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Miller, Abraham, 104, 220, 221 ; Anthony, 157, 223, 316, 527, 528; David, 369; Gilbert, 269; James, 223; John, 310; William, 228, 252.
Mills, Samuel, 120; Rev. Jedidiah, 332. Minuse, 61.
Monroe, Peter J., 143. Moore, Bishop, 337, 338. Moore, Mrs., 269. Morgan, John, 40 ; Jonas, 525. Moriarty, Rev. P., 354. Morrell, Rivers, 220; Samuel, 269.
309, 319.
Moseman, W., 268, 379, 380 ; Mrs., 144, 268. Mosenell, Marcus, 228. Mosher, Lieutenant, 257.
Mott, Gershom, 223 ; James, 182, 291, 362. Mnirson, Rev. George, 185, 191, 192, 299, 306-312, 318, 320, 361 ; Lient., 259. Mundy, Rev. E. F., 369.
Nanfan, Lieutenant-Governor, 103. Neilson, Bloomer, 228. Nelson, Nathanael, 341.
Nicholls, Wmn., 99, 100, 102, 103, 524, 525. Nicolls, Governor, 108. Nicolson, Lieutenant-Governor, 200. North, Rev. J. O., 370.
Oakley, Isaac, 251. Ochampaugh, Rev. C., 357.
Odell, Isaac, 157 ; John, 84, 153 ; Samuel, 70, 84, 132, 518 [Lemuel Rogers]; Wil- liam, 21, 23-26, 33, 50, 82-84, 157.
Ogden, David, 157, 526-528; Jolın, 33, 40, 57, 78, 83, 91, 95, 295; Richard, 66, 85,- 129, 134, 160, 173.
Ogilvie, Rev. George, 340.
Olmsted, Richard, 30, 31, 38, 40, 90. Onderdonk, Bishop, 370.
O'Reilly, Rev. E. J., 371. Orton, Joseph, 90, 95. See Horton. Osborn, Rev. E., 357 ; D., 358. Ostrander, Rev. D., 355, 357.
Paldin, Thomas, 213.
Palmer, Charles H., 388, 389, 390; Ed- ward, 78; Robert, 78; M., 182; Sarah, 280 ; Rev. Solomon, 315 ; Sylvanus, 361. Park, 35, 61, 160, 211 ; Charles, 103, 179, 506; Disbrow, 220 ; Jesse, 345, 347, 377 ; Phobe, 345, 347 ; Roger, 28, 31, 70, 78, 103, 104, 208, 220 ; Sarah, 208. Parker, Joseph, 488 ; Tamar, 355.
Parsons, A. W., 500; Jr., 391, 500; Ed. L., 500 ; John E., 500; W. II., 500.
Parsons, Brigadier-General S. H., 240, 241, 243, 248, 249, 257 ; Rev. Henry M., 425. Patrick, R., 92. Panlding, John, 167; Colonel, 237.
Payne, Rev. Thomas, 350, 368.
Pearce, Jacob, 33, 48, 58, 83, 139, 157, 181, 277, 300, 312; Daniel, 312; Mary, 300.
553
INDEX OF PERSONS.
Pease, Rev. H. F., 357.
Peck, Charles, 374; Jared, 179, 378;
Read, 371; Thomas, 144, 300; Rev. Isaac, 370, 371 ; Rev. P., 355; Rev. Jo- seph, 335 ; Hon. Jared V., 451.
Peet, Thomas, 74. Pederick, B., 506. Pell, Philip, 143; Thomas, 20.
Pelletier, F., 343. Pelton, Rev. C. F., 357.
Penfield, Henry L., 148; Nathanael, 148, 301, 340.
Pennell, Rev. G. C., 371.
Perkins, Rev. J., 354.
Perry, Rev. L. P., 358. Peyton, Wm. K., 246, 419.
Philipse, Adolph, 193; Frederick, 91, 96, 184.
Phœbns, Rev. W., 354. Picket, Rev. W., 354. Pillsbury, Rev. B., 358. Pilmoor, Rev. J., 354. Pine, James, 186. Pollard, Major, 237. Ponus, 133.
Porteus, Rev. W., 370.
Potter, Bishop, 343. Prescott, Colonel, 243. Prime, Rev. S. I., D. D., 349.
Pritchard, Rev. Thomas, 299, 306.
Provoost, Bishop, 338, 339.
