decrees

Decree of the arbitrators, Abraham Van Wyck, Divine Hewlett, and Epenetus Sammis, pursuant to the agreement between the heirs of John Lloyd (1711-1795), dividing the Lloyd Neck property of Henry Lloyd III into three equal parts to be determined; witnessed by Jesse F. Sammis, Elbert Sammis.

Excerpts from a December 10, 1660 decree of the town of Oyster Bay voiding the ordinances previously established and signed by Thomas Armitage, William Leverich, and six others; from a December 13, 1660 decree of the town that no one would be permitted to purchase land in the town without having been admitted as an inhabitant, that the town was under neither Dutch nor English jurisdiction, and that all inhabitants must acquire a barrel of hayseed to be planted on the town common lands; this section is inverted and paged backwards relative to the rest of the volume.

Excerpts from a December 13, 1660 decree of the town of Oyster Bay regarding requirements for purchasers of land, rejection of Dutch or English jurisdiction, and hayseed for the town common lands (continued); and from further December 13, 1660 decrees of the town of Oyster Bay prohibiting the sale of wine or liquor to Native Americans and prohibiting nonresidents from cutting timber for sale outside the town; this section is inverted and paged backwards relative to the rest of the volume.

Excerpt from a December 13, 1660 decree of the town of Oyster Bay requiring all fields and house lots to have a four and a half foot high fence; from a February 1, 1661 [i.e. 1662] decree requiring each townsman to pay three shillings towards a fund to be used for paying bounties on wolves; and from a September 25, 1660 deed from Anne Crooker (or Crocker) for the sale of her property in Oyster Bay to Richard Latting, Huntington; this section is inverted and paged backwards relative to the rest of the volume.

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.

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.

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.

Decision of John Nanfan, Governor, the Council, and the Court of Chancery in Thomas Lawrence's lawsuit against William Hallett, Sr., William Hallett, Jr., Samuel Moore, Isaac De Riemer and his wife, Aeltie, Richard Ashfield and his wife, Maria, and John Jefford over a tract of land in western Queens formerly owned by Warnaer Wessels, deceased. Wessels had bargained to sell the land to Jefford, but died before delivering the deed to Jefford; Wessels's heirs sold the property to the Halletts who then sold it to Moore. Meanwhile, Jefford sold the land to Lawrence.

Order of the Court of Chancery, Robert Hunter, Governor, and Rip Van Dam, master of the court, in a lawsuit of William Lawrence against William Hallett, Jr., Samuel Moore, Sr., Joseph Hallett, James Jackson, and Samuel Moore, Jr. over a tract of land in western Queens called Van Harlem's lot; this order confirms an order of April 22, 1714 overturning an objection by the defendants and ordering them to pay costs to be determined by Rip Vam Dam.

Order of the Court of Chancery, Robert Hunter, Governor, and Rip Van Dam, master of the court, in a lawsuit of William Lawrence against William Hallett, Jr., Samuel Moore, Sr., Joseph Hallett, James Jackson, and Samuel Moore, Jr.