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Queens County Records, Jamaica, N. Y., Lib. C., p. 318.
1670. Feb. 2. He sued Cornelius Mott, his Hempstead townsman, for debt, which the Court decided in his favor, and awarded him, in addition, 15 shillings damages.
Hempstead, L. I., Town Records, Lib. B.
In 1673, he was enumerated in the census of Hempstead, as an inhabitant. New York Documentary History, Vol. I, p. 658.
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1672, Oct. 30. Roger Townsend sold to Morgan Bedient, his house and orchard, situated in the town of Westchester, Westchester County, N.Y., for a similar house and land in the same place.
1672, Nov. 27. Morgan Bedient sold his recently acquired property from Roger Town- send, to Thomas Seabrooke, of Westchester, and with it, one acre and a half of fresh meadow. Recorded in the "Office of Records, at ffort James, in New Yorke, the 27th day of November, 1672."*
After he had removed to the town of Westchester, and in the year 1675, he was assessed for 2 horses, 6 cows, three "3 year old," three "I year old," 2 swine, 5 [acres of] land and 12 [acres of] meadow. New York Colonial History, Vol. 13, p. 488.
He died, at Westchester, the 17th December, 1675, as appears by the following:
The Testimony of John Clarke, of Westchester, concerning Tho: Seabrooke, Aged about 29 years.
This Deponent saith, That when there was an Alarme of Indyans being at Castle Hill, Loaden with Ammunicoñ, last Summer, this deponent was then a Sojourner, in the House of Thomas Seabrooke, was commanded, (among others), to go to Capt. Osborne's House; And at his going away, hee, the said Thomas Seabrooke, tooke his wife, (the now prsent widdow Seabrooke), by the hand in the Doore, as hee was going out, and said, wife I am going out, I know not but I may bee Knockt on the head; If I never come againe, I give all that I have to thee; (meaning his wife); And furthur said to this Deponent, Pray take notice what I say; and furthur Saith not. Sworn before me
May 15, 1676.
JOHN PELL
The Testimony of Penelope Cooke, aged about ffifty yeares, concerning Tho: Seabrooke.
This Deponent saith, That Thomas Seabrooke, of Westchester, the late Husband of the Widdow Sea- brooke, being some time last winter at Consider Woods, hee did declare that hee was going over to Long Island, and then at the same time did say, that when soever hee did dye, hee would make his wife, full and whole Executor, and give all to her, his wife, and no Body else should have anything to do wth any thing hee had, but his wife; and furthur Saith not.
Westchester, May the 15th, 1676.
Sworne before mee JOHN PELL
Thomas Seabrooke dyed, at Westchester, the 17th of December, 1675.
An Inventory of the Estate of the dec'd.
One House and Home Lott
Nine Acres of Land in the ffield
Twelve Acres Meadow
Two Mares, two Colts, 2 years old.
Two young Colts.
five Cowes, two three yeare olds.
Two Steeres, two yeare old
Three Yearlings, 5 Calves
Three Swine
One ffeather Bedd
ffive Blanketts, 2 Sheetes
One Iron Pott
Three Gunns
At the desire of the Widdow, this Estate Prized by
the Constable and two Overseers. £ s. d.
The whole Accomodacons prised at 90:00 :-
Two Mares, and two 2 yeare old Colts
09:00 :--
Two young Colts . 01:10:
ffive Cowes, two three yeare olds 26:00 :-
Two Steeres, two years old
05:00 :-
*The original of this paper was found at the Seabrook Homestead, at the Bay Shore, Middletown, N. J., and is now in the pos- session of Dr. J. E. Stillwell, of New York City.
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Three yearlings, five Calves
Three Swine .
The feather none of Tho: Seabrookes
nor two Blanketts Three Blanketts One Sheet One Iron Pott
01:04 :-
00:12 :-
00:10 :-
Three Guns
02:10 :-
This Estate, prised as above
Witnesse our hands EDWARD WALTERS THO: MOLLENNEX NICHOLAS BALLY
New York Wills, Vol. 1, pp. 240, 241 and 242.
The wife of Thomas Seabrook brought to him, one feather bed and two blankets, probably a wedding present from her parents.
