land grants

Copy of a land patent granted to Nathaniel Sylvester, Shelter Island, Thomas Hart, Barbados, and Latimer Sampson, Long Island, by Governor Richard Nicolls for Lloyd Neck and Fort Neck meadow; attested (and copied?) ca. 1685 by John Spragge, Secretary.

Copy of a land patent granted to Nathaniel Sylvester, Shelter Island, Thomas Hart, Barbados, and Latimer Sampson, Long Island, by Governor Richard Nicolls for Lloyd Neck and Fort Neck meadow; followed by June 17, 1685 receipt for quit rent for Lloyd Neck paid by James Graham on behalf of James Lloyd and received by Gov.

Copy of a land patent granted the Town of Huntington by Governor Richard Nicolls; copied from the records of the Secretary's Office, New York, April 26, 1731, by Frederick Morris, deputy secretary.

Copy of a land patent granted to Nathaniel Sylvester, Shelter Island, Thomas Hart, Barbados, and Latimer Sampson, Long Island, by Governor Richard Nicolls for Lloyd Neck and Fort Neck meadow; examined by John Spragge, Secretary.

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.

An excerpt from the minutes of the Council, September 14, 1675, regarding Capt. Thomas Townsend's complaint that because the Quakers in Oyster Bay refuse to carry weapons, there aren't enough people to keep watch as required; a note that Rebecca Wright Leverich was granted a divorce from Eleazer Leverich "on account of some defect in the husband", October 22, 1670; and a note documenting a July 28, 1688 patent granted to William Nicoll for land on the south side of Long Island.

Notes concerning the August 1664 capture of New Netherland by Richard Nicolls and the April 8, 1665 patent of land in New Jersey to several Quakers including John Bowne, Samuel Spicer, and John Tilton and promising them "liberty of conscience."

October 10, 1645 patent for the village of Flushing from the Dutch governor Willem Kieft to Thomas Farrington, John Townsend, and sixteen others (continued).

October 10, 1645 patent for the village of Flushing from the Dutch governor Willem Kieft to Thomas Farrington, John Townsend, and sixteen others (continued).

October 10, 1645 patent for the village of Flushing from the Dutch governor Willem Kieft to Thomas Farrington, John Townsend, and sixteen others; recorded March 14, 1666 [i.e. 1667].

Notes summarizing an April 20, 1669 deed from Thomas Francis, Setauket, for the sale of 130 acres in Oyster Bay to Richard Latting; the November 16, 1644 patent for the town of Hempstead issued by Dutch governor Willem Kieft to Robert Fordham and five others; an October 30, 1672 deed from Roger and Mary Townsend, Westchester, to Morgan Bedient exchanging a house in Westchester for one in Hadley, Massachusetts; and notes documenting mentions of Nicholas Davis, Rhode Island, and Nathaniel Sylvester, Shelter Island, in the records of the state of New York.

Excerpts from the October 10, 1645 Dutch patent for Flushing issued by Willem Kieft, director-general of New Netherland, to Thomas Farrington, John Townsend, and sixteen others.