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* Ct. Col. Records, I. 143, 428; II. 120. E. J. Records, I. 66; II. 22, 34; III. 22. Howell, pp. 48, 217. Bacon's N. Haven, p. 366. N. Y. Doc. History, II. 539.
t E. J. Records, I. 109, 160 ; II. 19, 83; III. 35, E. T. Bock, B. 56. E. T. Bill, p. 106.
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of Wood Rising, Norfolk, Eng. Henry and Benjamin Crane were of Wethersfield, Ct., at an early day, and the former removed thence to Guilford. Stephen was born, not later than 1640, and was married as early as 1663. His house-lot contained six acres, and was bounded, S. E. by Samuel Trot- ter ; N. W. by Crane's brook ; E., by the Mill Creek ; and, W., by the highway. He had, also, 60 acres between two swamps, and adjoining William Cramer; also, 72 acres, on Crane's brook, bounded by the brook, William Cramer, Richard Beach, Nathaniel Tuttle, and William Pardon ; also, 18 acres of meadow, "towards Rawack point; "-in all 156 acres. He died about 1700 .*
JOHN DICKINSON was from Southold, L. I., and a son, or brother, of Philemon, who came over, in the Mary Ann, 1637, to Salem, Mass., was admitted to the church, in 1641, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Payne, of Salem, removed to Southold, about 1649, was Capt. of a sloop, in those parts, and resided at Oyster Bay, in 1653. John was one of the witnesses, Aug. 18, 1665, to the payment, to the Indians, of a part of the purchase money for the town lands, and took the oath of allegiance, in Feb. following. He died soon after, and his rights were transferred to John Ogden.t
JOSEPH FFRAZEY [FRAZEE] came with the first settlers, but whence does not appear. His house-lot contained 6 acres, of the usual form, 15 by 4 chains ; and was bounded, S. W., by David Ogden; N. E., by William Letts ; S. E., by a highway ; and, N. W., by a swamp. He received, May 9, 1676, a war- rant for 120 acres. Feb. 1, 1685, he received a warrant for 50 acres adjoining his own land "betwixt Raway River and the branch, in Compensation for two highways made through his Land one leading to Vincents and the other to Woodbridge." His son, Joseph, had, also, 135 acres on "Raway " River adjoining Dr. Robinson's land ; and 15 acres of meadow between Rahway River and "Emet's Creek." The house-lot he sold, to William Looker, then of Wood- bridge. Frazee bought, Sep. 21, 1678, of Luke Watson, 182
* E. J. Records, II. 20, 35. E. T. Bill, p. 104. Hinman, I. 742-51.
t Savage, II. 49. Thompson's L. I., I. 486. 4 Mass. His. Soc. Coll., I. 99.
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acres ; and, July 4, 1682, William Broadwell's town lands. His possessions were mostly along the Rahway river ; and the family settled eventually in Westfield and New Provi- dence. A tract of land on the Passaic river has, in conse- quence of their locating upon it, been called, "Frazeys Mead- ows." Mr. Frazey sold, Sept. 7, 1698, 39 acres, E. of the Rahway, to Samuel Pack. He died in January, 1713 .*
JOHN GRAY was, as elsewhere said, the step-father of Luke Watson, having married, as early as 1644, Elizabeth, Wat- son's mother, and daughter of William Frost, of Uncowahl [Fairfield], Ct. He was one of the patentees of Newtown, L. I., being, with three exceptions, the largest contributor, among many, to the expense of the purchase. He incurred, in 1653, the wrath of the Dutch Government (for what does not appear), and sentence of banishment was pronounced against him, March 24. Again, Aug. 10, 1654, he was on trial "accused of divers crimes," of which "abusing the magistrates " of the town alone is specified. He confessed, was indicted, and sentenced. Jan. 26, 1656, he is spoken of as "a fugitive from justice." Yet, in 1658, he was still re- siding at Newtown. His offence was, probably, political. He must have been well advanced in life, when he accom- panied Watson to this town, and, having lost his first wife, had married Hannah -, to whom, by deed, Sep. 10, 1675, he gave his estate. In April, 1673, when he sold his meadow land to William Pilles, he had removed to New Piscataway. He probably died soon after the gift to his wife. No record is found of his allotments.+
DANIEL HARRIS was from Northampton, L. I., and a son of George, who was one of the neighbors of John Ogden. He came on with the first emigration (probably unmarried), induced, it may be, by his early companions, Ogden's boys. He has left no memorial. Henry Harris, who was one of Mr. Harriman's parishioners in 1696, may have been his son, and George Harris, in 1725, a grandson.+
* E. J. Records, I., ST, 115, 137; II. 10, 22; IV. 19 ; G. 137. E. T. Bill, p. 107. Wills, No. 1. E. J. Records, J. 51. Riker, p. 43. N. Haven Col. Records, I. 465. Calendar of Dutch MSS., pp. 46, 131, 139, 159, 165, 198.
