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RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
VOLUME I
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RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF JAMAICA LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 1656 - 1751
EDITED BY JOSEPHINE C. FROST
Member Long Island Historical Society; Life Member New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
VOLUME I
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PUBLISHED BY. THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY BROOKLYN NEW YORK
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THE LYONS GENEALOGICAL COMPANY PRINTERS, NEW YORK
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OFFICERS OF THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1914-1915
President
WILLARD BARTLETT
First Vice-President . WILLAM B. DAVENPORT
Second Vice-President JOSEPH E. BROWN
Corresponding Secretary TUNIS G. BERGEN
Recording Secretary CYRIL H. BURDETT
Treasurer
JOHN JAY PIERREPONT
Librarian MISS EMMA TOEDTEBERG
DIRECTORS
JOSEPH E. BROWN
WILLIAM G. Low
JOHN JAY PIERREPONT
ROBERT B. WOODWARD
SIMEON B. CHITTENDEN
JOHN F. PRAEGER
WILLARD BARTLETT
REV. L. MASON CLARKE, D.D.
TUNIS G. BERGEN
WILLIAM B. DAVENPORT
REV. REESE F. ALSOP, D.D. MARTIN JOOST
ALFRED T. WHITE
CHARLES A. BOODY
FREDERICK S. PARKER
ISAAC H. CARY
ARTHUR M. HATCH
HENRY F. NOYES
EDWARD B. THOMAS
CYRIL H. BURDETT
JAMES L. MORGAN
RICHARDS MOTT CAHOONE
CHARLES F. NEERGAARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WILLIAM B. DAVENPORT, Chairman
WILLARD BARTLETT
JOSEPH E. BROWN
JOHN JAY PIERREPONT
HENRY F. NOYES
REV. L. MASON CLARKE, D.D.
CYRIL H. BURDETT
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INTRODUCTION
The records of the Town of Jamaica, Long Island, New York, from 1656 to 1751, in their original form, com- prised three books, of which only the last two are now in existence. These are in the custody of the Comp- troller of the City of New York, to which City the Town of Jamaica was annexed in 1898.
In the year 1896, Mr. William F. Wyckoff of Jamaica had a copy of the three books made for his personal use. Since that year the first book of the original records has disappeared, but in addition to the copy made of it for Mr. Wyckoff, there are many extracts from it in the pub- lication issued in 1862 by the Rev. James M. Macdonald, D.D., entitled "Two Centuries in the History of the Presbyterian Church of Jamaica, L. I." These extracts agree very closely with the Wyckoff copy, differing, how- ever, sufficiently to make one believe that each copy may have been made from different books.
The number of pages credited to Book Number One in this copy is one hundred and ninety, while the original book contained only ninety-seven pages for on April 7, 1711 and April 19, 1731, new clerks appointed for its custody receipted for a book of that size.
The book which the City calls Number One but which is really Number Two opens with an index to Book One and just after page four is still an older looking index to Book One, much defaced. These indexes being bound in Book Two suggest the destruction of the original Book One and also of its first copy, prior to the binding of Book Two which is comparatively recent.
The present publication of three volumes contains .no extracts. It consists of complete copies of Book One,
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now missing, and of Books Two and Three now known in the City records as One and Two and numbered 450 and 451.
The original suggestion that the Long Island Historical Society publish these records came from the editor, Mrs. Josephine C. Frost, into whose hands Mr. Wyckoff's copy came in 1913. It was she who supervised their publication, prepared the index and performed the actual work of proofreading; that of Books Two and Three having been done in the Law Library of the Financial Department of the City of New York. To her, the thanks of the Society are due for the very valuable work which she has completed.
It must not be supposed that a task so difficult could be accomplished without some slight errors, but no pains have been spared to secure minute and literal accuracy. In publishing the oldest existing records of the Town of Jamaica and in saving from destruction the history of its past, the Long Island Historical Society believes that it is bestowing a lasting benefit upon the generations to come.
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EXPLANATION
The following minutes, made during the proofreading, may be of value to the student of these three volumes:
Volume 1. Page 65. The name of John Hindes does not appear in Rev. Macdonald's book, and may not have been in the original book, although in the copy.
