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meeting house ; on the 28th, carried to Newtown meeting house ; and on the 29th to New-York, and put in the new City Hall, (site of the Custom House,) and kept there till Nov. 12, when, at the repeated solicitations of his wife, Col. Ludlow became surety for his conduct, and he was set free.
Col. Birch also took from Major Thorne 7 cows, worth £49, 2 three year old steers, worth £14, 1 heifer worth £5, 15 sheep worth £9; total, £77.
Major Thorne had marched to Brooklyn with the militia, and stood guard all night at Fort Oblong, when he was attacked with the dysentery. He returned home on furlough Aug. 25. After the defeat at Brooklyn he fled the county, crossed the Sound at Huntington, and went to Fishkill, where the Congress was in session. Dr. Latham attended him and was with him at Fishkill, Sept. 7. Soon after this the Major ventured to re- turn home, and was arrested in violation of the Proclamation.
119. The Oyster Bay committee were in session at Dan'l Cock's, Matinecock, when news was brought of our defeat at Brooklyn. They at once broke up and hastened home, there to await their fate, except Joost Monfort and Isaac Bo- gart, who took leave of their families, mounted horses and rode off' to Huntington Ferry, where they crossed the same night in company with Maj. Thorne and others, and pro- ceeded · to Fishkill. Joost Monfort, after a few months absence, ventured home in the night, and before day hurried off to Gen. Robertson, at New-York, to give up before his loyal neighbors should molest him. They got wind of it, however, and Esq. A. V- W- hastened to New- York to prevent his getting a pardon. He was so abusive when he found he could not succeed, that Robertson ordered him out of his office and gave Monfort a certificate.
120. The Kings county light-horse were now driving cattle from Hog Island, but on hearing of the defeat at Brooklyn, they left the cattle at Matinecock and crossed the sound at Huntington, Aug. 29, leaving their horses to come by the next boat. But the Huntington committee detained
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the horses for the defence of the island, so that the riders went without them to Fishkill, where the Convention sat.
121. A British sergeant and three light-horse came to Cedar Swamp in September, and continued there some time, hunting Whigs and impressing wagons .*
* Sept. 7, 1776. One Harrison, from Long Island, reports to Con- gress that " the ministerial troops have been to Oyster Bay and Hemp- stead. That the disaffected have joined the enemy and proceeded as far as Setauket ; that Wm. Smith, of -, administers oaths of allegiance, and Tho's Smith, of Hog Island, receives submissions."
122. A week after the Kings county horse had driven the cattle off Hog Island to Matinecock, a detachment of the 17th light dragoons appeared at Norwich and apprehended George Townsend, chairman of the Queens county commit- tee, and John Kirk, also a committee-man. Townsend was not at home the first time his house was visited, but had fled to Huntington, whence he unfortunately returned. Kirk was in his corn-field stouting top-stalks. When warned of the approach of the enemy and advised to flee, he refused, saying he was ready for his fate now, for should he escape this time, he could have no peace till they seized him. He also had faint hopes from the proclamation of Howe, promis- ing pardon to all who would quietly remain at home. They conducted the two committee-men on horseback to the house of Samuel Townsend, member of the Provincial Con- gress. They found him seated on his stoop, and informed him of their business. A crowd soon gathered around, attracted by the novel sight of British light-horse and sym- pathy for their fellow-citizens. The officers were most hos- pitably entertained, and such appliances used that on one Buchanan's promising he should be forthcoming at New- York whenever summoned, he was allowed to go at large.
Far different was the fate of the other two. George Townsend having been chairman of the committee, and withal a bold, blunt, talented man, had exasperated his loyal
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neighbors past endurance, and could find no intercessor in his hour of peril. And when an old acquaintance, John Townsend, at the mill, was importuned to say a kind word for Kirk, he coolly replied, " He has got into this scrape him- self; let him help himself out as best he can."
" Blest is the man whose softening heart Feels all another's pain ;
To whom the supplicating eye Was never raised in vain."
This same Townsend was forced to leave his property at the peace, and go in exile to England, where he died.
