sioner of Highways, Jacob C. Hewlett. Superintendent of
Common Schools, Joseph H. Ray. Collector, Elias Bay-
lis. Constables, Stephen J. Wilson, Elias Ba3dis, Alfred B.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 399

Underbill, Henry Tilden. Justice of the Peace, Joel Jar-
vis. Town Sealer, James F. Hartt. Pound Master, Alex-
ander Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Charles Velsor
and fifty-four others.

Voted, sum to be raised for Common School purposes
equal to the amount allowed the Town by the State.

Voted two thousand dollars to meet expense maintaining-
the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing of stock on the Town
Beach and Islands.

Swine act re-enacted.

" Resolved, that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish, or horsefeet within the bounds of said Town, un-
der the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, ttie com-
plainant to have half. (The inhabitants of Islip excepted.)"

Trustees authorized to sell from one to five hundred
acres pine lands belonging to the Town, upon which col-
ored people have settled without consent Trustees.

Yearly statement Town receipts and expenditures au-
thorized to be published.

Recorded by Josioh Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 43-47.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.] *

[1848, May I.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held May ist, 1849.

" On application of Mr. O'Rell for a piece of land in East
Street of the village of Huntington, adjoining his land and
near the house of the late Widow Jarvis, to be enclosed

400 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

with a fence for his own benefit, upon the inspection and
investigation of the records of this Town, the Trustees of
the Town are satisfied that the ground which he wants ad-
joining his land is not vested in the Board of Trustees, as
Trustees for the benefit of the Town.

Josiah Smith, Clerk."
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 61.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1848, May 13.]

Meeting of Trustees held May 13, 1848.

" Resolved that those persons who have settled on the
Town lands without the consent of the Trustees of said
Town, have two weeks from this day to remove themselves
and buildings off the premises belonging to said Town.

Resolved, that H. Scidmore, who has bargained for a
piece of pine timber and has refused to pay for it, shall pay
no less than fifty dollars for what he has cut, and the re-
mainder to be left for the Town use, or to pay for what he
bargained for."

Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 62 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1848, July 15.]

Meeting of Trustees held July 15, 1848.

''Resolved, that the orrass on the Islands and Beach be-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 401

longing to the Town of Huntington be hired out on the
28th and 29th days of July, inst., and that the President,
Samuel Robbins, David Jarvis and Gilbert P. Williams be
a committee to attend the sales and that the Clerk give the
usual notice.

Resolved, that Thomas Scudder be notified to take the
obstructions off the Town property where the old house
formerly stood that belonged to Martha Bennett, and also
to pay a yearly rent of fifty cents for the privilege of his
boat house standing on the public land.

Resolved, that persons that settled on the Town lands
without the consent of the Trustees and have not removed
off as was requested at a previous meeting of the Trustees,
be removed off as soon as convenient, not exceeding four
weeks from this day, by an officer.

Josiah Smith, Town Clerk."
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol 1, p. 63.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1849- April 3.]

Election of Town Ofificers, held on the 3d day of April,
1849, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence Sea-
man, Jr. President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll. Trustees,
Richard Sammis, Gilbert P. Williams, Samuel Robbins,
Thomas J. Seaman, David Jarvis, Melancton Br3'an. Over-
seers of the Poor, Zophar B, • Oakley, Elbert Walters.
Assessors, John Wood, Ellis Strong. Commissioner of
Highway, Zebulon Buffett. Superintendent of Common
Schools, George H. Sheppard. Collector, Elias Baylis.
Constables, Stephen J, Wilson, Charles W. Long, Elias
Baylis, Henry Tilden. Justice of the Peace, Jarvis R.

402 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Rolph. Town Sealer, James F. Hartt. Pound Master,
Alexander Ketcham. Overseers of Highways, Elias Smith
and fifty-seven others. Superintendent of Schools gives
bond to Supervisor for faithful discharge of duties of said
office.

Voted to raise sum for Common School purposes equal
in amount to that allowed the Town by the State.

Three thousand dollars voted to meet expense maintain.
ing the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing of stock on the Town
Beach and Islands.

Swine act re-enacted.

"Resolved that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet w^ithin the bounds of said Town un-
der the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the com-
plainant to have half. (The inhabitants of Islip excepted.)"

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pji. 50-56.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1850, April 2.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the 2d day of April
1850, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Charles A.
Floyd. President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll. Trustees,
Timothy Carll, David Jarvis, James F. Hartt, Richard
Sammis, Gilbert P. Williams, Samuel Robbins. Assessor,
Gilbert Carll. Overseers of the Poor, Zophar B. Oakley,
Elbert Walters. Commissioner of Hghways, Stymest

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 403

Smith. Superintendent Common Schools, Joseph H. Ray.
Collector, Elias Baylis. Constables, Stephen J. Wilson,
Nathaniel Wiggins, Elias Baylis, Henry Tilden. Justice
of the Peace, Timothy Carll. Town Sealer, James F.
Hartt. Pound Master, Charles W. Long. Overseers of
Highways, David C. Smith and fifty-seven others.

Sixteen hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
taining the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Trustees to regulate pasturing stock on the Town Beach
and Islands.

Swine act re-enacted.

Trustees authorized to sell one to five hundred acres
pine lands belonging to the Town.

Trustees to rent the Town Beach and Islands at Babylon.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 56-61.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1850, April 8.]

Meeting of Trustees held on April 8th, 1850.

404 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

"Resolved that six cents a carman load be hereafter
charged for sand sold on Eaton's Neck Beach, and James
F. Hartt be appointed to collect and receive the money for
the sand at the above rate, and that James F. Hartt have
one cent per load as commission for receiving and paying-
in the money."

Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 66.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[185 1, April I.]

Election of Town Ofihcers, held (jn the ist day of April,
185 1, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Charles A.
Floyd. President of Trustees, Lawrence Seaman, Jr.
Trustees, Piatt Conklin, Jesse Conklin, Gilbert Carll,
James B. Cooper, Gilbert P. Williams, Samuel Robbins.
Assessor, Piatt Conklin. Overseers of the Poor, Zophar
B. Oakley, Elbert Walters. Commissioner of Plighways,
Jacob C. Hewlett. Constables, Stephen J. Wilson, Na-
thaniel Wiggins, Elias Baylis, Henry Tilden. Justice of
the Peace, Piatt R. Hubbs. Town Sealer, Stephen Leek.
Pound Master, Charles W. Long. Overseers of High-
ways, David C. Smith and fifty four others.

Twent}' four hundred dollars voted to meet expenses
maintaining the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Trustees authorized to rent the Town Beach and
Islands at Babylon.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Resolved that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 405

eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said Town
under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the
complainant to have half. (The inhabitants of Islip ex-
cepted.")

"Resolved that all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes in any of the harbors of Huntington to mark
the lines of oyster beds that will in any way obstruct fish-
ing with nets, under the penalty of twelve dollars and
fifty cents ; also raise those already put down."

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Tow7i Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 62-66.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1852. April 6.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the 6th day of April,
1852, to serve for one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence Sea-
man, Jr. President of Trustees, Daniel Baylis. Trustees,
Jesse Conklin, Gilbert P. Williams, Isreal Carll, Smith
Burr, Samuel Robbins, Isreal Denton. Assessors, Richard
J. Cornelius (regular term), John D. Hewlett (2 years).
Overseers of the Poor, Zophar B. Oakley, Timoth}^ S.
Carll. Commissioner of Highways, Joshua Hartt. Super-
intendent of Public Schools, Joseph H. Ray. Collector,
Elias Baylis. Constables, Alfred B. Underbill, Stephen J.
Wilson, Abel K. Baylis, Abel C. Vail. Town Sealer,
Charles B. Velsor. Pound Master, Charles W. Long.
Overseers of Highways, David C. Smith ahd fifty one
others.

4o6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

T\ventv six hundred dollars voted to meet expenses
maintaining the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Resolved that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said Town
under the penalt}' of twelve dollars and fifty cents. The
complainant to have half. (The inhabitants of Islip ex-
cepted )"

"Resolved that all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes in any of the harbors in the Town of Hun-
tington to mark the lines of oyster beds, that will in any
wav obstruct fishing with nets, under the penalty of
twelve dollars and fifty cents- Also raise those already
put down."

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 66-69.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JOSEPH STARKINS.]

[Abstract.]
[1852, Nov. 30.]

Lease — Trustees to Joseph Starkins, dated 30th Nov.,
1852.

"A certain piece of land in East Street in the village of
Huntington bounded as follows: commencing at the high-
wav opposite the southeast corner of the blacksmith shop
as it now stands, thence northerly by said highway sixty
feet, thence westerly four feet short of the foot path,
thence southeasterlv to the southwest corner of the afore-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 40/

said blacksmith shop, thence easterly to the place of be-
ginning."

Term, ten years.

Rental, three dollars yearl}'.

In event of non payment of rent lease to be void.

Witness Daniel Baylis, Pres. [Seal.]

John C. Baylis

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases hij Trustees, p. 107.)

[SANTEPOGUE AND SQUAM PIT PURCHASE.]

[1852, ;March 4.] *

Know all men by these presents that we, Thomas Smith,
Tredwell Fleet, Timothy Carman, Junr. and David Fleet,
Junr., of the town of Huntington, parties of the one part,
and Ezra Sammis, Isreal Sammis, Elkanah Jarvis, WiUiam
Muncy and Samuel Muncy, of the Town of Huntington,
of the other part, witnesseth that whereas a controversy
has arisen between the above parties respecting the bound-
ary line of a tract of land lying on Santepogue and the
Squam Pit purchase, and whereas the said parties have by
mutual agreement agreed to and chosen Nathaniel Oakley,
Zebulon Ketcham and Joel Jarvis to settle the said line,
and they are to settle it according to the writings and law
and evidence, and their decision to be a final settlement or
the decision of any two of them. Now therefore, we the
above parties do bind ourselves each to the other in the
sum of one hundred dollars, to be paid by the party who
fails to abide the above award and decision of any two of
the above arbitrators, to which payment will and truly to
be made, we each bind ourselves to the other and each of

408

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these
presents and sealed with our seals this fourth day of March,
1852.

In presence of
Lawrence Seaman, Jr.,
for Thomas Smith and
Elkanah Jarvis,
Daniel Searing.

{File No. 374, A,)

Thomas Smith, [Seal].
Timothy Carman, [Seal].
David Fleet, [Seal].
Elkanah Jarvis, [Seal].
Samuel Muncy, [Seal].
William Muncy, [Seal].
Ezra Sammis, [Seal].

ISREAL Sammis, [Seal].
Tredwell Fleet, [Seal].

[Santepague and squam pit purchase.]

[1852, Nov. 20.]

Award.
To all to whom these presents shall come, we, Nathaniel
Oakley, Zebulon Ketcham and Joel Jarvis, all of the Town
of Huntington, in the County of Suffolk, send greeting.
Whereas a controversy and disagreement has existed and
does now exist between Thomas Smith, Tredwell Fleet,
Timothy Carman, Junr. and David Fleet, all of the said
Town of Huntington, proprietors and owners in the neck
of land called Santepogue in the said Town, and Ezra
Sammis, Isreal Sammis, Elkanah Jarvis, William Muncy
and Samuel Muncy, all of the said Town, proprietors and
owners in lot No. seventeen (17), in the Squam Pit pur-
chase, in the said Town, relative to the northern boundary
line of Santepogue Neck, which said line divides the said
neck from the said Squam Pit purchase. And whereas for
the purpose of settling, composing and ending the said

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 409

controversy and disagreement, and fixing and locating the
said division line, the said Tredwell Fleet, Thomas Smith,
Timothy Carman, Jun. and David Fleet, on the one side,
and the said Ezra Sammis, Isreal Sammis, Elkanah Jarvis,
William Muncy and Samuel Muncy, on the other part,
have bound themselves each to the other in the sum of one
hundred dollars by a bond bearing date the fourth day of
March last past, with condition therein written to stand, to
abide by, obey, keep and perform the award, order, decision
and final' settlement of the said line, by the said Nathaniel
Oakley, Zebulon Ketcham and Joel Jarvis, or any two of
them, arbitrators indifferently named, elected and chosen,
as well on the part of the proprietors and owners in the
Neck of Santepogue as on the part of the proprietors and
owners in said lot No. seventeen (17), to arbitrate, award,
locate and define where the said line in dispute should for-
ever hereafter run, And whereas the said parties named and
designated in the bond above described, did afterward, to
wit r On the fifteenth day of November, now last past, by
a submission in writing, under their hands and seals, to the
end that the obligation of the said bond might be fulfilled,
submit the said controversy and disagreement to us, the
said Nathaniel Oakley, Zebulon Ketcham and Joel Jarvis,
together with all the papers, evidence, cS:c., that they, the
safd parties, offered the said submission, requiring the
award of the said arbitrators to be made in writing, and
under the hands and* seals of at least two of them, and
ready for delivery to the said parties, or such of them as
should require the same on or before the first day of De-
cember, 1852, as by said bond and submission, reference
being had thereto will more fully appear.

Now, therefore, knpw ye that the said Nathaniel Oakley,
Zebulon Ketcham and Joel Jarvis, taking upon us the charge
and burden of the said award and the necessary oath, and
having deUberated, heard and examined the proofs and

4IO HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

allegations of the parties, and personally examined the
premises of the parties, do, by these presents, arbitrate,
award, order, decree and adjudge of and concerning the
premises in manner and form following, that is to say:
First — They do award, order, decree and adjudge that the
line in dispute on the north end of the said neck called
Santepogue, and dividing the said neck from lot No. Sev-
enteen (17), in said Squam Pit purchase, shall start from
the centre of a pond at the head of Negunatogue river at
the point where Negunatogue Neck line terminates and
run in a northeasterly direction, so as to strike a large pond
called Beaver pond, at the head of Santagogue river at a
point on the said pond where the said pond empties into
the brook or river, and the said arbitrators do further
award, order, decree and adjudge that the said parties to
this award shall pay the expenses attendant upon the trial,
examination and rendering of this award, equally between
them, that is to say, the owners and proprietors of Santa-
pogue Neck, the one equal half of such expenses, and the
owners and proprietors of the said seventeenth lot the
the other equal half of such expenses, on the said first day
of December, and they do further award, order, decree and
adjudge, in accordance with the power and authority in
said written submission contained, that this original aw^ard,
together with the said bond and submission, shall be en-
tered on file in the of^ce of the Clerk of the said Town of
Huntino-ton, as a record of the said line as now located
and designated.

In witness whereof the said arbitrators to this present
award have set their hands and seals, this twentieth day of
November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-two.

Nathaniel Oakley, [Seal].
Joel Jarvis, [Seal].

[Map on File.]
(FileNo.STS.B.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 41 1

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1852, Sept. 18.]

Meeting of the Trustees held September 22d, 1852.
"Resolved, that the Commissioners of Highways be
called to lay out the Highways and Public Landing the
East side of Huntington Harbour.

Josiah Smith, Clerk."
{Trustees' Froceeclings, Vol. I, pp. 74-5.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1853, Aprils.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the 5th day of April
1853, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Zophar B. Oak-
ley. President of Trustees, Richard M. Conklin. Trus-
tees, Daniel Baylis, Timothy J. Terry, Eliphalet Chiches-
ter, Benjamin B. Doty, James Wood, Charles Jayne.
Commissioner of Highways, Robert Rogers. Collector,.
Abel K. Conklin. Justice of the Peace, Edward L. Conk-
lin (regular term) Joel Jarvis (to fill a vacancy). Over-
seers of the Poor, Zophar Ketcham, John Terry. Assess-
or, Abraham M. Ketcham. Constables, Nathaniel Wig-
gins, George W. Burr, Abel K. Baylis, James E. Smith.
Town Sealer, Warren D. Lewis. Pound Master, Hawley
B. Rogers. Overseers of Highways, George W. Smith
and fifty-three others.

Twenty-six hundred dollars voted to meet expenses-

^12 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

maintaining the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Swine act re-enacted.

"Resolved, that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch 93'sters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said Town un-
der the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the com-
plainant to have half. (The inhabitants of the Town of
Islip excepted.')

Trustees authorized to rent the Town Beach and Islands.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. III,2JP- 71-74.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO ISRAEL CARLL,]

[Abstract.]
[1854, Feb. 7.]

Lease — Trustees Town of Huntington to Israel Carll,
Feby. 7, 1854.

"All that part of Eaton's Neck Beach belonging to the
Town of Huntington for the purpose of selling sand for his
own benefit. To have and to hold the aforesaid part of
Eaton's Neck Beach, belonging to the Town of Hunting-
ton, for the aforesaid purpose and no other unto him the
said party of the second part, his heirs, executors, admin-
istrators or assigns for and during' the full term of six
j^ears from the date of these presents."

Rental, eight}' dollars 3'early.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RFXORDS. 413

Trustees reserve right of re-entry m event of non-pay-

^^"' ''^ ''"'• Richard M. Conklin, Pres.

Witnessed & acknowledged
Geo. H. Shepard, witness.
{File No. 375.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1854, April 4.]
Election of Town Officers, held on the 4th day of April,

1 8^4, to serve one year. r-u 1^. A

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Charles A.
Floyd. President of Trustees, Lawrence Seanian, Jr.
Trustees, Gilbert Garll, Henry Smith, Jesse Conkhn.
Henry M. Purdy, William Smith, Gilbert P W ilbams.
S^ers'eers of thJpoor, Elbert Walters, T-othy S. CarlL
Assessor, Noah Seaman. Constables Alfred B. bnder-
hiU Abel C. Vail, Theodorus Weeks, Henry Tilden^ Co -
lector, Stephen C. Rogers. Commissioner of H|ghwa> s,
David Jarvis. Superintendent of Common Schools Jo-
seph H. Ray. Justice of the Peace, Joel Jarvis. Pound
Master, David S. Conklm. Overseers of Highways, Elias
Smith and fifty-seven others. .^,.pn^e«.

Twenty-six hundred dollars voted to meet expenses
maintaining the Poor and other charges of the Town.
Swine act re-enacted.

"Resolved, that no person bemg a non-resident o the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catcl. oysters, clams,
eels fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said Tou n un-
der the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the coni-
plainant'lo have half. (The inhabitants of Islip excepted.)

414 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Trustees authorized to hire out grass on the Town
Beach and Islands.

"Resolved, that all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes in any of the harbors in the Town of Hun-
tington to mark the lines of oyster beds, that will in any
way obstruct fishing with nets under the penalty of twelve
dollars and fifty cents ; also raise those already put dovvn.'^
Trustees authorized to sell 3,000 acres Pine Plains, and
invest proceeds, and apply the income accruing there-
from to Town expenses.

Recoi"ded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{ToiV7i Meetings, Vol III, ijp. 75-81.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.] '

[1855, April 3.J

Election of Town Officers, held on the 3d day of April,
1855, to serve for one year. •

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Stephen Leek.
President of Trustees, James I. Shipman. Trustees,
Smith Burr, Brewster Conklin, Henry M. Pui'dy, Isiael
Carll, George D. Cooper, Noah Seaman, jr. Commis-
sioners of Highways, Israel Scudder (to fill a vacancy).
Joshua Hartt (for full term). Collector, Stephen C,
Rogers. Assessor, Richard J. Cornelius. Overseers of
the Poor, Charles H. Fleet, William Pearsall. Constables,
Charles E. Ketcham, Edward Newton, Nathaniel Wiggins,
Henry Tilden. Justice of the Peace, Piatt R. Hubbs (for
four years), Charles Jayne (to fill vacancy). Pound
Master, Hawley B. Rogers. Overseers of Highways,
David C. Smith, Jr. and fifty four others.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 4l5

Thirty five hundred dollais voted to meet the expenses
maintaining the Poor and other charges of the Town.

Swine Act re-enacted.

"Resolved that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet within the bounds of said Town
under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the
complainant to have half. (The inhabitants of Islip ex-
cepted)."

Trustees authorized to hire out grass on the Town

Beach and Islands.

"Resolved that all persons be prohibited from puttmg
down any stakes in any of the harbors of the Town of
Huntington to mark the lines of oyster beds, that will
obstruct fishing with nets, under the penalty of twelve
dollars and fifty cents; also raise those already put down."
Trustees authorized to sell 3000 acres Pine Plains, invest
the proceeds and apply income to the Town expenses.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Tow7i Meetings, Vol III, pp. 81-87.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1855, May 26.]

At a meeting held pursuant to notice at the house of
Gideon Seaman, Deer Park, on the 26th of May, 1855,
Present, J. I. Shipman, President, George D. Cooper,
Henry M. Purdy, Smith Burr and Israel Carll, Trustees
of the Town of Huntington, it was resolved :

I. That notice be given to all persons to remove their
stock from the Town lands at South before the loth day
of June.

41 6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

2. That the President of this Board be desired to consult
Judge Buffett as tt) the right of the Town to lands lying
under water with a view of determining the action of the
Board in collecting fees now due the Town.

4. That the lease of the Trustees of the Town to Walter
R. Jones & others made by N. Potter, Esq., President of
the Trustees, be renewed according to the terms thereof
provided the dues are paid.

5. That the dead timber on the Town lands lying west of
Secatogue Hollow and north of the Fish Path be sold to
James Haff for coal at the rate of $2.00 per hundred
bushels — return to be made to Smith Burr, Trustee.

6. That inquiry be made as to whether D. H. Skidmore,
who is carting cord wood from Town lands, has any
agreement whether any monev has been paid by him and
to A\ i;rm.

7. 1 nat the Trustees will meet at the house of James
Haff on Tuesday, the 5th of June, at i o'clock, to view the
Town lands.

8. That the rent of shed on Town land occupied by
Alexander Johnson at Huntington be collected.

The Trustees executed a deed to the United States Gov-
ernment for two lots of land on the South Beach, occupied
by the life boats and houses, each 100 feet square, to revert to
the Town when it shall cease to be used for that purpose.

J. Smith, Town Clerk.
[File No 376.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1855, June 5.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held on June 5th, 1855, for
purpose of viewing the Town lands.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 417

"Resolved, that the President of Trustees be authorized
to advertise to receive proposals for the purchase of the
Town lands, called the Pine Plains, until the 20th of July,
1855. Ffty per cent, of the purchase money may remain
on Bond & Mortgage.

Josiah Smith, Clerk."
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol /, pp. 84-85.)

[PROPOSAL FOR PURCHASE OF TOWN LANDS.]

[1855, July 24.]

New York, July 24, 1855,
J. L SiiiPMAN, Esq.

Dear Sir. — I propose to purchase the 3,000 acres of land
belonging to the Town of Huntington and offered for sale
by the Trustees of said Town. I offer you, as President of
said Trustees, five dollars and thirty three and one-third
cents per acre, for the whole three thousand acres, payable
on receiving the Deed, in the Mechanics Fire Insurance
Company's stock at par. Respectfully, Your Ob't Servant.

A. M. Cotter,
128 Fulton St., N. Y.
Should my ofTer be entertained I will refer you to gen-
tlemen whom you will have confidence in relative to the
responsibility of the Company, etc., or you may adopt
your own views to ascertain the goodness of the stock.

Yours, A. M. C.
[File No. 377.)

[PROPOSAL FOR PURCHASE OF TOWN LANDS.]

• [No Date.]

To THE President and Trustees of the Town of
Huntington.

4l8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Gentlcvicn. — We the undersigned will give you for the
plain lands of Huntington three dollars and six and a half
cents ($3,060) per acre and take the whole tract, or we will
take two thousand acres on the west part and will give
for the same four dollars and one cent per acre ($4.01).
In payment we will give assigned mortgages (first mort-
gages) on real estate, principally in the Town of Hunting-
ton, the most of them for less than half the value of the
property without regarding buildings & other improve-
ments.

Edmund A. Bunce
Selah Bunce
Francis M. A. Wicks
{File No. 379.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1855, August I.]

Meeting of the Trustees held on August ist, 1855.

"Propositions were submitted for the purchase of the
Town lands as follows : No. i, $5.33 per acre; N0.2, $5.00
per acre; No. 3, $3.55 per acre; No. 4, $3.06 per acre.
All which were carefully considered and Mr. Israel Carll
and the President were appointed a committee to examine
proposals No. i. & No. 2 and report thereon at the next
meeting.

Josiah Smith, Clerk."
{Trusteen' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 85-86 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract]
[1855, August II.]

Meeting of the Trustees held on August 11, 1855.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 419

"Resolved to sell the west half of the Town lands to
Edmund A. Bunce, Selah Bunce, Francis M. Wicks, paying-
in bonds and mortgages on real estate in the Town of
Huntington and County of Suffolk, of approved character.

Resolved, that the President be authorized to employ a
surveyor to divide the above lands and immediately there-
after notify the parties of the time and place of meeting,
when the deed shall be executed and the securities ex-
amined and approved.

Resolved, that the price at which the remaining half of
the pine lands shall be sold shall not be less than $5.00 per
acre.

Resolved, that the President employ counsel in the case
of Howell Scidmore, who is a trespasser on Town lands.

Resolved, that a copy of the agreement made with E. A.
Bunce, Selah Bunce and Francis M. A. Wicks be placed
on the records.''^

Josiah Smith Clerk."
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 86-87.)

[* The Town lands sold, as above stated, were situated within
the boundaries of the Town.of IsHp and were acquired by virtue
of the claim of the Town under its first colonial grant, which
established the easterly boundary line of the Town, as running
from the head of Nesequake River on a due south course to
the Atlantic Ocean. Subsequently, the Patent to the Town, of
1694, established the line further west, running from Fresh
Pond to the Sumpwams River and from thence to the sea.
The latter was called the confirmation line and the land lying
between the two lines (south of Smithtown) having been
placed by legislative act within the Town of Islip for juris-
dictional purposes, disputes arose concerning the title between
this Town and the holders of colonial grants in IsHp. As we
have already seen by prior records, these disputes were finally
settled by compromises, resulting in this Town procuring quit
claim deeds from these Islip claimants of a large part of the
lands so claimed east of the confirmation line. Surveys and
maps of these lands sold to Bunce and others will be found in
the file of maps in the Town Clerk's oifice, and the deeds are
recorded in the County Clerk's office. — C. R. S.]

420 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[CONCERNING BOUNDARIES OF TOWN
LANDS.]

[1855, Nov. 3.]

To THE President of the Board of Trustees of
THE Town of Huntington.

Dear Sir. — I called on Mr. Selah Carll concerning the
owners of land each side of the Stubbed Road (so called)
as was requested. He says the Harneds owned one side
and the Town of Huntington the other side tS: that the
wSlubbed Road was a straight hne beginning not a great
way off from Hands' Corner and running straight. He did
not know how Abel Ketcham could make the Stubbed
Road as crooked as marked out on the card. He said
Jacob Harned made the Stubbed Road and that he was
well acquainted with the line and it was a straight line and
that the town never sold any land on tlie Pine Plains ex-
cept to the Wheelers and that was outside of the card of
2,925 acres (which I showed him), and if the Harneds
claimed any from a straight line let them show their Title.

JosiAii Smith.

Saturday, Nov. 3d, 1855.
[File No. 381.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1855, Nov. 15.]

At a meeting of tne Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at Mr. Brown's in the village of Comae, Nov.
15th, 1855, present J. I. Shiftman, Israel Carll, George D.
Cooper and B. Conklin, the securities of Selah Bunce, E.
A. Bunce and F. M. A. Wicks were presented and having
been examined by J. L. Smith, Esq., acting as Attorney

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 421

for the Board of Trustees the same were accepted as satis-
factory. The west half of the Town lands sold to Messrs.
Bunce and Wicks contained by actual survey 1,441 acres,
2 roods and 24 rods which at $5.40 per acre is $7,784.90.
Payments were made as follows:

E. A. Bunce | of $7,784.90 is $2,594.96.

1. Bond and mortgage of George Westeth to William
Wicks, June 2, for $700, 6 per cent, interest, principal and
interest, $719.25.

2. Bond and mortgage of Chas. Torling to E. A. Bunce,
dated Dec. 29, 1853, at 7 per cent., principal and interest,
$322.61.

3. W. C. Longe to E. A. Bunce, dated Jan. 24, 1853, for
$1,350 at 6ir per cent., principal aud interest, $1,420.92.

4. Cash paid to J. I. Shipman, President, $132.19.
Total, $2,594.97. Assigned to Trustees Nov. 15, 1855.

Selah Bunce ^ is $2,594.97.

I. Bond of Selah Bunce of $3,000 to pay $1,500 at 6 per
cent, secured by bonds and mortgage of Neavin Smith to
Selah Bunce for $2,500, dated April i, 1851, also bond of
$2,000, to pay $1,000, secured by the Nortin Smith mort-
gage as collateral secui-ity, $2,500.

Cash paid, $94.97. Total, $2,594.97.

F. M. A. Wicks i is $2,594.97.

Bond for $4,150 to secure the payment of $2,594.97, se-
cured by the assignment of the following bonds and mort-
gages and collected security.

1. Julia & Jonah Phillips to F. M. A. Wicks, dated Nov.
I, 1854, for $1,013.12, at 7 per cent, interest.

2. Ebenezer Piatt to A. Wicks, deceased, dated April 3,
185 1 for $1,200, at 6 per cent.

3. Henry Jannies to F. M. A. Wicks, Nov. 16, 1855 for
$300, at 7 per cent, interest.

Cash paid to J. L Shipman, President, $20.00. Total,
$2,594.96.

422 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

E. A. Bunce, $2,594.97 ; Selah Bunce, $2,594.97 ; F. M. A.
Wicks, $2,594.96 ; total, $7,784.90. The proposition of A.
J. Bleecker, Esq., for the })urchase of the east half of the
Town lands together with a memorandum of agreement
being laid before the Board, it was resolved : that the
Board will sell the same to A. J. Bleecker reserving the
felled wood, at five dollars and fifty cents per acre, twenty-
five per cent, of the purchase money or satisfactory se-
curities to that amount to be paid within ninety da3'S and
a bond & mortgage on the land for sevent3--five per cent.,
also that Mr. Bleecker pay one hundred dollars down to
bind the bargain, which sum is to be credited to him on
the completion of the conditions of the purchase.

A deed of the Trustees to A. J. Bleecker was by order
of the Board so executed, to be held /// cscitro until the en-
tire completion of the agreement, the interest on the bond
& mortgage to commence the fifteenth of November, 1855,
and to be paid annually at 6 per cent.

Bill of A. S. Thompson for survey & division of the
Town land for $52.00 was presented and a bill of F. INI. A.
Wicks for services and expenses of $75.87 which were
audited and paid. On motion adjourned.

{Trustees' FroceecUngs, Vol. I, pP- 88-91 )

[1855, Nov. 15.]

Whereas the Trustees of the Freeholders and Common-
alty of the Town of Huntington have this day sold & con-
veyed to Selah Bunce, Edward A. Bunce and Francis M.
A. Wicks fourteen hundred forty one acres, two roods,
and twenty-four rods of land Iving in the Pine Plains at
five dollars and forty cents per acre as the same is de-
scribed in this deed, bearing even date herewith. Now it
is hereby covenanted and agreed by and between the said

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 423

parties that if the real quantity of land conveyed by said
deed, according to the boundaries therein noted, shall be
less than the number of acres above mentioned, the said
Trustees shall refund to the said Selah Bunce, E. A.
Bunce and F, M. A. Wicks for such deficiencies at the
rate of five dollars and forty cents per acre, and should
there be an excess in quantity, then the said Selah Bunce,
E. A. Bunce and F. M. A. Wicks shall pay the said Trus-
tees for such excess at the same rate. In witness whereof
the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals this
15th day of November, 1855.

E. A. Bunce [Seal.]

Selah Bunce [Seal.]

Francis M. A. Wicks [Seal.]
{File No. 383.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO ISAAC B. ARTHUR.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, March 24.]

Lease — Trustees to Isaac B. Arthur, dated 24th day of
March, 1856.

"All the right which the parties of the first part may
have to erect and maintain a fish pond in the Harbour of
Northport ni said Town of Huntington and at such place
in the Harbour as may be most convenient for that pur-
pose. '

Term, ten years.

Rental, two dollars and fifty cents yearly.
Trustees reserve right of re-entry in the event of non-
payment of rent.

Witness James I. Shipman [Seal.]

Smith Burr. President of Trustees.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
[Deeds and Leases Jnj Trustees, p. 108.)

424 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, April. I.]

James I. Shipman,

In account with the Tow^N OF Huntington.

Dr.
Oct. 2, 1855, to services of A. G. Thompson, (surveyor)
$52 ; Oct. 2, to services of F. M. A. Wicks, (labor) $75.87 ;
March 24, 1856, to services of J. I. Shipman, (Pres. Trus-
tees) $93.27 ; March 24, 1856, Smith Burr, Trustee, $13.50 ;
JNIarch 24, 1856, G. D. Cooper, Trustee, $27.00 ; March 24,
1856, B. Conklin, Trustee, $12.00; March 24, 1856, I. Carll,
Trustee, $17.00; March 24, 1856, N. Seaman, Trustee,
$7.00; March 24, 1856, Hammond & Ackley, (legal exp.)
$20.00; March 25, J. Lawrence Smith (legal exp.) $32.15;
June 17, to cash paid Town of Islip for taxes, $8.82 ; Jan.
17, to expenses selling grass on Beach and Islands, $10.00;
April I, to Elias Smith Town and Trustee Meetings,
$30.00; April I, to Charles II. Fleet, (Overseer) $100.00;
April I, to H. M. Purdy, (Trustee) $5.00; total, $503.61.

Cr.

June 20, 1855, by cash for grass on Beach and Islands,
$139.22 ; Nov, 5, by cash from T. B. Bleecker, (Pine Plains)
$100.00; Nov. 15, by cash from Selah Bunce, (Pine Plains)
$74.97; Nov. 15, by cash from E. A. Bunce, Pine Plains,
$112.19; F)ec. 18, by cash from J. C. Hewlett, dock rent,
$3.00: Jan. 18, 1856, interest on Tirling's Bond, $24.00;
Feb. 23, interest on Lenge s Bond, $87.75 '■> March 12, by
cash from E. F. Peck, (Pine Plains) $1,816.20; March 24,
Israel Carll, lease, $80.00 ; March 30, W. W. Wood, lease*
$3.00 ; March 30, Thomas Scudder, lease, $3.00 ; March
30, G.W. Conklin, lease, $1.50 ; April i, G. D. Cooper, lease,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 425

quit claim, $2.00 ; total, $2,446.83; expenditures, $503.61;
cash balance, $1,943.22.

James I. Shipman, President of Trustees.

Israel Carll, ]

Smith Burr, |

Noah Seaman, y Trustees.

Brewster Conklin, j

Geo. D. Cooper, J

Recorded by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 98-99 )

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, Abril I.]

Election of Town Officers, held on the ist day of April
1856, to serve one year.

Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Supervisor, Lawrence Sea-
man, Jr. President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll. Trustees,
Elbert Walters, Zebulon Buffett, Timothy J. Terr}-,
Charles V. Scudder, Elbert Carll, John D. Hewlett. Com-
missioner of Highway, David Jarvis. Collector, Nathan-
iel H. Kebey. Justice of the Peace, Richard B. Post.
Superintendent of Common Schools, Joseph H. Ray.
Overseers of the Poor, Henry M. Purdy, Israel Scudder.
Assessor, Bryant Scidmore. Constables, Alfred B. Un-

[NoTE. — From a communication on file by J. I. Shipman, to
the President of the Board of Trustees, dated April 12th, 1856,
it appears that the Trustees then had in their hands cash and
securities, arising principally out of the sale of the Pine Plains,
amounting to the sum of $15,457.04. The money was after-
wards apphed to the payment of Town expenses, and finally to
the payment of bounties at the beginning of the War of the
Rebellion.— C. R. S.']

426 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS,

derhill, Charles B. Velsor, Abel C. Vail, Jesse Hartt.
Pound Master, David S. Conklin. Overseers of High-
ways, Amos McAlpin and fifty-seven others.

Fort3"-five hundred dollars voted to meet expenses main-
taining the poor and other charges of the Town,

Swine act re-enacted.

"Resolved, that no person being a non-resident of the
Town of Huntington be permitted to catch oysters, clams,
eels, fish or horsefeet within the bound:- of said Town,
under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the
complainant to have half. (The inhabitants of Islip ex-
cepted.")

"Resolved, that all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes in an}^ of the harbors of the Town of Hun-
tington to mark the lines of oyster beds that will in any
way obstruct fishing with nets, under the penalty of twelve
dollars and fifty cents; also raise those already put down."

Trustees authorized to invest proceeds of bonds and
mortgages held by the Town as they are cancelled and any
other proceeds arising from sale of Town real estate.

Trustees authorized to publish notice in newspapers of
the Town, the amount of money in their hands to loan up-
on good security.

Freeholders not to be bound b}^ any acts of Trustees
loaning money unless the same be in writing and signed
by the President and Clerk of the Town and all the Trus-
tees voting for such loan.

Trustees authorized to collect by law all moneys due
the Town for leases, rents, etc.

Resolved, that proceedings of Town Meetings be pub-
lished in the newspapers of the Town.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 87-93.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 427

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, April 25.]

Long Swamp, March 25th, 1856.

At a meeting of the Board of the Trustees of the free-
holders and commonalty of the Town of Huntington,

Mr. Conklin presented a petition, signed by William
Gardner and thirty others, inhabitants of the Town, that W.
L. Titus be released from his obligation to keep a certain
hio-hway in repair, on motion, it was resolved that the
prayer of the petition be granted, releasing Mr. Titus from
so much of his original bond given in Jan. 1774, as is con-
tained in the following words to wit, "and to have and
make a good public highway three rods wide from the
banks all the way down to the landing below the grist
mill." On motion, the Board agreed to sell to Samuel
and Edward Jones the fee simple of the leased property
they hold under a lease to Samuel Whitson, dated the 8th
of April 1830, for the sum of one hundred dollars, the
papers to be executed and delivered iVpril i, 1856, on pay-
ment of the money.

J. I. Shipman, Pres.

{File No 384.)

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 92.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, April 26.]

Meeting of Trustees held on the 26th day of April, 1856.
"On motion, it was resolved that the pound on the

428 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

South Side be located on the premises of Charles E.
Ketcham adjoining his cow yard, on his executing a lease
to the Trustees so long as the pound stands there. Also
that Elbert Carll and Timothy J. Terry be a committee
appointed to superintend in building said pound on the
South Side of the Town."

Gilbert Carll, Elbert Walters, Zebulon Buffett,
Elberl Carll, Timothy J. Terry.

Recorded by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, jjp. 104-5.)

[1856, April 29.]

*T do hereby agree not to commence an}^ suit against
the present President and Trustees of the Town of Hun-
tington, that is, those elected on the first Tuesday of April,
1856, for damage I sustained by injunction laid on me for
cutting timber on the common lands belongmg to the said
Town of Huntington in the Fall of 1855, provided the}-
discontinue a suit commenced near the said time. Dated,
Huntington, April 29, 1856.

In presence of '"'

Lawrence Seaman, Jr. David H. x Scidmore

mark

Recorded b}' Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings. Vol. I, p. 106.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, May 31.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 429

ton held at Elias Smith's, Saturday, May 31st, 1856,

On complaint being made to the Board of Trustees of

people carting sand away from the bank opposite the

house of Doctor Joseph H. Ray,

That all persons are forbid taking any of the said bank

away on penalty of the law, and that Israel Scudder, one

of the Commissioners of Highways, is appointed to prevent

any depredations on or about the premises.

Jacob Smith, Clerk.
[File No. 385.)

[LEx\SE. TRUSTEES TO MOSES L. SCUDDER
AND OTHERS.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, May 31.]
Lease — Trustees to Moses L. Scudder and others, dated
31st day of May, 1856.

"A certain piece of land by the highway adjoining the
shore of Huntington harbor, bounded as follows: begin-
ning from the north line of the parties of the second part
and running westerly in the harbor two rods from the
west side of the road, thence southerly along the shore
seven chams, to have the privilege of building a sea-wall
and filling in the same the whole distance two rods wide
from the west side of the highway."
Term, twelve years.
Rental, one dollar yearly.

Lessee given option to renew for same period upon terms
to be agreed upon.

Witness Gilbert Carll, [Seal.]

JosiAH Smith Pres. of Trustees.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerks
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, p. 109.)

430 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. •

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO WILLIAM C. STOUT
AND OTHERS.]

[Abstract.]
[1856, July 26.]

Lease — Trustees to Wm. C. Stout and others, dated
26th day of July, 1856.

"A certain piece of land covered with water situate in
the said Town of Huntington at a place called and known
by the name of East Neck, bounded as follows : beginning
at the centre of the highway leading from Huntington
village to the bay at East Neck through the estate of Titus
Conklin, deceased, from the centre of said highway east-
erly forty feet, thence at right angles with the shore or
highwater mark into the Bay one hundred and thirty feet,
thence westerly parallel with the shore two hundred feet,
thence at right angles to the shore or ordinary highwater
mark, thence easterly to the place of beginning in front of
the property leased to the parties of the second part by
the heirs of Titus Conklin, deceased, for the express pur-
pose of building a steamboat dock."

Term, twelve years.

Rental, one dollar yearly.

Trustees reserve right of re-entry in event of non-pay-
ment of rent.

Covenant of quiet enjoyment.

Lessee given option to renew for same period and upon
such terms as may be agreed upon.

Witness Gilbert Carll, [Seal]

JosiAH Smith Pres. of Trustees.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds aiicl Leases bij Trustees, pp. 110-11.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 43 1

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]

[1856, Sept. 27.]

Meeting of Trustees held on the 27th clay of Sept., 1856.
"Resolved that the President of Trustees, Gilbert Carll,
be empowered to commence suit against Samuel P. Hartt
for back lease rent of shore privilege at Northport.

Timothy J. Terry, Zebulon Buffett, Elbert Wal-
ters, Elbert Carll, John D. Hewlett.

Recorded by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. Ill )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1857, Feb. 28.]

Meeting of Trustees, held on the 28th day of Feb., 1857.

"Resolved that J. Lawrence Smith be authorized to
serve a writ of ejectment and dispossess Samuel P. Hartt
and Moses B. Hartt of the docking privileges at North-
port, vniless they pay up old arrearages to J. Lawrence
Smith."

Gilbert Carll, Elbert Walters, Elbert Carll,
John D. Hewlett, Zebulon Buffett, Charles V.
Scudder.

Recorded by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
[Trustees'' Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp, 114-15.)

432 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[DIVISION OF GREAT EAST NECK, SOUTH.]

[1857, Dec. 4.]

We, the undersigned proprietors of the undivided por-
tion of land lying- in Great East Neck purchase in the
Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk, State of New
York, in consideration that we as owners in common of
said undivided land do not wish to occupy severally land
belonging to us jointly, it being the fruitful source of
innumerable disputes in regard to whether one or more of
such joint owners obtains more than his or their jiist pro-
portion of the wood thereon growing ; to avoid in future
such disputes, and in further consideration of the sum of
five cents to us severally in hand duly paid by James B.
Kirbv, one of the joint owners, doth hereby agree that
the said undivided land be divided in two parts, equal in
value, or as near as can be ascertained by the Surveyor,
the one part to be held and owned by the heirs of the late
Joel Davis, to them, their and each of their heirs forever.
The other part to be held and owned by the legatees and
heirs of the late William Albin, deceased, in accordance
with the terms of his last will and testament, their and
each of their heirs forever. We also agree that the above
mentioned land shall be surveyed by James I. Shipman,
Esq., and that the survey so made by him, marking the
said line dividing the lands aforesaid, shall be and remain
the true division and boundary line between the heirs
above mentioned forever. And we hereby agree jointly
and severally to pay our respective portions of the ex-
pense of the said survey to James B. Kirby, or his agent,
whenever either shall call upon us after the completion of
the said survey, according to our respective claims in
said purchase lands. In Witness whereof we have here-
unto set our hands and seals this fourth day of December,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 433

one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.

Jeremiah Albin, [Seal.]

her

Peona X Johnson, [Seal]

mark

her

Catherine x Ann Sammis, [Seal.]

mark

Jane Davis,

[Seal]

Else Ann Sammis,

[Seal.]

ScuDDER Davis,

his

[Seal]

Alexander x Davis,

mark

[Seal.]

Sarah E. Pearsall,

his

[Seal.]

Lemuel x Davis,

mark

[Seal.]

Connelly Anton,

his

[Seal.]

M. X Wood,

mark

[Seal.]

her

Sarah x Hendrickson,

rnarK

[Seal.]

Perry Smith,

[Seal.]

Joel S. Davis,

[Seal.]

Caroline Smith,

[Seal.]

John Albin,

[Seal.]

[1857, Dec.

I9-]

Huntington, Dec. 19, 1857.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :

Know ye that I, James I. Shipman, Surveyor, in con-
formity with the agreement herewith, did on the 15th day

434 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

of December, 1857, commence the survey of the undivided
lands of East Neck Purchase, assisted by the proprietors
thereof, and continued the survey and division thereof
imtil the evening of the 19th inst., aforesaid. The under-
signed reports the following as the result of the survey
and division, namely : The east line commences at a point
where the line of the 15th lot of the Squaw Pit Purchase
crossing the center of Beaver Pond, touches the east side
thereof about 15 links from the water, and proceeding
thence south 41 deg., 30 min. E., 72 chains, 25 links to a
stake, thence S. 83 deg., 45 min. W., 34 chains to the
centre of Santepogue River, thence northwardly along the
center of the river aforesaid to the south line of the 15th
lot of the Squaw Pit Purchase, thence along the line of
said 15th lot N. 58 deg., 30 min. E. to the place of beginning.

The division thereof was performed as follows : the line
between the divided and the undivided part of the pur-
chase was fixed by the consent of a majority of the pro-
prietors, and is the south line of the survey above de-
scribed, commencing 72 chains, 25 links along the East
Neck Purchase line southward and running thence S. 83
deg., 45 min. W. (by compass) west (true meridian) to the
center of Santepogue River.

The tract above described was then divided into two
portions by running the same course S. 83 deg., 45 min.
W., commencing 48 chains, 25 links from the starting
point on the east line aforesaid southward. The south
portion, containing by estimation 57 acres, and the north
half 96 acres. By agreement of a majority of the pro-
prietors the right of choice was put up at auction, the
proceeds of the sale to be appropriated towards the ex-
penses of the survey and division, and struck off to Jere-
miah Albin for twelve dollars and seventy-five cents. Mr.
Albin for himself, and Mr. J. B. Kirby selected the south
division. The proprietors of the northern sub-division,
being consulted by a majority of two-thirds, agreed to a

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 435

division and allotment, and the division and allotment was
made as follows : Beginning at the division line, 48 chains,
25 links south from the starting point and measuring
northwardly :

Lot I — 12 rods allotted to Lemuel Davis.

Lot 2 — 12 rods allotted to Alexander Davis.

Lot 3 — 12 rods allotted to Tredwell Davis.

Lot 4 — 12 rods allotted to Pene Johnson.

Lot 5 — 24 rods allotted to Betsy Johnson.

Lot 6 — 28 rods allotted to Scudder Davis.

Lot 7 — 40 rods allotted to Phebe Austin.

Lot 8 — 52 rods allotted to Joel S. Davis.

All the above allotments except the first, which was
made by consent of two-thirds of the proprietors, were
made by drawing names and numbers. Fcjr further par-
ticulars and the more perfect understanding of the above,
I have below made a map of the purchase as divided.

(Map on File.) James I. Shipman,

Survej^or.
{File No. 386.)

[PETITION OF A. SAMMIS FOR LEASE.]

[1857, ^"^larch 2.]

To the Trustees of the Town of Huntington, County of
Suffolk, State of New York, acting as Commissioners for
said Town: Your petitioner, Alexander Sammis of the
Town, County and State above mentioned, believes him-
self to be entitled in law to a certain right of grant to a
certain piece of dock, called the "old dock", situate in Hun-
tington harbor, and that no other person is entitled to such
grant, said land lying westwardly and adjoining the land
owned and possessed by your petitioner, below high water
mark. Your petitioner therefore prays that letters of
grant or lease may be granted to him and his legal repre-

43^ HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

sentatives, conveying to him an exclusive right to said
dock for the term of twenty-one years from the date
thereof, upon such terms and conditions as is common in
such cases, and as is inculcated by the Statute law of this
State. Your petitioner asks of you the power to collect
wharfage, and he will keep said dock in good repair for
the accommodation and convenience of the public. Your
petitioner further prays that the conditions of said lease
ma}^ allow him to hav^e it renewed at the expiration of the
said twenty-one years, on the same terms as the one for
which your petitioner now pra3'S. The description and
boundaries of said dock land are as follows: beginning at
high water mark at the southwest corner of petitioner's
land, and running north seventy -nine and a half degrees
west, to the channel; thence north sixteen and a half
degrees east, and to extend fifty feet north of the present
dock, for vessels to lie at and for an addition to said dock;
thence eastwardly to high water mark and thence to the
place of beginning.

Your petitioner prays thv-t you will inform him of your
action in regard to this petition at your earliest con-
venience.

Yours respectfully,

Alexander Sammis,*
Huntington Harbor.
Recorded March 2, 1857, by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 116-17.)

[* Alexander Sammis was persistent in his claim of. right as
a riparian owner to the lands under water in front of his up-
land, and a suit was the result between him and the Trustees
or the existing lessees of the Town. The cause was tried in
the Supreme Court and decided in favor of the Town, Justice
Selah B. Strong rendering the opinion of General Term of the
Court. This opinion was to the effect that the title to lands un-
der waters in Huntington Harbor was vested in the Trustees of
this Town by its several colonial grants and that the Trustees had
the power to make a lease of the premises for dock or other
purposes, notwithstanding the claim of the upland owner.
The case will be found in the Law Reports of the State. — C. R.^ S.]

HUNTINCxTON TOWN RECORDS. 437

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1857. May. — ]

In regard to a petition presented by Alexander Sammis
for a lease for a dock, Resolved, "That we take no action."

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Clerk.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1857, May 30.]

At a Trustees' Meeting held at the house of Elias Smith
on May 30, 1857.

Complaint made by residents of Northport, that non-
residents of the Town of Muntington are staking out and
claiming ground in the bay and harbor of Northport cov-
ered by water, and preventing inhabitants of said Town
from catching oysters, clams and fish.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p- 123 )

[THE UNION CHURCH AT CENTREPORT.]

We, the inhabitants of little Cow Harbor, being desirous
of building a house for public worship, have unanimously
agreed to erect one on a safe and sure foundation, wheie
or near the former one stood; each person subscribing
therefor is to have an indisputable title or right in said
house, their heirs and assigns forever, and in no case shall
the rights be sold; the seats are ever to remain free and

438 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

the house to be open for the reception or admission of the
Methodist and Presbyterian societies, and called the
Union Meeting House, in Cow Harbor and recorded as
such on the records of this Town. The two societies are
each to claim an equal right to preach in said house, say
one sect on one Sabbath and the other on the next, and so
continue to change alternately throughout and in the
intermediate time the house is to be open and free for all
denominations of Christians in good standing in society,
when there are no regular preaching on the Sabbath by
either of the said societies, and if any dispute should arise,
it is to be amicably settled by the Trustees who are
chosen annually b}' the proprietors and not to consist of
any preachers of the gospel to control or hold any office
appertaining to said house, and when any three of the
proprietors shall apply for admittance to said house to
transact any public business for religious worship, shall
have free access thereto.

Jesse Bunce, ) ^ i -i •
Jonas Higbie, - Subscnbmg
George Oakes, j Committee.

Names of the Subscribers.
Joseph C. Lewis, Jonas Higbie, Thomas Havens, Henry
Smith, Epenetus Rogers, Isaac S. Ketcham, Samuel Noyes;
Ichabod Jarvis, Roswell Driggs, Jonah Wood, Andrew
Havens, John Carll, Jarvis Whitman, George Oakes, Jane
Noves, Jeremiah H. Kelcev, Silas Gildersleeve, Alexander
Ketcham, Jacob Piatt, Joseph Titus, Elkanah Bunce, Jesse
S. Bunce, Jacob Sammis, Albert Bunce, Joseph C. Higbie,
Alfred Titus, Abiatha Johnson, Joseph Higbie, Henry C.
Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Henry Jarvis, Edmund Jarvis,
John S. Baylis, Benjamin Jarvis, Jarvis Bunce, Susan
Jarvis, Ebenezer Jarvis, Moses Jarvis, Charles Akerly,
Samuel Akerly, Gilbert Fleet, Alanson Bunce, Alanson
Shadbolt, Joseph Dixon, M. H. Gardiner, Hannah Lewis,.
Jacob Sammis, Mortimer Fleet, Alexander Johnson, Cash^

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 439

Obadiah Valentine, Israel Bunce, Stephen Higbie, Jesse
Jarvis, Joel S. Bryan, Stephen Gildersleeve, George Cakes,
Philip Udale, Jarvis Dennis, Alexander Jarvis, Alanson
Shadbolt, Richard Sammis.

Recorded April 4, A. D., 1844,
B}^ Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 24-25.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
1858, Feb. 6.]

Meeting of Trustees held on the 6th day of February,
1858.

"William Tillot agrees with the Board of Trustees to
take the poor for one dollar per week per head from the
ist of April 1858 to the ist of April 1859."

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded bv Josiah Smith,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. /, p. 125.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1858, April 6.]

At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Elias Smith in said Town, April
6th, 1858, the following Town Acts were passed and Town
Officers elected :

Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. President of Trustees,
Gilbert Carll. Trustees, Brewster Conklin, Zebulon Buf-

440 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

fett, Elbert Carll, Andrew Ketcham, Israel Carll, John D.
Hewlett. Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Justices of the Peace,
Timothy S. Carll (long term), John D. Hewlett (to fill a
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of R. B. P.) Over-
seers of the Poor, Henry M. Purdy, Charles H. Fleet.
Commissioner of Highways, Joshua Hartt. Assessor,
Richard J. Cornelius. Collector, Nathaniel H. Kelsey.
Constables, Alfred B. Underbill, Abel C. Vail, Nathaniel
H. Kelsey, Charles E. Ketcham. Pound Masters, David S.
Conklin, Charles E. Ketcham. Overseers of Highways,
Caleb Hogan and fifty-nme others.

Resolved, that all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes or buoys in any of the waters of the Town of
Huntington to mark the lines of oyster beds, that will in
any way obstruct fishing with nets, under the penalty of
twelve dollars and fifty cents ; also raise those already put
down.

Resolved, that thirty-five hundred dollars be raised by
tax this year for the support of the poor and contingent
expenses.

Resolved, that no person other than a resident of the
Town of Huntington, shall take or catch any oysters,
clams, eels, horsefeet or mussels withni the bounds of said
Town, under a penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents for
each and every offense ; the complainant to have one half
the fine. (The Town of Islip excepted.)

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 98-101 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, f^^t*. 19.]
Meeting of Trustees held on the 19th day of February
1859-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 44I

"Resolved, that the Board of Trustees employ J. Law-
rence Smith as counsel to associate with lawyer McCoun,
of Oyster Bay, in regard to a suit now commenced con-
cerning oystering in Northport Harbour."

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 131.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1859, Feb. 28.]

"At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the Town poor house the 28th day of
February, 1859, present, Gilbert Carll, President; Brewster
Conklin, Elbert Carll, Zebulon Buffett, Israel Carll, John
D. Hewlett and Andrew Ketcham, Trustees

Resolved, that a notice be served on Samuel Pell, Wil-
son W. Billar, Isaac VanAlen, John Lowndes, WiUiam
BiUar, Theodore Lowndes and Joshua Leviness, non-resi-
dents of said Town, do desist from staking out any of the
land under water within the bounds of this Town as and
for oyster beds within the bays, harbours or waters of said
Town.

Resolved, that a notice be printed and published.

On application from Michael W. Devine to have his
dock lease renewed.

Resolved, that the dock lease be renewed for 12 years
at $3.00 per year.

Resolved, that the next Annual Town Meeting be held
at the house of Elias Smith and that the Clerk give the
usual notice.

Resolved, that Tobias Dillon and Warren Lewis be ap-
pointed to serve notices on the oyster planters.

442 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Resolved, that the meeting adjourn to meet on Saturday,
the 1 2th day of March next, at the house of Stephen C.
Roofers, at one o'clock P. M.

Notice served to Samuel Pell, Wilson W. Billar, Isaac
VanAlen, William Billar, Theodore Lowndes, John
Lowndes, Joshua Leviness and all other non-residents.

The Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the
Town of Huntington, hereby give you notice that you
and each of you do desist from staking out any of the
lands under water within the borders of said Town, as and
for oyster beds or for the purpose of planting oysters
thereon, and that you desist from planting any oysters
within the bays, harbors or waters of said Town, and from
raking, taking up or carrying away oysters now growing
or being within the bounds of said Town; you, the said per-
sons hereby notified, not being inhabitants of or residents
within the said Town of Huntington, and we further noti-
fy you that we have a standing By-Law of the said Town,
that no person, other than a resident thereof, shall take or
catch any oysters within the bounds of said Town under
the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents for each and
every offence, which penalty will be strictly enforced.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
Gilbert Carll, Pres.

Huntington, Feb. 28, 1859.

Recorded by Josiah Smith,

Clerk.
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 132-33.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, March 16.]

Meeting of Trustees, held on the i6th day of March, 1859.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 445

"Whereas, certain persons, non-residents of this Town,
have staked off certain portions of Northport and Centre-
port harbors and the bays adjacent thereto, and claim the
exclusive right of taking oysters on the territory included
within said stakes, now therefore, it is

Resolved, That the Trustees will employ counsel to in-
stitute such action or actions as shall be deemed advisable
and necessary to protect the rights of the inhabitants of
the Town against assumption of claim on the part of such
persons, and to bring the matter in controversy to as
speedy a determination as possible before the legal tribu-
nals of the State."*

Gilbert Carll, Pres.

Recorded by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 134-35 )

P Non-residents of the Town had for many years dredged
and carried away more or less oysters from the natural oyster
bedsTn Northport Bay, much to the annoyance of the mhabit-
antso? the Town, who claimed that the premises belonged to
the Town and that such non-residents were trespassers The
Trustees ^f the Town took active steps against the intruders
and there were some rough encounters on the Bay, growing
out of theslcontroversies^ Finally the non-residents, who were
?hefly from Connecticut and City Island, began planting oys-
ters in his Bay and assumed the right to exclusive possession
Ind exclusion of all others from the grounds. The people held
Tmvn Meetings and passed stringent enactments against such
Envision of hi r rights, and it was to test the legal right of the
raders to hold su^ch grounds, that the Trustees at this time
directed the institution of suits in the courts. An issue was,
hwever first reached in consequence of a resident of the Town,
D^rkerso'n ToLg upon the oyster beds of Lowndes and taking
ovsters upo^n "4ich suit was brought by Lowndes agains
Dickerso? The latter's defense rested on his claim that
Eowndesheld without right; that ^^e premises belonged^^^^
the town and that as one of its citizens he had a right to take
.nv shehfish he mi-ht find thereon. The Trustees employed
as coun eiTn the^ate, J. Lawrence Smith and William McCoun.
Hen7v I Soidder was counsel for the Lowndes party. From
The somewhat voluminous correspondence which has come un-
der mrobservation, it would appear that Lowndes, through his

444 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

.{LEASE. TRUSTEES TO MICHAEL W. DIVINE.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, ^larch I.]

Lease. Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Michael
W. Divine, dated March i, 1859.

Premises described as follows : " A certain piece of land
•covered with water, westerly and nearly opposite the
dwelling house of the party of the second part on the east
side of Huntington harbor, to extend on the shore at high
water mark two hundred feet, thence runnmg westerly the
same width to the channel, for the express and only pur-
pose of a dock."

Term, twelve years from date.

Rent, three dollars per year.

" And the party of the first part do hereby covenant with
the party of the second part, that at the expiration of the
term aforesaid, that they or their successors in office will
renew the said lease for twelve years longer, on such terms

counsel, asked that he might remove his oysters from Hunting-
ton waters as a means of terminating the dispute. Whatever
answer the Trustees may have made, the oysters were not re-
moved, and the suit went to trial at a Circuit Court in River-
head, before Judge Brown, the father of the present Justice
Brown, of the Suprem.e Court in this district. The cause was
not well managed for the Town, important evidence having
been omitted, and the case was decided in favor of Lowndes.
Emboldened by the result of this suit, the non-residents con-
tinued for some time to plant and hold oyster grounds in
Northport Bay, and it took the Town several years to recover
its former prestige. In 1871 an exhaustive examination of the
whole subject of Huntington's title to lands under water was
m.ade by counsel employed for the purpose, followed soon after
by a determined effort to maintain the Town's title. The re-
sult, as is well known, justified the effort, and the Court of
Appeals has decided that the lands under water in Northport
Bay belong to this Town under its Colonial grants, and the
non-residents have all taken leases from the Town, of their
grounds in Northport harbor and bay. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 445,

as shall be agreed on, or to take the dock and buildings
that then mav be standing, and pay a fair valuation there-
for."

Rates of wharfage specified.

{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 112-13.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1859, April 5.]

At an annual Town Meeting of the Town of Huntington,,
held at the house of Elias Smith, in said Town, April 5th,
1859, the following Town Acts were passed and Town of-
ficei"S elected :

Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. President of Trustees,
Gilbert Carll. Trustees, Andrew Ketcham, Brewster
Conklin, Elias Baylis, Elbert Carll, Smith Burr, Israel
Carll. Town Clerk, Josiah Smith. Justices, William W.
Wood (to fill vacancy), Charles V. Scudder (long term).
Overseers of Poor, Henry M. Purdy, Israel Scudder. As-
sessor, Bryant Skidmore. Commissioner of Highways,
Jesse Conklin. Collector, Nathaniel H. Kelsey. Consta-
bles, Nathaniel H. Kelsey, Alfred B. Underbill, Abel C.
Vail, Charles E. Ketcham. Poundmasters, David S. Conk-
lin, Charles E. Ketcham. Overseers of Highways ap-
pointed, George W. Smith and sixty-one others.

Resolved, That three thousand dollars be raised by tax
this year for the support of the poor, and one thousand
dollars for contingent expenses.

Resolved, That all persons be prohibited from putting-
down stakes or buoys in any of the waters of the Town of
Huntington, to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in any
way obstruct fishing w^ith nets, without the permission of
the Trustees of said Town, under the penalty of twelve

446 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

dollars and fifty cents ; also raise those already put down ;
one-half to go to the complainant, the other half to the
Overseers of the Poor, for the use and benefit of the poor
of said Town.

Resolved, That no person other than a resident of the
Town of Huntington shall take or catch any oysters, clams,
•eels, horsefeet, scallops or mussels within the bounds of
said Town, under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty
cents for each and every offence; the complainant to have
one-half of the above fine, the other half to go to the Over-
seers of the Poor for the use and benefit of the poor of said
Town. (The Town of Islip excepted.)

Resolved, That no persons, residents or non-residents,
shall take or catch oysters, clams or scallops within the
waters of this Town, by dredging or dragging for the
same, under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents
for each and every offence; one-half of said fine to go to the
complainant and the other half to the Overseers of Town
Poor for the support of said poor.

Recorded by Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol. III,x>p. 102-105.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, April 5.]

Meeting of Trustees, held on the 5th day of April, 1859.
Resolved, that the Trustees employ Lawyer McCoun to
go to Smithtown, to conduct a suit agamst the Lowndeses
for dredging for oysters in Northport harbor.

Resolved, that the Trustees deposit twenty-five dollars
with J. L. Smith to conduct a suit against Mr. Peck, to re-
cover interest on mortgage against him.

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 140-11,)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 447

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, April 30.]