Page 332. (Old page 162). This page was hardly readable. .
Page 342. (2nd line of old page 171). The name White had been inserted by the late Mr. Henry Onder- donk.
. Page 368. The wife of Elldred Lukas signed this deed, but her name could not be deciphered.
Volume 2. Page 172. (Old page 461). The word "ninth" in the second line, and , word "seven" in the fourth line, were. missing in the original records.
Page 379. (Old page 552). This last page of book now known as Book One, but in reality is Book Two, is written in, upside down, and there is a possibility that it does not belong in the binding which encloses it.
Volume 3. Page 398. (Old pages 450 and 451 to the end) In these last pages, everything is written in upside down.
No deeds are recorded in these three volumes later than 1751; but there is one entry, dated 1754, naming the officers of the Town for that year.
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RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND
VOL. I
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A Town Meeting held of ye Town - ye 18th of February 1656.
Daniel Denton chosen to write & enter all acts and orders of public concernment of ye Town and is to have a daie's work a man for ye said employment. It is voted & concluded by ye Town yt whosoever shall fell any trees in ye highways shall take both top and body out of ye highway.
It is further voted and agreed upon by ye Town yt whosoever shall kill a wolfe within ye boundary of ye Town shall have feiveteen shillings for every woolf.
Lifewise it is agreed upon by ye Town that whereas they have the Little plains by purchase and patent within their limits to maintain their rights & privileges in ye said place from any such as shall goe to deprive y" off it & soe to make use off it as they shall se cause. These taken out of the ould towne book by me.
NATHANIEL DENTON Clerk
The Town have given Mr. Robert Coe and his son Benjamin Coe each off ym a home lot.
The Town have alsoe given Nicolas Tanner, Abraham Smith, John Eazar, Samuel Smith, Morace Smith & William Thorne each off y" a house Lott lying upon ye west quarter.
The Town have granted Andrew Messenger, Samuell Matthews, Thomas Wiggins, Richard Chasmore, Richard Harker, Richard Everet, Henry Townsend, Richard
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Townsend, John Townsend & John Roades each off ym a house Lott lying upon ye north quarter.
Page 2 - Town have granted unto Samuel Dein, Daniell Denton, George Mills, Rodger Linas, Nathaniel Denton & Samuell Andrews each off ym a house Lot lying upon the south quarter off ye Town. The afforesay home lots are to bee six acres in a Lot 18 ffoot longe pole, 12 pole in breadth 80 in length.
November ye 25th 1656 stylo Novo.
These presents declareth yt wee whose names are heare underwritten being true owners by vertue off purchase from ye indians & grant from ye Governor & Counsell given & granted ye 21st off March 1656. I say we who are ye true owners by vertue off purchase and our associates our names being underwritten living at ye new plantation near unto ye bever pond comonly called Jemaica I say wee in consideration off our charge & trouble in getting & setling off ye plase have reserved for our selves ye ffull & just som off ten acres off Planting Land a man besides ye home Lotts in ye nearest & most convenientst place yt can be found & soe likewise twentie acres off medowing a man in ye convenientst place they could ffind & yt shall remain as theirs their heirs executors or assigns for their proper right every man taking his Lot according to their ffirst right to ye Land.
Witness our hands this day & date above written.
ROBERT COE JOHN TOWNSEND
NICOLAS TANNER HENERY TOWNSEND
NATHANIEL DENTON RICHARD TOWNSEND
ANDREW MESSENGER RICHARD HARKERT
DANIELL DENTON
ABRAHAM SMITH RODGER LYNAS SAMUELL MATHEWS JOHN EAZAR RICHARD EVERIT
RICHARD CHASMORE
GEORGE MILLS
JOHN ROADES
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This record taken out of the owld towne book by mee
NATHANIEL DENTON Towne Clerk
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This Indenture made ye - day off 1658 stylo Novo between Michaell Chattenton off Hemstead in ye Long Island off ye - Luke Watson off Rustdosp on ye - Witnesseth yt ye sayd Michaell Chattenton hereby ffully & freely & absolutely alian - bar- gain & sell unto ye sayd Luke Watson - his claim right & title off - Woodland seituate lyeing and being in - sayd bounded to ye south side by ye Morace Smith & to ye north haveing --- - John Coles ranging east & west on ye east west to high waies.
