Executive orders

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Order of Gov. Richard Nicolls in a dispute between John Richbell, Oyster Bay, and John Conklin, Southold, ordering that Richbell be given immediate possession of Lloyd Neck.

Order of Gov. Richard Nicolls in a dispute between John Richbell, Oyster Bay, and John Conklin, Southold, over the ownership of Lloyd Neck, assigning ownership to Richbell.

An excerpt from the minutes of the Council, October 21 and November 1, 1684, regarding an October 25, 1677 agreement between the towns of Oyster Bay and Hempstead for settling the boundaries between the two towns.

April 12, 1660 order of the Dutch governor and council instructing the magistrates of Rustdorp (now Jamaica) to end a lawsuit of Nathaniel Denton and the wife of Richard Everett against Mary Tany, child of the deceased Thomas Tany Kraft; the child's guardians, James Bradish and John Townsend had petitioned the council on her behalf.

Three notes documenting mentions of schepens (magistrates) in the towns of Long Island including Oyster Bay and Gravesend in the Dutch records in August and September 1673; and excerpts from the October 12, 1673 order of the new Dutch governor, Anthony Colve, granting Oyster Bay the religious freedom it sought in its August 23, 1673 petition.

A note regarding a November 14, 1658 order of Peter Stuyvesant authorizing Robert Terry and John Townsend, guardians of Thomas Farrington [Jr., 1645-1697], to get an accounting from the widow of Willem Harck of Farrington's goods which had been entrusted to her husband; a note regarding the Townsends not taking the oath of allegiance after the Dutch retook New York in 1673; and a partial index of mentions of Solomon, Henry, Penn, and Jacob Townsend in this volume.

A January 17, 1648 order of Peter Stuyvesant regarding the refusal by John Townsend and several others to contribute to pay for a Dutch Reformed minister for the village of Flushing, and regarding the nomination of candidates for sheriff; he orders them to appear before him and the council the following week; with a note regarding a September 28, 1647 mention of "Forrester ... pretended agent of Lady Mary Stirling" [i.e. James Farrett, agent for the Earl of Stirling] who had clandestinely visited Hempstead and Flushing.

The April 16, 1663 letter from the Dutch West India Company ordering Peter Stuyvesant to permit religious activities beyond those the authorized Dutch Reformed Church; the letter was written as a result of John Bowne's appeal to the Company after being deported by Stuyvesant to the Netherlands for holding Quaker meetings.

Excerpts from the September 14, 1663 [i.e. 1662] order of Peter Stuyvesant to deport John Bowne who, having been jailed for three months, has not paid his fine; and a note regarding the February 1, 1656 order by Stuyvesant banning unauthorized preachers and religious meetings.

Excerpts from Nicasius de Sille's report on Mary Tilton's Quaker activities (continued); from the sentence of banishment pronounced October 5, 1662 by Peter Stuyvesant against John and Mary Tilton; and, from the sentence of banishment pronounced the same day by Stuyvesant against Michal Spicer and her son Samuel.

Excerpts from a September 21, 1662 order prohibiting unauthorized religious meetings and "seditious and seducing books" and requiring all inhabitants to subscribe to the oath of allegiance; from Nicasius de Sille's report on John Tilton's Quaker activities and his recommendation that Tilton be fined 100 Flanders pounds, jailed until his fine had been paid, and banished; and from de Sille's report on Mary Tilton, wife of John, recommending the same sentence.

An August 24, 1662 record of the complaint of the magistrates of Rustdorp (now Jamaica) that a large Quaker meeting is held weekly at John Bowne's home in Flushing; an excerpt of a September 9, 1662 order that the magistrates and residents of the English towns in New Netherland assist the schout (sheriff) Resolved Waldron to arrest those attending the Quaker meeting; an excerpt of the September 14, 1662 sentence pronounced against John Bowne that he be fined 25 Flanders pounds and if he again holds Quaker meetings, he will be fined 50 Flanders pounds and banished for a third offense.

The March 3, [1661] petition of John Townsend and Richard Bridnell (or Brudenell) to Peter Stuyvesant asking that they no longer be required to keep soldiers in their homes (continued); with Stuyvesant's negative response.