Meeting of the Trustees held at the inn of Stephen C.
Rogers, on the 30th day of April, 1859.

On application (jf William Spriggs and Charles S. Hartt
to put down fish pounds in Northport harbor for the pur-
pose of catching fish:

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees grant permission
to \Vm. Spriggs and Charles S. Hartt to put down two
pounds in Northport harbor for the purpose of catching
fish, and that said Wm. Spriggs and C. S. Hartt shall pay
to the town, three dollars per year for five years for said
privilege.

Resolved, That Mr. McCoun make application for an
injunction to serve on the City Island oystermen.

Resolved, That Gilbert Carll and Israel Carll be a com-
mittee to receive proposals from the City Island oystermen
to settle the question as regards taking oysters.

Gilbert Carll, Pres't.
' Recorded by Israel Carll, Clerk.

{Trustees Proceedings, Vol 1, 2W- 112-43.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, May 7.]

Meeting of Trustees held at the inn of Stephen C. Rog-
ers on May 8th, 1859.

Resolved, That Gilbert Carll, the President of this Board
and Brewster Conklin, one of the Trustees, be and are
hereby requested in behalf of the town to execute the un-
dertaking required by section 222 of the Code of Procedure,
on getting out an injunction order in the action commenced

448 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

in behalf of the Town, as against John H. Lowndes and
others, restraining the defendants therein from dredging for
oysters in the harbors and bays of the Town, and that the
said town will indemnify and save the said Gilbert Carll
and Brewster Conklin, harmless against any loss or damage
by or in consequence of these said undertakings.

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by Israel Carll, Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol I, pp. 14t-45.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, May 25.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held at the house of Alexander
Johnson, May 25th, 1859.

The Trustees and the Commissioners of Highways met
to survey the public landing adjoining Williams' dock, and
run a line between Alexander Sammis and the public land-
ing, and notified Mr. Horthorn to remove the bushes that
he put on the public land in front of his house. Likewise
notified Thomas Scudder to move his temporary fence
that he has put on said public land.

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by Israel Carll, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 148 49.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, May 28.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held at the inn of Stephen C.
Rogers, May 28th, 1859.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 449^

Resolved, That on petition of the inhabitants of the East
Street of the village of Huntington, for the purpose of
fencing in the Green and making a public park for the ben-
efit of the public,

Resolved, That the Trustees relinquish their jurisdiction
of said Green to the inhabitants for the purpose of making
said park,

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by Josiah Smith, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 149 50 )

[A WATERING PLACE.]

[1859, July 22.]

A card (map on file) of a public watering place situated
in the eastern portion of the village of Huntington, en-
closed and occupied by Mr. Henry Place, containing 3
roods and 4 rods of ground. The bearings are as follows,
viz. : starting from the north end adjoining the highway
leading to Dix Hills, running S. 43 deg. E. 5 chains, 63
links; thence S. 14^ deg. W. 2.14 chains; thence N. io|^
deg. W. 98 links; thence N. 361 deg. W. 52 Imks ; thence
N. 2ii deg. E. 1.09 chains; thence N. 40 deg. W. 75 links ;
thence N. 51 deg. VV. 69 links; thence N. 2 deg. E. 1.24
chains ; thence N. 241 deg. W. 56 links ; thence N. 59I deg.
E. 35 links to the place of beginning.

Surveyed per order of the Trustees of Town of Hun-
tington, July 22d, 1859 by Ebenezer G. Piatt.
{File No. 387 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, Sept. 6.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held at the inn of Stephen C.
Rogers, Sept. 6th, 1859.

450 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Resolved, That the Trustees of the Town sell to Milton
G. Smith, the privileges in front of his dock or property
at Northport, now occupied by Moses B. Hartt, for the
sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
Said property fronts 495 feet on the shore and to run 75
feet off from the shore at low water maik into the harbor,
with the privilege to dock the whole of said premises.
The suit now pending to be discontinued and each party
to pay his own expenses.

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by Israel Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 155)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO DAVID CARLL.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, Nov. 15.]

Lease — Trustees of the Town of Huntington to David
Carll, dated November 15th, 1859.

Premises described as follows : All that water lot and
land under water, lying in front of the land owned and
occupied by the parties of the second part, on the east side
of Northport Harbor in said Town of Huntington, be-
tween land of Milton G. Smith on the north, and land of
Joseph S. Lewis on the south, the said water lot to com-
mence at high water mark on the shore adjoining said land
and to extend the whole width of the front of said land so
owned by them, (being about 195 feet more or less), and
two hundred feet westerl}^ into the harbor, for the purpose
of occupying the same for a dock and railway to build and
repair vessels.

Term, twelve 3'ears from date.

Rent, three dollars per year.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 45 1

And the said parties of the first part, in consideration of
the premises and of one dollar to them in hand paid by
the parties of the second part, hereby promise and agree
to and with the parties of the second part to make, execute
and deliver to them a new lease, similar in all respects,
(except as to the amount of rent), to this and to run the
same period of twelve years, upon the due request and ap-
plication of said party of the second part, made within
three months prior to the expiration of this lease, said new
lease to contain such reservation and covenant for the pay-
ment of such sum as rent as shall then be agreed upon by
the parties. And if the said parties shall not be able to
agree, as to the amount of annual ]-ent to be paid for said
extended time, it shall be decided by arbitrators, one of
whom shall be chosen by each part}^ with power to said
arbitrators, in case of their disagreement, to choose an um-
pire and the decision, whether of said arbitrators or of said
umpire, shall bind the parties and be the sum to be in-
serted in said renewed lease as annual rent. And the
same proceeding shall be had for a renewal and the fixing
of the rent for the new term as often as the lease or any
renewed term thereof shall expire or be about to expire as
herein above provided.

{Leases and Deeds, Vol. 1, 2>p. 115-16)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[x\bstract.J
[1859, ^^ov. 19.]

At a meeting of the Trustees, held at the house of
Francis Olmstead, Northport, on November 19th, 1859:

Resolved, That the privilege of selling sand from Eaton's
Neck Beach be sold at auction for the term of five years.

452 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

and that payments be made half yearly to the President,
security given for the payment if required. The pur-
chaser to take possession on the seventh of February i860.
The beach was sold to David Carll for three hundred
dollars per year.

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by Israel Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 156-57.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO ELBERT ARTHUR
AND OTHERS.]

[Abstract.]
[1859, Dec. I.]

Lease — Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Elbert
Arthur, William Gardiner, David and Jesse Carll, dated
December ist, 1859.

Premises described as follows : All that part of Eaton's
Neck Beach belonging to the Town of Huntington, bounded
on the east by Elbert Arthur; on the north by Long Isl-
and Sound; on the west by Charles Jones; on the south by
Northport Harbor, to the place of beginning, for the only
purpose of selling sand for their own benefit, and likewise
to have the privilege of building or erecting a dock or
other conveniences for the purpose of loading said sand.

Term, five years from Feb. 7th, i860.

Rent, three hundred dollars per year.

Recorded bv Josiah Smith,

Town Clerk.
{Leases and Deeds, Vol. I, pp. 117-19.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 453

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO HENRY S.
SAMMIS.]

[Abstract,]
[i860, Jan. 12.]

Lease — Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Henry
S. Sammis, dated Jan. 12th, i860.

Premises described as follows : All of a certain piece of
land covered with water around and on which the dock
now stands at Northport, bounded as follows : beginning
fifteen feet southeast of the southeasterly corner of the
present dock, as it now stands, thence running westerly to
the channel, thence northerly by the channel thirty feet
north of the present dock, thence easterly to the highway
on the shore, thence southerly one hundred and twenty-
seven feet to the place of beginning, for the express pur-
pose of a dock.

Term, twenty-one years from Feb. 25th, 1857.

Rent, two dollars per year.

Rates of wharfage specified.

Lease to be extended twenty-one years longer at the
option of the Lessee on terms to be then agreed upon.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 122-23.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JESSE JARVIS.]

[Abstract.]
[i860, Jan. 12.]

Lease — Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Jesse
Jarvis, dated January 12th, i860.

Premises described as follows: all of a certain piece of
land covered with water on the south side of the dock at

454 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Northport, bounded as follows : beginning fifteen feet
southeast of the southeasterly corner of the dock as it now
stands, thence running westerly to the channel, thence
southerly by the channel one hundred and fifteen feet,
thence easterly to the highway, thence northerly one hun-
dred and fifteen feet to the place of beginning.

Term, twenty one years from Feb. 25th, 1857.

Rent, two dollars per year.

To be renewed at option of lessee for twenty-one years
longer on such terms as may then be agreed upon.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, -pp. 120-21.)

[HUNTINGTON AND OYSTER BAY BOUNDARY

LINE.]

[i860, March i.J

Whereas, a dispute has arisen between the officers of the
Town of Oyster Bay, in the County of Queens, and the
officers of the Town of Huntington, in the County of Suf-
folk, respecting the boundary of said Towns which con-
stitutes the dividing line between them, and whereas such
dispute has been represented to me by the ofificers of said
Towns to wit: bv David R. Floyd Jones, Supervisor of
the Towm of Oyster Bay, in the County of Queens, and
Charles A. Floyd, Supervisor of the Town of Huntington,
in the County of Suffolk, now therefore pursuant to Section
5, Title and Chapter 8, Part I of Revised Statutes of this
State, I do hereby determine and declare that the line as
hereinafter particularly set forth and described is the line
by law intended and established as the dividing line be-
tween the aforesaid Towns of Oyster Bay and Hunting-
ton, viz : beginning at a point at the head of Cold Spring
where formerly stood a white oak tree with H marked on

HUNTIXGTON TOWN RECORDS. 455

one side and O on the other and now a heap of stones, as
fixed on and determined by Thomas Townsend, Nathaniel
Coles and John Wicks, Commissioners appointed on the
part of Oyster Bay, and Thomas Powell and Abiel Titus,
Commissioners appointed on the part of Huntington, in
the year 1684, as the head of Cold Spring, from thence
southerly in a direct and straight line to the head of the
river on the south side of the Island called by the Indians
Nome of Waunskituc and by the inhabitants Lattin's
Creek, at a monument there, and on which part of the line
monuments have been erected along the whole extent
thereof at distances of one mile from each other, agreeable
to a map made thereof by William J. Weeks, a surveyor
emploj^ed for that purpose by David R. Floyd Jones, a
Commissioner appointed on the part of Queens County,
and Charles A. Floyd, a Commissioner on the part of Suf-
folk County, and under their direction, which map is here-
with filled in the office of the Secretary of State, reference
thereto will more fully and at large appear ; and from
said monument, at the head of said river or creek, south-
erly through the middle of said creek till it comes oppo-
site the southeast point of Oyster Bay south meadows
and from thence westerly to the southeast point of said
meadows at a monument there fixed by Richard Hatfield,
Ebenezer Purdy and Elias Newman of Westchester
County, Commissioners appointed under an Act of the
Legislature to settle and determine such part of the line
of division between the Towns of Oyster Bay and Hun-
tington as is therein mentioned, passed Feb. 17th, 1797,
and from thence southerly to the northernmost island or
marsh on the South Bay, called Townsend Island, at a
monument erected by said Commissioners on the north
side thereof ; and from said last mentioned monument in
one continued straight line across the said Bay and
marshes to the beach at a monument there erected by said

4S6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Commissioners, and from thence in the same direction to
the Atlantic Ocean ; and again beginning at the heap of
stones at the head of Cold Spring and from thence north-
erly till it comes to the brook or flow of water, and thence
northerly through the middle of the brook and mill pond
till it comes to a monument on the lower or northernmost
mill dam, and from thence northerly along the middle of
the main channel of the Bay, on or near the eastern shore,
until it comes to the middle of the channel between 03's-
ter Bay beach and Huntington beach and so on northerly
as the line now runs to a spot known and designated as
Fleet's Hole, and thence northerly through the middle of
Fleet's Hole till it comes to the boundaries between Henry
Lloyd, of Queens Village, and the Township of Hunting-
ton on the beach, as established by Commissioners in
1734, and from thence easterl}^ the middle of the channel
to be the bounds between the manor of Queens Village
andtheTown of Huntington, till it comes to a certain weir
erected by the inhabitants of Huntington for the taking
and catching of fish and from thence northerly to the
middle of the inlet, river or creek between the upland of
Queens Village and the upland of Huntington, West Neck ;
from thence running easterly along the middle of said
inlet or river or creek, until it comes against a point of
Queens Village shore, called Conklin's Point, and from
thence upon a straight line to that part of the river or
creek that runs between the outward point of the east
beach, putting off from Queens Village shore and the high-
est* land upon Huntington shore, and 1 do hereby declare,
at the request of the before named gentlemen, Jones and
Floyd, the representatives of the two Towns interested, as

[*This word "highest" is an error, as in all the previous rec-
ords the word is "nighest." The surveyor no doubt intended
to follow the description given in the award of a former Com-
mission, dated May 30th, 1734, {See Vol. II, printed Town Rec-
ords, page 377) but mistook the word. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 457

well as my conviction of the justice thereof and in con-
formity to the Statute in that case made and provided, that
the line established as aforesaid, shall not affect the title
or possession of any person or persons along the said line
either in the confirmation of title or in impairing the same,
bvit for the purpose of jurisdiction only ; that property
now or hei-etofore bounded by the Suffolk or Queens
County line or Oyster Bay or Huntington line shall con-
tinue to be bounded by the line as heretofore supposed to
exist and not by the line herein established.

Given under my hand at the office of the State
Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New
York, this first day of March, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixt}'.

Van R. Richmond,
State Engineer and Surveyor.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the decree
made in the above matter by Van R. Richmond, State
Engineer and Surveyor, and that the original is filed in
the ofi'ice of the Secretary of State, together with the map
accompanying the same, and I do furthe)- certify that I
have filed in the County Clerk's office of Suffolk County a
certified copy, under the hand and seal of office of the Sec-
retary of State, of the above decree.

) Commissioner for Suffolk
C. A. Floyd > County and Supervisor of

) Huntington.
Recorded by Josiah Smith, Town Clerk.
{Highways, Vol. B. pp. 70-73.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO HUNTINGTON DOCK
COMPANY.]

[Abstract.]
[i860, March 12.]
Lease — Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Hun-

458 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

tington Dock Co., dated March 12, i860.

Premises described as follows : All of a certain piece of
land covered with water on the west side of Huntington
Harbor, adjoining the lands of Piatt Conklin and Brewster
Conklin, bounded as follows : beginning at the southwest
corner at high water mark, adjoining the land of Brewster
Conklin and running northerly two hundred and ten feet
into the harbor, thence easterly parallel with the shore
fifty -five feet, thence southerly to high water mark on the
shore, adjoining the land of Piatt Conklin, thence westerly
along the shore sixty-five feet to the place of beginning,
for the express purpose of building a dock thereon.

Term, fifteen years from March 12th, i860.

Rent, two dollars and fifty cents a year.

Lease to be extended fifteen years longer at the option
of the lessee on terms to be then agreed upon.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp- 124-25.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JACOB SCUDDER.]

[Abstract.]
[i860, INLarch 29.]

Lease of the Trustees of the Town of Huntington to
Jacob Scudder, dated March 29th, i860.

Premises described as follows : all of a certain piece of
common land adjoining the highway on the east side of
Huntington Harbor, and nearly opposite the house of the
said Jacob Scudder. The said piece of land to be twenty
feet north and south and twelve east and west, for the pur-
pose of erecting a horse shed thereon, 20 feet by 12 feet.

Term, fifteen years from March 29th, i860.

Rent, one dollar per 3^ear.

{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 126-27.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 459-

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[i860, April 3.]

At the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting--
ton, held April 3, i860, at the house of Elias Smith in said
Town, the following Acts were passed and Town Officers
elected :

Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. President of Trustees,
Gilbert Carll. Trustees, Brewster Conklin, Elias Baylis,
Elkanah Soper, Smith Burr, Elbert Carll, Henry M.
Purdy. Justice of the Peace, William W. Wood. Town
Clerk, Jeffrey A. WoodhuU. Overseers of Poor, Lemuel
Carll, Timothy J. Terry. Commissioner of Highways,
George W. Devoe. Assessor, Noah Seaman. Collector,,
Jesse Conklin. Constables, Nathaniel H. Kelcy, Abel C.
Vail, Alfred B. Underbill, Charles E. Ketcham. Pound
Masters, David S. Conklin, Charles E. Ketcham. Over-
seers of Highways, George W. Smith and sixty-one others.

Resolved, That two thousand seven hundred and fifty
dollars be raised by tax this year for the support of the
poor and seven hundred and fifty dollars for contingent
expenses.

Resolved, That all persons be projiibited from putting
down stakes or buoys in any of the waters of the Town of
Huntington, to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in any
way obstruct fishing with nets, without the permission of
the Trustees of said Town, under a penalty of twelve
dollars and fifty cents. Also raise those already put down;
one half to go to the complainant, the other half to the
Overseer of the Poor for the use and benefit of the poor
of said Town.

Resolved, That no person other than a resident of the
Town of Huntington shall take or catch any oysters,,
clams, eels, horsefeet, scallops or mussels, within the

460 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

bounds of said Town, under the penalty of twelve dollars
and fifty cents for each and every offence; the complainant
to have one half of the above fine, the other half to go to
the Overseers of the Poor, for the use and benefit of the
poor of said Town. (The Town of Islip excepted.)

Resolved, That the grass on the islands and beach, on
the South Side of this Town, belonging to said Town, be
hired out at Babylon.

Resolved, That no person, resident or non-resident, shall
take or catch oysters, clams or scallops within the waters
of this Town by dredging or dragging for the same, under
the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents for each and
every offence; one half of said fine to go to the complainant
and the other half to the Overseers of the Town Poor, for
the support of the said poor.

Resolved, That the Resolutions or Acts passed this day
be published in the two Town papers for two weeks.

Resolved, That the Supervisor, President of Trustees,
Overseers of the Poor and Commissioners of Highways
make a report of all moneys received and disbursed by
them, and in what manner during the past year, and also
report all mone}S in their hands or care, belonging to the
Town, and that said report be published with the Town
Laws passed at this ,Town Meeting, once in both of the
papers published in this Town, within one month after this
date.

Recorded by J. A. WoodhuU, Clei'k.
{Towji Meetings, Vol III, pp. 106-11 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[x\bstract.]
[i860. May 26.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held at the house of Elias
Smith. Long Swamp, on May 26, i860.,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 461

On application of William L. Titus to purchase the right
and title and interest of the shore under the old dock
which he now holds a lease from the Trustees, lying in
Centreport Harbor, adjoining his mill dock, for the pur-
pose of putting it in good order for the use of the public.

Resolved, That the Trustees sell \Vm. L. Titus all the
right, title and interest they have in the shore adjoining
his land under the old dock, which he now holds a lease
from the Trustees for, at Centreport Harbor, adjoining his
mill dock, for the sum of twenty-five dollars.

On application of Andrew Ketcham to have the Island
called "The Grout" — Resolved, that the Board of Trustees
lease to Andrew Ketcham the Island called "The Grout"
for five years at three dollars per 3-ear.

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by B. Conklin,

Clerk.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 169-70.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO ANDREW KETCHAM.]

[Abstract.]
[i860, July I.]

Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Andrew
Ketcham, dated July ist, i860.

Premises described as follows : all of those two small
islands with the thatch beds thereunto attached, known as
the great and little Grouts, situated in the South Bay in
the said Town of Huntington.

Term, five years from July ist, i860.

Rent, three dollars per year.

[Deeds and Leases hy Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 130-31.)

462 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO W. G. GARDINER.]

[Abstract.]
[i860, July I.]

Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to William
G. Gardiner, dated July i, i860.

Premises described as follows : All of a cei-tain piece of
land covered with water situated on Eaton's Neck, at a
place called Winkle Point, and bounded as follows : be-
ginning' at high water mark on the shore and running
southerly into the harbor, one hundred and fifty feet,
thence westerly forty feet, thence northerly to high water
mark on the shore, thence easterl}' twelve feet to place of
beginning.

Term, fifteen years from the above date.

Rate, three dollars per year.

{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 133-35.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[i860, Nov. 16.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held at the house of Alexander
Johnson, Nov. 16, i860.

Whereas, it has been represented that the public landing
on the east side of Huntington Harbor has been obstructed
by fence lately erected — Resolved, that all persons having
occasion to use said landing, be hereby authorized to
remove such obstructions and that the Trustees will
protect such persons in said removal.

Gilbert Carll, Pres.
Recorded by B. Conklin,

Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 173.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 463

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JOSEPH CONKLIN.]

[Abstract.]
[186 1, March 26.]

Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to Joseph
ConkHn, dated March 26, 1861.

Premises described as follows: all of a certain piece of
land at Huntington Harbor, lying opposite the late resi-
dence of George W. Conklin, deceased, bounded as
follows : beginning on the west side of the highway oppo-
site the northwest corner of the old store, running westerly
to high water mark, thence southerly by high water mark
until it comes opposite the southwest corner of the garden
fence, thence easterly on a line with the garden fence to
the west V side of the highway, thence northerly- on the
west side of the highway to the place of beginning.

Term, five years from the last Tuesday in March, 1861.

Rent, one dollar per year.

{Deerls and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 136-37. j

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO ORLANDO ROGERS.]

[Abstract.]
[1861, March 26.]

Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Orlando
Rogers, Thomas Rogers, David Wood, Jr., and Alanson
Wood, dated March 26, 1861.

Premises described as follows : a certain piece of land
covered with water at the head of Northport Harbor, at a
place called James Point, bounded westerly by the high-
way, easterly by the channel, to be seventy feet front and
rear, which land included is for the express purpose of

464 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

building a dock in such a manner as not to imcumber the
highway at the head of the dock.

Term, fifteen years from the above date.

Rent, one dollar and fifty cents per year.

Lease to be renewed at the option of the lessee on such
terms as maj' then be agreed upon.

(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 128-29.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]

[1861, April 2.]

At the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held April 2, 1861, at the house of Elias Smith in said
Town, the following Acts were passed and Town Officers
elected.

Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. President of Trustees,
Brewster Conklin. Trustees, Elias Baily, Gilbert Carll,
Henry M. Purdy, Elkanah Soper, Elbert Carll, Abel C.
Vail. Town Clerk, Jeffrey A. Woodhull. Justice of the
Peace, William Henry Monfort. Commissioner of High-
way's, Stephen Leek. Overseers of the Poor, Lemuel
Carll, Timothy J. Terry. Assessor, Richard J. Cornelius.
Collector, Jesse Conklin. Constables, Zenas Ivens, Abel
C. Vail, Henry Tilden, Charles E. Ketcham. Pound
Masters, David S. Conklin, Charles E. Ketcham. Over-
seers of Highways, George W. Smith and sixty-five others.

Resolved, That all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes and buoys, in any of the waters of the Town
of Huntington, to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in
any way obstruct fishing with nets, without the per-
mission of the Trustees of said Town, under the penalty of
twelve dollars and fifty cents. Also raise those already

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 465

put down; one half to go to the complainant, the other
half to the Overseers of the Poor for the use and benefit
of the poor of said Town.

Resolved, That no person, resident or non-resident, shall
take or catch oysters, clams or scallops within the waters
of this Town, by dredging or dragging for the same,
under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents for
each and ever}- offence; one half of said line to go to the
Overseers of the Poor for the support of said poor.

Resolved, That the interest of five thousand dollars be-
longing to the Town of Huntington, in the care of the
Trustees, be applied to the reduction of taxes the ensuing
year, and that the President of Trustees pay the same to
the proper authorities to receive it, in the month of
January, 1862.

Recorded by J. A, Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 112 17.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO W. W. WOOD.]

[Abstract.]
[186 1, June 9.]

Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to Wm. W.
Wood, dated June 9, 1861.

Premises described as follows : a certain piece of land
covered with water at the west side of Huntington Harbor,
bounded as follows : starting twenty-four feet from the
northwest corner of the mill and running northwesterly
ninety feet, then northerly one hundred and sixty feet, and
then westerly to high water mark, which land included is
for the purpose of building a dock in such manner as not
to incumber the highway at the head of said dock.

Term, twenty-one years from date.

Rent, three dollars per year.

Rates of wharfage specified.

{Deeds and Leases bij Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 138-4:0.)

466 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1861, Oct. 5.]

Meeting of the Trustees at the house of Gideon Seaman,
Deer Park, on Oct. 5th, 1861.

Resolved, That Brewster Conkhn, Gilbert Carll and
Elbert Carll be a committee to effect a settlement with
Wm. S. Mason as counsel in the oyster suits now pending
in the Supreme Court.

Brewster Conklix, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. f, p. 123 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1861, Dec. 5.]

Meeting of the Trustees at the house of Gideon Seaman
on December 5th, 1861.

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees will carry the
oyster suit to the Court of Appeals, and that they employ
J. L. Smith, Esq., as counsel.

Resolved, That Brewster Conklin and Gilbert Carll be
a committee to wait on Mr. Smith and consult with him
concerning the oyster suit and likewise about commencing
a suit against Samuel P. Hartt on account of his shipyard
and railways for hauling out vessels at Northport harbor.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll, Clerk.
{Trustees Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 183)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 46/

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1862, Feb. 15.]

Meeting of the Trustees at the house of Elias Smith,
Long Swamp, on Feb. 15th, 1862.

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees will release unto
Elisha F. Richardson, one hundred acres on the southwest
corner of the tract of land mortgaged by Edgar F. Peck
to the Town of Huntington, and now owned by the said
Richardson, on his paying the President of this Board the
pro rata amount of the sale to the said E. F. Peck.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll, Clerk.
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 185.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1862, April I.]

At the annual Tow^n Meeting of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held April ist, 1862, at the house of Elias Smith in
said town, the following acts were passed and Town officers
elected :

Supervisor, Charles, A. Floyd. President of Trustees,
Brewster Conkhn. Trustees, Elias Baylis, Gilbert Carll,
Thomas Ireland, Elkanah Soper, Elbert Carll, Abel C. \'ail.
Town Clerk, Jeffrey A. WoodhuU. Justice of Peace,
Tmiothy S. Carll (full termj, Francis B. Olmstead (vacancy).
Collector, Jesse Conkhn. Overseers of the Poor. Charles
C. Tappen, Henry M. Purdy. Commissioners ol High-
ways, Stymest Sam mis (full term), Ezra VV. Seaman (va-
cancy). Assessor, Bryan Skidmore. Constables, Henrv
Tilden, Nathaniel Kelcy, Abel C. Vail, Charles E. Ketcham.

468 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Pound Masters, David S. Conklin, Charles E. Ketcham.
Overseers of Highways, Elbert Arthur and sixty-seven
others.

Resolved, That the interest of $5,000, belonging to the
Town of Huntington in the care of the Trustees, be ap-
plied to the reduction of Town taxes the ensuing 3'ear, and
that the Trustees pay the same to the proper authorities to
receive it, ni the month of January, 1863.

That all persons be prohibited from putting down stakes
and buoys in any of the waters of the Town of Hunting-
ton, to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in any way ob-
struct fishing with nets, without the permission of the
Trustees of said town, under the penalty of twelve dollars
and fifty cents; also to raise those already put down; one-
half to go to the complainant, the other half to the Over-
seers of the Poor, for the use and benefit of the poor of
said town.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Tow7i Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 118-25.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO UNITED STATES.]

[Abstract.]
[1862, April 12.]

Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to United
States, dated April 12, 1862.

This Indenture made this twelfth day of April, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, between
the Trustees of the Town of Huntington, in the County of
Suffolk and State of New York, of the first part, and the
United States of America of the second part

Witnesseth : That the said party of the first part for and
in consideration of one dollar, do lease unto the said
United States as aforesaid, so much of the land belonging

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 469

to the said Town of Hunington, lying on the Great South
Bay within the bounds of said Town, on the east side of
the new inlet recently made, as the said United States
may want for the purpose of placing a Life Saving Station
house thereon, and to have and to hold the same so long as
the said United States may want for the uses and purposes
for which said houses are erected on the Long Island coast.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, p. 141.)

[THE CALL TO ARMS.]

[1862, August 12.]

To J. Amherst Woodhull, Clerk of the Town of Hun-
tington :

The undersigned respectfully request that a Special
Town Meeting be immediately called, to take in consider-
ation the appropriation of moneys to be used in securing
our Town quota of recruits for the war, and providing for
the families of such recruits. — Dated Huntington (Town),
Suffolk Co., N. Y., Aug. i2th, 1862,

Geo. Carll, William Jarvis, Aaron Jarvis, J. H.
Culver, M. D., John H. Duryea, Andrew Ketcham, J.
Seaman, David Carll, William Muncev, Charles
Wood, John R. Reid, Selah C. SxMith, Samuel Mun-
cev.*

{File No. 391 )

[* This is the first paper reached that refers to the then ex-
isting Civil War — the RebelHon of the Southern States. One
year and four months had elapsed since the war began by the
attack on Fort Sumter. Fort Donaldson had been captured ;
the battles of Pittsburg Landing and of Malvern Hill had been
fought, and many others of less note. New Orleans had been
captured by the Union forces. A war loan had been asked for

470 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE POSTED NOTICE.]
[1862, Aug. 13.]

Special Town Meeting.
In accordance with an application in writing to me di-
rected, signed by twelve or more persons eligible to the
office of Supervisor of the Town of Huntington, and at
the request of the President of the Board of Trustees, a
special Town Meeting will be held at the house of Elias
Smith, Long Swamp, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 1862 at i o'clock
P. M., to take into consideration the appropriations of
moneys to be used in securing our Town quota of recruits
for the war, and providing for the families of such recruits;
and a vote will be taken by ballot of the legal voters of
said Town to decide the question of the authorizing of
an appropriation of some part of the moneys now held by
the Trustees belonging to the Town of Huntington, for
that purpose. On such ballots shall be printed or written
the words, "For the Appropriation or Against the Appro-

of $250,000,000 ; the Legal Tender Act had been passed ; the
celebrated conflict between the Merrimac and Monitor had
taken place ; 500,000 men had ah-eady been called into the
field by President Lihcoln, when, on July ist of this year, the
President, at the request of the Governors of eighteen States,
made the call for 300,000 more volunteers, referred to in the
above paper. Not only had preparations for war been made
on a gigantic scale, but the armies on both sides had become
disciplined in the service by nearly one year and a half of san-
guinary fighting, and at this time the storm of battle may be
said to have raged along the whole line between the Northern
and Southern States, with varying success, and the most in-
tense excitement prevailed in every city and hamlet through-
out the entire country. An enrollment had been made of all
persons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and
a draft from the roll was inevitable unless volunteers were en-
listed sufficient to meet the calls made for soldiers. The plan
subsequently adopted, of offering bounties for volunteers and
providing for their families u'hile in the service, was doubtless
the best that could have been devised. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 47 1

priation." The polls at such election will be opened at 2
o'clock P. M., and closed at sundown on that day.

Given at the Town Clerk's office, in the Town ot Hun-
tington, this 13th day of August, 1862.

J. A. WoodhuU, Town Clerk.
[File No. 389.)

[ORGANIZATION OF THE FINANCE

COMMITTEE.]

1862, Aug-. 13.]

The Committee being present, adopted the name of

"Huntington Union Bounty and Relief Committee ;" also

decided to offer $5 to any person procuring a volunteer to

the war, who is allowed to count toward the quota of the

Town.

Aug. 18, 1862.

A meeting of the Huntington Union Bounty and Relief

Committee was held at the house of Geo. A. Scudder; all

the members were present. On motion, Townsend Jones

was appointed Chairman and Geo. A. Scudder Secretary

and Treasurer. After a consideration of the duties to be

performed by the Committee, the meeting adjourned to

Saturday, 23d inst., half-past 2 P. M., to meet at the hotel

of S. C. Rogers.

Aug. 23.

The Committee met pursuant to adjournment; all the

members present. H. H. Wells and Fayette Gould were

appointed Auditing Committee. Adjourned to meet at

the same place on Wednesday, 27th inst., at 2 o'clock, P. M.

{File N'K 396 )

[ Note.— The Secretary and Treasurer, George A. Scudder,
has in his possession a book and papers containing a record of
the numerous meetings of the Committee, and also a state-
ment in detail of the moneys received and disbursed. Dupli-
cates of these accounts have been filed in the Town Clerk's
office and will be found in subsequent pages of this book. — C.
R.S.]

472 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. A WAR FUND OF
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS VOTED.]

[1862, Aug. 16.]

At a special Town Meeting called by the Clerk of the
Town of Huntington, in accordance with an application to
him, addressed in writing, signed by twelve or more per-
sons eligible to the office of Supervisor of said Town, and
at the request of the President of the Board of Trustees,
held at the house of Elias Smith, Long Swamp, on Satur-
day, the i6th day of August, 1862, the following resolutions
were adopted unanimously :

Whereas, The Adjutant General of the State of New
York, has issued his order calling upon each county and
town in the State for its quota of conscripts, to aid the
Federal Government in putting down the wicked Rebellion
now desolating our once happy and united country; and

Whereas, We, the citizens of the Town of Huntington,
feeling ready to vindicate its loyalty, to uphold its honor
and carry out its professions of patriotism bv acts rather
than words, and to av^oid the stigma of having its quota of
men raised by a draft instead of voluntary recruits; and

Whereas, A number of propositions have been suggested
of raising money for paving a bount}' to the Town quota
of voluntary recruits, the well known illegality of most of
the propositions being perfectly apparent, therefore the
following is respectfully offered as the least objectionable
and less liable to lead to litigation; therefore

Resolved, That we, the legal voters of the Town of Hun-
tington in special Town Meeting assembled, do hereby
authorize a vote by ballot to be taken this da}-, and we
do hereby empower the Trustees of this Town, if by such
vote it appears that a majority of the legal votes cast at
such election are in favor of such an appropriation, to raise

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 473

by loan or otherwise at their discretion, the sum of thirty
thousand dollars; and that they be authorized if necessary,
to pledge any of the bonds and mortgages or other vouchers
belonging to the Town of Huntington, as collateral secur-
ity for the payment of said loan and interest that may
accrue thereon, or use and take any of the funds now on
hand to aid in making up the amount.

Resolved, That five responsible persons be appointed by
this meeting to receive and disburse the said amount to
those volunteering in the ranks of the company or com-
panies raised by this Town, in such amounts pro rata as it
may appear upon the official report, will be the number to
be drafted from this Town under the present call. That
Townsend Jones, Geo. A. Scudder. Edmund A. Bunce,
Henry M. Purdy and Isaac Willetsbe such committee, and
that a bounty of not less than one hundred dollars, be given
by such committee, to each volunteer.*

[*It was comparatively an easy matter for the people to
come together in Town Meeting and resolve to raise and apply
^30,000 to pay the expenses of procuring the quota of soldiers
which it fell to the lot of this Town to raise, but it became
necessary to immediately devise ways and means for raising
the money and adopt some carefully matured plan for disburs-
ing such moneys in a way to best accomplish the end in view.
The Town was required to put into the field 263 men, in a
short space of time, or submit to a draft. There was no time
for raising the amount by the assessment and collection of a
tax on property, in the ordinary way, and no authority of law
was found for pledging the credit of the Town for an advance
of the money, or even for the use of the money and securities
then held by the Town officers, for such a purpose. This com-
pelled the people to proceed in this matter outside of the reg-
ular functions of the Town government. The first step, there-
fore, was to appoint a committee of citizens, and vest certain
officials with authority to raise the money ; sixty-two patriotic
citizens coming forward and pledging their credit to the ex-
tent of $500 each — amounting to the whole sum of $30,000 —
that the committee and officials empowered should be held
harmless on account of their acts There was in the hands of
the Trustees of the Town, at this time, about $10,000 in money

474 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Resolved, That during the war an appropriation of six
dollars per month be paid to the wife of each of said vol-
unteers, and the sum 6f one dollar and fift}^ cents per month,
be paid to each child of said volunteer, between the ages
of two and ten years.

Resolved, That an invitation be extended to those per-
sons, feeling willing to indemnify the Trustees of this Town,

and in bonds, secured by mortgages, arising principally from
the sale of the pine plains a few years before. The President
of the Board of Trustees, Brewster Conklin, immediately dis-
posed of all these securities and paid over the $10,000 for war
purposes. He then borrowed money on notes sufficient to
make up the whole sum of $30,000. As we have seen, the peo-
ple had appointed a committee, consisting of Townsend Jones,
George A. Scudder and Edmund A. Bunce, of the North Side
of the Town, and Henry M. Purdy and Isaac Willets, of the
South Side, for the purpose of disbursing all war funds, giving
them instructions concerning the payment of bounties and the
support of the families of those who enlisted in the service.
This machinery for raising and disbursing the moneys required
was put in good hands, the members of the committee being
men of the highest character, financial standing and business
capacity. As the war lasted longer than was at first anticipated,
new levies of men were called for from time to time, and other
large appropriations of money were made, so that the work of
this committee was extended over a period of several years ;
and the people of the Town are under a lasting debt of grati-
tude to them for their long period of careful and arduous work,
a labor for which they refused to receive any compensation
whatever. The irregularities attending the raising of money
for war purposes, in the beginning, were afterwards legalized
by various acts of the Legislature of this State, so that those
who pledged their credit for the war fund were not called upon
to reimburse the agents of the Town on account of moneys
raised. The accounts of moneys for war purposes, which
passed through the hands of the President of the Board of
Trustees of the Town, appears in his financial statements, print-
ed in subsequent papers; and the disbursements made by the
Union Finance Committee, of which Townsend Jones was
Chairman, and George A. Scudder Secretary and Treasurer,
appear in their report, also printed in subsequent papers. The
papers show that a very large share of the work was done by
Mr. George A. Scudder.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

475

in making such appropriation against any loss that may
arise, in carying out the foregoing resolution, to hand in
their names and the amount for which each will be willing
to subscribe for that purpose, — when the following names
were given and the sum named, as the amount for which
they were willing to become bound to carry out the same:

Wm. W. Wood
F. G. Sammis
H. G. Scudder
Smith Woodhull
Charles Wood
Timothy J. Terry
George A. Scudder
Gilbert Grossman
J. R. Rolph
John Ketcham
Elias Leek
H. H. Wells
Wm. Jarvis
Thomas Brush
Morris R. Brush
George Brush

)500 Jonathan Wood
500 H. M. Purdy
500 David Carll
500 Ed. A. Bunce
500 Solomon Smith
500 John Robbins
500 A. Ketcham
500 Bunce & Willets
500 J. I. Shipman
500 G. D. Richmond
500 wSamuel Robbins
500 James T. Morris
500 Selah Bunce
500 Rufus Prime
500 T. S. Carll
500 Isaac Willets

Rogers,Sammis&Scudder 500 J no. R. Raid

Joseph S. Lewis
John Snodgrass
Benj. M. Brown
Joseph Buffett
W. R. Foster
S. Ireland
Hewlett Wicks
Aaron Jarvis
Alanson Seaman
J. H. Duryea
G. P. Ackerly
Jesse F. Sammis
David Sammis
John C, Baylis
Total amounts

500 Thomas Wicks
500 George Carll
500 Rich'd Leaycraft
500 Selah C. Smith
500 John Alsop
500 Jacob Grossman
500 David Smith
500 C. H. Fleet
500 Isaac Adams
500 S. S. Brown
500 John Banvard
500 Townsend Jones
500 A, G. Crossman

$500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500

500 Zebulon Buffett
3 1 ,000.

Resolved, That a committee of one from each School
District be appointed to procure the names of all persons

4/6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

who have enhsted from this Town, and send the same to
the Town Clerk. •

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Fol. Ill, pv- 126-29.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS. THE ISSUE
OF BONDS.]

[Abstract.]
[1862, August 19.]

Meeting of the Trustees at the house of Gideon Seaman,
Deer Park, on Aug. 19th, 1862.

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntmgton will loan the money to pay the volunteers of
said Town, according to the resolutions passed at a Special
Town Meeting, held at Long Swamp on the i6th inst., and
that the President of this Board, Brewster Conklin, is
hereby authorized to sign the bonds for the same, and
affix the Town's seal thereto.

Resolved, That those persons pledging themselves at the
•Special Town Meeting, held at Elias Smith's on the i6th
of August 1862, of the Town of Huntington, to the amount
of $500, each be requested to execute a bond to the Trus-
tees of said Town, to indemnify them from all risk in rais-
ing $30,000, for the benefit of the volunteers from the Town
of Huntington.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 195.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 477

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1862, August 27.]

Meeting of the Trustees at the house of Elias Smithy
Long Swamp, on August 27th, 1862.

Resolved, That the President of the Board of Trustees of
the Town of Huntington is hereby authorized to sell or
assign any of the bonds and mortgages or other vouchers
now in their hands, for the purpose of raising money for
paying the volunteers from the said Town of Huntington.
• Brewster Conklin, Pres.

Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 197.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.] *-

[Abstract.]
[1862, Sept. 25.]

Meeting of Trustees held at the house of Wm. Secor,.
Dix Hills, on Sept. 25, 1862.

Resolved, That Brewster Conklin and Elbert Carll be a
committee to go to New York City to make arrangements
to hire money to pay the bounty to the volunteers that are
yet wanting to fill up the quota of the Town of Huntington..

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 199.)

478 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY.]

[1862, Sept.]

Memorandum of cash received from citizens of the North
Side of the Town of Huntington, and applied to the pay-
ment of extra bounty to volunteers, and expenses incurred
in procuring and forwarding said volunteers to camp.

Sept. 1862.

Buel Titus and Brother
David C. Sammis
James E. Wood
Zophar Ketcham
R. Crampton
Daniel Smith
John Alsop
Walter Brush
George Brush
Smith WoodhuU
John Ketcham
VVm. and Duncan McKay-
Thomas Scudder
Thomas Brush
Thomas P. Brush
Jesse Brush
Woodhull Sammis
Mrs. Cambreling
Samuel Glover
Miss Glover
Miss Martha Glover
John P. Dole
W. G. Sammis
Edwin Wood
Saml. Brush, Old Fields
Warren Smith
Moses Rogers
Wm. C. Stout
L. M. Thurston
J. D. Hewlett
S. C. Rogers

Amount contributed by citizens of North Side, Town of Hun-
tington $1,232.00

By citizens of Babylon and vicinity, paid to Isaac Willetts, and

disbursed by him in extra bounty 200.00

By citizens of Amityville and vicinity, paid to H. M. Purdy and

disbursed by him in extra bounty 240.00

By citizens of Comae and vicinity, transferred to credit of Brews-
ter Conklin, President of Trustees 30.00

; 20.00

Jacob Titus ^

> 5-00

10.00

T. B. Gardiner

5.00

10.00

Jarvis S. Lefferts

10.00

Conklin Gould

100. 00

10.00

Jesse F. Sammis

30.00

10.00

Lewis Sammis

30.00

20.00

Gilbert Grossman •

15.00

10.00

Edgar,Sammis

10.00

Jonas Titus

10.00

50.00

Augustus Bouton

10.00

ico.oo

Jacob R. Grossman

30.00

10. oo

David W. Conklin

10.00

2.00

Ezra C. Prime

50.00

30.00

Israel Scudder

lO.OO

10. GO

David Sammis

10.00

30.00

Albert Eaton

10.00

5.00

Saml. Brush, West Neck

40.00

50.00

Rufus Prime

10.00

W. W. Wood

25.00

10.00

J. R. Rolph

20. CO

10.00

F. G. Sammis

50.00

5.00

H. P. Crozier

50.00

10.00

R. Montgomery Baylis

10.00

Henry Sammis, Cold Spring

5.00

Nathan B. Conklin

10.00

IG.OO

Edward Kissam

50.00

20.00

Geo. A. Scudder

25.00

Rich. M. Conklin

20.00

10.00

Ezra Oakley

10.00

20. CO

W. A. Sammis

10. oo'

10.00

Total amount of voluntary contributions $1,702.00

{File No. 397.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 479

[DISBURSEMENTS OF MONEY CONTRIBUTED.]

[1S62, Sept.]

Memorandum of disbursements of the money contributed
by citizens of the North Side of the Town of Huntington
for extra bounty and expenses in procuring and forwarding
volunteers.

1862, Sept., paid 99 volunteers each $10 extra

bounty $ 990.00
Paid as follows, per order of H. H. Wells and

Fayette Gould, Auditing Committee :

Selah Smith, for procuring 3 recruits _ i5-00

Elkanah' Soper, for procuring i recruit 5.00

John H. Smith, for procuring i recruit 5.00

Frederick Moddle, for procuring i recruit 5.00

John Mott, for procuring i recruit 5.00

Joseph Kampe, for procuring i recruit 5.00

Charles Fox, for procuring i recruit 5-00

Wm. H. Brown, for procuring i recruit 5.00

Richard Jayne, for procuring 3 recruits i5-00
John Schumaker, for boarding Jos. Kampe, a

recruit 300

^ f Scudder Valentine, for procuring 2 recruits 10.00

^ Thomas Middleton, for procuring i recruit 5.00

X Cornelius Sam mis, for procuring i recruit " 5.00
ffi -\ Cash to William Haight, a recruit, to pay

his expenses to New York i.oo
Paid S. C. Rogers, for providing dinners for

volunteers 4.25

Daniel Pearsall, services in procuring recruits 25.00

Chas. Hanger, for services in procuring recruits 15.00

W. D. Lewis, for services in procuring recruits lo.oo

J. R. Crossman, for services in procuring recruits ]o.oo

Israel Wood, for services in procuring recruits 5.00
Amount transferred to the credit of Brewster

Conklin, President of Trustees * 83.75

$1,232.00
[File No. 398.)

480 HUXTIXGTOX TOWN RECORDS.

[ Note. — The enlistments on the North Side of this Town
were principally in Company E, 127th Regiment, N. Y. V.,
James \V. Gurney, Captain, Hewlett J. Long, ist Lieutenant,
George S. Sammis, 2d Lieutenant. The enlistments on the
South Side of the Town were largely in Company I, of the
same Regiment, Richard Allison, Captain. William L. Conant
was ist Lieutenant of Company F. Many more from Hun-
tington enlisted in other Companies of this Regiment Before
starting for the front. Company E was presented with a silk
flag, made by the ladies of Huntington village. Capt. Hewlett
J. Long, now a resident of Huntington village, has this flag in
his possession. The whole Regiment, was mustered into the
service at Staten Island, Sept. 8, 1862, William Gurney, Col-
onel. During their service Hewlett J. Long was promoted to
be Captain of Company K, George S. Sammis to be ist Lieu-
tenant of Company E, William B. Eaton, 2d Lieutenant
of Company H, and Garrett F. Eaton, 2d Lieutenant of
Company K. The Regiment was first attached to Gen. Aber-
crombie's Division, of the defences of Washington, remaining
there until April, 1863, when it was ordered to Suffolk, Va.,
and afterwards to West Point, Yorktown, Williamsburgh and
White House. In July of the same year, the Regiment was
ordered to Maryland, then joining Gen. Schemmelfennig's
Brigade of Gordon's Division of the nth Corps of the Army of
the Potomac. In August this Brigade was ordered to the
Department of the South, landing on Folly Island, S. C, on
the 15th of this month. The Regiment was stationed succes-
sively at Folly, Coles and Morris Islands, remaining on the
latter until October, 1S64, when it was removed to Beaufort,
S. C. In November it was attached to the Coast Division,
under command of Major General J. G. Foster, and was sent
up Broad River to operate in connection with General Sher-
man, who was then on his famous "March to the Sea." While
on this expedition the Regiment was in action at Honey Hill
on Nov. 30, at Deveaux Neck on Dec. 6, and at Coosawhatchie
on Dec. 9, the Regiment sustaining a loss during the three
actions of 9 officers wounded, 19 men killed and 106 wounded.
In the latter part of January, 1865, they met the victorious
army of General Sherman, then advancing North. After the
evacuation of Charleston the Regiment was detailed to garrison
that city and remained there until the close of the war. They
were present when the "old flag" was raised by General Ander-
son over the battered walls of Fort Sumter. The 127th
Regiment left Charleston on July ist, and Hilton Head July 4
on the steamer Northern Light, was disbanded on its arrival
in New York and the men left for their homes. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 48I

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1862, Oct. 2.]

Meeting- of Trustees at Gideon Seaman's, Deer Park,
Oct. 2d, 1862.

Resolved, That the Trustees recommend the Supervisor,
Chas. A. Floyd, to add to the tax list for the Town of Hun-
tington, for volunteer purposes, the sum of $8,000.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 200 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1863, March 30.]

Meeting of Trustees held on the 30th. day of March 1863.

Resolved, That the sale of Dr. Peck's land, which was to

have taken place to-day, be postponed on his paying $100

to-day, $120 on the 15th day of May next and the balance

on the 20th day of Sept., 1863.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 201.)

[TOWN MEETING.]
[Abstract.]

[1863, April 7.]
At the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-

482 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

ton, held April 7th, 1863, at the house of Elias Smith in
said Town, the following Acts were passed and Town of-
ficers elected :

Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. Town Clerk, Jeffrey A.
WoodhuU. Collector, Richard J. Cornelius. Commis-
sioner of Highways, Andrus Titus. Assessor, Noah Sea-
man. President of Trustees, Brewster Conklin. Trustees,
Thomas Ireland, Gilbert Carll, Elkanah Soper, Elias Bay-
lis, Elbert Carll, Richard Sammis. Overseers of Poor,
Henry M. Purdy, Charles C. Tappen. Justice of the
Peace, Francis B. Olmstead. Constables, Henry Tilden,
Sanford Brown, Nathaniel S. Kelsey, Alexander Sammis.
Pound Masters, David S. Conklin, Chas. E. Ketcham.
Overseers of Highways, James Southard and sixty-eight
others.

Resolved, That all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes and buoys in any of the waters of the Town
of Huntington, to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in
any way obstruct fishing with nets, without the permission
of the Trustees oi said Town, under the penalty of twelve
dollars and fifty cents ; also raise those already put down ;
one-half to go to the complainant, the other half to the
Overseers of the Poor for the use and benefit of the poor
of said Town.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 132-37.)

[ITEMS OF MONEY PAID BY TOWN TRUSTEES
ON ACCOUNT OF BOUNTIES.]

Brewster Conklin,

President of the Board of Trustees,

in account with Town of Huntington.

1 86

Aug.

Sept.

Nov.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 483

Dr.
Sold Miles Griffith's mortgage $ 600.00

Sold Adam Wickes' mortgage 200.00

Received the amount held by Trustees

against Selah Bunce ' 1,000.00

Nov. 13. Assigned Benjamin F. Conklin's mort-
gage to Martha Whitson 2,075.00
1863

Jan. 8. Assigned Jos. K. Conklin's mortgage to

Conklin Gould 1,200.00

Jan. 10. Assigned Israel Carll's mortgage to

Walter Brush 800.00

Jan. 10. Received in cash of Israel Carll on

mortgage 200.00

Jan. 12. Assigned Christopher Furton's mort-
gage to Edw. A. Bunce 300.00

Jan. 26. Assigned Smith Burr's mortgage to

Mary Skidmore 500.00

April 9. Francis M. A. Wicks' mortgage in cash 1,474.96

April 9. Received on Timothy Carman's note

of hand 200.00

April 10. Received for Wm. C. Lange's mortgage 1,368.24

April 10. Assigned Westlake's bond and mort-
gage to David Rempp 738.50

April 10. Assigned Albert Smith's mortgage to

E. Soper 200.00

110,856.70

1862 ] Cr.

1863 j Paid Geo. A. Scudder for bounty and

families $10,856.70

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 216-17.)

484 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[PROCEEDINGS BOARD OF TOWN AUDITORS.]

[1863, June I.]

At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors, of the
Town of Huntington, (a full Board present) held at the
Town Clerk's office, on the first day of June, 1863, to take
into consideration what action should be adopted by said
Board under the Act for the levying of a tax to repay
money expended in the payment of bounties to volunteers,
etc., passed February 21, 1863,

Resolved, That in our opinion, said Board has no
authority under said law, after the lapse of sixty days from
the passage of said Act, to borrow mone}- on their bonds
as provided in said Act ; that the powers and duties of the
Board of Town Auditors, of this Town, under said Act,
are to audit the clauns arising under said Act, in the same
manner as other claims have heretofore been by law
audited, except that such note, receipt, certificate or other
instrument as named in such Act, shall be evidence of the
amount of such debt, and that said claims may be audited
at such time and times as the Supervisor of said Town
shall direct the Board to meet.

Resolved, That the committee appointed at the last
Special Town Meeting, for disbursing the funds to the
families of volunteers, be requested to furnish monthly
certificates to the families entitled thereto, of the amounts
due them under said Resolutions, and the number of
children between the ages of two and ten years, entitled
to relief, said certificates to be made payable to the parents
or guardians, or to their order.

Resolved, That William W. Wood and William H.
Monfort be appointed a committee to confer with and
notify the disbursing committee of the action taken by
this Board.

Resolved, That this Board adjourn, to meet for the
purpose of auditing all said claims that may be brought

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 485

before it, on the 24th day of September, 1863, at two
o'clock P. M., at the Suffolk Hotel in the village of Hun-
tington, or at the place of holding the last Town Meeting.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 138 39 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1863, June 27.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held on the 27th day of June,
1863.

Resolved, that the Trustees of the Town of Huntington
under and by virtue of a resolution passed by the people
at a Special Town Meeting of said Town, held at Long
Swamp on the i6th day of August, 1862, by which it was
resolved that there be paid the wives of volunteers, nine
dollars per month and for every child of such volunteer,

between the ages of two and ten years, the sum of

dollars per month, for the term of three years or during
the war, and in compliance of that resolution, the Trustees

of said Town of Huntington will raise the sum of

dollars at such time or times as the same may be needed
to compl}' with said resolution.

Resolved, that Brewster Conklin, President of said
Board of Trustees, be authorized to raise an amount of
money that may be necessary f-or the pay of the wives
and children of such volunteers up to the first of October,
1863.* Brewster Conklin, Pres.

Recorded by Gilbert Carll, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p 207-8.)

[* This was only a few days before the battle of Gettysburg.
General Lee's army was in Maryland advancing north ; the
Southern army was flushed with many victories and the North
realized the necessity of putting forth all its strength. It

486 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[RELIEF TICKETS.]

[1863, Sept. I.]

Abstract of Relief Tickets, issued by the Board of
Auditors of the Town of Huntington, Sept. i, 1863, for the
benefit of the famihes of soldiers drafted into the military

service of the U. S., subject to their being received into
the service, and their filing certificates that they are proper
persons for such relief, f

No. I. John C. Smith, family

No. 2. John J. Fox, "

No. 3. George Tillot, "
No. 4. William E. Parrott,

No. 5. George Butler, "
No. 6. Joseph R. Hartt,

No. 7. Lyman Beebe, "

No. 8. R. Alonzo Lane, "

No. 9. John R. Higbie, ". "
No. II. Edgar H. Pedrick,
No. 12. Joshua H. Merrill, .
No. 15. Charles A. Smith,

No. 16. Daniel Terry, "

No. 17. Samuel Birch, "

No. 19. Cornelius Vooris, "

No. 20. William E. Holmes, "

No. 23. William H. Thompson, "
No. 24. Frank M. White,

No. 27. Alexander Sammis, "
No. 28. Andrew J. Coddington, "

No. 29. William Shanks, "

No. 30. Pembroke Soper, "

No. 31. Edward Johnson, "

No. 12. Benjamin P. Field, "
{General File.)

became evident that not only more men must be sent to the
front, but that the war would be prolonged and the wives and
children of those in the service must be well provided for. — C
R. S.]

[f This is an imperfect list, there being several omissions, but
it contains all found in the records. — C. R. S.]

■^

persons.

$150.00

I 50.00

135.00

100.00

((

125.00

100.00

-y

100.00

I 50.00

100.00

200.00

140.00

150.00

((

50.00

100.00

I 50.00

150.00

I 10.00

200.00

I 50.00

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS 487

[JOINT MEETING OF AUDITORS AND
TRUSTEES.]

[1863, Sept. 16.]

At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors of the
Town of Huntington, in connection with the Board of
Trustees of said Town, at the house of Elias Smith on
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1863, of the Board of Town Auditors
all were present with the exception of William W. Wood
and of the Trustees there was a full Board. The object
of the meeting being stated, viz. : to see what measure
should be adopted by the Board of Auditors, if any, for
the relief of the indigent families of this Town, of persons
drafted into the service of the United States, after dis-
cussion of the subject matter, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted, without a dissenting vote :

Whereas, as it is the opinion of this meeting, that the
Act providing for relief to the indigent families of vol-
unteers and persons who may be ordered into the mil-
itary or naval service of the United States, passed May 17,
1863, distinctly provides that it can only be raised for the
relief of indigent families of those thus drafted — and how-
ever willing we may be to put the most liberal construction
upon the Act, for the benefit of all drafted persons, it seems
to us entirely unwarranted — but should be confined to
those only who' have families to support or near relatives
relying upon them for their maintenance, as such it appears
to us to be the clear intent and meaning of the statute.

Resolved, That it is our duty, as far as in us lies, to
mitigate the hardships that are likely to attend the families
of those drafted into the United States service, and, for
this purpose, whenever any married man or others having
a family dependent upon him for support, who are in such
indigent circumstances as to require assistance, is drafted
into the military service of the general government and

488 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

liable to serve, there shall be paid to his family such sums
and in such manner as the Board of Town Auditors shall
deem proper, provided such person shall be mustered into
the service personally or by an accepted substitute.

Resolved, That in the disbursement of the said moneys,
the same shall be confined to the purposes of the law, and
that in determining who shall be worthy to receive relief
thereunder, the applicant shall produce the certificate of
three responsible freeholders of said Town, certifying that
in their opinion and to the best of their judgment, the
parties named are worthy and needy of receiving relief
under the Act, from the Board of Town Auditors, and the
said Board shall determine by a majority vote the amount
of relief, if any, to be furnished such applicant, and at such
time as they may think proper.

Dated, Sept. 17, 1863.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Totvn Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 140-41.)

[CERTIFICATE FOR RELIEF.]

[1863, Sept. 18,]
We the undersigned, freeholders of the Town of Hun-
tington, would respectfully represent to the Board of Town
Auditors in said Town, that in our judgment the family of
John C. Smith, a person drafted into the military service
of the United States, are proper persons to receive aid un-
der the law providing relief to the families of such persons,
so ordered.

Northport, Sept. 18th, 1863.

Joseph S. Lewis,
Henry S. Sammis,
M. Bryant.
Wife and two children.
No resources.

huntington town records. 489

State of New York, ) ^^
County of Suffolk, f

John C. Smith being duly sworn, deposes and says, that
on the 30th day of Sept., 1863, he appeared before the Ex-
amining Board at Jamaica, Long Island, and was duly ex-
amined, accepted and held for service.*

John C. Smith.

Sworn before me this ist \
day of October, 1863. \

Francis B. Olmstead,

Justice of the Peace.
{File No. 395.)

[SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.]

[1863, Sept. 24.]
Brewster Conklin in account with the Town of Hun-
tington in raising money for bounty for volunteers and

families.

Dr.

Cash received on sales of mortgages $10,646.50

Cash borrowed on notes 30,285.00

Amount of volunteers' notes not paid 3'044-00

Cash received from Jesse Conklin, Collector 7.65 5.oo

$51,630.50
Cr.

Cash paid George A. Scudder for bounty and

families up to August $30,000.00

Cash paid on notes 19.204.36

Cash paid for interest on outstandmg notes 581-25

,,^Int^rest due and faUing due in few days 509-98

$50,295.59
[File No. 394.)

[*This is given as a specimen of a large number of such afifi-
davits and certificates on file. The others are omitted.— C.
R. S.]

490 HUNTINXxTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1863, Oct. 10.]

Meeting of the Trustees, held on the loth day of Octo-
ber, 1863.

In the matter of dispute between Henry Williams and
the Trustees of said Town in relation to the dock on the
east side of Huntington Harbor. Mr. Williams made the
proposition to refer the matter in dispute to three referees
and named the following named gentlemen as such ref-
erees, viz.: Charles A. Floyd, Stephen W. Gaines and
Gilbert Carll as such referees.

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Town of

Huntington will accept the proposition of Mr. Williams

and to the above named gentlemen as referees.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.

Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceed'mgs, Vol. 1. p. 209 )

[DECISION OF REFEREES IN THE HENRY
WILLIAMS DOCK SUIT.]

[1863, Nov. 5.]

To All to Whom These Presents May Come or
Concern :
Whereas at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
Town of Huntington, held at Northport on the loth day
of October, 1863, it was in, the matter of dispute between
Henry Williams and the said Trustees in relation to d(jck
at Huntington Harbor, east side, on the proposition of
said Henry Williams

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 49^

Resolved, b, said Boa,-d, ^^l^^jf^Z^G^
referred to the undersigned, Charles A. ru)>e,
Carll and Stephen W. Gaines.

with jatei j^^^ jl^g j,^ 1^5t

ton Harbor, tor tiie term oi _i j

mentioned which lease contains a covenant that said
?ru e s or their successors in office wonld renew the said
kas or 2, years longer, for the sum of four dollars per
veai or take the buildings that may then be on said dock
and pay a fair valuation therefor. And that said lease
e"pired^n the s-st of March, .849, and has not been
^eirewed or the buildings then on said dock valued or paid

'° And it further appearing on such hearing that the said
Board of Trustees are willing to grant to the sa, 1 Henry
Wmianis, and the said Henry Williams to accept a new
ea e of he premises so heretofore granted to and occu-
pTed by him'^.-ith the addition thereto of orty feet m
width and adjoining the same on the southerly side the e-
o7 the whole length thereof for the further term of twenty-
one years yet to come, he paying therefor the yearly rent
every year of six dollars. Said lease to contain a cov-
enant that the said Board of Trustees or their successors
in office will, at the expiration of said term, renew said

ease (or tweiuy-one years longer, on such terms as may
then be agreed on, or will take the buildings that may
then be on said dock and pay a fair valuation thexefor;

and with a covenant on the part of said Henry Williams

to Day said rent. , -^ .

And the said parties having agreed to submit to our

492 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

decision the amount to be paid by the said Board ot
Trustees of the Town of Huntington or their successors
in office, to the said Henry WilHams, in satisfaction of his
damages b}- reason of the non-renewal of said lease of
March 31, 1828, and of the non-fulfillment of the said
covenant therein contained, as against said Board of
Trustees and their successors, and the time for the pay-
ment of the same and rate of interest ; which decision is
-also to be governed by said agreement to give and accept
a new lease on the terms above mentioned.

Therefore we, the said Referees, after due considera-
tion of the premises and of the allegations and proof of the
parties, do determine and decide that the said Board of
Trustees execute and deliver to the said Henr}- Williams
a lease of the premises and for the time and with the cov-
enant herein above mentioned and recited, and pay to the
said Henry Williams or execute and deliver to him their
obligation, binding them and their successors in office to
pay to him the said Henry Williams, his legal represen-
tatives or assigns, the sum of one thousand dollars, in five
years from the date hereof, with interest at the rate of six
per cent, per annum, payable yearly.'^

And that the said Henry Williams on his part execute
and deliver to said Board of Trustees a release of all
damages and claims for damages against said Board and
their successors by reason of the non-renewal of said lease
and of the covenant to that effect in said lease contained.

[* This was a case where the Trustees of the Town had, in
their lease to Henry Williams, bound the Board by covenant
to renew the lease at the end of the term or take the buildings
erected thereon at a fair valuation. When the term ended,
Williams demanded a renewal of the lease, but the Trustees
neglected or refused to grant the extension or provide for val-
uing and paying for the buildings. This resulted in a claim
for damages against the Town and the ulthnate payment of
,^1,000 and a renewal of the lease. — C. R. S.]

, HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS, 493,

Witness our hand this fifth day of November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three.