To have and to - ye sayd Lands yt ye names thereunto belonging or appertaining - his heirs
& successors fforever have hereunto subscribed written.
- JOHN JAMES. MICHAELL CHATTENTON. TIMOTHY HOLSTED
This is a true Copy taken out of ye originall
DANIELEM DENTON Clerk
Page 4 - yt ye Town have devided ym selves into squadrons & 4 to yr 4 squadrons have devided ye medowes for ye year ye ffirst squadron is Nicolas Tanner, John Eazar, Abraham Smith, Samuell - Morace Smith & Michaell Chattenton ye are to begin - trees & to run eastward to ye crick yt lies between lands - ye fresh medowes lying on ye west - - уе crick round ye - comes to ym off ye east
crick ye 2nd squadron is ye 3 Townsends, John Roades
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Richard Harkert, Ri: Chasmore ye are to mow eastward afforesayd crik to the great river called Massepe in ye - is Nathanell Denton, Ri: Everet, Rodger
Linas George Mills, Daniell Denton & Samuell Andrews eastward from Massepe to ye crick in ye - medows: ye 4th is - Coe his son Benjamin: - Messenger, Samuell Mathews, Thomas Wiggins
they are to lie eastward ffrom ye sayd - medow to ye river called - -
November ye 22nd 1658: A Town Meeting called agreed & concluded upon by the town that ye medow shall bee layd out ffor the purchasees 17 Lots 20 Acres a Lot. Richard Everet, Rodger Linas, Richard Harkert & John Eazar chosen to lay out ye medow & to have 3d an acre ffor their labor.
Janr. ye twenty seventh: There in ye there was Ninety Nine Leaves in this Boocke.
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January ye 13th 1657. It is this day granted by ye town that Mr. Robert Coe & his son Benjamin Coe shall take up possesse & enjoy Ten Acres off Land a piece at ye rear off their home Lots.
Feb. 27th 1658. It is agreed upon by the Town yt according to a fformer order yt ye ffirst propriatore and these associates shall have ten acres off planting Land apeece in ye most convenient place wch they shall chuse. So yt ye shall now receive & have the Lots layd out ac- cording to ye sayd order. Theese men ffollowing doe conclude to have these Lots eastward John Townsend, Rich: Townsend, Henry Townsend, John Roades, Nathaneell Denton, Daniell Denton, Richard Everet, Richard Harkert, George Mills. Theese men ffollowing take up yese ten acre Lots westward Nicolas Tanner, Andrew Messenger, Samuell Mathews, John Eazar, Richard Chasmore, Abraham Smith, Rodger Linas.
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Richard Townsend & Nicolas Tanner are chossen to lay out the ten acre Lots & to have 2nd an acre ffor yere labour.
It is voted & agreed upon by ye Town yt Daniell Denton shall be town clark ffor ye ensuing year & to have off some 30st. & off others a gilder. Henry Townsend, Richard Townsend & Daniell Denton, have each off ym a ten acre Lot liing to ye northward off ye way yt goes to Hemstead on ye side ye Rocky Hollow next adjoining to ye home Lots upon ye northeast quarter. Henry Townsend liing ye ffirst & next adjoining to ye northeast quarter, Daniell Dentons ye next & Richard Townsend ye 3d & last off ye three. These ten acre Lots above specified are given & granted to ye afforesayd men by ye Town & layd out according to order.
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It is ys day voted ordered & agreed upon by this Town of Rustdorp that no person or persons whatsoever within this Town shall sell or give directly or indirectly to any indian or indians whatsoever within or about ye sayd Town any strong licker or strong drinke whatso- ever or off whatsoever either much or little more or lesse upon the fforffiture off ffiffty Guilders ffor every offence.
