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RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF
JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
VOLUME II
RECORDS OF THE
TOWN OF JAMAICA
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
1656 - 1751
EDITED BY
JOSEPHINE C. FROST
Member Long Island Historical Society;
Life Member New York Genealogical
and Biographical Society
Volume II
PUBLISHED BY
THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BROOKLYN NEW YORK
MCMXIV
THE LYONS GENEALOGICAL COMPANT
PRINTERS, NEW YORK
I,
RECORDS OF THE TOWN
OF JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND
VOL. II
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Samuell Messenger belongeinge to Jamaica
in Queens County on the Island of Nassau sendeth
greettinge Know yea that I the abov said Samuell
Messenger for severall good resons & casses me therunto
moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sattis-
faction to me in hand paid by Waitt Smith of ye sd
Towne Island & County the receipt wherof I doe herby
own & acknowledge to be therwith contented satisfyed
& paid & therof & therfrom doe exonorratte & discharge
the abovesd Waitt Smith his heires excecutors ad-
minestrators & assignes from any further claim ore
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ore demand for any part or6e parcell therof have given
granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft quitt claimd
made over and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg
to have from me my heires excecutors & adminesstra-
tors giveen granted covenanted allinated releast enfeofed
quitt claimed made over & sould to ye abovesd Waitt
Smith his heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes
a certain pece of upland lyinge & beinge in the boundes
of Jamaica & beinge a five acer right beinge in ye midle
devition bounded as followeth northorly by Hendrick
Lott south by Joseph Thirston east by the Plain Rune
& west by Fremans path all which sd pece of land as it
is bounded with all prevelidges profits & benifits belonge-
inge therto with all timbers trees woods under woods
standinge ore lyinge beinge upon ye same to have and
to hould for ever ye same to be & remain to ye only propor
use benefit and behouf of him ye sd Waitt Smith his heirs
excecutors & adminesstrators free & clerly discharged
2 Records of the Town of
of and from all formor salles givfts morgages ore any
other entanglements what ever & ye same & by thes
presents for ever will warrent & by thes presents forever
will defend against any claim ore intrest proporty claim
ore demand from any person ore persons lajange any just
claim therto with a warrentee to defend the same against
any intrest proporty claim ore demand from me ye sd
Samuell Messenger my heirs excecutors & adminesstra-
tors for ever in confirmation wherof I have sett to my
hand & seall this twenty sixt day of Febrauary in ye
eaight yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our
Lord 1696/7
Signed seald & dellivered Sam^' Messenger O
in presence of
Joseph Oldfeld A trew coppy of ye orridgonall
Samuell Ruscoe pr Sam ' ' Ruscoe
Clarck
March ye 2d 1697/8 then appered befor Daniell Whit-
head Esqur one of His Majesties Justices for ye keepinge
of ye peace for Queens County the above named Joseph
Oldfeld & Samuell Ruscoe & made oath that theay
saw ye above named Samuell Messenger signe seall &
delliver this above deed & acknowledg ye same to be his
free & vollontary act & deed
Dan'^ Whithead
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samll Darlinge of Jamaica in Queens County in
ye Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Now Know yea
that I the abovesd Samuell Darlinge for severall good
considerations and casses me therunto moveinge but
more easspeatily for a vallewabl sume to me in hand paid
by the sd Waitt Smith to my sattisf action the receipt
wherof I doe herby own & acknowledg to be therwith
contented sattisfyed & paid & therof & therfrom doe ac-
quit & discharge ye abovesd Waitt Smith his heires ex-
cecutors & adminesstrators & assignes from any further
claim or demand for any part part ore parcell therof
Jamaica, Long Island 3
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have giveen granted covenanted allinatted enfeoft made
over and sould and by these presents do acknowledge
to have from me my heirs exectrs & administrators
giveen granted covenated allinated enfeoft bargined
quitte claimed made over and sould unto ye abovesd
Waitt Smith his heirs excecutors adminesstrators ore
assignes a sartain pece ore parcell of upland contain-
inge ten acers lyinge & beinge in the boundes of
Jamaica sittuatt lyinge and being att ore in ye midle
devition beinge in number thirty haveinge the lott of
Samuell Smith Seanor one the north which sd lotte of
Samuell Smith doath now belonge to Mr. Daniell Whit-
head & southward by Hendrick Lott & westwardly by
Freemans path & eastwardly by ye Little Plain Rune
all which sd pece or parcell of land as it is above buted
& bounded and exsprest with all & singuler timbers
trees standinge ore lyinge beinge upon the same to have
and to hould for ever and ye same to be & remaine to
ye only propor use benifit & behoffe of him ye abovesd
Waitt Smith his heires excecutors & adminesstrators
freely discharged of & from all formor salles givfts mor-
gages what ever with a warrentee to defend the same
against any claim ore demand from any person ore per-
sons claiminge any just right therto & from any person
ore persons belongeinge to me the abovesd Samuell Dar-
linge my heirs excecutors & assignes forever in wittnes
wherunto I the abovesd partie Samuell Darlinge doath
bind my self my heires excecutors & adminesstrators by
thes presents firmly sealed with my seall & datted this
26 day of Febrauary in ye eaight yeare of His Majesties
reigne ano 1696/7
Signed seald and dellivered Samuell Darlinge O
in presence of
Joseph Oldfeld A trew coppy of the orrigonall
Samuell Ruscoe deed pr Sam ' • Ruscoe
Clarke
4 Records of the Town of
March ye 2d 1697/8 then appered befor Daniell Whit-
head Esquier one of His Majesties for ye keepinge of ye
peace for Queens County the above written Sam'^
Darlinge & did acknowledg this above written deed to
be his free & vollontary act & deed
Daniell Whithead
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Nathaniell Denton yeoman belongeinge
to Jamaica in Queens County in Nassau Island sendeth
greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Nathaniell
for severall good reasons & casses mee therunto move-
inge but more easspeatily for a sartain sume of good and
lawfull moneys of this Province of New Yorke to me in
the sd Nathaniell Denton in hand paid the receipt wherof
I doe owne to have reseaived of & from Gersham Wigens
& Benjamin Wigens of the Towne & County abovesd
& before the enseal! inge and dellivery of thes presents
doe oune and acknowledge myself to be therwith con-
tented sattisfyed and paid & therof & therfrom doe for
me the sd Nathaniell Denton my heires excecutors &
adminesstrators acquitt exonoratt & discharge them the
sd Gersham Wiggens and Ben j amine Wiggens their heirs
excecutors adminesstrators & assignes from any further
claime ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have
giveen granted covenanted allinated bargined enffeofed
quitt claimd releassed made over and sould & doe by
thes presents acknowledge to have from me my heirs
excecutors to have fully and absoeluttly giveen granted
covenanted releassed quitte claimed allined enfefed
& made over & confirmed unto ye abovesd Gersham
Wiggens and Benjamine Wiggens a sartain pese ore par-
cell of upland lyinge & beinge within the boundes &
limittes of Jamaica aforsd as it was layd out by ye sur-
veayors & butted & bounded as followeth viz: first on
ye east by ye land of Thomas Smith Seanor latte of
Jamaica deseassed and soe otherwise north by Fflushinge
pathe & west by ye land of Cap*'' George Wollsey and
Jamaica, Long Island 5
south by ye high way that leades allonge the two ranges
of lottes & parts ye sd two devitions all which sd pece
ore parcell of land as it above butted & bounded &
exsprest I the abovesd Nathaniell Denton doe owne &
acknowledge to have from me & my heirs as abovesd
fully & absolutly sould as aforsd unto ye abovesd Gersham
Wiggens and Benjamine Wiggens their heirs & assignes
the same to have and to houlde for ever & ye same to be
& remaine to ye only propor use benifit & behouf of them
ye sd Gersham & Benjamin Wigens their heirs excecutors
adminesstrators & assignes for ever & ye same shall war-
rent and by thes presents for ever defend against any
claime ore demand from any person ore persons what
ever & from all formor sales givfts morgages ore any other
entanglements with a warrentee to defend the same
against any intrest proporty claime ore demand from me
the said Nathaniell Denton my heires excecutors ore
adminesstrators for ever in confirmation wherof I ye
said Nathaniell Denton doe bind myself as abovesd by
subscribing my name & affixeinge my seall this 23 day of
May in ye 10 yeare of His Majsts reigne & in ye year
of our Lord X 1698
Signed seld & dellivered Nathaniell Denton O
in presence of
Thomas Okley A trew coppy pr
Sam'^ Ruscoe Sam" Ruscoe
Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
cume or any wais conserne sendeth greetting Daniell
Whitthead of Jamaica in Queens County on Nassau
Island in the Province of New York for diveres good
casses & reasons mee therunto moveinge but more
easspeatily for a vallewable sume of currunt moneys of
New Yorke to me in hand paid befor the enseallinge
and delivery of thes presents by Sam" Darlinge of the
same Towne Island & Province aforsd ye receipt wherof
I doe own my self to be therwith contented sattisfyed
& paid: Have giveen granted releassed confirmed made
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over & sould from mee my heirs excecutors adminesstra-
tors unto the sd Sam'' Darlinge his heirs excecutors ad-
ministrators & assignes a certain pece of upland lyeinge
& beinge in the boundes of Jamaica aforsd lyeinge in the
mouth of the Longe Necke bounded as followeth south
east by the path that leads to the Long Neck southwest
by the fence northwest by the land y swampe brook
northeast by the heather East Neck path: together
with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge
lyeinge beinge or any wais belonginge to the same I the
sd Daniell Whitthead doe own and acknowledge to have
sould as beforsd from mee my heires excecutors adminess-
trators unto the aforsd Samuell Darlinge his heires
excecutors adminesstrators & assignes: and to the only
propor use benifitt and behoufe of him the sd Samuell
Darlinge his heirs excecutors adminesstrators & assignes
for ever free and clerly discarged of & from all formore
entanglements of what kind soever with a warrentee to
defend the same against any person or persons laying
any just claim therunto in confirmation of ye same I
bind my self my heirs excecutors adminesstrators & every
of them by setting to my hand & seall ye sevententh day
of November in elleventh year of the reigne of our
Soveraigne Lord William ye Third in ye year of our Lord
Christ 1699
Signed seald & dellivered Dan" Whithead O
in presence of
Samuel Ruscoe
Jonathan Whitthead
Zacariah Mills
Memorandam that on ye sevententh day of this present
November 1699 then appered befor Joseph Smith on of His
Majsts Justices for ye keeping of the peace for Queens
County the above named Daniell Whithead & did acknow-
ledg the above deed to be his free & vollentary act & deed
A trew coppy pr Joseph Smith
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
Jamaica, Long Island 7
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To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
cume Jonas Wood and Samuell Ruscoe boath belongeinge
to Jamaica in Queens County in the Island of Nassau
sendeth greetting Know yea that we ye abovesd
Jonos Wood and Samuell Ruscoe have made a mutuall
exchang as followeth viz that ye abovesd Jonoss Wood
hath for himself his heires excecutors & adminesstrators
fully freely & absolutly giveen granted covenanted
allinated & by the way of exchainge made over unto the
abovesd Samuell Ruscoe a certain pece of land lyeing
and beinge in the boundes of Jamaica containinge five
acers be itt more ore less as it was layd out & bounded
south by road east by Thomas Wiggens & west by Richard
Eaverritt & north by the hills all which abovesd pece of
land as it is butted & bounded & exsprest together
with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge ore
lyeing beinge upon the same with all the prevelidges
profitts & benifits therunto belongeing I the sd Jonos
Wood have as abovesd made over from mee my heires
& assignes unto the sd Samll Ruscoe his heires & assignes
to have and to hould for ever without lett fraud ore hind-
rance & the same shall warrent and by thes presents for-
ever defend against any claim ore demand from any per-
son ore persons whatsoever layeinge any just claime
therunto with a warrente to defend the same against
any intrest claime or demand from me my heires excecu-
tors & adminesstrators for ever In consideration wherof
the abovesd Samuell Ruscoe doath and hath for himself
his heirs excecutors & adminesstrators fully freely &
absolutly giveen granted covenanted allinatted & by the
way of exchainge made over unto the abovesaid Jonoss
Wood a certain pece of land lyeinge & beinge in the
boundes of Jamaica containinge fourteen acers be it
more ore less as it was layd out & bounded as followeth:
north by Cap*° Wollsey & east by the lott formorly
Hope Carpenters & otherwayes by the land of the abovesd
Jonoss Wood all which sd pece of land as it is butted
& bounded & exsprest together with all the prevelidges
8 Recoeds of the Town of
profitts & benifits therunto belongeinge I ye sd Samuell
Ruscoe have as abovesd made over from mee my heires
& assignes unto the sd Jonoss Wood his heirs & assignes
to have and to hould forever without lett fraud ore
hindrance & the sam shall & by thes presents will defend
against any claime ore demand against any person ore
persons whatever layeinge any just claime therunto with
a warrente to defend the same against any further claim
or demand from mee my heirs excecutors & adminesstra-
tors for ever for the trew & absolut confirmation of
all & every of the above granted and bargined premises
wee the above spetified parties doe enterchaingably
sett to our hands & sealls this third day of January in
ye elleventh yeare of His Majsts. reigne & in the yeare
of our Lord 1699/10
Signed seald & dellivered Jonos Wood O
in presence of Sam^^ Ruscoe O
Jeremiah Wood
Joseph Pleas A trew coppy of the origonall pr
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
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Bee itt known unto all persons whome it may any
wais conserne that John Pruden quondam minester of
Jamaica in Queens County upon Longe Island allias
the Isle of Nassau belongeing to ye Province of New
York now inhabetant of Newwarke in the County of
Essex belongeinge to the Province of East NewJersey
hath for divers good resons him moveinge therunto but
more easspeatily for and in consideration of a vallewable
sume of money in hand reseaived to his full sattisfaction
hath bartered bargined allinated and sould and doth for
him self & his heires by thes presents barter bargine sell
allinat assigne & make over unto Thomas Burrowes
yeoman inhabetant of Jamaica above said a certain
parsell tract lott & messhuage of upland beinge sittuatt
& lyeinge westward of the Mettinge Howes within the
Townshipe of Jamaica abovesd frontinge in part upon the
road yt leads to NewYorke & containinge in comon
Jamaica, Long Island 9
estemation fiveten acers more or less as formorly survaied
& laid out to ye sd Pruden bounded in part by a half
ten acer lott which was formorly Edward Higbes now in
the posestion of Edward Burrowes & partly by the lot
which was formorly belongeinge to Andrew Messenger
now in the tenur & possestion of Thomas Wollsey onye
east & by a highway on the north begininge at ye norwest
cornor of ye sd Wollseys lott runeinge westward under
the hiles by the highway to a certain small whit oake
standinge by the path marked with X suthordly upon the
suthordly upon the coman west by a line from ye said
oake southward till it meett wth road which leads to
Yorke att ye cornor of ye fence which was formorly stand-
ing by the sid of ye road y* turns out towards Newtowne
which sd trackt of land is buted & bounded as abovesd
& as exsprest upon record in ye Town booke ye sd Pruden
doath by thes instreument sell assigne & pas over unto
ye sd Thomas Burrowes to have & to hold with all &
every of ye prevledges profits libetes convenities benifits
timbers trees woods under woods beinge standinge or
lyeinge theron to ye sole use benifit and behoufe of ye
sd Thomas Burrowes his heirs & assignes for ever without
any manor of let mollestation or disturbance from ye sd
Pruden his heirs excecutors or adminesstrators at any
time or times after ye datt herof morover ye sd Pruden
doth by the delivery of this deede signed & seald give &
grant unto ye sd Thomas Burrowes quiat posestian of ye
premises free from all dews morgages leases forfeittures
made or laid therupon befor ye datt herof & shall warrent
this sd sail firm & good in law to all intents & purposes
therin exsprest as wittnes his nam subscribed & seall
affixed herunto this sixteenth day of November in ye
yeare of our Lord 1700
Signed seald & dellivered John Pruden O
in presens of
John Hubbert
John Pruden, Juneor
10 Records' of the Town of
Memorandam that on the 16 day of November 1700
appered befor me Joseph Smith one of His Majs. Justices
for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County assigned
the above named John Pruden & acknowledged the above-
written bargain to be his vollentary act & deed teste
Joseph Smith
A trew coppy pr
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clarke
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This Indenture mad the twenty sixt day of April in
the ninth yeare of the raigne of our Soverraige Lord Will-
iam the Third by the grace of God of England Scottland
Ffrance and Irland Kinge Defender of ye Faith and in
the yeare of our Lord accordinge to the Christian ac-
count one thowsand six hundreed ninty seven betwen
Edward Burrows of ye Towne of Jamaica on ye Island of
Nassau yeoman and Mary his wife of the one part and
Isack Lenoir of ye Citty of NewYorke merchant of ye
other part wittneses that ye said Edward Burrows
by & with the consent and good likeinge of Mary his
said wife for ye consideration of one hundred and twenty
poundes currant money of NewYork to them in hand
paid by the sd Isack Lenoir the receipt wherof they doe
herby acknowledge and therof by thes presents doe acquit
and discharge the sd Isack Lenoir his exceketors and
assignes have given granted allined bargined sould
enfeoffed and confirmed and by thes presents doe fully
clerly and absoolutly give grant bargin allin enfeof &
confirme unto ye sd Iscak Lenoir his heirs and assignes
for ever all that a certain lott ore parcell of land sittuat
lyinge and beinge in the Towne of Jamaica aforsaid now
in the tenner and possession ore occupation of Edward
Higbie and Nathaniell Higbee bounded on ye north by
ye land of Joseph Thirston ore his assignes south and
west by the Kinges Highway and east by the land of
Nathaniell Lynoss containinge by estemation six acers or
ther abouts be it more or less accordinge to the deed
wrightinges and evedences therof and as it is att ye day
Jamaica, Long Island 11
of the datt herof within fenc and in the possession of
them ye sd Edward and Nathaniell Higbey together with
all ye howes edefices buldings barns stables orchards
gardens yards bakside easments lands tenements meadows
fedings pasturs woods under woods wayes profits remain-
der & remainders of all and singuler the mesuag
and heredetments & apurtenances whatsoever to ye sd
lott or parcell beloning or appertaininge & ye
& befor mentioned premises and all rent or rents
reserved upon any grant or grants demis or demisses
made of ye premisses or parttes therof and allso all
easstat right title intrest use possession proporty claim
and demand what soever of them the said Edward Bur-
rowes and Mary his wife of in or to the same and all deeds
wrightings evedences court rules and minnuments what
soever touchinge or concerninge the premises or any
part or parcell therof to have and to hould the
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said lott or parcell of land howes edefices bulddinges
barnes stables orchards gardens yards baksids easments
lands tenements meadowes feedings pasturs woods under
woods wayes profits and heredittements and all & singuler
other ye premis as herby granted bargined and sould or
mentioned or intended to be herby bargined and sould
with their and every of their rights members and ap-
purtenances what soever unto the said Isack Lenoir his
heires and assignes to ye only proper use and behoffe
of him the sd Isack Lenoir his heires and assignes for
ever and the said Edward Burrows and Mary his wife
for themselves and ther heirs the sd lott or parcell of
land with the messuage tenements and all and singuler
other premises befor granted bargined and sould with
the appurtenances unto ye said Iscak Lenoir and his
heirs to the only proper use and behoffe of the sd Isack
Lenoir his heirs and assignes for ever against them the
said Edward Burrowes and Mary his wife and all other
person ore persons whatsoever lawfully claiming by from
or under them or any of them shall and will warrent and
forever by thes presents defend and the sd Edward
12 Records of the Town of
Burrowes and Mary his wife for themselves ther heirs
executors and adminesstrators doe covenant promis
grant and agree to and with the sd Iscak Lenoir his heirs
and assignes and every of them by thes presents in manor
and forme ffo'lowinge (that is to say) that they the
sd Edward Burrowes and Mary his wife at the time of the
ensealhng and delHvery of thes presents are and untill
a good pure perfect and absolut estatt of inherretance
of all and singuler the befor granted premises and every
part therof shall be fully vested sethrd and excecuted
upon the said Iscak Lenoir and his heirs according to the
trew meaninge of thes presents shall remain continue
and be seazed of & in the sd lott of land meassuage
tenement and all & singuler other the premises in and
by thes presents granted bargined and sould with all
and every their rights members and appurtenances of
H good puer perfict and absolut estat of inherretance in
free simple without any condition revertian remander or
limitation of any us or usses estatt or esstats in or to any
person or persons what soe ever to alter chainge defeat
determin or mak void the same and that the said Edward
Burrows and Mary his wife at the time of the enseallinge
and dellivery of thes presents hath full pwer good right
lawfull authoruty to grant bargin sell and conveay all
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all and singuler the befor herby granted premises with
ther and every of ther appurtenances unto the said
Iscak Lenoir his heirs and assignes in manor and form
as aforsaid and that he the said Iscak Lenoir his heirs
and assignes and every of them shall and may by force
and vertue of thes presents att all times herafter lawfully
peaceably and quiatly have hold use occupy and possess
the said lott of land meassuagees tenements and all and
singuler the befor granted premises with their and every
of their rights members and appurtenances and have re-
ceive and take the rents issues and profits therof to his
and their own propor use and behofe for ever: without
any lawfull lett suit trouble deniall interruption eviction
or disturbance of them the said Edward Burrowes and
Jamaica, Long Island 13
Mary his wife their or any of their heires or assignes or
from any other person or persons whatsoever lawfully
claiminge by from ore under them or any of them or by
ther or any of ther means act or consent title intrest
privety or procuerment and that ffree and clerely and
freely and clerly exonoratted and discharged or other
wise from time to time well and sofitianty saved and kept
harmles by the sd Edward Burrowes and Mary his wife
ther heirs and assignes of and from all and all manner
of fformor and other givftes grants bargins salles leasses
mortgages imbuers dowers tittle of dower recognzances
extents judgments executions usses entailes rents and
arrers of rents fforfeitturs fines isshues and amersments
and of and from all and singuler other incumbrances and
demands whatsoever had made committed suffered omit- ,
ted or done by the said Edward Burrows and Mary his
wife or ther assignes or by any other person or persons
whatsoever lawfully claiming by from or under them
(the rents and services which from hence forth from
time to time shall grow dew & payable to chef Lord or
Lords of ye fee or fees of ye the premises only excepted and
fore prized and the sd Edward Burrowes and Mary his
wife for themselves their heirs executors and adminesstra-
tors doe covenant and agree to & with the said Isaac
Lenoir his heirs and assignes that they the sd Edward
Burrowes and Mary his wife their heirs excecutors and
adminesstrators and all and every other person or per-
sons and ther heires lawfully haveinge or claiminge or
which shall herafter lawfully have or claim any estatt
right title intrest or demand into or out of the premises
or any part therof by from or under them the said
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Edward Burrowes and Mary his wife their heirs or
assignes shall and at all times dewringe the space
of seven yeares next enshuinge the datte herof att
and upon ye the reassonable request cost and charges
in ye law of ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs or assignes
make doe perform acknowledge leavy execut and suffer
ore case to be made done performed acknowledged
14 Records of the Town of
leveyed executed and suffered all and every such further
lawfull and resonable act and acts thinge and thinges
devise and devisses asshuerance and conveayances in the
law whatsoever for the farther better and more perfect
assuring and conveainge of all and singuler the befor
herby granted premises with the appurtenances unto
the said Isaac Lenoir his heirs and assignes or by the
said Isaac Lenoir his heirs or assignes or by his or ther
councell learned in the law shall resonably devised
advised or required in wittness wherof the said Edward
Burrowes an Mary his wife have herunto sett to ther
hands and affixed ther scales the daj' and yeare first
above written by and as signed
Sealld and dellivered Edward X Burrows
in presence of by ye Mary X Burrows
within mentioned Edward Burrows
RoBT. Read Memorandam that on ye seventh
Sam'' Ruscoe day of June 1697 then appered
Wm. Huddleston before Daniell Whithead one of
His Majesties Justices of ye Peace
for Queens County Robert Read
and Sam-uell Ruscoe and made oath that they saw the
within named Edward Burrows and Mary his wife sign
seall and delliver this within written deed & acknowledge
ye same to be their vollontary act & deed
Daniell Whithead
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Know all men by thes presents that I Samuell Darlinge
belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens County on Longe
Island allias Nassau for severall good reassons and casess
me therunto moveing but more easspeatily for a vallew-
able sume to me in hand paid by Mr. Iszack Lenaware
of ye abovesd Towne Island & County to my sattisfac-
tion for the which I ye said Samuell Darlinge doe for
my self my heirs excecutors & adminestrators covenant
allinatt releas quitt claim enfeof mak over and sell
unto ye abovesd Mr. Iszack Lenware his heirs excecutors
adminestrators & assignes five acers right of devition of
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bogges as allsoe five acer right of devition upon ye Little
Plaines sd right of boges to be taken up any wheare
where they are nott as yeat layd out all which sd right of
five acers of bogges & plaines I ye said Saniuell Darlinge
have as aforsd sould to ye aforsd Mr. Iszack Lenware
his heirs and assignes to have and to hould for ever and
the same to be & remaine to ye only propore use benifitt
& behouf of him ye sd Iszack Lenware his heirs & assignes
for ever free & clerly discharged of & from all formore
salles givfts morgages ore any other entanglements what
ever and ye same shall warrent & by thes presents de-
fend against any claim ore demand from me ye sd Samuell
Darlinge my heirs ore assignes and from any other person
ore persons laying any just claim therto in wittnes wher-
unto I doe sett to my hand & seall this tenth day of Feb-
rauary in ye ninth yeare of His Majesties reigne & in
ye yeare of our Lord 1697/8 Samuell Darlinge O
Signed seald &: dellivered
in presence of
Edward Burrowes A trew coppy of ye origonall
Samuell Milles pr Sam" Ruscoe
Samuell Ruscoe
Know all men by thes presents that I Zacariah Mills
belonginge to Jamaica in Queens County one Longe
Island allias Nassau for severall good reasons & casses
me therunto moveing but more easspeatily for a vallew-
able sume to me in hand paid by Mr. Iszack Lenware of
ye said Towne Island & County to my full content and
sattisfaction the receipt wherof I doe herby own & before
the enseallinge & dellivery of thes presents doe exonoratt
acquit & discharge the abovesd Iszack Lenware his heirs
& assignes of & from any further claime ore demand for
any part ore parcell therof have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinatted releast quitt claimd enfeoffed bargined
made over and sould from me my heirs excecutors &
adminestrators a five acer right of devition upon the Little
Plaines belonging to Jamaica abovesd to him the sd Iszack
Lenware his heirs excecutors adminestrators & assignes
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th same to have and to hould ockepy poses & in joy with
all & singuler the preveledges & benifits
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therunto belongeing or in any waies to ye same apper-
taininge fre & clerly discharged from all formore salles
givftes morgages or any other entanglements what ever
and ye same to be and remaine to ye only propor use
benifit and behouf of him ye said Iszak Lenware his
heires & assignes made good & free in law from claim ore
claimes from any person ore persons layinge any just
claim therto with a warrente to defend ye same against
any intrest proporty claim ore demand from me the sd
Zacariah Mills my heirs & asigns for ever in wittnes
wherunto I doe sett to my hand & seall this eleventh day
of Febrauary in ye nint yeare of His Majesties reigne
& in ye yeare of our Lord 1697/8
Signed seald & dellivered Zacariah Mills O
in presence of
Thomas Watters A trew coppy of ye ordigenoll
Samuell RuscoE pr Sam^' Ruscoe
Clark
Know all men by thes presents that I Samuell Miles
Junor belonging to Jamaica in Queens County on Longe
Island allias Nassau for severall good resons & casses
me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallew-
able sume to me in hand paid by Mr. Iszack Lenware of
the sd Towne Island & County to my sattisfaction for the
which I ye sd Samuell Miles doe for my self my heirs
excecutors & adminestrators covenant allinat releas
quitt claim enfeof make over & sell unto ye aforsd Mr.
Iszack Lenware his heirs excecutors adminesstrators &
assignes two acers & a half right of devition which sd
right of bogges is to be taken up anywhere wheare it is
not allredy taken up within sd Townshipe aforsd all which
sd right of bogges & right upon ye Little Plaines boath
containinge each two acers and a half a pece I ye sd
Samuell Miles have sould as abovesd to ye aforesaid Mr.
Iszack Lenware his heirs & assignes to have and to hould
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for ever and the same to be & remaine to ye only propor
use benifit & behouf of him ye sd Iszack Lenware his
heirs & asignes for ever fre & clerly discharged of & from
al former sales givfts morgages or any other intangell-
ments what ever & ye same shall warrent & by thes pres-
ents defend against any claim or demand from me ye sd
Samuell Miles my heirs and assignes & from any other
person ore persons layinge any just claim therto in wittnes
wherunto I doe set to my hand & seall this tent day of
Febrauary in ye nint yeare of His Majesties reigne & in
ye yeare of our Lord 1697/8
Signed seald & dellivered Samll. Mills O
in presence of
Edward Burrows A trew copy pr
Sam 11 RuscoE Sam^' Ruscoe
Clark
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Land belongeinge to Fredrick Hendrikson of Jamaica
layd out to Mr. John Pruden latte of Jamaica by Samuell
surveyor of the Town abovesd and the other surveyors
one lott of land in the bounds of Jamaica begining att a
plase comonly called the Hawtree Hollow & soe runinge
eastward alonge by the ffeld lotts from a blak oake sap-
linge marked on four sids on hundred & sixty rods alonge
by the sd path to a blak oake saplinge by sd path and
from thence runinge northwardly by a plaine hollow
formorly clerd by John Oldfeld and soe still nortwardly
untill it comes to William Whitts land that was to a
sartain marked tree and then from thence runinge west-
werdly to the head of the aforsayd Hollow & from thence
to the aflorsd first marked sapling along ye Hollow
This entered by me Samuell Ruscoe
Api'yelst 1703 Clarke
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T all Christiane peoplell to whome thes presents
shall cume John Fredriksone belongeinge to Brookeland
in Kinges County in the Island of Nassau and Fredricke
Hendricksone of Jamaica in Queens County in the Island
aforsd sendeth greettinge Know yea that I abovesd
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John Ffredrickson with Allkea my wife and Fredrick
Hendricks with Dynah his wife for severall good resons
considerations and casses us and each of us therunto move-
inge but more easspeatily for a certaine sume of moneys
of ye Collenys of New Yorke to us in hand paid by John
Wollsey of Jamaica in Queens County in the Island
afforsd to our sattisfaction the receipt wherof we doe
herby own and before the ensealhnge and delHvery of
thes presents doe acknowledge ourselves to be therwith
fully contented sattisfyed & paid & therof & theirfrom
doe by thes presents for ever acquitt exonoratt & dis-
charge him ye sd John Wollsey his heires excecutors &
assignes of & from any further claim ore demand for any
partt or parcell therof have given granted covenanted
allinated releast enfeoft quitt claimd confirmd made
over and sould and by thes presents doe acknowledg
to have from us our heires excets adminestrators and
assignes given granted covenanted allinated releast
enfeoft quitte clamd confirmd made over and sold unto
the abovesd John Wolsey his heires excecutors adminess-
trators & assignes a cartain home lott lyinge within the
Towne of Jamaica abovesd beinge bounded as followeth
viz — north by the street ore comon road leading threw
the aforsaid Island east with Josiah Wigens & west by
Edward Burrows & south with the highway runinge at ye
reare of ye afrsd lott don to ye south all which aforsaid
lott as it is above bounded and exsprest with all howes
orchyard gardens trees f rut trees pasteur feedinge closses
fenceings prevelidges profits & benifits theron made or
herafter to be made with ther & every of their apurten-
ances herreditments emollements that is to ye same be-
longeinge ore to ye same in any wais appertaininge we
ye sd John Freadrickson & Ffredrick Hendricks have as
abovesd sould to ye aforsd John Wollsey his heirs and
assignes to have and to hould ockepy poses and in joy
for ever & the same to be & remaine to ye only propor
use benifit & behouf of him the sd John Wolsey his heires
& assignes fre & clerly dischargd of & from all fomor
sales givfts morgages or any other intangellments what
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soever and the same shall warrent and by thes presents
for ever defend against any claim or demand from
any person or persons whatever layinge any just claim
therunto with a warrente to defend the same against
intrest proporty claim from us the abovesd John Fredriks
and Allkea his wife and Ffreadrick Hendricks and Dinah
his wife our heires executors adminesstrators & assignes
for ever in confirmation wherof we doe sett to our hands
& aflSxe our seals this fifte day of October in ye
elleventh yeare of — Majesties reigne & in the yere of
our Lord Christ 1699
Signed seald and delivered John X Fredricks O
in presence of Fredrick X Hendricks O
Thomas Okley
& Sam" Ruscoe
Memorandam that on ye fifth day of October in ye
11 yeare of His Majsts reigne 1699 then appered befor
Joseph Smith Esqr one of His Majsts Justices of ye
Peace for Queens County the abovesd John Fredricks
& Fredrick & did acknowledg this deed to be their ack
& deed
Joseph Smith
A trew coppy of the orridgonoU deed pr
Sam" Ruscoe
Clarke
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Johanes Hollshartt belongeinge to Jamaica in
Queens County in the Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I the abovesd Johanes Hollshartt for
severall good reasons & casses me therunto moveinge
but more easspeatily for a vallewable sume to me in
hand paid by Ram Dorlant of the abovesd Towne Island
& County to my sattisfaction ye receipt wherof I doe
herby own & befor the enseallinge & dellivery of thes
presents doe acknowledg my self to be therwith fully &
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absolutly contented satisfyed and paid & theof & ther-
from doe for ever exonoratt acquitt & discharge him the
sd Rame Dorlant his heires & assignes of & from any
further claim ore demand for any partt ore parcell therof
have given granted covenanted alHnated releast enfeoft
quitt claimd made over and sould & doe by thes presents
acknowledg to have from me ye sd Johanes Holshartt
my heires excecutors & adminestrators fully & absolutly
giveen granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft quitt
claimd bargined made over and sould unto ye abovesd
Ram Dorlant his heires excecutors adminestrators and
asignes a certain pece or parcell of upland lyeinge &
beinge in the bounds of Jamaica abovesd and beinge part
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of the land ye sd Johanes bought from William Creed
and is bounded as followeth viz on the southeast cornor by
a blake oake tree standinge by by the hawtree path from
thenc runinge upon a west line to a marked wallnut tree
then runinge northardly by Garrett Lubertsons lott to
another marked wallnut tree & from thence runinge
nere northeast to another marked wallnut tree standinge
by the lott formorly Mr. John Prudens by the sd hawtree
path & from thence to rune allonge by the aforsd path to
the abovesd blake oak tree all the which abovesd pece
ore parcell of upland as it is above buted & bounded and
exsprest together with all fencings timbers trees woods
under woods standinge ore lyeinge upon ye same or any
wais belongeinge therunto together with all & singuler
the prevelidges profits and benifits and improvements
therupon made ore to be made ore to be made with their
& every of their appurtenances I the abovesd Johanes
Holshartt doe own to have sould as abovesd to ye aforsd
Ram Dorlant his heires excecutors adminesstrators &
assignes the same to have and to hould ockepy poses &
injoj^ forever & the same to be and remaine to the only
sole propor use benifitt & behoufe of him ye said Ram
Dorlant his heires excecutors & adminesstrators free &
clerly discharged of & from all formore sails givfts mor-
gages or any other entangellments what soever & the
Jamaica, Long Island 21
same shall warrent & by thes presents forever defend
against any claim ore claims from any person ore persons
layeinge any just claim therunto with a warrentee to
defend the same against any intrest proporty claim ore
demand from me the sd Johanes Holshartt my heires
excecutors & adminestrators for ever in confirmation
wherof I doe bind my self & my heires excecutors & ad-
minestrators by thes presents firmly sealed with my
seall & datted this 28 of January in ye 12 yeare of His
Majestsreigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1700 or 701
Signed seald & dellivered Johanes Holshaktt O
in presence of
Ephream Goldinge a trew coppy of the origenall
Sam" Ruscoe pr Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
Memorandam that on the tenth day of June 1702
then appered befor Nicolas Everrett Esqr one of His
Majsts Justices of ye Peace for Queens County Issack
Lenoir and did acknowledge this above deed of salle
to be his ffree and vollontary act and deed
Nicolas Everitt
A trew coppy of the oridgonall pr
Sam" Ruscoe
Clarke
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This Indenture made the sixth day of Aprill in the
ffourtenth yeare of the reigne of our soveraign Lord Will-
iam the Third of England Scottland Ffrance & Irland
Kinge Defender of the Ffaith & in ye yeare of our Lord
one thousand seven hundreed & two between Isack
Lenoir of Jamaica in Queens County upon Nassau Island
in Collony of New Yorke of ye one part and Samuell
Milles of Jamaica aforsd sadler on the other partt witt-
nesseth that the said Isack Leniore ffor & in considerra-
tion of the sume of two hundred pounds currantt moneyes
of New Yorke to him in hand paid ore secured to bee
paid att ore before the enseallinge & delevery of thes
presents by Samuell Milles aforesd wherof & wherwith
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he acknowledgeth himself fully sattisfyed & paid &
therof & of every part & parcell therof doath clerly
acquitt exonorratt & discharge ye sd Samuell Milles
his heires exceeutors & adminesstrators & every of them
for ever by thes presents hath giveen granted bargined
sold & confirmed & by thes presents doath ffully clerly
& absolutly give grant bargine sell & confirme unto ye
sd Samuell Miles his heires & assignes for ever a cartain
part of a homlott lyeinge in Jamaica afforsd ffrontinge
upon the highe streett ffrom ye cornor of the streett
which leades to Fflushing to ye ffair shops bounded on ye
reare by the widow Thurston on ye east by ye land of
Robertt Read & soe by ye land of Isack Lenoir which goes
as far as a stake w"^ is drone in a line runinge northward
from the aforsd fair shops with all & singuler ye right
profits liberties prevelidges whatsoever to have and to
hold all ye sd lands with all the preveledges profites &
liberties which are ore shall herafter arrise from ye
premises to the said Samuell Milles his heires & assignes
for ever & to ye only propor use & behoufe of him ye sd
Samuell Milles his heires & assignes for ever & ye sd
Isacke Lenoir shall & will for ever warrent & defend the
same to ye sd Sam" Milles his heires & assignes for ever
from any lawfull claime of him ye sd Isack Lenoir his
heres & assignes or any other person or persons what
soever & further ye sd Isack Lenoir his heires exceeutors
& adminesstrators shall from time to time & att all times
be oblidged by thes presents to renew this deed or to
give such full & ample assurance as ye sd Samuell shall
resonably demand provided ye sd Samuell Milles be at
ye charge therof in wittnes wherof ye sd Isack Lenoir
& Ane his wiffe have herunto putt ther hands & seals ye
day & year above written
Sealled and dellivered I. Lenoir O
in presence of Ane Lenoir O
Thomas X Burrows
Andrew Galle
Tho. Cardalle
on ye leaft befor ye acknowledgment
Jamaica, Long Island 23
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This Indenteur made the twenty sixth day of Aprill
in the ninth yeare of ye reigne of our Soverraigne Lord
William the Third by the Grace of God of England Scot-
land Ffrance and Ireland Kinge Defender of the Ffaith
and in the yeare of our Lord accordinge to ye Christian
account one thowsand sixe hundred ninty seven betwene
Edward Higebie of the Towne of Jamaica in the Island
of Nassau yeoman and Lydia his wife and Nathaniell
Higbie of ye said plase yeoman and Elizabeth his wife of
the one part and Edward Burrows of ye same place
yeoman of ye other part wittnesseth that ye sd Edward
Higbie and Nathaniel Higebie by and with the knowledge
and consent of their said wives Lydia and Elizabeth
signifyed by their beinge partyes to thes presents and
by their signeinge seallinge and dellivery hrof for and in
consideration of the sume of one hundred and twenty
poundes cui-rant moneys of NewYorke to them or one of
them in hand paid at or befor ye enseallinge and dellivery
of thes presents by the said Edward Burrows the receipt
wherof they doe herby acknowledge and therof by thes
presents doe acquitte and discharge the sd Edward Bur-
rows his heirs excecutors and assignes have given granted
alined bargined sould enfeoffed and confirmed and by
thes presents doe fully clerly and absolutly give grant
bargine sell alien enfeoffe and confirme unto ye said
Edward Burrows his heires and assignes for ever all
that a certain lott or parcell of land situatte lyinge and
beinge in ye Towne of Jamaica aforsaid now in ye tenure
possession or occupation of them the said Edward
Higbie and Nathaniel Higbie bounded on the north by
the land of Joseph Thirston or his assignes south and west
by the Kinges Highway and east by ye land of Nathaniel
Lynus containinge by eastemation sixe acers or ther-
abouts be it more or less accordinge to ye deed wrightings
and evedences therof and as it is at ye day of ye datte
herof within fence and in the possesion of them the said
Edward and Nathaniel Higbie together with all howeses
edifices buldinges barnes stables orchards gardens yardes
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bakesides easments lands tenements meadows fedinges
pastuers woods under woods wayes profits hereditte-
ments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said lott of
land messeuage or tenement belonginge or appertaininge
and the reverssion & reverssions remainder and remainders
of all and singuler ye befor mentioned premises & all
rent & rents reserved upon any grant or grant demis ore
demises made of the premises ore of any part or parcell
ther of and allsoe all ye estate right title intrest use
possession property claime and demand whatsoever of
them the said Edward Higbie and Lidia his wife and
of Nathaniell Higbie and Elizabeth his wife of in ore
to ye same and all deds wrightinges evedences Courtt
roales and mintments whatsoer touchinge or eoncerninge
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the premises or any part or parcell ther to have and
to hould the said lott or parcell of land howes edefices
buldinges barnes stables orchards gardens yards bakesides
easments lands tenements meadowes fedinges pastuers
woods under woods waies profits and heredittements
and all and singuler other the premisses herby granted
bargined and sould or mentioned or intended to be herby
bargined and sould with their and every of their rights
members and appurtenances whatsoever unto the sd
Edward Burrows his heires and assignes to ye only propor
use and behoofe of him the sd Edward Burrowes his
heires and assignes forever and the said Edward Higbie
and Lydia his wife and Elizabeth his wife for them selves
and their heires the sd lott or parcell of land with the
messuage tenements and all and singuler other premises
befor granted bargined and sould with the appurtenances
unto the said Edward Burrows and his heirs to the only
proper use and behoofe of the said Edward Burrows heires
and assignes for ever against them the said Edward
Higbie and Lidia his wif and Nathaniell Higbie and
Elizabeth his wife and other person or persons what-
soever lawfully claiminge by from or under them or any
of them shall and will warrent and forever by thes pres-
ents defend and the said Edward Higbie and Lidia his
Jamaica, Long Island 25
wif and Nathaniel Higbie and Elizabeth his wife for them
selves their heires excecutors and adminesstrators doe
covenant promis grant and agree to and with the said
Edward Burrows his heirs and assignes and every of
them in manor and form following (that is to say) that
theay the said Edward Higbie and Lidia his wife and
Nathaniell Higbie and Elizabeth his wife att the time
of the enseallinge and delivery of thes presents are and
iintill a a good puer perfect and absolut eastate of inherre-
tance of all and singuler the befor granted premises and
part therof shall be justly vested sethed and excecuted
in and upon the said Edward Burrowes and his heirs
accordinge to the trew meaning of thes presents shall
remain continue and be seized of and in the said lott of
land messuage tenement and of all and singuler the
premises in and by thes presents granted bargined and
sould with with all and every their rights members and
appurtenances of a good purre perfect and absolut
estatt of inherretance in ffee simple without any condi-
tion revertion remainder or limitation of any use or usses
eastat or eastatts in or unto any person or whatever to
allter chainge defeat detirmin or mak voide the same
and that the said Edward Higbie and Lidia his wife
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and Nathaniell Higbie and Elizabeth his wife at ye time
of the enseallinge and dellivery of thes presents hath
full power and good right and lawfull authoryty to grant
sell and convay all and singuler the before herby granted
premises with their and every of their appurtenances
unto the said Edward Burrows his heirs and assignes in
manor and forme as afore said and that he the said
Edward Burrows his heirs and assignes and every of
them shall and may by force and vertew of thes presents
at all times herafter lawfully peacabley and quiattly
have hold use occupy and possess the said lott of land
messuage and tenements and all and singuler the befor
granted premises with their rights members and ap-
purtenances and have reseavd and take the rents isshues
and profits therof to his and their own proper use and
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behoof forever without any lawfull leett sute trouble
deniall interruption evection or dissturbance of them the
said Edward Higbie and Lidia his wife and Nathaniell
Higbie and Ehzabeth his wife their or any of their heires
or assignes or from any other person or persons whatso-
ever lawfully elaiminge by from or under them or any of
them or by their or any of their mens act or consent title
privety or procurement and that ff ree and clere and ff reely
and clerly exoneratted 'and discharged or other wise
from time to time well and sofitiantly saved and keept
harmles by the sd Edward Higbie and Lidia his wife and
Nathaniell Higbie and Elizabeth his wife their heirs and
assignes of and from all and all maner of fformer and
other givfts grants bargins sealls leases mortgages imtures
titles of dowers recognizances extentes judgementes
executions uses entails rents and arrearges of rents
forfeittuers ffines issues and amercements and of and from
all and singuler other titles incumbrances and demands
whatt soever had made committed suffered omited or
done by the sd Edward Higbie and Lidia his wife and
Nathaniel Higbie and Elizabeth his wife or their assignes
or by any other person or persons lawfuly elaiminge by
from or under them (the rents and services which from
hence forth from time to time shall grow due and pay-
able to Chef Lord or Lords of the ffee or ffees of ye
premises only exexcepted and forprised) and the sd
Edward Higbie and Lidia his wif and Nathaniell Higbie
and Elizabeth his wife for themselfs their heirs excecu-
tors and adminestrators doe covenant promise and agree
to and with the said Edward Burrows his heirs and as-
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signes that they the said Edward Higbie and Lidia his
wife and Nathaniell Higbie and Elizabeth his wife their
heirs excecutors and adminestrators and all and every
other person or persons and their heires lawfully have-
inge or elaiminge or which shall herafter lawfully have
or claim any estate right title intrest or demand into
or out of the premises or any part therof by from or
under them the said Edward Higbie and Lydia his wife
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and Nathaniell Higbie and Elizabeth his wife ther heirs or
assignes shall and will at all times duringe the space of
seven yeares next enshuinge the date herof at and upon
the reasonable request cost and charges in the law of the
said Edward Burrowes his heirs or assignes make doe
performe acknowledge levey execute and suffer or case
to be made done performed acknowledged leveyed exce-
cuted and suffered all and every such further lawfull
and reasonable act and acts thinge and thinges device
and devices assurances and conveyances in the law what
soever for the farther better and more perfect asshueringe
and conveyinge of all and singuler the before herby grant-
ed premises with the appurtenances unto the sd Edward
Burrows his heirs and assignes as by the sd Edward
Burrows his heirs or assignes or by his or their counsel
lerned in the law shall be resonably devised advised or or
requered in wittness wherof the parties first mentioned
in thes presents have her unto sett ther hands and affixed
ther seals the day and yere first above written
Sealled and dellivered Edward X Higbie
in the presence of us by them Lidia X Higbie
RoBT. Read Nath X Higbie
Sam'' Ruscoe Elizabeth X — Seall
Will Hudleston
Memorandam that on ye twelfth day of June 1697
then appered befor Daniell Whithead one of His Majsts.
Justices of ye Peace for Queens County Robert Read
and Samuell Ruscoe & made oath that they saw the within
named Edward Higbie and Nathaniell Higbie and Lidia
and Elizabeth their wives signe seall and deliver this
within written deed & acknowledged ye same to be
their free and vollentary act and deed
Dan'i Whithead
A trew coppy of ye origenall deed
entered pr Sam^' Ruscoe
Clarke
28 Records of the Town of
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To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
eume Joseph Coe belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I the abov said Joseph Coe for severall good
reasons and casses me therunto moveinge but more eass-
peatily for a valluable sume of moneys to me in hand
paid by Elderd Lukas of the same Towne Island & County
ye reseipt wherof I doe herby own & acknowledge to
be therwith contented sattisfyed and paid have giveen
granted covenanted allinatted releassed quitt claimed
enfeofd made over and sould & by thes presents doe
acknowledge to have from me my heires excecutrs ad-
minesstrs & assignes giveen granted covenanted releassed
quitt claimd enfeofd made over and sould unto the
abovesd Elderd Lewkas his heires excecutrs adminesstra-
tors & assignes a certain pece ore parcell of upland lyinge
& beinge within the boundes of Jamaica containinge ten
acers more ore less as it was laid out beinge in ye west
devition & bounded as ffolloweth east by the lot ye aforsd
Elderd Lewkas upon his own devition & west by ye lott
bout from Samuell Miles & north by ye hay path ore
highway leadinge to Oldfelds Island & south by ye
range of lottes belonging to ye meadows of sd Necke
all which land lyinge as aforsd and as it is butted &
bounded I the sd Joseph Coe have as abovesd sould as
aforsd to ye aforsd Elderd Lukas his heirs excecutrs
adminesstrs & assignes with all prevelidges profits benifits
emollements herredittements & appurtenances therunto
belongeinge or in any waies appertaininge with all timbers
trees woods under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge
upon ye same to have and to hould to ye sd Elderd Lukas
his heires excecutors & assignes fre & freely discharged
of and from all formore sales gifts moregages or any
other entanglements what ever & ye same shall & by
thes presents will warrent & by ye same defend against
any claime ore demand from any person ore persons
what ever layinge any just claime therto with a war-
rentee to to defend ye same against any intrest proporty
Jamaica, Long Island 29
claime or demand from me my heirs exceciitors & ad-
min esstrators for ever in wittnes wherunto I doe sett to
my hand & seall this twentyh day of August in the
ninth yeare of His Majesties reigne & in the year of our
Lord Christ 1696
Signed seald and delivered Joseph Coe O
in presens of
George Wollsey
Sam 11 RuscoE A trew coppy of the origenall deed
pr Sam • ^ Ruscoe
Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume John Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County in ye
Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea that
I ye abovesd John Bayles for severall good resons &
casses me therunto moveinge but more esspeatily for a
vallewabl sattisfaction to mee in hand paid by Elderd
Lukas of ye same Town and County ye receipt wherof
wee doe herby acknowledge & own to be therwith con-
tented sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted covenanted
releast & quitt claimed allinated made over & sould &
by thes presents doe own to have from me my heires
excecutors & assignes giveen granted covenanted re-
leassed quitte claimed allinated enfeofd made over
& sould unto ye abovesd Elderd Lewkas his heires excecu-
tors & assignes a certain pece ore parcell of upland lyinge
& beinge within ye boundes of Jamaica abovesd beinge
bounded as foUoweth first beinge bounded northward
by a wallnut tree beinge Elderds boundes & then north
west by a blak oak saplinge & by Theadoruses boundes
& southwest by a whitt oake tree by Richard Johnes
land all which sd pece ore parcell of land as it is above
exsprest & bounded I the abovesd John Bayles have as
abovesd sould as aforsd unto ye abovesd Elderd Lukas
his heires excectrs & assignes with all & singuler ye preve-
ledges & appurtenances with all timbers trees woods
under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge upon ye same —
the same to have & to hould to ye abovesd Elderd Lukas
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his heires & assignes & ye same to be & remaine to ye
only propor use benifit & behouf of him ye abovesd
Elderd Lewkas his heires & assignes free & freeely dis-
charged of & from all formor sales givftes morgages or
any other intanglements what ever warrinttinge this
my sail good against any claime ore claimes from any
person ore persons whatever with a warrentee to defend
ye same against any proporty intrest claim ore demand
from me ye abovesd John Bayles my heires & assignes
for ever in testymoney wherof I sett to my hand and
seall this elleventh day of January in ye fivfth yeare of
Their Majestes reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ
1694/5
Signed seald & dellivered John Bayles O
in presence of
Henry X Markan A trew coppy of ye orrigonall
his mark deed entered pr
Sam^' Ruscoe Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Thomos Watters of Jamaica in Queens County
in ye Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I ye abovesd Thomas Watters with Mary my wife
for severall good reassons and cases us therunto move-
inge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sume of moneys
to our satisfaction to us in hand paid by Elderd Lukas
of ye aforsd Towne Island & County ye receaipt wherof
we doe herby the presents own & befor ye ensealling &
dellivery of thes presents doe acknowledge to be ther-
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with contented sattisfyed & paid & therof & therfrom
doe for ever acquitt & discharge ye aforsd Elderd Lukas
his heires and assignes from any further claime ore
demand for any part ore parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinated releast quitt claimed
enfeoft made over & sould & by thes presents doe from
us our heirs excecutors & adminesstrators by thes presents
acknowledge to have sould to ye sd Elderd Lewkas his
Jamaica, Long Island 31
heirs excecutors adminesstrators & assignes a certain
pece ore parcell of land lyinge in the boundes of Jamaica
beinge in ye west devition beinge that devition of land
layd out upon ye right of William Foster latte of Jamaica
aforsd deseast bounded as followeth viz south by the
hay path that leads to Oldfeldes Island north by ye bogges
west by ye lott that Garrett Johnson bought of Joseph
Pleass & east by ye lott that was layd out to Garrett
Luberttson said land sd Thomas Watters had by vertew
of ye right of his aforsd wife beinge ye dauter of the
aforsd Foster deseast all which sd pece ore parcell of
land as it is butted & bounded with all & singuler ye
preveledges and appurtenances heredittements & benifites
with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge ore
lyinge beinge upon the same I the sd Thomas Watters
with Mary my wiff have sould as abovesd unto ye aforsd
Elderd Lukas his heires excecutors adminesstrators &
assignes from us our heires excectrs & adminesstrators to
have and to hould ockepy posses and in joy for ever & ye
same to be & remaine to ye only propor use benifitt &
behoufe of him ye sd Elderd Lukas his heires & assignes
for ever and the same shall and by thes presents for ever
will warrent & defend against any formor salles gifts
morgages doweries leasses claims ore demandes from any
person ore persons with a warrentee to defend the same
against any intrest proporty right title claim ore demand
from me ye said Thomas Watters and Mary my wife our
heires excecutors & adminestrs for ever in testemoney
wherof wee bind our selves our heires excecutrs & ad-
minesstrators by thes presents firmly datted this twenty
first day of June in ye ninth yeare of His Majesties reigne
and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1697
Signed sealled & dellivered Thomas Watters
in presence of Mary X Watters
George Wollsey . her marke
Samuell Ruscoe
A true coppy of ye orridgenall deed
entered pr Samuell Ruscoe
Clarke
32 Records of the Town of
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Edward Burrows of Jamaica in Queens
County in the Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I the abovesaide Edward Burrows with
Mary my wife for severall good reassons and casses us
and each of us therunto moveing but more easspeatily
for the love and naturall love and affection that we
doe bear to our sone Thomas Burrowes of ye abovesd
Towne Island and County as allsoe for ye sume of five
shillinges to us in hand paid by our aforsaid son Thomas
Burrowes the reseipt wherof we doe herby own and
befor the enseallinge and dellivery of thes presents doe
for for us our heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes
of and from any further claim or demand for any part
ore parcell therof have given granted covenanted al-
linated releast quitte claimed made over and confirmed
& by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from us our
heires excecutors & adminesstrators fully frelly & absoo-
lutly given granted covenanted allinated releast quitt
claimd and for ever made over unto the abovesd Thomas
Burrowes his heires excecutors adminesstrators & as-
signes a sartaine homsted sittuat and beinge within the
Townshipe of Jamaica lyinge att ye west end of the Towne
spott & is bounded on ye north with ye highway ore comon
road leadinge to NewYorke ffery and on all the other
parts and places by the comons ore undevided land beinge
formorly layd out for five acers more ore less accordinge
as it lyeth within ye fence now compassinge the same
all which said homested buldinges fencinges orchards
gardens timbers trees woods under woods under woods
standinge or lyinge beinge ore belongeinge to ye same
with all & singuler ye prevelidges and improvements
& beinfits and profits tlieron made & to be made wh all
ye property right title intrest claim ore demand in and
unto ye same I ye abovesd Edward Burrowes with Mary
my wif have as abovesaid giveen granted covenanted
allinated releast quitt claimd made over and for ever
confirmed unto ve abovesd Thomas Burrowes his heires
Jamaica, Long Island 33
exceketors adminesstrators and assignes to have and to
holde ockepy posses and in joy for ever free and clerly
discharged of and from any or all formor salles gifts
morgages or any other entangellments what ever with a
warrente to defend the same against any intrest proporty
claim or demand from me the said Edward Burrowes
& Mary my wiffe our heirs excecutors and adminesstra-
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tors for ever and from any other person ore persons what
ever to the trew confirmation of all and every part
of the above mentioned premises wee bind ourselves by
subscribinge our names & affixinge our sealles this twenty
second day of December in the tenth yeare of His Majsts
reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand
sixe hundred ninty and eaight
Signed sealld and dellivered Edward Burroes O
in presence of Mary X Burrowes O
Robert Read hur mark
Samll Ruscoe
A trew coppy of the origonall deed of givft
pr Samll. Ruscoe
Clarke
June ye 21 1699 then appered befor Danll Whithead
one of His Majsts Justices for Queens County the within
named Edward Burrowes and Mary his wife and did
acknowledg the within written deed to be free and vol-
untary act and deed
Danll Whithead
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume William Creed of Jamaica in ye Queens County in
ye Island of Nassaue sendeth greettinge Know yea that
I the sd William Creed for severall good reassons and
casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for
a full and absolut sattisfaction to me in hand payd all-
redy by John Snedecur of ye abovesd Towne Island and
County to my content ye receipt wherof I doe herby
34 Records of the Town of
own and doe herby for ever exonoratt acquitt & discharge
him ye abovesd John Snedekure his heirs excecutors &
adminesstrators and assignes from any further elaime
ore demand from any part or parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinatted bargined enfeoft & releast
quitt claimed made over and sould and by thes presents
doe acknowledge to have from mee my heires excecutors
& adminesstrators giveen granted covenanted allinatted
bargined releast and for ever made over unto the abovesd
John Snedekure his heirs exceketors and adminesstrators
& assignes a certaine small pece of upland lyinge & beinge
in ye boundes of Jamaica beinge bounded as followth
one ye southwest by Minerd Willseys and soe to rune
southwardly leaveinge the highewaye till you cume to
the bogges meadow & soe by ye sd bogges southeast ore
therabouts roundinge till you cume to Minderd Willseyes
fence all which sd land as above bounded and exsprest
with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge ore
lyinge beinge ore belonginge to the same together with
all and singuler ye rest of ye prevelidges & profits therunto
belonginge the same to have and to hould & posess &
injoy for ever & ye same to be & remaine to ye only pro-
por use benifit & behoufe of him ye sd John Snedekur
his heirs & assignes for ever free & clerly discharged of &
from all formor salles givfts morttgages ore any other
intangelments what ever & ye same shall & will warren t
& by thes presents for ever defend against any claim ore
demand from or by any person or persons layinge any
elaime therto with a warrente to defend ye same against
any intrest proporty claim ore demand from me ye sd
William Creed my heirs ore assignes for ever in teste-
mony wherof I sett to my hand & seall this fourth day of
October in ye 9 yeare of His Majsts reigne & in ye year
of our Lord Christ 1697
Signed seald & delivered Will Creed O
in presence of
Trinche X Garts a trew coppy pr
her mark Samll Ruscoe
Samll Ruscoe Clark
Jamaica, Long Island 35
Page 282
Att a Towne Meettinge held att Jamaica August
ye 20th 1703 present Justice Joseph Smith Justice
Burrows Justice John Smith Justice Jonathan Whithead
— then was choassen by voatt to inspect into all the lands
and meadowes of all and every of the inhabetants of this
Towne of Jamaica whether improved ore nott improved
and to bringe in to the Towne a faire list of ye same and
ye proportion in ordore therunto every mans Quitt Rent
eaquolly and impartily — Theodorus Pollhellmas Benjamin
Thirston Amost Smith and Daniell Smith Seaner —
Att the same meettinge it was agreed upon by voat
that Majore Whitthead and Mr. William Creed was
deputted & choasen to audatt and inspect what Quitt
Rent is dew from this Towne from the day of ye datt of
the last genarrall acquittance untill ye ninth day of
November next enshuinge ye datte herof as allsoe what
moneys has ben paid to any persons what soever for ye
dischargeinge of ye sd Quitt Rent and to give therof an
account to the persons above choasen in order to ye find-
inge out what Quit Rent will be dew from the sd Towne
on the sd ninth day of November next and allsoe all
such sumes of moneys that has ben paid by the sd Towne
for ye sd use to Siny person or persons (to be transmitted
to Hur Marjsts Reseivor Generall att New Yorke) whoe
have nott leagually discharged themselves therof —
Att the same Meettinge the Towne did give unto
Charles Smith a pece of land for to sett a howes upon
adjoyninge to the land that he bought of Daniell Mes-
senger beinge forty footts in lenth & twenty in bredth
to him & his heires & assignes for ever
Att the same meettinge Cap*" Okley was continued
Constable untill ye 15 of March next ore till another be
choasen & sworn in his rume
Att the same meettinge ther was by a publicque voat
choasen and deputted and authorissed Mr. Edward
Burrows John Okee Jonas Wood John Lamberttson
Theodorus Pollhelmas to act and doe in defence of the
36 Records of the Town of
right & prevelidge of ffishinge and fowling within ye
baye & presints with all leagule force care & dilligence —
All the abover orderes of the Towne entered pr mee
Sam^i Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Town Meettinge held at Jamaica December ye
23d 1703 then was choasen by voatt Justice Jonathon
Whitthead and Zachriah Milles to audatt & inspect
what Quitt Rent is dew from this Town from ye day of
ye datt of ye last Genrall acquittance untill ye ninth day
of November next enshueing ye datte herof as allsoe
what moneys has ben paid to any person whatsoever for
ye dischargeing of sd Quitt Rent & to give an account
therof to ye persons befor choassen in order to the find-
inge out what Quitt Rent will be dew from ye sd Towne
on the sd ninth day of November next and allsoe of all
such sumes of moneys that has ben paid by by the sd
Towne for ye sd use to any person or persons to be trans-
mitted to Hur Majesties Receiver Genrall at New Yorke
who have not leagully discharged themselves therof
Pr. Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Town Meettinge Apll ye 1st upon the humble
petition of Elderd Lewkes for a small pece of land to sett
a howes upon the Town have granted that he shall have
a pece of land adjoyninge to the land he bout in Flatbush
boundes that was formorly Hendrik Lott for to sett a
howes upon
Enterd pr order Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att the same mettinge Samll Mills Junor was choasen
constable for this present yeare or untill another be
choase & sworn in his rome
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Jamaica, Long Island ,37
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To all Christian peopell to whom thes present wright-
ing shall cume Jonathan Strickland of Newtowne in
Queens County on Nassau Island in ye Province of New-
York with ye free consent of my wiffe Hanah testefied
as beinge a partie to & seallinge of thes presents for and
in consideration of a vallewable sume of thirten poundes
five shillinges of lawfull moneys of this Province to me
in hand paid & secured to be paid befor ye enseallinge
of thes presents by Jacob Ramson of Jamaica his heires
excecetors adminestrator & assigns every of them ye
receipt wherof the sd Jonathan Strickland do acquitt &
discharge him ye sd Jacob Ramson of Jamaica in ye
County & Island & Province aforsd have granted bar-
gined allinated enfeofd ashuerd made over & sould &
doe by thes presents grant bargine allinatt infeofe ashuer
make over quitt claim confirm & sell unto ye aforsd
Jacobe Ramson of Jamaica his heires excecutors adminess-
trators & assignes for ever all that pece of meadow ground
containing ten acers more or less the place comonly called
Oldfelds Necke in ye boundes of Jamaica bounded
northward by a pond & from ye pond westward to a
little crik head & soe by ye same crick to ye bay to have
& to hould ye sd pece of meadow abovesd belongeinge
unto ye aforsd Jonathan Strickland of Newtowne &
Hanah his wife to ye sd Jacob Ramson his heires excecu-
tors adminesstrators & assignes that they the sd Jacob
Ramson his heires & assignes shall have good power &
lawfull athorety att ye enseallinge & dellivery of thes
presents to grant bargin sell & dispose the within men-
tioned meadow & every part therof and that ye sd
Jonathan Strickland & Hanah his wiffe themselves their
heires excecuts shall & will for ever warrent & defend the
abovesd pece of meadow bounded abovesd against them
their heires ore assignes ore any person what ever that
pretends to lay any claim therto in witnes wherof ye sd
Jonathan Strickland & Hanah his wife hath subscribed
their hands and asigned their sealls in Jamaica this
38 Records of the Town of
fourtenth day of December in ye eaigth yeare of His
Majesties reigne Ano Dominy 1696
Signed seald & dellivered
in presence of Jonathan Strickland O
John Oke Hanah X Strickland O
John Urquhartt hur mark
A trew copy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Jamaica December ye fourtenth 1696 then appered
before me Daniell Whithead on of His Majesties Justices
of ye Peace for Queens County ye above named Jonathan
Strickland & Hanah his wiffe & acknowledged this above
instrument to be their free & vollontary act & deed
Daniell Whithead
and further I the sd Jonathan Strickland doth ingage
my self that ye sd Jacob Ramson shall have liberty to
have a cartt way to his within mentioned meadow &
to cutt timber for fencing upon ye sd Oldfeld Neck it
being ye prevelidg that doath therunto belonge but was
forgotten to be inserted within ye within mentioned
premises to ye trew performance wherof I have sett
my hand December ye 23 — 1696
Jonathan More Jonathan Strickland
John Oke A trew coppy pr
Sam Ruscoe
Clerk
Page 28 J^
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County
sendeth Know yea that I the abovesd William Creed
with Sarah my wife for severall casses & good reasons us
& each of us therunto moveing butt more easspeatily for
ye sume of twenty two poundes currant sillver moneyes
of this Province to me in hand paid & secured to be paid
by Johon Okey of the same Towne Island & County in
Jamaica, Long Island 39
ye Island of Nassau ye receipt wherof we doe herby own
& doe acknowledge to be therwith contented sattisfyed
& payd have giveen granted covenanted allinatd releasd
enfeofed bargined & sould & by thes presents doe acknowl-
edge to have from us our heirs heirs excts admins & as-
signes given granted covntd. alintd releast enfeoft bar-
gind & sold unto the sd John Okee his heirs excect.
adminst & assignes a certaine pece or parcell of upland
lying within the bound of Jamaica being bounded as
followeth in the bounds of Jamaica beinge bound as
followeth viz: begininge at a whitt oke tree standinge
nere to Garrett Luberttsons bounds & from thence
with a direct line too a wallnout tree which ye devition
tree betwixt Peter Hendricks & sd land & soe runinge
parrellell with with ye land of sd Peter Hendriks till
you cume aboutt the middle of the south end of the
pond & soe southardly till you cume to a marked whitoak
tree standinge at ye meadow edg then then easterly
runinge by ye meadow edge till you come to Oldfelds
path & soe bounded by sd path till you come to ye mill
pathe & soe bounded by the northsid of ye mill pathe
till you cume to Garrett Luberttson's marked tree soe
runinge parrellell with Garrett Luberttsons tree till
you cume till you cume to ye abovesd marked whit
oke tree the tree standinge by ye bounds aforsd all
which sd pece ore parcell of upland as it is above butted
& bounded & exprest I ye abovesd William Creed &
Sarah my wife hath as abovesd sould as aforsd unto ye
the afforsd John Okee with all preveliges profit benifits
& apurtenances with all timbers trees woods under woods
standinge or lyinge beinge upon the same to have & to
hould for ever & the same to be & remaine to ye only
proper benefit & behoufe of him the said John Okey
his heirs excects adminestrators & assignes to posses
& in joy forever without lett fraud or hindrance eathire
Page 285
from me the said William Creed and Sarah my wiffe
our heiers and assigns for ever and the the same shall
warrant and for ever defend against any former sales
40 Records of the Town of
givfts morgages or any other intanglements what ever
& ye same shall defend against any claim or claims
from any person ore persons what ever layinge any just
claime therto with a warrente to defend ye same against
any intrest property claime ore demand from us our
heires excecutors & assignes for ever owning & acknowl-
edging ye sd Okee to be in the right ockepation of sd
land & premises in wittnes wherof we sett to our hands
& seals ye third day of March in ye fifth yeare of Their
Majsts & in the yeare of our Lord Christ 1693/4
Know all men by thes presents that John Oke doe
assigne releas quitt claime & make over & deliver unto
Jacob Ranson his heirs excecutors & adminestrators &
assignes all & singuler the right title intrest property
claime or demand of & unto unto the within mentioned
bill ore ded of sale to him Jacob Ranson his heirs &
assigns wich is ore might any waies acreu ore belonge
unto the abovesd John Oke my heirs & asignes exonor-
rattinge and aquitting & defendinge ye sd Jacob Ranson
his heirs & asignes firmly any further claim or pretext
not withstandinge in testemony wherof I the abovesd
John Okee doe bind my self my heirs excecutors & asignes
firmlly by thes presents in testemony wherof I sett to
my hand & seall ye eaightenth of May in the yeare of
their Majesty s reign and in the yeare of our Lord Christ
1695 — The & seals enterlind befor —
Signed seald & delivered John Okey
in presence of
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
Page 286
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume William Creed sendeth greettinge Know yea that
I the abovesd William Creed belongeinge to Jamaica in
Queens County on ye Island of Nassau for severall good
resons & casses me therunto moveinge but more eas-
peatilly for a vallewable sattisfaction to me in hand paid
by Ram Dorlant of the abovesd Town Island and County
ye reseipt wherof the abovesd William Creed doath herby
i
Jamaica, Long Island 41
own & befor the ensealling & delivery of thes presents
doth acknowledge himself to be therwith fully contented
sattisfyed and therof and therfrom doath for ever exonor-
ratte acquitt and discharge him ye sd Ram Dorlant his
heires & assignes of & from any further claim ore de-
mand for any partt ore parcell therof have given granted
covenanted allinatted releast quitte claimd made over
and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledge to have
from mee my heirs excecutors & adminesstrators fully &
absoelutly giveen granted covenanted allinated releast
enfeoft quitt claimd made over and sould unto ye abovesd
Ram Dorlant his heires excecutors & adminestrators a
cartain pece ore parcell of land & meadow lyeinge and
beinge in the boundes of Jamaica abovesd containinge
five acers more ore less begininge att the lands of the sd
Ram Dorlant and soe to run westward leaveinge of a
highway untill it make up ye number of five acers as
abovesd and ye sd Ram Dorlant is to make & maintain
a good three foot dich in ye meadow soe far as the land
goes all which sd pece of land & meadow as it is above
exprest with all timbers trees woods under woods stand-
inge or lyeinge beinge or belongeinge to ye same with
all the previledges profits and benifits therunto belong-
inge to the abovesd Ram Dorlant his heires & assignes
the sam and every part & parcell therof to have and to
hould ockepy poses & in joy for ever and the same to be
& remain to the only propor use benifit & behouf of him
the Ram Dorlant his heirs & assignes for ever free &
clerly discharged of & from all formor salles givfts mor-
gages dowreys or any other entanglments what soever &
the same shall warrent & by thes presents for ever defend
against from any person ore persons whatsoever layeinge
any just claim therunto with a warrente to defend the
same against any claim or demand from mee the sd Will-
iam Creed my heires excecutors or adminesstrators for
ever in confirmation wherof the abovesd William Creed
doath bind him self & his heirs excutors & adminesstra-
tors for ever in confirmation wherof the abovesd Will
Creed doath bind himself & his heirs excecutors & ad-
42 Records of the Town of
minesstrators to ye abovesd Ram Dorlant his heires
& assignes by thes presents firmly sealled with his seall
and datted this tenth day of Janery in the second yeare
of Hur Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ
one thowsd seven hundred & thre & four
Signed sealled and dellivered Will Creed O
in presence of
Mary Ruscoe A trew coppy of the orrigonall
Samuell Ruscoe deed pr Sam'' Ruscoe
Clarke
Page £87
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall dume Thomas Ffoster of MuUmouth River in Sallem
County in West New Jarzey sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I the abovesd Thomas Ffoster for sundrey and
severall good reassons and casses me therunto moveinge
but more easspeatily for a sartain sume of money to me
in hand paid by Benjamin Thirston of Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Island of Nassau the receipt wherof I doe
herby owne and acknowledg and before the enseallinge
and delivery of thes presents doe own to be therwith
fully and absolutly contented sattisfyed & paid & therof
& therfrom doe for ever exonoratt acquitt and discharge
ye abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heires excecutors ad-
minesstrators and assignes of & from any further claime
ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinatted releassed enfeofed quitte
claimed made over and sould and by thes presents doe
acknowledg to have from mee my heires excecuts & ad-
minesstrators & assignes fully and absoluttly giveen
granted covenanted releast enfeoft quitt claimed made
over and sold unto ye abovesd Benjamin Thirston his
heires excects adminsts and assignes all that ye other
half of ye small lotte of meadow belonginge to hime ye
sd Thomas Ffostor lyinge att ye further East Neck
Benjamin Thirston haveinge ye other half part allredy
lyinge between Samuell Smith & Will" Fostop latte of
Jamaica desseast as allsoe eaight acer right right of devi-
ticm of land upon ye Little Plaines and eaight acer right
J
Jamaica, Long Isl.\nd 43
of devition of bogges as allsoe eaight acer right of comon-
age all belongeinge to sd Towne of Jamaica (ye half
acer of land to an acer of meadow in ye Necke wher ye
wholl lottment of meadow dose belonge beinge in ye
hether East Necke being & belongeinge to sd Neck only
excepted) all which sd pece of meadow as abovesaid w*
ye eaight acer right of ye plaines & ye sd right of boges
& right of comonage only ye right aforsd Necke excepted
I ye sd Thomas Fostor have as abovesd sould as aforesd
to ye abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heirs & assignes
with all ye rights & prevelidges therunto belonginge to
have and to hold ockepy poses & in joy for ever and ye
same to be & remaine to ye only propor use benifit &
behouf of him the sd Benjamin Thirston his heires and
assignes fre and clerly discharged of and from all formor
salles givfts mortgages ore any other intanglements what
ever and ye same shall warrent and by thes presents for
ever defend against any intrest proporty claime ore
demand from me ye sd Thomas Ffoster my heirs and
Page 288
excecutors adminesstrators and from all & every person
or persons what ever with a warrentee for ye same in
wittnes wherunto I have sett to my hand & seall this
twenty seventh day of October in the ninth yeare of His
Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1697
Signed sealled and delivered Thomas Ffoster O
in presence of
James X Hadlock
his mark
Samll Ruscoe
Memorandam that one ye twelvt day of November in
ye ninth yeare of His Majests. reigne & in ye yeare of our
Lord Christ 1697 ther appered before Daniell Whitthead
one of His Majesties Justices of ye Peace for Queens
County ye within named Thomas Ffostor and did
acknowledge ye within written deed of salle to be his free
& vollentary act & deed
Daniell Whithead
44 Records of the Town of
A trew coppy of ye orridgenall deed
entered pr Sam" Ruscoe
November ye 29: 1697 Clark
Page 289
To all Christian peopel to whome thes presents shall
cume Peter White of Jamaica in Queens County in the
Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea that
I ye aforsd Fetter Whitte for severall good reassons and
casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a
vallewable sume of moneys to me in hand paid by Ben-
jamin Thirston of ye forsd Towne Island adn County
the receipt wherof I doe herby own and acknowledge to
be therwith contented sattisfyed and paid and therof and
therfrom doe acquitte and discharge ye sd Benjamin
Thirston his heirs & assignes from any further claim ore
demand for any part or parcell therof have giveen granted
covenanted allinated releast enfeofd quitte claimed made
over and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledge to
have from me my heires excectrs & adminesstrators
giveen granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft
quitte claimd made over and sould unto ye abovesd
Benjamin Thirston his heires excecutors & assignes a
sertain pece of land lyinge w* in ye bounds of Jamaica
in ye west devition beinge & arrissinge from a five acer
right of devition of meadow accordinge as it shall be
laid out with all ye timbers trees woods under woods
prevelidges profits & benifits and appurtenances ther-
upon & therunto belonginge to have and to hould ockepye
posses & injoy for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye
only propor use benifit & behouf of him ye said Benjamin
Thirston his heirs & assignes fre & clerly discharged of &
from all formor salles salles givfts mortgages or any other
intanglements what ever wth a warrentee to defend the
same against any right title intrest proporty claime ore
demand from me ye sd Peter Whitte my heirs excetrs
& adminestrators and from all claim ore claimes from
any person or persons whatsoever layinge any just claim
therunto in testemony wherof I have herunto set to
Jamaica, Long Island 45
my hand & fixed my seall this twenty first day of June
in ye ninth yeare of His Majsts reigne & in ye yeare of
our Lord 1697
Signed sealled & delHvered Peter Whitt O
in presence of
George Wollsey A trew coppy of ye orrigonall
Sam^^ Ruscoe deed entered pr
Sam^i Ruscoe
November ye 29 1697 Clarke
Page 290
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Daniell Thirston belongeinge to Jamaica in ye Island
of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea that I ye above-
sd Daniell Thirston for severall good considerations &
casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a
full and vallewable sume of moneys to me in hand paid
by Benjamin Thirston of ye same Towne Island & County
to my sattisfaction ye receipt wherof I doe herby own
and acknowledge to be therwith contented sattisfyed &
paid & therof & therfrom doe exonaratt acquitt & dis-
charge ye sd Benjamin Thirston his heirs excecutors ad-
minesstrators & assignes of & from any further claim
ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allined releast enfeofed bargined
made over and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledge
to have from me my heirs excecutors adminesstrators &
assignes fully & absolutly given granted covenanted
allinated released enfeofd bargined made over & sould
to ye abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heirs excecutors
adminesstrators & assignes all that my wholl right title
intrest proporty claime ore demand in & unto all & every
part & parcell of that my part ore proportion of easstatt
of lands meadows rights & prevelidges being beinge
within ye boundes & limits of Jamaica abovesd ac-
cordinge as it was remised releassed & quitte claimed
to me by Thomas Ffoster sone & heir to Thomas Ffoster
late of Jamaica deseast as by sd releas may more att
large appere I say that I ye said Daniell Thirston have
46 Records of the Town of
as abovesd sould as aforsd to ye sd Benjamin Thirston
all my right as abovesd as by sd releas may with all &
singiiler ye rights prevelidges & benifits therupon & ther-
unto belongeinge to have & to hold to ye sd Benjamin
Thirston his heirs & assignes for ever & ye same to be
& remain to ye only use benifit & behouf of him ye sd
Benjamin Thirston his heirs & assignes frely discharged
of & from all formor sales morgages givftes leasses ore
any other entangellments what ever & ye same shall
warrent & defend with a warrente against any intrest
proporty claime ore demand from me ye sd Daniell
Thirston my heirs & assignes for ever & from any person
ore persons layinge any claim therto in wittnes wherunto
I sett to my hand & seall this 25 of October in ye 9 yeare
of His Majsts reigne Ano 1697
Signed seald & dellivered Daniell Thirston O
in presence of
Thomas Ffoster
Samll Ruscoe
A trew copy of ye oridganell deed
November ye 12: 1697 — then appered Daniell Whitt-
head one of His Majesties Justices of ye Peace for Queens
County ye within named Daniell Thirston & did acknowl-
edg ye within written deed to be his free & vollontary act
& deed
Daniell Whitthead
Page 291
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Nehemiah Smith of Jamaica in Queens County in
ye Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I ye sd Nehemiah Smith for severall good reassons
& casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily
for a vallewable sume to me in hand paid by Ben j amine
Thirston of the abovesd Towne Island & County ye
receipt wherof I doe herby own & before ye enseallinge
Jamaica, Long Island 47
& delivery of thes presents doe acknowledg to be ther-
with fully & absolutly contented sattisfyed & paid &
therof and therfrom doe for ev^er fully & absolutly ex-
onorat & discharge him the sd Benjamin Thirston his
heirs exceCiitors adminesstrators & assignes of & from
any further demand for any part ore parcell therof have
giveen granted covenanted allinated releast quit claimed
bargined enfeofed made over and sould & by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from me my heirs excecutors &
adminesstrators fully and freely giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated releast quitt claimed bargined enfeofed
made over & sould unto the aforsaid Benjamin Thirston
his heirs excecutors adminesstrators and assignes a sar-
taine pece of upland containinge two acers or therabouts
more ore les lyinge & beinge- within ye boundes and
limits of Jamaca abovesd lyinge in a hollow south of ye
Little Plains & bounded as followeth — by Waitt Smith
on ye south & Joseph Smith one ye north and east
& west by ye high waies all which - sd pece of land con-
taining two acers more ore less as it is above bounded
& exsprest together with all fences fedings prevelidges
profits benifits & emprovements theron made or therunto
belongeinge with all timbers trees standinge ore lyinge
I the said Nehemiah Smith have sould as abovesd to ye
aforsd Benjamin Thirston his heirs & assignes the same
to have & to hould ockepy posses and injoy for ever &
ye same to be & remaine to ye only propor sole use benifit
and behouf of him the said Benjamin Thirston his heirs
& assignes fre and clerly discharged of & from all formor
sales gifts morgages dowers leases ore any other entangle-
ments what ever & ye same shall warrent and by thes
presents forever defend against any intrest property
claim ore demand from me ye sd Nehemiah Smith my
heirs excecutors & adminesstrators for ever to ye trew &
absolut performance of all & every ye above mentioned
& bargined premises I ye abovesd Nehemiah Smith doe
bind myself my heirs & assignes by setting to my hand
& seall this fourth day of Febrauary in ye ninth yeare
48 Records of the Town of
of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord one
thousand six hundred ninty seven & eaight
Signed seald & dellivered Nehemiah X Smith O
in presence of his mark
Hope Carpenter
Samll Ruscoe a trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 292
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Richard Denton of Ffosters Meadow belongeinge
to Henipsted in Queens County on Longe Island allies
Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd
Richard Denton for severall good resons & casses me
therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable
sattisf action to me in hand paid by Benjamin Thirston
of Jamaica in ye Island and County abovesd ye receipt
wherof I doe herby own & before the enseallinge & delliv-
ery of thes presents doe own my self to be fully contented
sattisfyed & paid and therof & therfrom doe exonoratt
acquitt & discharge him the sd Benjamin Thirston his
heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes of & from
any further claim ore demand for any part ore parcell
herof have giveen* granted covenanted allinated released
enfeofed quitte claimd bargined made over & sould &
by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my
heirs excecutors adminesstrators & assignes fully &
absolutly giveen granted covenanted allinated releast
enfeofed quitte claimed made over & sould unto the
abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heires excecutors ad-
minesstrators & assignes all that my wholl right title
intrest proporty claim ore demand in & unto all & every
part & parcell of that my part ore proportion of estate
of land meadow rights & prevelidges lyinge and beinge
within the boundes & limits of Jamaica abovesd ac-
cordinge as it was remissed released & quitte claimd to me
by Thomas Foster sone & heir to Thomas Ffoster latte
of Jamaica deseast as by sd releas may be sene with all
& singuler the rights prevelidges & benifits therupon &
Jamaica, Long Island 49
therunto belongeinge to have and to hould to ye sd
Benjamin Thirston his heirs & assignes for ever & ye
same to be & remaine to the only propor use benifit &
behoiif of him ye sd Benjamin Thirston his heirs & as-
signes freely discharged of & from all formor sales givfts
morgages leasses ore any other entangelments whatever
& the same shall warrent & by thes presents for ever
defend against any intrest proporty claime ore demand
from me the sd Richard Denton my heirs & assignes for
ever & from any person ore persons whatever layinge
any just claim therto in witnes wherunto I have set to
my hand & fixed my seall this fourtenth day of December
in ye ninth yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of
our Lord 1697
Signed sealled & dellivered Richard Denton O
in presence of
Marcy X RuscoE A trew coppy of the origonall
her mark pr Samll Ruscoe
Samuell Ruscoe Clarke
Page 293
To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
Joseph Pleas belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens County
in ye Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I the abovesd Joseph Pleas for severall good resons
& casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for
a valluable sume to my satisfaction to me in hand paid
by Benjamin Thirston of ye aforsaid Towne Island &
County ye receipt wherof I doe herby own & before ye
enseallinge & delivery of thes presents doe acknowledge
to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed & paid & therof
& therfrom doe for ever acquitte exonorratt & discharge
the abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heires excutors ad-
minestrators & assignes from any claim ore claims for
any partt ore parcell therof have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinatted releast enfeoft quitte claimd made
over & sould and by thes presents doe for me my heirs
excecutors & adminestrators own & acknowledg to have
50 Records of the Town of
fully and absolutly giveen granted covenanted allinated
releast enfeoft quitte claimd bargined made over & sould
unto the abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heires excecutors
adminesstrators & assigns a certain pece ore parcell of
upland lyinge & beinge in ye east devition within the
boundes & limits of Jamaica abovesd beinge a fiveten
acor right of devition more ore less as it was layd out
lyinge in number eaighten haveinge John Smith one ye
north number seventen & Theodoros Polhelmas on ye
south number ninten runinge parrellell with ye rest of
sd lotts drawn for in sd rainge to Plain Rune ore highway
all which sd pece of land as it is buted & exspresed with
all ye prevelidges profits & benifits & with all timbers
trees woods under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge upon
the same I the abovesd Joseph Pleas have for my self
my heirs excecutors & adminestrators sould and for ever
firmly sett over to ye forsd Benjamin Thirston his heirs
& assignes to have and to hould for ever & the same to be
& remain to ye only solle propor use benifit & behouf of
him ye sd Benjamin Thirston his heirs & assignes to
ockepy posses and in joy free & clerly discharged of &
from all formor sals givfts morgages ore any other en-
tanglements what ever & the same shall warrent & by
thes presents for ever defend against any claime ore
elaimes from any persons ore persons what soever layinge
any just claime therto with a warrente to defend ye same
against any intrest proporty claim ore demand from me
ye sd Joseph Pleas my heirs exceketors adminestrators
& assignes for ever & further ye sd Joseph Pleas doath
covenant & promis to & with him ye sd Benjamin Thirston
that he is att ye ensealling & delivery of thes presents &
shall be lawfull att any & att all times herafter the sd
premises to enter & poses & ye same with all & every part
therof poses & peacably injoy without lett fraud or
moUestation for ever in wittnes wherunto I ye sd Joseph
Pleas doe bind myself my heirs excets & administ by
thes presents firmly datted this last day of Aprill in
Jamaica, Long Island 51
ye 9 yeare of His Majsts reigne & in ye year of our Lord
Xt 1697
Signed seld & delivered Joseph Pleas O
in ye presence of
Joseph Smith, Junr. A trew copp of ye oridgenall ded
Sam'^ Ruscoe pr. Sam" Ruscoe
Clark
Page 29J^
To all Christian peopell before whome thes presents
instrument may cume that I Peter White of ye Towne of
Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province of NewYorke
sendeth greettinge Know all men by thes presents that
I Peter Whitt of ye Towne of Jamaica one Longe Island
in Queens County in ye Province of New York me move-
ing therunto & in consideration of a vallewable sume of
moneys allredy by me received of Ben j amine Thirston
smith of ye aforsd Town & County & Province have
giveen granted allinated sold & enfeofd & confirmed unto
Benjamine Thirston his heirs excecutors adminestrators
and assignes a certain parcell of land containginge thirty
three acors more ore less as it was layd out lyinge in
number twenty in ye east devition bounded on the
north by Theodorus Pollhelmas on ye south sid by Nath-
aniell Denton on ye east by Hempsted boundes on ye
west by ye fenced hollow excepting ye highway which
sd parcell of land as above bounded & exsprest together
with all ye prevelidges & appurtenances & improvements
erbige and timber or what soever doath now or shall
herafter belonge I ye aforsd Peter Whitte doe for me my
heires excecutors adminestrators & assignes doe fully
& absolutly sell give grant and make over for ever ye
aforsd land above bounded unto Benjamin Thirston
abovesd to him his heires excecutors adminestrators &
assignes for ever to have and to hould for ever peaceably
to in joy and poses for ever without any lett ore hindrance
what soe ever and I the abovesd Peter White doe for me
my heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes promis
and ingage unto Benjamin Thirston his heires excecutors
adminestrators & assignes to ffree ye abovesd land from
52 Records of the Town of
all formore givfts grants entaillments leasses mortgages
or any other incumbrances what ever by any person ore
persons whatever layinge any claim to any part or parcell
of ye abovesd land afor mentioned & bounded to all
intents & purposes to every of them to ye trew intent
in conformation herof I have herunto sett to my hand by
subscribinge my name this twentyet fourth of March in
ye sixth yeare of Their Majesties reigne King William
and Queen Mary — Kinge of England Scottland Ffrance
and Irland Defender of ye Faith ye yeare of our Lord
1694
Signed seald and dellivered Peter Whitt O
in presens of
John Bayles A trew coppy of the oridgonall
Edward Hare deed entered pr
Sam*' Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 295
Be it knowne to all men whome it may anywais con-
sern that Thomas Smith Smith of Jamaica planter upon
ye Isle of Nassau in ye Province of New Yorke hath for
himself his heires excecutors & adminesstrators bartrd
bargined sould allinatted assigned & made over & doath
by thes instrument of conveiance & deed of salle barter
bargine sell allinat assigne & make over from him his
heires & assignes unto Ben j amine Thirston of the Towne
& Province abovesd a certain lotte parcell or messuage
of upland beinge & lyinge withine ye boundes & limits of
Jamaica abovesd and in ye first devition eastward that
is to say a one acer & half devition in number the fivetenth
lott beinge sittuatt & lyinge upon the east side of ye
Little Plaine Rune containinge more ore less as it was
layd out fruntinge upon the Plaine Rune aforsd and
rearringe upon the runne formorly known by ye name of
Forstors Meadow Rune bounded by the lott that was
formorly Richard Roads now in ye possestion of Ben-
jamin Thirston on ye north & by John Freemans lott on
ye south to rune parrellell in lenth with ye sd lots for ye
sd Thirston to have and to hould as his absolut right &
Jamaica, Long Island 53
property & to ye sole use benifit & behouf of him his heirs
excecutors adminesstrators and assignes for ever with
all ye prevelidges profits of wood trees timbers standinge
or lyinge theroii conveneties or egress belongeinge ther-
imto or may at any time ore times herafter any wais
acrew ore apertaine therunto more over ye aforsd Thomas
Smith doath acknowledge that he hath receaived sattis-
faction in full for ye sd land and doath herby acquitt &
discharge ye sd Thirston his heires excecutors & adminess-
trators of all & every part of ye same and doath promis &
ingag to make good in law this his deed of salle to allin-
tents & purposes & warrent ye same free & clere from any
challenge claime ore pretence of right ore title justly
made & laid ore placed by any person ore persons what
soever & for ye full confirmation of the premisses ye sd
Thomas hath subscribed his name & affixed herunto his
seall this thirtieth day of Aprill in ye yeare of our Lord
1695
Signed seald & dellivered Thomas Smith O
in ye presence of
John Prudden A trew coppy of the orrigonall
Hendrickes Hegoman deed entered pr
Sam'i Ruscoe
Clarke
Know all men by thes presents whom thes may con-
sern that I John Williams of Hempsted on Longe Island
in Queens County & in ye Province of New Yorke doe
bargine and sell and sell from me my heires excecutors
adminestrators & assignes unto Benjamin Thirston of
Jamaica of the same County & Province above mentioned
to him his exceketors adminesstrators or assignes one
lottment of land containinge about sixten acers more ore
less as it was layd out att Jamaica and bounded one the
southwest by Samuell Mathewes land & one the north
west by a highway goeinge to Charsmores Island south
east & north east by Richard Joneses land I the abovesd
John Williams doe own to have sould the above men-
tioned lott from me my heires excecutors & assignes to
54 Records of the Town of
to ye abovesd Benjamin Thirston to him his heires
excecutors ore assignes to have & to hould for his owne
for ever free from any intailhnent or joynter & I the
abovesd John Wilhams doe & will stand to maintain
this my deed of salle lawfull and and athentick and
Page 296
good before any whom it may appere this this above deed
is giveen for a vallewable considerration allredy received
by me John Williams to the trew performance herof we
doe sett to our hands & fixe our scales sined & sealed in
Hempsted the 18 day of July 1696
Signed & scald John X Williams O
in presens of his mark
Eaphreaim Vallinteen Mary X Williams O
Joseph Williams her mark
A trew coppy of the origonall deed entered pr
Sam^* Ruscoe
Clark
Know all men by thes presents that L John Smith
inhabctant of Jamaica in Queens County on the Island
of Nassau belonging to ye Province of New Yorke for
severall resons and good casses me therunto moveinge
but more esspeatily for a certain sume of moneys to me
paid by Benjamin Thirston in the sd Towne of Jamaica
& County abovesd wherfore I hould me well satisfyed
& therfore have allinated bargined & sold & by vertew
herof I the sd John doe sell dispoas allinat & make over
from me my heires excecutors forever unto ye abovesd
Ben j amine Thirston to him his heirs excecutors adminess-
trators or assignes for ever a thre acer right of boges for
his best conveninty to have & to hould keep & posses for
ever as his own heritage & proporty from ye datte herof
& I ye sd John Smith doe bind my heires that it shall be
free & fully discharged and to warrent it from formore
sales givfts grants dowers leasses joynters anuties intaills
judgments forfetuers morgages claimes or incumbrances
what so ever had made ore comitted in writtinge wittingly
Jamaica, Long Island 55
ore willingly suffered or don by ye aforsd John Smith
ore his menes privety ore procuerment or by other person
ore persons lawfully layinge from or by or under them to
warrent & make good in law this bill of sale and thes
premises therin contained & in confirmation of the
trew performance of ye premises I doe seall sign & deliver
with my own hand this bill of salle befor three wittneses
at Jamaica the first of March 1696/7
Signed seald and delivered John Smith O
in presenc of ,
David Wright A trew coppy of the orrigonall
Samuell Thirston ' deed entered pr
Jonathan X Wright Sam^' Ruscoe
his mark Clark
Page 297
Know all men by thes presents that I John Rowlesson
inhabetant of Jamaica in Queens County in the Island
of Nassau belongeinge to ye Province of New Yorke for
severall good casses & resons therunto moveinge me but
esspeatily for one sume of moneys paid & secuered to be
paid wherof I hold me well content therof witt yee me
to have sold dispossed and make over with ye free good
will & consent of my wiffe Greeched Rowlesson from
us our heires for ever unto Freaderick Hendrickeson of
ye same Towne inhabetant of Jamaica County abovesd
to him his heires excecutors and assignes what sume ever
thirty acers of land more ore less joyninge to Samuell
Smith at ye west sid on ye east sid of Edward one the
north sid by ye path thats betwen Creeds & ye sd Fredrick
Hendrickson south sid by the path that goes to Mr.
Wolseys lott with ten acers of meadow more ore less
lyinge att ye old Towne Necke the west sid joyninge to
Samuell Smiths meadow one the north side joyninge to
ye woods therf or witt ye me John Rowlesson with Greethe
my wife abovesd doe by vertew herof ffully and freely &
absolutly & clerly give grant sell and dispoas & confirme
from us our heires exceketors & adminesstrators unto
the sd Fredrick Hendricksone his heirs assignes & excecu-
tors & adminesstrators ye abovesd thirty acers of land
56 Records of the Town of
and ten acers of meadow with all ye prevelidges therunto
belongeing to have and to hold for now and ever & to
enter therwith in possestion and to labour and ockepy as
his owne proper land & meadow and to keepe it as his
own propor land from ye datte herof and wee bind our-
selves that it shall be fully & freely discharged from all
formore sails gifts grantes doweries leasses joynters
anuties uses intails judgments fines forfitt uses morgages
ore claims ore incumbrances what soever had made or
committed in writtinge wittingely or willingely sufered
ore done by by ye forsd John Rowlesson ore his wif or
any of them by their act meanes consent privitty ore
procuerment or by any other persons lawfully claiminge
from by & under them or any of them in confirmation
of the trew performance of ye abovesd premises I doe
signe seall & deliver with my own hand this bill of seall
befor wittness at Jamaica the ninth day of December on
thowsand sixe hundreed ninty three yeares
Signed & sealld & dellivered John Rowlesson O
in presence of
Andrew Allexander A trew copy pr
Thomas Unphreys Sam^' Ruscoe
Clark
Page 298
Laid out by the surveirs of the Towne of Jamaica one
devident of land beinge bounded west soth & east by ye
swampe & north by the road beinge against Samll Baily
— Test pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cum John Oke of Jamaica in Queens County on ye
Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea that I
ye abovesd John Oke for severall good reasons considera-
tions & casses me therunto moveinge but more eass-
peatily for a full & vallewable sume to me in hand paid
by Waitt Smith of ye abovesd Towne Island & County
the receipt wherof I doe herby owne & before ye en-
seallinge and delivery of thes presents doe acknowledge
Jamaica, Long Island 57
my self to be therwith contented satisfied and paid &
therof & therfrom doe for ever exonourratt acquitte &
discharge ye abovesd Waitt Smith his heires & assignes
of & from any further claim or demand for any part ore
parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted enfeoft
quitte claimd made over & sould & by thes presents doe
acknowledge to have from me the abovesd John Oke
my heires excecutors & adminesstrators fully & absolutly
giveen granted covenanted allinatted releast quitt claimd
made over & sold to ye abovesd Waitt Smith his heires
excecutors adminestrators & assignes a cartaine lott or
devition of land lying & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica
abovesd being in ye hill devition beinge a five acer right
& bounded west by William Whitt & east by John Hanson
& north by ye line partting Flushing boundes & Jamaica
and south by ye abovesd John Hanson all which land
I ye sd John Oke doe acknowledg as it is butted bounded
& exsprest to have sould from me my heires excecutrs &
adminestrs unto ye abovesd Waitt Smith his heires
excecutors adminestratores & assignes with all & singuler
ye prevelidges profits & benifites therunto belongeing
with all timbers trees woods under wods standinge or
lyinge beinge ore belongeinge to ye same to have and to
hold for ever and the same to be & remain to the only
propor sole use benifitt and behoufe of him the sd Waitt
Smith his heires excecutors and assignes for ever fre and
clerly discharged of & from all formor salles givftes
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givftes morgages or any other entangellments what soe-
ever and ye sd salle shall warrent and by thes presents
for ever defend against any claim ore demand from any
person ore persons layeinge any just claim therunto
with a warrentee to deefend the same against any intrest
proporty claime ore demand from me the sd John Oke
my heires excecutores & adminesstratores for ever & for
the confirmation wherof the sd John Oke doath bind
himself and his heires by settinge to his hand and afiixe-
inge his seall this twenty day of January in the twelfth
year of His Maj«*\ reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord
58 Records of the Town of
Christ one thowsand & seven hundred & seven hundred
& one
Signed seald & delivered John Oke O
in presence of
Js. Lenoir &
Samll Ruscoe
Memorandam that on the 20th day of May 1701
apered befor Daniell Whitthead Esqre one of His Majs.