C. A. Floyd,
Gilbert Carll,
S. W. Gaines.
(Fife iVb. 388.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS. ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS DAMAGES PAID H. WILLIAMS.]

[Abstract.]
[1863, Nov. 5.] ■

Meeting- of the Trustees, held on the 5th day of Novem-
ber, 1863,

To receive the report of Charles A. Floyd, Gilbert Carll
and Stephen W. Gaines, referees heretofore appointed by
resolution of this Board in the matter of a dispute between
Henry Williams and the Trustees, in relation to the dock
at Huntington Harbor, east side.

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees will execute to
Henry Williams a new lease for twenty-one years for the
premises mentioned in said report, at the annual rent of
six dollars per )^ear, and with the covenants in said report
mentioned and execute and deliver to him an obliofation
bmding said Trustees and their successors in office to pay
to the said Henry Williams, his legal representatives or
assigns, the sum of one thousand dollars, in five years from
the date thereof, with interest at the rate of six per cent,
per annum, payable yearly on the release b}^ said Williams,
of all damages and suit for damages against said Board of
Trustees, and their successors, by reason of the non-re-
newal of his former lease and by the covenants to that
effect in said lease contained, such sum being the amount-

494 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

of damages awarded to said Henry Williams by said
referees.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. /^pp. 210-11.)

[1863, Nov. 5.]

I, Henry Williams, in consideration of the sum of one
dollar to me in hand paid by the Board of Trustees of the
Town of Huntington, and for other good causes me there-
to moving, have and 1 hereby do, acquit and release the
said Board of Trustees of and from all damages and claim
for damages against said Board of Trustees, and their suc-
cessors in ofSce, arising by reason of the non-renewal of a
certain lease bearing date March 31, 1828, heretofore
granted by said Board to me, and of and from the cove-
nant to that effect in said lease contained.

Dated, Huntington Nov. 5th, 1863.

In presence of Henry Williams.

S. W. Gaines.
{File No. 390.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO HENRY WILLIAMS.]

[Abstract.]

[1863, Nov. 5.]

Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Henry
Williams, dated November 15, 1863.

Premises described as follows : A certain piece of land
covered with water, around the dock on the east side of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 495

Huntington Harbor, and to include therein the present
dock. Bounded as follows : beginning sixty feet south-
east of the southeast corner of the dock as it now stands,
thence running westerly to the channel, thence northerly
by and with the channel, two hundred and forty feet,
thence southeasterly to the common land, thence two hun-
dred and forty feet to the place of beginning, which land
included is for the purpose of maintaining and repairing
the present dock.

Term, twenty-one years from Nov. 5, 1863,

Rent, six dollars per year.

Lease to be renewed for twenty-one years, at the option
of the lessee, at a rate to be then agreed upon.

And the party of the second part by accepting the fore-
going grant, agrees to maintain said dock in repair during
the term herein granted.

Assigned by H. Williams to Geo. W. Scudder, Nov. 5,
1863. (Seepage 156.)

Recorded by J. A. WoodhuU,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 142-4i.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1863, Dec. 17.]

Meeting of the Trustees held on the 17th day of Decem-
ber, 1863.

Resolved, To call a Special Town Meeting of the voters
of said Town, to take into consideration the propriety of
raising by tax on said Town, money to pay bounty to vol-
unteers, to prevent a draft in January next.

Resolved, That a vote be taken by ballot of the legal

496 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

voters of the said Town, on the 22d day of December^
1863, at the house of EHas Smith, upon the question of
empowering the Supervisor of this Town, if by such vote
it appears that a majority of the legal votes cast at such
election are in favor of such an appropriation, to raise a
sum not exceeding $35,000 for the purpose of procuring
volunteers to fill the quota of this Town under the last call
of the President for 300,000 men, and if so decided in the
affirmative, the ^Supervisor of this Town is hereby author-
ized to issue the bonds of said Town to that amount, pay-
able with interest in from one to ten 3-ears, with the privi-
lege of redemption at any time by giving sixty days' notice
thereof.

Resolved, That an invitation be given to the citizens of
this Town to sign a bond indemnifying the Supervisor in
raising said amount, by subscribing in such amount as they
may feel willing so to do.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 212-13.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1863, Dec. 22.] '

At a Special Town Meeting of the Town of Huntington,
held at the house of Elias Smith in said Town on Dec. 22,
1863

Resolved, That we the legal voters of the Town of Hun-
tington, in Special Town Meeting assembled, do hereby
authorize a vote by ballot to be taken this day, upon the
question of authorizing the Supervisor of this Town — if by
such vote it appears that a majority of the legal votes cast

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 497

at such election are in favor of such an appropriation — to
raise a sum not exceeding $35,000, for the purpose of pro-
curing substitutes to fill the quota of our Town under the
last call of the President for 300,000 men, and thereby
avoid the pending draft, and if so decided in the affirma-
tive, the Supervisor of this Town be and is hereby author-
ized to issue the bonds of said Town to that amount, pay-
able in from one to ten 3-ears, (with the privilege of re-
demption at any time by giving sixty days public notice
thereof, as may be deemed advisable), with interest from
the date, and that an invitation be extended to all to sis^n
a bond indemnifying the Supervisor against loss in carry-
ing out the above.
December 30, 1863.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 142 )

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1864, Feb. 22.]

At a Special Town Meeting of the inhabitants and tax-
payers, held at the house of Elias Smith, on the 22d of
February, 1864, to vote upon the question of raising an ad-
ditional amount to fill the quota of this Town under the
last call of the President for 200,000 men.

Resolved, That we the taxable inhabitants and legal
voters of the Town of Huntington, do hereby authorize a
vote by ballot of the taxable voters to be taken this day,
upon the question of authorizing the Board of Town Aud-
itors of this Town to raise a sum not exceeding $24,000, by
issuing the bonds of said Town to that amount, to be made
payable in from one to ten years, as in their judgment may

498 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

seem best, and bearing interest at the rate of seven per
cent, per annum. Tlie money arising- from the sale of said
bonds to be used in procuring volunteers to fill the quota
of this Town under the call for 500,000 men.
February 22, 1864.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{ToW7i Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 143.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1864, Feb. — .]

Meeting of the Trustees, held on the — da}' of February,
1864.

Resolved, That a vote be taken by ballot of the legal

voters of said Town, on the ^ day of Februar}', 1864,

whether they will raise a sum of money not to exceed $24,-
000, to pay bounty to volunteers to fill the quota of this
Town under the President's call for 200,000 men, dated
Feb. ist, 1864.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.
Recorded by Gilbert Carll,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 215.)

[Note. — Smce the last measures were taken in this Town for
putting men into the field, the tide of war had set strongly in
favor of the North. The great battle of Gettysburg was fought
July ist, 1863, and on the 3d, General Lee's army retreated
toward the Potomac. Vicksburg was surrendeied to the Fed-
erals, July 4th. General Grant was in command at the West,
General Thomas in the East. Nov. 24th, the battle of Lookout
Mountain was fought, and by the 15th of Feb., 1864, General
\Vm. T. Sherman was preparing to break through the Confed-
erate lines in Georgia. This was the situation when this action
was taken by the Town to furnish its quota of men. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 499

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1864, March 23.]

At a Special Town Meeting of the voters of the Town
of Huntington, held at the house of Elias Smith on the 23d
day of March, 1864.

Resolved, That the Board of Town Auditors of the
Town of Huntington be, and by this meeting are hereby
authorized to transfer and use the unexpended appropria-
tion of $24,000, (or so much thereof as may be necessary),
made by this Town on the 22d day of February, 1864, and
in a manner as is therein set forth, for the purpose of pro-
curing volunteers to fill our quota, under the call of the
President of the United States for 200,000 men.

March 23, 1864.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.

{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. UL)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1864, April 5.]

At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Elias Smith in said Town, on the
fifth day of April, 1864, the following resolutions were
passed and Town officers elected :

Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. President of Trustees,
Brewster Conklin. Trustees, Stephen C. Rogers, Richard
Sammis, Gilbert Carll, Elias Baylis, Thomas Ireland, El-
bert Carll. Assessor, Richard J. Cornelius. Commission-
ers of Highways, Townsend Wright (short term), Stephen
Leek (long term). Town Clerk, Jeffrey A. Woodhull.
Collector, Elkanah Soper. Justice of the Peace, Jarvis R.

500 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Rolph. Overseers of the Poor, Charles C. Tappen, Henry

M. Purely. Constables, Alexander Sammis, Henry Tilden,

Charles O. Merrill, Timothy Oakley. Pound Masters,

Nathaniel S. Wiggins, Charles E. Ketcham.

Resolved, That all persons be prohibited from putting

down stakes and buoys in any of the waters of the Town

of Huntington to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in any

way obstruct fishing with nets, without the permission of

the Trustees of said Town, under the penalty of twelve

dollars and fifty cents ; also raise those already put down ;

one-half to go to the complainant, the other half to the

Overseers of the Poor, for the use and benefit of the poor

of said Town.

Recorded by J. A. WoodhuU,

Town Clerk.

{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 146-49.)

[ACCOUNT OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.] •

Brew^ster Conklin,

President of the Board of Trustees,

In account with The Town of Huntington,
for money raised to pay volunteers and their families from
Aug. 23, 1862 to April 4, 1864.

1862 Dr.

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note $ 1,000.00

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 500.00

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 2,000.00

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 500.00

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 1,000.00

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 200.00

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 175.00

Aug. 23, Borrow^ed on note 500.00

Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 350-0*^

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 50I

Aug. 23. From Market Bank for 60 days 2,500.00

Aug. 26, Borrowed on note 500.00

Aug. 26, Borrowed on note 1,000.00

Aug. 27, Borrowed on note 500.00

Aug. 28, Borrowed on note 500.00

Sept. 2, Borrowed on note 500.00

Sept. 4, Borrowed on note 400.00

Sept. 4, Borrowed on note 300.00

Sept. 4, Borrowed on note 100.00

Sept. 19, Borrowed on note ' 150.00

Sept. 20, Borrowed on note 50.00

Sept. 20, Borrowed on note 200.00

Sept. 29, Borrowen on note 70.00

Sept. 29, Borrowed on note 130.00

Sept. 29, Borrowed on note 4,000.00

Oct. 7, Gave note to Atlantic Bank, 6 mo. 7,000.00

Oct. 18, Borrowed on note 1,500.00

Nov. 4, Borrowed on note ' 1,000.00
Nov. 6, Borrowed from Huntington Mutual

Insurance Company 1,000.00

Raised on mortgages held by Trustees 10,856.70
1863.

April 7, Borrowed on note 650.00

July 21, Borrowed on note ^ 600.00

Aug. 22, Borrowed on note 800.00

Sept. 24, Borrowed on note 350.00

Nov. I, Borrowed on note 225.00

Nov. 10, Borrowed on note 150.00

1863. Amount of notes given to volunteers 4,195.00
Received from Jesse Conklin, Collec-
tor, from taxes 7,855.00

1864. Received from Richard J. Cornelius

from taxes 9,868.00
March 10. Received from J. Lawrence Smith

per interest 242.93

$65,417.63

502 HUNTINGTON TO^YN RECORDS.

1862. Cr.

Aug. 23-30 By cash to Geo. A. Scudder, Treas-
urer of the Relief Committee for
bounties, etc. $16,170.00

Sept. 1-29, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 7,450.00

Oct. 2, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 600.00

Oct. 18, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 1,500.00

Nov. 8, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 1,036.00

1863.

Jan. 8, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 125.36

Jan. 25, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 520.75

March 9, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 1,200.00

April 16, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 714-27

April 24. By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 683.62

Amount of first appropriation $30,000.00

1862.

Sept. 13, By cash on note 2,008.75

Oct. 10, By cash on note 4,008.25

Oct. 25, By cash at Market Bank, N. Y, City 2,529.16

1863.
April 9, By cash at Atlantic Bank, Brooklyn, 7,248.36
INIarch 26,

'63toMch. By cash to Geo. A. Scudder for vol-
14, 1864 unteers' families 5o49-53

By cash on volunteer notes in 1863

and 1864 3,588.00

By cash interest on notes 868.25

Apr. 5, By cash from Jesse Conklin, Collector 145.00

By cash on hand 621.00

By mortgage against Dr. Pecke, held

by the Trustees, due i year from

November next 5,621.00

By cash to be raised by tax 3>430.33

$65,417.63

{File X0.392:

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 503

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]

[1864, June II.]
Meeting of the Trustees, held on the nth day of June.

'^Resolved, That the Board of Trustees defend Mr.
Georcre W. Scudder in any trouble he may have m repair-
ing the wharf at Huntington Harbor, leased to Henry
Williams by said Board. ^^^^^^^^^^ ^onklin, Pres.

Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers,

Clerk.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 222 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1864-, Oct. — .]
Meeting of the Trustees, held on the - day of October,

'^On motion, the President of the Board of Trustees was
authorized to furnish means to defend the suit now pend-
ing between Townsend Wright and others and A exander
Sammis, in respect to the lands claimed by said Alexander

Sammis at Huntington Harbor.

Brewster Conklin, Pres.

Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers,

Clerk,
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 225 )

[POWER OF ATTORNEY BY HANNAH SMITH.]

[1864, July 4-]
Power of Attorney, Hannah Smith to Alex. Smith.
Know all men bv these presents that I, Hannah Smith,

504 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

of Amityville, Town of Hunting-ton, County of wSuffolk and
State of New York, have made, constituted and appointed,
and by these presents, do make, constitute and appoint my
beloved husband, Alexander Smith, of Amityville, Town
and County aforesaid, to be my true and lawful Attorney
for me, and in my name, place and stead, to enter into and
take full possession of all that certain messuage of land,
tenement, hereditaments or house, situated, located and
being on the beach near Fire Island Inlet, opposite the
Town of Islip, whereof I am now the sole and lawful
owner; and I do hereb}^ empower mv husband, Alexander
Smith, at any time now or after m}^ death, to grant, bar-
gain and sell the above described property at such sum or
price and on such terms as to him shall seem meet and
proper for me and in my name, and to make and execute
a proper deed of conveyance for the same, and until the
sale thereof to let or lease said house and lot for the best
rent that can be procured for the same, and to ask, demand
and recover and receive all sums of money which shall
become due, by the rental, lease or sale of said propertv,
and to take all lawfid means to recover the same, giving
and granting unto my husband, Alexander Smith, full
power and authority U) do and perform all and every act
and thing necessary to be done in and about said premises.
I also give unto my husband, Alexander Smith, the use of
all said property during his lifetime, and after his death I
order said property to be divided equally among my
brothers and sisters, for each to share and share alike,
after my said husband takes out enough to pay him for his
services in taking charge of said property.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this fourth day of July, one thousand and eight hun-
dred and sixty three.

Amityville, July 4, 1 863 ""

Witness present Hannah X Smith, [Seal.]

R. J. Cornelius

mark

huntington town records. 505

State of New York, \
County of Suffolk, j " "

On the fifth day of July, A. D., 1863, before me person-
ally came R. J. Cornelius, who being by me sworn, doth
depose and say he resides in the Town of Huntington,
County of Suffolk, that he was present and saw the said
Hannah Smith sign the within power of Attorney, and at
her lequest subscribed his name as witness thereunto.

Timothy S. Carll,
Justice of the Peace.
Recorded, March 12, 1864, by J. A. WoodhuU,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds arid Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 51-52.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1864, July 13.J

At a Special Town Meeting held at the house of Elias
Smith, Long Swamp, on the 13th day of July, 1864

Resolved, That we the legal voters of the Town of Hun-
tington, in Special Town Meeting assembled on this the
13th day of Jul}', 1864, do hereby, in accordance with
Chapter 8 of the Session Laws of 1864 of the State of New
York, and also with a resolution passed by the Board of
Supervisors of Suffolk County on the 14th day of March,
1864, authorize and empower the Board of Town Auditors
of this Town to issue the bonds of this Town, bearing seven
per cent, interest, and to be made pa3'able at such time or
times as may be deemed advisable, and to sell and dispose
of the same at not less than their par valve. The money
raised by the sale of said bonds to be devoted to and ap-
propriated for the sole purpose of paving bounties, pre-
. miums and incidental expenses in filling the quota of this

506 HUNTINGTON TOWN RFXORDS.

Town, on the anticipated call of tlie President of the
United States for men, and to such an amount as may be
required for the specific purpose above mentioned.
July 13, 1864. Recorded by J. A. WoodhuU,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol III, p. 150.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO WM. G. GARDINER.]

[x\bstract.]
[1864, Nov. 12,]

Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Wm.
G. Gardiner, Nov. 12, 1S64.

Premises described as follows: all that part of Eaton's
Neck beach belono;ing- to the Town of Huntington,
bounded as follows : on the east by lands of Elbert Arthur,
north by Long Island Sound, west b}^ lands of Charles
Jones, south by Northport Harbor, hereby conve3'ing only
the right to sell sand and gravel from said premises and
the further privilege of erecting such dock or docks and
railways as may be necessary for the purpose of shipping
said sand. Also the further privilege of erecting such
barn, sheds or other outbuildings that may be necessary
for carrying on said business.

Term, five years from Feb. 7th, 1865.

Rent, one thousand six hundred and twenty five dollars
per year.

Recorded by J. A. Woodhull, Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 150-53 )

[Note. — General Grant was now in command of all the
armies of the North and a series of battles had taken place in
the Wilderness, in which the loss on both sides was great.
Sherman was steadily moving towards the Gulf. Both sides
were putting forth all their strength and the people here
sympathized in the demands of the struggle by voting un-
limited supplies of money. — C. R. S.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 50/

[PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TOWN
AUDITORS.]

[1864, Dec. 31.]

At a meeting of the Board ot Town Auditors of the
Town of Huntington, held at the house of Seaman &
Smith, in the village of Huntington, on Dec. 31, 1864,

Resolved, That we the undersigned, composing the Board
of Town Auditors of the Town of Huntington, in accord-
ance with a resolution, passed at a Special Town Meeting,
held on the 31st day of December, 1864, do hereby ap-
point J. A. WoodhuU, Martin Willets and Timothy S.
Carll, Commissioners to procure volunteers and substi-
tutes to fill the quota of this Town under the call of the
President, of December 15, 1864, for 300,000 men, with
power to establish such bounties and premiums as may
appear to them for the best interest of the Town.

And we do also hereby appoint J. A. WoodhuU Treas-
urer of our said Board, to have the custody and disburse-
ment of all money raised bv the sale of the bonds au-
thorized to be raised and sold by this Board under said
resolution; as also^transfer our right to sell and dispose
of said bonds to the best advantage, as in his judgment may
be necessary to accomplish the desired fulfillment of the
resolution as passed by said meeting.

Dec. 31, 1864. Timothy S. Carll,

Wm. H. Monfort,
Francis B. Olmstead.
Recorded by J. A. WoodhuU, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings. Vol. Ill, pp. 152-3.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1864, Dec. 31.]
At a Special Town Meeting held at the house of Seaman

5o8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

& Smith, in the village of Huntington, on the 31st day ot
Dec, 1864,

It was Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed
to draft resolutions to express the sense of the meeting in
relation to filling the quota of this Town. Fayette Gould,
Wm. E. Underhill and VVm. H. Monfort were appointed
said committee. On motion, Timothy S. Carll was added
to said committee.

The committee reported the following resolutions, which
were carried unanimously :

Resolved, That the Board of Town Auditors of the
Town of Huntington be and they are hereby authorized
and empowered to issue bonds of this Town, as authorized
by Chapter 8 of the Session Laws of the State of New
York, passed Feb. 9, 1864, and Supervisors' Resolution
passed March 14, 1864, said bonds to bear seven per cent,
interest, payable semi-annually, (if the same cannot be
negotiated at an annual interest) and the period o-f re-
demption to be fixed at such time or times as may be
deemed advisable, and to sell and dispose of the same, and
the money arising from the sale of said bonds to be devoted
to and appropriated for the sole purpose of paying boun-
ties, premiums and incidental expenses in filling the quota
■of this Town on the call of the President of the United
States of December 15, 1864, for 300,000 men. And said
Board of Town Auditors are hereby authorized to fill said
quota by procuring volunteers or substitutes, or both, and
to establish such bounties and premiiuns as to them may
seem for the best interest of the Town.^

Dec. 31, 1864. Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 151-52.)

[* Again the Town voted unlimited appropriations. On Nov.
16 Gen. Sherman began his great march from Atlanta to the sea,
the army of 60,000 men advancing in two columns under Gen-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 509

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1865, Jan. 19.]
At a Special Town Meeting, held in accordance with
leial notLe, at the house of Seaman & Smith, Huntmg-
ton, on the 19th day of January, 1865, it was, on ^-ot^^"'

Resolved That the resolution passed at a Specia Town
M^c^ing, held on the 31st day of December, 1864, be and
the same is hereby revoked. .

Resolved Thai the Board of Town Auditors of the
Town of Huntington appropriate the sum of seventy five
thousand dollars, by issuing their bonds for the same, and
that they procure volunteers for one, two and three years,
to fill the late call.

January 14, .865. ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^ WoodhuU,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. HI, P- 151.)

[PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF AUDITORS.]

[1865, Jan. 24.]

At, a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors of tfie
Town of Huntington, hetd at tf,e Ijouse of Seaman &
Smitli, Huntington, on tlie 24tli day of January, .865

Resofved, Tinat the Supervisor and Town Cierlc be a
committee to raise money on the bonds, authorized bj the
Special Town Meeting held on the .9th day of January,

'^Resolved, That thebondsJo_b^jssuedJn_accor^

— ; j-T^ t; Tn Vircrinia the Federal lines were

erals Howard and Slocum ^^ y.^-^g!^^^ A speedy end of the
o-radiiallv closing m around Lee s army. ^ bpcc^^ r- t? c i
^ar by the suppression of the rebellion, was expected.-C. R. S.]

5IO HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

with said resolution shall bear interest at the rate of seven
per cent., payable semi-annually (if so decided by said
Board) and redeemable in from one to twelve years, at
their discretion.

Resolved, That the Board of Town Auditors do hereby
agree that proposals shall be received for bids to fill the
quota of this Town, under the call of the President of
December 15, 1864; said proposals to state the price per
man for one, two and three years, in number from five to
ten men on the whole quota, and what amount of the
Town bonds said parties will take in pa3mient on said
contract if accepted ; said Board to reserve the right of
rejecting all or part of said proposals if not deemed for the
interest of the Town.

Recorded, Januar}- 24, 1865, by
J. A. Woodhull, Town Clerk.
(Towji Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 155 )

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1865, Feb, 7.]

At a Special Town Meeting, held at the Suffolk Hotel,
(Huntington), on the 7th day of February, 1865, according
to legal notice, it was

Resolved, That we now reconsider and declare null and
void all resolutions passed, or powers granted, to our Board
of Town Auditors at the last Special Town Meeting, held
in this place on the 19th of Januaiw last, for the purpose
of raising money and the filling of the Town quota under
the last call of the President of the United States for
300,000 men.

Resolved, That we do hereby vote by ballcH and appro-
priate the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000,) and

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 51 1

authorize bonds of the Town to be issued for that amount,
pa3able in from one to twelve years, at an interest of
seven percent., payable semi-annually (if necessary) by our
Board of Town Auditors, all of which, or such portion of
said sum as may be necessary, to be used only for the
purpose of procuring men as substitutes, if possible, if not,
then with volunteers, to fill our Town quota under the
last call of the President of the United States for 300,000
men.

Resolved, That the Board of Town Auditors be hereby
empowered to go on and procure substitutes if possible,
or volunteers, for one, two or three years, to fill the quota
of this Town under the last call. Principals to pay there-
for to the Town $25 for one year, $50 for two years, $75
for three 3^ear men, to the number required, as the
names of applicants stand on the list to the number that is
required to fill the quota on this call, so that no excess
above the quota be procured.

Recorded, February 7, 1865, by
J. A. WoodhuU, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 156-57.)

512 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

COMPLETE RECORD

AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 6go OF THE LAWS OF 1865,
RELATING TO

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN

COMPOSING THE QUOTAS OF THE TROOPS
FURNISHED TO

THE UNITED STATES,

BY THE

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK,

STATE OF NEW YORK,

In the War of the Rebellion, and Covering the Period from the Fif-
teenth Day of April, 1861, to the Date of the Certificate
OF the Town Clerk, Attached to this Record.

Prepared by STEPHEN C. ROGERS, Toivn Clerk.

Enlistments in the 127th Regt. N. Y. Vols., August, 1862, for
three years, on payment of $110 bounty, and relief to family by
Town, and mustered in September 8th, 1862.

COMPANY A.

Sammis, Nelson — Single ; P. O., New York.
Frazier, John N. — Single ; P. O., Islip.
Waterbury, Edwin A. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Velsor, Jonas — Single ; P. O., New York.

Velsor, Daniel — Single ; died from chronic diarrhoea, on Coles
Island.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 513

Howell, George— Single ; P. O., Brooklyn.

Platt, Jesse K. — Single ; killed in action at Honey Hill, S. C,

November 30th, 1864.
Jarvis, William H. — Single ; dead.
Cowan, William— Single ; P. O. Huntington.
TooKER, Floyd— Single ; discharged, for physical disability,

from General Hospital, Oct. 8th, 1S63 ; P. O., Babylon.

COMPANY B.

CoNKLiN, George W.— Enlisted Jan. 12th, 1S64; died at Morris
Island, S. C. ; P. O., Northport.

COMPANY D.
Velsor Andrew J.— Married ; relief to family, $7.50 to $9 per

month ; total, $297 ; died from wounds, at Hilton Head ;

P. O., Centreport.
Nicholas, William H.— Single ; P. O., Northport.
Wood, Daniel J.— Single ; P. O., Centreport.
KiLLFOYLE, Dennis— Married ; relief to family, $6 per month ;

total, $210 ; P. O., Huntington.
Gildersleeve, Platt B.— Married ; relief to family, $7.50 per

month; total, $210; P. O., Farmingdale.
Gannon, John — P. O., Farmingdale.

COMPANY E.

TuTHiLL, Thomas P.— Single ; P. O., Huntington.

CyPHERS, Manuel— Single ; P. O., Amityville.

Richmuller, Albert— Single ; P. O., Farmingdale.

Trembly, Oliver R.— Married ; relief to family, $6 per month;

total, $210 ; P. O. Babylon.
Drenning, Daniel — Single ; missing in action since the battle

of Honey Hill, November 30th, 1864.
Hendrickson, Isaac— Married ; relief for family, $7.50 per

month ; total, $250 ; P. O., Northport.
Secor, John W.— Married ; relief for family, $7.50 to $9 per

month ; total, $293.50 ; P. O., Northport.
Bryant, George W. — Married ; relief for family, $6 to $7.50

per month ; total, $253.50 ; P. O., Northport.

514 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Cornelius, Jacob — Single ; P. O., Hempstead.

Raynor, Jesse — Married ; P. O., Huntington.

Dennis, Willard — Single ; deserted at Staten Island.

AcKERLY, Ira Warren — Single ; P. O., Centreport.

SoPER, Ira T. — Single ; P. O., Northport.

Good, James E. — Married; relief for family, $9 to $10.50 ; total,

$196.60; P. O., Huntington.
Chichester, Charles — Single ; P. O., Amityville.
Shaw, Nicholas — Single; P. O., Farmingdale.
Willmarth, Daniel — Single ; P. O., Amityville.
Bedell, Smith — Single; taken prisoner at Mount Gilead, Va.,

July 20th, 1863, and died from starvation and imprisonment

at Richmond, Va.
Mc Gregor, John — Wagoner ; appointed wagoner Jan. i, 1863 ;

P. O., New Haven.
Ryerson, George — P. O., Roslyn.
Shore, Ferdinand — P. O., Farmingdale.
Shotwell, David— Wounded in action, Dec. 29, 1864, at De-

veaux Neck, S. C, in left leg, slightly ; P. O., Huntington.
Stilwell, Andrew — P. C, Woodbury.
TiCHENOR, Benjamin E. — Married ; relief for family, $6 per

month ; total, $210 ; P. O., Northport.
TiCHENOR, Elias H. — Single ; missing in action of battle of

Honey Hill, Nov. 30, 1864 ; P. O., Amityville.
Baylis, John D. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Edwards, Joseph P. — Single ; wounded in action at Deveaux

Neck, S. C , Dec. 9, 1864, in right shoulder severely ; P. O.

Amityville.
Pearsall, Ezra — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 per month ;

total, $262.50 ; wounded at Honey Hill, Nov. 30, 1864, in

right thigh severely ; P. O., Amityville.
Pearsall, Silas C. — Single ; P. O., Amityville.
Chichester, Andrew — Single ; discharged May 22, 1865, from

General Hospital, David's Island, N. Y. ; lost a leg at bat-
tle of Honey Hill ; P. O., Amityville.
Fodell, Charles I. — Married ; relief for family, $9 per month ;

total, $315 ; P. O., Farmingdale.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 515

Bedell, William — Single ; wounded Dec. 9, 1864, at Deveaux
Neck, S. C, left hand slightly; P. O., Amityville.

Day, Sylvester — Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ;
total, $60 ; discharged for physical disability from Hospital,
Washington, D. C, July 3, 1863 ; P. O. Amityville.

ScHUMAKER, JoHN — Married ; relief for family, $9 per month ;
total, $315 ; promoted to Corporal, Sept. i, 1863 ; P. O.,
Huntington.

Smith, Nelson P. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.

Sammis, Charles A. — Single; promoted to Corporal Sept. 12,
1862, to Sergeant July i, 1864 ; died from wounds at battle
of Honey Hill, Nov. 30, 1864.

Moore, John — Single ; promoted to Sergeant Nov. 12, 1862, to
First Sergeant July i, 1864, commissioned First Lieut, in
103 U. S. C. T. Jan. 19, 1865 ; P. O., Islip.

Smith, Jacob C. — Single ; promoted to Corporal Jan. ist, 1863,
to Sergeant Nov. 10, 1864 ; P. O., Huntington.

Hulse, William F. — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 per
month ; total, $262.50 ; P. O., Northport

Huntington, Charles — Married ; relief for family, $6 per
month; total, $210; P. O., Commack.

Hall, George B. — Single ; died at Camp Gurney, Va., of pneu-
monia, March 13, 1863.

Helems, Charles A. — Single ; lost left hand and wrist at Hon-
ey Hill, Nov. 30, 1864. ; discharged March 20, 1865 ; P. O.,
Woodbury.

Becker, Lewis — Single ; P. O., New York.

Sammis, Cornelius M. — Single ; P. O., Northport.

Crawford, Elbert — Married ; relief for family, $6 to $7.50 per
month ; total, $231 ; P. O., Centreport.

Alexander, William — Married ; relief for family $6 to $7.50
per month ; total, $229.50 ; P. O., Northport.

Jayne Richard — Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ; to-
tal, $210 ; P. O., Cold Spring.

Daily, Jeremiah — Single ; P. O., Northport.

Moddle, Frederick W. — Married ; relief for family, $9 to
$10.50 per month : total, $336 ; P. O., Huntington.

5l6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

BuNCE, Edgar P. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Bloxsom, George W. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
TiLLOTSON, Jacob P. — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 per
month ; total, $262.50 ; bounty procured further by C. R.
Street about 1867 ; P. O., Huntington.
Jones, Thomas — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 per month ;

total, $262.50 ; P. O., Huntington.
Bloxsom, Stephen — Married ; relief for family, $6 to $7 per
month ; total, $238.50 ; promoted to Corporal Jan. i, 1863 ;
P. O., Huntington.
Painter, Geo. H. or W. G. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Hallock, Alfred A. — Single ; P. O. Northport.
Neeks, George — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Albin, John E. — Married ; relief for family, $10 per month ;
total, $315 ; promoted to Sergeant May 14, 1863 ; P. O.,
Babylon.
Eaton, Garret F. — Married ; relief to family, $6 per month ;
total, $230 ; promoted to Sergeant-Major Nov. 24, 1862;
to Second Liiut. Feb. 15, 1863 ; to First Lieut. May 9,
1864; P. O., Huntington.
Ketcham, Fleet — Single; P. O., Dix Hills.
Ketcham, Bunce R. — Single ; promoted to Corporal Nov. 10,

1864 ; to Sergeant May i, 1865 ; P. O., Dix Hills.
Carr, John D. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Carr, Hosea V. — Married ; relief to family, $6 per month ;

total, $210 ; P. O., Huntington.
Bennett, Robert — Single; promoted to Corporal Sept. 12,
1862 ; wounded in action Nov. 30, 1864, at Honey Hill, S.
C, in right leg severely.
Valentine, Oliver — Single ; died at Chain Bridge, Cranch

Hospital, of chronic diarrhoea, Nov. 13, 1862.
Schoor, Ferdinand — Single ; P. O., Farmingdale.
Maloney, Dennis — Single; promoted to Corporal Nov. 10,

1864; to Sergeant March 6, 1865 ; P. O., Huntington.
CoNKLiN, Benjamin — Married ; relief to family, $7.50 per
month; total, $262.50; promoted to Sergeant Sept. 12,
1862 ; P. O., Brooklyn.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 517

Brown, George W. — Single ; P. O., West Hills.

Brush, Theodore S. — Single ; discharged from Coles Island,

Nov. 10, 1S63 ; disability ; P. O., Commack.
Lee, Edward — Single; P. O., Huntington.
Kampe, Joseph L. — Single ; promoted to Corporal Sept. 12,

1S62; reduced to ranks Jan. 1,1863; promoted to Corporal

May I, 1865 ; P. O., Brooklyn.
HuBBS, John A. — Single ; died at Folly Island, of chronic

diarrhoea,
Eaton, William B. — Single; promoted to Sergeant Sept. 12,

1862 ; promoted to 2nd Lieut. May i, 1864 ; P. O., Hun-
tington.
Brown, John J. — Married ; relief to family, $7.50 to $10.00

per month ; total, $298.50; P. O., Huntington.
Smith, John H. — Married ; relief to family, $6 to $7.50 per

month; total, $235.50 ; promoted to Corporal Jan. i, 1863;

P. O., Huntington.
Fleet, George W. — Single ; promoted to Corporal March i,

1865; P. O., Huntington.
Hendrickson, David — Married; relief to family, $6 to $7.50 ;

total $237 ; P. O., Cold Spring.
Valentine, Edwin — Single ; promoted to Corporal April i,

1864; P. O., Cold Spring.
Gardiner, Smith F. — Single ; P. O., Cold Spring.
Allen, John — Married; relief to family, $6 to $7.50 per month;

total, $2^2, ; P. O., Farmingdale.
PEARS.A.LL, John — Single ; promoted to Corporal April i, 1864 ;

P. O., Amityville.
Donohue, J.A.MES — Married ; relief to family, $6 per month ;

total, $186 ; deserted from Camp Gurney March 12, 1863.
Raynor, Jesse — Married ; relief to family, $9 per month ; total,

$315 ; P. O., Huntington.
Place, Richard L. — Single ; P. O., Amityville.
Sprague, Hamilton R. — Single ; P. O., Farmingdale.
Monnel Dingness — Single ; died from chronic diarrhoea, Coles

Island, Nov. 13, 1863.

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Sprague, Edward — Married ; relief to family, $7.50 per month ;

total, $304.50 ; died from chronic diarrhoea, at Coles Island,

Dec. 18, 1863.
TiLLEY, Remington — Single.
SoPER, Ira P. — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Ritchie, Henry T. — Single ; died in hospital at Morris Island,

May 27, 1864, of secondary syphilis.
Morris, Thomas — Single; P. O., Huntington.
Tierney, Richard — Married ; relief to family, $7.50 per month;

total, $256.50 ; P. O., Northport.
Gulmartin, Michael — Single ; wounded in left thigh severely

in the action at Deveaux Neck, S. C. ; P. O. Melville.
Betts, George E. — Enlisted and mustered in Feb. 27, 1864 ;

P. O., Huntington,
Valentine, Wm. H. — Enlisted March 3, 1864 ; P. O., Dix

Hills.
Beers, William H. — Single ; prom.oted to Corporal July i,

1863 ; promoted to Sergeant Nov. 10, 1864 ; discharged
May 22, 1865, for disability. General Hospital, Hilton
Head, S. C. ; P. O., Dix Hills.

Long, Hewlett J. — Single; promoted to Captain May 12,

1864 and assigned to Co. K of 127th ; P. O., Huntington.
Sammis, G. Smith — Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ;

total, $210 ; promoted to First Lieut. May 19, 1864; P.

O., Brooklyn.
Daily, Jeremiah — Single ; P. O., Northport.
Derby, Thomas — Single ; left sick at Staten Island Sept. 10,

1862, and never heard from since.
Lewis, George W. — Married ; relief for family, $9 to $10.50

per month ; total, $351 ; promoted to Corporal Sept. 12,

1862; reduced Sept. 2, 1864; wounded Nov. 30, 1864, at

Honey Hill, in right leg severely ; P. O., Huntington.
RoBBiNs, Smith — Single ; wounded in action Sept. 6, 1864, at

Devaux Neck, in left leg severely ; P. O., Amityville.
Shore, Nicholas — Single ; P. O., Farmingdale.
DuFFEY, Thomas — Enlisted and mustered in Jan. 21, 1864.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 519

COMPANY F.

Haight, William — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 per
month ; total, $150 ; wounded in leg and hip at Honey-
Hill ; P. O., Huntington.

Reeve, Egbert, O. — Enlisted Jan. 21, 1864 ; transferred to 54th
N. Y. June, 1864 ; P. O., Huntington.

CoNKLiN, Henry, C. — -Enlisted Jan. 21, 1864.

Fisher, Andrew — Enlisted Jan. 12, 1864; P. O., Huntington.

COMPANY I.

Mackey, John — Single ; deserted from Staten Island ; P. O.,

Cold Spring Harbor.
Dorman, William — Single ; discharged for physical disability,

General Hospital, April 15, 1S63 ; P. O., Huntington.
O'Bride, John — Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Sullivan, Patrick — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Davis, John — Married ; relief for family, $10.50 to $12 per

month ; total, $412.50 ; P. O., Babylon.
Shadbolt, George, H. — Married ; relief for family, $10.50 per

month; total, $346.50; P. O., Huntington.
Frost, Emery — Married ; relief for family, $9 per month ;

total, $315 ; died of typhoid fever. General Hospital, Point

Lookout, July 31, 1863.
VanCott, Henry — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Arnold, John E. — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Miller, Samuel A. — Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ;

total, $243 ; promoted First Sergeant May i, 1863 ; P. O.,

Babylon.
MuNCY, Jesse — Single ; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 25,

1S63 ; P. O., Babylon.
Price, George — Single ; promoted to Corporal Aug. 5, 1863 ;

P. O., Babylon.
Southard, William — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Suydam, Henry N. — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 to $9 ;

total, $297 ; P. O., Babylon.
TiLLOTSON, A. C. — Single ; promoted to Corporal Sept. 12,

1862 ; P. O., Babylon.

520 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

MoTT, George — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 per month ;

total, $262.50 ; P. O., Babylon.
Ketcham, Thomas P. — Married ; relief for family, $6 to $7.50

per month ; total, $150.50 ; died of typhoid fever Aug. 10,

1863, at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Smith, Medad — Married ; relief for family, $10.50 per month ;

total, $126 ; promoted Sergeant Sept. 30, 1862 ; reduced to

ranks July i, 1863 ; discharged for physical disability at

Fortress Monroe Aug. 5, 1863 ; P. O., Babylon.
Brown, John — Married; relief for family, $9 per month ; total,

$72 ; wounded and discharged at Washington, General

Hospital, April 9, 1863 ; P. O., Northport.
Albin, Jeremiah — Single ; died at Camp Bliss, Nov. 14, 1862, of

typhoid fever.
Davis, Edward — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
DooLiTTE, Henry — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Oakley, John, Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ;

total, $204 ; died in Regiment Hospital. Camp Bliss,

Upton Hill, of typhoid fever, Jan. 5, 1863.
MoTT, John A.— Single ; P. O., Northport.
Fox, Charles C. — Single ; P. O., Northport.
Conklin, Geo. A. — Single ; P. O., Northport.
Carroll, James — ^Married ; relief to family, $9 to $10.50 per

month ; to.tal, $341.50 ; P. O., Northport.
Brady, James or Thomas — Single ; deserted at Staten^ Island

Sept. I, 1862.
O'Bride or O'Brian, Owen. — Single ; P. O., Lloyd's Neck.
Furnam, Lewis — Single ; died of typhoid fever, Yorktown Hos-
pital, June 16, 1863 ; P. O., Babylon.
Dean, Michael — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 to $9 per

month ; total, $243 ; died at Coles Island Feb. 5, 1S64 of

lung fever.
BiSBiNG Charles- — Single ; deserted at Staten Island Sept. 8,

1862.
Galvin, Michael — Married ; relief for family, $7.50 to $9 per

month ; to.tal, $291.50 ; P. O., Huntington.
Lynch, Mathias — Single ; died in General Hospital, Beaufort,

of chronic diarrhea, Oct. 7, 1863.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. $21

Wicks, Geo. S.— Married ; relief for family, $10.50 to $12 per

month ; total, $45° ; ?• O- Huntington.
MiDDLETON, Thomas— Married ; relief for family, $9 to $10.50

per month ; total. $265 ; P. O., Huntington.
Johnson, James— Married ; relief for family, $7-5o per month ;

total, $262.50; P. O., Huntington.
Murphy, Peter— Married ; relief for family, $10.50 to $12 per

month ; total, $385 ; P- O., Melville.
Seaman, Jacob— Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ;

total, $210 ; P.O. Babylon.
Jarvis John B.— Single ; P. O., Huntington.
Seaman, William— Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Wright, Joseph C— Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Smith, Joel B.— Single ; discharged for physical disability,
General Hospital, Washington, April 13, 1863 ; P. O.
Babylon.
Pedrick, Platt— Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ;

total, $210 ; died at Hilton Head, of chronic diarrhea.
Brown, George G.— P. O., Babylon.
BosTWiCK, James— Single ; promoted to Corporal Sept. 12,

1862 ; P. O., Babylon.
Pitts, Charles E.— Single ; promoted to Corporal Nov. 12,

1S62 ; P. O., Babylon.
Box, George— Single ; P. O., Babylon.

Leek, James H.— Married ; relief to family, $12 per month;
total, $132 ; discharged for physical disability at Washing-
ton, July 9, 1863 ; P. O., Babylon.
Wood, Ira A.— Married ; relief for family, $2 to $6 per month ;
total, $32 ; cut off fingers of hand and discharged ; P. O.,
Huntington.
Pope, Henry— Single ; discharged for physical disability,

General Hospital, Washington, Nov. 27, 1862.
Derby, Thomas— Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Doty, Isaac— Married ; relief for family, $6 per month ; total,

$48 ; P.O., Babylon.
Ketcham, Augustus C— Single ; P. O., Amityville.
Southard, Nelson H.— Single ; P. O., Babylon.

522 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

MoTT, John A. — Single ; P. O., Northport.

Brown, William— Single ; promoted First Sergeant Sept. 30,

1862 ; reduced to ranks Feb. i, 1863 ; P. O., Babylon.
Brush, Owen O. — Single ; P. O., Babylon.

DooLiTTLE, Harvey — Single ; promoted First Sergeant Sept.

12, 1862 ; reduced to ranks May i, 1863 ; P. O., Babylon.
Davis, Edward — Single ; died of typhoid fever, at Upton Hill,

Nov. 9, 1862.
Jayne, George E. — Single ; promoted to Sergeant Feb. i, 1863 ;

P. O., Babylon.
Smith, William H. — Single ; promoted to Corporal Feb. i,

1863 ; discharged for physical disability at General Hos-
pital, N. Y., July 15, 1864; P. O., Babylon.

Smalling, Joshua — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Sammis, John A. — Single ; P. O., Babylon.
Sammis, George H. — Single ; P. O., Babylon.

94TH REGIMENT.
Jarvis, Ira.

15TH REGIMENT.
RoBBiNS, Jeremiah — Enlisted Sept. 23, 1862.

158TH REGIMENT.
Brower, Harvey — P. O., Babylon.

48TH REGIMENT.
CoNANT, William L. — Transferred to the 127th; Second Lieut. -

P. O., Huntington.
Sammis, Gilbert — P. O., Huntington ; Company I.

5TH ARTILLERY.
Downing, John — P. O., Huntington.
Glines, William H. — Company'C. ; married ; relief for family,

$7.50 per month ; total, $262.50 ; P. O., New York.
Jones, Lorenzo.
Smith, Jacob W. — Shot in battle.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 525

3D SENATORIAL.
Bryant, Isaac — Dead.

5TH REGIMENT, CORCORAN LEGION.

ENLISTED AND MUSTERED IN 1862.

Sept. 25 — Kennedy, Mich.el ; Sadler, Richard ; Schuchidt^
Jacob ; Reily, James.

Sept. 26 — Iago, John ; Hanlon, James ; Martin, Bernard ;
Jones, Thomas C. ; Leonard, John ; Gavin, John ; Rus-
SEL, George ; Hanlon, John.

Sept. 27 — -Ahren, John ; Clements, Charles ; Slatterly,
Dennis ; Wright, Percie.

Sept. 29 — Prescott, William H. ; Sullivan, Patrick ; Coyne,
Cornelius ; O'Halloran, John ; Kenny, John J. ; Wil-
son, Thomas.

Sept. 30 — CooNEY, Patrick ; Thornton, George ; Staunton^
James ; Belgian, David.

Oct. 2 — Lawrence, Thomas ; Grace, Thomas J. ; Byrnes^
James I. ; HamIlton, James ; Hardy, Thomas ; Murray,
John ; Welch, Edward ; O'Brien, Daniel ; Cohen,
Thomas ; McIntyre, Patrick ; Tracy, Patrick ; Gal-
lagher, Thomas ; Gilmore, Otis H. ; Conner, James ;
O'Brien, Terrence ; Cabam, Carll ; Flanegan, John ;
Campbell, Andrew ; Vira, Antonio ; O'Dwyer, James ;,
Lee, Daniel ; Quinn, James ; Stewart, William.

Oct. 3 — Albertson, John ; Manning, Thomas ; Jordon, Rad-
CLiFFE ; Taylor, William ; Langdon, William ; Van
Lane, Henry ; Brennen, William ; Boyle, Patrick ;,
Moran, James A.

Oct. 6 — Cauley, Peter

Oct. 7 — Keefe, John.

Oct. II — Creamer, Augustus.

Oct. 13 — Rhodes, Walter ; Grey, Patrick ; O'Neil, Timothy..

Oct. 14 — SiLLMAN, Francis ; Nolicken, Frederick ; English,.
Thomas Pierce.

Oct. 15 — McMahon, Bernard.

524 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Oct. i6 — Shannen, Timothy ; Hillier, Henry ; Sullivan,

MiCH/EL ; CusACK, Patrick.
Oct. 17 — Sullivan, John.
Oct. 22 — Hill, Edward.

I02D REGIMENT.
re-enlisted, 1864.
Feb. 4 — McGuirime, James ; Berine, Michael.

COMPANY I.

Feb. 5 — DiKEMAN, Tunis ; Cowan, John ; Downs, Robert
Briggs, William H. H. ; Chapin, Enos ; Davis, Barnabus
Hyland, Thomas ; Hopkins, John ; Hall, John W.
Knapp, Albert ; Mulvehill, Michel ; Skidmore, William.

COMPANY H.

Feb. 5 — Merenus, Seth B. ; Mahollan, Rhodney ; England,
William ; Wilson, John ; Ray, Rudolph ; Muir, Wil-
liam ; Carrity, James ; Gillen, William ; French,
Charlie H. ; Casey, Thomas ; Fleet, Chas. E. ; Conklin,
Louis O. ; Welton, Lyman B.

Feb. 9 — Bartlett, Morris; Blanckett, William C. ; Raynor,
Labon ; VanHoughton, Isaac ; Graham, Veurrimore

A. ; Kaats, George S. ; VanLew, Wm. A. ; Kaler, Wil-
liam O. ; Farrington, Arthur F. ; Blauvelt, John C. ;
Jackson, John ; Darling, Anthony ; Colegrove, George

B. ; Keer, James ; Nevius, Winfield S.

COMPANY C.

Feb. 9 — Stillwell, Cornelius.

Feb. 9 — Nevius, Winfield S. ; Beardslee, Edward ; Creuger,
Christian ; Thompson, Cirenus ; Powell, John H. ;
Shannon, David.

Feb. 19 — Evans, Evans ; Lincoln, Abraham ; Mariarity,
Lawrence ; Ready, James ; Gardiner, Almon D. ; Gar-
diner, Nathaniel B. ; White, Patrick ; Hughes Pat-
rick ; Clear, James J. ; McIntosh, John J.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 5^5

Feb 33-LiNDSAV, JOHN J.; McDougall, David ; Mahon,
Freeman S. ; Keefie, Thomas ; James, Stephen D., Still-
well, George ; Allen, William; Crane, James ; Cruser.
William ; Keyler, Jeremiah ; Peppard William H^;
Pentegrass, John ; Roarke, Patrick ; Miller, Charles
E. ; RoBBiNS, Charles ; Stillwell, Silas ; Hannegan,
William ; Wheeler, Alonzo.

Titus, JoNAS-Single ; P. O., Centreport ; enlisted 1862.

Wheeler, JAMES-Eulisted and mustered in Aug. 23, 1862 , P.
O., Cold Spring.

5TH VETERAN RESERVE CORPS.

RE-ENLISTED, Sept. 1 5, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Brumer, Layf^tte ; Bunce, Richard W. ; Hazen, Joseph ;
MuLLER, Frank ; Todd, David ; Thompson, John.

COMPANY G.

Kelley, Stephen ; Lous, Thomas E. ; Morrison James ;

Newcome, Cyrus M. ; Hinny, George ; Henrich, Warhen;

Smith, Lane.

COMPANY K.
MooNEY, John ; Pickerell, Charles.

HARRIS LIGHT CAVALRY.

ENLISTED, Sept. II, 1862.
Bedell, Samuel— P. O., Babylon.
Jones, Ebenezer.

Kennedy, James— Second Regiment.
SoPER, Oliver B.-Second Regiment ; P. O., Huntington.

HOSPITAL.

Culver, Josiah D. ; M. D.-P. O., Farmingdale.

RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT.
Ketcham, Smith— Enlisted Aug. 1861. _

SoPER, G;orge C.-P. O., Huntington ; Third Regiment.

526 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

3D EMPIRE BRIGADE.

Lange, Edward — Enlisted Aug. 19, 1862 ; Company C.
Smith, William — Enlisted and mustered in Aug. 22, 1862 ;

Company C.
ScHiMTZ, Herbert — Enlisted and mustered in Sept. 16, 1862 ;

Company C.
Kath.man, Henry F. — Enlisted and mustered in Aug 25, 1862;

Company C.
Blattener, Rudolph — Enlisted and mustered in Aug. 19, 1862;

Company C.

4TH METROPOLITAN.

Leek, John M. — Enlisted Sept. 5, 1S62 ; mustered in Sept. 8,

1862 ; P. O., Babylon.
ToTTEN, Edgar.

5TH REGIMENT.

Bryant, Charles O. — Enlisted and mustered in Aug. 21, 1862 ;
P. O., Northport.

5TH DURYEA'S ZOUAVES.

Platt, William — P. O., Huntington.

SIGEL'S CORPS.

Rudolph, Jacob.

163D REGIMENT.
TiGHE, Richard F. ; Chapple, Moses E. — Aug. 22, 1862 ; P.O.,
Centreport.

SPINOLA BRIGADE.

Wicks, Sydney.

14TH REGIMENT.
Williams, William.

2D SENATORIAL.
Wicks, Moses B. — P. O., Babylon.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 527

The following v/ere enlisted at various otfices, for whom we

have certificates to our credit from Provost Marshal of our

district, and by order of Gen. Hays, and cannot tell what

Regiments and Companies they were assigned to, which is the

case of all who are not designated before. (C denotes colored.)

Jan. 5, 1864.

William, Henry Decatur ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Brewster, Thomas C. ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Jackson, Aaron ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Brewster, Governor ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Gardiner, James E. ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Smith, Moses ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Jackson, Jeffrey ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Jackson, Richard ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Jackson, Henry D. ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Wood, William Henry ; P. O. Huntington ; C.

Carll, Charles Henry ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Jan. 19 — Tredwell, Frank ; P. O., Huntington ; C.

Feb. 9 — Meehan, Patrick ; Scoefield, John ; P. O., Hun-
tington.

Feb. 10 — Doyle, John.

Feb. II — Wicks, James ; died in service.

May 2 — Bennett, George R. ; Black, John ; Conway,
Francis.

May 12 — Jones, John ; P. O., Huntington.

May 13 — Pankratz, Herbert.

May 14 — Sneider, Daniel ; Smith, Jacob H. ; Keyler, Chas. ;
Finch, David.

ENLISTED IN 1864.
McDermott, John, June 30 ; O'Sullivan, Timothy, June 24 ;
Sculley, John, June 23 ; Nolan, James, June 27 ; Hoesch,
Mathias, June 16 ; Keppler, John, June 23 ; O'Mera,
Patrick, June 18 ; Harkensthweng, Hendrick, June 20 ;
Peat, Thomas, June 18 ; Campbell, Ranson, June 21 ;
Wallace, William, (2d Reserve Corps) June 23 ; Thomp-
son, David, (loth Reserve Corps) June 23 ; Kyser, John,
June 17 ; Gundlier, Henry, June 27 ; Brandt, Jerry,

528 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

July 6 ; Treimeyer, Egidus, July 2 ; Manly, Thomas,
July 6 ; Laskey, George L., July 5 ; Cordier, Ernest,
July 20 ; RoYCE, George W., July 20 ; Francisco, Francis,
July 22 ; Haggerty, James, July 22 ; Behrens, Otto, July
27 ; Negrier, Prosper, July 28 ; Hammell, Joseph, July
27 ; Dougherty, John, July 26 ; Dorfle, William, July
30 ; Tolland, John W., July 27 ; Haskins, Job C., July
29 ; Thorn, August, July 30 ; Evans, Conrad, July 28 ;
Smith, Michael, July 30 ; Stobel, John, July 29 ; Byron,
G. H., July 29 ; Bfrgmoser, Alex., July 28 ; Gaynor,
Thomas, July 28 ; Neal, Charles, M., July 29 ; Morri-
son, Leonard, July 25 ; Allen, Geo. W., July 29 ; Ham-
merly, Matthias, July ; Hundt, Charles ; Keifer, Adam;
Michael Charles ; Reahl, Andrus ; Gubbins, William;
Taylor, Joseph, July 27 ; Herman, Francis, July 27 ;
Shaffer, Charles, July 28; Sullivan, Thomas, July 28 ;
Chauncy, Chappin, July 28 ; Francis, Francis, July 22 ;
Fogerty, Geo. Thomas, July 25 ; Hutchuyson, Howe,
N., July 25.

RE-ENLISTED, July 25, 1864.
Garger, Michael C. ; Harper, Nicholas ; Shedd, John
Wood, Thomas ; Bower, Frederick ; Regan, John
Shedd, Franklin A. ; Ducey, Henry ; Mahon, Joseph
Cain, John ; Novis, James N. ; Williamson, James
Atkins, Henry A. ; Gutzner, Armand ; Kollve, Holger,
O. ; RoHLER, John ; Gillispie, George ; Sinnot, Nicho-
las ; Kleinr, Augustus ; Glyn, Matthias ; Meyer, Jacob;
Smith, James ; McGuire, Michael ; Maloney, Michael.

1864. SUBSTITUTES.

Crowley, Martin, July 27, for James B. Conklin.
Hansell, Isaac W., July 26, for Joseph E. Bunce.
Whitson, Robert R., July 27, for Henry F. Conklin.
Jones, Thomas, Aug. 16, for Lewis Mulligan.
Larabee, Charles, Aug. 15, for Lewis M. Thurston.
Gruehlin, Aug. 10, for Wm. Edward Jones.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS 529

BuRWiG, Julius, Aug. 13, for Henry Fleet Sammis.
Harrison, Patrick, July 15, for J. A. Woodhull.
DoHERTV, James, July 26, for DeWitt C. Barrett.
Taylor, Chas. D., July 26, for Geo. C. Gould.
Cluff, Andrew, July 12, for Joseph G. Conklin.
Kayser, Charles, Aug. 16, for Temple Prime.
Patrick, Lawrence, July 18, for Isaac C. Rogers.
Fagan, Richard, July 18, for Duncan McKay
Noonan, James, July 18, for Emilous Jarvis.
Collins, John, July 18, for Chas. H. Fleet.
Brown, James T., July 18, for Geo. A. Sammis.
Allen, James, July 29, for O. Smith Sammis.
Farrell, James, Aug., for Samuel J. Brush.
Hoadling, Charles, Aug., for Franklin Smith,
Robertson, John, Aug., for James B. Cooper
Bogue, Thomas, Aug., for Elbert Bobbins.
Dinnerly, John, Aug., for Benjamin P. Bobbins.
Bowden, John, July, for Townsend Jones.

[NoTK.— The I02d Regiment, N. Y. Vols., made a splendid record in the
War of the Rebellion. Captain Walter R. Hewlett, of this Town, recruited
Company C of this regiment at Cold Spring and its vicinity, in September,
1861— Walter R. Hewlett, Captain; Charles E. Jayne, First Lieutenant;
George T. Walters, Second Lieutenant. This Company was mustered into
service at New York, Nov. 27, 1861, and joined the Twelfth Corps of the
Second Brigade, commanded by Col. Thomas Van Buren. This regiment
was at the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and was from thence
transferred to Chattanooga, in Gen. Slocum's Corps of Gen. Sherman's
army, and was with Sherman until the close of the war. The monument
erected on the battlefield of Gettysburg, and dedicated July 2, 1888, to the
memory of the soldiers of this regiment who fell at that battle, has en-
graved upon it the story of their heroic deeds, in these words :

" I02D REo'r N. Y. VOLS.

This monument was dedicated on the 2d of July, 1888, on Gulps Hill at Gettysburg-, on the
line the Regiment fought, it being the 25th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg They
were in the following enga ements: Harper's Ferry, Cedar Mountain, Chantilly" South
Mountain, Antietam, Winchester, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Lookout Mount-
ain, Mission Ridge, Pea Vine Creek, Ringgold, Mill Creek Gap, (Dalton), Resaca Cassville
New Hope Church, Dallas, Pine Mountain, Gulps Farm, Peachtree Greek, Atlanta, Savan-
nah, Bentonsville and Goldsboro, where Johnston surrendered to Sherman. Thence they
marched to Richmond and Washington, and participated in the grand review."

A large number of the survivors of this regiment attended the dedication
of this monument. I have a photograph, taken on the ground, showing
their faces, grouped about the monument on thdt occasion. Among the
number may be recognized Captain Walter Hewlett and George Stilwell,
now living here, and doubtless others known to Huntington people.—
C R. S,]

530 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Lewis, John, Dec. 30, for Chas. S. Woodhull.

1865.

McCuLLY, Francis, Feb. 9, for Wm. W. Sammis.

Bergerstine, George, Feb. 10, for Leonard C. Pettit.

O'Learny, Patrick, Feb. 18, for E. T. Hewlett.

Smith, William, Feb. 9, for Piatt Titus.

Foley, Michel, Feb. 15, for Ezra Seaman.

Kelly, Jamfs, Feb. 15, for Walter Parsons.

Grape, George, Feb. 8, for George Carll.

Braume, George, Feb. 8, for Chas; H. Richmond.

Clark, Thomas, Feb. 9, for John R. Reid.

ENLISTED IN 1864.

Sept. — Davidson, William; Pain, Charles; Joyce, John; Kean,
Henry; McSweeny, James; Lockwood, Chas. E. ; Kelley,
Patrick ; Cullane, Louis ; Thompson, Wm. R. ; IMyers,
Henry ; Wood, Thomas ; Sloan, Samuel ; Lemons,
Robert ; McCormick, John ; Miller, Frank ; DeLaney,
John.

Aug. — Rehm, Charles ; Kirsch, Fred. ; Leonard, Jos. ;
McNamara, John ; Levy, Bernard.

July — MuNSCH, Geo. A. ; Ryan, Mich.^l ; McHugh, John.
July 26, re-enlisted: Fogerty, George T.

March 3 — Johnson, Joseph ; Murray, Wm. Henry ; LaMeyer,
Charles ; Carpenter, Wm. H. ; Simonton, Robert S

Feb. — Albin, John W. ; DeGrow, Moses D. ; McDonelad, P.

ENLISTED IN 1865.
Williams, John, Feb. 8 ; Appleberg, Alex., Feb. 8 ; Leary
John, Feb. 14 ; Lynch, Thomas, Feb. 17 ; Vanderhoff,
Clement, Feb. 18 ; Hill, Anthony, Feb. 14 ; McCarthy
Thomas, Feb. 14; Wilson, John, Feb. 18 ; Carney, John
Feb. 13; Clark, William, Feb. 18; Emmens, George
Feb. II ; Pearson, James, Feb. 11 ; Sears, Albert, Feb
15 ; Patterson, William, Feb. 13.

ENLISTMENT OF SAILORS, 1864.
McCamley, Bernard, Sept. 6, for i year on ship Vermont.
McGumley, Roger, Sept. 6, for i year on ship Vermont.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 53 1

McDoNOUGH, Michael, Sept. 10, for i year on ship Vermont.
HuBBS, Alonzo, Sept. xo, for i year on ship Vermont.
Kaiser, Joseph, Sept. 6, for i year on ship Vermont.
Penny, Jonathan R., Sept. 10, for i year on ship Vermont.
Matthews, Joseph, Sept. 14, for 3 years on ship Vermont.
Brajjn, Charles, Sept. 14, for- 2 years on ship Vermont.
Shorter, Charles, Sept. 14, for 2 years on ship Vermont.
Johnson, Moses, Sept. 14, for 2 years on ship Vermont.
Plum, Jacob, Sept. 13, for 2 years on ship Vermont.
O'Neill, Thomas, Sept. 13, for i year on ship Vermont.
Holmes, Thomas, Sept. 6, for i year on ship Vermont.
GoGGiN, James, Sept. 6, for i year on ship Vermont.
Walcott, James, Aug. 24, for i year on ship Vermont.
Raynor, George, Aug. 24, for i year on ship Vermont.
Clingheart, Charles, substitute for Geo. H. Skidmore, July

28, for 3 years on ship Vermont.
O'Brien, Michael, May 3, for r year on ship North Carolina.
McGuiRE, James, May 2, for i year on ship North Carolina.
McArden, Charles, May 3, for i year on ship North Carolina.
North, Francis, May 2, for i year on ship North Carolina.
Vincent, Stephen, May 2, for i year on ship North Carolina.
Leonard, John, May 12, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.
Johnson, Epenetus, May 11, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.
Rush, Michael H., May 11, for 3 years on ship North Carolina.
Jones, Charles, May 12, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.
McBride, William, April 27, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.
Heartranleff, William, April 27, for 2 years on ship North

Carolina.
Smith, John, May 3, for i year on ship North Carolina.
Lanigan, Thomas, May 2, for i year on ship North Carolina.
KiNSLER, Joseph, May 3, for 3 years on ship North Carolina.
Kennesy, Dennis, May 2, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.
McSwiGGiN, Patrick, May 3, for 3 years on ship North Carolina.
Kearney, Daniel, May 2, for 3 years on ship North Carolina.
Lake, William, May 3, for i year on ship North Carolina.
Thompson, George, W., April 27, for i year on ship North

Carolina.

532 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

HoLLMAN, Harry, April 26, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.

Pyne, William, April 26, for i year on ship North Carolina.

Downs, John, April 2S, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.

King, Walter, April 27, for i year on ship North Carolina.

