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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
Sª Isaac Platt Eliphalet wickes Joseph Lewis moses Scud- der Joseph whittman Thomas Conklin and Reuben Brush Trustees for the time being in the name of the Trustees of the freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Hunting- ton for our Selves our heirs Successors & the freeholders and Commonalty of the Sd town for which Considerations and immunities hereafter Expressed and mentioned in be- half of the freeholders and Commonalty of the Town afore Sª to be granted unto them and us by the Sª Zophar Platt his heirs and Successors We the S' Trustees have given granted Released Conveyed Assured Enfeoffed and con- firmed and by these presents for our Selves our heirs Suc- cessors and the freeholders and Inhabitants and Com- monalty of the Sª Town do give Grant Release Convey Assure Enfeoff and confirme unto him the Sª Zophar Platt his heirs and assignes forever the Rights Liberties & Priveledges here after mentioned to witt of building make- ing and Runing of a Dam to Dam the water at the head or near the head of Huntington harbor and thence to run from the thatch point of the salt Marsh on the East side of the Creek across to the Shore, on the west Side of the Creek neare opposite to the house that formerly Belonged to Joseph Dean Deceased or att the place that the Sa Zophar Platt shall Judge most Convenient & to Raise the Dam as high on the Mash as he shall Judge most Conven- ient full and free Liberty to Erect or build a mill or mills on the Sa Dam or below the Same at the most proper Place att the Election of the Sª Zophar Platt or his heirs or Successors with free Liberty to Dam and Confine the water above the mill Dam and to Improve the same and further in Case when the mill pond should be made and there Should hereafter grow and be oysters in the Sª mill pond that the Sª Zohar Platt his heirs Assignes & Succes- sors to Pick gather or Rake oysters for his familys use from time to time and att all times for ever hereafter as
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also free and full Liberty of Diging and Carrying of Earth for the building or Repairing the Sd mill Dam off the High ways or Commons not Prejudiceing the High ways To have and to hold all the above granted and bargained premises with their appurtenances unto him the Sd Zophar Platt his heirs Successors & Assignes forever to his and their own Sole and Proper Use Benefit and Behoofe from henceforth and forever and we the Sª Trustees in the name of the Trustees of the freeholders and Commonalty of the Town do covenant grant and agree to and with him the Sª Zophar Platt his heirs Exs and Successors and Assignes that it Shall and May be Lawfull for him the Sa Zophar Platt his heirs Successors and Assignes to have hold use and improve all the above Granted Priveledges and all the mills Erections Buildings and Emprovements that he or his heirs or Successors may hereafter make Im- prove or Erect on the Priveledges above granted without the lett hindrance or molestation of us the Trustees for the time being or our Successors & the freeholders & Commonalty of the Town afore Said and this Indenture further witnesseth that I the Sª Zophar Platt for and in Consideration of the above granted Priviledges for my Self my heirs Successors and Assigns do Article Cove- nant Stipulate and agree and by these presents do fully and absolutely article Covenant Stipulate and agree to and with the Said trustees for the time being and their Suc- cessors that I the Sd Zophar Platt My heirs Successors and Assigns will Employ my upper mills that I bought of Jacob Scudder to Grind the Corn and Grain of the freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Huntington from time to time as far forth as my above Sª mills are Capable to Per- form they the Sª freeholders and inhabitants allowing the one fourth part to be taken for the Tole for grinding to him the Sª Zophar Platt his heirs Successors and Assigns forever. It being pressent Common Custom of Tole and
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I the Sª Zophar Platt for me my heirs Successors and Assignes do further Covenant and agree to and with the Said trustees for the time being their heirs and Successors to make and Support a dam a Cross the Creek Below the Road and to dig a Ditch and Turn the Current or Stream of water into the Cove Below Benijah Jarvis house Item I the said Zophar Platt for my self my heirs Successors and Assigns do Covenant article and agree that the Said freeholders and Commonalty of the Town aforesaid may and Shall have Liberty att any time and all times Here- after of fishing & gathering of oysters in the mill pond when they breed Grow and are there to be had and further it is Stipulated Concluded Covenanted and agreed unto by the S' Trustees in behalf of themselves their successors the freeholders and inhabitants of the Town on the one part and the said Zophar Platt on the other part that in Case it Should so Happen that the said Zophar Platt Should not go on to build a mill or mills Down at the head of Hun- tington harbour as above Described and will Deliver up his Right to the town again of this present Grant that then in such Case the use of his upper mills Shall Revert to his own disposal & employment as he Shall see Cause to Employ them In witness whereof the Sa Trustees above named of the one part and Zophar Platt of the other part have Sett to our hands and fixed our Seals the day and year above written.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of us SAMUEL CLARK.
