Huntington Town records, including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y. 1776-1873, Volume III, Part 9

Author: Huntington (N.Y.)
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Huntington, N.Y. : The Town
Number of Pages: 720

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Philip Kellam

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4

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John Pedrick

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2

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William Alben

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Jesse Merrit

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I

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Philip Ketcham

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6

4

2

Isaac Conkling

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3

3

Ezra Lewis

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4

3

Jacob Cobet

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2

Jonathan Burch

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2

Thomas Burch

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5

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Schudder Robbins

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5

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John Ireland

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Rulef Derea

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Abraham Brenkerfalf

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Reuben Ketcham

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3

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Seth Purdy

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3

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Nathan Bushop

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Daniel Van Cott

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Stephen Osten

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John Conkling

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Sarah Dickerson

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Thomas Powell

James Burch

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6

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Elijah Chdester

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Losea Ireland

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John Waltures

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Names of Heads of Families.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Names of Heads

Number of Male Inhabitants

Number of Mate Putinbitauta

possessed of freeholds in the County of the value of fun.

Number of Mate Inhabitants

who have paid Taxes.

9. Number of Females.

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2

3

1

Feter Roland

2

2

Jacob Contiling

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I

David Roland

3

Jesse Brandig

3

Jabonas Van Cost

3

5

IsEEN TETis

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I

2

2

Nathan Jackson

1

3

3

Edward Johnson

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I

4

4

Thomas sammis

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I

3

Silas Muncy

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I

5

3

James Abber

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Hin in it I 3

3

Trên Boshop

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2

5

Tomatban Stratton

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3

4

Stephen Stratton

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6

2

Elipbale: Oakley

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I

I

5

Tesse Fccham

1 1

I

3

2

Samuel Jackson

7

3

I

Fuibard Kaland

I

2

Peter Berry

5

2

Charles Berry

I

3

3

James Berry

I

I

2

I

Thomas Thanningzos

2

2

Plant Ercab

I

I

3

Jacob Conkling

I

I

3

5

Israel Conkling

I

I

3

Thomas Jackson

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3

5

Nathaniel Bore

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2

Henry Dress bary

I

3

5

Obediat Barto

Joseph Whitman

3

3

PESetas Spegüzer

2

Ruben Sammes

5

Nathan Ti=c:

2

MI Slaves.

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

State of the Value of Liv.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Frecholds in the County of the value of $20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the Yearly Value of 64o

Number of Males.

Number of Females.

Slaves.

I

2

3

5

6

7

Zebulon Ketcham

I

I

5

5

I

Joshua Kitcham

I

I

4

3

I

Thomas Ketcham

2

I

Israel Ketcham

I

I

2

I

Philip Ketcham

I

2

6

Jonah Powel

3

3

Obedialı Verrity

I

2

6

3

Isaac Bur

I

I

+

3

Morris

I

I

4

to

Zacariah Rogers

I

I

2

James Rushmore

I

I

3

4

James Nostran

1

I

2

3

Wd Sary Brush

I

4

John Carmon

I

I

2

Samuel Mackone

I

3

John Mackone

I

4

4

James Person

I

I

5

3

John Snedecor

I

5

Jesse Conklin

I

I

2

I

Thomas Seamon

I

I

6

6

Alexander Conklin

I

I

I

2

Lewis Snedecor

I

2

I

Abraham Snedecer

I

I

5

3

Nathanel Sellick

I

2

3

Henry Oakley

I

I

2

Nathaniel Oakley

I

I

2

3

James Oakley

I

I

5

3

Silus Newman

I

I

Thomas Totton

I

I

2

2

Widow Mary Smith

2

4

Jacob Smith

5

I

Thomas Powel

I

4

5

I

2

I

John

5

2

Thomas Roberson

2

I

ISI

Names of Heads of Families.

who have paid Taxes.

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152

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Names of Heads of Families.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

State of the Value of £100.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

County of the value of £20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the

Yearly Value of £40

who have paid Taxes.

Number of Males.

Number of Females.

Slaves.

Nathaniel Buffit

I

I

3

6

Platt Carll

I

I

3

4

6

Jesse Smith

I

I

3

3

I

Timothy Carll Jr.