Justices for ye keepinge of ye peace within Queens County
assigned ye within named John Oke & acknowledged the
within written conveiance to be his free & voluntary act
& deed
Teste Dan^' Whithead
A trew coppy of the origonall deed of salle with the
acknowledgment therof entered pr
Sam'^ Ruscoe
Clark
I underwritten doe acknowledge to have sold to
Mr. William Creed a small bitt of meddo lyinge joyinnge
to Hegomans meadow in ye Town of Jamaica from a whitt
oak tree to ye wood edge in the Old Towne Neck which
sd pece of meadow I doe sell to ye sd Creed his heires
excecutors adminesstrators or assignes from me my heires
excecutors and adminesstrators & every on of them as
wittnes my hand in Jamaica on Long Island in Queens
County this first day of Aprill 1694 as wittnes my hand
the day & year aforsd
Testes William Whitte
James Marchall
Rodger Baker A trew copy pr
Sam*^ Ruscoe
Clarke
Know all men by thes presents that I William Creed
of Jamaica in Queens County doe own to have from me
& my heirs fully & and absolutly sould unto Mr. Hen-
Jamaica, Long Island 59
dricks Heagoman of the place abovesd the abovesd
pece of meadow according as itt is above entered in this
page to have & to hold for ever free without trouble or
mollestation as wittnes my hand this 27 of January
1701/2
Teste Will Creed
Samuell Ruscoe Clark
Marcy X Ruscoe
her mark
Page 300
Know all men whome it may conserne that I Brian
Newton inhabetant of Jamaica in ye North Rydinge of
Yorkshier upon Longe Island have bargined & sould unto
Thomas Wollsey bacherler inhabetant of ye said Jamaica
in the rydinge abovesd my ten acer lyeinge and beinge
westward of the Towne for & in considerration of a
cartain peanall sume of moneys to be paid yearly as
exsprest in a bill of dept under his hand bearinge datt
herwith I say that I Brian Nuton have bargined & by
vertew of thes presents with the consent of my wife
Alles Nuton sell and make over from us our heires or
excecutors & adminesstrators to the said Thomas Wollsey
all our right title & proporty in the abovesd ten acer
lott with all the fences & fencinges belongeinge and ap-
pertaininge therunto to be his absolut propriaty to poses
enjoy emprove and disspoas of without any molesstation
from mee ore my heires for ever which said lott beinge
inclossed particulerly by itt self is bounded by Daniell
Whittheads land on ye next by the highway one the
north by Joseph Thirstones and Nicolos Eaverits land
one the east side & by the comons on the south side and
for the confirmation of this bill of salle as my absolut
deed and act I have sett to my hand and seall this twenty
second day of December in the yeare of our Lord one
thowsand sixe hundred & eaghty
Brian Newton
X
his mark O
60 Records of the Town of
Signed sealld and delliverd
in presence of us Test
John Prudden
George Wollsey A trew coppy entered pr
Sam^^ Ruscoe
December ye 29: 1699 Clark
Page 301
To all peopell to whom thes presents wrightinge shall
cume Daniell Whithead of Jamaica in Queens County on
the Island of Nassau in the Province of NewYorke sendeth
grettinge Know yea that I the sd Daniell Whitthead
for and in consideration of ffull sattisfaction to me in
hand paid have granted bargined allinated made over &
sold & by thes prsents grant bargine make over allinatt
confirme & sell clerly & absolutly unto Thomass Wollsey
his heires & assignes for ever a certain ten acer lott of
land more ore less sittuatt lyeinge & beinge in this Town
boundes of Jamaica aforsaid butted and bounded as
ffolloweth (that is to say) easterly upon the land now in
the tenure of him the sd Thomas Wojlsey westwardly
upon the land of Mr. John Prudden southerdly upon ye
Kinges Road ore comon highway & northerdly to a
highway betwixt ye hilles and ye said ten acer lott of
land together with all ye appurtenances therunto be-
longeinge or in any waies appertainnige to have and
to hold the sd ten acers of land be it more ore less ac-
cordeinge as it is butted & bounded to ye onely propor
use and usses of him ye said Thomas Wollsey his heirs
and assignes for ever and the said Daniell Whithead
his heres excecutors adminesstrators & assignes all the
above mentioned ten acers of land unto the abovesd
Thomas Wollsey his heres excecutors adminesstrators
and assignes in his and their peaceable and quiatt possess-
ion shezuer against all peopell shall and will warrent
& for ever defend by thes presents in wittnes wherof ye
Jamaica, Long Island 61
sd Daniell Whithead have sett to his hand and seall this
the fivft day of April 1694
Signed seald and dellivered Dan^^ Whitthead O
in presence of
Sam^i Ruscoe a trew coppy entered this
Edward Burrowes 29th of December 1699
pr Sam^^ Ruscoe
Clark
Jamaica — memorandam this elleventh day of June on
thowsand sixe hundreed ninty and two itt is concluded
and bargined by and betwixt Daniell Whitthead Esqr.
and Thomas Wollsey that the sd Thomas WoUsey shall
have ockepy & in joy a sartain ten acer lott bounded
front and reare on the highwayes easterly by Thomas
Wollsey and westwerdly by Edward Burrowes to have
and to hold sd land as his right of inherretance
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provided the said Thomas Wollsey shall pay ore
case to be paid unto Mr. Sollenes that marryed the
widdow Stenwick in NewYorke the sume of fforty tew
poundes in monyes att ore before Apprill ye first that
will bee in ye yeare of our Lord 1694
In considerration wherof the said Thomas Wollsey
doath oblidge himself to make over & doath confirm
& convey to sd Daniell Whitthead his heires & assignes
for securety of sd sume of moneyes soe to be paid his
the sd WoUseys lott or in confirmation wherof & that
any other firm or deed and conveiance of the premisses
shall be made according to law the parties above men-
tioned have herunto sett their handes & sealls the datt
first above written
Seald & delivered Danll Whithed O
befor us Tho. Wollsey O
Edward Burrowes
Will Whitt A trew copy pr
Peter Chek Sam'i Ruscoe
Clark
62 Records of the Town of
The land of Thomas Wollsey of Jamaica is as followeth
viz: one lott of upland lyeinge to the westward of this
Towne abovesd containinge fourten acers be it more ore
less as it was laid out & bounded north by ye road leading
to York & east by Anthony Waters & south by ye sd
Waters & west by William Creed as allsoe one third
partt of a thrty acer lott lyeinge southward of ye f orsd lott
& is bounded by Fredrick Hendricks one the east & John
Lambertes on the west & north by the highway & soth
by Jacob Ramson as allsoe five acers of meadow lyeing
at the hawtrees & bounded east by William Creed & west
by Peter Hendriks being ye half of a ten acer lott — as
allsoe one third partt of the home lott formorly my
fathers — as allsoe the one third partt of a ten acer lott
of meadow lyeinge att the further East Neck — as allsoe
the one third partt of a hill lott lyeinge above Samuel 1
Millses Thes above parcells of land & meadow with an
adition of meadow alsoe lying at ye east sid of the
Great Island at the further East Neck the 29 of
December 1699
Pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 303
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samuell Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County in
the Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea that
I the abovesd Samuell Bayles for severall good reasons
& casses mee therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for
a vallewable sattisfaction to me in hand paid by Thomas
Eaverritt by & with the consent & previty of Cap*"
Daniell Whithead and Benjamin Thirston of the aforsd
Towne Island & County to me in hand paid at or befor
the enseallinge & delivery of thes presents the reseipt
wherof I doe herby owne & acknowledg my self to be
therwith fully contented sattisfyed & paid and therof
& therfrom doe for ever exonoratt acquitte and dis-
charge the abovesd Thomas Eaverrit of and from any
further claime or demand for any part or parcell therof
all beinge done by & with the consent of the abovesd
Jamaica, Long Island 63
Cap*" Whithead and Benjamin Thirston beinge chossen
by the aforsd Thomas Eaverrit to be his gardians have
giveen granted covenanted allinated releast quit clamd
and by the way of exchainge made over & confirmd &
by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from mee my
heires excecutors adminestrs & assignes given granted
covenanted releast quitt claimd & by the way of ex-
chainge made over & confirmd unto ye abovesd Thomas
Eaverritt his heires excecutors adminesstrators & as-
signes a sartain pece ore parcell of upland lyeinge & beinge
within the boundes & limites of Jamaica abovesd con-
taininge twelve acers be it more ore less as it was layd
out & bounded as ffolloweth Imprimis southwerdly
by the land belongeing to ye aforsd Thomas Everritt
& east by Ffreemans path & northerdly by Elderd
Lukas and westwerdly by a highway that goes betwixt
Samuell Messengers land & ye land abovesd all which
sd pece or parcell of upland accordinge as it is above
bounded & exsprest I the abovesd Samuell Bayles have
as abovesd exchainged & made over and confirmed unto
the abovesd Thomas Everitt his heires excecutors ad-
minests & assignes together with all timbers trees woods
under woods standinge or lyeinge beinge & belongeinge
to ye same with all & singuler the rights & prevelides
profits & benifits to ye same belongeinge ore in any wais
therunto appertaininge the same to have and to hold
ockepy poses & injoy for ever & the same to be & remain
to ye only sole proper use benifit & behouf of him the
abovesd Thomas Eaverrit his heires & assignes free &
clerly discharged of & from all formor sails givfts mor-
gages ore any other entangelmentes whatsoever & the
same shall warrent & by thes presents for ever defend
against any claime or demand from any person ore per-
sons whatsoever layinge any just claime therunto with
a warrente to defend ye same against any intrest property
claime ore demand from me the abovesd Samll Bayles
my heirs excecutors adminesstrators or assignes for ever
in confirmation of all & every the above bargined &
granted premises I ye sd Samuell Bayles doe bind my
64 Records of the Town of
self as abovesd by settinge to my hand & aflBxeing my
seall this 18 day of November in ye 11th year of His
Majsts reigne & ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1699
Signed sealld & delHvered Samuell Bayles O
in presence of
Benjamin Thirston
Saml Ruscoe
Page S04
Memorandam that on the 18th day of November in
the 11 yeare of His Majesties reigne & in the yeare of
our Lord Christ 1699 then appered before Daniell Whit-
head one of His Majesties Justices for the keepinge of
the peace for Queens County the above named Samll
Bayles & did acknowledg the abovesd deed to be his
ffree & vollontary act & deed
Danll Whithead
A trew copp of the deed on the other sid with the
acknowledgeing therof pr
Sam^' Ruscoe
Clark
Page 305
This Indenture mad the twelfth day of December in
the twelfth yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare
of our Lord Christ one thowsand and seven hundred
betwixt William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County on
the Island of Nassau yeoman of th one party & John
Carpenter of the same Town Island & County on the
other partt yeoman wittneseth that the aforsd William
Creed for severall good reasons & casses him therunto
moveinge butt more easspeatily for a vallewable sattis-
faction to him in hand paid by the abovesd John Car-
penter ye receipt wherof he doath herby own & before
ye enseallinge & dellivery of thes presentes doath acknowl-
edge himself to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed
and paid & therof & therfrom doath exonoratt acquitt &
discharge the abovesd John Carpenter his heires & as-
signes of & from any further claim ore demand for any
Jamaica, Long Island 65
partt ore parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted
allinated releast enfeoft quitte claimd made over and
sold and by thes presentes doath acknowledg to have for
himself his heires excecuts & adminestratores fully &
absolutly giveen granted covenanted allinated bargined
releast quitt claimd enfeoft made over & sould unto the
abovesd John Carpenter his heires excecutores adminess-
tratores & assignes a certaine devition ore lotte of land
sittuatt lyeinge & beinge in ye hill devition belongeinge
to Jamaica aforsd formorly laid out to ye widow Daves
latte of Jamaica abovesd lyeinge in number sixty one
beinge a ten acer right as it was layd out more ore less
bounded with George Wollsey on the east and Mr. Whitt-
head on the west runinge parrellell with ye rest of ye
lottes in that rainge with all timbers trees woods under
woods standinge ore lyeinge beinge upon the same ore
in any wais to ye same appertaininge together with all
& singuler the prevelidges profites & benifites therunto
belongeinge the same to hold ockepy poses & injoye for
ever & the same to & remaine to ye only sole proper
use benifitt & behouf of him ye sd John Carpenter his
heires & assignes free & clerly discharged of & from all
formor sales morgages ore any other entanglements
what ever & the same shall warrent & by thes presents
for ever defend against any claime or claimes from any
person or persons layeinge any just claime therto with
a warrente to defend the same against any intrest proporty
claime from me the abovesd William Creed my heires
excecutores & adminestrators for ever in confirmation
wherof the sd William Creed doath bind himself his heirs
excecutors and adminestrators by thes presents firmly
sealled with his seall & dated the day & yeare first above
written
Signed seald & delivered Will Creed O
in presence of
Daniell Smith
Samll Ruscoe
66 Records of the Town of
Memorandam that on 12 day of December in 12th
yeare of His Majsts reigne 1700 then apered befor Nieolos
Everritt Esqr one of His Majsts Justices ior the keepinge
of ye peece ye within named William Creed & did ack-
nowledg this ded to be his fre & vollontary act & deed
Nicolas Everitte-
A trew coppy
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 306
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume I Nehemiah Smith of Jamaica in Queens County
on Longe Island allias Nassau planter sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I ye sd Nehemiah Smith for sundrey
good casses & considerations me therunto moveinge
but more easspeatily from my great effectione to my
lovinge cussen John Carpenter of the same Towne Island
& County as abovesd doe by thes presents doe fully
clerly & absolutly give grant allinatt enfeof & confirme
to him the sd John Carpenter all that a certaine tract ore
parcell of upland lyeinge & beinge within the boundes
of Jamaica aforsd in the east devition on the east sid
of the Little Plane Rune containinge sixeten acers be the
same more ore less as it was layd out beinge butted &
bounded as followeth viz by the land that was Samll
Dentons desesed north ward south by the land that was
Abell Gales now Benjamin Coes eastward by Fosters
Meadow River & on the west by the Little Plan Runne
which sd sixten acers of upland soe bounded & exsprest
with all timbers trees woods under woods & all improve-
ments prevelidges heredittementes & appurtenances
therunto belongeinge ore in any wais appertaininge I
the aforsd Nehemiah Smith have giveen granted allinated
enfeoft & confirmd & doe by thes presentes clerly fuly
& absolutly give grant allinat enfeof & confirme from me
my heires & unto him ye sd Jn" Carpenter to have &
to hold ye sd pece of upland & every partt & parcell therof
to him ye sd Jo° Carpenter his heirs & assignes for ever
& the sd Nehemiah Smith by thes presents doe warrent
Jamaica, Long Island 67
& ye same shall defend from any person ore persons claim-
ing or to clame by from or under me for ever in teste-
nioney wherof I the sd Nehemiah Smith have herunto
sett to my hand & fixed my seall this two & twentieth
day of Febraury & in the yeare of our Lord one thowsand
sixe hundred ninty & nine & seven hundred & in ye 12
yeare of ye reigne of our Soveraigne Lord William ye
Third of England Scottland France & Irland Kinge
Defender of ye Faith &c.
Signd seald and delliverd Nehemiah Smith O
in presence of
John Hubert
Samuell Smith
Memorandam that on the twenty seventh day of Sep-
tember one thowsand and seven hundred apered befor
me Mr. Daniell Whithead one of His Majesties Justices
for keepinge of ye peace within Queens County asigned
the above named Nehemiah Smith & acknowledged the
within written to be his free & vol ontary act & deed
Testa Daniell Whitthead
A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 307
To all Christian peopell to whome these presents shall
cume Daniell Whitthead Esqre belonginge to Queens
County sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the sd
Daniell Whitthead abovesd doe for severall good resons
& casses mee therunto moveinge but more easspeatily
for the naturall love and affection that I doe beare unto
my well beloved brother David Whitthead belongeinge
to the county abovesd doe give and grant unto my aforesd
brother David Whitthead a sartain pece ore parcell of
upland lyeinge & beinge in the boundes of Jamaica in
the east devition bounded as followeth east by Hmptd
line south by Capt" Thomas Okley & west by the Little
Plaines ore Plaine Hollow north by Daniell Smith all
which pece or parcell of land as above bounded & exprest
68 Records of the Town of
I the abovesd Daniell Whithead doe as abovesd give &
grant unto my abovsd brother for & deuringe his natural!
life the same to ockepy and injoy for ever and clerly
discharged from any claims from me or my heirs excecu-
tors or adminesstrators or any other person or persons
deuring his naturall lif & no longer
Signed sealed & delivered Daniell Whitthed
in presence of his seall O
Nathaniell Denton &
Samll Ruscoe a trew coppy of the origenall
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presentes shall
cume Johanas Hollshart of Gravesend in Kinges County
in the Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I the abovesd Johanos Hollshartt for severall
good resons & casses mee therunto moveinge but more
easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to me allredy
in hand paid by Ram Dorlant of Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Island of Nassau abovesd ye receipt wherof
I doe herby own and before the enseallinge & delivery
of thes presents doe acknowledge my self to be therwith
fully contented satisfyed and paid & therof & therfrom
doe for ever exonoratt acquitt & discharge the abovesd
Ram Dorlant his heires excecutors adminesstrators &
assignes of & ffrom any further claime or demand for
any partt or parcell therof have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinatted releast enfeofed bargined made over
and sould and by thes presents doe acknowledg to have
from mee my heires excecutors & adminesstrators fully
and absoelutly giveen granted allinated enfeofed releast
bargined made over & sould unto the abovesd Ram
Dorlant his heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes
all ye rest of ye that is yeat unsould before this con-
vaience that did belonge to me the sd Johanos Hollshartt
in the boundes & limetes of Jamaica abovesd as it is
herafter bounded & exsprest beinge bounded by a blake
oake tree standinge by the haw tree path & soe allonge
Jamaica, Long Island 69
the sd path to a blak oake saplinge & then to a whitte
oake tree standinge by the way that leads towards
Garrett Lubberttsons and from thence with a direct line
allonge by the aforsd Garrett Luberttsons lott to a wall-
nutt saplinge & from thence to ye abovesd blake oak tree
first mentioned all which abovesd pece of land together
with all howesinge timbers trees woods under woods
standinge or lyeinge beinge upon or belongeinge therunto
with with all the right title intrest proporty claim or
demand in or unto the same with all prevelidges proffites
& benifits therunto belongeinge together with one acer
right in the Comons I ye abovesd Johanos Holshartt
have as abovesd sould to ye aforsd Ram Dorlant his
heires excecutors adminesstrators & assigns the same &
every partt & parcell therof to have and to hold ockepy
poses & in joy for ever & the same to be & remaine to
the only propor use benifitt & behoufe of him ye sd Ram
Dorlant heirs & asigns fre & clerly discharged of & from
all formor sails givftes morgages or any other entangell-
ments what soever & the same shall warrent and by thes
presents for ever defend against any claim or claims
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from any person or persons layeinge any just claim with a
warrentee to defend the same against any intrest proporty
claime or demand from mee the sd Johanes Holshartt my
heires excecutors & adminestrators for ever in confirma-
tion wherof I doe bind my self as abovesd by thes presents
firmly sealled with my seall & datted this sixetenth day
of December in the thirtenth yeare of His Majesties
reigne & in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand
seven hundred and one
Signed sealled and dellivered Johanes Hollshartt O
in presence of
William Ruscoe & A treew coppy of the origonall
Samll Ruscoe pr Sam ' ' Ruscoe
Clark
This Indentuer made this sixth day of Apprill & in
the twelth year of His Majesties reigne & in the year
70 Records of the Town of
of our Lord Christ one thowsand & seven hundred
betwen Cap*" George Wollsey of Jamaica in Queens
County & one Nassau Island & in ye Province of New-
York of the one party & Nicollos Everritt of the abovesd
Town Island & County of the other party wittneseth
that I the abovesd George Wollsey for severrall good
reasons & casses considerrations therunto 'moveinge
but more easspeatily for the sume of fourten poundes to
me in hand paid befor the enseallinge & dellivery of the
presents by the abovesd Nicollos Everritt the receipt
wherof I doe own & acknowledge and I doe for ever own
my self to be therwith sattisfyed and paid & I doe for
ever exonorratt & discharge the abovesd Nicollos Everritt
his heires excecutos & adminesstrators all & every of
them from any partt or parcell therof have giveen granted
covenanted allinatted quitte claimd sold & made over
unto ye abovesd Nicollos Everritte his heires excecutos
adminestrators & assignes a certaine pece or parcell of
upland sittuatt lying & beinge in the boundes of Jamaica
aforsd butted & bounded as followeth that is to say east
by,Samuell Mesenger & west by by the land of Samuell
Mills & south by the Highwaye & north by John Ludlam
all which land as above bounded & exsprest beinge the
hill devition did belonge to my father George Wollsey
latt of Jamaica deseast containinge about ten acers more
ore less as it was layd out with all prevelidges & apur-
tenses therunto belongeinge together with all timbers
trees woods under woods whether standinge or lyeinge
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beinge in any wais appertaineinge to the same I the
abovesd George Wollsey doe own & acknowledg to have
sould as aforsd from mee my heires excecutors adminestra-
tores unto the abovesd Nicolos Eaverritt his heires ex-
cecutors adminesstratores & assignes the same with every
part & parcell therof to be & remaine to ye only pro-
por use benifitt & behoufF of him the sd Nicolos Everritt
his heires excecutrs adminesstratores or assignes to have
& to hold for ever & the same to defend against any further
claime or demand from me my heirs excecs & administrats
Jamaica, Long Island 71
for ever with a warrentee to defend the same against
any givfts sails morgage or any intanglement what
soever in confirmation of the premises above written I
have bound my self my heires excecutors & adminestratos
by settinge to my hand & fixeinge my seall ye day &
datt above written
Signed seald and dellivered George Wollsey O
in presence of Abigail Mills
Abegaill X Mills
her mark
Zachariah Mills .
Jamaica September ye 19th 1700
Appered befor John Coe one of His Majsts Justices
of the Peace for Queens County Cap*" George Wollsey
of Jamaica & did acknowledge this above written deed
to be his free and voUontary act & deed
John Coe — Justice
A trew copy
Pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
This Indenture made this twenty second day of Feb-
rauary & in the first yeare of ye reigne of our Sovorraigne
Lady Anne by the grace of God of England Queen &c
and in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand seven
hundred & two or three and betwen Daniell Messenger
of Norwalk in the County of Fairefeld in New England
of the one party and Nicolos Everritt of Jamaica in
Queens County on Nassau Island in the Province of
NewYorke of the other party wittnesseth that ye abovesd
Daniell Messenger for and in considerration of a vallew-
able sum of currant money of NewYork to him in hand
paid by the abovesd Nicolos Everett Everrett before
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the enseallinge ore delivery of theas presentes the receipt
wherof he doath herby own & acknowledge himself to be
therwith sattisfyed and paid & therof and thearfrom
doath for ever exonorratt acquitt and discharge the
abovesd Nicolosse Everrett his heires excecutores & ad-
72 Records of the Town of
minesstratores all & every of them from any part ore
parcell therof have givene granted enfeoft releast quitt
claimd sold and made over & by thes presentes freely
clerly & absolutly give grant enfeof releas quitte claime
sell and make over to ye abovesd Nicoloss Everrett his
heires ore assignes for ever a certaine pece ore parcell of
upland sittuatte lyeinge & beinge in the boundes of Ja-
maica aforsd beinge in a devition comonly called the hill
devition containinge two acers & half as it was layd out be
it more ore less butted & bounded as followeth that is to
say east by the land which was layd out to William Whitt
& west by the land which was layd out to George Wollsey
latt of Jamaica deseast & north by John Ludlams land
& south by the highwaye all which land as above bounded
& exsprest together with all ye estatte right title proporty
claime & demand with all the prevelidges appurtenances
heredittements to the same belongeinge or in any manor
of wais appertaininge with all & singuler ye fence timbers
trees woods under woods whether standinge ore lyeinge
ore appertaininge to ye same and the abovesd Daniell
Messenger doath for himself his heires excecutors &
adminesstrators covenant & agree to & with the abovesd
Nicolos Everrett his heires excecutos & adminestrators
that they may now & at all times for ever hrafter have
hold ockepy poses & in joy ye above recited land & prem-
isses free & clerly discharged of & from all formore givfts
sales morgages dowers intailes judgments excecutions
revertions remainders ore any other incumbrances what-
soever had made ore comitted at any time or times before
ye enseallinge or delivery of thes presents with a war-
rente to defend ye same against any person or persons
lawfuly claiminge ye same in testymony & confirmation
of ye premises ye abovesd Daniell Messenger hath sett
to his hand & affixed his seall this day & datt abovesd
Signed & dellivered Daniell Messenger O
in presence of
Martha X Mills A trew coppy pr
her mark Samll Ruscoe
Zacha Milles Clarke
Jamaica, Long Island 73
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Jamaica the 4th Aprill 1704
At a Town meeting of the freeholders & inhabitants
of the said Town
present Edw^ Burrowes Esq"^ ]
Jn° Smith Esq"" \ Justices
Jonath. Whitehead Esq"" J
voted by the majority of the sd freeholders & inhabitants
that Zachariah Mills shall be clerke of this Town in the
roome of Sam'' Ruscoe dismisst and that all the books
& papers belonging to the said Town shall be delivered
to the said Zachariah Mills he giveing a receipt for the
same to Justice Burrowes & Justice John Smith for the
use of ye Town & that this vote shall be enterd in the
Town book by the clerke of the peace of this county
Enterd ye 4th Aprill 1704
pr S. C LEWES Cle-pa^
At ye same Town Meeting it was voted by ye majority
of ye sd freeholders that Nathaniell Denton was chosen
supervizer for ye year insuing for to meet with ye other
supervizers of this County and also John Everit and
John Mofort was chosen assesers for ye for ye year in-
suing and Daniell Deane colecter for ye year insuing —
And at ye same Town Meeting it was voted by ye
majority of vots of ye freeholders as aforsd that Nicolas
Everitt John Rodes Anthon.y Waters & Thomas Booras
should be trustees for ye insuing year and that ye said
trustees are to audite what arears are due to Samuell
Ruscoe late clerk of this Town and that ye same shall be
paid out of ye next Town rate
Entered pr
Zach Mills
Cler
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Jamaica ye 22d February 1704
At a Town Meeting of ye freeholders & inhabitants of
said Town
74 Records of the Town of
present Joseph Smith Esq"^ 1
Edward Burro wes Esq"" 1 ^ .
Jn° Smith Esq'- j '^"^^ic^s
Jonathan Whitehead Esq' j
It was voted by 'ye majority of ye sd freeholders that
Justice Jonathan Whitehead & Benjamin Thurston shall
have liberty to set up a fulling mill upon ye streame
commonly called ye Plaine Run in ye bounds of Jamaica
aforsd on ye terms & conditions herafter mentioned that
is to say that ye sd Jonathan Whitehead and Benjamin
Thurston shall be obliged both them & their heirs &
assignes to full all sorts of cloth & press & winter ye same
for three pence pr yard and to full for ye sd Towns peple
before other Towns people and also to procure a stripe
of land two rods broad in some convenient place between
ye land of Joseph Coe & Waitt Smiths land for a highway
for ye use of ye sd Town for ever to pass & repass from
Freemans path to ye Plain Run afor mentioned
Enterd pr Zach Mills
Cle—
Sam'' Clows Justice Jno. Smith Peter White Isaac
Lenoir Jonas Wood Jno. Wolsy Jonathan Deine Capt
George Wolsy Samll Baylis Nathaniell Denton doth
protest against ye abovesd vote and is enterd accordingly
pr. Zach Mills
Cle—
At ye same Towne Meeting it was voted & concluded
by ye freeholders as aforsd that ye people of Newtown
shall have liberty to pass and repass with hay & cart or
any other ways to their medow through ye highway be-
tween ye bounds of Jamaica & Flatbush bounds provided
they will remove ye way which runeth along through ye
land of John Everritt and that ye inhabitants of ye sd
Town of Jamaica shall not be hinderd from hanging of
gates in sd way if ocasion should be
Entered pr. Zach Mills
Cler
Jamaica, Long Island 75
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Jamaica Aprill ye 3d 1705
Att a Towne Meeting held at Jamaica aforsd by ye
freeholders of ye Towne aforsd
present Joseph Smith Esqr 1
John Smith Esqr \ Justices
Jonathan Whitehead Esqr J
voted and concluded by ye majority of ye freeholders
asembled as aforsd that Capt Thomas Okeley shall be
constable and colector for ye year insuing
At ye same Towne meeting it was voted and con-
cluded by ye majority of ye freeholders as aforsd that
Theadoras Polhemas and William Smith shall be asesors
for ye year insuing
At ye same Towne meeting it was voted and concluded
by ye freeholders as aforsd that Zachariah Mills shall
be supervizer for ye year insuing
At ye same Towne Meeting it was voted and con-
cluded by ye freeholders as aforsd that Capt George
Wolsy, Lt. Benjamin Thurston Daniell Smith senior &
Jonathan Waters be trustees for ye year insuing
Entered pr Zach Mills
Towne Cler
Jamaica Aprill ye thirtenth Ano Do 1705
At a Towne Meeting held at Jamaica by ye freeholders
of ye sd Towne
present Joseph Smith Esqr \
Jonathan Whitehead Esqr. j> Justices
Jno Smith Esqr j
voted and concluded by ye majority of ye freeholders
asembled as aforsd that all ye common medow of ye
Town aforsd as it now lyeth and all ye common land
which is allowd for common land by ye Towne records
shall remaine as comons for ye use of ye Town that is
to say for ye use of ye propriators of sd land and medow
their heirs and asignes for ever Issaac Lenoir Samuell
Mills and Charles Williamson doth protest against this
Towne vote
76 Records of the Town of
Page 315
At ye same Towne Meeting it was voted and con-
cluded as aforsd that Justice Jno Smith Capt George
Wolsy Jno Oke Nathaniell Denton are impowered and
athorised to eject any person or persons that hath in-
croached or fensed in any of ye comon land or medow as
aforsd from of y^ sd land and that ye Towne shall pay
them their reasonable charge and expens for ye same
At ye same Towne Meeting it was voted and con-
cluded by ye majority of ye freeholders as aforsd that
Jonathan Deane Peter Whitt Jno. Oke Capt Jno. Car-
penter Benjamin Thurston Nathaniell Denton Samuell
Bayles Jno. Rodes Richard Oldfield or any three of them
shall make inspection into what lands or medow any
person or persons hath taken in or fensed of ye commons
or undevided land belonging to ye sd Towne and mak
report of ye same to ye Towne aforsd
At ye same Towne Meeting it was voted and concluded
as aforesd that all persone or persons what ever shall be
prohibited from cuting or destroying any part of grown
timber or wood on ye common land for ye space of three
years next after ye date herof on ye penalty of on shilling
for each tree excepting onely that land which lyethe be-
tween ye Old Towne Neck and Justice Whitthead's mill
Thomas Smith cordewiner Isaac Lenoir Samuell Mills
Junr doth protest against ye vote last mentioned
Entered as Towne votes pr Zach Mills
Cler
March ye 5th 1705
At a Towne Meeting of ye freholders of ye sd Towne
present Joseph Smith Esqr 1
Jonat" Whitthead Esqr \ Justices
Jno. Smith Esqr J
voted by ye majority of ye freholders aforsd that at
ye request of Samuell Denton he shall have liberty to
set up a good sufitent pound on his owne land near his
owne house adjoyning to ye contry roade ye sd pound is
to be sixty foot in lengh and fourty foot in breadth and
Jamaica, Long Island 77
mak a parttion in ye same he receiving ye fees which
hath bene acostomary for ye space of seven years next
after ye date herof and ye same to be erected within
one month after ye date herof
Entered pr Zach Mills
Clerk
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This Indenture made this eleventh day of June and
in ye fourth year of ye reigne of our Sovereign Lady
Anne by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance
and Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
and five and betweene Samuell Mills of Jamaica in
Queens County on Nassau Island in ye Province of
New York yeoman of ye one party and Hope Mills of ye
same place of ye other party witnesseth that ye abovesd
Samuell Mills for and in consideration of ye sum of
twenty pounds corant mony of New York to him in hand
paid by ye abovesd Hope Mills at or before ye insealing
or delivery of thes presents ye receipt whereof he doth
hereby owne and doth acknowledg himselfe to be there-
with satisfyed content and paid and thereof and there-
from doe for ever exonerate aquit and discharge ye abovesd
Hope Mills his heirs exec*^ admists all and every of them
from every part and parsill therof have given granted
enfeoft released confirmed ashured quit claimd sould and
made over and doe by these presents freely clearly and
absolutely give grant enfeof releass confirm ashure quit
claime sell and make over unto ye abovesd Hope Mills
his heirs and asignes for ever a certaine pece or parsill of
upland in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd being in a devi-
tion comonly called ye midle devition being laid out for
fiveteene acres be it more or less buted and bounded as
foUoweth that is to say east by ye Plaine Run and west
by a way called Freeman's path and south by ye land of
Joseph Coe and north by ye land of Nathaniell Denton
and also a certain parsill of medow land lying in ye bounds
of Jamaica aforesd at a neck comonly called ye further
78 Records of the Town of
East Neck bounded as followeth that is to say east by a
certain pond which parts ye sd lot from ye medow of
Joseph Oldfield and west part ye medow which did belong
to Robert Ashman leat of Jamaica desest and part by
ye medow of William Ludlum north partly by ye medow
of John Ludlum and part by ye medow of Joseph Ludlum
and part by ye bog that is to say one equil halfe of sd lott
of midow land as above bounded and exprest begining
at ye west side of ye sd lott together with* all and singuler
ye priveliges apurtinanses heriditements emoliments to
ye sd halfe lott of medow land and lott of upland belong-
ing or any manor of ways pertaining exepting ye unde-
vided right or privelige of two acres and halfe of sd medow
that doth belong or shall arise from ye privelege of two
acres and halfe of medow without ye bounds of sd further
east neck aforesd to him ye sd Hope Mills his heirs and
asignes to have and to hould for ever and ye same shall
and may both now and all times for ever hereafter ocepy
posess and in joy ye above recited land and granted prem-
ises as his or their owne land of inheritanc in fee simple
and also that ye sd Samuell Mills had at ye time of ye
insealing and delivery of thes presents full power and law-
full athority to sell and dispose of ye same in maner and
form as aforesd freely and clearly discharged of and from
all former gifts sales morgages do wry s intallys judgment
execution revertion remainders or any other title or in-
cumbrans what ever had made or comited at any time or
times before ye insealing or delivery of these presents
with a warrantee to defend ye same against any person
or persons laying any just claime to ye same and also
to seal and deliver other or former deed or conveians
for ye premises as ye sd Hope Mills shall be advised or
procure to be drawne by his counsill learned in ye law
for ye space of seven years next after ye date of thes pres-
ents in testamony whereof ye abovesd Samuell Mills
hath set to his hand and afixed his scale ye day and
yeare first above mentioned
Samuell X Mills O
his mark
Jamaica, Long Island 79
Signed sealed parted and delivered
in presents of
Joseph X Ludlum A trew coppy of ye orignall
his mark deed entered pr
Zach Mills Zach Mills
Cler
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Jamaica Aprill ye 2d 1706
Att a Towne Meeting of ye freeholders of ye said
Towne
present Joseph Smith Esqr 1
Jno. Smith Esqr, j- Justices
Jonat" Whitehead Esqr. J
voted by ye majority of ye freeholders aforsd that Peter
White shall be constable for ye ensuing year —
Further voted as aforesd that Gairt Chapon and'
Samuell Smith of ye plaine shall be assesers for ye yeare
ensuing
Further voted as aforsd that Jonathand Deane shall
be colecter for ye yeare ensuing
Further voted as aforsd that Zachariah Mills shall be
supervizer for ye yeare ensuing
Further voted as aforsd that Dow Ditmay Thomas
Bouras John Everitt & John Rodes shall be Townsmen
for yeare ensuing
Voted and concluded by ye majority of ye freeholders
aforsd that Justice Jno. Smith and Mr. Thomas Cardale
goe downe to His Exelency for to represent to His Lord-
ship ye right that this Towne hath to ye fishry of and in
ye creeks broken marshes or bay within ye bounds of ye
patent of ye sd Towne for ye preventing of strangers
for coming to fish there
Further voted as aforsd that Thomas Bouras shall
have liberty for to stope up ye higheway that runeth
between his land he leaving out as larger high way from
of ye south side of his land in ye roome therof —
Further voted as aforsd that at ye request of Peter
White that Nathaniell Denton Samuell Smith & Jno.
Everitt doe examin if ye said Peter White hath his full
80 Records of the Town of
proportion of land in ye east devition and lay out to him
as much as it falls short in some other convenient place
in ye undevided lands of sd Towne at their descretion
Enterd pr
, Zach Mills
Clerk
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This Indenture made this eleventh day of January and
in ye fourth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereigne Lady
Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and
five-six and betweene Timothy Wood of Jamaica in Queens
County on Nassau Island in ye Provins of New York
cordwiner of ye one part and Timothy Mills of ye same
place yeoman of ye other party witnesseth that ye abovsd
Timothy Wood for and in consideration of ye sum of
ye sum of twenty pounds curant mony of New York to
him in hand paid by ye abovsd Timothy Mills at or be-
fore ye ensealing or delivery of these presents ye receipt
he doth herby owne and doth acknowledg himself to be
therwith satisfyd content and paid and thereof and
therefrom doe for ever exoniratt aquit & discharg ye
abovsd Timothy Mills his heirs exce" admit^ all & every
of them from every part or parsill thereof have given
granted enfeofed released confirmed ashured quited
claimed sold and made over and by these presents freely
clearly and absolutly give grant enfeofe releas confirm
ashure quit claim sell and make over unto ye abovesd
Timothy Mills his heirs & asignes for ever all that a
pece or parsill of medo land situat lying and being in
ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd buted and bounded as
followeth that is to say east by ye medow of Justice
John Smith and west by ye land of John Ludlum and
south by ye bay and north by ye Hand containing five
acres be ye same more or less with all and singuler ye proft
previledes apurtinances heriditaments emoli-
ments to ye same belonging or any maner of wais aper-
taining ye privelege of comanage or undevided land only
Jamaica, Long Island
81
exepted to him ye sd Timothy Mills his heirs & asignes to
have and to hold for ever and ye same to be and remaine
to ye only proper use benifitt & behoof of him ye sd
Timothy Mills his heirs and asignes for ever and ye sd
Timothy Wood doth further covenant promise & agree
to and ye sd Timothy Mills his heirs and asignes that
he or they may both now and at all times for ever here-
after have hold ocopy posess & in joy ye above recited
medow land and premises as his or their owne right of
inheritance in fee simple and that ye sd Timothy Wood
had at ye same time of ye ensealing and delivery of thes
presents full power and lawfull authority to sell and dis-
pose of ye same in maner and forme as aforsd freely
and clearly discharged of and from all maner of gifts
sales morgages dowerys intailys judgments executions
extents remitions remainders or any other title or in-
cumbrans whatever had made or comitted at any time or
times before ye ensealing or delivery of these presents
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— with a warrantee to defend ye same against any person
or persons laying any just claime to ye same and alsoe
to seall and deliver any other or a firmer deed or con-
veiens for ye premiss as ye said Timothy Mills his heirs
or asignys or either of them shall be advised or procure
to be drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye law
for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in
testemony whereof ye abovsd Timothy Wood hath
hereunto set his hand and afixed his seall ye day and yeare
first above
Signed sealed and delivered Timothy Wood O
in presens of
Thomas Waters A true coppy of ye orig-
Zach Mills nail deed entered and com-
pared pr
Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this eleventh day of January in
ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
82 Records of the Town of
& three & four between William Ludlam of Jamaica in
Queens County on ye Hand Nassau yeoman on ye one
part & Timothy Mills of ye same Towne County &c.
yeoman on ye other part witnesseth that ye sd William
Ludlam for and in considderation of a valuable sum of
twenty & seven pounds corant mony of N. York to him
in hand paid by ye Timothy Mills at and before ye en-
sealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
he doth hereby acknowledg & himself to be therewith
fully satisfyed contented & paid & therof & of every
part and parsill he doth for ever aquit & discharge ye sd
Timothy Mills his heirs & asignes by these presents hath
given granted bargined & sold enfeofed released & con-
firmed and by these presents doth freelj^ clearly & abso-
louty give grant bargin & sell enfeofe release & confirme
to him ye sd Timothy Mills his heirs and asignes for ever
all that a certain tract pece or parsill of upland situate
lying & being within ye bounds & Towneship of Jamaica
aforsd at a place comanly called Springfield containing
by estemation thirteene acres and halfe be ye same more
or less as it was laid outt being buted and bounded as
followeth viz on ye north by a lot of land in ye tenure
of Peter White on the east by Hempsted bounds on ye
south by another lot of land in ye teneur of sd Peter
White & on the west by an high way going downe to ye
further East Neck together with all & singuler ye timber
trees wood under wood lying or standing thereon & all ye
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heriditaments prevelidges & appurtinanses thereunto
belonging or in any ways appertaining and all ye estatt
right title intrest claime posesion & demand of him ye sd
William Ludlam in & to ye primisis or in & to any part
or parsill thereof to have & to hold ye above granted
tract of upland & all & other ye above granted primmisis
to him ye sd Timothy Mills his heirs & asignes to ye only
proper use benifitt & behoofe of him ye sd Timothy Mills
his heirs and asignes for ever and ye sd William Ludlam
for himself his heirs exec^ admin' doth covenant & agree
to & with ye sd Timothy Mills y* he ye sd Timothy
Jamaica, Long Island 83
Mills his heirs & asignes shall & may now & at all times
for ever hereafter quiatly & peasably ocopy poses &
injoy ye above named primises as his & their estatt of
inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly aquited & dis-
charged of & from all other and former gifts grants
bargins sales morgages do wry s entallys judgments execu-
tions revertions & revertions remainder & remainders
had made done or comited at any time or times whatever
before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents & also
further to warrant & defend all & every ye above granted
primmises ag* all & every person or persons lawfully
claiming ye same by from or under him ye sd William
Ludlam his heirs exec*^ admins or any other just or lawfull
claim whatever & also further to give any other or firmer
deed or conveience for ye primises as ye sd Timothy
Mills his heirs or asignes shall be advised or procure to
be drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye law in
testamony whereof ye partys have hereunto set their
hands & seals ye day & yeare first above written
Signed sealed & delivered William X Ludlam O
in presens of his mark
Jno. Hubberd
Samll Bayles
A true coppy of ye orignal deed
entered & compared pr
Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this second day of Aprill in
ye fourth yeare of Her Majsts reigne Queene Ann and
in ye yeare of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred
and five and between Zachariah Mills of Jamaica in
Queens County on ye Hand of Nassau and Province of
New York on ye one part and Isaac Lenoir of ye Towne
County and Province aforsd of ye other part witnesseth
that ye abovesd Zachariah Mills for a valluable sum and
consideration to him in hand paid at or before ye en-
sealing or delivery of thes presents by ye abovesd Isaac
Lenoir wherof and wherwith he doth acknowledg himself
84 Records of the Town of
fully satisfyed contented & paid & thereof and therefrom
and from every part and parsill therof doe forever exonir-
ate aquit and discharg ye abovesd Isaac Lenoir his heirs
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exec* exe^ admin*" by these presents have given granted
enfeofed released confirmed ashured quit claimd sold and
made over and doe by thes presents give grant enfeofe
release confirm ashure quit claime sell and make over
unto ye abovesd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes for
ever ye undevided right of comanage which shall arise
from five acres of medow within ye bounds of Jamaica
aforsd which five acre right of comanage unto ye sd Isaac
Lenoir his heirs and asignes to have and to hold with
all and singuler ye rights profits priveledges and ap-
purtinances unto him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs & asignes
forever without any morgage redemtion up or limatation
to recall alter or change mak void ye same and ye sd
Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes shall have hold ocopy
poses and in joy ye sd five acre righte of comanage with-
out any hindranc let or molistation or disturbanc of him
ye sd Zachariah Mills his heirs exec* admin* or any
person or persons what ever from by or under him ye sd
Zachariah Mills or them or either of them and ye sd
Zachariah Mills doth covenant and agree for himself his
heirs exc* admi* to & with ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs
and asignes that he ye sd Zachariah Mills at ye ensealing
and delivery of these presents is and standeth, sized of ye
sd land & primises of a good pure and perfect estatt of
inheritance in fee simple and hath good power and lawfull
athoryty to sell and dispose of ye same in maner and
forme as aforesd and ye sd Zachariah Mills his heirs
exec* admis doth further covenant & agree to & with ye
sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes that he or they
will warrant and for ever defend ye abovsd land & primises
against all & all maner of persons lawfully claiming ye
same and also he or they or either of them will seall and
deliver any other or firmer deed or conveians for ye abovsd
land and granted primmises as ye sd Isaac Lenoir his
heirs or asignes or either of them shall be advised and
Jamaica, Long Island 85
procure to be drawne by his or their counsill learned
in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date
hereof in witness whereof ye abovsd Zachariah Mills
hath set to his hand and afixed his seall ye day and yeare
first above mentioned
Signed sealed and delivered Zach Mills O
in presens of ^
Nathaniel Higbe
Nathan Smith
Memorandom March the 28th 1706 ye other side
named Zachariah Mills came before me Jonathan White-
head Esq"^ one of Her Majs Justices of ye Peace and
acknowlidged ye other side instrument to be his voling-
tary act and deed
Jonathan Whithead
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entered and compared
pr Zach Mills
Cler
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This Indenture made this twenty seventh day of March
and in ye fiveth year of ye reigne of our Sovereigne Ladey
Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland France
& Ireland Queen Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
and six and between Samuell Mills of Jamaica in Queens
County on Nassau Hand and in ye Province of New York
sadeller of ye one part and Nicolas Everitt of ye same
place of ye other party witnesseth that ye abovsd Samuell
Mills for and in consideration of ye sum of ye sum of
fourty pounds corant mony of New York to him in hand
paid by ye abovsd Nicolas Everitt at or before ye en-
sealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidg himself to
be therewith satisfyed content & paid & therof & there-
from doe forever exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovsd
Nicolas Eaverritt his heirs exec^ adm^ all & every of them
from every part and parsill thereof have given granted
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enfeofed confirmed ashured quit claimed sold & made
over and doe by these presents freely clearly and absolu-
tely give grant enfeofe confirme ashure quit claime sell &
make over unto ye abovsd Nicolas Everitt his heirs and
asignes for ever all that his pece parsill or lot of medow
lands that is to say ye one half or eaquall moity of a ten
acre lot of medow as it was laide oute lying & being
& being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd at a neck com-
manly called ye further East Neck and bounded as fol-
loweth that is to say northerly by Hope Mills medow &
southerly by ye medow of John Ludlum & Joseph Lud-
lum and westerly by ye bay and easterly by Joseph
Oldfields medow and ye pond all which land or medow
land as above bounded & exprest together with all and
singuler ye preveledges appurtinancs heriditaments emoli-
ments to ye same belonging or any manner of ways aper-
taining exepting only ye undevided right of land in ye sd
Neck and ye right of comans or undevided land in ye
bounds o^" Jamaica aforsd belonging to ye sd medow to
him ye sd Nicolas Everitt his heirs & asignes to have and
to hold for ever and that he ye sd Nicolas Everritt his
heirs & asignes may both now and at all times for ever
hereafter have hold ocopy poses and injoy ye above re-
cited land & primises as his or their owne land of in-
heritance in fee simple freely & clearly discharged of &
from all former gifts sales morgages dowrys intailys
judgments executions extents remition or remitions
remainder or remainders or any other title or incumbrans
whatever had made or comited at any time or times
before ye ensealing or delivery of these presents with a
warantee to defend ye same against person or persons
laying any just claime to ye same and also to seal and
deliver any other or firmer deed or conveienc for ye prim-
ises as ye sd Nicolas Everitt his heirs or asines shall be
advise or procure to be drawne by his or their' counsill
learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after
ye date of these presents in testamony whereof ye abovsd
Samuell Mills hath hereunto -set his hand and afixed
Jamaica, Long Island 87
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his seale ye day and yeare abovsd
Signed sealed & delivered Sam'^ Mills O
in presents of
John Mills
Zach Mills
Aprill ye 2d 1706 Then appeared before Jonathan
Whitehead Esq'' one of Her Majs. Justices of ye Peace
for Queens County asigned and did ye above Samuel
Mills acknowlidge ye abov instrument to be his voling-
tary act and deed
Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy of ye orignall entered pr
Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this twenty seventh day of March
and in ye fiveth year of ye reigne of our Sovereigne Lady
Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred &
six and betweene John Mills of Jamaica in Queens County
on Nassau Hand in ye Province of N. York yeoman of
ye one part and Nicolas Everitt of ye same place of ye
other part witneseth that ye abovesd John Mills for and
in consideration of ye sum of eight pounds corant money
of ,NewYork to him in hand paide by ye abovsd Nicolas
Everitt at or before ye ensealing and delivery of these
presents ye receipt whereof ye abovsd John Mills doth
hereby own and doth acknowlidge himselfe to be there-
with satisfyed content & paid and thereof & therefrom
doe for ever exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovsd
Nicolas Everitt his heirs exeC admi^ all & every of them
from every part & parsill thereof have given granted
enfeofed releast confirmed ashured quited claimd sold
and made over & doe by these presents frely clearly &
absolutely give grant enfeofe release confirm ashure
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quit claime sell and make over unto ye abovsd Nicolas
Everitt his heirs and asignes for ever all that his pece
parsill or tract of land situate lying and being in ye
bounds of Jamaica aforsd in a devition commanly calld
ye hill devition containing by estamation five acres be
ye same more or less buted and bounded as followeth
that is to say east by ye land of Nicolas Everitt aforesd
and west by ye land of Nicolas Everitt aforesd and south
by ye high way and north by Flushing bounds all which
land as above bounded & exprest together with all &
singuler trees timber trees woods under woods whether
standing or lying being or any maner of ways appertaining
to ye same with all & singuler ye priveledges apurtinances
heriditaments emolliments to ye same belonging with all
ye estatt right title property interest claim or demand
to ye same belonging and ye sd John Mills doth further
covenant and agree for himself his heirs exec* admin^
to and with ye sd ye sd Nicolas Everitt his heirs and
asignes that he or may both now and at all times for ever
hereafter have hold ocopy poses and injoy ye above
recited land
Look in page 356 for the rest
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To all Christian people to whonie these presents shall
come Nathaniell Lynass of Jamaica in Queens County
sendeth greeting Know yea that I the abovsd Nathaniell
Lynass for severall good considerations me thereunto
moving and more esspecially for a valluable sum of monys
to me in hand payd by William Whitt of Jamaica in ye
County abovsd or secured to be payd ye receipt whereof
[ doe hereby acknowlige and for ever aquit exonirate &
discharg the abovsd William Whitt from any further
demand for any part or parsill thereof have given granted
alinated enfeofed bargined and sould and by these presents
doe acknowlig to have from me my heirs executors ad-
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minestrators or asigiis given granted alinated enfeofed
bargined confirmed and sould unto William Whitt abovsd
his heirs executors adminstrators or asigns a sertain
parsill or lott of upland containing twelve acres as itt
was layd out be it more or less lying & being in ye bounds
and limitts of Jamaica aforesd being bounded on ye
north by ye path that goeth to Sam ' ^ Smiths lott & on ye
west by ye land of ye sd Wm Whitt & south by ye Com-
mans and easterly by ye comans all which parsill or lott
of land as it is above bounded together with all & singuler
ye priveleges & apurtinanses thereunto belonging or
any waies apertaining with all timber trees standing or
lying being upon ye same I the above sayd Nathaniell
doe acknowledg to have as abovsd sould from me my
heirs executors adminestrators or asigns unto ye abovsd
William Whitt his heirs executors adminestrators or
asigns the same to have and to hould forever and ye same
& every part and parsill thereof to be & remain to ye
only proper use & behofe of him ye sd W™ Whitt his
heirs executors adminestrators or asigns to ocopy poses
and injoy as his or their own free land of inheritans
without leat hindrans or molestation either from me my
heirs executors adminestrators or asigns or any person
or persons from by or under me laying any just claim
therto or any other person foreign invation onely exepted
and doe warent this my sale good in law free from any
former sale gifte morgage or any intangillment whatever
and ye same for ever will warant and defend and further
ye sd Nath Lynas doth for himself his heirs executers
adminestrators or asigns covenant & promis to & with
ye sd Willm Whitt his heirs executors adminestrators
or asigns that from & after ye day of ye date hereof
ye same to enter and quiatly to injoy and posess as wit-
ness my hand and seal this 12 day of March in ye fift
year of His Majsts reign Ano: 1688/9
Signed sealed & delivered Nathaniell X Lynass O
in presents of his mark
Sam'i Ruscoe Jamerey x Lynass O
Joseph Browne her mark
90 Records of the Town of
A true copy of ye orignall
entered and compared pr me
Zach Mills
Cler
To all Christian people to home these presents may
consern know yea that William White of Jamaic in Queens
County on the Island of Nassau in the Collony of New-
York doth assigne & make over this within deed of sale
to Henrycos Heiggaman of the same Town County Island
& Colony as aforesd as a further confirmation of ye sd
land & primises that is within specif yed as more largly
apere by a certain deed sale bearing date the seventeenth
day of November sixtene hundred ninety one that I the
said William White did give to the said Henrycos Haga-
man for this indeviduall parsill of land within specifyed
and other lands & medow together that I sould to him
the aforesaid Henrycos Hegaman & his heirs for ever
as may moe largly by the aforesd certain deed sale
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bearing date the 17th day of November 1691 and I
the said William White doth signe and make over this
within mentioned deed from me and my heirs executors
adminestrators and asignes to the aforesd Henrycos
Haggaman and his heirs executors adminestrators and
asignes and that the said Henrycos Haggaman his heirs
executors adminestrators and asigns may peacably &
quiatly ocopy posess and injoy all the within mentioned
premises without any lett hindrans or molestation and
two their owne proper use benifit and behoofe of him the
said Henrycos Haggaman his heirs executors adminstra-
tors and asignes for ever in confirmation hereof I have here-
unto set my hand and scale this tenth day of August and
in ye third year of Her Majsts reign Anoqu Dom": 1704
Signed sealed and delivered William White O
in presen s o ^ ^^^^ copy of ye orignall
Thomas Howell . . V. j i
-„ T^ asignement entered and com-
RoBT. Read ^^^^^ ^^ 2ach Mills
Cler
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This Indenture made this eleventh day of Agaiist in
ye third yeare of ye reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann
by ye grace of God of England Scotland France and
Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c and in ye year
of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and four
and betweene Nehemiah Smith of Jamaica of Jamaica in
Queens County on Nassau Hand in ye Province of New-
York yeoman of ye one party and John Carpinter of ye
same place yeoman of ye other party witnesseth that ye
abovesd Nehemiah Smith for severall causes and good
considerations him thereunto moving but more especially
for ye sum of sixty pounds corant mony of New York
to him in hand paid by ye abovesd John Carpinter at or
before ye insealing or delivery of these presents ye receipt
whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlige
himself therewith satisfyed contented and paide and
thereof and therefrom doth for ever exonirate aquit and
discharge ye abovesd John Carpinter his heirs executors
adminstrators all and every of them from any part or
parsill thereof have given granted enfeoft releast ashured
confirmed quit claimed sould and made over unto ye
abovesd John Carpinter his heirs and asigns for ever a
certain pece or parsill of upland lying and in ye bounds
of Jamaica aforesd buted and bounded as followeth that
is to say east by Freemans path and west by ye mill
path and south by ye land of Samuell Carpinter and
north by John Rodses land it being laid out for twenty
six acres and halfe be it more or less all which land as
above bounded and exprest together with all and singuler
ye privileges apurtinanses heriditaments and emoli-
ments rights title property claime and demand posesion
of him ye said Nehemiah Smith in and to ye primises
and in & to every part or parsill thereof to him ye said
John Carpinter his heirs and asigns for ever to have and to
hould for ever and ye abovesd Nehemiah Smith doth
covenant and agree for himself heirs executors admin-
strators to & with ye abovesd John Carpinter his heirs
and asignes that they may both now and at all time
or times for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess and
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injoy ye above recited land and primises as or their
owrie proper righte of inheritans in fee simple and that
ye abovesd Nehemiah Smith had at ye time of insealing
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and delivery of these presents full power and lawfull
athority to sell ye above recited land and primises to ye
sd John Carpinter and lawfully seized of ye same freely
and clearly discharged of and from any other or former
deed gift sale morgage grant dowry intaleys judgment
execution revertion remainder or remainders or any other
title or incumbrans what ever had made or comited at
any time or times before ye insealing or delivery of these
presents with a warantee to defend ye same against any
person or persons laying any just claime to ye same and
also to scale and deliver any other or firmer deed or con-
veianc for ye primises as ye abovesd John Carpinter shall
be advised or procure to be drawn by ye counsill learned
in law for ye space of seven years next insuing ye date
hereof in testamony and confirmation of ye primises ye
abovesd Nehemiah Smith hath bound himself his heirs
executors adminstrators all and every of them by seting
to his hand and afixing his scale ye day and year abovesd
Signed sealed and delivered Nehemiah X Smith O
in presents of his mark
Waitt Smith
Zach Mills
December ye 12 1704 Then appeared before me ye
within mentioned Nehemiah Smith & did acknowlig ye
above mentioned deede to be his own volingtary act and
deed
Joseph Smith Jus.
A true coppy of ye orignall entered pr
Zach Mills
Cler
Know all men by these presents that I Samuell Ruscoe
of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassau
doe alinate bargin enfeofe sell & make over & by thes
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presents doe own to have from me my heirs executors
adminstrators covenanted allinated releast quit claimed
and made over unto Zachariah Mills of ye same Towne
Island & County all my right of boggs lying in Jamaica
being thirteene acres & a halfe right I say that I ye
abovesd Samuell Ruscoe have as abovesd sould as aforesd
unto ye abovesd Zachariah Mills his heirs exec^ adm"^^ &
asigns the abovesd thirteene acres & a halfe right of boggs
to have and to hould for ever and ye same shall & will
for ever warent & defend against any sale gift morgage
or any incumbranc whatever with a warantee to defend
ye same against any interest property right & title be-
longing to me ye said Samuell Ruscoe my heirs executors
& adm" for ever in witness whereunto I set to my hand
& scale this thirteenth day of July in ye year of our
Lord one thousand six hundred ninety & six
Signed sealed & delivered Sam'^ Ruscoe O
in presents of
John Everitt A true coppy of ye orignall
Gale x Ruscoe entered pr me
his mark Zach Mills
Cler
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This Indenture made this tenth day of Agaust and
in ye third yeare of ye reigne our Sovereigne Lady Ann
by ye grace of God Queene of England Scotland France
and Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare
of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and four
and betweene Abigaile Whitehead widow and Jonathan
Whitehead gent — both of Jamaica in Queens County
on Nassau Hand in ye Province of New York of ye one
party and Waite Smith of ye same place yeoman of ye
other party witnesseth that ye abovsd Abigaile and Jona-
than Whitehead for severall causes and considerations
them therunto but more especially for and in considera-
tion of ye sum of fifety pounds corant mony of New York
to them paide by ye abovesd Waite Smith at or before
ye delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof they doe
hereby owne and doth for ever exonirate aquit and dis-
94 Records of the Town of
charge ye abovsd Waite Smith his heirs executors ad-
minstrators all and every of them-from any part or parsill
thereof have given granted enfeoft releast ashurd &
confirmed and doe by these presents fully and absolutly
give grant enfeofe release ashure & confirm unto ye abovsd
Waite Smith his heirs and asigns for ever all that pece or
parsill of upland lying and being in ye bounds of Jamaica
aforesd in a devition comanly called ye hil divition in
number fifety nine bounded as followeth that is to say
east by ye lot that was laide out the widow Davis and
west by the lot that was laide out to Edward Higbe and
north by Flushing bounds and south by ye land of John
Carpinter together with and singuler ye priveliges apur-
tinancs heriditaments and all ye rites title interest claim
and demand whatever of them ye sd Abigaile Whitehead
and Jonathan Whitehead or either of them their or either
of their heirs executors or adminstrators made unto ye
abovsd land & primmises in all and to all & every part
and parsill thereof unto ye abovsd Waite Smith his
heirs & asigns for ever to hav and to hould ye abovsd
land & primises unto ye sole proper use benifit and
behoofe of him ye sd Waite Smith his heirs & asigns for
ever and further ye abovesd Abigaile Whitehead &
Jonathan Whitehead doe for themselves their heirs exe-
cutors adminstrators promis covenant & agree to & with
ye abovesd Waite Smith his heirs & asigns that that they
may both now & at at all times forever hereafter have
hold ocopy poses & injoy ye above recited land & primises
as his or their right of inheritans and that at ye day &
date of ye making of this that is rightfully seased of ye
abovesd land & granted primises and that ye abovsaid
Abigaile Whitehead & Jonathan Whitehead have full
power & lawfull athority to sell ye same unto ye abovsd
Waite Smith his heirs or asigns & that they shall remain
seized of ye primises of a good & absolute & perfect
estate of inheritans in fee simple & at ye day of makinge
hereof & at all times for ever hereafter to remain in free
& free posesion of ye same free & clearly discharged of &
from all former gifts sales morgages dowry intallary
Jamaica, Long Isl-\nd 95
judgment execution remission remainder or any other
title or incumbrans whatever had made or comited at
any time or times before the insealing or dehvery of these
presents with a warentee to defend ye same against any
person claiming ye same and also to scale & deliver any
other or firmer deed or conveians for ye primises as ye
said Waite Smith shall be advised or procure to be drawn
by his counsill learned in law for ye space of seven years
insuing ye date hereof in testamony & confirmation of ye
primises ye partys abovesd have bound
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their heirs executors admi'^ all & every of them by set-
ing to their hands & afixing their scales ye day & yeare
aforesd
Signed sealed and delivered Abigaile X Whitehead O
in presents of her mark
Obadiah Smith Jonathan Whitehead O
Anthony Waters
A true coppy entered pr
Zach Mills
Cler
Memorandom that upon ye 9 day of January 1704/5
then apeared before m Edward Bowras Esqr one of
Her Majs Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within
Queens County ye within named Jonathan Whitehead &
Abigaile Whitehead and did acknowlige ye within writ-
ten instrument to be their free and volingtary act &
deede Ed Bowras
Know all men by these presents that we whose names
are under written being apointed by ye Town of Jamaica
at a publick Towne Meeting for to bulk & lay out ye
boggs of said Town have laide out to ye persons hereafter
mentioned ye severall parsills of boggs following that is
to say laide oute to Benjamin Thurstone a 12 acre righte
laide oute to ye medow of William Foster late of Jamaica
deseast being laid begining at a certain fens which
ye sd Benjamin set up for to fens his land on ye south
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end and soe runing northerly being bounded east by
ye Plaine Run and west by ye land of ye sd Benjamin
Thurstone and also a five acre righte to Samuell Barkers
medow and a ten acre righte to ye medow of Thomas
Welling and a ten acre righte to John Fosters medow all
which rights are laid oute on ye north end of ye boggs
above mentioned as witness our hands this 12th day of
February 1704
John Oke
Wait Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall entered
pr Zach Mills
Cler
This may sertify all home it may consern that we hose
names are under ritten have upon the 12 day of February
in the year 1704/5 bulkt and laid oute a sertaine parsill
of bogs within the Town of Jamaica lying of each said the
Little Plaine Run against Benjamin Thurstons land a
four? acre right and halfe to ye sd Benjamin Thurston
323/^ akres righte laid oute to Jonathan Whitehead
against his own lapd and a both sides the river as it
doth apeare by marked trees next John Oke 123^ acre
right as it apears by marked trees next Daniell Smith
Waits son 2 acre right lying upon the west side of the
Plaine Rune as it apears by marked trees in testamony
hereof we have set to our hands the day and year above
written
Waite Smith
John Oke
The boges above laide out to Jonathan Whitehead
were purchased 25 acre right from Nathaniell Denton
5 acre right from Zachariah Mills 23^^ acre righte from
Speageler
A true coppy of ye orignall
entered pr Zach Mills
\ Cler
Jamaica, Long Island 97
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This Indenture made this twenty second day of
February and in ye first yeare of Her Majs reign and in
ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& two or three & betweene Daniell Mesinger of Norwalk
in Fairfield County in ye Colony of Conecticot of ye one
party & Abraham Lott of Jamaica in Queens County on
Nasau Hand in ye Provinc of New York of ye other part
witnesseth that ye abovesd Daniell Mesinger by & with
ye consent of Jno. Messinger his brother for and in con-
sideration of a valluable sum of mony to him in paid
by ye abovesd Abraham Lott before ye insealeing or
delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth here-
by own & acknowligeth himself to be therewith satisfyed
content & paid and thereof and therefrom doth for ever
exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovesd Abraham Lott
his heirs executors & adminstrators all & every of them
from any part or parsill thereof have given granted
enfeoft releast quit claimed sould & made over and
doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give
grant enfeofe release quit claim sell & make over unto ye
abovsd Abraham Lott his heirs and asignes for ever a
certain pece or parsill of upland situate lying and being
in the bounds of Jamaica aforsd belonging to a devition
comanly called ye west devition containing five acres as
it was laid out be it more or less as it was laide buted and
bound as followeth that is to say east by ye way that
leades from Jamaica aforesd to ye old Town Neck and
west by John Okeys land and north by a lot of land laid
out to John Hanson & south by a lot of land laid out to
Joseph Thurston late of Jamaica deseasd together with
all & singuler ye priveliges apurtinanses heriditaments
to ye same belonging or any maner of ways appertaining
and all ye estate right title property interest posession
claime or demand in & to ye primises to ye abovesd
Abraham Lott his heirs & asignes to ye only proper use
benifitt & behooff of him ye sd Abraham Lot his heirs &
asignes for ever & ye sd Daniell Mesinger with ye consent
of John Mesinger as aforesd for himself his heirs exec"
98 Records of the Town of
admi" doe hereby covenant to & with ye said Abraham
Lot his heirs & asigns that they now & at all times for
ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess & injoy ye above
recited land freely & clearly discharged of & from all
former gifts sales grants morgages do wry s intaileys judg-
ments executions revertions remainders or intangel-
ments what soever had made or comited at any time or
times before ye insealing or delivery of these presents
and also to warant and defend ye same against any
person or persons laying claime to ye same lawfully and
likewise to scale & deliver any other or firmer deed or
conveians for ye primises as ye sd Abraham shall be ad-
vised and procure to be drawn by his counsill learned in
law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in
testamony and confirmation ye partys abovsd hereunto
set to their hands and afixed their seals ye day and date
abovsd
The words to ye only proper use benifit & behoof of
him ye sd Abraham Lott his heirs & and asignes
for ever & ye said Daniell Mesinger with ye consent
of John Mesinger as aforesd for himself his heirs
execut"^" admir* doe hereby covenant to & with ye sd
Abraham Lot his heirs & asigns being inscribed between
ye 25 & 26 lines & between ye 26 & 27 & 27 & 28 & 28
& 29 lines are to be recide as here last above mentioned
Signed sealed & delivered Daniell Mesinger O
in presents of
John Oke A true coppy of ye orignall
Zach Mills deed enterd & compared pr
Zh> Mills
Cler
This Indenture made the twenty six day of Aprill in
ye third yeare of ye reine or our Soverant Lady Anne by
the grace of God Queene over England Scotland Frans
and Eyrland Defender of ye Faith and in ye yeare of our
Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and four betwene
Daniell Whitehead of Jamaica in Queens County on the
Jamaica, Long Island 99
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Island Nassau of the one part and Ebanezer Smith of
ye same plase of the other part witnesseth that ye said
Daniell Whitehead for and in consideration of a sertain
sum of good and lawfull mony of NewYork to him in
hand paide by ye aforsd Ebanezah Smith at & before ye
insealing and delivery of these presents ye resate wherof
he doth aknolig and himself to be therewith foully satis-
fied contened and paid and therof and of every part and
parsiel therof doe for ever aquit & discharge ye abovsd
Ebanazer Smith his heirs executors adminstrators from
any further claime or demand for any part or parsill
theirof have given granted bargined and sold allinattd
infeoft released and confirmed and doe by these presents
give grant bargin and sell aline infefe relese and confirm
from him his heirs executors adminstrators unto ye sd
Ebanazer Smith to him his heirs executors administrators
and asignes for ever all that a sertain mesage tenament
or dwelling house with ye orchard and lot of land situate
lying and being within ye Towne of Jamaica aforesd now
in the tenor ocopetion of one James Laid being buted and
bounded as followeth east and south by ye high streate
west by Sammuell Smith north by the land of John Lud-
1am a small pease of ground within the said lot belonging
unto John Rodes onely exepted together with all and
singuler the housis tenaments gardins orchards pastures
fensis and inclosures rights priveleges heriditaments and
apurtinanses to the same belonging or in any waise ap-
ertaing and all ye estate right title claim posesion prop-
erty and demand of him ye sd Daniell Whitehead unto
ye primises and in and to every partt or parsill thereof
to have and to hould ye sd house and lot of land exepting
what is before exepted with all and every of their apurtin-
anses unto him ye sd Ebenazer Smith his heirs and asigns
and to ye onely proper use benifit and behoof of him ye
sd Ebenezar Smith his heirs executors adminstrators
and asignes for ever free and clearly discharged of and
from all former gifts grants morgages jointers intalls
or any other entangellment what ever with a warante
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to defend ye same against all persons lawfully claiming ye
same and ye sd Daniell Whitehead for himself his heirs
executors adminstrators shall from time to time and at
all times hereafter during ye space of seven years signe
and scale any other deed or conveiance for ye beter
confirming of ye above granted primises unto ye sd
Ebenezar Smith his heirs and asigns as his or their atorny
learned in ye law shall advise provided it be at ye corst
of him ye sd Ebenezar Smith his heirs and asignes in
testamony hereof ye party to these presents hath set
to his hand and scale ye daye and yeare first above
writen
Signed sealed & delivered Dan'' Whitehead O
in presents of
Jno. Hubbard
Samll Mills
Memorandam that on ye day and yeare within men-
tioned ye within specifyed Danll Whitehead appeared
before me Joseph Esqr one of Her Majs Justices for
ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County asigned
& did acknowlige ye within writen conveians to be his
free & vollingtary act & deed
Test Joseph Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entered & com-
pared pr
Zach Mills
Cler
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This Indenture made this twenty second day of Feb-
ruary & in ye third year of ye reign of our Sovereign
Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland
Franc & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and
in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven
hundred & four or five and betwene Nathaniell Higbe
of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasau Hand & in ye
Provins of New York yeoman of ye one party and Capt
Jno. Carpinter of ye same place of ye other party wit-
neseth that ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbe for severall causes
Jamaica, Long Island 101
& good considerations him thereunto moveing but more
especially for and in consideration of ye sum of ten
pounds corant mony of New York to him in hand paid
before ye insealing or delivery of these presents by ye
abovsd John Carpinter ye receipt whereof he doth hereby
own & doth acknowlige himself to be therewith satisfyed
content & paid & thereof & therefrom doth for ever
exonirate aquit & discharg ye abovsd John Carpinter his
heirs exec*'^ admin" all and every of them from any part
or parsill thereof have given granted enfeoft covenanted
alinated releast quit claimd sould made over & doe
by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant
enfeofe covenant alinate release quit claime make over &
sell unto ye abovsd John Carpinter his heirs executors
administrators or asignes for ever a certain pece or parsill
of upland situate lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica
aforesd being ye whole right or devition called ye hill
devition which was laide out to seventeen acres & halfe
of medow buted & bounded as followeth that is to say
east by ye land laid out to Daniell Whitehead late of
Jamaica deseast & west by ye land of Samll Smith &
south by ye high way & north by ye bounds of Flushing
all which land as above bounded and exprest together
with all & singuler ye trees timber trees woods under
woods whether standing or lying being or belonging to
ye same with all & singuler ye priveliges apurtinanses
heridittaments emoliments profits benifits posesion claime
or demand to ye same belonging or any ways apertaining
to have and to hould ocopy posess & in joy for ever and
ye same to be & remaine to ye only proper use benifit
& behoofe of him ye abovsd John Carpinter his heirs &
asignes for ever free & clearly discharged of & from
all former gifts sales morgages dowry intalarys judg-
ments executions revertion remainder or remainders or
any other title or incombrans what ever had made or
comited at any time or times before ye insealing or
delivery of these presents and ye abovsd Nathaniell
Higbe doth covenant & agree for himself his heirs execu-
tors admnistrators to & with ye abovsd John Carpinter
102 Records of the Town of
his heirs & asigns that they may both now & at all times
for ever hereafter have hould ocopy posess & in joy ye
above recited land & primises as his or their own land
of inheritans in fee simple & ye same will warant and for
ever defend agt any claime or demand from any per-
son or persons laying any just claime to ye same & also
to scale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveians
for ye primmises as ye sd John his heirs or asigns shall be
advised or procured to be drawn by his or their counsill
learned in law for ye space of ten years next after ye date
of these presents in confirmation whereof ye abovsd
Nathaniell Higbe hath bound himself his heirs executors
admin"^** by setting to his hand afixed his scale ye day &
yeare first above mentioned
Sealed & delivered Nathaniell Higbe O
in presents of
Ebene/ar Smith
Zach Mills
March ye 2d 1704
Then apeared before me Joseph Smith Esqr on of
Her Majs Justices for keeping of ye peace for Queens
County ye above named Nathaniell Higbe & did acknowlig
ye above mentioned deed of sale to be his own volingtary
act and deed
Test Joseph Smith
A true coppy entered by
Zach Mills
Cler
Page 332 .
This Indenture made the eighth day of February in
ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
three & four between Nehemiah Smith of Jamaica in
Queens County on Nassau Island yeoman on ye one part
& Daniell Boll of ye same Town County &c aforesd
cooper on ye other part witnesseth y* ye sd Nehemiah
Smith for & in consideration of ye valuable sum of five
pounds & sixteene shillings corant mony of N. York to
Jamaica, Long Island 103
him in hand paid by ye sd Daniell Boll at & before ye
ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
he doth hereby acknowlige & himself to be therwith
iuWy satisfyed contented & paid & thereof & of every part
& parsill thereof he doth for ever aquit & discharge ye sd
Dan ' • Boll his heirs & asigns by these presents hath given
granted bargined and sold enfeofed releasd & confirmed &
by these presents doth clearly freely & absolutely give
grant bargin & sell enfeofe release & confirm to him
ye sd Daniell Boll his heirs & asignes for ever all y' a
certaine tract pece or parsill of boggy medow & upland
adjoyning situat lying & being within ye bounds & Town-
ship of Jamaica aforesd containing by estimation fuor
acres be it more or less as it was laid out & now lyeth
being buted & bounded as followeth northward by a
small brook or run westward by a causway southward
by a highway & eastward by a lot of land in ye tenour
of Samll Smith cordwiner with all ye fensis timber trees
wood under-wood being lying or standing thereon to-
gether with all & singuler ye rights priveleges & heridita-
ments thereunto belonging or in any ways apertaining
& all ye estate right title interest property claime posesion
& demand of him ye ^forsd Nehemiah Smith in & to the
primises & in & to any part or parsill thereof to have
& to hould ye before recited tract of boggy medow &
upland & apurtinances to him ye sd Daniell Boll his
heirs & asignes to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof
of him ye sd Daniell Boll his heir & asignes for ever &
ye sd Nehemiah Smith doth for himself his heirs execu-
tors & admin**'" covenant & agree to & with ye sd Daniell
Boll y' he ye sd Daniell Boll his heirs & asignes shall &
may now & at all times for ever hereafter quietly &
peacably ocopy posess & enjoy all & every the above
named primises as his & their estate of inheritans in fee
simple freely & clearly acquited & discharged of & from
all other & former gifts grants bargins & sales morgages
do wry s intails judgments executions revertion & rever-
tions remainder & remainders had made done or comitted
at any time or times before ye insealing & delivery of
104 Records of the Town of
these presents & shall also warrant & defend ye above
granted primises agt all & every person or persons law-
full claiming by from or under him ye sd Nehemiah
Smith his heirs executors or adminstrators or any other
lawfull claime what ever by these presents & also further
to give any other or firmer deed or conveians for ye
primises as ye sd Daniell Boll his heirs or asignes shall
be advised or procure to be drawn by his or their counsill
learned in ye law in testamony whereof ye partys to these
presents have set to their hands & fixed their scales ye
day & year first above written
Signed sealed & delivered Nehemiah X Smith O
in presents of his mark
Jno, Hubbard
Samuell Smith
Memorandom that on ye 9 day of February in ye year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred three & four ye
above named Nehemiah Smith personally apeared before
me ye subscriber one of Her Majs Justices for ye keeping
ye pece within Queens County aforsd & acknowligd
ye above writen conveians to be his free & volingtary
act & deed Joseph Smith
Justice
A true coppy of ye orignall bill of sale entd
pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 333
This Indenture made this first day of March and in
ye third yeare of ye reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne
by ye grace of God Queen of England Scotland France
& Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye year of our
Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & foure and
betweene Hope Carpinter of Jamaica in Queens County
on Nasau Hand & in ye Provins of New York yeoman
of ye one party and John Gaile of ye place yeoman of ye
other party witneseth y* ye abovesd Hope Carpinter
for severall causes and good considerations him ther-
Jamaica, Long Island 105
unto moving but more especially for & in consideration
of ye sum of seven pounds corant mony of New York
to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Jno. Gaile at or
before ye insealing or delivery of these presents ye
receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth aknowlige
himself satisfyed content & paid and thereof and there-
from doth for ever exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovsd
John Gaile his heirs exec" admin'^^ all & every of them
from any part or parsill thereof have given granted enfeoft
released confirmed ashured quited claimd sould & made
over and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutly
give grant enfeefe release and confirm ashure quit claim
sell & mak over unto ye abovsd John Gaile his heirs & as-
ignes for ever all that pece of upland lying and being in
ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd buted & bounded as follow-
eth that is to say southest by a certain swamp betweene
ye hither east neck & Long Neck and southwest by ye
Long Neck fens & northwest by ye way y* leads into ye
sd Long Neck and north east by ye land of Jonathan and
Thomas Whitehead containing five acres as it was laid
oute be it more or less all which parsill or lot of land as
above bounded & exprest together with all & singuler ye
priveliges apurtinancs heriditaments and emoliments
to ye same belonging or any ways apertaining with all
ye trees timber trees woods under woods whether standing
or lying or any maner of ways apertaining to ye same ye
abovsd Hope Carpinter doe acknowlige to have sould as
aforesd from him his heirs exec" admi" unto ye abovesd
John Gaile his heirs & asignes to have and to hould for
ever & ye same & every part & parsill thereof to be &
remaine to ye onely proper use benifit & behoofe of him
ye sd John Gaile his heirs and asignes to ocopy poses
& in joy as his or their owne free land of inheritance in
fee simple free & clearly discharged of & from any other
or former gift sale morgage intalary dowry judgment
execution revertion remainder or remainders or any other
intangellment what ever had made or comitted any time
or times before ye sealing or delivery of these presents
and also that ye abovsd Hope Carpinter had at ye time
106 Records of the Town of
of ye sealing of these presents had full power and lawfull
athoraty to sell ye abovsd land and granted primises
with a warentee to defend ye same agt any person or
persons lawfully claiming ye same and also to seale and
deliver any other or firmer deede or conveians for ye
primises as ye abovsd Jno. Gaile shall be advised or pro-
cure to be drawne by his counsill larned in ye law for ye
space of six years nex after ye date of these presents
to ye true performans of ye above mentioned primises
ye above said Hope Carpinter hath bound himself his
heirs by seting to his hand ye day and date abovsd and
afixing his seale ye day & deat above mentioned
Signed sealed and delivered Hope Carpinter O
in presents of
Zach Mills A true coppy of ye orignall
Jonas Wood deede entered and compared
pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 33 J^
This Indenture made this third day of March in
ye third year of Her Majs Queen Ann's reign and in ye
year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred four
& five betweene Nathaniell Higbe of Jamaica in Queens
County on ye Island of Nassau and Provins of New-
York on ye one part and Issaac Lenoir of ye Town
County and Provins aforsd on ye other part witneseth
that ye sd Nathaniell Higbe for a valuable and lawfull
consideration to me in hand paide at & before ye insealing
and delivery hereof wherof and wherewith I acknowlige
myself fully satisfyed contented and paid and thereof
arid every part and parsill thereof doe fully freely and
absolutely aquit exonirate and discharge ye said Isaac
Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever have given granted
alind bargined sold enfeofed and confirmed and by
these presents doe give grant alien bargin sell enfeofe and
confirm unto ye said Issaac Lenoir his hetrs and asigns
thirteene acres and a half right in ye Litle Plaines in
Jamaica bounds which said thirteene acres and a half
right unto ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes to >
Jamaica, Long Island 107
have and to hold ye sd thirteene acres and a half right
with all and singuler ye rights proffits priveleges heridita-
ments and appurtinansis unto him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his
heirs & asignes without any morgages or redemtion use
or limitation to recall alter change or make void ye same
and ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever
shall have hold ocoppy posess & enjoy ye sd thirteen
acres and a half right without any hindrans molestation
or disturbans of me ye sd Nath" Higbe my heirs execu-
tors or adm"^^ or any person or persons whatever from by
or under me them or either of them and ye said Nath'^
Higbe doth hereby covenant and agree to and with ye
sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes that he ye sd Nath-
aniell Higby att and before ye ensealing and delivery
hereof is and standeth seized of of ye sd land and prim-
ises of a good pure and perfect estate of inheritans in
fee simple and hath good power and lawfull authority to
sell and dispose of ye same in maner and form afforsd
and ye sd thirteene acres and a half right I ye said Nath-
aniell Higbye my heirs and executors and adminstrators
aquitt all persons and persons whatever unto ye sd Isaac
Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever will defend and I
doe hereby for my self my heirs exeC^^ and admi" further
covenant and agree y* at any time or times hereafter
within ye space of seven years at ye reasonable request
and at ye cost and charges in ye law of ye sd Isaac Lenoir
his heirs or asignes shall & will doe make perform enaict
signe scale and acknowlige such further and lawfull act
and acts thing and things devices and ashuranses in ye
law for ye more perfect and pure making and conveing
ye said land and premises as he ye said Isaac Lenoir his
heirs or asignes or his or their counsill learned in ye law
shall reasonably devise advise or require in wittness
whereof I have set herunto my hand and afixed my scale
ye day and year above written
Signed sealed and delivered Nathaniell Higbe O
in sight and presents of us
Sam >i Mills
Geo. Noble
108 Records of the Town of
This third day of Aprill in ye 4th year of ye reign
of our Sovereign Lady Queene Ann's reign Anoqu Dom:
1705 came before me Jonathan Whitehead one of Her
Majs Justices of ye Peace for ye County aforsd Nath^'
Higbey party to ye above written deede of sale and did
acknowhge ye sd deede of sale to be his act and deede
Witnes my hand ye day and year above writen
Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy of ye orignall deed of sale entered pr
Zach Mills
Cler
Page 335
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall
com William Creede of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth
greeting Know yea that I William Creede aforsd for
severall good reasons and causes me therunto moving
but more especially for a certain sum of mony to me the
abovsd William in hand paide by Nathaniell Higbe of
ye abovsd Towne Hand and County ye receipt whereof
I doe hereby owne and before ye ensealing and delivery
of these presents acknowlige to be therewith contented
satisfied & paid & thereof & therefrom doe acquit exon-
irate & discharge ye abovsd Nathaniell his heirs & asignes
from any further claime intrest or demand for any part
or parsill thereof have given granted covenanted al-
linated release enfeof quit claimed bargined and sould
and by thes presents doe acknowlige to have from me
my heirs exec"^' & admi'^'^ given granted granted covenanted
allinated releasd enfeofed quit claimd bargined made
over and sould unto ye abovsd Nathaniell Higby his
heirs executors adm" & asignes all that a certain pece or
parsill of upland which I ye abovsd William Creede
boughte of Mary Davis widow & relickt of Sam'' Davis
late of Jamaica abovsd deseasd which sd pece or parsill
of upland is situate lying & being within ye bounds of
Jamaica eastward of said Towne and is bounded west by
ye land of Samuell Deane & north by ye high way &
south by ye boggs and east by a marked tree standing
Jamaica, Long Island 109
near ye run with ye rights & privelege of twenty acres
of boggs all which sd pece or parsill of upland as it is
above bounded & exsprest w*** ye sd twenty five acre
privelige of bogs I ye abovsd William Creede hath sould
as aforesd unto ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbe with all
orchards pastures woods under woods timber trees fensise
priveliges profitts and benifitts therunto belonging or in
any ways appertaining to have and to hould to ye abovsd
Nathaniell Higbe his heirs exeC^^ and adm'^'' & asignes for
ever and ye same to be and remain to ye only proper use
benifit and behoufe of him ye sd Nathaniell his heirs
& asignes for ever free and clearly discharged of & from
all former sales gifts morgages or any other entangellments
whatever & ye same shall & by these presents for ever
will warant and defend against any claime or demand
from any person or persons what ever with a warantee
to defend ye same against any interest property claime
or demand from me ye abovsd William Creede my heirs
or asignes for ever & doe before ye ensealing & delivery
of these presents owne him ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbe
to be in ye free & lawfull posesion of all & every ye abovsd
pece or parsill of upland & primises free without let or
molistation in confirmation whereof I doe set to my hand
and scale this twenty eight day of November in ye eight
year of His Majs reigne and in ye year of our Lord Christ
one thousand six hundred ninty and six
Signed sealed and delivered Wi^' Creede O
in presents of
Richard Swann A true coppy of ye orignall
Sam'^ Ruscoe deede entered pr
Zach Mills
Cler
Page 336
To all Christian people unto home thes presents may
come Daniell Oldfild of Jamaica in Queens County on ye
Hand of Nasau sends greeting Know yea that I ye sd
Daniell Oldfild for difers good causes and reasons me
therunto moving but more espesially for a valuable sum
of corant mony of New York to me in hand paid by
110 Records of the Town of
Benjamin Thustone of ye aforesd Towne County Island
aforesd ye receipt wherof I doe one and acknowlige my-
self to be therewith contented and paid and thereof and
therefrom & of every part and parsill thereof doe for ever
exonirate and aquit ye said Benjamin Thustone his
ayers executors adminstrators from any further claime
or demand for any part or parsill thereof have given
granted alinated releast and confirmed and by these
presents doe give grant alinate release and confirm from
me my ayres exc"^" admin'^" unto ye aforesd Benjamin
Thustone to him his eyers exec'« adni" and asignes one
full seven acre right of bogs lying west of ye Plaine
Runn in ye Towne of Jamaica aforesd with all rights and
priveliges belonging to ye afore mentioned seven acres
righte of boges I ye said Daniell Oldfild doe acknowlige
to have sold as aforesd from me my ayers exec" adm"
unto ye abovsd Benjamin Thurstone to have and to
hold ye said seven ackre right of boges with all priveliges
thereunto belonging unto him ye said Benjamin Thustone
and to ye only proper use benifitt and behoofe of him ye
said Benjamin Thustone to him his heirs exec" adm"
and asignes for ever with a warantee to defend ye same
against all persons or persons lawfully claiming ye same
In confirmation of ye same I have hereunto set my hand
and scale this fifth day of Aprill in ye year of our Lord j
Christ one thousand and seven hundred and three ^
Signed sealld and delivered Dan^i Oldfield O
in presents of
Jonathan Whitehed
Sam • 1 Bayleys
Upon ye day and yeare above ritten ye aforesd Daniell
Oldfield come before me Jonathan Whitehead Esqr one
of Her Majs Justices ffor ye ceeping of ye peace within
Queens County and acknowligd ye above ritten instru-
ment to his free and volingtary act and deede
A true coppy of ye Jonathan Whitehead
orignall deed entered pr Zach Mills
Cler
Jamaica, Long Island 111
Page 337
To all Christian people unto home these presents may
come Jonathan Whitehead of Jamaica in Queens County
on ye Hand of Nasau sends greeting Know ye that
I ye said Jonathan Whitehead for divers good causes and
reasons me thereunto moving but more espesially for a
valuable sum of corant silver mony of New York to me
in hand paid by Benjamin Thustone of ye aforesd Town
County and Island abovsd before ye insealing and de-
livery of these presents ye receipt whereof I doe owne and
acknowlige myself to be therewith contented and paid and
thereof and therefrom and of every part and parsill
thereof doe for ever exonirate aquit him ye said Ben-
jamin Thustone his heirs exec" adm*" from any further
claime or demand for any part or parsill thereof have
given granted alinated releast infeoft confirmed made
over and sold and by vertu of these presents doe from
me my ayers exec"^" admin'^'' give grant alinate releasd
infeofe confirm make over and sell unto ye aforsd Ben-
jamin Thustone to him his heirs exec"^^ adm'^'' and asignes
for ever of all five acre right of bogs to be taken up in ye
Town of Jamaica aforesd with all rights and priveliges
belonging to ye above granted primises I ye sd Jonathan
Whithead doe acknowlige to have sold as abovsd from
me my ayrs exec" admi" unto ye aforesd Benjamin
Thustone to have and to hold ye same unto ye abovsd
Benjamin Thustone his ayres exec" adminstrators and
to ye onely proper use benifit and behoof of him ye sd
Benjamin Thustone his heirs exec" admin"^^ and asignes
for ever free and clearly discharged of and from any former
intangellment what ever with a warentee to defend ye
same against any person or persons lawfully claiming ye
same in testamony of ye same I have set to my hand &
scale this seventh day of May in ye second year of Her
Majs reign and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand
seven hundred and three
Jonathan Whitehead
112 Records of the Town of
Signed sealed and delivered
in presents of A true coppy of ye orignall
John Wolsy entered and compared
John Foster pr Zach Mills
Cler
To all Christian people unto home these presents may
come John Foster of Jamaica in Queens County on ye
Hand of Nasaw sends greeting Know ye that I ye said
John Foster for divers good causes & reasons me there-
unto moving but more espesially for a valluable sum of
corant silver mony of NewYork to me in hand paid by
Benjamin Thustone of ye aforsd Towne County and
Island as abovsd ye receite whereof I doe one and acknow-
lige my selfe to be therewith contented and paide and
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thereof and therefrom and of every part and parsill
thereof doe for ever exonirate & aquit him ye said Ben-
jamin Thustone his heirs exeC^^ admin" from any furder
claime or demand for any part or parsill thereof by these
presents have given granted alinated releastd enfeofd
confirmed made over and sould and by verty of these
presents doe from me my ayres exec" admin" give grant
alinate release enfeof confirm make over and sell unto ye
aforenamed Benjamin Thustone to him his heirs exec"
admin" and asignes for ever a full twelve acres and a
quarter right of boges to be taken upe within said Towne
of Jamaica with all other rightes and priveliges any ways
belonging or apertaining unto ye above granted primises
I ye said Jno. Foster doe acknowlige to have sould as
aforesd from me my ayres exec" admin" unto ye above
named Benjamin Thustone to have and to hold all &
every of ye above granted primises unto ye aforenamed
Benjamin Thustone his heirs exec" adm" and to ye onely
proper use benifit and behoofe of him ye said Benjamin
Thustone his ayers exec" admi" and asignes for ever
free and clearly discharged of and from all former in-
tangellments of what cinde or nature so ever with a
warantee to defend ye same against all persons law-
Jamaica, Long Island 113
fully claiming ye same in testamony here hereof I have
set to my hand and afixt my seale this seventh day of
May in ye second year of Her Majs reign and in ye year
of our Lord Christ one seven hundred and three
Signed seald and delivered John Foster O
in presents of
Jonathan Whithead
John Wolsy
Jamaica May ye 8th 1703
Then apeared before me Jonathan Whithead one of
Her Majs Justices for ye ceeping of ye peace within
Queens County ye above named John Foster and acknowl-
igd ye above riten instrument to be his volingtary act
and deed
Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy of ye orignall deede enterd and com-
pared pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 339
This Indenture made this nineteenth day of Aprill
in ye fourth year of ye reigne of our Sovereign Lady
Anne by ye grace of God of Egnland Scotland Ffrance
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. Anoqui
Dominny 1705 betweene John Oke of Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Provins of New York yeoman of ye one
party and Andrew Mariner of ye abovsd Towne County
& Provins sadler on ye other party witnesseth that ye
abovsd John Oke for severall causes him thereunto mov-
ing but more espesially for a lawfull and valuable con-
sideration & sum of monys to him in hand paid by ye
aforesd Andrew Mariner att & before ye ensealing &
delivery hereof ye receipt whereof I acknowlidg & every
part & parsill thereof doe fully freely & absolutly aquit
exonirate & discharge ye sd Andrew Mariner his heirs
& asignes have given granted covenanted enfeofed re-
least quit claimd made over bargined & sould and by
these presents doe give grant sell & confirme unto ye
114 Records of the Town of
abovsd Andrew Mariner his heirs & asignes one third
part of a twenty acre privilege of ye commons of land
as it was formerly laid oute and entered upon records
within & belonging to Jamaica and with all and singuler
ye rightes profits priveliges heriditaments unto ye sd
one third part of a twenty acre previlidge belonging or
any way pertaining to have and to holde ye same unto
ye sd Andrew Mariner his heirs & asignes for ever with-
out morgage redemtion use or limitation to recall alter
change determin or make void ye same & ye sd Andrew
Mariner his heirs & asignes for ever shall have hould
ocopy posess & injoy ye one third parte of a twenty acre
priveleg of commonage affd with all and singuler ye
priviledes without any hindrans or disturbans of me ye
sd John Oke my heirs executors or adminstrators or
any person or persons whatever lawfully claiming from
by or under me them or either of them & ye one third
part of twenty acre privelidge & primises of commonage
I ye sd John Oke my heirs executors & adminstrators and
every of them ye same will warent & defend unto ye
sd Andrew Mariner his heirs & asignes for ever aquitt
all persons or persons laying any lawfull claime thereunto
& ye sd John Oke for himself his heirs executors & ad-
minstrators doe further covenant grant promis & agree
to & with ye sd Andrew Mariner his heirs and asignes
that he ye sd John Oke his heirs executors or adminstra-
tors or either of them shall & will at ye resonable request
& at ye cost and charges in ye law of the sd Andrew
Mariner his heirs and asignes make doe perform signe
scale and acknowlige at all times within ye space of
seven years from hence to be completed & ended such
deed & deedes conveianses & ashuranses in ye law
what ever for ye more perfect pure making & conveiang
ye sd one third part of a twenty acre privelige of comon-
age in Jamaica aforsd with all & singuler ye primises
he ye sd Andrew Mariner his heirs & asignes or his
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or their counsill learned in ye law shall reasonable devise
advise or require in witness & full confirmation of all
Jamaica, Long Island 115
& singuler ye primises I doe hereunto set to my hand and
fix my seale ye day & yeare above written
Signed sealed and delivered John Oke O
in sight and presents of us
Jonathan Deane
Sam" Ruscoe
Memorandom that on ye nineteenth day of Aprill
apeared before Jonathan Whitehead Esqr one of Her
Majestys Justices for ye Peace for Queens County ye
abovsd John Oke and did acknowlige this above deede
to be his owne free & volingtary act & deede
Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entered and com-
pared pr Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this twenty third day of July
in ye fourth yeare of ye reigne our Sovereign Lady Ane
by ye grace of God over England Scotland France &
Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare
of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and
five and betweene Jonathan Whitehead of Jamaica in
Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Provins of New-
York of ye one party and Benjamin Thurston of ye
abovsd Towne County Isle Provins witneseth that ye
abovsd Jonathan Whitehead for severall causes and
considerations him thereunto moving but more especially
for and in consideration of ye sum of thirty five pounds
corant niony of New York to him in hand paide by ye
abovesd Benjamin Thurstone at or before ye insealing
and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth
hereby owne and doth acknowlige himself to be there-
with satisfyed contented and paide and thereof and
therefrom doth forever exonirate aquit and discharge
ye abovsd Benjamin Thurstone his heirs exec^^ admin"
all and every of them from every part and parsill thereof
have given granted enfeoft releast confirmed ashured
116 Records of the Town of
quit claimed sould and made over and doe by these
presents freely clearly and absolutely give grant enfeofe
release confirm ashure quit claime sell and make over
unto ye abovsd Benjamin Thustone his heirs and asignes
for ever a certain five acre lott of upland within ye further
East Neck adjoyning to ye streame or mill pond belonging
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to a certain fulling mill on ye east side of ye sd pond that
is to say a full ten acre right of land within ye sd further
East Neck that is to say ye privelidge undevided belonging
to ten acres of medow for to be laid out on ye east side of
ye stream or mill ponde as aforesd together with all
and singuler ye priveliges apurtinanses heriditaments
emoliments to ye same belonging or any maner of wayes
apertaining with all and singuler ye trees timber trees
woods under woods whether standing or lying or any
maner of wayes apertaining to ye same and ye abovsd
Jonathan Whitehead doth also hereby sell and make
over as aforesd all his right title property interest claim
or demand from him his heirs executors admin-^" to ye
streame above mentioned to ye abovsd Benjamin Thur-
stone his heirs and asignes for ever to have ocopy posess
and injoy ye above recited land and granted premises
as his or their owne righte freely discharged of and from
all former gifts sales morgages dowrys intallyes judgment
execution revertion remainder or any other title or in-
cumbrans what ever had made or comited at any time
or times before ye insealing or delivery of these presents
with a warantee to defend ye same against any person
or persons whatever laying any just claime to ye sd land
and also to scale and deliver any or firmer deede or con-
veians for ye sd land as ye sd Benjamin Thuston his heirs
and asignes or either of them shall be advised or procure
to be drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye la^v
for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof and
ye sd Jonathan Whitehead doth further covenant and
agree to and with ye sd Benjamin Thustone his heirs
exeC^^ admin" that he ye sd Jonathan Whitehead his
heirs or asignes or any other person or persons deriving
Jamaica, Long Island 117
any power by from or under ye sd Jonathan Whitehead
shall not at any time or times hereafter comens any action
suite or any otherways to molest ye sd Benjamin Thustone
his heirs exec'^'' admi'^'^ or asignes for what damage shall
be done to or upon a certain parsill of boggs or land ad-
joyning to ye sd pond by raising of a pond for ye abovsd
mill belonging to ye sd Benjamin Thustone in testamony
whereof ye abovsd Jonathan Whitehead set to his hand
and and afixed his scale ye day and yeare first above
mentioned
Signed sealed and delivered Jonathan Whitehead O
in presents of
John Forster A true coppy of ye orignall deede
Zach Mills of sale enterd and compared pr
Zach Mills
Cler
These presents may certafy any whome it may con-
cerne that on ye 26th day of September Ano Dom 1705
James Lewis of Jamaica boughte a certain brownish black
gelding without either ear mark or brand aged four year
old and bred at Northham-hamton of William Bates of
Reading in New England and on September ye 28th
1705 Mr. William Ockhart boughte ye abovsd hors of
James Lewis Entered pr Zach Mills
Cler
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Know all men by these presents that I Nathaniel
Denton of Jamaica in Queens County for the sume of
fivety shillings to me in hand paid by Jonathan White-
head of ye same place have made over and sould from
me and my heirs exec" admin'^'' unto Jonathan White-
head to him his heirs and asignes all that a sertain parsill
of boges lying on both side ye Plaine Runn against
ye land of ye said Jonathan as it doth apeare to be laide
out by records of ye sd Towne ariseing from a twenty
five acre righte with a warrantee to defend ye same
against me and my heirs or any person claiming ye same
118 Records of the Town of
from me or them In testamony of ye same I set to my
hand and seale this 3 day of Aprill in ye year 1705
Sam • ' Mills Nathaniell Denton O
Zach Mills
A true coppy entered pr
Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this first day of May and in
ye thirteenth yeare of His Majs reigne William ye Third
by ye grace of God of England Scotland Frans & Ireland
Kinge Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our
Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and one and
betweene Samuel Carpinter of Jamaica on Nasaw Hand
and in ye Provins of New York and Queens County
yeoman of ye one party and Hope Mills of ye same
place labourer of ye other party witnesseth that ye
abovsd Samuell Carpinter for and in consideration of a
valuable sum of corant mony of New York to him in
hand paid before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents
ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne & acknowlidge
himself satisfyed content & paid and doth forever ex-
onirate aquit & discharge ye abovsd Hope Mills his heirs
executors adminstrators all & every of them from any
part or parsill thereof have given granted bargined
enfeoft quit claimed sould and made over and by these
doth freely clearely & absolutely give grant enfeof
bargin quit claime sell & make over a certain pece or
parsill of upland containing about twenty five acres of a
thirty acre lot as it was laide out be it more or less the
whole lot is situate buted and bounded as followeth that
is to say east by ye land of Henry Onderdonk and west
by ye highe way that goeth alonge by ye east side of ye
hollow comonlly called ye plaine hollow and south by
ye parsonage lot and north by ye land of Nathaniell
Smith all which land as above bounded and exprest
together with all and singuler the trees timber trees
woods under woods whether standing being or any of
Jamaica, Long Island 119
wayes apertaining to ye same with all priveledges apur-
tinanses heriditaments and all ye estate righte title in-
terest posession claime property in and to every part
& parsill thereof ye sd Samuell Carpinter to ye primises
to have and to hold ye sd land as above bounded and
exprst to him ye sd Hope Mills his heirs & asignes to ye
onely proper use benifit & behoofe of him ye said Hope
Mills his heirs & asignes for ever and ye sd Samuell
Carpinter for himselfe his heirs his heirs ex" admin'^
doth hereby covenant and agree to & with ye said Hope
Mills his heirs & asignes shall and may now and at all
times for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess and
in joy ye above recited land freely and clearly discharged
of and from all former gifts sales morgages dowry intalys
judgment executions revertion remainder or remainders
or any other title or incumbrances whatever had made
or comited at at any time or times before ye ensealing
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and & delivery of these presents as also to warrant &
defend ye same against any persons laying any just claime
to ye same by from or under him ye sd Samuell Car-
pinter his heirs exec" adminstrators or either of them or
any other incumbrans whatever and also to scale and
deliver any other or jBrmer deede or conveians for ye
primises ye sd Hope Mills shall be advised and procure
to be drawne learned by his counsill at law for ye space
of seven years next insuing ye date hereof in testamony
whereof ye abovsd Samuell Carpinter hath set to his
hand fixed his scale ye day and date first abovsd
Signed sealed' and delivered Samuell Carpinter O
in presents of A true coppy of ye orignall
Jonathan Deane deed entered & examined pr
Zach Mills Zach Mills
Cler
Surveyed for Mr. Isaack Lenoir July 9th 1705 one
lott of land lying upon ye Litle Plaines containing
5 acres & 3^ begining at a stake standing 3 chains n° 77°
E from a black oake tree and runing N° 77° E 15 chains
120 Records of the Town of
to another stake thence So 13° E 3 chains 67 links to a
stake upon ye north side ye roade which goes from Hem-
stid to Jamaica thens as ye said rode goes So 77° W 15
chains to another stake thence No 13" W to where we
began being bounded on ye north east and west bj^ ye
plaines south by ye aforsd roade or high way. pr formed
pr me
Tho. Cardale
Surveior
Surveied more for Mr. Isaack Lenoir July 9th 1705
one lot of plaine land containing 24 acres & a 3^^ begining
at a stake on ye south side ye roade leading to Hemstid
one chaine from ye stake upon ye southwest corner of
ye abovsd lott & runing So 13° E 16 chains 35 links to
another stake thence No. 77° E 15 chaines to another
stake thense No. 13° W 16 chaines 35 links note ye abovsd
stake stands 4 chaines 10 links from a black oake tree
in ye greate hollow which tree is marked & stands in ye
line to a stake on ye south east corner of Hemstid roade
& so alonge ye sd roade So. 77° W to where we began
being bounded on ye southeast & west by ye plaines
north by ye aforsd roade or highway
A scale of Performed pr me Tho. Cardale
10 chain in an inch Surveyor
A true coppy of ye orignall entered & examined per
me Zach Mills
Cler
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This Indenture made this fourteenth day of July
and in ye second year of ye reigne of our Sovereigne
Lady Anne by ye grace of God of England Scotland France
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& three and betweene Daniell Mesinger of Wolingford
in Coneticut Colony in ye County of NewHaven County
heire to Samuell Messinger late of Jamaica deseast of
ye one party and Thomas Gaile of ye Towne of Jamaica
Jamaica, Long Isk.\nd 121
in Queens County in ye Provins of New York on Nasaw
Hand weaver of ye party witnesseth y' ye abovsd Daniell
Messinger for several! causes & good considerations him
thereunto moving but more especially for ye sum of thirty
eighte pounds eorant mony of New York to him in hand
paid before ye insealing or delivery of these presents by
ye abovsd Thomas Gaile ye receipt whereof he doth
owne & doth acknowlidge himself to be therewith satis-
fyed contented & paid and thereof & therefrom doth
forever exonirate aquite and discharge ye abovsd Thomas
Gaile his heirs exec"^" admin"^' all & every of them from
any parte or parsill thereof have granted giveti releasd
confirmed enfeoft quit claimed sould and made over &
doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give
grant release confirm enfeof quit claime sell and make
over unto ye abovsd Thomas Gaile his heirs & asignes
for ever a certain pece or parsill of upland situate lying
& being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd being eighteene
acres as it was laid out be it more or less buted and
bounded as followeth that is to say east by a certain
highe way & west by ye land of Daniell Whitehead and
north by a certaine highe way that runs from ye Little
Plaines to ye mill and south by ye land of Daniell White-
head aforsd all which land as above bounded and exprest
together with all ye priveledges apurtinanses heridita-
ments emoliments to ye same belonging with all ye trees
timber trees woods under woods with all ye estate righte
title property claime & demand to him ye sd Thomas
Gaile his heirs exec"^^ admi" & asigns for ever for to have
and to hold for ever and ye sd Daniell Mesinger dothe
hereby covenant & agree for himself his heirs exec"
admin'^ to & with ye sd Thomas Gaile his heirs & asignes
that they may both now and at all times for ever here-
after have hold ocopy posess & injoy ye above recited
land & primises as his or their owne land of inheritans in
fee simple fre and clearly discharged of & from all former
gifts sales morgages dowrys intallys executions remainders
ore any title or incombrans whatever had made or comited
at any time or times before ye insealing or delivery of
122 Records of the Town of
these presents with a warantee to defend ye same against
all maner of persons laying and claim to ye same & also
to seale and deliver any other or firmer deed or conveians
for ye primises as ye sd Thomas Gaile shall be advised or
or procure to be drawne by his counsill learned in ye law
for ye space of seven years next insuing ye date hereof
in testamony whereof & confirmation thereof ye partyes
abovsd hath set to their hands and afixed their scales ye
day and yeare abovsd
Sealed and delivered Daniell Mesinger O
in presents of
Charles Smith
Zach Mills
On ye fourteenth day of July 1703 then ye within
named Daniell Messinger appeared before me Edward
Bowras Esqr one of Her Majs. Justices of ye Peace
for Queens County and acknowlidge ye within instru-
ment to be his vollintary act & deed
Test Ed. Burrows
A true coppy of ye orignall ented and examined pr
Zachariah Mills
Cler
Page 345
Surveyed for Mr. Isaack Lenoir July 11th a certain
lot of land lying upon a hill comanly called Thustons hill
begining at a dead black oake tree 5 yds from ye north
side of a pond commanly caled flax pond being a tree
which parts in Mr. Clowes west line thence runing So
1% 6° W 7 chaines 50 links to a black oake markt on 4
sides near ye roade leading to Flushing as likewise near
ye top of Thustons Hill thence alonge ye sd roade No.