# Howell's Southampton, pp. 234-5. Harriman's Ledger, p. 104.
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LEONARD HEADLEY has left no memorial of his origin. He had surveyed, Oct. 14, 1678, " in right of himself and his wife," 150 acres. His house-lot contained 4 acres, 10 by 4 chains, bounded, N. W., by John Ogden, Jr., and, on the other sides, by highways. He had 8 acres of upland "at Bracket's Spring," and along the brook, adjoining Hur Thompson, and a swamp; also, 6 acres of upland, "lying in the way going to the point," bounded in part by John Ogden, Jr., and John Woodruff ; also 20 acres on the Creek, bounded by Daniel DeHart and Robert Vauquellin ; also, 33 acres, " in the plaine," bounded by George Morris and John Og'den, Jr. ; also, 65 acres of upland " at the North end of the plaine," " by the Mill brooke," and bounded by Margaret Baker, Jona- than Ogden, and Benjamin Parkis ; also 14 acres in the Great Meadow. He died, Feb., 1683, and Sarah Smith administered on his estate, which was valued at £99. 3. 6 .*
MATTHIAS HEATHFIELD [HETFIELD, HATFIELD] was a weaver, and came hither from New Haven, Ct., where he took the oath of fidelity, May 1, 1660. In the Record of Surveys, Aug. 29, 1676, he is called " Hatfeild," and, in his will, " Hattfield." He is supposed to have been a son of Thomas Hatfield, of Leyden, a member of John Robinson's church, and a native of Yorkshire, Eng. Mr. Thomas Hatfield, who settled about the same time at Mamaroneck, N. Y., was, probably, his brother. His house-lot contained 5 acres, 10 by 5 chains, bounded, E., by the highway and Thomas Moore ; N., and S., by unsurveyed land ; and, W., by Denis White. He had, also, 22 acres of upland, "in a triangle," bounded by William Letts, John Winans, Samuel Marsh, and a swamp ; also, 12 acres of upland, bounded by Nathaniel Bon- nel, Robert Vauquellin, and a way that parted him from Gov. Carteret ; also, 112 acres of upland on "the two mile brook; " also, 40 acres of upland, " towards the west branch of Elizabeth Town River," bounded by John Winans and an Indian path ; also, 14 acres of meadow " at Rawack," and 3 acres of meadow on the N. side of E. Town Creek; in all
* E. J. Records, II. 8, 93, A. 1S1.
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208 acres. He was a boatman, as well as a weaver, and seems to have been a man of considerable means. " For twelve hundred gilders secured to him by bill " (a large sum in those days), he purchased, Dec. 5, 1673, of " ABRAHAM LUBBERSON of New Orania in the New Netherlands, his dwelling-house and home-lott, with all other accommodations belonging to sª first Lott, within the bounds of Elizabeth both upland and meadow."
It thus appears, that Mr. Lubberson was among the early settlers of the town. He had been a citizen of New Amster- dam, before the conquest, and resided, in 1665, in De Hoogh Straat [High st.], now Pearl, east of Broad sts., having pre_ viously lived, for several years, on the west side of the Prince Graft [Broad st.]. This latter residence he sold, Sep. 5, 1671, and is spoken of, in the deed, as " Abram Lubberse of Eliza- beth towne in New Jearsie." He was one of the Skippers of the Port, having command of a Hudson river sloop. He came here in 1666, or 7, and built the stone house, on the lower part of Pearl st., at its junction with Hatfield st., now in the possession of Abel S. Hatfield., It is, undoubtedly, the oldest house in town, is in good repair, and has never been alienated from the family since its purchase in 1673. Mr. Lubbersen had three children born here: Abraham, Josias, and Andries. On the reconquest of New York, by the Dutch, in 1673, he returned to his old home in New Orange, as the city was then called.