ISAIAH TOTTEN.
ISAAC PLATT, Pd. [Seal.] ELITHELET WICKES, [Seal.] JOSEPH LEWIS, [Seal.]
MOSSES SCUDDER, [Seal.]
JOSEPH WHITMAN, [Seal.]
THOMAS CONKLIN, [Seal.]
REUBEN BRUSH, [Seal.]
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
Memorandum that on the forth Day of May anno D 1752 then Personally appeared Before me Jonas Williams one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County of Suffolk the Within named trustees of huntington of the first party and Zophar Platt of the other Party and Did freely one and acknowledge this to Be their free Volun- tary act and Dead for the use therein mentioned likewise their hands and seals.
Test JONAS WILLIAMS Justice.
(File No. 306.)
[1783, March I.]
HUNTINGTON March 1, 1783
Coll Thompson Dr to John Sammis from the 7th No- vember 1782 to 13th November 1783. To being turned out of my house three months 6 days My barn stript of 1566 feet of Boards To 18 Apple trees cut down for Arbatees for Fort to 2518 Chestnut rails some of which was put in the Fort the other burnt-18 Apple Trees at 50s each 45, 0, 0. 2518 Chestnut Rails at 3, 10 per 100 88, 3 1566 at 2 dollars per 100 feet 12, 8, 11 145, 1I, II. (File No. 305.)
[1783, March 6.]
HUNTINGTON March 6th 1783 Amount of Labour by the men & with waggons loads
[* This deed was omitted at its proper place in the order of dates in consequence of its temporary absence from the Clerk's office .- C. R. S.]
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
timber straw hay Fences Boards Mens days Labour 234- £93, 12s, od. Days with waggons 1401-698, 35, 6d. Loads timber £20, 20s, od.
Loads straw 173-617, IOS, od.
Tombstones 100 pair at 4 Dol-£80, os, od.
124 Apple Trees £310, os, od.
1000 feet board M. K. £Io, os, od.
1300 Rails £45, Ios, od.
People Rails 5830 Sammis 2518-9648 Rails £213, IIS, od Jonas Williams 11 loads timber £11. Ananias Conkling 3 loads timber £3. Henry Sammis 390 feet boards £3. Amount £905, 6s, 6d.
(File No. 304.)
[1783, Aug. 28.]
HUNTINGTON 28 August 1783.
At a meeting at Platt Carlls of the Inhabitants. The Under written are men Chosen to call the Inhabitants to- gether in case of Robberies* being Committed &c.
Moses Wickes Comm. Scudder Lewis Cube. Joshua Ketcham South Epenetus Smith Crabmedow
Jesse Bryant
Zebulon Smith
Lemuel Carll Dicks Hills
David Smith Long Swamp.
[* The close of the war found the country in a state of great disorder, concurrent history showing that bands of lawless persons occupied remote and unfrequented places, from whence they came in the night time and plundered the inhabitants. This condition of things rendered it necessary to establish civil government as soon as possible in the place of the military rule, which had held sway ever since the occupation of Huntington by the British troops in August 1776,-C. R. S.]
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Wilmolt Oakley
West Hills
Eliphilet Chichester
Isreal Titus Cold Spring
Thomas Brush West Neck
Capt. Wickes
Town Spot
Capt Conkling
Platt Vial Old Fields
Jonathan Scudder East Neck.
(File No. 237.)
[THE CHURCH BELL.]
[1783, Sept. 3.]