I

I

2

3

3

Ebenezer Blatcley

I

3

4

Philip Jarvis

I

I

I

2

I

David Griggs

I

I

I

I

4

Platt Kelcy

I

3

I

Richard Conkling Sen

I

3

5

Alexander Denton

I

I

5

4

John Squier

I

I

4

3

Selah Conkling

I

I

I

IO

Ebenezer Platt

I

I

4

4

3

Jonas Rogers

I

I

4

4

Jacob Rogers

I

2

3

Adam Seford

I

I

2

4

Obediah Platt

I

I

4

5

I

Timothy Conkling Jr.

I

I

5

5

I

David Rusco Jr.

I

I

2

4

· Stephen Sammis

I

I

I

3

David Sammis

2

2

Salvenus Chichester

I

I

5

3

Solomon Ketcham

I

I

4

2

I

Jonas Platt

I

I

3

3

Thomas Conkling

I

I

I

Conkling Ketcham

I

I

2

3

Ezekiel Conkling

I

I

3

3

Thomas Conkling Jr.

I

I

3

2

Zadock Smith

I

I

3

2

I

Jonathan Titus Capt.

I

I

2

Carll Ketcham

I

5

4

Jacob Ketcham

I

I

I

I

2

3

i

4

5

1

6

2

Stephen Kelcy

I

I

2

3

I

Doct Zophar Platt

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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

State of the Value of £100.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

County of the value of £20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the

Yearly Value of £40

who have paid Taxes.

Number of Males.

Number of Females.

Slaves.

I

1

2

1 3

1

4

1

5

1

6

1

7

Isreal Titus

I

I

Thomas Brush

John Gould

Thomas Scudder

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I

2

I

3

Capt. Cornelius Conkling I

I

I

2

Jonas Williams

I

I

2

2

Reuben Johnson

I

3

2

Richard Titus

I

I

3

3

Daniel Hendrickson

I

I

3

I

Thomas Hendrickson

I

I

I

3

John Hendrickson

I

I

I

I

James P. Chichester

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I

I

2

2

I

Timothy Williams

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I

3

2

Zebulon Platt

I

I

2

I

Ebenezer James

I

4

4

Joseph Sammis

I

5

5

Wd. Sarah Rogers

2

Wd. Mary Smith

2

2

Jonathan Scudder

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I

1

I

Jacob Scudder

5

7

Wd. Mary Williams

2

2

Wd. Hannah Davis

I

2

Wd. Elizabeth Denton

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2

John McGear

2

3

David Keley

2

I

John Sammis

3

3

Zophar Platt Jr.

I

I

I

2

2

I

Jonathan Jarvis

Joseph Lewis

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I

3

4

I

I

5

5

I

2

3

I

2

4

2

I

Abrahan Vanwyck

3

I

James Long

3

Elijah Gould

I

I

2

I

Timothy Sammis

3

I

Christopher Ming

5

4

Names of Heads of Families.

154

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Names of Heads of Families.

N Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

State of the Value of £100.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

County of the value of {20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the

Yearly Value of £40

who have paid Taxes.

Number of Males.

Number of Females.

Slaves.

Benjamin Gould

I

5

2

Gilbert Platt

I

3

3

2

Henry Titus

I

2

2

Isaac Platt

I

I

I

Obediah Wheeler

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2

John Wheeler

I

I

6

Obediah Johnes Esq.

I

I

2

3

I

Jesse Brush

I

I

6

3

2

Augustin Sammis

1

I

4

I

Richard Brown

3

3

Augustin Betts

I

2

Amos Dory

5

4

Deborah Underhill

I

I

3

3

Samuel Hart

1

I

I

2

Daniel Wiggins Doct.

I

3

I

4

Timothy Jarvis

I

1

2

Daniel Wiggins Jr.

3

I

Silas Platt

2

2

Platt Ketcham

I

I

I

William Johnson

I

I

5

2

I

Tredwell Brush

I

I

4

4

Į

Ebenezer Gould

I

5

I

John Brush

I

I

2

3

3

Jarvis Wood

I

I

I

2

Ichabod Jarvis

I

I

4

6

Ananias Conkling

I

1

4

5

Sarah Bennett

2

6

Abagil Rogers

I

2

John Shannon

I

Gilbert McGear

2

I

1 i

4

1

5

6

1 7

William Johnes

I

I

Joseph Wickes

Tidelio B. Gillet

I

-

4

5

Abraham Jarvis

I

3

155

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the State of the Value of £100.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

County of the value of £20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the

Yearly Value of £40

who have paid Taxes.