Provoost, W. T., 186, 382.
Prudden, Rev. Peter, 277, 278.
Punderson, Rev. Eben. 300, 309, 315, 316, 318.
Purdy, 33, 198, 210, 211, 246; Caleb, 175, 196, 304, 316; Daniel, 66, 69, 70, 78, 310, 324, 328, 514-526; David, 104; Francis, 28, 78, 83, 85, 94 ; Hachaliah, 220; Henry, 187, 316; Isaae, 339; James, 29, 220; John, 44, 69, 83, 277, 328, 513, 515, 516; Joseph, 28, 34, 59, 60, 98, 104, 157, 220, 229, 230, 282, 290, 291, 316, 324, 328, 556-528 ; Josiah, 208, 209, 301, 303; Joshua, 210, 220, 230, 338, 339; Joshua P., 514; Jonathan, 229; Nathanael, 220; Obadiah, 104; Roger, 186, 220; Seth, 208, 220; Sam- uel, 66, 67, 78, 156, 175, 196, 304, 513; Sylvanus, 513, 514 ; Thomas, 291, 310, 328; William, 210.
Putnam, General 1., 250, 258, 259. Putney, Rev. R. C., 356, 357.
; Quarters, Amos, 213.
Quintard, George W., 52, 136, 197, 209, 246, 418. Quintard, Peter, 148.
Raikes, Robert, 175. Rawls, John, 16.
Raymond, James, 228; Rev. E. S., 366, 371. Redstone, Rev. II., 355.
Remington, Rev. David, 349, 350, 368; Rev. S., 356.
Revell, Thomas, 14.
Reynolds, Gideon, 194; Rev. Mr., 310.
Rice, 179; Rev. P., 356.
Richardson, Rev. M., 355.
Richbell, John, 153, 154, 397, 409, 525.
Rieker, Jeremiah, 213.
Rickey, Peter, 213; Thomas, 69, 183. Roberts, Zachariah, 93. Robeson, Thomas, 324.
Rock, Jacob, 213.
Rockwell, Dr. B., 170 ; Dr. W., 170; N., 170. Rogers, Dr. David, 170, 196, 346; Dr. David, jr., 170 ; Dr. David L , 170 ; Dr. James, 170; Rev. Evan, 196, 304, 340 ; Martha, 196; Lieutenant-Colonel Rob- ert, 233, 245; Major Zabdiel, 233, 243. Roome, William, 182.
Roosevelt, Cornelius, 143; James, 328 ; John, 328. Ross, Rev. William, 358.
Sacket, Captain, 257. Saltonstall, Governor, 121. Sandford, Rev. P. P., 356. Sands, Dr. D. J., 53, 165, 169, 171 ; Dr. N. J., 171; Rev. J. J., 339. Sanford, Dr. Clark, 169, 379 ; Ileury, 170 ; John, 170; Josephus, 170. Satterlee, S. K., 61, 385. Sawyer, Thomas, 316; Rev. J., 555. Saxton, Rev. Noah C., 348, 367 ; Rev. O., 370.
Say and Sele, Lord, 272.
Schuyler, General Philip, 243; Peter, 70, 515, 516, 520, 524.
Scott, General, 248, 249; John, 396. Scureman, Jacob, 228.
Seabury, Rev. Samuel, 240, 317; 339.
Seaman, Isane, 228 ; Silvanus, 245.
- Rev. R., 356; Israel, 220, 221, 268, 269; Adam, 220, 221, 230, 268; Rich. ard, 103.
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INDEX OF PERSONS.
Seely, Cornelius, 310. Seldon, 256.
Selleck, Jonathan, 40, 115, 131, 151, 403.
Selliek, Rev. B., 357.
Sency, Rev. R., 356.
Seymour, Drake, 186.
Shanarock, 10, 11, 13-16, 99.
Shaw, Elizabeth, 174.
Sherwood, 61; Andrew, 324, 327 ; Caleb, 213 ; Isaac, 83, 157 ; Jonas, 157 ; Joseph, 31,157, 324, 328; Nathanael, 129, 328; Nehemiah, 220; Silas, 213; Stephen, 28,31, 39, 83, 279 ; Mrs. A., 209.
Shirly, C., 499.
Simcoe, Lient .- Colonel, 256.
Sing, Rev. C. B., 357.