Sometime following his demise, and prior to 1688, she married Thomas Whitlock, as ap- pears by the following deeds:
Know all Men by these prsents that I, Roger Townsend, of West=Chester, & Mary, my wife, being at present possest of a certaine House and Orchard, situate in the said Towne of Westchester, (the which is now in the tenure and Occupacon of Philip Minton), have, for a valuable Consideration, or ye Conveyance of an- other House and Land, unto me in lieu thereof, Bargained, sold, assigned, & set over, unto Morgan Beadient, of the said Towne, Singleman, his Heyres and Assignes, all my Right, Title, & Interest to the said House and Orchard, scituate in Westchester aforesaid; Hee, the said Morgan Beadient, having by virtue of these prsents full power and lawfull Authority (after ye expiracon of two compleat yeares from the 10th day of June last past, or before if the said Philip Minton shall resigne up the same sooner) to enter into possession of the prem- isses, & of every part & parcell thereof, and the same to have, hold, use, occupy, possess, & enjoy unto the sole, proper use, behoofe, & Benefitt of him the said Morgan Beadient his Heyres & Assignes forever, against any Clayme, Title, or p'tence of any person or persons whatsoever, by, from, or under mee my Heyres or Assignes, or by any of their Orders or Appointmt.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto sett my Hand & Seale, at New Yorke, this 30th day of Octobr, 1672. Sealed & Delivered in ye prsence the T marke of the R marke of of RICH: CHARLTON ROGER Jo. CLARKE. MARY [?] TOWNSEND wax wax seal seal TOWNSEND
Memdm That before ye Signing & Sealing of these prsents It is agreed upon by & betwixt ye partyes within menconed that Roger Townsend reserves to himselfe all Priveledges & Appertenances belonging to his House, not herein sold & made over to the within written, Morgan Beadient, yet not thereby intending to abridge or cutt short ye said Morgan of what is herein sold & dispos'd of.
Entered in the Office of Records, at ffort James, in New Yorke, the 27th of November, 1672.
MATTHIAS NICOLLS, SECR.
Know all whome this may concirne that I, Morgan Bedient, of Westchester, doe, by these p'sents, assigne and make over unto Thomas Seabrooke, of Westchester aforesaid, All my Right, title and intrest of this within Mentioned House and Orchard, specified in this Bill of Sayle, on the other side, as Alsoe, all my Right, title and intrest of One Acre and halfe of fresh Meaddow, being Number 6, lying to the Eastward of Longe Neck, in the boundes of Westchester aforesaid; from me, my heires, Executors and Assignes, unto him, the said Thomas Seabrooke, his heires, Executors and assignes for ever, to possess and enjoy, as his owne proper right, with out let or Molestation from mee, the said Morgan Bedient, or any other claiming right, title or intrest under mee, my heires, Executors or assignes, alsoe to ffree and discharge Thomas Seabrooke, his heires, Executors & assignes, from an Obligation made to pay him, yearly, One hogshead of Sydar, I doe, by these prsents, Acquitt & discharge the said Tho: Seabrooke thereof.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto put my hand this 25th of Novemb, 1673.
Witness prsent his marke EPHRAIM X ALDRIX ffRANCIS ffRENCH
his mark
MORGAN X BEDIENT
The paper is endorsed: Roger Townsend his Bill of Sale to Morgan Beadient.
07:00 :-
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Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas Bedient, of Westchester, in the County of Westchester, yeoman, have Remissed, Released, and forever quit Claimed, and by these presents do, ffor me my heires, Executors & Administrators, Remise, release, and forever quitt Claime vnto Thomas Wittclock aforesaid, his heires, Executors & Adminisstrators, all and all manner of Actions, Cause and Causes of Actions, suites, Bills,
Bonds, Writeings, Oblegations, Debts, Dues, Dutyes, Accompts, Sume & Sumes of monney, Judgements, Executions, Extents, Quarrells, Contreversies, Tresspasses, Damages and Demainds, whatsoever, both in Law and Equety, or other wise howsoever, which against the said Thomas Wittclock I Ever had, now have and which I my heires, Executors, and Adminisstrators shall or may have Claime, Challings or demaind, ffor or by Reason or meanes of any matter, Cause or thinge, ffrom the Begining of the world vnto the Day of the Date of these presents, as wittness my hand and seale this twenty second day of May, in the fourth yeare of his Majties Reigne, Annoqe Domj 1688.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presents of NATHANIELL VNDERHILL JOSEPH LEE
THOMS BEDENTE* [His seal]
The endorsement on the back of the paper is as follows: Thomas Bedient's Release to Thomas Witt- clock.