Mr. Hatfield was the original owner of the land on which the First Presbyterian Church stands, and is entitled to the credit of having given it to the town for a church and burial place. When the church-property was surveyed in 1766, the Trustees affirmed " that the first Purchasers and Asso- ciates did give the afd Tract of land for the use of the Pres- byterian Church, the Record of which on or about the year 1719 was either lost or destroyed." This statement was ad- mitted by the Town Committee, and they allowed, Aug. 27, 1766, the above "Lot of Land to the sª Trustees their Heirs and Successors on the right of Matthias Hatfield, one of the s Associates." A grandson of Mr. Hatfield had then been a
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Trustee of the Church for 12 years, and was the first Presi- dent of the Board. He must have known the exact state of the case. Mr. Hatfield died in December, 1687, his wife, Maria (of Dutch nativity), and three sons, Isaac, Abraham, and Cornelius, surviving him. It is not known, though it is quite probable, that he left daughters also .*
JOHN HINDS [HEYNES, HAYNES, HAINES], and his brother, JAMES, were "East Enders" from Long Island. They were sons of James Hinds, who came over from England to Salem, Mass., as early as 1637, when he was admitted a freeman. He married in 1638, and, at an early day, removed to South- old, L. I., where he died, March, 1653, his estate being valued at £123. 5. 4. He had eight children : John, James, Ben- jamin, Mary, James 2d, Jonathan, Sarah, and Thomas. His widow was married, in June 1656, to Ralph Dayton, of South- old. John was the oldest son, and was baptized, Ang. 28, 1639. James was baptized, Feb. 27, 1643. Benjamin Haines, who was at Southampton, in 1639, and a resident of North Sea [Northampton] in 1657, was, probably, a brother of James Sen". He was the grandfather of Stephen, who re- moved to this town as early as 1725, and was the ancestor of Gov. Daniel Haines.
John Hinds, the son of James, Sent, of Southold, was bred a cooper. No record remains of his allotments of land. He married Mary, a daughter of Goodman Thompson, and their daughter had been married, as early as 1700, to Isaac White- head, Jr. He was a constable of the town in 1710 and 1711. A curious record of him occurs in the Ledger of Rev. John Harriman : "169$, ffeb. 28, pr accot of teaching my son Samuel the mistery of a cooper, thon not pformed accord- ing to bargain-£4. 00. 00."
James was, also, a cooper, and came here, about ten years later than his brother, John. He received, July 11, 1677, a warrant "in Right of himself & his wife," for 120 acres of land; on account of which he had a survey of 108 acres of
* N. Haven Col. Records, I. 141. E. J. Records, II. 24. 106-7; 26, o. e .; B. 306. Valen- tine's N. Y. Manual for 1850, p. 452; 1851, p. 440; 1853, pp. 475, 8, 480 ; 1863, p. 792 ; 1865, pp. 661, 672, 706, 710. E. T. Book, B. 47, 170.
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upland bounded by Richard Clark, James Emot, and the West brook ; also, 12 acres of " meadow in the great Meadows." He purchased, Sep. 4, 1676, of William Looker, then of Jamai- ca, L. I., his house, garden, orchard and house-lot, probably in the way of trade, as he continued still to reside in this town, and was living in 1703 .*
BENJAMIN HOMAN [OMAN] was from the East End of Long Island. John Homan was at Setauket [Brookhaven], a few years later, and was, it may be, either his father, or his son. He was one of the Associates of the Town, and had the usual allotments of land, but no mention is made of them in the records. He lived a bachelor until his death, Ap. 1, 1684. He gave, by will, six acres to Benjamin Meeker, and the re- mainder of his estate, valued at £63. 5. 6, to Martha Parkis [Parkhurst] of E. Town, widow. She may have been his sister.t
WILLIAM JOHNSON was at New Haven, Ct., as early as the year 1648. Thomas and John, who came to Newark, in 1666-7, the one from Milford, and the other from Branford, the sons of Robert, an emigrant to New Haven, from Hull, Eng., were, probably, his cousins. They had a brother, William, but he continued at Guilford, Ct., was a deacon of the church, and grandfather of Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson, of N. York. Wil- liam Johnson, of this town, had a house-lot of four acres, 10 by 4 chains, bounded, W., by Humphry Spinage ; S., by Ja- cob Melyen ; and N., and E., by highways ; also, 12 acres of upland, on "the little Neck," bounded by George Ross, Humphry Spinage, and his own meadow ; also 60 acres of upland on " Rawack " river, bounded by Symon Rous, the swamp, the river, and his meadow-" a highway to pass through the said Land ; " also, 60 acres of upland, on " Rawack plaine," bounded by Luke Watson, Symon Rous, a swamp, and unsurveyed land ; also, 100 acres of upland, on "the W. branch of Rawack River; " also, 6 acres of meadow on Ra- wack river; also, 6 acres of meadow on E. T. Creek, joining
* N. Haven Col. Records, II. 158, 9. Savage's Gen. Dic., II. 3SS-9. Howell, pp. 31, 236 £. J. Records, II. 65; O. S9. Macdonald's Jamaica, p. 61. E. T. Bill, p. 105.
t Thompson's L. I., II. 399. E. J. Records, B. E. T. Bill, p. 103.