Number of Females.

Slaves,

I

1

2

3

1 1

4

Timothy Bennett

Mary Long

I

I

Wd. Frelove Brush

I

4

2

Amos Willets

I

I

I

I

Sarah Maney

I

I

I

5

I

Joseph Conkling

I

I

4

5

Jesse Sammis

I

I

I

3

Hubbard Conkling

I

I

I

2

Samuel Ketcham

I

2

3

I

Stephen Ketcham

I

I

4

5

Tunus Vancott

I

I

3

5

Samuel Powel

I

I

3

2

John Whitson

3

I

David Copaboon

2

2

Joseph Durbee

2

2

John Durling

4

4

Benjamin Mot

I

I

3

2

Foster Nostran

I

I

3

2

John H. Smith

I

I

7

5

Zophar Ketcham

I

I

5

5

Oliver Baileys

2

2

3

I

Charles Durye

I

I

4

3

Robert Jarvis

I

I

4

3

Isaac Baileys

I

I

4

4

Ebenezer H. Smith

I

I

Abijah Ketcham

I

I

5

6

Wilmot Oakley

Charles Colyer

I

I

2

2

un Number of Males.

1

6

1 7

2

2

I

I

2

I

Isreal Ketcham

2

2

Philip Conkling

Jeremiah Wood

2

2

I

John Taylor

I

I

John Persall

I

2

3

Hendrick Watters

I

2

I

Namesof Heads of Families.

156

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Names of Heads of Families.

N Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

State of the Value of £100.

Number of Male Inhabitants

w possessed of Freeholds in the

County of the value of £20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the

Yearly Value of £40

who have paid Taxes.

Number of Males.

Number of Females.

Slaves.

John Whitman

I

I

3

I

Eliphelet Chichester

I

I

4

6

I

Eliphelet Chichester Jr.

I

I

2

I

Samuel Oakly

I

I

7

4

Samuel Carll

2

4

Jesse Whitman

I

I

4

3

I

Nehemiah Whitman

I

I

I

I

I

Nathaniel Whitman

I

I

4

3

John Willam

2

I

Jonas Rogers

I

I

4

3

Daniel Hendrickson

I

I

3

2

Thomas Hendrickson

I

I

I

3

Charles Peters

I

I

3

3

John Oakley

I

I

3

5

Amos Pettit

5

2

John Whitson

I

I

2

2

Amos Whitson

I

I

4

4

Willit Darbe

2

I

John Darbe

I

I

Nathan Vallentine

I

I

I

I

2

Nathan Vallentine Jr.

I

I

3

4

4

Mary Brush Wd.

I

2

Richard Brush

2

2

Jacamiah Brush

I

I

3

7

Joseph Vanderwater

2

4

Widow Sarah Sammis

2

9

Silvanus Sammis

I

I

I

3

John Haviland

I

I

I

Tabitha Nichols

I

I

William Haviland

I

I

5

2

2

Alexander Sammis

I

I

6

2

Nathan Conkling

I

I

2

3

Rebecca Sammis Wd.

2

3

John Sammis

I

I

3

4

1

i

4

5

!

1 7

I

I

I

I

157

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

State of the Value of £100.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

County of the value of {20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the

Yearly Value of £40

who have paid Taxes.

Number of Males.

Number of Females.

Slaves.

1

2

3

-- 4

1

5

!

6

1

Nath'll Sammis

John Nedam

3

3

William Robins

4

John Rodgers

I

7

2

Isaac Kean

I

2

2

John Lestord

2

2

Richard Conkling Jr. COLD SPRING.

I

I

I

I

Zach aria Rogers

I

I

4

Zebulon Titus

I

I

4

3

William James

I

2

I

Elizabeth Morgen Wd.