From the preceding data, we conclude that Thomas Seabrook bought, in November, 1672, the house and land of Morgan Bedient, in the town of Westchester. Shortly after this transac- tion, both Bedient and Seabrook died, and the property being still unpaid for, Bedient's brother, Thomas, who had succeeded to his estate, brought an action against Thomas Whitlock to enforce the completion of the contract. Evidently Whitlock had become liable, as the husband of Seabrook's widow, for Seabrook's debts, as she carried to him all her late husband's estate.
In 1688, the action was discontinued and a release was signed by Thomas Bedient.
The two Bedients, Morgan and Thomas, were sons of Morgan Bedient, as appears from the following memorandum:
"Morgan, Son of Morgan Bedient, of Staynes, t in England, was born June 25: 1651; And Thomas Bed- ient, Son of ye foresaid Morgan, was born July 22: 1654, wc to Oath was made before m' Henry Clark & Leiut. Smith, of Hadley, by Lawrence Carter & Mary Bedient, Mother of ye sd two Sons." From Hadley Records.
1686, Sept. 3. Morgan Bedient was sued, at Court of Sessions, at Westchester, by Mr. John Inians.
Mary Barnard, wife of Morgan Bedient, Sr., apparently married Roger Townsend, of Westchester, who made his will May 7, 1674; proved Apr. 15, 1675, in which he mentioned his wife, Mary, who received his estate, excepting bequests to his overseers, Capt. William Lawrence and Mr. Richard Cornell, and to his three sons, Mordecay, Thomas and John Bedient, who received fro, each.
Thomas Bedient, son of Morgan and Mary (Barnard) Bedient, died, at Westchester, intestate, for Mary, his wife, applied for letters of administration May 7, 1698. Before moving to Westchester, he resided at Fairfield, Conn.
Thomas Whitlock was a prominent man in the early settlement of Gravesend, Long Island. He had friends among the English and foes among the Dutch, by reason of his efforts to overthrow Dutch rule in the Gravesend village, and in abetting the general discontent and uprising. He was a Monmouth County Patentee in 1664, and was one of those, who, in a sloop, prospected, some time previous to this date, the lands which the English later conveyed in
*The seal, apparently, is three lions' heads affronté on a fess, and in the chief, apparently, a hird.
#Staynes or Staines, is near London. Mary, the wife of Morgan Bedient, Sr., was a sister of John Barnard, of Cambridge, who came, probably, in the "Francis," from Ipswich, in 1634, aged 36 years, and his wife, Mary, aged 38 years. He was, perhaps, the Freeman, Mch. 4, 1635; removed, in 1636, to Hartford, thence to Hadley, in 1659, or soon after. He died in 1664, leaving no children. He left a good estate and left his kinsman, Francis Bedient, his executor, giving much to Morgan and Thomas Bedient, sons of his sister, Mary, then living in old England, who came over to enjoy it. His widow, Mary, died next year, and she gave much of her estate to Daniel and William Stacy, of Barnham, near Malden, in the County of Essex, her brothers; and fro, to bring up Thomas, son of Francis Bedient, to school. This legacy was well bestowed, for the father was poor and the son worthy. Savage.
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the Monmouth Patent, but which the Dutch nipped in the bud by threatening measures. After breaking soil in Middletown, he became a resident of Westchester, where he married, for his second wife, Mary, the widow of Thomas Seabrook. His first wife was Susannah Stock, by whom he had his issue. His career is too extended to follow here, but it is written in full in the genealogy of his family.
Some time after his marriage to his second wife, he removed to Shoal Harbor, on the Bay Shore, (now Port Monmouth) Middletown, Monmouth County, N. J., where he erected the house which, for many years, has been the Seabrook Homestead.
What issue Thomas Seabrook, the First, had it is impossible, at this date, to tell, other than a son.
It would appear that when Thomas Whitlock removed to Middletown, the infant child, or children, of Mary Seabrook, were taken to their stepfather's house.
