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Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, [inverted sequence] page 5.

Note regarding the dating of Thomas and Henry Townsend's arrivals in Oyster Bay (continued); summary of a September 3, 1663 decree of the town of Oyster Bay that all inhabitants of the town be granted 20 acres of the common land unless they prefer ten acres; a December 21, 1663 decree that Joseph Halstead be granted a house lot; and notes regarding a March 25, 1664 mention of John Underhill Jr. and the use of Quaker dating by Henry Townsend as town clerk.

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Note regarding the dating of Thomas and Henry Townsend's arrivals in Oyster Bay (continued); summary of a September 3, 1663 decree of the town of Oyster Bay that all inhabitants of the town be granted 20 acres of the common land unless they prefer ten acres; a December 21, 1663 decree that Joseph Halstead be granted a house lot; and notes regarding a March 25, 1664 mention of John Underhill Jr. and the use of Quaker dating by Henry Townsend as town clerk.
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_ms2542_v-02_340.tif
Mss Collection - BV Townsend family (MS 2542.2)
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Townsend family history and documents, 1827-1874, Volume 2. Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family.
Genre
land grants
decrees
legislative records
genealogies (histories)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Name)
Townsend family
Subject (Geographic)
Oyster Bay (N.Y. : Town)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Long Island (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Long Island (N.Y.)--Genealogy
Full Title
Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, [inverted sequence] page 5.
Contributor
Townsend, Peter S. (Peter Solomon), 1796-1849
Oyster Bay (N.Y. : Town)
Creator
Townsend, Solomon, 1805-1880
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image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1874
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