Slater, John, 220, 221 ; Henry, 220; Alva, 382. Slaughter, Arnold, 213. Sławson, 497.
Smith, Dr. Albert, 167 ; Arthur, 273 ; Rev. E., 355; E. L., 381 ; George W., 179, 383; Horace, 369; Rev. John, 104, 166, 167, 213, 330-335, 345-347 ; Rev. L., 354 ; Marmaduke, 273; Dr. Matson, 167; Rev. S. H., 370; Thomas, 104, 331 ; William, 34, 302 ; Hon. William, 200, 206; William H., 385, 505; William Hooker, M. D., 104, 166, 167, 213, 224; Rev. W. F., 370.
Smith, Lient .- Colonel, 243.
Sneathing, Robert, 362, 363.
Sniffin, Caleb, 246 ; Jonathan, 52, 53, 246 ;
Nathanael, 220; Samuel, 52; Rachel, 186. Snuffene, George, 90. See Kniffen. Sours, E., 368, 385.
Sparks, Rev. T., 357.
Spencer, Rev. I. S., D. D., 368.
Stanley, Dr. W. S., 171, 172.
Statham, 443.
Stebbins, Rev. George, 348, 367.
Stedwell. See Studwell.
Stevens, 137, 407 ; Jonas, 48.
Stevenson, John, 205. Stewart, Rev. L., 371. Stoakham, John, 57, 59, 157.
Strang, 120 ; Daniel, 28, 149, 150, 303, 504 ;
Charlotte, 28; Henry, 78; Lavinia, 78. Stringham, Peter, 166; Mary, 166.
Strong, Rev. B., 332.
Studwell, 61; Joseph, 85, 86, 186, 328; Thomas, 9, 10, 21, 23-26, 39, 82, 83, 99. Sturges, 395.
Stuyvesant, Governor, 20, 106. Summerfield, Rev. John, 370. Sutherland, T. J., 382.
Sutton, John, 229; Joseph, 78; Thomas, 66, 120; William, 226, 229, 316.
Swain, Rev. M., 354. Swords, E. J., 385.
Talbot, St. George, 302. Talbot, Rev. S. K., 354.
Tatlon, Peter, 78.
Taylor, Alexander, 514; John, 213; Thomas, 213; Rev. G., 358 ; Mary, 395. Telford, Archibald, 514.
Tennent, Rev. Charles, 196, 334; Rev. Gilbert, 330, 334.
Thatcher, Rev. W., 354.
Theall, 198, 210; Abraham, 144, 198; Charles, 210, 220; Ebenezer, 183, 324 ; Gilbert, 210, 220; Hannah, 183 ; Joseph, 94, 98, 102, 118, 131, 173, 210, 280, 282, 290, 291, 306, 310, 346 ; Thomas, 186, 187, 220.
Thomas, Cato, 213.
Thomas, John, 40, 103, 182, 210, 222, 225, 226, 245, 250, 252, 256, 316, 393 ; John, jr., 182, 211, 219, 228, 266; Thomas, 160, 224, 256, 257, 373, 380; Rev. J., 321.
Thomas, Rev. N. W., 355.
Thompson, Rev. W., 196, 341, 342, 367.
Thorne, Edward, 255 ; Stephen, 255; Wil- liam, 103.
Throop, Lieut .- Colonel, 243.
Tilford, Archibald, 220.
Tilton, M. S., 361, 362.
Titus, George B., 385; Isaac, 223 ; James H., 31, 53, 193, 385.
Todd, Rev. Abraham, 332.
Tompkins, Noah, 385; Edward C., 390. Toplady, Rev. A., 143. Torner, Christian, 164.
Totten, Joseph, 354.
Townsend, Samuel, 228 ; Captain, 229. Travis, Garret, 157 ; James, 157, 526-528 ; Jeremiah, 230; John, 324, 327 -; Robert, 324, 327 ; Philip, 48; Samuel, 151.
Treat, Major, 43, 44; Governor, 93, 94, 112.
Tredwell, Samuel, 223 ; Thomas, 103.
Trumbull, Dr. Benjamin, 191, 273, 274, 281. Trumbull, Governor, 225, 230, 233, 234.
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INDEX OF PERSONS.
Tryon, Governor, 227, 228, 257.
Turner, Jolin, 157, 324, 327, 526-528 ; Joseph, 228. Tuttle, Dr. J. T., 52, 53. Tyler, Colonel, 243.