The troopers, on their return to Norwich, were met by Kirk's wife and daughter, (my informant,) who had gath- cred up some clothing and other articles, to render the hard- ships of prison more tolerable. To soothe their anguish, the women were told the prisoners would soon be released. That night they were shut up in the meeting house at Flushing, and next day taken to the Provost, where they were thrown among the offscouring of the earth. After repeated remon- strances, they were separated from this vile herd. Penelope Hull, a Quakeress, offered to carry them food twice a day. Their washing was done at home. After nine weeks' im- prisonment, two English Quakers, Jacob Watson and Robt. Murray, procured their release, and became security for their good behavior. That evening, as the family of Kirk was seated quietly by the fireside, they heard a knocking at the door. "There's the soldiers again," exclaimed the affrighted mother. She was mistaken. It was George Townsend's voice. " Why don't you come and help your father out of the chaise ?" He was sick of the small pox, caught in the Provost ; and his return home, instead of diffusing joy and peace, spread consternation and death ! The husband, indeed, recovered, but the wife and her infant daughter went down to the grave.
PART III.
PETITION AND REPRESENTATION OF QUEENS COUNTY.
123. The King being now in possession of Queens county, and his soldiers scattered over it, the leading Whigs having been thrown in prison, and the property of those who fled seized by the enemy, the remainder were constrained to join the Loyalists in petitioning the King's Commissioners that Queen's county might be restored to Royal favor.
To the RIGHT HONORABLE RICHARD, LORD VISCOUNT HOWE, of the Kingdom of Ireland, and to his Excellency, the Hon. WM. HOWE, ESQUIRE, General of His Majes- ty's forces in America, the King's Commissioners for re- storing peace to his Majesty's Colonies in North America : The humble Representation and Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Queens County, on the Island of Nas- sau, in the Province of New-York :
Your Excellencies having, by your Declaration of July last, opened to us the pleasing prospect of returning peace and se- curity, long banished by the many calamities surrounding us, we entertained the most sanguine expectations that the Colo- nies would at length have submitted to their duty and ac- knowledged :a constitutional authority they had so wantonly opposed.
When we compared the dismal situation of the country suf- fering under all the evils attending the most convulsive state, with the mild and happy government it had before experienced, we saw no ground for hesitation ; from happiness we had fallen into misery ; from freedom to oppression ! We severely felt the change and lamented our condition ; unfortunately for us,
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these hopes were blasted by the infatuated conduct of the Con- gress : Your Excellencies nevertheless having been pleased by a subsequent Declaration, again to hold up the most benevo- lent offers, and to repeat his Majesty's gracious intentions to- wards the obedient :
Permit us, his Majesty's loyal and well-affected subjects, the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Queens county, humbly to represent to your Excellencies, that we bear true allegiance to His Majesty, GEORGE the Third, and are sincerely attached to his sacred person, crown and dignity ; that we consider the union of these colonies with the parent state essential to their well being ; and our earnest desire is that the constitutional author- ity of Great Britain over them, may be preserved to the latest ages.
And we humbly pray, that your Excellencies would be pleased to declare this county at the peace of His Majesty, and thereby enable us to receive the benefits flowing from his most gracious protection.
Queens county, 21st October, 1776.
John Morrell,
Elbert Hoogland,
Jacob Weeks, Jr.
Thomas Hallet,
David Roe, Constable, Zeb'n Wright,
Charles Willet,
Jos. Griffen,
Simeon Walters, :
Geo. Nostrand,
John Smith,
Joseph Latham,
Enoch Martin,
Sam'l Smith,
Sam'I Burr,
Jona. Rowland,
Sam'l Fish,
Henry Dickenson,
John Embree,
Francis Marston,
March McEwen,
Benj. Arisson,
Thos. Bennen,
Darius Allen,
Ab'm Lawrence,
Benj. Farrington,
Israel Oakley,
Hallet Wright,
Tho's Woodward,
Tho's Smith, Jr.