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his 12 acre lot; also 13 acres of meadow, on the Rawack river; in all, 262 acres. He mortgaged, Nov. 11, 1678, his whole estate in the town to Roger Lambert, to secure the payment of £100, and subsequently Lambert became the owner .*
JEFFRY JONES was from Southold, L. I., where he was made a freeman, May, 1664. He and Edward Jones, who was at Southampton, as early as 1644, it is thought were sons of the Rev. John Jones, who came with the Rev. Mr. Shepard, of Cambridge, and the Rev. John Wilson, of Boston, Mass., from England, arriving Oct. 2, 1635 ; was a colleague of Rev. Peter Bulkley, of Concord, Mass., from 1636 to 1644, when he came to Fairfield, Ct., and resided there until his death, 1664, being over 70 years of age. One of the sons, Rev. Eliphalet (born, Jan. 9, 1640), was the first minister of Hunt- ington, L. I. Jeffry Jones had a house-lot on the West side of Mill Creek, between David Ogden on the S., and William Cramer, on the N. He had a warrant for 180 acres, but no return of the survey is on record. His house-lot he sold, Aug. 24, 1686, to Jonas Wood. He was associated, May 20, 1668, with Ogden, Bond, and Watson, in running the bound- ary line between this town and Newark. He was, also, one of the Whaling Company, incorporated, Feb. 15, 1668. An action of Trespass and Ejectment was brought against him by " the Proprietors," in the name of James Fullerton, in 1693, because of his refusal to take out a Patent from them for his lands, and to pay them "Quit Rents." Judgment having been rendered against him, he appealed to the King in Council, by whom, Feb. 25, 1696, it was set aside. He outlived the most of the founders of the town, his death oc- curring in Dec. 1717.+
THOMAS LEONARDS was, doubtless of the Southampton stock. He was admitted a freeman of Connecticut, in 1658. He probably died soon after his coming, as no subsequent trace of him has been found.}
* E. J. Records, I. 108, 127; II. 20, 130. Ct. Col. Records, I. 94. E. T. Bill, p. 103.
t Ib., pp. 44, 106, 120, 2. E. J. Records, I. 89 ; II. 21; III. 88, 119 ; Wills, A. 89. Savage, II. 562. Newark Records, p. 10. Ct. Col. Records, I. 427. Shattuck's Concord, pp. 148-164. 1 Savage, III. 80.
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SAMUEL MARSII was from New Haven, Ct., where he took the oath of fidelity, May 2, 1647. He came here, among the first settlers from Ct., with his wife and seven children. His house-lot contained seven acres, of irregular form, 6 chains broad, and in length, 15 chains on the W. side, and 10 chains on the E. side, bounded, on the W., by Jonas Wood, and on the other sides by highways. He had, also, 18 acres of up- land " in the Neck," bounded by John Winans, Matthias Hatfield, and William Letts; also, 100 acres of upland, "at Rawack," called by the Name of Ragged Neck, bounded by Jeffry Jones, Simon Rouse, and his own meadow ; also, 60 acres of upland, adjoining the 100 acre lot, bounded by Jeffry Jones, a great swamp, and his own land; also, 14 acres of meadow, on the N. side of his upland, and 6 acres of meadow at Luke Watson's Neck, on the N. side of Thompson's Creek : in all 205 acres. His eldest son, SAMUEL, JR., was admitted among the 80 Associates, and had an allotment of 80 acres of upland, at " Rahawack," bounded by Robert Vauquellin, Simon Rouse, Thomas Moore, Benjamin Wade, and a great swamp; also, 10 acres of upland on the two-mile brook, ad- joining Matthias Hatfield, and David Oliver; also, 10 acres of meadow, "lying at Rahawack in the Meadow of Samuel Marsh, Sen":" in all, 100 acres. " Old Mash," as the father was familiarly called, died in September, 1683 .*
WILLIAM MEEKER was, also, from New Haven, Ct., where he took the oath of fidelity, July 1, 1644. He was pro- pounded, Oct. 7, 1646, to "be loader to mill," "for a 12 month," " to goe in all seasons except vnreasonable weather." Frequently he appears in the records as "Meaker," and " Mecar." His house-lot contained six acres, bounded, N., by Henry Norris; W., by the highway ; S., by his son, Jo- seph ; and, E., by the swamp. He had, also, 13 acres of upland, bounded by his son, Benjamin, Robert Bond, and Joseph Osborne ; also, 45 acres of upland " by Henry Lyon," bounded by his son, Benjamin, and Robert Bond ; also, 75 acres of upland, bounded by Hur Thompson, a small brook,
* N. Ilaven Col. Records, I. 140, 229, 233, 270, 1, 378, 4+4. E. J. Records, I. 159; 1I. 20, 81, $5 ; A. 192. E. T. Bill, p. 105, S. Savage, III. 155.