4

2

Zebulun Rogers

I

I

I

3

Jarvis Wood

I

I

3

2

Jacob Titus

I

I

Abel Rogers

3

3

Selah Wood

I

I

2

2

Zopher Brush

I

I

2

2

Morris Barto

I

2

3

Samuel Wood

I

I

I

2

John Wood

2

Sarah White Widow

2

2

HIennery Townsend

I

I

Richard Wiggins

I

I

5

2

Daniel Persall

I

I

4

2

Ananias Brush

I

I

3

2

Phebe Conkling

I

2

Anne Van Velsore, Widow

3

I

John Borem

6

3

Benjamin Brush

I

I

I

Daniel Travis

I

I

3

4

Benjamin Walters

I

I

4

3

I

2

2

2

5

Jacob Rogers

4

Reuben Johnson

2

3

3

I

3

Names of Heads of Families.

158

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

Names of Heads of Families.

N Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

State of the Value of £100.

Number of Male Inhabitants

possessed of Freeholds in the

County of the value of £20.

Number of Male Inhabitants

renting Tenements of the

Yearly Value of £40

who have paid Taxes.

Number of Males.

Number of Females.

Slaves.

Theadorus Vanwick

I

I

3

3

6

Darling Whitney

I

I

4

3

Ame Youngs

3

5

Elizabeth Brush Wd.

I

3

John Buffet

I

I

5

I

5

Joseph Freland

I

I

4

3

I

Elisha Stilwell

I

2

5

Jacob Smith

I

2

3

Maltby Burtis

I

I

4

2

Stephen White

I

I

I

I

Israel White

I

I

3

I

John Wolsey

5

I

James Nostran

I

I

2

I

Eldred Vanwick

I

2

I

Ebenezer Sammis

I

I

3

3

Jonathan Titus Junr.

2

2

William Place Junr.

2

2

William Place

I

I

4

5

Jno. Davis Rogers

4

I

Nath'll Scudder

3

2

Gilbert Scudder

2

I

John Wood

I

I

2

I

2

Benj. Y. Prime

I

I

3

4

3

Nath'll Potter

I

I

I

I

Christopher Ming

I

I

I

William Netheway

I

I

5

I

Henry Sammis

I

I

2

2

Jacob Scudder

Samuel Douglass

I

I

5

2

John Johnson

I

I

4

4

Nath'l Harrison

I

2

2

3

(File No. 223.)

1

4

5

2

WVm. James

.

I

2

I

3

4

1

159

IIUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[1791, Feb. 9.]

All persons who has rights In the Undivided Lands In Huntington from the Antient proprietors are desired to attend at the House of Gilbert Platt Inn keeper on Mon- day the 14th of February Instant at 2, O Clock in the afternoon.

By Order of the Trustees Jnº Ketcham Clerk.

HUNTINGTON, February ye 9, 1791.

(File No. 211.)

[GRANT BY ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS.]

[1791, Feb. 14.]

At a Meeting of the Original Proprietors of the Town of Huntington Legally Notified and held at the house of Gilbert Platt Inn keeper in said Town this 14 day of Feb- ruary 1791 it was Voted & Granted that John Hartt of said Town should have the Gore of land between Weno- Comack and the old Patent Line of the Town of Hunting- ton and Bounded Northerly to the head of the River and Southerly by Caleb Smith south Path .*

Recorded by John Ketcham, Clerk of the Town of Huntington. (Town Meetings, Vol. II, p. 79.)

[* Under the Nicoll patent to Huntington in 1666, the east line of the town ran from Smithtown River south to the sea. The subsequent patents by Dongan, 1688, and by Fletcher in 1694, changed the boundary so as to run from Fresh Pond in a direct line to Sumpwams River and thence to the sea ; so that the last two patents left out quite an extensive territory lying between what was called "the old patent line" and "the con- firmation line." The northerly portion of this strip lay in Smithtown ; the southerly part in the new town of Islip. The

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HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

[Abstract.]

[1791, Apr. 4.]

The Petition of Abraham Van Wyck to the Town Trustees :

Humbly Sheweth, that he is possessed of a Farm or Tract of Land situated on West Neck on the west part of Huntington Harbour, which Land joins the shore About the Distance of One Hundred and eighty one rods & runs within a few rods of the channel and he petitions the Trus- tees to Grant him toleration to Run a water fence from the South part of his Land Down to the Channel, with his errecting and keeping A Good & Convenient Swing Gate whereby the Inhabitants may as heretofore have free Egress and Ingress to and from sd shore, as their Business may Require.