15° W 14 chaines and No 6° E 7 chaines to a small
chesnut by a pump near Samuell Smiths path thence
No 77° E 4 chaines 25 links to a black oak near widow
Salyers fence thence south 9 chaines 15 links to Mr.
Clowes corner line by bilbery swampe to were we began
containing eleven acres & K being bounded west by
Jamaica, Long Island 123
Flushing roade north by Samuell SmitlTs path east part
by widow Saliers land and part by land formerly sur-
veied to Mr. Samuell Clows south by flax pond & comans
Performed pr me Tho. Cardale
a scale of 10 chains Surveyr
in an inch
A true coppy of ye orignall survey enterd & compared
pr me Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this third day of October and in
ye fourth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne
by ye grace of God over England France & Ireland
Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of
our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and five
and betwene Samuell Higbie of Jamaica in Queens
County on Nasaw Hand and in ye Provins of New York
yeoman of ye one party and Isaac Lenoir of ye same place
victular of ye other party witnesseth that ye abovsd
Samuell Higbie for and in consideration of ye sum of
two pounds corant mony of New York to him in hand
paid by ye abovsd Isaac Lenoir at or before ye ensealing
and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth
hereby owne and doth acknowlidg himself to be therwith
satisfyed content and paid and thereof and therefrom
doe for ever exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovsd Isaac
Lenoir his heirs execu"^" admi" all and every of them from
any part or parsill thereof have given granted enfeoft
releast confirmed ashured quit claimed sould and made
over unto ye abovsd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes
for ever all that a four acre righte upon ye Litle Plaines
that is to say ye righte of devition which doth now or
ever shall belong to four acres of medow on ye Litle
Plaines aforesd all which righte on ye Litle Plaines as
aforesd together with all ye privelidges apurtinanses
heriditaments to ye same belonging or any maner of
ways apertaining to him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs
and asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye same to
124 Records of the Town of
be and remain to ye onely proper use benifitt and behoofe
of him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and assignes for ever
and that ye said Samuell Higbe had at ye time of enseaUng
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and dehvery of these presents full power and lawfull
athority to sell ye same in maner and form as aforesd
and was lawfully and rightfully seized of ye same in fee
simple freely and clearly discharged of and from all
and all maner of gifts sales morgages intalyes judgments
executions extens revertions remainders or any other
title or incombrans whatever with a warantee to defend
ye same against any person or persons lawfully claiming
ye same and also to scale and deliver any other or firmer
deed or conveians for ye abovsd primises as ye sd Isaac
Lenoir his heirs exec" admin'" or asignes shall be advised
or procure to be drawn by his or their counsill learned in
ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date of
these presents in testamony and confirmation of ye
abovsd primises ye partys abovsd have hereunto set
their hands and afixed their scales ye day and yeare first
abovsd
Signed sealed and delivered Samuell Higbe O
in presents of
Nicolas Stillwell
Zach Mills
February the 5 1705 then appeared before me Joseph
Smith one of Her Majesties Justices for ye Peace for
Queens County Samuell Higbe and did acknowlidg this
instrument to be his volintary and free act and deed
Joseph Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall deede enterd and com-
pared pr me Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this second day of Aprill and
in ye fourth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereign Lady
Anne by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance
Jamaica, Long Island 125
& Ireland Queeiie Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
and five and between Nathaniell Higbee of Jamaica
in Queens County on Nasaw Hand and in ye Province
of New York of ye one party and Isaac Lenoir of ye
abovsd Towne He and County and Provins of ye other
party witnesseth that ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbe for
and in consideration of ye sum of five pounds corant
mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovsd
Isaac Lenoir at or before ye ensealing or delivery of these
presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and
doth acknowlige himself to be therwith fully satisfyed
content and paid and thereof and therefrom and from
every pai*t and parsill thereof doe for ever exonirate
aquit and discharge ye abovsd Isaac Lenoir his heirs
executors adm" all and every of them have given granted
enfeofed released confirmed ashured quit claimed sould
and made over and doe by these presents freely clearly
& absolutely give grant enfeof release confirme ashure
quit claime sell and make over unto ye abovsd Isaac
Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever all ye undevided
righte of commanage which shall arise from ye priveledge
of five acres of medow within ye bounds of Jamaica
aforesd all which five acre righte of comanage with
all ye priveliges apurtinanses heriditaments and emoli-
ments to ye five acre righte of commanage belonging
or in any maner of ways apertaining to him ye sd Isaac
Lenoir his heirs and asignes to have and to hold for ever
and ye sd Nathaniell Higbee doth covenant and agree
to and with ye sd Isaac Lenoir his his heires and asignes
Page 3J^7
that he or they may both now and at all time or times
for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess and in joy ye
above recited land and primises as his or their owne land
of inheritance in fee simple and ye abovsd Nathaniell
Higbe doth further covenant and agree to and with
ye abovsd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes that at ye
time of ye insealing and delivery of these presents had
full power and lawfull authoryty to sell and dispose
126 Records of the Town of
of ye same in maner and forme as aforesd at that he had
at ye time at ye time full posession and lawfully seized
of ye same freely and clearly discharged of and from
all former gifts sales morgages do wry s intallys judgmens
executions revertion remainder or remainders whatever
or any other title or incumbrans whatever had made or
comited at any times or times before ye insealing or
delivery of these presents with a warantee to defend ye
same against any person or persons lawfully claiming ye
same and alsoe to scale and deliver any other or firmer
deed or conveians for ye abovsd land and granted prim-
ises as ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs or asignes or either of
them shall be advised or procure to be drawne by his
or their counsill learned in ye law for ye space of seven
years next after ye date of these presents in testamony
whereof ye sd Nathaniell Higbee hath set to his hand and
afixed his scale ye day and yeare first above mentioned
Signed seald and dcHvered Nathaniell Higbee O
in presents of
Nathan Smith
Zach Mills
October the 24 1705 then apeared before one of Her
Majs Justices and acknowlidged the above deed to be
his volingtary act and deede I say then apeared Nath-
aniell Higbee before me as it is abovsd
Joseph Smith, Jus
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd and com-
pared pr me ' Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this twenty ninth day of Sep-
tember in ye yeare of our Lord seventeen hundred and
five betweene John Messinger of Jamaica on Nasaw
Island in the Provins of New York in Queens County
in America of ye one part and Isaac Lenoir of ye sd
Island victuler of ye other part witnesseth that ye sd
John Messinger for and in consideration of ye sum of
Jamaica, Long Island 127
five pounds lawfull mony of ye Provins of New York
to him in hand paid before ye ensealing and delivering
of these presents by ye abovesd Isaac Lenoir ye receipt
Page 3J^8
whereof he the the said John Messinger doth hereby
acknowledge and thereof and therefrom doth for ever
acquit and discharge ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs exec"
& admin" he ye sd John Messinger hath given granted
bargined sold alinend enfeofed & confirmed & by these
presents doe give grant bargin sell alien enfeof and con-
firme unto ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs exec" admin"^"
one five acre righte upon ye Litle Plaines with all ye
righte property advantages & apurtinanses therunto
belonging or in any wise appertaining lying within ye
bounds of Jamaica as aforsd unto him ye sd Isaac Lenoir
his heirs executors & admins to have and to hold ye sd
five acres righte to him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs execu-
tors & admin" forever to ye onely proper use and be-
hoofe of him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs exec" and
admin" to have hold ocopy & posess ye same to him
ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever and
ye sd John Mesinger his heirs ex" and admin" ye sd five
acre righte to ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes
against himself his heirs exec" & admi""' & as also against
any who shall or may claime ye same will warant &
forever defend pr these presents and ye sd John Mesinger
for himself his heirs exeC^" & admi" doe covenant to &
with ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs exe" and admi" that he
ye sd John Mesinger his heirs ex''' or admi" shall and will
at any time within ye space of seven years next ensuing
ye date hereof upon ye request of ye sd Isaac Lenoir his
heirs exe" or administrators and at ye cost and charges
in ye law of ye sd John Mesinger his heirs exec" & admi"
doe execute acknowlidge and sufer all & every such
further reasonable & lawfull asshurans for ye more
further better and more absolute asuring and conveiing
of ye same and all & singuler ye primises to ye sd Isaac
Lenoir his heirs exe" and admin" to ye use of him ye sd
Isaac Lenoir his heirs exe" & admi" as to him his his heirs
128 Records of the Town of
exc" & admi"^^ or his or their counsill learned in ye law
shall be advised devised required exept that ye sd Isaac
Lenoir shall pay for the writing of any such writeings as
shall be thought convenient for to be made at any time
for ye more beter & further ashureing of ye sd righte to
him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs ex" or admin^ in witness
whereof he hath hereto set his hand and scale ye day and
yeare above mentioned
Sealed and delivered John Messinger O
in presents of
Gabriel Lott A true coppy of ye orignall
Peter White deede entred and compared
pr me Zach Mills
Cler
Page 31^9
This Indenture made this second day of June and
in ye fourth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereign Lady
Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance
and Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
and five and betweene John Everitt of Jamaica in Queens
County on Nasaw Island and in ye Provins of NewYork
yeoman of ye one party and Isaac Lenoir of ye abovsd
Towne County He & Province witneseth that ye abovsd
John Everitt for and in consideration of ye sum of nine
pounds corant mony of NewYork to him in hand paid by
ye abovsd Isaac Lenoir at or before ye ensealing & de-
livery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby
owne and doth acknowlig himself to be therewith satis-
fyed contented and paid and thereof and therefrom doe
for ever exonirate aquit & discharg ye abovsd Isaac Lenoir
his heirs ex" adm" all and every of them from every
part and parsill thereof have given granted enfeofed
releasd confirmed ashured quit claiind sold and made
over unto ye abovsd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes
for ever a full twenty acre righte upon ye Litle Plaines
in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd that is to say ye righte
that doth belong or did arise from ye priveledge of twenty
acres of medow in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd together
Jamaica, Long Island 129
with all & singuler ye trees woods under woods grass
herbige with all ye priveledges apurtinances heridita-
ments emoliments to ye same belonging or any maner of
ways apertaining to him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs
and asigns to have and to hold for ever and ye abovsd
John Everit doth covenant and agree for himself his
heirs exc" admi" to and with ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs
exc" admin"^^ & asigns that he or they may both now
and at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess
and in joy ye abovsd righte upon ye Litle Plaines with
every of ye apurtinanses as his or their owne righte of
inheritans in fee simple and that ye abovsd John Everitt
had at ye time of ye ensealing and delivery of these
presents full power and lawfull authority of himself to
sell and dispose of ye same in maner & forme as aforsd
and that he ye sd John Everitt was at ye time of ye en-
sealing and delivery of these presents lawfully and righte-
fully seized of ye same freely and clearly discharged of
and from all former gifts sales morgages dowrys intallys
judgmens executions revertions or remainders whatever
or any other title or incumbrans whatever had made
or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing or
delivery of these presents with a warantee to defend ye
same against any person or lawfully claiming ye same
and also to scale and deliver any other or firmer deed
or conveians for ye abovsd righte upon ye Litle Plaines
and granted primises as he ye sd Isaac Lenoir his his
Page 350
heirs or asignes or either of them shall be advised or
procure to be drawne by his or their counsill learned in
ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date
hereof in testamony whereof ye abovsd John Everitt
hath set to his hand and afixed his scale ye day and yeare
first abov mentioned
Signed sealed and delivered John Everitt O
in presents of
Sam 11 Mills
Zach Mills ,
130 Records of the Town of
October ye 24 1705 then apeared before me John Everitt
and have acknowledged ye above deed of sale to be his
volingtary act and deed
Joseph Smith
Justice
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd and compared
pr me Zach Mills
Cler
To all Christian people to whome these presents shall
come gretting Know yea that whereas I John Harrisson
of East New Jearsey have purchassed of the Indians by
lyssanse from the Governour under the seall of the
Provinse wich lissence was datted the six day of Sep-
tember one thowsand seven hundred and one and the
deed from the Indians bare date the twinty second day
of November next following a certain trackt of land con-
taining seventeen thowsand acres more or less lying and
being in East NewJearsey beginning at the most souther-
most corner of John Inion lott at the reare of Rariton
lotts thense running south west to a brook wich runs
into Milton River commonly called Heatcock Broock
from thense east south east to the road that goe from
Inion to Burlington commonly called the New Road
thense allong the sd road north east as the Road runs
untill it comes to the reare of Rariton lots thense along
the sd rear of Rariton lotts untill it corns to the plase
where it began now know y*^ that I the abovesd John
Harrisson for and in consideration of a valuable sum of
money to mee in hand paid or secured to be paid by Will"*
Creed Sam^' Deanne Junior Jonas Wood Sam^^ Smith of
the Letel Plaine and Thomas Cardale all of Jamaica in
Queens County upon Nassaw Hand in the Collony of
New York of which sum I doe hereby acknowledge my-
self to be fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof
and therefrom do hereby freely and clearly exonarate
and discharge the sd Will" Creed Sam^i Deanne Jonas
Wood and Thomas Cardale and Sam^' Smith their &
Jamaica, Long Island 131
every of their heirs excetor and administor have by vertu
of the power geven unto mee by the above mentioned
Hssence and Indian deed geven granted bargained sold
and do by this presents freely clearly and absolutely geve
Page 351
grant bargain and sell unto the above named Will'"
Creed Sam ' ' Deane Jonas Wood Sam ' ' Smith and Thomas
Cardale their and every of their heirs excetor adminor and
assignes for ever all the abovesd trackt of land butted
and bonded as above onely reserving to my self my heirs
excetor adminor and assignes one six part of the sd
land all wich land is forever hereafter to be deemed and
esteemed to belong to us the sd John Harrisson Will"
Creed Sam ' ' Deane Jonas Wood Sam ' ' Smith and Thomas
Cardale and our heirs excetor adminestor and assignes
in as full and ample maner as it was granted unto mee
the sd John Harrisson by means of the afore sd lissence
and Indian deed and further know ye that it is the tenure
intent and meanning of this presents that no advantage
or benefitt shall be had or take by any of the parties
above sd by means or reison of surveior-shipp of either
of them but that either of the sd parties his and their
heirs excetor adminor and assignes shall and may have
and take the equall benefitt and proportion of all the
sd trackt of land togeder with all and all manner of reight
and privilledge thereunto belonging or in any manner of
wayes or means apartaining to have and to hold unto us
the sd John Harrisson Will™ Creed Sam'' Deane Jonas
Wood Sam" Smith & Thomas Cardale our hiers excetor
adminor and assignes for ever and to the only proper use
benefitt and behoof of us the sd John Harrisson W""
Creed Sam" Deane Jonas Wood Sam" Smith & Thom
Cardale our heirs excetors adminor and assignes for ever
every one of us eilding and paying his due proportion of
yearly or quit rent as lyke wyse of what other charges
wee may be att for the better insuring the title either by
patent or other wais in wittnes whereof I have here unto
sett my hand and seal this fourteenht day of December
132 Records of the Town of
in the first year of Her Majesties reign Anno Domini
1702. John Harrison O
Seald and delivered
after the razing out
tree words in prets of us
Sam*' Denis Personally came before me
George X Choy John Harrison in this deed
his mark mentioned and did aeknowl-
Mary Jackson idg the within instrumt to
ye persons therein named to
be his owne free act and
deed — Desember ye 15th 1702
Sam'* Denis
Justice
A true coppy of ye orignall deede enterd and com-
pared pr me Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this twenty first day of January
and in ye fourth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereigne
Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland
France & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and
in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& five or six and betweene Thomas Everitt of Jamaica
in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Provins of New-
York carpinter of ye one party and Nathaniell Higbee
of ye same place yeoman of ye other party witnesseth
that ye abovsd Thomas Everitt for and in consideration
of ye sum of sixty pounds corant mony of NewYork to
him in hand paid by ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbee at or
before ye ensealing or delivery of of these presents ye
Page 352
receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlige
himself to be therewith satisfyed content and paid and
thereof and thereof and therefrom doth for ever exonirate
aquit and discharge ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbe his
heirs exce" admin" all and every of them from every part
and parsill thereof by these presents have given granted
Jamaica, Long Island 133
enfeofed released confirmed ashured alined quit claimd
sould & made over and doe by these presents freely
clearly and absolutely give grant enfeofe release confirm
ashure alien quit claim sell & make over unto ye abovsd
Nathaniell Higbee his heirs & asignes for ever all that his
lot pece or parsill of upland situate lying and being in
a devition comonly called ye midle devition containing
by estamation twenty two acres & halfe as it was laid
oute be ye same more or less being ye lot or devition that
was laid out to John Everitt late of Jamaica deseased
buted and bounded as followeth east by Freemans path
and west by a certain highe way at ye reare of ye sd lot
and north by ye land of ye sd Thomas Everitt and south
by ye land of Joseph Coe all which lot of land as above
bounded and exprest together with all ye trees timber
trees woods under woods whether standing or lying being
or any maner of ways appertaining with all ye trees tim-
ber herbige with all ye priveledges appurtinanses heriditta-
ments emoliments with all ye estate righte title property
claime or demand to ye same belonging or in any maner of
ways apertaining and ye same to be and remaine to ye
onely proper use benifitt and behoofe of him ye sd
Nathaniell Higbee his heirs and asignes for ever and that
it may be lawfull for ye sd Nathaniell Higbee his heirs
and asignes from time to time to time and at all times
for ever hereafter to have hold ocopy posess and enjoy
ye above recited land and and primises as his or their
owne land of inheritans in fee simple and that ye sd
Thomas Everitt had at ye time of ensealing and delivery
of these presents full power and lawfull authoryty for
to sell and dispose of of ye same in maner and forme as
aforsd freely & clearly discharged of and from all & all
former gifts sales morgages dowry s intallys judgmens
executions revertions or revertions remainder or re-
mainders or any other title or incumbrans what ever had
made or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing
or delivery of these presents with a warantee to defend
ye same against any person or persons whatever lawfully
claiming ye same and also to seale and deliver any other
134 Records of the Town of
or firmer deed or coiiveians for ye primises as ye said
Nathaniell Higbee his heirs or asignes or either of them
shall advised or procure to be drawne by his or their
counsill learned in ye law for ye space of seven years
next after ye date hereof In conformation whereof ye
abovsd Thomas Everitt hath set to his hand and afixed
his scale ye day and yeare first abovsd
Signed sealed and delivered Thomas Everitt O
in presents of
I. Lenoir
Zach Mills
Memorandam that on ye day and yeare of ye date of
this above written deed ye above mentioned Thomas
Everitt did appeare befoVe Jonathan Whitehead Esqr
one of Her Majs Justices for ye keeping of ye peace for
Queens County asigned and did acknowlige ye above
writen deed to be his owne volingtary act and deede
Teste Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy of ye orignall dede enterd and com-
pared pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 353
To all Christian people to whome these presents
shall com Edward Higbee and Timothy Mills both of
Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassau send-
eth greeting Now know yea that for severall good
considerations & causes us & either of us thereunto
moveing that we ye abovsd Edward Higbe & Timothy
Mills have for us our heirs executters adminstrators &
asignes made an exchang firmly from each to ye other as
followeth Inprimis that ye abovsd Timothy Mills doth
give & grant by way of exchang to & with ye abovsd
Edward Higbe two peces of upland lying & being within
ye bounds of Jamaica abovsd both lying in ye east devition
ye one being a ten acre righte being bounded by William
Fosters land on ye north and Thomas Flewelling on ye
south and ye other being a nine acre righte bounded by
i
Jamaica, Long Island 135
John Cockafair on ye north and lying south of ye same
being nine acres righte as aforsd in consideration whereof
ye abovsd Edward Higbe doth, give & grant by way of
exchange unto ye abovsd Timothy Mills in lew thereof a
sertain pece of upland lying within ye bounds of the above
sd town of Jamaica & lying in ye same devition aforsd
being a seventeene acre righte & a half as it was laid out
& bounded on ye north with ye land of Samuell Mills
& south by ye land of Jonathan Mills we say that we ye
abovsd Timothy Mills & Edward Higbe have as aforesd
given granted & exchanged allinated releast quit claimd
& made over from us & each of us our heirs & asignes
to ye other firmly to have to hold ye abovsd pece and
parsills of land as they are buted & bounded firmly with
their and every of their privelidges & apurtinanses firmly
& peacably to injoy for ever as witness our hands & seals
this eleventh day of March in ye fifth yeare of Their
Majsetys reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord 1693/4
Signed sealed & delivered Edward Higbe O
in presents of Timothy X Mills O
John Stuarte
Sam'iRuscoe a true coppy of ye orignall
enterd & compared pr
Zach Mills
Cler
Queens County Jamaica June the 21st 1696 in Long
Island — To all Christian people to whome this shall
come greeting Know yea that I Daniell Whitehead of
Jamaica in Queens County for good cases me thereunto
moveing but more especially for full satisfaction in hand
received ye receipt whereof I doe acknowlidg by these
presents to be fully satisfied and paid have given granted
bargined & solde from me my heirs exec^^ or admi"
for ever unto Timothy Mills of ye same Towne County
& Island aforesd for him his heirs adm^^ or asignes to
have hold posess and injoy two lots of land lying in ye
east devition as they were laid out bounded on ye north
by Nathaniell Dentons and south by Samuell Skidmore
136 Records of the Town of
fronting west upon ye Plaine Run and east by Fosters
Medow or Hemstid line all which said land bounded
and laid oute as abovsd I have sould and ye same will
warrant and defend from me my ayers or admi"^" or any
other person from by or under them or any of them or
any other person whatsoever laying any just claime
thereto with all timber lying or standing thereon in
(Continued in page 354)
Page 354
Know all men by these presents that I Samuell Bayles
of Jamaica in Queens County beinge the eldest sone of
John Bayles latt of Jamaica deseast doe fully and abso-
lutly rattefy allow & confirme unto Hendrik Lott of the
sd Towne Island & County the pece or parcell of land
formorly sould by my ffather John Bayles deseast acord-
inge as it is buted and bounded in the deed made by my
father to ye sd Hendrik Lott from me my my heirs &
assignes to him his heirs and asignes for ever as wittnes
my hand this 21st day of September in ye first year of
Her Majesties reigne Ano 1702
Gersham X WiGGENs Samuell Bayles Seal
his mark
Sam^' Ruscoe
{from 353)
in testamony whereof I bind myself my heirs executers
or admin"^^ fully by these presents as witness my hand
& scale
Signed sealed and delivered Dan'^ Whitehead O
in presents of
Joseph Smith A true coppy of ye orignall
Thomas Okley enterd pr Zach Mills
Cler
Laide oute to Nathaniell Denton for his hill devition
a certain pece of land in ye bounds of Jamaica at ye
north east corner of ye Litle Plaines bounded easterly
by Cornelius Barnsons land southerly by Jonathan
Jamaica, Long Island 137
"Whiteheads land and westerly by ye plaines aforsd and
northerly by ye highway
Enterd by order of ye surveiors of ye sd Towne
pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 355
Thes presents wittneseth that we the parties above
named beinge John Roades and Samiiell Bayles beinge
both of Jamai in Queens County on the Island of Nassaw
have mutully agred and made an exchainge of land as
followeth viz that is to say the abovsd Samuell Bayles
doath for himself his heirs executors adminestratrs and
assignes fully & absolutly covenant allinatt and by the
way of exchainge make over unto Samuell Bayles of
the abovsd place a certain pece or parcell of land lying
& beinge in the bounds of Jamaica abovsd beinge the
very indeviduell pece of land that was formerly sould
unto Hendricke Lott by John Bayles latte of Jamaica
desesed according as it is butted & bounded in or by the
deed to the sd Hendrik Lott may apere in considerra-
tion wherof the abovsd Samuell Bayles doath covenant
& promis by way of exchainge to allinatt enfeof & make
over unto the abovsd John Roads a certain pece or par-
cell of land lyeinge in the hils east bounded by Nicklos
Everett & west by Jonathan Waters north by the bounds
partinge Fflushing & our bounds as it now is all which
said peces of land the abovsd parties have mutully ex-
chainged each to the other to have & to hold forever
warrentinge & defending the same against any claime
or demand from each to the other their heirs or assigns
for ever in conformation herof the parties abovsd have
enterchanchably sett to ther hands & scales this 21st
of Aprill in ye 14h year of His Majs reign & in ye year
of our Lord 1702
Test SamiJ Bayles (Seal)
Jonathan Waters John X Roades (Seal)
Samuell Ruscoe his mark
138 Records of the Town of
Page 356
Know all men by thes presents that I Tho. Cardall
of Jamaica in Queens County upon Nassaw Island in
the Collony of NewYorke gentman have and doe by
these presents ffreely and clerly discharge John Ludlum
of Jamaica aforsd of all & all maner of actions quarrelles
controversies bills bondes and all other matters whattso-
ever from the begining of the world to this day given
under my hand and seall this ninth day of July Ano
Domi 1702
Sealed and dellivered Tho. Cardall O
in presence of
Danll Whitthead a trew coppy pr
RoBT Read Sam ' ^ Ruscoe
Clarke
{from 323)
and primises as his or their owne land of inheritans in
fee simple to him his heirs and asignes to have and to
hold freely & clearly discharged of of and from all former
gifts salles morgages dowrys intailes judments execu-
tions extents revertions remainders or any other title or
incumbrance whatever had made or comited at any
time or times before ye ensealing and delivery of these
presents with a warrantee to defend ye same against
any persons whatever laying any just claime to ye same
and also to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or
conveians for ye primises as ye sd Nicolas Everitt shall
be advised or procure to be drawne by his counsill learned
in ye law for ye space of seven years nex after ye date
hereof in testamony ye abovsd John Mills hath set to
his hand and afixed his seall ye day and yeare abovsd
Signed sealed and delivered John Mills O
in presents of
Sam 11 Mills
Zach Mills
Aprill ye 2d 1706 Then appeared before Jonathan
Whitehead Esqr ye within named John Mills and did
Jamaica, Long Island 139
acknowlidge ye above deed of sale to be his owne voling-
tary act & deed
Jonathan Whitehead
Justice
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd and com-
pared pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 357
Know all men by these presents tha I John Ludlam
of Jamaica in Queens County upon Nassaw Island in
the Collony of NewYorke yeoman am held and ffirmly
bound unto Thomas Cardale of Jamaica afforsaid gent
in ffive hundred pounds good & lawfuU money of the
Province of NewYorke to be paid to the said Thomas
Cardale or to his cartain attorney executores adminestra-
tors or assignes to the which payment well and trewly
to be made and done I bind my self my heires executors
adminestrators ffirmly by thes presents sealled with my
seall datted this tenth day of Apprill in the ffourtenth
yeare of the reign of King William the Third Ano Dom
1702 — —
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above
bounden John Ludlam do from time to time and at all
times well & trewly obey confirm & keep all such actions
which the above named Thomas Cardale or any other
attorney under him shall commence upon the account
of any land tennements herediments debts or otherwise
dew to the said John Ludlam from any person or per-
sons what soever in Derbyshire in old England or elss-
where & doe likewise allow Thomas Cardale one eighth
partt of the trew vallew of what shall be recovered over
and above his reasonable charges & exspences and do
further stand to and abide all accidentes whether by sea
or otherwaise in transporttinge of goods which the said
Thomas Cardale shall at his descretion buy for the said
John Ludlam then this present obligation to be void &
of no effect otherwaies to remaine in full force & vertew
140 Records of the Town of
— if Thomas Cardale do not recover any estatte wither
reall nor personall then the money allredy reseived of
John Ludlam shall be in full satisfaction
Sealld and dellivered John Ludlam O
in presence of
Jonathan Whitthead A trew coppy of the originall
Gabriell Lott bond examined and entered pr
Samuell Smith Sam ' • Ruscoe
Gierke
Page 358
This Indenture made this sixth day of November
in the yeare of our Lord Ghrist one thowsand seven
hundred and three & in ye second yeare of the reigne of
our Soverraigne Lady Ann by the grace of God Queen
over England Scotland France & Irland Defender of ye
Faith &c. between Isack Brokar of Newtowne in Queens
County on Nassaw Island yeoman of the one party and
Johanas Williamson of Jamaica in ye County & on ye
Island abovsd yeoman of the other part wittnesseth that
ye abovesd Isack Brokar for the sume of one hundred
pounds to him in hand paid by the abovesd Johanas
Williamson att or before the enseallinge and delivery of
thes presents ye receipt whearof he the abovesd Isack
Brokar doath herby acknowledge and himself therwith
to be fully contented and paid and therof and therfrom
every part and parcells therof doe herby acquitte exonar-
ratte and discharge ye abovesd Johanas Williamson him
his heires excecutors adminestrators and assignes for
ever hath given granted bargained sold enffeofed as-
sured and confirmed and doe by thes preasents give grant
bargaine sell enfeoffe assure and confirme unto ye abovesd
Johanas Williamson his heyres & assignes for ever all
of a cartain messuage or tennement lyeinge as followeth
in the Townshipe of Jamaica abovesd bounded as fol-
loweth (viz) bounded westward by Newtowne south path
southwardly by the meadow fence easterly by the land
of Peter Hendrickeson northerly by ye land of the
abovesd Johanas Williamson and he the abovesd Isack
Brokar hath given granted bargined sold enfeofed asshured
Jamaica, Long Island 141
and confirmed and confirmed unto ye abovesd Johanas
Williamson his heires and assignes for ever a cartain pece
of meadow lyeinge at the south att the eastermost end
of a neck comonly called and known by ye name of
Longe Necke lyeinge between ye meadow that was
Theophillus Phillipes and the meadow of Richard Bettes
as allsoe half the ritte that shall arrise att south con-
cerninge ye meadow with a two shillinge purchas right
in undevided land in Newtowne which said ritt did
formorly belonge to Edward Hunt together with all and
singuler lands meadowes rittes bulldinges orchyardes
gardens fencinges revertion and revertions remainder
and remainders rents isshues profittes prevelidges ad-
vantages herridittaments and every of ye appurtenances
and and all ye right tytle intrest possestion proporty
claime and demand whatsoever of him ye abovesd Isack
Brokar his heyres or adminestrators made unto ye abovesd
messhewage ore tenement & in all and to all & every partt
& parcell therof unto ye abovesd Johanas Williamson
his heyres and assignes for ever to have and to hold ye
abovesd land meadow ritt of meadow ritte of land unto
ye solle and only proper use benifitt & behouff of him the
abovesd Johanas Williamson his heires & assignes for
ever and further the said Isack Brokar doe for himself
his heyres excecutors & adminestrators promise covenant
& grant to and wit,h ye abovesd Johanas Williamson his
heyres excecutores adminestratores and assignes that he
the sd Isack Brokar now at the makinge seallinge and
delivery herof beinge rightfully seazed of ye abovesd
premisses herby to be granted haveing full power lawfull
authority have herby granted the same unto ye abovesd
Johanas Williamson his heyres & assignes shall remaine
seazed of ye abovesd messhuage & granted premises of
a good and perfect easstatte of inherritance & that the
abovesd Johanas Williamson his heyres and assignes at
ye day of makeinge herof and att all time and times
for ever after ye datte of this deed remaine freely and
clerly acquitted releassed & discharged of & from all
manor of other & formor bargines salles allinations mor-
142 Records of the Town of
gages joyntters dowreas judgements exceeutions extents
& all other charges & incumbrances what soever &
further the sd Isack Brokar his heyres excecutores &
adminestratores the herin befor granted & mentioned
premisses heridittaments & every of ye apurtenances
unto ye abovesd Johanas Williamson his heyres & as-
signes shall and will warrent & for ever by thes presents
defend ye abovesd measshuage & every partt of ye
granted premises of him & against any person or persons
what so ever lay any just claim to ye sd premises in
wittnes wherof ye abovesd Isack Brokar hath herunto
sett his hand & seall ye day and year first above writ-
ten Isack Brokar O
Signed sealled & dellivered
in presence of us
John Oke
Will™ Gleane
Page 359
Memorandam on the eaight day of November 1703
then appered befor Daniell Whithead Esquier one of
Hur Majesties Justices for the Peace for Queens County
the her befor named Isack Brokar and did acknowledg
this instrument to be his free & vollontary act & deed
Danll Whitthead
This is a trew coppy of ye orrigonall deed & acknowl-
edgement pr Sam ' ' Ruscoe
Clarke
This Indenture made this sixth day of November in
ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand seven hundread
& three & ye second year of the reigne of our Sover-
raigne Lady Ann by the grace of God Queen over England
Scottland France & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c.
beetween Johanas Williamson & Leonah his wife of
Jamaica in Queens County on Nassau Island on ye one
partt & John Sneadeker of the Towne County & Island
abovesd yeoman of ye other partt wittnesseth that ye
abovesd Johanas Williamson and Leonah his wifF for
Jamaica, Long Island 143
the sume of fivety five pounds to them in hand paid by
ye abovesd John Snedekure at or before ye enseallirige
& delHverry of thes preasentes ye receipt wherof he ye
abovesd Johanas WilUamson & Leonah his wiflFe doe
herby acknowledge & themselves therwith to be flFully
contented & paid & therof & therfrom & of & from every
partt & parcells therof doe herby acquitt exonorratt &
discharge ye abovesd John Sneadeker his heires & as-
signs for ever have giveen grantted bargined sold ashured
& confirmed and doe by thes give grant bargin sell enffeof
asshure & confirm for ever unto ye abovesd John Sneade-
kure his heires & assignes all of a cartain pecce or parcell
of land lyeinge and beinge in ye Townshipe of Jamaica
abovesd bounded as ffolloweth (viz) begininge att the
southeast cornor of ye abovesd John Sneadeker's lott
beinge ye bounds betwen the land of Johanas Williamsons
land & ye abovesd John Sneadekers & from thence upon
a direct line to ye south cornore of ye abovesd Johanas
Williamsons howes & soe to Newtown south path take-
inge in half ye well with ye preveledge of a way to goe
round ye said howes with a waggen & all ye land lyeinge
on ye northwest side of ye sd line that did belonge to
ye sd Johanas Williamson together with all and singuler
buldinges orchardes ritt revertion & revertions remainder
& remainders & every of ye appurtenances and all the
ritt title intrest possestion and proporty claim ore de-
mand wt soever of him ye abovesd Johanas Williamson
& Leonah his wiffe them their heyres excecuts & admst
made unto ye abovesd land & granted premisses & in all
& to all & every part & parcell therof unto ye abovesd
John Snedeker his heires & assignes for ever to have
and to holde ye abovesd land and granted premises
unto ye sole & proper use benifitt & behoofe of him ye
abovesd John Sneadekure his heyres and assignes for
ever and further ye abovesd Johanas Williamson and
Lenah his wiffe doe for themselves their heires excecu-
tores & admins promis covenant and grant to & with ye
abovesd John Snedeker his heires & assignes that he ye
sd Johanas Williamson & his heyres att ye day of make-
144 Records of the Town of
inge herof is rittfully seized of the abovesd land & granted
premisses (untill) haveinge full power & lawfull authorrety
to sell ye same unto ye abovesd John Snedeker him his
heyres & assignes shall remain seized of ye sd premisses
of a good absoolut and perfect easstatt of inherritance
in ffree simple and at ye day of makeinge herof and att
all times for ever after ye datte of this deed to remaine
frelly & clerly acquitted releassed & dischargeed of &
from all manor of other & formor bargines salles allina-
tions morgages joynters dowries judgements extents &
all other charges & incumbrances whatsoever and further
ye abovesd Johanas Williamson & Leonah his wiff his
heirs excecutors and and adminis shall & will warrant &
for ever by thes presents defend ye abovesd land and
granted premises of from and against any person or per-
sons whatsoever shall lay any just claim to the abovesd
land & granted premises in wittnes wherof ye abovesd
Johanas Williamson and Leonah his wiff have herunto
sett their hands and sealles the day and dat first above
written
Turn over the leaf for the rest and at ye bottom you
will find it
Page 360
Wheras ther hath ben sevrall differances had movein
and dependinge within the Town of Jamaica in Queens
County & Island of Nassau concerninge the buldinge
or errectinge a meettinge howes or church within sd Town
and as allsoe the accountes & demands & charges ther-
unto &c which with all other controverties had moveing
or dependinge or any wais relattinge therunto being this
day mewtually refered by Daniell Whitthead Esqre
Joseph Smith Esquier Nicolas Eaveritt Esqre Edward
Burrows Jonas Wood of the one party and Ffredrik Hen-
drickson John Okea Will'" Creed Hendrik Lott Doras
Polhelmas Elderd Lewkes Robert Road of the other
parties on behalf of themselves and otheres conserned
have this day refered all the said matter and differance
in controverty unto the finall hering and determination
of John Coe Esqr Judg Samuell Edsall Esqr and Content
Jamaica, Long Island 145
Titus Esqr Justices & wee doe for us our heires excecu-
tores and adminestratores oblidge our selves joyntly
& sevrally in the peanall sume of on hundred pounds cur-
rent monys of NewYork unto each other his heires excecu-
tors or adminestratores to be paid unto the parties
observant by the parties defective in the performance of
ye award of the abov sd persones as wittnes our hands
& seals in Jamaica this 15 of Aprill 1701 & in ye 13th
year of His Majsts reign W"" ye 3*^ &c.
Daniell Whithead O Will™ Creed O
Nicolas Everitt O Hendrick Lott O
Joseph Smith O Elderd X Lukes O
Jonas Wood O his mark
Ffredkik X Hendriks O
Signed seald & his mark
delivered in Theodoras Pollhelmas O
presence of John Oke O
John Harrisson
Peter Chacke
A trew coppy pr
Sam^i Ruscoe
Clarke
(from 359)
first above written Johanas Williamson O
Signed Seald & dellivered Leonah X Williamson O
in presens of her mark
John Oke
Will Gleane
Memorandam on ye eaight day of this instant No-
vember 1703 then appered befor Daniell Whithead
Esquire one of Her Majs. Justices for ye Peace for
Queens County within named Johanas Williamson &
Leonah his wife & did acknowledg this instrument to
be their free & voUontary act & deed
Daniell Whitthead
A trew coppy of the origonal deed pr
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clarke
146 Records of the Town of
Page 361
Jamaica Aprill the 15th 1701 wheras by vertew and
power unto us dellivered by the within obligation &e.
to heare arbetratt and determine and ffinall conclution
beinge all & eavery the controverties therin mentioned
and wee haveinge dewly & impartially considered the
same and heringe boath parties &c. doe give in this our
award as ffolloweth viz that wee award all thoos att
the west of Jamaica that is the Duchmen and William
Creed and Robertt Read that hath not perfectly and
wholly payed their rattes assesed for the bulding the
Church or mettinge howes in Jamaica shall pay their
severall partes unpaid within three weeks after this datte
then them & their heires to be for ever acquitted of
any claime or demand what soever conserninge the
buldinge or erectinge sd church or mettinge howes or
any disbursments theron and the parties conveined in
opposition to each other in sd controverty to releas exon-
oratt & acquitt each other of all formor controverties
conserninge sd church or melting howes desiringe thay
may amecably agree & live in love together & this wee
give in as our award as under our hands and scales the
abovesd datte
John Coe O
Samuell Edsall O
Content Titus O
A trew coppy pr
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clarke
This Indenture made this eighttenth day of September
in the first yeare of ye reigne of our Soverraigne Ladye
Anne by the grace of God Queen of England Scottland
Ffrance & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand seven hundreed
and two between Daniell Oldfeld of Jamaica in Queens
County on the Island of Nassaw in the Collony of New-
Yorke on the one party & Thomas Burrowes of ye same
Jamaica, Long Island 147
Towne County Island & Collony as aforsd on the other
party wittnesseth that ye sd Daniell Oldfeld for and in
considerration of a vallewable sume of good and lawfull
moneys of ye Collony aforesaid to him in hand paid by
ye aforesd Thomas Burrowes at or befor ye enseallinge
& dellivery of thes presentes ye receipt wherof wee the
aforesd Daniell Oldfeld & Hester his now wife as beinge
a party consernd in ye seallinge & dellivery of thes pres-
Page 362
entes doth herby acknowledge ourselves to be therwith
fully sattisfyed contented & payd & therof & therfrom
and every partt and parcell therof they doth by thes
presentes for ever acquitt exonorratte & discharge ye
aforsd Thomas Burrowes & his heires excecutors admines-
trators & assigns hath giveen granted ellinatted bar-
gind and sold enfeofed and confirmd and doath by thes
presents clerly fully and absolutly give grant bargine &
sell alinatte enfeof & confirme unto the aforesd Thomas
Burrowes his heires excecutrs adminestrators & assignes
for ever all that four tenths of a ten acer lott of meadow
as it was layd out be it more ore less cittuatte lyeing
& beinge in the boundes of Jamaica att a place comonly
knoWn or called by the name of Longe Neck with all ye
prevelidges and rightes of upland therunto belongeinge
within ye said neck & all ye rights of comonage belonge-
inge to a four acre right of meadow bounded as ffolloweth
by ye meadow southwest of Joseph Bartons now in ye
tenuer & ockepation of ye aforesd Thomas Burowes his
heires excecutors adminestrators & assignes to have and
to holde for ever & the same to be & remaine to ye only
soil propor use benifitt & behoffe of him ye abovesd
Thomas Burrowes his heires excecutores adminestratores
& assignes for ever and the said salle shall warrent good
in law & by thes presents shall for ever defend against all
formor salles givftes morgages or any other intangell-
ments or incumbrances what soever with a warrente
to defend the same against any intrest proporty claim
or demand from me the abovesd Daniell Oldfeld &
Hesther my now wiffe our heires excecutores adminestra-
148 Records of the Town of
tors & assignes for ever and from all ore any claime or
claimes from an person or persons what soever layeinge
any just claime therunto in testemony wherof wee have
herunto sett out handes & sealles the day & yeare first
above written
Signed seald & dellivered Daniell Oldfeld O
in presens of Hester X Oldfeld O
Zacariah Milles her mark
Tho. Card ALL
RoBT. Read
Jamaica October ye 24th 1702 then appered befor
me Edward Burrowes one of Her Majsts Justices of ye
Peace for Queens County Daniell Oldfeld and Hester his
now wiffe & did acknowledg this above instrument to
be their vollontary act & deed Test Ed. Burrowes
Justice
A trew coppy of the orrigonall deed pr
Sam'i Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 363
December ye 5h 1684
Be it known unto all men by thes presents that I
John Denman of Newtowne on Longe Island in Queens
County in ye Province of Yorkshire in America have
allinated & sould & by thes presents doe to all intents
& purposes allinat sell & make over unto John Ludly
of Jamaica in ye same County a certain pece or parcell
of meadow ground sittuatt lyeinge & beinge in the bounds
and limitts of Jemaica aforsd att a place comonly called
ore known by ye name of the further east necke beinge
the second lot upon the sd necke nominated five acers
more ore less that is to say ye half of a ten acer lott as it
was layd out this meadow was formorly Fulk Davises
belongeinge to ye sd Towne of Jamaica & afterwards
became his sones Jonathan Davises & afterwards became
the bovesd John Denmans this bovesd parcell of
meadow beinge bounded by ye west by the meadow of
Jamaica, Long Island 149
Fulke Daves & on ye east by ye meadow of Samuell
Mills on ye south by ye bay know all therfor that I the
bovesd John Denman have as above mentioned allinatted
& sould ye bovesd meadow unto the sd John Ludly
his heirs excecutors adminestrators & assignes for ever
I say to ye propor use & behouf of him the sd John Ludly
his heirs excecutors & admines & assignes to enter upon
& mak use of occupy & in joy as his own propor goods &
just rights quiattly to posses from any person that shall
lay any just claim to it ore any part of it by my assent
ore consent ore any power deriveed from me & doe in-
gage myself to defend the same as is afor mentioned in
trew performance of this my deed & trew meaninge of
the same I have interchangabley sett to my hand & seall
ye day & yeare aforesd
Signed seald & dellivered John Denman O
in the presents of
ASHTER X MaHEALLE
Theophilus Phillips
William X Smith
his mark
These presents testefy y* I John Ludlam of Jamaica
in Queens County within mentioned doe fully freely &
absolutly for full sattisf action reseaived assigne & sett
over from me my heirs & assignes this within written
deed of salle unto my brother William Ludlume of ye
sd Town & County his heirs & assignes to have & to hold
for ever & from any persons by ffrom ore under me
claiminge any intrest to ye meadow as within mentioned
ore upon any pretence what ever will for ever defend
as wittnes my hand & seall this 24 day of Ffebrauary
168 7/8
Signed sealld & dellivered John Ludlam O
before us
Nehemiah Smith A trew coppy of the oridgonall
Daniell Denton deed with thes assignement
pr Sam'' RuscoE
Clark
150 , Records of the Town of
Page 36J^
To all Christian peopell to whem thes presents shall
cume John Steward of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth
greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd John Stewartt
with Ellizabeth my wiff for severall good resons and
easses us & each of us therunto moveinge but more eass-
peatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to us in hand
paid by William Ludlam of the sd Towne & County the
receipt wherof we doe herby acknowledge and before
the enseallinge and dellivery herof doe ackuitt & exon-
oratt & discharge ye abovesd William Ludlam his heirs
& assignes from any further claim ore demand for any
part ore parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted
allinatted released quitt claimd made over & sould unto
ye abovesd William Ludlam his heirs excecutors & as-
signes a sartain pece ore parcell of upland lyinge & beinge
within ye bounds of Jamaica containing twenty acers as
it was laid out more ore less which sd land I bought of
Ellias Bayles of Jamaica aforsd beinge bounded as fol-
loweth on ye north by a high way & east by Josiah Wig-
gens & south by Mr, Daniell Whithead west by ye land
of John Everitts childs all which said pece of land as
abovesd I the abovesd John Stewart with Elliszabeth my
wife have sould as aforsd unto ye aforsd William Ludlam
all prevelidges profits fencings timbers trees woods under
woods standinge or lyinge being upon the same to have
and to hould unto ye sd William Ludlam his heirs &
executors & assignes for ever & ye same to be & remaine
to ye only propor use benefitt & behouf of him ye sd
William Ludlam his heirs & assignes ye same to ockepy
posses & in joy peaceably without lett ore hindrance
and ye same shall and by thes presents will for ever
will warrent & make good in law against* any claim ore
demand from any person ore persons whatever warrent-
ing this my sail good against all formor salles givfts
morgages ore any other intanglements what ever with a
warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty
claim ore demand from us the sd John Stewartt or
Elliszabeth my wife our heirs & assignes for ever to ye
Jamaica, Long Island 151
trew performance of all & every of the premises above
said I the abovesd John Stewartt & Elliszabeth doe bind
our selfs our heirs and assignes by subscribinge our names
& settinge to our sealls this fourth day of January in ye
fivfth year of Their Majestes reigne & in ye yeare of our
Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred ninty and foure
& five
Signed seald & dellivered John Stewartt O
in presence of O
Samuell Smith A trew coppy of the oridgonall
Sam'' Ruscoe enterd pr Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
Be itt knowne to all persons whome it may any waies
conserne that Nehemiah Smith (planter) inhabetant of
Jamaica in Queens County pertaininge to ye Province of
NewYorke hath upon good considerrations moveinge
him therunto granted giveen & doath by thes presents
for him self his heirs freely fully & absolutly grant give
allinatt & make over to his sone in law William Ludlam
of ye Towne and County abovesd a certain parcell of
upland viz ten acers more ore less being & lyinge east-
ward of ye Towne buted & bounded one ye north with
John & Joseph Ludlams land one ye east with a high way
which leads to ye south meadowes & on ye south with a
high way which leads over ye head of ye bogges & on
ye west with Joseph Smiths lott which parcell of land the
sd Nehemiah Smith doath this his deed and instrument
Page 365
fully & firmly give grant allinatte & make over from him
his heirs & forever unto ye sd William Ludlam his heirs
& assignes to have & to hold with all ye improvements
fencings benifits prevelidges profitts conveanninces be-
longeinge ore any waies appertaininge therto for ye sole
and propor use benefitt & behouf of ye sd William Lud-
lam his heirs & assignes for ever ye sd Smithe only ex-
ceptinge & reservinge to himself ye use & improvements
of one half of ye said land which is now under tilliage for
foure ore five yeares enshuinge the datte herof in cass
152 Records of the Town of
ye sd Smith shall have ocation & see cass to make use of
it be itt allsoe knowne further more the sd Nehemiah
Smith hath likewise granted and doath by this deed
freely and absoluttly grant give allinat and make over
from him his heirs excecutors ore adminestrators for
ever unto ye abovesd William his heirs & assignes to have
& to hold posses & in joy for ever a small addition of
meadow laid out to the sd Smith for two acers more ore
less bounded with the lott which was Samll Barkers on
ye west & on Freemans lott on ye east rainging downe
to ye salt bay the sd addition of meadow with any prevel-
idge of comons that doath ore shall belonge ore any waies
herafter appertain therunto to be & remain to ye soole
proper use benefit & improvement of ye sd William ore
his assignes for ever & for ye full performance of all &
every ye sd premises ye sd Smith hath sett herunto his
hand & affixed his seall this fourth day of March in ye
yeare one thowsand sixe hundred eaighty eaight or nine
Sighned seald & dellivered Nehemiah Smith O
in presence of
John Pruden A trew coppy of ye origonall
John Smith deed of givft entered pr
Sam" Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume wee John and Joseph Ludlam boath of Jamaica
in Queens County send greettinge now know yea y*
wee ye sd John & Joseph Ludlam for a vallewable con-
sidderration in hand payd have giveen granted allinated
bargined sold enfeofed & confirmd & by thes presents doe
for our selves our heirs & assignes fully firmly & abso-
lutly give grant bargin sell alline enfeof & confirm unto
our brother William Ludlam of ye sd Towne & County
his heirs & assignes a certain trackt of land containinge
seven acers lyinge & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica
& is bounded by John & Josephs land befor mentioned
on ye west on ye north by ye road that goes to Hemp-
steed on ye east by ye road called Freemans road & on
Jamaica, Long Island 153
ye south by the land of Nehemiah Smith which sd seven
acers of land together with ye timber fencinge prevelidges
& appurtenances from us ye sd John & Joseph Ludlam
our heires & assignes to have and to hould poses & injoy
for himself his heirs & assignes for ever & ye sd John &
Joseph Ludlam ye sd seven acers of land from any person
ore persons by from ore under us or upon any pretence
what ever claiminge any intrest to ye sd land doe & by
thes presents will for ever defend unto ye sd William
Ludlam his heirs & assignes that this is our act & deed
wee testefy by settinge to our hands & sealls this twenty
fourth day of Febrauary Anoqe Dominy 168 7/8 & in
the third yeare of our Soverraigne Lord James ye Second
by ye grace of God of England Scottland France & Irland
King Defender of ye Faith
Signed sealld & dellivered John Ludlam O
in ye presence of Joseph X Ludlam O
Nehemiah Smith his mark
Dan 1' Denton A trew coppy pr
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 366
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samuell Barker and Peter Stringeham the one
of Hamsteed and the other beinge inhabetant of Jamaica
boath of Queens County in the Island of Nassaw send-
eth greetting — Know yea that wee the abovesd Samuell
Barker & Peter Stringham for severall good resons con-
sidderrations & casses us therunto moveinge but more
easspeatily for a vallewable sume of moneyes to us in
hand paid by Samuell Carpenter of Jamaica in the Island
& County abovesd the reseipt wherof wee doe herby
own and befor the enseallinge & delivery of thes presents
doe own & acknowledge ourselves to be therwith fully
contented sattisfyed and paid and therof and therfrom
doe exonorratt acquitt and discharge him the said Samuell
Carpenter his heires excecutors & adminestratores of &
from any further claime ore demand for any part ore
parcell therof have given grantted covenanted allinatted
154 Records of the Town of
releast enfeoft quitt claimd made over and sold and by
thes presents doe acknowledge to have from us our heires
excecutors adminestratores and assignes a certain pece
ore parcell of upland lyeinge & beinge in the boundes of
Jamaica containinge seven acres & a half more ore less
as it wass laid out lyeing in the midle devition & is bounded
as followeth viz on the eastward bounded by the high-
way ore hay path leading to ye hether East Neck &
southward by Cap*" John Carpenter & westward by the
highwaye leadinge to Mr. Whittheads mill & north by
John Lambertson all which said pece ore parcell of up-
land accordinge as it is above butted and bounded with
all timbers trees woods under woods standing ore lyeinge
beinge upon & belongeinge to the same together with all
& singuler the prevelidges profites and benifites with their
and every of their appurtenances wee the abovesd Samuell
Barker and Peter Stringeham have as abovesd sould to
ye aforsd Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors ad-
minestrators & assignes to have and to hold ockepy and
peaceably to in joy for ever & ye same to be and remaine
to ye only solle propor use benifitt and behouf of him the
abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires & assignes free and
clerly discharged of & from all formor salles givftes mor-
gages leases dowres joynters or any other intangellments
ore incumbrances whatsoever and the same shall war-
rent & by thes presentes for ever defend against any
claim or demand from any person ore persons layeing
any claim therto with a warrente to defend ye same
against any intrest proporty claim ore demand from us
ye abovesd Samuell Barker & Peter Stringham our heirs
excecutors & adminestrators for ever for ever in confirma-
Page 367
tion of all & every the abovesd premises wee doe bind
ourselves as abovesd by subscribinge our names &
affixeing our sealls this twenty third day of December in
the tenth year of His Majesties reigne & in the yeare of
our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & eaight
Samuell X Barker O
his mark
Jamaica, Long Island 155
Signed selled & dellivered
in presence of Fetter X Stringham O
Nathan Smith his mark
Samll Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye orrigeonall
Massey X Ruscoe pr Sam^^ Ruscoe
her mark Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume John Lamberttson of Jamaica for sevrall good
resons & casses mee therunto moveing but more eass-
peatily for a vallewable sume of moneyes to mee in hand
paid by Samuell Carpenter of ye abovesd Towne Island
& County the receipt wherof I doe herby own & acknowl-
edge myself to be therwith contented sattisfyed & paid
& therof & therfrom doe for ever exonorratte acquitt
& discharge him the sd Samuell Carpenter his heires
excecutores adminestrators & assignes of & from any
further claim ore demand for any partt or parcell therof
have giveen granted covenanted allinatted released en-
feofed quitte claimd mad over and sold unto the abovesd
Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors adminestrators
and assignes a certain pece or parcell of land lyeinge and
beeinge within the boundes & limites of Jamaica abovesd
containing four acers and a half as it was layd out bee it
more ore less and bounded as followeth viz. east by Free-
mans path & south by the land of the abovesd Sam^'
Carpenter lattly bought from Samuell Barker & west by
the highway that leads to Mr. Whitheads mill and north
by Nehemiah Smith all which abovesd pece ore parcell of
upland as it is above bounded and exsprest together
with all the rightes prevelidges & appurtenances ther-
unto belongeinge with all timbers trees woods under
woods standinge ore lyeinge beinge upon ore belongeinge
to the same to have and to hold for ever and the same to
be & remain to the only propor use benifitt and behouf
of him the abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires and
assignes free & clerly discharged of and from any claim
ore demand from any person ore persons layeinge any
just claim therunto and the said salle shall warrent & by
156 Records of the Town of
thes presents defend against any formor salles givfts
morgages dowerys ore any other entanglements whatever
with a warrente defend the same against any intrest
property claim ore demand from me the sd John Lam-
berttson my heires and assignes for ever in conformation
wherof I sett to my hand & seall this ninth day of May
in the elleventh yeare of His Majesties reigne & in the
yeare of our Lord Christ 1699
Signed seald & dellivered Jon Lamberttson O
in presence of
John Pruden A trew coppy of the orig-
Samuell Rusco eonall deed pr
Benjamin Thurston Sam" Ruscoe
Clark
Page 368
Jamaica Febrauary the 14 1698/9
Then reseived of John Snedekur of the Towne abovesd
in Queens County the full & just sume of sixeten poundes
beinge in full of all depts dewes and demands what-
soever either by bill bondes on any other waies and I
doe herby exonoratt acquitt and discharge the abovesd
John Snedekur his heres & assigns of & from any further
demand for any partt or parcell therof either from me
my heirs excecutors or adminsstrators for ever in wittnes
wherof I doe sett to my hand this 15 of Febrauary in ye
llh year of His Majesties reigne Anoqu 1698/9
Testes Danll Whithead
Hendrickes Heagoman
A trew coppy pr
Sam" Ruscoe
Clark
Page 369
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samuell Smith of Jamaica in Queens County in ye
Island of Nassaw yeoman sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I ye abovesd Sam" Smith for severall good
considerrations & casses me therunto movinge but more
easspeatily for a full & absolut sattisfaction to me in
Jamaica, Long Island 157
hand paid by Mr. Daniell Whitthead belongeinge to
Jamaica aforsd the receipt wherof I doe herby own &
acknowledge to be therwith contented sattisfyed & paid
& therof & therfrom acquitt & discharge the the abovesd
Daniell Whitthead his heires & assignes of & from all
& all maner of claimes for any part ore parcell therof have
giveen granted covenanted allinated enfeofd releast
quit claimed made over & sold & by thes presents doe
own & acknowledge to have from me my heirs exceas
& adminestrators fully & freely & firmly giveen granted
covenanted allinated enfeofed releast quitte claimd
made over & sold unto the above said Daniell Whitthead
his heirs excecu*^ adminestr^ & assignes all that my
wholl right in ye east devition which is a fiveten acer
right as allsoe with ye right of a small lott all which
abovesd land & premises as it is butted & bounded as
followeth Imprimes by W"" Sallyer north and John Man
on ye south & westward by ye Plain Rune & eastward
by Fosters Meadow as allsoe one lott beinge in ye second
devition bounded by Daniell Whitthead on the north
& John Man on ye south frontinge upon Freemans path
& reringe upon the Little Plaine Rune all which abovesd
partt & parcell of upland with all & every of ther parts
& appurttenances I ye abovesd Samuell Smith with
Mary my wife have as abovesd sold as aforsd unto ye
abovesd Daniell Whithed his heirs and assignes to have
and to hold forever & ye same to be & remain to the
only proper use benifitt & behoufe of him the abovesd
Daniell Whitthead his heirs & assignes for ever & ye
same shall & will for ever warrent & by thes presentsfor
ever defend against any claim intrest proporty ore de-
mand from any person ore persons lawfully layinge any
claime therto as allsoe from all right title intrest claime
ore demand as a warrente against any further demands
from mee ye sd Samuell Smith & Mary my wiffe our heirs
excecu*^ adminestrators and assignes for ever in wittnes
wherof wee sett to our hands & sealls this third day of
158 Records of the Town of
October in ye eaight yeare of His Majestis reigne & in
the yeare of our Lord one thowsand sixe hundreed ninty
and sixe
Signed seald and delivered Samuell Smith O
in presence of
James Clement A trew coppy of the origonall
Sam** RuscoE deed pr Sam" Ruscoe
Clark
Page 370
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Benjamin Thirston of Jamaica in Queens
County one Longe Island allies Nassau sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I the abovesd Benjamin Thirston for
severall reassons considerrations & casses mee therunto
moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sat-
tisf action to me in hand payd by Cap*" Daniell Whit-
head of the abovesd Towne Island and County ye re-
ceipt wherof I the sd Benjamin Thirstone doe herby
owne and before the enseallinge and dellivery of thes
presents doe acknowledge to be therwith fully contented
sattisfyed and paid and therof & therfrom doe for ever
exonorat acquitt & discharge the said Cap*" Daniell
Whithead his heires & assignes from any further claime
ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinated releassed quitte claimed
bargined enfeofd made over & sould and by thes presents
doe acknowledge to have from me my heirs excecutors
& adminestrators fully and absolutly giveen granted
covenanted releast quitte claimd made over and sould
to ye aforsd Daniell Whithead his heirs excecutors ad-
minestrators & assignes a sertain pece of upland lyinge
and beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica containinge seven
acers & a half more ore less as it was layd out and sould
to me by Wait Smith of ye sd Town and County bounded
north by Nathaniell Denton & Samuell Smith one ye
south side and soe to rune to ye boundes between Hemp-
sted and Jamaica which sd pece of land as it is above
bounded & exsprest I ye sd Benjamin Thirston have as
aforsd sould to ve abovesd Daniell Whithead his heirs
Jamaica, Long Island 159
& assignes with all timbers trees woods under woods
standinge ore lyinge beinge upon the same together
with all ye rights titles intrest property claime & demand
in & unto ye sd pece of land to have and to hould ockepy
posses & injoy for ever & ye same to be and remaine
to ye only proper use benefit and behouf of him ye sd
Daniell Whithead his heirs and assignes free and & clerly
discharged of & from all formore sales gifts morgages ore
other entanglements what ever & ye same shall warrent
and by thes presents for ever defend against any claim
ore demand from any person ore persons what ever with
a warren te to defend the same against any intrest proporty
claim ore demand from me the said Benjamin Thirston
my heirs excecutors adminestrators & assignes for ever
for the trew performance of all & every the before granted
& bargined premises I the sd Benjamin Thirston doe bind
my self my heirs excecutors and adminestrators firmly
by settinge to my hand and fixeinge my seall this fivfth
day of Febrauary in ye ninth yeare of His Majestis reigne
and in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe
hundred ninty & seven eaight
Signed seald and dellivered Benjamin Thirston O
in presence of Sarah X Thirston O
Hendrick X Harreson her mark
his mark
Sam'' Ruscoe A trew coppy of ye orrigonall
pr Sam ' ' Ruscoe
Clark
Page 371
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Benjamine Thirstone of Jamaica in Queens
County one Longe Island allies Nassaw yeoman black-
smith sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the said
Benjamine Thirston for severall good reassons and
casses mee therunto moveinge but more easspatily for a
vallewable sume of moneys to me in hand paid by Cap*°
Daniell Whithead of the sd Towne Island and County
to my sattisfaction the receipt wherof I the sd Benjamin
Thirston doe herby owne and before ye enseallinge and
160 Records of the Town of
dellivery of thes presents doe acknowledge to be ther-
with fully contented sattisfyed and paid and therof &
therfrom doe for ever exonoratt ackuitt and discharge
the abovesd Daniell Whithead his heires excecutors ad-
minestrators & assignes from any claime ore demand
for any part ore parcell therof have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated releast enfeoft quitte claimed made
over and sould and by thes presents doe acknowledge
to have from me my heares excecutors & adminestrators
sould a sartain pece ore trackt of upland lyinge and
beinge in the boundes of Jamaica containinge eaight
acers more ore less as it was layd out & bounded as fol-
loweth the north by the land of the sd Daniell Whithead
& on the east with the land that was ye the Burlinges on
the south with ye land that was Ellias Bayles & on the
west by the Little Plaines which sd pece of land as it
is above bounded & exsprest together with all timbers
trees woods under woodes standinge & lyinge beinge
the same with all other the rights prevelidges and profits
& benifits therunto belongeinge ore in any waies ap-
pertaininge to ye same to have and to hould ockepy
posses and in joy for ever free & clerly discharged of and
from all formore sales givfts morgages ore any other
entanglements whatever and ye ye same to be & remaine
to ye only proper use benefit and behoufe of him ye
said Cap*" Daniell Whitthead his heires & assignes for
ever & ye same shall warrent and by these presents for
ever defend against any claim ore demands from any
person ore persons layinge any just claim therto with
a warrentee to defend ye same against any intrest prop-
orty claime ore demand from me ye sd Benjamin Thirston
my heires excecutors adminestrators & assignes for ever
to ye trew performance of all & every the before bargined
& granted premises I the sd Benjamin Thirston doe
bind my self my heires excecutors & adminestrators by
thes presents firmly seald with my seall and datted this
first day of Ffebrauary in the ninth yeare of His Majesties
Jamaica, Long Island
161
reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand
sixe hundred ninty seven eaight
Signed seald & delivered
in presence of
Hendrick Harresson
his mark
Samuell Ruscoe
Benjamin Thirston O
Sarah x Thirston O
her mark
A trew coppy of ye orridgonall
pr Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
Page 372
This Indenture made this 12th daye of December
in the 12th yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand and
seven hundreed betwen Samuell Bayles of Jamaica
in Queens County one the Island of Nassaw yeoman of
the one party and Benjamine Thirston of the same
Towne Island & County blakesmith one the other party
yeoman wittneseth that the abovesd Samuell Bayles for
severall good resons & casses him therunto moveinge but
more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction by him
allredy reseaived from the abovesd Benjamine Thirston
the receipt wherof he doath herby own & before the
enseallinge & dellivery of thes presents doath acknowl-
edge himself to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed
and paid and therof & therfrom doath for ever exonoratt
aquitt & discharge him the said Benjamin Thirston his
heires excecutors adminestrators & assignes of & from
any further claim or demand for any part or parcell
therof have given granted covenanted allinated releast
quitte claimd bargined & sould & by thes presents doath
herby acknowledge to have from him his heires excecu-
tors adminestrators & assignes fully & absolutly giveen
granted covenanted allinated enfeoft releast quitte
claimd made over and sold unto him the abovesd Benja-
mine Thirston his heires excecutores adminestrators &
assignes a twenty acer right of devition of bogges sittuat
lyeinge & beinge within the boundes and limites of Ja-
maica abovesd which said twenty acer right of bogges
is yeatt unlaid out I say that I the sd Sam'' Bayles have
as aforsd sold to the abovesd Benjamine Thirston the
162 Records of the Town of
befor mentioned twenty acer right of devition of bogges
with all the prevelidges profites and benifits therunto
belongeinge or to the same any wais appertaininge the
same to have and to hold ockepy poses and injoy for
ever & the same to be & remaine to the only sole propor
use benifitt behoufe of him the abovesd Ben j amine
Thirston his heires exeecutors and assignes for ever
fre and clerly discharged of & from all formor sales gifts
morgages or any other intanglments what so ever and
the same shall warrent and by thes presents for ever
defend against any claime ore demand from any person
ore persons layeinge any just claim therto with a war-
rente to defend the same against any intrest proporty
claim ore demand from me the sd Samuell Bayles my
heires exeecutors adminestrators for ever in confirmation
wherof the sd Sam'' Bayles doath bind himself his heires
exeecutors & adminestrators by thes presents firmly
sealled with his seall & datted the day & year above
written
Signed seald & dellivered Samll Bayles O
in presence of A trew coppy
Peter Whitt pr Sam'' Ruscoe
George Clark Clark
Page 373
To all Christian peopell to whome these presents
shall cume Thomas Wellinge of Jamaica in Queens County
on the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I the abovesd Thomas Wellinge for severall good
considerrations and casses me therunto moveinge but
more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction by me
allredy reseaived from Benjamine Thuston of the abovesd
Towne Island and County the reseipt wherof I doe herby
own & befor the enseallinge & dellivery of thes presentes
doe acknowledge myself to be therwith fully contented
sattisfyed & paid & therof & therfrom doe for ever exon-
oratt acquitt & discharge him the sd Benjamine Thirston
his heirs exeecutors adminestrators & assignes of & from
any further claime ore demand for any partt ore parcell
therof have giveen granted covenanted allinatted re-
Jamaica, Long Island 163
least enfeoft quitt claimd made over and sould and by
thes presentes doe acknowledge to have from me my heires
excecutors & adminestrators fully & absolutly covenanted
giveen granted releast enfeoft quitt claimd made over
& sould unto ye abovesd Ben j amine Thirston his heires
excecutrs adminestrators & assignes a cartain ten acer
right of devition of bogges comonly soe called situatt
lyeinge & beinge within the boundes and limits of Ja-
maica abovesd yeat to be laid out & devided I say that
I the abovesd Thomas Wellinge have as abovesd sold
to the aforsd Benjamine Thirston his heirs or assigns
the before mentioned ten acer right of devition of boges
with all the rights prevelidges profits & benifits & ap-
purtenances therunto belongeinge or to the same any
wais appertaininge the same to have and to hold ockepy
poses & injoy for ever and the same to be & remain to
the only sole propor use benifit & behouf claime & de-
mand of him the abovesd Benjamine Thirston his heirs
excecutors adminestrators & assignes free & clerly dis-
charged of & from all formor sales gifts morgages or any
other entanglements what ever & the same shall warrent
& by thes presents for ever defend against any clame ore
clames from any person ore persons layeinge any just
claime therunto with a warrente to defend the same
against any against any intrest proporty claim ore demand
from me the sd Thomas Wellinge my heirs excecutors
& adminestrators for ever in in confirmation wherof the
abovesd Thomas Wellinge doath bind himself his heires
excecutors & adminestrators by thes presents firmly
seald with his seall & datted this 19 day of December in ye
12 year of His Majests reigne & in the year of our Lord 1700
Signed seald & dellivered Thomas Wellinge X O
in presenc of mark
John Roads A trew copy
Sam • • RuscoE pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 37J^
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Jonathan Watters of Jamaica in Queens
164 Records of the Town of
County on the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I ye above said Jonathan Watters with
Deborah my wiff for severall good reasons & casses us
& each of us therunto nioveinge but more easspeatily
for a vallewable sume of good & lawfull moneys of the
Province of NewYorke to us in hand paid by Ben-
jamin Thirston of the abovesd Towne Island & County
the receipt wherof we doe herby own & before the en-
seallinge & delivery of thes presents doe acknowledge
ourselves to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed &
paid & therof & therfrom doe for ever exonorratt acquitt
& discharge him the abovesd Benjamine Thirston his
heirs excecutors adminestrators & assignes of & from any
further claim ore demand for any partt ore parcell therof
have given grantted covenanted allinatted releast en-
feoft quitt claimd mad over and sold & by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from us our heires excecutors &
adminestrators fully & absolutly giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated enfeoft quitt claimd made over and
sold unto the abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heires
excecu" adminestrators & assignes a sartain pece ore
parcell of upland lyeinge & beinge within the boundes &
limites of Jamaica abovesd containinge eaighten acers
more ore less as it was laid out & bounded as followeth
viz northwest by Freemans path north by Thomas
Welling & east by a lott formorly belongeinge to Joseph
Thirston deseast & south by a lott formorly belongeinge
to John Smith latte of Jamaica deseast together with
all & singuler ye prevelidges profits & benefits therunto
belongeinge or to the same in any wais appertaininge
with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge or
lyeinge beinge upon or belongeinge to ye same the abovesd
Jonathan Watters with Deborah his wiff doath acknowl-
edge to have sold as aforsd to the abovesd Benjamin
Thirston his heires excecutors adminestrators & assigns
the same to have and to hold ockepy poses & in joy for
ever & the same to be & remaine to the only sole proper
use benifitt & behouf of him the sd Benjamin Thirston
his heirs & assigns for ever ffree & clerly discharged
Jamaica, Long Island 165
of & from all formor sails gifts morgages or any other
entangellments whatsoever & the same shall warrent
& by thes presents for ever defend against any claim or
claims from any person or persons person or persons
Page 375
layeinge any just claim therunto with a warrentee to
defend the same against any intrest property claim or
demand from me ye sd Jonathan Watters & Deborah
my wiffe our heirs excecutors & adminesstrators for ever
& further the abovesd Jonathan Watters wth Deborah
his wifle doath covenant & promiss to & with the abovesd
Ben j amine Thirston his heirs & assigns that at any time
or times from & after the datte herof they or ther heirs
within the space of seven years next enshueinge to signe
& seall & delliver unto the abovesd Benjamine Thirston
his heirs & assignes such deed or deeds as may be more
needfull or nessessary for the more sewer makeing &
better holdinge ye premises as he ye sd Benjamin or his
councels lernded in the law shall direct in confirmation
of the premises the abovesd parties have bound them-
selves by subscribinge their names & settinge to ther
seals this sixetenth day of March in ye 14th yeare of
His Majsts reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one
thowsand seven hundred & two
Signed sealld & dellivered Jonathan Watters O
in presence of Deborah X Watters O
Thomas Smith hur marke
Rachell X Smith
her mark A trew coppy pr
Sam 11 RuscoE
Clark
Page 376
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Thomas Okeley of Jamaica in Queens County
on Longe Island allis Nassau gentleman sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I the abovesd Thomas Okeley for severall
good reasons considerrations & casses me therunto
moveinge but more easspetily for a vallewable sattis-
faction to me in hand paid by Benjamine Thirston of ye
166 Records of the Town of
abovesd Towne Island & County blaksmith the receipt
wherof I the aforsd Thomas Okely doe herby owne and
before the enseallinge & dehvery of thes presents doe
acknowledge to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed
and paid and therof and therfrom doe for ever exonoratt
acquitt and discharge the aforsd Benjamine Thirston his
heirs excecutors adminesstrators & assignes from any
claime ore demand for for any part ore parcell therof
have giveen granted covenanted allinated releast enfeofed
quitte claimd bargined made over & sould & by thes
presents doe acknowledg to have from mee my heires
excecutors and adminesstrators fully and absoluttly
giveen granted covenanted allinatted releast quitte
bargined made over & sould unto ye abovesd Benjamin
Thirston his heires excecutors adminesstrators and as-
signes a sartain pece of medow lyeinge & beinge within
the boundes of Jamaica it being the one half of that
meadow that was formorly Joseph Smiths and Wait
Smiths & sould to me by William Smith as by a deed bearr-
ing datt January ye 28 1696 may apper & ye sd meadow
lyeinge one ye west side of ye river comonly called the
East Neke River & bounded as followeth easterly by
ye aforsd river & south by ye casway west by the up-
land & north by ye bogges all which sd pece of meadow
accordinge as it is above bounded & exprest together
with all & singuler the right title intrest proporty claime
& demand of me the said Thomas Okeley in & unto ye
same I have as abovesd sould to the said Benjamine
Thirston his heirs & assignes with all prevelidges profites
& benifites therunto belongeinge & therunto apertaininge
to have and to holde ockepy posses &.injoy for ever &
the same to be & remaine to the only sole proper use beni-
fitt and behouf of him the abovesd Benjamin Thirston
his heires and assignes free & clerly dischargeed of & from
all formor sails givftes morgages or any other entangle-
ments whatsoever & the same shall & by thes presents
for ever will warrent and defend against any claim or
demand from any person or persons layeinge any just
claim therunto with a warrentee to defend the same
Jamaica, Long Island 167
against any intrest property claim ore demand from me
the sd Thomas Okely my heres excecutors adminestrators
Page 377
and and assignes for ever for the trew performance
of all & and every partt of the befor bargined & granted
premises I the abovesd Thomas Okley doe bind my
self my heires excecutors & adminests by settinge to
my hand & affixeinge my seall this five & twentieth day
of December in ye ninth yeare of His Majsties reigne &
in ye year of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred
ninty & seven
Signed seald & dellivered Thomas Okly O
in presence of
Benjamin Thirston
Samuell Ruscoe and
Daniell Whithed
Memorandam that on the eaightenth day of November
1699 ther appered befor Daniell Whithed Esqr one of
His Majesties Justices for ye keeping of the peace for
Queens County the abovesd Thomas Okly & did acknowl-
edg this abov deed of salle to be his free & vollentary act
& deed Dan'^ Whitthead
A trew coppy of the orrigonall deed
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Whereas ther is now in the posestion of Peter Stringe-
ham one beed and ffurniture belongeinge therunto brought
ther by Richard Wright which said beed & furniture
beinge the very same that I the said Richard did lye
upon dewreinge the liffe of my afforsd wiffe Neomy
now desseassed which said beed and ffurnituer as abovesd
I Richard Weight doe acknowledge fully freely & abso-
lutly to give grant and confirme unto Samuell Barker
my sonn in law beinge sone to Neomy aforesd with all
168 Records of the Town of
ye rest of my moveables as wittness my hand this 5th
day of August 1692
Testes Rich Wright
Sam^^ Ruscoe a trew coppy entered pr
Ellizabeth X Harrisson Sam'^ Ruscoe
her mark Clark
Page 378
Thes presents testefy that I Mary Davis of Jamaica
in Queens County with ye consent of my oversers for
good considerations me therunto moveinge and more
easspeatily for a vallewable considerration in hand
paid ore secured to be paid have giveen granted allinatted
sold enfeoft & confirmd & doe by thes presents firmly &
absolutly give grant allin sell enfeof & confirme unto
Abigail Miles of ye said Towne and County hur heires
& assignes a certain tract of land lyinge & beinge within
the boundes of Jamaica aforsd containinge eaight acers
as it is bounded on the north w**' Mary Davis hur own
land & on the east w*** ye Burlinges on the south with
Ellias Bayles and one the west with ye Little Plaines
which sd tract of land as it is above bounded & exsprest
together with all timbers prevelidges & appurtenances
therupon ore therunto belongeinge I the aforsd Mary
Davis have sold allinated & made over for hur hur heires
ore assignes to have and to hold for ever and the sd Mary
Davis for hur self hur heires & assignes the abovesd
eaight acers of land w**' ye prevelidges & appurtenances
therunto belongeinge from any person or persons by from
ore under hur them ore either of them or upon any pre-
tence whatsoeever claiminge any intrest to ye sd land
shall & will warrent & for ever by thes presents defend
that this is my act and deed I testefy by settinge to my
hand & seall this second day of January Anoqe Dominy 1688
Signed seald and dellivered ML\Ry Daves O
before us
Dan'' Whitthead
Waitt Smith
Jonathan X Daves
his marke
Jamaica, Long Island 169
December ye 1st 1690 Know all men by thes presents
that I Abigail Milles doe give unto my sone Thomas
Darlinge the within mentioned parcell of land beinge
butted and bounded as above mentioned from me my
heires adminesstrators excecutors ore assignes unto
Thomas Darlinge his heires excecutors adminis*'' or
assignes as wittnes my hand
Signed seald & dellivered Abigall X Miles O
in ye presence of us
Ephreaim Goldinge
John Scotte
Know all men by thes presents befor whome this
present instrument may cume that I Thomas Darlinge
of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province of New-
Yorke doe assigne from me my heirs excecutors adminess-
trators ore assignes unto Benjamin Thirston his heirs
excecrs adminesstrators ore assignes the full contents
of this within written bill of sail & assignement for ever
to have and to hold peacably to in joy & poses without
any lett or mollesstation videlicett the aforsd Benjamine
Thirston of the aforesd Jamaica County and Province
Page 379
in confirmation therof I have sett to my hand and fixed
my seall this 18h day of April 1691 in ye 3d yeare of
Their Ma jests reaigne Kinge William & Queen Mary
Signed seald Thomas Darlinge O
in presence of us
IszAK Mills
Edward Hare
A trew coppey of Mary Davis deed to Abigaill Miles
with her assignment to her son Thomas Darlinge with
Darlinges assignement to Benjamin Thirston
A trew coppy of the orrigonall
pr Sam ' ' Ruscoe
Clark
170 Records of the Town of
This Indenture made this twenty fourth day of Aprill
and in ye fivth year of Her Majs reigne of our Soverign
Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland
Ff ranee & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and
in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
and six and betweene Timothy Wood of Jamaica in
Queens County on Nassaw Hand in ye Province of New-
York of ye one part and Thomas Bowros of ye same place
of ye other part witnefseth that ye abovsd Timothy
Wood for and in consideration of ye sum of ten pounds
corant mony of NewYork to him paid by ye abovsd
Thomas Bowras at and before ye ensealing and delivery
of thes presents ye receipt wherof he doth herby owne
and doth acknowlidg himself to be therewith satisfyed
content and paid and therefrom doe and for ever exonirat
aquit and discharg ye abovsd Thomas Bowras his heirs
exec^ adminstrators all and every of them from every part
and parsill thereof have given granted enfeofed confirmed
ashurd quit claimd sold and made over and doe by these
presents freely clearly and absolutly give grant enfeofe
confirm ashure quit claim sell and mak over unto ye abov-
sd Thomas Bowras his heirs and assigns for ever all that
his pece parsill or lot of upland situate lying and being
in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd buted and bounded as
followeth that is to say north by ye land of ye abovsd
Thomas Bowras and soe runing southerly from ye east
corner of ye abovsd Thomas Borwasis fence to a certain
stake for that purpose set up an from ye said stak westerly
to a certain black oak saplin markt with ye letters T W
Look in page 435 for ye rest
Page 380
Know all men by thes presents that I Waitt Smith in
Jamaica in Queens County for good considerrations
moveinge & more easspeatily for a vallewable sume allrdy
reseaived or secured to be paid have covenanted alli-
natted bargined enfeofd & sould unto Benjamin Thirston
of the same Towne & County a certain tract of land
lyinge and beinge upon the east side of the Plain Rune
haveinge Nathaniell Denton Jur lott on the north sid
Jamaica, Long Island 171
and Samuell Smiths on the south side and soe to run to
the bounded tree betwen Hempsted & Janiac which was
layd out to me for seven acers & a half I say that I Waitt
Smith Smith abovsd do by thes presents from my self
my heirs excecutors adminestrators ore assignes sell
allinatt & enfeofed unto Benjamine Thirston his heirs
excecutors adminesstrators & assignes the tract of land
above mentioned with all the timbers standinge &
lyeinge upon ye sd land & further I Waitt Smith do by
thes presents fully & frely bind & ingag myself to mak
good this my salle free from all formor salles givfts
grants morgages ore any intangellments what soever
unto ye sd Benjamin Thirston for him his heirs excecu-
tors adminesstrators or assignes to have and to hold to
ockepy and improve as ther own propor inherretance
for ever in confirmation of ye premises I doe in ye second
yeare of ye reigne of our Lord & Lady King William &
Queen Mary Kinge of England Scottland Ffranc & Irland
Defenders of ye Faith in ye year of our Lord January ye
16 1690 sett to my hand & affixd our sealls
Signed & seald Waitt Smith O
in presens of Pheabee Smith O
Nathaniell Denton
& Edward Hare
1690 Febrauary 26 appered befor me Joseph Smith
Justice of ye Peace for Queens County Waitt Smith and
owned this within written bill of sail
Joseph Smith
A trew coppy of ye orrigonall
pr Sam ' ' Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 381
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Timothy Milles belongeinge to Queens in
the Island of Nassaw sendeth greetting Know all men
by thes presents that I Timothy Mills belongeinge to
Jamaica in ye County abovesd for severall good reasons
172 Records of the Town of
and casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily
for a sartain sume of moneys to me in hand paid by
Peter Whitte of the abovesd Town Island and County
the receipt wherof I doe by herby own and acknowledge
by thes presents to be therwith contented sattisfyed
and paid have giveen granted covenated allinated re-
leased quitte claimed made over and sould & by thes
presents doe acknowledge to have from me my mv heires
excutors adminesstrators give grant alline enfeof releas
quitt claime make over and sell unto the abovesd Peter
Whitte his heires excecutors admintrators a sartain
pece ore parcell of upland lyinge and beinge in ye boundes
of Jamaica containinge fiveten acers more ore less as it
was layd out beinge the very same fiveten acers of land
that I had in exchainge from Daniell Smith sone of Wait
Smith & bounded as followeth on the north by Peter
White aforsd & south by John Fredrickson & east by
ye rune and west by Ffreemans path all which sd pece
or parcell of land as it was above buted and bounded
and exsprest I the abovesd Timothy Milles have as
abovesd sould to ye aforsd Peter Whit his heires excecu-
tors adminesstrators & assignes with all ye timbers trees
woods under woods standinge and lyinge beinge upon
the same with all the prevelidges & appurtenances be-
longeinge thrto to have and to hould for ever and the
same to be and remain to ye only propor use benifit &
behouf of him the abovesd Peter White his heires &
assignes free and frely discharged of & from all formor
sales giftes morgages ore any other entangellments
what ever & ye same shall & will by thes presents defend
against any claims or demands from any person or
persons what ever with a warrente to defend ye same
against any proporty claime or demand from me my
Page 382
my heires excecutors adminesstrators for ever in con-
firmation wherof I doe sett to my hand & seall this
twenty sixth day of July in ye ninth yeare of His Majesties
Jamaica, Long Island 173
reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord one thowsand sixe
hundred ninty and sixe Timothy X Milles O
Signed sealled and dellivered his mark
in presence of
Marcy X RuscoE A trew coppy pr
her mark Samll Ruscoe
Samll Ruscoe Clark
Know all men by thes presents that I Benjamin
Thirston of Jamaica in Queens County in the Province of
New York assigne all my right and title of the premisses
within this bill of salle unto Jonathan Miles of ye afor-
said Towne and County & Province allsoe I doe chainge
a small lott an acer & quartor more or less bounded
within this bill of sail westward & south by William
Foster east by the greatt crick north by Samuell Smith
& allsoe part of an adition of fresh meadow which was
Henry Ffosters beinge devided by two marked wallnutt
trees ye aforsd Jonathan Milles is to have ye north sid
I the aforesd Benjamin Thirston doe upon good con-
siderrations chainge ye aforsd meadows with Jonathan
Miles for his ten acer lott of meadow lyeinge & beinge
at Charsmores Island more or less as it is layd out viz
ye aforsd Jonathan Miles is to have ye aforsd Benjamin
Thirstons wholl right of ye north sid the two wallnut
trees I the aforsd Benjamin Thirston doe chainge with
Jonathan Miles for us our heires excecutors adminesstra-
tors & assignes for ever to ye trew performance of ye
same we doe sett to our hands & fixe our seals this 9 of
August 1692 ye fourth yeare of Their Majesties reigne
Signed seald and dellivered
in presenc of Benjamin Thirston O
Hanah X FrosTER Jonathan X Mills O
Edward Hare his marke
A trew coppy of ye origonall
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
174 Records of the Town op
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Know all men by thes presents that I William Hallet
Senr of Hell Gatte in the boundes of Newtown on Longe
Island in the West Rydinge of Yorkshire have sould and
do by vertew herof sell grant & make over from me and
my heires forever unto Richard Jones of Jamaica on
Longe Island in ye North Rydinge of Yorkshire a par-
cell of land beinge & lyinge in ye Towne of Jamaica
aforsd viz fifty acers of land forty allredy laid out lying
ner ye Beaver Pond beinge or lyinge together without
any entervall of any other lotts to sunder it to be laid
out upon the first devition pertaining to the meadow her-
after exsprest accordinge to Town order the forty acers
allredy laid out as aforsd beinge bounded by the hige
way to ye mill on the eastward south & west on the
comons with tenn acers of meadow more ore less (which
the aforsd William bought or Mr. Coe beinge & lyeinge
on furthest East Neck comonly soe called bounded with
the cassway on ye south with ye river on west) & north
& east bounded with the upland I say I William Hallet
do by vertu herof fully & freely & clerly & absolutly give
grant make over sell and confirm unto Richard Jones
his heires excecutores adminestrators ore assignes for
ever thes parcels of land as abovesd with the remainder
ore remainders revertion ore revertions with the priv-
elidges and apurtenances which do or shall herafter
belonge unto the same fully & freely discharged from
all formore salles givftes grantes dowers joynters leasses
rests charges anueties uses intailles judgments forfittuers
excecutions morgages fines amersments & incumbrances
what soe ever had made made ore comitted in writtinge
wittingly ore willingly suffered or don by ye sd William
Hallett his heires or assignes or by his or their means
privity or procurement or by any other person ore per-
sons what soever lawfully claiminge from by ore under
him or them or any of them beinge upon a vallewable
considerration as is speatifyd in a bill of dept giveen to
me by the abovesd Richard Jones in confirmation of
the premises I the aforesd William Hallett doe seall
Jamaica, Long Island 175
signe & delliver with my own handes unto the afforsd
Richard Jones this bill of sail this elleventh of May in
the year of our Lord one thowsd sixe hundred seventy
eaight
Signed sealld & dellivered William Hallett O
in the presence of
John X Bayles
his mark A trew coppy of the origonall
Ellias Bayles deed pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page S84
Know all men by thes presents that I William Creed
of Jamaica in Queens County doe by vertew of thes
presents frely and clerly own to have reseaved of and from
Jonathan Davis Samuell Davis and Ellnathan Davis
full sattisfaction for & in consideration of a deed formorly
given and granted by Marry Davis latte of Jamaica
beinge the widow and relect of Samuell Davis deseast
by their signeinge and seallinge to the deed befor men-
tioned and doe by thes presents herby acknowledge
fully and clerly to acquitt exonoratt and discharge
them the abovesd Jonathan Davis Samuell Davis and
Mary Davis of and from all ore any claime ore demand
for ore unto any wais conserning ye aforsd deed & doe
herby give full power to the dark to record ye same in
the regester for Jamaica as wittnes my hand and seall
this thirtenth day of December in the 12 yeare of His
Majesties reigne and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1700
{no signature recorded)
Signed sealld and delivered
in presence of
IszAK Lenoire
& Samuell Ruscoe
Jamaica December the twelth 1700 Know all men
by thes presents that I William Creed doe acknowledge
to have reseaved full sattisfaction for the land formorly
sould by Mary Davis to me lyeinge & beinge in Jamaica
176 Records of the Town of
boiindes and doe acquitt and discharge the morgages
given by hur to me which was datted the seventh day
of November in the fivfth year of our Lord 1692 and doe
acquitt & discharge the thre brothers their heires and
assignes of and from any further trouble in ore about
the same as wittnes my hand this day & year first above
written
{no sig.)