Clifford, Henry, April 28, for 3 years on ship North Carolina.

Overton, William. April 30, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.

Dangerfield, Henry, April 30, for 3 years on ship North
Carolina.

Anderson, Henry, April 28, for i year on ship North Carolina.

Gilchrist, John A., April 28, for 2 years on ship NorthCarolina.

Strong, Charles E., April 27, for i year on ship North Carolina.

Keefe, John O., April 28, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.

Clark, Henry, April 27, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.

Reily, John, May 2, for i year on ship North Carolina.

McKenzie, James, April 26, for i year on ship North Carolina.

Foster, Joseph, May 2, for 3 years on ship North Carolina.

Rann, John, April 27, for 2 years on ship North Carolina.

Bugbee, C. Merritt, April 29, for i year on ship North Caro-
lina.

Murphy. James, April 26, for i year on ship North Carolina.

Smith, William, April 27, for i year on ship NorthCarolina.

[Note. — It will be noticed, by reference to the military roll of Hunting-
ton, which is printed entire, that Huntington was well represented in the
U. S. Navy during the war. It also should be remembered that this branch
of the service had in it a distinguished citizen of Huntington, Admiral
Hiram Paulding. — C. R. S.j

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 533

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1865, April 4.]

At an annual Town Meeting of the Town of Huntington,
held at the house of Elias Smith on Tuesday, the fourth
day of April, the following resolutions were passed and
Town officers elected.

Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. President of Trustees,
Brewster Conklin. Trustees, Morris R. Brush, Richard
Sammis, Gilbert Carll, Elias Baylis, Thomas Ireland,
Elbert Carll. Town Clerk, Stephen C. Rogers. Collector,
Elkanah Soper. Assessor, Henry S. Sammis. Commis-
sioner of Highways, Stymest Smith. Justice of the Peace,
Wm. H. Monfort. Overseers of the Poor, Henry M.
Purdy, Hiram V. Baylis. Constables, Alexander Sammis,
Henry Tilden, Elkanah Soper, Sanford Brown. Pound
Masters, Charles E. Ketcham, Henr}^ Tilden.

Resolved, That the sum of five thousand dollars be
raised by tax this year for the support of the poor and one
thousand dollars for contingent expenses.

Resolved, That all persons be prohibited from putting
down stakes and buoys in any of the waters of the Town
of Huntington, to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in
any way obstruct fishing with nets, without the permission
of the Trustees of said town under the penalty of twelve
dollars and fifty cents : also raise those already put down.
One half to go to the complainant, the other half to the
Overseers of the Poor for the use and benefit of the poor
of said Town.

Resolved, That the Supervisor be directed and he is here-
by authorized to raise by tax the present fiscal year, a sum
sufificient to reimburse all those persons who were drafted
and held for service, under the call of the President of the
United States in the year 1863 for 100,000 men, and who

534 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

paid three hundred dollars for commutation money, and
also all those who were drafted and held to service and
who had received no relief tickets, the difference between
the relief tickets and the amounts actually paid, such sum
as will be sufficient for that purpose, not exceeding the
sum of $18500 in the whole. "-^

Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers,

Town Clerk.
[Town Meetmgs, Vol. Ill, pp. 158-61.)

[PAYMENTS BY PRESIDENT OF BOARD

OF TRUSTEES TO TREASURER OF

FINANCE COMMITTEE.]

[1865, July-.]

Cash and notes paid George A. Scudder, Treasurer of

[* Great events occurred about this time. Gen. Thomas had
defeated the Confederates under Gen. Hood in a series of de-
cisive engagements at the Southwest. Gen. Sherman pursued
his triumphant march through Georgia, swinging around
northward, arriving at Columbia Feb. 17. The Confederates,
under Gen. Lee, were beaten in a series of engagements in
Virginia, by the Army of the Potomac, under Gen. Grant, and
Richmond was taken April 3. Gen. Lee and his whole army
surrendered to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court House April
8, practically ending the war. President Lincoln was assassin-
ated by J. Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, April
16. The successful close of the war was celebrated in Hun-
tington by a great mass meeting of citizens and returned sol-
diers on the tenth day of August, 1865, Hon. Henry J. Scudder
being the orator of the occasion. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

535

the Union Finance Committee, by Brewster Conklin,
President of Board of Trustees.

1862.

Aug. 23, Cash and drafts

Aug. 23, Note

Aug. 27, Cdsh

Aug. 28, Cash

Aug. 29, Cash

Aug. 30, Cash

Sept. I, Cash

Sept. 4, Three notes

Sept. 4, Cash

Sept. 6, Note

Sept. II, Cash and note

Sept. 16, Notes

Sept. 24, Notes

Sept. 24, Cash

Sept. 26, Notes

Sept. 26, Cash

Sept. 29, Cash

Oct. 2, Note

Oct. 7 Cash

Oct. 18, Cash

Nov. 8, Cash

8, Cash

Jan. _,

Jan. 25, Cash

March 9, Cash

April 16, Cash

April 24, Cash

July 22, Cash
Aug

20, Cash
{File No. 399.;

18,825.00

2,500.00

2,175.00

1,650.00

750.00

200.00

70.00

500.00

300.00

200 00

400.00

155 00

540.00

700.00

100.00

125.00

330.00

4,000.00

100.00

500.00

1,500.00

1,036.00

125-63

520.75
1,200.00
714.00
683.62
400.00
100.00

Sept. 26,
Oct. 15,
Nov. 9,
Nov. 18,

1864.
Jan. 14,
P'cb. 10,
March 15,
April 14,
May 10,
June 3,
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

1865
Jan.
Feb.
March 15
April 10
May 8
June 16,

July 3

Aug. I

14.

Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash

Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Ca>h
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash

Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash
Cash

Voluntary contribu-
tions

$450.00
400.00
415,00
45000

400.00
562.35
442.93
5 00. CO
404.26
410.00

464-37
425.00

46493

400.00

425.00
436.00

453-57
405.00
500.00
392.00
415-50
200.00
200.00
380.84

1702.00

$42,198.75

[DISBURSEMENTS FOR BOUNTIES AND
RELIEF.]

[1865, July.]

Disbursements by Geo. A. Scudder, as Treasurer of the Union Finance Com-
mittee, of moneys received from Brewster Conklin, President of Trustees, Town
of Huntington.

1862.
Aug. 23, To cash paid Isaac Willetts, to be applied to j'ayment of

bounty to volunteers $ 3,200.00

53^ HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Aug. 23, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy, liounty to volunteers 1,500.00

Aug. 27, To caih paid Henry M. Purdy, bounty to volunteers 100.00

Aug. 27, To cash paid Isaac Willets, bounty to volunteers 1,200.00

Sept. 4, To cash paid Isaac Willets, bounty to volunteers 400.00

Sept. 4, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy, bounty to volunteers 500.00

Sept. 24, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy, bounty to volunteers 200.00

Sept 24, To cash paid 112 volunteers each $100 Town bounty 11,200.00
To cash paid 39 families, North Side, Town allowance for

■ September 295.50

Oct. 2, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy from allowance for Sept. 100.00
Oc«t. 9. To cash paid J. Amherst WoodhuU from allowance for Sept.

for I volunteer procured from Centreport 100.00
To cash paid 59 volunteers procured from New York at an

average cost of I76.69 i 2 each 4,525.00
Oct. 20. To cash paid 16 volunteers procured from New York at

$100 each 1,600.00
To cash paid 42 families of volunteers. North Side, from

allowance for October 316.50

Nov- 14, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 171.00

Nov. 15, To cash paid Isaac Willets 200.00
To cash paid 41 families of volunteers. North Side, allowance

for November 309.00
Dec. 15, To cash paid 41 families of volunteers. North Side, allow-
ance for December 307.50
1863.
Jan. 14, To draft delivered to Henry M. Purdy 93 00
Jan. 23, To ca;h paid 41 families of volunteers aUowance for Jan. 307.50
Feb. 7, To cash paid Isaac Willets 106.00
Feb. 23, To cash paid 40 families of volunteers allowance for Feb. 297.50
March 2, To cash paid Isaac Willets ii5-5o
March 17, To cash paid H. M. Purdy 46.50
March 23, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers allowance tor March 294.00
March 21, To cash paid Dan'l P. Sammis Town bounty due to 9

volunteers, each $100 900.00

April 20, To cash paid Isaac Willets 114.00

April 20, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 48.00

April 20, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers allowance for April 294.00

May 20, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers allovi'ance for May 294.00

May 20, To cash paid Isaac Willets allowance for May 100.00

May 20, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy allowance for May 48.00

June 20, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers allowance for June 294.00

June 20, To cash paid Isaac Willets 101.00

June 20, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 48.00

July 20, To cash paid 39 families of vol's Town allowance for July 295.50

July 20, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 42.00

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

537

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

1S64.
Jan.
Jan.

Feb.
Feb,
Feb.
Feb.

March
March
March
March
April
April
April
May-
May
May
June
June
June

July

July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

20, To cash paid Isaac Willets 100.50

18, To cash paid Isaac Willets 88.50

18, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 42.00

18, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Aug. 298.50

15, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 42 00

15, To cash paid Isaac Willets 88.50

15, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Sept. 297.00

15, To ca2h paid Isaac Willets 88.50

15, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 4500
To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Oct. 295.50
To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Nov. 297 00

18, To cash paid Isaac Willets 67.50

18, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43-50

To cash paid Isaac Willets (see receipt for Nov. 27) 78.00

18, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43-50

18, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Dec. 300.00

To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid lor Jan. 300.00

18, To cash paid Isaac Willets 81.00

To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43-50

12, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43- 5°

12, To cash paid Isaac Willets 81.00

12, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Feb. 303.00

12, To cash paid W. W. Wood for Mrs. Martha A. Shadbolt,

(wife of Geo. H. Shadbolt) Town aid from Nov. 1862 to

date, 15 months at $10.50 i57-5o

12, To cash paid Isaac Willets 81.00

12, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43-50

12, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for March 303.00

12, To cash paid family of G. H. Shadbolt aid for March 10.50
18, To cash paid Isaac Willets 78.00
18, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43-50
18, To cash paid 40 families of volunteers Town aid for April 318. Oq

To cash paid 40 families of volunteers Town aid for May 318.00

To cash paid Isaac Willets 78.00

To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43 50

To cash paid Isaac Willets 78.00

To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43-5"-*

To cash paid 40 families of volunteers Town aid for June 322.50

13, To cash paid 39 lamilies of volunteers Town aid for July 315.00
13, To cash paid Isaac Willets (per M. Willets) 78.00
13, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy (per M. Willets) 43-50
i6, To cash paid Henry M. Purdy 43-50

16, To cash paid Isaac Willets 78.00
16, To cash paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Aug. 3'3-50

538

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Sept.

S.pt.

Sept.

Oct.

O.t.

Nov.

Dec.

1865.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
March
March

April

May

June

July

To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash

To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
I'o cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash
To cash

paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid tor Sept.

paid Isaac Willets

paid Henry M. Purdy

paid Isaac Willets

paid 39 fanfiilies of volunteers Town aid for Oct.

paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Nov

paid Isaac Willets

pai 1 H. M. Purdy

paid H. M. Purdy

paid Isaac Willets

paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Dec.

paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Jan.

paiJ Isaac Willets

paid Henry M. Purdy

paid Isaac Willets

paid 39 families of volunteers Town aid for Feb.

paid 38 families of volumeers Town aid for March

paid Isaac Willets

paid H. M. Purdy

paid Rogers, Sammis & Co., for 25 families

paid Isaac Willets for 10 families

paid Henry M. Purdy for 6 families

paid S. S. Brown for 6 families

paid L. Rowland for 4 families

paid Mrs. S. A. Conklin, Brooklyn, for I family

paid Mrs. Margaretta Jones, Norwalk, for i family

paid Rogers, Sammis & Scudder for 25 families

paid Isaac Willets lor 10 families

paid H. M. Purdy for 6 families

paid S. S. Brown for 6 families

paid L. Rowland for 4 families

paid Mrs. S. A. Conklin, Brooklyn, for I family

paid Mrs. Margaretta Jones, Norwalk, for I family

paid Rogers, Sammis & Scudder

paid Isaac Willets

paid Henry M. Purdy

paid S. S. Brown

paid L. Rowland

paid Mas. S. A. Conklin, Brooklyn

paid Mrs. Margaretta Jones, Norwalk

paid Rogers, Sammis & Scudder

paid Henry M. Purdy

5"
00

43-

5°

313

312

304

oo-

cx>

205

200

5»

33-

198

HUNTINCxTON TOWN RECORDS. 539

72.00
July To cash paid Isaac Willets

July To cash paid S. S. Brown , ^

Tuly To cash paid L. Rowland for Mrs. Velsor V-

July To cash paid L. Rowland for Mrs. Alexandre 7-b^

Tulv To cash paid Michael Galvin "

July To cash paid Wm. Smith for Mrs. Elbert Crawford 7-50

July To cash paid Mrs. Susan A. Conklin 7-^

July To cash paid Mrs. Margaretta Jones

$i702voluntary contributions disbursed as follows:

Of this amount, Isaac Willets disbursed ^^oo 00

Henry M. Purdy, to 24 volunteers

Geo. A. Scuddcr, to 99 volunteers

Paid to agents for procuring volunteers

Board and traveling expenses of i volunteer

Paid for dinners for volunteers '^■"^

Placed to the credit of the account of Brewster Conklm,
President, and applied toward the payment of Town
aid to families, &c. ±'j^

240 00

990. 00

150.00

4.00

2,198.75.

[File No. 400.

[SUMMARY STATEMENT BY FINANCE
COMMITTEE.]

[1865, July — .]
The Committee appointed at a Special Town Meeting,,
held at the house of Elias Smith, on the i6th day of August.
186^ to receive and disburse the money voted at said meet-
ino- to persons volunteering to fill up the quota of the Town
unlier the call of the President for volunteers; also to aid
the families of such volunteers, received and paid out the

following sums of money :

For 263 volunteers, bounty and expense of
recruiting, averaging $101.69 each total $26,744-25

The number of families to which Town aid
was paid was 63. The time was from August
23, 1862, to July 23, 1865-35 months Average
amount paid per month was $441.56, or for the
whole time ^,4b4^

Total payments $42,i98-7S

540 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

To meet the abov^e expense, voluntary contri-
butions were made by the people of the Town
of Hinitington, amounting to $1,702.00

Money paid to Committee by Brewster Conk-
lin, President of the Board of Trustees 40,496.75

Total receipts $42,198.75

The whole amount of money received by the Commit-
tee was paid over, and not one cent was retained by said
Committee for services or for expenses in this matter.*
{File No. 401.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1865, Aug. I.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the house of Abram W. Hudson,
August I, 1865,

Resolved, That the President,, Brewster Conklin, be
authorized to pay over the money to the Finance Com-
mittee of the Town of Huntington, for the families of the
volunteers of the Town of Pluntington from the 23d day
of June, 1865, to the 23d day of July, 1865, and that no
more money be paid hereafter for that purpose.

Recorded by Elbert Carll, Clerk.
{Ti'ustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 240.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS].

[1865, Oct. 27.J

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of

[* This and the two preceding papers comprises the report
and account rendered by the Union Finance Committee of the
Town, appointed by authority of a Special Town Meeting, in
August, 1882.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 54^

Huntington, held at the house of Smith & Seaman, in the
village of Huntington, October 27, 1865,

Resolved, That the Trustees purchase of Jarvis R.
Rolph his interest in the Old Purchase in the Town of
Huntington.

Resolved, That Brewster Conklin, Gilbert Carll, Rich^
ard Sammis, Elias Baylis, Morris R. Brush and Thomas
Ireland be a committee to confer with Jarvis R. Rolph in
relation to purchasing his interest in the Old Purchase
and to make the best arrangement they can for the interest

of the Town.*

Recorded by Elbert Carll, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 240-41.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1865, Oct. 28.]

At a meeting of the Committee from the Board of
Trustees of the Town of Huntington, held at the house of
J. R. Rolph, on the 28th day of October, 1865,

Resolved, That the Trustees purchase of Jarvis R.
Rolph all his interest in the Old Purchase, lying west of
the brook located between Northport arid Centreport har-
bors, for the sum of $400.

Resolved, That Gilbert Carll, from the Board of Trustees,
be authorized to act on the part of the Trustees and Wm.
P. Buffett was chosen by J. R. Rolph to act for him, to
ascertain how far Rolph's claims in the Old Purchase ex-
tends, and to report to the Trustees and Rolph what
amount the Town shall pay said J. R. Rolph for all of his
claims in the Old Purchase, provided they find Rolph has

a claim.

Recorded by Elbert Carll, Clerk.

(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 241.)

542

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[ACCOUNT OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES.]

Brewster Conklin,

President of Trustees,

In account with Town of Huntington.

1862.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Sept.

1S63.
April
Sept.
Sept.

1864.
April
April
April
June
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Oct,
Oct.
Oct.

1865.
April
April
April
June
July
Aug.

Dr.
To note held by F. G. Sammis against Trustees $ 1,000.00

To note held by Sidney K. Smith against Trustees 500.00

To note held by Smith Sammis against Trustees 400.00

To note held by Lewis Seaman against Trustees 700.00

To note held by Noah Seaman against Trustees 1,000.00

To note held by Geo. C. Gould against Trustees 500.00

To note held by Henry T. Seaman against Trustees 300.00

To note held by Mary Baylis against Trustees 650.00

To note held by Moses Rogers against Trustees 800.00

To note held by Ennis Harnard against Trustees 350.00

To note held by Henry Sammis against Trustees 100.00

To note held by Henry T. Seaman against Trustees 300.00

To note held by Alexandre Acherson against Trustees 500.00

To note held by Charles Whitson against Trustees 1,300.00

To note held by Wm. W. Wood against Trustees 200.00

To note held by Samuel Hall against Trustees 100.00

To note held by Elias Baylis against Trustees 400.00

To note held by Theo. Lefferts' estate against Trustees 420.00

To cash remaining on hand 885.20

To note held by Noah Seaman against Trustees 1,000.00

To note held by Elias Baylis against Trustees 500.00

To received from Collector from Nov. 9, 1864 to date 7,247.50

To note held by Elma Titus against Trustees 225.00

Tornote held by David W. Conklin against Trustees 1,200.00

To note held by Martha Whitson against Trustees 400.00

To note held by J. A. Woodhull against Trustees 400.00

To note held by Townsend Jones against Trustees 500.00

To volunteers' notes unpaid 650.00

^22,927.20

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS 543

1864. Cr.

Oct. 10, By cash to G. A. Scudder for families $ 400.00

Nov. II, By cash to G. A. Scudder for families 425.00

Nov. 15, By cash to Henry Williams for interest on note 60.00

Dec. 6, By cash to Jane Roch for interest on note g.oo

Dec. 12, By cash to G. A. Scudder 436.00

Dec. 16, By cash to Jane Roch on note 27.00

Dec. 26, By cash to Richard Jayne on note 25.00

1865.

Jan. 10, By cash to G. A. Scudder 453.57

Feb. I, By cash to Charles Fox for interest on note 14.00

Feb. 14, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 405.00

March 14, By cash to Jane Roch on note 78. 30

March 15, By cash to G. A. Scudder 500.00

March 28, By cash to Elias Baylis, interest 45-50

March 28, By cash to Mary J. Conklin for note and interest 1,043.00

April 3, By cash to Conklin Gould for note and interest 3,123.27

April lo, By cash to Henry Sam mis, interest 7.00

April 10, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 392.00

May 3, By cash to Mary J. Conklin 165.00

May 8, By cash to Alexandre Acherson, interest 35-oo

May 8, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 415.50

May 30, By cash to Charles Whitson, interest gi.oo

June i6, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 400.00

July I, By cash to Geo. C. Gould, interest 35-00

July 15, By cash to Jacob C. Smith, note and interest 90.22

July 20, By cash to Wm. W. Wood, interest 14.00

July 20, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 3S1.34

July 20, By cash to Noah Seaman and Son, interest 1S2.00

July 22, By cash to Lewis Seaman's estate, interest 49.00

July 22, By cash to Moses Rogers, interest 48. 00

July 26, By cash to Sidney K. Smith, interest 35-00

July 26, By cash to F. G. Sammis, interest, 70.00

Aug. I, By cash to G. A. Scudder 380.S4

Aug. 28, By cash to Samuel Hall, interest 14.00

Aug. 29, By cash to Executors Theodore Lefierts' estate, interest 29.40

Sept. 6, By cash to Wm. B. Eaton, interest 21.00

Dec. 15, To Peck's mortgage with interest 5,620.00

Balance 7,397-36

$22,927.20
[File No. 393.)

544 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1866, Jan. 27.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the house of A. W. Hudson in Deer
Park, on the 27th day of January, 1866,

Gilbert Carll, from the Board of Trustees, and Wm. P.
Buffett, on the part of J. R. Rolph, report after a careful
examination, that in their opinion said Rolph has a further
claim in the Crabmeadow Purchase and would recommend
to the Trustees that they pay J. R. Rolph the sum of
seven hundred and fifty dollars for all of Rolph's right,
title and interest in the said Old Purchase.

Resolved, That the Trustees pay to Jarvis R. Rolph for
all of his right, title and interest in the Old Purchase, that
he may claim or hold in the Town of Huntington, the
sum of $1,150.

Resolved, That the Trustees pay the cost of the law
suit, by the said Town, conducted in the name of Robert
Dickerson against the City Island 03-stermen or John H.
Lowndes. The judgment amounts to $452.04, with the
cost of collecting judgment to be added.

Resolved, That the Pi-esident, Brewster Conklin, pay
the amount awarded to J. R. Rolph for all his right in the
Old Purchase ; also the cost in the oyster suit against
Robert Dickerson ; from the sale of sand on Eaton's Neck
Beach.

Recorded by Elbert Carll, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 242-43.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[Abstract.]
[1866, April 3.]

At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 545

ton, held at the house of Elias Smith in said Town, on
Tuesday, the 3d day of April, 1866, the following resolu-
tions were passed and Town officers elected :

Supervisor, Martin Willetts. President of Trustees,
Brewster Conklin. Trustees, Elias Bay lis, Stephen K.
Gould, Jesse Conklin, Thomas Ireland, Gilbert Carll,
Richard Sammis. Justice of the Peace, Joshua Hartt.
Assessor, Noah Seaman. Overseei'S of Poor, Timoth}- S.
Carll, Hiram V. Baylis. Town Clerk, Stephen C. Rogers.
Collector, Gideon Seaman. Commissioner of Highways,
Henry G. Scudder. Constables, Henry Tilden, Samuel
Smith, Wm. Bunce, Alex. Sammis. Town Sealer, Isaac
VanAusdall. Pound Masters, Henry Tilden, Charles E.
Ketcham.

Resolved, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be
raised lor the support of the poor and eight hundred
dollars ior contingent expenses.

The following communication was I'ead and action taken
thereon :

To C. A. Floyd, Supervisor of Huntington :

We, the undersigned, having been this day appointed at
a numerous public meeting of the inhabitants of the Town
of Southold, a' committee to confer with the other Towns
in the County on the subject of a County Poor House,
would respectfully suggest that the Supervisor in each
Town submit the matter to the people in Annual Town
Meeting assembled. It is believed that the substitution of
a County House for the local Town Poor Houses would
lessen the expense of the support of the paupers and at
the same time render them more comfortable, especially
so in cases of lunacy.

If the sense of the people could be reached through a
vote at the approaching Town Meeting and a statement
of the result prepared and submitted to the Board of
Supervisors at their Annual xMeeting, they would be

54^ HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

enabled to act understandingly in the premises. The
several Supervisors would confer a favor by transmitting
the decisions of their Towns to F. H. Overton, Esq., Super-
visor of Southold.

Southold, March 26, 1866.

r F. H. Overton,
^ •.. B. H. Booth,
Committee j Henry Huntting,

[ J. WicKHAM Case,
Resolved, That a committee of one from each election
district be appointed to confer with the Supervisor and
that the Supervisor be requested to confer with the Board
of Supervisors at a future meeting, and that the Town
Auditors appoint said committee, and that two of the said
four committee be from each of the two political parties.
Pursuant to the last resolution, the Board of Auditors
appointed George H. White, Henry S. Sammis, Charles A.
Floyd and John Robbins.

Recorded by S. C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
{Toiun Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 1G3-6G.)

[SUMMARY OF WAR EXPENDITURES.]

[1866.]

Account of money used for the war, according to a res-
olution passed by the Town in 1862, for volunteers and
families :
Raised by sale of mortgages held by Trustees

and belonging to the Town, in 1862 and 1863, $11,154.48
Raised by tax in 1863 7,985.00

Raised by tax in 1864 9,867.00

Raised by tax in 1865, 7,247.00

Raised by tax in 1866 8,057.36

Outstanding notes given by Trustees 14,571.00

Total, $58,881.84

{File No. 416.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 54/

[DEED. TRUSTEES TO JARVIS R. ROLPIT.]

This Indenture, made the thirty-first day of August, in
the year one° thousand eight hundred and fifty, between
Gilbert Carll, President of the Trustees of the freeholders
and commonalty of the Town of Huntington, m Suffolk
County and State of New York, as party of the first part,
and Jarvis R. Rolph, of the same town, farmer, party of
the second part, witnesseth, that the said party of the first
part, by and with the consent of the other Trustees of the
aforesaid Town, for the time being, and at the request of
the "Committee of the proprietors of the Old Purchase,"
in the said Town of Iluntington, in consideration of one
dollar, in hand paid to the full satisfaction of the said Com-
mittee, by the said party of the second part, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, remised,
released and quit-claimed, and by these presents, doth
grant, remise, release and quit-claim, unto the said part}' of
the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, all the right,
title and interest of the proprietors of the aforesaid "pur-
chase," in the original grants to them made of lands or
other property in the said "Old Purchase," together with
all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurte-
nances thereunto belonging or m any wise appertaining,
and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remaind-
ers, rent, issues and profits thereof, and all the estate, right,
title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand
whatsoever of the proprietors of the said "Old Purchase,"
of, in or to the above described property and every part
and parcel thereof, to have and to hold all and singular
the above described and hereby granted and release right
and claim, with the appurtenances, unto the said party of
the second part, his heirs and assigns forever.

In witness whereof the said party of the first part hath
hereunto set his hand and seal of the said Town of Hun-

548 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

tington, the day and 3-ear first written.

In the presence of Gilbert Carll, [l. s.]

Kneland p. Ketcham.

I, Solomon Ketcham, Chairman of the Committee of the
proprietors of the within named "Old Purchase," of the
Town of Huntington, do certify that the within convey-
ance is all correct, that it is pursuant to agreement with
the party of the second part thereto, and that it was exe-
cuted by the President of the Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, at the request of the said Committee.

Dated this thirty-first day of August, in the _Year one
thousand eight hundred and fifty, and signed

In the presence of Solomon x Ketcham.

Brewster Scidmore. "'^'■'^

Suffolk County, ss.

On this 31st day of August, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty, Kneland P. Ketcham, with whom I am personally
acquainted, came before me and being dul}^ sworn, said
that he was a resident of the town of Huntingtcjn, in said
County, that he saw Gilbert Carll execute the within con-
veyance, that he, the said Kneeland P. Ketcham, subscribed
his name thereto as a witness, and that he knew the said
Gilbert Carll to be the person described in and who exe-
cuted the said conve3-ance. At the same time Brewster
Scidmore, with whom I am personally acquainted, came
before me and being by me duly sworn, said he was a resi-
dent of the said Town of Huntington, and that he saw-
Solomon Ketcham sign the foregoing cei-tificate ; that he,
the said Brewster Scidmore subscribed his name thereto
as a witness, and that he knew the said Solomon Ketcham
to be the person described in and who signed the said cer-
tificate. George Oakes,

Justice of the Peace.

Recorded in County Clerk's ofifice, on the 3rd day of

HUNTINGTON TOWxN RECORDS. 549

September, 1850, -at 9 o'clock A. M. Liber 56, page 44.

B. T. Hutchinson, Clerk.
[Certified copy filed in Town Clerk's office.]

{F.liXo.4:n.)

[DEED. JARVIS R. ROLPH TO TRUSTEES.]

[1S66, Feb. I.]

This Indenture, made the first day ot February, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, between
Jarvis R. Rolph, of the Town of Huntington, County of
Suffolk, and State of Ncw^ York, and Harriet C. WoodhuU,
his wife, parties of the first part, and Brewster Conklin,
Gilbert Carll, Richard Sammis, Elbert Carll, Morris Brush,
Thomas Ireland and Eljas Bay lis, all of the same place,
Trustees for the time being of the freeholders and com-
monalty of the Town of Huntington, aforesaid, parties of
the second part, witnesseth, that the said parties of the first
part, 'for and in consideration of the sum of eleven hundred
and fifty dollars ($1150), law^ful money of the United States
of America, to them in hand paid by the said parties of
the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of
these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
remised, released and quit-claimed, and by these presents
do remise, release and quit-claim unto the said parties of
the second part and to their successors and assigns forever,
all that certain tract of land, being upland, shore, thatch-
beds and marsh, situate on the east side of Huntington har-
bor and the Creek in the town aforesaid, on the west side of
the highway leading to the dock and on the east side and
opposite to and in front of the homesteads of Gershom B.
Scudder, deceased, William M. Hawthorn, deceased, and
George W. Conklin, deceased, including forty feet wide of

550 HUNTIXGTOX TOWN RECORDS.

beach and shore lying in rear of the house and lot of Thom-
as Scudder and the house and lot of Isaiah Rogers, which
said forty feet in width was reserved in George W. Conk-
lin's deed fi;r thatch-beds from the " Old Purchase," said
described land being- bounded east by said Isaiah Rogers,
Thomas Scudder and the said highway ; southerly by salt
meadow belonging to the said Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, formerly owned by Abraham Van W3-ck, and
west b}' the centre of the main creek and Jacob Scudder's
thatch-bcd in part and partly by the aforesaid thatch-beds
of the said George W. Conklin, and partly on the north by
salt marsh of Thomas Scudder, adjoinmg his house lot ;
and also all the right, title and interest of the said parties
of the first part in and to all the upland bordering on the
west side of the said highway from the above described
land, southerly to the highway which crosses the creek
near Daniel K. Youngs' house, formerly belonging to El-
bert Walters : also in and to all the upland, shore landings,
thatch-beds and beaches l^'ing north of the said George W.
Conklin's thatch-beds ; also in rear of the lot and store of
Jacob Jarvis Johnson, and from thence on the north and
east shore of said harbor all the way to Huntington Inlet,
and around the beach at the said Inlet to Dr. Ward's land
on the Bay side. And also in and to the tract of land be-
tween Crabmeadow and Eaton's Neck, known as Eaton's
Neck Beach, with the privileges and appurtenances there-
unto belonging ; and also in and to all other tracts of land
and proprietors' rights, which the parties of the first part
now have or may claim by virtue of a deed of conveyance
or release bearing date August 31, 1S50, and executed by
the Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the
Town of Huntington in behalf of the committee of the pro-
prietors of the "Old Purchase," so called, of the first part,
and the said Jarvis R. Rolph, as party of the second part,
reserving nevertheless the privileges for the Huntington

HUNTINGTON TOWN RFXORDS. 551

Soldiers' Monument Association to grade, enclose, occupy
so much of the open ground or triangular plot on the south
side of Main Street, opposite Mr. Hurd's, formerly Dr.
Ray's house, between the Old Burying Hill i-oad and
James McDougall's lot, as shall be desired or needful for
the erection of a suitable monument by the said Associa-
tion in memory of the soldiers who died in their country's
service during the late war, if sufficient ground is found
exclusive of highways : together with all and singular the
tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing or in an}' wise appertaining, and the reversion and
reversions, remainder and remaindei's, rents, issues and
profits thereof ; and also all the estate, right, title, interest,
dower and right of dower, property, possession, claim and
demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of the said
parties of the first part, of, m or to the above described
premises, and every part and parcel thereof, with the ap-
purtenances, which were derived from the said deed or
release aforesaid : to have and to hold all and singular, the
above mentioned and described premises, together with
the appurtenances unto the said parties of the second part,
their successors and assigns forever.

In witness whereof the said parties of the first part, have
hereunto set their hand and seal, the day and 3'ear first
above written.

j. r. rolph, [l. s.]

Harriet C. W. Rolph, [l. s.]

Sealed and delivered in the presence of (words "which
were derived from the said deed or release aforesaid" first
interlined ; also the printed word "heirs" on the first page,
erased.)

Wm. W. Wood.
State of New York, County of Suffolk, ss.

On the third day of February, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six, before me personally came

552 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Jarvis R. Rolph and Harriet C. W., his wife, known to me
to be the individuals described in and who executed the
foregoing' instrument and severally acknowledged that they
executed the same, and the said Harriet C. W. on examina-
tion, separate and apart from her said husband, acknowl-
edged that she executed the said conveyance freely and
without fear or compulsion of her husband.

Wm. W. Wood,
Notary Public for Suffolk County.
Recorded in County Clerk's office on the 22nd day of
February, 1866, at 2 o'clock P. M.

John Wood, Clerk.
[Certified copy filed in Town Clerk's office.]
{File No. 318.)

[TRUSTEES' ACCOUNT.]

[1866.]

Brewster Conklin,

President of Trustees,

In account with the TowN of Huntington!
Dr.
1865.
April 12, Paid Townsend Wright, Com. of High-
ways to defend suit with Sammis $ 150.00
May 20, Stephen Wilson for selling grass on the

islands and beach 5.10

Expenses of sale 6.50

1866.
Feb. 18, Jarvis R. Rolph for deed land claimed

by him under Old Purchase 950.00

Feb. 18, Martin Willets, Sheriff, for judgment
in cost of oyster suit from i860 up to
present time 560.00

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 553

March 27, Elias Smith for use of house for Town

iVlcUl^ll -/, 50.00

business • ■"

March 27, Trustees' bills for past year ^19^

$1,840.60
Cr.

Ma?" 20, Received from sale of grass on the isl-

ands and beach «> ^ ^

1866. - g^H QQ

Feb 17. Rent of sand beach ' ->
March 27, From Geo. W. Scudder for dock rent

leased to H. Williams ^-^o

March 27, From Noah Seaman dock rent 4-00

March 27, From Huntington Dock Co. --b

April 3, From Henry Sammis dock rent -oo

April 3, From Jesse Carll dock rent 0-0°

April 3, From Jesse Jarvis clock rent 3-00

Cash in hand to balance ___

Total ^^'S40.^°

Audited and allowed this 3cl day of April, 1866. •

C. A. Floyd, Supervisor.
y. R. ROLPH, ) .

Wm. H. Monfort, V Justices.
Timothy S. Carll, )

{Trustees' Proceedings, Fo?. I, PP- 214-5 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1866, April 20.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town °f Hu,,ting-
ton, held at th! house of Ezra Seaman, Mfjf^^^-

Resolved, That the President of Board of Trustees be
auUronzed W furn.sh means to defend the suit now pend-

554 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

ing between Townsend Wright and Mrs. Alexander Sam-
mis HI respect to the land claimed by the said Alexander
Sammis at Huntington Harbor."

Resolved, That the Trustees empower Geo. W. Scudder,
by an instrument of writing annexed to the lease, for to
collect a certain rate of wharfage from all vessels laying
at tlie wharf to load and discharge their cargoes and for
any other purpose, in a supplemental lease directed by the
Board to be given.

[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 246.)

[PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.]

[1866, April or May.]

Board of Health.

The Supervisors and Justices of the Peace for the Town
of Huntington, anticipating the prevalence of the Asiatic
cholera in the said Town, and in accordance with the rec-
ommendation made by the Suffolk County Medical Society
at their annual meeting at Riverhead, April 24th, 1866,
deem it their duty in accordance with law to organize
themselves into a Board of Health for the said Town, and
to take such other steps as the law in such cases provides,
and do therefore

Resolve, That we do now form ourselves into a Board
ot Health, under the provisions of an Act for the preserva-
tion of the public health, passed April 10, 1850.

[* This suit grew out of the Commissioners of Highways hav-
ing removed the fence of Alexander Sammis adjoining a road,
claimed to exist between his land and the shore, a little north
of the old Town dock, on the ground that the road was en-
croached upon by Sammis. I think tiie suit was never tried.
The road was afterwards laid out anew and no appeal taken
from the order. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 555

Resolved, That Doctor Wm. D. Woodend be and is
hereb}' appointed Health Officer for the Town of Hun-
tington.

Resolved, That Wm. H. Monfort, Esq., and Francis B.
Olmstead, Esq., be a committee appoiuted to draft resolu-
tions, prescribing the duties and powers of the Health
Officer, and report to the said Board on Tuesday, the 19th
day of June, 1866 at 2 o'clock, P. M., and all other regula-
tions necessary and proper according to law.*

Recorded by S. C. Rogers,

Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. III. p. 167.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO GEO. R. JOHNSON.]

[Abstract.]
[1S66, June 4.]

Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to George R.-
Johnson, June 4th, 1866.

Premises described as follows : A certain piece of land,
covered with water, around the dock on the east side of
Huntington Harbor, built by Isaac S. Ketcham, and in-
cluding said dock. Bounded as follows : commencing at
high water mark at the southwest corner of the land now
owned by Geo. R. Johnson, party of the second part, and
adjoining which the aforesaid dock is situated, on the line
of said land and the land of David C. Scudder, running
south seventy-eight and one-half (78^) degrees west, one
hundred and eighty-three feet tq the southwest corner of
said dock as it novvr stands, including the new addition now
building ; thence north thirteen degrees west along the

[*The proceedings of the Board of Health for this and suc-
ceeding years appear in the third volume of the Records of
Town Meetings and in a separate book provided for the pur-
pose, but are not considered of sufficient permanent importance
to warrant their being printed. — C. R. S.]

55^ HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

channel, one hundred and seventy-four feet ; thence north
seventy -eight and one-half degrees east, sixty-five feet to
the dividing hue between the land of said Geo. R. Johnson
and the land of Stephen Brown c^ Brothers, at high water
mark ; thence in a southeasterly direction to the place of
beginning, including all the docks now standing and build-
ing, which land is for the purpose of filling in and estab-
lishing a dock.

Term, twenty-one years from June 4th, 1866.

Rent, ten dollars per 3^ear.

Renewal of the lease for the same term of 3-ears, at the
option of the lessee, at a rate to be then determined.

Rates of wharfage specified.

{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, 2W 161-3.)

[THE COUNTY POOR HOUSE QUESTION.]

[1866, June 5.]

At a meeting of the Supervisor of the Town of Hunting-
ton, Dr. George White, C. A. Flo3^d and John Robbins,
committee, held at the house of Smith & Co., in the village
of Huntington on Tuesdav, June 5th, 1866, to take into
consideration the subject of a County Poor House ; after
due deliberation and discussion it was resolved that they
report that they are in favor of a County Poor House.

Resolved, That any two of the committee are author-
ized to request the Supervisor to appoint a meeting at any
future time.*

Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers,

Town Clerk.
[Town Meetings, Vol III, p. 168.)

[* This result was not.finally reached without consideiable op-
position. The poor had been maintauied within the Town for
two hundred years, and many opposed their change to the
County Alms House, located in a distant part of the County. —
C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 557-

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1866, June 5.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Elbert Arthur, June 5, 1866,

Resolved, That the President of the Board be author-
ized to sell to Elbert Arthur a piece of beach adjoining the
hue of the said Elbert Arthur, on Eaton's Neck beach, for
the sum of $50. Also to give a lease to build a dock on
the above land for a term of twenty-one years, at three dol-
lars per year. Land sold bounded as follows : Beginning
at a stake, distant from a cedar tree near the house of
Elbert Arthur, seven chains and seventy-two links, bearing
from said tree north eightv--four degrees west to the said
stake ; thence north forty degrees west three h,undred feet
to a stake at high water mark, adjoining Northport Bay ;
thence north sixt3"-seven degrees east five chains and seven-
ty-two links to a stake near a cedar tree ; thence south
twenty degrees west five chains and ninety-one links, to
the place of beginning.

[Trustees' FroceecUngs, Vol. I, jjjj. 247-8.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1866, June 16.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Smith & Seaman, June 16, 1866,

Resolved, That the Trustees lease to Timothy S. Carll
the islands called Oak and John Islands, lying ui the South
Bay, for the term of twelve years for the sum of fifty
dollars per 3'ear, for the privilege of planting oysters in
the drains and creeks of the said island, and erecting a

558 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

house for some person to live in to protect said privilege.
In making the said lease the Trustees reserve the right to
-sell the grass on the said islands the same as in former
years, at the same time and place, the proceeds of the sale
to be applied on pa3'ment of the aforesaid rent.
{Trustees' Proceedings, V"l. I, pp. 248-49.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO ELBERT ARTHUR.]

[Abstract.]
[1866, June 30.]

Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to Elbert
Arthur, June 30, 1866.

Premises described as follows): A certain piece of land
covered with water in Northport Bay adjoining Eaton's
Neqk beach in the aforesaid Town, near or adjoining said
Arthur's land, which he purchased of the aforesaid Trust-
ees, being sixty feet in front at highwater mark, and not
to exceed one hundred and seventy five feet from said
highwater mark out into the harbor, the longest sides to
be parallel, which land included is for the express pui"pose
of building a dock in such a manner as not to prevent or
incumber the usual rights of the public to pass and repass
at the head or shore end of the dock

Term, twenty one years from date.

Rent, three dollars per year.

Renewal of the lease for the same term of years at the
option of the lessee, at a rate to be then determined.
[Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vul. I, pp. 164-65.)

[TRUSTEES* PROCEEDINGS.]

[1866, Sept. 1.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 559

ton, held at the house of Sclah Smith, Northport, Sep-

'^ Owh," t'f tt death of the President of the Board ot
Trustees, Brewster ConkUn, Riehard Sammis was chosen
President /r» /<VH. ,

Resolved, That in the death of Brewster Conklin, late
President of this Board of Trustees, we, the >»embers of
the Board, and the public have expenenced a great loss^
That in him we always found a pleasant associate, a w se
adviser and efficient officer. That we condole w,th the
widow and relatives of the deceased m their sorrow, and
Tequest the Clerk of the Board to put this resolution on

record.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 2«-50.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1866, Sept. 14.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Smith & Seaman, September ,4,

"Lolved, That the President of the Boaixl execute to
Henry J. Scudder, of Northport. a lease o l^'^d-^ ""^1^'
tide water, adjoining and opposite the lands ot the said
Henry J. Scudder, at Northport Harbor, as described in
the survey hereto annexed, on the following terms:

I The lease to be for fifty years from October ,, .866.

II At the expiration of the lease, the Town to renew
the lease for fifty years longer upon such terms as may be
ao-reed upon. Or will take the buildings that may be on
the premises and pay a fair valuation therefor.

111. Fifteen dollars must be paid the Town per year
rent, at the end of each year, and if not paid within three

560 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

months after being due, the Town to re-enter the premises.

IV. Said Scudder to keep the dock and premises in a
reasonable repair, and the matter of wharfage to be reg-
ulated the same as m the lease granted U) Geo. R. Johnson,
June 4, 1866.

Description of the boundaries of a certain portion of the
shore in Northport Harbor, belonging to the Town of
Huntington, as follows: Beginning at a stake by the stone
wall, running north sixty nme and one half degrees west,
to the channel, thence due north to a point intersecting
the prolongation of the Ime adjoining Jesse Jarvds, thence
easterly following the said line adjoining Jesse Jarvis, to
the highway leading to the village of Northport, thence
following the highway to the place of beginning.

Surveyed August 11, 1866, by Eben. G. Piatt.
{TrHsfee.s Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 250-251.)

[PROCEEDINGS (3F TOWN AUDITORS.]

[1866, Sept. 29.]

At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors of the
Town of Huntington, held at the house of Elias Smith, on
Saturda}', the 29th day of September, 1866, on motion, it
was

Resolved, That enough of the State bonds be sold to
pay the principal on the amount of Town bonds due on
the first day of April, 1867.

Resolved, That it be left discretionary with the Super-
visor and Treasurer of the bounty fund, to sell the State
bonds to pay any persons wishing their money, holding
Town bonds due after April i, 1S67.

Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 175.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 561

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO HENRY J. SCUDDER.]

[Abstract.]
[1866, Oct. I.]

Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Henry
J. Scudder, dated Oct. i, 1866.

Premises described as follows: "Beginning at a stake
noted by Eben. G. Piatt, Esq., surveyor, on the i ith day of
August, 1866, and standing b}- a stone seawall on the road
leading from Huntington towards the tavern at the village
of Northport, and running thence north sixty-nine and one-
half degrees west, to the main channel of the harbor of
Northport ; thence north along said channel to a point
where the prolongation of the southerly line of the lands
now occupied by Jesse Jarvis, and to him demised and to
farm let by parties of the first part, would strike said
northerly corner; thence easterly and along said indicated
and expressed boundary of said Jarvis to the highway, and
thence southerl}^ along said highway to the place of be-
ginning."

Term, fifty years from the first day of October instant-
Rent, fifteen dollars per year.

Lease to be extended at end of this term 503'ears longer,
at option of lessee, on terms of rent then to be agreed
upon, or Trustees to take the buildings erected thereon, at
a valuation to be determined by arbitration, such value not
to include earth fillings.

Recorded by

Stephen C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
{Leases and Deeds, Vol I, x>P. 160-67.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1866, Nov. 17.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-

562 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

ton, held at the house of A. \V. Hudson, Deer Park, No-
vember 17, 1866,

Resolved, That the President of the Board be authorized
to raise sufficient money to defray the expenses of notes
and interest thereon, and expenses of suit now pending
between Townsend Wright and Alexander Sammis and
others.

[Trustees Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 252.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1866, Nov, 24.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Smith & Seaman, Nov. 24, i366.

Resolved, That the President of the Board be authorized
to lease a piece of land to Brown & Brothers, for the pur-
pose of building a dock in front of their premises, 50 feet
wide, commencing at highwatcr mark and bounded on the
south by Capt. Geo. R. Johnson's dock, and running into
the harbor as far as said Johnson's dock ; then 50 feet
north ; then parallel with the shore : at the annual rent of
$4 per year for the term of 21 years.
Recorded by

Stephen K. Gould, Clerk.
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 252.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1867, April 2.]

At the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Elias Smith, the 2nd day of April,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 563

1867, the foUowini,^ resolutions were passed and Town offi-
cers elected :

Supervisor, Stephen C. Rogers. Town Clerk, Hiram
V. Baylis. Collector, Gideon Seaman. President of Trus-
tees, Elbert Carll. Trustees, Elias Baylis, Stephen K.
Gould, Elkanah Soper, Thomas Ireland, Samuel O. White,
Richard Sammis. Justice of Peace, Charles V. Scudder,
to fill vacancy ; Charles V. Scudder, for full term. Asses-
sor, Richard J. Cornelius. Overseers of Poor, Wm. D,
Woodend, Sidnev L. Seaman. Commissioner of Highways,
Joel S. Davis. Constables, Henry Tilden, Peter M. Trainer.
William Bunce, Alexander Sammis. Town Sealer, John
C. Totten. Pound Masters, ist Dist., Henry Tilden ; 2nd
Dist., Charles E. Ketcham.

Resolved, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be
raised for the support of the Poor, and one thousand five
hundred dollars for contingent expenses.
Recorded by

Stephen C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vul. Ill, VP- 177-79 )

[TRUSTEES' ACCOUNT.]

[1867.]

Elbert Carll, President of Trustees,
in account with the

Town of Huntington.
1866. Dr.

Sept. II, Paid Sam'l Hall interest on 2 notes, $ 14.00
Oct. 3, Townsend Wright, for expenses in suit

with Alexander Sammis, 50.00

Oct. 16, Townsend Wright, for Sammis suit, 75-00

564 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Oct. 23, T. S. Carll for affidavit, stamp and post-
age, ^ ... -^^
Nov. 24, Townsend Wright, for costs in suit with

Alexander Sammis, 103.00

Nov. 24, Elias Baylis, interest on note, 35-00

Nov. 24, Solomon Smith, interest on note, 35-00

Dec. 8, G. P. Williams, interest on note, 60.00

Dec. 8, Elma Titus, principal, interest on note, 155-54
Dec. 8, Fifty dollars of principal and interest

on Jesse Ra\'n()r's note, 60.50

Dec. 12, Mrs. Louisa Lefferts, interest, 29.40

Dec. 15, Townsend Jones, interest, 35-00

Dec. 22, Noah Seaman, interest, 140.00

Dec. 22, Henry T. Seaman, interest, 42.00
1867.

Feb. 14, Unice Harned, interest, 22.75
Feb. 23, Sara'l Hall, principal on two notes and

interest to date, 207.40
March 26, J. R. Rolph, principal and interest on

note, 269.25
March 26, J. R. Rolph, for drawing dock lease and

stamp, 2.50

March 26, Elias Baylis, interest, 45.00

March 26, Trustees' bill, 164.85

March 26, Elias Smith, for use of house, 50.00
March 28, Gideon Seaman, interest on borrowed

money, 9.99

April I, Cash on hand to balance, 57-o6

Total, $1,664.05

1866. Cr.

Oct. 15, Received of Geo. A. Scudder, from

the estate of Brewster Conklin, dec'd $ 32.05
1867.
Feb. 12, Received from Elbert Arthur, for sand

on Eaton's Neck Beach, 1,625.00

March 26, Noah Seaman, dock rent, 4.00

March 26, Jesse Carll, dock rent, 3.00

Total, $1,664.00

{Trusteeti' Proceedings, Vol I, pp. 254-55.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS, 565

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1867, April 13.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Charles Duryea, on April 13, 1867,

Resolved, That consent be given to lay out a public high-
way, three rods wide, along the shore of Huntington Har-
bor from where the highway stands recorded near the
barn of Alexander Sammis, to the wharf of Geo. R. John-
son, below high water mark, and that we release to the
public the said lands.

{Trusteen' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 256.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]

[1867, August 25.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton on August 25, 1867,

Resolved, That we sell to Caire & Johnson a piece of
Town land, adjoining their premises, running 75 feet north
from their present line and 130 feet west, for the sum of
$100.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, j)- 257.)

[PROCEEDINGS TOWN AUDITORS.]

[Abstract.]
[1867, Sept. 28.]

At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors held Sept.
29, 1867,

Resolved, That the amount of twenty-five hundred dol-
lars be raised by tax for payment of notes and interest held

566 HUXTINCxTON TOWN RECORDS.

against the Board of Trustees of the Town of Huntington,
Resolved that $5,000 of Town Bonds be sold to pay in-
terest and principal on the town bonds, $10,039.53, for the
year ending April i, 1868, and that the Supervisor be au-
thorized to ask for that amount to be put in the tax for
1868.*

Recorded by

H. V. Bay lis, Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 187.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1867, Oct. 4.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Elias Smith at Suffolk Station, on
Oct. 4, 1867.

This meeting was called to look after the lands sold to
Dr. Peck and others, belonging to the Town, v/hich v/as
this day sold under a mortgage and was bought by the
same parties again.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 258.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1867, Oct. 12.]

At a Trustees' Meeting of the Town of Huntington,

[*The Legislature of the State by chapters 8, 72, 182 and
390, Laws of 1864, and by concurrent resolutions same year,
made appropriations to reimburse advances made by towns,
cities and counties to a certain extent. Again the Legislature,
by chapters 29, 41 and 226, Laws of 1865, provided for paying
bounties by the State, to a certain extent, to drafted men. This
State aid diminished, considerably, the burdens of the war
upon the towns. — C. R S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 567

held at the house of Charles Duryea, Oct. 12, 1867,

Resolved, That the Trustees forbid Ezra C. Prime from
drying up the old Flue Pond used as a public watering
place. And also forbid his erecting his water pipes above
ground.

Resolved, That the Trustees tender to the Long Island
Railroad Company, a right of way over the Town property.
The following was unanimously adopted.

Whereas, the Long Island Railroad Company has caused
to be explored and surveyed, divers lines v.^ith a view of
extending the branch road fi'om Hicksville into Hunting-
ton village, two of which pass over a portion of the Town
property, called the Poor House farm, indicating a termi-
nus or depot, to be located either on Main Street near the
said property, or directly on it, at or near the northwest
side or corner thereof ; and duly considering the value of
such accommodations to the inhabitants, as well as the
great benefit which would accrue to the freeholders and
commonalty of the Town by largely enhancing the value
of said propert3% therefore,

Resolved, That we hereby tender to the said Railroad
Company the right of way over the said Tov/n property,
on the line last surveyed, passing through the woods near
John Alsop's barn ; and also sufincient ground, not to ex-
ceed two (2) acres or thereabout for a depot, in case it is
determined to locate on said land.

And if the offer is acceped as to right of way, or for
both purposes named, we do hereby authorize the Presi-
dent of the Trustees oU the Town of Huntington, for a
nominal consideration, to make and execute a deed for the
necessary land, for the right of way, or for both said pur-
poses, the quantity not to exceed two acres or thereabout
as above named, and deliver the same to the said com-

5^ HUXTIXGTOX TOWN RECORDS.

pany or its ag^ent or a committee acting therefor.*

And whereas, the said line or survey indicates a gore or

triangle of land, to be left adjoining John Alsop's land,

therefore.

Resolved, Thai the President of the said Trustees is

hereby authorized, at his discretion, to sell the said strip of

land to the said John Alsop or others and execute a deed

or deeds for the same.

{Trustees' Proceed-lnp-s. Vol. X pp. 25S-9 j

[TRUSTEES PROCEEDINGS.]

[1868, Jan. 10.]

At a meeting- of the Board 01 Trustees of the Town of
Huntin^on. hc^i at the house of Charles Dui"v'ea, on the
loth of January, 1868,

Resolved, That the Trustees lease to Charles A. Ches-
brough the land formerh" leased to Samuel P. Hartt, in
Northport, used for dock and railway, for the term of 2 1
years ' ' r \-ear.

Re^ - hat we lease to Henrj- S. Ketcham the old

Henderson dock and shore in front of his premises, for the

[* It had been decided by the Long Island Railroad Com-
jjany to estend their road from S)'osset, then the terminus of
the branch road, to the village of Huntington at a point on the
Poor House farm, a little south of the Union School grounds,
in case the grounds for a depnat were donated to the company
and certain contributions made for the right of way. The
Trustees of the Town promptly offered the company the
required land for a dejK>t. Subsequenth' the President of the
road and certain landholders came into collision concerning
the right of wa}*, and Mr. Charlick, with characteristic obsti-
nacy-, declining to 5-ieId an^-thing, the arrangement for extend-
ing the road to the village fell through, and Northport having
offered liberal aid in procuring the right of way, the route was
directed further south on the present line to Northport. —
C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 5^9

term of 21 years, at the sum of $10 per year.

Recorded by Stephen K. Gould, Clerk.
{Trustees' rroceecUngs, Vd. I, pp. 260-Gl )

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO CHARLES A.
CHEESEBROUGH.

[Abstract.]
[1868, Jan. 20.]
Lease. Trustees ot the Town of Huntington to Charles
A. Cheesebrough.

Premises described as follows : All that certam parcel of
land lying on the east side of harbor of Xorthport, which
was leased by the Trustees of the said Town of Huntmg-
ton to Samuel P. Hartt, bearing date August 1,1844, de-
scribed at this time as follows: Beginning at the boundary
line of Edward Lefferts on the north where the filhng of
the dock begins, and running westerly on the course the
dock now runs to the channel; thence southerly along the
channel to opposite the north line of the dock of Henry
Sammis; thence easterly on the line of said Samrais' dock
to the land of Elkanah Soper ; thence northerly along the
line of original high water mark to^the place of begmnmg.
Term, twenty years from Jan. i,* 1868.
Rent, six dollars per year.

Renewal of lease on such terms as may be agreed upon.

Elbert Carll, [l. s.]
President Trustees

We hereby mutually consent to the surrender and can-
cellation of the foregoing lease and the term therem grant-
ed, in consideration that no claim for rent be made agamst
the party of the second part thereof.

5/0 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Witness our hands and seals 6th day of June, 1885.
Witness, Chas. Cheesebrough. [l. s.]

Henry S. Sammis.
{File No. 4:03.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1868, Jan. 25.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the house of Selah Smith, in the vil-
lage of Northport, Jan. 25, 1868,

Resolved, That the Trustees sell to the Universalist So-
ciety, in front of their church, a piece of land belonging to
the Town of Huntington, for the purpose of building a
church, for the sum of $350.

Resolved, That the Trustees lease to Charles A. Chese-
brough a piece of beach in front of his premises, at the
head of Eaton's Neck Beach, for the privilege of building
a dock 150 feet long and 200 feet deep, for the term of
twenty years, at $5 per year.

Resolved, That the Trustees lease to Henry S. Lewis
and H. J. Scudder, a piece of beach in Northport Harbor,
adjoining his meadow, for the term of twenty 3^ears, at $5
per year.

A committee of five was then appointed, to meet at Elias
Smith's, to examine his farm for the purpose of making an
exchange of land in place of the present Town Poor House
property.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, 2'>P- 261-G2.)

[DEED. TRUSTEES TO TRUSTEES OF THE
FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.]

[Abstract.]
[1868, March 6.]

This Indenture, dated March 6, 1868, between Elbert

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS 571

Carll, President of the Board of Trustees of the Free-
holders and Commonality of the Town of Huntington, by
and with the consent of Elias Bavlis, Elkanah Soper, Rich-
ard Sammis, Stephen K. Gould, Thomas Ireland and Sam-
uel O. White, Trustees as aforesaid, for and in behalf of
the Town of Huntington, party of the first part, and
George A. Scudder, Hiram P. Crozier, Isaac Sammis,
James E. Wood, William A. Conant, and Jarvis S. Lef-
ferts. Trustees of the First Universalist Church of the
Town aforesaid, parties of the second part. Consideration
$350. Description : all that piece of land lying in the vil-
lage and town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State
of New York, situated on the south side of Main Street,
next east of the old burying ground, being all that triangu-
lar piece of land there situated unenclosed ; subject to all
the rights of the public in the highways on either side of
the same.

Elbert Carll, [Seal]
President of Board of Trustees.
Acknowdedged.
{File No. 40i )

[PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF AUDITORS.]

[Abstract.]
[1 868, March 14.]

At a meeting of the Board of Auditors and Board of
Trustees of the Town of Huntington, held March 14, 1868,.

Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Town bonds be
authorized to sell the amount of five thousand dollars of
State Bonds, the ensuing year.

Resolved, That the amount of eighteen thousand ninety-
two dollars and three ce-nts be raised to pay off interest

572 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

and principal of Town bonds due April i, 1869.

Recorded by H. V. Baylis,

Town Clerk.
Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 1S8.)

[TRUSTEES' AND AUDITORS' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1868, March 14.]

At a meeting of the Board of Auditors and Trustees, held
at the house of Elias Smith, on March 14, 1868,

Resolved, That the amount of $18,092.03 be raised to
pay off interest and principal of Town bonds, due on or be-
fore April I, 1869.

Resolved, That the amount of $7,000 be raised for the
support of Town poor.

Resolved, That the amount of $2,500 be raised for the
use of Town Trustees.

Resolved, That the amount of $1,500 be raised for con-
tingent expenses.
' {Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 2G2.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1868, March 25.]

At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Selah Smith, on ]March 25, 1868,

The committee made a report to the Board, that they
could make an exchange of property for a poor house,
with Elias Smith, by paying him the sum of $800 for the
exchange.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 263.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 573

[BOND. EZRA OAKLEY TO TRUSTEES.]

[1868, April I.]
1 Ezra Oakley, of the Town of Huntington, acknowledge
„;e^ indebted 'to Elbert Caril, P,-esident of t e T,^ees
and Elkanah Soper, Stephen K. Gould. Samue O. \/h te,
E la BayUs, Richard Samnns and Thomas Ireland other
Trustees of the Town of Huntington, for and ur behalf of
Lf holders and commonalty of the said Town, nr the
sum of S.,000 to be paid to the said Trustees, the.r succes-
sors and their assigns ; for which payment well and .uly
to be made, I bind myself, my heirs. --"'"".-^^ ".'"™' "
istrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with m) seal,
dated this first day of April 1868.

' mereas,on the .Sth day of February ,860 the sa>d
Ezra Oaklev did convey certain premises o wit tl e cer-
tan farm formerly belonging to Ezra Sm.th and s; uated
aTlong Swamp L said Town, by deed to Ehas Sm.th and
Matilda Smith, which said deed contains a/arranty and
the usual covenants. And whereas, the sa.d Ehas Sm.th
and he said MatUda Smith and Susan SmUh. wrdow, have
this day sold and conveyed the said farm unto the afote-
sad Trustees; and whereas, Ezra Smith, one of the hetrs
"the fir named Ezra Sm.th. st.ll holds a cla.m as such
heir at law on the said property, which hitherto has not
been satisfied or acknowledged as satisfied ;

Now the condition of this obligation is such that if the
said Ezra Smith (heir) and his wife shall execute and cause
o be delivered unto the said Ezra Oakley, a good and su -
ficient release for all his right in said property, clear of all
in umbrances and dower and right of dower and the said
Ezra Oaklev shall convey the same to the said Trus ees. to
u' ,r full satisfaction, so that the said property shall be
lee and clear of all claim of the said Ezra Sm.th and all
other persons under and by him, then the above obligation

574 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Sealed and delivered Ezra Oakley [Seal.]

in presence of

J. R. ROLPH.

{File No. 405 )

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1868, April 7.]

At the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the house of Elias Smith, April 7, 1S6S, the
following resolutions were passed and Town officers elected :

Supervisor, Henr}^ M. Purdy. Town Clerk, Fayette
Gould. Collector, Morris R. Brush. President of Trus-
tees, Elbert Carll. Trustees, Elias Baylis, Stephen K.
Gould, Elkanah Soper, Thomas Ireland, Timothy Oakley,
Richard Sammis. Justice of Peace, Jarvis R. Rolph. As-
sessor, Henry S. Sammis. Overseers of Poor, Sidney L.
Seaman, Samuel O. White. Commissioner of Highways,
Isaac M. Baylis. Constables, Peter M. Trainer, Wm.
Bunce, John H. Jarvis, Alex. Sammis. Town Sealer, John
C. Totten. Pound Masters, ist Dist., Henry Tilden ; 2nd
Dist., Chas. E. Ketcham.

Resolved, That the sum of S7,ooo be raised for the sup-
port of the Town poor.

Resolved, That the sum of $1,500 be raised for contin-
gent expenses.

Recorded by

H. V. Baylis, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 189-91 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1868, Aug. 20.]
At a meetinof of the Board of Trustees held at the house

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 575

of Charles Duryea, on the 20th of August, 1868,

This meeting- was called to settle the dispute between

Mr. McDougall and the Trustees of the Universalist So-

ciet3^

J. L. Smith, Esq., (counsel), decided that the Trustees of

the Town had nothing more to do with it.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 269 )

[PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF AUDITORS.]

[Abstract.]
[1868, Oct. 3.]

At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors, held Oct.
3d, 1868,

Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Bounty Fund be
authorized to sell five thousand dollars of the State bonds,
the proceeds to be applied to payment of the Town bonds
and interest on same for 1869.

Recorded by Fayette Gould,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, p. 193.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1869, April 6.]