Jos. Wright,
Leonard Lawrence,
Isaac Carpenter,
Philip Field,
Baltus Van Kleeck,
Rob't Wilson,
John Fowler,
Theophilus Wright,
Zeb'n Doty,
John Marston,
Isaac Underhill,
John Bennet, Jeromus Leister,
Wm. Lowere,
Peter Underhill,
Refine Weeks,
Wm. Arisson,
Garret Van Wicklen,
Ab'm Van Wyck,
Gilbert Field,
· Joseph Haviland, Jr. Wm. Reid,
Dan'l Young,
Benj. Cheshire,
Wm. Butler,
James Voorhies,
Thomas Blockley,
Gilbert Colden Willet, Dan'l Hendrickson,
Oliver Thorne,
Edward Willet,
Matthew Redett,
Richard Weeks,
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Cornelius Suydam, Charles Justus, Gabriel Cock,
John McIntosh,
Ab'm Polhemus,
John Hewlett,
Nath'l Hunt,
Stephen Wood,
Ab'm Brinckerhoff,
Solomon Wooden,
Geo. Watts,
John Leverich,
John Remsen,
Rem P. Remsen,
Isaac Keen,
Isaac Denton, Rich'd Green,
John Burroughs,
John Williams,
Joseph Bedel,
Jacob Palmer,
Ab'm Snedeker,
Jonah Valentine,
John Gorsline,
Richard Jackson,
Christian Snedeker,
Robert T. Collins,
Geo. Bayley,
Wm. Langdon, Ja's Searing,
John Parsall, Jacob Bennett,
Nichol. Van Cott,
Wm. Pearsall,
Ab'm Divine,
Ab'm Allen,
Jos. Cadles,
Jores Brinckerhoff,
Dan'l Allen,
Jas. Cornwell,
Peter Smith, Jr.
Hend'k Hardenberg,
Ephraim Ludlow,
Plat Smith,
Barnt Snedeker,
Cornel Smith,
Waters Lambertson,
John Ue Vedito,
Wm. Langdon,
Nath'l Woodruff,
Garret Wortman,
Amos Smith,
Dan'l Ludlam,
Dan'l Van Nostrand, Jr. Rich'd Mott,
Simeon Lugrin,
Rich'd Hewlett,
Corn's Bogert,
Nath'l Higbee,
Benajah Bedle,
Tunis Covert,
Nath'l Smith,
Francis Davenport,
Jacob Mott, Jr.
Rich'd Roads,
Michael Demott,
John Sands,
John Losee,
Elias Burtis,
Micajah Townsend,
John Van Nostrandt,
Edward Allison,
Joseph Hegeman,
Peter Smith, Sr.
Charles Cornwell,
Jesse Weekes,
John Remsen,
Sam'l Jackson,
Sam'l Weekes, Jos. Thorney Craft,
Tho's Wiggins, Michael Flowers,
Rich'd Gildersleeve,
Tim'y Townsend, . Jotham Townsend,
Gilbert Cornell,
John Hall,
IV. Townsend,
Edward Hicks,
Tho's Williams,
Ja's Craft,
Tho's Hicks, John Mitchell, Jr.
Tho's Jackson, Lorance Fish,
Tho's Kipp,
Oba'h Cornwell,
Geo. Smith,
John Weekes,
Corn's Cornwell,
Jo's Birdsall,
Dan'l Rapalje, Sr.
Augustine Mitchell,
Nathan Skidmore,
Jacobus Ricker, Ab'm Berrien,
Sam'l Hutchings, John Burtis,
Israel Seaman,
Garret Luyster,
John Woolley,
Jacob Jackson, Sam'l Carman,
Benj. Field,
Wm. Milbourn,
Joshua Tettil,
John Lawrence,
Geo. Rapalje,
John Legross,
Sam'l Thorne,
Wm. Gritman,
Cha's Thorn,
Tho's Jackson,
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Henry Hauxhurst,
Jacobus Collier,
David Chadoyne, Wm. Walters,
Newbury Davenport,
Tho's Youngs,
Anthony Wright,
Joseph Kissam,
Charles Hicks,
Ab'm Remsen,
David Allen,
Peter H. Waters,
Tho's Lewis,
Ezekiel Roe,
Jos. Carpenter, Joseph Cooper,
John Carle,
John Morrell,
Tho's Cheshire,
Michael Rogers,
Wm. Prince,
Dan'l Weekes, Jr.
Sam'l Titus,
James Field,
Francis Blackburn,
John Rodman,
Sam'l Thorne,
Rob't Allen,
Jacob Suydam,
Christo'r Robert,
Zophar Hawkins,
Peter Alburtus,
Jacob Suydam,
Jacob Smith,
Benj. Field,
Benj. Thorne, Jr.