Personally appeared before me Zebulon Platt and made Oath that some time in the last of November on the first of December 1777. he was taken Prisioner by the Master of the ship called the swan and was carried on board of the said ship where he saw the Bell Belonging to the In- habitants of Huntington and the Deponent further saith that he and the Bell was shifted on board of a Brigg and from there he & the Bell was put on board of a Tender where the Bell was when he was sent to the Mane Guard in New York.
ZEBULON PLATT
Sworn this 3 of Sept. 1783 Before me
ZOPHAR PLATT Justice
(War Claims, Vol. I, p. 80.)
[1783, Dec. 17.]
These are to Desire all the Freeholders Inhabitants of the Town of Huntington to meet at the Church on Mon- day the 22 of December at 10 Oclock in order to elect corporate and Town officers for the Town of Huntington
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
by order Capt Timothy Carll Capt. John Wickes and Mr Wilmoth Oakerly is Appointed to Superintend the election
Huntington 17th Dec. 1783.
(File No. 187.)
[TOWN MEETING.
[1783, Dec. 22.]
At a Town Meeting held this 22 of Dec 1783 The follow- ing Persons Chosen.
Trustees Capt. Thomas Jarvis chosen President John Wickes Timothy Conkling Platt Carll Epenetus Conkling Eliphilet Chichester Scudder Lewis.
John Ketcham chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer.
[NOTE .- By a general order of Congress the army was dis- banded November 3d. The British army evacuated New York City November 25th, and Washington took an affectionate farewell of his officers in New York City December 5th and sought retirement .- C. R. S.]
[NOTE .- The Tories in Huntington found their position very uncomfortable here at the close of the war. They were in- tensely hated and large numbers fled to Nova Scotia, joining there about ten thousand refugee Loyalists from the States, now free from British rule .- C. R. S.]
[NOTE .- "From the profoundest depths of humiliation and sorrow, into which the people of Huntington had been plunged by a long and desolating war, they were elevated as it were, to the seventh heaven, by the news that the armies of Wash- ington were victorious, the haughty legions of the King van- quished, and the freedom and independence of the Colonies achieved and acknowledged. Is it any wonder that the gen- eration that passed through these trials and triumphs ever after celebrated their independence, as John Adams predicted they would, by the ringing of bells, the roar of artillery and the declamation of orators ?"-From Street's History of Hunting- ton, p. 44.]
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
To take care of Intestate Estates Sam1 Oakley Jacobmiah Brush.
Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Brush John Wickes John Ketcham.
Surveyors John Brush Capt Timothy Carll Jacobmiah Brush.
Assessors Wilmoth Oakley Scudder Lewis, Jacobmiah Brush.
Supervisor Capt Timothy Carll.
Overseers of the Poor Scudder Lewis Eliphilet Jarvis.
Constable and Collecter Ezekiel Conkling.
To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and 8 others.
Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and thirteen others.
Overseer of Highways Zacheriah Smith and twenty five others.
(Town Meetings, Tol, I, p. 341.)
[1783.]
List of Taverns-Licenses given.
Abijah Ketcham George Norton, Thos Udale Nath. Higbee, Gilbard Platt, Thomas Jarvis Jacob Ireland John Jones, Wilmot Oakley Nath1 Williams Platt Brush, Platt Carll Joshua Ketcham Phineas Carll, Foster Nostran, Jon- athan Titus.
(File No. 191.)
[CLAIM OF THOMAS JARVIS.]
[1784, Jan. 12.]
2 Cattle
£ 20 S.
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II Hogs, Big & Little at 22-
Rails & Board Fence 50-
Barn & other out Buildings 40-
Horses taken on service 15-
Horses wagon & Driver 4- I Wagon 15-
Money paid for wagon hire -12
Goods plundred in 1781 & 82 359-
Wheat Rye & Hay taken & Destroyed 86-17
Labour done in Erecting works &c . I-IO
Houses taken & occupied by B. Troops 49-
Use of household furneture & Destroyed 20-
682-19
Huntington Jan. 12th 1784.
THO. JARVIS.