Underhill, Humphrey, 66, 93-95, 98, 99, 130, 157, 182, 286, 295, 526-528. Upjohn, R. M., 352.
Valentine, Isaac, 227. Vallean, Rev. D., 354.
Van Amringe, 160; Augustus, 385.
Van Nostrand, Rev. A., 354.
Van Rensselaer, William P., 194; Kili- acn, 391. Van Wagenen, G. H., 135, 295. Van Wyck, Abraham, 328. l'eal, Arthur, 213.
Verrian, James, 223.
Vesey, Rev. William, 292, 312.
Vetch, Colonel, 204.
Vickers, Jonathan F., 172, 177, 269.
Voules, Jonathan, 31, 33, 39, 54, 83, 90, 132; Richard, 21, 25, 26, 82, 83, 89, 90, 95.
Wainwright, Bishop, 342. Wakeman, Rev., 273, 275. Walters, Richard, 48, 157.
Walton, Abraham, 255 ; Rev. John, 158, 322-329.
Ward, Rev. E., 328-330; Rev. F., 354 ; Colonel, 243 ; Stephen, 248.
Wascot, 450. Washburne, Rev. E., 356.
Washington, 142, 147, 148, 222, 224, 227, 229, 230, 232-238, 240, 243, 244, 247, 248, 251, 258. Way, John, 103.
Webb, 53, 396; Nehemiah, 195, 196; Rev. Joseph, 195. Weissenfels, de, Frederic, 79, 223. Wenham, Thomas, 201. Wentz, C. W., 125.
Wetmore, Abraham, 220; Ezrahiah, 87, 179; 180, 382 ; Rev. James, 78, 103, 146, 172, 174, 175, 185, 192, 210, 221, 296-300, 302, 303, 310, 314, 315, 317, 318, 327, 340, 363 ; James, 76, 151, 168, 175, 177, 210, 220; Timothy, 76, 146, 172, 175, 177, 210, 220-222.
White, Charles, 177; Rev. J. C., 343. Whitefield, Rev. George, 314, 315, 330. Whitman, Samuel, 325, 326. Whittemore, Rev. Williams II., 348, 349, 367, 368, 499. Wiggin, Augustus, 385. Wight, Amherst, 172. Will. See Lame Will. Willett, Gilbert, 316; Marinus, 223 ; Colo- nel, 182; William, 514. William III., King, 118, 524.
Williams, Joseph, 213 ; Walter, 104. Willis, John, 220; Richard, 268.
Wills & Dudley, 342.
Willson, Dr. James, 171, 498.
Wilson, Thos. B., 61 ; Benjamin, 220 ; Eb- enezer, 99, 100, 102, 103, 524, 525 ; John, 129; Nehemiah, 220; Joseph, 186, 220; Samuel, 78, 203; Thomas, 220; Rev. J., 354.
Winter, John, 139. Winthrop, Governor, 72, 117. Wolcot, Roger, 326.
Wood, 450.
Woodbridge, Rev. John, 118, 280, 281, 294, 299. Woodhull, W., 39. Sce Odell. Woolsey, Rev. Elijah, 356 ; Rev. Thomas, 354.
Wooster, Major-General David, 224, 225, 243-245, 249-251. Worden, Dr., 166; Valentine, 166. Wright, James, 295; Jotham, 147; Oba- clialı, 78; Thomas, 164.
Yeomans, Christopher, 157; Eliczur, 104; William. 157, 526-528. Youngs, Christopher, 40.
GENERAL INDEX.
Absorption of home-lots, 35, 54. Academics, 178.
Act for settling a ministry, 163, 282, 288- 293, 305, 318, 320.
Adce Street, 269.
Advertisements, 75-79, 102, 146, 147, 150, 176, 182. Amenia, N. Y., 498.
American army, position of, 215 ; with- draws from New York to the White Plains, 232.
American force at Greenwich, 246, 258; at King Street, 247, 248, 256, 257; at Rye, 233, 240; on Rye Neek, 250; at Saw Pit, 240, 243-247 ; near Rye Pond, 243, 248, 257, 459.
American Home Missionary Society, 350. Amsterdam, N. Y., 497.
Ann's Hook, 20.
Apawamis, 6, 13, 16, 29, 31, 41, 99, 133, 134, 404, 412, 520. See Budd's Neck. Apparel, of carly settlers, 128.