Rob't Colwell,
Geo. Hicks,
Jos. Thorne,
John Carpenter,
Oliver Waters,
Sam'l Smith, Jr.
Corn's Hoogland,
Wm. Burns,
Wm. Lawrence, Jr.
John Remsen,
Oliver Talman,
David Fowler,
Ab'm Weekes,
John Searing,
Dan'l Clement,
Nath'l Weekes,
Wm. Waters,
John Monfort,
Tunis Hoogland,
Hend'k Eldert,
Dan'l Hitchcock,
Peter Liester,
Wm. Talman,
Pepperell Bloodgood,
W. Braambos
Tho's Fowler,
Caleb Lawrence,
Jacob Weekes,
Jacob Griffin,
John Thorne,
Anthony Van Nostrandt,
John Van Liew,
Tho's Foster,
Peter Liester, Jr.
Rob't Morrell,
James Areson,
Farnandus Suydam,
Caleb Valentine,
Darby Doyel,
Jacob Dillingham,
Nehemiah Coe,
Issachar Polock,
Dan'l Dodge,
Geo. Rapalje, Jr.
Benj. Thorne,
John Weekes,
Ja's Morrell,
V. Hicks,
Wm. Cheshire,
Ab'm J. Rapalje,
John Talman,
Daniel Latten,
Stephen Moore,
Steph. Lawrence,
John Carpenter,
John Rapalje,
Somerset Lawrence,
Jos. Cooper, Jr.
Bern's Rapalje, Jesse Fish,
Sam'I Wright,
Michael Weekes,
Dan'l Norstrandt,
Oliver Cornell,
Sam'l Robbins,
Christopher Remsen,
Joseph Beesley, Henry Lowere,
Townsend Weekes,
Rich'd Gardiner,
Rich'd Loudon,
The's Place,
Wm. Steed,
Daniel Townsend,
Jacobus Suydam,
Silas Lawrence,
Jacob Van Wicklen,
Rem Hardenberg,
Nich's Wickoff,
Francis Conihane,
Geo. Weekes,
Simeon Hauxhurst,
Alex'r McMullen,
Rob't Lawrence,
Isaac Whipps,
Benj. Hicks,
Ab'm Probasco,
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PETITION AND REPRESENTATION.
Dan'l Weekes,
Freeman Please, Isaac Covert,
Nath'l Smith,
Edmond Weekes,
Wm. Hendrickson,
John Van Noorstrandt, Jordan Lawrence, W. Snedeker, David Laton, S. Clowes, Ja's Pine, W. Pool, W. Frost,
Isaac Mills, Whithead Skidmore,
J. D. Peyster, Cha's Smith,
Sam'l H. Davenport, W. Hewlett,
Benj. Latting, Jr. Tillot Colwell,
Tho's Ireland,
Ambrose Seaman,
Geo. Downing,
Gregory Rete,
Jona. Gildersleeve,
Geo. Bayles,
Martin Schenck, Jr.
Benj. Smith, R.
John Tilley,
Peter Monfort,
Isaac Jackson,
Jacob Valentine,
John Clement,
John Dorlan,
Jacob Carpenter,
Henry Stocker,
Tho's Tredwell,
Ant. Weekes,
John Woolley, Jr.
Jona. Cornelius,
Annanias Downing,
Andries Hegeman,
Jo's Smith,
John Schenck,
Tho's Smith,
Silas Smith,
Wm. Weyman,
Dan'l Ireland,
John Fetherbe,
Jos. Moore,
W. Smith, Cow Neck,
Benj. Barker,
W. Leverich,
John Cornwall,
W. Ferribe,
John Curtis,
Sam'l Alline,
Noah Seamors,
John Debevois,
John Toffe,
Rich'd Jackson,
Abra. Polhemus, Jr.
Benj. Smith,
Tunis Covert,
Jos. Gorsline,
Geo. Hallet,
Ja's Pettit,
Jacob Hallet, Jr.
Ja's Lewis,
Oliver Willis,
John Morrell,
W. Willis,
Geo. Weekes,
Jos. Burroughs,
Mordecai Willis,
Steph. Hewlett,
John Ketcham, Jr.
Jos. Skidmore, Sr.
Geo. Watts, Jr.