April 4th 1791. (File No. 204)

ABRAHAM VANWYKE.

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1791, Apr. 5.]

At a Town Meeting Legally warn'd & held at the House

part in Smithtown had been adjudged to belong to that town, in a suit at law decided about 1670, but the part south of Smithtown and in Islip was disputed territory. Huntington claimed it under the first patent of 1666, on the ground that although the subsequent patents did not include it for juris- dictional purposes as a township, her title to the soil was never- theless good under the first patent. On the other hand it was claimed by Islip parties as being within the limits of their patents. These contentions ripened into law suits which were prosecuted over many years with much vigor, but Huntington ultimately gained a large share of the territory, and sold it about 50 years later. The above grant to Hart relates to a part of this territory east and south of Comac. Perhaps a doubt arose concerning the power of the Trustees to convey these premises, and hence a meeting was called of all the "Original Proprietors."-C. R. S.]

16I

HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.

of Gilbert Platt by Adjournment from the Meeting House ye 5th of April 1791.

The following persons Chosen.

Trustees Zophar Platt President, Henry Scudder John Wickes John Oakley Ananias Carll Timothy Conkling Jun' John Ketcham.

John Ketcham Town Clerk.

Jonathan Titus Constable.

Overseers Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco Jacamiah Brush Esq. Supervisor.

Commissioners of Highways Capt Timothy Carll Capt. Timothy Conkling Thomas Ireland Esq.

Assessors Micah Hartt Esq. Silas Muncey Selah Wood John Ketcham Esq.

VOTED, that Two hundred pounds be raised this year to defray the Expences of the Poor and other Town Ex- pences.

Collector Obediah Platt.

Fence Viewers Thomas Roe and fourteen others.

Overseers of Highways John Sammis and twenty-seven others.

ALSO VOTED, that no person shall cut any Grass on the Islands In the South Bay West of Cedar Island within the bouuds of the Town of Huntington before the first day of September A. D. 1791 : Under the penalty of Forty shilling.

ALSO, the same day Voted that the following Persons settle the Lines between the Town of Huntington and Towns Adjoining Committe Viz-Zophar Platt Jun' Henry Scudder Thomas Wickes John Wickes Timothy Carll Sen" John Oakley Timothy Conkling Jun' Ananias Carll John Ketcham. Who are to act as a standing Committee Ap pointed by said Town of Huntington for that purpose In- vested with power to Nominate any three of the above said Committe to transact the Business respecting a Settle- ment of said Lines between the Town of Huntington and

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Towns Adjoining and prosecute on Account of the same and do what is Necessary thereon, and be reasonably paid for their trouble.

John Ketcham, Clerk.

ALSO VOTED, at the aforesaid Town Meeting that the next Annual Town Meeting be held at the House of Gil- bert Platt Innkeeper In Huntington to be opened at his said House on the first Tuesday of April next Ensuing at Ten O'Clock in the fore noon of said day for the purpose of Choosing proper persons to Negociate the Public Afairs of the Town of Huntington.

John Ketcham, Clerk.

(Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 81-4 )

[1791, Apr. 18.]

Articles of Vandue held this 18th April 1791 By the Corporation of the Presbyterian Congregation in Hun- tington for the purpose of renting the Parsonage lot ad- joining the Homestead of Silas Sammis for Pasturage from the 18th Instant to the 25th of December next ensuing Are that the rent must be paid by Christmas Next with lawful Interest if not then paid, till paid ; that if any bidder refuses his bid or to give secureity if demanded it will be put up again & the first bidder must make up the defi- ciency, if any, and shall reap no benefit if it rents for more than when first put up.

Also the necessary Expences of repairing the fence to be taken out of the rent.

John Ketcham Clerk.

The above Parsonage hired out to Isaac Losse and James Pine Chichester for six pounds fourteen shilling

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agreable to the above articles as witness our hands this I8th April 1791.

JAMES P. CHICHESTER } Paid ISAAC LOSSE in full

Certified by me CARLL KETCHAM, Vandue Master.