At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Huntington,
held at the Town House on Tuesday, April 6, 1869, the
following resolutions were passed and Town ofncers
elected :

Supervisor, Henry M. Purd>'. Town Clerk, Fayette
Gould. Collector, Morris R. Brush. President of Trus-

576 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

tees, Elbert Carll. Trustees, Timothy Oakley, Thomas
Ireland, Elias Baylis, Elkanah Soper, Stephen K. Gould,
Richard Sammis. Justice of Peace, Wm. H. JNIonfort.
Assessor, Noah Seaman. Overseers of Poor, Sidney L.
Seaman, Samuel O. White. Commissioners of liighways,
David Carll, (i-hort term) ; John C. Totten, (long term).
Constables, Peter M. Trainer, Piatt H. Smith, Wm. Bunce,
Alexander Sammis. Town Sealer, Moses White. Pound
Masters, Henry Tilden, Charles Ketcham.

P.csolved, That the amount of $7,000 be raised for the
support of the Town poor.

Resolved, That the amount of $2,500 be raised for con-
tingent expenses.

Recorded by Fayette Gould,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 195-97.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1869, May 8.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, at the house of Charles Duryea, on May 8,
1869,

On application of M. D. Bougart for a lease to build a
dock in front of his premises at East Neck,

Resolved, That we lease him the privilege of building
a dock or docks for a term of 21 years, at $15 per year.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 276.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1869, May 22.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at Northport on 22d of May, 1869:

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 577

Dispute having arisen about a piece of beach situated in
Crab Meadow, the Trustees believe that it belongs to the
.parties owning the meadows in the rear of it and that we
have no claim on it.*

[Trastees' Proceedings, Vul I, p 276 )

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO H. J. SCUDDER
AND HENRY S. LEWIS.]

[Abstract.]
[1869, May 26.]
Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to Henry J.
Scudder and Henry S. Lewis, dated May 26, 1869.

Premises described as follows: all of those certaui
pieces, premises or parcels of land situate, lymg and
bein<r on the north side of and contiguous to lands now
owned and possessed by the parties of the second part,
upon a certain beach, strip or neck of land, projectmg
westerly into Northport Harbor from the mam land,
where Harvey Bishop now resides and owns property,
and the said premises hereby conveyed, embracing all of
the land lying north and west of the lands so owned and
occupied or possessed as aforesaid by the parties of the
second part upon said beach or strip or neck of land from
the northerly boundary of the land of the parties of the
second part to a line parallel with and one hundred feet
from the same, said northerly boundary of the aforesaid
land, of the parties of the second part, with the privilege
of cutting thatch which grows, and of gathering the drift
which lodges upon the said one hundred feet of ground
herein conveyed.

Term, twenty years from date.

Rate, five dollars per year. ^

"T^TTTtt^^^aseTr^T^vT^^ZT^ff'/^ the Court of Appeals has
since decided that the meadow owner who brought the suit
did not own the beach. — C. R. S.]

578 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Lease to be renewed for the same term and at a rate
then to be determined.

Recorded by Daniel L. Baylis,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 168-69.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1869, May 29.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at Centreport, May 29, 1869,

The committee that was appointed to investigate the
matter between the Trustees of the Union Church in
Centreport and the Town of Huntington, report that as
they could not find any owner to the lands that the church
now stands on, we belieye it to belong to the Town lands.

Resolyed, That we present the Trustees of the Union
Church the land their church now stands on, containing
-^ acre and 9 rods of ground. The grant is made with the
express purpose that it shall be used for church purpose
only, and when the said land or building shall cease to be
used by some Protestant denomination then it shall revert
back to the Trustees of the Town of Huntington.*
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 111.)

[SURVEY OF TOWN LANDS AT CENTREPORT.]

[1869, ^Lay 29.]

Surve)ed for the Trustees of the Township of Hunting-

[* The Trustees of the Town had about 1842, made a deed
to a religious society of the same premises. The deed will be
found printed under the date of its execution. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 579

ton a piece of land at the head of Centreport Harbor, ad-
joining the southeastern part of William L. Titus and
David Carll's mill pond, as follows :

Beginning at the southeast corner adjoining to the
highway, that leads from Centreport to Northport, and
tlie highwa}^ that leads on to Sills' Neck, from thence
running N. 38^ deg., W. ;$ li»ks, thence N. 49 deg., W
76 links, to a point bearing S. 42 deg., W. 44 links from
the southwest corner of the church standing on the said
property; thence N. 64^ deg., W. 90 links ; thence N. 761
deg., \V. I chain, 39 links, touching the southwest corner
of the school house foundation, on the said premises;
thence N. 72I deg., W. 2 chains, 15 links; thence N.
io|- deg., W. 75 links to the mill pond above named ; thence
returning to the first place of beginning; and from thence
running by the highway that leads on Sills' Neck, N. i
deg., 5 min., W. 5 chains, 71 links to land of John R.
Higbie, Sr. ; thence S. 67^ deg., W. 2 chains, 60 links to
the above named mill pond, containing about |- acre.

Jonathan Sammis,

Description of the piece for the Union Church.
Beginning at the southeast corner adjoining to the high-
way that leads from Centreport to Northport, and the
highway that leads on to Sills' Neck, and being the most
southern point of land between the two said roads; from
thence running N. 381 deg., W. 75 links; thence N. 49
deg., W. 76 Hnks to a point bearing S. 42 deg., W. 44 links
from the southeast corner of the church; thence N.
64^ deg., W. 27I links; thence N. 6 deg., 20 min., W. i
chain, 86 links; thence S. 821 deg., E. i chain, 46! links to
the said highway that leads on to Sills' Neck ; thence S.
I deg., 5 min., E. 2 chains, 90 links, to the place of beginning.
{File No. 406.;

58o HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1869, June 26.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington on June 26, 1869,

Resolved, That Elias Baylis and Fayette Gould, Town
Clerk, procure a safe for the purpose of keeping the Town
papers in.*

[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 278 )

[PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF AUDITORS.]

[Abstract.]
[1869, Sept. 29. J

At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors, held Sept.
29, i?69,

Resolved, That $4,000 State bonds be sold, the proceeds
to be applied to the payment of the Town bonds and in-
terest on the same for 1870.

Recorded by Fayette Gould,

Town Clerk.
[Toicn Meetings, Vol. Ill, i>. 199.)

[*At this time the only article of furniture the Town owned
for the purpose of containing the Town records, was an old
wooden chest, incapable of containing more than a small part
of the books and papers; the remainder being piled promis-
cuously on shelves and tables, and the loose papers were in a
disordered condition. A safe was procured for a small sum,
but it was never adequate to the wants of the oflfice. It con-
tinued in use until 1883, when the Board of Trustees procured
one of Herring's safes, six feet high and four and a half feet
wide, which is now in use, but is over-crowded with papers. —
C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 581

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1869, Nov. 25.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at Northport, Nov. 25, 1869,

The privilege to take sand from the beach on Eaton's
Neck, was sold to Elbert Arthur and William Gardiner,
for the sum of $465 per year for five years.*
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vul. I, p. 279.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1869, Dec. I I.J

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at Cold Spring, Dec. 11, 1869,

Application having been made by the people of Cold
Spring to extend the road called Spring Street, across the
Town lands formerly leased to R. M. Conklin,

Resolved, That we grant them the privilege to extend
the road across the Town lands to connect with the road
in front of Auser's house. f

[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol I, p. 280. j

[* A vast amount of sand has been taken from this beach
during the last fifty years. It is so located that the trend of
sand and gravel along the Sound shore, produced by easterly
winds, is arrested here, depositing the material on the outside
and the finer portions are blown upon the beach. — C. R. S.]

[f The Commissioners of Highways made an order about this
time laying out a road from the west end of Spring Street
across v)hat was called the Oyster Pond, to the shore road lead-
ing toward the Steamboat dock, and though the land was dedi-
cated to the public, the roadbed was not then constructed.
This was known as the extension of Spring Street. — C. R. S.]

582 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1870, Feb. 12.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at Centreport, on Feb. 12, 1S70.

For the purpose of selling the vacant lands in rear of the
Church and schoolhouse, which was purchased by the
Trustees of the Church and Trustees of the schoolhouse,
for the sum of $86, to be paid as soon as the deed is given.

Recorded by S. K. Gould, Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 282.)

[REPORT OF TOWN INDEBTEDNESS.]

[1870, April I.]

To THE Board of Supervisors of Suffolk County :

The undersigned, in accordance with chapter 552 of Ses-
sion Laws of 1870, does hereby report the public debt of
the Town of Fluntington as follows :

Anount of Bounty Fund bonds outstanding April i, 1870
and bearing date as follows:

Issue of April i, 1864, $41,080 at 7 per cent, interest
Issue of April i, 1865, 6,289 ^t 7 percent, interest

Total _ _ $47,369

Amount of above paid since April i, 1870 16,950

Leaving balance due from date of Bounty

Fund bonds $30,419

Notes given by Trustees of Town on account of
support of soldiers' families in 1 864 at 7 per cent,
interest 1,500

Note given by H. M. Purdy in 1869 for deficiency

in contingent expenses at 7 per cent. 1,080

Total balance of debt $32,999

J. A. WOODHULL,

Supervisor, Town of Huntington.

[File No. 408.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 583

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1870, April 5.]

At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Flunting-
ton, held at the Town House on April 5, 1870, the follow-
ing resolutions were passed and Town officers elected :

Supervisor, J. Amherst Woodhull. Town Clerk, Daniel
L. Baylis. Collector, Francis B. Olmstead. President of
Trustees, Elias Baylis. Trustees, Stephen K. Gould,
Selah Smith, Stephen J. Wilson, Isaac W. Roe, Timothy
Oakley, Thos. Ireland. Justice of the Peace, Timothy
Carll. Assessors — ist Dist., Morris R. Brush; 2d Dist.,
Elkanah Soper; 3d Dist., Zebulon Whitman; 4th Dist.,
N. P. Williams ; at large, Richard J. Cornelius. Over-
seers of Poor, Samuel O. White, Sidney L. Seaman. Com-
missioner of Highways, Ketcham Heartt. Constables —
ist Dist., Peter M. Trainer; 2d Dist., Abel C. Vail; 3d
Dist., David Brush ; 4th Dist. Alex. Sammis. Town
Sealer, Janies F. Hartt. Pound Masters, Smith Sammis,
Charles E. Ketcham.

Resolved, That the amount of twenty-five hundred
dollars be raised by tax for contingent expenses.

Resolved, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be
raised by tax to redeem notes of the Town, now coming
due.

Resolved, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be
raised by tax for support of Town poor.

Recorded by Fayette Gould,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol. Ill, pp. 202-5.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1870, May 24.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held at the house

584 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

of C. T. Duryea on May 24, 1870,

Resolved, That Geo. W. Scudder have the right to ex-
tend the west line of the dock at Huntington Harbor a
sufficient distance to enable him to repair said dock.

Recorded by S. K. Gould, Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 287.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1870, May 28.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the Town House on May 28, 1870,

Resolved, To erect a new building for the purpose of
keeping the poor in, and other purposes, for the use of the
Town.

Recorded by S. K. Gould, Clerk.
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol I,p.19>l.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JAMES ECKERSON.]

[1870, June I.]

This indenture made the first day of June, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy (1870), between the
Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the Town of
Huntington, whereof at this writing Elias Baylis is President
of the Trustees and Thomas Ireland, Timothy Oakley, Selah
Smith, Stephen K. Gould, Isaac W. Roe and Stephen J.
Wilson are Trustees, duly elected and qualified, and so by
these presents declare themselves of the first part and
James Eckerson, of the village of Huntington, party of the
second part: Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 585

the rents, returns and covenants hereinafter reserved,
stated and set forth, said parties of the first part have and
bj these presents do grant, demise and to farm let unto
the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, all
those certain premises and that certain lot or parcel of
land partly under water, lying and being within the limits
of said Town first above mentioned, on the north shore
between Huntington Inlet and Centreport Inlet and ad-
joining to the brick yard of said James Eckerson, the said
land being of undefined proportions, but to be sufficient
for the purpose of building a bulkhead about fifteen hun-
dred (1500) feet in length, adjoining said brickyard prem-
ises, not to extend over thirty (30) feet below highwater
mark ; also to build a steamboat dock opposite the "white
house" on said brickyard premises, extending far enough
to have six (6) feet water at low tide ; Also to build two
runs, so called, or three runs in the discretion of said
James Eckerson, or his legal representatives, to load brick
at, adjoining said brickyard premises, which runs shall not
extend more than thirty (30) feet beyond low tide ; also to
extend the old or present dock now on said brickyard
premises, with spiles about sixty (60) feet, the said parties
of the first part reserving nevertheless a free, unobstructed
and uninterrupted, ample roadway and passage for travel
at all times over and through the whole of these demised
premises for the inhabitants of the said Town and for all
persons lawfully traveling in any manner, the same to be
alons" between the kiln sheds and the bulkhead.

To have and to hold the premises above described with
the reservations, unto the said party of the second part,
his legal representatives, for the full end and term of
twenty-one years from the said first day of June in the
year 1870, he the said party of the second part yielding
and paying therefor the sum of fifteen (15) dollars yearly
and every year during the said term hereby granted, unto

586 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

the said parties of the first part and their successors in
office.

And it is further covenanted and agreed b}' and between
the paities hereto, their successors in office and his legal
representatives, that at the expiration of tlie said term of
twenty-one years, the parties of the first part or their suc-
cessors in office, will renew and extend the term of this
lease for twenty-one (21) years further in addition to the
term hereby granted, upon such return and condition of
rent, as may then be agreed upon between the said parties,
their successors in office and his legal representatives.

And it is further covenanted that if the said party of the
second part or his legal representatives, shall neglect or
refuse to pay the yearly rent before named, at any time
when the same becomes due, and such rent remains unpaid
for a space of three (3) calendar months thereafter, per-
sonal demand for the same having been made, then the
parties of the first part hereto, or their successors in office,
the same lot or lots of land occupied under this indenture
with the "bulkhead" dock and "runs", shall have again and
repossess as in their first and former right.

And it is further agreed and covenanted by and between
the parties hereto, that the said party of the second part
and his legal representatives, upon duly paying the rent
or return herein agreed upon, shall and may during the
full end ' and term herein named, quietly and peacably
hold, possess and occupy the premises above described,
subject to the reservations named, without let or hindrance
from any one.

In witness whereof the parties of the first
part have caused their official seal to be hereto
affixed and these presents to be signed by their
President on the day and year first above men-
tioned.

Elias Baylis, President, [l. s.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 58/

In presence of — the word "dock" interlined on the 4th
line, 2d page and the word "traveling" on the loth line, 2d
page both before execution ; also the name "Elkanah.
Soper" first page and "Selah Smith" interlined over the
same.

State of New York, )
Suffolk County. \

On this 30th day of July, in the year 1870, before me-
came Elias Baylis, the President of the Trustees of the
Town of Huntington, in said County, with whom I am
personally acquainted, and who being by me duly sworn,
deposed and says he resides in said Town of Huntington,
that he is President of the Trustees of the said Town, that
the seal affixed to the within indenture is the corporate seal
of the said Trustees of said Town, and was affixed by
order of said Trustees for the uses therein expressed, and
that he by like order, did subscribe his name thereto as
President of said Trustees, all of which is to me satis-
factory evidence of the due execution of the said indenture-
Let it be recorded.

J. R. RoLPH, Justice of the Peace.
{File No. 409 )

[PETITION FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]

[1870, June 15.]

We the undersigned freeholders and legal voters of the
Town of Huntington, in the County of Suffolk, do hereby
in accordance with the law, in such case made and pro-
vided, request you to call a Special Town Meeting, at the
Town House at Long Swamp, on the 15th day of June,.
1870, at one o'clock, P. M., to take into consideration what

588 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

measure, if any, shall be pursued by the taxpaj^ers of this
Town, to resist, as we consider the unjust expenditures in-
tended to be levied and collected upon the assessed prop-
erty of the whole Town, for the payment of building a
new road, leading from the Main Street, in the village of
Huntington, runnmg northerly to Huntington Harbor, and
called in the Special Act granting the same: " An Act to
provide for the laying out and opening a highway in the
village of Huntington, in the Town of Huntmgton, Suffolk
County, passed May 6th, 1869, and to amend the title
thereof."

H. V. Baylis, Geo. A. Scudder, James N. Smith, Isaac
Adams, J. P. Conklin, John Ketcham, P. C. Gildersleeve,
J. C. Place, D. VV. ConkHn, Smith Sammis, J. M. Hen-
drickson, Saml. A, VanWyck, Gilbert Grossman, F. G.
Sammis, Walter Brush, W. H. Jarvis, Warren Smith, John
McKa}', T. S. Roe, Mortimer T. Velsor, W. G. Sammi:-,
Geo. C. Gould, Thos. W. Gildersleeve.

In accordance with the above request of petitioners and
legal voters of the Town of Huntington, I hereby call a
Special Town Meeting of said Town to be held at Long
Swamp in the Town House, on the 15th day of June, 1870,
at I o'clock P. M., to take into consideration the above
petition.

Daniel L. Baylis, Town Clerk.
{File No. 415.)

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING CONCERNING NEW
YORK AVENUE.]

[1870, June 15.]
At a Special Town Meeting of the Town of Huntington,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 589

held June 15th, 1870, the following resolutions were read
and adopted unanimously :

Resolved, That a vote be taken this day by ballot, and
that the ballots be endorsed by those in favor thereof:
''For the extension of New York Avenue," and by those op-
posed : "Against the extension of New York Avenue."

Resolved, That the Supervisor of this Town be and he
is hereby authorized and empowered to obtain suitable
counsel for the purpose of contesting the validity of the
law passed by the Legislature of this State, April 22, 1870,
for "laying out and opening a highway in the village of
Huntington," as also to consider the legality of the acts
and proceedings of the Commissioners in laying out and
constructing said highway under said law.

Resolved, That a suit or suits at law may be prosecuted
in the name of the Town of Huntington, if after taking
due legal advice, and in connection with the President of
the Board of Trustees, and one or more of the Board of
Town Auditors, it shall be deemed advisable so to do, with
a reasonable prospect of success.

Resolved, That the Act of 1869 was passed by the Legis-
lature of that year by the active exertions of the Repre-
sentative of this County, for his own personal benefit, and
that of a few of his friends, in violation of the rights of
the people, and contrary to the interests and wishes of his
constituents.

Resolved, That the passage of said amended Act could
only be procured, as it was procured by fraudulently luUing
its opponents quiet in the assurance that no further effort
would be made to revive it.

Resolved, That said road is intended to benefit the few
at the expense of the many ; it is unnecessary and uncalled
for ; its construction will impose upon the Town a heavy
taxation, for which no adequate benefit will be received.

Resolved, That our chosen Town officers are the proper

590 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

persons to lay out, open and construct highwaj-s, and to
receive and disburse the people's money, and that the Act
in question usurps the powers of those officers and places
them in the hands of interested and irresponsible parties.

Resolved, That we condemn the whole scheme as selfish,
oppressive, unequal, unjust and insulting to our people and
their officers, and we urge upon the officers of the Town
to use every means in their power to prevent the opening
and construction of said road, and the issuing and pay-
ment of the bonds of the Town therefor.

Resolved, That these resolutions be published in all the
papers of this Town.'^

Recorded by Daniel L. Baylis,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings, Vol III, p. 213 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1870, July 30.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held on July 30, 1870,

Resolved, That the Trustees release all claim to the
Pound situated in the rear of the First Presbyterian Church,
in the village of Huntington.

Recorded by S. K. Gould,

Clerk.
{Tr}istees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p 289.)

[* New York Avenue, about one mile long froTi Main St.,
Huntington Village, to the head of Huntington Harbor, was
opened pursuant to a law passed by the Legislature of the
State. The Commissioners appointed by law to open it were
Charles T. Duryea, Charles R. Street and George M. Tileston ;
the Commissioners to construct it were Henry G. Scudder,
Samuel W. Jones and William A. Conant. There was much
public excitement over the matter and considerable of opposi-
tion to the road, resulting in a protracted law suit, but the
Commissioners performed the duty imposed on them by law,
and all their proceedings were sustained. The utility of the
road is now universally conceded. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTOxSL TOWN RECORDS. 59 1

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1870, Sept. 8.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the house of Selah Smith, Northport,
Sept. 8, 1870,

On application of the Commissioners of the Town of
Huntington to lay out a highway on Eaton's Neck,

Resolved, That we grant the Commissioners the privi-
lege of laying out a highway over the Town property,
now leased by Arthur and Gardiner from the Town of
Huntington.

, Recorded by S. K. Gould,

Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceed' 7igs, Vol. I, jj. 289.)

[DEED. TRUSTEES TO H. G. DEFOREST.]

[Abstract.]
1870, Nov. 19.]

"This indenture, made the nineteenth day of November,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
between Ellas Baylis, President of the Trustees of the free-
holders and commonalty of the Town of Huntington,
County of Suffolk and State of New York, by and with
the consent of Thomas Ireland, Stephen K. Gould, Isaac
W. Roe, Selah Smith and Timothy Oakley, present Trus-
tees of the Town of Huntington, parties of the first part,
and Henry G. DeForest, of the Town of Oyster Bay,
Queens County, State of New York, party of the second
part."

"All that certain parcel of land or salt marsh, and land

592 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

under water on the easterly side of Cold Spring Harbor,
in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, State of New
York, bounded on the south by a straight line bounded
by the extension in a westerly direction of the present
southerly line or side of Spring Street, from its intersec-
tion with the easterly side of the Paper Mill-dam Road,
and across said road into the Harbor, being over and
across the cove to the old 03'ster pond clam, and as far as
the rights of the parties of the first part extend ; bounded
on the west by the waters of the harbor and on the north
and east by highwater mark, partly adjoining land now of
George M. Mowbray, formerly of R. Auser, and partly
adjoining land of Henry G. DeForest, formerly of Richard
M. Conklin, and partly adjoining the Paper Mill-dam Road,
or its extensions, subject to the easement of the public in
and to any public road or highway heretofore laid out
over any part of said premises. It being understood that
the covenants herein do not apply to any part of the prem-
ises lying outside of low water mark."

In witness whereof the said parties of the first
part have hereunto caused the seal of the
President and Trustees of the freeholders and
commonalty of the Town of Huntington, to
be affixed the day and year above written.
Witness Elias Baylis, [l. s.]

Israel Scudder. President Board of Trustees.

Acknowledged.

[Deeds and Leahies bij Trustees, Vol II,j>p. 9-13.)

[*As some contention exists concerning the boundaries
given in this deed, it is appropriate to state some facts not ap-
pearing by the deed itself. At the time the deed was made a
pubHc highway, laid out by the Commissioners of Highways,
extended over the Oyster Pond, running from the west end of
Spring Street to the north shore of the Cove, about where the
road is now filled in and traveled. This road was then called
in the records the extension or continuation of Spring Street,
and it i,s claimed by the Trustees that the description in the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 593

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1870, Nov. 19.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held at Cold
Spring-, according to adjonrnment, for the purpose of
selling the land and such other business that may come
before the Board: Present, Elias Baylis, Pres., Thomas
Ireland, Timothy Oakley, I. W. Roe and S. K. Gould :

The piece of land was sold to De Forrest for the sum of
$242^.

The oyster pond was leased for the sum of $45 a year,
for the term of ten years, by W. J. Jones.
On motion adjourned.

S. K. Gould, Clerk,
{Trusti'es' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 290.)

deed, making "the extension of Spring Street" the southerly
boundary, had referred to this highway record called the "con-
tinuation of Spring Street," and that nothing is or was in-
tended to be granted southerly of the straight line of this road
from the west end of old Spring Street to the shore on the
north side of the Cove. This deed was drawn soon after the
Court had decided, in the case of Lowndes vs. Dickerson, against
the validity of the Town's title to lands under water, and some
doubt existed whether the Town owned any part of the prem-
ises. Hence, the President of the Board of Trustees directed
that the words "as far as the rights of the parties of the first
part extend" should be inserted in the deed, as a saving clause
in favor of the Trustees, but as they claim intended to apply only
to the premises north of the south line of the road across the
Cove— the limits of the grant. On the other hand, it is under-
stood to be the contention of Mr. DeForest that the true con-
struction of the language of the deed is to take in all premises
under water adjoining his lands, north of aline running into
the Harbor extended out parallel with old Spring Street. The
highway above referred to was laid out only seven months be-
fore the deed was executed, but the roadbed had not been filled
in It will be found in Book C, of Highways, page 203, and the
grant to Mr. DeForest was made subject to this highway over
it. The language of the description in the deed is not as clear
as it ought to have been, and it is not my purpose to express
any opinion here as to its true interpretation, but simply to
state material facts. — C. R. S.]

594 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1870, Dec. 9.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, at the house of Geo. VanAusdall, at Cold
Spring, Dec. 9, 1870, complaint having been made in
regards the dock in front of Geo. VanAusdall's, Walter
Hewlett clamiing one-thii-d of said dock, Hewlett and
VanAusdall agree to pay the rent now due and take a new
lease when the old lease expires, on such terms as may be
agreed upon.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to consult
some good counsel in regards to the oysters now planted
in our bays.

Resolved, That Elias Baylis and S. K. Gould be chosen
for that committee.

Recorded by S. K. Gould, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, j). 291 )

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.] .

[187 1, Feb. 4.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the Town House, Feb. 4, 1871,

Resolved, That the Trustees empower H. J. Scudder to
proceed with the act in regard to the oysters now planted
in our bays and harbors.

Resolved, That Elias Baylis have full power to act in
concert with H. J. Scudder.

Recorded by S. K. Gould, Clerk. '
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 292.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 595

[PETITION CONCERNING BOUNDARY

BETWEEN SUFFOLK AND

QUEENS COUNTIES.]

[1767, July 24.]
To His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Baronet, Captain
General and Govcrnor-m-Chief m and over the Colony of
New York and the Territories depending thereon in
America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the same.

The Petition of the Freeholders of Oysterbay in Queens
County, living nigh the Line of Division between Queens
County and Suffolk County most humbly showeth :

That in the 3'' year of King William and Queen Mary,
an Act was passed by the Legislature of this Colony en-
titled an Act to divide this Province and Dependances
into Shires and Counties, by which Act Queens County is
to contain the several Towns of Newtown, Jamaica, Flush-
ing, Hempstead and Oysterbay with Horse Neck, the
several Out Farms, Necks, Settlements and Plantations
adjacent, and the Islanas called the two Brothers and
Hallet Island, and so it has continued until the Present
Time. But now a Doubt has arisen about the Southern
Bounds of the Town oi Oysterbay some alledging it does
not extend to the South Sea or main Ocean. On this
Pretence the town of Huntington, the westermost Town
in Suffolk County, has lately run a South Line from the
Head of Cold Spring, which they call their westermost
Boundary across the Island to the South Sea or Main
Ocean, which Line runs in upon the Ancient Settlements
of Oysterbay nigh if not iuU out one Mile and a half and
across certain Islands, Marshes, Salt Meadows and Sand
Beaches purchased of the native Proprietors upwards of
eio-hty years since by some of your Petitioners Ancestors,
Inliabitants of Oysterbay, by virtue of their Patent granted
by Sir Edmund Andross in the year 1677, and held by
them or their successors ever since then, from the situation

596 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

and Nature of the Ground no constant settlements could
be made thereon. This Proceeding- of the Inhabitants of
Huntington we conceive leaves it uncertain how far East
Queens County is to exercise Jurisdiction, through those
Islands, Marshes, Salt Meadows and Sand Beaches. Your
Excellency Petitioners therefore most humbly pray that
as this dispute will greatly affect some of their Properties,
and is likely to be soon productive of many Law-Suits to
try their Titles, that your Excellency will for preserving
Peace and good Order, be pleased to settle a Line of Juris-
diction between Queens County and Suifolk County, that
the respective ofificers of each County may kncjw where to
go to execute their several Processes, and we humbly
•conceive that this Line of Jurisdiction sIkjuUI be carried
from the Middle of the Mouth of a certain Creek or River
where it empties itself into the Bay which runs between the
Eastermost Neck of Land settled under Oysterbay called
Lattins Neck, and the Westermost Neck settled under
LIuntington and called by them there West Neck, and
continued across the Bay, Islands, Marshes, Salt Meadows
and Sand Beach on a South Line until it strikes the South
Sea or Main Ocean. And your Excellency's Petitioners as
in Duty bound shall ever pray.

David Jones Samuel Powel

Silas Carman Wait Pow'el

Samuel Carman John Powel

James Ryder Henry Whitson

Abraham Wansor Thomas Jones

Queens County, 24th July, 1767.
A true copy examined by

GOLDSBROW, BeNJ. D.,
Clerk of the Counsel.*
{File No. 417.)

L* This and the three following papers are inserted here out
of the order of date, for the reason that they were absent from
the records and in the hands of a committee appointed to con-
sider this boundary, while the prior records were being printed.
— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 597

[ORDER BY THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
CONCERNING THE BOUNDARY.]

[1769, Aug. 2.]

At a Council held at Fort George, in the city of New
York on Wednesday, the 2d day of August, 1769,

Present- His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Baronet,
Captain General, Mr. Horn^andon Mr. Dolar.sy, Mr
Oglethorpe, Mr. Read, Mr. Morris, Mr. Pruden, Mr. Wal-
lace, Mr. White.

Upon reading this Day at the Board the Petition of the
Freeholders of Oysterbay in Queens County, living oyer
the Line of Division between Queens County and the
County of Suffolk, praying that for the preservation of
Peace and Good Order, his Excellency ^lU be pleased to
settle a Line of Jurisdiction between the said County, that
the respective officers of each County may know where o
go to execute their several Processes which me of J ns^
diction the Petitioners humbly conceive should be caiied
from the middle of the Mouth of a certain Creek or River
where it empties itself into the Bay -^-^^-ns between
the Eastermost Neck of Land settled under Oysterbay
ctlled Lattins Neck and the ^estermost Neck seU ed
under Huntington and called by them heir W est Neck
and continued across the Bay, Islands, Marshes Sa
Meadows and Sand Beaches on a south Line until it strikes
the South Sea or Main Ocean.

It is ordered by his Excellency the Governor with the
advice of the council! that the Petitioners do serve a copy
of their said Petition and of this Order on the m-bitan ^
of the Township of Huntington in the County of Suffolk
Id that the said Inhabitants do on ^^^^^^^^^^^
teenth day of August, Instant, show cause before his Excel

598 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

lency in Councill why the Prayer of the said Petition
should not be granted.

GOLDSBROW, BeNJ. D.

Clerk of the Councill.
{File No. 418.)

[SETTLEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY WITH
OYSTER BAY.]

[1797, Nov. 25.]

To all to whom these Presents shall come, we Richard
Hatfield, Ebenezer Purdy and Elias Newman, the Commis-
sioners constituted and appointed in and by an Act of the
Legislature of the State of New York, entitled an Act for
the appointment of commissioners to settle such part of
the line of division between the Town of Oyster Bay and
Huntington as is therein mentioned passed 17 February
1797 to hear and determine the controversy subsisting be-
tween the Town of Oyster Bav and Huntinsfton relative
to the western boundar}' line of the Town of Huntington
from the meadow adjoining the South Bay to the Atlantic
Ocean, and finall}' to ascertain, fix and determine the same,
send Greeting. Know ye that we the said Richard Hat-
field, Ebenezer Purdy and Elias Newman, each of us hav-
ing duly taken the oath directed in and by the said Act
before we entered upon the execution of the duties enjoined
by the said act, and duly considered the matter in con-
troversy and rim the Hne from the said meadow in pursu-
ance of the act aforesaid, do determine that the western
boundary line of the said Town of Huntington fi'om the
meadow adjoining the South Bay to the Atlantic Ocean
agreeable to the Charters or Letters patent by which the
land, meadow and marsh within the said two Towns were

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 599

granted to the original proprietors or patentees and accord-
ing to such just and equitable construction as the words
of those Instruments and the evidence of other ancient and
authentic records and documents relative to the premises
will authorize, shall be as follows, to wit : Beginning at
the Southeast bounds of meadows called Oyster Bay south
meadows or Latin's Neck at the river formerly called by
the Indians Wanasketuc and by the nihabitants Latms*
Creek on the west side thereof and at a monument there
set in the ground, thence runnmg as the magnetic Needle
now points South three degrees west to the northernmost
Island or marsh in that direction in the said South Bay
called Townsend Island to a monument erected on the
north side of the said Island or marsh from which said
last mentioned monument the house of David Richard
Floj'd Jones in which he now resides bears north thirty
seven degrees fifteen minutes west, and the house of Cap-
tain Zebulon Ketcham in which he now resides bears north
thirty three degrees thirty minutes east and so continuing
on south three degrees west across the said Bay and
marshes to the beach which parts the said Bay and marshes
from the said Atlantic Ocean at a certain monument there-
on erected from which said last mentioned monument the
said house of the said David Richard Floyd Jones bears
north twenty degrees thirty minutes west and the said
house of the said Captain Zebulon Ketcham bears north
twenty degrees seven minutes east and so continuing on
South three degrees west to the said Atlantic Ocean.
In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this twenty-fifth day of November in the 3'ear of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven.
Sealed and delivered in Richard Hatfield [Seal]
the presence of us Ebenezer Purdy [Seal]

Silas Wood, Elias Newman [Seal]

John Fleet.

600 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Be it remembered that on the seventh da}^ of December
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety seven, before me John Sloss Hobart one of the Jus-
tices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York,
came Silas Wood one of the subscribing witnesses to the
instrument of writing on the other leaf of this sheet con-
tained, to me personally known who made oath that he is
personally acquainted with Richard Hatfield, Ebenezer
Purdy and Elias Newman therein mentioned and that he
saw them severally sign, seal and deliver the same as their
act for the purpose thereiir mentioned and that John Fleet
the other subscribing witness was present and signed his
name as a witness thereto and that the deponent is person-
ally acquainted with the said John Fleet and did himself
sign the same as a subscribing witness, wherefore I do
allow it to be recorded.

Jno. Sloss Hobart.

Recorded in the Secretary's office of the State of New
York in Book of Deeds indorsed ^ page 531 &c., the 7th
day of December 1797.

Lewis A. Scott, Secretary.*
{File No. 419.)

[LOCATION OF MONUMENTS SHOWING
BOUNDARY WITH OYSTER BAY.]

[i860, June I.]

Yaphank, June i, i860.
To Hon. Chas. A. Floyd and
Hon. D. R. Floyd Jones:
Gentlemen. — In accordance with your directions dur-

[* There is an old map in the file of maps showing the south-
erly portion of the boundary. — C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 6oi

ing the early part of last week, I erected monuments along
the boundary line between Huntington and Oyster Bay at
the following places, viz. :

One at the head of Cold Spring upon the north side of
the Velsor or Stilwell road.

One upon the south side of the Huntington road, about
1 20 rods from the former.

One upon the north side of the Smithtown turnpike,
west from Josiah Water's house.

One upon the north side of the road leading by Israel
VanSize and a few rods eastward from the junction of Van
Wyck's lane.

One upon the northwesterly side of the road passing by
S. Brush's and a few rods from his house.

One upon the north side of the Melville or Sweet Hollow

road.

One upon the north side of the L. I. Railroad.

One upon the north side of the Babylon road.

One upon the northeasterly side of the Amityville road.

One upon the north side of the swamp, about the head
•of Carman's Brook.

One at the border of the swamp which lies about the
head of Lattin's Creek and a few rods south from the South
Country road ; in all eleven.

These monuments were so placed that the crease across
the top of each should approximate closely to the course

of the hne.

There was also one monument erected upon the south
side of the Hewlett mill-dam at Cold Spring sixty (60)
links eastward from the middle of the south end of the
bridge. From the best evidence which could be obtained
this bridge is directly or very nearly over the channel
of the original stream, the true boundary, and the monu-
ment was placed where it was not likely to be disturbed
by repairs to the bridge. Perhaps you may think proper

6o2 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

to erect in place of this one, another monument bearing a
suitable inscription indicating the relative position of the
true boundary.

Respectfully submitted,
W. J. Weeks.
{File No. 420.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1871, ApriU.]

At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-
ton, held at the Town House, Long Swamp, on the 4th
day of April, 1871, the following resolutions were passed
and Town Officers elected :

Supervisor, J, Amherst WoodhuU. Town Clerk, Daniel
L. Baylis. Collector, Francis B. Olmstead. President of
Trustees, Stephen K. Gould. Trustees, Isaac W. Roe,
Selah Smith, Selah Dunce, Isaac C. Ireland, Benjamin
Doty, Piatt Ketcham. Justice of Peace, Henr}^ S. Lewis.
Assessor at Large, Joel S. Davis, full term commencing
Jan. I, 1872. Assessors — ist Dist., O. S. Sammis ; 2d Dist.,
Elbert Arthur ; 3d Dist., John Carll ; 4th Dist., Timothy
J. Terr}^ Overseers of Poor, Samuel O. White, Solomon
Ketcham. Commissioner of Highwa3'S, Ansel Smith.
Constables, Peter M. Trainer, Theophilus Beebe, David P.
Brush, Smith Robbins. Town Sealer, Moses White.

Resolved, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be
raised'for the support of the Poor.

Resolved, That the sum of four thousand, five hundred
dollars be raised for contingent expenses.

Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars be raised
for the Commissioners of Highwa3'S for roads and bridges.

Resolved, That the Trustees of this Town be authorized,

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 6o$

empowered and directed to lease the lands immediately
suitable for oyster beds in the bays and harbors belonging
under the water to the Town of Huntington, and before
doing so that they take proper counsel therein as to the
best and safest manner of leasing said ground. None but
residents have the privilege to said lease and that those
residents having oysters already planted, be entitled to
the first privilege, and the Trustees be required to give
public notice of two weeks before adopting the resolution^
for the terms and manner of leasing.

Recorded by Daniel L. Baylis,

Town Clerk.
{Town Meetings. Vol. Ill, pp. 220-22.)

[PROCEEDINGS OF TRUSTEES. AN INVESTI-
GATION OF THE TOWN'S TITLE ORDERED.]

[187 1, May 6.] .

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the house of Chas. T. Duryea, on May
6, 1871,

Whereas, At the last Annual Town Meeting of the Town
of Huntington, certain resolutions were passed, directing
the Trustees of the Town to lease the land under water,
for the purpose of planting oysters, and

Whereas, Some doubts exist in the minds of the Board
as to its powers in regard to the right to lease the land
under water for the purpose indicated in said resolution.

Resolved, That the President of the Board employ
counsel in behalf of the Board to investigate all the old
charters, and for him to report to this Board at as early a
day as possible, and the said report be made in writing or
printed, showing all of the old charters, grants, privileges^

■604 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

laws and decisions in regard to our powers and duties.

Resolved, That a committee of two members be ap-
pointed by the President to act with him in procuring said
counsel and report as above directed. I. W. Roe and Chas.
T. Duryea were appointed said committee.

Recorded by

Benj. Doty, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 296 97.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1871, May 13.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the Town House, Long Swamp, May

Resolved, That the Trustees employ a surveyor to sur-
vey the Town House Farm for the purpose of selling it.

The President appointed Mr. Ireland and Mr. Gould to
employ and assist the surveyor. The clerk was authorized
to communicate with the persons holding leases for dock
propertv and procure a copy of their leases, in order to
know when they expire.

Recorded by

Benj. Doty, Clerk.
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 297.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[Abstract.]
[1871, June 17.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. ^OS"

Huntington, held at the house of C. T. Duryea, June 17,

'^The committee appointed to have the Town Farm sur-
veyed, made a report that there was seventy acres, one
rood and twenty-three one-hindredths rods, as appeared by
card surveyed by Wm. C. Schenclc.

Recorded by

Benj. Doty. Clerk.

[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, P- 298.)

[PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF HEALTH.]

[1871. Aug. 1.]

Huntington, L. I., Aug i, 1S71,
The undersigned, residents and householders in the
Town of Huntington, respectfully represent to the Hon-
orable, the Board of Health of the said Town of Hunting,
ton that the two vessels now lying m the Bay or Harbor
oT Huntington, named or called the "Falcon" and the
"Algonquin," which are engaged in the business or occu-
pation of manufacturing or extracting oil from fish, or
other substance, are a public nuisance, and tnat the effluvia
arising from the said vessels, is, in the deliberate judgment
of your petitioners, detrimental to public health, and they
the efore humbly pray your honorable body, to cause the
Iresaid vessels ti be removed from the bay and waters

of Huntinsfton at once.

The undersigned petitioners further declare that they
have at divers and sundry times been annoyed and dis-
tressed with the offensive odor arising from th^ aforesaid
vessels, and that they believe their own health and the
health of their families to be imperiled by every hours
stay of the aforesaid vessels in the aforesaid waters.

Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that the Board
of Health will at once take measures for the immediate

6o6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

removal of the aforesaid nuisance, wliich they believe to
be so injurious to the health of the Town, and declare the
same noisome and detrimental to public health."

(Signed :)

J. Van Schaick, Chas. H. Davis, H. Paulding, Jr.,
S. C. Rogers, Peter M. Trainer, C. R. Gentry, A. Mul-
ligan, Arthur T. Hurd, E. T. T. Marsh, M. D., George
C. Gardiner, Mary B. Gardiner, Henry J. Scudder,
Jonah Denton, Annie Paulding, M. P. Meade, Emily
Van Schaick, Emma Paulding, Thos. Aitkin, C. J.
Woodhull, F. M. Crossmam, Harriet B. Selleck, H.
■G. Scudder, Wm. S. Thurston, E. S. Thurston, Annie
Bryar, M. p. Mulligan, T. Gaillard Thomas, M, D.

{File No. 410.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO GEO. VV. SCUDDER.]

[Abstract.]
[187 1, Aug. 8.]

Lease — Trustees, Town of Huntington, to George W.
Scudder, dated Aug. 8, 1871.

[* Complaint had been inade to the Board of Health, as early
as the middle of July of this year, against these fibh hulks as
a nuisance, and their owners had been requested to move them
from the bay, but they had not done so. The "Falcon," a ves-
sel of about 300 tons, was owned by the SterIing|Oil Co., o f which
George F. Tuthill, of Greenport, was the head. The "Algon-
quin" was 900 tons, and owned by Charles H. Tuthill & Co.,
of Greenport. They were engaged in the manufacture of oil
and fish guano from bunkers. Capt. Tuthill testified before
the Board of Health that the crew of the Falcon had taken
about 1,000,000 fish in the bay during the previous six days.
The Board of Health, after taking evidence of all parties, in-
cluding the two captains of the vessels, and receiving the
report of the health officer, decided that the fish guano manu-
factory in Huntington Bay was detrimental to health, and
served on the owners a notice requiring them to move out of
the jurisdiction of Huntington, and they obeyed the order. — ■
C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 607

Premises described as follows : a certain piece of land
covered with water and nearly all filled in with material
for dock purposes, situated on the west of and adjoining-
and being an extension westerly of the old Henry Wil-
liams dock on the east side of Huntington Harbor, and of
the lands under water leased by said Town of Huntington
to Henr}' Williams, by an instrument of writing dated the
5th day of November, 1863, and recorded in Suffolk
County Clerk's Office on the third day in January, 1867,
Liber of Deeds 141, page 308, and since that time assigned
to said George W. Scudder, and now held by him. The
said piece of land hereby granted as aforesaid being an
extension on the westerly side of said dock of thirty feet
in width, and two hundred and forty feet in length, cov-
ering the entire front of the lands mentioned in the said
lease to Henry Williams, which land is for the purpose of
maintaining, repairing and keeping in repair and enlarging
the said dock from its original condition and dimensions.

Rent, $6.00 per year.

Term, from date to Nov. 5th, 1884.

Lease to be renewed on same terms as were in the lease
of Henry Williams.

Stephen K. Gould,

In presence of President of Trustees, [l. s.]

Charles R. Street.

Recorded in County Clerk's office, August 17, 1871.

George C. Campbell, Clerk.

(Filed in Town Clerk's office.)
(File Xu. 4:11.)

[PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.]

[1871, Aug. 19.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of

6o8 HUXTIXGTOX TOWN RECORDS.

Huntington, held at the brick3-ard of Messrs. Provost^
Aug. 19, 1 87 1,

Messrs. John C. Provost. Andrew J. Provost and \Vm.
Y. Provost, having made application to the Trustees of
the Town for a lease of the shore in front of their brick-
yard at the above named place, the Trustees after
viewing the premises, granted the above named person a
lease for 99 years, at an annual rent of $1 per 3"ear, payable
at the end of the year on Sept. ist in each and everv year.

Recorded by Benj. Doty, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 301.)

[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO JOHN C. PROVOST
AND OTHERS.

[Abstract.]
[1871, Sept. I.]

Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to John C^
Provost, Andrew J. Provost and William Y. Provost,
dated Sept. i, 1871.

Premises described as follows : All the lands now be-
longing to the Tov\-n of Huntington, situated at Fresh
Pond in said Town, and lying and being east of the lands
and premises of the parties of the second part and west of
the lands of Dr. Cheeseman, together with the lands under
water of the Sound in front thereof, with all the ap-
purtenances.

Term, twentv-nine vears from Sept. ist, 1871.

Rent, one dollar per vear.

It is covenanted by and between the parties hereto, that
the parties of the second part, their heirs, successors or
assigns, shall not destroy or materially impair the public
easement along the shore of the Sound over said premises

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 609

and that they will construct over such canal or excavation
as may be made by them upon said premises, a bridge
sufficient for the public travel.

It is further covenanted by and between the parties
hereto, that the said lands are to be used b}'^ the parties of
the second part, their heirs, successors or assigns, for the
purpose of constructing an artificial canal or harbor, con-
necting with the Sound, in connection with the brick-
making business, or business of like nature, and not other-
wise.

Term, ninety-nine 3'ears.

Rent, one dollar per year.

Recorded by Daniel L. Baylis,

Town Clerk.
{Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, jjp. 171 73.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]

[187 1, Nov. 17.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees ot the Town of
Huntington, held at the hotel of Chas. T. Duryea, in the
village of Huntington, Nov. 17, 1871.

The counsel, Charles R. Street and Henry C. Piatt, em-
ployed to investigate the matter concerning the powers
and duties of the Trustees, made a report, which was laid
over for further consideration.

The matter relating to the removal of the Town paupers
to the new County Alms House, and the selling of the
Town House property was then discussed. After mature
deliberation it was

Resolved, That the Town officers call a special Town
Meeting in order to let the people decide the matter
themselves.

Recoraed by Benj. Doty, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 305.)

6lO HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. THE COUNTY
ALMS HOUSE PLAN ADOPTED.]

[1871, Dec. 5.]

At a Special Town Meeting, held at the Town House,
Long Swamp, on the 5th of Dec, 1871,

Resolved, That the Overseers of the Poor be and are
hereby requested to cause to be removed to the Suffolk
County Alms House, all the permanent poor now in the
Town House, as also other paupers whom it may hereafter
be considered requisite to send to any Alms House.

Resolved, That hereafter all persons for themselves or
any other person making application to the Overseers of
Poor for temporary relief from the Town, shall be ex-
amined before a Justice of the Peace of the Town, as to
his or her claims to be entitled to such relief, and no per-
son shall be entitled to such relief and to the amount
thereof, unless as certified to by said Justice as prescribed
by Statute.

Resolved, That the Trustees of this Town are hereby
requested to sell the Poor House property, upon such
terms and in such manner as they ma}- deem most advan-
tageous for the best interest of the Town.

Recorded bv Benj. Doty, Clerk.
[Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 307-8.)

[1871, Dec. 23.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held Dec. 23, 1871,

Resolved, That we sell the Town Farm, (as previously
directed by the people at a Special Town Meeting,) and
that wc fix the price to be four thousand dollars.

Resolved, That the report of Charles R. Street and
Henry C. Piatt, the counsel employed to ascertain the

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 6ll

powers and duties of the Board of Trustees, be accepted
and printed in pamphlet form, and that there be one hun-
dred copies printed.

Resolved, That the President and any other member of
the Board (by him selected) be authorized to have the re-
port printed.*

Resolved, That the President of the Board and Chas.
T. Duryea be directed to call on delinquent lessees of Town
property, and demand that their indebtedness be paid.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 309.)

[PETITION TO DIVIDE THE TOWN OF
HUNTINGTON.]

[1872, Jan. 27.]

Memorial.
To THE Legislature of the State of New York :

[* A very thorough and exhaustive examination was made of
the Town's title to lands under water, and an opinion was given
the Board of Trustees, printed in pamphlet form, contammg
about one hundred pages. The inquiry necessarily compelled
a careful examination of records and papers la the Town
Clerk's office, the office of the Secretary of State in Albany,
and the libraries of historical societies, as well as an explora-
tion of the law and decisions of the courts bearing on the
questions, both in this country and in England, from remote
times. The conclusion arrived at was, that the title to the sod
under the waters of the bays and harbors on the coast of this
Town was vested in the Trustees of the Town, subject to the
public right of navigation, and that the Trustees had the right
to sell or lease the same, notwithstanding the Supreme Court
had very recently decided adverse to such a claim in the case
of Lowndes vs. Dickerson. This conclusion was soon fortified
by the opinion of the Court of Appeals, of this State, in the
celebrated Brookhaven case, reported in 60 N. Y., involving
similar principles, and has been further vindicated by the nu-
merous decisions of the courts in cases arising in this Town.
The only question remaining open relates to the precise bounda-
ries of the lands under water, included in the Town Patents and
Grants. One hundred copies of the opinion were printed and
distributed.— C. R. S.j

6l2 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

We, the undersig'ned voters and taxpa3^ers of the Town
of Huntington, Suffolk County, N. Y., respectfully peti-
tion your Honorable Body for the passage of an act to
divide the Town of Huntington into two towns.*
Dated Jan. 27, 1872.

(Signed by 131 names).
{File No. 412.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS. THE TOWN
FARiM SOLD.]

[1872, Feb. 23.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held at the hotel of Chas. T. Duryea, in the
village* of Huntington, Feb. 23, 1872.

The object of the meeting was to sell the Town Farm at
public auction, in pursuance of a resolution to that effect,
passed at a previous meeting. At the appointed time the
farm was then offered for sale by the auctioneer (P. M.
Trainor,) and sold to the highest bidder, which was Egbert
A. Reeves, for the sum of $2,600.

Recorded by

Benj. Doty, Clerk.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 313 )

[* The movement for the division of the Town of Huntington
into two Towns, originated chiefly out of geographical con-
siderations. The interests of the two sections — the North Side
and the South Side — were no longer identical, and a division
has enabled each section to pursue its career of prosperity on
its own lines of public interest. The act of the Legislature,
erecting the Town of Babylon out of the southern part of the
Town of Huntington, was passed on the 13th day of March,
1872.— C. R. S.]

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 613

[COMMISSIONERS' REPORT APPORTIONING
PROPERTY BETWEEN HUNTING-
TON AND BABYLON.]

[1872, March 13.]

We, the undersigned Commissioners, duly named in and
appointed under Chapter 105 of the Session Laws of the
State of New York, passed March 13th, 1872, for the ap-
portionment of the personal property belonging to the old
Town of Huntington (as it existed on the first Tuesday of
April, 1872,) not required to meet liabilities of said Town
of Huntington, then due, or about to become due, which
had been authorized or directed, by any existing act, as
also all debts, bonds, obligations and liabilities of the Town
of Huntington, existing at the time of the passage of the
act, or which had been authorized or contracted, to ap-
portion the same between the Town of Babylon and the
Town of Huntington, as continued according to the amount
of taxable property in each, to be ascertained by the as-
sessment roll of the said Town of Huntington, for the year
1871, do hereby report as follows, viz. :

supervisor's ACCOUNT.
Dr.

To amounts received from Trustees, Excise,
money, sale of New York State Bounty Bonds,
and from all other sources as per record on the
Supervisor's Book, and audited by the Board
of Town Auditors $43,303.47

Cr.

By amounts paid out as per record and audit-
ed by the Board September 26th, 1872 45,181.82
Amount paid smce above 412.89

Total $45,594.71

6l4 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

There are bills presented but

not yet

paid, as

follows :

Henry Livingston

$40.12

Smith Robbins

35-30

Jonathan Sammis

Sarnuel Robbins

6.00

H. & C. Lockwood

22.50

Street & Piatt

10.00

J. A. WoodhuU

51.28

James J. Morris

30.80

$196.00
There has since been paid the following

amounts, viz.:

Bounty Bonds.
Bond of Elbert Carman with interest . $321.00

Bond of Mrs. Mary Purdy, with interest 535-OC>

Coupons on $7,600 of bonds 532.00

;i, 388.00

Poor Notes.

Note of M. & O. Baylis and interest $1,019.92

Note of Hannah Place and interest 112.00

Note of Hannah Place and interest 114.00

Note of H. Colyer and interest 749.00

Note of D. Smith and interest 1,070.00

Note of B. Robbins and interest 1,070.00

Note of E. Robbins and interest 1,605.00

Note of E. Avery and interest 107.00

1,846.92

The proportional part of the above Bounty
Bonds, and Notes were paid by Huntington and
Babylon, as follows :

Huntington $5,733-68

Babylon 1,501.24

$7,234.92

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 615

There has been received from S. R- Williams
per hands of Soh.mon Ketcham ^80.00

H V Bavlis paid bond and mortgage LSOO-O

h" V. Baylis paid interest on mortgage 9^-

Commissioner, of Highways of the old Town
have in their hands, which is to be paid
over to the Supervisor of the Town of

Huntington

120.71

hluntingtoii u ^<.

Received from Overseers of the Poor, per hands

of Solomon Ketcham
Received from Jonathan Sammis
?: be received from Geo. W. Smith Overseer

of the Poor, and to be paid as above __5li!

&2,342.39

There are Bounty Bonds now remaining un-

^L to order of U. P. Read, of $1,000 each $7,000.00
One to order of S. Wanser
Accrued interest to April 1st, 1874

600.00

532.00

,132.00

1 1 50.00

There is one iron safe in possession of the

Town of Huntington, value n\.r,.]\rV

There is a suit at law against Oliver Charlick
for damages on account of Road built aci-oss
his railroad track, near the house of Mor-
ris R Brush, for which the Commissioners
of Highways claim said Charlick was to
pay expenses, and was liable therefor,
amounting to the sum of ^^ ^

There is a claim put in against the old Town
of Huntington by H. V. Baylis and others,
for interest on the damages awarded them
by the opening of New York Avenue, in
the village of Huntington. Amount cannot
be stated at this time.

6l6 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

We find the proportional part as against and for
the respective towns as per the assessment
roll of the old Town of Huntington, for the
year 1871, to be for the Town of Hunting-
tington, ygl per cent.; for the Town of Bab-
ylon, 2o|- per cent.

SUMMARY.

We find the amounts paid out for the old Town
on bills, bonds, notes and contracts due, and
contracted by said Town to be for the term
ending April 2d, 1872 $45,594.71

We find that there arc bills outstanding and not

yet paid, amounting to 196.00

We find that there are Bounty Bonds, not yet

due, amounting to the sum of 7,600.00

There will be one year's interest on the above,

to April ist, 1874 532.00

Making total amount of obligations paid and to

be hereafter paid, as stated above $53,922.71

Deduct therefrom amounts paid out $45,795.86

Leaves a balance to be provided for between the
towns as per their proportional part, namely :

Huntington, $6,501.48; Babylon, $1,625.37 $8,126.85

Suffolk County, )■ ss.

We, the undersigned Commissioners appointed b}' and
under Chapter 105, of the Session Laws i)( the State of
New York, of 1872, and also John E. Ireland, present Su-
pervisor of the Town of Babylon, do hereby certify that
the sum of eight thousand one hundred and twenty-six -^-^-^
dollars ($8,126.85), as shown by the annexed report, as be-
ing due from the two towns collectively, has been pro-
portioned as follows, viz.:

Town of Huntington, $6,;;oi.48

Town of Babylon 1,625.37

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 617

And the same has been raised on the tax list of the respec-
tive towns, and I, J. Amherst WoodhuU, as Supervisor of
the Town of Huntington, do hereby exonerate the Town
of Babylon from the payment, the same having been re-
ceived be me, from them, of her proportional part of the
above named amount.

Dated Amity ville, i\pril 2d, 1874.

J. Amherst Woodhull,

Commissioner for Huntington.
James T. Morris,

Commissioner of Babylon
John E. Ireland,

Supervisor of Babylon.
All of the above is hereby submitted as being the whole
and true account of all credits, debts, demands and evi-
dences of indebtedness due, and to become due, for and
-against the Town of Huntington, as it existed on the 2d
dav of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sexenty-two, subject however to any just and lawful claims
for or against the said original Town, as heretofore consti-
tuted, and the same to be decided as to their legality by
the Supervisors of the respective towns of Babylon and
Huntington, for the time being when presented.
Dated Amity ville. Town of Babylon, April 2, 1874.
J. Amherst Woodhull,

Commissioner for Huntington.
James T. Morris,
, Commissioner for Babylon.

[File No. 421.)

[TOWN MEETING-]

[1872, April 2.]
At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting-

6l8 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

ton, held at the Euterpean Hall, in the villag-e of Hunthig-
ton, on April 2, 1872, the following resolutions were
passed and Town officers elected :

Supervisor, J. Amherst Woodhull. Town Clerk, Daniel
L. Baylis. President of Trustees, Wm. W. Wood, Trust-
ees, W. B. Sammis, Duel Titus, Wm. H. Sammis, Jos.
Matthias, Henry Buffett, Lsaac C. Ireland. Justices of the
Peace, Ebenezer G. Parrott, (term expire Jan. i, 1875),
Jarvis R. Rolph (requisite term), Cornelius Godfrey (term
expires Jan. i, 1876). Assessors, O. Smith Sammis (3,
years), Selah Smith (2 3'ears), John Carll (i year). Over-
seers of Poor, Geo. W. Smith, John Smith. Commis-
sioners of Highways, John C. Totten, Chas. P. Ketcham.
Constables, Selah Hubbs, Jos. Vanderbilt, Abiel C. Vail,
Peter M. Trainer. Collector, Timothy Oakley. Game
Constable, Wm. H. Jarvis. Town Sealer to be appointed.

Resolved, That the sum of $2,500 be appropriated for
the support of the Town poor.

Resolved, That the sum of $3,000 be appropriated for
contingent expenses.

Resolved, That $500 be appropriated for Commissioners
of Highways.

Resolved, That the Supervisor of this Town be requested
to lay the matter of titles to land under water, adjoining
the several Towns in Suffolk County, and the rights to
take fish and clams therefrom, and to plant and take up
oysters from the same, before the Board of Supervisors of
said County and urge action by the said Board tQ, procure
the necessary legislation to confirm the right belonging
to the several Towns, and to have the same defined by
general or specific bounds, and also endeavor to obtain
concurrent action by the Board of Supervisors ol Queens
County, so that by a combined effort of the two Boards of
Supervisors, such legislation may be secured as will
definitely settle the question of the rights of the several

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. Sl^

Tnwn, borderino- on the waters of the harbors, bays and
lound'and pu^ an end to trespass and expensive law su.s

'iLri^vetThatuXardof Trustees and Town Clerk
be a,^ are hereby directed to cause all '--""'^ °' '^.^
present Town of Huntington, now m the T°wn Clerks
office o be arranged, classified, supplemented and bound
omce, to uc a o ■ hundred dollars or

inconvenient volumes, and that tiiree ""
such less sum as is necessary, be appropriated to defray
:;" expenses, providing the Town of Babylon will bear
their proportion of the expeiis. ^ ^^ ^^^.^^ ^ ^^^^.^^

Town Clerk.
{Toivn Meetings, Vol IV, pp. 1 4 )

[CHANGE IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.]

[1872, May 3-]

Chapter 49--
[Certifted Copy.]
AN ACT to abolish the office of Trustees of the ree-
^"^ \^o;dersaudco...nonalty of the Town of Hunu..|-
ton, in the Town of Huntmgtpn, County of Suffolk,
and to create their successors.
Passed May 3, ^^73, three-hfths being present

The people of the State of New \oik, lepresented
Semte and Assembly, do enact as follows : . , ., .

S^^CTION I. On and after the first Tuesday n. Aprd m
the '^ar one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-two
!i <;ffire of Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty
o X To n o Hmuington, in the Town of Huntn.gton
t the County of Suffolk, shall be abolished and cease to

exist.

'620 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Section 2. The Supervisor, Town Clerk and Assessors
of the Town of Huntington and their successors, are here-
by created cx-officio, the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, and legal successors of the Trustees of the
freeholders and commonalty of the Town of Huntington,
and vested with all the rights, privileges, powers, duties
and jurisdiction heretofore enjoyed and exercised by such
Trustees, over the real and personal property of the Town
of Huntington. The Supervisor of the Town shall be
£x-officio. President of the Board of Trustees of the Town
of Huntington, hereby created.

Section 3. The President of the Trustees of the free-
holders and commonalty of the Town of Huntington, shall
upon demand, deliver to the President of the Board of
Trustees of the Town of Huntington hereby created, and
after the date aforesaid, all records, books, papers, docu-
ments, moneys and property belonging to said Town and
then in his possession or under his control.

Section 4. All Acts inconsistent with this Act are here-
by repealed.

State of New York, )

■Office of the Secretary of State. \ ' ".

I have compared the preceding with the original law on
file in this ofihce and do hereby certify that the same is a
correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said
original law.

Given under my hand and seal of ofilice, at the City of
Albany, the tenth day of May in the year one thousand,
-eight hundred and seventy-two.

Anson S. Wood,
Secretary of State.
{Filed in Town Clerk's ofhce.)
{File No. 413.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 621

[AUDITORS' PROCEEDINGS.]

[1872, June 29.]

Whereas, at a meeting of the Board of Auditors held on
the 29th day of June, 1872, a resolution was passed to pay
unto Hiram V. Baylis, the sum of $125, in the matter of
his claim against the Town of Huntington arising from
expenses incurred in the matter of opening New York
Avenue, provided he execute a release in full to the said
Town for all further claims.

And whereas, the said proposition has been declined by
said claimant, H. V. Baylis, partly on the ground that other
and extra personal expenses were incurred by him, which
were not included in his bill rendered, but which are
justl}' and reasonably due and owing to him by said Town
in the matter relating to resisting the laying out and open-
ing said Avenue, therefore

Resolved, That this Board agrees to offer and hereby
does offer to said Baylis, the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars in full, for all his claims arising out of the matter of
said Avenue, to be paid to him, on his executing a receipt
and release in full to the Town of Huntington, in the above
matter, including the amount of his service bill of fifteen
dollars in the above amount.

Dated, Huntington, August 24, 1872.

J. A. WooDHULL, Supervisor.
Wm. H. Monfort,

J. R. ROLPH, i -r

Cornelius Godfrey, M"stices.
E. G. Parrot r,

D. L. Baylis, Town Clerk..
{Town Meetings, Vol. IV, p. 9.)

622 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[THE OLD BOARD OF TRUSTEES VACATE
OFFICE.]

[1872, July 15.]

At a meeting held this da}- at the Supervisor's office, the
Supervisor, Assessors and Town Clerk made a formal de-
mand of the books, papers and all property belonging to
the Town ot Huntington, in possession of, or subject to
the order of the late Trustees of the Town ot Huntington,
the same to be delivered over by them to their successors
in office, as duly appointed by Chapter 492 of the Session
Laws of the State of New York, passed May 3d, 1872.

On demand being made, the President of the Board
agreed to deliver over at the first opportunity, to the said
new Board, the documents etc., as demanded.

[Cop3' of Demand.]

To Wm. W. Wood, President, Warren B. Sammis, Buel

Titus, Wm. H. Sammis, J. Matthias, Henry Buf-

fett, Lsaa( C. Ireland, Trustees of the Town of

Huntington, elected April 2, 1872.