Rich'd Rapalje,
Lewis Davenport,
Reuben Pine,
Jarel Curtis,
Ja's Langdon,
Sylvester Bedle,
Abra. Rapalje,
Aaron Van Nostrandt,
Mourris Simonson,
Wm. Bennet,
Abm. Van Noorstrandt,
Tho's Hicks,
Sam'l Renne,
Dan'l Rapalje,
Samuel Pettet,
Isaac Brinckerhoff,
Rulef Duryee,
Jacob Doxsee,
Wm. Creed, Jr.
Obadiah Mills,
Steph. Cornwell, Jr.
David Lamberson,
Jeremiah Remsen,
Timothy Clowes,
Isaac Ambeman, John Smith, John Skidmore,
Rob't Doughty, Jo's Lawrence,
Ja's Smith, Geo. Baldwin,
David Jackson, Sam'l Smith,
Dan'l Bailey, Peter Nostrandt,
Teunis Covert, Jr.
Gilbert Van Wyck,
Walter Smith,
Simon Simonson, Amos Mills,
John Voorhies,
Wm. Valentine,
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Stephen Lott,
John Ditmars,
George Duryee,
Derrick Bergen,
Jacob Remsen,
Edmund Lindsay,
Isaac Pettit,
Nich's Jones,
Absalom Wooden,
Ja's Marr,
Johannes H. Lott,
Jolın Butler, Jr.
Jona. Furman,
Clark Cock,
Josias Latten,
Sam'l Tred well,
Rem Remsen,
Amaziah Wheeler,
Rob't Dixon,
Henry Higbie,
Jo. Wortman,
Cha's Cornell,
Hend'k Emans, Jr.
Joshua Hammond,
Nath'l Wright,
Jona. Fish,
Melancthon Thorne,
Sam'l Wright,
John Talman, Jr.
Abra. Seaman,
Dominicus Van Dine,
Thos. Furman, "
Sam. Townsend,
Arus V. Dine,
John Carpenter,
Penn Cock,
Stephen Voris,
Sam'l Clement,
Dan. Vanvelred,
Simon Voris,
Sam'l Mott Cornell,
John Allen,
John Suydam,
Johannes Bergen,
Robt. Jackson.
Rem Remsen,
Peter Ryerson,
Barnt Snedeker,
W. Monfort,
Thos. Fowler,
Isaac Robbins,
Simon Lambertson, Henry Townsend, Jr.
Jeromus Bennet, Sr.
Tho's Van Wyck,
J. V. Wicklen,
Garret Noorstrandt, Jr.
Wright Thorney Craft. Tristam Dodge,
Benj. Lester,
David Valentine,
Jac. Rhinelander,
Rich. Langdon,
Jordan Coles,
Levi Weekes,
Ja's Smith,
Mordecai Beedle,
Caleb Underhill,
Luke Cummins,
John Henderson,
Dan. Weekes,
Benj. Dorlon,
Steph. Lawrence, Jr.
Cha. Burnett,
Henry Miller,
Nich's Ludlam,
Richard Weekes,
Corn. Van Noorstrandt,
W. Hopkins, Jr.
Robert Hall,
John Birdsall,
Ambrose Fish,
John Robbins, Sr.
Increase Pettit,
Tho's Lawson,
Baruch Allen,
John Van Noorstrandt,
Jacob Bergen,
Dan'l Terry,
Thos. Fetherbe,
Lawrence Marston,
Isaac Smith,
Dan'l Smith, Jr.
Noah Smith,
Arnold Fleet,
Sam. Birdsall,
Nich. Smith,
Wm. Hoogland,
Sa. Jackson, the 3d.
Dan'l Whitehead,
Dan'l Duryee,
Stephen Calas,
Benj. Everitt,
Jas. Vanscot,
Sam'l Spragg,
Douw V. Dine,
John Bennet, Sr.
John Verety,
Isaac Ditmars,
John Weekes, Jr.
Abra. Baldin,
Garret Ditmars,
Jeremiah Cheshire,
Amos Powell,
Aury Boerum,
Dan'I Birdsall,
Micah Williams,
John Remsen,
Jacob Duryee,
John Smith,
Douw Ditmars,
Garret Monfort,
Steph. Powell,
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PETITION AND REPRESENTATION.
