Townsend, Peter S. (Peter Solomon), 1796-1849

Genealogical notes on the Townsend family and related persons.

List of Native Americans named in deeds cited in this volume (continued).

List of Native Americans named in deeds cited in this volume (continued).

List of Native Americans named in deeds cited in this volume.

List of members of the Townsend family and others associated with Oyster Bay or western Long Island, 1667-1722.

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.

Excerpt from a September 13, 1658 deed from Thomas Armitage to Anne Lillestone (whom Armitage would later marry) giving her a mare; copied approximately 1661 by Matthew Bridgman, town clerk, and witnessed by Thomas Townsend; with a note regarding Thomas Townsend; 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.

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Note documenting the October 2, 1691 birth of Roseannah Coles who later married George Townsend Jr.; lower two-thirds of leaf cut away with loss to text.

Notes on the November 6, 1709 death of "Rhode Island" John Townsend (continued), and his March 1704 appointment as town clerk and supervisor of Oyster Bay and his March 3, 1706/7 reappointment to those offices; bottom quarter of leaf cut away.

Notes on the July 27, 1701 birth of Violetta Maccoune, the deaths of "Rhode Island" John Townsend, his wife Rebecca Almy, and their son, Sylvanus, and the February 11, 1703 [i.e. 1704] birth of their son, John.

Excerpts from an October 10, 1704 deed from Henry Townsend Sr. to his son, Robert (continued), and from a July 20, 1704 deed from Henry Townsend Sr. giving land in Jamaica and elsewhere to his son, Henry Jr.; with a note documenting another mention of Henry Townsend Jr. in the records of Oyster Bay, 1704.

Notes documenting mentions of members of the Townsend family in the records of Oyster Bay, 1693-1704; includes excerpts from an October 10, 1704 deed from Henry Townsend Sr. giving land and his share in a sawmill to his son, Robert.

Note documenting the appointment of Thomas Townsend as town clerk of Oyster Bay and of John Dewsbury and "Mill John" Townsend to assist him; followed by a note documenting a mention of John Townsend as recorder on an August 6, 1697 deed of Joseph Dickinson.

Excerpts from a February 13, 1696 [i.e. 1697] deed from Daniel Townsend to Thomas Powell Jr. for land at Latten's Neck; and from a May 18, 1696 deed from Henry Townsend Jr. to his brother, "Mill John" Townsend for land that had belonged to their late brother, Richard.

Note summarizing a November 18, 1697 conveyance exchanging land at Cedar Swamp and Hog Island between "Mill John" Townsend and Job Townsend; and documenting mentions of Job Wright and Henry Townsend Jr. in the records of Oyster Bay, 1695 [i.e. 1696]-1696 [i.e. 1697].

Notes summarizing an August 14, 1696 deed from James Dickinson to his brother, Joseph, for land on West Neck; a May 10, 1697 deed from Henry Townsend to his brother in law, Joseph Dickinson, for land at Cedar Swamp; and a September 31, 1697 deed from John Townsend to Robert Coles for land on Hog Island; with genealogical notes.

Genealogical notes on "Rhode Island" John Townsend and his wife Rebecca Almy (continued); an excerpt from a March 9, 1698 [i.e. 1699] deed from John Townsend to Thomas Jones for the sale of Townsend's land at Forth Neck with a stipulation that if the title should prove faulty, Townsend must return half the purchase money to Jones; and a note documenting a January 1, 1697 [i.e. 1698] deed from John Harrison, Flushing, to Thomas Jones.

Notes summarizing a July 13, 1696 deed from Maomy and Will Cheppie, Massapequa Indians, to John Townsend the sale of land at Fort Neck for £10 and a June 1, 1694 deed from Thomas Townsend to his son John for land in northern Oyster Bay; and genealogical notes on "Rhode Island" John Townsend and his wife Rebecca Almy.

Excerpts from a June 30, 1696 deed from Thomas Townsend to his son John Townsend for his house and various properties in Oyster Bay (continued).

Note summarizing a June 6, 1697 deed from Seruckon and Wamoson, Massapeaqua Indians, to Thomas Jones for land at Fort Neck; and excerpts from a June 30, 1696 deed from Thomas Townsend, then living in Rhode Island, giving his house and various properties in Oyster Bay to his son John Townsend, but retaining the right to use the properties during his life.

Notes summarizing several 1696 deeds from Tackapausha, sachem of the Massapeaqua, and others for land at Fort Neck and an April 28, 1696 will of Richard Harcutt leaving a coverlet to his granddaughter, Hannah Townsend.

Excerpts from an August 20, 1696 deed from Will Cheppie, son of Chopeyconnaws ("old Chippy"), to Thomas Townsend giving him Cheppie's share of land at Fort Neck held in common with Townsend for which Townsend was to give Cheppie "one good new cloth coat" every December 1st; Cheppie and his son and grandson retained the right to plant on unimproved parts of granted land.

Excerpts from a June 29, 1696 deed from Thomas Townsend to his son in law and daughter, Thomas and Freelove Jones (continued); and from a June 29, 1696 deed from Ephraim Carpenter Jr. to Townsend for a house and lot and two adjoining parcels of land in Oyster Bay, with a note that Townsend assigned these properties to Thomas and Freelove Jones.