Copy trewy pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 385
To all Christian peopell before whome this present
instrument shall come sendeth greettinge Know all
men that I Daniell Whitthead Justice of ye Peace of ye
Towne of Jamaica on ye Island of Nassaw in Queens
County in ye Province of NewYorke doe for divers
good casses me moveinge therunto haveinge full sattis-
faction in hand allredy by me Daniell Whithead reseived
befor signement have bartered bargined sould allinated
& made over for ever & doe by thes presents under writ-
ten barter bargine sell allinatt releas make over and
delliver for ever for me my heirs excecutors adminestra-
tors & assignes for ever unto Edward Hare of Ffostors
Meadow Carpenter of Ffostors Meadow in ye boundes
of Hempsted on Longe Island within ye abovesd Province
to him his heirs exceketors adminesstrators & assignes
two small lottments of salt meadow lyinge & beinge in
ye further East Neck within ye boundes of Jamaica
each of them containing one acer & a half apece more
ore less as they was layd out by ye surveiors & as doath
apper by aintient land marks w*^ ye aintient prevelidg
of ye highe way belonging to that devition meadow the
first bounded east by the creek on ye west by ye greatt
pond one ye north by Cap*" John Carpenter on ye south
by Joseph Phillips ye second bounded east & west with
ye rest of ye lotts abovesd for lenth one the north by John
Ffors & on ye south by Gersham Wiggens I say I ye
abovesd Daniell have absolutly and firmly bartered
bargined allinated and firmly sould to all intents & pur-
Jamaica, Long Island 177
posses therof ye abovsd premises for me my heirs excecu-
tors adminestrators & assignes for ever unto ye abovesd
Edward Hare his heirs excecutors adminesstrators &
assignes for ever to have and to hoiild for ever peacably
to posses & injoy forever without any lett or mollestation
for ever & I say I ye abovesd Daniell Whitthead doe
bind my self my heirs exceketors adminestrators &
assignes to make this my deed of sail good & atthentick
in law by warrentee against any person or persons
who att any time or times whatsoever shall be that shall
in any way lay any incumbrance whatsoever
{concluded on page 387)
Page 386
Know all men by thes presents that I Ann Wharton
wife of Robert Wharton of NewYorke gentlman by
vertew of a certain instrument or power of a spechiall
letter of attorney to me giveen (upon his takeinge a
voiage into England) to act & doe ore casse to be done
any thinge that I the sd Ann the sd Robertt Whartons
wife should thinke requesitte and nesesary towards ye
maintenance of me the sd wife of ye sd Robertt Wharton
in his absens wherin he the said Robertt Wharton has
empowered me to sell morgage or dispose of all ore any
part of ye easstatt to us belonginge — Now I the sd Ann
for sundry good casses to me sattisfactory but more
easspeatily for ye sume of fivety poundes current moneys
of NewYorke to me in hand payd ye receipt wherof
I doe herby acknowledge to have reseived have bargined
and sould & doe by thes presents bargin & sell unto leuf-
tenant John Lawrance my two negrow men by name
Sy Coster and Mingoe thay beinge by by indentuer
bound out unto Jno. Pallmer of West Chester husband-
man for a certain space of time mentioned in ye inden-
ture att the exspiration of which time I the sd Ann doe
impower him the sd lean*" Lawrance to receive and
take as his own the sd two negros unto which bargin &
salle I the sd Ann doe bind my self my heires excecu-
tors adminesstrators to make good and deffend them
178 Records of the Town of
from all others whomesoeever to him and his heirs ex-
cecutors & assignes in wittnes wherof I sett my hand &
seall this llh day of Aprill 1696
Signed sealld & dellivered Robertt Wharton O
in presenc of us Ann Wharton O
B. Whitte
Ed Kingston A trew copy of ye orrigonall
Charles Ffaira enterd this 1st day of October
1696 prSAM^i RuscoE
Clark
Page 387
[from 385)
to hinder ye abovesd Edward Hare him his heirs ex-
cecutors adminesstrators & assignes injoyinge ye abovesd
meadow abovesd butted & bounded to ye trew per-
formance of & every ye abovesd premises in confirma-
tion of ye same we have sett to our hands and by sub-
scribing our names fixed our selles this eaight day of
May ye seventh yeare of His Majesties reige on thowsand
sixe hundred ninty sixe
Signed sealed & dellivered Danll Whithed O
in presence of us Abigall X Whithed O
John Smith her mark
Waitt Smith
Maye ye eaight 1696
Then appered befor me Daniell Whitthed and his
wif Abigall & owned owned this within written deed to
be their vollontary act & deed as wittnes my hand
John Smith
Justice of Peace
A trew coppy of ye oridgonall ded examnd and entered
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Freadrick Hendricks belongeinge to Jamaica
in Queens County on the Island of Nassaw & John Ffrea-
drickson of Brookland in Kinges County in in the Island
Jamaica, Long Island 179
aforsd sendeth greettinge Know yea that wee the
abovesd Freadrick Hendrickson & John Ffreadrickson
doath for divers good reassons considerrations & casses
us & each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily
for a vallewable sume of moneys to us in hand payd by
Samuell Bayles of Jamaica in the County & Island abovesd
the reseipt wherof wee doe herby own and befor the en-
sealling and delivery of thes presents doe acknowledg
our selves to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed and
paid and doe by thes presents from us our heires excecu-
tors adminesstrators & assigns for ever acquitt exonoratt
and discharge him the aboVesd Samuell Bayles his heires
Page 388
excecutors & adminesstrators of and from any "further
claim ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have
giveen granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft
quitt clainid bargined made over & sould & doe by thes
presents acknowledg to have from us our heires excecu-
tors adminesstrators & assignes giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated releast enfeoft quitte claimd bargined
made over and sould unto the abovesd Samuell Bayles
his heires excecutors adminessts and assignes a sartain
pece ore parcell of land lyeinge and beinge in ye boundes
& limittes of Jamaica aforsd lyeinge in ye middle devition
bounded as followeth north by the path leadinge to the
further East Neck begininge att the middle swampe &
soe to run round as the swampe goes untill you cume to
the aforsd path all which sd pece of land as it is bounded
and exsprest with all timbers trees woods under woods
standing ore lyeinge beinge ore belongeinge to the same
together with all & singuler the prevelidges profites and
benifites therunto belongeinge wee the sd Fredrick Hen-
drickson and John Ffreadrickson have as abovesd sould
as aforsd to the abovesd Samuell Bayles his heirs ex-
cecutors adminesstrators & assignes to have and to
holde ockepy posess & injoy for ever and ye same to
bee and remaine to the only propor use benifit and behouf
of him the sd Samuell Bayles his heires & assignes for
ever free and clerly discharged of & from all formor
180 Records of the Town of
salles givfts morgages or any other entanglements what-
soever and the same shall warrent & by thes presents for
ever defend against any claime ore demand from any
person ore persons whatsoever layeinge any just claime
therto with a warrentte to defend the same against any
intrest proporty claim or demand from us the abovesd
Fredrick Hendrickson and John Freadrickson our heires
& assignes for ever in confirmation of all & every part
& parcell of the befor recitted & bargined premisses wee
the abovesd parties doe bind ourselves our heires excecu-
tors & adminesstrators by subscribing our names &
affixeinge our scales this fivfth day of October in the
elleventh year of His Majsts reigne & in the yeare of our
Lord 1699
Signed seald andMelivered Freadrick X Hendrickson O
in presenc of John X Freadrickson O
Thomas Oklye
& Samll Ruscoe
Memorandam that on the fivfth day of October in
the 11 year of His Majesties reigne 1699 then appered
befor Joseph Smith one of His Majsts Justices of ye
Peace for Queens County the within named Freadrick
Hendricks & John Freadrickson & did to be ther free &
voUentary act & deed Joseph Smith
A trew coppy of the origonall deed
pr Sam ' ' Ruscoe
Clark
Page 389
To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
cume Jonoss Wood of Jamaica in Queens County in
the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I the abovesd Jonoss Wood for severall good rea-
sons & casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily
for a vallewable sattisfaction to me in hand paid by
Benjamin Thirston of ye Town Island and County the
receipt wherof I doe herby own & before the ensealling
and delivery of thes presents doe for ever exonoratt
Jamaica, Long IsLu\nd 181
acquitt & discharge him the aforsd Benjamin Thirston
his heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes of &
from any claim ore demand for any part ore parcell
therof have giveen granted covenanted alhnatted re-
least enfeoft quitt claimd made over sould and by thes
presents doe acknowledge to have from my heirs excecu-
tors & adminests fully & absolutly giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated releast quitt claimd made over and
sould unto ye abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heirs ex-
cecutors adminesstrators & assignes a sartain pece ore
parcell of bogges ore boggey meadow and upland
adjoyninge therunto sittuatt lyeinge & beinge within
the boundes & limites of Jamaica abovsd the land con-
taininge ten acers more or less as it was laid out & bounded
as followeth viz northard by the path that leads unto
Chasmors Island & cumes to the southwardmost end of
Charsmors Island pond comonly soe called & westardly
by a marked dry oak tree nere John Okes fenc and east
frontinge upon a small marked wallnut tree and at the
reare bounded on the eastermost or southeast partt
allsoe by a small wallnut tree marked & southwest by
a markt saplinge the bogges beinge bounded as fol-
loweth viz begininge at ye the abovesd saplinge & soe
runinge westwardly to ye ffoot of the cassway & soe to
run by sd casway unto the head of the dich & soe to run
a north line to ye upland to a markd walnutt tree above
mentioned acordinge as it was formorly sould by Ben-
jamin Coe to mee the sd Jonoss Wood all which abovesd
pece of upland and bogges as is above and exsprest as
allsoe one pece or devition of upland lyeinge & beinge in
ye hills devition & lyeinge in number thirty eaight be-
inge and arissing from a seven acer & a half right & beinge
bounded on the west by Samll Ruscoe & east by ye land
of the abovesd Benjamin Thirston fronting upon the
highway parting the old lots & that & rearinge upon
Fflushing boundes together with all ye timbers trees woods
under woods standinge ore lyeinge beinge upon the
same together with all and singular ye prevelidges profits
& benifites therunto belongeinge with all their & every
182 Records of the Town of
of their appurtenances heridittements I the abovesd
Jonos Wood have as abovesd sould as aforsd unto the
abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heirs excecutors & as-
signs the same & every partt & parcell therof to have
and to hold ockepy posess and in joy for ever & ye same
to be & remain to ye only propor sole use & benifitt be-
houf of him ye abovesd Benjamin Thirston his heires
excecutors adminesstratores & assignes free & clerly
discharged of & from all formore salles givftes morgages
ore any other intangellments whatsoever & the same
shall & will warrent & by thes presents for ever defend
against any claim or claims from any person ore persons
layeinge any just claim therunto with a warrentee to
defend ye same against any intrest proporty claime ore de-
mand from me the abovesd Jonoss Wood my heires excecu-
Page 390
tors and to the trew and absolut performance of all and
every the above granted and bargined premisses I bind
my self and heres as abovesd by subscribinge my name &
aflSxeinge my seall this second day of Febrauary in ye
elleventh yeare of His Majesties reigne & in the yeare
of our Lord Christ 1699/700
Signed seald and dellivered Jonos Wood O
in presenc of
I. Lenoire a trew coppy of the orrigonall
Samll Ruscoe deed pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Nath-thaniell Smith of Jamaica in Queens
County on Longe Island allies Nass-ssaw sendeth greett-
inge Know yea that I the abovesd Nathaniell Smith
for severall good ressons and casses mee therunto move-
inge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sume of
raoneyes to my sattisfaction to mee in hand paid by
Ben j amine Thirston and securd to be paid belongeinge
to the abovesd Town Island & County the receipt wherof
I the abovesd Nathaniell Smith doe herby own and by
thes presents acknowledge to be therwith contented
Jamaica, Long Island 183
sattisfyed & paid and therof & therfrom doe exonoratt
acquitte him the abovesd Ben j amine Thirston his heires
excecutores & assignes for ever have given granted cove-
nanted alHnated enfeoft releast quitt claimd and by
thes presentes doe acknowledge to have from mee my
heires excecutors & fully and absolutly giveen granted
covenanted releast allinated quitt claimd enfeoft bar-
gined mad over and sould unto the abovesd Benjamine
Thirston his heires excecutors & assignes a sartain pece
or parcell of upland lyeinge and beinge in the boundes of
Jamaica sittuatt & lyeinge in the midle devition & beinge
the lowermost lott and bounded as followeth west by
Freemans path and southward by the highway that
leads onto the further East Neck casway East by the
river north with the land of the said Benjamine Thirston
beinge the wholl lott & devition made over from Joseph
Smith to Nathaniell Smith beinge the southward most
lott in that range more ore less as it was laid out as
allso a sartain pece of meadow beinge the one half of
that amendment that was allowed and allotted to a lott
of salt meadow formorly belongeing to Joseph Smith &
Waitt Smith and likewis made over from ye forsd Joseph
Smith to the sd Nathaniell Smith sd meadow beinge
bounded and lyeinge on the north side of the cassway that
leads onto the further East Neck bridge which is the
south boundes and bounded by the river eastward and
by the upland west all which said lott of upland accord-
inge as it is butted & bounded with all timbers trees woods
under woods standinge and lyeinge & beinge upon the
same with all prevelidges profits benifitts fenceinge and
improvements therupon and therunto belongeing
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belongeinge with allsoe the sd half of that lott ore al-
lowance and amendment of meadow as it is allsoe above
bounded and exsprest with all the right title intrest
proporty claim & demand in & unto sd land and meadow
to have and hould ockepy poses & injoy for and the same
to be & remaine to the only proper use benifit and be-
houfe of him the sd Benjamine Thirston ffreely discharged
184 Records of the Town of
of & ffrom all formor salles givftes morgages or any other
intanglements what ever and the Nathaniell Smith for
himself his heires excecutors and adminesstratores the
same shall warrent & defend against any just claime ore
demand from any person ore persons what ever with a
warrentee to defend ye same against any intrest property
claime & demand from mee the sd Nathaniell Smith my
heires and assignes for ever & for the fullfillinge & per-
forminge of all & every of the before granted & bargined
premisses I the sd Nathaniell Smith doe bind my self
my heires excecutors & adminesstratores by thes presents
firmly seald with my seall & datted this 30h day of De-
cember in ye 9 yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye
year of our Lord Christ 1697
Signed sealled and dellivered Nathaniell Smith O
in presence of
Edward Burrowes A trew coppy pr
Samuell Ruscoe Samll Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presentes shall
cume Richard Oldfeld belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens
County in the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I the abovesd Richard Oldfeld for severall
good considerrations and casses mee ther unto moveinge
but more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction from
Benjamine Thirston of the abovesd Town Island and
County by mee in hand allredy reseived the reseipt wher-
of I doe herby own and befor the enseallinge and deelivery
of thes presentes doe acknowledge myself to be ther-
with fully contented sattisfyed and paid and therof and
therfrom doe exonorratte acquitt and discharge him the
abovesd Richard Oldfeld his heires assignes of & from
any further claime or deemand for any part or parcell
therof have giveen granted covenanted allinatted releast
enfeoft quitte claimd made over & sould and by thes
presentes doe acknowledge to have from mee my heires
excecutores adminesstrators & assignes fully & absoelutly
giveen granted covenanted allinatted releasst enfeoft
Jamaica, Long Island 185
quitte claimd made over and unto the abovesd Benjamine
Thirston his heres exceeutores adminesstratores and
assignes all that my right title intrest proporty claim or
demand in & unto all & every partt & parcell of boath
landes and meadowes that I had of Thomas Ffoster of
Munmouth River in the county of Sail em in the Prov-
ince of West NewJarzey I say all the landes and meadows
as it itt is bounded and exsprest in the releas from the
aforsd Thomas Ffoster to mee the sd Richard Oldfeld
Page 392
with all with all right prevelidges profites and benifites
therunto belongeinge or in any wais to ye same apper-
taininge the same to have and to hould ockepy poses
and injoy for ever and the same to bee and remaine to
ye only propor sole use benifitt and behoufe of him the
said Benjamine Thirston his heires exceeutores ad-
minesstratores and assignes for ever with a warrentee to
defend the same against any intrest proporty claime ore
demand from mee the abovesd Richard Oldfeld my heires
exceeutores and adminesstratores for ever in confirma-
tion wherof I doe binde my self my heires exceeutores
& adminesstratores by thes presentes firmly in wittnes
wherunto I sett to my hand and affixe my seall this
last day of August in the twelvth yeare of His Majesties
reigne and in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand
and seven hundreed
Signed sealld and dellivered Richard Oldfeld O
in presence of
William Creed A trew coppy
Sam ' • RuscoE pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presentes
shall Daved Wright of Fflushinge in Queens County on
the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I the abovesd Daved Wright for severall good con-
siderrations and casses me therunto moving but more
easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction by me in hand
allready reseived from Benjamine Thirston of the abovesd
186 Records of the Town of
Towne Island and County the reseipt wherof I doe herby
own and befor the ensealHnge and delHvery of thes
presentes doe for ever exonorratt aequitt and discharge
him the abovesd Benjamine Thirston his heires excecu-
tores adminestrators ore assignes of and from any further
claime ore demand for any partt ore parcell therof havfe
giveen granted covenanted alHnatted releast enfeoft
quitte claimed made over and sould unto the above said
Benjamine Thirston his heires excecutores adminesstra-
tores or assignes all that my right title intrest proporty
claim or demand in and unto that partt ore parcell of
land and appurtenances therunto belongeinge accord- |
inge as it was conveaied unto me by Thomas Ffoster
of Munmouth River in Sallem County in West New-
Jarzee only the abovesd Daved Wright doath except
reserv to him' and his heires that partt ore share of
meadow mentioned and granted to him in said releas as
allsoe half an acer right of upland lyeing and being be-
longeinge therunto in the sd Neck wher ye meadow is
all which abovesd pece or parcell of upland and right
Page 393
title and intrest proporty claime ore demand in and unto
their and every of their appurtenances the same to have
and to hold for ever and the same to be and remaine to
ye only proper use benifitte and behouf of him the abovesd
Benjamine Thirston his heires and assignes ffreely dis-
charged of & from all formore salles giveftes morgages
or any other entangellments what soe ever and the same
shall warrent and by thes presents for ever deffend against
any claime ore claimes from any person ore persons
lay inge any just claime therto with a warrentee to defend
the same against intrest property claime ore demand
from mee the above said David Wright and Hannah my
wiffe our heires excecutores and adminesstratores for
ever in witteness wherunto the above said David Wright
and Hanah his wiff doath bind themselves ther heires
excecutores and adminesstratores by thes presentes
firmly sealled with our scales and datted this twentieth
Jamaica, Long Island 187
day of September in the twelth yeare of His Majesties
reigne & in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand
and seven hundreed David Wright O
Signed seald and delivered
in presence of
John Ffoster & A trew coppy pr
Samuell Ruscoe Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
This Indenture made this seventh day of November
in the twelth yeare of His Majesties reigne William the
Third over England Scottland France and Irland Kinge
Defender of the Faith &c. and between Daniell Oldfeld
of Jamaica of Queens County on Nassaw Island & in
the Province of NewYorke yeoman of ye one party
and Garrett Johnson of the same place planter of the
other party wittnesseth that the above mentioned
Daniell Oldfeld for & in considerration of the sume of
one hundreed and five and fourty poundes current
moneys to him in hand paid by the above said Garrett
Johnson the receipt wherof he doath herby own to be
sattisfyed and content & paid befor the inseallinge &
delivery of thes presentes and therof & therfrom doth
acquitt exonoratte and discharge ye abovesd Garrett
Johnson his heires ' excec*^ admins*^ all & every of them
from any part or parcell therof have given granted bar-
gined sould & infeoft releast & confirmd and by thes
presentes frely clerly absolutly give grant bargine enfeof
releas and confirm unto the abovesd Garrett Johnson
his heires or assignes for ever a certain pece or parcell
of upland sittuatt lyeinge and beinge in the boundes of
Jamaica aforsd containinge thirty five acers as it was layd
out beinge more ore less butted and bounded as followeth
Page 39^,
that is to say say easterly by Samuell Deine partly &
partly by Fredrick Hendrickson and westardly part by
the land of the sd Garrett Johnson and partly by land of
John Sneadekur & northerly part by Thomas Wellinge
& part by the land of Samuell Deine and southardly by
188 Records of the Town of
the way that leads to Wollseys lott together with all
& singuler ye benifites rights prevelidges & appurtenances
therunto belongeinge together with all ye trees timbers
trees under woods whether standing ore lyeinge beinge
ore belongeinge or any wayes partaininge to ye same with
all the estatt right title intrest proporty posestion or
claime in & to every part & parcell therof I the sd Daniell
Oldfeld to the premisses to have and to hold the sd land
as above bounded & exsprest to him ye sd Garrett John-
son his heires & assignes to the only propor use benifit
and behouf of him the sd Garrett Johnson his heires
excects adminesstratores & assignes for ever and ye
sd Daniell Oldfeld for him self his heires excecutores &
adminestrs doe herby covenant & agree to & with ye sd
Garrett Johnson his heres and assignes shall & may
now & at all times for ever herafter have hold ockepy
poses & injoy the befor recitted land free and clerly
discharged acquitted of & from all formor giftes salles
morgages dowrys and intaillments judgments excecu-
tions remainder revertions ore any incumbrances what
ever had made ore comited att any time ore times befor
ye inseallinge and delivery of thes presents as alsoe to
warrent and defend the same against all persons layinge
any just claime to the same by from ore under him the
sd Daniell Oldfeld his heires excecutors adminestrs or
either of them and likewise to seall and deliver firmer deed
or conveiances for the premises as the sd Garrett John-
son shall be advised and procure by his councell learned
in the law within the space of seven yeares next en-
shueinge the datte herof in testemony wherof I have sett
to my hand & fixed my seall the day abovesd
Signed Seald and dellivered Daniell Oldfeld O
in presence of
Thomas Pottott
Zachariah Mills
Page 395
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Samuell Ruscoe of Jamaica in Queens County
on Nassaw Island sendeth greettinge Know yea thatt
Jamaica, Long Island 189
I the abovesd Samuell Riiscoe with Marcy my wife for
severall good reasons considerrations & casses us & each
of us therunto therunto moveing but more easspeatily
for a vallewable sattisfaction to us in hand paid by Hans
Burgoe of the abovesd Towne Island & County to our
content the receipt wherof wee doe herby own & befor
the enseallinge & delivery of thes presentes doe acknowl-
edge our selves to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed
and paid & therof & therfrom doe for ever exonoratt
acquitt & discharge him ye abovesd Hanse Burgoe
his heres and assignes of & from any further claime
ore demand for any partt ore parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinated releast quitte claimd en-
feoft made over & sould & by thes preasentes doe acknowl-
edge to have from us our herres excececutors & adminess-
trators fully & absolutly giveen granted covenanted
allinated releast quitte claimd enfeoft made over and
sould unto the abovesd Hanse Burgoe his herres excecu-
tors adminestrators & assignes all that my right of devi-
tion ore allotment of land lyeinge & beinge in the hill
devition comonly soe called beinge in number thirty
seven & beinge a twelve acer right of devition together
with all woods under woodes timbers trees standinge ore
lyeinge beinge ore belongeinge unto ye same with all
the prevelidges profits & appurtenances benyfites to the
same any waies appertaininge ye same & every partt &
parcell therof with ther & every of ther appurtenances to
have and to hold ockepy posses & injoy for ever & the
same to be & remaine to the only proper sole use benifit
& behouf of him the abovesd Hanse Burgoe his heires
excecutors adminesstrators and assignes for ever free &
clerly discharged of & from all formore sales givftes mor-
gages or any other entanglements whatever & ye same
shall warrent & by thes presents for ever defend against
any claime or demand from any person or persons layinge
any just clame therto with a warrentee to defend ye
same against any intrest proporty clame ore demand from
mee the abovesd Samll Ruscoe & Marcy my wife our
heires excecutors & adminestrators for ever in con-
190 Records of the Town of
firmation of all and every of the abovesd premisses wee
ye abovesd Samll Ruscoe & Marcy Ruscoe have bound
ourselves & our heres by thes presents firmly seald with
our sealls & datted this 22d of Aprill in ye 12 yeare of
His Majesties reigne 1700
Signed seld & dellivered Samll Ruscoe O
in presence of Marcy X Ruscoe O
Elderd X LuKAS hur mark
his mark
IszAK Lenoir A trew coppy of the orignall
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 396
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume John Oke of Jamaica in Queens County on the
Island of Nassaw sendeth grettinge Know yea that I
the abovesd John Oke for severall good reasons and
casses mee therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for
a vallewable sume to me in hand paid by Ram Dorlant
of ye abovesd Towne Island & County the receipt wherof
I doe herby own and befor the enseallinge & dellivery
of thes presents doe acknowledge my self to be therwith
fully contented sattisfyed & paid and therof & ther-
from doe exonoratt ackquitt & discharge him ye abovesd
Ram Dorlant his heires excecutores adminesstrators
& assignes of & from any further claime or demand for
any partt or parcell therof have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinatted releast enf eof t , quitt claimd made over
and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have
from me my heires excecutors & adminesstrators fully and
absolutly giveen granted covenanted covenanted re-
least quitte claimd made over & sould unto the abovesd
Ram Dorlant his heires excecutors adminesstrators &
assignes a certaine pece ore parcell of fresh meadow &
upland lyeinge in ye boundes & limets of Jamaica abovesd
sittuatt lyeinge and beinge att a place called the Haw Tree
Neck & is bounded as followeth viz on the west by the
Haw Tree Pond & from thence to rune to William Creeds
marked tree beinge a thorne bush standinge in Garrett
Jamaica, Long Island 191
Luberttson land or line & on the nor the high way & on
the east by the higheway & on the south by the line
parttinge Johanas Williamsons meadow & that as the
fence now standeth leaveing the hige ways cler as as
they now are all which sd pece ore parcell of upland &
meadow as it is above butted & bounded together w*'^
all & singuler the preveledges profits and benifits of
timbers trees woods under woods fences & improvementes
theron made or to be made I the sd John Oke doe as
aforsd own to have sould to the abovesd Ram Dorlant
his heires & assignes the same & all & every part & parcell
therof to have and to hould ockepy poses & injoy for
ever & the same to be & remain to the only propor use
benifitt & behouf of him the abovesd Ram Dorlant his
heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes freely dis-
charged of & from any formor salles whatever & ye same
shall warrent & by thes presents for ever defend against
against any claim or claims from me ye sd John Oke
my heires or assignes or any other person ore persons
from ore under mee ore my order in confirmation wherof
I doe bind myself by thes presents firmly sealed with
my seall and datted this twenty eaight day of March in
the fourtenth yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye year
of our Lord Christ one thowsand seven hundred & two
Signed sealld & dellivered John Oke O
in presence of
Richard Oldfeld A trew coppy of the oridgonall
Elderd Leukas deed pr Samll Ruscoe
SamllRuscoe * Clark
Page 397
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Joseph Pleas sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I Joseph Pleas abovesd with Mary my wife for
severall good considerrations and casses us & each of us
therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a full and
absolut sattisfaction to us in hand paid by John Smith
of Jamaica in Queens County on Longe Island alles Nassau
192 Records of the Town of
the receipt wherof I the aforsaid Joseph Pleass with Mary
my wife boath of us belongeinge to Jamaica in ye County
and Island aforsd doe own and acknowledg to be therwith
contented sattisfyed and paid and therof & therfrom doe
exonoratt & for ever acquitt and discharge the abovesd
John Smith his heirs & assignes of & from any further
claime ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have
giveen granted covenanted allinated released enfeofed
quitte claimed made over & sould & by thes presents
doe own to have from us our heirs excecutors & ad-
minestrators fully and absolutly giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated releast enfeofed quitte claimed made
over and sould unto the abovesd John Smith his heirs &
assignes all that my dwellinge howes standinge and beinge
in ye boundes of Jamaica with fiveten acers of upland
next adjoyninge & therunto belongeinge beinge bounded
and buted as followeth being bounded south by the highe
way ore comon roade & west by Samuell Carpenter &
north part by Jonathan Dein & part by ye sd John
Smith & on ye east by ye sd John Smith I say that I the
sd Joseph Pleas have as abovesd sould as aforsd to ye
said John Smith my aforsd dwellinge howse with ye aforsd
fiveten acers of land as it is above buted & bounded with
all and singuler the rights & benifits belonginge to ye
same together with all and singuler the rights & benifits
improvements of fencings timbers trees woods under
woods & all other ye rights preveledges profits emolle-
ments heredittements & profits upon or belongeing to
the same to have and to hould for ever & ye same to be
& remain to ye only propor use benifitt & behofe of him
ye sd John Smith his heirs & assignes to ockepy posses
and in joy free & clerly discharged of & from all formor
salles givftes morgages ore any other entanglements
whatsoever with a warrentee to defend ye same against
all claime ore claimes from me ye abovesd Joseph Pleas
& Mary my wife our heirs excecutors & adminesstrators
for ever or any persons layinge any just claim therto
in wittnes wherunto we have sett to our handes & affixed
Jamaica, Long Island 193
our sealls this 13 day of December in ye 9 yeare of His
Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Xt 1697
Signed seald & dellivered Joseph Pleas O
in presence of Mary X Pleas O
Samuell Carpenter hur mark
Marcy Ruscoe
Samll Ruscoe A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 398
This Indenture made this third day of August in ye
yeare of our Lord seventeene hundred & five between
Thomas Cardale of Jamaica in Queens County on Nas-
saw Hand in America gent, of ye one part and Isaac
Lenoir of ye aforsd Towne of Jamaica witnesseth that
ye aforsd Thomas Cardall for & in consideration of ye
sum of one hundred & twenty pounds of lawfull mony
of ye Province of New York to him in hand paid before
ye enseahng & deUvery of these presents pr ye sd Isaac
Lenoir ye receipt whereof ye sd Thomas Cardale doth
herby acknowlidge & thereof & therefrom doth by these
presents for ever acquit & discharge ye sd Isaac Lenoir
his ex" & admin" he ye sd Thomas Cardale hath granted
bargined sold aliend enfeofed & confirmed & pr these
presents doe grant bargin sell alien enfeofe & confirm
unto ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs & assignes six hundred
acers of land lying in East NewJersy which he boughte in
company with William Creed & others of one John Hari-
son of East NewJersy as by deed bearing date ye four-
teenth day of December 1702 being bounded east by
John north by John Harison west by Samuell Deane
south by ye highway betwixt Onione & George ye barbers
together with all their righte title interest claime & de-
mand whatsoever which he ye sd Thomas Cardale or
which any of his heirs exc" or admi^ may have hereafter
of to or in ye said tract of land with all profitts comoditys
privelidges pastureage commanage timber trees grass
swamps ponds or what priveledges to ye sd granted land
is belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and
194 Records of the Town of
to hold unto him ye sd Issaac Lenoir his heirs & assignes
for ever and ye sd Thorn" Cardale doth covenant & agre
to & with ye sd Isaac Lenoir that it may be lawfull for
him ye sd Isaac Lenoir to have hold ocopy posess & in-
joy ye sd lot of land forever without ye lawfull let hin-
drance molestation of him ye sd Thomas Cardale his
heirs exc" or admi" or any other person or persons what-
ever claiming any righte to ye same from any former gifts
grants morgages from him ye sd Thomas Cardale de-
rectly or inderectly also he ye sd Thomas Cardale doth
pr these presents oblige himself to warrant and defend
ye sd tract of land against himself his heirs exc" & admin«
and it is also covenanted betweene ye sd partys that he
ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs exC' & admi" or any of them
may & shall from time to time pay one twelvth part of ye
charges which ye sd William Creed & partners shall be
at for ye beter enforcing ye title to him ye sd Isaac Lenoir
his heirs exc and admi" whethether it be by patent or
otherwise in witness whereof
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Page 399
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume George Phillipes belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth grettinge Know
yea that I George Phillipes with Sarah my wife for several!
good considerations and casses us therunto moveinge
but more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to us
in hand payd by Edward Burrowes of Jamaica in ye
abovesd Towne Island and County ye receipt wherof
I doe herby own and befor the ensealinge and dellivery
of thes presents doe acknowledge to be therwith con-
tented sattisfyed and payd and therof and therfrom doe
for ever acquitt and discharge the abovesd Edward Bur-
rowes his heires excecutors adminesstrators and from
any further claim ore demand for any part or parcell
therof have giveen granted covenanted allinated relleased
quitt claimed enfeofd made over and sould and by thes
presents doe acknowledg to have from us our heires
Jamaica, Long Island 195
excecutors and adminestrators given granted covenanted
allinatted released enfeofed quitt claimed made over
and sould unto ye abovesd Edward Burrowes his heires
excecutors adminestrators and assignes a cartain home
lott lyinge and being within ye Towne of Jamaica aforesd
bounded north by ye street west by the parsonage east
by ye home lott formorly belonginge to John Rowlefson
of Jamaica deseast and southardly by ye high waye
with all howesings fencings orchyards gardens clossuers
together with all ye prevelidges profits and benifits ther-
unto belonging or in any waies to ye same appertaininge
I say that I ye sd George Phillipes with Sarah my wife
have as abovesaid sold as aforsd unto ye aforsaid Edward
Burrowes his heires excecutors adminesstrators & as-
signes the abovesd home lott howesinges orchards closh-
uers gardens fencinges with their & every of their ap-
purtenances to have and to houlde ockepye posess and
in joy for ever frely discharged from from all formor
salles givfts morgages or any other entanglements what
ever and the same shall warrent and by thes presents
for ever defend against any claim or demand from any
person or persons layinge any claim therto with a war-
rente to defend ye same in a good undouted tytle in fee
simple against any intrest property claim ore demand
from me ye said George Phillipes & Sarah my wife our
heirs excecutors & adminesstrators & adminestrators for
ever in confirmation wherof we doe sett to our hands &
sealls this fifth day of Aprill in ye ninth year of His
Majts reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord 1697
Signed sealld and dellivered George Phillips O
in presence of Sarah X Phillips O
Danll Whithead
Sam^'Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye origonl
deed pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page WO
Memorrandam that on the fifth day Aprill instant
then appered befor Daniell Whitthead one of His Majsts
Justices of ye Peace for Queens County ye within named
196 Records of the Town of
George Phillipes and Sarah his wife and did acknowledg
this deed of conveianee on ye other side to be their free
and vollontary act & deed Danll Whitthead
Know all men by thes presentes that wee Nehemiah
Smith and Waitt Smith boath of Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Island of Nassaw have made for us our
heires excecutors and adminesstrators a firme and abso-
lut exchainge of two peces of upland lyeinge and beinge
in the boundes and limits of Jamaica aforsd that is to
say the abovesd Nehemiah Smith doth give grant & by
the waye of exchainge make over & confirme unto the
abovesd Waitt Smith his heires and assignes a certain
pece of upland lyeinge & beinge in the hills beinge in
number fivety foure a ten acer & thre quars right of
devition to have and to hould for ever and in considera-
tion wherof the aforsd Waitt Smith doat likwise give
grant and by the waye of exchainge make over and
confirme unto the abovesd Nehemiah Smith his herres
and assignes a certain pece of upland lyeinge & being
in ye hills bounded north by Flusinge land & south by
John Eaveritt east by the abovesd Nehemiah Smith
& west by Able Galle beinge five acers more ore les
as it was laid out to have and to hold for ever that this
is our mutull agreement wee bind our selves & our heires
by thes presents firmly as wittnes our hands & sealls
this elleventh day of March Ano 1700 & 701
Signed and seald Nehemiah X Smith (Seal)
in presence of his mark
Samll Ruscoe Wait Smith (Seal)
Clark
Page m
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samuell Milles belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens
County in the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I ye sd Samuell Milles with Sewzannah
my wife for severall good reasons and casses us & each
of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a
vallewable sume to me in hand payd by Samuell Milles
Jamaica, Long Island 197
Junore of ye same Towne Island and County ye receipt
wherof I doe herby owne and before the ensealling and
dellivery of thes presents doe acknowledg my self to be
therwith fully contented satisfyed and payd and therof
& therfrom doe for ever exonoratt acquit and discharge
ye abovesd Samuell Miles his heires exceketors ad-
minesstrators & assignes from any claim ore demand for
any part ore parcell therof have given granted cove-
nanted releast enfeoft quitte claimed made over & sould
and by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my
heires excecutors & adminesstrators giveen granted cove-
nanted releast enfeoft quitte claimed made over & sould
unto the aforesd Samuell Milles his heires excecutors
adminesstrators and assignes a cartain part of a home
lotte containinge foure or five acers more ore less bounded
north by the streett west by George Wollsey east by
Nathaniell Denton south by John Smith desseast with
all howesings gardens orchards freut trees fencinge and
prevelidges and appurtenances therunto belonginge or
appertaining as allsoe the one half of a ten acer lott of
meadow lyinge at ye further East Necke bounded west
by William Ludlam and east by Joseph Ludlam north
by ye highway & south to ye bay with ye prevelidges &
rights belonginge to ye Neck arrissing therby or be-
longinge therto and prevelidge of comonage belonginge
therto as allsoe ten acers of upland lyinge in the midle
devition bounded north by Samuell Denton south by
Samuell Smith redhead east by Joseph Oldfeld & west
by Freemans path with all timbers trees woods under
woods standinge or lyinge with all improvements fenc-
ing and preveledges belonging therunto I say that I ye
sd Samuell Milles have as aforsd sould ye abovesd pece
of land howesinge meadow and outland as they are
bounded and exsprest with their and every of their ap-
purtenances to ye forsaid Samuell Milles his heires
exceketors & adminestrators and assignes to have and
Page Jf.02
to houlde for ever and the same to be & remaine to ye
only propor use benifit & behouf him the sd Samuell
198 Records of the Town of
Milles free and clerly discharged of and from all formore
salles givftes morgages or any other entangellments
what ever & the same shall & by thes presents will for
ever defend against any claim ore claim from any per-
son or persons ore persons what ever with a warrente to
defend ye same against any intrest proporty claime ore
demand from me ye sd Samuell Milles & Sewzanah my
wife our heirs excecutors & adminesstrators for ever in
confirmation wherof we sett to our hands and scales
this sixh day of Aprill in ye ninth yeare of His Majesties
reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand
sixe hundreed ninty and seven
Signed sealld and dellivered Samuell X Milles O
in presenc of his marke
John Milles Sewzanah X Milles O
Samll Ruscoe hur mark
A trew coppy of ye origonall pr
Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
as allsoe to warrent and defend the same against all
persons layeinge any just claime to the same from by
or under him ye the sd Samuell Milles his heires excecu-
tors or adminesstrators or either of them or any other
intanglements what ever and like wisse to seall and deliver
any other ore firm deed or conveianc for the premisses
as the sd Samuell Carpenter shall be advised & procure
to be drawne by his councell learned in law within ye
space of seven years next after the datte herof in testi-
money whrof the aforsd Samuell Milles hath unchaingably
sett to his hand and fixed his seall ye day & datte above
mentioned
Signed sealled and dellivered Samuell X Milles O
in presens of his marke
Jonathan Deane
Hope Milles A trew coppy pr
Zacariah Milles Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
the rest in page 404
Jamaica, Long Island 199
Page 403
(from 398)
I have herto set my hand and seale the day and year
above written
Signed sealed and delivered Thomas Cardale O
in presents of
Will Urquhart
Samll Mills
Henry Lindley
March 28th 1706 the above named Thomas Cardale
came before me Jonathan Whithead Esqr one of Her
Majs Justices of ye Peace and acknowlidged the above
instrument to be his free and volingtary act and deed
Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd & compard
pr me Zach Mills
Cler
The rest in page 398
Page J^OJi
This Indenture made this first day of May in the
thirtenth yeare (jf His Majesties reigne William ye
Third by ye grace of God Kinge of England Scottland
Ff ranee & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in the
yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand seven hundreed
and one & between Samuell Milles Jamaica in Queens
County & on Nassaw Island & in ye Provinc of New-
Yorke yeownian of ye one party & Samuell Carpenter
. of ye same place yeoman of the other party wittnesseth
that ye abovesd Samuell Milles for & in considderration
of a a vallewable sume of currant moneys of New York
to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter
before ye enseallinge and dellivery of thes presents ye
receipt wherof he doath herby owne & acknowledge
himself therwith sattisfyed and content and paid & therof
& therfrom doath acquitt exonorratt & discharge the
abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors & ad-
200 Records of the Town of
minesstratores & every of them from any part ore par-
cell therof have giveen granted bargined sold enfeofed
releasd & confirmd & by thes presentes fully clerly &
absolutly have given granted bargined sold enfeoft
releast & confirmed vmto ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter
his heires & assignes for ever a cartain pece ore parcell
of upland beinge ye one half partt of a twenty acer lott
lyeinge & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica abovesd
butted & bounded as followeth (that is to say) easterly
on ye land of Joseph Oldfeld & west by the highway
comonly called Ffreemans path and Southwardly by
the land of Samuell Smith & northwardly by the land
that did formerly belonge to Samuell Denton latt of
Jamaica deseast together with all & singular ye trees
timbers woodes under woods standinge or lyeinge beinge
or any waies appertaininge to ye same with all the easstatt
right title intrest posestion claim properties prevelidges
-or appurtenances therunto belongeinge in & in any partt
& parcell therof the sd Samuell Milles in the premisses
to have & to hold the above recitted land as above
bounded and exsprest to him the sd Samuell Carpenter
his heirs & assignes for ever & the sd Samuell Milles for
himself his heirs excecutors & adminesstratores doe
herby covenant & agree with the sd Samuell Carpenter
his heires &c shall & may now & att all times for ever
herafter have hold ockepy poses & injoye the above re-
citted land freely & clerly discharged acquitted of &
from all formor givfts salles morgages dowers intaillinges
judgmentes or excecutions revertions remainder or re-
mainders or other title or incumbrance had made or
committed att any time ore times befor the enseallinge
& dellivery of thes presents
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Page Ji-05
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Ellias Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County send-
eth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Ellias
Bayles with Sarah my wife for severall good resons &
Jamaica, Long Island 201
casses us & each of us therunto moveinge but more
easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to us in hand
paid by Abraham Lott of Flatbush in Kinges County in
moneys to our sattisfaction ye receipt wherof we doe
herby own and before ye enseallinge & delivery of
thes presents doe acknowledg to be therwith contented
sattisfyed & payd have giveen granted covenanted re-
least quitt claimed made over & sould & doe by thes
presents acknowledg to have from us our heirs exceketors
& adminestrators giveen granted covenanted releast
quitte claimd made over & sould unto ye abovesd Abra-
ham Lott his heirs excecutors adminestrators & assignes
a certain pece ore parcell of upland lyinge & beinge in
ye bounds of Jamaica & bounded as followeth viz east
by ye hige way or path leadinge to ye mill & to ye mead-
owes & north by ye land of John Wood latte of Jamaica
deseast & on ye other sid being ye west by a lott of land
belonginge to John Foster sone to Henry Foster late of
Jamaca aforsd deseast & south by Benjamin Thirston
w*'^ fife acers of prevelidge for cutting of timber & fed-
inge upon ye comons together with all timbers trees woods
under woods standinge & lyinge with all & singuler ye
prevelidges & profits & benifits therunto belonginge
I say that I ye abovesd Ellias Bayles with Sarah my wife
have as abovesd sould as aforsd unto ye abovesd iVbra-
ham Lott all ye abovesd land & prevelidges as above
exsprest according as it was butted & bounded & as it
is marked by ye layers out ye same to have and to hold
for ever & ye same to be & remaine to ye only propor
use beniiit & behouf of him ye said Abraham Lott his
heirs & asignes to ockepy poses and in joy free & freely
discharged of & from all formor salles gifts morgages or
any other entanglements what ever with a warrente
to defend ye same against any intrest proporty claim
ore demand from me ye abovesd Ellias Bayles & Sarah
my wife our heirs exceketors & adminestrators for ever
& from all claim ore claimes from any person ore persons
layinge claim therto in confirmation wherof we sett to
our hands & sealls this fourth day of June in ye eight
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year of His Majs reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ
one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & sixe
Signed seald & delHvered Ellias Bayles O
in presence of Sarah X Bayles O
Thomas Okley her mark
Samll Ruscoe
A trew coppy of ye oridgonall deed entered pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 1^06
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Daniell Smith sone to Waitt Smith belonging
to Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw
sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Daniell
Smith for severall good reasons considerations & casses
me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallew-
able consideration to my sattisfaction ye receipt wherof
I doe herby acknow and own to be therwith contented
sattisfyed & paid by Timothy Milles of ye Towne Island
& County yea that I ye have covenanted bargined
allinated released quitt claimed bartered exchainged &
for ever made over unto the abovesd Timothy Milles
his heirs exceketors adminestrators & assignes from me
my heirs exceketors & adminestrators a certain pece ore
parcell of land lyinge & beinge in the bounds of Jamaica
beinge in ye east devition lying on ye west side of ye
Plaine Run containing a ten acer right bounded by John
Fredrickson on ye south & Peter Whit on ye north & west
by Fremans path soe comonly calld & east by ye high-
way all which pece of land as it is butted & bounded as
it was laid out together with all prevelidges profitts
benifits timbers trees woods under woods standinge ore
lying beinge upon ye same I the abovesd Daniell Smith
have as abovesd sould to ye aforsd Tiiuothy Miles his
heirs and assignes to have and to hould for ever and ye
same shall & will warrent & by thes presents for ever de-
fend against any claime ore demand from any person
ore persons what ever & from all formor sails givfts mor-
Jamaica, Long Island 203
gages or any other entanglements what ever with a
warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty
claim or demand from me ye sd Daniell Smith my heirs
exceketors & adminestrators for ever in confirmation
wherof I sett to my hand & seall this eleventh day
of Janry in ye year of our Lord 1696
Signed seald & dellivered Daniell Smith (Seal)
in presens of
Samuel Darling
Samll Ruscoe
Page m
To all Christian peopell to whome these presents shall
cnme Timothy Mills of Jamaica in Queens County in
ye Island of Nassaw sendeth grettinge Know yea
that I the abovesd Timothy Mills for severall good
resons and casses me therunto moveinge but more eass-
peatily for a vallewable consideration to my sattisfac-
tion in hand paid by Daniell Smith Juner sone to Waitt
Smith belonginge to Jamaica aforesd ye receipt wherof
I doe herby own & acknowledge to be therwith con-
tented sattisfyed & paid have covenanted bargined
allinatted releassed quitt claimed bartered & excanged
& for ever made over and by thes presents doe acknowledg
to have from me my heires exceketors & adminestrators
covenanted bargined allinatted releast quitt claimd
bartered & excainged & made over unto ye abovesd Dan-
iell Smith his heires exceketors & adminestrators a cer-
tain parcell of land lyinge & beinge in ye bounds of
Jamaica beinge two lotts ore devitions containinge a
fiveten acer right more ore less as it was layd out beinge
in the east devition one the east sid of ye Plain Rune
the ten acer right beinge bounded north by the land
of David Watters & south by Mr. Whitheads land & east
by Fostors River & west by ye highway and ye five
acer right lyin and haveing Samll Denton on ye north
and Benjamin Coe on ye south bounded east & west
as ye other is all which abovesd pece or parcell of land
as it is butted and bounded I the abovesd Timothy
Mills have as abovesd made over and exchainged with
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and unto the abovesd Daniell Smith his heirs & assignes
with all ye prevelidges profitts & benifits with all woods
under woods timbers trees woods under woods standing
or lyinge being upon ye same to have and to hould for
ever & ye same to be & remain to ye only propor use
benifit & behoufe of him ye abovesd Daniell Smith his
heirs & assignes for ever & ye same shall warrent & de-
fend against any claim or demand from any person ore
persons what ever w* a warrentee to defend ye same any
proporty claim or demand from me ye sd Timothy Mils
my heirs excektrs & adminestrators for ever in wittnes
wherunto I sett to my hand & seall this eleventh day of
Janry in ye year of our Lord 1696
Signed seald & delivered Timothy X Milles (Seal)
in presence of his mark
Samuel Darling
&
Samll Ruscoe
Page 408
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Peter Whit belonginge to Jamaica in Queens County
in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I ye abovesd Peter White for severall good resons
and considerations and casses me therunto moveing but
more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to me in
hand payd by Garrett Johnson of ye afor said Towne
Island and County to my sattisfaction ye receipt wherof
I doe herby own and acknowledge and before ye enseall-
inge and dellivery of thes presents own to be therwith
contented sattisfyed and payd and therof and ther-
from doe acquit exonorat & discharge ye forsd Garrett
Johnson his heires excecutors adminesstrators & as-
signes from any demand for any part or parcell therof
have giveen granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft
quitte claimed and sold and doe by thes presents acknowl-
edge to have from me my heires excecutors and ad-
minesstrators giveen granted covenanted releast quitt
claimed made over and sold unto ye abovesd Garrett
Johnson his heires excecutors adminesstrators and as-
Jamaica, Long Island 205
signes a sartain pece of land lyinge & beinge in ye bounds
of Jamaica in ye west devition beinge a five acer right
of devition & is bounded on ye east by William Fostor
& west by ye rune north by ye boges & south by the
path which sd pece of land as it is bounded and exsprest
I ye aforsd Peter Whitt have as abovesd sould to ye forsd
Garrett Johnson his heires & assignes with all & singuler
ye prevelidges profits and benifits therunto belonginge
or in any wais appertaining with all & timbers trees woods
under woods under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge
upon ye sanje to have and to hould ockepy posses and
injoy for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye only
propor use benifit and behoufe of him ye sd Garrett
Johnson his heires excecutors adminestrators & assignes
freely and clerly discharged of and from all formor salles
givftes morgages ore any other entanglements what ever
and ye same shall & by thes presents for ever warrent
and defend against any claim or claimes from any person
ore persons what ever with a warrente to defend ye same
against any intrest proporty claim or demand from me
ye sd Peter Whitte my heires excecutors & adminestrators
for ever in confirmation wherof I have sett to my hand
and affixed my seall this first day of Aprill in ye ninth
yeare of His Majesties reigne and in ye yere of our
Lord 1697 Peter Whitt O
Signed seald and dellivered
in presence of
Joseph Pleas A trew coppy pr
Sam Ruscoe Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page 409
This Testement datted October ye twentyeth in ye
yeare of our Lord one thowsand one thowsand sixe
hundreed ninty & eaight showeth viz that William Car-
penter inhabetant of Jamaica in Queens County upon
the He of Nassaw belongeinge to ye Province of New-
Yorke (farmor) hath for divers good resons moveinge
him therunto but more easspeatily for a vallewable con-
sideration in hand reseived to his full sattisfaction bar-
206 Records of the Town of
tered bargined & sould & doth by thes instrument &
deed of conveience barter bargine sell allien assigne &
make over unto his brother Samuell Carpenter of the
same Towne abovesd a small pece parcell ore messuage
of upland sittuatt & lyinge within the precenkts of
Jamaica abovesd & eastward of ye Towne nere to Fostors 1
Meadow Rune & containinge five acers of land more ore
less beinge one sixt part of a thirty acer lott formerly
conveied & laid out to his father Carpenter desseased
& ye elleventh lott in number accordinge to ye first east
devition which said thirty acer lot is bounded by a cer-
tain lott which belonged to Allexander Smith on ye
north & by ye parsonage lott on ye south butinge upon
ye highway west & Underdunks land east that is to
say the sixt part of ye aforesd alotment beinge five acers
more ore less for ye sd Samuell to have and to holde as
his absoelut right & proporty with all & every ye prev-
elidges profits liberties benifits and conveaniences be-
longinge ore that shall belonge therto ore accrew therby
after the datte herof to be abide & remaine in ye peacable
quiatt possestion of the said Samuell his heires & as-
signes for ever without any manore of lett ore mollesta-
tion by ye sd William ore his heires & that ye sd William
shall and will ever defend this his salle as wittness his
hand and seall afiixed herunto ye day & yeare above
written
Signed sealled & dellivered William Carpenter O
in presence of
Daniell Smith A trew coppy of the orridg-
JoHN Pruden Seanor onall deed entered pr
John Pruden Juner Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Joseph Pleas belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens
County on Longe Island allies Nassaw sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I Joseph Pleas with Mary my wife for
Jamaica, Long Island 207
severall good reasons & casses us and each of us therunto
moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable and full
sattisfaction to us in hand allredy paid by Samuell
Carpenter belongeinge to ye abovesd Towne Island
and County the receipt wherof we doe herby own and
ackno'vN^ledge to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed
and paid and therof and therfrom doe for ever exonoratt
and discharge the abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires
excecutors adminestrators and assignes of and from all
ore any demand for any part or parsell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinated releast quitt claimed
enfeofed made over and sold and by thes presents doe
Page 410
acknowledge to have from us our heires excecutors ad-
minesstrators fully and absoelutly giveen granted cove-
nanted allinatted releast quitte claimd enfeofed mad
over and sould unto ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter his
heires excecutors adminesstrators and assignes all that
a sartaine pece ore parcell of upland lyinge and beinge
in the boundes of Jamaica containinge ten acers more
ore less as it was layd out bounded westward by Nehemiah
Smiths lott and northardly by the highway & east by
Joseph Oldfelds and south by the highway all which
said land as it is above bounded and exsprest together
with all & singuler the prevelidges profits & benifits
boath of fences improvements & benifits that are and
shall belonge to ye same with all timbers trees woods
under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge upon ye same
to have and to holde for ever & the same to be & remaine
to ye only propor use benifit and behouf of him ye abovesd
Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors adminesstrators
& assignes free & clerly discharged of & from all formore
salles gifts morgages or any other intangellments what
ever with a warrente to defend the same from any in-
trest proporty claim ore demand from the abovesd
Joseph Pleas & Mary my wife our heires & excecutors
for ever & from all & every person that shall lay any
claime therto in testemony wherof we have sett to our
208 Records of the Town of
hands & sealls this 13 day December in ye 9 year of His
Majesties reigne Ano. 1697
Signed sealled and delHvered Joseph Pleas O
in presence of Mary X Pleas O
John Smith her mark
Ruth Smith
Samll Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye oridgonall
entered pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page Ii.ll
Know all men by thes presents that I Benjamin
Thirston inhabetant in Jamaica in Queens County
on Longe Island now called Nassaw belonging to ye
Province of NewYorke for severall resons & good casses
me therunto moveinge but more espeatily for and in
consideration of certain sumes of moneys to me paid or
secured by Samuell Carpenter of Jamaica in ye County
& Province abovesd wherfor witt ye me I hould my self
well content & sattisfyed & therof witt ye mee the sd
Benjamin to have sould bargined and by vertew herof
doe sell disspoas sell & make over from me my heirs
exts & assignes unto ye sd Samuell Carpenter to him
his heires exceketors or assignes for ever one pece of
meadow on ye further East Neck bounded as ffolloweth
fruntinge upon Waitt Smith northward eastward upon
William Ludlam southardly upon one little creek cuminge
out of the greatt creek & westward by by a lott of meadow
that was formorly Robertt Ashmans therfor witt ye me
by vertew herof and fully & freley & absoluttly clerly
sell & give grant & enfef & confirme unto the aforsd
Sam^^ Carpenter his heirs exce*'' ore assignes the the above
mentioned premises to have and to hould okepy and
poses for ever ye abovesd meadow to enter therwith &
have in possestion to ockepy & labor as is his owne
herrettage with all all ye appurtenances therunto be-
longinge from ye datt herof & I the abovesd Benjamin
Thirston doe bind me my heires that it shall be freely
& fully discharged & to warrent from all former sales
gifts grants doweries joynters anuties jugments forfits
Jamaica, Long Island 209
and morgages or any incumbrances what soever had
made ore comitted wittingly or willingly ore willingly
suferd or done by ye aforsd Benjamin Thirston his heirs
exceketors or adminestrators by his or their means act
or consent act or procurment or by other persons or
persons what soever lawfully claiminge from by or under
them to warrent & make good in law ye abovesd prem-
ises & in confirmation of the trew performance of this
bill of salle I doe seall signe & delliver with my own
hand this bill of sail befor wittneses att Jamaica ye 31
day of March 1696
Andrew Allexander Benjamin Thirston O
Daniell Smith
Nathan Smith A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^W
Know all men by thes presents that I Ellias Bayles
of Jamaica in the Queens County on Long Island &
in the Province of NewYorke in America have sould and
by thes presents & vertew herof sell & grant and make
over from me my heirs excecutors adminestrators ore
assignes a sartain pece of meadow lyinge and beinge
to ye quantity of thre or four acers more ore less lying
on hether east neck in ye boundes of Jamaica unto
Samuell Carpenter of ye aforsd Towne his heirs excecu-
tors & adminestrators or assignes for ever ye said meadow
beinge bounded at ye rear of Nath Dentons lott and cross
the lott of now Ellias Bayles eastward upon Cap*" Car-
penter & southward upon ye east neck creek & west-
ward upon the widow Thirston to have & to hould for
ever ye sd meadow w*^ all therunto belonginge frely
discharged from all formor salles givfts grants doweries
joynters dowerys or leases or excecutions or whatt ever
incumbrances whatever hrtofor hath benn mad & more
espeatily for a certain sume in money allredy received
in hand doath make over the same unto Samuell Carpenter
his heirs for ever and the sd Ellias Bayles & his heirs
excecutors or assignes for ever to warrent ye same against
210 Records of the Town of
any person or persons layinge claim therto & to give him
quat posestion of ye same & if need any further con-
firmation I herunto sett to my hand & seall & with ye
consent of my wiffe Sarah Bayles in ye year of our Lord
one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & two & ye 13 day of
October
& in ye presence of us Ellias Bayles O
Andrew Allexander Sarah X Bayles O
Daniell Mathews her mark
A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscob
Clark
Page US
This presents testify that I Nathaniell Denton in-
habetant of Jamaica one the Island of Nassau allis Long
Island in Queens County have for good considerations
me therunto moveinge & more espeatily for full sattis-
faction allredy received and more vit ye mee to have
giveen granted allinatted sould bargined and made over
from my self my heirs excecutrs & assignes unto Samuell
Carpenter of ye said place his heirs excecutors & assignes
the number of twelve acers of land more ore less as it
was layd out bounded on ye west syd by of John Roads
on ye south syd by the highway one ye west syd by
John Smith one the north syd by the bogges the twelve
acers of land more ore less bounded as abovesd with all
ye wood and timber standinge and lyinge therunto be-
longinge I the said Nathaniell Denton hath fully and
freely and absoluttly allinatted sould and made over
from him self his heirs & ad minestrators & assignes to
have and to houlde poses & in joy for ever & ye sd Nath-
aniell Denton doas covenant promis and oblidge him
and his heirs to secure & save harmles from all claimes
and incumbrancs and from all & every sutte salles leatts
and morgages ore what ever forfeitts may hapen ore
be>to any person or persons what so ever to ore about
ye said land that this is my act & deed I testify by setting
Jamaica, Long Island 211
to my hand and seall this twenty eight day of December
one thowsand sixe hundred ninty and four yeares
Signed and seald
in presents of us Nathaniel Denton O
Andrew Allexander
Nathan Smith
Andrew Allexander
Sarah X Denton A trew coppy of ye origonall
hur mark entered pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Thes presents wittneseth of a mutuall agreemt cove-
nant & bargin conchided & made between Nathaniell
Denton and Waitt Smith boath inhabetantes of Jamaica
in Queens County upon the Island of Nasaw in ye Prov-
ince of NewYorke acordinge to ye tenure & datt herof
as follwth viz imprs ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton
hath & doath by thes presents fully barter bargin ex-
chaing allinat & make over from him his heires excecu-
tors or adminesstrators to Waitt Smith his heires excecu-
tores adminestrators or assigns for ever a certain pece
ore parcell of upland sittuatt lyeinge & beinge in the
boundes of Jamaica abovesd buted & bounded as fol-
loweth that is to say east by the land of Hope Carpenter
Page Jf-H
& west by ye land of John Ludlam & south by the high-
way or other lottes & north by Flushinge boundes &
allsoe belonginge to a divition comonly called ye hill
divition beinge laid out to a ten acor right lyeinge in
number forty & eight as allso another lott lyeing & beinge
in the south woods belongeinge to a divition called the
midle divition being the one half of a fiveten acor lott
as it was layd out butted & bounded as followeth that
is to say east by the land of Samuell Mesenger & west
by the highwaye comonly called Freemans path & south
by the land of Thomas Smith and north by the land of
Thomas Wigens all which lotts of land as they are laid
212 Records of the Town of
out whether they be more or less as above bounded &
exsprest with all timbers trees whether standinge ore
lyeinge beinge or any ways appertaininge to the same
with all rights benifites prevelidges or apurtenancs
therunto belongeinge ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton
hath fully bargined allinatted & firmly made over by
exchaing to ye abovesd Waitt Smith his heires excecutors
or assignes to have & to hold poses & ockepy & injoy
as his propor and absolut right for ever more over the
abovesd Nathaniell Denton doath herby engage to
defend & make good in law ye premiss as against all
persons what ever
Be itt known allsoe that for & in considerration of
ye above written tenur ye abovesd Waitt Smith on the
other party hath made & doath by thes presents barter
bargin exehainge allinatt & make over from his heirs
excecutors adminestrators to ye abovesd Nathaniell
Denton his heirs excecutors & adminestrators or asignes
for ever as the conditions of the above written premises
a certain pece ore parcell of upland sittuatt lying & beinge
in the bounds of Jamaica aforsd belongeinge to a divition
called the hill divition lyinge in number ninten laid out
to a twenty four acer right or therabouts buted and
bounded as followeth that is to say west by the land
of Nicolos Everitt & east by the parsonage land north
by the bondes of Flushinge & south by the land of ye sd
Nathaniell Denton & Nicolas Everitt or the highway al
which land as it is buted & bounded & exsprest be it
more or les with all tres timbers whether standinge or
lyeinge or any ways appertaining to ye same with all
rights benifits & prevelidges therunto belonginge ye above-
sd Wait Smith hath frely bargined alinated & confirmd
to ye sd Nathaniell Denton his heirs excecutors to ockepy
to hav & to hold poses & injoy as his own propor and
absolut right for ever warrent ye abovesd Wait Smith
doath herby engage to defend ratefy & make good in
law against any person what ever that this above writ-
ten bargin covenant & agreement is ther act & deed
Jamaica, Long Island 213
joyntly and respectively ther hands mutely subscribed
& ther seals afixed 24 of Sptmbr in ye 12 year of His
Majs reigne 1700
In presence of Nath Denton O
Samuell Smith Wait Smith O
Zacry Mills
Jamaica Janry 16 1700 then apperd before Danll.
Whithed one of His Majsts Justices for Queens County
for keepinge ye peace ye above named Nath Denton and
Wait Smith & did acknowledg the above writen instru-
ment & agreement to be ther volontary act & deed
Danll Whithed
A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page Jf-15
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cum John Stewart of Jamaica in Queens County cooper
sendeth grettinge in our Lord God everlastinge Know
yea that I the abovesd John Stewartt with Ellizabth
my wife for severall good resons considerations & casses
us & each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily
for a vallewable sume of moneys to us in hand payd
by Nathaniell Denton of Jamaica in ye abovesd County
to our sattisfaction ye receip wherof we doe before ye
ensealling and dellivery herof own and acknowledg to
be therwith contented sattisfyed & paid have giveen
granted covenanted allinated enfeofed relest quitte
claimed made over & sould & by thes presents doe own
and ackknowledge to have from us our heires exceketors
and assignes given granted covenanted allinated enfeofed
releassed quitt claimed made over and sould unto ye
abovesd Nathaniell Denton his heires excecuts assigns a
sartain pece of land lying in ye Towne of Jamaica con-
taininge one acer & a half more ore less as it now lyeth
within fence which sd land is bounded north by ye land
of ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton and west by Samuell
214 Records of the Town of
Dein east by ye path or high way leading downe to ye
springe & south by ye orchyard fence of ye aforesaid John
Stewartt being part of ye lott ore homested formorly
bought from John Hainds late of Jamaica aforesd in ye
County abovesd together with all ye prevelidges &
benifits therunto belongeinge with all orchards freutt
trees & fencings therupon ore therunto belonginge ye
same to have and to houlde for ever & ye same to be &
remaine to the only propor use benifitt & behoufe of him
ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton his heires exceketors &
assignes to ockepy poses & injoy without let fraud or
hindrance ore mollestation from any person or persons
what ever & ye same shall warrent & by thes presents for
ever defend against any intrest proporty claime ore de-
mand from me ye abovesd with Elliszabeth my wife
our heires exceketors & assignes & likwis the abovesd
Johnt Stewart & Elliszabeth doath own & acknowledg
themselves to be at & before ye enseallinge & dellivery of
thes presents setld and seaszed of a good and firme tytle
of & unto all ye abovesd premises in fea simple cler &
clerly discharged from all formor salles givftes morgages
or any other entangelments what ever in wittnes & con-
firmation of all ye abovesd premises ye abovesd John &
Elliszabeth doath bind our selves our heirs & assignes this
eaightenth day of May in ye seventh yeare of Their
Majsts reigne & in ye year of our Lord Christ one thow-
sand sixe hundred ninty & five John Stewartt O
Signed sealld & dellivered O
in presenc of
Thomas Okley A trew coppy of ye origonall
Samuell Ruscoe pr Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page Jf.16
Know all men by thes presents that I Richard Roads
yeoman in Pessaianke in ye Province of Pensillveanae
in ye County of Phillidellphea for severall reassons &
casses me therunto moveinge but more esspeatily for a
certain sume of money to me in hand payd ore secured by
Nathaniell Denton inhabetant of Jamaica in Queens
Jamaica, Long Island 215
County in ye Island of Nassaw in ye Province of New-
Yorke wherof I hold me well content and sattisfyed and
therof quitte ye sd Richard Roads abovesaid to have
bargined and sold and by vertew herof dose sell disspoas
allinat and make over from me my heires exceketrs and
adminestrators for ever unto ye abovesd Nath Denton
to him his heires exceketors and adminesstrators ore
assignes for ever his rights it beinge on ten acer right in
ye hill devition it being five acers more ore less as it was
layd out by ye surveayors in the boundes of Jamaica
bounded in south by an highway that gooes under the
hills east by Hope Carpenters north by Flushinge boundes
with all ye wood & timber theron standinge and lyinge
& with all the previledgges therunto belonginge therfor
vit ye me Richard Rodes abovesd by vertew herof fully
freely absolutly and clerly sell grant alinate and disspoas
and confirme unto ye said Nath Denton his heires ex-
ceketors & adminestrators with all ye appurtenances to
have and to hold keep and posses for ever ye land above-
said to ockepy and laboiir as his proporty from ye datte
herof and I the abovesd Richard Rodes doe oblidge &
bind me my heires that it shall be free & fully discharged
& to warrent it from all formor salles gifts grants dowers
leasses joynters anuities intayles judgments morgages
or any incumbrances what ever had made ore comitted
in writting wittingly or willingly^ sufered or done by me
ye aforsaid Richard Rods or his heires or assignes or by
his ore their order or means act or consent privitty or
procuerment or by other person or persons whatsoever
lawfully claiminge from by or under or other of them
to warrent & mak good in law ye abovesd premises in
confirmation of ye trew performance of ye above prem-
ises I doe signe & deliver w**^ my own hand this bill of
salle befor the wittneses att Jamaica ye nintenth day of
November one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & five years
Signed sealled Richard Roades O
in presence of
John Ludlam
Andrew Allixander
216 Records of the Town of
Memorandam on ye 19 day of November 1695 apered
befor Daniell Whithead one of His Majesties Justices
of ye Peace for Queens County ye above named Richard
Roades & did acknowledg ye above written deed of salle
to be his free & vollentary act & deed
Danll. Whitthead
A trew coppy of ye origonall deed
pr Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page W
Jamaica in Queens County on Long Island this twenty
third of March Anok Dominy 1692 or three Know all
men by thes presents that I John Smith of ye place
abovesd husbandman have given granted & sould &
doe by thes presents fully freely & absolutly for divers
good considerrations me therunto moveinge and more
easspeatially a certain sume of money allredy in hand
reseived allinatt give grant & sell unto Nathaniell Denton
of ye same place Towne & County abovesd shoomaker a
certain parcell of land containing about eaight acers more
or less lying in ye place comonly called ye boggey neck
bounded as followeth bounded north & east by ye high-
way south and west by Nath'^ Denton aforsd which
said land w*'' all improvements theron made & prophitts
to be made hens forth to be & remain unto ye propor use
benefitt & behouff & dissposs of ye sd Nath^' Denton his
heirs excects admin"*^ and assignes for ever and for ye
warrentinge of ye sail ffree from any formor salle or in-
cumbrances & that ye sd Nath'^ Denton his heirs shall
peasably ockepy improve posses & injoy ye same with-
out chalenge or mollesstation from me ye sd John Smith
abovesd ore any of my heires exceketors adminesstrators
or assignes or any other person or persons layinge claim
to ye sd land ore any part theroff by any power derrived
from me ore any pretence whatever unto all & every of
ye premises above written I the abovesd John Smith
doe bind my self my heirs eceke*^ admis*' & assignes to
maintain this my sail against any claim or demand of
Jamaica, Long Island 217
any person or persons what so ever unto ye trew per-
formance of all & every of ye premises above written I
John Smith abovesd have sett to my hand & fixed my
seall this day & datte above written
Signed seall & dellivered John X Smith O
in presence of his mark
John Foster
SamI' Smith A trew coppy of ye origonall
pr Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Page ^18
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Derreck Poullson of Fflushing in Queens County
sendeth greetting Know yea that I Derrick Poullson
abovesd for severall considerations resons and casses
me therunto moveinge but more easspeatially for a
vallewable sume to me in hand paid & secured to be
paid by Nath'' Denton of Jamaica in Queens County
abovesd have covenanted allinatted releasd enfeofed
made over & sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg
to have from me my heirs exceketors admin'*" & as-
signes covenanted allinatted relleased enfeofed made over
and sould unto Nath'^ Denton abovesd his heirs excek*"
admin-^*" a sartain pece of upland lyinge & beinge in ye
bounds of Jamaica containing seven acers & a half more
or less as it was layd outt bounded as ffolloweth bounded
one ye north by John Ffreemans land & south by ye lands
of ye sd Nath'' Dentons land ff routing upon Ffreemans
east pathe ner upon — the Plain Rune which abovesd
pece of land containing seven acers & a half as abovesd
ye abovesd Derrick Poullson hath as abovesd sould as as
abovesd unto ye aforsd Nathaniell Denton his heirs
& asignes for ever together with all & singuler ye preve-
llidges prophitts & benefitts timbers trees woods under
woods standing or lyinge beinge upon ye same to have
and to hould for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye
only propor use benefitt & behouff of him ye abovesd
Nath'J Denton his heirs & assignes to ockepy posses &
injoy as his & their own ffree right of inherrettance war-
218 Records of the Town of
rentinge ye same good cler & clerly discharged from all
formor salles givfts morgages doweryes or any other en-
tangellments with a warrentee to defend ye same against
any intrest proporty claim or demand either from me
ye sd Derrick Poullson my heirs excek^ admines & as-
signes for ever or from any person or persons whatt ever
in confirmation wherof I the abovesd Derrick Poullson
doe bind my self as abovesd by subscribing my name
& setting to my seall this twenty seventh day of Janry
in ye fivfth year of Their Majst reigne & in ye year of
our Lord Christ 1693/4
Signed seld & dellivered Derrek X Poullson O
in presence of his mark
Deborah Loutt
Samuell Rus€OE a trew coppy of ye origonall ded
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
I under written doe aqquitt & discharge Jonathan
Firman of all depts dewes & demandes from ye begining
of ye world to this datte as wittnes my hand Agust ye
14, 1693.
Witnes Ellias Doughty
Nathaniel Denton
This a trew coppy of ye orrigonall pr
Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Page 419
Jamaica July ye 3d 1684
Thes presents may sertefy any one whome it may any
ways conserne that we Robertt Coe & Jane Coe & our
son John Smith all of Jamaica in Queens County upon
Long Island have for our selves our heirs exceketors or
adminis*^ bargined sould & made over unto Nath^'
Denton Juner of ye same Town & County a sartain pece
or parcell of land lyinge for ten acers more or less beinge
& lyinge in ye necke comonly called ye Little Neck have-
ing one ye north side of itt a five acer lott of Samuell
Dentons the other three sides lyinge to ye comons we
Jamaica, Long Island 219
say that we ye aforsd Robertt Coe & Jane Coe with our
sone John Smith have for our selves our heirs exceket"
admin"^* & assignes firmly bargined sould & made over ye
abovesd ten acers of land lying & beinge as aforsd w***
all ye timbers trees standinge ore lyinge upon ye said
land & what land is broke up w*^ all ye fencing or fencing
stoufF therunto bellonginge unto ye aforsd Nathaniell
Denton for him his heirs exceketors admines" or assignes
to have & to hould as their own proper right tytell for
ever & we doe further bind & ingage ourselves to make
good this our salle in law fre from all formor salles givfts
dowerys intailes lesses or any other incumbranses made
or sufiFered to be made by us or all of or any of us in con-
firmation of ye premises wee have herunto sett out hands
& fixed our seals
In ye presence of Robertt Coe O
John Bayles Jane X Coe O
Waitt Smith her mark
John Smith O
We under written doe own and declare that Mr.
Robertt Coe & Jane Coe doe acknowledg ye above ded
of sail to be their ackt and deed as wittnes our hands
Ellias Doughty
Daniell Whitthead
A trew coppy of ye origonall pr
Sam Rusco
Clark
Page Jf20
Jamaica Ffebrauary the 9th 1675 or sixe
Honronty uneversi pro presents that I James Hinds
of Jamaica upon Long Island in ye North Rydinge of
Yorkshier doe by thes presents sell & make over unto
Nathaniell Denton Juner of ye same place a sartain par-
cell of meadow of about ffive akers more or less lyinge
and being between Samuell Deans on ye east side & ye
shoomakers which was formorly Samuell Messengers
on ye west side frontinge upon ye Great Island upon ye
220 Records of the Town of
necke of meadow comonly called ye further east Neck
with ten acers of upland yett to be taken up in ye woods
w*^ all ye comonage belonging to ye said medowes I
say that I the aforsd James Hinds doe by thes presents
for my self min heirs or assigns sell & make over all
my right title & intrest to ye medow & upland above
mentioned with all ye rights prevelidges & appurtenances
therunto belonginge to ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton
his heirs and assigns to have & to hould as his own propor
right for a vallewable consideration reseived for ever &
likewis I the aforsd Hinds doe ingage to make good
this my salle in law against any formor other claim
whatt soe ever in confirmation of ye premises I doe this
day and datte abovesd set to my hand & seall in testy
afor subscribed James Hinds O
Signed sealed & dellivered
in presence of
Naththaniell Denton A trew coppy of ye origonall
Thomas Okley pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 1^21
Thes presents testefy that I John Smith sone in law to
Mr. Robertt Coe of Jamaica one Long Island in Queens
County have for severall good considerrations me ther-
unto moveinge & more esspeatially for full sattisfaction
allredy reseived have giveen granted allinatted sould
& made over ffrom my self my heirs exceketrs & assignes
unto Nathanell Denton Juner of ye sd place his heirs
excek^ adminesst' & assignes a pece of land lyinge att ye
end of ye sd Smiths home lotte containinge ten acers
more ore less beinge bounded one ye north by ye hills one
ye east w*^ Joseph Smiths land one ye south w*^ ye com-
ons or highe waye one ye west w*^ ye sd home lotte &
ye lotts of ye Ludlams Samuell Mills & ye Ludlams
Samuell Mills & Will Nicols which sd ten acers of land
more or less bounded as abovesd w*'' all the ifences &
improvements together w*^ all ye prevelidges & ap-
purtenances therunto bellonginge ye sd John Smith hath
ffully & freely allinatted sould & mad over from himself
Jamaica, Long Island 221
his heirs & assignes unto the aforesaid Nathaniel Denton
Juner his heirs & assigns to hould have poses & injoy for
ever & ye sd John Smith doth covenant & promis to
secuer & save harmles ye said Nathanell from all &
every sutte salles leetts morgages & incombrances or
whatevr fforfeitts may happen ore be to any person or
persons what soever to or aboutt ye said land that this
is my ackt & deed I testefy by settinge to my hand &
seall this third of June Anoqe Dominey 1685
Signed seald & dellivered John Smith O
before us Robertt Coe —
John Pruden Jane x Coe O
Thomas X Smith her mark
his mark
A trew coppy pr
Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
This Bill of Salle was owned by Mr. Robertt Coe &
Jane his wiffe to be their ackt & deed as wittnes our hands
March ye 12 1686/5
Ellias Doughty
Daniell Whitthed
Page Jf22
Hoverente uneversi per presentes that I Sarah Davis
widow & relickt of Jonathan Daves lattly deseased of
ye Towne of Jamaica in ye North Rydinge of Yorkshire
upon Long Island have sould & by thes presents doe
sell & make over unto Nathanell Denton Juner inhabetant
of ye same Towne & Shire one acer of my home lott ly-
inge & beinge right over against John Roads home lott
one ye south side ye high waye with all ye fencings be-
longing to it & ye freutt trees upon it exceping ye hafe
of ye trees that are in ye nursery & sixe of ye trees that
are sett outt ye land to run east & west ye bredth of ye
lott & soe southward from ye fenc next ye highe way
before Roadses till it become ye full quantety of one
222 Records of the Town of
acer I say that I Sara Daves aforsd have for my self my
heirs & assignes sould & mad over all my right title &
intrest to ye said land & fence & trees afore mentioned
unto ye aforsd Nath^^ Denton his heirs exceketors or
assignes to have & to hould for ever & doe by thes
present wrightings ingage myself to make good this my
sale against any just claim of any one whatt soe ever in
law in confirmation of this my bill of sail I doe this 28 of
June Ano Dominy 1675 sett to my hand & seall
Signed seald & dellivered Sarah X Daves O
in ye presence of her mark
Nehemiah Smith
Waitt Smith A trew coppy of ye orrigonall
pr Sam" Ruscoe
Clark
Know all men by thes presents y* I John Denman
of Maspath Killes in ye bounds of Newtown allis Midell-
borough on Long Island in ye West Rydinge of Yorke-
shire have sould & doe by vertew herof sell grant &
delliver or make over from me & my heirs for ever unto
Nath'' Denton Jun. of Jamaica on Long Island in ye
North Rydinge of Yorkshire two acers of land bounded
one ye east by the street one ye west by Samuell Danes
Seanor lott one ye south with Samuell Danes one ye
north bounded by ye aforsd Nathaniell Dentons lott
wh. he bought of Sarah Daves I say that I the aforsd
John Denman doe by vertew heroff fully & freely clerly
and absoluttly doe sell grant make over & confirme
unto ye aforsaid Nath. Denton his heirs exceketrs ad-
minests & assignes ye land abovesd with the ffencing
therunto belonginge fully & ffreely discharge from all
formor salles givfts grants dowerys joynters leasses rests
charges anueties uses intaills judgments forfettuers
excecutions morgages fines & incombrances whattever
had mad ore comitted in writting willingly or willingly
suffered or done by ye aforsd John Denman his heirs
or assignes or by his or their meanes acts or consents
previtty or procurment what so ever lawfully claiming
Jamaica, Long Island 223
from by or under him or them or any of them beinge upon
a vallewable consideration as is spesefied in a bill of dept
giveen to me John Denman by aforsd Nath Denton in
consideration of ye premises I the aforsaid John Denman
Page 423
doe doe seall signe & delliver with my own hand unto
the Nathl Denton this bill of salle this 7th of March in
ye year of our Lord one thowsand sixe hundred seventy
nine or eaighty
Signed seald & dellivered John Denman
in presence of us Sarah X Denman O
Richard X Tirdale her mark
his mark
William X Smith A trew coppy of ye orrigonall
his mark dede pr Sam Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Richard Roads sendeth grettinge Know yea that
I the abovesd Richard Roads of Jamaica in Queens
County have for me my heirs exceketors adminestrators
& assignes covenanted allinatted enfeofed releassed bar-
gined & sould unto Joseph Pleass of ye same Towne &
county a sartain parcell of upland lyinge upon ye east
side of John Roads ye west John Smith ye north side ye
boges & south side ye high way containinge twelve
acers more ore less lyinge & beinge within ye boundes
of Jamaica as it was laid out I say that I the abovesd
Richard Roads have as abovesd sould unto ye abovesd
Joseph Pleass ye above mentioned parcell of upland con-
taining as above exsprest with all ye fenceings stones
timbers trees standinge or lying being upon ye same ye
same & every part & parcell therof to have & to hould
to him ye said Joseph Pleas his heirs exceketors adminess-
trators and assignes firmly & ye doe ingage to ever war-
rent & defend this good in law free from any formor sail
givft dowerys joynters leases ore any other intangell-
ments or encombrance what some ever with a warrentee
to defend ye same against any claim or demand either
224 Records of the Town of
from me my heirs exceketors adminestrators or assignes
for ever or any person or persons lawfully layinge claim
therto either from by or under me or my order in con-
firmation wherof I have sett my hand & fixed my seall
this fourth day of Novembr in ye second year of ye reigne
of our Soverraign Lord & Lady Kinge William & Queen
Mary & in ye yeare of our Lord God one thowsand sixe
hundred & ninty Richard Roads O
Signed seald & dellivered
in presens of
Thomas Okely A trew coppy of ye origonall
Nathanell Denton pr Samll Ruscoe
John Scott Clark
Jamaica ye 28h day of September 1693 then & their
I Joseph Please of Jamaica in Queens County on Island
allis Nassaw doe assigne over all my right titell & intrest
of this within written bill of sail from me my heirs exceke-
tors adminestrators or asignes with a warrente to de-
fend ye same from any persons ore persons thatt shall
lay any claim to ye same unto Nathaniell Denton of ye
aforsd County and place to him his heirs exceketors ad-
min "^^ or assignes firmly by thes presents as wittnes my
hand and seall this day & yeare above mentioned
Signed sealled & dellivered Joseph Pleas O
in presence of
Edward Burrows A trew coppy of ye assignment
John Steward pr Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Page ^24-
Memorandam that their is a mutuell exchaing of land
made & agreeed upon betwixt Nathaniell Denton Seanor
and Samuell Denton boath of Jamaica in Queens County
in the Island of Nassaw as ffolloweth: Imprms that ye
abovesd Samuell Denton hath for him self his heires
& exceketors & adminesstrators and assignes covenanted
allinatted bargined & made over unto ye aforsd Nathaniell
Denton his heirs exceketors & adminestrators and as-
signes by waye of exchaing a ten acer lott of upland lyinge
Jamaica, Long Island
& beinge within the bounds of Jamaica which did formorly
belonge unto his father Nathaniell Denton now desseased
with all & singuler ye fenceinge prevelidges & improve-
ments & appurtenances therunto belongeinge to him ye
sd Nathaniell Denton the same to have and to hould
ockepy poses & injoy forever which land lyeth betwixt
Nickolas Everitt & John Roads eastward — In lew wherof
ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton doath likewis give grant
& confirme unto him ye abovesd Samuell Denton his
heirs exceketors & adminestrators & assignes by way of
exchainge from him his heirs & assignes a sartain twenty
acer lott of upland lyinge & beinge likewis in the bounds
of Jamaica aforsd bounded north by the lott that was
Samuell Daveses deseased & southe by the high way
west by Zacry Mills & Allexander Smiths land we say
that we the abovesd Nathaniell Denton & Samuell Den-
ton have as abovesd mutelly exchainged each to ye other
the abovesd peceses of land as they are above bounded
to have hould ockepy poses & injoy quittattly for ever
in wittnes wherunto we sett to our hands & scales this
30h day of March 1695
Signed sealed & dellivered Samuel Denton (Seal)
in presens of Nathaniel Denton (Seal)
Wait Smith
Samuell Ruscoe
Page Jt.25
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents in-
strement may come send grettinge Know all men by
thes presents that I Benjamin Thirston of ye Town of
Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province of NewYorke
have bartered bargined sell allinatt & make over for
ever from me my heires exceketors adminesstrators and
assignes for ever unto Wait Smith & Nath • ' Denton boath
of ye aforsaid Town County & Province joyntly & severl-
ery to them their heirs exceketors adminesstrators &
assignes allinat and make over for ever I say I ye aforsd
Benjamin Thirston doe make over as aforsd unto ye
aforsd Waitt Smith and Nath'' Denton joyntly and
severly of ye aforsd Towne and County & Province to
226 Records of the Town of
them their heirs exceketors adminesstrators & assignes
joyntly & severally for ever a certain trackt of land
beinge by estemation fiveten acers more or less as it was
laid out bj^ ye surveyors beinge & lyinge one ye west side
of ye Little Plaine Rune betwen Thomas Smith Juner &
Thomas Wiggenses lott in number acording to devition
sixty two & buttinge frunt & reare as the rest of ye
lotts doe & I ye aforsaid Benjamin Thirston doe by thes
presents allin & make over for ever joyntly & severally
from me my heirs exceketors adminesstrators and as-
signes unto Waitt Smith & Nath ' ' Denton aforsd joyntly
& severally to them their heirs exceketors adminestrators
& assignes ffor ever to have and to hould for ever peaceably
to in joy & posses for ever without any lett or mollestation
whattsoever jojmtly & severly for ever & I ye afforsaid
Benjamin Thirston me my heirs exceketors adminestra-
tors & assignes doe ffully & absoluttlj' promis & inage to
make this my act & deed good in law^ unto Waitt Smith
and Nath^' Denton as afforsd joyntly and severally to
them their heirs exceketors adminsts & assignes good in
law against any person or persons y* shall lay any claim
of right to any prt ore parcell therof what so ever to ye
aforsd land abovesd bounded within ye bounds of Ja-
maica videllecett ye aforsaid Waitt Smith and Nath"
Denton them their heirs exceks adminests and assignes
joyntly & severally to have all ye timbers standinge &
lyinge of ye abovesd ther above bounded land haveing
a vallewable some allredy reseived by me ye aforsd
Benjamin Thirston allredy in hand to ye trew perform-
ance to all intents & purposses & every of them I have
herunto subscribed my name and fixed my seall this 19
day of May in ye third year of Their Mjts reignes & in
ye year of our Lord God 1691
Signed seald and dellivered Benjamin Thirston O
in presenc of
William Ffowler
Phillipes Ketchamm
Jamaica, Long Island 227
June ye 9 1695 apered befor Daniel 1 Whitthead one
of Their Mjts. Justices of ye Peace for Queens County
& ye above named Benjamin Thirston & did acknowledg
the above deed to Daniell Whitthead
A trew coppy of ye orrigonall deed pr
Sam'i Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^26
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
come Able Galle of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth
gretting Know yea that I the abovesd Able Galle with
Dinah vt\y wiffe for severall good reasons & casses us &
each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatialy
for a vallewable sume to us in hand paid & secured to be
paid by Samuell Denton of ye same Towne & County
ye reseipt wherof wee doe herby acknowledg and doe own
to rest therwith contented sattisfyed & paid have giveen
granted covenanted allinatted releast quitt claimd enfeoft
made over confirmed & sould unto ye aforsd Samuell
Denton his heirs exceketors & assignes a sartain pece of
upland lyinge & beinge within ye bound of Jamaica aforsd
containing ten acers more or less as itt was layd outt
wh sd land is bounded as followeth viz east by Nathaniell
Dentons and Allexander Smith latte of Jamaica now
deseast & north by ye land of ye sd Allexander Smith all
which sd pece of land as it is above bounded & exprest
I the abovesd Able Gall with Dinah my wiff have as
abovesd sould as abovesd unto ye abovesd Samuell
Denton his heirs excek*^ and asigns w' all & singuler ye
prolidges profits benenifits to have & to hould ockepy
posses & injoy for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye
only propor use benefitt & behouff of him ye abovesd
Samuell Denton his heirs exceketors & assignes for ever
fre & clerly discharged from all formor sales givfts mor-
gages or any other intangellments what ever & ye same
shall & will for ever deffend & warrent against any claime
or claims from any person or persons what ever laying
any just claime therto with a warrente to defend ye same
228 Records of the Town of
against any intrest propertty claim or demand from us
ye said Able & Dinah my wiffe our heirs excts & assignes
for ever in testemony wherof I the abovesd Able & Dinah
my wiff doe bind our selves our heirs excts. & asignes by
subscribing our names & this thirtieth day of Janry. in
ye fourth yeare of Mjts reigne & in ye year of our Lord
1692/3 Memorandam befor signinge ye abovesd land is
bounded east & west by ye highway
Signed sealld & dellivered Able X Galle O
in presens of Dinah X Galle O
Nath. Denton her marke
Samuell Ruscoe
A trew coppy of ye origonall
pr Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Page k^l
This Indenture mad the first day of November in the
fourth yeare of ye reigne of our Soveraigne Lord James the
Second by ye Grace of God Kinge of England Scotland
France & Irland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord God one thowsand six hundreed eighty
& eight betwen Nathaniell Lynous of Jamaica in Queens
County upon Longe Island yeoman of ye one part &
John Mann of ye same place yeoman wittnesseth wheras
ye sd Nathaniell Lynos for a vallewable consideration
to him in hand paid by ye sd John Mann did on ye tenth
day of May which was in ye yeare of our Lord one thow-
sand six hundreed eighty & one by his certain deed sealld
with his seall for ever acquit & discarg ye sd John Mann
from his heirs excecuts adm^* or assignes for & from any
part & parcell of ye lands & meadows howesinge cloases
of what nature soe ever latt belonginge to Roger Lyones
latte of Jamaica aforesd deceased with assurance to him
the sd John Mann & his heyres in ye quiett possestion
therof without ye lett hindrance ore mollestation of him
ye sd Nathaniell Lynows his heirs excecutors adminess"^^
ore assignes as by the sd deed entered in the booke of
enterreys for Queens County relation therunto beinge
had doath & may more att large appere now this indenture
Jamaica, Long Island 229
ffurther wittnesseth that ye sd Nathaniell Lynous for ye
concideration afore mentioned as allsoe for a certain sume
of money to him the sd Nathaniell in hand paid by ye sd
John Mann ye receipt wherof he doath herby acknowledg
& himself to be therwith fully sattisfyed contented & paid
& therof & of evry part & parcell throf doath by thes
presents freely clerly & absolutly grant enfeof releas
and confirme unto ye sd John Mann his heires & as-
signes for ever all ye aforesd land & meadows howses &
closses late in ye tenner & ockepation of ye aforsd Roger
Lynous sittuatt lyinge & beinge within ye boundes &
Townshipe of Jamaica aforsd (tenn acers of upland &
five acers of meadow w' ye prevelidges late in ye ockepa-
tion of John Lynous decessed only excepted) together
w* all & singuler messuage tenems howes barnes stables
orchards gardens arable lands meadows passtuers en-
closuers commonages appurtenances & hereditaments to
ye sd land & meadow belonging ore in any wise apper-
taininge & all ye easstate rever*'^ & rever*"^ remainder
& remainders right title intrest claim & demand of him
ye sd Nath Lynous in & unto ye premises & in & to every
part & parcell therof to have and to hould ye sd lands
meadows tenements & all other ye sd granted prmises
(except what is before excepted) to him the sd John
Mann his heirs & assignes for ever & ye sd Nathaniell
Lynos for himself his heirs excects & adminests & evry
of them doath by thes presents covenant & grant to &
with ye sd John Mann his heirs & assignes that he ye
sd Nath Lynous his heirs excecutors & assignes & every
of them the sd before mentioned granted premises & ap-
purtenanses to ye sd John Mann his heirs & assignes
against him the sd Nath Lynous his heirs excecutors &
assignes & evry of them or any other prson or prsons what
soever lawfully claiming or to claim any right intrest or
proporty to ye before mentioned bargined prmises by
from or under him ye sd Nathaniell Lynows shall & will
warrent & for ever defend by thes presents and that ye
sd Nath Lynos his heirs & assignes & all & every other
person or persons lawfully claiminge & to claime by
230 Records of the Town of
from or under him them or any of them shall & will
from time to time & att all times herafter on the the
Page 1^28
resonable requestt & att ye cost & charges in ye law
of ye sd John Mann his heirs & assignes doe make &
excecut or sufer ore cas or procur to be done made exce-
cuted & sufered all & evry such further & lawfull & reson-
able act & acts thinge ore thinges convinces & asshuerances
in ye law whatsoever as by ye sd John Mann his heirs
excecutors adminst or assignes or any of them ore his
ore their councell lerned in ye law shall be resonably
devised advised & required for ye further & better asshur-
ing securing and confirming ye herin before mentioned
granted premises unto ye sd John Mann his heirs & as-
signes in testimony wherof ye parties to thes premises
have sett to their hands & afixed their sealls ye day &
year first above written
Seald & dellivered Nathaniell X Lynous O
in presence of his mark
John Townsend
Andrew Gibb Entered pr
Sam Ruscoe
Entered in ye Register for Queens County ye 10 day
of Ap'i 1689 in page 159 & 160 pr Andrew Gibb
Clark
Memorandam that on ye fourth day of November
one thowsand six hundred eaighty & eaight ye within
mentioned Nathaniell Lynos appered before Thomas
Hickes X Esqr. Judge of His Mjsts Infearor Court of
Pleas for Queens County & acknowledged ye within
written instrument to be his free & vollontary act &
deed — Tes. Thomas Hickes
Know all men by thes presents that I John Mann
inhabetant of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province
of NewYork hath & herby doath for a vallewable sum of
money in hand received & other good considerations him
Jamaica, Long Island 231
moving therunto fully & absolutly assigne allinatt sell
& make over from him ye sd John Mann his heirs excecu-
tors & adminesstrators his wholl right title & property
of this within written deed instrument indentuer ore
agreement whithin written w** what ever other right title
or intrest of howses & lands ye sd Mann hath now in
his possestion ore beinge any wais belonginge or apper-
taining to ye said Mann in ye Town of Jamaica aforsd
unto Mr. Daniell Whithead of ye sd Towne & County
his heirs & assignes to have hould poses & injoy for ever
for ye propor use benifit & behouf of ye sd Mr. Whithead
his heirs & assignes for ye confirmation of ye premises
ye sd Mann hath sett to his hand & seall this second
day of April in ye year 1689 John Mann O
Signed & seald
in ye presence of
John Pruden
Jamaica ye 10 of Apll. 1689 then appered before Thomas
Hickes Esqr. Judge of His Majts Inferor Court of Pleas
in Queens County John Pruden wittnes to this sd as-
signation who upon his corporall oath doath declare
that one ye day of ye datt therof he saw ye within named
John Man seall & delliver ye sd assignanation unto ye
sd Daniell Whithead to ye use & uses therin exsprest
Thomas Hickes
Entered in ye Register for Queens County ye 2d day of
Novembr 1688 in page 137 & 138 pr Andrew Gibb
Clark
Entered pr
Fage J^29
Know all men by thes presents that I Daniell Whit-
head of Jamaica in Queens County doe from me my
heirs excecutors and adminestrators & assignes fully &
absolutly make over release quitte claim all my right
tytell intrest proporty claim & demand in & unto all &
232 Records of the Town of
every part & parcell of ye premises in this deed exsprest
as wittnes my hand Daniell Whithead
Testes
Sam^> Ruscoe
Will Creed
A trew coppy of ye deed acknowledgment & assigne-
ment entered in ye book pr
Sam'' Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samiiell Mathewes belonginge to Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I ye abovesd Samuell Mathewes for severall good
resons & casses me therunto moveinge but more eass-
peatily for a vallewable sume of moneys to me in hand
payd by Samuell Bayles of ye abovesd Towne Island &
County to my sattisfaction the receipt wherof I doe
herby own & before ye enseallinge & delliverry of thes
presents doe acknowledg my self to be therwith fully
contented sattisfyed and payd & therof & therfrom doe
exonoratt acquitt & discharge ye foresd Samuell Bayles
his heirs excektrs adminesstrators & assignes from any
further claime or demand for any part or parcell therof
have giveen granted covenanted allinatted releast en-
feoft quitte claimed made over & sould & by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from me my heirs exceketors
and adminesstrators giveen granted covenanted allinated
releast enfeoft quit claimed made over & sould unto ye
forsd Sam'' Bayles his heirs excecutors adminesstrators
& assignes a sartain pece or parcell of a home lott sittuatt
lyinge & beinge att ye Beaver Pond in Jamaica aforsaid
containinge foure acers more or less bounded north by
ye sd Samuell Bayles & south with widow Foster west
by Cap*" George Wollsey & east by ye streett together
with all howesings barnes buldinges orchyards gardens
frutt trees prevelidges & profitts & benifits therunto
belonginge or in any wais to ye same appertaining as
Jamaica, Long Island 233
allsoe a sartain pece of upland lyinge and beinge in ye
bounds of Jamaica aforesd containinge twelve acers
more (see page 431)
Page JtSO
Know all men by thes presents that we George Mills
and Zacariah Mills boath of Jamaica on Longe Island
doe bind our selves our heirs excecutors adminesstrators
& assignes joyntly and severally to delliver ore case to
be dellivered unto William Creed of Jamaica upon
Long Island aforsaid ye just quantety of ten acers of
upland upon demand to be layd out to ye sd W"" Creed
in sume conveinant place where ye said W" Creed shall
think fitt to ye trew performance of ye sd premises we
bind our selves to ye sd Cred by settinge to our hands
this 22d day of Ffebrauary 1678/9
Signed in presence of George X Milles
ye marke of ye marke of
William X Foster Zacariah X Milles
Samll Ruscoe ye marke of
A trew coppy of ye bill for ten acers of land from
Georg & Zacariah Mills pr Samll. Ruscoe
Clarke
Memorandam that one the 20th day of Ffebrauary
1696/5 came befor Daniell Whitthead Esqr. one of
His Majsts Justices for ye kepinge of ye peace within
Queens County assigned Samuell Ruscoe of Jamaica
in ye sd County aged seven & forty yeares ore their
abouts who beinge duly sworne upon the Holy Evainge-
lists dose declare & say that he was desired by William
Creed of Jamaica aforsaid to accompany him to ye howes
of Zacariah Mills latte of ye same place deceased sum
small time befor ye decease of ye sd Zacariah wher he
saw ye sd William delliver unto the sd Zacariah the
wrightinge or obligation herunto annexed wherin ye
said Zacariah & George Mills his father are joyntly &
severally bound to delliver to ye sd William Creed the
quantety of ten acers of upland bearing datte the 22d
234 Records of the Town of
day of Ffebrauary 1678/9 that ye sd William did upon
his delivery of ye sd wrighting to ye sd Zacariah acknowl-
edge that he had received full sattisfaction for ye same
accordinge to ye contents therof & further saith t'' att
ye same time ye sd William did order ye sd deponant to
writ such discharge or acquittance for ye same as ye
sd Zacariah should think fitt & that he would signe
the same Dan^' Whitthead
A trew coppy of ye evedence giveen by Samuell Ruscoe
betwen William Creed George Mills & Zacariah Mills
about ye dellivery of a writting for ten acers of land
Examaned & entered pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page W
{from If29)
more ore less accordinge as it was laid out beinge north
by ye high way e east by Benjamin Thirston west & south
by by John Foster sone to Henry Foster all which sd
pece of land as it is above bounded & exsprest with all
prevelidges & profits & benifits & improvements theron
made with all fencings therunto belonginge with all
ye aforsd pece ore part of a home lott w*'' ye howesinge
buldings orchards gardens & fencings et. I ye sd Samuell
Mathews have as aforsd sould as abovesd unto ye abovesd
Samuell Bayles his heires exceketors & assignes the
same to have and to hould for ever & ye same to be &
remaine to ye only propore use benifit & behouf of him
the sd Samuell Bayles his heirs exceketors & assignes
free & clerly discharged of & from all formor salles givfts
morgages or any other entanglements what soe ever &
ye same shall warrent & by thes presents for ever de-
fend against any claime ore demand from any person
or persons what ever & doe befor ye enseallinge & delliv-
ery of thes presents own my self to be fully seased of all
& every ye premises in a good & undowted tytle in fee
simple & ye same shall defend w*^ a warrentee to de-
fend ye same against any intrest proporty claime or
Jamaica, Long Island 235
demand from me ye sd Samuell Matthews my heirs
exceketors & adminesstrators for ever in wittnes wherunto
I bind my self as abovesd by settinge to my hand and
sealle this sixetenth day of Aprill in ye ninth yeare of
His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ
one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & seven
Signed sealled & delivered Samuell X Mathewes O
in presence of his mark
Anthony Waters
Samll Ruscoe a trew copy of ye origonnall
entered pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page ^32
To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
cume Nathaniell Denton belongeinge to Jamaica in
Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw yeoman sendeth
greetting in our Lord God everlastinge Know yea that
I ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton with Deborah my wife
for severall good reassons and casses us & each of us
therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable
sume of money to us in hand payd by James Price be-
longeinge to Jemaica abovesd to our sattisfaction ye re-
ceipt wherof we doe herby own & acknowledg to be ther-
with contented sattisfyed and payd & therof & therfrom
doe acquitt & discharg the abovesd James Price his heirs
excecutors adminesstrators & assignes from any further
claim ore demand for any part or parcell therof have
giveen granted covenanted allinnated released quitt
claimd enfeofd made over and sould and by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from us our heirs excecutors &
adminesstrators giveen granted covenanted allinnatted
released quitt claimed enfeofed made over and sould
unto ye abovesd James Price his heirs excecutors ad-
minnestrators & assignes a cartain pece or parcell of up-
land lyinge and beinge within ye bojunds and limits of
Jamaica aforsd containinge forty five acers more ore
less as it was layed out by the surveaiors bounded as
followeth att ye north side by ye land of Cap*" Carpenter
as appereth by ye marked trees & on ye east bounded by
236 Records of the Town of
the highe way leading to Charsmores Island as allsoe
by the trees marked may apere & on ye south bounded
by ye land of John Oke & Garrett Dorlant as by ye trees
marked apperth & on ye west by ye haw tree hollow as
allso may apper by ye trees marked by ye oversears
may apper I say that I ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton
with Deborah my wife have as abovesd sould as aforsd
all ye abovesd pece or parcell of upland with all timbers
trees woods under woods standinge ore lying beinge upon
ye same together with all & singuler ye prevelidges ap-
purtenances heredittements emollements profitts & beni-
fitts therunto belongeinge or any wais appertaininge the
same to have and to hould for ever & ye same to be &
remaine to ye only propor use benefitt and behoufe of
him ye abovesd James Price his heirs excecutors admines-
trators & assignes to ockepy posses & in joy as his & their
own propor right of inheritance fre & frely discharged
of & from all formor sales givfts morgages ore any other
intangellments what ever with a warrente to defend ye
same against any intrest property claim ore demand
from me ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton and Deborah
my wife our heirs excecutors & adminestrators and
Page A33
from all & Qvery person or persons laying any just claime
therto in testemony wherof we sett to our handes and
and sealles this third day of January in ye seventh yeare
of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ
one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & five
Signed sealled & dellivered Nathaniell Denton O
in presence of
Jonathan Whitthead
Sam^^ Ruscoe
January ye third one thowsand sixe hundred nintye
and five then appered befor Daniell Whithead Esqr.