Thos. Dorlon,
Abm. Brinckerhoff, Jr. John Marvin,
Benj. Smith, Jr.
Robt. Field,
Rich'd Townsend, Jr.
Seaman Watts,
John Van Aulst,
Rich'd Townsend,
J. Baker, Sam. Carman,
Thomas North,
John Smith,
P. Pettett,
John Fish,
Dan'l Wyllis,
Jo. Lefferts,
Joseph Morrell,
Elbert Brinckerhoff,
Tho. Clowes,
Cornelius Rapalje, Teunis Bergen,
Elijah Spragg,
John Williamson,
Robt. Mitchell,
John Townsend,
W. Van Wyck,
Jacob Nostrandt,
Rich. Townsend,
Isaac Amberman, Jr.
Edward Burling,
Ben. Dorland,
Jacob Ogden,
Teunis Brinckerhoff,
S. Stringham,
John Skidmore,
Isaac Bragaw,
Ste. Baldin,
John Smith,
Sam'l Seaman,
Rich'd Bruer,
Abm. Colyer,
Geo. Brinckerhoff,
Israel Smith,
Nich. Everitt,
Teunis Brinckerhoff,
Fred'k Nostrandt,
Isaac Rhoads,
Cha's Hicks, Jr.
Jackson Mott,
John Brush,
Walter Skidmore,
Coles Carpenter,
Sam'l Messenger,
Tho's Valentine,
Nath'l Coles,
Nath'l Mills,
Reuliff Voorhees,
Thos. Underhill,
Barnardus Hendrickson, Nath'l Provoost,
Benj. Latting,
Will. Golder,
Jacob Field,
John Jackson, Jr.
John Rice,
David Hallet,
Thos. Kirby,
Sam'l Smith,
John Williams,
John Kissam,
Sam'l Carman,
Jos. Wood, Thos. Frost, Thos. Hopkins, John Jackson,
John Searing,
Rich'd Lowdon,
Wilson Williams,
John Snedeker,
Steph. Thorn,
Tho's Thorne, Jr. Luke Eldert,
Ja's Bennett,
John Tredwell,
John Waters,
Peter Sniffen,
John Searing,
Sam'l Skidmore, Jr.
Dan'l Lawrence,
Elbert Hegeman, Jr.
Jaques Johnson, Corn. Bennett,
John Moore,
Adam Mott, Sr.
Jacob Moore,
Simon Sands, John Smith,
Sam'l Skidmore,
John J. Waters,
Nicholas Van Dyck,
John Bragaw,
W. Cornwell, Jas. Hewlett, John Mitchell, Jr.
Philip Allen, Henry Allen, John Allen,
John Kearns,
Sam'l Wooley,
David Van Wickel,
Benj. Cheesman,
Steph. Van Wyck,
Peter Bragaw,
Philip Valentine,
Chas. Hicks,
Daniel Kissam, 3d,
Silas Carman,
Albert Snedeker,
Wm. Sackett,
Cha's Debevois,
Howard Furman, John Golding,
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PETITION AND REPRESENTATION.
Nehemiah Carpenter,
W. McCoun,
David Sammis,
George Cornwell,
John Robbins,
Annanias Southard,
John Cock,
Jacob Robbins,
Jona. Pratt,
Rich'd Lattin,
Jacob Van Noorstrandt,Jas. Birdsall,
John Bremner,
Micha Weekes,
W.[Pettit,
Jos. Place, cordwainer. Elias Chadoyne,
Sam'l Dorlon,
Luke Bergen, Corn. Hoogland, Jr.
Dan'l Smitlı,
Sam'l Thorne,
John Doty,
Sam'l Jackson,
Geo. Thorne,
Corn. Vanscott,
Rich'd Smith,
John Roe,
Nich. Bennet,
Sam'l Green,
Jacob Gorsling,
W. Bennet,
Rich'd Pine,
Thomas Loweree,
Dan'l Burr,
Isaac Smith,
Sam'l Moore, Sr.
Somick Birdsall,
Peter Jones,
Isaac Lawrence,
Sam'l Weeks,
Garret Golder,
Jacobus Lint,
Peter Nostrandt,
John Mott,
Abm. Lint,
John Hewlett, Sr.
