Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, [inverted sequence] page 6.

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 March 9, 1677/8 notice that Thomas Townsend had returned the grant.