Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 206. Notes documenting the July 19, 1653 nomination of magistrates for Gravesend by Lady Deborah Moody and John Tilton, and a December 27, 1653 remonstrance of the inhabitants of Gravesend signed before Tilton, town clerk, addressed to the Dutch West India Company and complaining about corruption of the colonial administration and its failure to abide by its promise of religious freedom. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 205. 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." View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 204. Notes regarding appointments of Henry Holland and members of the Nicoll family to various official positions, 1700-1763. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 203. Notes regarding appointments of William Nicoll Jr., John Townsend (died 1709), and others to various official positions, 1704-1750 [i.e. 1751]. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 202. Notes on and excerpts from the records of the General Assembly May 10, 1709 (continued) through May 27, 1718 regarding John Townsend (died November 1709), one of the representatives for Queens County, and William Nicoll as speaker from 1710 to May 21, 1718 when he stepped down due to poor health and was replaced by Robert Livingston. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 201. Notes documenting mentions of Matthias Nicoll, names added to a copy of the patent of the town of Oyster Bay, a "Mr. Nicolls of Stamford" who was a juror in the 1665 witchcraft trial of Ralph Hall and Mary, his wife; and notes on and excerpts from the records of the General Assembly April 5-May 10, 1709 regarding the selection of William Nicoll as speaker and the disputed election of representatives for Queens County including John Townsend. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 200. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 199. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 198. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 197. Notes documenting a November 12, 1649 power of attorney from Willem Nobel empowering Hendrick Jacobsen to collect his share of a captured Spanish ship; an undated but ca. 1651 statement by Richard Smith, master of the bark Welcome, promising "not to stop on his way to the South River [i.e. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 196. The September 22-23, 1701 General Assembly committee report on a paper presented by Thomas Willet, John Talman, and William Willet directing that they be prosecuted (continued); notes on various General Assembly representatives, 1702-1708, particularly William Nicoll; Nicoll was elected speaker November 3, 1702 and summoned Abraham Gouverneur, former speaker, to prove his citizenship; November 11, 1702, Gouverneur was determined to be an alien, thus ineligible to serve in the Assembly, and all the bills passed while he was speaker were declared void. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 195. Notes regarding the August 19, 1701 disqualification of William Nicoll and Major Wessels [i.e. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 194. Notes regarding William Nicoll's October 5, 1695 appointment by the General Assembly to represent the colony in England; he wished to decline the appointment due to the financial burden it would impose upon him, but the Assembly awarded him £1000; April 15, 1699, he was called on to give an accounting of the £1000, but could only account for about £320 which had been taken by French privateers and was ordered to provide a written statement on his expenditures; an October 30, 1700 mention of Hellgate; and a note on the April 17, 1701 expulsion from the General Assembly of Matthew Howell for wri View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 193. Notes documenting various people representing Queens County in the General Assembly, serving on the colonial Council, or otherwise mentioned in the Assembly's proceedings, 1688-1694; includes John Bound [i.e. Bowne] and Nathaniel Pearsall, both Quakers, who were dismissed from the General Assembly for refusing to take an oath, and John Treadwell who was dismissed after "scandalous" allegations were made against him. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 192. 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 View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 191. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 190. Excerpts from the proceedings of the General Assembly, March 23, 1699 [i.e. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 189. Excerpt from an August 1, 1708 conveyance from William Nicoll to Francis Annesley, London, for the sale of half of Shelter Island; the sale does not appear to have been completed; and from an August 19, 1741 conveyance from Richard Nicolls and two unnamed partners to William Jamison for the sale of a share in undivided land near the Susquehanna River; a brief note on a May 24, 1748 sale of land in Orange County by Andrew Nicolls; a note regarding an August 21, 1783 James Townsend, Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County (now part of Putnam County), getting letters of administration for the estate of View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 186. A partial index of mentions of Thomas Townsend in this volume; almost entirely erased excepting two citations in ink. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 185. Excerpt from an October 4, 1665 warrant issued by Governor Richard Nicolls to Elias Doughty, constable of Flushing and John Rolofse [i.e. Jan Roelofse Sebring?], Flatbush, ordering that they deliver a mare bearing the brand of Huntington to Isaac Nicolls; notes documenting mentions of Jonathan and George Wright, Flushing, and William Nicoll, attorney general, in the records of the state of New York; followed by a partial index of mentions of "Mill John" Townsend and James Townsend, Cedar Swamp, in this volume. Pages 183-184 torn out. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 182. A note regarding the ca. November 1656 petition on the previous page from the inhabitants of Flushing to Peter Stuyvesant asking for mercy for William Hallett, here erroneously dated 1648 and wrongly associated with Hallett's earlier troubles relating to his marriage to Elizabeth Feake; followed by a partial index of mentions of John and Richard Townsend and Timothy Bagley in this volume. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 181. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 178. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 177. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 176. Partial index of mentions of George, James, and Daniel Townsend in this volume. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 175. October 10, 1645 patent for the village of Flushing from the Dutch governor Willem Kieft to Thomas Farrington, John Townsend, and sixteen others (continued). View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 174. October 10, 1645 patent for the village of Flushing from the Dutch governor Willem Kieft to Thomas Farrington, John Townsend, and sixteen others (continued). View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 173. 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]. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 172. 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. View Item
Text Copies of deeds and records relating to the Townsend family, page 171. 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. View Item