Armonek, or Byram River, 134, 395. Arms, 130.
Asia, man-of-war, in New York harbor, 227 ; off Mamaroneck, 226.
Assessment for taxes, 202.
Assessors, 62. Associations, patriotic, 213. Auction, paupers sold at, 163. Avery's death, Mr., 240, 241, 318. Awakening, the great, 330.
Baptist Church, King Street, 366; Port Chester, 371.
Barton's Neck, 52-54, 137, 396, 407, 416, 442.
Barry's Lane, 177.
Bayonet, repulse of a cavalry charge with the, 257.
Beach, Rye, 2, 183, 192-195, 294.
Beach Road, 474, 501, 502.
Beaver Meadow, or Stony Brook, 13, 14, 397.
Beaver Swamp, 137, 512, 419.
Bedford, N. Y., 17, 157, 166, 175, 279, 335 ; part of original territory of Rye, 131 ; of Rye Parish, 289, 305-307, 311, 314.
Bedford and Rye, 93, 111 ; summons to, 112, 118 ; revolt of, 113, 114 ; proelama- tions coneerning, 116, 117; reannexed to Connectient, 94, 127 ; restored to New York, 95, 118.
Bellamy, Dr., at Rye, 332.
' Biaram land,' the, 23.
Bills of credit, 204. Bird's land, 137, 212. Black Road, 514.
Blind Brook, or Moekquams, 2, 31, 56, 134, 135, 139, 149, 176, 179, 180, 266, 283, 298, 300-304, 337, 338, 340, 397, 400, 401, 404, 515, 516, 520, 521, 524, 525 ; farms along, 61 ; mill on, 66 ; branch of, 51, 56, 57, 67, 135, 421 ; falls of, 421.
Blind Brook Creek, 501.
Block Island, 230, 497, 498.
Bloomer's Hill, 137, 247, 270. See Knif- fen's Hill.
Bloomer's Island, 137, 397. Bloomer's mill, 166, 197, 397. Border town, Rye a, 1, 2; inconvenienees, 2,271.
Border troubles, 119-122, 124, 458.
Boston, disturbances in, 218; closing of the port of, 218 ; 'tea-party,' 218 ; sym- pathy with people of, 218, 219 ; British army at, 226 ; evaenate, 227.
Boston Road, the, 138-144, 268, 300, 301, 396 ; appearance of, during the Revolu- tion, 262, 263.
Boundary of New Netherland and Con- neetient, dispute concerning, 105-107.
557
GENERAL INDEX.
Boundary of New York and Connectient,
dispute concerning, 2, 91, 92, 95, 103- 127; originated in ignorance of the country, 106, and conflicting terms of charters, 107, 108; agreement concern- ing, with the Dutch, 106; with the Duke of York's commissioners, 108, 109 ; extraordinary blunder concerning, 109 ; effect on people of Rye, 109, 110 ; new settlement of, 110, 111, 154; ex- cluding Rye from Connectient, 111, 112; partial survey of, 112; Connecticut in- sists on earlier construction of, 114 ; and claims Rye and Bedford, 114-118; local differences concerning, 119-122; new negotiations on, 122 ; settlement of, 123 ; uncertainty as to its location, 124 ; not a straight line, 125 ; still undetermined, 126.
Boundary of New York and Connectient at Greenwich Bay, 107; at Mamaroneck River, 109, 114, 127, 153.
Boundary dispute in miniature, relative to Captain's Island, 375-377.
Boundaries of lands. See Marked Trees. Bound Brook, 135.
Boyd's orchard, 339.
Branch Ridge, 61 ; allotments on, 86, 136, 442, 443.
Brand, town, 89.
Brander, the, 63, 89.
Brander's Book, 63, 89, 183.
Bread-and-butter Rock, 512.
Bridge, the stone, 141, 144, 150, 400, 419 ; near the fulling-mill, 505 ; Mamaroneck, 426.
Bridge's patent, 157, 294, 516, 518, 527.
Brief or license to collect money, 323.
Brighton, England, 143.
British army, position of, 215.
British fleet in New York harbor, 317.
British ships off Rye, 379.
British troops at Rye, first appearance of, 240 ; visits of, 245, 246, 252, 236-259.
Bronx River, 152, 155, 158, 234, 235, 372, 513, 527, 528.