W. Thurston,
Dan'l Lint,
Joost Duryea,
Peter Lowge,
Thos. Lawrence,
Henry Powell,
Leffert Haugewort,
Sam'l Cornell,
John Amberman,
Zeb. Smith,
Benj. Everitt,
Henry Ludlam, Jr.
Thos. Seaman,
John Burtis,
Isaac Weekes,
W. Smith, Jr.
Hendr'k Suydam,
John Schenck,
Sam'l Nichols,
Corn. Ryerson,
David Tilley,
Timothy Rhoads,
Isaac Lefferts,
Robert Townsend,
Gerardus Clowes,
Wm. Glean,
Daniel Youngs, Jr.
Benj. Wiggins,
Martin Rapalje,
John Hanxhurst,
Thos. Wiggins,
Jacob Carpenter,
Jona. Gorham,
Sam'l Abrams,
Joshua Carpenter,
Charles Gulliver,
Joseph Pettit, Jr.
Da. Field,
Henry Townsend,
Benj. Dorland, Jr.
Whit. Field,
Minne Van Sicklen,
Pelham Sands,
Joha. Snedeker,
Isaac Seaman,
Carman Burtis,
W. Creed, Sr.
Robert Jackson, Jr.
Carman Rushmore,
Robert Coe, Jr.
Ja's Townsend, Dr.
Sam'l Shaw,
Sam'l Fosdick,
Wm. Crystall,
David Bedell,
Abm. Van Wicklen,
Garret Noorstrandt,
Noah Combs,
Nicholas Weekes,
John Baker,
John Demott,
Johannes Covert,
Gorce Snedeker,
Dan'l Cock, Jr.
Geo. Wright,
Sylvanus Bedell,
Townsend Dickenson,
Absalom Townsend,
W. Welling,
Rem Hegeman,
Geo. Youngs,
Rich'd Smith,
Dan'l Coles,
Thos. Fleet,
Jas. Hanrahan,
Jeromus Bennett,
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PETITION AND REPRESENTATION.
John Probasco,
Nath'l Denton,
Comfort Cornell, Rich'd Smith,
Michael Mudge,
Benj. Ackerly,
Jos. Hewlett,
Dan'l Albertson,
John Thomas,
Nathan Horton,
W. Coles, Thorn. Goldin,
Joseph Thorne,
W. Crooker,
Benj. Coles,
Thos. Hollowed,
Geo. Downing,
Henry Sands,
Jos. Lawrence, Dan'l Hopkins, Tho's Alsop,
John Moore, Jr.
John Whaley,
Martin Van Noostrand,
Ja's Moore,
John Morrel,
Jeremiah Port,
Tho's Morrell,
Israel Baxter,
Sylvester Cornell,
Jeromus Remsen,
Philip Wooley,
Edward Colwell,
Thos. Betts,
Jos. Clement, Jr.
Thos. Ludlam,
Geo. Debevois,
Rich'd Place,
Dan'l Cock,
Edward Ortus,
Sam'l Way,
John Needham,
Thos. Hunt,
Martin Schenck,
Joseph Denton,
W. Furman, John Pettit,
Jona. Searing,
W. Willing,
John Van Alst, Jr.
Joseph Starkings,
Philip Allen,
Gabriel Furman,
Derrick Albertson,
- Birdsall, Jr.
Geo. Sands,
Philip Young,
Elijah Wood, Ja's Pine,
John Greenoak,
J. J. Troup,
Andries Kashaw,
John Boerum,
Geo. Rapalje,
Chas. Cornell,
John Hendrickson,
John Martin,
John Mitchell,
Ja's Wood,
Martin Johnson,
Henry Townsend,
W. Cornell,
John Amberman,
W. Frost,
Rich'd Hallett,
Thos. Hinchman,
Henry Ludlam,
Ob. Valentine,
Amos Denton,
Jos. Ludlam,
Geo. Weekes, Sr.
Obadiah Hinchman,
Jacob Duryee,
Job Duryee,
John Hinchman, Sam'l Higbie,
D. W. Kissam, John Burtis, Aaron Duryee,
Aaron Simonson,
Lambert Moore,
W. Bennett,
Hend'k Emmens.