[FURTHER ACCOUNT OF WORK ON FORT GOLGOTHA.]
[1784, Jan. 13.]
The Account of the work done in Huntington in erect- ing the works around the Presbeteeren Church By B. G. Oliver DeLancey with his Troops, and By the people in my destrict, July 12, 1777.
By several orders from Coll. John Harris Cruger, to me to order the men to work Amounts to, two Hundred twen- ty & four men with shovels & axees, twelve men with their Horses & waggons. May 17th 1778.
By an order from Capt. Charles Cameron to order the men to Erect the fort on Lloyds Neck, the whole of the days works with, shovels & axes is two Hundred eighty and nine-under him. June 12, 1778.
(War Claims, Vol. I, p. 35.)
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
By an order from Capt. Benjm Rooaback to me for men to come on the Neck to Comepleate the works was twen- ty & one, with shovels & axes. July 24, 1778.
By several orders from Coll. Richard Hewlett to me to order the men to come to Loyds Neck to Erect new works with in the old, the days works with shovels and axes was three Hundred and sixty, five days with Drivers Horses & waggon. August 3fh 1779.
By an order to me from Coll. G. G. Ludlow for men to come to Loyds Neck to work, was eight days work with shovel & axes. July 15th 1781.
By Several orders to me from Maj. Upham to send teams to Loyds neck to work, which is three Drivers and Horses & waggons one day and three Drivers and their ox teams one day, six men with their axees one day. Nov. 5,1782.
By several orders from Coll. Benjamin Thompson to me to order men to come to work to Build a fort Round the Burying ground in Huntington. Likewise to furnish Timber & straw this is the number of days works with axes, Drivers with their Horses & waggons the Value of Timber, the Loads of straw.
The Days works is 119. Drivers with Horses & waggons is 56. The Value of the Timber that the people furnished £34, 14s, od, with carting the Loads of straw is 8 waggon Loads.
TIMOTHY CARLL.
Dicks Hills, January 13, 1784.
(File No. 225.)
[TOWN MEETING.]
[1784, Apr. 6.]
HUNTINGTON, April ye 6th 1784.
Following Persons chosen for one year.
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
Trustees John Brush President, John Wickes Platt Carll Silas Sammis Henry Scudder John Oakley Epenetus Conkling.
John Ketcham Town Clerk and Treasurer.
To take care of Intestate Estates Samuel Oakley Jaco- miah Brush.
Chosen Constable and Collector Isaac Carll Ketcham.
Surveyors John Brush Timothy Carll Jacomiah Brush.
Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.
Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Brush John Wickes John Ketcham.
Assessors and Inspectors of Election Jesse Brush Henry Scudder Wilmoth Oakley.
Overseers of the Poor Philip Conkling Silas Sammis.
To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and nine others.
Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and thirteen others.
Overseers of Highways Simon Fleet and twenty-three others.
Also Voted that if any Person that doth not belong to this Township should Hunt Hawk Fowl or Fish within this Township to be Prosecuted for the same and Damages Recover'd before a Justice of the Peace.
Voted that if any man is found Mowing any Grass upon the Common meadow on the south side of Long Island in the Township of Huntington before the first Day of Sep- tember in said year to be Fined Forty shillings New York currency which is to be recovered before a Justice of the Peace within said Town.
Hog act revised.
Also Voted that if the Trustees thinks Propper to Build an Addition to the Town House for the Conveniencey of the Poor said addition to be Built at the Towns Expence.
Voted that the Trustees of the Present year should Hire out the Ferry for three, Four or five years as they think Propper. JOHN BRUSH, Pd [Seal.]
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 1-3.)
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
[1784, Apr. 27.]
Articles of a Vandue held in Huntington this 27th day of April 1784 to hire out the Priveledge of the Ferry from Huntington to Norwalk on the Main are as followeth Whosoever shall have said Ferry cryed of on their bid shall give Bond to the amount of 200 pounds to keep a good sufficient Boat to carry eight Horses in good order and give propper attendance and shall receive no more than three shilling for each person and five shilling for each Horse all other freight as they shall agree and they shall be obliged on receiving double Ferrage to go with one passenger further whosoever shall hire said ferry shall have the exclusive right of said Ferry from any Person whatsoever from Huntington to said Norwalk for the term of five years from the first Tuesday in April 1784.
