Genealogy of the Townsend family, verso of leaf 87.

Notes documenting Thomas Townsend's appearances in the records of Oyster Bay, 1675-1678; includes a March 4, 1677/8 decree of the town of Oyster Bay granting land at Ash Swamp and exclusive right to operate a tavern and sell alcoholic beverages to whomever would keep a tavern there; the grant was accepted by Thomas Townsend and confirmed by the town constable and overseers; with a slip with notes affixed to leaf.