Dan'l Smith, Sam'l Mills,
Hervey Colwell, Albert Coles,
Jacob Williams, David Waters,
Aaron Hendrickson,
Garret Noostrandt,
Robert Thorney Craft, Nich. Van Arsdalen,
Thos. Martin,
Baruch Cornell,
Nath'l Mills,
Dan'l Kirby,
Jos. Denton,
Dan'l Everitt,
Thos. Cornell,
Seaman Weekes,
W. Hallet, Anthony Rhodes,
Solomon Craft, Cha's Frost,
Thos. Pearsall.
John Whippo,
Clarke Lawrence,
Adrian Onderdonck,
Peter Losee,
Robert Valentine,
John Grecnoak, Jr.
Ja's Harper,
126
PETITION AND REPRESENTATION.
Ja's Wooden,
Gilbert Wright,
Benj. Jackson, Elias Dorlon, 3d.
Jacob Kashow,
John Youngs,
Cha's Feke,
Jeromus Bennett,
Walter Covert,
Dan'l Underhill,
Peter Hegeman,
Sam'l Demott,
Stephen Denton,
Chas. Simonson,
Sam'l Townsend,
Adam Mott,
Jno. Foster, Jacamiah Bedell,
Daniel Hall,
Jacobus Lawrence,
Ja's Townsend, Jr.
Elijah Cock,
Epenetus Platt,
Obadiah Lawrence,
Gilbert McCoun,
Dan'l Hewlett, Jr.
Timothy Ellison,
John Fleet,
Peter Cock,
Geo. Bennett,
John Weeks, Sr.
Caleb Southward,
Amos Underhill,
Baruch Underhill,
John Pratt,
Peter Thorney Craft,
Henry Wheeler,
Oliver Birdsall,
W. Roe,
John Chiser,
John Pettit,
Samson Crooker,
Thos. Wright,
Jos. Dorlen,
Jacobus Luister,
Gab'l Duryee,
Sam'l Denton,
Hewlett Townsend;
Steph. Hendrickson,
Townsend Jackson,
John Weekes,
Garret Bennitt,
Gershom Smith,
Peter Monfort,
Augustine McCoun,
W. Smith, Jr.
Jacob Downing,
Nich. Wright,
Benj. Carman, John Post,
Nathan'l Moore,
Jacobus Ryder,
Thos. Seaman,
Nathan'l Moore, Jr.,
Penn Week,
Sam'l Mott,
Richard Morrell,
Benj. Cock,
Sam'l Mott, 3d.
Sam'l Waldron,
Luke Fleet,
Parmenas Jackson,
John Way,
Sam'l Cheshire,
Joseph Hall, Jno. Hall, Jr.
Benj. Moore,
Derrick Amberman,
Solomon Pool,
Geo. Brinckerhoff,
Michael Butler,
Obadiah Seaman,
Geo. Brinckerhoff, 3d,
Robt. Colwell,
Thos. Hutchings,
Tho's Burroughs,
Peter Wheeler,
Rich'd Rhoads,
Hend'k Jacobs,
Isaac Remsen, Jr.
Sam'l Pettett,
James Morrell,
John Townsend, Jr.
Thos. Dorland,
John M'Dannaugh,
Jos. Weekes,
Oba. Pettit,
Edmond Penfold,
Nich. Van Cott, Jr.
Dan'l Murray,
Jeromus Rapalje,
John Walters,
Jno. Hegeman, Joseph Clowes, Nichols Betty,
Nicholas Amberman,
Wm. Ludlam,
Sam'l Sands,
Tho's Denton,
Jona. Seaman,
Ja's Burtis,
Amos Denton, Jr.,
Jacob Williams,
John Jackson,
Joseph Burling,
Richard Rhoades,
Joseph Hauxhurst, Jacob Beldel,
Dan'l Debevois,
Tice Lane,
Jona. Smith,
W. Burell,
Garret Van Wicklen,
127
PETITION AND REPRESENTATION.
Jacob Lott,
Abraham Walton, Charles Arding, Jona. Fisk,
Penn Frost,
John Polhemus,
Wm. Latting,
Samuel Fish,
Jona. Morrell,
Robt. Crommeline,
Edward Thorne,
John Shoals,
Stephen Thorne, Jr.,
John Butler,
James Everett,
Joseph Field, Thomas Smith, Samuel Cornell,
Andrew Ricker,
Jabez Woodruff,
Valentine H. Peters,
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