Brown's Point, in Harrison, 103, 104, 459.
Brown's Point, Rye, 135, 401. See Peningo Neck.
Brush Ridge, 61, 136, 401, 409, 418.
Budd's Neck, or Apawamis, part of the town of Rye, 1 ; purchase of, 12; settle-
ment of, 38-41 ; officers appointed for, 41 ; lands above, 98, 99, 132, 149, 157, 177, 199, 252, 253.
Bullard's Ridge, 407.
Bullock's meadow, 137, 407 ; landing, 194, 407 ; road to, 513.
Burying-ground. See Cemeteries.
Burying-hill, 28, 134, 192, 193.
Byram Bridge, 7, 246, 258, 259, 267, 379, 380; Cove, 380, 381 ; Point, 516 ; Ridge,
55, 136, 396; River, 66, 133-135, 139, 255, 259, 266, 375-378, 395, 396, 399, 516.
Cadborongh Cliff, 37.
California patent, 157.
Canada, the French in, 47, 116 ; expedition against, 204.
Cannon spiked near King's Bridge, 226, 230, 270, 472.
Captain's Island, within the town of Rye, 372; boundary dispute about, 375-377. Carmel, New York, 335.
Carriages, the first owned in Rye, 208.
Casualties, 91, 161, 207, 343, 433, 471.
Cattle driven off, 239, 245, 246.
Causeway Brook, 104, 136, 511, 512.
Cavalear's Rock, 134, 457.
Cedars, the, 136, 209, 328, 439 ; road to, 506.
Cemeteries, 195-199 ; Public : near Milton, 195, 196, 341, 401 ; near Christ Church, 198, 445 ; opposite Christ Church, 198, 303, 317,318; Union, 137, 199; Roman Catholic, 7, 57, 137; Colored, 199 ; Pres- byterian, at White Plains, 421, 467, 490. Family : Anderson, 198 : Bloomer, 197; Brundige, 197; Budd, 198; Ged- ney, 198, 468 ; Haight, 198; Jay, 199, 479 ; Kniffen, 197 ; Lyon, 198; Merritt, 197, 198 ; Purdy, 198 ; Theall, 198; near Mamaroneck, 462.
Chatterton's Hill, 234-236, 467.
Chenango County, New York, 497.
Cliests, 128, 129.
Chevalier. See Cavalear.
Chrestomathie Institute, 375.
Christ's Church, the name, when adopted, 342.
Church at Rye, carliest steps to build a. 282.
Church of England at Rye, founded, 305 ; reetors of, before the Revolution, 306-
558
. GENERAL INDEX.
319 ; incorporated, 316. Sce Parish
Church, and Protestant Episcopal Church.
Churches of Rye and Port Chester, 271- 371.
Churches of Westchester burned during the war, 337 ; of Rye, 265, 337, 345.
Church wardens. Sce Vestry.
Cincinnati, society of the, 224.
City Island, 231.
Clerk, the, 62, 421.
Cliff House, 452.
Clumps. See Islands.
Coe's land, 137, 407 ; ditch, 407 ; swamp, 416.
' Collation,' claim of British governors to the right of, 290.
Collector, the, 62 ; troubles of a, 417.
Colony line, the old, 154; lands cast of, 60, 120, 121.
Commissioner of Justice, 68, 88, 89.
Commissioners to the General Court. See Deputies.
Committee of Safety, of New York, 230, 234, 270; of Westchester County, 168, 210, 225, 228, 229, 231, 250, 252, 268 ; of Ryc, 228; of Harrison's Precinct, 223, 228; of New Jersey, 227.
Commons, the town, 32, 67.
Commons between Rye and Greenwich, 90, 121.
Common Schools, 178.
Confederacy of New England colonies, 43. Congregationalists and Presbyterians of Connecticut, 272.
Congress, Continental, 226, 234 ; delegates to, 219, 222 ; provincial, of New York, 224, 225, 250.
Connectient, charter of, 107 ; churches of, 272; laws of, 150, 173, 174; towns of, 88 ; collection throughout, 326, 327.
Connecticut, General Court of ; address to Charles II., 22 ; letter of our planters to, 25; petitions to, 38, 39, 92 ; deputies to, 39, 95 ; patent from, 93 ; orders of, 24, 26, 30, 35, 38, 40, 41, 45, 88-95, 100, 118, 138, 139, 146, 501 ; relative to the ministry, 272-278.