Gentlemen: By virtue of Chapter 492 of the Laws of

the State of New York, entitled "an Act to abolish the

office of Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of

the Town of Huntington, in the Town of Huntington,

County of Suffolk, and to create their successors," we the

undersigned, after due consultation with eminent counsel,

consider it our duty, as successors created under that Act,

and we do hereby make a formal demand of you the former

Trustees, of all books, papers, documents, monc3'S or any

and all property that may be in your possession, or subject

to your order, that may belong or owned by said Town of

Himtington, and that the same shall be delivered and put

in our possession, as being the pi'opcr custodians thereof,

on or before the 20th day of July, 1872.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 623

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
si<rnatures this fifteenth day of July, 1872.
^ J. Amherst Woodhull, Supervisor.

Daniel L. Baylis, Town Clerk.

O. Smith Sam mis, ] Assessors.
Selah Smith, \

Recorded by Daniel L. Bayhs,

Town Clerk.

{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. II, PP- 1-2.)

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS. THE CLASSIFICA-
TION AND REBINDING TOWN RECORDS.

[Abstract.]
[1872, Sept. 2.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, field at tlie Supervisors office on tlie /tli day

"'itaccordance to a resolution passed at the last Annual
Town Meeting, authorizing and requestmg 'he Tr"S ^s^ o
have the old books and records in the Town Clerk s ofhce
relndexed, bound and classified, provided the expense
Z"ti sh;uld not exceed three hundred doH-s also pro-
vided that the Town of Babylon would pay tne propor-
tional part of the said expense,

Resolved That J. A. Woodhull be a committee to wait
on Messrs. 'street, Piatt and Wood, or upon any other
narties that may desire to compete for the contract of re-
■ndl-n' filing and binding the records of the Town, as o
he^u'st amount they will do the work, and that the
committee be requested to correspond with the authont, s
o°The Town of Babplon, as to their hitentions to co-operate

with us. , rr Q r N

{Trustees' Proceedings, iol. Il,pp.^-^-)

624 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS. RELEASE BY

HUNTINGTON TO BABYLON OF

TOWN LANDS.]

[1873, Jan. 3.]

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of
Huntington, held on the 3d day of Jan., 1873, at the Super-
visor's ofihce :

Whereas, in accordance with an Act of the Leg^islature
of the State of New York, passed March 13, 1872,

Entitled, an Act for the division of tlie Town of Hun-
tington, in the County of Suffolk, and the erection of anew
Town from the southern part of said Town and for the ap-
portionment of the Town property and debts :

And whereas, by Section 6th of said Act it becomes the
dut}' of the Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of
the Town of Huntington (and) are hereby empowered and
directed to make and execute all releases and conveyances
necessary to carry into elfect the provisions of this Section,
therefore,

Resolved, That J. Amherst Woodhull, the President of
our Board of Trustees of the commonalty and freeholders
of the Town of Huntington, is hereby in accordance with
said law, directed and empowered to make and execute
to said Town of Babylon, the proper Quit Claim Deed, as
called for by the aforementioned Act, and to affix the
common seal of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Hun-
tington thereto.

Recorded by Daniel L. Baylis,

Sec. of Board.
{Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. II, pp. 7-8.)

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS. 625

[BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN HUNTINGTON,
BABYLON AND ISLIP.]

[1873, March 25.]

We the undersigned, Supervisors of the Towns of Hun-
tington, Babylon and Islip, hereunto sign our names to
three copies of this survey, one of which is to be filed in
the Town Clerk's office of Babylon, one in Huntington and
one in Islip.

Dated March 25, 1873.

Elbert Carll,

Supervisor of Babylon.
J, Amherst Woodhuli,,

Supervisor of Huntington.
John Wood,

Supervisor of Islip.*
{See map in tin case in Town Clerk'is office.)

[CONTRACT FOR REVISION OF THE
TOWN RECORDS ]

[1873, May 17.]
Work to be done on Town Records.

[* I am unable to find any record of this survey, but a map
of the Hne of boundary, as thus surveyed, is on file, entitled as
follows : "map of the boundary lines betweEn the Towns of
Babylon, Huntington and Islip, surveyed and marked by mon-
uments Dec. 3, 1872, by Jonathan Sammis and Abram G.
Thompson, surveyors." This map shows the courses and dis-
tances. Subsequently, in 1884, the entire eastern line of Hun-
tington, from the north hne of Babylon to Long Island Sound,
was fixed l)y Resolution of the Board of Supervisors, a survey
made by Scudder V. Whitney, surveyor, and the part of the
line north of Comae monumented. This survey and the map
accompanying it is on file. There is also a map on file show-,
ing the dividing line between Huntington and Babylon. —
C. R. S.]

626 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Land Records.

1. Bind the 8 Books of Land Records, running from
1660 to 1800, in two volumes; make reverse indexes,
giving names of all grantors and grantees.

2. Bind the 4 Books of Land Grants by Trustees, from
1688 to 1762, in one volume and index the same.

3. Bind the 7 Books of Returns of Surveyors in one
volume and index.

4. Bind the 2 Books of Leases in one volume and make
reverse indexes.

5. Endorse, classify and file all conveyances or other
papers affecting titles to lands, including patents, Indian
deeds, etc.

Proceedings of Town Meetings.

6. Bind in one volume the 4 Books, together with all
loose sheets, and make a table of contents, classified for
reference.

Highway Records.

7. Bind all the Records down to 1852 in one volume;
between 1852 to 1866 in one volume, leaving the rest in
one volume.

8. Make and enter a brief abstract of every road on
record, or on file, in the order of time, beginning with the
first record in 1671, giving date, locality, commencement
and terminus of the road, with reference to the book and
page, where the same stands recorded, and classify these
abstracts into not less than eight separate districts, con-
fining the abstracts to roads in the present boundaries of
the Town.

9. Bind in one volume all Records of Magistrates'
Courts and Court of Assizes.

10. Bind in one volume all Records of Wills and Inven-
tories of Estates from 1660 down, and index the same.

11. Bind in one volume all Proceedings of the Board of
Trustees ; make table of contents and classify for reference.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

627

■ 12. Examine every paper in the Town chest and safe ;
such as are of value, endorse, classify and file ; those of no
value, place together for the action of the Board of Trust-
ees as to destroying.

13. Bind anew the Book known as the Book of Trans-
cription.

May 17, 1873.
The within is agreed upon as substantially the work to
be done, but is changed as to compensation as follows :
the Trustees to pay two hundred dollars for the work, in-
dependent of the binding. The Trustees to pay for the
binding and such blank books and paper as may be needed,
not exceeding seventy-five dollars. The binding to be paid
for when ready for use, balance to be paid when work is
completed.*

O. Smith Sammis, \ Com. of

D. L. Baylis. j Trustees.

C. R. Street,

H. S. Wood.
{File No. 414.)

[AFFIDAVIT BY HENRY S. WOOD.]

[1874, Sept. 23.]

City and County of New York }-ss.

Henry S. Wood being duly sworn, says that he, together
with Charles R. Street, entered into a contract (a copy of
which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town
of Huntington, under date of May 17, 1873) with a com-

[* The work set forth in this paper was performed accord-
ing to contract and was accepted by the Board of Trustees. It
saved many records from loss and destruction, as at that time
the loose papers were in great disorder and the books much
broken. — C. R. S.]

628 HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

mittee of the Board of Trustees of said Town, appointed
by said Board to make such contract : That thereby this
deponent and the said Charles R. Street, contracted among
other things, to make indexes and tables of contents of
certain records, and to classify and arrange certain papers
named in the said contract ; that in furtherance of such in-
dexing and arrangement, this deponent made copies of
certain records and papers which were defaced, faded or
otherwise partially obliterated, which copies were filed in
said Town Clerk's ofhce and marked as "made in the re-
vision in 1873 ;" that all such copies were by this deponent
compared with the originals thereof, and that deponent
believes them to be true copies ; and deponent further says
that all records, registers, rolls, deeds, patents, documents
and other papers by him received from the said Town
Clerk, for the purpose of accomphshing the aforesaid
work, have been by this deponent returned to said Clerk
according to the terms of the said contract.

Henry S. Wood.

Sworn to before me this
23d day of Sept., 1874.

Geo. a. Black,
Notary Public, N. Y. City and County.
{File No. 407.)

APPENDIX.

A True Copy of Receipts Signed by Officers of The Brittish Army &c. as fol-
loweth not paid.

MOSES ROLPH.
November 22d 1776 — Received of Mr. Mjses Rolph I Load of Hay Weighing
ten Hundreds lor his Majistys JMagazine for which John Morrison Commisbdry of
Forage, will pay you, as Witness my hand, being 1000 Weight at 5s. per Owt.
^2, 10s. Barak Snething, Collector ot Forage.

Huntington loth December 1780 — Recv'd from Moses Rolph, Eight Hun'd of
Fresh Hay & one Bushei of Indian Corn for the use of the 17th Lt. Dragoons.
jC3, 14s- RoBT. Nick'll, 2d M 17th Dragoons.

Huntington July 24th 1782 — Mr. Moses Rolph has Delivered for the use of the
Kings American Dragoon-, on Detachment Eastward, Two Bushels Corn and one
of Hundred & half English Hay. jTi 9s. od.

I. Upham, Mag's, K. A. D. Comman'dy, 2d Detachment.
JOSHUA KETCHUM
Huntington South i8th Feb. 1782— 1 Cenify ten Horses belonging to the
Queens County Brigades now Employ'd Carting forrage for die Coni'r Gen'il
has been Rationed one night on Salt Hay of Joshua Ketchams. ^i^o 5s. 8d.

John Hevvlet, Supt. Forrage.
To George Brinley, Esq., Com'y Forrage.
Joshua Keicham 2 Horses, Alexander Conkling 6, Piatt Brush 2.
8th February 1782— Rec'd f.om Mr. Joshua Ketcham Nine tlundreds of Salt
Hay into his Majestys Magazine at Hampsiead for the use of the I7ih Dragoons
&c. £1 i6s. od. Jno. Jarvis, a. C. F.

To George Brinley, Com'y Forage.
Huntington South 21st November 1780 — Rec'd from Joshua Cherham one
nights Hay and one Bushel of Indian Corn lor Seven Horses belonging to the 17th
Lt. Dragoons. 13s. 8d. Mark Ken, Lieut. 17th Lt. Dragoons.

platt vail.

December 25th 1782 — This is to cei tily that the Bearer Platt Vail has Delivered
one Load of Hay lor Major JMurray, Private. ^4 os. od.

Humble Servt., Fried Philips, Capt. K. A. Dr.
Mr. Jno. Cutler, A. C. Forage. The weight ot Hay 1 Believe was 1000. F. P.
I Piatt Vail do Certify that I never Recvd no recpt nor pay For the above Cer-
tificate. Platt Vale.

Hempstead June 8th, 1778 — Receiv'd of Mr. Platt Veal Agreable to an Order
from Brigadier Gen'il Deiancey lor his Majestys Service a Grey Horse about four
years old and Fourteen and a Half Hands high of the value of Thirty five Pounds

2 APPENDIX.

that did belong to John or Isaac Veal who are now crone over to the'Rebels,
_^35 OS od. Benj'n Whiting, Lieut.

Personaly appeared before me Piatt Veal and malieiii Oatii tliat the above
mentioned horse was his real Property when taken. ^35 os. od.

ZopHER Platt, Esq.

OBEDIAII PLATT.
Huntington 14th May 1777 — This is to Certify that Obediah Platt has been Eight
Days rideing Provitions for Gen'll Delanceys 2d Batt. ^4 19s. od.

Ld. Potts. Q. M.

Fleshing Fly. 22d March 1780 — This is to certify that the Waggon and a pair
of Horses have been employed three days to carry Baggage of the Prince of
Wales's Am'r Regem't from Loyds Neck to this Place belonging to Obediali Platt.
;^i i6s. od. John Garden, Major.

CAPT. DINGEE.
Islip 9th Fcbru'y, 1783 — Rec'd of Capt. Dingce four Bushels of Oats for the
use of the Kings A Dragoons on Detachment. £2 8s. od. John Cutler.

To Mr. Wise Com'y Huntington.

JOHN MOBREY.
Islip 8th February 1783 — Recv'd of John Mobrey four Bushels of Oats for the
use of tlie Kings American Dragoons on Detachment. £\ 8s. od.

To Mr. Wise, Com'y Huntington. John Cutler, D. C. F.

ALEXANDER ROGERS.
Camp at Huntington 26th Sept'r 1777 — Recv'd into His Majestys Magazine
from Alexander Rogers Three Hundred and Thirty Seven Pounds Fresh Beef.
£\() 17s. od. Wm. Paterson, D'y Com'ry &c. a.

To Peter Pawmier Esq'r, Dy Com'y General.

NAT. OAKLEY.
Half Hollow Hills 24th November, 1781 — I Do Certify that Six Horses Belonjj-
ing to the Q'ueeiis County Brigades now employed Carting Forrage lor the Com-
misarv General has been Rationed one Night on the Nathaniel Oakley Top Sialks
Also Four Bu>hels & half of Corn. £1 I'ls. gd. John Hewlett,

To George Brinley, Esqr., Commissary ot Forage. Sup't Forrage

DANE. SMITH.

April 4th, 1777 — This is to Certify that A Waggon two Horses and Driver be-
longing to Daniel Smith has been Five Days Employed in Transporting the
Cloathing of Gen'll Delanceys Biig. To Huntington. ^3 os. od.

Edw. Potts, Q. M. 2 Batt.

JOHN WOOD.
Huntington i4'h May 1777 — This is to Certify That John Wood has been Ten
Days Rideing Wood & Provitions lor Gen'll Delanceys 2 Batt. _^6 os. od.

Edw. PottSj Q. M.

JOEL SMITH. ,

Long Swamp ye 3d August 1778 — This is to Certify That I have receiv'd from
Joel Smith One Hundred weight of Hay and Nine Bushels of Oats for the use of
one Troop Light Dragoons on his Majestys Servise. £'}, lis. od.

By me Benj'm Tredwell, Q. Mar. II. L. D. Q. C. M.

SAMUEL OAKLEY.
Huntington Nov. 22d 1776 — Recev'd of Samuel Oakley one Blanket on his
Majestys Service. l6s. Wm. D'Lancey, Lieut. Coll.

GEORGE NORTON.
December 2d, 1782— I Certify that 1 Recv'd four Days fuel for Forty Four men

APPENDIX. 5.

of the 17th Dragoons on an expedition with Admiral Digby and tlie Adjutant
General to the Last End of Long island. £s. E. Lloyd,

To IJrook Watbon Esq'r, (Jom'y Gen'll. Coir. 17th Dragoons.

N. L). — George Norton's Receipt.

Huntington South August 21st 1780— Received from George Norton 120 lbs. of
Oats lor ine use ot uiy 'I'roop on Duly to East part ot Long Island, Counnanded
by Coll. Suncoe. £1 8s. Stephen Hewlett, Capt. M. T. g. C.

nth Feb'y 1782— Received from Mr. George Norton forty hundred Weight of
Salt Hay into his Majcstys Magaznie at henipstead. ;^"8.

To George Uruiley Lsq'r Gommisaiy ot Forage. Jno. Jarvis, A. C F.
Islip 7th, Jan'y 1782— Receiv'd of George Norton Nineteen Rations of English
Hay lur the use ot the Qu:ens County Urigade Horses Employed Carting Forage
for the Com'y Gec.'ll. 19s. Isaac YuuNGS, Sup't torage.

To George Brinley L^q'r, Com'y Forage.
2nd iMarch, 1782— Rec'd of George Norton fifteen Rations of Salt Hay for the
Queens Couniy iingade Horses now empioy'd Carting Forage lor the Com'y Gen'll
South>ide. 7s. dd^. ]^'^.- HEWLETT, Sup't l^orage.

To George Brinley Esq'r, Com'y Forage.
Huntington 24th Feb. 1782— Rec'd of Georg-e Norton Eleven Rations of Salt
Hay tor me Queens County brigade Horses now employed Carting Forage Xor the
Com'y Gene.al 5s. gd. Jno. Hewlett, Sup't 1-orage.

lo George Brniley Esq'r, Com'y Forage.
Huntington South 4th February 1782— 1 Certify that Sixteen Cattle belonging to
Queens County Brigade now empioy'd Carting lor.ige lor tne Comm'y Gen'll has
been rationed one Night on George Norton's Salt Hay. 8s.

John Hewlett, Sup't of Forage.
To Getrge Brinley Esq'r, Com'y Forage.
Huntington 7 Feb'ry 83— Rec'd of George Norton two Bushels of Oats for
the use oi'^ine Kings A Dra^roons. 14s. John Cutler, D. C. F.

To Mr. Wise Com'y at Huntington.

JARVIS & SMITH
Huntington Nov. 5th 1776— Capt. Thomas Wooley pressed 2 waggons from'
the lollowing persons &c. Philip Smith & Robert Jarvis for the Absent ot a Day.
1 say presbed by me. 24s. John Dougherty,

Seg't ot the Above Company.

P. SMITH.
Fluntington 19th March 1777— I Certny that Philip Smith has been Three Days
Employed in Carting wood tor the Barracks hear. 36b.

Euw. Potts Q. M. 2 Batt Gen'll Delancys Brigade.

P. JARVIS & P. SMITH.
Huntington April 1st 1777— i do hereby Certiiy That Philip Smith and Philip
Jarvis ot Long Swamp have lieen 8 Days Imployed in Carting of Wood for the
Barracks oi the 3a Batt. Gen'll DeLance>s Brigade By Me

Micn'L HousEAL, Q. master S'd Batt.
2 Days More to be Charged on ye Back bd. Receipt. ;!^12 both.
PHIL. SMITH.
Long Swamp the 3d August, 1778— This is to Certify that I have received from
Philiu Smith 'i wo Bushels ot Com lor the use of one Troop ot Light Dr^igoons on
his Majcbtys Scrvise. ^^i. D. Lent. Q. Mas't N. T. L. D. Q. C. M.

Loyds Neck the 4th of Sept. 1779— These may Certify that I have Receiv'd into
the Ala'-^azeene at Loyds Neck irom Mr. Philip Smith Twelve Bushells ol Oats.
/-. ^g "^ John Ireland.

To Daniel VVier Esq'r, Com'y Gen'll New York.

4 APPENDIX.

Huntington July 23d, 1780— Rec'd of Philip Smith for the use of Cap't White-
heads Troop of Lt. Cragoons on his Majeoties Service two liu^hels ot Indian Corn
and Eighteen Meals Victuals. £2 i6s.

Cornelius Rapelye Q. M., Q. C. M.

JOSEPH LEWIS.
Dr. Corn'l Delancey To Joseph Lewis, By Order of Lieut. Potts, Q. M.

1777- £

Kov. 22, 20 lbs. Nails at is. 6d i

" 24, 29 boards by Isaac Stevens at 2S. . . . . . .2

" 25, 24 ' " " " " 2

*' '* 20 w Nails " " " IS. 6d. i

" 29, 12 Plank by Jacobus Uole at 2s. 6d. . . • . I

" " 4 li^s. of Nails by John Connes at is. 6d. ....

♦' " 5 " by Lewis Antine at is. 6d. .....

Dec. 3, 3 " by Ja'c Uofe at is. 6d.

10 14 o
Huntington 12th May 1777 — I do Certify that the above Nails & boards were
Delivered tor the u^e ot the Barracks

Edw. Potts Qr. Ms. Gen. Delanceys 2d Batt.
September 5, 1778 — This is to Certify that my Waggon Two Horses and Driver
has been Employed transporting Provitions on Long island for the use of the
Troops under the Command of Major Gen'll Tryon from the 2d of August 1778
to the 4th of September following both Days included being Thirty lour Days.
;^2o 8s. Joseph h. Lewis.

George Dawson, Ast. Q. M. G.
Huntington-Dec. the I4tn 1778 — This is to certify Mr. Lewis has supj^lied five
horses belonging to the Lt. Inlantry with hay & Corn for two nights. £\.

Will. Gore, Capt. 33d Light liuantry.

J( )HN TUCK.
Half Hollow Hills 7th October 1779— Rec'd of Mr. Jas. Oakerly a Small Hefifer
weighs Two Hundred and Forty Eight pounds, for the use of the Sick of the
Provincial Cavahy. _^i2 8s. John Tuck, Q. M. B. Legn.

Banastie L't C'l Tarletou B. L. To the Commisary Gen.

FOR ACCOUNT OF COM.MISARY.
Jarvis Samuel, Jonathan Balden, Icabod Jarvi-, Gilbert Piatt, Joseph Lewis,
Thomas Coukling, Ebenezer Hart, Thomas Hendricson, Jaramiah Rogers,
Thomas Jarvis.

I do hereby certify that the above named Por^ons did each furni-h a Waggon in
Order to Carry the Sick of the Lt. Infantry from Huntington to Jamaica about the
2oth of Octb. '80. £\z R. Aiiercromby Lt. Coll.

SOL'N KETCHUM.
Huntington May ye 15th 1777 — I do hereby Certify, that Mr. Solomon Ketcham
has Furnished a waggon and two horses nineteen Days iinployed with the same in
Carting of Provitions and Eight Days Carting of wood lor the third Batt. of
Brig. Gen'll Delanceys Brigade. ;^i6 4s.

Mich'l Houseal Q. M., 3 Batt.
Huntington June 4th 1777 — Thf se Are to Certify that Solomon Ketcham has
supplied the i losi^itle of the second and third Batt'n Gen'll Delanceys from the
loth December 1776 with 64 quarts & 1-2 of Milk, & One Hundred & 124 i-2
Quarts ot Cyder, round at 6d. is ^^4 14s. 3d.

Certifyed by me Michael Houseal Q'r master 3d Batt.
Huntington September 5th, 1780 — Rec'd of Solomon Ketcham Hay for forty

APPENDIX. 5.

one horses one n:s;Vit Vielongins; to the Or. Mr. G. De'r. £2 Is.

To Samuel Clayton Dr. P"u:a^e. Walter Angus.

^ AP.TJAII KETCH AM.

Jericho March 8'h 1780 — Received of Abijaii Kctcham four Bushels of Oats for
the use of tlie 2il liatt. Jersey Volunteers .Stationed at Jerico. ^i 8s.

I. Colden Major. Ceo. Lambert Lieut. Act'n Or. Mr. 2 B. J. V.

To George Brinley Esq., Coui'y of I'oiage at New York.

NFHEMIAH WHITMAN.
March 6th 1 781 — Received of Nchemiali Whitman five Bush'll of Oats for the
Use of the 2d B_tt' n Jersey \'olunteers stationed at Jerico. £\ 15s.

Geo. Lambert Lieut. Act. Qr. M. 2 B. J. V.
To George Brinley Esq'r Com'y of Forage at New York.

CAPT. WICKES.
Ilnntiiigton August 24'.h 1 780— Received from Capt. Wickes of the Hvintington
Malitia Foiy two & a half Pounds Pork for the use of a Detachment of the
Queens Rangers. £z 2?. 6d Fra. Stephanson, Cap. Q. R.

To Mr. George F'erres Ass. Com'y.

DOCTER PLATT.
Huntington 23d Dec'r 1778— Rec'd trom Mr. Docter Piatt 10 Bushels of Indian
Corn for the Mounted Troup of Light Infantry. _;^5.

by me Wm. Sperry Quarter Master.
JACOBUS NOSTROM.
Huntington Nov. 23d 1776— Received Ot Jacobus Nostrom one Blanket, of
Peter Rewlin, two Do, of John Carmon One do, on his Majestys Servise. £\.

Stn De Lance y Lieut Coll.
ELIPHILET BRUSH.
Huntington 12th May 1777— This is to Certify that the Bearer Eliphilet Brush
lins been twelve Days Empluyd Rideing Provitions for Gen'il Delanceys 2d Batt'n.
£^ 4s. Edw. Potts, Q. M.

TIMOTHY CONKLING.
Huntington 1st October 1782— I Certify that Timothy Conkli^g was Employed
three Days with his Waggon and two Horses in removing one Family from Loyds
Neck to Jamaica £\ i6s.

B. Thomson Lt. Coll., Command'r Kings A. Dragoons.
To Brook Watson Esq'r, Com'y Gen'il &c. &c.
Loyds Neck May 25th 1782 — The^e are to Certify t'l at Timothy Conkling has
been einplojed two days w ith his waggon and two Horses Viz. 24th & Twenty
fifth May 1782 in removing Piovitions from Jamaica to this Post for the use of his
Majestys Troops here. ^I 4s. Total £1.

Peter Paumier Esq'r, Dp. Com'y. I. Upham Lt. Coll. <S:c.

JONATHAN SCUDER.
Huntington Nov'r ye 5th 1781 — Received of Jonathan Sender Twenty Eight
Rations of Kngli-h Hay & five & a half Bushels of Corn for the use of Queens
County Brigade Horses Now Employ'd Carting Forage for the Com'y General.
£}). Isaac Youngs, Sup't Fr'e.

To George Brinley Esq'r, Com'y of Foiage.
ISAAC WOOD,
nth Nov. 1776 — Received From l.-.aac Woid 16 Bushels.of Oats For the Use of
the Queens Rey't of Light Dragoons, at 3s. i6d. is ^^2 i6,l. 3lbs. Biitter 3s.
£2 19s. Per Thom. Hough Serg't.

JOHN WHEELER.
Huntington 6th April 1777 — This is to Certify that a waggon Two Horses & a

6 APPENDIX.

Driver belonj^ing to John Wheeler has been Employ'd Seven Days in Carting
provitions & \Vood for Gen'U Delanceys 2 Batt. ^^4. 4s.

Edw. Potts Q. M.
SAMUEL LEWIS.
April 4th 1777 — This is to Ceitity that a Waggon Two Horses & a Driver be-
longing to Samuel l>e\vis has been live Days Employ'd in Transporting Llothing
of Gen. De Lancey Brig'd to Huntington, /^t,.

Edw. Potts Q. M., 2d Batt.
December loth 1781 — I do certify that their has been Eight Horses belonging
To the Queens County Brigades now Employ'd Carting Eurage ior the Conuni-
sary General Has been Ration'd on English hay one night belonging to hain'll
Lewis. 8s. Peter \Valters.

To John Hewlett Sup't of Forage.
Long Swamp loth Nov. 1781— I Do certify fourteen Cattle belonging to the
Queens County Brigade Now Employed Carting forage for the Conuiusary General
has been Rationed one Night on Sedg-e hay of Sam'U Lewises. 14s.

John Hewlett, Sup't Forage.
To George Brinley Esq., Commisary of Forage.
Long Swamp ye ist of February 1782 — Received of Samuel Lewis Twenty Two
Rations of Fresh Hay for The Use ol Queens County Brigade Horses iu,w Em-
ploy'd Caning Forage for the Commissary Gen'll. ^.^i.

Isaac Youngs, Sup't Forage.
To George Brinley Esq'r, Commissary of Forage, iS:c.
MALT BY BURTIS.
28th Aug't 1778— Rec'd from Maltby Burtis torty Bushels ot Ch'r Coals lor the
Use of the i6th or Queens Regiment of Light Dragoons, jf^.

P. Cannon, Cornel cV Ad't, Q. B. L. D.

Peage Esq'r, Barrack Master, N. York.

November 22 h 82 — Received of Maltby Burtis Seven Bushels of Coals for the
use of the Kings American Dragoons. 14s.

Thomas Canby, Farrier K. D.
DAVID RUSCO.
Huntington 12th May 1777 — This is to Certify that a Waggon Two Horses Sc
a Driver belonging to David Rusco has been Thirty Days Employed Ridemg Pro-
visions for Gen. Delanceys 2d Batt. ^18. Edward Potts, Q. J\I.

Loyds NeckFeb'y 16, 1782 — I Hereby Certify that David Rusco of Huntington
has furnished a Waggon Horses and Driver to bring Provitions irom Jamaica
to the Garrison of Loyds Neck for the Use of the Kings Troops stationed here
being two Days Servise. ^^i 4s.

I. Upham Lt. Col. Commandant.
To Peter Paumier Esq'r, Deputy Com'y Gen'l.
N. B. — the above Servise was performed on the 15 & 16 of Feb'y 1782.
Huntington 6th Feb'r 1782 — I Certify Seventeen Horses belonging to the
Queens County brigade now employ'd carting Forage for the Coui'y Gcn'il has
been rationed one Night on Salt Hay of David Rusco's 17s.

John Hewlett, Sup't Forage.
To George Brinley Esq'r, Com'y Forage.

JESPER KELLUM.
East Woods Fer. 21st 1783 — This is to Cenii'y that Jcsper Killum Brought a
Load of Baggage for the Corps of Guides & Pioneers from Long Swamp To East
Woods Distance Six Miles, 12s. Jon. Willlams, Cap't Gu. & pi.

Huntington 24th 1777. — I Do Certify that Mr. Kellem has been Six Days Im-
ployed in Carting of wood to the Barrack. £^ 12s.

by me Mich'l Houseal
Q'r Master to the third Batt'n Gcn'l Delanceys Brigade.

APPENDIX. 1

EBENEZER KELLUM.
Long Swamp 7tli Jan. 1782— Received of Enenezer Ke'liim Sixteen Rations oT
Salt Hay for the Use of the (^Ui'eiii County Brigade Horses now Employed Carting^
Forai^e of the Com'y Geii'll. i6s. ' John HEWLETT, Sup't Forage.

To George Briuley Esq'r, Com'y Forage.

Long Swamp 9th December 1781 — I Certify Six Cattle belonging to Queens-
County Brigade now emplny'd Carting Forage tor the Com'y General has been
raiioii'd one nighi on Salt Hay of Ebeiiezer Kellums. 6s.

John Hewlett Sup't Forrage.
To George Brinley Esq'r, Commissary Forage.

THOMAS KELLAM.
February ye 20tli 1777 — RL-ceiv'd of Mr. Thomas Kellam one load of English
hay weighing by Estimation Seven Hundred and fifty Weight for the use of the
Commissary General. ^3.

By JONATHAN Dix & David Sammis, Collectors of Forage.
Mr. Chamier.

Long Swamp th-^ 3(1 August 1770 — This is to Certify that I have Received front
Thomas Kellum Ninety Six Sheaves of Oats for the use of One Troop of Light
Dragoons on his Majestys Servise. £2 g-.

Benj'm Tkedwell Q'r Master, H. L. D. Q. C. M.

ROBFRT JARVIS.
Long Swamp 28th Oct. 1782 --Received of R.)l)ert Jarvis one Bushel and one
fourth of Corn and one Nights Rations of Salt Hay for four Cattle belonging to
the Queens County Brigades now Emp'd Carting Forage for the Com'y Gen'll
i6s. 6d. John Hewlett Sup't Forage.

To George Brinley Esq'r, Corn'y Forage.
Long Swamp 19th Feb'r 1782 — Received of Robert Jarvis Nineteen Rations of
Salt Hay for the Queens County Brigades now Fmp'd Carting Forage for the
Com'y Gen'll. 19s. JoHN HULETT Sup't Forage.

To George Banley, Esq'r Com'y Forage.
Deceml)er 14th 1776 — Received of Robeit Jarvis a 1-2 Ton of Hay for the use
of the Royal Ariilry. £\. by Joshua Mills Waggon Master.

By Order of (jen'll Cleaveland.

WILLIAM JOHNSON.
Lloyds Neck Dec'r nth 1781— Received of Mr. William Johnson Five hundred
Two Quarters of English Hay for use ol Barrack Department. £1 4^.

Ja's Nixon As't to B. M.
George Brinley, Esq'r, Comm'y Forage New York.
Loyds Neck lo!h May 1782 — These Cer'ify that William Johnson wiih his
Waggon and iwo Horses have been emp'd Two Days on 9th loth Instant May in
transporting Provitions frjm Jamaica to this Piacc for the us^; of his Majestys.
Troo)i^ he-e. £\ 4s. J. Upham L. Coll.

To Peter Paumier Esq'r, Deputy Com'y Gen'll.
SILAS SAMMIS.
Huntington 12th Miy 1777 — This is to Certify That Silas Sammis has been
twelve Days Rideiiig Wood & Pro^'iiions for Gen'l Delanceys 2 Batt'n. ^7. 4s,

Edw. Potts Q. M.
26t'a Feb'y 1783 — Received from Mr. Silas Sammis two hundred and fifty Two-
Pounds of engiish H ly for the use of A Djtachment of the i7Lh Dragoons That
were escorting provitions waggons lo Loyds Neck. £\.

D. Lawler Q. Master 17 Dragoons.
To Mr. Samuel Clayton A. C. of Forage Hamp'st.

:S APPENDIX.

SEI.AH SAMMIS.
April 4th 1777 — This is to Certify that a Waggon Two Horses and Driver be-
-longing to Selah Sammis has been Euiployed Five Days in Transporting the
•Cioathmg of Gen'i Delanceys Brig to lluiuington. £^ 9s.

Edw. Potts, Q. M'r 2 Batt.
JEREMIAFI SAMMIS.
Long Swamp 22 Jan'r 1782 — Receivcci ot Jeremiah Sammis Nine Rations of Salt
Hay for the (Queens County Brigade? Ilarses now Employ'd Carting forage for
the Com'y Gen'il. 9s. JOHN Hulet, Siip't of Forage.

To George Brinley Esq'r, Com'y Forrage.

STEPHEN KETCHAM.
Received at Huntington on Long Island the 9th ot November 1776 One Wag-
gon Load of Sheaf Oats for the Use of the Q)ueens Light Dragoons. Supplyed by
Stephen Ketcham, ^4. \V. H. Talbot L't Queen L't Dragoons.

STEPHEN JOHN KETC HAMS & SON

CARTING BILL.

From the 6th of December 1776 untiH the loth of May 1777, as follows, viz :
Huntington May ye 13th 1777 — 6 O.t Loads of fire wood o wliich 3 A Days
work for the us ■ of the 2d Batt., i for the Guard House, 4 lor the Hospital, 2 tor
the Piquet Guard 13 Loads at 4s. per load, jTi I2s.

I do Certify that Stephen Ketcham as Bro Tlurteen Loads as above.

Euw'd Potts Q. M., 2 Batt. G. Delanceys Brig.
N. B. — Carted with an Ox Team.

STEPHEN KETCHAMS

CARTING BILL.

From the 6th of December 1776 Until the loth of May 1777, as follows viz :
Huntington May ye 13th 1777 —45 Ox Loads of fire Wood 3 of which a Days
work and ig Siead Loads 4 ot which One Day- work for tht^ U;-e of the thiid
Battallion. ^11 17s. Certifycd by me Mich'l Houseal Q. Master,

3d Batt Geu'U Delanceys B igade.

Huntington 2ist Jan'y 1783- -Received from Stephen Ketcham fideen Rations
■ of Hay for the Use of the 17th Reg't L't Dragoons. 15s.

Jos. Gardner Q. M., 17 Reg't L't Dragoons.
JOHN KETCHAM.
Huntington June i6th 1780— Received of John Ketcham Pasture for Sixteen
Horses one Night belonging to the Quaiter Master Generals Dep;irtment which
had been on Command to Loyds Neck from New York with .Milhtary Stores. 8s.

Samuel Grant Cond'r.
To Cap't Savage Deputy Quarter Master General at Brooklyn.
Huntington July 31st 1780— Received from John Ketcham Rations for fourteen
liorses one Day belonging to Cap't Hewlett, Troop of Queens County Militia.
£1 8s. Stephen Hewlett Capt. Q. C. M.

Huntington 31st August 1780 — Received from John Ketcham forty Nine pound's
of Hay lor the use of Seven Horses of the 17th L't Dragoons. 3s. 6d.

Edm'd Cambridge Seg't 17th L't Dragoons.
JACOB KETCH. A MS.
West Hills 27th December 1781 -I C-rtify Twenty Horses belonging to the
Queens County Brigades now Employed Carting forrage for the Coir.'y Gen'U has
.been rationed one Night Salt Hay of Jacob Ketchams. 21s.

John Hewlett Sup't Forage.
To George Brinley Esq'r, Commis'y Forage.

MICAH HART & ZOPHAR ROGERS.
Loyds Neck Apiil 26th 1782— I Hereby Certify that Micah Hart & Zophar Rog-

APPENDIX. 9'

twenty Sixth Days ot April Instant. £2 8.. ^ UphaM L't Co'U &c.

To Peter Paumier Esq'r, D. Com'y Gen'Il.

ANANIAS CARLL.
T 1 M^rl- Mirrh i6th 1782-These Certify that Ananias Carll has been ein-

'Peicr Paumier Esq'r, D. C. Gen'U.

TIMOTHY SCUDDER. ^. , ^ , • ^. „f

T lin M-irch i^thl78-,-Received Irom Timothy Scudder Six hundred weight ot
Hay lo. the use Ota Detachment of the Kmgs American Dragoons escortmg Gen-
erals Birch &Abercrombte. ^£^8..^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Command's ye Detachment.

ANANIAS CONKLING. „ , o i«.-.^ f^

Here weekly u.,Ull funher Orders. Ct-^^^^^^ CoNKLINC, Cap't S. C. Mi'.tia.
TM.CerUfys.j,aHheaWeA„a,,iasC,,n.,.j^^

TESSE SMITH. ^ , , r r- r

the Commisary C^en 11. lo?. r t.- „

To Geor>'e Brinley Esq'r, Commisary of lorage.
ISAAC SCIDMORE.

^" ^" ZEBULON SMITH.

, 1VT 1 nr V, o^ti, '«7 Phis is to Certify that Zebulon Smith with his

estys Troops at this Post, ^i 4S- ^ Upham L't Col. V. N. E.

To Peter Paumier Esq'r, Deputy C. Gen'Il,

JOSEPH IRELAND. , ^ 1 ^ v \...r.

Mnntin^ton 8th March 1777-I do hearby Certify that Joseph Ire and has been

prDry!'r4t^ i.. c^^rj^™? ,fij!^^:TBirGl;Xe,",c'^;tSt.f ^-

WHITED GILDERSLEEVE.
LloyCNecU W >st..78^-The.e Cer.ify ,l,a, Whr.ed Gi.de.leeve has l«e„

g;;i7;-r».j:::sSXia- £B.e^ ..|;

estys Troops here, ^i 4s- , _ ,,,

Brook Watson Esq'r, Com'y Gen II.

JACOB BRUSH. t 1 m

Huntington 19th March 1777-1 do Certify that Jacob Brush has been Imploy i
Five Days & a hall in Cartu^Jv,K,d^^^^^ 6.^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^,^ ^^.^^^^^

lO APPENDIX.

SAM'IX BRUSH.
Huntington 7th April 1777 — This is to Certify that Sani'Il Brushs Team has
been One Day Employed Rideing wood for Gen'il Delanceys 2 Batt. 12s.

Edw. Potts Q. M.
RICHARD CONKLING.
August 3d 1782 — Rec'd or Ricliard Cnnkling one dnys Forage of Hay and
Oati) lor Nine Horses belonging to the Kings Americnn Dragoons. l8s.

Sim Jones Lieut., Kings American Dragoons.
DAVID SMITH.
Huntington March 24th 1777 — I do certify that David Smitli has been Employ'd
Six Days in Carting of wood to the B rrack. £;^ 12s.

By me Mich'll Houseal Q'master to 3d Batt. G. Dclancey Brig'e.
Loyds Ne.k i8:h January 1780 --These are to Certify that David Smith with
sled and Two Horses was Employed three Days in Transporting Hay from the
Magazine at Coram to Loyds Neck for the use of the Troops Continued there.
j^i i6s. John Bowen Cap't P'r W's Am'r Reg't, Rich'd HevvleitL. C.

DAVID SMITH.
Long Swamp 9th December 1781— I do Certify twelve Cattle belonging to
<^ueens County Brigade now Employed Carting Forage tor the Commissary Gen'l
has been Rationed one Night on Salt Hay of David Smiths. 12s.

John Hewlett Sup't Forage.
To George Brmley Esq. C -m'y F irage.

EZACARIGH RODGERS.
Half PIollow Hills 21st Nov. 1776— Rec'd of Ezacarigh Rogers one Blanket.
l6s. Per Order John Dougherty Serg't.

RICHARD CONKLING.
Cold Spring Nov'r 12th 1781 — Rec'd of Richaid Conkling Fourteen Rations of
Hay for the use of Queens County Brigade Horses Now Employ'd Carting Forage
for the Com'y Gen'il. 14s. Isaac Youngs Sup't I't Forage.

To George Briniey Esq'r, Com'y Forage.

JESSE ROGERS.
January ye 7th 1777 — Rec'd of Mr. Jesse Rogers one Load of English Hay
Weighing by Estimation Eight Hundred weight for the use of the Commissary
General. ;^3 4s. By Jonathan Di.k and David Sammis

Mr. Chemier. Collectoi s of Forage.

JACAMIAH BRUSH AND NATHAN VALENTINE.
Loyds Neck April 7th 1782— I Certify that Jacamiah Brush and Nathan Valen-
tine with two waggons & four Horses were employed on the fiftli and Sixth of
April 1782 in removeing Provitions from Jamaica to Loyds Neck for the use of the
Kings Troops. ;,^2 8s. J. Upham, L't Coll. Commandant.

To Peter Paumier Esq'r, Deputy Com'y Gen'il.
JOHN OAKLEY.
Loyds Neck nth December 1781 — Rec'd of John Oakley, Eight hundred w't
■of Salt huy for the use of Barrack Department. £l I2s.

Jas. Nixon As't to B. M.
To George Briniey Esq'r, Com'y Forage.

JOHN OAKLEY.
Huntington 10 Feb'r '80 — Rec'd of John Oakley Thirty Seven Rations of Oats
for the u-e of the Queens Ranger Hussars Commencing and Ending this Day.
j^3 IDS. Troop— Horses 37, Day i. Rations 37. 37 Rations or Ten Bushels.

John McGill Q. M., Q. R. Hussars.
Jerusalem 27th Dec'mb 1779 — Recieved of M'r John Oakley One T.m one
Hundred of Fresh Hay for which Abijah Willard Esq'r Commissary of Cattle will
J>ay. ;^8 8s. I. Jackson.

APPENDIX. II

JACAMIAII BRUSH.
West Hills 24th August 1781 — Received oljacamiah Brush Twenty two Sheep
belonginjf To<joverment put upon him to Pasture 2d of July Last by Cap't Young
at I penny per day. /^4. 8s. 4d. Enos Stevens.

JOHN ROGERS.
Huntington I2lh April 1777— This is to Certify that a Waggon two Horses and
a Driver belonging to John Rogers J un'r has been one Day Employed Rideing
provitioiis for Gen '11 Delanceys 2 Batt. I2s. Euw. PoTTS Q. M.

Iluntingti.n November 2lst 1776 — Rec'd of John Rogers 2 Blankets for his
Majesty s bervise. ;^i 12s. St'n Delancey Lieut Coll.

JESSEE SAMMIS.
West Neck 27th Aug't 1780— This Certifyes that the Bearer Jessee Sammis as
Issuid for the use of the Quarter Master Geti'll Horses Detachd to the first & 2d
Batt'n Light Inlantry Eight Bushels of Oats. ^2 i6s.

Tho's Fier Q'r M'r 2 Infantry.

JESPERD CARROL.
Huntington 24th March 1777 — I do Certify that Jesperd Carrol has been one
Day Imploy'd in Carting of \Vood to the Barrack. 12s.

by me Mich'll Houseal Q. Master to ye third Batt. Gen'U Delanceys Brig.

ISREAL KERLE.
l8th Fcb'y 1782 — Receiv'd from Mr. Irseal Kcrle Six hundred weight of Salt
hay into his Majestys Magazine at hempstead. _^i 4s. J. Jarvis, A. C. F.

To George Brinley Esq'r, Com'y of Forage.

RUBING ROFFTT.
March 12th 1777 — Rubing RolTtt to Carting wood 5 Days work to the Barrack
for Mr. Potts Quarter Master. £2- Summoned By Thomas Jeacock.

N. B. — for Gen'U Delanceys Reg't.

PLATT VAIL.
Huntington Dec. 2d 1777— You are hereby Ordered to deliver a Drum now in
your possesion To the Bearer and Apply to me for the payment for it.

St'n DeLancey L't Coll.
N. B. — deliver'd to the bearer Peter Priar value ;/^3 as on the Back of Receipt
Attested to before Zuphar Piatt Justice. Being tne Property of Piatt Vail.

PHILIP SMITH & EBENEZER HARTT.
Jerico ye 5th March 1780— These Certify that Philip Smith & Ebenezer Hartt
their waggons & Horses was Employ'd One Day by the 2d Batt'n Jersey Volun-
teers m Collecting Forage tor the said Batt'n on Long Island, ^i 4s.

George Lambert Lieut. Art'y Q. M. 2d B. J. V.
To George Brinley Esq'r Com'y of Forage at New York. John Antilly first
Major 2 Batt'n N. I. Vol'n.

JOHN HENDRICKSON.
Loyds Neck March 5th 1782 — I hereby certify that John Hendrickson of Hun-
tington was employ'd with his waggon & Horses four Days from the first of
March 1782 in removeing Provirions from Jamaica to Loyds Neck for the use of
his Majestys Troops at the last Place. £2 8s. J. Upham L't Coll.

To Peter Paumier Esq'r, D. Com'y Gen'U.

MOSES WICKES.
December nth 1781 — I do Certify that their has been 13 Horses belonging To
th*^ Queens County brigade now Employed Carting Forage for the Commesary
General Has been rationed on English Hay One Night belonging to Moses
Wickes. 13s. Peter Waters.

To John Hulet, Sup't Forage.

12 APPENDIX.

AMOS SMITH.
Received 5th March 1780 of Amos Smith Six Uushels of Oats for the use of the
Second Batt'ii Jersey Vohinte2rs at Jerico. £2 2s.

Geo. Lambert Lieut. Ac'tg Q'r M. 2 Batt. J. V.
To George Brinley Esq'r, Commissary of Forage at Now York. John Antill
first Major 2d Batt. New Jersey Vohit.

JOHN JARVIS.
Huntington 25th October 1782— Rec'd of John Jarvis Two Hundred and twenty
four Pounds of Fresh Hay for the use of the Kings American iJiagoons. i6s.

JuiiiN' Cutler D. C. F.
To Brook Watson Esq'r, Commissary General.
Jamaica ye 23d S -ptember 1780 — 1 do hereby Certify that Eiiphilet Sammis's
four Ox team, and Ezekic-l Conkhngs, Jeremiah Woods, Stephen Brooks, and
Joseph Wickes, Nathaniel Williams, and Nathan Piatts, wagons were employ 'd Two
days carrying the Sick of the second Batt Light Infantry from Huntington to Ja-
maica. ^8 i6s. Tho's Armstrong Major comm'd 2 B. L. 1.
ZOPHAR PLATT.
Jamaica ye 23d September 1780— I hereby Certify that two four Ox teams of
Zophar Piatts Ksq'r were employed two days in Carrying the Sick of the
2 Batt'n L. Infantry from Huntington to Jamaica. £^\ 4s.

Tho's Armstrong Major com'd 2 B. L- Inft.
FOSTER NONTRAING.
August 8tli 1780 — I Do Certify that Foster Nontraing has supplied the Queens
Rangers with Twenty Horses in Carrying Baggage &c. for the Use of the Reg't.
Robert Gardner Q'r Master Serg't Queens Rangers.
JONaS WILLIAMS.
Huntington loth June 1783- -I Do Certify that I Delivered an Account and
Rec't for Twenty one Days Waggon Hn-e Duejoijas Williams Esq'r tor Cai ting
Wood and Provitions for the 2d Bdt'n Gen'l Dclanceys from December 1776 to
April 1777 To the Boaid Appointed to Examine into Acc'ts due the Inhabitants
from Government. ^'12 I2s. E. PoTTS L't <^)ueens Rangers.

AMOS SOPER.
Huntington ye 8th Decm'br 1781 — Rec'd gf Aiims Soper Thirty Eight Rations
of English Hay lor the nse of Queens County Brigade Horses Now Employed
Carting Forage for the Commisary General. J^i i8s.

IsAAS Youngs Sup't Forage.
To George Brinley Esq'r Commisary Forage.
Dicks Hills ye ^th Jan'y 1782— Rec'd of Amos Soper Twenty five Rations of
Salt Hay lor the use of the Queens County Brigade Horses now employ'd Carting
Forage for the Com'y Geh'll. ^^i 5s. John Hewlett Supt'iu Forage.

To George Brinley Esq'r Commisary of Forage.

THOMAS CONKLING.
Huntington May 15th A. D. 1777 —I do Certily that Mr. Thomas Conklinghas
furnished a Waggon and Two Horses Eight Days for Carting of Provisioris, and
Eight Days fair Carting of Wood for the 3d Battalian of Brigadier Genoal De-
Jancys Briggade. £() 12s. Mich'l Houseal Q'r M'r 3d Batt'n.

ZOPHAR PLATT.
Camp Huntingtcn Augus 2d 1778 —This is to Certify that Zophar Piatt Esq'r
has provided one Cord of Wood for the use of B'r Gen'll Delanceys ist Batt'n.
£1 I2s. N. Rogers Q)'r Master ist Batt. B. G. D. B.

PLATT CARLE.
Jmuary ye 7th 1777— Rec'd of Mr. Piatt Carll Five Hundred Weight of English-
Hay for the use of the Comm'y Gen'll. £2

Mr. Chamier by Jon'a Dix Collector of Forage.

APPENDIX. 13

PLATT CARLL.

Jany. loth 1777 — Rec'd of Mr. Piatt Carll three Hundre J weight of Englisb
Hay tor the use ot the Commisary Geii'll. £1 4s.

per Jon 'a Dix Collector of Forage.
Dicks Hills ye loth May 1781— Rec'd from PlattCarll Oats for one ot tlisi r)uarta'
Master General, and tive of the Seventeenth of Dragoons, Horses, iJeta..tched
with me On his Majestys Service. 6s.

John Wormington Q'r M. G. Depart'mt.
To Mr. Cutler Com'y Gen'll &c. &c. Fosters Meadow.
Dick Hills 22d Jan'y 1782— Rec'd of Piatt Carl, ten Rations of Top stalks for
the Queens County Brigade Horses now emp'd Carting Forage For the Com'y
Gen'll. los. John Hewlett Sup't Forage.

To George Brinley Esq'r Com'y Forage.
July 13th 1782 — Rec'd of Piatt Carll one Days Rations of Fresh Hay and om
Peck of Oats for the 6 Horses belonging to the Kings American Dragoons. 7s,

1. Lpham Major Ki!igs American Dragoons-
July ye 15th 1782 — From Piatt Carll, Horses to Hay 4s. 6d., Oats 18 Quarts gs^
6 Dinners, 2s. 6d., 15s., Grog 3s. 4d. ^^i us. lod.

Rec'd lor the use of the Kmgs American Dragoons the Above Mentioned Ar-
ticles. Nicholas Spink Corp'l.

Loyds Neck June ?st 1782 — These Certify That Piatt Carl' has bjcn cmploy'd
Two Days Viz.: the 2ist May & 1st June 1782 with his Waggon and Horses in
removeing Provitions from Jamaica to this Place for the use of his Majestys Troops
here. ;^i 4s. Tho's Cutler Cap't V. N. E

Brook Watson Esq'r Com'y Gen'll.
Dicks Hills ye gth February 1783 — Rec'd of Piatt Carll three Bushells of Cats
for the use of a Detachment belonging to the Kings A. Dragoons. _^i is.
To Mr. Wicr Com'y at Huntington. John Cutler D. C. F,

MICH 'LL BEADLE.
I Do Certify that a Waggon two Horses the Property of Mich'll Beadle were
twelve Days employed in drawing Provitions for the 2d Batt'n Gen'll Delanceya
between December 1776 and 1777. £j 4s.

E. Potts L't & Q. M. 2d Delanceys.
JONAH CONKLING.
This is to Certify that Jonah Conklini^s waggon and two Horses were Employ'd
in Transporting Provitions for the Kings American Reg'- from West Neck tO
Smith Town Agreable to Gen'll Orders. ;^i 4s.

Given under my Hand at Smith Town ye 15th August 1780,

Jam's Grant Major K. A. R,
EZEKIEL CONKLING.
To Mr. Ezekiel Conkling Constable of Huntington you are hereby required tO
Notify Mr. Joseph Bunce and Mr. Isaac Sjidmore to remove their respective Ves-
sels to tiie Dock in Huntington ILrbour by the morning Tide.

Given at Huntington the 4th October 1776. Sam'll Birch L't CoIU

N. B — on the H lek ol the above order said Vessels to be under the Care of
Cap't Greme of the King Fisher.

JOSEPH HIGBEE AND JOSEPH BUNCE.
Rec'd October 17th 1776 From on board tw.iSloups the Seaflower, andCharlottB
Joseph Higbee and Joseph Bunce Marstrs one Hundred & Sixty Ca<ks Oyl which
was put in .Store For the Quarter Master Gen'll Jn'o .\1'c Ali'INE.

Government Dr. For Carryage of said Oyl from Huntington to New York

14 APPENDIX.

JOSEPH HIGBEE.
Rcc'dOctoDcr 17th 1776 from un board the Sloop Seaflower Joseph Higbee Mas'r
Twenty Hot^shead of Meilasses Leaky and in Bad order on A.co't of Cull William
Sheriff Q'r Mas'r General. Jn'o Fegane.

Govermeut Dr. For the Carryage of said Meilasses from Huntington to new
York. ^8.

JOHN BUNCE.
Huntington 30th Decem'r '79— Rec'd oi John Bunce Twenty five Bushels of In-
dian Corn and thirty Bushels of Oats as he says : taken for the Use of the Q'r
M'r General Department which George Brinly Esq'r will pay for by ord. of his
Excellency Gen'l Leeland. ^23. John Cutler.

- New York ist July 1780 — i do Certify the within mentioned Forage was taken
and Lodg'd at the Commissary Gen'l Magazine at Huntington.

Thos. GiLFiLLANE A. D'y Q. M'r Gen.
Nov. 1779— Augustin bryan attested before Esq'r Piatt that Majcjr Giifillin took
from him 40 Bushel Oats, £1^, 23 Bushels Corn to the best of his Gudg't at los;
is ;^ii los. am'ts to £2^ 10.

BENJAMIN GILDERSI, EVE.
Huntington 30th Dec'r '79— Rec'd oi Benjamin Giidersleve forty Bushels of In-
dian Coi n and fifteen Bushel of Oats as he says : taken for the Use ol the Q'r
M'r. Gen'l Department which George Brinley Esq'r will pay for by ord'r of his
Excellency Genl. Leeland. £2^ 5s. John Cutler.

AUGUSTINE RYAN.
Huntington 30th Dec'r '79 — Receivd of Augustin Bryant Forty Bushels of Oats
and Twenty three Bushels of Indian Corn as he says: taken for the use of the Q'r
M'r Genl. Department which George Brinly Esq'r will pay for by ord'r of his Ex-
cellency Gen'l LeeJand. ^25 los. John Cutler.
MELANCTHON BRYANT.
Huntington 30th Decm'r '79— Reed, of Melankthon Bryant Twenty Eight
Bushels of Oats a? he says : taken for the Use of the Q)'r M'r Genl. which George
Brinley Esqr. will pay lor by ordr. of his Excellency Genl. Leeland. jfg i6s.

John Cutler.
J NO. BUNCE.
New York July Ist 1780 — 30 Bushels of Oats ^10 los. and 25 Bushels of Corn
^12 los. ^^23.

I do Certily that the above mentioned forage was taken to the Commissary
Gen'l Magazine at Huntington from Near Crab Meadow.

Thos. Gilfillane A. D'y Q'r M.

B. GILDERSLEVE.
New Y'ork 1st July 1780 — Attested to before Esq. Piatt that Major Giifillin took
from Benjamin Gildei sieve fitteen Bushels of Oats & 40 Bushels Corn to the best of
hisjudgm't. Am'ts to ^25 5s.

I do Certify that the above mentioned forage was taken and Lodg'd in the Com-
mifcsary Genl's Magazine at Huntington 'V. Gilfillin A. D'y Q. M'r Gen'l.
NATHANIEL HARRISON.
This is to Certify that Nathaniel Harrison has been Employed with his waggon
and Horses 6 Days in Carting Baggage from humirgton to the Narrows for the
Use of my Company Given und'r my hand this 12th Jan'y 1777. ^3 12s.

Edward Ellison Capt. in 3d B. G. Ddancey's Brigade.
This Certifies that Joseph Ireland, Nathaniel Harrison, Jacomiah Brush, Zo-
phor Brush & Joseph Lewis, with three Waggons and Hordes & Ebenczer Conk-
lins Horses Horses and Waggon have been in the Service of Queens rangers 6
Days from the 21st to the 26th August 1780 Inclusive. ,^^14 8d.

Eras. Stephensen Cap'n Q's R's.

APPENDIX. 15

NATHANIEL HARRISON.

Huntington ye 8th March IJTJ —I do hereby Certify that a Waggon & two
HursTS and Driver belonging to Natlianiel Harrison has been Eleven Days Em-
ployed in Carting provisions & wood for the Use of the Department at this
Post. £6 I2S. Edward Potts Q. M.,

2d Batt. Genl. Delancey's Brigade.
ISAAC PIOYT.
Rec'd October the 20 1782 of Mr. Isaac Hoyt four hundred and forty pounds
of Fre>h Beef for the Use of H. M. Ship Carysfort to be paid at the rate of is.
2d. New York Currency per lb. ^25 13s. 4d.

NuRGUHAST Purser.
To Henry Davies Esquire Agent for victualling His Majestys Ships in North
America. Please to pay the within Contents. Isaac Hoyt.

SAM'LL OAKLEY
Rec'd 5th March 1780 of Sam'll Oakley Ten Bnshell of Corn Twelve Bushells
of Oats three Hundied Weight Fresh Hay and two Hundred and hfty W't of
Plain Hay for the use ot the 2d Batt'n Jersey Volunteers Stationed at Jeiico.

George Lambert Lieut. Act. Q.'r M'r 2 B. J. V.
I. Colden Q'r Major Com'y.

To George Brinley Esq'r Com'y of Forage at New York.

CLAIMS FOR PROPERTY TAKEN OR DESTROYED AND NO RECEIPTS

GIVEN.

Huntington July 3d A. D. 1783. — I do hereby Certify that every Person men-
tion'd in this Book has made out their accounts as this against Government; or
against Officers of the Several Departments in the British Army & has Personally
Appear'd before me and made Oath that their Several Accounts Contains the
Truth. ZoPHAR Platt Justice.

Sept. 1st 1776 — Ten Head of Cattle Drove to newtown on Long Island Agre-
ab e to Sir William Erskins Proclamation for the use of his Majestys Troops which
Cattle were received by the (Quarter master General then Present which said Cat-
tle waa Judged to Weigh Thirty Seven Hundred and being the Property of Platt
Brush, Jacob Conkhng, Zebulon Ketcham, Alexander Conkling. Amounts to
^^77 IS. 8d.

ZEBULON KETCHAM.

Nov'r 1778 — Quarter Master Nicol of ye 17th Light Dragoons Took from Zeb-
ulon Ketcham thirty Seven Shock of Sheaf Oats at 7s. per Shock ;,^I2 19s.
JACOB CONKLING.

May 1777 — Major Campeli Dr. to Jacob Conkling for one Horse taken and
never returned ;^I5.

ALEXANDER CONKLlNG.

Nov'r 1778— Q'r Master NicoU of the 17th Light Dragoons Dr. to Alexander
Conkling fur Fifteen Shock ot Sheaf Oals yeiiding one Bushel per Shock at 7s.

April 1780 — John Cutler Collector of Forage Dr. to Alexander Conkling for one
Brigade Waggon Load of Salt Hay Weighing Estimated 12 Cw't at 4s per Cwt.

;^2 8S.

MICAH. HART. /; d. s.

Nov'r 1776 — Dr. to Micah Hartt as followeth : By Major Men-
zies of Gen'U Delanceys Reg't one Horse and Waggon which was
kept five months at 6s. per day 45

1777 Taken by Major Campbell One Horse & Driver 6 Days i 16

l6 APPENDIX.

1778 Also one Horse taken into his Majestys Servise by orders £ s.

of Governor Tryon twenty one Days at 3s. 3 3

Also kept one of Governor Tryous Horses twenty one Days

with Forage & one peck of Oats Each Day 3 17

1778 Taken into his Majestys Servise by Major Gwin one Wag-
gon Hor:?es and Driver detain'd Twelve Days at 12s. 7 4

One Horsr taken aud kept Eleaven Days By Coll. Ludlow at
3s. I 13

TIMOTHY SMITH.

October 1776— Dr. to Timothy Sniitli as foloweth: By Major
Menzies of Geii'll Delanceys Reg't two Horses taken and kept
Sixty Days at 3s. 6

Also a Saddle never retiirn'd 2

Taken into his Majestys Servise by Major Campell one Horse
kept twelve Months at 3s. 54

Also one Driver with said Horse Six Days 3s. iS

ABIJAH KETCHAM.

December ye 20th 1779 -Joseph Fox overseer of the Black-
smiths took from Aliijah Ketchain Hay and Oats for ten Dragoon
Horses belonging to ye 17th Reg't valued at 3

GILBERT WTCKES.

1777 — One Horse taken by Capt. '.Voolley of G. D. R. from
Gilbert Wickes and put into the Kings Servise and never Re-
tuni'd which Cost 13 Pounds 13

1 781 ye 20 May— My Waggon an I Horses Brest by Lieut.
Clowes ol Gen'll Delanceys Reg't to Carry a Load of Forage
from Smith Town to Loyds Neck being 20 Miles I 4

PLATT VAIL.

1779 20th April — Delivered by Order of Jnhn Cutler (to go to
Oyster bay) Fifteen Hutid>-ed weight of Fresh Hay at 8s. 6

1777 17th February — Taken into his Majestys Servise by one
Cap'lDix Collector of Forage one Horse which was Kiept three
Hundred and Eighty Seven Days the Property of Piatt Vail at
■3s. . 58 1

1776 Derem'r — i Coverlid taken by Cap'n Ellison of Delan-
ceys 3d Battallion 2

HENRY SMITH.

1776 ye 6th October— Taken Irom Henry Smith by Micah and
William Burr's two Horses Judged to be worth Forty Pounds they

said by Order of Coll. Burch 40

Also on said Day a Heland Seg't took one stone Horse saddle

and Bridk- he said by Orders of Coll. Birch of 17th L't Dragoons

Valued at 60

Also taken by a Heland Serg't he said by orders of Coll. Birch

one Pair of Fatt Oxjn Value at 6D per lb. 35

1777 April — One Waggon and furniture taken by Serg't
Daily by Order of Quarter Master Potts of the 2d Batt'n of Gen'll
Delanceys Valued at 14

1779 Feb'ry— Carting Cider Presses from Huntington to
Sagg Harbour by Command of Sir William Ershine Ordered by
one Dix Gone 8 Days at 12s. per D-ay 4 16

APPENDIX. ^7

1780 March ye 25-Taken from Henry Smith by Capt Youngs £ s. d.
of the Melitia Horse and Forage Master of SutfolK County Four
Hundred Weight of Enghsh Hay at 8s. per Cvvt.