JOHN BRUSH, Pd
Cryed of to Capt. Jonathan Titus a £31, 10, 0, per year. (lown Meetings, Vol. II, p. 3.)
[1785, Jan. II.]
SUFFOLK COUNTY &SS.
To the Assessors and Collectors of Huntington You are hereby Authorized & Required to assess levy and Collect of the several Freeholders and Inhabitants of your Town the sum of Seventeen Pounds it being your Towns propor- tion of the County Charge for the last year to this date
[NOTE .- In July, 1784, Fort Golgotha was demolished by the inhabitants, and the materials of which it was constructed were sold in parcels at public auction. From a scrap of paper on file we learn that the timber and boards were purchased by Gilbert Potter, David Conklin, John Sammis, Doctor Prime and Stephen Ketcham for £17, 18s ; the gate and bridge by Joseph Wicks, and a quantity of bricks was purchased by Isaac Losee and others .- C. R. S.]
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and to pay the same unto the Treasurer of this County on or Before the first day of April next and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant given under the hands and seals of the supervisors at the County Hall on Eleventh day of January Anno Dom. 1785.
SELAH STRONG ISAAC THOMSON
THOS YOUNGS
DAVID HOWELL
Supervisors.
EZEKIEL MULFORD TIMOTHY CARLL
(File No. 195.)
[TOWN MEETING.]
[1785, Apr. 4.]
At a Town Meeting Held in the Town of Huntington the 4th April 1785 It was Voted and Agreed that a Gate should be kept up by the Road that Leads from the House of the Widow skidmore at Fresh Pond to the sound or landing. Certified by
JOHN WICKES Pd [Seal.]
1785 the South Bay Leas'd out to Joshua Ketcham also the undivided plains leas'd out to Zebulon Smith John Snedecor Silas Smith Phineas Carll Isreal Carll Timothy Carll & Eliphilet Carll for seven shillings.
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 15.)
[TOWN MEETING.]
[1785, Apr. 5.]
HUNTINGTOM ye 5th April 1785 .. Following Persons chosen for one Year.
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Trustees Capt. John Wickes President Henry Scudder Silas Sammis Platt Carll John Oakley Epenetus Conkling David Rusco Jun"
Town Clerk & Treasurer John Ketcham.
To take care of Intestate Estates Sam11 Oakley Jacomiah Brush.
Constable and Collector Isaac C. Ketcham.
Surveyors John Brush Timothy Carll Jacomiah Brush.
Supervisor Capt. Timothy Carll.
Commissioners for laying out Highways John Brush, John Wickes John Ketcham.
Assessors and Inspectors of the Election Henry Scudder Wilmot Oakley John Ketcham.
Overseers of the Poor Silas Sammis Philip Conkling.
To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and nine others.
Fence Viewers Henry Sammis and twelve others.
Overseers of Highways Simon Fleet and twenty three others.
A Town Act to prevent Foreigners from Hunting Hawking Fishing or Fowling within the Town of Hun- tington passed the fifth of April Amo. Domini One Thous- and seven hundeed and Eighty five.
Whereas the necesity of the many Poor Inhabitants of our said Town require the preventing of Foreigners from Hunting Hawking Fishing or Fowling within the same.
Be it Therefore Enacted by the Trustees of the People of the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, and state of New York; and by Virtue of their Charter bearing date ye 5th Day of October 1694. That if any Foreigner is found Hunting Hawking Fishing, or Fowling, within the Town of Huntington he or they found Trespassing within the Limits of our said Town shall forfeit the sum of Five pounds to the People of the Town of Huntington which shall be recovered (if not paid) before any justice of the Peace within said County with all reasonable Charges for the same.
