petitions

Copy of the petition of destitute Loyalist refugees resident at Lloyd Neck to Lieutenant General John Campbell, commander-in-chief of British forces in North America signed by Amos Green and 21 others. Following the evacuation to Nova Scotia of most of the Loyalists at Lloyd Neck, the remaining refugees, learning that the Lloyd family would be retaking possession of the property, sought compensation for their crops from the British.

Copy of a letter from Henry Lloyd, Queen's Village, Lloyd Neck, to the Supervisors of Queens County disputing the tax rate levied upon Lloyd's property. Followed by a copy of a letter from Lloyd to Benjamin Whitehead, one of the Supervisors, on the same subject, with a note that the same letter was also sent to Samuel Fish, Samuel Lawrence, and Jacob Smith at Hempstead, all Supervisors. Followed by a copy of a letter from Lloyd to Benjamin Hinchman asking him to forward the letter to the Supervisors.

Excerpts from the minutes of the Council, October 13, 1685, noting the appointments for Queens County of Major Thomas Willet as high sheriff and James and Thomas Townsend and seven others as justices of the peace; and from the minutes for November 24, 1685, recording a petition from Henry Townsend Sr., three other Townsends, and four others seeking permission to purchase 800 acres in Oyster Bay from the local Native Americans which was granted.

Note documenting Thomas Spicer, Lieutenant [Nicholas] Stillwell, and William Bowne being appointed magistrates of Gravesend, March 27, 1657; and the August 23, 1673 petition of the town of Oyster Bay to the Dutch military commanders who had retaken New York earlier in the month; the inhabitants of Oyster Bay agree to submit to Dutch rule providing that the Dutch allow religious freedom and do not try to impose the Dutch Reformed church upon them.

Excerpts from the proceedings of the General Assembly containing Samuel Townsend's March 22, 1758 petition to the Assembly with the Assembly's order that he be brought before it the next day (continued); Townsend's March 23, 1758 appearance before the Assembly in which he was found guilty of insulting the honor of the Assembly and ordered to remain in custody; Townsend's March 24, 1758 petition to the Assembly begging its pardon, apologizing for his impudence, promising to be more circumspect in the future; having received his petition, Townsend was again brought before the Assembly, reprimand

Excerpts from the proceedings of the General Assembly regarding a March 8, 1758 letter from Samuel Townsend concerning the treatment of the "neutral French" (continued); having been ordered to appear March 20, 1758 before the Assembly, and having not done so, Townsend is declared in contempt and his arrest ordered; Townsend's March 22, 1758 petition to the Assembly asking that he be released from custody as his failure to appear was due to infirmity rather than contempt; in response the Assembly orders that he be brought before it the following day.

A ca. November 1656 petition from the inhabitants of Flushing to Peter Stuyvesant asking for mercy for their schout (sheriff), William Hallett, who had been deposed from his office and sentenced to banishment for allowing William Wickenden, a Baptist from Rhode Island, to conduct services in Hallett's home; erroneously dated 1648 in a note on the following page where it is wrongly associated with Hallett's earlier troubles relating to his marriage to Elizabeth Feake. Pages 179-180 torn out.

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.

February 10-11, 1661 petition of Richard Everett, Nathaniel Denton, and Andrew Messenger, magistrates of Rustdorp, representing the inhabitants (continued).

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 Flushing Remonstrance, December 27, 1657 (continued).

Excerpt from a 1673 letter by Matthias Harvey, for the town of Oyster Bay, to Cornelis Evertsen and Jacob Binckes, submitting to Dutch rule (continued); and the Flushing Remonstrance, December 27, 1657.

Excerpts from a March 25, 1664 quitclaim deed of Popomora, sachem of the Navesink, and his brother, Mishacoing, relinquishing title to Navesink in Monmouth County, New Jersey, to James Hubbard, John Bowne, and four other inhabitants of Gravesend; from a May 14, 1670 complaint of the Massapequas to Governor Francis Lovelace that Richard Smith of Nesaquake (now Smithtown) had claimed one of their meadows for hay; and from an April 7, 1665 deed for the sale by Native Americans of Narrumsum (now Rumson) and Pootapeck (now Port-au-peck), both in Monmouth County, New Jersey), to John Tilton, John Bo

Note mentioning Benedict Arnold, governor of Rhode Island and an excerpt from a May 14, 1656 petition from John Tilton on behalf of the inhabitants of Gravesend to Peter Stuyvesant responding to the complaint of Anthony "the Turk" Janszoon van Salee that they had trespassed on his land; van Salee is not mentioned by name in the excerpt, but is described as having a "wicked spirit." Pages 119-120 torn out.

January 28, 1674 [i.e. 1675] petition of Elizabeth Townsend, widow of John Townsend (died 1668), to Governor Edmund Andros (continued).

January 28, 1674 [i.e. 1675] petition of Elizabeth Townsend, widow of John Townsend (died 1668), to Governor Edmund Andros noting that her husband had possessed about 8 acres near the Collect Pond in Manhattan that he had improved and built upon but had abandoned it "in the time of great calamity" (probably Kieft's War, instigated against the Lenape Indians in 1643 by the Dutch governor Willem Kieft), and seeking Andros's indulgence in allowing her to make her case for the property as there were no deeds documenting Townsend's ownership; recorded January 28, 1674 [i.e. 1675].

The petition of John Townsend and Richard Bridnell (continued).

The petition of John Townsend and Nicholas [i.e. Richard] Bridnell (or Brudenell) to Peter Stuyvesant asking him to remove the soldiers quartered in the homes of the residents of Rustdorp (now Jamaica) who had refused to swear to report Quaker activity.

Text of the Flushing remonstrance (continued).

Text of the Flushing remonstrance (continued).

Text of the Flushing remonstrance (continued).

Text of the Flushing remonstrance.

Petition of the residents of Flushing regarding William Hallett (continued).