January ye 21st 1659. Whereas Nathaneell Denton hath sold unto Benjamin Hubard a house Lot grannted to him by ye Town yt out ye approbation or knowledge off ye Town ye sayd Benjamin doth ys day & date above written engage & injoin himselffe to ye Town to ffence either his whole Lot sufficiently this year next ensuing or else halffe betwixt him & his next neighbor sufficiently yt his neighbour may receive no damage & alsoe ffell those trees yt shall be any waise prejudiciall to his neighbor & alsoe to behave himselff so in the Town y' he no waise prejudice his neighbors by any unlawffull or bad courses & ye sayd Benjamin doth engage himselff iff he ffullffill not all & every particular in ye premise to surrender up his lot again to ye Towne.
Further it is voted & agreed by the Town that who- soever hath or doth possesse hold or enjoy a home Lot
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within ys Town shall ffell or girdle all such trees or shall bee any prejudiciall to their Neighbors. The Town have hired 2 bulls ffor ys ensuing year one off Richard Chasmore & another off Benjamin Coe & are to give y™ twentie shillings a peece.
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March ye 5th 1659. The Town have chosen Daniell Denton to write & enroll all acts - orders off publike concernment ffor ye Town ffor this ensuing year and are to give him - shillings a year ffor the sayd employ- ment.
March ye 25th 1659. It is ys day voted & granted by the Town that Mr. Robert Loyd shall have ye Lot liing between Daniell Denton & Samuel Andrews paying Mr. Coe ffor the labour hee hath bestowed upon it. It is concluded by ye Town yt as fformerly so ys ensuing year they shall mow by sqadrons: Lots drawn. John Town- send and his sqadron at ye east neck Mr. Coe & hiss sqadron at ye long necke being next off y$ side ye Nicolas Tanner sqadron at ye old house necke Nathaneell Denton & his sqadron at ye - trees.
Whereas March ye 12: 1659: The Town did grant unto Abraham Smith off Hemstead a home Lot which was fformerly John Coles hee not excepting it the Town have given the afforesayd Lot unto William Foster off Hem- stead provided hee pay ffor the labour hath been out upon it as two men shall judge and alsoe setle upon it in ye spring & in ye case the sayd William setle not upon it yª ensuing spring hee doth by these presents engage to pay fforty guldens to this Town off Rustdorp April ye ffirst, Anno 1659, Stylo Novo. Two men appointed by ye Town to price the Lot yt was John Coles, namely John Eazar & Andrew Messenger, they judged it at three pounds, that is to say, the labours bestowed upon ye Lot.
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Page 8 A Town Meeting called. The Town have made a choise off 4 men to be presented ffor Magistrates to ye Governor namely Mr. Coe, Richard Everet, Samuell Matthews, Luke Watson. Nathaneell Denton chosen to present ym to ye Governor. August ye 6th 1659.
September ye 9th 1659. Stylo Novo. A Town Meeting called. ye Town have chosen assistance for a Court for this year viz: Sam: Mathews- John Townsend & Ben: Coe & Whereas ye sayd Ben: Coe is Son unto Mr. Coe, being Majestrate & questioning yt whether by Law the may sit in Court together, the Cause is reffered to ye advise & determination off ye Governor.
November ye 1st 1659. A Town Meeting called, voted & agreed upon by the Town yt those which have taken ten Acre Lots & not improved ym, may iff they please change ym so that they take ym up in such places as shall bee no prejudice to ye Town.
It is granted ffor John Townsend to have a ten Acre Lot by his Mr. Coe & Richard Harkert are ap- pointed to lay out ye ten Acre Lots. It is ffurther voted & concluded upon yt the west Row shall have liberty to goe westward & take up ten Acre Lots where they think meet so it bee no prejudice to ye Town.