1795, Nov. 7 Isaac Losee Cr by Cash in part for the above rent £6, 5s.

1792, March 24 James Pine Chichester paid in full of rent £6, gs. The Interest thrown in for their repairing the fence.

(File No. 218.)

[PROOF CONCERNING INLETS THROUGH SOUTH BEACH .* ]

[1792, Jan. 28.]

SUPREME COURT.

AARON HIGBIE

agst.

RICHARD UDALL

David Willets of Islip in Suffolk County in the State of New York Farmer aged Seventy four years upon his solemn affidavit and Declaration saith That he has lived or had his home in Islip from the time that he was eight years of age to this present time; and that the Gut or Inlet that lyeth nearly opposite to, or South from the house of William Nicolls in which he now liveth, through the caurse of his memory has been called Nicolls Gut or

[* This was an action arising out of a dispute concerning title to the Islands in the South Bay and finally culminated in a long litigation between the Town of Huntington and Islip parties. This and other affidavits are important as showing the changes which many years have wrought in the physical structure of the beaches and shores on the South Side .- C. R. S.]

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Inlet ; and the great gut or Inlet, and that the Gut or Inlet called Huntington Gut or Inlet at the time that he was sixteen or seventeen years of age was nearly South from the East end of the Island that was called Cedar Island ; and that he this affirmant is positive and certain from his own vew and personal knowledge that there was an Inlet or Gut at that time in that place ; and further this affirmant saith not. DAVID WILLETS.

Affirmed on this 28th of January 1792 before me Isaac Thompson one of the Commissioners for taking affidavits in the County of Suffolk.

(File No. 217.)

[TOWN MEETING.]

[1792, Apr. 3.]

At a Town Meeting duly Notified and held at the House of Gilbert Platt In keeper in Huntington on the third of April 1792.

The following Persons chosen to transact the public Affairs of this Town :

Trustees Zophar Platt Jun' President. John Wickes, John Oakley Ananias Carll Henry Scudder Timothy Conkling Jun' John Ketcham.

Clerk and Treasurer John Ketcham.

Constable Jonathan Titus. 4

Overseer of the Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco Junt. Supervisor Ebenezer Platt Esq.

Commissioner of Highways Timothy Carll Sen' Timothy Conkling Junr. Thomas Ireland Esq.

Collector Obediah Platt.

Surveyors Israel Carll Micah Hartt Esq. John Oakley.

Assessors Jacamiah Brush Esq. Phineas Carll John. Ketcham.

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VOTED, that Two hundred pounds should be raised this year to defray the Expences of the Poor and other Town Charges.

Fence Viewers Capt. David Smith and twenty others.

Overseers of Highways Capt. David Smith and twenty nine others.

ALSO VOTED, that the Hog act be revived.

VOTED, that the Liberty of Building a Mill at. Cold Spring Gut be left to the Discretion of the Trustees of the Town of Huntington.

VOTED. that the Management of the Undivided Islands in the South Bay be left to the Discretion of the Trustees.

ALSO VOTED, that the stray sheep in the Town of Hun- tington be taken up and drove to the different places in Huntington on the third Monday in October Next Namely Gilbert Platts Timothy Williams Platt Carlls Silas Muncey Nathaniel Whitmans Jacob Irelands Austin Jarvis Abijah Ketchams Capt. David Smiths and James Oakleys and there keept till Tuesday week following and then brought to the House of Gilbert Platt Inn Keeper In Huntington and sold at public Vandue at One O'Clock in the After- noon of said day under the penalty of Twenty shillings.

John Ketcham, Clerk.

(Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 98-101.)

[1792, Aug. 9.]

Notice is Given that as the Trustees of the Township of Huntington are for hireing out all the Islands but if they answer their ends Whoever hires them may depend upon having their Boats stove & Whosoever shall let any Person from the North side or any other Place that hires sd. Islands Land any hay at their Landings may Depend upon having their fences all Destroyed & perhaps something worse.

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Advertisement set up on the Island & taken down by Zophar Platt Esq. 9 Aug. 1792.

(File No. 221.)

[COSTS OF SUITS CONCERNING THE SOUTH MEADOWS.]