one of His Majsts Justices of ye Peace for Queens County
ye above named Nathaniell Denton & did acknowledg ye
above deed of conveaiance to be his own fre vollontary
act & deed Daniell Whitthead
Jamaica, Long Island 237
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Benjamine Thirston belongeinge to Jamaica
in Queens County on Longe Island yeoman blackesmith
sendeth greettinge Know yea that I ye sd Benjamine
Thirston for severall good reassons considerrations &
casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a
vallewable sattisfaction to me in hand paid by Samuell
Bayles of ye abovesd Towne Island & County to my
sattisfaction ye receipt wherof I ye sd Benjamin Thirston
doe herby own and acknowledge to be therwith contented
sattisfyed & paid & therof & therfrom doe exonorat
acquitt & discharge ye abovesd Samuell Bayles his
heires and assignes from any further claime ore demand
for any part ore parcell therof have giveen granted
covenanted allinated released enfeofed qiiitte claimd
bargined made over & sould unto ye aforsd Sam'' Bayles
& by thes presents doe acknowledge to have from me
my heirs excects and adminestrators fully & absolutly
giveen granted covenanted allined releast enfeoft quitte
claimd bargined made over & sould unto ye said Samll
Bayles his heirs excecutors adminesstrators & assignes
a sertain pece of land lyinge in ye boundes of Jamaica in
ye west devetion beinge and arrissinge from a five acer
right of devition of meadow according as it shall be laid
out to be laid out of any of ye undevided lands only ac-
cordinge to ye ordors of the Towne with all timbers trees
woods under woods standinge & lyinge beinge & belonge-
inge to ye same to have and to hould ockepy posses &
in joy for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye only
propore use benifitt & behoufe of him ye sd Samuell Bayles
his heirs & assignes free & clerly discharged of & from all
f ormor salles givf tes morgages ore any other entanglements
whattever & the same shall warrent and by thes presents
for ever defend against any claime ore claims from any
person ore persons what ever layinge any just claim therto
with a warrentee to defend ye same against any intrest
Page J^SJf.
proporty claime and demand from me the sd Benjamin
Thirston my heires heires excecutors & adminesstrators
238 Records of the Town of
for ever for ye trew performance of all & every part of
ye before granted & bargined premises I ye sd Benjamin
Thirston doe bind my self my heirs & adminestrators by
thes presents firmly by settinge to my hand & affixeinge
my seall this twenty fivfth day of December in ye ninth
yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord
Xt 1697 Benjamin Thirston O
Signed seald & dellivered
in presence of
Thomas Okley A trew coppy of ye orridgonall
Sam ' • RuscoE pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume William in Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island
of Nassau sendeth greetting Know yea that I the sd
William Oldfeld for severall good reassons and casses me
therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable
sattisfaction to me in hand paid by Samuell Bayles of
ye abovesd Towne Island and County ye receipt wherof
I doe herby own and acknowledg to be therwith con-
tented sattisfyed and paid & therof & therfrom doe for
ever exonoratt & discharge him ye said Samuell Bayles
his heires & assignes from any further claime ore demand
for any part ore parcell therof have given granted cove-
nanted allinatted and sould & by thes presents doe
acknowledg to have fully & absolutly given granted cove-
nanted released enfeoft quitte claimd made over and sould
unto the abovesd Samuell Bayles his heirs excecutors
adminesstrators & assignes one sartain pece ore parcell
of land lyinge & beinge within the bounds and limits of
Jamaica bounded as followeth upon the south west by
the path leadinge to ye further east neck by a chesnut
tree marked one four sides & from thence runinge to a
chesnut bush standinge in ye crock ore joyninge of Fre-
mans path and ye south path & soe by sd Freemans path
north west to a black oake tree allsoe marked and then
runinge westwardly to a whiteoak tree all which sd
pece ore parcell of land with all howes orchards gardens
Jamaica, Long Island 239
cloasses biildinges edefices baksides easments fences
timbers trees woods standind ore lyinge beinge upon the
same ore in any wise therunto belongeinge ore apper-
taininge with their & every of their appurtenances benifits
heredittements emollements & profits therunto beinge
& belonginge the same to have and to hold ockepy &
posses & in joy for ever & the same to be & remaine to ye
only propore use benifit & behouf of him ye sd Samuell
Bayles his heirs and assignes free & clerly discharged
of and from all formor salles givftes morgages ore any
other intanglements & the same shall warrent & by thes
presents defend against any intrest proporty claim ore
demand from me ye sd William Oldfeld my heirs &
assignes for ever to ye absolut & better confirminge and
more suer makeinge good & firm all & every the above
granted & bargined premises I the sd William Oldfeld
doe bind my self my heirs excecutors & adminestrators
by thes presents firmly datted this tenth day of January
in ye 9 yeare of His Majsts reigne & in ye yeare of our
Lord God 1698/7 Will X Oldfeld O
Signed seald & dellivered his mark
in presence of
George Wollsey A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^35
(from 379)
and from thenc northerly to ye abovsd Thomas Bow-
rises land containing four acres all which land as above
bounded and exprest together with all and singular ye
priviledges appurtinances heriditaments emolliments to
ye same belonging or any maner of ways appertaining
with all ye trees timber trees woods under woods whethr
standing or lying being or any maner of ways appertain-
ing to ye same to him ye sd Thomas Bowras his heirs and
asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye sd Timothy
Wood for himself his heirs exec^ admi^ that he or they
may both now and at all times or times for ever here-
after have hold ocupy posess & injoy ye above recited
240 Records of the Town of
land and granted premises as his or their land of inheri-
tance in fee simple and that ye sd Timothy Wood had at
ye time of ye ensealing and delivery of these presents
full power and lawfull authoryty for to sell and dispose
of ye same in maner and forme as aforsd freely and
clearly discharged of and from all and all manner of
morgages sales gifts sales morgages dowrys intallys execu-
tions extents revertions remainder or remainders or any
other title or incombrance whatever had made or com-
mited at at any time before ye ensealing or delivery of
these presents and also will by these presents warrant
and for ever defend ye same ag* any person or persons
laying any just claime to ye same and also to scale and
deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye
primmises as ye sd Thomas Bowras his heirs or asignes
or either of them shall shall be advised or procure to be
drawne by his or counsill learned in ye law for ye space
of seven years next after ye date hereof in testamony
whereof ye abovsd Timothy Wood hath set to his hand
and afixed his scale ye day and year first above written
Signed sealed and delivered Timothy Wood O
in presents of
Samll Mills
Zach Mills
Upon ye 23d day of October in ye year 1706 came be-
fore me Jonathan Whitehead one of Her Majs Justices
for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County ye within
written Timothy Wood and acknowledg ye within
written instrument to be his fre and vollingtary act &
deed Jonathan Whithead
A true coppy pr
Zach Mills
Cler
Page ^6
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume John Freeman belongeinge to Jamaica in ye Island
of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the
Jamaica, Long Island 241
abovesd John Ffreeman for severall good resons & casses
therunto moveinge but more easssspeatily for a full and
absolut sattisfaction from Joseph Pleas to me in hand
paid ye receipt wherof I the abovesd John Ffreeman doe
before the enseallinge & delivery of thes presents own
& acknowledg to be therwith contented sattisfyed and
paid & therfrom doe exonoratt acquitt and discharge ye
abovesd Joseph Pleas his heirs excecutors & adminesstra-
tors of & from any further claim or demand for any part
ore parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted
allinated releast enfeoft quitte claimd mad over and
sould unto ye abovesd Joseph Pleas his heirs excecutors
and assignes all that one ten acer lott lying & being in
the boundes of Jamaica beinge ye self same lott that was
formorly in ye ockepation of Edward Higbee of Jamaica
of Jamaica being bounded on ye east by John Roads &
on the west by John Everitt & on ye north by the high-
way runing as allsoe bounded with John Roads only a
highway to rune betwixt the abovesd John Roads &
John Everitt to ye sd lott I say that I ye the abovesd
John Ffreeman have as abovsd sould t5 ye aforsd Joseph
Pleas his heirs excecutors & assignes all ye abovesd
pece of land containinge as abovesd & as above bounded
and exsprest together with all timbers trees woods under
woods standing & lyinge beinge upon ye same to have
and to hould for ever & ye same to be and remaine to
ye only propor use benifit & behouf of him ye said Joseph
Pleas his heirs & assignes frely discharged of and from
all formor givfts morgages and sails what ever with
a warrente to defend the same against any intrest prop-
orty claim ore demand from mee the abovesd John Ffree-
man my heirs excecutors & adminestrators in wittnes
wherof I sett to my hand & seall this thirtenth of Aprill
in ye eaight yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye year of
our Lord Christ 1696
Signed seald & dellivered John Freeman O
in presence of
Richard Green
Samll. Ruscoe
242 Records of the Town of
Aprill ye 14 1696 then appered befor Daniell Whit-
head one of His Majesties Justices of ye Peace for Queens
County ye within named John Freeman & did acknowHdg
ye within written ded to be his free act & deed
Daniell Whithead
A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 437
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Joseph Smith Seanor and Joseph Pleass boath
belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of
Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea that we the
sd Joseph Smith & Joseph Pleass for severall good
resons & casses us & each of us therunto moveinge have
made a niutall exchainge which is as foUoweth viz that
the abovesd Joseph Smith hath by thes presents for him-
self his heirs excecutors & adminesstrators & assigne
a sertain pece of upland lyinge & beinge in ye bounds
& limits of Jamaica containinge ten acers more ore less
as it was layd out & bounded as followeth on the west
by Nehemiah Smith & north by the highway & east by
Joseph Oldfeld & south by ye highway together with all
& singuler ye prevelidges & profits & benifits therunto
belonginge with all timbers trees woods under woods
fences & emprovements belongeinge to ye same to have
and to hould ockepy poses and in joy free and clerly
discharged of and from all formor salles givfts morgages
ore any other intanglements what ever and in con-
siderratation wherof ye abovesd Joseph Pleas doath for
himself his heirs excecutors & adminestrators give grant
allinat and l3y way of exchainge firmly make over unto
ye sd Joseph Smith his hers & assignes a certain pece
of upland allsoe within ye bounds of Jamaica beinge
ten acers more ore less formorly in ye tenuer of Edward
Higbee beinge bounded on ye east by * John Roads &
John Everitt only a highway to rune betwixt ye abovesd
John Roads & John Everitt which sd pece of land as it \
1
Jamaica, Long Island 243
is bounded and exsprest with all prevelidges and &
improvements & benifits with all fences timbers trees
woods under woods standing & lyinge ye same to have
and to hould ockepy poses & injoy free & clerly discharged
of & from all formor sails givfts morgages ore any other
intanglements whatever with a warrentee to defend
each ye granted premises from any claime ore demand
each to ore from the one to ye other our heirs excecutors
adminestrators ore any other person ore persons lay-
inge any just claime therto in testemony wherof we ye
parties above named doe bind our selfes our heirs excecu-
tors & adminesstrators each to the other by thes presents
firmly this 13 day of December in ye ninth year of His
Majesties reigne Ano 1697 Now further be it
known by thes presents that we ye abovesd Joseph
Smith and Joseph Pleas doath joyntly bind ourselfes
& heirs each to ye other in ye peanall sume of forty
pounds good and lawfull moneys of this Province of
New York that each shall peaceably poses & injoy the
before granted & bargined peces of land without fraud
lett ore hindrance for ever
Signed sealld and dellivered Joseph Smith O
in presence of Joseph Pleas O
John Hubbert
Da\id Watters
Jamaica December 13 1697 then apered befor me
Danll Whithead one of His Majesties Justices for keep-
inge the peace ye within named Joseph Smith & Joseph
Pleas & did acknowledg ye within written deed of ex-
chainge to be ther fre and volluntary act
Danll Whithead
A trew copp of ye oridgonall ded of exchaing
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^38
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume George Wollsey and Samuell Bayles boath of
244 Records of the Town of
Jamaica in Queens County in the Island of Nassaw
sendeth greettinge Know yea that wee the abovesd
George Wollsey and Samll Bayles have for us our heyres
excecutors & adminesstrators made a mutull exchainge
each to the other as followeth viz that I the above said
George Wollsey have as above said bargined allinated
releast quitt claimed & by the way of exchainge fully &
absolutly made over unto ye abovesd Samll Bayles his
heires excecutors & assignes a sartain pece of land lyinge
within the boundes of Jamaica lyinge & beinge at a place
called the Longe Neck being a seven acers & a half right
which is yeat to be taken up with all the timbers trees
woodes under woodes standinge or lyinge beinge ore
belongeinge to the same with all the prevelidges & ap-
purtenances therunto belongeinge to have and to holde
for ever & in considerration wherof the abovesd Samuell
Baylies doth as abovesd bargaine allinatt releas quitt
claim and by the way of exchainge fully and absoelutly
make over unto the abovesd George Wollsey his heires
excecutors adminesstrators & assignes a parcell of up-
land lyinge & beinge in the boundes of Jamaica abovesd
& bounded as followeth northardly by Jonoss Wood &
eastwardly by the haw tree path & westwardly by the
high way leadinge to Ffreadrickes & southwardly by the
undevided land ore high way containinge five acers more
ore less as it was layd out with all the timbers trees woods
under woodes standinge ore lyinge beinge ore belonge-
inge to the same with all ye prevelidges profits & benifits
therunto belongeinge to have & to hold for ever boath
wich abovesd peces of upland acordinge as it is butd
and exsprest we ye sd George Wollsey & Samll Bayles
have as abovesd mutully exchainged each to ye other
our heirs & asignes to ockepy poses & in joy for ever
with a warrente to defend ye same each to the other
our heirs & assignes for ever in wittnes wherunto we ye
parties above named doe bind our selves our heirs ex-
cecutors & adminestrators each to ye other by thes
presents firmlj^ by settinge to our hands and afixeinge
Jamaica, Long Island 245
our seles this fourth day of September in ye 11 j^ere of
His Mjts reigne 1699
Signed seald & delivered Georg Wollsey O
in presens of Samll Bayles
Thomas Umphrey
Samll Ruscoe A trew copy pr me
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^39
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cum I George Wollsey of Jamaica in Queens County in
the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I ye abovesd George Wollsey for severall good
reasons & casses me therunto moveing but more eass-
peatily for a vallewable sume of money to me in hand
paid by Thomas Umphres of ye abovesd Town Island
and County to my sattisfaction the receipt wherof I
doe herby own and befor ye reseipt & delivery of thes
presents doe own my self to be therwith contented
sattisfyed & paid & therof & paid & therof & therfrom
doe exonaratt acquit & discharge him ye said Thomas
Umphrees his heyres & assignes of and from any further
claim or demand for any part or parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft quitte
claimed made over & sou Id & by thes presents doe ack-
nowledge to have from me my heyres excecutors & ad-
miness, giveen granted covenanted releast allinated
enfeofed made over and sould unto the abovesd Thomas
Umphrees his heyres excecutors adminesstrators & as-
signes a cartain pece ore parcell of upland lyinge & beinge
within ye bounds & limits of Jamaica containing five
acers more ore less as it was layd out and bounded as
followeth northardly by Jonos Wood & easterly by ye
haw tree path & westwardly by the highway leadinge to
Ffreadriks & southardly by ye undevided lands ore
highway all which above pece or parcell of land as it is
above buted & bounded & exsprest together with all
and singuler the prevelidges & appurtenances & benifits
therunto belongeinge with all timbers trees woods under
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woods standinge or lyinge beinge upon the same I the
above said George Wollsey have as abovesd sould as
abovesd unto ye abovesd Thomas Umphreys his heires
& assignes to have and to hold for ever & ye same to be
& remaine to ye only propor use benifitt & behouf of
him ye sd Thomas Umphreys his heirs & assigns to ockepy
posess & in joy for ever & ye same shall warrent & de-
fend against all sales gifts morgages or any intanglment
whatsoever with a warrente to defend ye same against
any claim or claims from me the said George Wollsey
my heirs or assignes for ever in confirmation of which &
every part therof I sett to my hand & seall this fourth
day day of September in ye 11 yeare of His Majesties
reigne Ano 1699 George Wollsey O
Signed seald & dellivered
in presens of
Samll Bayles a trew coppy of ye origonall
Samll Ruscoe pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page khO
Att a Towne Meettinge held att Jamaica January ye
4th 1702 3/2 Zachariah Milles and John Lamberts was
choasen to be assesores for this present yeare ore untill
others be choasen in their romes
And att the same meettinge John Okee was choassen
collector —
And att the same meettinge William Creed was
choassen superovizser to meett with the superovizeres
from the neybouringe Townes in this County and to
act fully as the law in that case directs
Att a Towne Mettinge held December ye 23d 1703
Peter Whitt & Samll Bayles was choassen to be assesores
and Hendrik Lott collector & William Creed superrovizers
all for this inshueinge year yeare or untill others shall
be chossen in their respective roomes
Entered pr ordore pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Jamaica, Long Island 247
Att a Towne meettinge held att Jamaica January
ye 31 1703/4 Cap'" Thomas Okeley wass choassen col-
lector for this Towne of Jamaica untill the first day of
Aprill next to collect & gatther shuh rattes as shall be
to be collected & gathered in sd time
Entered pr order Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Towne Mettinge held att Jamaica ye day & year
abovsd the Towne did give to Mr. Samll Clowes free
liberty for gettinge stones clay for bricks timbers shells
for lime sofitiant for buldinge upon a pece of land that
he is byeing from Samll Mills to be gotten upon the
comons
Entered pr order pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Thomas Watters protests against ye sd givft
Thomas Burrows dos the same
Hope Carpenter dos the same
Att the same meettinge it was voatted by the majority
of the freeholderes ' that Jonathan Whitthead Esqr.
Zacariah Milles be deputted to settle w*^ ye reverrent
gentlemen att New York by eassey meathods if possible
ye misstake said to be made in payinge ye quitt rent of
this Towne & if ye sd persons or either of them be prose-
cuted on ace" of ye sd suppoased misstake that ye Towne
will indemnify him or them from all action ore
actions in law ore eaquety trouble nessesary expence ore
other charges whatsoever that may accrew to them or
either of them on account therof
Entered pr ordor pr Samll Ruscoe
Town Clark
Page 4-41
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presentes shall
cume Thomas Ffoster of Monmouth River in ye County of
Sallem in the Province of West NewJerzey sone & heyre
unto Thomas Ffoster latte of Jamaica in Queens County
in the Province of NewYorke sendeth greettinge in our
Lord God everlastinge Know yea that the said Thomas
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Ffoster for & in considerration of a certaine sume X
of good & lawfull moneys of NewYorke to him in hand
paid at & befor the enseallinge & deliver}^ herof by Ben-
jamine Thurston of Jamaica aforsaid blakesmith for and
bhalfe of himself Anne Thurston Daniell Thurston
Samuell Thurston Thomas Thurston Richard Denton &
Mary his wiffe Richard Oldfeld & Jane his wife & David
Wright & Hannah his wiffe & for divers other good casses
& considderrations him therunto moveinge hath given
granted & confirmed & herby doath give grant & confirm
unto ye said Benjamine Thurston all thoas severall
tractes or peces of land and meadow herafter mentioned
and exsprest (that is to say) all that moyety or eaquall
halfe part of the home lott & ten acers adjoyninge beinge
the westermost part begininge at Thomas Wollseys land
& soe runinge east to a wallnut bush marked by Thomas
Waters his fence & from thence across to a whitt oak
bushe marked on the north side of ye same lott all that
moyety or equall half part of ye hill lott which halfe
lyeth next to the land of Anthony Watters all that lott
of land lyinge behind the swampe nere the hether East
Neck adjoyninge to the land of Nathaniell Smith all
that lot of land in ye same necke & all that lott of land
upon the hilles behind John Hansen his land which
last three recitted lotts containe by estemation one
& sixty acers and all that the one half of ye fiveten acer
lott of meadow lying upon the aforsaid neck which said
half adjoyns to the meadow of Joseph Smith & the one
half of ye little lott upon the ffareast neck all which lottes
of land and meadow weare latte in ye tenuer & occepa-
tion of ye said Thomas Ffoster deceassed and Joseph
Thurston latte of Jamaica aforsaid desseassed together
with all & singuler the rights prevelidges heredittements &
appurtenances to ye same belongeinge or in any wisse ap-
pertaininge and all ye easstatt right title intrest claime
proporty possestion and demand of him the said Thomas
Ffoster in & to ye premises & in & to every partt & parcell
therof as allsoe the sd Thomas Foster doath by thes
presents remise releas discharg and quitt claim unto ye
Jamaica, Long Island 249
sd Benj amine Thurston all action sutes case or casses
of action suttes controverties quarrells quarrells debattes
Page W2
controverties deptes duetyes or demandes what soever
had made comitted ore suffered from the begininge of
ye world to the day of the datte herof to have and to
hold the before mentioned parcells of land and meadow
to to him the said Benj amine Thurston his hey res &
assignes to the us & uses herafter exsprest & to noe other
use ore uses what soever (that is to say) ye sd half of
ye home lott & ten acers adjoyninge the half of ye hill
lott adjoyninge to ye land of Anthony Watters and two
acers & a half of ye sd half lott of meadow to ye use of ye
sd Anne Thurston dewringe hur naturall liffe & affter
hur deseas to ye use of the sd Benjamine Thurston Daniell
Thurston Samll Thurston Thomas Thurston Richard
Denton & Mary his wife Richard Oldfeld and Jane his
wiile & David Wright & Hannah his wife their heyers
& assignes for ever in eaquall seventh parts & the re-
mainder of ye above granted premises together with the
one half of ye well to ye propor use & behouf of the said
Benjamin Thurston Daniell Thurston Samuell Thurston
Thomas Thurston Richard Denton & Mary his wiffe
Richard Oldfeld & Jane his wif & David Wright & Hannah
his wife their heyres & assignes for ever in eaquall seventh
part to be eaqually devided amongst them in wittness
wherof the said Thomas Ffoster hath herunto sett his
hand and affixed his seall the three & twentieth day of
Octob in ye ninth year of ye reigne of our Soverraigne
Lord William ye Third by the Grace of God of England
Scottland Ffrance and Irland Kinge Defender of ye
Faith &c. Anoque Dom. 1697 Thomas Foster O
Sealled and dellivered
in the presence of
Andrew Gibb
Samuell Smith
Memorandam that on the day within mentioned came
befor Daniell Whitthead Easqr one of His Majsts Justices
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for ye keepinge of the peace within Queens County
the within named Thomas Ffoster & acknowledged the
within written releas to be his free & vollentary act and
deed
Tests — Daniell Whitthead
A trew coppy of the oridgonall releas
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page HS
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Samll Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County
in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I Samll Bayles abovesd for severall good ressons
and casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily
for a sertaine sume of moneys to me in hand paid by
Abraham Lotte of ye abovesd Towne Island & County
to my sattisfaction ye receipt wherof I doe herby own and
before the enseallinge & dellivery of thes presents doe
acknowledge to be therwith contented sattisfyed & paid
& throf & thrfrom doe exonoratt acquitte & discharge ye
aforesd Abraham Lotte his heires & assignes of & from
any further claime ore demand for any part ore parcell
throf have giveen granted covenanted allinated releast
enfeoft bargined made over & sould & by thes presents
acknowledge to have from me my heires excecutors &
adminesstrators fully & absolutly giveen granted cove-
nanted releast enfeoft quitte claimed bargined made over
& sould to ye aforesd Abraham Lotte his heires excecutors
adminesstrators & assignes a sartain pece ore parcell of
upland lyinge & beinge within the boundes & limitts of
Jamaica abovesd beinge part of ye land bought by me
from Samuell Mathewes of the foresd Towne Island &
County beinge bounded as followeth viz beinge bounded
at ye frount by the highway leadinge to Charsmors Island
& att ye reare by Benjamin Thirston & ye land formorly
belongeinge to Richard Jones latte of Jamaica deseast
& ye land of ore belongeinge to Henry Foster latte of
Jamaica deseast all which said pece ore parcell of land as
Jamaica, Long Island 251
it is above bounded & exsprest & as it lieth within ye
fence as it now is I say that I ye aforsd Saniiiell Bayles
have as abovesd sould as aforesd to the abovesd Abra-
ham Lott his heirs & assignes all ye aforesd land with
all ye rights & prevelidges & profitts & benifits of fencings
& improvements what ever of all & every timbers trees
standinge ore lying beinge upon ye same ye same to have
and to hould ockepy posses & in joy fre & frely discharged
of & from all further claim ore demand from any person
ore persons what ever & ye same to be & remaine to ye
only right benifit & behouf of him ye sd Abraham Lott
and his heirs for ever & ye same shall warrent & by thes
presents defend with a warrentte against any intrest
proporty claime ore demand from me ye sd Samuell
Bayles my heirs or assignes ore any person ore persons
what ever in testymony whrof I have herunto sett to my
hand & seall this twenty fivfth day of October in ye 9
yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye year of our Lord
1697 Samll X Bayles O
Signed sealld & dellivered his mark
in presence of
John Mills
Samll Ruscoe A trew coppy of ye orridgonall deed
entered pr Samll Ruscoe
November ye 27 1697 Clark
Page l^klf.
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Daniell Whitthead of Jamaica in Queens County
in the Island of Nassaw sndeth greettinge Know
yea that I the abovesd Daniell Whitthead for severall
good good ressons considerations & casses me therunto
moveing but more easspetialy for a vallewable sume of
moneys to me the sd Daniell Whitthead in hand paid
the receipt ore secured to be paid by Ram Dorlantt &
Garrett Dorlant of the abovesd Towne Island & County
the reseipt whrof I doe herby acknowledge and own
my self to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed & payd
and therof & therfrom doe for ever exonoratt acquitt &
252 Records of the Town of
discharge the abovesd Ram Dorlant & Garrett Dorlant
their heires excecutors ad assignes of & from any part
or parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted releast
bargained enffeoft made over and sould and by thes
presents doe acknowledge to have from me my heirs
excecutors & adminesstrators fully & absolutly giveen
granted covenanted allinated releast bargined made over
& sould unto the abovesd Ram Dorlant & Garrett Dorlant
their heires excecutores adminesstratores & assignes a
sertain pece ore parcell of meadow within the boundes
8^ limites of Jamaica abovesd sittuatt lyeinge & beinge
att ore by the haw tree Greatt Island lyeinge one the east
side and is bounded as followeth & begininge att a seadder
stake standinge betwixt ye the meadow of formly belonge-
inge to Benjamin Coe latt of Jamaica desest & the sd
meadow & from thence with a direct line to a blake oke
marked saplinge standinge upon the aforsd island to the
eastward of the borg the abovesd saplinge beinge marked
with X & from thence runninge with a straight line by
the south syde of a mark wallnutt tree & soeallonge
to the Wigenes fence and then from the aforsd seadore
stake bounded east & south by the aforsd meadow latt
belongeinge to the abovesd Benj amine Coe and then to
rune soe as to take in all the clere land adjoyning therunto
that is clerd by the abovesd Garrett Dorlant all the
which abovesd meadow & upland accordinge as it is
above butted & bounded and exsprest together with all
& singuler the prevelidges ore benifits & improvements
theron made ore to be made I the abovesd Daniell Whitt-
head have as abovesd abovesd Daniell Whitthead have
Page JfJf.5
as abovesd sould to ye aforesd Ram Dorlantt & Garrett
Dorlantt their heires excecutors adminesstrators free &
clerly discharged of & from all formore salles givftes mor-
gages ore any other intangellments whatt soe ever and
the same to have and to hold to the sd Ram Dorlant &
Garrett Dorlant & the same to be & remaine to ye only
propore use benefitt & behouffe of them the abovesd
Ram Dorland & Garrett Dorlant for ever & the same
Jamaica, Long Island 253
shall warreiit & by thes presents for ever defend against
any claime ore demand from any person ore persons
what soever layeinge any just claime therunto with a
warrentte to deeffend the same against any intrest prop-
orty claime ore demand from mee the abovesd Daniell
Whitthead my heires excecutors & adminesstratores for
ever in wittness wherunto I sett to my hand & afhxe
my seall this 29 day of July in the twelvfth yere of His
Majesties reigne & in the yeare of our Lord Christ
1700 Danll Whitthead O
Signed seald & dellivered
in presence of
Thomas Okleye A trew coppy pr
John Okei Samll Ruscoe
Samll Ruscoe Clark
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume greettinge in our Lord God everlastinge wheras
Ram Dorlant & Garrett Dorlant boath belongeinge to
Jamaica in Queens County in the Island of Nassaw hath
& now doath poses and injoy boath lands & meadowes
lyeinge & beinge in diff-ferrent places and bought att
differrent times the which is now at this present datte
in their joynt possession now be it known to all men
by thes presentes that the abovesd Ram Dorlant & Gar-
rett Dorlant doe make affynal & do for min — divition & by
these presents be it known that the abovsd Ram Dorlant
& Garrett Dorlant hath for themselves their heires excec-
utors & adminesstrators fully and absolutly made a ffinal
and full devition of all landes & meadowes now joyntly
by them posest as abovesd & the same to be & remaine
to be a quiatt end and devition betwixt them the abovesd
Ram Dorlant & Garrett Dorlant their heires & suc-
sesors for ever videlesett begininge att a stake standinge
by Denes fence and from thence with a derict line to a
marked wallnut tree and from thence with a strait line
to a post standinge in the fresh meadow & from the afor-
said poast
254 Records of the Town of
{see 4-4-6)
Page 4-^6
The bogges belongeinge to Samuell Denton are as
ffolloweth viz: lyinge and beinge one the south east
side of his land with a five acer right of bogges which he
hath of his brother Nathaniell Denton & south by Cap*"
Carpenter and north by Nathaniell Higbee & south
east by the forsaid Higbey & Samll Deins Island
Enter pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
{from ^^5)
and from the aforesd poast allonge the dich by the
meadow that was fformorly Ben j amine Coes and this is
the full conclution of the abovesd devition that Garrett
Dorlant beinge the eldest brother is to have the Aorth
east part of all the above said devition and Ram Dorlant
to have the southwest partt of all the abovesd devition &
that this is our mutull agreement for the whole divition
of boath land and meadowes above exsprest to stand &
abide for ever betwixt us the abovesd Garrett Dorlant
& Ram Dorlant wee doe bind ourselves our heires excecuts
& adminesstratores by thes presents firmly as wittness
our hands & sealls this 29 of July in the 12 yeare of our
Lord William ye 3d over England Scottland France &
Irland Kinge & Deffender of the Faith &c. & in the
yeare of our Lord Christ 1700
Signed seald & dellivered Garrett Dorl,\nt O
in the presence of Ram Dorlant O
Hendrickes Heagoeman
Samuell Ruscoe A trew coppy of the orig-
eonall pr Samll Ruscoe
Page ^^7
The boges belonging to Waitt Smith are as ffolloweth
viz all the boges lyinge & beinge in ye neck belonging to
Waitt Smith one ye west side of ye bridge goeing over to
Jamaica, Long Island ^55
sd neck to ye sd neke as they ly round soe fare as his land
goes and layd out to ye sd Waitt Smith
This entered pr ordor pr Sam Ruscoe
Janry ye llh 1696
The boges belongeinge to Nehemiah Smith are as
followeth viz: lying & beinge one the left hand as you
goe over the bridge from the Towne to to Waitt Smiths
neck beinge the east side of ye side bridg bounded north
by the brook and southardly by the highwaye and runinge
in lenth from ye casway about fourty five rodes to a
marked whit oke tree upon ye upland and by a maple
tree by the brook marked allsoe
This entered pr ordore pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
The bogges belongeinge to Samuell Smith are as
followeth viz bounded one ye west by ye bogges of Ne-
hemiah Smith north by the brook, and easterly soe fare
as Thomas Smiths land goes to a little swampe that
puteth upe to the highe way and southardly by the
abovesd Thomas Smiths land & the high waye— Entered
bv order pr Samll Ruscoe
^ Clark
The bogges belonginge to Thomas Smith are as ffol-
loweth viz. lyinge one the north side of ye brooke that
ye bridg is upon that leads over to Wait Smiths neck
bounded west by the highway & northward by ye land
of ye sd Thomas Smith and Samll Deines island &
south by ye brook & east by ye marked trees partinge
ye sd Samll Deine & ye sd Thomas Smith bogess
Entered pr order pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
The bogges belonginge to Samuell Deine are as ffol-
loweth bounded att ye west by Samll Deins island &
north by the fence & east by a brook parting Zacariah
256 Records of the Town of
Mills & him & & south by ye brook joyning to ye sd
bogges & soe riming up to Thomas Smiths boges
This entered pr order pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 4-4-^
The boges belonginge to Nathaniell Higbee are as
followeth lyinge at ye south side of ye neck of land
that he ye sd Nathaniell Higbey bought of William Creed
and bounded southardly by a blake oak sapling about
six rods southward of Samuell Dentons cornor of his land
& soe runinge easterly unto a greatt whit oak tree stand-
inge in his ye sd Nath Higbees land with ye eaquoll
half of the slipe of bogges lyinge betwixt Zacariah Millses
neck and his own land with all other bogges runing to
ye northward of that — This entered pr order pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
The bogges belonginge to Zacariah Mills are as fol-
loweth beinge bounded northardly by an oke saplinge
standing upon the sd Zacariahs own land over against
Samuell Deins north fence and soe to ye bottom of ye
abovesd Zacariah Millses neck & soe runinge up the
east side of ye said neck unto a whitt oak tree standinge
about upon Zacris land opositt against ye midle of John
Smiths land with ye eaquall half of that slipe of
bogges lyinge betwixt Nath Higbes land and Zacariah
Millses necke — The land layd out to Zacariah Mills is
as followeth beinge the wholl neck of land joyning
upon ye bogges abovesd & bounded at ye north end by
the highway
Entered pr ordor pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
The bogges of Nathaniell Higbee are as followeth from
Mr. Heagaman elleven acers right and from Samll
Smith sixeten acer right & from Jonos Wood 4 acer right
which lyes southward of his other bogges bounded
Jamaica, Long Island 257
south by Anthony Watters east by Zacary Millses neck
west by Sam Dentons bogs with ye land lyinge within
ye boges
This entered by order by Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Samuell Smith doath protest against sail of the sixe-
ten acer right of bogges mentioned and said to be sould
by him to Nathaniell Higbe in the record above this
haveinge never reseaived any sattisf action for ye same
nor ever giveen ordor for any en trey therof nor giveen
any deed for ye same — This entered by order of Samuell
Smith
by Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Page 4.Ji-9
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Peter Stringham belonging to Hempsted
in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth greett-
inge Know yea that I the abovesd Peter Stringham
with Ane my wiffe for severall good resons & casses us
therunto moveing but more easspeatily for a vallewable
sattisf action to us in hand paid by John Hunt of New-
towne in ye abovesd Island and County ye reseipt wherof
we doe herby acknowledg & own to be therwith con-
tented sattisfyed and paid have giveen granted covenanted
allinatted released quitt claimed enfeofed bargined &
sould & by thes presents own to have from us our heires
excekutors adminesstrators & assignes giveen granted
allinatted bargined covenanted releassed quitt claimed
enfeoft made over & sould unto the abovesd John Hunt
his heires exceketors adminestrators & assignes a sartain
pece of fresh meadow sittuatt in the bounds of Jamaica
in the Island & County abovesd lyinge & beinge att a
place comonly called ye haw tree necke beinge bounded
on ye north by Johanas Williams & one ye east parte
by ye highe way & part by ye cassway & south by ye
dich that parts John Moefors meadow & that & west
by John Moefors meadow till it comes to ye springe &
258 Records of the Town of
then by the greatt* crecke till itt cumes to ye abovesd
north boundes all which said pece of meadow as itt is
butted & bounded I the abovesd Peter Stringham with
Ane my wiffe have sould as aforsd unto ye abovesd
John Hunt with all & singuler ye prevelidges prophitts
& benifitts therunto belonginge to have and to hould
ockepy poses & injoye for ever & the same to be & re-
maine to ye only propor use benefitte & behouff of hime
ye abovesd John Huntt his heires exceketors adminess-
trators & assignes without leatt hindrance oremollesta-
tion from any person ore persons what ever & the same
shall warrent & by thes presents defend against all
formore salles givfts morgages ore any other intangell-
ments whatt ever with with a warrentee to deffend the
same against any intrest proporty claim ore demand
from us the abovesd Peter Stringhame & Ane our heires
exceketors & assignes for ever in testemoney wherof
we sett to our hands and sealls this second day of June
in ye fivft yeare of their Majests reignes and in ye yeare
of our Lord 1694
Signed sealld & dellivered Peter X Stringham O
in presence of his marke
Richard Greene
Samll Ruscoe
A trew coppy of ye origenoll ded
pr me Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^50
This Indenteur made in the fourth yeare of ye reigne
of Their Majesties William and Mary by ye grace of
God of England Scottland France & Irland Kinge &
Queen Defenders of of ye Faith &c. betwixt Ellias Bayles
one ye one party and John Stewartt one the other party
beinge boath of Jamaica in Queens County wittnesseth
as ffolloweth that I the above said Ellias Bayles with
Sarah my wiffe for severall resons & casses us and each
of us therunto moveinge butt more easspeatily for a
vallewable sume of moneys to us in hand paid & secured
Jamaica, Long Island 259
to be paid by ye abovesd John Stewartt ye receipt
wherof we doe herby own & therwith to rest contented
sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted covenanted al-
linatted enfeoft releast quitt claimed made over &
sould & by thes presents doe acknowledge to have
from us our heires exceketors & assignes giveen granted
covenanted allinatted enfeofed released quitt claimed
made over & sould unto ye abovesd John Steward his
heires exceketors & assignes a sartain pece of upland ly-
inge & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica containing
twenty acers as it was laid outt by ye surveiors of ye
Towne beinge bounded as followeth one ye east by Josias
Wiggens west by ye land of John Everets chilldren
north by ye high way south by Mr, Daniell Whittheds
land which land as it is above bounded & exsprest I the
abovesd Ellias Bayles with Sarah my wiff have as abovesd
sould as abovesd unto ye abovesd John Stewartt his heirs
exceketors & assignes ye same to have and to hould to
him ye abovesd John Stewartt his heires & assignes for
ever & the same to be & remain to ye onely propor use
benifitt & behouff of him ye abovesd John Stewartt his
heires exceketors & assignes to ockepy posses & in joy
as his & their own free proper right of inherretance
warrenting this my salle free & good in law & deffended
& freely discharged from all formor salles givfts morgages
or any other entangellments & the same shall & will
for ever warrent & defend against any interest claim or
demand from any person or persons what ever layinge
any just claim therto with a warrente to defend ye same
against any claim intrest proporty tytell or demand from
me ye abovesd Ellias Bayles & Sarah my wiffe our heires
& assignes for ever in confirmation wherof I the abovesd
Ellias Bayles & Sarah my wiffe doe bind our selves our
heires & assignes by setting to our hands & fixeing our
sealls this 26 day of Janry in ye 4 yeare of their Majesties
reignes & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand
sixe hundreed ninty & two
Ellias Bayles O
260 Records of the Town of
Signed sealld and dellivered
in presence of
John Harresson A trew coppy of ye orrigonall ded
Samuell Ruscoe of sail pr me Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page Jt.51
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume John Hindes of Jamaica sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I the abovesd John Hinds with Mary my wiffe
for severall good resons and casses us and either of us
therunto moveinge but more easspetially for a vallew-
able sume to us in hand paid & secured to be paid the
receipt wherof we doe herby befor ye enseallinge &
dellivery herof own & acknowledge & doe therwith rest
contented sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinatted releassed enfeoft quitt claimed made
over & sould & by thes presents doe own & acknowledge
to have fully and absoluttly frely & absoluttly from me
my heires excekutors adminesstrators & assignes giveen
granted covenanted allinatted released- enfeofed quitt
claimed made over & sould unto John Steward of Hemp-
sted in ye Queens County his heires exceketors & assignes
a sartain homested now in ye tenuer & occepation of
me the above said John Hinds the same that was Ffulke
Daveses latte of Jamaica deseast sittuatt lyinge & beinge
within ye Towne of Jamaica containing five acers more
ore less together with all & howesings barns orchyards
gardens fencings clossyers freutt trees prevelidges im-
provements & appurtenances therupon or any waies
therunto apertaininge or any waies therunto belonginge
I say that I the abovesd John Hinds of Jamaica abovesd
belonginge to Queens County have as abovesd sould as
aforsaid unto ye aforsaid John Steward ye abovesd
homessted containinge five acers more ore less beinge
bounded north by Nath Denton & east & south by ye
hige waye & west by Samll Denton together with all
howesings barns orchyards gardens ffencings timbers
trees & that are or doath any waies appertain therto ye
same with all & every partt therof to have and to hould
Jamaica, Long Island 261
for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye only propor
use benifitt & behouff of him ye abovesd John Stewartt
his heires exceketors adminesstrators & assignes to
ockepy posses & in joy as his & their own free and propor
right of enherretance warrenting this my salle good and
free from all formore salles givftes and morgages or any
other entangellments what ever & the same shall & will
by thes presents for ever warrent & defend against any
claime ore demand from any person or persons layinge
any just claime therto with a warrentee to defend ye
same against any intrest claim proporty or demand either
from me ye sd John Hinds & Mary my wiffe our heires
exceketors adminestrators & assignes for ever & from any
person ore persons from by ore under us ore my ordor
ingageinge & warrentinge him ye sd John Stewartt his
heires exceketors & adminest in ye quiatt lawfull & just
posesion & seaszer therof & soe to remaine without lett
(fraud or hindrance from any person or persons whatt-
ever forraigne invation excepted in testimoney wherof
I the sd John Hinds with Mary my wiffe doath bind our
selves & our heires exceketors adminestrators & assignes
firmly by subscribing our names & fixeing our sealls
this this fourth of November in ye 4h yeare of Their
Majesties reignes & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1692
Memorandam th I ye abovesd John Hindes doath like-
wis sell & make over from me & my heires unto ye abovesd
John Stewartt his heires & assignes two acers & a half of
comonage to likwise have & to hould ockepy poses &
injoy as beinge partt of this above mentioned bargin
of salle
Signed selled & dellivered John Hindes O
in presence of Mary X Hindes O
Samll Ruscoe hur marke
Thomas Okley
A trew coppy of ye origonall ded of salle
pr me Samuell Ruscoe
Clarke
262 Records of the Town of
Page 452
Att a Towne Meettinge held Aprill ye 21st 1702
then ther was choassen by a publique voat Zacariah Mills
Justice Eaveritt Theodorus Pollhellmas who are therby
empowered & authorrissed to make a strict inquirery
& to take a strict way & corse to serch into and inspect
into all dewes & moneys from time to time payd by the
Towne of Jamaica or leveled upon the inhabetantes of
the abovesd Towne and all such persons that shall
cume & appere before thes men abovesd & make a trew
account clerly that they have paid ther partes & propor-
tions of such moneys then upon their beinge soe sattis-
fyed they shall give to any such persons soe cleringe him
or them selves for the same the time begineinge from
the yere on the thowsand sixe hundred & ninty and all
such other persons that doath not cume in & make
such cleringe as aforsaid then thes persons abovesd are
to make reportte to the Towne of the same pr ordor of
the Towne Samll Ruscoe
Clark
A trew coppy pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 453
Jamaica in Queens County on ye Island Nassaw ellis
Longe Island in ye Province of NewYorke this 28 day
of Janry Ano D 1696 Know all men by thes presents
that I Thomas Okley of ye Towne and County aforesd
doe allinatte give grant & sell unto William Smith of
Hempsteed in ye County aforesd a certain peces or par-
cels of meadow lyinge and beinge in ye boundes of
Jamaica on ye necke knowne ye name of Quarrelsume
Neck one pece lyinge on ye east side of ye sd neck bounded
as followeth south by a diche of William Johnsons east
by ye creek north by ye fence by ye fence which ye
aforesd Thomas Okley set up west by the upland the other
pece lyinge & beinge towards ye southwest side of ye sd
neck bounded south and west by a creek north by John
Fostor and the upland east by the meadow y* was fform-
Jamaica, Long Island 263
orly Thomas Okleys which Charles Randolf doath now
posses I Thomas Okley have sould ye peces ore parcels
as above bounded be it more ore less w*^** all prevelidges
& profitts theron made and profits to be made for on hence
forth to be and remaine unto ye propor use benifit and
disspoas of William Smith aforesd for him his heirs ex-
cecutors adminesstrators & assignes to have & to hould
posses and injoy for ever without mollesstation from me
my heires excecutors adminesstrators ore any other per-
sons what soever y* shall any way mack mollesstation
theron I say I Thomas Okley above exsprest for good
considerrations in hand receaived have sould ye meadow
as above exsprest unto all & every of ye premises as
above exsprest I doe bind my self my heirs excecutors
adminesstrators to maintain this my salle good in law
against any pretence what soever Thomas Okley O
Signed seald and dellivered
in presence of
John Ffostor
Daniell Whithead
This deed acknowledged befor me ye day and yeare
above written by Thomas Okley
Daniell Whithead
A trew coppy of ye oridgonall deed
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page lf.5k
Att a Towne Meettinge held att Jamaica in January
the 2d 1699/100 Cap*° Thomas Okeley was chossen
constable for this present year or till another be chossen
in his rome —
Att the same mettinge thes men herafter named
were by a publiaqe voatt chosen being Justice Everritt
John Oke Theodorus Pollhelmas Danill Smith at plains
Waitt Smith Nathanill Denton Doctor Read Peter Whitt
Thomas Watters & wer empowered to tak a just account
of the ten men how they have disspoased of the Towns
264 Records of the Town of
money paid for the church them ore the major partt of
them and to make reportt to the Towne how they find
the acount that is giveen to them whether it is resonable
& wherin they thinke it is not acording to the best of their
knowledg.
Att the same mettinge Cap*" Thomas Okley was
chossen to be Superorviszer for this present yeare
Att the same mettinge William Creed was chosen to be
Superovisore for the Towne of Jamaica for this present
yeare
Att a Towne Mettinge held at Jamaica June ye 22d
1700 the nine men doe declare that they cannott give
there reportte to the Towne accordeinge to the trust
repoassed in them by reson they have not reseived any
perfect acount from the ten men
By ordor of the Town Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Att a Towne Mettinge held att Jamaica November
the 28 1700 it was agreed by voatt that wheras Mr.
John Hobbret hath continued her amongs us in this
Towne in the present worke of the minesstery sume con-
siderrable time the Town dos shew ther willingenes to
continue him still and to have him ordained acordingly
provided it be accordinge to ye rule and way of the
Presbeterine way and it is the unanomoss mind of the
Town that he be ordained acordingly and that every
man shall pay towardes the ordaination as much as he
shall see cas to pay
By Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Page 4-55
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Edward Higbey of Jamaica in Queens County
sendeth greettinge in the name of God Everlasting
Know yea that I the abovesd Edward Higbee doe give
grant releass and for ever quitt claime and make over
and by thes presents doe own and acknowledg to have
Jamaica, Long Island 265
from me my heires excecutors and adminesstrators giveen
granted releassed and for ever quitte claimd and firmly
make over unto my foresd sone Nathaniell Higbye of
Jamaica afbrsd all ye remaininge part ore parcell of mea-
dow lyinge and being att a place comonly called the
Longe Necke within the bounds and li mitts of ye Towne of
Jamaica abovesd which is not hertofor disspoased of
by deed boath fresh and salt belonginge to me ye abovesd
Edward Higbee and allsoe doe confirme unto my abovesd
sone Nathaniell Higbee my now dwellinge howes and
home lott with all buldinges and fenceings and all other
things given to hime that are soe mentioned in my will
to have and to hould the abovesd pece ore parcell of
meadow together with that and all other rights & prev-
elidges of all & every thinge ore things contained herin
any thinge to the contrary notwithstandinge ye same
to be & remaine to ye only propor use benifit & behouf
behoufe of him ye abovesd Nathaniell Higbe his heirs &
assignes for ever in testemony wherof I set to my hand &
seall this 16 day of March in ye seventh yeare of the
reigne of our Soveraing Lord Anoque 1695/6
Signed sealld & dellivered Edward Higbee O
in presence of
George Phillipes
Samll Ruscoe
Joseph Smith
Memorandam that one the 26 day of March 1696
appered befor Daniell Whitthead one of His Majts
Justices of ye Peace for Queens County ye above named
Edward Higbee & acknowledged ye above instrument to
be his free and vollentary act & deed
Daniell Whithead
A trew coppy entered pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 4^56
Whearas Edward Higbee of Jamaica formorly hath
by an instrewment bearringe datte Maye ye seventh
266 Records of the Town of
1688 given & granted unto his two sons Nathaniell and
Samuell Higbee a certain pece ore parcell of land lyinge
and beinge westward of ye Town of Jamaica containing
sixty acers ye bounds beinge mentioned in the aforsaid
instrewment from ye sd Edward Higbee now know yea
that I Samuell Higbee for severall considerations &
casses me therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a
vallewable sattisfaction by a certain parcell of land by
Edward Higbee aforsaid my father giveen to me have
giveen granted enfeofed releast quitt claimed and made
over unto my brother Nathaniell Higbee all that my
right tytle intrest claim & demand in & unto the abovesd
parcell of land aforsd given as abovesd by my father
Higbee containinge twenty five acers as aforsd together
with all every ye rights & prevelidges as formorly con-
firmed to me the same to have and to hould ockepy posses
and injoy without lett or hindrance either from me ye
sd Samuell Higbee my heires excecutors & assignes for
ever in confirmation herof I have sett to my hand & seall
this elleventh day of March in ye fivft yeare of Their
Majsts reignes & in ye yeare of our Lord God 1693/4
Signed sealld & dellivered Samuell Higbee O
in presence of
John Stewartt
Samll Ruscoe
Memorandam that one the 27h of November 1696
then appered befor me Daniell Whithead one of His
Majsts Justices of ye Peace for Queens County John
Stewart & Samll Ruscoe & made oath the abovesd Samll
Higbe did signe & seall this above instrument or con-
veaience frely in their sight & delliver it
Dan^^ Whithead
A trew coppy pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Towne mettinge March ye 6 1701 1/2 ther was
choasen by voatt Cp'" John Carpenter Nehemiah Smith
Jamaica, Long Island
267
& Cap*" George Wollsey to be Townsmen or Trustes for
this present yeare or till others are choasen in ther rums
At ye same metting Cap*" Okley was choasen Constable
for this present yeare or till anothers is choasen in his
roume pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page Jf57
The land drawne lottes for att Fosters River & ye
Little Plains (?)
Mary Ffoster number. . . 1
Widdow Mesenger 2
Widow Davis 3
Ellias Bayles 4
Thomas Welline 5
Mr. Whitthead 6
Samll Ruscoe 7
Richard Jones 8
John Rowlef sone 9
Allixander Smith 10
Cap*" Carpenter 11
ye Parsonage Lotte 12
John Owkee 13
Richard Roades 14
Thomas Smith 15
M. Freeman 16
John Smith Jr 17
Derrik Pollson 18
Doros PoUhellmas 19
Mr. Whitte. . 20
Nath Denton Junor 21
WillSallyer 22
Samll Smith 23
John Man 24
Samll Milles 25
Edward Higbe .26
John Wood 27
Jonas Wood 28
JohnOldfeld 29
William Foster 30
John Roades 31
Henry Lotte 32
Widow Ashmane 33
Widow iVshman 34
Mr. Pruden 35
JohnMoford 36
Zacariah Milles 37
Mr. Wollsey 38
John Carpenter 39
John Smith Sr 40
A Highe waye —
Andrew Onderdoncke. .41
Nicolos Evritt 42
John Bayles 43
Sam Dene 44
Waitt Smith 45
Samll Den tone 46
Hope Carpenter 47
Benjamine Coe 48
John & Joseph Ludlame . 49
John Everrett 50
Nathaniell Denton 51
Nehemiah Smith 52
AbleGalle 53
Thomas Wiggens 54
Joseph Thirston 55
Nathaniell Lynos 5Q
Joseph Smith 57
268 Records of the Town of
Elderd Lukes 58
William Osbourne 59 Lottes drawn for ye land
Mr. Nicolls 60 betwixt ye Little Plains
Richard Writte 61 Run & ye mill
Garrett Classen 62 Sam Ruscoe number 1
John Luberttsone 63
Iszacke Heagamane 64
Laid out with Mr. Whitt-
hed Memorandam Johanos
Williamson ■
Page 4-58
Att a Towne Mettinge held June ye 3d 1701 Cap*°
Thomas Okie was choasen Constable for this present
year or untill another be choasen and sworne in his
rome
Att the same Town Mettinge ther was choasen and
deputted by a publicque voatt Cap*" Daniell Whitthead
John Oke Freadrick Hendrickson Theodorus Pollhellmas
Richard Oldfeld Jonas Wood Jonathan Whitthead and
Peter Whitt to maintain and defend our rights & prev-
elidges of ffishing & ffoullinge & any other of our rights
in the bay as far as our line goes against any person
ore persons that doath or shall indeavor to infringe the
same pr ordor of ye Town Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Town meettinge held att Jamaica March ye
6 — 1701^ ther was choasen sixe men who are therby im-
powered to mak enquierry into what money is or hath
ben paid for quitte rent by the Town of Jamaica & what
is still dew to be paid & likewis to agree & conclude upon
sume sartain meathoud & way how the remainder of
the quitte rent must be paid for this present time & to
levey & gather the same & if any person or persons shall
neglegt refus or delay to pay his or their proportions by
them abovesd ordered it is votted & concluded to levey
the same by distres from such persons soe defective the
names of ye persons beinge John Oke Cap*" Okley Richard
Jamaica, Long Island 269
Oldfeld John Eaverrit Peter Whitt Elderd Lukes & this
to be cumpleattd & ended by ye twentieth of this in-
stant—
Att the same mettinge ther was choasen Cap*" Whitt-
head and Cap*" Okley by voat to carry downe the money
for ye quitt rentt to the Receiver Genrall & to tak re-
ceipts for the same & to make answer to the proclamai-
tion sent to us & to mak a reportt to ye Town of ye
same pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 4.59
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
come Wessell Peterson of Jamaica in Queens County in
the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea
that I the abovesd Wessell Peterson for severall reasons
& casses with Jacobmintye my wiff us & each of us
therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable
sattisfaction to us in hand paid or secured to be paid by
Steven Courtt of Fflattlands the reseipt wherof I doe
herby own and acknowledg to be therwith contented
sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted covenanted
releast quitt claimd enfeoft made over and sould & by
thes presents doe acknowledge to have from us our heirs
exseketors admists & assignes giveen granted covenanted
allinatted quitt claimd enfeofd mad over & sould unto
ye abovesd Steven Courtt of Fflattlands in ye Kinges
County his heirs exceketors & adminests all my accomoda-
tions lyinge & beinge w**^ in ye bounds of Jamaica afsd
viz^ fforty acers of land lyinge & beinge eastward of ye
Town under ye hills beinge fforty acers more ore less
runinge frome ye highe way northward parrellell w**'
ye rest of ye neighbours & otherwis bounded as it lyeth
within ye fence together with all ffencinge timbers
trees orchards gardens howesings barnes cloasses prev-
elidges profitts & benifitts therto belonginge with five
acers of meadow more ore less as it was layd out att ye
further East Necke buttinge easward by ye end of ye
other lottes & west runinge to ye end of ye Island joyn-
inge to ye said meadow together with all ye rest of my
270 Records of the Town of
outt lands belonginge to my accomodations as above
exsprest only exceptinge seven acers & a half lyinge be-
twen ye Little Plains Rune & Freemans path joyninge
to Nath Denton as allsoe as allsoe my share of ye littell
lotts lyinge att ye further East Neck aforsd I say that I
ye abovesd Wessell Peterson have with Jacobmintye my
wiffe as abovesd sould as aforsd unto ye abovesd Steven
Courtt all ye abovesd trackt of meadow acordinge as it
is above bounded together with all ye rights prevelidges
& appurtenances therunto belonginge with all howsings
barns orchards fencings gardens incloasseurs trees woods
under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge upon ye same
with all ye proporty & rights increwing therby ye same
to have and to hould and the same to be & remaine to ye
only propor use benifitt & behouff of him ye abovesd
Steven Court his heirs exceketors & adminestrs & assignes
for ever free & ffreely discharged of & from all formor
salles givfts morgages doweryes or any other entangle-
ments & doe like wis ingage to defend ye same good in
law ffree from any claim ore claimes from any person ore
persons from by or under me or my order & with a war-
rentee to defend ye sam against any intrest property
claim ore demand either from me ye abovesd Wessell
Peterson & Jacobmintye my wiffe our heirs exceketors
& adminesstrators & asignes in testemony wherof we
sett our hands & sealls this 5 day of October in ye 5 yeare
of Their Majsts reigns & in ye yere of our Lord God
1693
Signed sealld & dellivered Wessell Peterson O
in presence of Jacobmintey X O
James Clement hur mark
Samuell Ruscoe
A trew coppy of ye orrigonall pr Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^GO
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cum Will*" Creed of Jamaica in Queens County in
ye Island of Nassaw yeoman sendeth greettinge Know
Jamaica, Long Island 271
yea that I ye abovesd William Creed for severall good
reasons & casses me therunto moveinge but more eass-
peatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to me in hand
payd by Johanas Holshart of Flat Lands in Kings County
& secured to be payd ye receipt wherof I doe herby own
& acknowledg to be therwith contented sattisfyed and
payd & therof & therfrom doe acquitt exonort & dis-
charge ye aforsd Johanos Holshart his heirs & assignes
from any further claim or demand for any part or parcell
throf have giveen granted covenanted allinated releast
enfeoft quitt claimd mad over and sould & by thes pres-
ents doe acknowledg to have from me my heires excecu-
tors & adminestrators giveen granted covenanted al-
linatted released enfeoft quitt claimd made over and
sould unto the abovesd Johanas Holshart his heirs
exceketors adminesstrators & assignes a certain pece
of upland lyinge within ye bounds & limits of Jamaica
abovesd bounded as followeth viz at ye north end by
Garrett Lubertson marked partinge Mr. Pruden & ye
sd Garrett and from thence to a cartain marked whit
oak tree nere ye haw tree pond & from thence upon
a dirict line to a marked blakoak saplinge by ore nere
the haw tree path and so from thence joyninge upon sd
path to a marked wallnut tree & then to rune to the foresd
marked tree partinge Mr. Pruden & ye aforsaid Garrett
Lubertson all which sd pece or parcell of land as above
bounded & exprest with ye prevelidges and appurten
therunto belonginge with all timbers trees woods under
woods standing or lyinge beinge upon ye same I ye sd
William Creed have as aforsd sould as abovesd unto
ye aforsd Johanes Holshart his heirs & assignes to have
and to hould for ever & the same to be & remain to ye
only propor use benifit and behouf of him ye sd Johanes
Holshart his heirs excecutors and adminestrators and
assignes free & clerly discharged of & from all formor
salles giftes morgages or any other entanglements what
ever & ye same shall & by thes presents for ever warrant
and defend against any claim or demand from any
person ore persons what soever w*^ a warrente to defend
272 Records of the Town of
ye same against any intrest property claim ore demand
from me ye sd William Creed and Sarah my wife our
heires exceketors & adminestrators for ever in confirma-
Page W
tion wherof we have herunto set to our hands and affixed
our sealles this twenty seventh day of March in ye ninth
yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred
ninty seven — Memorandam that I ye sd William Creed
doe acknowledg to have herwith sould to ye sd Johanes
Holshart one acer right of prevelidg upon ye comons for
cuttinge wood or timber from ye datte herof
Signed seald and dellivered William Creed O
in presence of Sarah X Creed O
John Oke her mark
Samll Ruscoe
A trew coppy of ye origonall entered pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Johanes Holshartts deed to Ram Dorlant in page .... 270
Cap*^" Briant Newtons deed to Thomas Wollsey in
page 300
Mr. Danll Whitheads deed to Thomas Wollsey in
page 301
Mr. Danll Whithead engagment to Tho Wollsey in
pag 302
Jonathan Mills & Ben Thirstons ded of exchaing in
pag 382
Mr. William Halletts deed to Richard Jones in page 383
Gideon Allins salle of a baye horse in page 472
Cap*" Whitheads deed to Samll Darlinge in page 258
Jonas Woods & Samll Ruscoes exchainge in page .... 259
Peter Stringhams & Samll Barkers deed to Saml
Carpenter in page 366 & 367
John Lamberttsons deed to Samuell Carpenter in page. 367
Fredricks Hendricks & John Fredricks deed to Sam
Bayeles in page 388
Jamaica, Long Island 273
Jonoss Woods deed to Benjamin Thirston in
page 389 & 390
Richard Wrights deed of gifft to Samll Barker in
page 377
Samll Ruscoe deed to Hans Burgee in page 395
Mr. Daniell Whitthead deed to Ram and Garrett
Borland in page 444 & 445
Garrett & Ram Dorlants deed of devition in
page 445 & 446
Nathaniell Smiths deed to Benjamine Thirston
in page 390 & 391
Richard Oldfelds deed to Benjamin Thirston in
page 391 & 392
David Wrights deed to Benjamin Thirston in
page 392 & 393
Samll Bayles deed to Thomas Everitt in page . 303 & 304
Daniell Oldfeld deed to Garrett Johnson in
pag 393 & 394
Mr. Creed deed of discharg to Jonathan Davis in
page 384
Mr. Prudens deed to Thomas Burrows in page 260
Samll. Bayles deed to Benj. Thirston in page 372
Thomas Wellings deed to Benjamin Thirston in pag . . 378
Wait Smith & Nath Dentons exchaing in pag 414
. Page Jf62
Thes presents testefy that I John Carpenter Junor
of Jamaica in Queens County for severall good con-
siderrations me therunto moveing & more easspeatily
for a vallewable consideration in hand paid have have
giveen granted allin bargined sold enfeofed & confirmed
& by thes presents doe for my self my heires and assignes
fully firmly & absoluttly give grant alline bargine sell
enfeof & confirme unto John & Joseph Ludlame of ye sd
Towne & County thr heires and assignes a sartain howes
& home lotte cittuatte lyinge beinge in ye Towne of
Jamaica ye sd lott is bounded one ye west w*^ a hige
way on ye north w*^ Sam Mills his land on ye east w***
Nath Dentons Juners land & one ye south w*^ ye land of
Records of the Town of
John Ludlames w*^^ sd howes & land together w**' ye
orchard feilces improvements prevehdges & appurtenances
therupon or therunto belonginge ye sd John Carpenter
for him self his heirs & assignes doath sell & make over
unto ye sd John & Joseph Ludlam for themsellves heires
& assignes to have & to hould poses and injoye for ever
and I ye sd John Carpenter Juner for my self my heires
& assignes ye sd howes & land as abovesd bounded &
exprest from any person or persons by from or under me
upon any pretence whattever claiming any intrest to ye
sd land doe by thes presents & will for ever defend
that this my akt & deed I testefy by settinge to my hand
& seall this 24th day of Febrauary Anoqe Dominy 1688/7
& in ye 3d yeare of the reigne of our Soverraign Lord
James ye Second by ye grace of God of England Scott-
land France & Irland Kinge Defender of ye Faith &c.
Signed seald & dellivered John X Carpenter O
in presenc of his mark
Nehemiah Smith
Danll Denton A trew coppy of ye orridgonall
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Know all men by thes presents that I Samuell Mes-
senger of Jamaica in ye North Rydinge of Yorkshire
one Longe Island have for a vallewable consideration
bargined & sould to Eliszabeth Ludloe of Jamaica of
ye North Rydinge of Yorkshire aforsaid my howes &
home lott which I boutt of Daniell Whitthead all except
ye orchyard & ye meadow & ye prevelidge belonginge
to itt it is to be understood that all ye prevelidge is ex-
cepted it is only ye howes & half lott which I bought of
Daniell Whitthead w*'^ ye fences joyninge to it which I
Samuell Mesenger have sold to ye widdow Ludloe ye
lott is bounded betwen James Hindes & ye widdow
Ludloe ye front next ye streett ye reare east this my
sale I doe ingage to mak good in law free from any just
claimes as wittnes my hand November ye 16: 1672
Samuell Mesenger
Jamaica, Long Island 275
Signed & dellivered
in presens of A trew coppy pr
Samuell Milles Sam Ruscoe
Tho. Smith Clark
Thes presents testefy that I Ellisabeth Smith formorly
reliqe to William Ludlam doe assigne & sett over all my
right title & intrest of ye sd Within written deed to my
son Joseph Ludlam of Jamaica in Queens County for
him his heires & assignes for ever as wittnes my hand this
24 day of Ellisabeth X Smith
Febrauary 1688/7 hur mark
Wittness
Nehemiah Smith
Daniell Denton A trew copy pr
Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^63
I John Ludlam withine mentioned doe for my self
my heires & assignes fully frely & absoluttly for full sat-
tisfaction received assigne & sett over all my right tytell
& intrest of ye within written deed of salle to my brother
Joseph Ludlam as wittnes my hand this 24 day of Feb-
rary 1688/7 John Ludlam
Wittnes
Nehemiah Smithe
Daniell Denton A trew copy pr
Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Marche ye 13th 1679 Know all men by thes pres-
ents that I Curnelus Barnson inhabetant of Jamaica
in ye North Rydinge of New Yorkshire upon Longe
Island doe give unto John Ludlam of Jamaica in ye
Rydinge aforsaid by way of exchainge five acers of new
land lyinge in ye woods within ye boundes of Jamaica
aforsaid nott yett taken upe for & in consideration of
five acers of land exchainged by ye sd John w*^ me as
appereth by a deed of exchainge bearringe datte w*''
276 Records of the Town of
this I say I the sd Curneallus Barnson have for my self
my heires exceketors adminestrators & assignes giveen
by exchainge to ye said John his heires exceketors ad-
minestrators or assignes ye sd five acers of land abovesd
to have & to hould for ever & ye sd John hath full power
to take up ye sd land any wher in ye boundes of this
Towne aforsaid nott hinderinge or breking ye Townes
ordor to ye trew performance of ye premises above men-
tioned I ye said Corneallus doe bind my self as abovesd
by setting to my hand ye day & yeare above written
Testes Curnelus X Barnson
Thomas Okley his marke
Sam Ruscoe
A trew coppy pr
Sam Ruscoe
Clarke
An account of whatt is paid to Elliszabeth
P. S. P.
Reseived 04—10—00
X one oxe 06—00—00
X to 2 cowes 08—10-00
X one woUen blankett 00-10-00
X by pewter reseived 01 — 10 — 11
21—00—11
A trew coppy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Page IfSIf.
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume George Wollsey Junor and John Ludlam boath
belonging to Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of
Nassaw sendeth greettinge now know yea that wee the
abovesd George Wollsey and John Ludlam have made a
mutuall exchainge of sume upland lyinge & beinge in
Jamaica as followeth Imprimis that I the abovesd George
Jamaica, Long Island 277
Wollsey have for me my heires exceketors & admines-
trators giveen granted covenanted releassed quitte claimed
exchainged & for ever made over unto ye abovesd John
Ludlam his heirs excecutors adminestrators & assignes
all my right & devition in ye hill devition being a fiveten
acer right with all the prevelidges profits & benifitts
therunto belonginge with all timbers trees woods under
woods standinge & lyinge beinge upon ye same and in
consideration therof I the abovesd John Ludlam doe
acknowledg to have from me my heirs exceketors & ad-
minesstrators given granted covenanted releast quitte
claimd exchainged & for ever made over unto ye abovesd
George Wollsey his heirs excekts & adminestrators &
assignes a certain pece of upland lyinge in ye boundes of
Jamaica abovesd beinge on ye east side of ye Plaine Run
beinge the half of a fiveten acer lott as it lyes begining
at from ye midle of sd lott to ye west end therof joyninge
to ye south sid of Ben j amine Goes lott & bounded on
ye south sid by John Everitt w*^ all prevelidges & benifits
therunto belonginge we say that we ye abovesd George
Wolsey & John Ludlam have fully & absolutly exchainged
each to ue other the above specifyed peces of land as
they ly & are exsprest w*** their & evry of their appur-
tenances to have & to hould for ever & ye sam shall &
will warrent & for ever defend against any claime ore
demand from any person or persons what ever w**" a
warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty
claime ore demand each from ye other or heirs excecutors
for ever in confirmation wherof we ye parties above named
enterchangbly set to our hands & seals this fourtenth
day of Janry in ye eaight yeare of His Majsts. & in ye
yeare of our Lord one thowsand sixe hundred ninty &
and sixe
Signed seald & dellivered
George Wollsey 0
in presence of
John Ludlam 0
Waitt Smith
Samll Ruscoe
A trew coppy pr
Sam Ruscoe
Clark
278 Records of the Town of
Page ^65
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
come Derrick Pollsen of Jamaica in Queens County send-
eth greetting Know yea that I ye abovesd Derrick
Pollsen w**" Sarah my wiffe for severall good reasons
& casses us & either of us therunto moveing but more
easspeatily for a vallewable sume of moneys in hand paid
& secured to be paid by Stophell Romain of Gravesend
in Kinges County the reseipt wherof we doe herby ack-
nowledg & own to be therwith contented sattisfyed &
paid have giveen granted covenanted allinated releassed
quitt claimed enfeofed made over & sould & by thes
presents doe acknowledge to have from us our heires
exceketors & adminestrators & assignes giveen granted
covenanted allined releassed quitt claimed enfeoft made
over and sould unto ye abovesd Stophell Romain his
heires exceketors & adminestrators all my accomada-
tions lyinge & beinge within ye boundes of Jamaica aforsd
viz forty acers of land lyinge & beinge eastward of ye
Towne under ye hilles being forty acers as aforsd more or
less runing from ye high way northward parrellell with
ye rest of ye naybors and otherwiss bounded as it lyeth
within the fence together with all fencing timbers trees
orchyards gardens howesings barnes closses prevelidges
prophitts & benifitts therunto belonging with five acers
of meadow more or less as it wass laid out at ye further
East Neck buting estwards by the end of the other lotts
and west runing to the end of the island joyning to ye
said meadow together with all ye rest of my out lands
belonging to my accomadations abovesd excepting seven
acers & a half lying betwen ye Little Plain Rune & Free-
mans path joyning to Nath Denton as allsoe my share of
ye little lotts lying at ye further East Neck aforsd I say
that I the abovesd Derrick Pollsen with Sarah my wiffe
have as abovesd sould as abovesd unto ye abovesd Stoph-
ell Romaine his heires exceketors adminestrators & as-
signes all ye abovesd forty acers with all howesing gar-
dens orchyards fencings with five, acers of meadow lying
as aforsd with all ye rest of my out lands seven acers &
Jamaica, Long Island 279
a halfe only excepted as abovesd to have and to hould to
him ye sd Stophell his heires & assignes for ever ye same
to be & remain to ye only proper use benifitt & behofe of
him ye sd Stophell & his heires for ever ye same & all &
every partt & parcell therof to ockepy posses & in joy
free without lett fraud or hindrance or mollestation from
any person or persons what ever & ye same shall & will
for ever warrent & defend against all formor salles givfts
morgages or intangellments what ever with a warrente
to defend ye same against any claim intrest property or
demand either from me my heires exceketors & assignes
for ever in confirmation wherof I the sd Derrick Pollsen
with Sarah my wiffe doe bind our selves our heires exceke-
tors & assignes by setting to our hands & sealls this
twenty seventh day of Febrauary in ye fourth yeare of
ye reigne of Their Majest. & in ye yeare of our Lord
Christ 1692/3
Signed sealld & dellivered Derrick X Pollsen O
in presence of Sarah Powlsen O
John Stewartt
Samuell Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye origonall
pr Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page 4^6
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Daniell Whitthead and William Creed boath of
Jamaica in Queens County sendeth greetting Know
yea that we ye abovesd Daniell Whithead & William
Creed for severall good considerations & casses us & each
of us therunto moveing but more easspeatially for a
vallewable sume of moneys to us in hand payd & secured
to be payd by Moses Pettitt of Newtowne in ye County
aforsaid ye reseipt wherof we doe herby owne and ack-
nowledg to be their with contented sattisfyed & paid
have given granted covenanted allinatted released quitte
claimed enfeofed made over & sould & by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from us our heires exceketors
& assigns sould a sartain parcell or pece of upland lying
& being at ye south being comonly called an island lying
280 Records of the Town of
within Newtown meadows w*^ all the upland lying w*^
in ye fence belonging to ye sd necke only reserving liberty
for Newtown men to have waies to their meadowes &
stoffe to fence their meadowes we say that we ye abovesd
Daniell Whithead and William Creed haves as aforsaid
sould as abovesd ye aforsd island lyinge within ye meadow
belonging to Newtown aforsd w*^ what land lyeth within
ye fence ye aforsd waies & fencing stuffe only excepted
unto ye aforsd Moses Pettet his heires exceketors &
assignes the same to have and to houlde ockepy posses
and injoye free without leat fraud or hindrance or mol-
lestation & ye same shall & will for ever warrant &
defend against any formor salles givfts morgages or claim
from any person or persons from by or under us ore our
ordor with a warrantee to defend ye same against any
intrest property claim or demand from us our heires
exceketors & assignes for ever in confirmation of all &
every ye above mentioned premises we the said Daniell
Whithead and William Creed have sett to our hands &
sealles this twenty first day of Janry in ye fourth year
of the reigne of Their Majsts William & Mary &c. &
in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundreed
ninty two & three this deed of salle comprehends all ye
land bought by Daniell W'hithead & William Creed
within ye fence of ye sd necke or island
Signed sealled & dellivered Daniell W^hitthead O
in presence of William Creed O
Samll Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye origonell
John X Dusenberg deed of salle entered & exam-
his marke ined pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page J^67
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Barnard Cattling bellonging to Jamaica in Queens
County sendeth greetting Know yea that I Barnard
Cattlinge with Sarah my wiffe for severall good con-
siderations & casses us therunto moveing but more
easspeatially for a vallewable sume to us in hand payd
allredy by William Wetherby now residing att Fosters
Jamaica, Long Island 281
Meadow within ye County abovesd ye reaseipt wherof I
doe herby acknowledg & therwith to rest contented satis-
fyed & paid have given granted covenanted alHnatted
released enfeoffed bargined & sould & by thes presents
doe fully & absoluttly from us our heires exceketorS &
assignes give grant covenant allin relleas enfeof make
over sell & confirme unto ye abovesd William Wetherbee
his heires exceketors adminestrators & assignes a cer-
tain parcell or trackt of upland lying & beinge within
ye boundes of Jamaica aforsd sittuatt east of ye Littell
Paines in ye east devition being the first lott in that
devetion & being bounded on ye south by Mr. Daniell
Whitthed containing fiveten acers more or less as it
was laj^d out by ye surveyors being that parcell of land
that we had of Thomas Wellinge we say that I the
abovesd Barnard Cattling with Sarah my wiffe have as
abovesd sould as abovesd ye said fiveten acers of upland
as it is above exsprest & bounded together with howesings
fenceings timbers trees standing or lying being upon
or any waies appertaining to ye same as allsoe with all
& singuler ye prevelidges prophitts benifitts improve-
ments that doe or shall belong any wais to any partt of
ye premises abovesd & we doe by thes presents acknowledg
ye abovesd William to be in ye trew & lawfull possestion
of ye premises haveing dellivered ye same with all &
every their appurtenances unto ye abovesd William
his heires exceketors adminestrators & assignes ye same
to have and to houlde ockepy posses & injoy as his &
their ffree right & lands of inherretance for ever & the
same with all & every partt & parcell therof to be &
remain to ye only proper use benifitt & behoffe of him
ye sd William his heires exceketors adminestrators &
assignes without leatt fraud or hindrance or mollestation
either from us or any other person or persons whatsoe-
ever from by or under us or our order or any other pre-
tence what ever forraine invation invation excepted &
I the sd Barnard with Sarrah my wiffe doath ingage this
our sale good in law ffree & freely to be cleared from all
formor salles givfts morgages leasses dowerys or any
282 Records of the Town of
other intangellments what so ever with a warrentee to
defend ye same against any claim property or intrest
from us ye sd Barnard & Sarah our heirs exeeketors
adminestrators & assignes for ever to ye trew performance
of all & singuler ye abovesd premises I the abovesd
Barnard Cattling with Sarah my wiffe have bound our
selves as abovesd by subscribing our names & setting
to our sealls this twenty fivft day of July in ye fourth
year of Their Majesties reignes & in ye yere of our Lord
Christ 1692
Signed sealld & dellivered Bernard X Cattling O
in presence of his mark
Samll Ruscoe Sarah X Cattling O
Eaphreiam Goulden her mark
A trew coppy of ye orrigonall deed entered & exam-
ined pr me Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page Ji-68
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume I William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County send-
eth greetting Know yea that I the abovesd William
Creed for severall good reasons considerations & casses
with Sarah my wiffe us therunto moveinge but more
esspeatially for a vallewable sume of money to me in
hand paid by Samuell Deine of ye same Towne and
County ye reseipt wherof we doe herby owne and ack-
nowled to be therwith contented sattisfyed & payd
have given granted covenanted allinated bargined en-
feofed made over & sould unto ye abovesd Samuell
Dein his heires exeeketors & assignes a sartain pece or
parcell of land being bounded as followeth viz by a whitte
oake tree on ye south west cornor & on ye south east
cornor by a wallnutte tree & soe runinge north ward to
ye ould cross fence belonging to Samuell Smith which
sd pece of land was bought from ye sd Samuell Smith all
which sd pece or parcell of land as it is above butted
and bounded I the abovesd William Creed have as
aforsd sould as abovesd unto ye aforsd Samuell Deine
Jamaica, Long Island 283
his heires exceketors and assignes ye same & all and
every partt & parcel therof to have and to hould for ever
& ye same to be & remaine to ye only proper use benifitt
& behoufe of him ye sd Samuell Dein his heires & assignes
for ever to ockepy posses & in joy as his & their own free
right & land of inheretance & ye same shall & will for
ever warrant & defend against all fornior salles givfts
morgages or any other entanglements what ever & ye
same warrant & defend against any claim or claims
from any person or persons whatever with a warrentee
to defend ye same against any property intrest claim or
demand whatever in confirmation wherof I the abovesd
William Creed with Sarrah my wiffe doe bind ourselves
& our heires exceketors & assignes for ever by setting
to our hands & fixeing our sealls this twenty first day of
Janry in ye fourth year of Their Majesties reignes & in
ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred
ninty two & three Will Creed O
Signed sealled & dellivered
in presence of
Samll Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye orrigonall
Marcy X Ruscoe deed examined & entered pr
her marke me Samll Ruscoe
Clark
January ye 21h 1692/3 then appered befor me Daniell
Whithead one of Their Majesties Justices of ye Peace for
Queens County ye within named William Creed & ack-
nowledged this within convaiance to be his ackt & deed
Danll Whitthead
Page 1^69
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
Samuell Deine of Jamaica Sean^ in Queens County send-
eth gretting Know yea tht I the abovesd Samuell Deine
for severall good reasons & casses me therunto moveing
but more esspeatially for the natuerall respects & fatherly
love that I doe beare unto my sone John Deine belonging
to ye same Towne & County have given granted releassed
284 Records of the Town of
quitt claimed enfeoft made over & confirmed and doe
herby thes presents acknowledg to have from me my
heires exceketors and assignes giveen granted released
quit claimed covenanted allinatted enfeofed mad over
& confirmed unto my abovesd sone John Deine his heires
exceket"^^ and assignes a sartain parcell of upland con-
taining thirty acers more or less sittuat lyinge & being
within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd and is bounded &
butted as followeth viz one partt therof butteinge north
by the north by ye road or high way from Jamaica to
New York and bounded east by ye land of Samuell Dein
Junor & south by ye said Samuell Dein & west by Dow
Jonson & ye other part butting south by ye aforsaid
road & north by the hilles west by ye above Dowe Jon-
son & east by ye land of the abovesd Samuell Dein Juner
all which parcell of land as it is above butted & bounded
containing as aforsd thirty acers more or less I the
abovesd Samuell Deine. Seanor. have as abovesd fully
& frely giveen & wholly bequeaved unto my abovesd
sone John Dein with all prevelidges appurtenances
buldings orchyards gardens timbers trees standing or
lying with all fencing belonging therunto & all & singuler
ye improvements made upon ye same to him the said
John Deine his heires exceketors & assignes to have and
to hould for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye abovesd
John Dein his heires exceketors & assignes for ever
without lett fraud or hindrance or mollestation & doe
warrant & shall for ever defend this my gift free & freely
discharged from any formor sale gift morgages leasses
doweryes joynters or any other entangellment and shall
& will ye same for ever defend against any just claim
or claimes from any person or persons laying any just
claim therto with a warrantee to defend ye same clere
& free from any proprty intrest claim or demand from me
my heires exceketors & assignes for ever acknowledging
him my sd sone to be in ye trew & lawfull posestion of ye
same in wittnes wherunto I the abovesd Samuell Deine
doe bind my self my heires exceketors & assignes firmly
by subscribing my name & setting to my seall this
Jamaica, Long Island 285
fourtenth day of December in ye fourth yeare of Their
Majesties reignes & in ye yeare of our Lord one thowsand
sixe hundred ninty & two
Page If70
Memorandam farther before signeing & sealHng that
I the abovesd Samuell Dein doe as firmly as above
mentioned grant give allinat confirme & make over unto
ye said sone of mine namely John Deine his heirs exceke-
tors & assignes a sartain devetion right of boggy or has-
sekey meadow lying & being at ye east side ye hawtree
island and joyning to ye meadow formorly Robertt Goes
I say that I doe freely as abovesd give the sd right or
devition to my sd sone John Deine to have and to hould
for ever Samuell Dein O
Signed sealled & dellivered
in presence of
John Man A trew coppy of ye orrigonall
Samll Ruscoe enterd & examined pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
June the ninth 1696 wheras I Moses Pettet of Newtown
did formorly purchas a tract of land comonly called or
known by the name of Seller or Longe Neck of Daniell
Whitthead & William Creed which bargine ore salle I the
abovesd Pettett doe declare to be nulle & void and desier
that this may be entered upon the Towne boock of
Jamaica to signify the same I haveinge neaver paid any
thinge in consideration therefore that this is my act &
deed I signify by settinge to my hand & seall
Signed & seald Moses Pettet
in presence of
Robertt Ffield A trew coppy pr
Pheabe Field Samll Ruscoe
Page 1^71
Jemaicia ye 18th of January Anno. Dom: 1683
Wheras as ther hath been & is a treaty of marriage
held between me Richard Jones batchaller & Jane Ffoster
286 Records of the Town of
ye widdow of Henery Ff oster deceased ; these may certifie
any whome it may concerne that before any thing of
y* nature be concluded or consumated between them
this agreement or jointars was made & confirmed as
followeth viz: The above said Henery Ff oster deceised
having before his death by a written will & testament
gi^^en & bequeathed unto each of his children surviving
& then in being a certaine dowry legacy or portion out of
his estate to be paid truly & faithfully unto each of them
respectively when they should com of age therfore &c.
I the said Richard Jones above said (in case I shall mary
with the widow of ye said Ffoster) have engaged & doe
by vertue of these presents binde & engage my selfe
heirs executors or administrators to performe & fulfill
the said will & testament to all intents & purposes of
the testator & that if either of ye children now living
should hapen to dye before it cometh of age to receive
its proper dowry then ye proportion willed to it shall be
made good unto & equally divided among ye surviving
children of ye said Ffoster — morover wheras ye said
Henery Ffoster deceased hath ordained & constituted
and apointed his surviving widdow Jane Ffoster sol
executor of his will & testament investing her with a
considerable estate as hur own proper right besides
what improvement of ye wholl estate of hur husband
deceased for ye supporting & comfort of ye ffamilly &
children untell they shall com of age respectively or other-
wise as exsprest in ye said will of Henry Ffoster deceased
I the said Richard Jones in case I shall marry with the
said Jane Ffoster & enter possesion of ye estate left with
her & comited to her) I Richard Jones doe upon sundry
serious considerations ffrelly consent & promise unto her
(as these presents tetifie that she shall have ffull power &
liberty without any controlment from me or mine any
way to dispose of twenty pounds of ye estate which is
now her proper estate as she should think meet & as ye
Lord shall direct her in case she should dye before ye
said Richard Jones more over ye said Jane Ffoster shall
have full power & liberty to dispose of her whole share
Jamaica, Long Island 287
& right Jn ye south beach which her fformer husband
purchased of Mr. John Richbill I say to dispose of it
when either of us shall dye as she pleaseth without in-
terruption by me or mine at any time — morover it is
intented & by mutuall consent determined & concluded
that in case ye said marriage shall be consumated be-
tween ye said Richard & Jane that then the said twenty
pounds & beach right afore mentioned shall not be any
part of her dowry or any way deprive or abridge her of
a conjucall reall & legall right in ye estate of ye said
Richard in case she should survive her husband and in
confirmation herof we have mutually subscribed the
day & date above written
Signed & subscribed Rich : Jones
in ye presens of us Jane X Foster
John Prudden her mark
Joseph Thirstun
A true coppye out ye origenall by me
Edward Hare
Clarck
Edward Hare Sen^ was borne ye twenteth nienth
day of December in ye night between aleaven and
twelve oclock being ye second day of ye week.
Anno. Dbmmina. (1690)
Page 472
Theese presents testiffy that William Creed of Jemaica
in ye Queens County hath made an exchange off land
with his ffather in law Thomas Wiggins Senr off ye sd
Town & County as ffolloweth The sd William Creed
is to have by this exchange the sd Thomas Wiggins his
lot that lyeth westward next adjoyning to ye sd William
Creeds land w* all ye ffencing & improvements priveledge
& appurtenances thereupon or thereunto belonging ffor
him & his heires ffor ever & the sd Thomas Wiggins in
consideration off ye sd lot is to have fforty acres off land
which lies as ffolloweth (viz) Ten ajcres lying at ye south-
288 Records of the Town of
end off ye Litle Plains the other thirty lies over ye boggs
southward off ye Town which was fformerly John Everets
which sd fforty acres off land ye sd Thomas Wiggins is
to have & to hold ffor him selff his heires & assignes ffor
ever as witness our hands this ffirst off March Annoq
Domini 1688/7
Subscribed beffore William Creed
Dan'> Denton Josiah x Wiggins
Clark his mark
by order ffrom his ffather
Sould by me Gideon Alline a sartaine horse to Sarah
Godfreey blake mare on of above collr marked with a nick
— the nere sid of the nere eare I the sd God Gideon Alline
doath acknowledge as wittnes my hand this third day
of January Annoq Domini 1699
Testes Gideon X Alline
IszAK Graye his marke
Joseph Sutton A trew coppy entered pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 473
A rate made for ye satisffying ye west purchase which
was payd by by Mr. Coe by order ffrom ye Town to bee
payd after wheat at 5" 8^ ye bushell
W/ Mr. Robert Coe 1—10— 9
Acres Ben. Coe 1—02— 2
Tho Benedick Senr 1—02— 2
Edward Rouse 1—02— 2
Anthony Waters . . . : 1—02— 2
John Ouldffield 1—02— 2
Andrew Mesenger 1 — 02 — 2
Sam'i Mathews 1—02— 2
Ralph Keeler 1—02— 2
Joseph Smith 1—02— 2
Rich: Everet 1—02— 2
Henry Townsend 1 —
A mistake hee payd none
Jamaica, Long Island 289
Mr. Sticklan 1—2—2
John Rodes 1 — 2 — 2
Nath Denton /. . . . 1 — 2— 2
George Mills 1—2—2
Abraham Smith 1 — 2 — 2
15/ Danll Denton 1—2—2
Acres Tho. Ffoster 0—17—1
William Foster 0—17—1
John Baylys 0—17—1
Morace Smith 0—17—1
Samll Smith 0—17—1
Tho. Wiggins 0—17—1
Luke Watson 0—17—1
Mr. Walker 0—17—1
Henry Whitny 0—17—1
Samll Dean 0—17—1
Old Goodm. Smith 0—17—1
10/ Ffrancis Ffinch. 0—13— 8
Acres Samll Mills 0—13— 8
Will Brinkly 0—13— 8
John Hindes 0—13— 8
George Cummins 0 — 13— 8
John Skidmore 0—13— 8
Nehemiah Smith 0—13— 8
Tho Benedik 0—13— 8
Ben. Davis 0—13— 8
Ffulk Davis 0—13— 8
Rodger Lynas 0—13— 8
Joseph Thurston 0 — 13 — 8
John Bayly. Junr 0—13— 8
Tho. Smith 0—13— 8
5/ Rich. Darling 0—9—5
Acres Zackary Mills 0— 9— 5
Alexander Smith 0 — 9 — 5
Henry Ffoster paid his part Anno 1681 wch was
This rate was made by order ffrom ye Town by Tho.
Benedik Anthony Waters & Danll Denton
290 Records of the Town of
A true coppy taken out of ye old booke by
Danll Denton
Clark
Page J^Uf.