1780 Decemb'r -Carting Forage for the MagazeeneatHun-
tingion 26 Days by Order of Gen'll Leiand at i6s. per Day 20

4 Days Carting for B. G. Delanceys ist Batt. when in Hun- ^ ^

tington at 12s. per Day

JAMES HUBBS.
1778 Nov'r-Quarter Master NicoUs of ye 17th Dragoons To a
wag on and Horses he took and never rcturn'd valued at loo

1777 November-Taken by Coll. Cruger one waggon & Horses
with Di iver 10 Carry Baggage from Huntington to Jamaica Gone
two Days at 12s. per Day belonging to James Hubbs 4

SILAS MUNCY.
1777 Nov'r-Takcn from Silas Muncy Eight Hundred weight
of Fresh Hay By John Cutler Deputy Com'y of Forage 3 4

also One Waggon Load of Sheaf Oats Judged to be fourteen ^ ^^
Bushells

I77Q Oct'br i4th-Taken trom Silas Muncey two waggon Loads
of Ficsh Hay Judged to be Eight Hundred by Q'r Master Nicohs
of ye 17th Dragoons ^

REUBEN SAMMIS.
j-^_i g 15th Nov'r— Taken Irom Reuben Sammis by John
Cutler Eight Hundred weight of Fresh hay 3 4

and one Bushell of Oats and four Horses 7

one Night on Fresh Hay

JACOB DOW.
1776 Sep't 7th— Taken from Jacob Dow by William Spaits who
took Horses for the use of the Army at that time one waggon and
Horses Horses Detain'd 17 Days the Waggon never return d
Valwed at 8 pounds & Labour of Horses is

ABEL W^OOD.

1776 ye 7th September-By Isaac Smith who took Horses for

the u-e ot the Brittish Army one Waggon and Gears Value 13

1780 ye 6lh of Feb'ry-By William Burrs Four Hundred w't
of Salt Hay for the use of the Kmgs Cattle

NEHEMIAH BRUSH.

1777 lune ah-Taken from Nehemiah Brush one Horse for his
Majesty. Servise by Major Campell which was never paid tor
Valued at

JESSE KETCHAM.
1776 N^v'r 5th-Takenfrom Jesse Ketcham by Cap't Wooley of
Gen'll Delanceys Reg't for his Maje.tys Seivise one Mare Valued

JAMES HILL.
1776 ve 4th Sep'tr— Taken from James Hill by John Dunbar one
Hor4 and Kept in his Majcstys Servise Ten Months without Pay
the Horse never return'd Valued at twt-lve Pounds

ZOPHAR KETCHAM.
1776 ye 20th Sept' mbr— By Baine Cane one mare four years
old Valued at Twenty Pounds

1 8 APPENDIX.

gth Sep't — taken by Joshua Mills who took Horses at that time £ s.
for the use of the Army one Waggon Horses and Driver Detain 'd
ten days at I2s. per Day 6

1779 Dec'mbr — taken by Order of Jacob Jackson for the use
of the Kings Cattle 600 Weight of English Hay at 8s. per Cwt. 2 8

1 781 Febr'y — Taken by Order of Capt. Youngs Collector of
Forage at 4s. per Cwt. one Ton of Salt Hay 4

STEPHEN WHITE.

1779 — Taken from Stephen White By Corperal Mitchel undeV
the Command of Coll. Birch of ye I7lh Dragoons one Waggon
and Horses Never Return'd Value Fifty Pounds 50

LEMUEL BRYANT.

1778 ye 2 Aug't — Dr. to Lemuel Bryant for Eight days Service

with a waggon and Horses by Orders of General Tryon 4 16

1779 May — Taken by Coll. Simcce Fifteen Hundred w't of

Fresh Hay and Six Bushels of Corn 9 I

1781 Jan'y — Four Days Service with a Slay and Horses 2 8
By ( »rder of Coll. Hulett also two Days servise with a waggon

and Horses the May following I 4

SILAS CARL.
1776 4th Sept'b — Silas Carlls Horses and waggon was prest by
Samuel i ownsend of Dicks Hills in Huntington and was Entered
V)y Gilbert Piatt in Capt. Beemans Book & in March ((yllnwing
Rec'tl the Hire but never afterwards Rec'd any Hire nor Horses
nor \\ aggon 8

Sworn to by GILBERT Platt and Silas Carll.

GEORGE NORTON.
1776 Dec. 2ist — Taken from George Norton by Cap't Wooley
one Waggon and Horse the waggon Gone three Months paid for
Gtting the Horse one pound four Shilluigs Capt. Wooley under
the Command of Major Menzies of Gen'U D'^lanceys Reg't 13 lO

SAMUEL OAKLEY.
1776 — I Satnuel Oakley of Huntnigton was in the Servise with
a Waggon and two Horses imder Thomas Beeman Waggon Mas-
ter and Goveiior Dunmore Prest one Horse from my waggon
which I never have Seei:i Since nor rec'd any payment Valued at
Twenty Pounds 20

SAMUEL WOOD.

1776 20th Sept. — Taken from Samuel Wood by Barne Cane
with an Order from Quarter General Hein-y Brewm one Stone
Horse for the Kings Servise which was never return'd and for
which I was offered Fifty Pounds for before taken 50

JOSIAH ROGERS.
1779 Jan'y — Josiah Rogers had one Horse taken to attend Gen-
eral Erskin on his March to South Hampton and Never was re-
turn'd Valued at fifteen Pounds 15

1777 Nov'r — ^Josiah Rogers Ox team Prest to Carry Baggage
for Coll. Cruger of General Delanceys Reg't from Huntington to

Jamaica three Days at i6s. per Day 2 8

1778 Aug't — ^Josiah Rogers Ox Team Prest to Cart Gen '11 Try-
ons Baggage from Huntington to South Hold Gone Eleaven Days

at 1 6s. per Day 8 16

APPENDIX. 19

ELIPHILET SAMMTS. £ s. d.

1778 Aug't— Taken from Eliphilet Sanimii one Ox team which
was Prest by Order of General Tryon and Detain'd ten Days at

1 6s. per Day 8

1776 Sep't i6th— Taken from Eliphilet Sammis one waggon
and two II Mses by Cap't Wooley of Gen'll Delanceys Reg't and
keept untill the 25th December following being 100 Days 60

SELAH CARLL.

1777 y^' S'l'' Sep't— Taken from Selah Carll by Elisha Halsey
Assi>lant to John Cutler Com'y of Forage Fourteen Hundred of

Fresh Hay 5 I2

Carted Nine miles i"

1779 March 17th— Taken from Selah Carll by Q. Master Moffet

of Coll. Siincoes Reg't one New Saddle & Fight Bushels of Oats 9 4

GILBERT CARLL.
1776 ye 2ist Sep't — Taken from Gilbert Carll by Barne Cane
for his Majrstys Servise by Order from Quarter Master General
Henry Brevin one Horse Valued at Thirty Pounds 30

MICAH VEAL.
1776 ye 4'h Sept.— Taken from Micah Veal two Horses By
Richard Rogers and Nathaniel Bunce for his Majestys Servise I
Receiv. d one of the Horses ye 26th of September the other never
Rec'd at all Valued at 24 Pounds 24

and Wages from the 4th September to the 26th for myself and
Horse ° 6 12

1778— Also my Team Prest by General Tryon To Go to the
East end of Long Island Gone Nine Days Ox team 7 4

ZEBULON PLATT.
1 777 —Taken from Zebulon Piatt by Serg't Dasey belonging to
the Second Batt'n of Gen'll Delanceys one Horse Valued at Sev-
enteen Pounds 17
Jox. Jarvis attested.
1779 & 1780—4 Coids of wood (at th*" lowest Estimate) sup-
ply'd the Picquet Guards of ye 43d Regiment a!; 36s. pr. Cord 7 4
Prov'd by J. Jarvis.

OBADIAH PLATT.

1778 Aug't 2d— Prest from Obadiah Piatt one Waggon and
Hoi ses To Carry General Tryons Baggage to South Hold Gone
Eighteen D-y, at 12s. per Day. 10 16

DANIEL SMITH.

1779 — One Days Carting Baggage from Huntington to Jeri-

co lor General Erskins Troops 12

1780— Carting one Cord of Wood for Coll. Abercromby I 12

1782— One Cord of Nut Wood taken b^ Coll. Thomson of
the Kings American Dragoons 3

ANANIAS CARLL.
1780— Prest by Capt. Hulet trom Ananias Carll one Waggon
Horses and Driver to Carry Provitions for Coll. Simco of the
Queens Rangers toward the East End of Long Island Gone
Eleaven Days o '2

Also Taken from Ananias Carl! by Coll. Tarleton of the Brittish

20 APPENDIX.

Legion or officers under his Command one Fatt Beast Valued at £ s,

25 Pounds 25

1780 — II Days Eastward Carting Provisions Scimcoes party 6 12
1783 ye 8th Jan'y— Taken by one R. Parks of the Brittish
army Twenty three Shock of Oats which Contained 23 Bushels at
7s. per Bushel 8 i

N. B.— Coll. Thomson Reg't.

JOEL SMITH.
1777 ye 24th May— Taken from Joel Suiiih by Capt. Campell
cme Waggon Valued at ' 16

DAVID CONKLIN.

4fh Sept. 1776— Taken from David Conkling by Joshua Mills
Waggon Master one Horse and put into his Majestys Serviae by
Order of Coll. Sherrif Valued at 22

1778- -Also Q. Master Sutherland of Gen'll Erskins Command
to the East End of Long Island Dr. to one Ton of English Hay
& four Bushels of Corn at los. ]jer Bush. 10

CORNELIUS IIARTT.

1776— By Capt. Wooley of Gen' 1 Dclanceys Reg't one Waggon
and Detaind Sixty Days without Payment Value 9

1777— Takt-n by CuL. Huletof Gen'll Dclancey Reg't one Wag-
gon Horses and Driver four days without Payment at 12s. per
Day 2

1777— Taken by Coll. Brewenton of Gen'll Delanceys Rg't one
Waggon Horses and Driver t') Carry Baggage from Huntington
to Brooklyn detaiii'd seven days at 12s. per Day 4 4

1778— Taker by Major Gwin of 17th Lt. Dragoons one Wag-
gon detain'd 14 Days 2 2

1779— Taken by General Erskin one Waggon Horses and Dri-
ver Six Days 2 12

J779 — Taken by General Erskin one Horse 3 Days Expenses
for said Horse 9s. at 3s. per Day 18

^779— ^^'<^" I'y Lieut. Carr of 17th Dragoons one Waggon
Horses and Diiver two Days at 12s. I 4

1779— Taken by the Jersey Volunteers one Sadie Value 5

1780- Taken by Coll. Arbecromby one Waggon and Horses &
Driver three Days i 16

1781— taken by John Hulet Supenntendant of Forage one Wag-
gon Horses and Driver three Days I 16

DAVID CONKLING.
^778 30th Decemb'r— Taken from David Conkling by Capt.
M, kill ot the Queens Rangers Fifty Boards from of his^Barn Each
Board 14 feet Long and 14 Inches Broad Containing 708 Feet at
l6s. per C. feet 7 lo

JOHN WHEELER.
^777— Quarter Master Potts of General Delanceys to a waggon
and Horses with a driver to go to Oyster bay after a Load ofPro-
vitions one Day at 12s. 12

ISAAC SELAH.
1776 ye 16 Sept'uibr— I Isaac SeJah Certify that I had one Wag-
gon and two Horses taken into his Majestys servise by Cap't
Beeman and Continued in the said Servise till ye 26th December

APPENDIX. 21

Then taken by the Enemy in New Jersey Near Prince Town and £ s. d.
that he recceived the wages up to that time but Never received
no Payment tor Horses nor Waggon Valued at 50

TREDWELL BRUSFI.

1777 yc 6th April — Dr. to Tredwell Brush tor Carting Provi-
tioiis Eight days from Oysterbay to Huntington by Order of

Edw. Potts Q. M'st 2 Batt'n of General Delanceys at I2s per Day 4 16

MARY SOPER

1778 25th July— One yoke of Ox'U taken by Genii. Tryons
Comm'd by his Orders Valued at ^70 Rec'd but 16 Pounds yet

due 54 Pounds 54

1779 Jan'y — One Horse taken by Gen'll Erskiiis Command

to the Ea.-itward Said by his Orders Value never return'd 25

1780 — Two Fatt Hogs taken by Co'll Fennings Q. Master

on his March from the Eastward to Loyds Neck 6

1780 March — Taken by Major C mpels Party 22 Bushels of
Oats at 7s. per Bu=hell 7 14

MARY PLATT.

1778 — One Ox Taken by Fredric Dible assistant in wood
Service of Loyds Neck and Killed Value 17

1775 25 December -65 .Shocks of Oats taken by Order of

Geu'll Erskin Said at 7s. per Bushel 22 15

1779 Jan'y— 6 Days Carting Baggage for Gen'll Erskin to

South Hampton at 12s. per Day 3 12

August 19 — 20 Bu.-,hels Oats taken by Simcoes Party at 7s. 7
carting the oats ^ 6

1779 Decm'br — 6 Hundred Rails Burnt by Major Furger-
sons Troops at ;^3 los. per C. 21

NATHAN VOLENTINE.

1776 Scptem'r— One Waggon and Horses taken by Dunbar
who Took Waggons & Horses lor his Majestys Servise 16

1776 November— Prest into his Majestys Servise by Capt.
Wooley of Gen'll Delanceys Reg't 2Hoises and sent to Hell
Gate I 4

as 'oy Voucher ye 4th Jan'y 1777 from Zophar Platt Esq.

Al>o my Horses and Slead Prest to Cary one Hogshead of
Rum from Huntington to East Hamptjn and Back again the
party Commandeil by Jn'o Clows 6

my Sled and Horses Prest by Cap't Boam to Slead Hay from
Corum to Loyds Neck 6

1780 March — 14 Bushels of Oats by Cap't Hdet of the

Queens County Light Dragoons at 7s. per Bushel 4 18

JOHN RULAND.

1778 — One Horse and Saddle by a Party of Coll. Hewletts
Soldiers Saddle never return'd 2

Horse gone 8 days I 4

1779— taken by a Party of Coll. Hewletts men of the 3d Batt'n
Gen'll Delanceys one Horse 3 Days 9

1780 — Four Hundred of fresh Hay also Eighteen Rations
of Hay for Eighteen tlorses one Night by Jacob Jackson Collector
of Forage 2 17 4

22 APPENDIX,

JOHN CARMON.
1778 August — One Waggon and Horses to Cart Baggage for £ s.
Geni-ral Tryon to the East End ot Long Island 14 Days at 12s.
per Day 8 8

1781 — 2 Days Carting Baggage from Loyds Neck to Ja-
maica for Coll. Ludlow I 4

1776 December 21st — One Horse in the Servise 21 Days by
Cap't Wooley of Gen '11 Delanctys 3 3

RICHARD VOLUNTINE.

1776 October — Twenty Bushelsut Oats taken by Scrg't Hoof of
Coll. Binch's Reg't at 6s. per Bush'll 6

1781 — 2 Days Carting Baggage from Loyds Neck to Jamaica
for Coll. Ludlow ' I 4

JAMES BISHOP.

i778 2dAug't — Ten Days Carting with an Ox team remove-
ing (he Baggage of Coll. Hulets and Major Menzies of Gen'U De-
lanceys Coanuand to South Hold at 163. per Day 8

LSAAC MUNCY.

1776 — Eight Hundred Weight of English Hay 3 4

Carted 14 Mile by Order ol Joshua Mills for his Majesty use 16

1778— One Waggon and Horses Seven Days at 12s. per Day
Taken by Major Giltillins Command of the Q)uarter Master Gcn'll
Department 4 4

JOHN WOOD.

1776 Sept. — I Horse taken by Virtue of an Ord'r from Col. Smith
for the Use Government and never rcturn'd worth 20

1778 August 2d — 14 Days Servise of my Wdgt^on and Horses
to Carry Baggage to South hold with General Tryon at 12s. 8 8

1779 — I pair of Fatt Oxen Taken by Sergeant Jarvis of Col.
Simpco Regim't the same was Sold to I .ieu. Guess A Butcher lor
Eiglity pounds rec'd of the same forty five poimds Due 35

ELIPHALET BRUSH.

1776 Nov'r — 2 Coverlids or Blankets taken by Gen'l Delanceys
orders for Government 2

1777 — Octob'r— 2 waggon Load of Corn 50 Bushels Taken by
major Green of Gen'l Delan'ys 7

1778 Srptem'r — 4 Days Service my Waggon for 17th dragoons
P. by ord. Col. Birch at 12s. 28

I Wagg kept in ye Service when Dismissed my horses afore
said end of Days and never return'd nor p litl: no receipt lO

JOHN KETCHU.M.

1776 — I Mare taken fr6m Nathaniel Bunce when he was in the
Kings Service und'r Bemaii by Eli-ha Jones which never was re-
turn'd as Certity'd by Nathaniel Bunce and S'd mare was put in
the Artilery worth 20

1783 June loth — Then attested Nathan'l Bunce to this acc't be-
fore me Zoi'H.^R Platt Justice.
MALTBY BURTIS

1776 Septemo r — i Horse taken into Government Service by
Barney Cane Collector of Horses worth 25

17S0 S< p'r i6th — 5 Days Cartage of Forage for a Party und.
Command of Ellison of Gen'l Delancy 3

APPENDIX.

£ s. d.

8 i6
i6

1776 S-^p'r Qth-T Yoke of Oxen Taken by Thoodius Vanwike
and G.llK-n Vanwilce for Government Use never had rece.pt or

^^^8o -6 davs Carting Provisions to the Eastward P'-p^d by Q-
Master Sergeant of ye Queen's Rangers Command by Col.

Sanpcoat 12s.

EBENEZER KELUM.
,77s Au.mst 2d-ii Days of my Ok Team to the Eastward
und'r Command of General Tryon at i6s. „ , , ,

X777 May 24th - i Waggon Taken by Major Cambe 1 valued at
1780 Jan'v ioth-3 Days Carung from Coram to Lloyds Neck ^ ^^
on Loll- L.land with Slay and llorse-s at 12s.

SYLVANUS CHICHESTER.
,775 Jan'y-36 B:.ards taken by Capt. McGill belonging to the ^ ^

Queens Rangers at 3s. „,,r.,T

^ ZOPHOR BRUSH.

1777 Mav i-th-S Days Carting Provisions from Oyster Lay

for S^eSf Uda:.c/'s 2d'BattaUion by Ord'r L't Potts Q. M. 12s. 3

1778 October-9 Days Carting Forrage from the Eastward ^
to lUmtington By Order of General Tryon 12s. b

TEREMIAII SAMMIS.
T770 Tan'v 20th-6 Days Service o. my Team to South hampton
pr^-It by one Officer malcom Carrying Baggage at i6s. Askm

Commanded ^ ™ ^ r-

1778 Au.mst 2d -10 Days Service of my Ox Team to Carry

Ba ^Jage t ;South hold m>d'r Command General Tryon 16..
"^ ^ SELAH PLATT.

1776 -I Blanket for his Majestys Service taken by ord r Genl.

^^^^^^^y^'^^' SELAH WOOD.

,,„ Tin'v-I2 Days Service with waggon. Horses and Driver
to sl'ull hampton uii'r Command Col. Birches party X7th Dra-

'T^-rWac^gon and Mare taken into government Service by
Ma oJ CambeTworth £^0 Cr. rec'd towards ye same £6

NovV-i Coverlet or Blanket taken by Col. Delancey's ord r
S'd& lor his majesty's Service worth

8 Days Service of my Team Carting wood for Col. Sn.pco not

P^'^'^^'" ZOPHXR PLATT.

A c f,.n Ir Ath-i-o Days Service of my 2 Horses and

0;,e of S-d Lr.es never re.urn'J .ho mud, pam, taken to find

where mv horse was in Service , ^ i

X Ho-L taken from me by Patterson s'd belongmg to Col.

■RiirheS DiailOOllS _ _ ,,.

X Sadie taken by Major green of Genl. delancy's ,st B-ttallion

4 16
8

7 4

34
I
4 16

54
30
15

"Ttdle taken by Col. Simpco'. Rangers party never returnd 4

I Ox Did over Driving in his Majesty's Service
I Ox kill'd in the Service Neck broke

20
2C>

24 APPENDIX.

1778 — 2 long pair of Cyder press Screw and Presses to press ^ s.

Hay for Governm't by ord'r S'd ot General Arskiii worth 30

4 Days Carting Boards to Oyster Bay for Col. Sniipco's party
2 Rangers 2

Decem'r — 16 Days Service of my Ox team to the Eastward of

Island with Gen'l Erskin at i6s. pr. Day 12 16

1779 May — 20 Days at i6s. per Day of my Ox Team 16

1780 July — 9 Days Service of two Teams by Command of Cap'n
Hulet of the mahtia Horse to South Hampton 18 days at i6j. 14

4 Days Carting ord'r S'd of Col. Abbe Crumby's orders to
Eastward on Long Island at i6s. 3 4

II Days Carting twice to Jamaica with my Ox Team for Gov-
ern't i6i. 8 i6

1780 — I Days service with my Ox team breaking roads in the
Snow for Govern't 16

1782 — 2 Days drawing Cannon on Lloyds Neck by ord'r Col.
Thomson at i6s. i 12

9 Days service of my Ox team by ord'r Col. Thomson Building
Fort at 1 6s. 74

400 Feet of Boards Carried to Oyster Bay for Col. Simpco 2

DAVID RESCO.

1776 Nov'r — 4 Cwt. Fresh Hay for Goverm'tf ir Delan'y taken

by Suethen at 8i. i 12

Octob'r — I Team going to flushing by ord'r Doctor Johnson of
17th Dragoons Carried Poultry 2 Days at 12s. I 4

1777 Nov'r — 2 Days Carting Baggage for Gcn'l delancy's ist

Bat. ord'r Col. Cruger i 4

Decem'r — 7 Days service of my Waggon and Horses Driver

went to meretick &C. By oid'r Major Green of ist Bat. of G.

Delancy's at 12s. 4 4

Feb'y — 4 Cw't of Fresh Hay taken by mr. Snethen Collector

Forage at 8s. i 12

1778 Aui'ust — 4 C. Weight fresh Hay taken by Party Com-
manded by Mdjor Guin I 12

1780 March — 12 Rations of Dragoon Horses one Night on Salt
Hay 8

1780 August — Pasturing Twenty Horses of ye light Infantry 3
Days at 6d. per day i 10

1781 — Keeping 9 Yager horses l Night on fresh Hay Command-
ed by Cap't Ruugh 12

1782 Octob'r— I Load of Corn Stalks taken by Adjutant Nich-
olson und'r Command of Collonel Thomson I

1779 Nov'r & Decem'r — Building a Hutt for Capt. Thorn's
Company of 43d Regiment 5

1789 Decem'r & Jan'y — 4 Cords of Wood I found for Cap't
Thorn's Company at 303. per cord 6

1780 17th Jan'y — 9 Days Service with a Horse Cart for 43d
Regiment Commanded by Gen'l Lelland at 6s. pr. Day 2 14

1779 Nov'r & Decm'r — 11 Hordes Ration'd upon English hay
14 Nights being Waggon horses of Service 43d Reginient Gen'l
Leland's 4 5

I i6

APPENDIX. 25

1775 Decem'r — 12 Horses Rationed on English Hay one Night, £ s. d>
and 6 Horses ration'd two Nights belonging to the troops und'r

Command of General Erskin on his March Eastward 15

August— 30 Dragoon Horses of the ye i6th Light Dragoons

Commanded l>y Major Gum 2 Days l lo

1779 Jan'y — 3 Days Carting Boards from Huntington to Oys-

terbay for Col. Simpco

August 19th— 6 Bushels of Oats at 7s. 2 2

ISRAEL WOOD.
1778 Jany. 3d — 1 15 pine Boards at 3s. each 17 5

1778 J.in'y i6lh— 100 Do Do at 3s. Do 15

1776 IX-cember 25—18 Days Service of my Wagon Horses &
Driver took Ijy Q. master of Di--laiicy's 2d Batt'n at I2s. lO l6

TLMOTHY CONKLING.

1778 June— I Grind Stone taken by Col. Patterson S'd ord'r 16

1779 May 3d —I Ox team 6 Days in the Service taken by Cap't
Thomas in ye Service at 163. 4 l^

1780 Jan'y 2d— 400 feet of Boards at l6s. pr. C. 3 4
1779 — 14 Bushels of Oats by Simco rangers at 7s. 4 18

ISAAC DENNIS.

1776 Septem'r 4—1 Waggon and 2 Horses taken into Govern-
ment Service by Jo^hua Mills wiio was appointed to lake Horses
& Waggons at tuat Time and Never Retura'd nor paid for 1 Value
worili tilty hve pounds 55

JONATHAN JARVIS.

1776 Septem'r 4 — 2 Horses and Driver 12 Days in Government
Service 5 "

Taken by John Dunbar who took other Horses &C. for Gov-
ernment ai that Time for which one horse never rec'd nor any
Pay tor any which 1 drove w rth for one ho. se never returnd sum 20

1779—20 Days Carting Wood for Gen'l Leland with an ox
Team at i6s. 16

1779 — Carting Baggage for the Hessian Regiment S'd by order
of General Leland from Huntington to flushing 3 Days at i6s. pr.
Day as Ox team has 2 8

1780 — 3 Days Carting Baggage for Col. Abbe Crumby of the
Light Infantry from Huntington to [amaica at i6s. 2 8

MATTHEW BUNCE.

1776 October — I riding Chair and Horse taken by Col. Birch's
Dragoons never return'd nor paid for worth 45

I77y._i Waggon taken by 2d Battallion of B. Gen'l Delancys
never returned IS

1779-25 Bushels of Oats taken by Major GilfiUm no receipt
nor paid 8 15

ABRAHAM JARVIS.

1780 August — To a Span of Horses and a Waggon in Govern-
ment Service Commanded by Col. Simpcoe on his march to ye
East end of Long Island 11 Days at 12s. per day 6 12

WILLIAM JOHNSON.
1778 Aug't — II Days service of my Ox team with General Try-
on East end of Long Island l6s. 8 16-

26 APPENDIX.

4 Days Service with with Genl. Leland with Slay and Span of £ s.
Horses 12s. 28

1780 Decem'r — Carting Wood 8 Days to the Barracks in Hun-
tington with ox Team uiid'r Com'd ot Gen'l Leland i6s. 6 8
JONTHAN SCUDER.

1776 Septem'r — l Horse taken by Ricliard Rogers and Na-
thaniel Buiice and say entered in Gene'l Cleveland^ department
never returned worth 20

1779 Nov'r 12 -I Mare Sadie and Bridle delivered to Cap't
piper of the 43d Regiment by John Collough of 43d Regiment as
can be prov'tl by Sertificate S'd mare never returnd 30

1779 May — Carted 10 Cords of woods for Col. Simpcoe at los.

pr. Coid 5

1780 August — 4 Days Carting Provisions by ord'r Col. Abbe

Crumby with an Ox Team trom Loyd's Neck to Smith Town 3 4

30 Bushels of Oats Col. Simpcoe's party took at 7s. 10 10

Carting the same to Uster bay 6

1779 Aprii 25th — I Ton of fresh Hay to Col. Simcoe at 8s. in 2
Load 1-2 ton Each 8

ZACHARIAH SMITH.
1778 August 2d — Myself Driving Waggon 1 1 Days with Gov-
ernor Tryon at 3s. i 13
2 Horseses and Waggon for S'd 11 Days Service 4 19

ZEB'N BUFFET.
I779jan'y — Driving Waggon 5 Days to S mth Hampton for
Allen Malcom officer at 12%. Cominanded by S'd Win. Erskin 3

1780 Septem'r 2d — 10 Days going lo South Hold to Carry
Cap'n VVillets Baggage of 3d B. G. Delan'ys 6

Decem'r 23d — 3 Hoggs taken by Colonel Tarltons party,
Valued at lowest worth 7

ALLISON WRIGHT.

1776 Septem'r — i Hors" taken by David Sammis of ye Plains
wh > took Horses for goverment at that 'I'ime never return'd woi th 25

I777jan'y — l waggon Taken by S'd ord'r of Major Cambell
worth 16

1778 Aug't — 12 Days Service with Ox Team und'r Command
of Gen'l Tryon 16s. 9 12

Nov'r nth — II Cwt Fresh Hay by Col. Ludlow 8s. 4 8

1780 Octo'r — Pasturing 6 Brigades of Horses one night 40 in
each 240 Horse 6d. 6

10 Shocks of Oats and 15 Bushels Corn at los. 12 lO

1781 Jan'y — i Load Sedge Hay To Col. Hulet 2
June — 2 Days Carting with my Waggon at 12s. 14

HENRY SAMMIS,

1778 June 23d — I (jrind Stone taken by Colonel Patterson Car-
ried to Loyds Neck at I 12

1779 Jan'y 3d— 280 feet of white PineBoards taken by Cap't Mc

Gill ot Q. Rangers 2 8

20th -I Horse Cart taken by L't Allen malcom und'r Com-
mand of Gen'l Erskin never returnd nor paid for ye above 10 12

APPENDIX. 27

JOHN HENDRICKSON.

1779 May— 5 Days service Carting Wood by ord'r Cap't £ s. d.
Thouias und Com'd oiCol. Siincoe 12s. 3

1780 Sc.nc.n'r-3 Days Service moving Col Fannings from
Loyd= Neck by ord'r ol Major Grant at 12s pr. day

1 781 July-3 days Carrying Prisoners taken at Midle Sex Sun- ^ ^^
day July 22d m Connecticut at 12s.

1782-3 days Carting lor Col. Thomson building tort in Hun- ^ ^^

tiniiioii at I2S.

JONAS ROGERS.

1776 Septem'r-I Span of Horses taken by Mess'rs Henry
Dowmg and James Leftord worth 3

Harnesses woith
All kept m the service never paid lor

•^d Days Drawing Cannon whilst he Commanded 1. e. Col. Lud-
lovv at 2 Hordes and went to New York

i77Q-i2Diys Carting wood for Cap't Thomas by the men be-

lon-im' to Col. Simpco Impress them at 12s. 7

AsfTulv- Carry Mr. Mathers and the Prisoners that was taken
at M.dle SL to Nel York press'd by Philip Youngs 2 daysat I2s. I 4

i782-3DaysServiceofmy Waggon and Horses and Daiver
Ord'r Cul. Thomson of K:ngs American Dragoons a., 12s. I I&

SOLOMON KETCHUM'S ESTATE.
1778 Decem'r-504 feet of Boards taken by Quarte master
Davi of Iheli-itish Legion and Caned to Jerico at i6s. pr. C. , ^

kS Shock of Oats I I 2 B. pr. Shock taken by a party of Troops
under command ut Col. Birch 87 Bush 1 at 7- 3° 9

Decem'r ^-d & 23d-22 Shock ot Oats I I-2 B. pr. Shock 33
hus^Taa 7s pr. Bu^helau.t's to ;^ii ns. Principally by Quarter
Salter MUrhil 9 Bushels of Cornt -ok also by s'd Q. M. Michel ^^ ^

^' ^^S.^Bi-atrcT Birth^ltl'Te Town this Oats and Corn was
take and Destroy 'd

I77Q fan'v 3d-48o Feet of Pine Boards took by a Par y of the
QuJJn' Kan!.ers under Command of Cap't McGiU Col. S.mpcoes ^^

Regiment at 163. pr. C. , , t. f

,779 August Sunday-26 Bushels of Oats taken by a Pary of ^

Col. Simcoe's Soldier Rangers at 7s. V g

Carting the Same 6 miles

ZEBULON SMITH.
,778 Au-ust-14 Days with a waggon and Horses & Driver
Can-ling Ba.gage^or c'eu'll Tryon to the East End of this Island 8 8

1777 March-3 Days with 2 horses Sled and Driver to Menches ^ ^^
to Carry Baggage

^ "^ JOSEPH BENNETT.

T776 Seotember— One Black mare taken by Robert Morrel
WuSm Bu'iS & Michal Buns for the Service of Coll. Burch not ^^
paid Valued at

28 APPENDIX.

ISREAL CARLL. £

1770 March— Four Cattle taken by Mark Laiigdon Valued att
;^8o Rec'd but £^s 35

N. B. — Said Cattle bought for his Majesty Service.
1776 Sep't 2ist — Taken by Barny Cane by Order of Q'r Mas-
ter Ceu'll Henry Brevven one Horse Valued at 40

1776 ye 5th November — 3 Horses and one Saddle Taken by
Capt. Wooky of Gen'll Delanceys To White Whitestone never
Retuni'd

1777 March l<^t — One Slay Horses and Driver 4 Days Said by
Order of Coll. Hulet at 12s. per Day 2 8

May 1779 — Ont- Waggon Horses and Driver Prest by a Party
of Coll. Siincoes Horse to Cart Wood for Capt. Thomas at 12s.
per Day 6 Days 3 12

177S September — One Ox team 4 Days to Cart Baggage to Ja-
maica at 1 6s. per Day 3 a

MOSES WICKES.
1777 March — One Span of Horses Slay ond Driver one Day
to Carry Baggage to Smith Town at 12s. per Day 12

1777 June 5th— Carting Baggage 5 Days at 12s. per Day 3
By Coll. Fanning and went to Slaten Island and Bore my own Ex-
penses I e

JEREMIAH WOOD.

1778 December — One Rideing Chair By Coll. Simcoes Party

of (^)ueens Rangers Valued at lo

1779 February— One Mare taken 1<v a Party of Coll. Simcoes

an 1 Carried to South hampton Gone 6 Days and expenses 2 lO

1779 May 19th — 18 Bushels of Oats by CoU. Simcoe and Cart-
ing to Oysterbay 6 12
PHILIP SMITH.

1778 Aug't — II Days Carting with an Ox Team to Cary Bag-
gage from Huntington to South Hold lor Gen'll I'ryon 8 16

1779 Jan'y — 6 Days with an Ox Team Carrying Baggage from

Hui tmgton to South hampton fur Gen'll Erakine at l6s. per Day 4 16
DANIEL WIGGINS.
1777 Nov'r — 2 Coverlids taken by order of Coll. Brewington of
Gen'll Delanceys 2d Batt'n for Cap't Moses Comp'y 2

1780 Aug't — Sundry Visits Medicines and Attendance for a
Soldier in Cap't Miles Company of the third Batl'n of Brig'dr

Gen'll Delanceys Brigade 2 4

N. B. — The mans name Gilberd.

JOSEPH IRELAND.
PVom the Year 1776 to the Year 1783.

One Load of Straw for the use of the Garrison at Loyds Neck
and Carting the Same I 10

One Waggon on Loyds Neck 21 Days at 3s. per Day taken by
Serg't Lion of Coll. Crugers 1st Batl'n Gen'll Delanceys 3 3

One Waggon and Horse Going Eastward to Carry provitions
for the Troops 6 Days at 6s. per Day warn'd by Cap't Hulet of
the Melitia Horse I i^

APPENDIX. 29

1778 Aug't— One Ton of Fresh Hay taken by Major Gwins f s, d.
Party of Dragoons at 8s. per Cw't 8

Au^us't 8th 1780 — Taken by Major Gwin a Team of Horses
and waggon with a Driver 9 Days in Huntington at 12s. per Day 5 8

1778— Horses Waggon and driver to Cart Baggage to South
Hampton 10 Days at 12s per Day 6

Pastureing 20 Horses 4 Days at 6 pence a Day for Each Horse 2

1782 — Patureing 32 Sheep 53 Days at 32D per Day By Order
of l.>real Youngs 7^4

As By Certificate as foiloweth : Rec'd of Mr. Joseph Ireland
Tlurty two Sheep belonging to Goverment put upon hnn to Pas-
ture ye 2d of July Enos Stevens.

JOHN WICKES.

1778— Cart Provitions with an Ox Team from Huntington to
Soiiih hole II Days at i6s. by Order of Gen'U Tryon 8 16

1779 Aug't — 8 Bushels of Oats by Coll. Simcoe of the Queens

Rangers 2 16

ABIAL TITUS.
1778— Carting with Horses Wageon and Driver 6 Days for
Cap't T'lomas prest by a Party of Coll. Simcoes Troops at 123.
per Day 3 12

1778 -6 Bushels of Wheat at 26s. per Bush'U Taken By Coll.
Patterson 7 16

JONAS SCUDDER.
1777 — One Horse take by Major Campel Never return'd Valued
at 12

ALEXANDER SAMMIS.
1782 July — One Horse out of my Service 30 Days By Major
Upha.ii 4 10

1782 December — 3 I-oads of Hay amount 1600 W't at 6s. per.
C\y't By Quarter Master Prince of Coll. Thomsons Reg't 4 16

ELISHA GILLET.
1778 -One Span of Horses Wigon and Driver to Cart to
South Hampton By Lieut. Allen Malcolm under Gen'U Erbkin's
Command 10 the Eastward 5 Days at 12s. per Day. 3

1780 Jan'y — One Slay and Horses to Brookhaven By John

Clowes said Ordered by Coll. Hewlet Gone 3 Days at 125. per Day I 16

JESSE BUFFET.

1776 October — One New Saddle and Bridle taken by a Heland
Sergeant Commanded by Coll. Burch Valued at 5

1777 May — Two Bridles taken by a Sergeant Commanded by

Coll. Brewenton 8

1778 November — 14 lbs. of Butter & one Cheese taken By Ma-
jor Cockran I 14

1779 November — One Hose to Collect Forage 24 Days at 3s.

By Major GUfiUin 3 12

ISREAL TITUS.
1776 October — One Waggon taken by Henry Downen 20

1778 June — 3 Ton Seventeen Hundred of Fresh Hay Taken by

Coll. Patterson at 8s. per Cw't 30 16

30 APPENDIX.

ZEBUI.ON BUNCE. £ s. d.

1782 Decem'br — 2 Loads of Frebh Hay taken by Coll. Thom-
sons (^)uarter Master Each 7 Cvv't, 14 Cw't at 6s. per Cw,t 4 4

4 Days work with Horses Waggon and Driver at 12s per Day
at the Fort 2 8

Also lor 4 Days Labour of one Man on the Fort at 4s. per Day 16

ZADOCK SMITH.

1777 Jan'y 29th — 7 Days Carting fur Quarter Master Ilouseal
C. D. fiie wood lor the use of Gen'U Delanceys Barracks at 12s.

per Day 4 4

1778 August 3d — II Days Carting Baggage to Southampton

For Gen'U Tryon with an Ox team at l6s. per Day 8 16

1779 Jan'y 20th— 6 Days Carting Baggage for Gen'U Erskine to

South hampton at 12s. per Day 3 12

1780 Jan'y i8th — Carting one Load of Hay to Loyds Neck

from Corum For Cap't Boani 3 Days at 12s. per Day i x6

LEMUEL CARLL.
1777 March ye 1st — 4 Days Carting Baggage to South hold
with Horses Sled and Driver By Coll. Hulet at 12s per Day 2 8

December 1777 — 270 Days Servise of his mare at 3s. per Day
Taken into Goverment Servise by Cap't Keer Rec'd her again by
Giveing Cap't Rolabuck of Gen'U Delanceys 6 Guineas at flush-
ing 51 14
COLL. PLATT CONKLING.
Sundries taken by L't Pattersal of CoU. Birches Reg't Viz-:

1776 October yo 6th— One Horse at 28
One Pair of Fait Oxen at 35
Two fatt Cows at £?> 16
Seven milks Cows at ^1^5 35
Thirty Sheep at 18

JESSE BRUSH.

1777 June ye 5th — One Mare taken by Major Campel 25

1778 -One mare and Saddle taken in Goverment Servise at
Huntington 20

1778 — One Ox Pressed by John Ireland in the Wood Depart-
ment and Lost in Goverment Servise 25

1779 March ye 2d — 9 C. and a half of Fresh hay for Gover-
ment at 8s. per Cwt. 3 16

1782 Sep't 1st — 50 Bushels Corn at los. per Bushell by Coll.
Thomson 25

Taken also and Burnt 1600 Rails at ^^3 per Hundred being
Chestnut 48

Also to 8 Bushells of Oats

10 C. of Hay at 6s. per. C.

4 Days Hay for 8 Horses at 4 per Day

2 Days Carting £1 12

SAMUEL LEWIS.

1776 Sep't ,16 — 2 Horses taken into Goverment Servise by
Joshua Mills and one Waggon and Driver untile the I2th Novem-
ber l)eing 56 Days at 12s. per Day 33

APPENDIX. 31

1778 Aiig'i: 2d — 10 Days Servise of my Ox Team warn'd by the £ s. d.
Mclitia officers under Gen'il rryonaud went to South Hold at lbs.

per Day "^

1779 Feb'ry 5th— 9 Days Servise for Goverment Prest by Fran-
ces Armstrong and Carried Cider Presses to Sagg Harbour to Sir

William Erskui at 1 6s. per Day 7 4

MERCY ROGERS.

1776 Sep't 7th— Two Horses taken into Goverment Servise by
Cap't or (Quarter Master Spates the ohe of S'd Horses return'd ye
first of Jaii'y 1778 the other Never return'd Valued at 15

Labour of said iiorses 33 ^°

THOMAS BARKER.

1776 October— One Horse taken into Goverment Servise by an
Officer of Coll. Birches 17th Dragoons Valued at 30

25th Nov'r— 12 Cords wood taken by Cap't Savage at 32s. 19 4

1780 August i6th— One Horse taken into Govermtnt Servise by
Cap't Pardon, Private

NATH'LL OAKERLY.
1778 December— 14 Days Servise of myself Waggon and 6
Hor=es at 3s. Eaeh 16 16

By Order Major Gilfillin.
Employed Carrying Baggage & blacksmith tools to Sir William
Erskias Command when Eastward on Long Island.
ELIJAH WICKES.

1780 July 23d -8 Days Servise with my team to South hampton
Carting Baggage at i6s. per Day & linding myself 6 8

Five Bushels of Ears of Corn taken same year By the Queens
Rangers u.idcr Coll. Simcoe ^5

1781 June— Three Days to Hemstead by Order of Coll. Hewlett
with uiy Waggon and two Horses at I2s. I 16

1783— One Days Carting Rum by Order L't Jones of Coll.
Thomsons Reg't *"

HENRY TITUS.

1777 20th June— One Bay Mare by ( >rder of Coll. Jenning To
Carry Baggage to Hell Gate never return'd 20

JONATHAN BRUSH.

1776 Sep't 20th— One Horse taken by Barnah Cain Said by
Order of Major Bruen and kept 60 Days m Goverment Servise at
3s. per Day 9

1778 August— One Waggon taken by Q. Master Green of ye
l6tli IvCg't never return'd "2

1782 December— One Span of Horses Waggon and Driver to
Jamaica 2 Days by Serg't Sacket of Coll. Thomsons Reg't at I2s.
per Day I 4

1783 Jan'y ye 8th— 21 Shock of Oats taken by Ensign Bunnels
of Coil. Thomsons Dragoons at 5 pecks per Shock at 7s. per
Bushell 26 Bushels 9 2

TIMOTHY SCUDER.

1777 June 5th— One Horse Taken by Capt. Alexander Cam-
pell into his Majcsiys Servise never Paid Valued at 25

32 APPENDIX.

1779 Nov'r nth — One Ox Team and Driver taken to Cart For- ^ s.
age by a Party under Brigadier Gen'll Lelands Command by

Major Gilfiliin 32 Days from Eastward 10 Huntington Magazine
at 1 6s. had no pay 25 12

ICHABOD JARVIS

1778 August — I Day & 1-2 Servise with an Ox Team at i6s.

per Day under Gen'h Try on i 4

1780 Sep't — 3 days Carting Baggage to Jamaica Commanded by

Coll. Abbercromby at 12s. per Day I 16

3 Days Carting Hay at the Magazine under Ebenezer Punder-

son Collector of Forage at west Neck i 16

1779 — 12 C. of hay taken by Mr. Brinly commisary Forage at

8s. 4 16

ROBERT JARVIS.
1777 Jan'y 29 — One Day Carting wood lor the 2d Batt'n of

Gen'll Delancey Brigade by Quarter NIaster Potts 16

F-^b. 4th — One Days Carting Wood for the 3d Batt'n of De-

lanceys taken by Ilouseal Quarter Master 16

17th — I Days Cartmg for Delanceys by Q'r Master Houseal 16

20th — One Days Carting taken by Q'r Master Potts = 16

26lh — One Days Cartmg wood for 3d Batt. Delanceys Q'r Mas-
ter Houseal 16
April 25th — One Days Carting wood for S'd 3 Batt. 16-
1780 Feb'y loth — 3 Days Carting Hay from Corum by Order

of Cap't B -win to Loyds Neck at 16s. 28

Decem'br 4th — One days Carting Provitions for Coll. Thomsons

American Dragoons 16

1779 March ye 17th — Five Hundred of fresh Hay taken by
Dicks Said for Cull. Simcoe 2

SYLVANUS SAMMIS.

1777 June 9th — I Horse taken from me by Col. Faning 30
I Do taken by Col. Cruger worth 20
N. B. — this Hors<' was taken Wen an Express to King's Bride

I furnish with a Sadie also and neither return'd

1778 Sep'r — 3 Loads of English Hay taken for Col. Patterson

24 C. at 8s. 9 12

Private.

JOHN SAMMIS.

1780- -80 Cords of Oak Wood ijy huntmgton Bay taken by ord'r
and \ rotection given to Jo Boothe who Shew'd me his (.irders for
So Doing at 20s. p'r Cord as others gave at that time standing 82

18 Cords of Nut wood out of my S'd Grove by S'd orders by
S'd jirotections of S'd General Tryon at the Usual price of 40s. s

Stand 'g by Landing 36

Cr. by the hand of Jabez Cable on acc't of S'd W'ood 51

1777 — I Mare taken by ord'r of Col. Faning's Party into Gov-
ernment Service and never return'd worth 18

3 Bushels of wheat taken by Dragoons aided by Jn'o Ireland
Overseer of wood Department & Isaac Young 12. I 16

1782 Jan'y— 6 Bushels of Oats taken by Col. upham Com'd
Loyd's Neck at 7. 22

APPENDIX. 33

ISAAC SMITH Sen'r. £ s. d.

1776 — 40 Days Service of i Horse tar.en by Major Menzes of
Delaaceys at 3s. 6

ISAAC LOCEE.

1778 June 23d — I Grind Stone Taken by a Serjeant and 6 Sol-
diers und. Command of Col. Patterson worth 12

ELIZABETH WOOD.

1776 August — I pair of Oxen Taken by Ord'r of John Hulet
Esq'r send nito the Use of Governmrnt and never return'd no pay
have I rec'd worth ;,^23 as was offered for them 23

MICHAEL BEDEL,
from 1776 Desem'r to May 1777 — Carting 6 Days from Oys-
ter Bay By ord'r Col. Bruenton at 12s. 3 12

1777 May- 2 Days Carting Baggage from Huntington to hoUets

Cove for Gen'l Dellanceys Troops 2d Battallian I 4

1779 December — i I-2 Ton of Englisii Hay taken by ord'r Ma-
jor GilfiUin for the Use of the Brigade Waggons Horses at 8s. per
Cw't 12

1779 Nov'r — I Day Cartmg Baggage from Huntington to Smith
Town for the Hessians und'r com'd of Gen'l Leland 12

I777jan'y — i Day carting Boards from Cow harb'r to Hun-
tington by ord'r Major Boden of Delanceys Brigade at 12

1779 Decem'r — 6 Days Carting wood (Horse Cars) at 6s. for ye
43d Regiment Com'd by G. Leland i 16

2 Days more Carting as Specify'd in Certificate from E. Potts
of 2d B. Delanceys Includes from to make the whole 12D i 4

WILLIAM NICHOLS.

1779 Novem'r— 6 Cw't of Hay fresh Supply'd his majestys
Troops took by Q'r Mas'r A Carson of the 17th Dragoons Light
Dragoons 2 8

JACOB BRUSH.

1776 October 20th — Boarding 3 men i Week belonging to Capt.

Wolly of 2d B. Delanceys i 10

2 Horses 2 Days Cap't Wolly's men took to go to Smith Town
at 3s. day 12

Octo'r 29 —Boarding 2 Men four Weeks at los. p'r week belong-
ing to Cap'n woliy 4

1777 Jan'y 10— i Cord of wood Carted to the Barracks belong-
ing to Col. Bruenton 16

March 19 — Boarding 2 Men belonging to Capt. Willet of Delan-
cey's Briggade los. I

April 30th — Boarding Capt. William Jackson & 5 of his men
3 Days at Ss pr. day I 4

1777 May 28th — Cash paid Jn'o Davis for Driving up the Hor-
ses and Waggons to the West end of Lon^ Island that was prest
by Major Cambel four Days at 8s. I 12

June 23d — Cash paid John Davis f'r Driving up the waggons
that was prest by Col. Fanning 2 Days at 8s. 16

I Horse Carried off worth £t,$ C'r towards S'd Horse ;^i2due 23

Septem'r 30 — Boarding i Sick Man belonging to Cap'n I. Conk-
ling's Delancey's Core I week at ■ I

34 APPENDIX.

Nov'r 22d — I Day Carting Provisions from Brushel Mill to ye £ s.

Fort ill Huntingt in Ox Team at i6,s. l6

23cl— 2 Days Service Carry Baggage to Jamaica for Col. Cruger

at i6s. of Delancey's Core i 12

1778 Aug't loth— II Sheep Ensign Manna took of Col. Patter-
son's worth ^22 Cr. by left money £■] i6s. due 14 4

1779 J^'i'y loth — I Load of Straw and Shelvings belonging

taken by Capt. Ellison of Dclancey's Brigade worth " i 10

20th — I Horse taken by General Erskins troops t ) Carry Baeage
I hired ;i mm gave him 35s. to go after my Horse he found him
but the officers would not let hun have my Horse nor neve re-
turn'd him w >rth 2:

Jan'v 19th— 12 Bushels ot Wheat took by the Queen's Rangers
(viz ) Br.iad Street said and Spencer worth fixed price was 24s.
pr. B. am't ^14 8s. Ci. what they left £■] 4s. 7 4

1780 Decem"r loth -i 1-2 Toi of English Hay Brigade Hor-
ses had at my Barn of Gen'l Lj.ands at 8s. 12

1782 Octol)'r— 18 Bushels of Oats taken by Quar'r Sands of Col.

Thomson's King's American dragoons at 7s. pr. Bushel 6 6

GILBERT FLEET.
1778— I Ox Team 21 Days Carting und'r Gen'l Leeland at i6s. 16 16
I Horse also 14 Days at 3s. 2 2

I Ox Cart Never Returned also 4

_ 1778 August— I Horse taken by Ord'r the Constable of Hun- .*

tington Detaind by Major Guin worth 15

1779 April— I Ton of English Hay taken by ord'r Colonel Sim-

coeat8s. S

Carting the Same to Oysterbay with my Ox Team 14 Miles at i 10

I Horse 2 Days also at 3s. 6

ALEXANDER ROGERS

1777 March 15— Ca.-ting i Load Provi>ions from Oysterbay by
Ord'r of Edward Potts Quarter Master of 2d Batt. Gen. Dclan-

cy's 12

April — 8 Days Carting by Order of CVr Mas'r H niseal provi-
sions from Oysterbay for 3d Batt. of Gen'l Delancey's at 12. 4 16

September 3d — 3 days Carting Baggage from Huntington to
Bruoklin Ferry by ord'r Col. Cruger at I2S. I 16

1778 .\ugust 27th— 4 Days Carting from Huntington to Lloyd's

Neck S'd by Ord'r Col. Patterson " 28

ZOPHER rL.\TT.
1777 June 20th— 3 Days service of my Waggon Horses and
driver to Hell gate Carrying Baggage by o'rd'r C)l. Fanning at

I2S. I 16

1777 November— 2 Days Servise with my Waggon Carting Bag-
gage from Huntington to Jamaica Press'd by Col. Cruger i 4

1779 Jan'y — I Days Carry Biards from Huntfngton to Oyster
Bay with my Sled by ord'r Press'd by Cap'n Mcgill of Queens

Rangers Col. Simcoe Com 'd 12

1777 Nov'r — My Service with my Ox tean-. Pre-^t by Major
Cockran und'r Col. Tarlton Carrying Boards from Huntingioa to
Jerico 12

APPENDIX. 35

1777 Nov'r— 40 lbs. Butter Major Cockran took and Carried £ s. d.
the same to Col. Tarlton's Quarters the same tune my 'learn
Carried Boards to Jerico or was Press'd 4 ^2

As pr. ord'r— Furnishing Potts Ketles Spoons & C by ord'r of
Cap'n Ellison of B. Gen'l Delancey's troops o

KEZIAH CONKLING.
I77Q Feb'y— 2 Cart Load of Fresh Hay; 2 Tun. 4oCwt. Took
by Major Tenpenuy My Hired hand (Moses wood) carted Uie
same to Loyds Neck S'd for his Majesiys Use never paid at 8s.
pr. Cwt. amounts to £16 cart'g ^l 5s. I?

i78o-8Cordsof woodCut by Col. Whitman's Men or Sol-
diers out of my Giove which Supply'd them Fuel m part One
Officers Name Clark (a Cap'n) at 12s. pr. Cord Standing as pr.
Gov'r price ^

1000 Rails burnt and Destroy'd cSiC. by his Majesty Soldiers
and Officers at £^ pr. C. rails am'ts to ^ 4°

200 Rails burnt and Destroy 'd by the Hanspacks and Yager
troops und'r Command of Col. Dewonnb °

ZEBULON TITUS.
1779 May— 12 Days Carting Wood for Cap't Thomas by ord'r
Col. Simcoc Com'd Rangers 12s. never paid 7 4

TIMOTHY CARLL.
1776 Septem'r i6th— I Pair of Oxen Drove to New Town by
General Delancey's orders never paid 25

My Teams Service to Carry Bagage from Huntiujiton to Jamaica
by ord'r Col. Cruger 3 Days at 12s. ^ ^ i 10

1779 Jan'y 22d by a party of troops und'r Comm'd of Gen'l
Erskin — 18 Horse Rations 2 i 4 Cwt. at 8s.
& 4 1-2 Bushels oats at 7s.
when Gen'l Erskin March East waid

1779 March 27th— 5 Bushel Oats at 7s. and 12 Horse Rations
taken by Lt. Mufiet ^

1779 Octob'r— I Cow took from Me by Col. Tarlton in Person
kill'd her fur the Troops '^^

no pay for any article

JESSE SMITH.
1779 Septem'r -2 Days Service with my waggon Carted from
Huntington to Oysterbay at 12s. ^

2d- 29 Bushels of Oats at 7s. pr. Bushel Taken by Col. Simcoe
above ord'r Said

1781 June 4th— 2 Days Service with Waggon &C. for Col. Hu-
let Irom Huntington to Jamaica never paid I

JOHN SMITH.
1777 Mar. 24th— 25 Days service with a Span of Horses and
Driver in ye Jerseys und'r Command of Letnerne Cap'n «' Ar-
tilery at 12s. pr. Day and was Discharg'd from ye Royal Artilery 1$
HUBBARD CONKLING.
1776 Octob'r 4—1 Sadie and i pair of Geers took by Doctor
Johnson of ye 17th Dragoons und'r Com'd of Col. Bnxh 2

1776 Octo'r i6th— 4 Weeks Billeting of 2 Soldiers at 8s. pr.
Week by Cap'n Ellison ord'r G. delancy 3

18
II

36 APPENDIX.

Nov'r loth — 4 Soldiers Billeling i week by ord'r Cap't Moor
of Geii'l Delanceys 2d Battalion at 8s.

1778 August— ^10 Days Rations of 10 Horses and grazing and
Rations of Hay by Cornet Boys & Lt. Bisco Major Gain

I G'-ind Stone Tai<en by Col. Patters n

1778—3 Days Pasturing 70 Horses by Q'r master Turner and
Spencer

1777 Nov'r — 13 Weeks fire wood for L't Mckar at 5s. pr. Week
Decem'r — 12 Rations of Hay for 17th Drgoons on their way to
ye Eastward to S'r William Erskin

I weeks Boarding Serjeant Gordon of ye 17th Dragoons wait-
ing for troops

1779 August — Carting one Load of Oats six Miles for Col.
Simco

WILLIAM HAVILAND.
1776 Septem'r — i Horse taken ior Government warn'd by the
Constable uf Huntington to send in never return'd

1780 June — I Sadie New one taken by ord'r Col. Ludlow and
dehver'd to Cap't Glover

1782 Sep'r 28th — 31 Shock Oats taken by Col Thomson at 7s.

29 — 4 Days Service und'r Col. Thomson K. A. Drgoons
SMITH BRU^SH.

1776 Sep'r — I Span of Horses wangon &C. in Government
Service 30 Days at 12s. never paid 18

The S'd Hiirses never Return'd Valued by Cap't Seman dt ye
time whourd'ed you in the Servise one ^15 the other at ^^17 and
also the waggon never return'd at _;i^i5 eiuer'd on Cap't Bcmans
Books in my name am'ts 47

ELIPH'T JARVIS.

1776 Nov'r loth— Boarding 2 of General Delanceys Soldiers i
Week at 8s. 16

To furnishing them each a Blanket for the Service ot Govern-
ment 3 4

JOHN FOSTER'S ESTATE.

1776 Jan'y 6th 1777 in Service — i Mare as pr. Deposition of
Certificate from Major Menzies Major of 3d Bat'ii of Gen'l Delan-
cey's Brigade worth never return'd nor paid for 20

JOSHUA BUFFET.
1779 June 29th— 15 Bushels of Oats Carried by ord'r of Jn'o
Ireland Overseer Wood Departm't for his Majebtys Teams there 10

PHILIP JARVIS.

1777 June 29 — I Mare taken by Col. Faning worth Never re-
turn'd 10

1776 Nov'r — 2 Days Service Carryin Cap't Woolly's men East-
ward on Ljng Island ot Delancey's Brigade I 4
JOSEPH ABBOT

1776 Nov'r— I New Sadie and Bridle taken By Capt. Wolly 3d
Batt'n Delancey and never reiu.n'd nor paid for 3 15

APPENDIX. 37

ISAAC SMITH JuN'R. ;^ s. d.

1778 May — 5 Davs Hawliiii^ wood with my Waggon and Hor-
ses by Com'd and S'd by ord'r ut' Col. Siincoe of ye Rangers at

I2S. 3

1779 Jan'y — 5 Days Carting Baggage from Hunting'n to South
Hanipion by ord'r of L't Malcom at 12s. 3

JOHN OAKERLY.

1780 Jan'y — 8 I 2 Cwt. of fresh Hay at 8s. by ord'r of Jackson

Jacob lor Goven't 3 8

1776 — 2 Blankets taken by ord'r Col. Delanceys I 12

EZEKIEL BRUSH.
1776-1777 — 6 Days Carting Provisiuns froinOysterbay to Hun-
tington being between tlie first of December 1776 and May 1st
1777 for General Delancey's 2d Battalion by ord'r of Quarter M'r
Polls at I2S. 3 12

JESSE SAMMIS.
1780 Jan'y — 14 Cw't of English Hay at 8s. 5 12

1782 Octo'r loth— 17 Cwt. of English Hay atSs. taken by Col.
Thomr.on's Horse 6 12

JOSEPH LEWIS.
1778 — 1-2 Ton cf English Hay took by the Party with General
Tr^ou at 8s. 4

1779 August — 3 Bushels of Oats at 7s. took by the ord'r of
Queens Rangers I I

JOHN JARVIS.
1776 — 4 Days Carting Wood for Genl. Delanceys 2d & 3d Batt.
at I2S. 2 8

1778 Sep'r — 4 days Carting General Tryons Bagae from Hun-
tington to Jamaica at i6s. per Day 3 4

ICHABOD SMITH.

1779 Decem'r — 10 Shocks of Oats taken by a party of ye 43d
Regiment Commanded by Cap'n Rankin 7s. 3 12

1780 March — 2 waggon Loads of Salt Hay 20 Cwt. taken by
William Buns Conductor of Waggons for ye Kings Magazine at
Jerusalem by Jacob Jackson 4s. 4

SILAS SAMMIS.
1778 Decem'r — 400 feet of Boards at i6s. pr. C. foot 3 12

Carting a Load of Boards to Jericho i 12

1782 Octob'r— 8 Cw't of Fresh Hay take by Col. Thomson 3 4

1782 July — 2 Horses taken by Major Upham of Thomsons Dra-
goons un Command with a party Eastward gone 9 Days at 3s. 2 14

I Sadie took by S'd major and promiseJ to return it tho' never
done it 2

NATHAN'L KELCY.
1776 Septem'r — 2 Horses and Driver taken by John Dunbar
and serv'd nine Weeks The wages of which at 9s. pr. Day as en-
tered in my name enter'd in the Artilery amounts to 28 7

1782 in ye Attorn— 34 Cwt. of English Hay 3 ox Load at 6s.
amounts to ^^13 12s. C'r rec'd for 8C. due 7 16

4 miles Carting the same 17

38 APPENDIX.

BEN7AMIX GILDERSLEVE. £ s.

I Horse which was enter'd in Nathaniel Kelcy's Name and had
good right to Collect the Wages; but Never return'd worth 15

lyo May — 10 C. fresh hay Taken by Simcoe's party I carted
15 miles, ' 49

NATHANIEL PLATT.
One Covelet Taken by Col. Cruger's Regiment for ye Use of
Government (soldieis) I 4

1777 — I Waggon and Furniture worth Taken by Major Cambel 18
400 feet of Boads at i6s. taken by Thos. Van Wike carried to
Jamaica 3 4

1778—7 Sheep taken by Q'r Mas'r Tucker of ye 17th Dragoons 7
I Days Carting with a Waggon & horses 12

LUKE FLEET.

1779 March -5 1-2 Bushels of Indian Corn tiken by John Cut-
ler at los. Collector of Forage 2 15

August — Pasturing 4 Oxen 2 JMonths at 2s. 4d. pr. week to ye
i8th of Octob'r 3 14

December — 3 1-2 Bushels of Indian Corn taken by Jacob Jack-
son Col.ect )r lor king's Cattle at los. I 15

Nov'r — I Waggon taken by ye 17th dragoons to Cart Forage
for the Magazuie at Huutmgion aiid never returned 10

1780 Nov'r— Pasturing 24 .Sheep uniil 26 May forc>wing~6

months & li days — 193 Day or pence each head 14 amounts to 20 18

by ord'r of Jacob Jackson Collector or keeper of Cattle for
ye King.

1 781 June loth — Keeping 6 oxen i month wanting 2 Days at

2s. 4il. ]jr. Week 2 15

1783 Feb'y 5th— 120 l!)s. of S It Hay & 2 Bushels of Oats and
Dining of 9 men the Party commanded by John Cutler Collector
forage i 4

JONAS WILLIAMS.

1777 — Carting one Load of Baggage with my ox Team to Ja-
maica for Col. Cruger 2 1-2 Days p. i6s. 2

1778 August 17 -8 Days Car ing at i6s. ox team pr. Day by
Coiuuiand of major Tenpenny £b 8i. Cr. By part pay i8s. due 5 lO

1778 Jan'y 3d &i6-h— 53 Boards 14 feet in ea^h Taken by

ord'r Queens Rangers S'd at Is. 6d. each 3 19

^778-^5 t)iys Carting Oats and Boards from Huntington Oys-
ter Bay tor S'd Rangers Commanded by Col. Simpcoe 2 10

1779 August — II Bushels of Oats taken by S'd Cob Simcoes

Party at 7s. the Bushel 3 17

Carting ye same to Oyster Bay 6

EPENETUS SMITH.
1776 .Sep'r 4th — I Horse taken into Government Service by
John Dunbar and entered in Cap't .Beman's Book 1 value never
return'd 14

The Service of my S'd Horse from entrance to last day of Sep-
tember 3 18

APPENDIX. 39

Cr. By Wages of S'd horse to S'd Last Day Sep'r by Cap'n £ s^ d.

N. B.— the S'd Horses was enter'd a new in S'd Beman's
Books perhaps

PHEBE SCUDER.

