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cupy poses and injoe ye sd. piece or allotment of meddowe ground and all other afore mentioned p'mises as his & theire free estate of inheretence in fee simple free & cleare & freely & clearly aquitted exonerated and discharged of & from all former & other guifts grants bargains sales morgages dowers entailes judgments executions Rents, taxes imposions or other titles or incumberances whatso- ever had made comitted or suffered to bee dune by the sd. Edward higbec at any time or times before ve enscalling of these prsents & that ye sd. Edward higbee stands now at ye time of ensealling heer of fully & freely seized and pos- cessed of ye sd. medowe & appurtenances as of his owne right of demesne in fee simple and ye sd. Edward higbee and abigall his wife for them selves theire heairs executors administrators, or asignes doth hereby further covenant & promise to and with the sd. thomas higbee his heairs & asignes the sd. peice or allotment of medowe ground and apurtenances to the said Thomas higbec his heairs & asignes to warrant & defend against all persons claiming the same or part or parcell there of by from or under the sd. Edward higby his heires executors administrators or asignes or either of them or any other persone by & with the consent approbation or procurment of them or either of them as allsoc upon ye Reasnable Reqest & proper cost & charges of ye sd Thomas higbee his heairs or asignes to seale & deliver any other or former deed or convaance for the confirming & sure making of ye sd. peice of medow & prmisses as ye sd. thomas higbee his heairs & asignes shall bee advised & procure to bee drawne by his or their counsel learned in ye Law In Witness wheare of ye sd par- ties have here unto sett their hands & seales att huntington ye day & yeer first a bove written.
signed & delivered in presence of. JONAS WOOD JOHN GRAY. (Deeds, Vol. 1, pp. 252-3.)
EDWARD HIGBEE
the mark of
ABIGALL HIGBEE
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[DEED. ANDREW GIBB TO EDWARD HIGBEE.]
[1688, Aprill 17.]
To all Cristian People to whome these p'sents shall come Andrew Gibb of brooke haven in ye countie of Suffolk upon Long Island sendeth Greetting Wheareas the sd andrew gibb by vertue of a judgment of Court obtained at a court of oyer and terming held at south hampton on the second wednesday of novenber which was the second yeer of our Lord the King that now is and in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six hundred eaghtie and six was by the sherif of ye sd Countie putt in to quiet and peacable possesion of a sartaine orchard home Lott & other Lands & meddowes their unto belonging with in the township of huntington in ye Countie afore sd. latte in the tennor & occupation of Edward Higbe. Now knowe yee that I, the sd. Andrew gibb for & in consideration of thirtie Pounds currant money of this Province to mee in hand Paid by Edward higbe of queens village in queenes countie upon Long Island yoeman the reseipt whereof I doe here by acknowledge and my selfe there with to be satisfied and contented have granted released quitt claimed & confirmed & doe by these p'sents grant release quitt claime & confirme unto ye sd. Edward higbee his heaires & asignes for ever all my right tittle intrest & posesion in and to ye sd. orchard and home lott & other lands & meadowes their unto be- longing or in any wise appertaining To have & to hold to him ye sd. Edward higbee his heairs & assignes for ever to the only proper use benifitt & behoofe of him ye sd. Edward higbee his heairs & asignes for ever In wittness whereof I the sd. andrew Gibb have here unto sett my hand & fixed my seale att Huntington ye seventeeth day of Aprill in ye fourth yeare of ye Raigne of our soveraine Lord James ye second King of England &c ano : dom : 1688.
ANDREW GIBB
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16SS.
sealled & delivered in p'sents of JOHN GRAY THOMAS HIGBEE
A True coppy of the origanall Releacm" Aprill ye Igth 1688.
p mee Isaac Platt, Recr (Deeds, Vol 1. p. 240)
[TITUS, LEWIS AND KETCHAM FAMILY RECORDS.]
[1688, May 1.]
Mary tittus ye eldest daughter of Abiell tittus was borne ye 12 of march in ye yeer 1632
Rebecka tittus ye 2ª daughter of abiell titus was borne ye 2 1st day of ocktobar in ye yeer 1676
Abiell tittus ye eldest sonn of abiel tittus was borne the 15th of march in ye yeer 167.85
Henry tittus sonn of abiell tittus was borne the 6th of march in ye yeer of our Lord 1681
John tittus sonn of Abiell tittus was borne the 9th Aprill in ye yeer 1684.
Hester kicham daughter of Samuell kecham was borne the 4th of Jully in ye yeer 1687.
sibbill Luice daughter of Jonathan luice was borne in the yeer of our Lord upon ye 20th day of october 1685.
Jonathan Luice sonn of Jonathan Luice was borne ye first day of may in ye yeer of our lord 1688.
(Survey, p. 154.)
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[LEVY OF TAXES BY GOVERNOR DONGAN AND COUNCIL.]
[1688, probable date.]
A Bill for ye Raising one haulf peny per pound of all persons estates : Reall and personall throughout ye Province.