Feb. ye 18th 1660. A Town Meeting called. It is voted & agreed by ye Town y Daniell Denton shall make a Rate ffor paying ye bulls hired ys last year by ye Town & alsoe a rate ffor ye satisfiing off his clarkship & Luke Watson & John Roades are to gather ye rates
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both. It is alsoe voted & concluded upon by ye Town to cast lots ffor ye South Medow as ye have done only ffor y" ensuing year ye Medows being devided 4 necks ye Town into 4 Sqadrons as fformerly ffor this year by lot. Mr. Coes Sqadron are at ye - trees
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Goodman Everets at ye Long Neck, John Townsends at ye east neck. Luke Watsons at ye west neck liing below ye old houses. It is ffurther concluded voted & agreed by ye Town yt Daniell Denton shall be Town Clark ffor ye ensuing year to write & enroll all acts & orders off publike concernment ffor ye Town & is to have 30 a year ffor ye sayd employment. It is ffurther voted & agreed upon by ye Town yt as ye Medowes are devided by lot above speciffied so ye shall continue ffor per- petuity without any ffurther devision till ye bee layd out in particular & yen every man to take his share in ye neck where they now are and as ye Town doth inlarge with inhabitants they shall be devided proportionably to every neck till they be layd out & every - neck may lay out there own Medowes.
Febr ye 25th 1660. It is voted & agreed upon by the Town to hire Richarde Chasmores bull ffor this ensuing year & to give him 20 - ffor the year. It is alsoe agreed yt those weh have bulls off their own shall not pay ffor Chasmores bull. It is alsoe agreed yt all cows & heiffers wt calffe shall pay ffor Richard Chasmores bull.
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April ye 26th 1660. Whereas ye Lot weh was fformerly John Coles to William Foster provided hee pay ffor ye labours expended upon it which was by two men appointed therein adjudged it at three pounds ye sayd - William Foster hath delivered the three pounds in to Mr. Coe ffor ye labour bestowed on ye Lot affore- sayd & Mr. Coe will satisffie ye sayd sum to John Coles or his assighnss.
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- a certain parcell off mony amounting to thirty
- pounds was lefft by Nicolas Tanner deceased ffor his son & ye Town to have ye use off it affter enquiry made ffor his son till he shall come & ffetch - it or send ffor it. These underwritten doe protest -
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against having any y's to doe with the sayd mony either themselves or heires or executors ffor beneffit or damage.
JOHN X TOWNSEND his mark GEORGE MILS.
Julii ye 2nd 60 It is ordered & agreed upon by ye Town yt no man wt in ys Town - off Rusdorp shall mow any grasse at ye litle plains till ys day month & iff any shall transgresse in ye premises any man shall have liberty to ffetch it away.
November ye 18th 1660. A Town Meeting called. The Town have - given & granted unto these ffive ffolowing - each off ym a house Lot namely Richard Brutnell, Thomas Sadler, Samuell Mills, Nathanell Coles & George Cummens These Lots ranging east & west ffronting against or opposite to ye side off John Rodes his Lotte onely a highway runing betwixt. The Lots are layd out by Mr. Coe & Ri: Harkert. Ri: Brutnell hath ye ffirst Lot lying under ye hills being ye most northward Samuell Mills ye next Thomas Sadler next Nat Coles next & George Cummens ye last or southarmost. These Lots are to be supplied with such a portion off medow as the Town can spare out off yt wch is not devided liing to ye eastward off ye east neck:
I underwritten doe acknowledge yt I have sold & made out unto John Hinds all my right in ys Town off Jemaica. And have received ffull satisffaction. Wit- nesse my hand.
Witnesse DANIELL DENTON. NATHANELL COLES.
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December ye 23d 1660. The Town have voted & agreed upon to send John Townsend & Richard Harkert to ye Governor to know - truth off Mr. Everets -. It is ffurther voted & agreed upon by ye Town yt upon when a Town Meeting is warned & sufficient warning
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given off twentie foure houres those yt will not come to ye meeting notwithstanding ye aforesayd warning they shall loose their votes ffor yt time & ym yt appear shall act. Either off the Magistrates shall have ye power to call ye Town together.
It is ordered y$ 15th off January 1661: yt a rate shall be made ffor ye wolves one wolve off Abraham shilling - off yt John Townsends pit catcht & one bull hired 20 shillings and 30 shillings ffor ye Clark: Ye whole is a - John Townsend & Thomas Ffoster chosen to gather ye rate.