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and a swamp; also, 12 acres of meadow, on the S. side of Bound Creek, and 23 acres on E. Town Creek : in all, 152 acres. He was appointed, Oct. 13, 1671, constable of the town, and, in performance of the duties of his office, became obnoxious to the Governor and his party, and the property just described was forfeited in favor of William Pardon, a's related on a subsequent page. His sons, Joseph and Ben- jamin, were, also, numbered among the 80 Associates. Jo- SEPH had a house-lot, containing six acres, bounded, N., by his father; S., by his brother, Benjamin ; E., by Robert Vauquellin ; and, W., by a highway. He had, also, 35 acres, bounded by Joseph Sayre, a small brook, a fresh meadow, and a highway that goes into the Meadows; also, 45 acres, " adjoining to Master Bond," bounded by Henry Lyon, Rob- ert Bond, Henry Norris, and John Woodruff ; also, 12 acres " on the West Side of the plaine," bounded by Moses Thomp- son, Isaac Whitehead, Sent, Moses Hopkins, and the Mill Creek : in all, 98 acres. BENJAMIN had a house-lot, contain- ing five acres, 9 by 5} chains, bounded, W., by a highway ; E., by George Morris and Henry Lyon ; N., by his brother, Joseph ; and, S., by unsurveyed land. He had, also, 24 acres of. upland, bounded by Joseph Osborne, Robert Bond, and "a run ;" also, 60 acres of upland, bounded by Robert Bond, Henry Lyon, and Isaac Whitehead, Sen"; also, 66 acres of upland, bounded by Hur Thompson, two small brooks, and a swamp ; in all, 155 acres. He was one of the town constables in 1711. Joseph kept a country store, and Benjamin was a carpenter ; while both were planters. The father died in December, 1690 .*
JACOB MELYEN [MOULLAINS, MURLINE, MELLEYNS, MELYN, MELEINS] came here from New Haven, Ct., but was previ- ously of New Amsterdam. He was the son of the patroon, Cornelis Melyn, whose name is familiar to every student of Dutch American history. The father was born, 1602, at Antwerp, Holland, and emigrated, in 1639, to New Nether- land. He returned, in 1640, for his wife (Janneken) and
* N. Haven Col. Records, I. 122, 139, 273. E. J. Records, II. 1, 18, 24, 69, 146; III. 47, 82 ; 0. 70, 1. E. T. Bill, p. 103.
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children, and obtained a grant of Staten Island. There he planted a colony, in 1641, which was broken up by the Indian war of 1643. Removing to New Amsterdam, he took up his residence in Broad, between Stone and Pearl, sts., on the E. side. He espoused the popular side in politics, for which he was heavily fined by Gov. Stuyvesant, and banished for seven years. He returned to Holland for redress, was wrecked, Sep. 27, 1647, and lost one of his sons, barely escaping with his own life. The Home Government sus- tained his appeal, but Stuyvesant still persisted in his oppo- sition. After another voyage to Holland, he re-established himself, in 1650, on Staten Island, continuing there until the colony was again dispersed by the Indians, in the massacre of 1655. He removed to New Haven, Ct., where he and his son, Jacob, took the oath of fidelity, Ap. 7, 1657. In 1659, he repaired again to Holland, effected a settlement of his difficulties, relinquished Staten Island to the West India Company, and soon after returned to New Netherland. He had died in 1674, leaving his wife, three sons,-Jacob, Cor- nelis, and Isaac,-and three daughters, Marian (married and residing at N. Haven), Susanna and Magdaleen, who were married subsequently to Jacob Schellinger and Jacob Soper, merchants of N. York.