1778 Sentem'r— I Horse Ordered into the Kings Service by
Ezekiel CoiikUng; Ezekiel ConkHng Constable of Huntington

20
wortn

An Indented Indian Servant Lad about 14 years old went with

S'd Horse into Town wiih S'd Horse having Seven Years Service

due me worth and they Pres'd him in Governm't Servise Never

reiurn'd ^

1779 in Attum— 14 Shocks of Oats at 7s. 4 ^^
2 Swine took same time by a party of troops und'r Major Gil- ,

fillin whilst ill Huntington und'r Genl. Leland at £,\ Each S

JOB SAMMIS.

1776 October— 2 Days going to Flushing Carrying Pountry for

Doctor Johnson by ord'r Col. Birch S'd ' 4

2 Days Service Carrying Baggage to Hempsted for L't Roney
of Gen'lDelancey's Brigageat I2S. ^ 4

1777 Nov'r— 2 Days Carting Baggage to Jamaica from hun-
ting S'd by ord'r Col. Bruenton

I Day Carting Poultry to Jerico by ord'r Col. Tarlton

May 1 2th— 6 Days Carting Wood for the Barracks by ord'r Qr.
Mr. Houseal of Dclancys 3 ^^

5 Days Carting provisions from Oysterbay by ord'r Qr. Mr.
Houseal of Gen'l Delanccys 3

from Decem'r to 12 May 1777—5 Days Carting Wood for Qr.
Mr. Potts of Delaney's 3

from Decem'r to 12 May 1777—4 Days Carting provisons for
Qr. Mr. Potts of Genl. Delanceys ^

Decem'r 1778— 1 1 Days Carling with waggon from Huntington
to South Hampton with Genl. Erskin o ^^

1779 Octo'r— 6 Bushels ot Oats S'd by ord'r Col. Simcoe 2 2

1780 Mar.— An Ox Load of Hay English taken by Mr. Brinly
Collector of Forage i Ton

April— I Mare taken by ord'r of (S'd) Col. Hulet I

from Nov'r 1779 to Jan'y 1780—25 Days Carting wood und'r
the Command of Gen'l Leland 43d regem't 15

1779 Jan'y— 2 Days carting Boards to Oysterbay by ord'r Col.
SimcoC at 12s.

WILLIAM WICKES.

1778 August 3d-ii Days Carting with Ox Team Carting
Stores for Governor Tryon to South Hampton at l6s. a

Tan'Y I77Q-2 Horses and Sled 5 Days in his Majestys Service
by Old. of Allen Malcom Lt. und'r Genk Erskin this was Car-
rvinii Baggage to Moriches 3

SILAS WICKES.

1776 Nov'r 26th— 3 Days Service my Waggon to press Teams ^ ^^
at I2S.

40 APPENDIX.

1779 Decem'r — 2 Loads of Ens^lish Hay taken by Jn'o Mc £^
Michael & by him Judg'd to be 16 Cwt. for Genl. Leland or Major
CilfiUin at 8s. 6

PHILIP SKIDMER.

1777 August 6th — I Horse and Sadie pnss'd into his Majestys
Service by Dunbar at New Town woi th never return'd nor paid
for

12 Days Carting with Ox team und'r General Delancey at i6s.
ISAIAH WHITMAN.

1782 Attum — II Shock of Oats at 7s.

1 1-2 Cords of wood (Nut wood) .it the Landing at ;^3 pr. cord
N. B. — the ab.ive was taken for Col. Thomson of ye Kings

American Dragoons; and the Wood was carried to Col. Thomsons
Quarters.

JOHN BUFFET.

1776 Octob'r 6 — 2 Horses one Sadie and Bridle taken by a ])arty
Com'ded l>y Col. Bu-ch of which One Horse Sadie and Bridle nev-
er return'd worth 18

81-2 month Service of l Horse that was return'd 3s. per Day 38 5

Nov'r — I Sadie & Bridle taken never return'd worth 2 lO

6 Weeks S^'rvice of One Hor=e taken by Cap'n Wolly S'd by
ord. Mijor Meiizes of Gen'i Delan'y 6 6

1777 May — I Horse and pair ot Harneses taken by Col. Bruen-

ton not return'd worth 21

Nov'r — 8 Days Service of i Horse for 17th Dragoons i 4

1 781 June — 3 Days Service of my Waggon Horses & Driver
taken by Cap'n Leister at C'>1. Ludlow's leaving Loyds Neck Car-
rying Baggage to Flu^hing 12s. I 16

17S1 Spring — 2 Days Service of i Hoi^e and Waggon taken by
Cap't Dinge for Governm't S'd by ord'r CijI. Hulet 12

JAMES LONG.
1779 Octob'r — 2 Tons of fresh hay at what was Valued when
taken S'd by ord'r Col. Patterson 8s. 16

Same time by ord'r Patterson Said So — i Ton of Salt Hay 4

Same ord'r time and party — i Waggon Load of Oats worth and
■Valued at 6

THOS. CONKLING.
1777 — 16 Days Carting P ovisions from Oy-terhay and 3 Days
Carting provisions from Loyds Neck tor Q'r M'r Houseal of De-
lanceys at 12s. pr. Day 9 12

1779— Carting I Load Hay to Oyster Bay from Huntington for
ord'r Col. Simcoe 12

^fay — 4 Days Carting wood S'd by ord'r Col. Simcoe to Jack-
sons Landing 2 8

2 Days went to Jamaica after Provisions S'd by ord'r Col. Unlet i 4
4 Days with my ox Team to Harleim Carrying Baggage S'J

by ord'r Cul. Simcoe Rangers at i6s. pr. Day 3 4

August — 30 Bushi Is of oats & Carting ye same to Oyster Bay
S'd for Col. Simcoe Rangers was 7s. cart. 6s. 10 16

APPENDIX. 41

RICHARD CONKLING. £ s. d.

1779 August 20 — I Trumpet tor Government Use taken by Col.

Pat rson co-t me 3 '°

1780 July 20th— 5 VV eks boarding an Invalid by ord'r Col.
hulet D J. toring and Nu »ing worth amt. to lO

1778 August— I Good Waggon taken into Government Service
b" Dovvnuig Collector ot Waggons never return'd worth at Least
£10. 20

1783 Feb'y loth — I Days work on the fort with my Waggon by
ord'r Col. I'houijon at Huntington 12^

JOXAS PLATT.

1775 March 8th— Smith worth D )ne for Government by ord'r
of |oU;i l.-eiaud overseei of the Wood Department oiiLoyd'sneck

never p ..d 3 4

N. B — S'd Ireland is Deceas'd.

JESSE BRYANT.

1778 Augu-t— 2 Sh'^ep Supp y'd Major Tenpenny over Seer of
Loyd Ne^k wood Department worth 4

1779 Decem'r i— i Steer taken by Major GilfiUin ord'r Waiter 6
A so t.iken by S'd Orders S'd waiter Said at ye Same Tmie

(viz.) — 2 fatt Suine worth ^6 8s. p's 12 16

I D z. Poultry at 2s. ps. I 4

5 P.-w ter Basons 17

I D )z. Spoons 12

1 D ) knives and Forks 12
Clothing and Bcding at the Leas Value 20

2 Potts at 8s. 16
I Pott of Butter 20 lb. at 3s. 3

200 w't of Pork at lOOs. lo

ISAA SKIDMER.
I77Q_ 14 Days with my Ox Team Carting Forage for Gen '1 Le-
laiid's ord'rs or und'r liis Command at l6s. Ii 4

3 Days driving Waggon to Denises Ferry by orders from Major
CamiielSaid 9

SCUDER LEWIS.

1776 Nov'r — I Waggon 2 horses and Driver 3 Days with Cap't

Wo.ly to press Teams at 12s. pr. Day I 16

1776 N w'r — I Wageon Horses and Driver going with L't Mc-
Mul.in t ) Collect Coverlets 2 Days at 12s. I 4

1778 Jan'y loth — I Diys with my Slay with Cap'n Leister Car-
rying Baggage on Loyu's N ck 12

1778 S -ptem'r 4fh — i Cart two Horses To Cart Baggage with

Gei.'l Tiyon to Cart Ba.;age 2 8

1780 S"p'r 25-1 Ox Team i Day with Col. Fanning regiment

Cait.ng Baggage at ^^

1779 Jan'y 20 5 Days with Milcom with two Horses and

Driver to South hamptoa Carrying Bagage at 9s. pr. Day 2 5

July 2nth— 4 Days with my Ok team Carting wood for Major
Tenpenny on West' Neck he S'd Tenpenny in his Majesty's wood
DepartmentonLoyd's neck l6s. 3 4

42 APPENDIX.

DANIEL BLADSLEY'S ESTATE. £ s.

1778 Ano;ust — 10 Days with an Ox team to South hold Carting
Bagage und'r Com'd of Governor Tryon at i6s. 8

3d — 12 Shock of Oats by Gen'l Tryon's Party when March'd
fi-oni Huntington to Southhold at 7s. 4 4

1778 Decem'r 23d — 5 Dozen and 10 Fowls at 2s. pr. pr. which
was bought to carry to New York market taken by Col. Tarlions
orders as he was near by at Plat Carles at the same time and ye
party S'd they got them for Col. Tarlton 7

Also At ye Same time To 2 Barrels Cyder i

1779 Nov'r I2th — 13 Days with an Ox Team Carting Forage

und'r Comm'd of Major GilfiUin (Leianc) at i6s. 10 S

Septeni'r 2d — Carting 41 Bushels of Oats 14 Miles taken by Col.
Simcoes party Q'r M'r Muffet 16

Sign'd by Zebuion buffet Executor to S'd Estate
NATHAN'L BUFFET.

1779 Septem'r 2d — 14 Bushels of Oats taken by Q'r M'r muffet
of Col. Simcoes Regim't Carted 14 Miles at 7s. — ^^4 i8s. — the

Carting is 12s. 5 lO

JOSEPH WHITE.

1780 Dem'r — i Load Salt Hay took by Cap'n Israel Young dep-
uty Superintendant of forage for Suflblk County 1-2 Ton 2

Nov'r ab't 21 — 8 Cw't of English fresh Hay Valued at by S'd
Youngs when took it not p'd 3 4

1776 Nov'r — I Bay fine Valuable Sadie Horse taken into Gov-
ernni't Service by Cap'n WoUy and Never return'd nor paid for
belonging to the Estate of Amos Wood deceas'd well worth as
could have had 50

N. B. — I am Executor to S'd Estate for &C.

6 Days Labour which Esq'r Hulet got me to do by ord'r of Col.
Simco as S'd Col. did promise me paid for at Oysterbay at the
Time for 12s. 3 12

EPENETUS BRYAN.

1776 Septem'r — 2 Horses and Driver and kept 3 Months in the
Service of Govern't taken by Jno. Dunbar — 90 Day — at 9s.
amounts to 40 10

1 of the above horse Detain'd then in ye Service and Never re-
turn'd 20

1779 Nov'r about 19 — I Horse taken by Q'r M'r A. Carson of

ye 17th Dragoons worth ^^30 not return'd 30

20 Shocks of Oats at 7s. taken by Jn'o Cutter 7

2 Bushels of Corn also taken by S'd John Cutter at los. i

1 Sadie taken for ye Service by Cap'n Ellison of Gen'l Delan-

ceys Brig'de 2 10

2 Coverlids or Blankets ord'r Col. Cruger for ye Soldiers under
<^omm'd 3

EBENEZER GOOLD.

1776 — 10 Bushels of C)ats in ye Sheaf at 7s. taken by Queens
Light Dragoons 3 lo

I Horse's Service to Flushing Carting baggage 3 Days at 3s. Ex-
penses 9s. more 18

APPENDIX. 43

1783 — 2 Wa(Tgnn Load wood (Chesnut Timber) S'd by ord'r £ s. d.

Coll. Devvonnb to bu Id a Brids^e

1 Load of 1 lay for Col. Dewormb's Artilry 7 Cwt. at 8s. pr. Cwt.

2 Bushels of Rye taken by Jn'o Ireland for Governor Tryon at

that Time 12s. 14

ISAAC HUFF.

1781 July — 6 Days Carting; Provisons to South Hampton for
Col. Simv.oe warn'd by Jonathan Baldwin who SM uvas by Ord'r
Cap't Hulct of the Maliiia Troop of Q)ueeiis County of iVlahtia

at i6i. 4 16

1782 Jan'y — l Days Service in Carting Rum to Huntington
riarljour from the Eastward by ord'r of L't Jones of ye Kings
American Dra'gns ' 16

N B. — at ye time Nessel was cast away.

JERE.MIAH RULAND'S ESTATE.
1780 December 23d —4 Fatt Hoggs or Swine taken by the Offi-
cers and Solders Col. Tarlt(jn the Same Time that Col. Tarton
Marchd from Smith Town to Jericho At least Value 150 lbs. each
at IS. 30

N B. — S'd Col. was with y'e party near by never paid for
yet due.

WHITEHEAD GILDERSLEVE.
1778 August 3d — II Days Service of myself and 0.k Team at
i6s. S'd by ord'r of Governor Tryon to South lioid i6s. 8 16

August 15 — The Use of i Horse from the 15th of August 1778
to ye 8th Octob'r following — 55 Days — taken into the Service At
South Hold 3s. 8 5

1778 Jan'y loth— 2 Horses and Slay and Driver to South
hampton on S'd Island gone 5 Days at 12s. 3

N. B. — in S'r Wm. Erskins Service.

MOSES VEAL.

1779 April — I Ton of Fresh Hay Judg'd by John Cutler Col-
lector of Forage 8

June 30th — 17 1-2 Bushels of Corn at los. taken by S'd Jn'o
Cutler 8 15

MICHAEL RYMP.
1778 August — 21 Days of my Waggon from Huntington to
S >u li Hold, and from thence to Brooklin Ferry S'd by Ord'r
Gen'I Tryon at I2s. 12 12

JONAH CONKLING.

1778 .Septem'r — 11 Hundred 01 iresh Hay at 8s. in a Load S'd

by Ord'r Col. Ludlow 4 8

1779 Septem'r loth — 7 Weeks Boarding Sergeant Moss in his
Sickness belonging to Capt. Rose at 20s. 7

1780 October 12th — 4 Days Service with my Ox Team Carting
Baggage fr. m Lloyds Neck to the Light House S'd by ord'r of

Major Grant at i6s. 3 4

JAMES ROGERS.
1776 Septem'r — i Horse taken i ito Govenment Service by
Barne Cane (who took Horses lor Government atthat Time) by
Ord'r S'd of Cap't Bruan worth 60

N. B. — gave 110 receipt for: nut paid.

44 APPENDIX.

lySoJan'y — 5 Cords of wood taken by Major England gave £ s. d.

no receipt nor is paid alread Cut at £2, pr. Cord 15

1778—5 Days Service of my Wagon on Loyd's Neck gave no

receipt nor never paid at 12s. 3

SIMON FLEET.
1779 April— 7 Cw't of Fresh Hay taken S'd by Ord'r of Col.
Simcoe at 8s. 2 16

3 Bushels of Indian Corn at los. I 10

I Horse 2 Days and Drive*- at 6s. 12

April — Entertaining Col. Simcoe and his Officers and their
Waiters &C., and keeping 20 Horses also on good keeping ^5
Cr. what he left lus. yet Due 4 4.

1778 August — 7 Sheep took by Mr. Maning Ensign und'r Col.
Patterson worth 5 Dolars each am'ts to ^14 Cr. left only i6s.

yet due 13 4

N. B. — from Lloyd's Neck there Stationed

1779 Decem'r — 11 Days of my Ox Team by ord'r of General
Lelaiid Said as was.

N. B. — warn'd by Cap't of Malitia Carle at i6s. pr. day 9 iS

July — I Sadie I say L't Cockran took for Service Govern't 4
1780 — I Horse 2 Months in his Majesty's Service and Driver at

3s. each by Ord'r Major Guin of i6th Dragoons amts. to 18

AUGUSTIN BRYAN'S ESTATE.
1778 Septem'r — i Horse Order'd into Government Service by
Ezekiel Conkliiig Constable of Huntington never return'd nor
paid for Valued at 12

Sign'd David Resco Epenetus Bryan E.xecutors to S'd Es-
tate.

MELANCTHON BRYAN.

1778 Septem'r — i Horse ordered into Government Service by
Ezekiel Conkling Constable of Huntington worth 30

1778 — II Days Carting with an Ox Team to the Eastward und'r
Command of Governor Tryon 8 16

ELIPHALET JARVIS.
1776 Nov'r 10 — Boarding 2 Soldiers i Week at 20s. 2

Furnishing them with 2 Coverlets 20s. 2

N. B. — Delanceys Soldiers.

JONAH WOOD.

1779 Septem'r 2d — 27 Bushels of Oats at 7s. 9 9
Taken by Q'r Master Muffet of Col. Simcoes Rangers and

Carting ye Same 14 Miles 12

SYLVANUS BALDWIN.

1779 Septem'r 2d — 11 Bushels Oats 7s. and Carting them 14
Miles 4 9

Taken By Q'r M'r Muffet of ye Queen's Rangers never paid.

JONA'N KELCY.
1779 Septem'r 2d — 25 Bushels of Oats at 7s. 815

Carting ye Same 14 miles 12

N. B.— Taken by Q'r M'r Muffet. Never paid.

APPENDIX. 45

JOHN BUNCE. £, s. d.

1776 Septem'r 16 — Driving Waggon 41 Days at 3s. per Day
amts. never paid 6 3

PI.ATT CARLE.
1776 Septem'r i6th — i pair of Oxen taken by General Delan-
cey's ord'rs and Drove them to Newn Town for his Majestys Use
worth 28

1778 Decem'r — i Nights keeping of 10 Soldiers at is. and To

rations lor 10 Horses with Hay and Corn at 2s. i lO

1779 — I Sheep Taken by a Party Queens Rangers Col. Simp-

coe's Suppose ye otticer name Spencer 2

October 24—100 Horses and Oxen's keeping i Night when

Caning forage from Smith Town by ord'r Mr Waugh at is. 5

1779 May nth — I Nights Pasturing 50 Horses when ye troops
March'd from Southampton uiid'r Gen'l Erskin 1 5

1780 Jan'y 18th— 3 Days Service my Sled and Horses Sleding

Hay from Corum to Loyds Neck at 12s. \ 16

Sej, 'r — I Days Carting Oats to Oysterbay for Col Simcoe Ran-
gers at 1 2s. 12
5th — 29 of Col. Simcoe's Horses feeding with Corn and Hay 2 5
1-2 Ton of Fresh Hay Taken by Jonas Rogers and Cap't
Youngs for Col. Abbe Crumby 8s. 4

1782 Decem'r 19 — 5 Bushels of oats at 7s. taken by Thomson's

Cornet Jones or L't I 15

1783 Feb'y 9th — Bating 20 Horses at4d. — 6s. 8d. — & Victual'g
16 Men at IS. — i6s. — taken by S'd Jones Cornet or L't of Col.

Thomson's Dragoons 1 28

Due Mr. Carle on this acc't.

STEPHEN KELCY.

1776 Septem'r — 2 Horses taken into Government Service by
Cap't Bruen D. Q'r Gen'l one at worth 40
other at 20

1777 May 26th — I Mare taken by Major Cambel for Govern-
ment Service worth 20

June 26th— 5 Days Cartine Wood and provisions for General
D. Rg't with an Ox Team at 163. pr. Day 4

1778 Septem'r 7th — Pasturing 26 Horses l Day 13

1779 Decem'r 29th — Carting Wood for the 43d Regim't at Hun-
tington 4

1780 August 20th — 4 Days Carting Provisions with an Ox

Team i6s. 3 4.

This was Going with Col. Abbe Crumby to the Eastward and
back.

1779 Jan'y 3d — 95 (almost New) white pine Boards and some
New in the pile at 3s. p's 18 5

I Glass Window 18 Lights 7 by 9 worth 2

April — Haifa Ton oi English Hay Col. Simcoe party carried
to Oysterbay 4

May — I Horse Ten Days Carting wood for Col. Simcoe party
at 3s. pr. Day I lO

46 APPENDIX.

August 19th — 10 Bushels of Oats Deliver'd to Col. Simcoe's £
party Commanded by one Spencer 3

Jan'y 3d — i Day Carting Boards from Huntington to Oyster-
bay for Col. Simcoe

1777 October 2d — 15 Cvv't of English Hay by ord'r of Jn'o
Cutler Forage Master and Carting ye Same 4

Decern 'r — Victualing 6 Men & 20 Horses keeping on the Best
of Hay and Oats I

1777 Decem'r 22d— Billeting 18 Men and 8 Horses at Hay, and
Hay as Rations to put in Waggons with I Bushel of Oats 2

1778 August 1st — 9 Cw't of Fresh Hay taken in a Waggou for
Gen'l Tryon by an officer of ye Dragoons

5 Doz. Sheaves of Oats

1778 Aug't i8th — 2 Days Pasturini^' 50 Light Horses

August 25th — I Days Pasturing 25 Horse

Do 30th — 3 Days pasturing 34 Oxen & 3 Days Carting Gen'l
Tryons Baggage from South hampton 2 11

NATHANIEL HARRISON.

1776 — One mare taken by Mills and Dunbar inhabitants of
Jamaica and put into Government Service worth not return'd 18

Septem'r 10 — 3 Days work for ye 3d Battalion of General De-
lancey's S'd by ord'r of Col. Hulet 12s. i 16

I Coverlet and Dutch Blanket tak^^n by Capt. Ellison ord'r of
Gen'l Delancy's Reg't S'd i 4

Decem'r — 2 Days Service with a Waggon and Horses taken by
Orders Col. Ludlow and Hulet I 4

I Days Service by Comm'd ot Cap't Wolly Said by ord'r of
Major Menzes of Delanceys 12

1777 May — I Horse taken by ye Constable of Huntington S'd

by ord'r of Major Cambel or Service to Corum 2 Days at 3s. 6

From thence taken into the Jerseys by Justice Cownover and
Beaman 28 Days at 3s. 4 4

1778 Jan'y 15 — 2 Weeks Board by ord'r Tho's Shreves of the
3d Battaiian recruiting officer of Delan'y Billet given out by Jus-
tice Piatt of huntington I 4

1778 June — I Horse taken by Col. Patterson 15 Days on Duty

to King's Bridge in a Chair at 3s. pr. Day 2 5

Septem'r-— I 1-2 Ton of English Hay taken by the Romon
Catholick troops (so called) when Governor Tryon Administered
to the Inhabitants of Long Island at 8s. 12

1779 — 26 Days in the wood Service by ord'r Said of Major
Falkerson Q'r Master Hersey had the Command over one found

myself 15 12

Jan'y 1st — i Days Service with Slay and Horses by ord'r of
Col. Hewlet und'r Comm'd of Cap't Jacob Smith of Gen'l De-
lan'y 12
1780 — 2 Days Carting Hay to Herricks at I2s. I 4
Nov'r 21 1783 — I Days Carting Hay said by Ord'r of Col.
Thomson of ye Kings American Dragoons Q. M. Prince Collected
ye forage 12

APPENDIX. 47

1782 Nov'r ,28 — 8 Bushel of Lime at 3s. for the Barracks at ^^ s. d.
Huntington by Col. Thomson I 4

1777 Dcccm'r — i Days Service Carting for the Troops by ord'r
said of Major Green of Gen'l Delancey's from Huntington to ye
west end ot ye f Plains 12

1781 — I Days Carting Abbatees on Loyds Neck by ord'r of S'd
Col. Ujjham 12

1783 Winter — i half a Ton of Straw taken by Order S'd of
Col. Thomson for the Barracks I

1779 — Boards taken by orders Said of Troops under the Com-
mand of Major Falkerson for Government the 400 feet of Boards 4

1783 — 100 Rails took at the Packet to build it &C. by Coll.
Dewormbs Troop of Hession Yagers 3 10

1777 Jan'y 12— 6 Days Service carrying Capt. Ellisons Com-
pany to the Narrows as pr. his receipt of 3d Battallion Gen'l
Delancey's Brigade at 12s. 3 12

1777 March 8th — 11 Days Service carting wood and Provisions
by order ot Q'r Masters Potts of ye 2d Bat. Gen. Delancey's as

pr. Receipt 12s. 6 12

1780 26th August — 6 Waggons and five Drivers & 6 Days Ser-
vice far ye Queen's Rangers as pr. Receip Capt. T. Stephenson
at I2S. 16 4

Jan'y l6th — Carting Boards i Day to Oysterbay with two Span
of Horses I

1780— About three acres of Small Timber Cut by Command of
Col. Abbe Crumby to Build Huts &C. at Huntington 7

ANANIS CONKLING.

1778 May — Carting Baggage for Coll. Simcoefrom Huntington
Harbour to Brook'in Ferry being 5 Days at 12s. pr. Day 3

1779 Decem'r 23d and 24th — Fifty Horses Rations for two
Days taken by Q'r Master Assland Sutherland of ye Light In-
fantry, also 7 Bushels & a half of Oats at ye same time at 7s. 2 12

Huntington October 3d 1777.
S'r: — As the Season of ye year advances in which a Q)uantity of Wood for
Fuel will be wanted for the officers and Men of tlie first Battallion at this Place
and thi' Guards at Oysterbay as well as at Setauket you'l be pleased to Make a
Demand for ■> Sufficient (Quantity at Boh places to be brought in and Deliver'd
for a Magazine. Magazine for that purpose of the Officers Civil & Millitary which
will prevent ye De^truction of Fences iar and Ne r Quarters the JMethod wiU be
for the Inhabitants to appoint a well Quallify'd Person to Lay in the wood rather
than leave it to the Millitary to take it Indiscriminately at their own Di-icretion —
and as Long as Night Patrolls on Horse Back is Necessary alike Demand must be
made for Hirses Requisite that ye Burthen of the Service may not too often fall
on Improper Subjects but as near as possible be Equally borne.

Sign'd Oliver Delancy B. Genl.
To Cap't Wickes, Cap't Carle, Cap't Conkling & Justice Piatt of ye Malitia.

By Virtue of Gen'l Delancey's orders afore S'd I have furnish'd the first Battal-
lion of his Brigade while they were at Huntington with forty Cords & three Quar-
ters of wood which Cost one pound twelve Shilling pr. Cord am'ts to ^6e, 4s.

Witness Zophar Platt Justice.

48 APPENDIX,

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON. £ s. d.

The meeting House 50 by 40 taken at Several times (viz.)
By ye trcjops of General Dclanceys and lastly by the Troops of
Col. Thomson or his orders in the year 1782 to build the Foi t at
Huntington Priz'd by Men Chosen (viz.) David Resco & Hubbard
Conkling to be worth 400

Bell Rec'd Since— The bell belonging to the S'd meeting House
cost ye Town 75

Taken by Cap'n James Ascough of the Swan as pr affidavits

260 Good Pine Boards which Composd ajul form'd a Burying
Yard ben Erected the fence 4 or 5 years taken by Col. Turlton &
Major Cockran as they were both present in Town when S'd
Yitld was taken at 3s. each 39

Cash paid for Diging a Well for the Garrison on Loyds Neck
by order ot Judge Ludlow as pr. Receipt from theCommand'r of
S'd Neck to John Brush President of ye Town of Hunting 176

Sign'd J. Upham L't Col.
AUTHORIZING THE RAISING OF MONEY.

Copy of Judge Ludlows Power to raise money to Defray ye Charge Diging
well on Loyds Neck, viz. :

Office of Police Jamaica Decem'r 17th 1781— The Trustees of ye Town-hip of
Huntington are hereby authoriz'd and Enipower'd to raise on Said Tcjwnship ye
Sum of One Hundred and Seventy Six Pounds in Addition to the Poor Kate being
the Sum paid by Compensation or .Agreement for Labour in Diging a Well lor
the Garrison Oa Lloyds Neck under the Direction of L't Col. Upham.

Geo. D. Ludlow Super't.

The Sum is Mentioned from Memory as I am confined and have not a present
opportunity of having recourse to the papers, if wrong therefore the proper one
will be considered as Intended.

Fort Franklin Loyds Neck Decem'r 28th— Receiv'd of Mr. John Brush Presi-
dent of the trustees of the Township of Huntington One hundred and Seventy Six
pounds Currency for Labour in Dit;ing a well ior the Garrison of Loyds neck.
J. Upham L't Col. Commandant of Loyds Neck.

INDEX OF DEEDS TO THE TRUSTEES.

GRANTOR.

GRANTEE.

PAGE.

I8I2,

March 21,

Harned, Jacob

The Trustees of

the Free-

holders and Commonalty

of the Town of Hunting-

ton

258

I8I4,

Jan. 15,

Mowbray, Anning,

do.

266

I8I8,

July 13.

Islip, Committee of

do.

295

1823,

Fob.

Muneey, Silas

do.

310

1824,

March i ,

Scudder, Mooes

do.

315

1824,

Dec. 7,

Wheeler, Timothy

and

others

do.

319

1838,

March 25,

Carll, Selah and others

do.

350

1866,

Feb. I,

Bolph, Jarvis E.,

do.

549

INDEX OF DEEDS BY THE TRUSTEES.

1752, April 10,

1809,

Jan.

I8I0.

June

10,

I8II,

Apr.

30,

ISI9,

Nov.

18,

ISI9,

Nov.

18,

ISI9,

Nov.

18,

1824,

March

IS4I,

Nov.

1 841,

Nov.

1850,

Aug.

1 868,

March

GRANTOR.

The Trustees of the
Freeholders and Com-
monalty of the Town
* of Huntington.

1870, Nov. 19,

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do,
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.

GRANTEE.

Zophar Piatt "2
Selah Wood 244
P. Woodward 251
Selah Wood 253
Gilbert Sammis 299
Phineas Ketcham 299
David Ketcham 299
Thomas C. Hendrickson 313
George W. Conklin 377
Jacob Scudder 378
Jarvis R. Rolph 547
Trustees of the First Uni-
versalist Church of Hun-
tington 570
Henry G. DeForest 591

INDEX OF LEASES BY THE TEUSTEES.

1785, Apr.

■■>, Apr.

1786,

1802

June

1805

Feb.

IS05

March

181c

Fel).

10,

1820

Sept.

20,

1822

Dec.

1824

March

1825

Apr.

1827

All-.

1828

March

3i>

1830

June

I83I

Apr.

1832

Sept.

1835

Oct,

May I ,

GRANTOR.

The Trustees of the
Freeholders and Com-
monalty of the Town
of Huntington.

do.

do.
do.
do.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.

do.
do.
do.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.

1839, Sept.

do.

1840, March

do.

1840, June

do.

1842, Apr.

do.

1844, Sept.

27,

do.

1845, Sept.

do.

1846, Feb.

28,

do.

1846, Sept.

24,

do.

1852, Nov.

30,

do.

1854, Feb.

do.

1 85 6, March

24,

do.

1856, May

30.

do.

Joshua Ketcham, South

Bay,
Zebulon Smith and others,

plains,
Phineas Carll, plains,

Jarvis, islands south,

David Harrison, shore,
Samuel Fleet and others,

dock,
Gilbert Piatt, dock,
Alexander Lewis, dock,
Titus Conklin and others
Jos. C. Lewis, dock,
Benjamin Kecler, dock,
Hawley Beers, dock,
Henry Williams, dock,
William Jones, dock,
Devine Hewlett, dock,
Walter R. Jones and others,

dock,
Thomas Ilendrickson,

dock,
John Velsor, dock,
Melancthon Bryant, dock,
John Wood, dock,
Wm. Selleck and others,

dock,
Wm. L. Titus, dock,
John L. Kortright
Smith Woodhull
Moses Hartt
Joseph Starkins
Israel Carll, beach,
Isaac B. Arthur,
Moses L. Scudder, shore,

126

133
210
217

218

248
303
309
316
322
329

339

347

357
373
374
375

388
391
393
393
396
406
412
423
429

INDEX.

1856,

July

26,

1859,

Nov.

IS.

1859.

Dec.

i860,

Jan.

20,

IS60,

Jan.

20,

i860,

March

12,

i860.

March

29.

i860.

July

I86I,

March 26,

I86I,

March 26,

I86I,

June

IS63,

Nov.

1866,

Jan.

1866,

June

3o>

1868,

Jan.

20,

1869,

May

26,

1870,

June

IS7I,

Sept.

I87I,

Aug.

do.

do.
do.

do.
do.
do.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.
do.
do.

do.

Wm. C. Stout and others

dock,

430

do.

David Carll, dock,

450

do.

Elbert Arthur and others,

dock,

452

do.

Henry S. Sammis, dock,

453

do.

Jesse Jarvis, dock.

453

do.

Huntington Dock Co.,

dock.

457

do.

Jacob Scudder,

458

do.

Wm. C. Gardiner, dock,

462

do.

Joseph Conkhn, shore,

463

do.

Orlando Rogers, dock,

463

do.

W. W. Wood, dock.

465

do.

Henry Williams, dock,

494

do.

Geo. R. Johnson, dock,

555

do.

H. J. Scudder

561

do.

Cheesebrough, dock,

569

do.

H. J. Scudder and others.

beach,

577

do.

James Eckerson, dock,

584

do.

John C. Provost

608

do.

Geo. W. Scddder, dock,

606

GENERAL INDEX.

Assessment of property , (1782), 85.

Ancient, proprietors' meeting of called, (1791), 159.

Academy in Huntington, names of founders, 16S.

Annexation to Queens County proposed, 281, 297.

Assignment of Leases, Feb. 13, 1837, Jesse Bunce to Samuel Bryant, 343 ;

Sept. 19, 1837, Samuel Bryant to Joseph Dixon, 343 ; Joseph Dixon to John

Velsor.
Banishment, threatened by Gen. Oliver Delancy, 51 ; threatened those whore-

fused to work on the Fort, 55.
Banished, citizens of Huntington and their farms occupied by British Loyalists,

62.
Brush, John, President Trustees, 70, 123, 1S3 ; Supervisor, 24.
Burr, Aaron, opinion concerning title (1790), 144.
Beach, Great South, situation of inlets and letter of Isaac WiUetts concerning,

163 ; deposition of Nathai.iel Weeks, 171 ; depositions, 174, 196.
Brush, Jaeomiah, Supervisor (1793), 173; President of Trustees, 175, 188.
Baiting Place Purchase, dispute between proprietors of and town, 179 ;

referees agreed upon, 180.
Bonds of State, disposition of, 560.

Bond, Jacob Harned and Elias Smith, 256 ; Ezra Oakley to Trustees Town, 573.
Bayhs, Daniel, Supervisor, 298 ; President of Trustees, 405.
Boundaries, between Huntington, Brookhaven and Islip agreed upon, 355 ;

with Oyster Bay established, 454 ; with Oyster Bay concerning, 595 ; order

Governor and Council concerning, 597 ; settlement of with Oyster Bay. 598 ;

location of monuments, 600 ; of pine lands, 420 ; between Huntington, Babylon

and Islip established, 625.
Baylis, Daniel L., Town Clerk, 583, 602, 618.
Baylis, Elias, President of Trustees, 583.
BayUs, Hiram V., Town Clerk, 563.

Baylis, Daniel, Supervisor, 298 ; President of Trustees, 405. ,
Committee, Revolutionary, of Huntington dissolved, 20.
Committee, War of the Rebellion, appointed, 473 ; organized, 471.
Conklin, Capt. Cornelius' Company, 26 ; ordered to build Fort at Lloyd's

Neck, 31.
Conklin, Edward L., Justice of the Peace, 41 1.

Conklin, Brewster, President of Trustees, 464, 467, 482, 499, 533, 545.
Conklin, Capt. Philip, order by, 83.
Conklin, Richard M., President of Trustees, 411.

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Conklin, Timothy, President of Trustees, 129, 193, 305.

Conklin, Abel K., Supervisor, 333 ; Justice of the Peace, 354, 362, 376, 392.

Conklin, Epenetus, Supervisor, 129.

Conklin, Timothy, Jr., President of Trustees, 197, 200, 203, 207, 213, 216,
218, 219, 225, 241, 246, 249.

Conklin, Isaac, President of Trustees, 323, 328, 333 ; Supervisor, 337.

Carll, TimDthy, Supervisor, 30, 51, 63, 73, 108, 109, 126, 137, 139, 142, 1S8,
365, 370, 376, 382 ; Justice of the Peace, 363.

Carll, Isi-ael, Supervisor, 175, 183, 193, 194, 197, 200, 207, 213, 216, 218,
221;, 229, 241, 246.

Carll, Phineas, Supervisor, 249.

Carll, Samuel, Supervisor, 254, 259, 264, 274, 293.

Carll, Gilbert, Supervisor, 342, 345, 356, 358 ; President of Trustees, 391, 394,
397, 3c)S, 401, 402, 425, 439, 445, 459.

Carll, Selah, Supervisor, 358, 361.

Carll, Elbert, President of Trustees, 563, 574, 575.

Carll, Timothy, S., Justice of the Peace, 467, 583.

Claims, Revolutionary War, 1 10 ; see appendix.

Census, taken (1790), 147.

Clams, complaint against non residents taking, 184, 201, 220.

Church, Union at Ccntrcport, subscriptions for, 437 ; land granted to, 578, 582.

Contributions, for extra bounty for volunteers, 478.

DeZjaneey, Gen. Oliver, proclamation at Jamaica of terms of surrender, 14;
proclamation at Huntington, same, 14 ; order for enlistments in the King's ser-
vice, 15 ; order that all fat cattle, etc., be driven to Jamaica, 16 ; seizure of
grain, hay, etc., 17, 18 ; order to furnish men on Fort at Brooklyn, 54 ; order
to help build Fort at Lloyd's Neck, 53 ; work on, 122 ; banishment threatened

by, 51, 55-
DeHeidesel, Maj. Gen., letter to Gen. DeLancey concerning Huntiugton

Militia, 68.
Dredging oysters, petition concerning, 383 ; Trustees' order concerning, 384 ;

Trustees' order ratified by Town Meeting, 385 ; order concerning, 460, 465

5:3-

Di-vTision, Town of Huntington, petition for, 611; report of Committee for

division of Town property between Huntington and Babylon, 613.
Davis, Hannah, deed to David Rusco, Jr. and others, 146.
ElSsy of Kins George, Third, burned, 6.
Ea"torn Furchase Suit, concerning ordered prosecuted, 211.
E::ci3G, license granted, 228, 230, 246, 254, 259, 265, 303, 307, 312, 318, 366,

3:7.
Election returns, (1808), 243, (1826), 327.
Eaton's Neck ED?.,ch, regulation concerning taking sand from, 404, 451 ;

Trustees' resolution to sell Elbert Arthur' part of, 557 ; sand on, sold Elbert

Arthur, 581,

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Pleet, Samuel, Supervisor, 268.

Floyd, Cliarl03 A., President of Tni'=tees, 361, 363, 370 ; Supervisor and Pres-
ident of Tiu-^tees. 372 ; Supervisor, 3S5, 402, 405, 413, 439, 443, 459, 464, 467,

482, 499, 533.
Fish Pounds, granted by Trustees, 447.

Ferry to Norwalli, Conn., hired oi:t, 123, 124, 130, 140, 225, 282.
Fones, bounty for killing, 354, 359, 371.
Guards ISTight, list of, 71.
Golgotha Fort, in Huntington, order Col. Thompson to inhabitants to assist in

building, 81 ; tombstones taken up and used in building, 99.
Grant, by ancient proprietors to John Hartt, east of Town Hn2, 197 ; by trustees

to Milton G Smith, dock, 460.
"Groan, " the op;:i lands east part of Huntington village, proceedings concern-

i"iJ. 369, 393, 307, 406, 449.
Great East ITeek, South, division of, 432, 433, 434.
Gould, Stephen K., President of Trustees, 602.
Godfrey, Cornelius, Justice of the Peace, 618.

Gate, ordered on highway at Fresh Pond and Crab Meadow, 125, 142.
Horses, purchased for use of British goverrmient, 62.
Highway, across head of Ihmtington Harbor, Trustees consent given over

Town land, 380.
Health, Board of, organized, 554 ; proceedings concerning fish factories in

Huntington Bay, 605.
Hartt, Jo3hua, Justice of 'he Peace, 545.
H^ibbs, Piatt, Justice of the Peace, 404, 414,
Inhabitants, list of at clo^e of Revolutionary War, 105.
Islip, proposed agreement concerning South Bay and Beaches, 380.
Jarvis, Thomas, President of Trustees, 73, 108, 119.
Jarvis, Joel, Justice of the Peace, 359, 387, 411, 413.
Jayno's Hill, elevation of, taken \>y Silas Wood (1832), 344.
Jayne, Charles, Justice of the Peace, 413.
Jones, TowTlsend, Chairman of war committee, 471.
Ketcham, Solomon, Town Clerk, 4, 24, 30, 50, 63, 66.
Ketcham, John, Town Clerk, 70, 73, loS, 113, 123, 126, 129, 135, 137, 139,

143, 161, 164, 167, 174, 183, 188, 193, 194, 197, 207.
Ketcham, Abel, Supervisor, 300, 305, 308.
Kelscy, Ctophcn, Supervisor, (1787), 135.
Lloyd's Nook, Fort built on, 31 ; work on Fort, 122.
Tjeek, Stephen, Supervisor, 414.
Lewis, Joseph, President of Trustees, 63, 66.
Lewis, Henry S., Justice of the Peace. 602.
Lew^is, Alexander, President of Truslees, 274.
Losses, estimate of by Revolutionary War, 97 ; see appendix.
License, liquors, vote at Town Meeting on, (1846) 394, 398.

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Landing, at Huntington Harbor, Trustees' order concerning, 411, 448, 462 ;
highway over, released by Trustees, 565.

Military Regiment, Western Suffolk County organized, (Rev. War) i ; first 3"
companies in, 2 ; disbanded, 10.

Militia, belonging to Capt. Conkh'ng's District, (Rev. War) 46.

Memorial, to Gen. John Leland, (Rev. War) 61.
" 'Sir Guy Carlton, (Rev. War) 100.

" " Gov. George Clinton, concerning election, 104.

" " Admiral Robert Digljy, concerning army supplies (Rev. War) 102.

" " Sir Guy Carlton by John Squire, 75.

Moneys, received for lands sold, 13.

Mill, at Cold Spring "Gut", 165 ; at Centreport, release owner of from liability
to repair road, 427.

Mad Dogs, (1832) 341, 360, 368.

Monfort, Wm. H., Justice of the Peace, 464, 533.

New York Avenue, Special Town Meeting called to resist the opening of, 587
suit ordered by Town Meeting to prevent opening, 58S ; H V. Baylis, offered
$150 in full for his claim against Town arising out of suit, 621.

Oath of Allegiance to the King, first list, 35.
" " " an a second lisi, 41.

Oysters and Clams, non-residents prohibited by Trustees from taking, 185,
191, 195, 197, 200, 206, 208, 214, 216, 242 ; notices to Lowndes and oth rs,
44.2 ; resolution concerning, 439, 170, 172 ; Town Meetings prohibited same,
123, 126, 129, 249, 279, 281, 294, 301, 305, 312, 318, 321, 323, 329, 334, 336,

346, 357> 359> 362, 365. 370. 372, 376, 385, 387, 395. 397, 399- 4oi, 403. 405,

411, 415, 426, 439, 440. 459, 464, 533, 603; resolution by Town Meeting,

Triistees lease oyster j,' rounds to residents, 603.
Oyster Stakes, putting up prohibited by Town Meeting, 384, 389, 403, 405,

411, 413, 415, 426, 440, 445, 459, 468, 482, 500.
Oyster Dredging, petition concerning, 383 ; Trustees' orders concerning, 384,

389, 446 ; prohibited, 460, 465, 533.
Oyster Pond, land for road across granted by Trustees, 581.
Oakley, Zophar B., Supervisor, 411.
Officers, Town, ordered to publish reports, 460.
Oaks, George, Justice of the Peace, 385, 397.
Olmstead, P, B., Justice of the Peace, 467, 482.
Old Purchase, resolution Trustees concerning, 1:41.
Potter, Gilbert, letter to John SlosS Hobart, giving news of landing of British

tr )ops at Wading River (Rev. War) 3 ; letter to Gen. Woodhull, 7.
Potter, ITatlianiel, President of Trustees, 264, 311, 317, 321, 341, 345, 356.
Pound, land for granted, 144 ; built, 279 ; on South Side, 428.
Piatt's, Capt., Company, (Rev. War) 12.
Post, Richard B., Justice of the Peace, 415.
Piatt, Sophar, President of Trustees, (1787)135, 137, 139, 143, 161, 164, 167^

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Piatt, Ebenezer, Supervisor, 164, 167.

Piatt, Nathaniel, President of Trustees, 308.

Purdy, Henry M., Supervisor, 574, 575.

Poor, proposals for keeping, 109, 127.

Poor House, repairs ordered, 38S ; money raised to repair, 390 ; Committee
appointed concerning substituting County plan and Committee report in favor,
559 ; exchange with Elias Smith, 572 ; new house ordered built, 5^4 ; County
House jilan adopted, 556 ; Town farm ordered jold, Cio ; ^ame sold, 612.

Parsonage, lot of corporation, Presbyterian congregation in Huntington, rent-
ing, (179 1) 162.

Power Attorney, Hannah Smith to Alexander Smith, 504.

Passengers, from Huntington to Norwalk, Conn., forbid carrying, 177.

Petition, of inhabitants of Hempstead that be not forbid fishing in South Bay, 178.

Parrott, E. G., Justice of the Peace, 618.

Proprietors of Old Purchase, sale of lands by, 250.

Pine Timber, damages to by L. I. Railroad, 363.

Pine Lands, proposal of Trustees for sale of 3,000 acres and offers for purchase,
417 ; sale of to Bunce, Weeks & Bunce, 419.

Rogers, John, Supervisor, 273.

Polph, Jarvis R., appointed Town Clerk, 367 ; elected Town Clerk, 370, 406,
449 ; Justice of the Peace, 499, 574, 61S.

Rebellion, War of. Special Town Meeting called concerning, 469 ; proceed-
ings of the Meeting, 472 ; Finance Committee appointed, 473; Committee or-
ganized, 471 ; loan, $30,000 authorized for volunteer purposes, 473 ; Townsend
Jones, Chairman of War Committee, 471 ; Geo. A Scuddcr, Secretary and
Treasurer of Committee, 471 ; disbursements of moneys for volunteer purposes,
535 'o 539 ! Volunteers' wives provided for, 474, 485, 487 ; Trustees apply all
Town securities for volunteer purposes, 477 ; contributions of money for extra
bounty, 47S ; disbursements of the money, 479 ; list of securities held and ap-
plied by Trustees for war purposes, 483 ; list of relief tickets issued for families
of volunteers, 486 ; summary statement of President of Trustees of moneys re-
ceived and disbursed, 489 ; Trustees propose further loan, $35,000, 495; Special
Town Meeting authorizes the loan, 496 ; Special Town Meeting authorizes
,further loan, $24,000, 497 ; receipts and disbursements of Trustee-, 500 ; pro-
ceedings of Special Town Meeting concerning bounties, 505 ; Special I'own
Meeting authorizes further loan, $75,000 ; proposals for bids to iiU the quota of
troops called for, 510 ; resolution Town Meeting, to raise $18,500 to reimburse
those who had paid commuation money, 534 ; statement of moneys paid by
Trustees to Union Finance Committee, 534 ; disbursements of George A Scud-
d'*r, Treasurer of Union Finance Committee of moneys received, 535 to 539;
summary statement of Finance Committee, 539 ; Trustees' resolution that pay-
ments to families of Volunteers end July 23d, 1865 ; account of President of
Board of Trustees, 542.

Record of Officers, Soldiers and Seamen, furnished by Town of Hun-

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tington in war of the Rebellion, and branch of service to which attached, as-

follows : ^ T-v - ^ r^ TT

,.7Ui Regiment N.Y. v., Co. A, 512; Co. B., 513 ; Co. D. 51^ , Co. t,
513 ; Co F., 519 ; Co. I., 519. 94th Regiment, 522. 15th Regunent 522.
Lsik Regiment, 522. 48th Regiment, 522. 5th Artillery, 522. 3^ Senatonal,
C".. ah Regiment, Corcoran's Legion, 523- 1°^^ Regiment, Co. I 5--4 , .
C . H K-4 -Co C , 524. 5th Veteran Reserve Corps, Co. B., 524 ; Co. G
C-, • Co K ' 524. Rhode Island Regiment, 525- 3^ Empire Brigade, 526.
ih 'Metropolitan, 526. 5th Regiment, 526. 5th, Duryea's Zouaves, 526.
Si-el's Corps 526. 163d Regiment, 526. Spinola Brigade, 526. 2d bena-
torial, 526. List where Regiments and Companies not given, 527 to 530. Ln-
listmcntof sailors, 530 1(. 532 . ^ r /-d \v-,r\ i •

Re-^m-nt Western Suffolk County, nominatmg officers for (Rev. War), i ,
organization of, 5 ; officers of first, 3 ; Militia Companies, 2.

Reclmont, 127th, see "Rebellion "

Re-'ment,102d, see "Rebellion." , , . ,

Remonstrance, by Trustees to Sir Henry Clinton against plundering by

troops, (Rev. War), 34-
Remo^^stranco, to Gov. Tryon against cutting wood, (Rev. War), 49-
Re-ord3 of Town, Trustees ordered classified, rebound and filed in order and

contractbetween Commissioner. Trustees and Charles R. Street and Henry S.

Wood for revision, 625 ; affidavit Henry S. Wood concerning, 628.
Rocors, Otsplien C, Town Clerk, 533, 545 ; Supervisor, 563
Resolution, Town Meeting that the "burthens of government" be equally borne,

(R-v War) 74; Town Meeting against non-residents huntmg, hawkmg, hsh-

in..\nd fowling (1789), 123, 126, 129 ; of Trustees concerning, 170, 172.
Robberies, precautions against at close of Revolutionary War, 103.
Rus-o David, deed to, from Hannah Davis, 146.
Ro^^h' Moses, Town Clerk {1805), 219, 225, 229, 241, 246, 249, 255, 259, 264,

26S;274, 279, 2S0, 293, 298, 30c, 305. 308 ; Town Clerk and Supervisor, 3U,

317, 321, 323> 328, 333 ; Town Ckrk, 335. 337, 340, 34i, 345, 35^, .58, S^^.

Simcoe, Col. J. G., describes Huntington as rebellious (Rev. War), 58.
Sinclair, (or St. CUir) Gov. Patrick, boarded here, 133^ i34-
Sammis, Alexander, petition of concerning cutting wood (..ev. War 59-
Seuddor, Geo. A., Secretary and Treasurer of Union Finance Committee, 471

disbursements of moneys for volunteer purposes, 535, 539-
Scudd-r II J , Trustees' resolution to lease him lands for dock, 559 ; lease, 501.
Squir3"; John, 'memorial of to Sir Guy Carlton for payment of moneys due

(Rev. War), 75.

Sunday Law, for animals, 135, 176.

Slaves No-o, 142 ; manumission of (1800), 199, 201, 202, 204, 2H, 224, 250.

Suit c;ncer:in.; Sout^ Meadows, costs of, x66 ; Wm. NicoU... the trustees, etc
2-0 261, 269lbyJohn Sammis, 240; concerning South Beach Islands and
inle'ts. 230, 236, 237, 261, 269. 274, 284. 289, 295 ; concerning Eastern Pur.

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chase, 24 ; with Brookhaven submitted to arbitration, 353 ; with David II.

Scidmorc. 428 ; with Samuel P. Ilartt, 431, 466; with Lowndes and others

concerning oysters, 441, 443, 446, 447. 466, 544 ; with Mr. Peck concerning

pine lands, 446 ; with Milton G. Smith, 450 ; with Henry Williams, 490, 494 ;

between Commissioners of Highways and Alexander Sammis. 503, 553, 562.
Seawoed, control of Trustees over, 229, 269, 281, 294, 301.
Squam, (or Squaw) Pit Purchase and Sa^itepague boundaries submitted to

arbitration, 407 ; award concerning, 408.
Stones, persons forbid taking from shores, 186, 195.
South Beach, islands and inlets concerning, 230, 236, 237, 261, 269, 274, 284,

2S9, 295.
School House, at Centreport, grant of land by Trustees, 5S2.
Smith, Josiah, Town Clerk, 372, 375, 3S2, 3S5, 3S7, 391, 394, 39S, 401, 402,

404, 405. 411, 413' 414, 425-

Seaman, Law^rence, President of Trustees, 376, 382, 3S5, 405, 413 ; Super-
visor, 387, 391, 394, 397, 398, 401, 405, 423.

Shipman, James I., President of Trustees, 414.

Sheep, Wishing, 250.

Tavern Licenses, annual lists of, 120, 137, 139, 142, 174, 181, 182, 187, 214, 222.

Titus, Wm. L., grant to by Trustees of land near his mill, 461.

Title of TowTi, to common lands and lands under water, order by Trustees
investigated, 603 ; Charles R. Street and Henry C. Piatt employed to examine
and report, 609 ; report made and ico copies ordered printed in pamphlet
form, 610.

Trustees, Proceedings of, Committee appointed to settle dispute concc-ning
Baiting Place Purchase (1794) 180 ; lease to David Plarrison, 217 ; lease to Sam-
uel Fleet, 218 ; lease, Grass, Oak and Cap Tree Islands, 215 ; trespass ordered,
211 ; lease of Grass, Oak, Joshua's and Cap Tree Islands and in Broad and
Crooked Creek, 210 ; cutting timber on Town lands forbid, 207 ; rutting cedars
on Eaton's Neck forbid, 202 ; islands and beaches hired out, 198, 228, 336 ;
stream of water (on Spring Street) ordered tree for sheep washing, 250 ; non-
residents except of Islip forbid taking clams in South Bay, 242 ; islands and
beaches in South Bay leased, 284 ; sales pine timber by, 273 ; sale of land by,
299, 306 ; lease, dock to Benjamin Kieler, 222 ; report of Silas Wood on title,
324; lease to Hawley Beers, 229 ; highway ordered laid out around Little
Neck, 335 ; sale of pine timber, 361 ; resolution concerning mad dogs, 360;
resolution concerning Alexander Lewis' claim, 364 ; resolution concerning title
in Cold Spring Harbor, 363 ; damages claimed against I^. I. Railroad Co., 363 ;
land dedicated for highway, 380 ; a grant and parties on the "Green" to pay rent
to, 369 ; dredging oysters prohibited, 384 ; Poor House ordered repaired, 388 ;
resolved to grant Wm. L. Titus land for dock, 390 ; resolution concerning dock
at Centreport, 396 ; resolution concerning "Green", 400 ; resolution that
squatters vacate Town lands, 40D, 401 ; price fixed for sand taken from Eaton's
Beach, 404 ; Commissioners of Highways ordered to lay out the public landing,

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411; resolved to consult Judge Buffett as to title to lands under water, 416;
that lease to W. R Jones and others be renewed, 416 ; to lease U. S. Govern-
ment land for life-boat purposes, 416 ; petition of Alex. Summis to, 435 ; reso-
lution to prosecute non-residents for taking oysters, 443 ; resolution to employ
lawyers McCoon and J. Lawrence Smith in suits, 446 ; Gilbert Caill and Israel
Carll appointed Committee to confer with City I.^land oystcrmen, 347 ; grant
made for fish pounds in Northport Harbor, 347 ; injunction ordered against John
H. Lowndes, 448 ; the public landing surveyed, 44S ; resolution that proposals
be issued for sale of Pine Piains and offers of purchases made, 417. 418 ; resolu-
tion that sell Pine Plains, 419 ; details of sale, 421 ; order that suit be brought
against Samuel P. Hart, 431 ; watering place surveyed by, 449 ; resolution
that sell to Milton G. Smith dock, etc., 450 ; resolution that Eaton's Neck
beach be leased at auction, 5 years, 451 ; lease to David Carll, 451 ; lease of
"Groat" Island, 461 ; Centrcport dock sold to \Vm. L. Titus, 461 ; obstructions
to the public landing ordered removed, 462 ; resolution against dredging for
shellfish, 465 ; resolution concerning the oyster suit and suit against S. P. Hart,
466 ; resolution to release to Elisha F. Richardson 100 acres from Peck's mort-
gage. 467 ; resolution to loan money with which to pay volunteers, 476 ; and
to sell the Town securities for the purpose, 477 ; accounts rendered by President
of Board 'of Trustees of money raised to pay volunteers, 500 ; resolution to
defend the suit»betwecn Commissioners of Highways and Alex. Sammis, 503 ;
payments by Trustees to Fina^ice Committee, 534 ; resolution to stop payments
to families of volunteers after July 23, 1865, 540; resolved that the Trustees
purchase of J. R. Rolph his interest in the Old Purchase and that Gilbert Carll
act for the Trustees, 541 ; Gilbert Carll and \Vm. P. Buffett report in favor of
paying Mr. Rolph $750 ; the Board resolves to pay him $1150 ; resolved that
Trustee Brewster Conklin pay costs of suit against Robert Dickerson, 544 ;
resolution that Trustees furnish funds to defend the suit of Alex. Sammis v.
Commissioners of Highways, 554 ; that President of Trustees convey to Elbert
Arthur premises on Eaton's beach, 557; reso'ution, that lease be executed to
Timothy S. Carll for Oak and Joshua's Islands for 12 years, 557 ; that lease be
executed to Henry J. Scudder, Northport, for dock, 557 ; resolution to lease to
Brown Bros, dock, 562 ; consent given to lay out road over landing, 565 ;
resolution to sell Caire & Johnson land at Huntington Harbor, 565 ; resolution
concerning watering place, 567 ; resolution tendering right of way to L. I.
Railroad Company over Town's property, 567 ; authority given to sell parcel
of land to John Alsop, 568 ; resolution to lease Charles A. Checsebrough and to
H. S. Ketcham docks, 568, 570 ; resolution to sell Trustees of Universalist
Church parcel of land, 570 ; and to lease to II. J. Scudder and Henry S. Lewis
beach, 570 ; resolution to lease M. D. Bogart dock, 576 ; resolution concerning
the Centrcport Church lands, 578 ; privilege of selling sand from Eaton's beach
granted Elbert Arthur and Wm. Gardiner, 581 ; concerning the school house
lands at Centreport, 5S2 ; George W. Scudder given right to extension of dock,
584 ; resolution to erect new Poor House, 584 ; consent given to build road to

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Eaton's Neck, 591 ; dispute between Trustees and Henry Williams submitted to
arbitration, 490 ; decision of the Referees that Williams be paid f 1,000 dama'^cs,
490, 493 ; sale ot lard to H. G. DeForest, 593 ; resolution to consult counsel
concerning oysters now planted in the bays, 594 ; H. J. Scudder directed to
proceed with "the act" in connection with E!ias Baylis, 594; resolution to em-
ploy counsel to investigate the title of the Trustees, 603 ; resolution to lease
Provost premises at Fresh Pond, 607 ; Counselors Charles R. Street and Henry
C. Piatt employed to investigate the Town's title and their report, 609 ; Special
Town Meeting called by, to consider the proposal for a County Alms Houie,
609 ; resolution to sell the Town Farm, 610 ; resolution that the report of Street
and riatt on the powers and duties of the Trustees be prmtcd in pamphlet form,
100 copies, 6ii ; Charles R. Strce and Henry S. Wood employed to classii'y
and arrange the records of the Town, 623 ; the record books to be re-bound,
623 ; J. A. Woodhull, President of Trustees, authorized to execute deed ta
Babylon of its portion of the public lands, 624 ; contract for revision of Town
records, 626 ; affidavit ot Henry S. Wood, 627.

Upham, Col., order for conveyance ofprovisions to Lloyd's Neck (Rev. War), 72.

United States, purchase by from Trustees, lots on South Ccach for life boats,
etc., 416 ; lease to for life saving stations, 468.

Union Finance Committee, organization of, 471 ; proceedings of, see "Re-
bellion.' '

Udle, Richard, suit witli Aaron Higbie, 163.

VanWyck, Samuel A., President of Trustees, 387 ; petition for gate on high-
way, 160.

Volunteers, wives provided for, 474, 4S5, 4S7 ; contribution of money for ex-
tra bounty, 47S ; disburseinents for, 479 ; relief tickets for families of, 480 ;
see "Rebellion."

Wicks, Capt. John, list of his company (Rev. War), 11, 12 ; President of
Trustees, 126.

Wicks, William, supervisor, 280 ; Justice of the Peace (183 1, first elected),

339> 357-
Wood, Silas, opinion concerning title, 324.
Wood, Israel, President of Trustees, 4, 24, 30, 50.

Williams, Sarali, petition to Ludlow concerning her son (Rev. War), 69.
Woodhull, Jefferey A., Town Clerk, 459, 464, 467, 482, 499 ; Supervisor, 583,

602 ; Commissioner to divide personal property, Huntington and Babylon, 617.
Woodhull, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel, 8.
Wene-Commaek, land east of, granted to John Ilartt, 159.
Whale Houses, on South Beach, 172.
Willets, Martin, Supervisor, 545.
Wharfage, rates established by Trustees, 554, 560.

Wood, William W., Justice of the Peace, 445, 459 ; President of Trustees, 618.
War Revolutionary, nominating oflicers for Western Regiment, Suffolk

County, I ; organization of the Regiment, 5 ; officers of first three Military Com-

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panics, 2 ; Regiment disbanded, 10 ; Gilbert Potter's letter tu John SlossHobart
announcing landing of British, 3 ; letter, Gilbert Potter to Brig. Gen. Nathaniell
WoodhuU, 7 ; effigy of King George Third burned in Huntington, 6 ; list of
Capt. John Wicks' Company, 11 ; list of Capt. Piatt's Compary, 12 ; proclama-
tion of Brig. Gen. Erskine commanding surrender of the rebels, 13 ; proclama-
tion of Gen. Oliver DeLancey stating terms of surrender at Jamaica, 14 ; procla-
mation at Huntington demanding surrender, 14; order for enlistment of soldiers
in the King's service, 15 ; all fat cattle ordered driven to Jamaica, 16 ; seizure ot
grain, hay,, etc., 17, 18; Patriot Committee of Huntington dissolved, 20;
Capt. Cornelius Conklin's Company ordered to build Fort at Lloyd's Neck, 31 ;
work on Fort at Lloyd's Neck, 31 ; Gen. Tryon's order to inhabitants to report at
Brooklyn or submit to banishment, 33 ; remonstrance against plundering by
King's troops, 34 ; oath of allegiance to the King, first list, 35 ; same, second
list, 41 ; MiHtia belonging to Capt. Conklin's district, 46 ; order to furnish
men for Lloyd's Neck Fort, 53 ; order to furnish men to build Fort at Brook-
lyn, 54 ; banishment threatened those who refuse to work on Forts, 55 ; Hun-
tington described as rebellious, 58 ; memorial to Gen. John Leland, 61 ; list of
those banished and their farms occupied by loyalists, 62; Maj. Gen. DeReidel
sel's letter concerning Huntington Militia, 68 ; list of Night Guards in Hun-
tington, 71 ; Col. Upham's order for conveyance of provisions to Lloyd's Necks
72 ; John Squire's memorial to Sir Guy Carlton, 75 ; memorial of inhabitant,
to Admiral Robert Digby, 81, 102; order ot Col. Thompson that inhabitants
assist in building Fort Golgotha, 83 ; work on the Fort, 76, 121 ; order by
Capt. Philip Conklin, 83 ; value of church destroyed by British, 84; church be-
taken 84; petition for return of bell, 11 1 ; affidavit concerning bell, 118; esti-
mate of losses by the war. 97 ; number of tombstones taken by order of Col.
Thompson and used in Fort, 99 ; memorial to Sir Guy Carlton, ICXD ; claims on
account of war, no. (See appendix.)

War of 1812, powder and shot procured, 272.

War ot the Rebellion, see "Rebellion."

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Full text of "Huntington Town records, including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y."

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