March ye 11th 1661: A Town Meeting called, voted concluded & agreed upon that those yt are proprietors belonging to the old Town neck shall have 20 Acres apeece according to ye fformer order & the rest yt are mot proprieters belonging to ye afforesayd necke shall have ffiveteen acres apeece in ye sayd Neck:
It is ffurther ordered & agreed upon yt the south Medows as they shall bee layd out shall bee ffronted upon ye woods & such reedy or Medowes as are umowable at present shall bee throw into & not mea- sured & as men too whom such Medowes doe - hap- pen shall subdue it & make it capable off mowing & they shall quietly possess & enjoy it ffor there own wt out molestation :
It is ffurther ordered voted & agreed by ye Town yt no medowes shall be given or granted unto Benjamin Hubards home Lotte till the Town doe know who shall enjoy & possesse it & yr accordingly ye Town likes ye inhabitant to give him such a quantity off medow as ye - It is alsoe agreed yt yose wch are not proprietors at ye & alsoe Thomas Ffoster at ye east neck shall have 15 acres apeece: These passed.
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1661: It is alsoe ffurther voted & agreed upon by the Town that Mr. Coe & Goodman Everet & Daniell Denton shall lay out ye south Medowes & shall have 3d
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off an acre ffor laying off it out: The Town not being generelly -
The Town have concluded & agreed upon it yt Andrew Messenger shall have 20 Acres off Medow upon ye east side off ye long Neck & Samuell Dein shall have his Medow at ye - trees.
The Town have granted unto Benjamin Coe a corner off upland lying betwixt his home lot & ten acre lot: The afforesayd Men are to lay out ye Medows betwixt y& & ye last off May next ensuing & every one to looke to - there Neck in ye mean time:
Memorandum the Town have chosen Daniell Denton to be clark ffor this ensuing year & is to have 30s ffor ye sayd employment.
April ye 4th 1661. It is ffurther ordered & agreed upon by the Town yt no inhabitant in this Town off Rustdorp shall ingraffe into his hands - home Lotts and iff any either have or shall doe contrary as afforesayd that they shall sell one off ym to such a one as the Town shall approve off as soon as they can have a Charman that will give so much as they shall bee no Loosers by itt:
April ye 30th 1661. The Town have agreed to hire a Cow Keeper jointly together to keep all ye Town Cows & - ffor this year & ffor those yt will have yearlings kept must pay ffor y":
Memorandum:
The men belonging to ye long neck have according to Licence - - agreeable to ye Town order layd out their Medows & drawn Lotts ffor it. Daniell Denton hath ye ffirst Lot liing on ye west side off ye neck be- ginning in ye little neck bounded north & east by ye woods & on ye south by a little crik & a hamack where Nathanell Denton & next to him Richard Everits next George Mills next Rodger Linas all off y" -- one then by stakes:
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April ye last. The Town doe by these - promise & engage to pay unto Mr. Coe off Rustdorp ye sum off eleaven pounds seaventeen shillings to bee payd in good passable - five Months from ye date here -. Written by order ffrom ye Town by Daniell Denton.
This mony above speciffied is payd to Mr. Coe out off ye mony Nicolas Tanner lent ye Town:
These men underwritten doe promise to pay to Mr. Coe more ya their share when the Mony comes to bee payd yt ye Smith may have is pot as ffolloweth:
MR. COE. 18- ANDREW MESSENGER. 18
RI: EVERET
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NAT: DENTON.
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WILL FFOSTER
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shilling
AB: SMITH.
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LUKE WATSON
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DAN: DENTON
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A Town Meeting called this 14th off May 1661: These men underwritten are granted by ye Town ffive acres · off Medows appeece lying here below the bever pond and are to have ffive acres apeece the - at ye South. Goodman Everet is to have ffive acres next ye bever pond & to cast off eight acres the - at ye south. These Men subscribed are ye Men above Mentioned:
MR. ROBERT COE
NATHANEELL DENTON
RODGER LINAS
BENJAMIN COE
Memorandum ye Town doe conclude and agree yt no person or persons shall mowe at ye Little plains this year: 61: till ye 10 off August. Stylo vetero:
ye 20th 1661: Whereas the Town are infformed off one that milkt others ffolke Cowes being Catcht by some off ye Town the Town have chosen William Ffoster
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