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Also Voted and Agreed by the People and Trustees of the Town of Huntington That if any Person is found mowing Grass on the Islands which are undivided on the South side of the Town of Huntington before the first day of September in the present year 1785 shall forfiet the sum of Forty shillings New York Currancy to the People of the Town of Huntington which if not paid to said people shall be recovered before any Justice of the Peace within said Town with all Reasonable Charge for the same. Hog act revived.
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 10-14.)
[No date.]
M' Isaac Losee agrees to take the Bill for £4 a year to Sweep the Meeting House once a month and cary the dirt out and Brush the Seats to ring the bell on Sundays and Lectures & Funerals.
(File No. 143.)
[1785, Apr. 6.]
HUNTINGTON April ye 6th 1785.
The Poor is put out for the ensuing year as followeth :
First the Person who takes any of the Poor is to find them meat Drink washing Lodging & Nursing suitable for such Persons and mend for the men and Make and mend for the Weomen and Children the Overseers of the Poor to find said Poor Persons Cloathing if wanted and Pay for the Doctering of said Poor and the Person or Persons who takes them not to call for a Docter for said Poor with- out Obtaining Leave of said Overseers.
And in case there should be an Addition Built to the
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Poor House said Overseers Hath liberty to take away said Poor when they think Propper and Pay the Person who has said Poor for the time they have kept them. (Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 16.)
[TOWN MEETING-BOUNDARY LINE.]
[1785, Aug. 22.]
At a Town Meeting held in Huntington at the House of Widow Platt on Monday the 22 Day of August 1785 the following persons Chosen to settle the Line between Hun- tington and Oyster Bay Viz. Thomas Wickes High Sherif, Joshua Ketcham Silas Sammis Jacomiah Brush.
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 20.)
[BOUNDARY LINE.]
[1785, Sept. 5.]
IIUNTINGTON September ye 5th 1785 Accordingly said persons Choose Timothy Carll and Nathaniel Whitsen to run said line but the Inhabitants of Oysterbay did not comply but the line was run as followeth.
Beginning at a walnut tree where our ancesters left of thence running South falling a little to the East of Thomas Sands House then running to the West part of One of the Branches of masapague Swamp thence near the East side of the Beaver Pond and then about twenty four rod to the west of Hendrich Duryes House so down about the middle of Unkawa to or near a Tree the south side of the High- way that leads across the Neck and then to the bottom of said Neck to a Creek runing into the Meadows.
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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
Expences of said day paid by the Treasurer by Order of the President to the surveyors and Vituals & drink for the Assistants £2, 12S.
(Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 20.)
[TOWN MEETING.]
[1786, Apr. 4.]
HUNTINGTON 4th Apr. 1786
Following persons Chosen for one year :
Trustees Timothy Conkling President, Stephen Kelcy Zophar Platt Eliphilet Jarvis David Rusco Jr. John Ketcham Henry Jarves.
John Ketcham Town Clerk & Treasurer.
To take case of Intestate Estates Samuel Oakley Jaco- miah Brush.
Constable & Collector Carll Ketcham.
Surveyors John Brush Timothy Carll Jacomiah Brush.
Supervisor Epenetus Conkling.
Commissioners for Laying out Highways John Wickes John Brush John Ketcham.
Assessors Wilmot Oakley Ananias Carll John Ketcham,
Overseers of the Poor Philip Conkling and David Rusco Jr.
To take care of fires Jesse Conkling and nine others.
Fence Veiwers Henry Sammis and twelve others.
Overseers of Highways Simon Fleet & twenty two others.
Laws for 1786 &c.
The Town Act passed last year revived respecting For- eigners Hunting Hawking Fishing and Fowling within the Town of Huntington.
Also Voted that no person shall fire a Gun at Geese at
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their sanding places on Huntington South Beach under the penalty of Five pounds currant money of the State of New York to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace in said Town with all reasonable Charges. Also Voted and enacted that no person shall Innoculate any person in the limits of the Town of Huntington without leave from the Trustees of said Town.
Likewise Voted and passed into a Law that the Hog act shall continue in force as in the year 1785.
Voted and agreed that Jonathan Titus shall have the Ferry from Huntington to Norwalk for sixteen pounds a year in case he pays the money Annually.
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