Upon his coming of age, there was a controversy between the eldest son of Thomas Seabrook and Thomas Whitlock:
"Whereas there is a Twenty ffifve pound priviledge of Comonage belonging to the Orphant of Thomas Seabrook, late freeholder of this Town, Deceased, and the said Priviledge being in Possession of Thomas Whit- lock, Wee, the Trustees, do declare that the said twenty-five pound privilege do belong to the orphant of Thomas Seabrook & no wise intended for the said Thomas Whitlock." Westchester Town Records, Vol. II, p. 38.
It is evident that the orphan of Seabrook succeeded to some of his estate and doubtless had more by gift from his mother.
1696, June 10. Thomas Whitlock, of Middletown, Carpenter, sold to Daniel Seabrook, "my son-in-law," of Middletown, planter, for the sum of £80, his property, at Shoal Harbor, consisting of two hundred and two acres, which Whitlock received as follows:
1676, Jan. 10. By patent from the Proprietors, twenty acres of upland and six acres of meadow.
1689, Mch. 26. By purchase from John Bowne.
1691, Feb. 20. By purchase from Garrat Wall.
1693, Sept. 11. By purchase from John Pearce. Thomas Whitlock signed by his mark: T W Freehold Records, Lib. E., p. 307.
"The orphant" of Thomas Seabrook was, doubtless, Daniel Seabrook.
He was born about 1665-1670. Thomas Seabrook had also a son, James Seabrook, who must have been born between 1671-1675, always provided he is not the son of Daniel Seabrook.
Issue
2 Daniel Seabrook
3 James Seabrook; perhaps the son of Daniel Seabrook, 2, or the son of Thomas Seabrook, I.
3ª Ann Seabrook; married, first, Andrew Bowne; second, Rev. John Bray.
2 DANIEL SEABROOK, son of Thomas Seabrook, I, was born about, or somewhat earlier than, 1670. Of this individual I know nothing beyond the facts recited above. Whether he married or left issue, or even when he died is unknown. The farm that he purchased from Thomas Whitlock, at the Bay Shore, was, in 1717, in the possession of James Seabrook. As the owner of such an estate and house, it is more than likely, yes, even certain, that Daniel Seabrook was married. How the property passed from him to James Seabrook is unsolved. If he was the father of James Seabrook, he was probably born nearer 1660 than 1670, and it seems that he must have been such, as it is the only way to account for the title of the home- stead being vested in James Seabrook.
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1688, Nov. 9. Daniel Seabrook was a witness to the sale of lands made by Thomas Whitlock to John Ruckman, Jr., in Middletown, N. J.
1696, June 10. Thomas Whitlock, of Middletown, carpenter, for £80, sold to "Daniel Seabrook, my son-in-law," of Middletown, planter, two hundred and two acres of land, at Shoal Harbor, Middletown.
3 JAMES SEABROOK, perhaps the son of Daniel Seabrook, 2, or Thomas Seabrook, I, married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Grover and Hannah Lawrence. She was born not far from 1690. Elizabeth Grover, her sister, was born in 1685. Hannah (Grover) Seabrook died about 1745. Daniel Seabrook, in that year, was her heir. James Seabrook died about or after 1745.
1700. He was a witness in court.
1701. He signed the petition from East Jersey, asking for a suitable governor. New Jersey Archives, Vol. II.
1704, Apr. 28. He recorded his cattle-mark, in Middletown.
1710, 1723 and 1725. He was a Juryman.
1711 and 1719. He bought land.
1712. He was one of the Overseers of Highways, for Middletown.
Court of Sessions Book, 1712.
1712, June 28. He bought one acre of meadow from Thomas Stillwell, at Shoal Harbor, and one other acre elsewhere, for £4.
1712-1731. He was a member of the Baptist Church, Middletown, and, in 1735, was excommunicated.
1716. He was debtor to the estate of John Bowne, merchant, to the amount of £14-15-03. March IIth 1722./
Mr George Taylor please to pay to Mr. William Taylor of ffreehold in the County of Monmouth in the Eastern Division of New Jersey the sume of Thirty pounds Eighteen Shillings, and Six pence farthing Cur- rent Silver money of New York at 8$ p oz. it being his proportional dividend pertaining to him out of the Estate of his brother John Taylor late of Middleton deceased, and his receipt shall be yor discharge. As Wittness my hand the day and year above written./