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume I Ellias Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County
sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Elias
Bayles w**' Sarah my wife for severall good reasons &
eases us & each of us therunto moveing but more eass-
peatilly for a vallewable sattisfaction to us in hand paid
by Cap*" Thomas Okley of Jamaica abovesd which sd
sattisfaction was made & paid to Justice Richard Smith
of Smithfield beinge sixty poundes beinge upon account
of a bond past by mee ye above said Ellias Bayles to ye
said Smith and I the abovesaid Ellias Bayles with Sarah
my wife doe own to have reseaived the abovesd sattis-
faction & doe by thes presents give grant covenant
allinat enfeof quitte claimd releas make over & sell &
by thes presents doe acknowledge to have from us our
heires exceketors & adminestrators giveen granted cove-
nanted released quitte claimed enfeofed made over and
sould unto the abovesd Cap*° Thomas Okley his heires
exceketors & adminesstrators & assignes my now dwelling
hous & homesteed sittuatte in Jamaica beinge bounded
upon ye front by ye streett & north by the comons west
by Thomas Wiggens & east by Joseph Smith together
with all gardens orchards trees frutt trees fencings &
improvements benifitts & injoyments that are & shall
belong to the same I say that I the above said Ellias
Bayles w*^ Sarah my wife have as abovesd sould as above-
sd unto ye abovesd Cap*" Thomas Okley all the abovesd
howeses homlott orchyard gardens & fences & to have &
to hould for ever and the same to be & remain to ye only
propor use benifitt & behouf of him ye abovesd Cap*"
Okley his heirs & assignes for ever free & clerly discharged
of & from all formor salles givftes morgages what ever
and all other intanglements about the same & ye same
shall & will by thes presents for ever defend any claim or
claimes from any person or persons what ever with a
Jamaica, Long Island 291
warente to defend ye same against any intrest property
claim or demaijd from me ye sd Ellias Bayles & Sarah
my wife our heirs excecutors & adminestrators for ever
in confirmation wherof we sett to our handes & sealls
this fourth day of June in ye eaight yere of His Majs.
reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1696
Memorandam & be it known by thes presents that ther
is to be in this bargin of salle thre acers of priveledge
from the datte herof
Signed sealled & dellivered Elias Bayles O
in presence of Sarah X Bayles O
Will Piny her mark
Sam Ruscoe
June ye ninth 1696 then apered before me Daniell
Whitthead one of His Majesties Justices of ye Peace
for Queens County ye abovesd ElHas Bayles and acknowl-
edged ye above ded to be his own fre & vollontary act &
deed Dan Whitthead
A trew copy pr me
Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page ^75
Theese presents testiffy y* I Daniell Denton Senr. off
Jemaica in Queens County for & in good consideration
mee thereunto moving & more especially for & in con-
sideration off full satisffaction alreddy received have
given granted alienated bargained sold & made over &
by theese presents doe ffully ffirmly & absolutely give
grant alienate bargain sell & make over ffrom mee my
heires excecutors administrators & assignes unto Ben-
jamin Jones off ye sd Town & County his heires & as-
signes thirty ffive acres off land more or less lying w* in
ye boimds off Jamaica afforesd twenty ffive acres off
which land ye sd Daniell Denton had layd out to him by
vertue off a grant ffrom ye Town the other ten acres off
land ye sd Daniell Denton purchast ffrom Abell Gale
off ye sd Town & County all which land lieth adjoyning
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together on ye west side oflP ye Litle Plains & on ye south
side off ye old path y* goes to ye Litle Plains being
bounded on ye north partly with Jonathan Woods land
& part off it running eastward off Jonathan Woods
land to ye common & bounded on ye east w* Richard
Rodes on ye south w* ye old path beffore mentioned:
all which sd thirty five acres off land together w* ye
timber & appurtenances thereunto belonging as alsoe
the house now set up which is to bee finishd by Daniell
Denton Junior as alsoe a well w"^ deed & condition for
ye building off ye house is alreddy assignd & made over
unto ye sd Benjamin Jones all which land aforesd to-
gether w* ye house w* ye timber improvements & ap-
purtenances ye sd Benjamin Jones is to have hold possess
& enjoy ffor ever ffor himself his heires executors ad-
ministrators & assignes ffree ffrom all sutes sales lets
morgages fforffeits or incumbrances whatsoever as also
ffrom all claim or claims ffrom any persons claiming
any interest in ye sd land that this is my act & deed I
testiffy by setting too my hand & scale this 13th off
September Annoq Domini 1686 Danll Denton O
Signed seald & delivered
in ye presence off us
Edward Higbee Acknowledged before mee ye
Nathaniell Denton 15th off September 86
Daniell Whitehead
Hannah ye wiffe off Dan'' Denton doth ffreely assent
to ye sale above mentioned
Witness Hanah X Denton
John X Oldfield her mark
John Oldffield Junr A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Clerk
Page ^76
Theese presents testify y* I Daniell Denton Senr of
Jemaica upon Long Island in Queens County for good
consideration mee thereunto moving & more especially
for a valuable consideration in hand payd or secured
Jamaica, Long Island 293
to bee payd by John Oldffield Junior off Jemaica aforesd
have given granted sold aHened enffeoffed & confirmed
& by theese presents doe ffully firmly & absolutely give
grant sell alien enffeoffe and confirme unto John Old-
ffield aforesd his heires or assignes my house & land ad-
joy ning to it that I bought of Benjamin Jones off ye
sd place being bounded on ye east w* ye highway on
ye south w* John Oldffields land on ye west w* John
Heines his land & on ye north with ye land of Benjamin
Coe & ye widdow Messenger which sd house & land con-
taining eight acres more or less w*^ ye orchard trees fences
improvements & appurtenances on or upon ye sd land
ye sd Daniell Denton hath sold aliened & made over
from himselff his heires executors administrators & as-
signes ffor him or them to have & to hold as his & their
proper right for ever and ye sd Daniell Denton for him-
selff his heires or assighnes or from any person or persons
by from or under them or either off them or upon any
pretence whatsoever claiming any interest to ye sd land
shall & will warrant & for ever by theese presents de-
fend that this is my act & deed I testiffy by setting too
my hand & scale this twelvth day off August Annoq
Domini 1688 and in ye fourth year off ye raigne of our
Soveraigne Lord James ye Second by ye grace of God of
England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland King Defender
off ye Ffaith &c.: The sd Daniell Denton doth engage
free ye afforesd house & land ffrom all morgages sutes
sales or incumbrances whatsoever as witness my hand &
scale ye day & year aforesd
Signed seald & delivered Danll Denton Senr
beffore us Hannah X Denton
Da\ id X Whitehead her mark
his mark
Wait Smith
Whereas it is sd y* ye sd land is bounded on ye south
w* John Oldffields land it is to be understood y* part of
it y* extending ffarther y" Johns land & to John Heines
is bounded by ye highway Danll. Denton
294 Records of the Town of
Appeard beffore mee this flSrst off November 1688
Daniell Denton & Hannah his wiffe & did acknowledge
this w* in written deed off sale to bee there act & deed
John Townsend
Justice off ye Peace
{from 477)
In confirmation wherof we doe sett to our handes
and sealls this sixth day of July in ye 10 yeare of His
Majsts reigne and in ye year of our Lord Christ 1698
Signed seald & dellivered Samuell X Mills O
in presence of his mark
Joseph X Ludlam Seuzanah X Mills O
his mk her mark
Samll Ruscoe
A trew copy pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 477
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samuell Mills belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens
County one Longe Island alles Nassaw Seanor sendeth
greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Samuell Milles
w*** Sewzanah my wiffe for severall good resons and
casses us & each of us therunto moveinge as allsoe for
the greatt love & naturall effectione we doe beare unto
our sone John Milles of the afforsd Towne Island and
County but more easspeatily for a sartain sattisfaction
to us in hand paid by him the sd John Milles ye receipt
wherof wee doe herby owne and acknowledge oure selves
to be therwith ffully and absolutly contented sattisfyed
and paid and therof and therfrom doe for ever exonoratt
acquitte & discharge him ye sd John Mills his heires
excecutors adminesstrators & assignes of & from any
further claim ore demand for any part ore parcell therof
have giveen granted covenanted allinated releast quitte
claimed made over & confirmed and by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from us our heires excecutors
& adminesstrators fully & absolutly giveen granted
covenanted allinated releast quitt claimd enfeofed made
Jamaica, Long Island 295
over & for ever confirmed unto our sd sone John Milles
his heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes all that
a sartaine pece ore parcell of upland sittuatt lyinge and
beinge within the boundes & limittes of Jamaica aforsd
containinge fiveten acers more ore less as it wass layd out
& is bounded as followeth viz on the north and south with
ye high wayes & west by the land of Able Galle & east
part by the sd Able & part by Joseph Smith together
with all buldinges fencings gardens orchyardes prev-
eledges profites & benifites & improvements theron
made had or in any waies to the same belongeinge or
appertaininge as allsoe one pece of upland allsoe be-
longeinge to ye boundes of Jamaica lyinge in the hilles
arrissing and accrewinge from a ten acer right of meadow
be it more ore less accordinge to the conssessions of ye
Towne with all timbers trees woodes under woodes
standinge ore lyinge & all other rights & prevelidges
therunto belongeinge as allsoe one pece ore parcell of
meadowe lyinge and beinge att a place called ye Longe
Neck containinge the half of a ten acer lott eaquolly
to be devided for quantety & quallety I say that all ye
sd fiveten acers of upland as it is above bounded & ex-
sprest as allsoe the right in ye hiles with ye half of the
ten acers of meadow w*'^ their & every of their prev-
elidgees and appurtenances I ye sd Samuell Milles with
Suzanah my wife have as aforsd fully & absoelutly giveen
granted & made over as aforsd to my sd sone John the
same to have & to hold ockepy posses and injoy for ever
all free & clerly discharged of & from all formor sales
givftes dowers joynters leasses or any other entangle-
ments what ever warrenting the same good in law against
all claim ore claimes from any person ore persons what
ever with a warrentee to defend ye same against any
claim ore demand from me my heires ore assignes for ever
(see A76)
Page J^7S
To all Xtian people to whom theese presents shall
come I Elder Lucas off Jemaica in Queens County send
296 Records of the Town of
greeting Know yee that I Elder Lucas aforesd for &
in consideration of ffull satisfFaction alreddy in hand
payd by Garret Claiison of ye sd Town & County have
given granted aliened sold enfeoffed & confirmed & by
theese presents doe give grant alien sell enfeoffe & con-
firm unto ye sd Garret Clauson his heires executors ad-
ministrators & assignes a parcell of upland containing
fiveteen acres lying & being in ye bounds off Jemaica
afforesd and bounded on ye east w* Garret Clausons
land & on ye north by ye rode y* leads to York & on ye
west & south w* ye land of Theodorus Polehelmus w"^
sd fiveteen acres off land as above bounded & exprest
w* all my right title & interest w* all priveledge profiits
& improvements upon or any wayes belonging to ye sd
land I ye sd Elder Lucas doe for mee my heires excecutors
administrator or assignes sell alien & make over unto
ye sd Garret Clauson ffor himself ye sd Garet Clauson
his heires or assighnes to have & to hold ffor ever for
his & there proper right & behooffe and doe maintain
this my sale good in law & ffrom any person or persons
by ffrom or under mee or upon any pretence whatever
claiming any interest to ye sd land shall & will warrant
& maintain ye same as witnesse my hand & scale this
fourth day off March Annoq Domini 1686/7 and in ye
second year off ye raigne off our Soveraign Lord James
ye Second by ye grace off God off England Scotland
Ffrance & Ireland King Defender off ye Ffaith &c.
Signd seald & delivered Elder X Lucas O
before us his mark
Danll Denton Stutice Lucas O
Ralph Hunt
A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Cler
Page ^79
Jamaica Richard Alleston aelles Ellesson of
Queens County Newtown in Quens County doath enter
a claime to ye eastatt of Thomas Case dessesed & doe
therby crave of ye honored Court that the will of sd
Jamaica, Long Island 297
Thomas Casse may nott pass under a probatt and doe
herby enter a cavett against any probatt of sd will &
that for as much as on ye fourth day of Novembr sd
Casse by instrement under his hand & seall datted ye
4th day of November 1690 did convey to ye sd Richard
Alleson most partt of the land he was possest of being
fifty acers & for that a cavett in law is entered June ye
15 1692
A trew coppy examnd & enterd pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
come sendeth grettinge I Able Galle inhabetant of
Jamaica in Queens County in the Province of NewYorke
Know yea that I ye sd Able Galle for a vallewable con-
sideration in hand paid ore secured to be by Benjamin
Thirston of the sd Towne & County & Province have
given granted allinated sold enfeoft & confirmed & by
thes presents doe fully firmly & absolutly give grant
bargine sell allien enfeof & confirm unto the said Ben-
j amine Thirston his heires excets adminesstrators ore
assigns a lotment of land as it was laid out to ninten acers
and quortor of meadow frontinge upon the Little Plaine
rune & northward by Nehemiah Smith eastward parrellell
with the other lottes & south as it is layd out by the
surveiors with all wood standing theron with all the
appurtenances therunto belongeinge from me my heires
excecutors & assigns to ye sd B en j amine Thirston his
heirs excets adminesstrators ore assigns to have and
to hold for ever & I the sd Able Galle for me my heires
and assigns doe engage to warrent and make good this
my deed and bill of salle in law against any person ore
persons that shall lay any just claime to any part ore
parcell of ye aforsaid land to defend and maintain the
sd Benjamin Thirston & heires against any whatsoever
to ye trew performance of this bill of salle I the abovesd
Abell Gall doe sett to my hand and fixe my seall this
298 Records of the Town of
thirty-day of Aprill one thowsand sixe hundred ninty &
sixe years befor thes wittneses Able X Galle
Signed seald and dellivered his mark
in presence of
Jane ' X Hare
hur marke A trew coppy of the origonall pr
Andrew Allexander Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 480
Theese presents testiiie y* wee Danll Whitehead & John
& Saniuell Dean all off Jemaica in Queens County have
bargained & exchanged & by theese presents doe bargain
& exchange a parcell of land as ifoUoweth (viz) the sd
Daniell Whitehead doth by theese presents exchange
alienate & make over ffrom himselff his heires & assignes
twenty acres off land which was fformerly layd out to
George Woolsy Junr. lying on ye west side off George
Woolsys Senr land unto John Dean & Samuell Dean
above mentioned ffor them their heires & assignes to
have & to hold possess & enjoy ffor ever in considera-
tion whereoff the sd John Dean & Samuell Dean doe bar-
gain give alienate & exchange w* & to Mr. Whitehead
afforesd ffrom themselves their heires & assignes twenty
acres off land to be taken out off ye next devision as it
falls by lot & alsoe a fiveteen acre right off land on ye
east side Ffosters Meadow River all which land ye
sd Mr. Danll Whitehead is to have & to hold possess &
enjoy ffor ever that this is our mutuall agreement wee
testiffy by setting too our hands & scales this twentieth
day off January Annoq Domini 1687/6
Signd seald & delived
Danll. Whitehead 0
before us
Samll. Dean 0
E BOUYERS
John Dean 0
Danll Denton
A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Cler
Page m
To all Christian
peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Edward
Burrowes belongeinge to Jamaica
Jamaica, Long Island 299
in Queens County on Longe Island allias Nassaw send-
eth greetting Know yea that I ye abovesd Edward Bur-
rowes have for sundrey reasons and casses me ther-
unto moveinge but more esspeatily for a full and vallew-
able sume and sattisf action to me in hand paid by Zacariah
Milles of the abovesaid Towne Island & County the re-
seipt wherof I doe herby own & by thes presents doe
exonoratt & acquitte and discharge him the sd Zacariah
Milles his heires & assignes of & from any further claim
ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinatted released quitte claimd
made over and sould unto the abovesd Zacariah Miles
his heires excecutors adminesstrators and assignes all
that one third partt ore devition of boggey meadow be-
longeinge to me ye sd Edward Burrowes the which did
arrise & prosede from a twelve acer right sd bogges to
be laid out & devided from any part ore parcell of bogges
not yeat laid out all which sd right of bogges the sd
Edward Burrowes have as abovesd sould as abovesd to
him the sd Zacariah Miles his heires & assignes the same
to have and to houlde for ever & the same to be and
remaine to ye only propor use benifit & behoufe of of
him the sd Zacariah Milles his heires & assignes free &
clerly discharged of & from all formore sales givftes mor-
gages ore any other intangeellments what ever and
with a warrente to defend the same. against any intrest
property claime ore demand from me the sd Edward
Burrowes my heires ore assignes for ever and from all
& every person ore persons layinge any just claim therto
March ye 2d 1697/8
Signed & seald Edward Burrowes O
in presenc of
Daniell Whithead
Samll Ruscoe
Memorandam that on the 2d day of March 1697/8
then appered before Daniell Whithead Esquier one of
His Majesties Justices of the Peace for Queens County
300 Records of the Town of
ye abovesd Edward Burro wes and did acknowledg this
deed of salle to be his vollentary ack and deed
Daniell Whithead
A trew copy of ye orrigonall deed
Entered pr Samll Ruscoe "
Clarke
Page i82
Theese presents testiffy an agreement made betwixt
George Woolsy Senr & Samuell & John Dean all off
Jemaica in Queens County as followeth (viz) The sd
George Woolsy hath bargained & exchanged w* Samuell
& John Dean aforsd twenty acres off land more or less
which twenty acres off land so exchanged is lying &
being on ye west side off Thomas Wellens land & bounded
on ye north by ye hills & on ye west by Nathanll Dentons
Senr & on ye south by ye high way w"^ sd 20 acres off
land more or less ye sd Samll & John Dean their heires
& assignes is to to have & to hold possess & enjoy from
ye sd George Woolsy his heires & assignes ffor ever in
consideration off which twenty acres off land ye sd Sam-
uell & John Dean doe covenant bargain alienate & ex-
change w* & to ye sd Mr. George Woolsy Senr twenty
acres off land more or less lying & being on ye west side
off ye sd Mr. George Woolsys land on ye south side
the road y* goes to York & to extend ye same length
y* Mr. Woolsys land doth which sd twenty acres off land
more or less ye sd Mr. George Woolsy his heires and as-
signes is to have & to hold possess & enjoy for ever
ffrom ye sd Samuell & John Dean their heires & assignes
That this is our mutuall agreement we testiffy by setting
too our hands & scales this twentith day off January
Annoq Domini 1686/7
Signd seald & delived George Woolsy O
before us Samll Dean O
Danll Denton John Dean O
Jonathan Baylies A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Cler
Jamaica, Long Island 301
Page Jf.83
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume John Bayles of Jamaica in Queens sendeth greetting
Know yea that I the abovesd John Bayles for severall
good resons considerations & casses us &. either of us
therunto moveinge but more esspeatily for a vallewable
consideration in hand paid by Hendrick Lott of ye same
Towne & County ye reseipt wherof I doe befor ye en-
seallinge & dellivery herof own & acknowledg to be ther-
with contented sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted
covenanted allinatted released quitt claimd enfeofd
made over & sould unto ye abovesd Hendrick Lotte
his heires exceketors & assignes a sartain pece of up-
land lyinge & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica aforsd
& beinge bounded as followeth viz on ye east end therof
by Newtown hayh path & on the north by the land of
ye abovesd Hendrick Lott & on the west by ye land of
George Wollsey & soe from thence threw ye boges to
Newtowne hay pathe to a whitt oak tree marked all which
sd pece of upland as it is above bounded and exspresd
containing ten acers & thre quortors more ore less all
which as it was laid out I the abovesd John Bayles doe
sell & make over unto ye abovesd Hendrick Lott w*''
all ye prevelidges profitts & benefitts to have and to
hould for ever & the same to be & remain to ye only
propr use benefitt & behouff of him ye abovesd Hendrik
Lott his heires & assignes to ockepy posses & in joy as
his & their free land of inheretance free & frely dis-
charged of & from all formor salles givfts morgages ore
any other intangellments whatt ever & further the abovesd
John Bayles doe for me my heires excecutors & assignes
covenant & promis to & with ye abovesd Hendrick
Lotte that itt is and shall be lawfull for him his heires
& assignes all & every ye landes & premises with their
& every of their appurtenances to enter & the same to
hould & posses without lett fraud or hindrance & that I
the abovesd John Bayles was & is att ye ensealling
& dellivey of thes presents invested w*^ ye wholl tytle
intrest & claim belonging therto in fee simple & ye same
302 Records of the Town of
shall defend against any claim or demand from me ye
sd John Bayles his heires & assignes for ever in wittnes
wherunto I set to my hand & seall this last day of May
in ye seventh yeare of His Majs reigne & in ye yeare of
our Lord Christ 1695
(see Jf85)
Page 484-
Theese presents certifie any person or persons whom
it may concern that Wait Smith (husbandman) inhabitant
at Jemaica of Queens Countj^ upon Long Island be-
longing to ye Province off New York hath & did for a
valuable consideration received to his ffull satisffaction
upon ye ffirst day of Ffebruary in ye year one thousand
six hundred & eighty three or ffour barter ffullj^ bargain
absolutely graunt sell alienate & make over from him
his heires executors & administrators ffor ever unto
John Carpenter Junr off ye same Town & County his
heires assignes executors or administrators a certain
homestead within ye Township off Jemaica w* the dwell-
ing house housing orchard garden trees fencing libertyes
conveniences beneffits comodities & proflSts which did
then or should affter ye sd terme off time any wayes
belong arise or any wayes apertain to ye sd homestead
which homestead ye sd Wait Smith bought off Samuell
Davis containing about five acres more or less being
cituated & now butted & bounded by Nehemiah Smiths
lot on ye north by Nathaniell Denton Junior on ye east
by Thomas Smith Junior on ye south & ffronting upon ye
street or high way west ward which ye sd Carpenter
hath now in possession. More over ye sd Wait Smith
did in ye year & day above mentioned barter bargain
grant ffirmly & absolutely sell alienate & make over
upon good considerations ffrom himselff his heires execu-
tors & administrators ffor ever unto ye sd John Car-
penter Junr, his heires executors or assignes five acres
off good moweable meadow being & lying upon ye neck
comonly called ye hither east neck part off ye lot w"**
did fformerly belong to Henry Townsend w* all ye liber-
Jamaica, Long Island 303
ties rights priveledge or beneffits that did then or should
at any time or tymes affter ye sd grant bargain & sale
pertain or any wayes accrue or belong to ye sd ffive acre
right & lot off meadow excepting onely what lands were
layd out beffore ye sd grant & bargain the sd medow lying
between William Creed & Wait Smith upon ye same
lot Know there ffore all men by theese presents that
ye abovesd Wait Smith hath & doth ffor himself his
heires executors & administrators ffreely & ffully to all
intents & purposes ratiffie & confBrm unto ye sd John
Carpenter his heires administrators or assignes ye abovesd
bargain grant deed & sale w* all & every off ye priv-
eledges liberties rights comodities & benefitts therein
expressed & warrant ye same ffirm & good in law against
all claim or claimes pretence or pretences off any per-
son or persons whoever for ye sd Carpenter to have to
hold & peaceably to enjoy as his absolute right ffrom
mee or mine ffor ever as witnesseth his hand & scale
affixed this thirty first day of March in ye year off our
Lord one thousand six hundred eighty & seven
Signd scald & delived Wait Smith O
in ye presence off us Phebie X Smith
John Prudden her mark
Richard Rodes
This above written deed of sale was acknowledged
beffore mee by Wait Smith & Phebee Smith his wiffe
Aprill ye 9 1687 Danll Whitehead
A true coppy by mee Danll Denton
Cler
Page J^85
{from 1^83)
Sealled & dellivered May ye 31 this day appered
in presence of befor me Daniell Whitthead one
Henry Ffilkin of Their Majsts Justices of ye
Sam Ruscoe Peace for Queens County ye above
named John Bayles & did acknowl-
304 Records of the Town of
A trew coppy edge this above deed of salle to be
of ye orrigonall pr his free & yollentary ackt & deed
Sam Ruscoe ye day & yere abovesd
Clark Daniell Whitthead
ye other partt being in page 483
Whearas their is and hath ben one lott of land laid
to Samll Barker latte of Jamaica now deseased and the
same hath bene ordered & dissposed of by the overseres
or ye above said Samuell Barker unto Will" Creed of the
same place for the use & purpose of paying of what deptes
as was then dew ore oweinge from ye aforesd Samll
Barker and wheras Peter Stringeham was to have ye
one half therof now know yea that I the abovesd Peter
Stringeham doe for me my heires excecutors & adminess-
trators acquitte releas exonoratt & for ever quitte claime
& discharge Samuell Barker sone of the abovesd Samuell
Barker deseast of & from any further claime ore demand
for any part or parcell of sd land abovesd haveinge re-
ceived from sd easstatte in land the full quantyty of my
abovesd part of land and sould the same to Garrett
Classen as by a deed bearringe datte with this may att
large appere in confirmation wherof I sett to my hand and
seall this 28 day of March 1696
Signed sealld and dellivered Peter Stringeham O
in presence of A trew coppy pr
Danll Whitthead Samll Ruscoe
Samll Ruscoe Clarke
Page 4-86
To all Christian people to whom theese presents shal
come wee Elias Baylie & Thomas Smith Senr both off
Jemaica in Queens County send greeting know yee y*
wee ye sd Thomas Smith & Elias Baylie for & in considera-
tion of full satisffaction in hand payd or secured to
bee payd have given granted aliened sold enfeoffed
& confirmed & by theese presents doe fully clearly &
absolutely give grant bargain sell alien enfeoffe & con-
firm unto Garret Johnson & John Sneerika both of ye
sd Town & County their heires & assignes a certain tract
Jamaica, Long Island 305
of land lying & being within ye bounds & limits of Ja-
maica aforesd & lying westward from ye sd Town & sd
land containing twenty acres & is bounded on ye east
by John Oldfield Senr land & on ye west by Garret John-
sons land y* hee bought off Jonathan Baylie & on ye
south by a high way & on ye north by Samuell Deans
land which sd twenty acres off land together w* all ye
right title interest possession property claim & demand
whatsoever of us ye sd Thomas Smith & Elias Baylie
our heires executors administrators or assignes to have
& to hold ye sd twenty acres off land w* all the timber
trees improvements priveledges & appurtenances for
y" ye sd Garret Johnson & John Sneerika their heires
executors or assighnes for ever and wee ye sd Thomas
Smith & Elias Baylie for us our heires executors & as-
signes ye sd land containing twenty acres as above
bounded & exprest before granted bargained & sold
w* ye appurtenances unto ye sd Garret Johnson & John
Sneerika their heires & assignes ffrom all & every person
or persons whatsoever by from or under us or upon
any pretence soever claiming any title or interest to ye
sd land shall & will warrant ffor ever by theese presents
to defend ye same in witness whereoff wee have hereunto
set our hands & fixed our scales this sixteenth day off
March Annoq Domini 1686/7 and in ye third year off
ye raign of our Soveraign Lord James the Second by ye
grace off God off England Scotland France & Ireland
King Defender off ye Ffaith &c.
Signd scald & deliverd Thomas X Smith O
before us his mark
Danll Denton Elias Baylie O
Hannah X Denton Sarah X Baylie O
her mark her mark
Patience Smith O
Acknowledged before mee
Danll Whitehead
A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Cler
306 Records of the Town of
Page W
Att a Towne Mettinge held June ye 29 1699 Samuell
Smith Senor was chosen Constable for this enshuinge
yeare—
Att the same Mettinge Jonathan Whithead was chossen
Collector for this present year—
Att the same Mettinge Thomas Smith and Joseph
Smith was continued Assesors for this present year
Att the same mettinge complaint being made that
severall trees beinge left upon the comons for shade
are & have been cut down & distroyd to the great damage
of ye Town it is herby ordered that hence forth noe per-
son or persons shall preshume to cutt down ore disstroy
any such shady trees as are left ore shall herafter be left
in any comons that shall be clerd ore is allredy clerd or
in ye roads ore lands upon penality of twenty shillings
fine to be taken from any person soe offending & put to ye
use of the Towne —
Att the same Mettinge Cap*" John Carpenter Nehemiah
Smith & Waitt Smith was chosen Townsmen for this
yeare enshuing or till others be choasen in their romes
to assist at the place & office of Townsmen — Thes orders
entered
pr Samll Ruscoe, Clark
Att a Town Mettinge held Novembr 25 1700 Cap*°
Hop Carpenter Leftenant Smith & Nathaniell Denton
wear chosen Townsmen for this present year or till others
be choasen in romes to ofitiatt the office & place of
Townsmen acordinge to ye trust reposed in them —
Att the same Mettinge Thomas Watters & Amos Smith
was chosen Assesers for this present yeare or till others
be chosen in ther romes —
And Daniell Smith att plaines was choasen Collector
and William Creed was likewis chosen Superavizer att
ye same Town Mettinge —
Att the same mettinge it was agreed upon that all
shepe that shall be pound after the datt of this mettinge
ther shall be payed by the owners throf for every score of
Jamaica, Long Island 307
sheep thre pence pr score to the driver & thre pence pr
score to the pinter and soe proportionabl for greater &
lesser numbers pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page J^88
To all Christian people to whom theese presents
shall come I Benjamin Coe of Jemaica in Queens County
send greeting Know yee y* I ye sd Benjamin Coe ffor
& in consideration of a sum of mony as full satisffaction
in hand payd or secured to bee payd by John Monfort
off Flatlands have given granted aliened bargained sold
enfeoffed & confirmed & by theese presents doe fully
clearly & absolutely give grant alien sell enfeoffe & con-
firm unto ye sd John Monfort his heires executors &
assignes a certain parcell of medow within ye bounds off
Jemaica aforesd lying & being in ye haw tree neck so
called containing five acres being salt medow and bounded
on ye south by ye bay & on ye east by Chasmores River
& on ye west by a creek y* corns to ye pond & on ye north
by a pond y* lies by ye creek aforesd together w* all ye
priveledge off commons & all such lands to bee devided
to a five acre right of meadow according to ye concessions
of ye Town from ye seaventeenth day off March last past
untill ye present time & hereaffter ffor ever or from ye
first day of ye sd March which sd parcell off meadow con-
taining five acres w* all my right title interest priv-
eledge possession property claim & demand w* all com-
mons & devissions off land whatsoever belonging or ap-
pertaining to ye sd five acres off medow I ye sd Ben-
jamin Coe doe for mee my heires & assignes sell alien
& make over unto ye sd John Monfort for him his heires
& assignes to have & to hold possess & enjoy for ever to
ye onely proper use & behoofe off ye sd John Monfort
his heires & assignes and I ye sd Benjamin Coe doe for
my selff my heires or executors warrant y my sale good
in law & against any person or persons whatsoever by
from or under mee or under any pretence whatever shall
& will warrant maintain & defend ye same as witness
my hand & seall this seaventh day off March Annoq
308 Records of the Town of
Domini 1686/7 & in ye second year off ye raign off our
Soveraign Lord James ye Second off England Scotland
France & Ireland King Defender off ye Faith &c.
Signd seald & deliverd Benjamin Coe O
before us Abigail X Coe O
Danll Denton her mark
Hendrick Onderdonck
It is to bee understood y* ye priveledge of taking
up lands w* in mentioned is to bee from ye first of March
in ye year 1685 Benjamin Coe
A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Cleric
Page J^89
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume George WoUsey of Jamaica Juner sendeth grettinge
Know yea that I the abovesd George Wollsey with Hanah
my wiff for severall good resons considerations & casses
us & eaich of us therunto moveinge but more easpeatily
for a vallewable sattisfaction to us ye abovesd George
& Hanah inpaid by George Phillipes ye reseipt wherof
we doe before ye ensealling & dellivery herof owne &
acknowledg & therof & therfrom exonorat and discharge
the abovesd George Phillipes of & from any further claim
ore demand for any part or parcell therof have giveen
granted covenanted allinatted enfeofed released quitte
claimed bargained and sould and by thes presents doe
acknowledge to have from us our heires excecutors and
assignes giveen granted covenanted allinatted enfeofed
released quitt claimd bargined and sould unto the abovesd
George Phillipes his heires exceketors & assignes all that
homelott lyinge and beinge in Jamaica abovesd that was
formorly in ye tenner & ockepation of Cap*" B riant New-
town with all howesings gardens orchyards fencis timbers
trees standinge or lyinge being upon the same together
with the prevelidges of commonage boath for fedinge of
creatuers and cuttinge of timber and all other ye rights
k
Jamaica, Long Island 309
& prevelidges & apurtenances therunto belonginge to
have and to hould to ye abovesd George Phillipes his
heires & assignes for ever and the same to be & remain
to ye only propor us benefitt & behouf of him the abovesd
George Phillipes his heires & assignes to ockepy posses
& injoy as his & their own free land of inherretance &
the same shall & will by thes presents make good and
for ever warrent & defend against all formor salles givfts
morgages or any other intangellments what ever & from
any claim or demand from any person or persons what
soe ever with a warrente to defend ye same against any
intrest proporty claim or demand from us the abovesd
George and Hannah our heires excecutors & assignes
for ever in testemony wherof we sett to our hands &
seals this first day of Aprill in the seventh yeare of Their
Majsts reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one
thowsand sixe hundred ninty & five — Memorandam the
words by George Phillipes enter lyned befor signeinge
Signed seald and dellivered George Wollsey O
in presence of Hanah Woolsey O
William X Sallyer
Sam Ruscoe A trew coppy of ye oregonall ded
entered pr Samll Ruscoe
Town Clark
Page WO
To all Christian people to whom theese presents shall
com wee George Woolsy Senr. & Benjamin Coe both off
Jemaica in Queens County send greeting Now know yee
y* wee ye sd George Woolsy & Benjamin Coe ifor & in
consideration of ffuU satisffaction in hand payd or secured
to bee payd by John Monfort off Flatlands have given
granted aliened sold enfeoffed and confirmed & by theese
presents doe ffuUy clearly & firmly give grant bargain
sell alien enfeoffe & confirm unto ye sd John Monfort
& alsoe all ye right title & interest possession property
claim & demand what so ever of mee ye sd George Woolsy
& Benjamin Coe our heires executors administrators &
assignes off & to a parcell off land containing fifty acres
as it was layd out by ye surveiors lyng & being in ye
310 Records of the Town of
west bounds off Jemaica & near Newtown hay path the
land aforsd being in length one hundred rod & in bredth
fourescore rods bounded on ye east w* Newtown hay path
that goes to ye south medows & on ye south joyning to
ye commons & likewise on ye west & bounded on ye
northwest w* Henry Lotts land & on ye north w*^ ye
land off Andrews Onderdonk which sd fifty acres off land
as above bounded w* all singular ye premises ye sd Georg
Woolsy & Benjamin Coe doe fully & absolutely sell
grant alien & make over unto ye sd John Monfort his
heires executors administrators & assignes to have & to
hold posess & enjoy for ever from us our heires executors
& assignes & to ye onely proper use & behoofe off him ye
sd John Monfort & wee ye sd George Woolsy & Benjamin
Coe doe warrant & maintain this our sale good in law
& from any person or persons what soever from by or
under us by any pretence whatever laying any claim
unto ye sd land wee doe warrant & engage to defend
by theese presents in witness whereoff wee have hereunto
set our hands & scales y' seaventh day off March Annoq
Domini 1686/7 & in ye second year off ye raign off our
Soveraign Lord James ye 2d by ye grace of God off
England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender off
ye Faith &c.
Signd seald & delived George Woolsy O
before us Rebecka Woolsy O
Joseph Smith her X mark
Danll Denton Benjamin Coe O
was present when signd seald Abigail X Coe O
& delived by George Woolsy her mark
Danll Denton
Hendrick Onderdonk present when signd by Benjamin
Coe & his wiffe
It is to be understood y* ye land mentioned in y" deed
thirty acres off it belongd to George Woolsy & twenty off
it to Benjamin Coe George Woolsy
Benjamin Coe
A true coppy by mee Danll Denton
Clerck
Jamaica, Long Island 311
Page 1^91
To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
cum George Wollsej^ belonginge to Jamaica in Queens
County sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd
George Wollsey Seanor with Rebecah my wife for severall
good ressons considerations & casses us therunto moveinge
but more easspeatially for a vallewable satisfaction to us
in hand paid by Hendricke Lotte belonginge to ye abovesd
Towne & County ye receipt wherof we doe herby owne
and acknowledg to be therwith contented sattisfyed &
payd & doe for ever exonoratt acquitt and discharge the
abovesd Hendrick Lotte his heires excecutors and as-
signes from any further claim ore demand from ever
after ye day of ye datte herof have giveen grantted cove-
nanted allinatted made over & sould & by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from us our heires excecutors
and assignes giveen grantted covenanted allinatted
relleassed confirmed made over & sould unto ye abovesd
Hendricke Lotte his heires excecutors & assignes a sar-
tain parcell of upland lyinge & beinge in ye boundes and
limitts of Jamaica above said containing twenty and two
acers more ore less as it was layd out with all ye prev-
elidge & appurtenances therunto belonginge & apper-
taininge the same to have and to hould for ever and ye
same to be and remain to ye only propor use benefitt &
behoufe of him the abovesd Hendricke Lott freely dis-
charged of and from all & from all formor salles givfts
morgages or any intangellments whatt ever & ye same
shall & will for ever warrent and by thes presents for
ever defend against any intrest claim or demand from
me ye abovesd George Wollsey & Rebecka my wiffe
our heires exceketors & assignes for ever & from any
persons what ever layinge any just claim therto in teste-
money wherof we ye abovesd George & Rebecka doe sett
to our handes & sealles this thirtieth day of September in
ye yeare of our Lord 1695 ye abovesd land is bounde don
ye east sid by ye abovesd Hendk. Lotte & west by a pece
312 ^ Records of the Town of
of land formorly belonging to Thomas Wellinge desseased
& south by ye boges ye north by Brucklan hay path
Signed seald & dellivered George Wollsey O
in presence of Rebecka X Wollsey O
George Phillipes A trew coppy pr
Samuell Ruscoe Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Page ^92
Recorded March ye 18: 1685/4
Joseph Thurston land —
Twenty acors of land on the hills bounded on ye south
with the highway on ye north with ye comans on ye
east with Nicholes Everits land and on ye west with
Samuell Smith sixtene acors lying on ye east neck at the
south seven of it bounded as foloweth bound by ye
northeast with the hay path on ye east neck and on ye
northwest bounded with ye cart path of Joseph Smith
and Thomas Smith on ye south east on that poynt of
midow that was John Baylis Senor seven acors of ye
sixtene is thus bounded as aforsaid the other nine acors
lying on ye north side of ye swamp eastward bunded
neer the boggs laving a sufisant hy way on ye north with
ye comans on south west with ye swamp and on ye nor-
west with ye comans
Articlels of agreement made and concluded betwen
Cap*" Hope Carpenter & Jonathan Whithead boath of
Jamaica in Queens County for them selves & their heires
excecutors administrs & assignes to be & remain for
ever as followeth that ye fence as now standes shall be
& remaine as perpeatuall bounds betwen us runing from
ye highwaye easterly to a sartain crike then northerly
with ye sd creke to ye mill river & ye sd Hope Carpenter
to maintain forty sixe rod of ye sd fence & ye remander
partt be it more ore less ye sd Whithead is to maintain
in confirmation of the same we bind ourselves our heires
excecutors adminesstrators & assignes by setting to our
Jamaica, Long Island 313
hands & sealls this 11 day of May in ye yeare of our
Lord 1699
Signed seald Hope Carpenter O
in presence of Jonathan Whithead O
A trew coppy of ye orridgonall
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page Jt-93
Nathaniell Dentons land Jiiner
Ten acors of land lying eastward of Fremans path
th* goe to ye south runing fifty six rod southward in lenth
north fronting against Jo Smith Nehemi and John
Ouldfild
Know all men by thes presents that we underwritten
Samuell Smith Seanor & William Creed boath belonging
to Jamaica in Queens County have made an exchainge of
land as followeth viz the said Samuell Smith doath give
in exchainge a sartain pece or lott of land lying westward
of ye Towne aforsd being bounded by the land of Tho.
Welling and east by Ffreadrick Hendrickeson and south
by Oldfelds land north by the fence with all fences
timbers trees as it now is with all emprovements being
upon ye same excepting ye corn upon it & what flaxe
shall be sown in it — In lew wherof ye said William
Creed doth give in exchaing to ye sd Samuell Smith
a sartain pece of land lying & being below ye Little
Plaines being bounded north by Zacriah Milles & south
by George Wollsey with all ye timbers trees standing or
lying being upon ye same in confirmation wherof we sett
to our hands this 24 day of December 1692
Testes Samuell Smith
Samuell Ruscoe William Creed
Clark
Page J^dlf
Mr. Nathaniell Dentons land
eight acors of land bound west w* Fremans path
that goe to ye south or with his son Nathells land
314 Records of the Town of
William Creed land lies betwixt ye land layd out to
Ouldfelds Island which begins against ye haw tree pond
& soe runes westward to Newtown hay path & is bounded
on ye north w*^ Johanas Williamson Elderd Lukes &
John Fferyman only a highway of ffour rod is to bee
threw ye sd land ffrom east to west — this taken out of ye
origenall per me Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Towne Mettinge called acordinge to ordore
held att Jamaica Aprill ye 3d 1694 then agreed upon
& confirmed by a publique voatt of ye inhabetants in
genralle that Mr. Phillipes now our present minesster
continuinge his liffe time amongst us in ye abovesd
Town in ye worke of ye minestrey and shall dye amongst
us thatt then their shall be paid unto his widow or relickt
left amongst us one years sallerey ye sallerery beinge sixty
poundes
Att ye same Towne mettinge it was likewise agreed
that ye agreement made betwixt Mr. Phillipes & ye
Townsmen shall stand acordinge as it is entered upon
record before this
Likewise agreed att ye same mettinge to ye post-
ever without pay — Likewiss that ye parsonage be re-
paiered by the Townsmen as they pleas to ordor & paid
by the Towne pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Town metting called ye 15th of December 1694
William Creed was choasen Superavizor for this present
yere to mett w*'' ye rest of ye Superavizors of this County
& fully empowered for ye same pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 495
Samuell Dentons land
Ten acors of land bounded on ye north with ye hyway
and west with his fathers land
Jamaica, Long Island 315
Jamaica in Queens County on Long Island the twenty
third of March Anok Domyni one thosand sixe hundred
ninty two or three vix Know all men by thes presents
that I John Smith of ye place abovesd husbandman have
giveen granted & sold & doe by thes presents fully freely
& absolutly for divers good considerations me therunto
moveing & more esspeatily a cartain sume of moneys
allredy in hand reseiveed allinatte give grant & sell unto
Samuell Denton of ye same place Towne & County
abovesd carpenter a certain parcell of land & meadow
ye land beinge & lyinge in ye place known by ye name of
ye bogge necke beinge in quantety three acers bounded
as ffolloweth bounded north by ye wedow Smith mother
to ye abovesd John Smith south & east by Nath Denton
west by ye wedow Denton the meadow beinge & lyinge
one the furder east necke soe called bounded as ffolloweth
northeast by ye island & southeast by Joseph Smith
southeast by ye baye northwest by Richard Oldfeld I
say I have sould the half of ye meadow bounded as aforsd
^th ye prevelidg of half ye lotte that is to say half an acer
of land to an acer of meadow accordinge to a Towne
ackt which sd land & medow & prevelidg with all im-
provements their on made & profitts to be made from
hence to be & remain unto ye proper use benefitt behouff
& desspoas of ye aforsd Samuell Denton him ore his
• heires exceketors adminestrators or asigns for ever &
for ye warrenting of this salle heroff free from any formor
allination salle or incumbrance & that ye sd Samuell
Denton his heires excekets adminests or assignes shall
peaceably occepy improve poses & in joy ye same with-
out lett challenge or mollesstation from me ye sd John
Smith abovesd or any of my heirs exceketors adminess-
trators or assignes ore any other person or persons lay-
inge claim to ye sd land or meadow or any partt therof
by any power derived from me I the sd John Smith
abovesd doe bind my self my heirs exceketors adminess-
trators & assignes to maintain this my salle against any
claim ore demand of any person or persons whatsoever
316 Records of the Town of
unto ye trew performance of ye premises of all & every
of ye premises above above written
Sind seald & dellivered John X Smith O
in presence of his marke
John Ffoster
Samuell Smith
A trew coppy of ye origonall
pr Samuell Ruscoe
Page 496
Hope Carpenter 20 acors of land layd out by John
Ouldfield and Samuell Smith survayers upon the acount
of five acors of midow bought of John Linas lying by ye
mill path bounded on ye north w* widow Ashmans land
on ye east neer ye boges on ye south w* yeomans on ye
west with ye mill path.
Benjemin Coe his land a fiftene acor lot of midow a
hom lot and a ten acor lot joyning to it — more layed
out by John Ouldfild and Samuell Smith eight acors of
land at ye rere of his ten acor lot runing west to ye sacond
swamp having a highway left him out of his land by ye
west side of the swamp by Daniell Whytheads paster —
more six acors lying eastward by ye new mill more upon
his acount to Jon Manfort thirty acors more six acors in
ye southwast fild
A trew acount owned by me John X Ouldfild
his mark
William Creeds deed to John Carpenter in page .... 305
Nehemiah Smiths deed to Capt" John Carpetr in
page 306
The arbetration board & the award about
the church or metting hous is in page. . . .360 & 361
John Oke's deed to Waitt Smith in pages 298 & 299
Fredrick Hendrickes discharge to Peter Whit in
page 071
Capt" Whitthed ded to David Whitthed in pa 307
Johanas Holshartts deed to Ram Dorlantt in
page 308 & 309
Jamaica, Long Island 317
Cap'" Wollsevs ded to Nicolas Everitt in
page " 309 & 310
Jonathan Watters deed to Benjamin Thirston
in page 374 & 375
John Okes deed to Ram Dorlant in page 396
John Ludlams bond to Thomas Cardall in page 357
The ordor of the Town to call pepoll to acount
pag 452
Mr. Isack Lenoirs deed to Samuell Mills in page. . 271
Ye certificatt of John Wof son marig in page 523
Samuell Milles his deed to Samll Carpenter. .402 & 404
Thomas Cardall his discharg to John Ludlam in
page 356
Daniell Oldfelds deed to Tho. Burrowes in page. .361 362
Page 497
Mr. Pruddens Land
Layed out by John Ouldfield and Samuell Smith ten
acors of land upon ye hills by Samuell Mills on ye east
side of ye swiming pond bound on the high way on ye
east and wests side fronting to ye side of ye hills to y
comans mor 15 acors westward bound by Danell Whyt-
head and Goodman Higbe on ye east fronting on ye
high way that lead to York on ye north with ye high-
way under ye hills the west by the comans — more thirty
acors in ye southwest woods on ye west side of ye haw
tree great hollow bounded on ye north side with ye high
way runing 60 rod in bredth by ye highway as from a
whyte oke tree marked by ye survayers at ye north east
corner runing in length 80 rod southward
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
come I Nathaniell Denton beinge lawfull heire to my
deceased ffather Nathaniell Denton of ye sd Towne &
County doe by vertew of my heirshipe make over rattefy
& confirme unto my brother Samuell Denton of ye sd
Towne and County thes parcels of land ffollowinge
ffirst elleven acers of a twenty acer right half of ye nine
acers remaininge ore of whatt remaines when ye elleven
318 Records of the Town of
acers is taken off nextly five acers more ore less of land
lyinge in ye east bounded one ye east by Nicolas Everrett
on the southe by the highe waye one ye west by land
bought of my ffather one ye north by ye comans— more
eight acers of land lyinge beyond ye boges bounded one
ye north by ye highwaye one ye southe by Samuell Milles
one ye east & west by Samuells owne land which sd parcell
of land & meadow together w*'' all ye trees ffenceings &
improvements upon ye sd land & meadows I the af orsaid
Nathll Denton by vertew of my heireshipe aforsd doe ffor
me my heirs exceketors adminestrators ore assignes
ffully & ffirmly make over rattefy & confirme unto my
brother Samuell Denton afforsd his heirs ore assignes for
him ore them to have & to hould as his ore their proper
right for ever in wittnes my hand & seall 18th daye of
October 1690 & in ye 2d yeare of His Mjsts. Kinge
Williams reigae &c. Nathaniell Denton O
Signed seald & dellivered
before us
Thomas Okley
Daniell Denton Junr.
Apered befor me this 18th day of of October 1690
Nath Denton above mentioned & did acknowledg this
instrument to be his act & deed Joseph Smith
Justice of ye Peace
A trew coppy of ye origonall pr Sam Ruscoe
Page 498
Georg Wolsis land recorded
Georg Wolsie Senoir forty acors and a half in ye south
west fild ye first lot bounde on ye east with Goodman
Ouldfild and on ye north w* Ouldfild and Elias Baylis
on ye west w* Georg Wolsie Jun' on ye south w* ye comans
fouer score rod squer
More fiften acors of midow upon ye Long Neck bounded
on ye north w* Goodman Higbe on ye south to Goodman
Ouldfild on ye east with the crik on ye wast by ye Island —
Jamaica, Long Island 319
More a horn lot and seaven acors more les joyning to
the end of his horn lot
John Wollseys marke a hole in the nere eare and a
slitt in ye tope of ye same eare & no other way
Entered this 10 day of December 1695 pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Queens County S. S. Att a court of Comon Pleas held
at Jamaica this 15 of May in ye sixth yeare of His Majsts
reigne ordered in answer to ye petetion of Mr. George
Wollsey Seanor that ye men choassen by the Town of
Jamaica y* if not allredy done for ye regulating of high
wayes and fences acordinge to an act of genrall assembley
be forthwith^ in prosecution & that thay forthwith in a
particuler mannor take notice of ye highway of Mr.
Wollsey acordinge to ye tenure of said petetion by ordor
of cort James Clemens
A trew coppy pr Clark
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Queens County S. S. At a Court of Comon Pleas
held at Jamaica in ye County abovesd & in ye 9 yeare of
His Majts reigne this ye 20 of May Ano 1697 in answer
to ye w*'' in ordor of Court it is ye opinion of ye men
appoynted that ye waye in spetifyed act to run through
to Newtowne hay path by ordor of Court
James Clemens
A trew coppy pr Samll Ruscoe Clark
Clark
Page Ji.99
Georg Wolsi Juner 30 acors of land in south west fild
bounded on ye east w* his fathers land south w* ye
comans ye north w* Jonathon Baylis on ye west w* Nat
Linas in length fower skore rod and 60 rod broad
At a Towne mettinge held att Jamaica Jany ye last
1698/9 William Creed was continued a Superovizore for
320 Records of the Town of
the Towne of Jamaica to meet with the rest of the
Siiperovizores for Queens County to act & doe as the lawes
in such casses direct —
Att same Towne mettinge ther was by a publicqe
voat choasen Waitt Smith & Samuell Smith Seanor
Samuell Carpenter & Daniell Smith and empowered
to take a just acount of the Collectors of this Towne
of Jamaica for sevrall yeares past of any moneys of the
Towns reseived by them and to give an acount to this
Towne at ye next Town mettinge
Wheras ther was an agreement mad with John Oke
for buldinge and keeping of a pound att ye beaver
pond in January ye 4th 1698 it is agreed at this Towne
metting that if ye sd Oke can find any confeinent place for
setting said pund in any way laid in the duble streett
in sd Towne the Towne will condesend to the same be-
ing to the conditions — entered in the other Towne
metting bearing datt Jany ye 4 1698/9
Page 500
Tho. Wolsie 13 acors of land in ye west fild 60 rod
longe 34 rod broad bound on ye north w* Yorke path on
ye west w' Mr. Ashman east with Nicholes Everit on ye
south w' Peter Stringham
Mr. Iszack Lenoirs morgage to Edward Bur-
rowes in page 250 & 251
Joseph Coes deed to Elderd Lukas in page 276
John Bayles deed to Ellderd Lukas in page 277
Thomas Watterses deed to Elderd Lukas in
page 277-278
Jonathan Strickland ded to Jacob Ramson in page . . 283
William Creed deed to John Okey & his
asignement to Jacob Ramson in page 284-285
William Carpenters deed to Samuell Carpenter in
page 409
Joseph Pleases deed to Samll Carpenter in page. . . 410
Jamaica, Long Island 321
Samuell Skidraores deed to Samll Darlinge
in page 292-293
Edward Burrowes his deed to Zacariah Miles in
page 481
The petition of Mr. Wollsey about ye way in page . . 498
Peter Stringehams releas to Sam Barker page 485
Mr. Edward Burrows his releas to Mr. Lenoir 251
Able Galles deed of sail to Benjamin Thirston in
page 479
Hope Carpenter & Jonathans Whitheads agreement
in pag 492
Mr. Ouzee Van Swetton receit to Mr. Lenoir in page 503
Mr. Jamains certeficatt to Mr. Whithead in pag. . . . 123
Edward Burrowes deed to Thomas Burrowes in
page 280
Thomas Ffosters releas to Ben j amine Thirstone
and ye rest of ye brothers & sisters in
pages 441 & 442
Cap'" Wollseys deed to Thomas Umphrey in page. . 439
Cap*" Wollseys & Sam Bayles deed of exchaing in
pag 438
John Fredricks & Fredricke Hendricks to John
Wollsey in page 268 & 269
Waitt Smiths deed to Ben Thirston in page 380
Mary Davis deed to Abigaill Mills & asigne-
ment to Tho. Darling with his assigne-
ment to Benjamin Thirston in page 378 & 379
Samuell Smiths deed to Mr. Whithead in page 369
Thomas Okleys ded to Ben Thirston in page . . 376 & 377
Mr. Whitheads aquittance to John Snedeher in
pag 868
Page 501
Jonathan Mills feften acors of land layed out by ye
east side of Chasmors Island path nere ye half way tre
going to ye south 60 rods in length and 40 rods in bredth
John Basfords deed for fiveten sheep to Tho. Wollsey
in pa^e 545
322 Records of the Town of
Edward Hares & Janes agrement in page 242
Peter Whitts deed to John Smith in page 243
Samuell Deines deed to Mr. Wiiithead in page 205
The boggy meadow entered in page 447 & 8
Cap*" Wollseys & John Ludlams exchaing in page . . 484
Nath Lynosses deed to John Man w*** ye
assignement and acknowledgment en-
tered in page 427-428 & 429
Nath Dentons deed to Samll Carpenter in page. . . 413
EUias Bayles deed to Sam Carpenter in page 412
Benjamine Thirstons deed to Samll Carpenter in
page ^ y
Edward Higbees deed of givft to his son Nat in
page •
Samll Higbes deed to his brother Nath Higbee in
page 456
Thomas Okleys deed to William Smith in page 453
Hope Carpenters releas to Jonos Wood in page 238
Benjamiii Thirstons releas to Timothy Wood in
411
455
page
238
William Smiths deed to Cap*" Okley in page 245
Mr. Prudens deed to Jonas Wood in page 247
William Smiths deed to Jonas Wood in page 248
Georg & Zacariah Mils obligation to Wm. Creed and
Samll Ruscoes evedence about ye same in page . . 430
Richard Allessons Cavett against ye proveinge
Tho Casses will in page , 479
Peter Whites deed to Garrett Johnson in page 408
Samuell Mathewes deed to Samuell Bayles in
page 431
Ellias Bayles deed to Abraham Lott in page 405
Mr. Whitheads deed to Waitt Smith in page. .252 & 253
Edward Whit deed to Waitt Smith in page .... 253 & 254
Richard Dentons deed to Samll Denton in page. . . . 250
Samll Milles ded to his sone Samuell in page 402
William Creeds ded to Johanas Holshart in
pag 460 & 461
Samuell Carpenters releas to Ben Thirston in
pag J I'^O
Jamaica, Long Island 323
Page 50S
Daniell Whythed land
Thirtene acors of land layed out by John Ouldfild
and Samuell Smith bound on ye east with a five acor lot
that was formerly William Smiths on ye north with ye
hyway that goe to the Duchmens Jo Hanson and Derick
on ye south with ye ould path that goe to ye Litell Playn
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Samuell Darlinge belongeinge to Jamaica in
Queens County in the Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge
Know yea t*^ I the abovesd Samuell Darlinge for severall
good considerrations & casses me therunto moveinge
but more easspeatily for a vallewable sume of moneys to
me in hand paid ore secured to be paid by Joseph Oldfeld
of ye sd Towhe Island & County the receipt wherof I
doe herby own & acknowledg to be therwith contented
sattisfyed and paid and therof & therfrom doe exonoratt
and discharge the abovesd Joseph Oldfeld his heires
and assignes from any further claim or demand for
any part ore parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted
allinated releast enfeoft quit claimd made over & sould
and by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me
my heires excecutors & adminesstrators given granted
covenanted allinated releast quitt claimd made over &
sould unto unto ye abovesd Josep Oldfeld his heires
excecutors adminestrators & assignes a certain pece of
upland lyinge and beinge in the boundes of Jamaica
beinge a ten acer right of devition and is bounded as
followeth viz east by the Little Plaines west by Samuell
Miles north by the land of ye sd Joseph Oldfeld and
south by Samuell Smith sone of Samuell Smith all which
sd pece of land as it is above bounded and exsprest I
the sd Samuell Darlinge have as aforsd sold as abovesd
to ye aforsd Joseph Oldfeld his heirs & assignes to have
and to hold and the same to be & remain to ye only propor
use benifit & behouf of him ye sd Joseph Oldfeld to ockepy
poses & in joy frely discharged of & from all formor
sales givftes morgages or any other intangellments
324 Records of the Town of
what ever and ye same shall warrent & for ever defend
against any claim or demand from any person ore persons
laying any just claime therto with a warrente to de-
fend ye same against any intrest proporty claime or
demand from me the sd Samuell Darlinge my heirs excecu-
tors & adminestrators for ever to ye trew performance of
Page 503
all & every partt of this salle to ye aforsd pece of land
with all the prevelidges and profits with all timbers trees
woods under woods beinge upon the same is sould as
aforsd in wittnes wherunto I sett to my hand & seall
this twenty sixth day of Febrauary in ye eaighth yeare
of His Majsts reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord one
thowsand sixe hundred ninty six seven
Signed seald & delivered Samll Darlinge O
in presence of
Samuell Messenger
Samuell Ruscoe
March ye 2d 1697/8 then apered befor Daniell Whit-
head one of His Majesties Justices for ye keeping- of ye
peace for Queens County the above written Samuell
Darlinge & did acknowledge this above deed of salle
to be his own free & volluntary act & deed
Daniell Whithead
A trew coppy of the orridgonall deed entered pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
From the 10th day of December 1696 till the 27 day
of August Iszak Lenoir was indepted to Mr. Ouzee
Van Swetton to sundrey goods and money the full and
just sume one hundred eaighty seven poundes four shill-
inges & four pence halfpeny and the sd Lenoir paid itt
in full as wittnes ye receipt in full of all acounts to this
27 D of August 1698 and the receipt of ye sd Mr. Ouzee
Van Swetton is as followeth —
Jamaica, Long Island 325
The twenty seventh of August 1698 reseived the
ballance above mentioned beinge of all acounts till this
day in NewYorke Ouzee Van Swetton
A true coppy pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page BOJi-
Thomas Wiggins Senr his land
A home lot lying on ye north quarter off ye Town —
Meadow fiveteen acres lying at the haw trees having Mr.
Coe on ye west & William Ffoster on ye south with an
adition being most fresh & boggs joyning to Benjamin
Coe on ye south & William Ffoster on ye north — ffurther
a small lot at ye further east neck joyning to John Han-
son on ye south & to ye north George Woolsys
A ten acre lot westward lying on ye south side off ye
rode that goes to York having Morace Smith on ye
west William Smith on ye east & a high way on ye
south —
Ten acres in ye litle neck on which his son Thomas
house stands having on ye east y* land Thomas Wiggins
Junior bought off William Ffoster ffour acres off this
ten ad joyning to his son Thomas his house the above
written Thomas Wiggins Senior hath given to his son
Thomus —
Land eastward being twenty six acres joyning to
John Carpenter Junior having ye sd Carpenter on ye
west bounded w* ye hills on ye north on ye east by a
high way on ye south near ye plains —
More two acres more or less yVThomas Wiggins gave
his daughter Elizebeth Smith to build upon next ad-
joyning to William Creeds house lot
More three acres off land upon ye Hawtree Island
Page 505
Thomas Wiggens Jeunor sone to Thomas Wiggens
latte of Jamaica deseassed enters his land belonginge
to him as ye eldest sone as followeth viz — A home lott
326 Records of the Town of
lyinge on the north qtor of ye Towne — Meadow fiveten
acers lyinge att ye haw trees haveinge Mr. Coe on ye
north & William Ffoster on ye south with an adition be-
inge most ffresh & bogges joyninge to Benjamin on ye
south & William Ffostor on ye northe ffurther a small
lott at ye further east necke joyning to John Hanson
on ye south & to ye north George Wollsey — Ten acers
in the Little Neck haveing on ye east ye land I bought
of William Ffoster upon which buld — Land eastward
twenty sixe acers joyninge to John Carpenter Junor
haveinge ye sd Carpenter on ye west bounded w*'' ye
hilles on ye north on ye east by a highe way on ye south
ner .ye plaines three acers more lyinge upon ye Hawtree
Island —
More in ye east devition lyinge in number 53 one lott
22 acers — more betwixt ye Little Planes & ye mill one
lott number 63/25 acers — more fourty acers of upland
from brother William Creed for ye ten acers he had
westward layd out to me
Page 506
John Hunts Assignment recorded
Bee it known unto whom it may concern that I Ff ranees
Comes above mentioned doe assign & make over unto
Edward Hunt off Newtown all my right title & interest
off this within mentioned bill off sale I say ffrom mee
my heires executors adminst. & assignes unto him ye
sd Edward his heires executors administrators & assignes
ffor ever as ther own just dues as witness my hand this
7th off Ffebruary 1683/4 ' Ffrancis Coomes
Witness
Theophilus Phillips
Henry Mayle A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Clerk
Bee it known unto all men by theese presents that
I Edward Hunt within mentioned have doe & by theese
presents alienate asign and make over all my right title
Jamaica, Long Island 327
& interest off this within written bill off sale unto my
brother John Hunt as his own proper good & due right
I say ffrom mee & mine ffor ever to him ye sd John Hunt
& his ffor ever in true perfformance off this my deed I
set to my hand this 20th off March 1685
Witness Edward Hunt
Theophilus Phillips
Henry Mayle A true coppy off ye originall as-
signment by mee
Danll Denton
Clerk
Looke in page 72 where ye origall deed off Ffrancis
Coomes is recorded
Page 507
To all Christian peopell to whome this prsent wright-
inge shall come I William Foster of Jamaica in Queens
County on Longe Island send greettinge — Wheras there
is a certaine parcell ore tract of land sittuatt lyinge and
beinge in ye Little Neck within the boundes of Jamaica
aforsaid containinge by estimation twenty acers be it
more ore less w"** sd land frontes to the highwaye one
the rear of the south lottes adjoyninge on ye west side
to the lott of Thomas Wiggens Seanor and one ye east
to ye lott of Samuell Messenger beinge in all sixty rood
square Know yea that I the abovesd William Ffoster
for a vallewable consideration unto me in hand paid and
secured to be paid have allined bargined & sould & by thes
presents doe from me my heirs excejietors adminesstra-
tors & assignes allin bargain & sell the aforsaid recitted
parcell or tract of upland with all the fencinge & timber
standinge or lyinge ther upon unto Thomas Wiggens
Junor of Jamaica aforsaid his heires excetors administrs
or assignes to have and to hould the said land and prem-
ises unto ye sd Thomas Wiggens Junor his heires excets
administs or assignes unto ye propor use benifitt & be-
houf of him ye sd Thomas Wiggens Junor his heirs &
assignes for ever & I doe herby further oblige my heires
to warrent the salle of ye sd land and premises & will
328 Records of the Town of
justefy & maintain ye same against any claim or claimes
pretence or pretences of any person ore persons what-
soever in wittnes wherof I have herunto sett to my hand
& seall this 16 day of Febrauary 1683/4
Signed & sealled and dellivered William X Fostor O
in presence of
Peter Smith A trew coppy of ye origonall
Mary X Smith pr Samll Ruscoe
the mark of Clarke
Page 508
Zachary Mills his deed off sale ffrom Susan Messenger
Bee it known unto all men by theese presents y* I Susana
Messenger off Jemaica on Long Island in Queens County
doe make over sell & confBrm unto Zacharia Mills five
acres off land in ye Town off Jemaica bounded on ye
west by Thomus Wiggins on east ye high way south by
Samuell Denton on ye north ye high way ffrom ye Town
to ye bever pond being in consideration off five acres
off land to bee taken up upon ye rite off the afforesd
Zachariah Mills off ye Town & place above mentioned
the which exchange was made by ye aforesd Zachariah
& Samuell Messenger in his liffe time being ye deceased
husband oft' ye afforesd Susannah but not conflSrmed by
writing I say I Susannah Messenger doe confirm the
aforesd exchange made between my deceased husband
Samll Messenger & Zachariah Mills aforsd & doe make
over sell give grant & confirm from mee my heires exe-
cutors administrators or assigns unto Zachariah Mills
afforesd his heires or assigns ye land above mentioned
ffully & ffreely discharged ffrom all ft'ormer sales giffts
grants dowries leases uses intailm*^ joint heires morgages
judgments ffines or amerciaments or any other incum-
brances what soever had made comitted in writeing
wittingly or willingly suffered or done by ye aforesd
Susannah Messenger or her heires or assignes or by any
off hers or there meanes or consents in conffirmation off
Jamaica, Long Island
329
ye premises I doe herunto set my hand & seal this 26th
off March in ye year off our Lord 1686
Signd seald & delivered Susannah X Messenger O
her mark
o
Being done by ye consent
off us Jonas Wood & Richard
Jones overseers off ye estate
off Samll Messenger deceased
in ye presence off us
Jonas X Wood
his mark
Richard Jones
A true coppy by
Danll Denton
Clerk
Page 509
The deed on ye other side mentioned was acknowledged
beffore mee Daniell Whitehead
Wee Zachariah Mills & Abigaill Mills doe assigne all
our right interest & title off ye within written bill off
sale ffrom us our heires executors administrators or as-
signes unto our son Thomus Darling his heires executors
administrators or assignes ffor ever as witness our hands
this eleventh of June in ye year off our Lord 1686 being
upon a valuable consideration alreddy received
Witnessed by us
Isaac Mills
Richard Jones
Signed by
Zachariah X Mills
Abigail Mills
A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Clerk
Att a Town Mettinge November ye 25 1700 it was
voatted and concluded that if any gades shall be pounded
& not redemed within four dayes that then such gades
or gade shall be sould att a publicque outcre and if the
owner of such gades shall cume within a twelvemonth
to redeme such gades he shall have them payeinge the
same price as was giveen by him that bought them with
330 Records of the Town of
such resonabl charges as shall be agreed upon betwixt
them or as indefferent persons choasen betwixt them
shall judge pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Town Mettinge held December ye 12 1700 ther
was aded by a publique voat thre other Townsmen or
Trustees beinge by name Justice Nicolos Everett Jonos
Wood and Richard Oldfeld unto Cap*" Hope Carpenter
Leftenant Thomas Smith and Nathaniell Denton which
were choasen before Pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 510
Theese presents testify an agreement betwixt Mr.
Daniell Whitehead & William Creed on ye one part &
Jeremiah Hubbard all of Jemaica in Queens County on
ye other as followeth — The sd Mr. W'hitehead & William
Creed have exchanged w* ye sd Jeremiah Hubbard ten
acres of land which ten acres of land exchanged by Mr.
Whitehead & Mr. Creed is ye halff off a twenty acre lot
which was layd out to Henry Townsend off Oisterbay
ye sd ten acres lieth on the north side off ye road y*
goes from Jemaica to Hemstead bounded on ye east w*
Mr. Whiteheads & William Creeds land on ye north w*
Jonathan Dean on ye west w* Richard Rodes his land &
ye south w* ye sd highway which sd ten acres of land ye
sd Jeremiah Hubbard his heires & assignes is to have
hold & enjoy ffor ever & the sd Jeremiah in considera-
tion of the premises is to give unto ye sd Mr. Whitehead
and William Creed ten acers off land which they are to
take up upon ye sd Jeremiah Hubbards right when they
please for them their heires & assignes to have hold &
enjoy ffor ever that this is our act & deed wee testify
by setting too our hands & seals this 15th day of De-
cemb*^ Annoq Domini 1686
Signd seald & delivered Daniell Whitehead O
before us William Creed O
Gersham Moore Jeremiah \ ^
Danll Denton Hubbard /
Jamaica, Long Island 331
A true coppy off ye originall deed
by mee Danll Denton
Cler
Page 511
Thes presents witneseth that I John Mane inhabetant
in Jamaica in ye North Rydinge of Yorkshier upon Longe
Island have sould and doe herby bargain and sell unto
and make over & confirm unto Thomas Higame of Hemp-
sted of ye same shire a sartaine a sartain howes that was
formorly Ephreim Pollmors with ye foure acres of land
therunto belonginge bounded one the south w*^ Goodman
Higbees land and Jonathan Stevens one ye east & Good-
man Wigens on ye north w*** ye hiles one ye west with ye
hige waye I say I the sd John Man have sould as afor-
said the said howes & land w*^ ye orchard fenceings and
all ye prevelidges & apurtenances that now doath or
her after may apertaine or belonge to ye aforsaid howes
and land & doe herby warrent this my salle good in law
& free from all formor morgages entailments or encum-
brances what ever ocationed by said bill of salle I say I
doe herby give unto Thomas Highame full & quiaet
posesione of ye premises howes & land orchard and fences
and fencings quiattly to in joy for him selfe his heirs &
assignes as his own propor right without any mollesta-
tion from me or any person or persons what ever the to
ye trew & faithfull performance of ye above mentioned
premises I sett to my hand & seall ye day & yer above
written John Man O
Sonsumatted in presence of
Will X Brinky
his mark This entered pr
Benjamin Coe Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 512
Know all men by theese presents that I John Stickling
of Jemaica upon Long Island have sold & by theese
presents doe sell & make over from my selff my heires
executors administrators or assignes unto John Carpenter
of Hemstead on Long Island his heires executors ad-
332 Records of the Town of
ministrators or assignes my house and horn lot lying
between Thomas Smith & Henry Townsends of ye aforesd
Jemaica w* all ye land belonging to it & twenty acres
off medow more or less lying at ye hither east neck w*
all ye housing gardens fences orchards improved lands
comonage w' all the priveledges improvements proffets
& immunities belonging thereunto or that hereaffter
may belong to ye sd lot without any reservation off any
part or parcell thereoff I say I the aforesd John Stickling
doe ffor my self my heires & assignes fully & firmly sell
& make over ye sd lot w* all ye medows & apurtenances
as before exprest to John Carpender before mentioned
for him his heires or assignes to have & to hold for ever
& I doe herby ingage to warrant this my sale free from
any incumbrance of any person or persons whatsoever
& to give ye aforesd Carpender quiat possession off ye
aft'oresd lot w*^ out let or molestation and I doe hereby
acknowledge y* I have received off ye aforesd John Car-
pender ffor ye aforesd accomadations valuable considera-
tion to my full satisffaction and for ye true & absolute
confirmation of ye premises I have set to my hand &
scale this eight day off November one thousand six
hundred sixty ffive in ye seventeenth year of His Majesties
raigne Charles ye Second of England Scotland France
& Ireland King as witness my hand ye day & year above
exprest John X Stickling O
Signd scald & delivered his mark
in ye presents off us
Samuell Smith
Anthony Waters
A true coppy off ye originall deed
by mee Danll Denton
Clerk
Page 513
To all Christian peopell to whome thes preasents shall
cume Able Galle of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth
Jamaica, Long Island 333
greetting Knowe yea that I the abovesd Able Galle
for severall good considerations and casses me therunto
moveing but more easspeatially for the natuerall love
and fatherly reaspect that I doe beare unto ray well-
beloved sone John Galle doe give grant quitte claime re-
leass make over & confirme and make over ajkd by thes
presents doe acknowledg to have frome mee my heires
exceketors adminesstrators & assignes a sartain devition
of land layd out to me the said Able Galle in a plase
comonly called the Little Necke lyinge for thirty sixe
acers more ore less with all my share & devition of
meadow boath saltt and freshe lyinge in ye sd Necke with
all and singuler the prevelidges profitts benifitts enlarg-
ments & injoyments that now are or shall for ever be-
longe or appertaine therto with all timber trees standing
or lying upon the same the which sd upland as abovesd
and meadow as bounded west by the mille river & south
by ye sandy swampe & east by the highe waye goeing to
ye East Necke I say that I the abovesd Able Galle have
with Dinah my wiffe giveen granted quitt claimed realest
enfeoft made over & confirmed unto my abovesd sone
John Galle ye same with all & every partt & parcell
therof to have and to houlde to him ye abovesd John
Galle his heires exceketors adminesstrators & assignes
for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye only proper
use benifitt & behoffe of him ye sd John to ockepy poses
& injoy as his own free right of inherretance and the
same shall and will forever warrant and defend against
any formor salles gifts morgages leasses intanglements
what ever and any claime or claimes from any person
or persons whatever laying claim therto with a warrentee
to defend the same with all & every partt & parcell therof
against any property intrest claime or demand from me
the above said Able Galle my heires exceketors admines-
trators for ever in confirmation wherof I the abovesd
Able Galle doe bind my self my heires exceketors ad-
minestrators & assignes for ever by setting to my hand
& seall this sixt day of January in ye fourth yeare of
334 Records of the Town of
Their Majsts raignes and in the yeare of our Lord Christ
one thowsand sixe hundred ninty two
Signed sealled & dellivered Able X Galle O
in presence of his marke
John Harrisson
Samll Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye orrigonall deed
of sail or givft entered pr
Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 514
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Daniell Whithead of Jamaica in Queens County
in ye Island of Nassaw gentlman sendeth greettinge
Know yea that I Daniell Whithead with Abigail my wife
for severall good resons considerrations & casses us and
each of us therunto moveing but more easspeatily for a
vallewable sattisf action to us in hand allredy payd ore
secured to be payd by John Snedekur of ye abovesd
Towne Island and County ye receipt wherof we the sd
Daniell & Abigaill Whithead doe herby owne & acknowl-
edge to be therwith contented sattisfyed and paid & therof
and therfrome doe for ever acquitt exonoratte and dis-
charge ye abovesd John Snedekur his heires excecutors
& adminesstrators & assignes of & from any further
claime ore demand for any part ore parcell therof have
giveen granted covenanted allinatted released quitte
claimed enfeoft bargined made over and sould and by
thes presents doe acknowledge to have from us our heires
excecutors & adminestrators fully & absolutly giveen
granted covenanted allinatted releast quit claimed enfeoft
bargined made over and sould unto the aforsd John
Snedekur his heires exceketors adminesstrators and as-
signes a certain pece ore parcell of meadow cittyuatt
lyeinge & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica abovesd
beinge att a place comonly known by the name of Ould-
felds Island sd meadow beinge the one third part of the
devition of meadow belongeinge to me ye sd Daniell
Whithead there in sd necke as is allredy devided the other
two thirds one reserved to my self yeatt & ye other. third
Jamaica, Long Island 335
belongeinge to Garrett Luberttson & this sd third beinge
ye upermoust beinge bounded as followeth east by
Theodorus Pollhellmas lott bought by him from John
Stewartt & south by Hendrick Lott west by Garrett
Luberttson & north bounded by ye creek callexl the
Crooked Creek all which sd pece ore parcell of meadow
beinge salt I ye abovesd Daniell with Abygaill my wife
have as abovsd sould to the aforsd John Snedekur with ye
eaquall part or proportion of land belongeinge to sd third
soe sould in sd neck to have and to hould ockepy posses &
injoy for ever & ye same to be and remaine to ye only
propor use benefit and behoufe of him ye abovesd John
Snedekure his heires & assignes free & clerly discharged
of & from all formor salles givfts morgages leasses or
any other intanglements whatt ever with a warrente
to defend ye same against any intrest proporty claime
ore demand from me ye sd Daniell & Abegaill my wiffe
our heires excecketors & adminestrators for ever & from
all & any other person or persons layinge any just claime
Page 515
therto in testymoney wherof we sett to our hands and
afixe our scales this twenty ninth day of July in ye
eaight yeare of His Majsts reigne & in ye yeare of our
Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & sixe
Signed scald & dellivered Daniell Whitthead O
in presence of Abigaill X Whithead O
John Jackson her mark
Samll Ruscoe
Memorandam that on ye 3d day of Julley 1696 then
appered before John Jackson Esquer one of His Majesties
Justices of ye Peace for Queens County ye within named
Cap*'' Whitthead & Abigaill his wife and acknowledged
this deed of conveiance to be their vollontary act & deed
John Jackson Justice
A trew coppy pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
336 Records of the Town of
Att a Towne Mettinge held at Jamaica January ye
4th 1698/9 it was ordered that John Oke shall have
liberty to set up a good suffitiant pound in the most
convenient place nere to the Beaver Pond and to be
punder to the same soe longe as he shall see good he
rendringe and payinge to ye sd Towne for the Towns
use twenty shillinges a yeare in good current sillver
moneys of this Province for every yeare that he shall
keep ye same and when he shall leave of the keepinge of
sd pound to leave it in good sofitiant repaire and the sd
John Oke is to have the same fees as has ben costomaryly
payd for poundage of every creater & the said John
Oky doth herby engage to have the same pound made
and done by the last of Marche next and sett in such
place as abovesd & to perform the conditions aforsd —
By ordor of ye Towne
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att the same Town Metting it was agred by voat that
John Oke Richard Oldfeld and Theodoras Pollhelmas &
Daniell Smith Seanor shall forth take all dillegent care
in goeinge about amongst the neaibourhod to see what
money can be raised by a free-will offeringe for the buld-
inge of ye church in the Towne of Jamaica to make re-
turne to ye Towne of what sum can be raised
Page 516
Theese presents testify an agreement made this 29th
off January 1686/7 betwixt Wait Smith & William Sallier
both off Jemaica in Queens County as ffolloweth (viz)
the sd Wait Smith hath exchanged a piece off medow with
yes Will Sallier which sd medow exchanged w* Will:
Sallier lyeth in ye hither East Neck above the causee
being ffresh medow which sd ffresh medow belongs to
Joseph Smith & Wait Smith aforesd ffrom ye sd causee
upward all ye medow lyng on ye west side of ye crick
belongin to ye sd Joseph & Wait ye afforesd Wait Smith
doth ffully ffreely & absolutely give alienate exchange
Jamaica, Long Island 337
& make over ffrom himselff his heires & assignes all his
share & proportion off ye aforesd medow to William
Sallierd afforesd for him his heires & assignes to have &
to hold posses & enjoy ffor ever in consideration whereoff
ye sd William Sallier doth ffor himself his heires & as-
signes exchang give alienate & make over unto ye sd Wait
Smith halff a five acre lot lyng on ye ft'urther east neck
being bounded on ye east w* ye Ludloms & on ye west w*
ye widdow Ashmans medow which sd five acre lot ye sd
Sallier is to devide & Wait Smith to choose — the one
halff off ye sd medow so devided the sd Wait Smith is
himselff his heires or assignes to have & to hold posses
& enjoy ffor ever the sd Wait Smith & Will Sallier en-
gaging by theese presents to warrant & maintain this
medow each to other now exchanged good in law & ffree
ffrom all sales or incumbrances that this is our act & deed
wee testiffy by setting too our hands & seals the day &
year above written
Signd seald & deliverd Wait Smith (Seal)
before us William X Sallier (Seal)
Danll Denton his mark
Hannah X Denton
her mark
Page 517
Theese presents testiffy an agreement made betwixt
John Man & Hope Carpenter both off Jemaica in Queens
Countj^ as ffolloweth (viz) That whereas ye sd John
Man & Hope Carpenter have each of y" five acres off
medow in ye hither east neck so called joyning together
it is agreed upon y* ye sd medow shall bee equally de-
vided betwixt them so y* each man may have an equall
share yet so y* both off y"' hold that side or place in ye
medow they enjoyed before this devission and ffurther it
is agreed upon that John Man shall have eight acres off
upland out off Hope Carpenters next devission of land
ffor his own proper right & inheritance to ye sd John
Man ffor himselff his heires or assignes to have hold &
enjoy ffor ever ffree ffrom all sutes morgages or demands
what soever ffrom ye sd Hope Carpenter his heires or
338 Records of the Town of
assignes or any other person or persons by ffrom or under
them and this agreement to put a full & absolute period
to all former differences or pretences by ye sd John
Man to any priveledge off land ffrom Hope Carpenters
five acres off medow before mentioned that this is our
mutuall agreement wee testiffy by subscribing our hands
& scales this 12th day off January Annoq Domini 1687/6
Signd seald & deliverd John Man O
before us Hope Carpenter O
Danll Denton
Benjamin Thurstone A true coppy by mee
Danll Denton
Ffeb' ye 10th 1687/6 Cler
Page 518
August 28 1685
Know all men by theese presents that I John Johnson
of Jemaica in Queens County doe alienate bargaine &
sell & by theese presents have ffrom me my heires execu-
tors administrators & assignes covenanted alienated
bargained & sould unto Edward Burrous off Jemaica in
ye County aforesd ye right off priveledge y* shall arise
ffrom this date to three acres & three quarters off medow
according to ye devissions of ye Town y* is to bee under-
stood all devissions off lands that shall ffrom time to
time be agreed upon by ye Town to bee layd out arising
from ye aforesd three acres & three quarters of medow
I say y* I ye sd John Johnson doe fully & absolutely sell
& make over unto ye sd Burous his heires executors ad-
ministrators or assignes all ye above mentioned priveledge
of three acres & three quarters of medow y* any wayes
may appertain or hereaffter arise or belong to ye same it
being ye same y* I ye sd Johnson bought of Peeter String-
ham to have & to hold ffor ever without let or hinderance
& doe warrant ye same ffree from any fformer sales giffts
morgages or any other intanglements & likewise I doe
ingage to deffend this my sale good in law free ffrom any
ffurther claim or claims from any person or persons what-
ever forrain invasion excepted to ye true performance
Jamaica, Long Island 339
whereoff I the sd John Johnson doe bind my selff by sub-
scribing my name & setting too my seal in ye first year of
ye raigne of our Soveraign Lord James ye Second oif
England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland King Defender off
ye Faith &c. I ye sd Johnson doe acknowledge to have
received full satisffaction off Burous ffor ye w* in written
premises John X Johnson
Signd seald & deliverd his mark
in ye presence off
Daniell Whithead
Samll Ruscoe Recog: cozam mei 2d Dec. 1685
John Palmer
A true coppy by mee Danll Denton
Cler
Page 519
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County
sendeth greeting know yea that I ye abovesd William
Creed for severall good resons & casses me therunto
moveinge but more esspeatily for a vallewable sattisfac-
tion to me in hand paid by Thomas Smith Junor belonge-
ing to ye same Towne & County ye receipt wherof I doe
herby own & acknowledge to be therwith contented sat-
tisfyed & paid & doe therof & therfrom acquit exoneratte
& discharge the abovesd Thomas Smith his heirs excecu-
tors & assignes from any further claim ore demand for
any part ore parcell therof have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated released enfeofed bargined made over
and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have
from mee my heirs excecutors & assignes giveen granted
covenanted allinated releast enfeoft bargined made over
& sould unto ye abovesd Thomas Smith his heirs excecu-
tors & assignes a certain pece of upland lyinge & beinge
within ye bounds of Jamaica containinge five acers more
ore less beinge bounded as followeth on the east by Mr.
Daniell Whithead south with the comon rood west
by ye land of ye sd Thomas Smith & north by Anthony
Waters all which sd pece of or parcell of land as it is above
340 Records of the Town of
bounded & exsprest and lyeth within fence together
with all howesings orchyards prevelidge & approvements
therupon ore therunto belongeinge I the abovesd WilHam
Creed have as abovesd sold as abovesd unto ye aforsd
Thomas Smith his heirs & assignes to have and to hould
for ever & ye same to be & remaine to ye only propor use
benifit & behouf of him ye sd Thomas Smith his heires
& assignes to ockepy posses & injoy free & frely discharged
of & from all formor salles salles givfts morgages ore
any ether intanglements whatever & the same shall &
will by thes presents warrent and defend against any
intrest proporty claime ore demand frome mee ye sd
William Creed my heirs excecutors & assignes ore any
other person ore persons what ever in wittnes wherunto
I sett to my hand & seall this thirtenth day of June in
ye seventh yeare of His Majesties reigne & in ye yeare
of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred ninty
& five William Creed O
Signed sealled and dellivered
in presence of
Able X Galle A treew coppy of ye orridgonall
Samuell Ruscoe deed entered in ye Register for
Jamaica pr Samll Ruscoe
March 16 1697/8 Clark
Page 520
Theese presents testify y* wee Thomas Smith Senr &
Elias Baylie both of Jemaica in Queens County have
made an exchange of land as ffolloweth The sd Thomas
Smith doth exchange with & give alienate & make over
unto ye aforesd Elias Baylie ffrom himself his heires &
assignes ten acres off land lying & being within ye bounds
off Jemaica & bounded on ye east side by ye path y*
goes to ye mill & on ye north by ye land off Elias Baylie
& on ye south by ye land off John Baylie & on ye west
by Elias Baylies land which sd ten acres off land together
w* ye trees timbers & appurtenances ye sd Elias Baylie
his heires executors & assignes is to have & to hold possess
& enjoy ffor ever: In consideration off which ten acres
Jamaica, Long Island 341
of land the aforesd Elias Baylie doth exchange w* alienate
& make over unto ye sd Thomus Smith Sen"" ffrom him
ye sd Elias his heires or assignes ten acres off land lyng
& being westward w* in ye bounds of Jemaica & bounded
on ye east by John Oldffield Senr & on west by Garret
Johnsons land y* hee bought off Jonathan Baylie & on ye
south by a high way & on ye north by Samll Deans
land which sd ten acres off land together w' ye trees tim-
ber & appurtenances thereupon or thereunto belonging
ffor him the sd Thomus Smith his heires executors or
assignes to have & to hold possess occupy & enjoy ffor
ever & ye sd Thomus & Elias engage each to other to
maintain this exchange good in law against any person or
persons lawffully claiming any interest to ye afforesd
land that this is our act & deed wee testiffy by setting
too our hands & seals this twentieth day off Ffebr Annoq
Domini 1687/6
Signd seald & deliverd Thomas X Smith (Seal)
before us his mark
William X Foster Elias Bayles , (Seal)
his mark
Danll Denton
Page 521
Devitions of land layd outt to Daniell Whitthead
by John Ouldfeld Sam. Smith & Daniell Denton in the
first devition ye sixth lott frunting upon ye plains & plain
hollow: in ye second devition ye 28th lotte lyinge be-
twen the mill & ye plain rune one ye east side of Free-
mans path— ye west devition fronting upon ye ould
Towne path against the spring — as allso one trackt of
land bounded westward by the haw tree path & east-
ward by the haw tree hollow ye land layd laid out upon
ye east side of sd hollow north ward wher ye hollow &
path meetts & southward by ye ould fence — allsoe laid
outt to John Hanson twenty acres by Samuell Smith
John Bayles & Waitt Smith & allsoe one pece or trak
of land aioining to said Whittheads fivety accor Lott of
land bought outt of Hampsteed bounds and soe runs
west into ye Longe Poynt which runes into ye Little
342 Records of the Town of
Plaines as will apper by marked trees — as allsoe one
peee of land bounded west & south by ye said Whitt-
heads land & east by Fremans path & north by ye hollow
— and lyinge att ye end of ye Millers neke — as allsoe one
slipe of land lyinge betwen ye mill stream and ye path
thatt leads to ye Little Plains begining att the bridge and
Tuning east till it meett with a small lott laid laid outt
to Mr. William Nicolls — as allsoe one pece of land
bounded eastward by Jonathan Watters north by Doros
Pollhellmas west by Flattbush south by ye path — as
allsoe one lott of land lyinge betwen Mr. Pruden and
Anthony Watters formorly laid outt to Hendrike Lott
he haveing his land now in another place — all which
abovesd trackts and parcells of land belonging to ye
abovesd Daniell Whitthead upon account of his ould
devitions ye four last devitions and land purchased of
other persons —
Thes abovesd partts & parcells of land enttered by
ordor of ye survayors of ye Towne the 2d day of Octobr.
1694 pr Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Bogge meadow belonginge to Daniell Whithead is as
followeth — All ye bogges & boggye meadow in ye millers
neck & one ye south side of the same adjoyning to ye
same — as allsoe one small pece one ye west side of ye
mill streame runing northward soe far as his land goes as
allsoe one pece bounded northward by Samuell Barker
& southward by the cow pasteur or salt meaddow —
This entered pr Sam Ruscoe
December 3d 1696 Clarke
Page 522
Theese presents testiffy that I Samuell Davis of Je-
maica in Queens County ffor & in good consideration
mee thereunto moving & more especially for full satis-
ffaction alreddy received off my ffather Ffulk Davis off
ye Towne afforesd doe by theese presents ffully & firmly
give grant alienate bargain sell & make over unto my
Jamaica, Long Island 343
afforesd ffather Fulk Davis his heires executors adminis-
trators & assignes that house & home lot y* my ffather
now Hves on which I bought fformerly off my ffather to-
gether w* ye barn orchard ffencings & improvements as
alsoe five acres off meadow more or less lying in ye ffurther
east neck as alsoe all ye prevelidges & appurtenances
belonging to ye sd medow w* ye priveledge off taking up
such lands as now doe or hereaffter shall bee by vertue
off a Town order due to bee taken up upon ye right off
ye sd meadow excepting onely fiveteen acres off land
fformerly taken up upon ye sd right now in possession
off ye sd Samll Davis all which house homestead barn
orchard & meadow together w* all ye ffencings priveledges
& improvements thereupon or thereunto belonging ye
sd Samuell Davis doth ffully ffreely & absolutely sell
& make over unto his ffather Ffulk Davis aforesd ffor him
his heires executors & assignes to have hold possess &
enjoy ffor ever & ye sd Samuell Davis doth by theese
presents engage to maintain ye sd sale to his sd ffather
& doth by theese presents renounce & surrender all
claimes pretences right title & interest ffrom mee or my
heires executors or assignes unto ye sd land or meadow
ffor ever that this is my act & deed I testiffy by .setting
too my hand & seal this twenty flBrst day off August
Annoq Domini 1685
Signd seald & deliverd Samuell X Davis O
before us his mark
Elizebeth X Davis Mary Davis
her mark
Danll Denton Senr
Page 523
A true coppy off ye deed on ye other side witt by
mee Danll Denton
Clerk
The within written deed acknowledged before me
Danll Whitehead
That is ye deed on ye other side
344 Records of the Town of
Att a melting held att Jamaica January ye first 1693/4
in ordor to the bidding a metting howes for ye Towne
of Jamaica ther was choassen John Owkea Samll Deine
Samll Denton Cap^" Carpenter & John Smith which
abovesd five men are to devid ye Towne into five squa-
drans and to see timber and stones & Hme all gotten and
fitted proportionably as shall be nessesary for sd worke
Sam Ruscoe
Clarke
Att a Towne mettinge called by ordor from ye Justices
of this County att Jamaica Ffebr. ye 17 1693/4 in ordor
to ye chois of two vestrey men prsuant to an act of
Assembley — Nehemiah Smith and William Creed was
choassen to be vestrey men for Jamaica and to mett
with ye rest of ye vestrey men from ye other towns with
full power with ye rest to chose two church wardens and
to ackt as the sd act of Assembley derickts & to meett
on Tuesday next from this datte pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Memorandam that on the fivfth day of January 1698/7
it was by the survaiors
This may certify y* John Wesson & May Messenger
were married this day shewinge me a certificatte of their
bans published accordinge to custome under the hand
of Joseph Smith Esqr one of Hur Majsts Justices of ye
Peace for Queens County in Nassau Island att Jamaica
in ye sd County by me Ed win? Mott
A trew coppy pr Samll Ruscoe
November ye 11 — 1702 Clark
Page 52Jf.
Att a Towne Mettinge held att Jamaica October the
2d thes men were chossen and concluded upon by voat
for —
Jamaica, Long Island 345
Att a Towne Mettinge held January the fivft 1697/8
William Creed was choassen to be Superavisor for this
Towne of Jamaica to mett with ye rest of ye Superavizers
acording to ye act —
Att the same mettinge it was agreed and concluded
by voatt that ther shall be a church erected and bult
in this Towne and to begine sd worke this next Springe
in March ore soneer & soe to follow sd worke with all
care & dilligence that may be untill it be ffinished
Att a Towne Metting called acordinge to order att
Jamaica Aprill the 15 1698 Mr. Edward Burro wes was
by a publicque voat choasen Constable for this present
year or till another shall be choasen in his roome
Att the same Meettinge Hope Carpenter Jonos Wood
and Benjamin Thirston was choasen Towtismen for this
present yeare or till others are choasen in ther roumes
and to act & perform all such trust & care as belonges
to that oflBce & plase
Att the same mettinge Joseph Smith and Lefftenant
Thomas Smith was choasen Assesors for this yeare
Att the same mettinge Daniell Smith sone to Samuell
Smith of this Towne was choasen Collector to collect &
performe that office according as the law derrects for the
yeare
Att the same mettinge the peopell and inhabetants of
this Town did publicqly signify their redines & willing-
enes for the continuinge Mr. Hubert t our present
minester in the worke of ye minestrey amongst us by
holding up their hands in a publicq voat
All thes abovesd orders signed & past
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Page 525
Att a Towne Mettinge held March the 21 1695/6
Joseph Smith Juner Ellias Bayles & John Wollsey are
choasen to be Townesmen for this present yere or till
others are choasen in their roumes to loock after and se
346 Records of the Town of
such orders and rules as are & shall be made in this Towne
shall be dewly putt in practice in their time —
By order of ye Towne Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Att ye same mettinge Nehemiah Smith and Nath
Denton are choasen to be fence vewers for the east end
of this Towne to ye midle of ye sd Towne to vew all out
sid fences by the and Theodorus Pollhellmas and Fredrick
Hendrickson are likewis choasen to be fens vewers for
ye west end of ye sd Town to vew all ye out sid fences for
this present yeare — and all peopell are herby requierd
to make their fences good fitt to be vewed by ye midle of
Aprell next and wher ther is or shall be complaint mad of
insid fences the abovesd vewers shall be sent for to
vew ye sam & ye parti or parties defeited shall pay ye
charge of ye vewinge and wheras a formor ordor of this
Town did agree that a four rail fence good shall be
acounted a sufitiant fence it is votted and agreed upon at
this sd metting that any other good sobstaintial fence
aquevelent to a four raill fence shall be demed a good
lawfull fence for sd Towne — Att ye same mettinge Waitt
Smith was choasen Constable for this present yere or till
another be choasen in his roume — ye men appoynted to
bulk ye boges return 101 acers pr Sam Ruscoe
Att a Town Mettinge held Aprill ye last 1697 Cap'"
Carpenter & Samuell Denton were choasen Assesors for
ye yeare inshuinge
Att ye same mettinge Willm Creed was choasen Col-
lector for ye sd yeare inshuing
Att same metting Edward Burrowes was choasen
Constable for the enshuing yeare or till another be choasen
& sworn in his rome — Likewis then Jonas Wood Joseph
Smith Juner & John Wollsey was chosen Townsmen
for sd yeare to act & perform all such care & charge as
becoms that office & place
Jamaica, Long Island 347
Page 526
November y !^5tli 1686
Know all men by theese presents y* I Samuell Matthews
planter & inhabitant in Queens County appertaining to
ye Province off New York have & by vertue hereoff doe
barter bargain alienate & make over by way off exchange
unto George Wolsy Junr planter & inhabitant at Jemaica
in ye County afforesd a certain parcell off upland ad-
joy ning to my homested at ye bever pond that is to say
all ye land appropriated & layd out to mee y* lieth west-
ward off a certain ffence which runs cross my homestead
above my dwelling house & piece off land y* was planted
w* Indian corn this last year ye sd ffence running straight
upon a line cross ye lot above y* is westward off ye sd
Indean stalks all ye land westward which hath been ap-
propriated & layd out to mee bee it more or less I have
bartered bargained alienated & made over ffrom mee my
heires executors or administrators ffor ever unto George
Woolsy Junior w* all ye ffencing improvement and priv-
eledges belonging to ye sd land to have & to hold as his
own proper & absolute right ffor & in consideration
off a certain tract off land lying in ye south woods towards
Chasmoores Island which quantity off land being as
layd out fforty ffive acres which land ye abovesd Mathews
doth acknowledge hee hath alredy received in ffull
satisffaction according to agreement wherefore ye sd
Mathews doth by vertue off theese presents & ffrom ye
date hereoff give unto ye sd George Woolsy peaceable
& quiet possession off ye abovesd land as witness my
hand subscribed ye day & date above mentioned
Signed & seald Samuell X Mathews O
in ye presence off us test. his mark
John Prudden Susan X Mathews O
Danll Denton her mark
A true coppy by mee Danll Denton
Cler
348 ' Records of the Town of
Page 527
Joseph Thurstons land entered —
One howes & lott lyinge & beinge next to the hills
William Ffoster lyinge to ye south of it beinge sixten
acres more or less fiveten acres of meadow as it lyeth in
ye hether east necke and ye Longe Neck as it was layd
outt more or less more one pece of upland lyinge and
beinge att ye uper end the lott formorly Andrew Mes-
engers Seanor — four acers more in ye east devition in num-
ber— more betwixt ye Little Plaine Rune & ye mill — ye
west devition lying in number
Daniell Messengers deed to Mr. Nicolas Everett in
page 310
Fredricks Hendriks land in page 267
Isack Brokar deed to Johanas Williamson in page. . 358
Johanas Williamsons deed to John Snedekur in page . 359
William Creeds deed to Ram Dorlant in page 286
Hope Carpenters deed to Samll Carpenter is in
page 197
Page 528
To all Christian peopell to whom theese presents
shall come I Richard Rodes off Jemaica in Queens County
send greeting Now know yee y* I ye sd Richard Rodes
ffor good consideration mee thereunto moving & more
especially for a valuable consideration in hand payd or
secured to be payd have given granted aliened bargained
sold enfeoffed & confirmed & by theese presents doe give
grant alien bargain sell enfeoffe & confirm unto Capt.
John Carpenter & his son Samuell Carpenter both off ye
sd Town & County a certain tract off land lyng & cituate
w* in ye bounds off Jemaica aforesd containing ten acres
more or less as it was layd out by ye surveiors & is bounded
on ye south by Hemstead rode & easterly by Jeremiah
Hubbards land westerly by Jonathan Deans land &
northerly by ye land off Jonathan Dean & Jeremiah Hub-
bard together w* all ye trees timber possession improve-
ments priveledge & appurtenances thereupon or there-
Jamaica, Long Isi^V-ND 349
unto belonging ffor y"" ye sd Capt. John Carpenter &
Samuell Carpenter their heires executors administrators
& assignes to have & to hold posess occupy & enjoy ye sd
ten acres off land as above bounded & exprest ffrom ye
sd Richard Rodes his heires executors & assignes ffor ever :
& ye sd Richard Rodes doth ffor himselff his heires &
assignes ye abovesd ten acres off land with all ye priv-
eledge possession improvements what soever thereupon
or thereunto belonging ffrom any claime or claimes ffrom
any person or persons by ffrom or under mee or upon any
pretence whatsoever shall & by theese presents doe &
will ffor ever warrant & deffend ye same that y^ is my act
& deed I Richard Rodes doe testiffy by setting too my
hand & scale this second day off November in ye yeare of
our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty & seaven & in
ye third year of ye raigne off our soveraigne Lord James
ye Second by ye grace off God off England Scotland France
& Ireland King Defender of ye Faith &c.