Jacob, the eldest son, was born at Antwerp, Holland, about 1640, and came an infant to America. His boyhood was passed in the midst of the exciting scenes just referred to, by which he was educated in the love of liberty and hatred of oppression. He accompanied his father to Holland and back, in 1659, returning to N. Haven. He was reprimanded, May 1, 1660, by Gov. Newman, as related in the "Blue Laws " of Ct., for kissing and taking other improper liberties with Miss Sarah Tuttle. He married, in 1662, Hannah, the daughter of George Hubbard, of Guilford, Ct. Her sister, Abigail, in 1657, had become the wife of Humphrey Spinning. He and Spinning attached themselves to the band of pilgrims, who, in 1665, emigrated from New Haven to this town. He had been familiar, doubtless, with this par- ticular locality from his childhood, by reason of his residence
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on Staten Island. His knowledge of the Dutch language, and possibly of the Indian tongue also, made him a valuable acquisition to the new colony of Achter Kol.
His house-lot contained four acres, 10 by 4 chains, and was bounded, W., by his brother-in-law, Humphrey Spinning; S., by John Winans ; N., by William Johnson ; and, E., by a highway. This lot, with his house, barn, orchard, &c., he sold, Feb. 8, 1673, to John Winans. He had 100 acres on the South Neck of E. T., which he sold, Mar. 9, 1676, to Nicholas Carter. For himself, wife, and two servants, he was allowed 360 acres. His patent gave him 450 acres. He was a partner in the whaling company of 1669. During the Dutch rule, 1673-4, he was in high favor, being appointed one of the Schepens of the town, and Captain of the militia company. He removed to New York in 1674, and resided in the Mill st. Lane [S. William st.]. Two of his children, Susanna and Jacob, were baptized in the Dutch chh., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1674; and three others, Daniel, Samuel, and Abigail, Aug. 7, 1677. Subsequently to 1683, he removed to Boston, probably for the convenience of educating his son, Samuel (afterwards a minister of this town), who graduated, in 1696, at Harvard College. At Boston, he traded in leather, and served, several years, as constable. His decease occurred in December, 1706, his wife surviving until 1717. His daugh- ter, Abigail, married (1.) William Tilley, and (2.) Chief Justice Samuel Sewall. His daughter, Joanna, born in 1683, about the time that he removed to Boston, became the wife of the Rev. Jonathan Dickinson of this town. . In his will, he affirms that he had spent £300. on Samuel's education. In the Boston News Letter, Oct. 1, 1705, is an Advertisement in these words : " A House and Land in the High-Fore-Street at the Sign of the Buck, in the South End of Boston, now in the Occupancy of Mr. Jacob Melyen, to be Sold." *
THOMAS MORE [MOOR, MOORE] was from Southold, L. I. He was the son of Thomas, who came over, in 1630, in the
* E. T. Bill, p. 108. E. J. Records, I. 101, 8, 163; II. 46; III. 25. N. Y. Col. Docmts., II. 571, 582, 608, 706. Calendar of N. Y. His. Mes., 28, 40, 46, 124, 181. Savage, III. 195. Valen- tine's N. Y., 1863, p. 795. Boston News Letter, No. 76.
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Mary and John, to Dorchester, Mass. ; joined the Church, at Salem ; was admitted a freeman, May 18, 1631 ; and removed, with his brother, Deacon John Moore, first to Windsor, Ct., then to Southampton, and then to Southold, L. I. The father was a man of influence, and represented Southold in the General Court at New Haven, in 1658, and at Hartford in 1664. Thomas, Jr., was at Newtown in 1664, whence, the following year, he came to this town. His house-lot, "for- merly belonging to Joachin Andrissen," he sold to William Pyles, previous to 1672, and purchased, June 22, 1675, the house-lot, containing four acres, bounded, N., and E., by a highway ; S., by Matthias Hatfield ; and W., by Denis White. He had, also, 60 acres of upland, "towards Rahawack," ad- joining Benjamin Wade; also, 42 acres " on the South side of Elizabeth River," bounded by Benjamin Wade, Humphry Spinage, the River, and the plain ; also, 60 acres of upland, " on the North side of the said River," bounded by Hum- phry Spinage, Stephen Osborne, and " the branch of the said Elizabeth River;" also 20 acres of meadow, adjoining William Pilles upland ; in all, 187 acres. Thomas Moore, in 1676, had 80 acres surveyed for him on the S. side of Staten Island. He survived until June, 1708 .*
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