Connecticut, Governor and Council of, re- monstrate with New York in behalf of the people of Rye, 109, 110; write to selectmen of Rye, 112 ; correspondence of, with New York, about Ryc and Bed-
ford, 114-117 ; about the boundary, 122, 124 ; petition of the Presbyterians of Rye to, 323, 324 ; action of, 325, 328, 329.
Connectient, legislature of, confers with that of New York, on the boundary, 124, 125 ; appoints commissioners, 125 ; con- fiscation of the property of loyalists, 249, 250, 264, 265, 268.
Connecticut, settlers of, expenses borne by, 17, 101 ; character of, 22 ; militia of, 43 ; sufferings of, in King Philip's War, 45; debt of, 45.
Connecticut, Rye a town of, 88-95 ; last town of, 96, 255.
Connecticut forces at Rye and Saw Pit, 233, 240, 243, 244, 248, 250.
Consociation, Fairfield, 336.
Constable of Hastings, 25 ; of Rye, 62, 89, 91, 164 ; of Greenwich, 458, 462.
Continental soldiers, return of, after the war, 265.
Convention of New York; at the White Plains, 229, 250.
Country road, 138-140, 501.
County rate, 91, 93.
Court, General. See Connecticut, General Court of.
Court, Connty, of Fairfield, 25, 68, 89, 274. Court of Sessions at Westchester, 31, 32, 120, 154, 164, 174, 184, 192, 312, 418. Court House, at Westchester, 206 ; the old, at White Plains, 158; burned, 239.
Courts removed to White Plains, 158. Cow Boys and Skinners, 241, 242, 253, 260, 372, 460.
Cow Neck, Long Island, 255, 458.
Crompond (Yorktown), N. Y., 335. Cromwell's Neck, 459.
Crooked Gutter, 135, 136.
Crosswicks, N. J., 322.
' Customes ' of the town of Rye, 458.
Danbury, Conn., 245, 336. Darien, Conn , 106.
Davenport's mill, 160, 450, 514.
Deall's mill, 160, 462, 514.
Debatable Ground, 2, 239, 372.
Debt, public, of the province of New York, 204, 216 ; of town, 386, 387, 417.
Declaration of rights, 222.
Defence of the town, 430. Deerfield, Mass., attacked, 43, 44.
De Lancey's corps of refugees, 252, 257, 259.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Deputies to the General Court, 62, 71, 88, Fairfield County, Conn., constituted, 89 ; 95, 449 ; exempted from taxation, 65 ; Ryc a town in, 89, 100; bounds of towns in, settled, 90, 273. provision for expenses of, 89, 90 ; plan- tations to pay for horse-hire of, 90.
Deserter shot, 449. Dick's Hollow, 431.
' Dissenters,' proportion of, in Westches- ter County, 289 ; at Rye, 306, 310, 311, 320, 321.
Dobbs' Ferry, 239, 249.
Doughty's, 148, 150, 151, 163, 462. Old Fort.
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Dr. Dwight's description of the Neutral Ground, 262, 263; of Rye, 347, 373, 379 ; of Saw Pit, 379.
Dragoons, troop of, at Rye, 115.
Drinking habits, 146, 150, 151, 163.
Drum, meetings called by beating the, 35, Ferry, between Rye and Matineeock Point, 311,329.
Duke's trees, the, 123-125.
Dutch, the, in America, 3, 4, 8, 12-16, 19, 20, 24, 28, 45-47, 96, 105-107, 132, 396.
Dutchess County, New York, 498.
Ear-marks of cattle, 63, 419, 439.
East Chester, N. Y., 22, 157, 249, 257. East Neck (Orienta), 154.
Eanketaupacuson, 56, 134. See Hog-pen Ridge.
Ecclesiastical lands, 294-304.
Education, how provided for by Connect- ient, 173, 174 ; no publie provision for in New York before the Revolution, 174; low state of, 174, 176; in West- chester County, 178. See Schools.
Eighteen Proprietors, the. Sce Proprietors. Eighteen, purchase of the, 51, 401, 431. Encroachments upon the town, 91.
Equivalent traet, ceded by Connecticut to New York, 110-112.
Estates at Ryc, value of, in the seventeenth century, 64.
Evacuation of New York by the British army, 264.
Exeise, commissioners of the, 205.