Signd seald & deliverd Richard Rodes O
in ye presence off us
Nehemiah Smith
Danll Denton
Entered by
Danll Denton
Clerk
Page 529
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cum wee William Creed William Whitte & Samuel Ruscoe
all of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth greetting
Know yea that wee ye abovesd William Creed William
Whitte & Samuel Ruscoe for severall good reasons &
casses us & each of us therunto moveing but more eass-
peatily for ye sume of sixe & twenty pounds of good cur-
rant sillver moneys of this Provinse or in good & mer-
chantable winter wheatt dellivered att ye ffery att York
eaquevolent therunto in hand paid & secured to be paid
350 Records of the Town of
by William Johnson of Fosters Meadow in ye County
abovesd ye reseipt wherof wee doe herby own & acknowl-
edg to be therwith contented sattisfyed & paid have
giveen granted covenanted allinatted enfeofed releast
bargined & sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to
have from us our heires exceketors adminestr'ators & as-
signes giveen granted covenanted allinatted enfeofed
releast bargined & sould unto ye abovesd William John-
son his heires exceketors adminestrators & assignes a
sartain pece or parcell of upland lying & beinge in ye
boundes of Jamaica comanly called Quarrellsum Necke
containing forty acers more or less that is to say William
Creed hath sould a fforty acer right William Whitt a
twenty acer right & Samuell Ruscoe a twenty acer right
ye sd land lying att ye bottom of ye said Necke begin-
ninge att ye ffence & soe to rune upward on ye east side
of ye said Necke & soe in bredth acrosse ye Necke leave-
ing of the high waye sofitiant without any infringment
theron & from ye fence that bredth to rune upwards
untill it cume to ye number of fforty acers we say that
we ye sd William Creed William Whitt & Samuell Ruscoe
abovesd have as abovesd sould as aforsd all ye abovesd
pece or parcell of land lyinge as abovesd containing
forty acers more or less as abovesd unto ye aforsd William
Johnson his heires exceketors & assignes ye same with
all privelidges profitts benefitts & timbers trees woods
underwoods beinge upon ye same to have and to houlde
for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye only propor use
benefitt & behouf of him ye sd William his heires & as-
signes to ockepy posses & injoy ffree & clerly disscharged
from any formor salles givfts morgages or any incum-
brances what eaver with a warrentee to defend ye same
against any claim interest proporty right or demand either
ffrom us our heirs exceketors or assignes or any person
or persons from by or under us ore our ordor in wittness
wherunto wee have herunto sett to our hands & sealls
this sevententh day of June in ye fivft yeare of their
Jamaica, Long Island 351
Majesties reignes & in ye yere of our Lord one thowsand
sixe hundred ninty two —
Signed seald & dellivered William Creed O
in presens of William Whitt O
IszACKE X Ffrost Samuell Ruscoe O
his mark
Garrett X Arrottson A trew coppy of ye orrigdonall
his mark deed entered in this register
pr Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 530
Theese presents testiffy y* I Daniell Denton Senr.
off Jemaica in Queens County have ffor & in good con-
sideration mee thereunto moving & more especially ffor
a valuable consideration in hand payd or secured to bee
payd have given granted aliened bargained sold & made
over & by theese presents doe fully £Rrmly & absolutely
give grant bargain sell enffeoffe & confirm w* ye consent
off Hannah my wiffe ffrom mee my heires & assignes
unto John Manford off ye sd Town & County his heires
or assignes a certain peece off medow containing two
acers more or less lying at ye Haw-tree Neck it being part
off y* medow ye sd Danll. Denton bought off Peeter
Stringam & is bounded on ye south by a creek y* a ditch
runs into & is Daniell Dentons north bounds betwixt
him & Ffrancis Combs his medow & is bounded on ye
north by ye creek near ye boyling spring & westward
by ye haw tree great creek ye east bounds to run ffrom
ye afforesd creek to ye head off ye creek by ye boyling
spring which sd meadow as above bounded & exprest
ye sd. Danll. Denton hath for himselff his heirs or assignes
ffully & firmly sold & made over unto John Manford
abovesd ffor him his heires or assignes to have & to hold
possess & enjoy ffor ever ffree ffrom all manner off sutes
sales morgages or incumbrances & ffrom all claims
will warrant & maintain ye same as witness my hand &
scale ye 24th off September 1687
Danll. Denton O
Hannah Denton O
352 Records of the Town of
Signd seald & deliverd
beffore us Danll. Denton acknowledged
Jan Lamberson this within written deed to bee
Mathew X Beadle his act & deed October y 3d '87
his mark Richard Cornwell
Recorded by Danll. Denton
Clark
Page 531
Tinithy Milses deed to Peter Whitt is in page . . 381-382
Mr. Whittheads deed to John Snedekur in page . 514 & 515
Edward Higbies & Nath Higbies deed to
Edward Burro wes in pag ...... 272 & 273 & 274 & 275
Will Creeds deed to John Snedekur in page .... 281
Thomas Fosters deed to Benjamin Thirston in
page 287 & 288
Ellias Bayles deed to Abraham Lott in page . . . 443
Peter Wittes deed to Ben j amine Thirston in
page 289
Daniell Thirstons deed to Benjamin Thirston
in page 290
John Freemans deed to Joseph Pleas in page . . . 436
Joseph Smith & Joseph Pleases deed of ex-
chainge in page 437
Joseph Pleases deed to John Smith in page .... 397
Benjamin Thirstons deed to Samll. Bayles in
page 433 & 434
William Oldfelds deed to Samuell Bayles in
page 434
Nehamiah Smiths deed to Benjamin Thirston
in page 291
Benjamin Thirstons deed to Mr. Whithead in
page 370
Benjamin Thirstons deed to Mr. Whitthead in
page 371
John Ludlams assignment of Denmans deed to
Will Ludlam in pag 363
John Stewards deed to William Ludlam in
page 364
Jamaica, Long Island 353
Nehemiah Smiths deed of givft to Will Ludlam
in page 364 & 365
John & Joseph Ludlam s deed to Will Ludlam
in page 365
Samuell Darlings deed to Mr. Lenware in
page 265
Zacariah Miles deed to Mr. Lenware in page . . 265 & 266
Samll Miles Junrs deed to Mr. Lenware in
page 266
Waitt Smiths deed to Samuell Darling in
page 245-246
Samuell Darlinges deed to Joseph Oldfeld in
page 502-503
Mr. William Creeds deed to Thomas Smith in
page 519
Richard Dentons deed to Ben Thirston in
page 292
Joseph Pleases deed of salle to Ben Thirston in
page 293
Peter Whitts deed to Ben Thirston in page .... 294
Thomas Smiths deed to Ben Thirstone in
page 295
John Williams deed to Ben Thirston in page . . 295 & 296
John Smiths deed to Ben Thirston in page .... 296
Sam Messengers deed to Waitt Smith in
page 254 & 255
Samll. Darlinges deed to Waitt in page 255 & 256
Samll Millses deed to his sone John Mills in
page 276 & 277
Nathaniell Dentons bill of sail to Gersham &
Benj. Wiggens in page 257
John Rowlessons deed to Freadrick Hendrick-
son in page 297
Page 532
Theese presents testiffy y* I Samuell Ruscoe off
Jemaica in Queens County for good consideration mee
thereunto moving & more especially for a sum of mony
in hand payd or secured to bee payd by Morace Smith
354 Records of the Town of
off Ffliishing in ye sd County have given granted aliened
bargained sold enfeoffed & confirmed & by theese presents
doe fully fBrnily & absolutely give grant bargain alien
sell enfeoffe & confirm unto ye sd Morace Smith his
heires or assignes a quantity off upland containing three
acres & a halff lying & being in ye old Town Neck w*
ye bounds off Jemaica which sd three acres & a halff off
land was Samuell Ruscoes proportion off upland layd
out to his meadow in ye sd neck by order ffrom ye Town
which sd land together w* ye timber trees fencing priv-
eledge & appurtenances thereupon or therunto belonging
the aft'orsd Samuell Ruscoe doth for himself his heires
& assignes sell alien & make over unto ye sd Morace
Smith for him his heires executors & assigns to have &
to hold possess occupy & enjoy for ever and ye sd Samuell
Ruscoe doth for himselff his heires & assignes the sd
three acres & a halff off land as above exprest ffrom any
person or persons by from or under him claiming any
interest in ye sd land or upon any pretence whatsoever
will & by theese shall ffor ever warrant & deft'end ye same
that this is my act & deed I ye sd Samuell Ruscoe doe
testiffy by setting too my hand & scale this 13th day off
January Annoq Domini 1687/8 Samuel Ruscoe O
Signd seald & deliverd
in ye presence off
John X Oldffield Samuell Ruscoe appeard before
his mark mee ye 9th oft' Febr. 1687 & did
Dan Denton acknowledge ye above written
deed off sale to bee his free act.
Daniell Whitehead
Justice off ye Peace
Page 533
Agreed upon by Samuell Smith off Jemaica in Queens
County w* his brother Morace Smith off Fflushing in
ye sd County that ye sd Morace Smith shall have the
liberty ffor himselff his heires or assignes to ffetch his
hay thorow his meadow when hee hath occasion dam-
Jamaica, Long Island 355
nifFyng ye sd Samuell Smith meadow as litle as hee can
as witness my hand this 18th off January 1687/8
Testes Samuell Smith
Danll Denton
Clark'
Att a Town Mettinge cald at Jamaica ye tenth day
of March 1693/4 Mr. Daniell Whitthead and WilHam
Creed was a by a genrall voatt of ye persons belonginge
to ye sd Towne of Jamaica unanamosly choassen and
depiitted to be aggents for ye sd Towne conserninge
our bounds and limitts with full & ample power from us
to defend the same and to end all differances that are
arrisen or shall arris conserninge ye same by any lawfull
means as thoas our said agents shall best se meett
by order of ye abovesd Towne Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Layd out unto John Smith of Jamaica by John Old-
feld and Samuell Smith layers out for ye sd Jamaica
forty acers of land being bounded one the south by
the comon road and on ye south west by William Creed
& Daniell Whitthead & bounded by Nicolas Everrett
& Daniel Smith & east bordering upon the Little Plaines
as allsoe one pece of land more laid out by ye aforsaid
John Ouldfeld and Samuell Smith to ye said John which
said land is bounded one ye south by Mr. Whithead and
William Creed and west by Jonathan Deine and north
by Waitt Smith and Nicolas Everrett & east by ye abovesd
land being laid out in ye yeare 1685
This enterd by order of ye layers out
by Samuell Ruscoe
Towne Clarke
Page 53^
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall
cume Zacariah Milles of Jamaica in Queens County in
ye Island of Nassaw sendeth Know yea that I Zacariah
Milles doe for severall good considerations & casses me
therunto moveinge but more esspeitily for ye love and
356 Records of the Town of
respect that I doe bear unto my sone in law Samuell
Darlinge doe give grant releas make over & confirme &
by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my
heires excecutors & assignes given granted released
made over & confirmed unto my abovesd sone in law
Samuell Darlinge his heires excecutors & assignes all
my right & devition of upland lying & beinge in the
midle devition lyinge betwixt Samuell Smith Juner &
Samuell Ruscoe fronting upon the Little Plaines & att
ye reare by Samuell Miles and allsoe my right of divition
lyinge & beinge in ye east divition boath which peces
of land beinge laid out from a ten acer right of meadow
as allsoe ye full half of my right upon ye Little Plaines
& ye half of my right of all bogges belonging to me ye
said Zacarriah Milles I say that I the abovesd Zacariah
Miles have as abovesd giveen granted released confirmed
& made over unto my aforsaid sone in law Samuell
Darlinge all ye above mentioned peces of upland lying
as as aforsaid with all & singuler ye priviledges & profitts
of timbers trees woods under woods standinge or lyinge
beinge upon ye same together w**" my half right boath of
bogges & Little Plaines ye same to have & to hould for
ever & ye same with every partt & parcell therof to be
& remain to ye only propor use benifitt & behouf of him
ye said Samuell Darlinge his heires exceketors & assignes
for ever with out lett fraud or hindrance & ye same shall
& will warrant & by thes presents for ever defend against
any intrest property claim or demand from me ye abovesd
Zacariah Milles my heires exceketors & asignes for ever
in testemony wherof I sett to my hand & seall this fivft
day of March in ye sixth year of Their Majesties reignes
& in ye yere of our Lord Christ 1695
Signed sealled and delivered Zacariah X Mills O
in presence of his marke
Thomas X Galle A trew copy of ye origenall ded
his marke pr Sam Ruscoe
Samuell Ruscoe Towne Clarke
Jamaica, Long Island 357
Page 535
Know all men by thes preasents that I George Wollsey
Elder of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of
Nassau allies Long Island within the Province of New-
York ffor good considerations other casses witte ye
me to have sould dyspoased & by vertew herof doe sell
grant disspoas and make over with ye ffree good will
and consent of Rebeckah Willsey from us our heires for
ever unto Joseph Phillips of ye same Towne of Jamaica
abovesd to him and to his heires or assignes what som-
ever one acer and a half of meadow land more or less
and being one the south east side of Jamaica in the
boundes therof of purchas or pattent being bounded
beside a littell small lott in ye further east neck bound
on ye west sid of Cap'" Daniell Whitthead and east side
by Joseph Phillipes his own meadow land Therfor
witt ye me I George Willsey with ye consent of my wiffe
Rebeckah as is abovesd doe by vertew herof ffully and
ffrely absolutly & clerly give grant sell and disspose &
confirme too our heires excecutors and adminestrators
unto ye forsaid Joseph Phillipes his heires his exceketors
assignes and adminestrators to have and to hould for
ever the abovesd one acer and half more or less of meadow
as it is abovesaid to hime and his heirs & assignes to
enter therwith in possestion and to keep and ockepy
and labour as his own proper land & herretage from
ye datte herof and wee bind our selves our heirs that it
shall be ffree & fully discharged from all formor sealls
givfts dowers lesses joynters rests annutes uses intaills
judgments executions fines forfeitturs morgages or any
claimes or incumbrances what soe ever had made or
comitted in writting wittingly suffered ' or done by ye
aforsaid George Wollsey or any of his heires or assignes
or any other person or persons whatt ever lawfully
claiming from by and under them or any of them in con-
firmation of ye trew performance of ye abovesd premises
I doe sine seall and delliver with my own hand this bill
358 Records of the Town of
of salle befor wittneses att Jamaica twenty day of June
on thowsand sixe hundred ninty & thre
Signed sealld & dellivered George Woollsey O
in presence of Rebecka Woolsey
Andrew Allexander A trew coppy of ye origonoll
JosiAS WiGGENs by me Samll. Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 536
Fredrick Hendrickson haveing threw up his right
upon ye hills for other land nere south bounded upon
ye east by ye path that goes to ye east neck on ye north
by ye midle swamp and on ye west by great swamp and
on ye south near ye furthermost swamp — Entered by
order of ye surveiers pr Zach. Mills
Agust ye 19—1706 Clerk
Mr. Daniell Whitehead having threw up his right of
DoreyPohleamas upon ye hills for other land lying at south
by ye Long Neck bounded south by ye fence and north
by ye path that goes to ye East Neck and west by ye sandy
swamp and east by ye path that goeth to Long Neck —
Entered by order of ye surveiers pr Zach Mills
this 19th Agust 1706^ Clerk
These have resigned up there rights upon ye hills for
other land
Capt. Carpinter
Jno. Carpinter
Jno. Smith
Zach. Mills
Tho. Smith
Samll Denton
Jno. Smith
William Nicolls
William Orsborne
Daniell Denton
Nath Lynas
A true coppy entered pr.
Zach Mills
Clerk
Jamaica, Long Island 359
The hill devition of Doras hoven up by Daniel White-
head for land in ye marsh of ye Long Neck is alotted to
his son Jonathan Whitehead to mak wp land due him
as witness our hands this 25th day of January 1709/10
Samll Smith
Wait Smith
A true coppy enterd January ye 25th 1709/10
pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 537
To all Christian people unto whome these presents
may come or any ways concerne Jonathan Whithead
of Jamaica in Queens County upon ye Island of Nasaw
sends greeting Know yea that I ye sd Jonathan White-
head for divers good casses and reasons me therunto mov-
ing but more espetially for a valluable some of corrant
mony of New York to me in hand paid by Samuell Higbee
of ye Towne Island & County aforsd before ye ensealing
& delivery of these presents ye receit whereof I doe one
my selfe to be therewith contented and paid & therof
& therefrom doe exonirat & aquit ye sd Samuell Higbee
his heirs exeC^^ admin^ from any part or parsill therof
have giveen granted allinated releast quit clamed infeoft
made over and sould from me my heirs exec^^ admin^
unto ye abovesd Samuell Higbee to him his heirs exec'^
admin^ and asignes ye one eaqual halfe of thre lotts of
land lying in ye Township of Jamaica aforsd formerly
belonging to Waitt Smifh Johanas Williamson & Hope
Carpenter which lots are bounded as followeth east by a
path called Fremans path south by a lott of Hope Car-
penters west by a high way north by Thomas Everitts
land all which eaquall half part of land as it is above
bounded and exprest I ye sd Jonathan Whitehead doe
owne & acknowlig by these presents to have sould as
beforesd from me my heirs exec"^^ admin^ unto ye aforsd
Samuell Higbee his heirs exec" admins & asignes all &
every of ye above granted primises with their appur-
tinances together with all timber fencings ways woods
360 Records of the Town of
under woods standing lying being upon ye same to have
and to hold all & every of ye above granted premises
with their appurtinances to him ye sd Samuell Higby
and to ye only proper use benifitt and behoof of him ye
sd Samuell Higbey his heirs exec^ admin^ & asignes for
ever free and clearly discharged of & from all former
gifts grants morgages joynters intalls or any other in-
cumbrance of what nature soever with a warrantee to
defend and make good ye same against my heirs or any
other person or persons laying any just righte or claime
thereunto and further I ye said Jonathan Whitehead
for my self my heirs doe promise that any time within
seven years after ye date hereof to signe & scale any
other deed or conveianc which he ye Samuell Higbe or
his attorny in ye law shall desire
Look in page 539 for ye rest
Page 538
To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
cum Samuell Smith of Jamaica in Queens County in ye
Island of Nassaw sendeth greeting — Know yea that I
the abovesd Samuell Smith with Mary my wiffe for
severall good reasons & casses us & each of us ther-
unto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable
sume of money in hand paid to us in hand paid by John
Snedekur of the same Towne & County ye reseipt wherof
wee doe herby own and acknowledge to be therwith
contented sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted cove-
nanted allinatted releassed enfeofed quitt claimed made
over and sould and by thes presents doe acknowledg to
have from us our heires exceketors & adminesstrators
and assignes giveen granted covenanted allinatted re-
leassed enfeofed quitt claimed made over & sould unto
ye abovesd John Snedekur his heirs exceketors & admin-
estrators & assignes a sartain pece of upland lying &
being in ye boundes of Jamaica being ye other half part
of the allott which ye abovesd John Sneadekur formorly
bought of me ye abovesd Samuell Smith bounded west
by ye half partt bought by him ye sd John & on ye east
Jamaica, Long Island 361
with John Lamberttsons & one ye south bounded by
Johanas Williamson & one ye north by ye high way
I say that I the abovesd Samuell Smith with Mary my
wiff have as abovesd sould all ye aforsd pece & remaininge
part of ye abovesaid allottmt as it stands abovesd bounded
with all timbers trees woods under woods prevelidges
& improvements & benefits therupon or therunto be-
longinge unto ye abovesd John Snedekur his heirs ex-
ceketers & adminestrators & assignes the same with
all & every of ye appurtenances to have and to hould
for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye only propor
use benefitt & behouff of him ye sd John Snedekur his
heirs & assignes frely to ockepy poses & injoye for ever
warrenting the same to be good in law & ffree from any
formor salles givfts morgages or any other entangell-
ments & ye same shall & will for ever warrent & by thes
presents deffend against any claim or claims from any
person what ever with a warrentee to defend ye same
against any intrest property claim ore demand from us
ye abovesd Samuell & Mary my wiffe our heirs excekts
& adminests & assignes for ever in wittnes wherunto we
sett to our hands & scales this 22d of March in ye fifth
year of Their Majests reignes & in ye year of our Lord
1693/4 Samuell Smith O
Signed sealld & dellivered Mary Smith O
in presence of
Eldard X Lukas a trew coppy of ye orridgonall
his mark pr Samll Ruscoe
Samll. Ruscoe Clarke
Page 539
To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall
cume Garreett Johnson of Jamaica in Queens County
sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Garrett
Johnson for severall resons & casses me therunto moveinge
but more esspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction by
me reseived from John Sneadekur to my sattisfaction
have giveen granted covenanted allinatted releast quitt
claimed enffeofd made over & sould & by thes presents
362 Records of the Town of
have from me my heirs excekers. adminestrs. & assignes
giveen granted covenanted allinatted releassed quitt
claimed enfeofd made over and sould unto ye above
said John Sneadekure his heires exceketors & adminestrs.
& assignes a sartain pece ore parcell of upland lyinge &
beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica beinge ye one halfe of a
parcell of land bought by ye abovesd Garrett from
William Creed accordingly as it is herafter bounded
viz. by Garrett aforsd on ye north & Johanas Williams
one ye south & by Nath Lynoss one ye east & west by
Newtown hay pathe all which sd pece ore parcell of land
as itt is bounded lyinge as abovesd I the abovesd Garrett
Johnson doe own to have sould as abovesd unto ye
aforsd John Sndekur with all timbers trees standinge or
lyinge woods under woods with their & every of their
prevelidges & apurtenances to have and to hould to the
abovesd John Snedekur his heirs exceketors & assignes
for ever and the same to be & remaine to ye only proper
use benefitt & behouff of him ye sd John to ockepy posses
& injoy without lett fraud or hindrance & the same
shall & will for ever defend from all formor salles givftes
morgages or any other intangellments what ever with a
warrantee to defend the same against any intrest property
claim or demand from me ye sd Garrett Johnson my
heires exceketors & assignes for ever in wittnes wher
unto I have sett to mj' hand & seall this 22d day of
March in ye fivfth yeare of their Majsts reignes & in ye
yere of our Lord 1693/4 Garrett X Johnson O
Signed seald & dellivered his marke
in presence of us
Samuell Smith
Samuell Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye origonall
deed pr me
Samuell Ruscoe
Clarke
{from 537)
for ye beter confirmation of ye above granted prim-
misses provided it be at ye cost and charges of him ye
sd Samuell Higbe in confirmation of ye same I bind
Jamaica, Long Island 363
myself my heirs exec^ admin^ firmly by seting to my
hand seal this eightenth day of September in ye year
of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & one
Signed sealed & delivered Jonathan Whitehead O
in presents of
John Mott
Amos Smith
This eighteenth day of Desember in ye year of our
Lord 1706 Jonathan Whitehead then appered before
me Joseph Smith one of Her Majs Justices of ye Peace
for Queens County and did acknowlidg this within written
instrument to be his vollingtary act & deed
Joseph Smith
A true coppy pr. Zach Mills
Cler.
Page 5^0
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume John Sneadekure of Jamaica in Queens County
sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd
John Sneadekur for severall good reasons & casses me
therunto moveinge have giveen granted allinatted re-
least quitt claimed exschainged & made over & sould
unto Garrett Johnson of Jamaica in ye County abovesd
a sartain pece or parcell of upland lyinge & beinge within
ye boundes of Jamaica containinge sixe acers more or
less beinge part of y' land bought from Jonathan Bayles
and Ellias Bayles & joyning to ye land of ye sd Garrett
Johnson & runninge parrellell in lenth with ye same I
say that I the abovesd John Sneadekur have from me
my heires exceketors & adminestrators & assignes giveen
granted allinatted releast enfeoft quitt claimed & made
over & sould unto ye abovesd Garrett Johnson his heirs
exceketors & adminesstrators & asignes all that ye
abovesd pece of land containinge sixe acers as abovesd
lyinge as abovesd with all timbers trees woods under
woods prevelidges & apurtenances therunto belonginge
the same to have and to hould for ever & ye same to be
364 Records of the Town of
& remain to ye only proper use benefitt & behouff of
of him ye sd Garrett Johnson to ockepy posses & injoy
peaceably & quiattly without leatt fraud or hindrance
warranting this warranting this my salle to be good in
law & ffree from any formor salles givfts morgages dower-
reys or any other intanglements what ever & ye same
shall & will forever warrent & defend against any claim
or claims from any person or persons whatt ever &
with a warrentee to defend ye same against any intrest
propperty claim ore demand from me ye abovesd John
Sneadekur my heirs & assignes for ever as wittnes my
hand & seall this 22d of March in y 5th year of their
Majests reignes & in ye yeare of our Lord 1693/4
Memorandam befor signinge it is agreed upon that
whatt land belongeth or fals to John Snedekur in his
partt within ye fence more than ye half Garrett is to
have ye same meashuer added to his right in this deed
runing parrellell w*** this John X Snedekur
Signed sealld & dellivered his marke
in presence of
Samuell Smith
Samll. Ruscoe a trew coppy of ye orrigonall
deed pr me Sam Ruscoe
Clarke
Fredricks Hendricks hill devition lyeth in number
fifty three haveing Nehemiah Smith on ye west &
Samell Smith on the east
Samll. Ruscoes hill devition lyeth in number 37 and
haveinge Nath Denton Seaner on ye west & Jonas Wood
on ye east
Aprill ye 11th day 1709
Then received of Mr. Edward Burows & Mr. John
Smith this book paged from one to five hundred and
fivety two and one other book with thirty eight leaves
& one with fivety nine leavs all Town books
Red. pr me Zach Mills
Clerk
Jamaica, Long Island 365
Pape 54-1
To all Christian peopell to whome thes preasents shall
William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County in ye
Island of Nassaw yeoman sendeth greettinge Know
yea that I the abovesaid William Creed for severall good
reassons & casses me therunto moveinge but more eass-
peatily for a vallewable for a vallewable consideration
to me ye abovesd William Creed in hand paid by John
Sneadekur and Garrett Johnson boath belonginge to
Jamaica above said in ye Island & County aforsaid the
receipt wherof I doe before the enseallinge and dellivery
herof own and acknowledg to be therwith contented
sattisfyed & paid & therof & therfrom doe exonoratt
acquitt & discharge the abovesd John Snedekur and
Garrett Johnson their heires excecutors & adminestra-
tors from any further claim ore demand for any part ore
parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted allinatted
relleassed enfeofed bargined made over and sould & by
thes presents doe own to have from me my heires excecu-
tors & adminestrators giveen granted covenanted al-
linated releassed enfeofed bargined made over and sould
unto the abovesd John Snedekur & Garrett Johnson their
heires exceketors and assignes a certain pece of meadow
ground beinge salt lyinge & being att a place comonly
called Oldfelds Necke begininge att ye south end of
Oldfelds Island soe called & soe runinge by Dow John-
sons meadow to ye great cricke & one ye north east
runing allonge by Peter Hendricks line to ye abovesd
greatt cricke poyntinge to ye west end of ye hamacke
I say that I the abovesd William Creed have as abovesd
sould as above said unto ye aforesaid John Sneadekur
and Garrett Johnson ye abovesd pece of meadow lyinge
as abovesd according as it is above bounded and exsprest
together with all prevelidges & profitts & appurtenances
therunto belonginge to have and to hould for ever and
ye same to be & remaine to ye only propor use & benifitt
of them the abovesd John & Garrett their heires excecu-
tors adminestrators & assignes to ockepy poses & in joy
free & frely discharged off & from all formor salles givfts
366 Rj]CORDS OF THE ToWN OF
morgages ore any other intangellments whatt ever &
ye same shall warrent & by thes presents for ever defend
against any claim ore claims from any person ore persons
laying any just claim therto with a warrentee to defend
ye same against any intrest proporty claim ore demand
from me ye abovesd William Creed my heirs excecutors
& adminesstrators in testimony wherof I sett to my hand
& seall this twenty fourth day of Septmbr. in ye seventh
yere of His Majs reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ
one thowsand sixe hundred ninty and five
Signed sealld & delivered William Creed O
in presence
Marcy X RuscoE A trew coppy pr
her mark Sam Ruscoe
Sam Ruscoe Clarke
Page 5^2
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
shall cume Garrett Luberttson belongeinge to Jamaica
in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw yeoman send-
eth gretting in our Lord God everlastinge Know yea
that I the abovesaid Garrett Lubberttsone for severall
good reasons considerations & cases me therunto move-
inge but more easspeatilj^ for a vallewable sattisfaction
to me in hand paid by Garrett Johnson of ye said Towne
Island & County ye receipt wherof I doe herby own &
acknowledg to be theirwith contented sattisfyed & paid
have given granted covenanted allinated releassed en-
feofed bargined made over and sould & by thes presents
doe acknowledg to have from me my heires excecutors &
adminestrators giveen granted covenanted allinatted
released enfeofed bargined made over and sould unto
ye above said Garrett Johnson his heires exceketors
adminestrators & asignes a sartain pece of upland beinge
ye west devition belonginge to ye said Garrett Lubertt-
sone as it was laid out more ore less accordinge as it is
bounded in ye card from the layers out of ye land to-
gether with all the timbers trees woodes under woodes
standing ore lyinge and all & singuler ye prevelidges
& appurtenances & benefits therupon or therunto be-
Jamaica, Long Island 367
longinge to have & to hould to ye said Garrett Johnson
his heires & assignes for ever & ye same to be & remaine
to ye only propor use benifit & behoufe of him ye said
Garrett Johnson to ockepy poses & injoy free & freely
discharged of & from all formor salles givfts morgages &
from all claim ore claimes from any person or persons
what ever with a warrente to defend ye same against
any intrest property claime ore demand from me the said
Garrett Luberttson my heires excecutors for ever as
wittnes my hand & seall this twenty fourth day of
November in ye seventh yeare of His Majs reigne 1695
Signed seld & dellivered Garrett X Luberttson O
in presence of his mark
Samuell Ruscoe
Tho. Watters
Jamaica Novembr. ye 24: 1695 then appered before
Daniell Whithead one of His Majsts Justices of ye
Peace for Queens County ye within named Garrett
Luberttson & did acknowledg ye within written deed
of conveiance to be his free & vollontary act & deed
Danll. Whitthead
A trew coppy of ye orridgonall
entered pr Samll. Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 51^3
To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents
writtinge shall cume Thomas Watters belonginge to
Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw yeoman sendeth
greettinge in our Lord God everlastinge Know yea
that I the abovesd Thomas Watters with Mary my
wiffe for severall good reasons considerations & casses
us & each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatilj^
for a vallewable sume of moneys to us ye abovesd Thomas
& Mary in hand paid by Garrett Luberttson yeoman
belonginge to ye same Island Towne and County ye
receipt wherof we doe before ye enseallinge & dellivery
368 Records of the Town op
of thes presents herby own and acknowledge to be ther-
with wholly contented sattisfyed & paid & therof &
therefrome doe exonoratte acquitt & discharge the
abovesd Garrett Luberttson his heirs excek*^ adminestra-
tors & assignes from any further claim ore demand for
any further part or parcell therof have giveen granted
covenanted allinatted released enfeoft quit claimed
& sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from
us our heires excek*^ & assignes giveen granted cove-
nanted allinated released enfeoft quitt claimed bargined
made over & sould unto ye abovesd Garrett Luberttson
his heires excecutors adminestrators & asignes a sartain
pece or parcell of upland lyinge & beinge within ye
boundes of Jamaica as by a deed of givft from Anthony
Watters bearringe datte ye twenty fourth of May ninty
two may more largly appere beinge bounded as fol-
loweth estward by ye parsonage land & westward by
ye land of Elderd Lukes & northward by ye land in the
ockepation of John Wood deseased & southward by ye
land of William Whitte joyninge upon a higeway leading
from Eden VanShaiek down to ye south together with
all & singular the fences improvements pastuers inclossers
heredittements emollements preveledges & improvements
therunto belonginge with all timbers trees woods under
woods standing ore lying beinge upon the same with
all ye right title intrest claime ore demand of me ye
said Thomas Waters & Mary in & unto ye premises &
every partt therof to have & to hould for ever & ye same
to be & remain to ye only propor use benefitt & behouf
of him ye abovesd Garrett Lubertsone his heires & as-
signes without lett fraud or hindrance by any claim ore
demand from me ye said Thomas Waters & Mary my
wiff our heires & asignes for ever in testymoney wherof
we sett to our handes & sealles this twenty fourth day
of November in ye seventh yeare of His Majsts reigne
& in ye year of our Lord Christ one thowsand six hundred
ninty & five Thomas Waters O
Mary X Waters O
her mark
Jamaica, Long Island 369
Signed seald & dellivered
in presenc of A trew copy pr
Garrett X Johnson Samuell Ruscoe
his mark Clark
Page 54-4
Memorandam that on ye twenty fourth day of this
instant November ninty five appered befor Daniell
Whithead Esquier one of His Majesties Justices of ye
Peace for Queens County ye within named Thomas
Watters & Mary his wiffe & did did acknowledg ye
within written deed of salle to be their free & vollentary
act & deed Daniell Whitthead
A trew coppy pr Samll. Ruscoe
Clarke
Know all men by thes presents that I John Hindes
of Jamaica in the North Rydinge of Yorkeshire one
Longe Island have w**' the consent of Mary my wiffe
fully and absoluttly bargined and sould unto Elliszabeth
Ludlam of Huntingtone widdow of William Ludlame
latly deseased of Long Island a sartain howes & home
lott and all and singuler my accomadations of howesinge
and lands sittuatt in the boundes and limitts of Jamaica
aforesaid which said home lott is lyinge and beinge betwen
Daniell Denton and Thomas Statthames home lotte
from reare east & west bredth north & south likewise I
the sd John Hindes have sould to ye sd Ellizabeth Lud-
lam ten acres of meadow more ore less lyinge in ye further
East Necke betwene Samuell Milles and Thomas Stat-
hames frunt & reare north and southe with allsoe
of ye ten acer lotte I have of John Skidmore I say I the
aforesaid John Hindes have for my self my heires excecu-
tors adminestrators ore assignes fully sould to Ellizabeth
Ludlam aforesaid hur heires excecutors adminesstra-
tors or assignes all my abovesd howesinge & land with all
ye howesinge gardens fences frutt trees orchards with all
370 Records of the Town of
ye meadowes comons fencings trees timbers wast lands
lands broke up ore iinbroke up with all manor of devi-
tions that now belongs ore herafter belonge ore apper-
tain to ye sd lott with all & singuler ye prevelidges &
appurtenances belonging to ye said lott and accomada-
tion clerly and and absoluttly to have and to hould &
injoy for ever & I doe herby warrent this my salle against
any just claim claim of any person or persons whatt-
soever & herby doe ingage to give ye aforsaid Ellizabeth
Ludlam peaceable & quiatt posestion by ye twenty
ninth of September next enshuing & doe acknowledg to
have received in consideration of ye premises a full sat-
tisfaction & to ye full & absolutt confirmation of ye
premises I ye said John Hinds liave subscribed my name
& sett to my seall ye twentyeth day of August in ye
Page 54S
nintenth yere of His Majests reigne Charles ye Second
of England Scottland France & Irland Kinge & in ye
yere of our Lord God 1667
Signed sealld & dellivered John Hinds
in presence of Mary X Hinds
Joseph Bayles ye marke
Anthony Watters
Clark A trew copy pr
Samll. Ruscoe
Clarke
Thes presents testefy that I Ellizabeth Smith of
Jamaica in Queens County formorly wife to William
Ludlam of Huntington deseased haveinge made a pur-
chace of a howesinge and land mentyoned in ye w* in
written deed in ye time of my widdow hood & upon my
marrage w*'' my husband Nehemiah Smithe reservinge
ye sd land to my own disspoas doe by thes presents fully
firmly & absoluttly assigne & sett over this w* in written
deed of salle to my sones John & Joseph for them their
heires & assignes for ever onely John to have ye home
lotte to him self the rest of ye land & meadow to be
Jamaica, Long Island ' 371
eaqiiolly devided betwixt them as wittnes my hand
this 24 day of Febrauary 1687/8
Wittnes Ellizabeth X Smith
Nehemiah Smith hur mark
Danll. Denton
A trew coppy pr
Samll. Ruscoe
Clark
Know all men by thes presents that I John Basford
of the Cyty of NewYorke husband of Damaris Basford
eldest daugter to Nath Lynos late of Jamaica deseast
hath sould unto Thomas Wollsey of Jamaica aforsaid
fiveten sheepe younge and ould as theay are now in his
posestion ye which sd fiveten sheep I the abovesd John
Basford doe ingage & warrent to defend against any
claime ore demand from any person ore persons what
ever in wittnes wherunto I bind my self & heires by setting
to my hand this 21 day of Novembr. 1696
Xestes Jno. Basford
Thomas Smith
Samll. Ruscoe A trew coppy of ye origonall
pr Samll. Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 5^6
Know all men by thes presents that att a Towne
Mettinge cald & held att Jamaica September ye eaight
1696 the Towne did exonarratt acquitt & discharge
John Bayles latte of Jamaica dessest of & from all sumes
of moneys by him collected & gathered by him dewringe
the time of his being collector only ye quitt rent exeped
beinge done by ordor of ye Towne Samuell Ruscoe
Clark
Att ye same mettinge William Creed was chossen
to be superavizer for this present yeare to mett with
ye superavisors from ye other Townes of this County
Samll Ruscoe
Clark
372 Records of the Town of
Att the same mettinge it was agreed that the con-
stables from hens forward are to warne all Town Mett-
ings and to have a pece of eight for each times warninge
& all persons haveing legall warninge & nott aperinge to
give his attendance within one ower after the time
warned then thos soe ofiFending to pay as a fine eight
pence pr time Sam. Ruscoe
Clark
Att the same metting Cap*" Okley & Nehemiah Smith
were choasen assessors for this present yeare or till
others be choasen in their rumes Sam Ruscoe,
Clark
At ye sam metting Hindriks Hegoman choasen col-
lector—
July 15 — 1697 Att a Town metting it was farly
agred by lott that ye metting howes shall be betwixt
ye session howes and ye crossway west of sd sesions
hows Sam Ruscoe
Clark
Att a Towne Mettinge Octobr. ye 2d 1697— Ye west
end of ye Town dos condesend that ye mettinge howes
shall be sett up by or att ye most convenient place —
nere ye pond ye east end peopell procuring as good a
bell as Flattlands metting howes bell is or
Saml. Ruscoe. Clark
Page 5J^7
Zacariah Millses ded of givft to his son in law Samuell
Darling entered in page 534
Mr. Daniell Whitheds land entered in page .... 521
Mr. Daniell Whittheads deed to Theodorrous
in page 204
Mr. William Creeds ded to John Smith in page . 235
Cap'" George Wollseys deed to Mr. George
Phillipes in page 489
Jamaica, Long Island 373
Mr. William Creeds deed to John Smith en-
terd in page 236
John Bayles deed of salle to Hendrick Lott in
page 483 & 485
Ellias Bayles deed to John Smith entered in
page 237
George Wollseys deed to Hendrick Lott in
page 491
Richard Gilldersleves deed to James Ryley in
page 229
William Creeds deed to John Sneadekur &
Garrett Johnson in page 541
Garrett Luberttsons deed to John Johnson in
page 542
Thomas Watters deed to Garrett Luberttson
in page 543
Richard Greens deed to John Ludlam in page . . 240
John Hinds deed to Ellizabeth Ludlam in
page 544
Ellizabeth Smiths assignement throf in page. . . 545
John Carpenters deed to John & Joseph Lud-
lum in page 462
Sam Messengers deed to ye widow Ludlam wth
ye asignment in pag 462
John Ludlames asignement of John Carpenters
deed to Joseph in page 463
Cornelius Barnsons deed of exchainge to John
Ludlume 463
Ann Wharttons deed to Lewtenant Lawrance in
page 386
William Fosters deed to Thomas Wiggens in
page 507
William Creeds releas to ye Town in page 210
Doctr. Taylors releas to Wm. Creed in page . . . 212
Mr. Whittheads deed to Hendrick Johnson in
page 194
John Freemans ded to Ffredrick Hendrickson
and the assignment therof to John Ffred-
rickson in page 231
374 Records of the Town of
Mr. Prudens deed to John Fredrickson in
page 231 & 232
Ye boges of John Stewartt Hope Carpenter &
Ben Thirston in page 241
James Prices deed to Garrett Dorlant in pages . . 233 & 234
Tho. Watters deed to Mr. Whitthead in page ... 221 & 222
Jan Dorlants assignement to Ram Dorlant in
page 224
Mr. Whittheads releas to Ram Dorlant in page 226
Ellias Bayles deed to Thomas Okley in page . . . 474
Rich Roads ded to Nath Denton in page 416
John Stuart ded to Nat Denton in pag 415
Page 54-8
Att a Towne mettinge held att Jamaica Janury ye
first 1693/4 it was voatted & concluded upon that ye
parsonage remaininge in ye hands of ye Towne thay
doe engage to give unto Mr. Phillipes the money raised
by a ffree givft and to pay for his dyatt wher he shall
by dyatted the same frely giveen as abovesd beinge
sixety poundes — this being for one yeare from ye datter
hrof . pr. Samll Ruscoe
Clark
Att ye same mettinge it was voatted that John Oweke
and Richard Oldfeld Samuell Denton & Daniell Smith
shall gather the sumes promissed to ye minester and to
paye it to ye minester quarterly from ye persons her-
after named
Cap*-^ Whitthead ... 02— 00 Captn. Carpinter
Mr. Harreson 01 — 10 Junor 01 — 00
Ben Thirston 01—00 Daniell Smith 00—15
Sam Denton 01—00 Peter Whitte 00—10
Natt Denton 01—10 Joseph Phillipes 00—10
Hope Carpinter. . . .01-00 Jon*^'*'^ Wood 00 — 10
Nehemiah Smith. . .01—10 Antho. Watters. . . .01—00
Waitt Smith 01—05 Will Brinkley 00—15
Jos. Smith Senr 01-00 Will Ludlum 00—10
Jos. Smith J 01-00 Ralph Hunt 00—10
Jamaica, Long Island
375
Cap. Carpinter 01—10
Dan Denton 00—15
Tho. Smith 01-00
Cap*" Wollsey 01—10
Tho. Wollsey 01-00
JohnLudlam 01—00
John Smith 01-00
SamMilles 01—00
Will Creed 01—00
John Wollsey 01—00
Edward Hare 00—15
Richard Oldfeld.... 01— 00
Sam Smith 01—10
Nat Smith 00-
Sam Smithsson 00-
Joseph Oldfeld 01-
Tho. Welling 00-
^Ben. Coe 00-
John Cokeford 00-
David Leas 00-
WillSallyer 00-
Ben Wlggens 00-
Sam Mathews 00-
Sam Carpenter 00-
Ben Smith 00-
Mr. Whitte 01-
Hendrik Arreson ... 00
Jonas Wood 01-
Tho. Wiggens 00-
John Bayles 01
Robt. Read 01-
Nicolls Everrit 01
Natt. Higbee 00
Hend. Hegoman. . . .00
Jon Roads 01
AbleGalle OO
John Everritt 00
Edward Higbey . .. .01-00
Daniell Thirston. . . .00—15
Edwrd. Burrowes. . .01 — 00
Gersham Wiggens . . 00 — 10
JothanMilles 00—10
SaniDein 00—10
Ffredrick 00—10
Josias Wiggens 00 — 10
Tho Watters 00—12
Timothy Mills 00—05
JohnBrower 00—05
John Hareson 00 — 12
Steven Courtt 00—05
Page 549
-12
Samll. Ruscoe. . . .
.00-
-10
-15
John Gale
.00-
-06
-00
Hendrik Lott
.00-
-12
-10
Doros
.00-
-12
-06
John Owke
.00-
-10
-12
Dowd Jonson
.00-
-06
-06
John Lambertts . . .
.00-
-06
-08
Jon Moffor
.00-
-07
-10
Garret Lubertson . .
.00-
-08
-15
Fetter Hendrikes . .
.00-
-07
-15
Garrett Jonson ....
.00-
-06
-15
Jacob Jonson
.00-
-06
-00
Johanas Williamson. 00-
-04
-06
Garett Classen ....
.00-
-10
-04
Tho. Chambers. . .
.00-
-10
-12
Zary Mills
.00-
-10
-10
Widdow Denton. . .
.00-
-06
-00
Richard Green
-00
acordmtt to monej
^00-
-12
-10
Alexander Smith . .
.00-
-08
-10
Joseph Ludlam ....
.00-
-15
-00
Tho. Humphreys. .
.00-
-06
-10
Elderd Lukas
.00-
-12
-15
John Snedecur ....
.00-
-05
376
Records of the Town of
Jamaica March ye 8h 93/4 then was agreed upon
betwixt Mr. Phillipes and the Townsmen of ye abovesd
Towne that is that Mr. PhilHpes is to have all ye over
plush of ye money frely giveen above ye threscore pounds
and to take ye parsonage into his own hands and the
Town to pay for his diatt for ye first quarter of this
present yeare
Entered pr me Samll Ruscoe
Clarke
Jamaica Aprell ye third 1694 then att a publique
Towne mettinge Hope Carpenter was choasen constdble
for ye present yeare pr. Samuell Ruscoe
Clarke
Page 550
The Record for mens land
Joseph Thurston land John Owkes ded to
record 492 Garrett Dorlant &
Nathaniell Denton Ram Dorlant in page 228
Junr 493 Moses Pettets releas to
Nathaniell Denton Wm. Creed & Mr.
Senr 494 Whitthead in page . . 470
Samuell Denton 495 Nath Dentons deed to
Benjiemin Coe 496 James Price in pag . . 432
Hop Carpinter 496 Edward Burrows deed
M. John Pruden 497 to Mr. Isaac Lenoir
Georg Woolsie Junr . . . 496 in page
Georg Wolsie Senor. . . 497 261-262-263 & 264
Tho. Wolsie 498 Peter Whits ded for
Jonathon Mills 499 thre acers and a half
Daniell Why thed 500 right of prevelidg on
Tho. Wiggins Senr. . . . 504 ye comons in pag. . . 239
John Hunt 506 Mr. Whitheads deed of
sale to Edward Hare
in page 287-289
Fredrick Hendricks &
Samll. Ruscoes hill
lottes enterd in page. 540
Jamaica, Long Island 377
Zachariah Mills his deed off sale from Susannah
Messenger w* ye assignment to Thomas
Darling Recorded page 508
Mr. Whiteheads & Mr. Creeds exchange of ten
acres of land to Jeremia Hubbard recorded
page 510
Capt. John Carpenters deed off sale ffrom Mr.
John Stickling page 512
Wait Smiths & William Salliers exchange off
medow recorded in page 516
John Mans & Hope Carpenters agreement
page 517
Edward Burrows his deed off sale ffrom John-
son page 518
Garrett Johnsons & John Sneukas deed off
sale ffrom Thomus Smith & Elias Baylie
recorded 486
John Monforts deed off sale ffrom Benjamin
Coe 488
John Monforts deed off sale ffrom Benjamin
Coe & Mr. Woolsy recorded page 490
Samll Davis deed of sale to his ffather page . . . 522
Tho. Smiths & Elias Baylies deed of sale to
Garret Johnson & John Snedrika — page. . 486
John Carpenters ffrom Wait Smith page 484
Page 551
Samll & John Deans exchang off land w* Mr.
Whitehead page 480
Samll. & John Deans exchange off land w* Mr.
Woolsy page 482
George Woolsy exchang w* Mathews page. . . . 5^Q
Elder Lucas deed off sale to Garet Clauson .... 478
Benjamin Jones deed ffrom Danll. Denton .... 475
Capt. Carpenter & Samuell Carpenters deed
off sale ffrom Rich. Rodes recorded page . . 528
John Manfords deed ffrom Danll. Denton. . . . 530
Morace Smith deed ffrom Samll. Ruscoe 532
John Oldffields deed off sale ffrom Danll.
Denton — recorded 476
378 Records of the Town of
Sam. Smiths 2d deed to John Snedekur in
page 538
Garrett Johnsons deed to John Snedekur in
page 539
John Snedekurs deed to Garrett Johnson in
page 540
John Stewards deed to Theodorus Pollhellmas
in page 202 & 203
John Smiths deed to Nathaniell Denton Jimr.
in page 417
Derreke Poullsons deed to Nath. Denton Seanor
in page 418
Robertt Coe, Jane Coe & John Smiths ded to
Nath. Denton in 419
James Hinds deed to Nathaniell Denton, Seanor
in page 420
John Smiths, Robertt Goes & Jane Goes ded to
Nath. Denton in 421
Sarah Davises ded to Nath Denton in page .... 422
John Denmans ded to Nath Denton in page . . . 423
Thomas Bayles deed to Nath Denton in page. . 150 & 151
Richard Roads deed to Joseph Pleas & Joseph
Pleases assignment therof to Nath. Denton
in page 423
Benjamin Thurstons ded to Waitt Smith &
Nath. Denton 425
Nath. Dentons & Samll. Dentons exehaing in
page 424
Able Gales ded to Samuell Denton in page .... 426
John Smiths deed to Samuell Denton in page . . 495
Nath. Dentons deed by heirshipe to his brother
Samuell Denton in page 497
Wessell Petersons deed to Steven Gourtt in
page 459
John Hinds ded to John Stewartt in page 451
Ellias Bayles deed to John Steward in page .... 450
Peter Stringhames deed to John Hunt in page . . 449
Able Galles & Richard Wrights agrment 107 & 108
John Stuartts ded to Nath. Denton in page ....
Jamaica, Long Island 379
Page 552
Thes men chosen for constable for ye yeare Thomas
Smith was chosen constable
Thomas Smith. .//////////////////
JohnOldfield.../ I I I I I I I I I I I I i
The men chosen for overseors of the
Me^* George Woolsey and William — —
At a Towne metteing called the 29 of by order
of the governor for the chooseing of foure men for com-
mittes to meete with the other commit tes of the rest of
the Townes belonging to the North Rideing the men
here set downe was the foure men chosen
Thomas Smith June.
Capt. John Carpenter
William Creed
Daniell Whitehead
At a Towne meeting called the 10th of January
there was three men chosen acordeinge to the act of
governor and counsell and asembly for to
court to try small actions of betwene neigh-
bour and neighbour which three men are to keepe
theire courte the first Joseph Smith
Wednesday in every Daniell Whitehead
month William Creed
At a Towne meeteing called the second day of Aprill
Anno 1684 the Towne did chuse Benjamin Coe to be the
Towne Clerck for this present yeare or till another be
chosen for to write in the recorde all such things as con-
serne him to write as Clerck
At the same Towne meeting the Town did chuse Will-
iam Foster for constable for this present yeare
END OF \0LUME II
VOLUME III
Ridor Steven .
Ridor Yunee . .
Ridor Yunee . .
Ridor Allburd
Page 1
.... 171 Carpinter Hope 20
.... 170 Carpinter Hope 21
168 Coe Joseph 23
.... 172 Carpenter Joseph 72
Carpenter Increas .... 73
John Clue mark in. . . 195 Carpenter Samll 15
William Colder mark. 195 Carpenter Samuel. ... 76
John Gall mark entred. 183 Carpenter Samuel .... 98
John Burloo mark en- Smith Jeremiah 123
terd 183 Carpenter Solomen . . . 127
Nicolas Everitt Junior Carpenter Joseph 178
mark 207 Carpenter Increas .... 180
Bargen Hance & Tunis. 156 Carpenter Increas .... 182
Bargen Tunis 155 Carpenter Joseph 205
Burrows Thomas 77 Carpenter Samuell 218
Darling Prisila widow . 122 Carpenter Samuell ... . 219
John Rawson & Waitt Carpenter John & Ben-
Smith exchang in pag 127 jiemin Coe exchange
John Carpenter & in page 234
Antony Watters ex- Carman John 248
chang 137 Carman John 250
Anacountofyeconvea- Carman John 252
ence of Nathaniell Carman John 254
CollstoJohnHainsin 146 Carman John 256
An agreement betwen Carman Benj ear mark 228
Joseph Smith and ye
sons of Wait Smith
in 179
A grant from Magdelon
Smith to her son
Joseph Smith 179
Comes Inchard ear
mark 70
Onderdonk Adrian .... 27
380
Jamaica, Long Island
381
Edckham Samuell
Kickham Samuell
Ketham Samuell.
Keteham Samuell
Page 2
128 Denton Samuell 32
133 Denton Samll 33
194 Denton Samll 34
233 Denton Nathaniell... 35
Denton Samll 48
Dean Jonathan 77
Denton Samuell 126
there being a bond
entred by order of
Samuell Smith sur-
veior in pag 131
Denton Samuell 136
Denton Samuell 184
Denton Samuell 190
Denton Samuell 191
Denton Nathaniell ear
mark entered in pag . 102
Nehemiah Smith and
Timothy Denton ear
marks enterded in
page 12
Denton Roberd 239
Smith Ephraim 244
Denton Timothy &
Nehemiah 259
Denton Nathaniell &
Daniell Smith &
Samuell Smith 194
Denton Timothy 261
Denton Nehemiah ear
mark ear mark en-
tered in page 12
Benj. Carmans marke
entered 228
Doughty Benj. mark . . 36
Doughty John mark . 60
382
Records of the Town of
Everitt Richard
Elderson Jno
Everitt Nicolas
Hance Bargin
Everit Nicolas
Everit Nicolas
Everit Nicolas
Isaac Van Hice
Smith Samll entered
Town Clark and red
the book entred page
Hendrick Thomas deed
from Daniel Bayles
in page
Hendrick Thos deed
from Elias Bayles . .
275 276
Hendrikson Thos.
Deed from Michel
Dermott.. . .278 279
Hendrickson Thomas
deed from John El-
derd in page . ... 281
Hendrickson Thomas
deed from Samll
Baylis in page. .283
Page 3
41 Gaile Jno . . . 37
63 Gaile Jno . . .'. 38
67 Gaile Jno 40
130 Gaile Jno 51
196 Gaile Jno 52
206 Gale Andrew 84
207 Gale Jno 91
268 Gale Jno 103
Gale Jno 104
Gall Thomas 141
298 Gall Thomas 148
Gale Thomas 203
Highway lait out by
274 the commissoners
entred beyond Skid-
mores mill 271
277 A Highway laid out by
and over Benj .
Thurstons mill dam . 272
280 A Highway laid ought
over Thustons Hill
in 273
282
284
Page 4
Hendrickson John .... 65
Higbe Samuell 72
Higbe Samuel 80
Higbe Samuel 81
Higbe Samuel 82
Higbe Samuel 85
Hagaman Hendrikus. . 101
Higbee Samuell 70
Higbee William deed
from Isral Smith . . .
285 286 287
Johnson Jacob 27
Lucas Elder 121
Ketcham Jno 88
Ketcham Jno 89
Jamaica, Long Island
383
Higbee Johns road re-
corded in page 300
Titus Silas & Coe
Saml Highway. . . . 300
Titus Silas Highway . . 301
Higbee Johns ear mark 307
B
Baylis EHas Highway . 302
Ludlam Jno. mark . . .
Ludlam Jno
Ludlam Jno
Ludlam Joseph
Pohemas Doras mark.
John Lamberson
Richard Everitt
ear marke
The Town consents
that William Creed
Cord : shall turn the
road rigt up Thirs-
tons Hill in page. . .
Creed Wim & Smith
Joseph deed from
Wm Stead 288,
Page 5
33 Mills Samuell Junr ... 23
43 Mills Samuell Senior . . 36
45 Mesenger Jno 55
134 Mills Jno 84
33 Mills Hope 94
228 Mills Samll. receits en-
228 trd 137
12 Mills Samll 139
Mills Samll 140
Mills Samll 141
Mills Samll 142
Mills Samll 143
273 Mills Samll 144
Mesenger Jon 174
Mesenger Jon 175
289 Mills Samll 176
Mills Samll 177
Mills Zebulon deed
Joshua Carpenter 308 309
S Snetecor John high-
way recorded in folo. 236
Smith Samuel's deed
from Thos. Smith &
Daniel Smith from
folio to 328 332
384
Records of the Town of
A AmmermansJohanes
releas to his father . .
B Betts Richard &
Furman William re-
leas to each other. .
Betts Richard ear mark
Beekmans William
deed Loan OflBce. . .
Bridges Timothy deed .
D Denton Robrt &
Nehemiah deed from
Benj". Carman
408 409 410
Denton Roberts deed
from Isaac Roads. .
Duerje Joost deed from
Samll. Skidmore. . .
Doughtys Benja. ear-
mark
Doughty John ear mark
426
437
36
60
Page 6
C Creed William Cord.
380 & Joseph Smith deed
from William Steed
folio 288
289
420 Creed William— Wei.
1
272 Th
302
Creed William Welling
424 Th. releas. .304 305
306
433 Carman Benja. Junr.
letter of attorney to
his mother
414
Page 7
E Emans Johns deed
from Wm. Waters &
wife in folio
313 314 315 316
Emans Johns deed
from Samll. Deane &
wife 317 318 319
Everit Nicolas deed
from Hance and
Tune Bargen 402&C
Everit Nicolas deed
from Jon Deane .... 405
G Golder William deed
from Ram Garison
in folio 290 291
Golder Dot. from Pow
Emberman . 292-293 & 4
Golder Dot. from An-
drew Gall 294 & 5
Golder Dot from Ram
Nostrant . . 296-297 & 8
H Higbees deed from
ye ex. of Nathaniel
Denton. .. .210 211 212
Jamaica, Long Island
385
J Johnsons John deed
from John Dorland .
374 &c.
Johnson Peter dis-
charge 387
Johnson Samll. dis-
charge 389
Johnson Anthony dis-
charged 391 393
Johnson Ceasar dis-
charge 393
Cullamando 394/5
Johnson Wm. freedom. 396
Johnson Joseph free-
dom
Johnson Cullaman free-
dom
L Lawrence WilHam
deed from Peter
Smith 441
Lawrence Dot. deed
Jacob Ogden 443
Highway through B.
Thirston 272
Highway mill path. . . 373
Higbee William releas
from Just. White-
head 431
Page 8
O Ogdens Jacob deed
from Exes. Charles
Smith 445
Ogden Jacobs deed
from Wm. Creed . . . 447
Onderdonk Andris. .26-189
Onderdonk Adrian 27
Onderdonk Hendrick
152, 274
398
400
R Roades Hopee deed
fr. Timothy. .369 70 71
Releas from Joseph
Roads to Isaac Roads
in
Page 9
S Smith Nicolas deed
from William Higbee
416 17
Smith Benj" deed for
way from John Han-
son
V Van Home Garretts
deed from Wim. Cor-
nell 411
325
428
386
Records of the Town of
Poleheamus Theadorus
Jones William his mark
Foster John
Ffoster John
Polhemas Jehonas ....
Ffoster John
County rate for 1708 . .
County rate for 1708 . .
Page 10
25 Smith Wait & Denton . 16
125 Smith Wait &c 18
214 Smith Wait &c 19
21" Smith Thomas 47
'^'^^ Smith Thomas 49
Stephen Stephenson. . 54
Stephen Stephenson. . 69
Smith John Jur 70
Smith John Junr 71
Smith Jno. his mark. . 74
Smith Nehemiah Juner 79
Smith Wait Juner. ... 84
Smith Nathan 86
Snedikor John 92
Smith Jeremiah 100
Smith Danl. Sanior. . . 124
Smith Wait Juner .... 125
Smith Caleb 138
Smith Ebenezar 153
Smith John Junio .... 185
Smith John J,unio .... 186
Smith John Junio .... 187
Smith Wait Junio .... 188
Smith John 197
Smith Nathan 201
Lucois John 190
Smith John mark en-
tred 207
Smith Nehemiah 209
Joseph Coe receit entrd 210
Smith John bill of sale . 211
Smith John & Hezecioh
Denton exchange en-
tered 213
Jonathan Waters ear 1 12
marks Bales Elias f ditto
Jamaica, Long Island
387
Page
Thuston Benjamin. . .
13
Thuston Benjamin. . .
14
Brass Hendrick
224
Lamberson John
228
Luwis James
246
Smith Samuel deed. . .
270
Smith Josephs deed to
John Tohnan 320/1
Smiths Joseph Dot
John Tohnan
321 322 323
324
11
W Wood Timothy 29
Whitehead Jonathan . . 31
Whitehead Thomas his
mark 72
Willkins Obadiah 78
Waters Jonathan 95
Wiklan Garitt 96
White Peter &c 98
Waters Jonathan 106
Waters Jonathan 107
Waters Jonathan 109
Waters Jonathan 110
Waters Jonathan Ill
Waters Jonathan 113
Waters Jonathan 115
Waters Jonathan 117
Waters Jonathan 119
Whitehead Jonathan . . 121
Woolsey John 149-150
Woolsey John 151
Watters David 222
Watters David 230
Watters David 231
Watters Jonathan .... 237
Watters David mark . . 12
Watters WilHam 265
Mr. Willmots ear mark 32
Welhng Thos. deed from
Wm. Creed. .381 382 383
Welhng Thos. G. Fur-
man 384-385-386
Williamson Johanos
Highway 432
Waters David 341
Waters David 343
Waters David 346
Waters David 347
Waters David 351
Waters David 353
Records of the Town of
Page 12
Nehemiah Smith ear mark being a lachmark on ye
under side of their ear & a slitt on ye top of ye off ear
being entered by me Nehemiah Smith
November ye 14 — 1722 Cler
Timmothy Denton ear mark being a crop on off ear
and two nicks under the near ear being enterded by me
Nehemiah Smith
Jane wary ye 3d 172 1/2 Cler
Richard Everitt ear being tow hapenys on the uper side
of ye near ear & one hapeny on uper side of ye off ear
Enterd by me Nehemiah Smith
Clerk
David Watters ear mark being a crop on ye top of the
off ear & a nick on ye under side of the same ear entred
by me Nehemiah Smith, Clerk
This mark of David Waters is Joseph Barnets
pr. Samll. Smith Cle.
Nehemiah Denton ear mark being a crop on ye top
of ye off ear and a latch mark on the under side of the
near ear —
Entered by me Nehemiah Smith Clerk
Jonathan Waters Eear marke being a slit in ye near
ear and a nick in ye under side of ye off ear entred by
me Samll.Smith Jun — Clarke
1738 ye above mark given to Nicolas Smith
pr. Samll. Smith Clk.
Elias Bales ear marke a crop in ye near ear and a
slit in ye crop and a halfpenny in ye fore side of the
same ear entred pr me Samll. Smith, Junr.
Clarke
Jamaica, Long Island 389
12 December 1739 — Samuel Smith Senr. ear mark
a slit in each ear and halfpenny under ye near ear
ent. pr Samll. Smith, June. Cle.
1739 — 12 December Saml. Smith, Junr. ear mark a
slit in each ear and a halfpenny under ye near ear and a
nick under ye off ear —
Entred pr Samll. Smith, Junr, Cler.
Robert Dentons ear mark a crop in the off ear and a
slit in the crop and 2 nicks under ye near ear entred this
22d of Decembr. 1739 by me Samll. Smith Cle —
Page 13
This Indenture mad this twenty ninth day of October
and in ye fourth year of ye reigne of our Sovereigne
Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland
Ffrance & Ireland Queene defender of ye faith &c. and
in ye year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred &
five and betwen Zachariah Mills of Jamaica in Queens
County on Nassaw Island in ye Province of New York
yeoman of ye one party and Benjamin Thustone of ye
same place yeoman witnesseth that ye abovesd Zachariah
Mills for and in consideration of ye sum of twenty eight
pounds currant mony of New York to him in hand paid
by ye abovesd Benjamin Thustone at or before ye en-
sealing or delivery of these presents ye receipt wherof
he doth herby owne and acknowljdgeth himself to be
therwith satisfyed content and paid and therof & there-
from & from every part & parsill thereof doe for ever
aquit & discharg ye abovesd Benjamin Thustone his
heirs exec" admin" all and every of them have given
granted enfeofed releast confirmed ashured quited claimd
sold & mad over and doe by these presents freely clearly
and absolutely give grant enfeofe release confirm ashure
quit claim sell and make over unto ye abovesd Benjamin
Thustone his heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain
pece or parsill of medow ground in ye bounds of Jamaica
afosd lying at a neck commonly called ye Long Nek
390 Records of the Town of
buted & bounded as followeth that is to say east by ye
medow of John & Daniell Mesinger and and north
begining at a certain dry oak tree upon ye iland & from
ye sd tre to run westerly to a stak set up by a creek and
soe on ye east side and south side of ye sd creek untill it
goeth in to ye bay and soe along ye bayside and ye creek
side which parteth ye Long Neck from ye hither east
neck until it cometh to ye east bounds afosd together
with all and singuler libertys profits commodytes heridita-
ments water courses appurtinances & priveleges to ye
same belonging or any wayes appertaining exceping ye
priveledg of commanage or undevided land to ye parsill
of medow land belonging and ye revitions & remainders
of ye primmises or any part or parsill there of and all
ye estate right title intrest property claim & demand
whatever of him ye said Zachariah Mills his heirs
Page 14-
exec^ admin ** ye same to have and to hold ye said tract or
parsill of medow land to be and remain to ye only proper
use benifitt and behofe of him ye said Benjamin Thustone
his heires and asignes for ever and ye sd Zachariah Mills
for himselfe his heirs exec^ admi^ doth covenant promis
& grant to and with ye sd Benjamin Thustone his heirs
and asigns that he or they against him ye sd Zachariah
Mills and against all & every other person or persons
whatever shall & will warrant and defend against any
lawfull claime or demand whatever and also will place
and deliver any other or firmer deede or conveience for
ye premises as ye sd Benjamin Thustone his heirs or
either of them shall be advised or procure to be drawne
by his or their counsill learned in ye law for ye space of
ten years next after ye date hereof in testamony whereof
ye abovesd Zachariah Mills hath hereunto set to his
hand & afixed his scale ye day & yeare first above men-
tioned. Zach. Mills O
Signed sealed & delivered
in presents of
Jonathan Whitehead
Abram Lot
Jamaica, Long Island 391
Memorandum that upon ye day and year above written
appeared before me Jonathan Whithead one of Her
Majs. Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens
County ye above written Zachariah Mills and did acknowl-
idg ye above written instrument to be his free and
vollingtary act & deed Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entred & compared
pr Zach Mills
September ye 26th 1706 Cler.
This Indenture made this twenty fourth day of June
and in ye third year of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady
Ann by ye grace of God Queen of England &c. defender
of ye faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one
thousand seven hundred & four & betweene Nathaniell
Denton of Jamaica in Queens County & in ye Province
Page 15
of NewYork yeoman of ye one party and Benjamin
Thus tone yeo"'* of ye same place witneseth that ye
abovesd Nathaniell Denton for severall causes & good
considerrations him thereunto moving but more espec-
ially for a valluabl sum of currant mony of NewYork
to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Benjamin Thustone
at or before ye delivery of these presents ye receipt
whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlige
himself to be therewith satisfyed and paid and thereof
and therefrom doth for ever exonirat aquit & discharge
ye abovesd Benjamin Thustone his heirs exeC" or admin^
all & every of them from any part or parsill thereof have
given granted enfeoft releast confirmed sold and made
over unto ye abovesd Benjamin Thustone his heirs exec^
admi« or asignes a certain pece or parsill of medow land
lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd being at a
place commanly called ye hither east neck buted &
bounded as followeth that is to say southwest by ye
medow of Jonathan Deane and southeast by Richard
Oldfields medow and northeast and northwest by ye
island all which medow land as above bounded & exprest
Records of the Town of
together with all ye priveleges appurtinances heridita-
ments to ye same belonging or any maner of ways aper-
taining to ye abovesd Benjamin Thustone his heirs &
asigns to have and to hold for ever ye same to be and
remain to ye only proper use benifit of him ye sd Ben-
jamin Thustone his heirs exec'' admins. & asignes for
ever free & clearly discharged of & from any former gifts
sale morgage or any other title or incumbrance what-
ever with a warrantee to defend ye same against any
maner of person or persons whatever laying any just
claime to ye same in testamony & confirmation of ye
premises ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton hath bound his
heirs exec^ admi^ all and every of them by seting to his
hand and afixeing his scale ye day & date abovesd
Signed, sealed and delivered Nathaniell Denton O
in presents of
Abigaile X Mills A true coppy of ye orignall deed
her mark entred & compared October ye 2d
Zach Mills 1706 pr Zach Mills
Cler
Page 16
This Indenture made this twentyeth day of February
and in ye fivth year of ye reigne of our Sovereign Lady
Ann over England Scotland Ffrance & Irland Queen
Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord
Christ one thousand seven hundred & six or seven and
betweene Thomas Flewelling of Hemstid in Queens
County on Nassaw Island in ye Province of New York
yeoman and Hope Carpinter Juner of Jamaica in ye
County Island and Provinc aforsd labourer of ye one
part and Wait Smith and Nathaniell Denton both of
Jamaica aforsd of ye other part witnesseth that ye
abovesd Thomas Flewelling and Hope Carpinter for and
in consideration of ye sum of thirty pounds currant
mony of NewYork to them in hand paid by ye abovesd
Wait Smith and Nathaniell Denton at or Ijefore ye en-
sealing or delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
they doe herby owne and acknowlidg themselves to be
therewith satisfy ed content and paide and therof & ther-
Jamaica, Long Island 393
from doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharg ye abovesd
Wait Smith and Nathaniell Denton their heirs exe^
& admin^ & every of them from every part & parsillt hereof
have given granted enfeofed releast confirmed ashurd
quited claimd sold and made over and do by these
presents frely clearly and absolutly give grant enfeof
release confirm ashure quit claime s«ll and mak over
unto ye abovesd Wait Smith and Nathaniell Denton
their heirs and asignes for ever all that pece parsil or
lot of land in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd being ye
whole devition westward that was laid out ye right of
Robert Ashman desest lying on ye west side of Newtowne
hay path joyning Hendricke Lots land and also one
other lot of land lying and being in ye devition called
ye hill devition being a ten acre right and bounded as
followeth that is to say east by Nicolas Everitt land
west by ye land laid out William Foster late of Jamaica
desest and north by Flushing bounds and south by marked
trees or ye highway all which lots of land as above bounded
and exprest together with all and singuler ye priveledges
apurtinances & heriditaments belonging to ye same with
all ye trees timber trees wood under woods whether stand-
ing lying or belonging to ye same of them ye sd
Thomas Flewelling and Hope Carpinter to them
Page 17
the said Wait Smith & Nathaniell Denton to have and
to hold to them their heirs and asignes for ever and
ye same to be and remaine to ye only proper use benifitt
& behoof e of them ye sd Wait Smith & Nathaniell Denton
their heirs and asigns for ever and that ye said Waite
Smith and Nathaniell Denton their heirs and asigns shall
and may at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocepy
posess & injoy ye above recited land & primises as his
their land of inheritanc in fee simple freely and clearly
discharged of & from all former gifts grants morgages
dowrys or any other intanglements whatever with a
warrantee to defend ye same against any person or per-
sons lawfully' claiming ye same and also to scale & deliver
any other or firmer deed or conveienc for ye primises
394 Records of the Town of
as ye abovesd Wait Smith or Nathaniell Denton their
heirs or asigns shall be advised or procure to be drawne
by their counsill learned in ye law for ye space of seven
years next after ye date hereof in testamony whereof
ye partys first above mentioned hath set to their hands
and afixed their scales ye day and yeare above writ-
ten Thomas Fleweling O
Sealed and delivered Hope Carpinter O
in presents of
Samll Mills
Zach Mills
Memorandom on ye day & year within writen ye
within named Thomas Flewelling & Hope Carpinter
came before Joseph Smith Esqr one of Her Majs Justices
for ye keeping of ye peace in Queens County asigned
and did acknowlid ye within instrument to be their
owne vollingtary act & deed Joseph Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd & compared
pr Zach Mills — Cler.
Page 18
To all Christian people to whome these presents
shall come greeting Know ye that Hope Carpinter
Juner of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in
ye Collony of NewYork and Thomas Flewelling of
Hemstid in ye County Island Collony aforsd yeoman as
well for and in consideration of ye sum of ten pounds
corrant mony of NewYork as for divers other good
causes & considerations them thereunto moving hath
remited releast & for ever quit claime & by these presents
for themselves & their heirs doth frelly clearly & abso-
lutely remite release & for ever quit claime unto Wait
Smith and Nathaniell Denton both of Jamaica aforsd
yeoman in their full and peacable posesion and seasure
therof being) & to their heirs & asignes for ever all such
righte title estatt interest and demand whatever as they
ye sd Hope Carpinter or Thomas Flewelling had or ought
to have of in & to all that house and home lot that did
Jamaica, Long Island 395
belong to Robert Ashman late of Jamaica deseast bounded
north by ye highway or maine streett of Jamaica aforsd
and east & west by ye land of John Wolsy & Charles
Williamson and south by a highway and also one lot
of land in ye tenour ocupation of William Creede of
Jamaica aforsd containing by estemation fivetene acres
be ye same more or less and also one other lot of land
in ye tenour and ocopation of Dow Ditmars and being
ten acres as it was laid out be ye same more or less
and also two lots of land in ye tenour and ocopation of
Benjamin Thustone of Jamaica aforsd being by estima-
tion thirty acres be ye same more or less and also one
other lot of land in ye tenour & ocapation of John Wolsy
of Jamaica aforsd all which parsills of land was laid
out upon ye right of Robert Ashman deseast all which
land as above bounded & exprest with all ye houses
barnes stables fencings improvements woods under
woods trees timber trees priveledges belonging to ye
same to have and to hold for ever to them their heirs
and asigns for ever soe that neither ye sd Thomas Flewell-
ing nor Hope Carpinter nor their heirs nor any persons
whatever by from or under them ye said Thomas Flewell-
ing or Hope Carpinter or their heirs shall or will by any
means whatever after this date have claime chaling or de-
mand any part or parsill thereof but from all & every ac-
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tion righte estate title interest or demand of in and to
ye primises or any part and parsill thereof they and every
of them shall uterly excluded & debared by these presents
in witness whereof ye abovesd Thomas Flewelling
and Hope Carpinter hath set to their hands and scales
this twentyeth day of February and in ye fivth year of
ye reigne of our sovereign Lady Ann by ye grace of
over England Queene &c. and in ye year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred & six or seven
Hope Carpinter O
Thomas Flewelling O
396 Records of the Town of
Sealed & delivered
in presents of A true coppy of ye orignall
Samll. Mills enterd and compared pr.
Zach. Mills Zach. Mills Cler.
On ye day and year above written Hope Carpinter
and Thomas Flewelling above named apeared before
Joseph Smith Esqr, one of Her Majs Justices for ye
keeping of ye peace in Queens County a signed and did
acknowlidg ye above instrument to be their vollingtary
act & deed. Joseph Smith
Enterd this 24th day of March 1707
pr. Zach Mills Clerk
Know all men by these presents that we Thomas
Fleweling of Hemstid in Queens County in ye Province
of New York and Hope Carpinter Junr. of Jamaica in ye
County aforsd doe acknowlidg to have received our
due & part & proportion out of ye estate of Robert
Ashman late of Jamaica deseast and doe for ever aquit
& discharg Waitt Smith & Nathaniell Denton admins
of ye estate of Robert Ashman and their heirs exec &
admi^ from any further claime or demand in & about ye
premises witness our hands this twentyeth day of Feb-
ruary and in ye fifth year of Her Majs. reigne Annq*^
1706/7
Test. Thomas Flewelling
Samll Mills Hope Carpinter
Zach Mills
A true coppy enterd & compared by
Zach Mills — Cler.
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To all Christian people to whome these presents shall
come greeting Know ye that Waite Smith & Nathaniell
Denton both of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw
Hand in ye Province of New York yeoman as well for
& consideration of ten pounds corrant mony of New-
Jamaica, Long Island 397
York as for divers other good causes & considerations
them thereunto moving hath remited released and for
ever quit claimd & by these presents for them selves &
their heirs doth fully clearly & absolutly remise release
& for ever quit claime unto Hope Carpinter Juner of
Jamaica aforsd labourer and Thomas Flewelling of
Hemstid in ye County He & Province aforsd yeoman
in their full & peacable posesion & seasure thereof being
and to their heirs & asignes for ever all that lot of medow
ground in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd being at a neck
called ye further East Neck containing by estimation
ten acres with ye small lot belonging to ye sd lot be ye
abovesd lots more or less ye ten acre lot is bounded as
followeth north by Joseph Oldfields medow and west
by a creek that parts ye two neks and east by Daniell
Smiths medow and south by ye bay with ye righte of
commans and undevided land and ye righte of ye bogs
and plains belonging to ye said medow and ye east
devition that was laid out to ye abovesd medow which
land is bounded as followeth east by Fosters River or
marked trees and south by ye land of John Cokefair and
west by a high way and north by a lot of land that was
laid out to Hendrik Lot being in number thirty three
all which medow & land as above bounded and exprest
with all other ye primises and ye apurtinances belonging
to ye same with all ye priveledges belonging to ye same
to have and to hold for ever to them their heirs & asignes
for ever soe that neither ye sd Wait Smith or Nathaniell
Denton nor their heirs nor any other person or persons
whatsoever by from or under them or either of them or
either heirs shall or will by any means whatsoever after
this date have claime challing or demand any part or
parsill thereof but from all & every action righte estate
title interest & demand of in and to ye primises or any
part or parsill thereof they and every of them shall
uterly excluded and debared by these presents in witnes
whereof ye above said Wait Smith and Nathaniell
Denton hath hereunto set their hands and afixed their
scales this twentyeth day day of February and in ye fivth
398 RecDrds of the Town of
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year of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Ann over
England Queene &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ
one thousand seven hundred six or seven
Sealed and delivered Wait Smith O
in presents of Nathaniell Denton O
Samll. Mills
Zach. Mills
Memorandom on ye day and year above written
appeared ye above written Wait Smith & Nathaniell
Denton before Joseph Smith Esq"^ one of Her Majs.
Justices for ye keeping of ye peace in Queens County
asigned and did acknowlidg ye above instrument to
be their owne vollingtary act & deed Joseph Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall entred & compared March
ye 22—1706 pr. Zach Mills Clarke
This Indenture made this twentyeth day of February
and in ye fivth year of ye reigne of our sovereign Lady
Ann by ye grace of God Queue of England Scotland
Ff ranee & Irland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& six seven and betweene Wait Smith & Nathaniell
Denton both of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw
Hand in ye Province of NewYork yeom" of ye one party
and Thomas Flewelling and Hope Carpinter Juner both
of ye County He and Province aforsd of ye other part
witnesseth that ye abovesd Wait Smith and Nathaniell
Denton for and in consideration of ye sum of thirty
pounds corrant mony of NewYork to them in hand paid
by ye abovesd Thomas Flewelling and Hope Carpinter
at or before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents
ye receipt whereof they doe hereby owne and acknowlidg
and thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit &
discharge ye abovesd Thomas Flewelling & Hope Car-
pinter their heirs exec". & adm^ all & every of them from
Jamaica, Long Island 399
every part & parsill thereof have given granted enfeofed re-
least confirmed ashured confirmed quited claimd sold and
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made over and doe by these frelly clearly & absoluttly
give grant enfeofe release confirm ashure quit claime
sell and make over unto ye abovesd Thomas Flewelling
and Hope Carpinter their heirs and asignes for ever all
that pece parsill or lot of land in ye bounds. of Jamaica
aforsd in a devition commanly called ye east devition
being a lot of land that was laid out to Hendrik Lot con-
taining by estimation fiveteen acres be ye same more or
less and bounded as followeth that is to say east by
Fosters River and west by a high way and south by a
lot of land laid out to ye right of Robert Ashman deseast
and north by John Cokefairs land all which land as above
bounded & exprest with all ye trees timber trees woods
under woods standing or lying or belonging to ye same
with all ye privelidges apurtinances heriditaments to ye
same belonging or apertaining to ye same with all ye
estate righte title property claim and demand of them
ye sd Wait Smith & Nathaniell Denton their heirs exec*
& admin" to them ye sd Thomas Flewelling & Hope
Carpinter their heirs and asigns to have and to hold
for ever and that ye sd Thomas Flewelling & Hope
Carpinter shall & may from time to time and at all times
for ever hereafter have hold ocopy poses & in joy ye
abovesd land and granted primisis as their own land of
inheritance in fee simple freely and clearly discharged
of & from all former gifts grants sales morgages or any
other intanglements whatever with a warrantee to de-
fend ye same against any person or persons whatever
lawfully claiming ye same and also will scale and deliver
any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises
as ye abovesd Thomas Flewelling or Hope Carpinter
their heirs or asignes shall be advised or procure to be
drawne by his or their counsil learned in ye law for ye
space of seven years next after ye date hereof in witness
whereof ye partys abovesd hath set to their hands and
scales ye day and year above written (Memorandom
400 Records of the Town of
before ye ensealing and delivery it is agreed that ye
east bounds mentioned in this deed is to by ye marked
trees — Wait Smith O
Sealed and delivered Nathaniell Denton O
in presents of
Samll Mills
Zach Mills
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Memorandom on ye day and year above written
ye above named Wait Smith & Nathaniell Denton apeared
before Joseph Smith Esq' one of Her Majs. Justices for
ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned and
did acknowlidg ye above deed to be their owne volingtary
act & deed Joseph Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd & compared
pr. Zach Mills
Aprill ye 28th 1707 Cler
Laid out to Samuell Mills Juner in two peces of land
upon ye hills ye quantaty of fivetene acres on ye acount
of Mr. William Nicoll
Enterd pr order of Wait Smith
Towne Surveier
pr Zach Mills — Cler.
To all Christian people before whome these presents
shall come witnesseth that whereas Samuell Higbee of
Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province of New York
and Joseph Coe of ye same place did purchase a certain
parsil of land of Jonathan Whitehead of ye same place
in a devition called ye midle devition each of them half
of ye sd tract as may appear by deeds for that purpose
drawne and ye said Samuell Higbie & Joseph Coe hath
devided ye abovesd land as followeth that is to say ye
abovesd Samuell Higbee is to have ye one half on ye
south side of of ye said tract or parsill of land and soe
to run ye full lengh of ye abovesd land as may appear
by marked trees for that purpose marked and ye abovesd
Jamaica, Long Island 401
Joseph Coe is to have ye north side of ye abovesd tract
of land and Hkewise to rune ye full lengh witness their
hands and scales this first day of Aprill and in ye sixth
year of Her Majs. reigne and in ye year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seven
Sealed and delivered Samuell Higbee O
in presents of Joseph Coe O
Joseph Smith Juner
Zach Mills A true coppy entered and
compared Aprill
Aprill ye 4th 1707 pr Zacii Mills Cler
Page 2Jf-
This Indenture made this tenth day of Apprill and in
ye sixth year of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Ann
by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance and
Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare
of our Lord Christe one thousand seven hundred and
seven and betweene Timothy Wood of Jamaica in Queens
County on Nasaw Hand in ye Province of NewYork
cordwainer of ye one part and Abraham Lott of ye same
place yeo" of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovesd
Timothy Wood for and in consideration of ye sum of
fivety pounds corrant mony of NewYork to him in
hand paid by ye abovesd Abraham Lot at or before ye
ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
he doth hereby owne and acknowlidg and thereof & there-
from doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovesd
Abraham Lott his heirs exec" & admi' and every of them
from every part and parsill thereof have given granted
alined enfeofed confirmed ashured quited claimd sold
and made over and doe by these presents fully clearly
and absolutly give grant allien enfeofe confirm ashure
quite claim sell and make over unto ye abovesd Abraham
Lot his heirs & asignes for ever all that peece parsill or
lot of upland in ye bounds of Jamaica and bounded be-
gining at ye northeast corner of ye lot whereon ye abovsd
Abraham Lots house standeth and thence runing westerly
to a certain chesnut saplin marked and from ye abovsd
402 Records of the Town of
sapling northerly to a certain olde stumpe and from ye
stumpe with a straight hne to ye highway that leads to
ye mill and soe along ye high way to ye place of begining
bounded east by ye abovsd highway and south by ye
land of ye abovsd Abraham Lot and west by ye land
of William Jones and north by ye land of William Jones
Jonas Wood and Hope Carpinter being bounded round
as ye fence now standeth all which land as above bounded
and exprest with all ye priviledges apurtinances heridita-
ments & emoliments with all ye trees woods under woods
standing or lying or belonging to ye same with all ye
fencis improvements thereon standing being of him ye
said Timothy Wood his heirs exec^ admi^ to him ye
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said Abraham Lot his heirs and asignes to have and to
hold for ever and ye same to be and remaine to ye onely
proper use benifitt & behoofe of him ye abovsd Abraham
Lott his heirs and asignes for ever and that ye abovesd
Abraham Lott his heirs and asignes shall & may from
time to time and at all times for ever hereafter have
hold ocopy posess and injoy ye above recited land and
primisess as his or their their owne land of inheritance
in ffee simple freely and clearly discharged of & from
all former gifts grants sales morgages or any other en-
tanglements whatever and alsoe will warrant and for
ever by these presents for ever defend ye same against
any person or persons whatever lawfully claiming ye
same and alsoe will scale and deliver any other or firmer
deede or conveience for ye premises as ye said Abraham
Lot his heirs or asignes shall be advised or procure to be
drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye law for ye
space of seven years next after ye date hereof in witness
whereof ye party first above named hath set to his hand
and afixed his scale ye day & yeare first above named^ —
Sealed & delivered Timothy Wood O
in presents of A true coppy enterd
Martha X Mills pr Zach Mills
her mark Cler.
Zach Mills Aprill ye 18th 1707
. Jamaica, Long Island 403
This Indenture made this fiveteenth day of Aprill and
in ye sixth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady
Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& seven & betweene Adrian Onderdonk & Andreas
Onderdonk sons of Andreas Onderdonk late of Jamaica
in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Province of
New York deseast of ye one part and Theadorus Pol-
eheamus of ye abovesd Towne Hand & County yeoman
Page 26
of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovesd Adrian
Onderdonk & Andreas Onderdonk for & in consideration
of ye sum of fourty nine pounds corrant mony of New-
York to them in hand paide by ye abovesd Theadorus
Poleheamus act & before ye ensealing and delivery of
these presents ye receipt whereof they doe hereby owne
& acknowlidg and thereof & therefrom doe for ever
exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovesd Theadorus Pol-
eheamus his heirs exec^ & admi' & every of them from
every part and parsill thereof have given granted aliened
enfeofed quited claimd sold and made over and doe by
these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant
alien enfeofe quit claim sell & make over unto ye abovesd
Theadorus Poleheamus his heirs and asignes for ever
all that two peces parsills or lots of upland in ye bounds
of Jamaica aforsd buted & bounded as followeth ye one
lot of land is bounded on ye east by a way that leads
from Newtowne to south and north by ye land of ye
abovesd Theadorus Poleheamus and west by ye other
land of Adriane Onderdonk & Andreass Onderdonk and
south by ye land of Theadorus Poleheamus abovesd &
ye other lot is bounded as followeth that is to say east
& north by ye land of Theadorus Poleheamus & west
& south by ye land of Garitt Clason be ye same more or
less as above bounded and exprest together with all &
singuler ye trees timber trees woods under woods stand-
ing or lying belonging to ye same with all ye fencings
improvements priveledges apurtinances heriditaments
404 Records of the Town of
to ye same belonging or any nianer of ways appertaining
of them ye said Adrian Onderdonk or Andreass Onder-
donk their heirs exec or adm" unto him ye said Thea-
dorus Poleheamus his heirs & asignes to have and to
hold for ever and ye same to be and remaine to ye proper
use benifitt & behoofe of him ye sd Theadorus Poleheamus
his heirs and asignes for ever and that ye said Theadorus
Poleheamus his heirs & asignes shall & may at all times
for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess and in joy ye
above recited land and primises as his or their owne
land of inheritance in fee simple freely and clearly dis-
charged of & from all from all former gifts grants mor-
gages dowrys intailes judgments executions or extents
or any other title or incombrances whatever with a
warrantee to defend ye same against any person or per-
sons whatever laying any just claime to ye same and also
will scale and deliver any other or firmer deede or con-
veience for ye primises as ye said Theadorus Poleheamus
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his heirs or asignes shall be advised or procure to be
drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye law for ye
space of seven years next after ye date hereof in witness
whereof ye partys first above named hath set to their
hands and afixed their scales ye day and yeare first above
written Adriane Onderdonk O
Sealed & deliverd Andreass Onderdonk O
in presents of
Jacob X Johnson A true coppy of ye orignall
his mark - entred and compared
Zach Mills Aprill ye 23—1707
pr Zach Mills
Cler
This Indenture made this fiveteenth day of Aprill
and in ye sixth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne
Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland
Ff ranee and Irland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c.
and in ye yeare of our Lord Christe one thousand seven
hundred and seven and betweene Adryan Onderdonk
Jamaica, Long Island 405
& Andreass Onderdonk sons of Andreass Onderdonk of
Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Province
of New York deseast of ye one part and Jacob Johnson
of ye abovesd Towne Hand & County yeoman of ye other
part witnesseth that ye abovesd Adriane Onderdonk
and Andreasss Onderdonk for & in consideration of ye
sum of one hundred & twenty one pounds currant mony
of New York to them in hand paid by ye abovesd Jacob
Johnson at or before ye ensealing and delivery of these
presents ye receipt whereof they doe hereby owne &
acknowlidge and thereof and therefrom doe for ever
exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovesd Jacob Johnson
his heirs exec" & admi'' and every of them from every part
& parsill thereof have given granted aliened enfeofed
releast confirmed quited claimed sold and made over
and doe by these presents frely clearly & absolutly give
grant alien enfeofe release confirme ashure quit claime
sell and make over unto ye abovesd Jacob Johnson his
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heirs and asignes for ever all that dwelling house mesuage
or teniment and tract or parsill of land in ye bounds of
Jamaica aforsd and bounded as followeth that is to say
east by a high way that leads from Newtowne and south
by ye land of Theadorus Poleheamus and west by ye
land of Theadorus Poleheamus & Garitt Clasons land
north by ye Conty rode containing by estimation thirty
two acres be ye same more or less together with all ye
houses barns stables fencings or improvements heridita-
ments priveledges and apurtinances to ye same belonging
or any maner of ways appertaining of them ye sd Adrian
Onderdonk and Andreass Onderdonk their heirs exec^
or admi" to him ye said Jacob Johnson his heirs & asignes
to have and to hold for ever and to be and remaine to ye
onely proper use benifitt & behoofe of him ye sd Jacob
Johnson his heirs & asignes for ever and that ye abovesd
Jacob Johnson his heirs & asignes shall and may from
time to time and at all times for ever hereafter have hold
ocopy posess & injoy ye above recited land and primises
as his or their owne land of inheritance in fee simple
406 Records of the Town of
frely and clearly discharged of & from all former gifts
grants morgages do wry s intailes judgments or executions
or any other incombrance whatever and also will warrant
and for ever defend ye same by these presents and also
ye abovsd Adrian Onderdonk and Andreass Onderdonk
hath sold as abovesd unto ye abovesd Jacob Johnson
his heirs & asignes as full & amply as it is above exprest
in and aboute ye above granted primises one lot or parsill
of medow ground containing by estimation five acres be
ye same more or less being at a neck called Oldfields
Nek and bounded as followeth east by ye Hawtree Creek
& south by ye bay and north by a small creek that runs
oute of ye Hawtree Creek and west by ye medow that
was formerly William Creeds with all ye priveledges
& undevided belonging to or arising from ye same and
also will warrant and for ever defend all ye abovesd land
Page 29
and primises against any persons lawfully claiming ye
same in witness whereof ye partys above named hath
set to their hands & scales ye day and yeare first above
written Adrian Onderdonk O
Sealed & delivered Andreass Onderdonk O
in presents of
Theadorus Poleheamus
Zach Mills A true coppy of ye orignall
enterd and compared Aprill
ye 24—1707
pr Zach Mills — Cler.
This Indenture made ye fourteenth day of Feber.
in ye fifth yeare of ye reing of our sovering Lady Anne
of England Scotland France & Ireland Queene and in
ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& six betweene Charles Williamson cordwainer in Ja-
maica in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Collony
of NewYork of ye one part & Timothy Wood. cordwainer
in the Towne & County abovsd of ye other part witnesseth
that ye abovsd Charles Williamson for the considera-
tion of the sum of seventeene pounds corrant money
Jamaica, Long Island 407
of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovsd Timothy
Wood at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents
ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne & acknowlidg
himself to be therwith satisfyed contented & paid doe
therefor for ever aquit exonirate & discharge ye abovsd
Timothy Wood his heirs exeC admi^ all & every of them
from every part and parsill thereof have given granted
enfeofed releast ashured & confirmed quit claimd sold
& made over & doe by these presents fully clearly &
absolutly give grant enfeofe release confirm ashure quit
claime sell & make over unto ye abovsd Timothy Wood
his heirs exec & asignes for ever a certain parcell or lot
of land situate lying & being in ye Towne of Jamaica
aforsd buted & bounded as followeth beginning at ye
north west corner of that house built by Mary Harnett
& runeth thence & twenty foote fronting ye main streete
then runing fifty foote south & twenty three foot east
and so north to the first corner bounded on the east by
ye aforsd house and land south & west by ye land of
Charles Williamson north by ye main streete all which
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lot of land with ye priveledge and apurtinances there-
unto belongin or any way appertaining to him ye said
Timothy Wood to have and to hold ye above recited
primises to him his heirs exec^ & asignes & ye same to be
& remaine to ye only proper use benifit & behoofe of him
ye sd Timothy Wood his heirs exec^ adm^ & asignes for
ever & that ye abovsd Tim. Wood his heirs and asignes
shall & may now & at all time or times hereafter have
hold ocopy posess ye above granted primises as his or
their owne land of inheritance in fee simple and also
shall & will scale & deliver any other deed or conveience
for ye primises as ye sd Timothy Wood his heirs exec^
& asignes or his or their counsill learned in ye law shall
require for ye space of seven years at his or their charge
and also will warrant & for ever defend ye same against
any person or persons laying any just claime to ye same
in testamony whereof ye abovesd Charles Williamson
408 Records of the Town of
hath set his hand & afixed his scale ye day & yeare above
written Charles Williamson O
Sined sealed & delivered
in presents
George Wolsey A true coppy enterd ye
Joseph X Carpinter 24 of Aprill Annoq'^ 1707
his mark pr Zach Mills
Cler
These presents witneseth that whereas Waite Smith
and John Rodes both of Jamaica in Queens County hath
a twenty lot of medow betweene them each of them half
which sd lot they have parted as followeth ye abovsd
John Rodes hath and is to hold to him his heirs & asignes
for ever ye south east side of ye abovsd lot of medow
bounded northerly by Samuell Smiths fresh medow and
easterly by Steven Stevensons medow and southerly
by ye Long Neck creek and westerly by ye other part of
ye abovsd medow as ye staks now standeth and ye
abovsd Wait Smith hath and is to hold to him heirs and
asignes for ever all ye west side of ye abovesd lot of
medow bounded northerly by ye grate swampe and
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westerly by ye Long Neck Creek and southerly by ye
abovsd creek & easterly by other part of ye abovsd lot
as ye stakes now standeth —
Enterd this fourth day of June and in ye sixth yeare
of Her Majs reigne Annoq'^ 1707 by order and in presents
of ye abovsd Wait Smith & John Rodes
pr Zach Mills — Cler.
May ye 13—1707
Then surveid and laid oute by us whose names are
here subscribed unto Jonathan Whitehead one parsill
of land lying att ye reare of Capt. Wolseys & John
Fosters^ — bounded east by ye sd land of Wolsey and
Forster west by Taners Hollow south by ye path that
goes to Jonas Woods lot north by comman land being
in full satisfaction of a seven acre and one half hill righte
Jamaica, Long Island 409
five acres arising from Mr. Osbaii ye other from ye righte
of Garitt Luberson as witness our hands
Samuell Smith
Waite Smth
May ye 15—1707
Then laid oute to Jonathan Whithead one pece of
land bounded east by ye reare of Capt. Wolsys lot north
by coman land or his way that goes to ye hatrees west
by comman land south by ye land of ye said Jonathan
Whitehead as it may appeare by marked trees ye north-
west corner being a chesnot saplin
Samuell Smith
Waite Smith
Entred this 17th of June 1707
pr Zach Mills
Cler
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These presents may sertafy any one whome it may
any wayse concerne that I Nathaniell Denton senoir
of Jamaica in Queens County upon Long Hand doe by
these presents fully freely and absolutely give and grant
unto my son Samuell Denton of ye same Towne and
County that part of home lot on which he now liveth
and hath seperated from my part of my home lot with
a cross fence from ye south west corner of his house
cross ye lot to George Millses lot at present and after
my desease he shall have two rods north from ye said
cross fence into that part of ye home lot which is now
mine and also I doe give & grant to my said son Samuell
five acres of wood land which he hath alread taken up in
ye Litle Neck and five acres of land which he hath taken
up at ye Litle Plaine Run and also four acres of medow
and a halfe at ye further east neck which medow is
comonly called ye small lots of medow with all priveledges
& apurtinances thereunto belonging I say that I ye aforsd
Nathaniell doe by these presents give and grant and
make over from me my heirs exec^ admi^ or asignes for
410 Records of the Town of
him his heirs exec^ admi'^ or asignes to have and to hold
as his owne proper righte for ever ye which is to be ac-
counted and exepted as part of his legacy or portion In
confirmation whereof I doe this and date set to my hand
and fix my scale — January ye 5 Anno 1684/5
Signed sealed & delivered Nathaniell Denton Senr O
in presents of us
Jeremiah X Wood A true coppy enterd and
his mark compared pr Zach Mills
David X Whitehead Cler.
his mark September ye 6th 1707 — -
18th May 1744— The mark of the Revnd. Mr. Wallter
Willmot is a slope the upper side of each ear entred pr
Samll. Smith. Junr. — Cler —
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Jamaica January ye 5th Anno 1684/5
These presents may sertafy any one whome it may
conserne that I Nathaniell Denton Senoir of Jamaica
in Queens County upon Long Island doe by these presents
fully bargin sell alinate and make over unto my son
Samuell Denton of ye same Towne & Shire ye one half
of my ten acre lot eastward lying betweene John Rodeses
senoirs lot and that lot that was formerly Anthony
Waterses ten acre lot the saide ten acre lot to be devided
eaqually in ye midle from front to reare and ye said Sam-
uell to have that side of ye lot that lyeth next to John
Rodeses lot I say that I ye aforsd Nathaniell have
for my self mine heirs exec^ asignes bargined solde and
made over ye halfe of my east ten acre lot aforsd unto
my son Samuell Denton aforsd for him his heirs exec^
or asignes to have and to hold as his owne proper righte
for ever for a valuable consideration already received in
confirmation of ye primises I doe this day and date above
written set to my hand and fix my scale
Nathaniell Denton O
Jamaica, Long Island 411
Signed sealed and
deliverd of us
Jeremiah X Woodsen A true coppy of ye orignall
his mark entered September ye 6th
David X Whitehead 1707 pr. Zach Mills
his mark Cler.