JAMES SEABROOK
1725. He was an Overseer of the Poor, Middletown.
1727. He accounted with his successors, the Overseers of the Poor, of Middletown.
1730, Aug. 15. James Seabrook, of Middletown, N. J., yeoman, sold to Daniel Seabrook, of the same place, for £800, the land whereon his dwelling, at "Shole harbor," stood, including six or more tracts of land and meadow, in and about Shoal Harbor, amounting to three hundred acres :
Return of the Middle part of Seabrook's Shoal Harbor Plantation, surveyed by Wm Lawrence, Jr., for James Seabrook, having right, as appears on the margin a tract of land containing, after allowance for high- ways, 65 5/6 acres, bounded on the S. by a tract of land of 175 acres, belonging to said James Seabrook and formerly belonging to Gerrit Wall, & on the N. by a tract of land of 20 acres, belonging to said James Seabrook, on ye E. by ye edge of the Meadow on Compton's creek, on the W. by the edge of the meadow on John Reves' [?] creek, which is certified the 8 day of July, 1717.
JAMES ALEXANDER Sur. General.
[On the margin:] "Turner's Proprietie ye 20th thereof held by James Grover. Ist & 2ª Division being taken up at date hereof ye Adition 125 acres which fell to ye six daughters of Joseph Grover, one of which, James Seabrook has married & James Grover has bought 3 of 8 shares of ye other sisters out of which 3 shares he has sold James Seabrook 45 acres. 65 5/6 acres remains to be taken up by James Grover 17 3/6 by each of 2: sisters 20 5/6. In all 59 1/6 acres."
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1730, Aug. 18. James Seabrook, of Middletown, yeoman, sold to Daniel Seabrook, of the same place, for £200, such cattle, horses, hogs and every other creature, and also the household stuff, as bedding, iron, brass, pewter, stone and wooden wares, with all ye plows, carts, tacklen, and also all "my movable estate &c, in or about the houses, lands & tenements whereon I now inhabit and dwell, situated at Shole Harbor, in Middletown." Signed: James Seabrook. He then probably removed to the vicinity of Freehold.
1731. He was Overseer of the Highways.
1737, Mch. 19. James Seabrook and George Taylor were sued by William Smith for a bill of £40. "The Body of James Seabrook Is Taken and in Coftody But ye Body of George Taylor Is not To be found in my bailwick."
1739, Mch. 24. A writ to the Sheriff of Monmouth County is endorsed: "unable to find Seabrook."
1744. James Seabrook vs Andrew Hinman for debt. Middlesex County Court Records, Clerk's office, New Brunswick, N. J.
1745, Feb. 7. James Seabrook, yeoman, of Middletown, sold to Daniel Seabrook, of Shrewsbury, yeoman, that parcel of land left, in 1688, by the will of Joseph Grover, to his daughter, Hannah, for the sum of £15.
Issue; supposed
4 Daniel Seabrook; oldest son and heir.
5 Hannah Seabrook, born 1706; married, first, Cornelius Van Horn; second, Benjamin Drake.
6 Thomas Seabrook; drowned about 1740.
7 Rebecca Seabrook; married James Fitz-randolph.
8 Elizabeth Seabrook, born, 1711; died March 16, 1791 ; married, first, Ezekial Forman; second, Richard Mount. See Mount family.
9 Son .... .; married Eleanor McDowell, who was born 1713.
4 DANIEL SEABROOK, eldest son and heir of James Seabrook, 3, married Mary, daughter of Nicholas Brown, by his third wife, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Chambers, whom he had married in 1707. By her, Mary Chambers, he had his only child, Mary Brown, born, in Shrewsbury, Aug. 25, 1710.
From the Family Bible owned by Dr. J. E. Stillwell:
Hannah Seabrook Daughter of Daniel and Mary Seabrook born in Midletown Octor 21 1734 about I Oclock in the morning being Monday.
Ther Second Child Thomas born in Midletown on Monday Febry 16th 1735/6 about two oclock morning. Daniel there Third Child born July roth 1737 being the Sabbath Day about 9 oclock att night.
Nicholas Brown Seabrook There fourth child born May 25th 1739 being Fryday the sun being about 1/2 an hour high att night.
James there Fifth child Born Novbr 14th 1740 being Fryday about 2 hours before Day.
There Son James Departed this Life for abetter The 3d Day Jan'y 1741/2 being the Lords Day about 3 Oclock in the Afternoon aged I year 1 month and 20 Days. The Lord prepare us all for so Great & happy a Change.