Excise on spirituous liquors, 148, 151, 205.
Expedition to Albany, 48, 396, 433, 443.
Fair at Rye, 211, 212.
Fairfield County Association, 327, 329, 330, 332, 333, 335, 336, 348.
Families, leading, a century ago, 208-211.
Farmers of Rye, confined in White Plains, 229 ; sufferings of, 240.
Farm-houses in olden times, 159, 162.
Farming in olden times, 161.
Farms at Rye, earliest, 53 ; a century ago, 162.
Faneonier's Purchase, 421, 426, 458, 463. Fences, orders concerning, 65.
Fences, stone, when introduced, 162. Fence-viewers, 62-65.
Ferriage, tariff of prices for, 79.
452 ; Oyster Bay, 78, 79; proprietors of the, 78, 212, 489.
Field, the town, 31, 32; division of lands in, 51, 137, 208, 279, 313, 441; 'upper end of,' 409, 410, 411.
Field Fence, 31, 34, 51, 54, 450, 506, 507. Field Gate, 32, 34.
Fire at Rye, 91, 207, 335, 337, 340, 343, 345, 400, 409 ; at the White Plains, 238, 239.
Fisheries at Rye, 160.
Fishing Roek, 78, 134, 430.
Flats, or Beach, the, 134, 501.
Flimwell Vent, England, 142.
Flushing, Long Island, 40, 103, 360.
Foraging parties, 239, 240, 249, 251; on the Sound, 253-256.
Fortification at Rye, 45. See Old Fort.
Fountain Street, Port Chester, 269.
Fox Island, 134, 135, 408, 431 ; road to, 507.
France, designs of, in America, 47, 116, 117.
Frecholders, admitted by the town, 65 ; not always proprietors, 82.
French and Indian War, 213, 216, 421. French, the, attack Schenectady, 48.
Friends' meeting-house, 103, 257, 458, 459, 510.
Friends, Society of, 273 ; in Harrison, 103, 104, 182, 185, 187, 188, 212, 252, 360- 365.
Frog's (Throg's) Neck, 231.
Fairfield, Con., 147, 195, 255, 274-276, Frontiers, protection of, 201, 205, 206. 278, 395. Fulling-mill, 505.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Funerals, liquor furnished at, 151, 163. Furniture of houses in early times, 128, 151.
Galpin's Cove, 135, 194, 410.
Gates across the roads, 140, 502, 504, 505, 511, 514.
Glebe, the new, 298, 302, 303 ; road to, 505.
Glenville, 170, 258, 259, 379, 442.
Goose Island, 135.
Gospel, Society for the Propagation of the, 240, 294, 297, 300.
Governors of New York, provincial, char- acter of, 200; contest of, with the peo- ple, 206 ; oppressive course of, in matters of religion, 290.
Grace Church, Rye, 309, 337-339. See Parish Church.
Grace Church Street, 2, 31, 32, 51, 52 ; Hassock Meadow Brook, 52, 135.
laid out, 54, 136, 137, 144, 295, 442, 452, 457, 477, 506, 507.
Great Britain, colonial policy of, 216.
Great Neck (Larchmont), 154.
Great Stone by the Wading Place, 90, 93, 121, 124, 125, 132, 135.
Greenburg (Philipsburgh), 236; Upper, 349.
Greenfield, Conn,, 346.
Greenwich Bay, boundary at, 107.
Greenwich, Conn., 139, 169, 171, 258, 273, 274, 276, 281, 282, 335, 345, 368, 497 ; first settlers of Rye from, 9, 10; dispute concerning boundary between Rye and, 120-123 ; dispute settled, 90, 106, 110, 111; Mr. Bowers called to, 118.
Greenwich, East, in Kent, England, 94. Greenwich, second Congregational Church of, 259, 346.
Guilford, Conn., settlement of, 9,32, 329, 332.
Guion's store, 467.
Gunn Brook, 53, 67, 136; Cove, 53, 399 ; Creek, 427 ; Plain, 396, 417, 442.
Gut or Creek, the, 134, 502, 504.
Hadley, Mass., attacked, 43. Halifax, N. S., 265. Hanover [Peekskill], N. Y., 335. Hanover, house of, 219. Harlem, 176, 371 ; railroad, 375.
Ilarrison, or the Purchase, 96-104; pat- ent for, 97, 114; sale of lands in, 463;
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