John Ludlams mark is a cropp on ye righte eare —
Enterd this eighteenth day of January Annq<^ 1707/8
pr Zach Mills — Cler —
Doras Pohemas mark is a cropp on the right ear and
a happenny under ye same ear — entred this last day of
Desember Annoq 1716 pr Nehemiah Smith — Cler —
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These presents testafy that I Nathaniell Denton
Juner of Jamaica in Queens County have given granted
alined sold enfeofed & confirmed & by these presents doe
fully firmly & absolutly give grant bargin alien sell
enfeofe & confirm unto my brother Samuell Denton of
ye sd Towne & County his heirs & asignes a certain tract
of land containing ten acres more or less as it was laid
out by ye surveiers lying & being w' in ye bounds of
Jamaica aforsd & is bounded on ye west by Freemans
hay path on ye south by Samuell Mills land on ye east
by ye land of Nathaniell Denton Senr. & on ye north
by a highway which sd ten acres of land with all ye
timber trees improvements priveledgs & apurtinances
the aforsd Nathaniell Denton doth fully & absolutly
from him self his heirs exec" & asignes for a valluable
consideration in hand paide by ye sd Samll Denton give
grant bargin sell alien & make over ye sd ten acres of
land as above bounded and exprest for ye said Samuell
Denton his heirs & asignes to have and to hold as his &
their owne proper righte & for their own use & behoofe
for & I ye said Nathaniell Denton for my self my heirs
exec^ admi'' & asignes ye aforsd ten acres of land w*
all & every of their rightes & appurtinances from any
412 Records of the Town of
person or persons by from or under me them or either of
them or upon anj^ pretence whatsoever shall & will war-
rant & for ever by these presents defend that this is my
act & deed I testafye by seting to my hand & scale this
ninth day of June Annoq^ Dominie 1688
Signd, sealed & delivered Nathaniell Denton O
before us
Waite Smith
Daniell Denton
Nathaniell Denton apeared before me this 18 of
Febrarary 1688 and did acknowlidg this to be his act &
deede I say before me one of His Majs. Justices of ye
Peace John Townsend — Senr —
A true coppy of ye orignall entred
September ye 6th 1707 pr. Zach Mills — Cler
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These presents witnesseth that Nathaniell Denton
of Jamaica in Queen County in ye Province of New York
yeo" and Samuell Denton of ye same place blacksmith
hath made a devition of a certain twenty acre lot of medow
that did belong to Nathaniell Denton late of Jamaica
atorsd deseast being at a neck called ye Long Neck in
ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd as followeth ye abovsd
Samuell Denton hath all ye east hook called ye Roten
Hook and thence runing along a certain dich that parteth
ye abovsd lot from Joseph Smiths medow to ye old Towne
Creek and soe northerly along by ye sd creeke to a stake
standing near ye first great bent of ye afore sd creek to
ye east ward and thence easterly to ye upland to a bush
marked it being his part in full of ye sd lot of medow
and ye abovsd Nathaniell Denton hath all ye remainder
part that is northwerly from ye sd stakes and that to
remaine as bounds betweene both them & their heirs and
asignes for ever
Enterd pr order of ye partys above mentioned
pr Zach Mills — Cler
Jamaica, Long Island 41o
This Indenture made ye fourth day of Deseniber
In ye sixth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereign Lady
Queen Ann over England &c. and in ye yeare of our
Lord God one thousand seven hundred & seven by &
betweene Thomas Whitehead of Jamaica in Queens
County ye" of ye one part & Thomas Chambers with
Febe his wife of Flushing in ye County aforsd of ye other
part witnesseth that ye said Thomas Whitehead for &
in consideration of ye yearly rent covenant conditions
& agreement herein after contained on ye part & behalf
of ye sd Thomas Chambers with Febe hath demised
granted & to farme let and doe by these presents demis
grant & to farme let unto ye sd Thomas Chambers &
Phebe his wife twenty acres ajoyning to ye twenty acres
w'' my father let unto ye sd Tho. Chambers & Febe
his wife for & during their naturall lives situate lying
& being in ye bounds of Flushing to have & to hold all
& singuler ye hereby demised primises unto ye sd Thomas
Chambers & Febe his wife during their naturall lives
yelding & paying therefore yearly & every yeare one
turky on Chrismas day it is further covenanted by
& betweene ye said partys that ye sd Thomas White-
head for himself his exec* & admi'' or any of them doth
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covenant promise grant & agree to & with sd Thomas
Chambers & Phebe his wife to & with every of them by
these presents that ye said Thomas Chambers with
Febe his wife and every of them for & under ye yearly
rents covenants & conditions herein before ex-
presed on ye part & behalfe of ye sd Tho. Chambers &
Febe his wife shall and may peacably have hold use
ocupy & in joy all & singuler ye hereby demised primises
& every part thereof without any let truble molestation
eviction esertion interruption or deniall of ye sd Thomas
Whitehead his heirs exec* or admi* or any of them or
that shall or may claime by from or under him in witness
whereof I have set to my hand & scale ye day & yeare
above written
Tho. Whitehead O
414 Records of the Town of
Sealed & delivered
in the presents of Desemb^ 24th 1707 enterd pr
Andrew Mariner Zach Mills Cler —
Thomas Thustone
Laide out to Samuell Mills for & upon ye acount of
ye midle devition which did belong to Mr. William
Nicols a certain pece or tract of land in ye bounds of
Jamaica neare ye old town pond bounded on ye south-
west corner by a black oak stumpe and so runing easterly
to a stak thence northerly to a walnut tree thence westerly
to a white oak stake thence southerly to ye place of be-
gining containing aboute four acres more or less —
performed pr me
February ye 16th 1707/8 Samuell Smith
A true coppy enterd pr
Zach Mills— Cler
Benjamin Dough tys ear mark is a crop on the off
ear and a hole in the same and a slit in the near ear —
Entred 1st Decemb-- 1747
pr Samll. Smith Junr. Clr —
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This Indenture made this twenty third day of Feb-
ruary and in ye sixth yeare of Her Majestys reigne &
in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
and seven or eighte and betweene Peter White of Ja-
maica in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Province
of New York yeo" of ye one part and John Gaile of ye
same place yeo° or ye other part witnesseth that ye
abovesd Peter White for & in consideration of ye sum
of nine pounds currant mony of New York to him in
hand paid by ye, abovesd John Gaile at & before ye
ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidg himselfe to
be therewith satisfyed content & paide and thereof &
therefrom do for ever exonirat & discharge ye abovsd
Jamaica, Long Island 415
John Gaile his heirs exeC" & admi^ all & every of them
from every part & parsill thereof have given granted
enfeofed alliened releast confirmed ashured qiiited claimd '
sold and made over and doe by these presents fully
clearly & absolutely give grant enfeofe allien release
confirm ashure quit claim sell & make over unto ye
abovsd John Gaile his heirs exec^ admi'^ & asignes a cer-
tain parsill of land that is to saye ye righght that doth
belon or shall arise from nine acres of medow in ye old
Towne Neck that is to say ye righte of upland that doth
belonge or shall arise from nine acres within ye nek
aforsd all which sd nine acre righte within ye old Towne
Nek as above exprest with all ye priveledges appurtin-
ances heriditaments and emolliments with all ye trees
timber trees woods under woods standing or lying or be-
longing to ye same nine acre righte of him ye sd Peter
White his heirs & asignes to him ye sd John Gaile his
heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever and that ye
sd John Gaile his heirs & asignes sha 1 & may at all times
for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess and injoy ye
above recited righte with ye appurtinanes as his or their
owne land of inheritance in fee simple and that ye sd
Peter White had at ye time of ye ensealing & delivery of
these presents had full power and lawfull authoryty
for to sell & despos of ye same in maner & forme as aforsd
fully and clearly discharged of & from all former gifts
grants niorgages & dowrys intailes dowrys sales execu-
tions or any othe intanglements whatever and also
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will warant and for ever defend ye same against any
person or persons laying any just claime to ye same and
also will scale and deliver and deliver any other or firmer
deede or conveience for ye primises as ye sd John Gaile
his heirs or asignes shall be advised or procure to be
drawne by his or their counsil learned in ye law for ye
space of seven years next after ye date hereof in testa-
mony whereof ye abovsd Peter White hath set to his
416 Records of the Town of
hand and afixed his scale ye day and yeare first above
written Peter White O
Sealed & delivered
in presens of
John Monsee
Zach Mills
Memorandom that on ye day and yeare above written
ye above mentioned Peter White apeared before Joseph
Smith Esq' one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of
ye peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidge
ye above deed to be his owne vollingtary act & deed
Test. Joseph Smith
A true coppy enterd Aprill ye first 1708
pr Zach Mills — Cler —
This Indenture made this twenty seventh day of Feb-
ruary and in ye sixth yeare of our sovereigne Lady Ann
by ye grace of God of Greate Britain France & Irland
Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our
Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & seven or
eighte and between John Mills of Jamaica in Queens
County in ye Collony of New York of ye one part and
John Gaile of ye same place yeo" of ye other part wit-
nesseth that ye sd John Mills for & in consideration of
ye sum of thirty one pounds corant inony of New York
to him in hand paide by ye abovsd John Gaile at & be-
fore ye ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt
whereof he doth hereby owne and acknowlidge and
thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirate aquit & dis-
charge ye abovsd John Gaile his heirs exec" & admi^
and every of them from every part and parsill thereof
have given granted allined enfeofed releast confirmed
ashured quited claimd sould and made over and doe by
these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant alien
enfeofe release ashure quit claime sell and make over
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unto ye abovsd John Gaile his heirs and asignes for ever
a certaine pece parsill or lot of land being ye one halfe
Jamaica, Long Island 417
or eaquall moiety of a tract of land which ye sd John
Mills bought of Jonathan Whitehead being in a devition
called ye midle devition containing about sixtene acres
and halfe be the same more or less and bounded easterly
by ye Plaine Run and west by Freemans highway and
north by ye land of Hendrik Lot and south by ye other
halfe of ye abovsd tract of land all which sd lot of land as
above bounded & exprest together with all & singuler ye
trees timber trees woods under woods standing or lying
or belonging to ye same with all ye bogs brooks or im-
provements within ye bounds or belonging to ye same
with all ye privelidges apurtinances & emoliments to ye
same belonging with all ye estate righte title property
claime & demand of him ye sd John Mills his heirs &
asignes exec^ admi" to him ye sd John Gale his heirs &
asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be &
remaine to ye onely proper use benifitt and behoofe of
him ye sd John Gale his heirs & asignes for ever and
that ye sd John Gaile his heirs & asignes shall & may
at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess
and in joy ye above recited land & primisis as his or their
owne land of inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly
discharged of & from all former gifts grants sales mor-
gages or any other intanglements whatever and also
will scale & deliver any other or firmer deede or con-
veience for ye primises as ye sd John Gaill his heirs or
asignes shall be advised or procure to be drawne by his
or their coun' learned in ye law for ye space of seven
years next after ye date hereof and also will warrant &
for ever defend ye same against any person or persons
lawfully claiming ye same witness whereof ye abovsd
John Mills hath set to his hand and afixed his scale ye
day & yeare first above written John Mills O
Sealed & delivered
in presents of
Samuell X Mills
his mark
Zach Mills
418 Records of the Town of
Memorandom on ye day & yeare within written ye
within named John Mill apeared before Joseph Smith
Esq' one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of ye
peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg
ye within deed to be his volingtary act & deed
Test. Joseph Smith
A true coppy enterd Aprill ye 6th 1708
pr Zach Mills
Cler
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This Indenture made this twenty third day of Feb-
ruary and in ye sixth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne
Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland
France & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& seven or eighte and betweene Samuell Mills of Ja-
maica in Queens County in ye Province of New York
yeo° of ye one party and John Gaile of ye same place
yeo° of ye other part witnesseth that abovsd Samuell
Mills for and in consideration of ye sum of six pounds
corant mony of NewYork to him in paide at & before ye
ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
he doth hereby owne & doth acknowlidg himselfe to be
therewith satisfyed content & paid & thereof & there-
from doe for ever exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovsd
John Gaile his heirs exec" & admin' & every of them for
every part and parsill thereof have given granted en-
feofed aliened releast confirmed ashured quited claimd
sold & made over and doe by these presents freely clearly
& absolutly give grant enfeofe release alien confirme
ashure quit claime sell & make over unto ye abovsd John
Gaile his heirs & asignes for ever all that pece parsill or
tract of land lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica
aforsd at a place comanly called ye old Towne Nek
containing by estimation four acres be ye same more
or less & bounded as followeth that is to say east by a
highway and west by ye bounds of ye old Towne nek
land and north by coman land and south by coman
Jamaica, Long Island 419
land neare ye old Towne pond all which land as above
bounded and exprest together with all & singuler ye
trees timber trees woods under woods standing or lying
or belonging to ye same with all ye priveledges appur-
tinances heriditaments & moliments to ye same be-
longing or any maner of ways apertaining to ye same
of him ye sd Samuell Mills his exec^ or adm^ to him ye sd
John Gaile his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for
ever and ye same to be & remaine to ye onely proper
use of ye sd John Gaile his heirs & asignes and that
ye sd John Gaile his heirs exec^ or admi' shall & may from
time to time and at all times for ever hereafter have
hold ocopy posess & injoy ye above recited land &
primises as his or their owne land of inheritance in
fee simple freely & clearly discharged of & from all
former gifts grants morgages dowrys intailes executions
or revertions or remainders or any other title or incom-
brance what ever and also will warrant and for ever
defend ye same against any person or persons laying
any just claime to ye same and also will scale & deliver
any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primisis as
ye sd John Gaile his heirs or asignes shall be advised
Page 41
or procure to be drawne by his or their counsill learned
in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date
hereof in testamony whereof ye abovsd Samuell Mills
hath set to his hand and afixed his scale ye day & yeare
first above mentioned Samuell X Mills O
Sealed & delivered his mark
in presents of
Peter White
Zach Mills
Memorandam that on ye twenty seventh day of Feb-
ruary in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven
hundred & seven or eighte, apeared ye abovsd Samuell
Mills before Joseph Smith Esq' one of Her Majs. Justices
420 Records of the Town of
for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned
and did acknowlidg ye above deed to be his owne volling-
tary act & deed — Test. Joseph Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entred
Aprill ye 6th 1708 pr Zach Mills— Cler
April ye 12—1708
Laid oute to Capt. Hope Carpinter one pece of land
for & on ye acount of what was wanting in his west
devition lying on ye south east side of ye haw tree path
southerly bounded by ye land of Garitt Durland &
westerly by Ram Dorlant and east by Eldet Lucas
laid out by Wait Smith Towne Surveier and entred by
his order pr Zach Mills Cler —
This Indenture made this fourth day of Aprill and
in ye seventh yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady
Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Frace
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& eighte and between Thomas Flewelling -of Hemstid
in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Collony of
New York yeo™ of ye one part and Richard Everitt of
ye same place yeo" of ye other part witnesseth that ye
abovsd Thomas Flewelling for & in consideration of
ye sum of five pounds corrant mony of New York to
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him in hand paid by ye abovsd Richard Everitt at &
before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye re-
ceipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidg
himselfe to be therewith satisfyed content & paid and
thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & dis-
charge ye abovsd Richard Everitt his heirs exec' & admi'^
& every of them from every of them from every part &
parsill thereof have given granted enfeofed alliened
releast ashured confirmed quited claimd sold and made
over and doe by these presents freely clearly and abso-
lutly give grant enfeofe alien release ashure confirm quit
Jamaica, Long Island 421
claime sell & make over unto ye abovsd Richard Everit
his heirs and asignes for ever all that a pece parsill or
lot of medow land in ye bounds of Jamaica & County
abovsd lying at a nek called ye further east nek being
ye small lot that was laid out to a ten acre righte being
laide oute ye righte of Robert Ashman late of Jamaica
deseast and bounded as followeth that is to say easterly
by ye medow of ye abovsd Richard Everitt northerly by
Fosters River and southerly by a by small creek that
runs out of ye river abovsd & westerly by a dich contain-
ing by estimation three quarters of an acre be ye same
more or less all ye sd medow land with al grass herbag
improvements creeks ponds belonging to ye abovsd medow
of him ye sd Thomas Flewelling to him ye sd Richard
Everitt his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever
and ye same to be and remaine to ye onely proper use
benifit & behoof of him ye sd Richard Everitt his heirs
& asignes for ever and that ye sd Richard Everitt his
heirs & asignes shall & may at all times for ever here-
after have hold ocopy posess and in joy ye above recited
land and primisis as his or their owne land of inheritance
in fee simple and also will warrant & for ever defend ye
same against any person or persons whatever laying
any just claime to ye same and also will seal and deliver
any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises
as ye said Richard Everitt his heirs or asignes shall be
advised or procure to be drawne by his or their counsill
learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after
ye date hereof in testemony whereof ye abovsd Thomas
Flewelling hath set to his hand and afixed his scale ye
day & yeare first above written Thomas Flewelling O
Sealed & delivered
in presents of
Nathaniell Oilley
Zach Mills*
Page 1^3
Memorandom that on ye day & yeare above written
ye above mentioned Thomas Flewelling apeared before
Jonathan Whitehead Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices
422 Records of the Town of
for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned
& did acknowlidg ye 'above deed to be his vollingtary act
& deed— Test. Jonathan Whitehead
A true coppy enterd May ye 6th 1708
pr Zach Mills — Cler —
This Indenture made in this tenth yeare of our sover-
eigne Lord WilHam ye Third by ye grace of God of Eng-
land Scotland Ffrance & Ireland Kinge &c and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred
ninety & eighte on the twenty seventh day of September
of said year between Sarah Oldfield at Jamaica in Queens
on Long Hand alias Nasaw widow of John Oldfield late
of Jamaica aforsaid deseast & Richard Oldfield of ye
same Towne County &c as abovsd son & heir of Jno.
Oldfield aforsd yeo" & Jane his wife on ye one part & Jno.
Ludlam of ye same Towne &c. yeo" on ye other part
witnesseth that ye sd Sarah Oldfield Richard Oldfield
& Jane his wife for & in consideration of ye sum of nine-
teene libs good & lawfull mony of this Province to him
in hand paide before ye ensealing & delivery of these
presents by ye sd John Ludlam ye receipt whereof they
doe hereby acknowlidg & themselves to be therewith
fully satisfyed contented & paid and thereof & of every
part & parsill thereof they doe by these presents for ever
aquit & discharge ye sd John Ludlam his heirs exeC
& admi" have given granted bargined & aliened & sould
releast & confirmed & doe by these presents freely clearly
& absolutely give grant bargin allinate & sell release &
confirm unto ye said Jno. Ludlum his heirs & asignes for
ever all that a certain tract or parsill of land containing
by estimation fiveteene be it more or less being a thirty
& one acre righte in ye hill devition as it was laid oute
to John Oldfield aforsd situate lying & being in ye bounds
of Jamaica northwest of ye Town plan on ye hills bounded
westward by ye land laide out for ye parsoneage & by ye
land of Nicolas Everitt southward by a field of Nathaniell
Denton eastward by ye land that was Henry Fosters
Jamaica, Long Island 423
deseased northward by Flushing line together with all
& singuler ye rights priveledges heriditaments & apur-
tinances to ye same belonging or in any nianer of wise
appertaining and all the righte interest claime property
Page 4-4
posesion and demand of them ye said Sarah Oldfield
Rich'd. Oldfield & Jane his wife or either of them in & to
ye primisis & in & to every part & parsill thereof to have
and to hold ye sd tract of land with ye appurtinances to
him ye sd John Ludlam his heirs & asignes to ye onely
proper use benifitt & behoof of him ye sd John Ludlam
his heirs & asignes for ever without any morgage or any
other incombrance whatever and further ye aforsaid
Sarah Oldfield Richard Oldfield & Jane his wife doe &
shall warrant their sale to be good & lawful! & shall
defend against all persons or persons claiming or to claime
from or under them & they doe hereby engage & bind
themselves their heirs exec" or admi" & they shall &
will from time to time & at all times during ye terme of
seven years next ensuing ye date hereof on the reasonable
request & at ye cost and charges of him ye sd John
Ludlam his heirs & asignes make & execute or cause to
be done mad & executed & sufered with all and every
such singuler & lawfull & reasonable act & acts thing &
things conveiences & ashuerences in ye law whatsoever
as by the said Jno. Ludlam his heirs or asignes or any of
them or his or their counsill learned in ye law shall be
reasonnablely devised advised or received for ye further
& beter ashuring shure making & confirming of all &
singuler ye herin before mentioned granted primises
unto ye said Jno. Ludlam his heirs & asignes in testa-
mony whereof ye partys to these presents have set their
hands & afixed their seals ye yeare & day first above
mentioned Jane X Oldfield O
Sealed & delivered her mark
in presents of Richard Oldfield O
Jno. Hubberd Jane X Oldfield O
Daniel X Sexton her mark
his mark
424 Records of the Town of
Wheras it is bounded southerly by a field of Nathanel
Dentons there is an high way to be allowed southerd if
need be aded before signeing &c — presents in ye margant
& one likewise before signeing &c.
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entred & compared
May 25th 1708 pr. Zach. Mills— Cler
Page 1^5
This Indenture made this twenty eighte day of De-
sember in ye third year of ye reigne of our sovereigne
Lady Ann by the grace of God of England Scotland
Ffrance & Irland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and
in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven
hundred & four between William Carpenter of Jamaica
in Queens County on Nasaw Island yeoman & Elizabeth
his wife of ye one part and John Ludlum of ye same
Towne County &c. yeoman of ye other part witnesseth
that they ye sd William Carpenter & Elizabeth his
wife for & in consideration of ye valuable sum of one
hundred & sixty pounds corrant mony of NewYork to
them in hand paid by him ye sd John Ludlum at & before
ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt
whereof they doe hereby acknowlidg & themselves to be
therewith fully satisfyed & contented & paid & thereof
& of every part & parsill thereof doe for ever aquit &
discharge him ye sd John Ludlum his heirs exec' & admi^
by these presents have given granted bargined & sould
enfeofed released & confirmed & by these presents doe
clearly & freely & absolutely give grant bargain & sell
enfeofe release & confirm to him ye said John Ludlum
his heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain dwelling
house barn orchard home lot & lot of upland adjoyning
situate lying & being within ye bounds & Towneship
of Jamaica aforsd sometim since in ye tenour & ocupation
of Capt. John Carpinter latt of Jamaica aforsd deseased
containing by estimation fourtene acres be it more or
less as it was laid oute & is buted & bounded as fol-
io weth on ye north by comman land on ye east partly by
ye hom lot of Samuell Smith & partly by an aditional
Jamaica, Long Island 425
lot in ye tenour of sd Samuell Smith adjoyning to his
home lot on ye south by ye coman country road or high-
way & on ye east by an home lot formerly in ye tenour
of John Everitt late of Jamaica deseasd in part & in part
by an aditional lot adjoyning to sd home lot together
with all & singuler ye mesuages teniments out houses
stable barns orchards gardins arable lands pastures
fences timber trees wood under wood lying being or
standing thereon rights priveledges heriditaments &
appurtinances thereunto belonging or in any ways ap-
pertaining and all ye estate righte title intrest posesion
& demand of them ye sd William Carpenter & Elizabeth
his wife or either of them in and to ye primises & in &
to any part or parsill thereof to have and to hold ye
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sd dwelling house & barne home lot and lot adjoyning
and all & every & other ye before recited primises & ap-
purtinances to him ye sd John Ludlum his heirs & asignes
to ye only proper use benifit & behoof of him ye sd John
Ludlum his heirs & asignes for ever and they ye sd William
Carpenter & Elizabeth his wife for themselves their heirs
exec" & admi' do promis covenant & agree to & with him
ye sd John Ludlum that he ye sd John Ludlum his heirs
& asignes shall & may now & at all times for ever here-
after quietly peaceably ocupy posess & enjoy all &
every ye above granted primises as his & their inde-
seizable estate of inheritance in fee simple freely &
clearly aquited & discharged of & from all other & former
gifts grants bargins sales morgages dowrys entailes judg-
ments executions revertions & revertions remainder and
remainders had made done comitted or suferd at any time
or times before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents
and also to warrant & defend all & every ye above
granted primises against all & every person or persons
claiming ye same or any part thereof by from or under
them ye sd William Carpenter and Elizabeth his wife or
either of them their heirs exec" or admi'' or any other
person or persons lawfully claiming ye same or any
part thereof by these presents & also to give any other
426 Records of the Town of
or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as he ye sd
John Ludlum his heirs or asignes shall be advised & pro-
cure to be drawne by his or their eounsill learned in ye
law in testamony whereof ye partys to these presents
have fixt their seals & signed & delivered ye same ye
day & year first above written
Signed sealed & delivered William Carpenter O
in presents of Elizabeth X Carpenter O
Jno. Hubard her mark
Daniell Smith
A true coppy of ye orignall deed enterd pr
Zach Mills
June ye 7th 1708 Cler
Page ^7
This present instrument sheweth that Nathaniel
Smith planter of Jamaica in Queens County upon ye
Isle of Nasaw belonging to ye Province of New York
hath for divers good reasons and considerations him
moving thereunto but more especially for a valluable
sum of seven pounds to his satisfaction in hand paid
or to be rec^ at ye signeing and sealing hereof barterd
bargined sold alinated and asigned and doth by vertue
of this deed & instrument of conveience for himself and
his heirs exec^ admi'' barterd bargine & sell alinat & asigne
& make over from him for ever unto his brother Thomas
Smith of ye Towne & County abovsd half a ten acre lot
of upland under tillag & improvement which was laid
out and formerly belonging to his father Smith in ye
bounds & limits of Jamaica abovesd. being & lying upon
ye neck y* lyes between ye neck commanly known by
ye name of ye miliars neck and ye bogy medow nek
southward of ye Towne abovsd that is to say ye one half
and moity of ye whole ten acre lot abovsd by an eaqual
devition which doth apertain to ye sd Nathaniell by will
and testament of his brother Eaphraim deseast ye which
Jamaica, Lonc; Island 427
lot being bounded by Joseph Smith on ye east and
John Smith deseast on ye west fronting upon ye high
way northward and rearing upon a parrellel with other
lots in ye same neck southward he saith he hath sold
as abovsd ye one moity and half by eaquall devition of
ye said ten acres with all ye profitts benifits improve-
ments priveledges lybertys & conveniences had held
or that may any maner of ways be had or held at any
time or times pertaining or belonging of right to ye
said half allotments as already laid oute by ye sur-
veiors for him ye sd Thomas to have and to hold as an
absolute righte and property to ye sole use benifitt &
behoof of him his heirs exec' admi & asignes for ever
after ye date hereof as fully firmly & amply as if formally
deliverd into his posesion by & exepting only ye crop of
corn which is now in & upon ye ground moreover ye sd
Nathaniel doth warrant this his sale good & firm in law
to all intents and purposes therein exprest and shall
defend ye same from and against any just claime y*
shall be made or laid by any person or persons whoever
as witnesseth his hand and scale anexed hereunto this
eighte day of May in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand
six hundred & ninty five Nathaniell X Smith O
Signed sealed & delivered his mark
in presents of us test.
John Pruden Sr.
Samuell Higbee
May ye eighte 1695 — Then appeared before Danll.
Whitehead one of His Majs. Justices Justices of ye for
Queens Court ye above named Nathaniel Smith and
did acknowlidg ye above written deed to be his free &
volingtary act & deed — Danll. Whitehead
Enterd pr Zach Mills — Cler.
Page J^S
To all Christian people to whome these presents shall
come greeting Know yea that Nathaniel Denton of
I
428 Records of the Town of
Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Province
of New York yeo° as well for & in consideration of ye
sum of five shillings corrant mony of New York as for
divers other good causes and considerations him there-
unto moving hath remised releast and for ever quit claimd
& by these presents doe for himself his heirs fully clearly
& absolutly remise release & for ever quit claime unto
Samuell Dento of ye same place blaksmith in his full
& peacable posesion & seasure thereof being and to his
heirs and asignes for ever all that pece parsill or lot of
upland that is now in ye tenour and ocupation of ye sd
Samuell Denton within ye Longe Neck fence bounded on
ye east by ye land of Nathaniel Higbe and west by ye
way that leads into ye said nek further and north by ye
land of ye abovesd Nathaniel Denton and south by ye
land laid out to Samuel Mills and also all ye land that
is without a cross fence which is on ye north side of ye
abovsd Samuell Dentons now dwelling house which runeth
from ye street fence to Joseph Bartons land all the land
that was not given by deed from my father on ye south
side of ye abovsd cross fence with all ye priveledges &
apurtinances heriditaments to ye abovsd parsills of land
belonging or any ways appertaining to have and to
hold to him his heirs & asignes for ever soe that ye sd
Nathaniel Denton his heirs nor any other persons or
persons whatever by from or under them or either of
them shall or will by any way or means whatever this
de have claime dialling or demand any part thereof
but from all & every action righte estate title interest
& demand of & in and to ye primises or any part or parsill
thereof shall or will be uterly excluded & debared by
these presents in witness whereof ye abovsd Nathaniel
Denton hath to these presents set to his hand and afixed
his scale this fifth day of September and in ye sixth
yeare of the reigne of our sovereign Lady Ann by ye
grace of God over England Scotland France & Ireland
Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our
Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & seven
Nathaniel Denton O
Jamaica, Long Island 429
Sealed & delivered
in presents of
John Denton A true coppy pr Zach Mills
Zach Mills Cler —
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This Indenture made the eight & twentyeth day of
May in ye fourth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereign
Lady Ann by ye grace of God Queen of England Scot-
land Ff ranee & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in
ye yeare of our blesed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ one
thousand seven hundred & five between Jonathan
Whitehead of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Collony
of New York in America gentleman of ye one part &
Thomas Smith of ye same place gentleman of ye other
part witnesseth that ye said Jonathan Whitehead for
& in consideration of a certain thirty acre lot of land
situate lying & being on ye east side of ye Plain Run
within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsaid by him ye sd Thomas
Smith to ye sd Jonathan W'hitehead his heirs & asignes
for ever at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these
presents bargined sold & delivered ye receipt whereof he
doth hereby acknowlidg & himselfe to be therewith
fully satisfyed contented & paid and thereof & of every
part & parsill thereof he doth for ever by these presents
aquit exonirat & discharg ye said Thomas Smith his
heirs exec" & admi^ hath granted bargined & sold ex-
changed releast & confirmed and doth by these presents
ffuUy clearly & absolutly grant bargin & sell exchange
release & confirm unto ye said Thomas Smith heirs
& asignes for ever all that a certain five acre lot of medow
ground situate lying & being on ye hither east nek
within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd bounded northward
by ye upland eastward by ye medow late in ye tenour
of Samuel Denton deseasd southward by ye creek &
westward by ye medow late in ye posesion of John Car-
penter deseased with ye upland in ye sd neck belonging
to ye righte of ye sd medow also all ye upland in ye sd neck
belonging to the righte of five acres of midow late in ye
E
430 Records of the Town of
ocupation of one Jno. Rodes late of Jamaica deseasd acord-
ing to ye grants consesions customs of ye sd Towne together
with all all singuler ye rightes priveledges heriditaments
& appiirtinances thereunto belonging or in any wise ap-
pertaining and all ye estat righte title posesion property
claim & demand of him ye sd Jonathan Whitehead in
& to ye primises & in & to every part & parsill thereof to
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have and to hold the said lot of medow rights of upland
with their and every of their appurtenances to him ye
said Thomas Smith his heirs & asignes to ye only proper
use benifit & behoofe of him ye sd Thomas Smith his heirs
& asignes for ever and ye sd Jonathan Whitehead for
himself his heirs exec^ & admi^ & every of them doth
hereby covenant & promis to & with ye sd Thomas
Smith his heirs & asignes shall & may now & at all times
hereafter for ever have hold ocupy posess & injoy ye
above granted primises as his & their ffree & indefensable
estat of inheritance in ffee simple free & clear & freely
& clearly exonirated aquited & discharged of & from all
former & other gifts grants bargins sales morgages judg-
ments extents executions rents avearrages of rents
revertion or revertions remainder or remainders or other
title or incumbrance whatsoever and ye same & every
part & parsill thereof to ye sd Thomas Smith his heirs
& asignes against all persons whatsoever lawfully claim-
ing ye same or any part thereof shall & will warrant &
for ever defend by these presents In testamony whereof
ye partyes to these presents have hereunto set their
hands and afixed their scales ye day & yeare first above
written before sealing added that by rights & priveledges
is not intended or granted any rights of comanage or
undevided land exept only in ye hither east neck above
mentioned & also in line ye first (eighte) added & (three)
bloted out in ye date before sealing
Sealed & delivered Jonathan Whitehead O
in presents of
Jno. Hubberd
George W^oollsey (
Jamaica, Long Island 431
Memorandom that on ye 29 of November 1705 ap-
peared before Joseph Smith Esqr. one of Her Majs.
Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County
asigned ye within named Jonathan Whitehead & ack-
nowledged ye within written conveience to be his ffree
& voHngtary act & deed Test — Joseph Smith
A true coppy entred pr Zach Mills — Cler —
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This Indenture made this twentyeth day of June
& in ye seventh yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne
Lady Ann by ye grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& eighte & betweene Thomas Welling of Jamaica in
Queens County on Nasaw Hand in ye Province of New-
York yeo" of ye one part and John Gale of ye same place
yeo° of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd Thomas
Welling for & in consideration of ye sum of fourteene
pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid
by ye abovsd John Gale at & before ye ensealing & de-
livery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth
hereby owne and doth acknowlidge himself to be there-
with satisfyed content & paide and thereof & therefrom
doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovsd John
Gale his heirs exec« & admi« & every of them from every
part & parsill thereof have given granted aliened en-
feofed confirmed ashured quited claimd sold & made
over & doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely
give grant alien enfeofe confirm ashure quit claime sell
& make over unto ye abovsd John Gaile his heirs & asignes
for ever all that pece parsill or tract of land in ye bounds
of Jamaica aforsd it being a ten acre righte of land that
is to say one halfe part or eaqual moity of a twelve acre
lot of land be ye same more or less as it was laid oute
being ye quota or proportion of land that was laid out
to his ten acre lot of medow in ye old Towne Nek in ye
bounds of Jamaica aforesd ye whole twelve acre lot is
432 Records of the Town of
bounded as followeth that is to say west by ye medow &
east by ye old towne pond and north by ye land of
Hendricas Hagaman and south by ye land of Anthony
Watters all which land as above bounded & exsprest
together with all & singuler ye tree timber trees woods
under woods whether standing or lying or belonging to
ye same with all ye priveledges appurtinances heridita-
ments and emoliments to ye same belonging with all ye
estate righte title claime & demand of him ye sd Thomas
Welling his heirs exec^ & admi^ to him ye sd John Gale
his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye
same to be & remaine to ye only proper use benifit &
behoofe of him ye sd John Gale his heirs & asignes for
ever & that ye sd John Gale his heirs & asignes shall &
may at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy poses
& injoy ye above recited land and primises as his or their
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owne land of inheritance in fee simple freely and clearly
discharged of & from all former gifts grants sales morgages
entailes judgments executions or extents or any other
title or incumbrance whatever and also will warrant and
for ever defend ye same against any person or persons
laying any just claime to ye same and will scale and
deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye
primises as ye sd John Gale his heirs and asignes shall
be advised or procure to be drawne by his or their councill
learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after
ye date hereof in testamony whereof ye abovsd Thomas
Welling hath set to his hand and afixed his scale ye day
& yeare first above writen Thomas X Welling O
Sealed & delivered his mark
in presents of
James Lewis
Ebenezer Smith
Zach Mills
Memorandom on ye day & yeare above writen ye
above mentioned Thomas Welling appeared before
Jonathan Whitehead Esqr. on of Her Majs. Justices for
i
\
Jamaica, Long Island 433
ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned and
did acknowlidge ye above deed to be his vollingtary
act & deed — Test. Jona" Whitehead
A true ooppy entred this 30th of November 1708
pr Zach Mills — Cler
This Indenture made this ninth day of Jully and in
ye seventh yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady
Ann by ye grace of God Queene of Great Brittain Ffrance
& Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of
our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & eighte
and betweene Jonas Wood of Jamaica in Queens County
on Nasaw Hand in ye Province of NewYork yeo° of ye
one part and John Gale of ye same place yeo" of ye other
part witnesseth that ye abovsd Jonas Wood for & in
consideration of ye sum of twenty one pounds corrant
mony of NewYork to him in hand paid by ye abovsd
John Gale at or before ye ensealing and delivery of these
presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and
doth acknowlidge himself to be therewith satisfyed
content & paide and thereof therefrom doe for ever
exonirat aquit & discharg ye abovsd John Gale his heirs
exec* & admi^ and every of them from every part and
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and parcel thereof have given granted aliened enfeofed
ashured confirmed quited claimed sold & made over
and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutly
give grant alien enfeof ashure confirm quit claim sell &
make over unto ye abovsd John Gale his heirs & asignes
for ever all that pece parcel or lot of upland in ye bounds
of Jamaica aforsd at a place called ye old Towne Neck
being ye right that did arise from and was laid out to
fiveteene acres of medow in ye neck abovsd containing
by estimation nine acres be ye same more or less and
bounded as followeth that is to say east by ye land of
ye abovsd John Gale and west by ye medow and north
by ye land of Samuell Smith and Jonathan Whitehead
and south by ye land of Hendricus Hagaman all which
434
Records of the Town of
land as above bounded and all ye priveledges & appur-
tinances with all ye trees timber trees woods under woods
standing or lying or belonging to ye same exepting onely
a way where ye way now runs for ye now owners or that
shall be owners hereafter of ye medow belonging to ye
neck abovsd for to pass & repass with horse cart or
waggon for to work upon their medow & cart their hay
or other ocations and that ye sd John Gale his heirs &
asignes shall & may at all times for ever hereafter have
hold ocopy posess & injoy ye above recited land &
primises as his or their owne land of inheritance in fee
simple and that ye said John Gale his heirs and asignes
to have and to hold for ever and also will warrant and
for ever defend ye same against any person or persons
laying any just claime to ye same and also will scale and
deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye
primises as ye sd John Gale his heirs or asignes shall be
advised or procure to be drawne by his or their councill
learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after
ye date hereof in testamony whereof ye abovsd Jonas
Wood hath set to his hand and afixed his scale ye day and
yeare first above mentioned Jonas Wood O
Sealed & delivered
in presents of
Ebenezer Smith
Zach. Mills
Memorandom on ye 21th day of October apeared ye
above named Jonas Wood before Robt. Read Esq.
one of Her Maj. Justices for ye keeping of ye peace in
Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg ye above
deed to be his owne act & deed — Test. Robt. Read
A true coppy entred this 30th of November 1708
pr Zach Mills Cler.
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This Indenture made this thirtyeth day of October
and in ye seventh yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne
Jamaica, Long Island 435
Lady Ann by ye grace of God of Great Britain France
& Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye
yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
& eighte and betweene Wait Smith of Jamaica in Queens
County on Nasaw Isl in ye Province of NewYork yeo"
of ye one part and Stephen Stephenson of ye same
place yeo" of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd
Wait Smith for & in consideration of ye sum of eighte
pounds corrant mony of NewYork to him in hand paide
by ye abovsd Stephen Stephenson at & before ye enseal-
ing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof
he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidg himself to be
therewith satisfyed content & paide and thereof & there-
from doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovsd
Stephen Stephenson his heirs exec' & admi'' and every of
them from every part & parcell thereof have given granted
enfeofed aliened releast confirmed ashured quited claimd
sold & made over and doe by these presents freely clearly
& absolutely give give grant enfeofe allien release confirm
ashure quit claim sell & make over unto ye abovsd Stephen
Stephenson his heirs & asignes for ever all that pece par-
cell or lot of upland in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd at a
place called ye hither east neck being a five acre righte in
ye sd neck bounded as followeth that is to say easterly
by ye land of ye said neck and westerly by land of ye
abovsd Stephen Stephenson and northerly and southerly
by ye land of Hope Carpenter all which land as above
bounded and exprest be ye same more or less together
with all & singuler ye fencings and improvements trees
timber trees woods under woods standing or lying or
belonging to ye same with all ye priveledges appurtin-
ances heriditaments & emoliments to ye same belonging
or any ways appertaining with all ye estat righte title
interest claime & demand of him ye sd Wait Smith his
heirs exec" admi^ to him ye sd Stephen Stephenson his
heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever ye same to
be and remaine to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof
of him ye sd Stephen Stephenson his his heirs & asignes
for ever and that ye sd Stephen Stephenson his heirs
436 Records of the Town of
& asignes shall and may at all times for ever hereafter
have hold ocopy poses and injoy ye above recited land
and primises as his or their owne land of inheritance in
fee simple freely & clearly discharged of & from all former
gifts grants do wry s entailes judgments executions or
extents sales morgages or any other title or incumbrances
whatever had made or comited at any time or times
before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents with
a w^arantee to defend ye same against any person or per-
sons laying any just claime to ye same and also will
scale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience
for ye primises as ye said Stephen Stephenson his heirs
or asignes shall be advised and procure to be drawne by
his or their counsill learned in ye law for ye space of
seven years next ensuing In testamony whereof ye
abovsd Wait Smith hath set to his hand and afixed his
seale ye day & yeare first above written
Sealed & delivered Wait Smith O
in presents of
John Munse
Zach Mills
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Memorandom upon ye 3d day of January 1708-9
apeared ye above mentioned Wait Smith before Robert
Read Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of
ye peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg
ye above deed to be his owne volingtary act & deed—
Robert Reade
This above deed entred this 26th of January one
thousand seven hundred & eight or nin —
pr Zach Mills— Cler
To all home this presents may come Jonathan White-
head of Jamaica in Queens County one ye Island of
Nasaw for divers good cases & reasons him thereunto
moving but more especially for ye sum of fivety pound
Jamaica, Long Island 437
corrant mony of NewYork to him in hand paide by
John Mesenger of ye same place before ye insealing of
these presents ye receipt whereof I doe hereby acknowlidg
himself to be therewith contented & paid and thereof &
therefrom doe for ever exonirate aquit & discharge ye
sd John Mesenger his heirs exec« admi'' from any further
clame or demand for any part or parsill thereof have
given granted confirmed made over & sold and by vertu
of these presents doe from him ye sd Jonathan White-
head his heirs exec^ & admi« unto ye sd John Mesenger
to him his heirs & asignes give grant confirm- make over
& sell all that tow lots of land lying in ye east devition
in ye sd Towne ye one lot containing fiveteene acres
more or less as it were laid ye other lot containing nigne
acres & one have more or less as it is laid out ye first
lot lying in in number three and bounded north by
number tow ye other lot being in number four and
bounded south by number five which fifth lot ware laid
out to Thomas Weling and ye second lot above named
laid out to ye wido Mesenger as may apeare in ye sd draft
ye sd land is bounded west by ye Litle Plains east by
Hemstid line as ye sd lots ware formerly laid out to-
gether with all timber trees woods under woods stand-
ing lying or being upon ye same with all other rights
and prevelidges to ye sd tow lots of land belonging to
have and to hold the same unto ye sd John Messenger
his heirs & asignes and* to ye onely proper use benifit &
behoof of him ye sd John Mesinger his heirs and asignes
for ever with a warrantee to defend ye same against all
persons laying just claime to ye same or any part thereof
in confirmation of ye same I have set to my hand & seale
this nineteenth day of July in ye seventh year of Her
Majs reigne and in ye year of our Lord Christ 1708
Sealed & delivered Jona° Whitehead O
in presents of
Timothy Wood A true coppy entred
Zach Mills January ye 29—1708
pr Zach Mills Cler —
438
Records of the Town of
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Cornelias Caise
Widow Coe
John Carpenter Juner .
John Crass
Andrew Gaile
Daniel Coe
Nathaniel Smith
John Cokifur
Joseph Coe
John Mills
Jonathan Mills Sean . .
Jonathan Mills Jr . . . .
Powell Ambarman . . . .
Samuel Seitman
David Whitehead. . . .
William Creed
Widow Okley
Mr. Woolsey
William Ludlam
John Gaile
John Morehead
John Wright
Orian Hagerman. ...
David Waters
Samuel Smith Sener . .
Mrs. Whitehead
Dr. Ocquart
Fransis Sayer
Justice Everitt
Noah Smith
Thos. Petit
George Cimbal
Justice Whitehead. . .
Joseph Fan ton
Andrew Mariner. . . .
Widow Hinksman . . .
Widow Hadlock
John Cleare
Justice Pullman
Eliasam Hedger
John Hendikson
Johanas Eldertson . . .
Christian Snedicor . . .
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3 John Blewe
4 Wilham Colder
3 Samuel Higbe
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3 John Coe
4 William Blodgood
3 Justice Mastin
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1 Anthony Waters
1 Nathaniel Higbe
1 Samll. Denton Smith . .
2 Elias Doughty
— Daniel Smith
2 Thos. Wellmg
1 Samuel Smith Red
3 Joseph Carpenter
0 Nathaniel Dento Jur . . .
— Samuel Baylye
— William Creed Jr
3 Thos. Whitehead
3 Capt. George Wolsey. .
2 Justice John Smith . . . .
4 Thos. Humphreys
— Ram Darhng
4 Caret Durling
2 Peter Garitson.
3 Jacob Ramson
— Johanas Williamson
1 John Snedicor
1 John Lambertson
1 Theodoras Poleheamas.
1 Jacob Colyer
1 Eldert Lucas
— Johanas Bokhouse. ...
1 Hendik Lot
4 Jacob Johnson
3 Dow Johnson
1 John Deane
2 Samuel Deane
1 Hendrik Crass
1 Tunis Huff
1 Peter Hendrikson
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William Johnson . .
Charles Randal . . .
Richard Everitt. . .
Justice Cornell ....
Gersham Wiggens.
John Okey
John Weson
Samuel Darling
Steven Stevenson
Benjaman Thuston ....
Benjaman Wiggens ....
William Carpenter
John Probasco
Elias Baylyes
Samuel Carpenter
William Brinkly
Jacob Losee
Joseph Oldfield
Samuel Thuston
Hope Mills
Daniel Baylyes
John Mesenger
Abraham Lot
David Furman .
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Nathan Smith
Nicolas Stilwell
Peter White
Jus. Reade
Josiah Wiggins
Samuel Smith — Cord . . .
Ebenezer Smith
Jonathan Deane Juner .
Nathaniel Denton Senr .
Daniel Deane
Mr. Samuel Clows
Samuel Mills Juner. . . .
Thomas Howel
John Forster Comb . . . .
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Joseph Smith
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Daniel Boll
Thomas Smith Sen. . .
Abel Gaile
Thomas Gaile
Nehemiah Gaile
William Moos
Jonathan Waters . . . .
Doct. Beekman
John Smith Juner . . .
Joseph Barton
Samuel Fitch
Hope Carpenter
Jonas Wood
Timothy Wood
Thos. Wiggins . . . .
Charles WiUiams . . . ,
John Wolsey .
Hendrik Hagaman . . .
Thos. Buros
John Buros
Samuel Denton
John Forster Junr . .
William Jones
Charles Smith
Thos. Woollsey
Jonas Wood Junr . . .
SoUoman Carpenter.
Thos. Smith— Cord.
Richard Oldfield
William Oldfield....
John Pearce
Fredrik Van Leue . . .
John Everit
Johanas Bruer
Obadiah Wilkins . . .
Richard Bets
Hope Rodes
Jonathan Deane Jr .
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440
Records of the Town of
Zach Mills
John Carman
Samuel Smith Senr
Joseph Ludlam
John Ludlam
James Lewis
Wait Smith Sen
Nehemiah Smith Sen . . . .
Nehemiah Smith Ju
Capt. John Carpenter. . .
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Hope Bargon
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John Rodes
Ai-thur Smith
Thomas Waters . . .
Amos Smith ......
John Garitt
Edward Hare
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This above rate being thirty four pounds four shiUings
four pence one farthing & one wampon whereof thirty
three pounds is to be paid to Jonathan Whitehead County
Treasurer ye remainde being one pound four shilHngs
one farthing & one wampon to remaine to ye Towns
use made
pr Thomas Waters 1 .
L c* V Assesors
Amos Smith J
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A true coppy entred this 3d day of February Annoq"^ i
1708/9 S
pr Zach Mills Cler ^
Cornelius Caise
Widow Coe
John Carpenter Juner .
John Crass
Andrew Gaile
Daniel Coe
Nathaniel Smith
John Cokafaire
. Joseph Coe
John Mills
Jonathan Mills Senior.
Jonathan Mills Jun . . .
Powell Amberman . . . .
Samuel Seitmare
David Whitehead ....
John Cleare
John Talman
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John Gray
Anthony Waters
Johanas Bruer
Obadiah Wilkins
Richard Bets
Hope Rodes
Jonathan Dean — Jun. .
Benjamin Smith
Nicolas Everitt Jr . . . .
John Hanson
Hanss Bargin
Tunis Hanson
John Rodes
William Creed Sen. . . .
Widow Okley
John Garison
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Eliasam Hedger
John Hendrxkson
Johanas Eldertson
Christian Snedicor
WiUiam Johnson
Charles Randall
Richard Everitt
William Cornel
Gersham Wiggins
Simon Bloome
John Cleare
WiUiam Colder
Samuel Higbe
Thomas Thuston
John Coe
William Bloodgood
Ram Durland
Carat Durland
Peter Garason
Jacob Ramson
Johanas Williamson. . .
John Snedicor
John Lambertson ....
Theadoras Polehemus.
Jacob Colyer
Eldert Lucas
Johanas Bukout
Hendik Lot
Jacob Johnson
Dow Johnson
John Deane
Samuel Dean
Hendrik Crass
Tunas Huff
Peter Hendickson . . . .
Garitt Johnson
Garitt Clason
John Okey
John Weson
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John Gaile 16
John Morehead 2 4
John Wrighte 0 7
Orian Hagaman 1
Nathaniel Higbe 7 1
Samuel Denton Smith ... 5 10
Elias Doughty — 7
Daniel Smith 5 1
Thos. Welling 7 3
Samuel Smith— Redhd . . 711
Joseph Carpenter 0 2
Nathaniel Denton Juner . 6 -
Samuel Bayleys 7
William Creed Jr 910
Thos. Whitehead 215 1
Capt. George Wolsey 7 3
John Smith Jun 1011
Thos. Humphries ll 4
Page 59
£
Jonathan Deane, Jr
Nathaniel Denton
Daniel Deane
Samuel Clows — Clrk ....
Samuel Mills Junr
Thomas Howel
John Hanson — Comber. .
Gabriel Luff
Joseph Smith
James Denton
Widow Goldin
Zachariah Mills
John Carman
Samuel Mills Sener
Joseph Ludlam
John Ludlam 8
James Lewis 0
Waite Smith Senor 9
Nehemiah Smith Sen 4
Nehemiah Smith Ju .
Capt. John Carpenter. . . 6
Daniel Bull 1
Thomas Smith Senr | 4
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442
Records of the Town of
Samuel Darling
Steven Stephenson . .
Benjamin Thuston . . . .
Benjamin Wiggins . . . ,
William Carpenter ...
John Probasco
Elias Bayles
Samuel Carpenter ...
William Brinkly
Jacob Lowes
Joseph Oldfield
Samuel Thuston
Hope Mills
Daniel Bayles
John Messenger
Abraham Lot
David Furman
Waite Smith Juner . . .
Nathan Smith
Nicolas Stillwell
Peter White
Justice Robert Reade .
Josiah Wiggins
Samuel Smith Cord . .
Ebenezar Smith
John Pearce
Fredrick Van Leue.
John Everitt
David Waters
Samuel Smith, Sen .
Mrs. Whitehead . . . .
Doc. Ocquart
Francis Sawyer . . . .
Justice Everitt
Noah Smith
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Nehemiah Gaile . . . .
William Mass
Jonathan Waters . . .
Doc. Beekman
John Smith Juner . .
Joseph Barton
Samuel Fitch
Hope Carpenter. . . .
Jonas Wood Jun . . .
Timothy Wood . . . .
Thos. Wiggins
Charles Williams . . .
John Woollsey
Hendrik Hagaman .
Thos. Burns
John Burus
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John Forster Ju . . . ,
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WilUam Oldfield . . .
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This above rate being fivety one pounds sixteen
shillings nine pence one farthing whereof fivety pounds
three shillings & a peny to be paid to Col. Abraham
Depyster Treasurer of ye Collony & ye remainder one
Jamaica, Long Island 443
pound thirteen shillings and eighte pence to remaine to
ye Towns use made
. Thomas Waters \ .
^ A o >Asesors
Amos Smith J
A true coppy of ye orignal rate entred this 4th day of
February 1708-9
pr Zach Mills — Cler —
18th April 1753
John Doughtys ear mark is a sloape of the fore side of
the off ear & a hole in the near ear
John Doughty Entred pr Saml. Smith — Clk —
4
INDEX TO VOLUME II
Note: The Index as found in the original records is printed on the
following pages of this Volume: 272, -273, 316, 317, 320, 321, 322, 348,
352, 333, 372, 373, 374, 376, 377, 378, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387.
UNCOMPLETED NAMES
, Derick, 323
Doras, 359
Doros, 375
Edward, 55
Ffredrick, Ffreadricke, Ffread-
rick, 244, 245, 375
Samuell, 17
Theadorus, 29, 373
William, 379
Allburd, Ridor, 380
Allesson, see Alleston
Alleston, Richard, 296, 297, 322
Allexander, Andrew, 56, 209, 210,
211, 215, 298, 358
Allixander, see Allexander
Allin— Alline, Gideon, 272-288
Ambarman, see Amberman
Amberman, Powell, 438, 440
Ammerman, Johanes, 384
Arreson, Hendrik, 375
Arrottson, Garrett, 351
iAshmame, see Ashman
Ashman, Mr., 320
Robert, Robertt, 78, 908, 393,
395, 396, 399, 421
Widow, •267, 316, 337
B
Baily, see Bayles
Baker, Rodger, 58
Bales, see Baj'lcs
Bargen, Hance, Hanss, 380, 384,
440
Hope, 440
Tunes, Tune, 380, 384
Bargin, see Bargen
Bargon, see Bargen
Barker, Neomy, 167
Samuell, 96, 152, 153, 154, 155,
167, 272, 273, 304, 321
Barnet, Joseph, 388
Barnson, Cornelius, Curneallus,
Curnelus, 136, 275, 276, 373
Barton, Joseph, 147, 428, 439, 442
445
Basford, Damaris, 371
John, 321, 371
Bates, William, 117
Bayles, Daniel, 382, 439, 442
EUias, 130, 160, 168, 175, 200,
201, 202, 209, 210, 258, 267, 290,
291, 304, 305, 318, 322, 340, 341,
345, 352, 363, 373, 374, 377, 378,
382, 383, 386, 388, 439, 442
John, 29, 30, 52, 136, 137, 175,
219, 267, 289, 301, 302, 303, 312,
320, 341, 371, 373, 375
Jonathan, 300, 305, 319, 341, 363
Joseph, 370
Sam, Samll, Samuell, 56, 62, 63,
64, 74, 76, 83, 110, 136, 137,
161, 162, 179, 232, 234, 237, 238,
239, 243, 244, 245, 246, 250, 251,
272, 273, 321, 322, 352, 382, 438,
441
Sarah, 200, 201, 202, 210, 259,
290, 291, 305
Thomas, 378
Bayleys, see Bayles
Baylie, see Bayles
Baylis, see Bayles
Bajdles, see Bayles
Bayly, see Bayles
Baylye, see Bayles
Baylys, see Bayles
Beadle, Mathew, 352
Beekman, Doct., 439, 442
William, 384
Benedik, Tho., 289
Bettes— Belts— Bets, Richard, 141,
384, 439, 440
Blew, John, 438
Blome — Bloome, Simon, 438, 441
Bloodgood, William, 438, 441
Bokhouse, Johanas, 438
Boll, Daniell, 102, 103, 104, 439
Booras, see Burrows
Bouras, see Burrows
Bouyers, E., 298
Bowras, see Burrows
Bowris, see Burrows
Bowros, see Burrows
Brass, Hendrick, 387
446
Index
Bridges, Timothy, 384
Brinkiy, Will, WiUiam, 289, 331,
374, 439, 442
Brinky, sec Brinkley
Brokar, I sack, 140, 141, 142, 348
Brower, John, 375
Browne, Joseph, 89
Bruer, Johanas, 439
John, 440
Bukout, Johanas, 441
Bull, Daniel, 441
Burgee, see Burgoe
Burgoe, Hans, Hanse, 189, 273
Burloo, John, 380
Buros, see Burrows
Burroes, see Burrows
Burrowes, see Burrows
Burrows, Ed., Edw'd, Edward, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18,
23, 24, 25, 27, 32, 33, 35, 61,
73, 74, 95, 122, 144, 148, 170,
184, 194, 195, 224, 273, 298, 299,
300, 320, 321, 338, 345, 346, 352,
364, 375, 376, 377
John, 439, 442
Justice, 35, 73
Marv, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 33
Thomas, 8, 9, 22, 32, 73, 79, 146,
147, 239, 240, 247, 317, 321, 380,
439, 442
Burus, see Burrows
Cardale, Tho, Thorn, Thomas, 22,
79, 120, 123, 130, 131, 138, 139,
140, 148, 193, 194, 199, 317
Cardall(e), see Cardale
Carman, Benj., 380, 384
John, 380, 440, 441
Carpender, see Carpenter
Carpenter, , 176
Capt., 209, 235, 254, 267, 344,
346, 358, 374, 375, 377, 424
Elizabeth, 424, 425, 426
Hope, 7, 48, 104, 105, 106, 211,
215, 247, 267, 306, 312, 313, 321,
322, 330, 337, 338, 345, 348, 359,
374, 376, 377, 380, 392, 393, 394,
395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 402, 420,
435, 439, 442
Increas., 380
John, 64, 65, 66, 76, 91, 92, 94,
100, 101, 154, 176, 266, 267, 273,
274, 302, 303, 306, 316, 325, 326,
331, 332, 348, 349, 373, 377, 379,
380, 424, 429, 438, 440, 441
Joseph, 380, 408, 438, 441
Joshua, 383
Samuell, 91, 118, 119, 153, 154,
155, 192, 193, 198, 199, 200, 206,
207, 208, 209, 210, 272, 317, 320,
322, 348, 349, 375, 377, 380, 439,
442
Solomon, SoUoman, Solomen,
380, 439, 442
William, 205, 206, 320, 424, 425,
426, 439, 442
Carpinter, see Carpenter
Caise, see Case
Case, Cornelias, Cornelius, 438,
440
Thomas, 296, 297
tasse, see Case
Cattling— Cattlinge, Barnard, 280,
281, 282
Sarah, Sarrah, 281, 282
Chacke, Peter, 61, 145
Chek, see Chacke
Chambers, Febe, Phebe, 413
Thomas, 375, 413
Chapon, Gairt, 79
Choy, George, 132
Cim'bal, George, 438, 442
Clark, George, 162
Clason, see Clauson
Classen, see Clauson
Clauson, Garret, Garrett, Garat,
268, 296, 304, 375, 377, 403, 405,
439, 441
Cleare, John, 438, 440, 441
Clemens, see Clement
Clement, James, 158, 270, 319
Clewes, Mr., 122
S., 73
Samll., 74, 123, 247, 439, 441
Clows, see Clewes
Clue, John, 380
Cockafair, John, 135, 397, 399, 438,
440
Cockafaire, see Cockafair
Cockefair, see Cockafair
Coe, Abigail, 308, 310
Benj amen, 66, 181, 203, 252, 254,
267, 277, 288, 293, 307, 308, 309,
310, 316, 325, 326, 331, 375, 376,
377, 379, 380
Daniel, 438, 440
Jane, 219, 221, 378
John, 71, 144, 146, 438, 441
Joseph, 28, 29, 74, 77, 133, 320,
380, 386, 400, 401, 438, 440
Mr., 174, 288, 325, 326
Robert, Robertt, 218, 219, 220,
221, 285, 288, 378
Widow, 438, 440
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447
Cokeford, John, 375
Colls, Nathcaniell, 380
Colyer, Jacob, 438, 441
Comes, Ffrances, Ffrancis, 326,
327, 351
Coonios, see Comes
Cornell, Justice, 439
Richard, 352
William, 385, 441
Cornwell, see Cornell
Courtt, Steven, 269, 270, 375, 378
Crass, Hendrik, 438, 441
John, 438, 440
Creed — Creede, Sarah, Sarrah, 38,
39, 272, 283 *
Mr., 173, 377
Will, William, Willm, 20, 33,
34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
58, 59, 62, 64, 65, 66, 108,
109, 130, 131, 144, 145, 146, 175,
185, 190, 193, 194, 232, 233, 234,
246, 256, 264, 270, 271, 272, 279,
280, 282, 283, 285, 287, 288, 303,
304, 306, 313, 314, 316, 319, 320,
322, 325, 326, 330, 339, 340, 344,
345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352,
353, 355, 362, 365, 366, 371, 372,
373, 375, 376, 379, 383, 384, 385,
387, 395, 406, 438, 440, 441
C'ummins, George, 289
D
Dane, see Deane
Darling, Prisila, 380
Ram, 438
Richard, 289
Samll, Samuell, 2, 3, 5, 6, 14, 15,
203, 204, 272, 321, 323, 324, 353,
356, 372, 439, 442
Thomas, Thomus, 169, 321, 329,
377
Darlinge, see Darling-
Daves, see Davis
Davis, Ben, 289
EUnathan, 175
Elizebeth, 343
Fulk, Fulke, 148, 149, 260, 289,
342, 343
Jonathan, 148, 168, 175, 221, 273
Marrv, Mary, 148, 168, 169, 175,
321*, 343
Samuel, 148, 175, 225, 302, 342,
343, 377
Sara, Sarah, 221, 222, 378
Widow, 65, 94, 267
Deane, Daniell, 73, 439, 441
John, 283, 284, 285, 298, 300, 377,
384, 438, 441
Jonathan, Jonathand, 74, 76, 79,
115, 119, 192, 198, 330, 348, 355,
381, 391, 439, 440, 441
Nath., 209
Samuel, Samuell, 108, 130, 131,
187, 193, 214, 219, 222, 254, 255,
25(i, 267, 282, 283, 284, 285, 289,
298, 300, 305, 322, 341, 344, 375,
377, 438, 441
Deanne, see Deane
Dein, see Deane
Deine, see Deane
Denis, Samll, 132
Denman, , 352
John, 148, 149, 222, 233, 378
Sarah, 223
Dento, see Denton
Denton, Danll, Daniell, 149, 153,
274, 275, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292,
293, 294, 296, 298, 300, 303, 305,
308, 310, 318, 326, 327, 329, 330,
331, 332, 337, 338, 339, 341, 343,
347, 349, 351, 352, 354, 355, 358,
369, 371, 375, 377, 412
Deborah, 235, 236
Hanah, Hannah, 292, 293, 394,
305, 337, 351
Hezecioh, 386
James, 439, 441
John, 429
Mary, 248, 249
Nath, Nathaniell, Naththanieli,
Natl, 4, 5, 51, 68, 73, 74, 76,
77, 79, 96, 117, 118, 135, 136,
158, 170, 171, 197, 210, 211, 212,
213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219,
220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226,
227, 228, 235, 236, 254, 260, 263,
267, 270, 273, 278, 289, 292, 300,
302, 306, 313, 315, 317, 318, 322,
330, 346, 353, 364, 374, 376, 378,
381, 384, 391, 392, 393, 394, 396,
397, 398, 399, 400, 409, 410, 411,
412, 422, 424, 427, 438, 439, 441
Nehemiah, 381, 384, 388
Richard, 48, 49, 248, 249, 322, 353
Roberd, Robert, 381, 384, 389
Samll, Samuell, 66, 76, 197, 200,
203, 218, 224, 225, 227, 254, 256,
257, 260, 267, 314, 315, 317, 318,
322, 328, 344, 346, 358, 374, 376,
378, 381, 409, 410, 411, 412, 428,
429, 438, 439, 441, 442
Sarah, 211
Timothy, 381, 388
Wedow, Widow, 315, 375
448
Index
Dentone, see Denton
De Peyster, Abraham, 442
Dermott, xMichel, 383
Ditmars, Dow, 79, 395
Ditmay, see Ditmars
Dorlant, Dorlantt, Garrett, 336,
351, 353, 353, 354, 373, 374, 376,
430, 438, 441
Jan, 374
Ram, 19, 30, 40, 41, 68, 69, 190.
191, 351, 252, 353, 354, 373, 373,
316, 317, 348, 374, 376, 430, 441
Dorlantt, see Dorlant
Doughty, Ben]., 381, 384, 414
EUias, Elias, 318, 319, 331, 438,
441
John, 381, 384, 443
Duerje, Joost, 384
Durland, see Dorlant
Durling, see Dorlant
Dusenberg, John, 280 «
E
Eaverit, see Everett
Eaveritt, see Everett
Edsall, Samufell, 144, 146
Elderd, John, 383
Elderson, Jno., 382
Eldertson, Johanas, 438, 441
Ellesson, Richard, 396, 397
Emans, John, 384
Emberman, Pow., 384
Everet, see Everett
Everett, John, 73, 74, 79, 93, 138,
139, 130, 133, 150, 196, 241, 242,
259, 267, 369, 277, 288, 375, 425,
439, 442
Justice, 363, 363, 438, 443
Nicolas, NicoUos, Nicolosse,
Nicoloss, Nicholes, 31, 66, 70,
71, 73, 73, 85, 86, 87, 88, 137,
138, 144, 145, 212, 335, 367, 313,
317, 318, 320, 330, 348, 355, 375,
380, 382, 384, 393, 433, 440
Richard, 7, 59, 288, 383, 383, 388,
430, 431, 439, 441
Thomas, 63, 63, 133, 133, 134,
373, 359
Everit, see Everett
Everitt, see Everett
Everitte, see Everett
Everrett, see Everett
Everritt, see Everett
F
Fanton, see Fenton
Ffaira, Charles, 178
Fenton, Joseph, 438, 443
Fferyman, John, 314
Ffield, Pheabe, 285
Robert, 285
Ffilkin, Henry, 303
Ffinch, Ffrancis, 289
Ffors, John, 176
F foster, see Forster
Fflowler, William, 226
Ffredrickson, see Fredriksone
Ffreeman, see Freeman
Ffrost, Iszack, 351
Firman, see Furman
Fitch, Samuel, 439, 443
Flewelling, Thomas, 134, 392, 393,
394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 430,
431
Forster, Hanah, 173
Henery, Henry, 173, 201, 334,
350, 386, 389
Jane, 385, 386, 387
John, 96, 112, 113, 117, 187, 301,
317, 334, 363, 316, 386, 408, 439,
442
Thomas, 42, 43, 45, 48, 185, 186,
247, 248, 249, 350, 389, 331, 352
Marv, 31, 267
Willmm, 31, 42, 95, 173, 305, 333,
367, 389, 325, 336, 337, 338, 341,
348, 373, 379, 393
Fostor, see Forstor
Freadrickson, see Fredriksone
Fredriks, see Fredriksone
Fredriksone, AUkea, 18, 19
John, 17, 18, 19, 173, 178, 179,
180, 303, 373, 331, 373, 374
Freeman, John, 52, 317, 340, 241,
342, 353, 373
M., 367
Furman, David, 139, 442
G., 387
Jonathan, 318
William, 384
G
Gaile, see Gale
Gaille, see Gale
Gale, Abel, Abell, Able, 66, 196,
337, 338, 267, 391, 395, 397, 398,
331, 333, 333, 334, 340, 375, 378,
439, 443
Andrew, 22, 384, 438, 440
Dinah, 227, 228, 333
Jno, John, 104, 105, 106, 333,
375, 380, 382, 414, 415, 416, 417,
418, 419, 431, 432, 433, 434, 438,
441
Index
449
Gale, Nehemiah, 439, 442
Thomas, 120, 121, 122, 356, 382,
439, 442
Gall, see Gale
Galle, see Gale
Garason, see Garison
Garison, John, 440
Peter, 441
Ram, 384
Garitson, Peter, 438
Garitt, John, 440
Garts, Trinche, 34
Gibb, Andrew, 230, 231, 249
Gildersleeve, Richard, 373
Gleane, Will, Willm, 142, 145
Godfreey, Sarah, 288
Golder, Dot, 384
William, 380, 384, 438, 441
Goldinge, Ephream, Ephreaim, 21,
169, 282
Widow, 439, 441
Goulden, see Goldinge
Gray — Graye, Iszak, 288
John, 438, 440
Green — Greene, Richard, 241, 258,
373, 375
H
Hadlock, James, 43
Widow, 438, 442
Hagaman, see Hegaman
Hagerman, see Hegaman
Haiigaman, see Hegaman
Hainds, see Hains
Hains, James, 219, 220, 378
John, 214, 260, 261, 274, 289, 293,
369, 370, 373, 378, 380
Mary, 260, 261, 369, 370
Hallet, William, 174, 175, 272
Hallett, see Hallet
Hance, Bargen, Bargin, 380, 382
Tunis, 380
Hansen, see Hanson
Hanson, Jo., John, 57, 97, 248, 323,
335, 326, 341, 385, 440, 441
Tunis, 440
Hare, Edward, 52, 169, 171, 173,
176, 177, 178, 287, 322, 375, 376,
440, 442
Jane, 298, 322
Hareson, see Harrison
Harison, see Harrison
Harnet, Mary, 407
Harreson, see Harrison
Harresson, see Harrison
Harrisson, see Harrison
Harrison, Elllzabeth, 168
Hendrick, 159, 161
John, 130, 131, 132, 145, 193, 260,
334, 375
Mr-., 374
Heagonian, see Hegaman
Hedger, Eliasam, 438, 441
Hegaman, , 58
Hendricks, Hendrickes, Henry-
coo, Hendrikus, Hendricas,
Hendrik, Hindriks, Hend, 53,
59, 90, 156, 254, 372, 375
Iszacke, 268
Mr., 256
Oian, 438, 441
Hegoman, see Hegaman
Heiggaman, see Hegaman
Heines, see Hains
Hendikson, see Hendrick
Hendrick, Dinah, Dynah, 18, 19
Ffreadrick, Ffredrick, Fredrick,
Fredricke, 17, 18, 19, 55, 62,
144, 145, 178, 179, 180, 187, 268,
272, 313, 316, 321, 346, 348, 353,
358, 364, 373, 376
John, 382, 438, 441
Peter, Petter, 39, 63, 140, 365,
375, 428, 441
Thomas, 382
Hendrickeson, see Hendrick
Hendricks, see Hendrick
Hendricksone, see Hendrick
Hendrikes, see Hendrick
Hendriks, see Hendrick
Hickes, Thomas, 230, 231
Higame, Thomas, 331
Higbe, see Higbie
Higbee, see Higbie
Higbev, see Higbie
Hiebie, , 384
Edward, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 94, 134, 135, 241, 242, 263,
264, 265, 266, 267, 292, 322, 352,
375
Elizabeth, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Goodman, 317, 318, 331
John, 383
Lidia, Eydia, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Nath, Nathaniel, Nathaniell, 10,
11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 85, 100,
101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 125,
126, 132, 133, 134, 254, 256, 257,
265, 266, 322, 352, 375, 428, 438,
441
Samll, Samuell, 123, 124, 266,
322, 359, 360, 362, 382, 400, 401,
427, 438, 441
William, 382, 385
Higbye, see Higbie
450
Index
Higebie, see Higbie
Highaine, see Higame
Hindes, see Hains
Hinds, see Hains * .
Hingston, Ed., 178
Hinksman, Widow, 438, 442
Hollshart, Johanes, JohanOs, 19,
20, 21, 68, 69, 271, 272, 316, 322
Hollshartt, see Hollshart
Holshartt, see Hollshart
Howell— Hovvel, Thomas, 90, 439,
441
Hubbard, Jeremiah, 330, 348, 377
Jno., John, 9, 67, 83, 100, 104,
243, 263, 423, 426, 430
Mr., 345
Hubberd, see Hubbard
Hubbert, see Hubbard
Hubbret, see Hubbard
Hubert, see Hubbard
Hubertt, see Hubbard
Huddlestone, Will, William, 14, 27
Hudleston, see Huddlestone
Huff, Tunis, 438, 441
Humphreys, Tho., 375, 438, 441
Humphries, see Humphreys
Hunt— Huntt, Edward, 141, 326,
327
John, 257, 258, 326, 327, 376, 378
Ralph, 296, 374
Inchard, Comes, 380
Inion, John, 130
Jackson, John, 335
Mary, 132
Jamain, Mr,, 321
Johnes, see Jones
Johnson, , 377
Anthony, 385
Ceasar, 385
Cullaman, 385
Dow, Dowe, Dowd, 284, 365, 375
438, 441
Garrett, Garit, 31, 187, 188, 204,
205, 273, 304, 305, 322, 341, 361,
362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369,
373, 375, 377, 378, 439, 441
Hendrick, 373
Jacob, .375, 382, 404, 405, 406,
441
John, 338, 339, 373, 385
Joseph, 385
Peter, 385
Samuell, 385
William, 262, 350, 385, 439, 441
Jones, Benjamin, 291, 292, 293, 377
Richard, 29, 53, 174, 175, 250,
267, 272, 285, 286, 287, 329
William, 386, 402, 439, 442
Jonson, see Johnson
K
Keeler, Ralph, 288
Ketcham, Jno., 382
Phillipes, 226
Samuell, 381
Ketchamm, see Ketcham
Kickham, Samuell, 381
Laid, James, 99
Lamherson, see Lambertson
Lamberte, see Lambertson
Lamberts, see Lambertson
Lambertson, Jan,* John, Jon, 35,
62, 154, 155, 156, 246, 272, 352,
361, 375, 383, 387, 438, 441
Lambertts, see Lambertson
Lamberttson, see Lambertson
Lawrence, Dot., 385
John, 177,
Lewtcnant, 373 .
William, 385
Lawrence, see Lawrance
Leas, David, 375
Lenaware, see Lenoir
Lenoir, Ane, 22
I, Isaac, Isack, Iscak, Iszack,
Iszak, Issaac, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 74,
75, 76, 83, 84, 106, 107, 119,
120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
128, 129, 134, 175, 182, 190, 193,
194, 317, 320, 324, 353, 376
Js., 58
Mr., 321
Lenoire, see Lenoir
Lenware, see Lenoir
Leukes, see Lucas
Lewis, James, 117, 387, 432, 440,
441
Lewkas, see Lucas
Lewkes, see Lucas
I^indley, Henry, 199
Losee, Jacob, 439
Lot, see I>ott
liOtt, Abram, Abraham, 97, 98, 201,
250, 251, 322, 352, 390, 401, 402,
439, 442
/■
Index
451
Lott, Deborah, 218
Gabriel (I), 128, 140
Hendrick, Hendrik, Hendricke,
Hendik, 1, 3, 36, 136, 137, 144,
145, 246, 301, 311, 335, 342, 373,
375, 393, 397, 399, 417, 438, 441
Henry, 367, 310
Lotte, see I^ott
Loutt, see Lott
Lowes, Jacob, 442
Lubberttsone, see Lubertson
Lubertson, Garrett, 20, 31, 39, 69,
191, 268, 271, 335, 366, 367, 368,
373, 375, 409
Lubertsone, see Lubertson
Luberttson, see I^ubertson
Lucas, Elder, Elderd, Ellderd, 28,
29, 30, 31, 36, 63, 144, 145, 190,
191, 268, 269, 295, 296, 314, 320,
361, 368, 375, 377, 382, 420, 438,
441
Stutice, 296
Ivucois, John, 386
Lukas, see I^ucas
Lukes, see Lucas
Ludlam, , 220, 337
Elliszabeth, 369, 370, 373
John, 70, 72, 80, 86, 99, 138, 139,
140, 149, 151, 152, 153, 211, 215,
267, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 317,
332, 352, 353, 370, 373, 375, 383,
411, 422, 433, 434, 425, 440, 441
Joseph, 78, 79, 86, 151, 152, 153,
197, 267, 273, 274, 275, 294, 353,
370, 373, 375, 383, 440, 441
Widow, 373
Will, William, 78, 83, 83, 149,
150, 151, 152, 153, 197, 208, 275,
352, 353, 370, 374, 438, 441
Ludlame, see Ludlam
Ludloe, Eliszabeth, 274
Widdow, 274
Ivudlom, see Ludlam
Ludlume, see Ludlam
Ludly, John, 148, 149
Luf , Gabriel, 439, 441
Lu.vis, see Lewis
I>ynass, Nath., Nathaniel, Na-
thaniell, 10, 23, 88, 89, 228, 229,
330, 367, 333, 358, 362, 371
Jamerey, 89
John, 229
Rodger, Roger, 229, 289
Lynoss, see Lynass
Lynous, see Lynass
Lynus, see Lynass
M
Mahealle, vVshter, 149
Man, John, 157, 228, 229, 230, 231,
367, 285, 322, 331, 337, 338, 377
Mane, see Man
Manford, see Monfort
Manfort, see Monfort
Mann, see Man
Marchall, James, 58
Mariner, Andrew, 113, 114, 414,
438, 443
Markan, Henry, 30
Martin, Justice, 440
Mass, William, 442
Mastin, Justice, 438
Mathewes, , 377
Daniel, 210
Samuell, 53, 233, 234, 235, 250,
288, 333, 347, 375
Susan, 347
Mathews, see Mathewes
Mayle, Henry, 336, 337
Mesenger, see Messenger
Mesinger, see Messenger
Messenger, Andrew, 9, 288, 348
Daniell, 35, 71, 72, 97, 98, 120,
121, 123, 348, 390
Jon., Jno, John, 97, 98, 126, 127,
128, 353, 383, 390, 437, 439, 440,
443
Jonathan, 438
May, 344
Samuell, Samll, 1, 2, 63, 70, 75,
211, 219, 274, 324, 327, 328, 329,
353, 373
Susan, Susana, Susannah, 328,
339, 377
Widow, 367, 293, 437
Messinger, see Messenger
Miles, see Mills
Milles, see Mills
Mill, see Mills
Mills, Abigaill, Abegaill, Abigale,
71, 168, 169, 321, 329, 392
George, 233, 334, 389, 332, 409
Hope, 77, 78, 86, 118, 119, 198,
383, 439, 442
Isaac, Iszak, 169, 339
John, 87, 88, 138, 198, 251, 294,
295, 416, 417, 418, 438
Jonathan, 135, 173, 272, 321, 376,
440
Jothan, 375
Martha, 72, 402
Samll, Samuell, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22,
28, 36, 62, 70, 76, 77, 79, 85,
86, 87, 100, 107, 118, 129, 135,
452
Index
Mills, Samll, Etc.— Cont'd.
138, 149, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200,
220, 240, 247, 267, 273, 275, 289,
294, 295, 317, 318, 322, 323, 353,
356, 369, 375, 383, 394, 396, 398,
400,411,414,417,418,419,428,
439, 441
Seuzanah, Sewzanah, Sewzannah,
196, 198, 294
Timothy, 80, 81, 82, 83, 134, 135,
171, 172, 173, 202, 203, 204, 352,
375
Zachariah, Zacriah, Zacha, Zacry,
Zacarv, Zackary, 6, 15, 16, 36,
71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,
79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 90,
92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104,
106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113,
114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123,
124, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134,
135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 148, 188,
198, 199, 213, 225, 233, 234, 240,
246, 247, 256, 257, 262, 267, 289,
299, 313, 321, 322, 328, 329, 353,
355, 356, 358, 359, 363, 364, 372,
375, 377, 389, 390, 391, 392, 394,
396, 398, 400, 401, 402, 404, 406,
408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415,
417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 424,
426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433,
434, 436, 437, 440, 441, 443
Zebiilon, 383
Mils, see Mills
Moefors, see Monfort
Moffor, see Monfort
Moford, see Monfort
Mofort, see Monfort
Monfort, John Jon, 73, 257, 267,
307, 309, 310, 316, 351, 375, 377
Monsee, John, 416
Moore, Gersham, 330
Moos, William, 439
More, Jonathan, 38
Morehead, John, 438, 441
Mott, Edwin, 344
John, 363
Munse, John, 436
N
Newton, A lies, 59
Brian, Briant, 59, 272, 308
Newtown, see Newton
Nicols — NicoUs, Mr., 268
Will, William, 220, 342, 358, 400,
414
Noble, Geo., 107
Nostrant, Ram, 384
Nuton, see Newton
O
Ockhart, William, 117
Ocquart, Dr., 438, 442
Ogden, Jacob, 385
Oke, see Okley
Okea, see Okley
Okee, see Okley
Okeley, see Okley
Okey, see Okley
Okie, see Okley
Oklev, Capt., 35, 267, 268, 269, 322,
372
Jno., Johon, John, 38, 39, 40, 56,
57, 58, 76, 78, 96, 97, 98, 113,
114, 115, 142, 144, 145, 181, 190,
191, 236, 246, 263, 267, 268, 272,
316, 317, 320, 336, 344, 374, 375,
376, 439, 141
Nathaniell, 421
Thomas, 5, 19, 67, 75, 136, 165,
166, 167, 180, 202, 214, 220, 224,
238, 247, 253, 261, 262, 263, 264,
268, 276, 290, 318, 321, 322, 374
Widow, 438, 440
Okleye, see Okley
Oky, see Okley
Oldfeld, see Oldfield
Oldffield, see Oldfield
Oldfild, see Oldfield
Oldfield, Daniell, 109, 110, 146, 147,
148, 187, 188, 273, 317
Goodman, 318
Hesther, Hester, 147, 148
Jane, 248, 249, 422, 423
John, 17, 267, 288, 292, 293, 305,
313, 317, 323, 341, 354, 355, 377,
379, 422
Joseph, 2, 3, 78, 86, 197, 200, 207,
242, 323, 353, 375, 397, 439, 442
Richard, 76, 184, 185, 191, 248,
249, 268, 269, 273, 315, 330, 336,
374, 375, 391, 422, 423, 439, 442
Sarah, 422, 423
Will, William, 238, 239, 352, 439,
442
Onderdoncke, see Onderdonk
Onderdonk, , 206
Andreas, Andreass, 403, 404, 405,
406
Andrew, Andrews, 267, 310
Adrian, Adriane, Adryan, 380,
385, 403, 404, 405, 406
Andris, 385
Hendrick, 308, 310, 385
Henry, 118
Osban, see Osborne
Osborne, Mr., 409
Index
453
Osborne, William, 268, 358
Osbourne, see Osborne
Ouldffield, see Oldfield
Ouldficld, see Oldfield
Oweke, see Okley
Owke, see Okley
Owkea, see Okley
Owkee, see Okley
P
Pallmer, see Palmer
Palmer, J no., 177, 339
Pearce, John, 439, 442
Peterson, Jacobmintype, 269, 270,
Jacobmintey, 270
Wessell, 269, 270, 378
Petit, see Pettitt
Pettet, see Pettitt
Pettitt, Moses, 279, 280, 285, 376
Thos., 438, 442
Philipes, see Phillips
Phillipes, see Phillips
Phillips, George, 194, 195, 196, 265,
308, 309, 312, 372
Joseph, 176, 357, 374
Mr., 314, 374, 376
Sarah, 194, 195, 196
Theophillus, Theophilus, 141, 149,
326, 327
Piny, Will, 291
Pleas, Joseph, 8, 31, 49, 50, 51, 191,
192, 193, 305, 206, 207, 208, 223,
224, 241, 242, 243, 320, 352, 353,
378
Marv, 191, 192, 193, 206, 207,
208
Please, see Pleas
Pleass, see Pleas
Pohemas, see Polhelmas
Pohleamus, see Polhelmas,
Polhelmas, Doras, 144, 267, 342,
383, 411
Dorey, 358
Jehonas, 386
Theodorus, 35, 50, 51, 75, 145,
262, 263, 268, 296, 335, 336, 346,
378, 386, 403, 404, 405, 406, 438,
441
Pollhellmas, see Polhelmas
Pollhelmas, see Polhelmas
Pollmor, Ephreim, 331
Pollsen, see Powlsen
Polison, see Powlsen
Pottott, Thomas, 188
Poullson, see Powlsen
Powlsen, Derreck, Derrek, Derrik,
Derrick, 217, 218, 267, 278,
279, 378
Sarah, 278
Price, James, 235, 236, 374, 376
Probasco, John, 439, 442
Prudden, see Pruden
Pruden, John, 8, 9, 10, 17, 20, 53,
^ 00, 152, 156, 206, 221, 231^, 287,'
303, 347, 374, 376, 427
Mr., 267, 271, 273, 317, 322, 342
Pullman, Justice, 438
R
Ranison, Jacob, Jacobe, 37, 40, 62,
320, 438, 441
Randal, Charles, 439, 441
Randall, see Randal
Randolf, Charles, 263
Ranson, see Ramson
Rawson, John, 380
Read(e), Doctor. 263
Justice, 439
Robt., Robertt, 14, 22, 27, 33, 90,
138, 146, 148, 375, 434, 436, 442
Richbill, John, 387
Road, see Rodes
Roades, see Rodes
Roads, see Rodes
Rodes, Hopee, 385, 439, 440
Isaac, 384, 385
John, 73, 79, 91, 99, 137, 163, 210,
331, 333, 225, 341, 342, 267, 289,
375, 408, '410, 430, 440
Joseph, 385
Richard, 52, 214, 215, 216, 223,
224, 267, 292, 303, 330, 348, 349,
374, 377, 378
Robert, 144
Rods, see Rodes
Romain, Stophell, 278, 279
Rou.se, Edward, 288
Rowlefson, Greethe, Greeched, 55
John, 55, 56, 195, 267, 353
Rowlef.sone, see Rowlefson
Rowlesson, .see Rowlefson
Ruscoe, Gale, 93
Marcy, 49, 59, 173, 189, 190, 193,
283, 366
Mary, 42
Massey, 155
Sam., Samuell, Samll, 2, 3, 5, 6,
7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21,
37, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 40,
42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51,
52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60,
61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69,
71, 73, 73, 89, 92, 93, 109, 115,
135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142, 145,
146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 155, 156,
454
Index
Iluscoe, Sam., Etc. — Cont'd.
158, 159, 161, 16i, 163, 165, 16T,
168, 169, 171, 173, 175, 176, 178,
180, 181, 18:5, 184, 185, 187, 188,
189, 190, 191, 193, 195, 196, 198,
202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209,
210, 211, 213, 214, 216, 217, 218,
219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225,
227, 228, 230, 232, 233, 234, 235,
236, 238, 239, 241, 342, 245, 246,
247, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256,
257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264,
265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272,
273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280,
282, 283, 285, 288, 291, 294, 297,
298, 299, 300, 303, 304, 306, 307,
309, 312, 313, 314, 316, 318, 319,
322, 324, 325, 328, 330, 331, 334,
335, 336, 339, 340, 342, 344, 345,
346, 349, 350, 351, 353, 354, 355,
356, 358, 361, 362, 364, 366, 367,
369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376,
377
William, 69
Ryley, James, 373
S
Saliier, Widow, 122
Will, William, 157, 267, 309, 336,
337, 375, 377
Sallierd, see Saliier ^
Sallyer, see Saliier
Salyer, see Saliier
Sawver — Sayer, Francis, Fransis,
438, 442
Scott, John, 224
Seitman, Samuel, 438
Seitmare, Samuel, 440
Sexton, Daniel, 423
Skidmore, , 382
John, 289, 369
Samuell, 135, 321, 384
Smith, Abraham, 289
Allexander, Allixander, 206, 225,
227, 267, 289, 375
Amos, A most, 35, 306, 363, 440,
442, 443
Arthur, 440
Benjamin, Ben, 375, 385, 440
Caleb, 386
Daniell, 35, 65, 67, 75, 96, 173,
202, 203, 204, 206, 209, 263, 306,
320, 336, 345, 355, 374, 381, 383,
386, 397, 426, 438, 441
Denton, 386
Ebanezer, Ebanezah, Ebenezar,
99, 100, 102, 386, 432, 434, 439,
. 442
Eilisabeth, Elizebeth, 275, 325,
370, 371, 373
Ephraim, Eaphraim, 381, 426
Goodman, 289
Isral, 382
Jeremiah, 380, 386
Jno., John, 35, 50, 54, 55, 73, 74,
75, 76, 79, 80, 152, 164, 178,
191, 192, 197, 208, 210, 216, 217,
219, 220, 221, 223, 256, 267, 315,
316, 322, 344, 352, 353, 355, 358,
364, 372, 373, 375, 378, 386, 427,
438, 439, 441, 442
Jo., Joseph, 6, 10, 19, 35, 47, 51,
74, 75, 76, 79, 92, 100, 102, 104,
124, 126, 130, 136, 144, 145, 151,
166, 171, 180, 183, 220, 242, 243,
248, 265, 267, 288, 290, 295, 306,
310, 312, 313, 315, 318, 336, 344,
345, 346, 352, 363, 374, 379, 380,
383, 384, 387, 394, 396, 398, 400,
401, 416, 418, 419, 420, 427, 431,
439, 441
Leftenant, 306
Magdelon, 380
Mary, 157, 328, 360, 361
Morace, 289, 325, 353, 354, 377
Nat., 375
Nathan, 85, 126, 155, 209, 211,
386, 439, 443
Nathaniell, 118, 182, 183, 184,
248, 273, 426, 427, 438, 440
Nehemi, Nehemiah, 46, 47, 48, 66,
67, 91, 92, 102, 103, 104, 149,
151, 152, 153, 155, 196, 207, 222,
242, 255, 266, 267, 274, 275, 289,
297, 302, 306, 313, 316, 344, 346,
349, 352, 353, 364, 370, 371, 372,
374, 381, 386, 388, 411, 440, 441
Nicolas, 385
Noah, 438, 443
Obadiah, 95
Patience, 305
Peter, 328, 385
Pheabee, Phebie, 171, 303
Rachell, 165
Richard, 290
Ruth, 208
Sam, Samll, Sammuell, Samuell,
3, 42, 55, 67, 79, 89, 99, 101,
103, 104, 122, 123, 130, 131, 151.
156, 157, 158, 171, 173, 197, 200,
313, 217, 249, 255, 256, 257, 267,
282, 289, 306, 312, 313, 316, 317,
330, 321, 333, 332, 341, 345, 355,
356, 359, 360, 361, 362, 364, 375,
378, 381, 382, 383, 387, 388, 389,
Index
455
Smith, Sam., Etc. — Cont'd.
408, 409, 410, 414, 424, 425, 438,
439, 440, 441, 442, 443
Tho., Thomas, Thomus, 4, 52, 53,
76, 165, 211, 221, -221), 255, 256,
267, 275, 289, 302, 304, 305, 306,
312, 330, 332, 339, 340, 341, 345,
353, 358, 371, 375, 377, 379, 383,
386, 426, 427, 429, 430, 439, 441,
442
Wait, Waite, Waitt, 1, 2, 3, 47,
56, 57, 74, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96,
158, 166, 168, 170, 171, 172, 178,
183, 196, 202, 203, 208, 211, 212,
213, 219, 222, 225, 226, 254, 255,
263, 267, 273, 277, 293, 302, 303,
306, 316, 320, 321, 322, 336, 337,
341, 346, 353, 355, 359, 374, 37T
378, 380, 386, 392, 393, 394, 396,
397, 398, 399, 400, 408, 409, 412,
420, 435, 436, 439, 440, 441, 442
Widow, 315
William, 75, 149, 166, 223, 262,
263, 322, 323, 325
Smithe, see Smith
Sneadeker, see Snedeker
Sneadekur, see Snedeker
Snedeher, see Snedeker
Snedeker, Christian, 438
John, 33, 34, 142, 143, 144, 156,
187, 304, 305, 321, 334, 335, 348,
352, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365,
373, 375, 377, 378, 383, 386, 438,
441
Snedekur, see Snedeker
Snedekure, see Snedeker
Sneerika, see Snedeker
Snetecor, see Snedeker
Sneukas, see Snedeker
Sollenes, Mr., 61
Speageler, , 96
Stathame, Thomas, 369
Statthame, see Stathame
Stead, W^m., 383, 384
Steed, see Stead
Stephenson, Stephen, Steven, 386,
435, 442
Stenwick, Widow, 61
Stevens, Jonathan, 331
Ridor, 380
Stevenson, Steven, 408, 439
Steward, .see Stewart
Stewart, Ellizabeth, Elliszabeth,
150, 151, 213, 214
John, Johnt, 135, 150, 151, 213,
214, 224, 258, 259, 260, 261, 266,
279, 352, 374, 378
Stewartt, see Stewart
Sticklan, Mr., 289
Stickling, John, 331, 332, 377
Stiilwell, Nicolas, 124, 439, 442
Stilweil, see Stiilwell
Strickland, Hanah, 37, 38
Jonathan, 37, 38, 320
Stringeham, see Stringham
Stringham, Ane, 257, 258
Peter, Petter, Peeter, 153, 154,
155, 257, 258, 272, 304, 320,
321, 338, 351, 378
Stringhame, see Stringham
Stuart, see Stewart
Stuarte, see Stewart
Sutton, Joseph, 288
Swann, Richard, 109
T
Tahnan, see Tolman
Taylor, Doctr., 373
Thirston, see Thurston
Thirstone, see Thurston
Tluirston, , 382, 383
Anne, 248, 249
Benjamin, Ben j amine, Ben., B.,
35, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48,
49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 62, 63,
64, 74, 75, 76, 95, 96, 110, 111,
112, 115, 116, 117, 156, 158, 159,
160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166,
167, 169, 170, 171, 173,.180, 181,
182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 201, 208,
209, 225, 226, 227, 234, 237, 238,
248, 249, 250, 272, 273, 297, 317,
321, 322, 338, 345, 352, 353, 374,
378, 385, 387, 389, 390, 391, 392,
395 439 442
Daniell, 45, 46, 248, 249, 352, 375
Joseph, 1, 10, 23, 59, 97, 164, 248,
267, 287, 289, 312, 348, 376
Samuell, 55, 248, 249, 439, 442
Sarah, 159, 161
Thomas, 248, 249, 414, 438, 441
Widow, 22, 209
Thurstone, see Thurston
Thustone, see Thurston
Thurstun, see Thurston
Tirdale, Richard, 223
Titus, Content, 145, 146
Silas, 383
Tolman, John, 387, 440
Townsend, Henry, 288, 302, 330,
332
John, 230, 294, 412
Tuni.s, Bargen, 380
456
Index
u
Umphre, see Umphrey
Urnphree, see Umphrey
Umphrey, Thomas, 56, 245, 246,
321
Underdunk, see Onderdonk
Unphreys, see Umphrey
Urquarht, Will, 199
V
Vallinteen, Eaphreaim, 54
V^an Hice, Isaac, 382
Van Home, Garrett, 385
Van Leue, Fredrik, 439, 442
Van Shaick, Eden, 368
Van Swetton, Oiizee, 321, 324, 325
W
Walker, Mr., 289
Waters, Anthony, 63, 73, 95, 235,
248, 249, 257', 288, 289, 332, 339,
342, 368, 370, 374, 380, 410, 432,
438, 440
David, 203, 243, 387, 388, 438,
442
Deborah, 164, 165
Jonathan, 75, 137, 163, 164, 165,
317, 342, 386, 387, 388, 439, 442
Mary, 30, 31, 367, 368, 369
Samuell, 16
Thomas, 30, 31, 81, 247, 248, 263
306, 320, 367, 368, 369, 373, 374,
375, 440, 442, 443
William, 384, 387
Watson, Luke, 289
Walters, see Waters
Wellen, see Welling
Welline, see Welling
Welling, Thomas, 96, 162, 163, 164,
187, 267, 273, 281, 300, 313, 375,
384, 387, 431, 432, 437, 438, 441
Wellinge, see Welling
Weson, see Wesson
Wesson, John, 344, 439, 441
Wetherbee, see Wetherby
Wetherby, William, 280, 281
Wharton, Ann, 177, 178, 373
Robert, Robertt, 177, 178
Whit, see White
White, B , 178
Edward, 322
Mr., 267, 375
Peter, Fetter, 44, 45, 51, 52, 74,
76, 79, 82, 128, 162, 172, 202,
204, 205, 246, 263, 268, 269, 316,
322, 352, 353, 374, 376, 387, 414,
415, 416, 419, 439, 442
Will, William, 17, 57, 58, 61, 72,
88, 89, 90, 349, 350, 351, 368
Whitehead, Abegaill, Abigaile,
Abigail, Abygaill, 93, 94, 95,
178, 334, 335
Capt., 63, 269, 272, 316, 374
Dan, Daniell, Danll, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 14, 27, 33, 38, 43, 46, 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 64, 67, 68, 98, 99,
100, 101, 121, 135, 136, 138, 142,
144, 145, 150, 156, 157, 158, 159,
160, 167, 168, 176, 177, 178, 195,
196, 213, 216, 219, 221, 227, 231,
232, 233, 234, 236, 242, 243, 249,
250, 251, 252, 253, 259, 263, 265,
266, 268, 272, 273, 274, 279, 280,
281, 283, 285, 291, 292, 298, 299,
300, 303, 304, 305, 316, 317, 323,
334, 329, 330, 334, 335, 339, 341,
343, 343, 354, 355, 357, 358, 359,
367, 369, 372, 376, 379, 427
David, 67, 68, 293, 316, 410, 411,
438, 440
Jonath., Jonathan, 6, 35, 36, 73,
74, 75, 76, 79, 85, 87, 93, 94,
95, 96, 108, 110, 111, 113, 115,
116, 117, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140,
199, 236, 240, 247, 268, 306, 312,
313, 321, 359, 360, 363, 387, 390,
391, 400, 408, 409, 417, 422, 429,
430, 431, 432, 433, 436, 437, 440
Justice, 76, 385, 438, 442
Majore, 35
Mr., 65, 154, 155, 203, 267, 268,
398, 321, 322, 330, 352, 373, 374,
376, 377
Mrs., 438, 442
Thomas, 105, 387, 413, 438, 441
Whitehed, see Whitehead
Whithead, see Whitehead
Whithed, see Whitehead
Whitney, Henry, 389
Whitt, see White
Whitte, see White
Whitthead, see Whitehead
Whitthed, see Whitehead
Whitts, see White
Whythead, see Whitehead
Wigens, see Wiggens
Wiggens, Benjamin (e), 4, 5, 353,
375, 439, 442
Gersham, 4, 5, 136. 176, 353, 375,
439, 441
Goodman, 331
Josiah, 18, 150, 288, 439, 442
Josias, 259, 358, 375
Index
457
Wiggens, Thomas, 7, 211, 226, 267,
287, 288, 289, 290, 325, 327, 373,
375, 376, 439, 442
376, 439, 442
Wiklam, Garitt, 387
Wilkins, Obadiah, 387, 439, 440
Williams, Charles, 439, 442
Johanas, 257
John, 53, 54, 353
Joseph, 54
Mary, 54
Williamson, Charles, 75, 395, 406,
407, 408
Johanos, Johanas, 140, 141, 142,
143, 144, 145, 191, 268, 314, 348,
359, 361, 362, 375, 387, 438, 441
Leonah, 142, 143, 144, 145
Willmot, Mr., 387
Walter, 410
Willsey, see Woolsey
Wittes, see White
Wofson, John, 317
Wood, Jeremiah, 8, 82, 410
John, 201, 267, 368
Jonas, Jonos, Jonoss, 7, 8, 35,
106, 130, 131, 144, 145, 180, 181,
244, 245, 256, 267, 268, 272, 373,
322, 329, 330, 345, 346, 364, 375,
402, 408, 433, 434, 439, 442
Jonathan, 292, 374
Timothy, 80, 81, 170, 239, 240,
322, 387, 401, 402, 406, 407, 437,
439, 442
Woodsen, Jeremiah, 411
Wollsey, see Woolsej'
Wolsey, see Woolsey
Wolsi, see Woolsey
Wolsie, see Woolsey
Wolsis, see Woolsey
Wolsy, see Woolsey
Woolsey, , 18gf
Capt., 7, 317, 321, 322, 375, 408,
409, 438
Georg, George, 4, 29, 31, 45, 60,
65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 197,
232, 239, 243, 244, 245, 246, 267,
276, 277, 298, 300, 301, 308, 309,
310, 311, 312, 318, 319, 325, 326,
347, 357, 358, 372, 373, 376, 377,
379, 408, 430, 438, 441
Hanah, 308, 309
John, 18, 74, 112, 113, 319, 321,
345, 346, 375, 387, 395, 439, 442
Minderd, Minerd, 33, 34
Mr., 55, 267, 319, 321, 377, 438
Mrs., 441
Rebecka, Rebeckah, 310, 311,
312, 357, 358
Tho., Thomas, Thomass, Thomus,
9, 59, 60, 61, 62, 248, 272, 320,
321, 328, 371, 375, 376, 439, 442
Wright, Daved, David, 55, 185, 186,
187, 248, 249, 273
Hanah, Hannah, 186, 248, 249
John, 438, 441
Jonathan, 55
Neomy, 167
Rich., Richard, 167, 168, 268,
273, 378
Wrighte, see Wright
Writte, see Wright
Yunee, Ridor, 380
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