A February 15, 1661 order of Peter Stuyvesant in response to the petition of the inhabitants of Rustdorp (now Jamaica) exempting those who swore to report Quaker activity from boarding soldiers, but those whose refused to swear, including John Townsend, were required to house and feed soldiers in their homes, and ordering the town officials to inform Townsend of his sentence of banishment; with a note regarding the fine imposed on Samuel Spicer recorded February 17, [1661]; and the March 3, [1661] petition of John Townsend and Nicholas [i.e.

The January 24, 1661 order of Peter Stuyvesant naming new magistrates for Rustdorp (now Jamaica) and quartering soldiers there (continued); and the February 10-11, 1661 petition of Richard Everett, Nathaniel Denton, and Andrew Messenger, magistrates of Rustdorp, representing the inhabitants, in which they request the soldiers be recalled to Manhattan, swear to report any Quakers, and list the six inhabitants who refused to so swear including John Townsend.

The January 20, 1661 sentence of banishment pronounced by Peter Stuyvesant against John Townsend; and Stuyvesant's January 24, 1661 order naming Richard Everett, Nathaniel Denton, and Andrew Messenger as new magistrates for Rustdorp (now Jamaica) and ordering the town to pay for soldiers to be quartered among the inhabitants to ensure no illegal meetings were held; Everett and Denton had informed upon his neighbors regarding the Quakers to Stuyvesant.

The January 20, 1661 sentence of banishment pronounced by Peter Stuyvesant against John Townsend being a Quaker and refusing to attend Dutch Reformed services.

The sentence pronounced by Peter Stuyvesant against Samuel Spicer for attending Quaker meetings and boarding a Quaker in his mother's house (continued); and genealogical notes regarding sisters Rose and Eliphal Wright and Freelove Wilmot, all of whom had Townsend mothers and married Townsend men.

The sentence pronounced by Peter Stuyvesant against Henry Townsend for hosting and promoting Quaker meetings (continued) with a note that the fine was paid February 24, 1661; and followed by the [January 20, 1661?] report by Nicasius de Sille to Stuyvesant regarding Samuel Spicer having attended Quaker meetings and boarded a Quaker in his mother's house and Stuyvesant's sentence against Spicer fining him 12 Flanders pounds.

The sentence pronounced by Peter Stuyvesant against Henry Townsend for hosting and promoting Quaker meetings (continued).

The sentence pronounced by Peter Stuyvesant against Henry Townsend based on the January 20, 1661 report by Nicasius de Sille regarding Townsend's hosting and promoting Quaker meetings; though de Sille had recommended that Townsend be fined 100 Flanders pounds and banished, Stuyvesant ordered a fine of only 25 Flanders pounds.

March 26, 1658, order of Peter Stuyvesant to the inhabitants of Flushing (continued); excerpt from the minutes of the New Netherland council for September 30, 1658 regarding three Quakers, Thomas Christian, Thomas Chapman, and John Cook, who were detained while trying to pass through Manhattan to New England; they were returned to Communipaw (Jersey City) and warned not to return to Manhattan; with notes regarding Stuyvesant's February 1, 1656 order prohibiting unauthorized church meetings (conventicles) and the February 12, 1659 arrival in Manhattan of a Joris Jorissen Townsend on the Dutch s

March 26, 1658, order of Peter Stuyvesant to the inhabitants of Flushing directing the appointment of new town officials, banning town meetings, instituting a tax to pay for a Dutch Reformed minister, and swear to obey the governor and his orders; those unwilling to comply would have six weeks to leave New Netherland.

Excerpts from the Dutch records of the state of New York, May 7-17, 1663, relating to the arrest and persecution of John and Mary Tilton, Gravesend, for harboring Quakers and attending Quaker meetings; both Tiltons had previously been arrested and ordered to leave New Netherland in 1662.

Excerpts from a June 2, 1697 power of attorney from Thomas Dongan, London, to William Nicoll (continued); note regarding Governor Richard Nicolls appointment of Matthias Nicoll as secretary of the Council and justice of the peace; a note documenting a mention of Peter Tallman, Flushing, in the Dutch records of the state of New York; and an excerpt from a March 8, 1674 [i.e.1675] order directing sheriff William Lawrence and Richard Cornwell to arbitrate a dispute between Roger Townsend and the inhabitants of Westchester following an earlier failed attempt.

Having received the report of Richard Everett and Nathaniel Denton, Peter Stuyvesant ordered that those who refused to swear to report Quaker activity must quarter soldiers in their homes and that John Townsend was to be banished.