James, Son of Daniel & Mary Seabrook was born in Shrewsbury on Tuesday the Fourth Day of January aboutt one a clock Morning 1742/3.
James Seabrook Departed this Life on the 16th of Febry 1743/4 aged 1 year one Month and twelve Days. John Son of Daniel and Mary Seabrook there Sixth son was born in Shrewsbury on Sept' 4th 1744 aboutt Io of the Clock att night on Tuesday.
Mary Daughter of Daniel & Mary Seabrook was Born in Shrewsbury on the 20th Day of May Being Wednesday about I O clock Morning.
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James the Seventh and Last Son of Daniel and Mary Seabrook was born in Middletown on the twenty fifth Day of November 1749.
In addition to the preceding entries, the following likewise appear:
Mary Brown, Daughter of Nicolas & Mary Brown, Born in Shrewsbury august 25th 1710.
Mary Chambers born March 8th, 1711
Elizabeth Exceen born August 31st 1715
Mary Exceen Born May 4th 1717
John Exceen Born December 4th, 1719
William Exceen Born April 9th, 1721
Isabella Little Daughter of Thos & Mary Little Born December 22ª 1730 being Tuesday about 8 oclock Hannah Chambers, Daughter of Thos Chambers Born December 22ª 1723.
Sarah, Daughter of Godfery & Elizabeth Swat Born att Midletown Novbr 17th 1740 about 12 hour after 5 oclock on Munday Morning and I wish her as good a father In Law as myself.
[This last remark, as it appears in different writing, was evidently added at a subsequent date.] Daniel Seabrook died March 23, 1749/50. Mary, his wife, died in April, 1750, aged about 40 years.
1728. Daniel Seabrook bought from his uncle, James Grover, land.
1730, Aug. 15. He bought the house and all the lands, at Shoal Harbor, from his father, James Seabrook, for £800.
1730, Aug. 18. He purchased from James Seabrook, his father, for £200, such cattle, horses, hogs & every other creature, and also all the household stuff, as bedding, iron, brass, pewter, stone & wooden wares, with all ye plows, carts & tacklen, and also all "my moveable estate &c, in or about the houses, lands & tenements, whereon I, James Seabrook, now inhabit and dwell, situated, at Shoal Habor, in Middletown."
1733. He was a member of the Baptist Church, at Middletown.
1734, '35, '36. He was an Overseer of the Poor, Middletown.
1735, Dec. 9. He recorded an Estray, in Middletown.
1738. He signed a bond.
1738, May 13. Daniel Seabrook sued James Wilson for trespass.
Supreme Court Files, Trenton, N. J.
1738, Sept. 12. He bought of James Rochead, of New York, merchant, and one of the Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, for 42 shillings, proclamation money, four acres of unappropriated land, yet to be located.
1739, Feb. 11, Joseph Dorsett, Roelef Schenck and Richard Saltar were arbitrators in a dispute concerning the ownership of meadow land, at Shoal Harbor, between Johannas Smock and Daniel Seabrook. They determined the bounds of the disputants' property.
1739, Feb. 20. Daniel Seabrook, yeoman, of Middletown, for a money consideration, released and quit-claimed to Johannas Smock, a two acre lot, at Shoal Harbor. This was probably the result of the arbitration.
1740, Mch. 26. Beriah Goddard, of Dartmouth, in the County of Bristol, and Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, agreed with Daniel Seabrook, of Middletown, in New Jersey, that in case any land belonging to Stephen West, of Dartmouth, in New England, afore- said, should upon just and legal inquiry be found to lie within the bounds of the Indian pur- chase, bearing date July 25, 1689, of Nicholas Brown, late of Shrewsbury, that he should pay the purchase money for the land, etc.
1740, Aug. 30. Daniel Seabrook, yeoman, and wife Mary, sole heir of her father, Nicholas Brown, late of Shrewsbury, for £140, at 8 shillings per ounce, sold to John Chambers, yeoman, of Shrewsbury, N. J., all that tract of land & meadow, in the town of Shrewsbury, lying on the N. side of Shark River, being part of a tract of land patented by Nich. Brown, July 20, 1688; Also 50 acres of land, near the head of one of the branches of the Manasquan River, in Shrewsbury, lying in the Barrens & including the half of the bogg where Wm West & Wm
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