[1793,-]

Dr. Trustees of Huntington

Account With Eliphalet Wickes.

1790 Sept. Going to New York & searching I 4 Records for Nickolls pattent

1791

July 25 Dr. to get exemp -. Copy of Smith & Nickolls pat.

I 4

July - Dr. for Consultation relative to pro- ceedings

I 4

Aug. 17 Dr. for same purpose I 4

Aug. 5 Dr. to get Colo. Burrs opinion

1793

May 20 Dr. went W. Scudder & my father for same purpose

I 4

Costs in the cause of Hartt V. Wheeler Do. Do. Higbee agt Udall 7 I

5 5 9

Do. Do. The same ag. the same 8

I 9

Costs in the cause of Higbee ag. Marshal County Court 2 II 6

Sept. 1793 prepairing the cause of Hart ag. Wheeler for trial

15 99

Do. Hubbsagt.

6 9 6 Mobray

£52 3 3

(File No. 197, "A.")

£ s. d.

I 4 1792

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[TOWN MEETING.]

[1793, Apr. 2.]

At a Town Meeting duly Notified and held at the House of Gilbert Platt Inn Keeper in Huntington on the second day of April 1793.

The following Persons Chosen to transact public busi- ness in the Town of Huntington for one year and By Laws passed.

Town Clerk John Ketcham.

Trustees Zophar Platt President John Wickes John Oak- ley Ananias Carll Henry Scudder Timothy Conkling John Ketcham.

Overseers of Poor Philip Conkling David Rusco.

Supervisor Ebenezer Platt Esq.

Commissioners John Oakley Timothy Conkling Jun" Timothy Conkling Sen"

Collector Obediah Platt.

Town Surveyors Timothy Carll Jun' Isreal Carll John Oakley.

Assessors Jacamiah Brush Esq. Capt. Isreal Carll John Ketcham Esq.

VOTED, that the sum of One hundred and Eighty pounds should be raised this Year to defray the Expences of the Poor and other Town Charges.

Fence Viewers Capt David Smith and twenty two others. Highway Districts Isreal Titus & eleven others.

Overseers of the Highways John Haviland and twenty nine others.

VOTED, that the next Annual Town Meeting be held at the House of Gilbert Platt Inn keeper In Huntington.

ALSO VOTED, that the Prayer of Coles Wortmans Peti- tion be Granted Respecting his making a Mill Dam and Erecting a Grist Mill below the old Mill and Mill Dam formerly John Sammises the Spot where to build said Dam

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and privileges In behalf of the Town of Huntington re- fered to the Trustees of said Town.

John Ketcham Town Clerk.

(Town Meetings, Vol. II, pp. 110-15.)

[THE HUNTINGTON ACADEMY .* ]

[1793, June I.]

We the subscribers do severally promise to pay or cause to be paid to a Committee hereafter appointed by a major- ity of votes of the subscribers such share or shares as we annex to our respective names each share amounting to five pounds current money of New York in four equal in- stallments, The first on the first day of June, The second on the first day of September, The third on the first day of No- vember and the last on the first day of January 1794 with lawful interest if not paid at the above mentioned periods which committee shall be appointed in the following man- ner Viz: each subscriber shall be entitled to a number of votes proportioned to the number of shares he or she shall hold according to the following ratio Viz: one vote for every share not exceeding four-Five votes for six shares, six votes for eight shares, seven votes for ten shares and one vote for every 5 shares above ten the money so raised to be laid out by the committee in building a house not ex- ceeding two stories in height forty feet in length and twen- ty four in breadth at such time and in such a manner as shall be agreed upon by a majority of the subscribers ac-

[* The Huntington Academy was built on the hill nearly on the site of the present Union School building. It was built about 1793 by an association of about fifty of the leading citi- zens of Huntington, whose names are here given. It was a "two story building with a belfry ; was a well built structure for the period, and furnished the means of a more liberal edu-

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cording to the above mentioned ratio of votes-All regu- lations of the House when built and whatever thereunto appertains shall forever be regulated and done in such way and manner as the subscribers hereof their Heirs Execu- tors Administrators or assigns shall order and direct which shall be determined by a majority of the proprietors to the above ratio of votes.

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