Bee it Inackted and it is heer by Inackted, established and ordained by his Exelency ye govert. by and with the advise and consent of his majies Counsell for this province of new yorke yt for ye suport of the goverment of his majies sd. province at or before ye first day of may next en- suing a forsaid Ratte or tax of one haulfe peny in ye pound upon ye estats Reall & personal of all and singular ye free houlders & inhabitants of this his maties Province shall bee Imposed and asessed Raised and Levied and yt for ye due and more Regular assesing and Leving ye Ratte or tax a fore sd. the asesors for yt time being of all and every ye Sities, towns maners & liberties Respecktively within this provinse who are or shall bee for ye asesing ye Publick charge of oath Respecktive, sitty, towne or maner & Liber- ty afore sd : having first taken oath before any his maties Justisces of ye pease, well trully, and equally to asesse all and every ye free holders and Inhabitants within their lib- erty and heerby Required and by vertue of this ackt are & shall bee sufficiently authorized and empowered at or before ye first day of Septembar to assemble and meet to gether at such place as to them shall bee thought convenient and then and their shall well truly and equally acording to their severall estats Ratte and asess ye free holders and inhabi- tants of ye sd. Citties, towns maners & Liberties for the which thay are assesers Respecktively and that such Ratte & asesment soe made and assessed in maner afore sª- shall bee forth with delivered by ye sd. asessers to ye coleckter for ye time being of each Citty, towne, maner and liberty afore sd. by him to bee coleckted levied & Reseved acord-
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ing to such Ratte and assessment so to him delivered as afore sd. whoe for his trouble and Pams in leveing and coleckting ye same shall take and Reseive twelve pence in ye pound for all and every such sum and sums of mony soe by him to bee coleckted in manor a fore sd. which sd sum or sums of mony soe by him Coleckted and Reseved shall all with possible speed yt is to say within five months at furthest after such Ratte or asessment shall come to his hands bee paid to ye sheriffe for the time being of every the Countie whare such Citty towne, maner or Libertic shall bee or ly and to bee transmitted to new Yourke to his maties Coleckter and Recever of his Revenue their as such officer or officers as shall by his exclency ye goverur bee Impowered to Reseve the same at or before ye sd. first day of may now next Insuing who shall bee alowed all his charges and disbursments hee shall exspend for all such sum or sums of mony soc by him transmited as afore sd. and be it further enacted by the athoritie afore sd. that the produce of ye Countee shall bee taken and Reseved by y Coleckters and sheriffs herein before named for coleck- ting Reseving or transmiting the sd Ratte or tax att ye prises heerin after exprest yt is to say good sweet marchandable wheat at 38 and Indian corne at Is and six pens p bushell good marchantable porke att 21b 28 p barill and beef att one pound 48 p barrell and not other wise : and further bee it inackted ordained by the authority afore sd. yt if any Per- son or persons within this province whoe shall bee asesed and Ratted in maner before exprest shall negleckt and Re- fuse to pay and satisfie and Pay ye severall and Respecktive sums of mony hee or thay shall bee soe Ratted and assessed uppon ye exspiration of fourteen days after and demand their of made it shall and may bee lawful for every such Coleckter by warant from any too of his mapties Justisces of ye peace of ye Countie wheare any such person or persons shall hapen to Reside or such estate shall lye who by ver- tue of this ackt have powr to grant such warant to levy
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ye same by distres and sale of such defaulters goods and chattells, Resurving ye over plus ye charge and exspence of such disstres and salle being first deducted to the owners of such goods & chattls if any such over pluss happen to bee : and further bee it enackted and ordained by the athoritie afore sd. that if any of the persons in this ackt mentiond for ye Ratting, assessing Coleckting Reseving, paying and transmiting ye sum or sums of mony Ratte or tax heer in before exprest to bee a assesed, Ratted and taxed shall delay negleckt, Refuse or deny to doe, performe ex- secute and full fill ye severall and Respective duties and ackts heer in before mentioned and exspresed to bee dune, performed, exsecuted and full filled and theirof shall Law- fully bee convickted before any of his majties. Courts of Record within this province who by vertue of this ackt have and shall have power and athoritie to heer try and de- termine ye some hee or they shall sufer such paine by fine and Imprisonment as by the discretion of any of ye Jus- tises of any of ye sd. Courts shall be adjudged: Provided allways yt this ackt nor any clause or thing therein con- tained shall loos force valliddittie or efeckt in ye law butt only untill ye first day of may which will bee in ye yeer of our lord one thousand six hundred eaighty and nine any thing in this ackt contained to ye contrary heer of not with standing.
THO : DONGAN NICO BYARD FFREDRICK FFILLIPS ANTHO : BROKHOLLS JE COURTLAND
J. BAKHOR By Counsel and of his excelency Js. SWINTON.
(File No. 20.)
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[DEED. JOHN BETTS TO JEREMIAH ADAMS.]
[1688, June 18.]
This in Denture made ye eaighteene day of June in the third yeer of the Raine of our Sov Lord James the second King of Great Brittan france and Irland, defender of the faith etc & in ye yeer of our lord acording to ye computa- tion of ye Church of England one thousand six hundred eaighttie eaight: Between John beets of ye towne of Hun- tington with in ye countie of Suffolk and province of New yourke in America husbandman and abigall his wife of ye on partie and Jeremiah Adams of the same towne countie and province husbanman of ye other partie Wit- nesseth that ye saide John Beets and Abigall his wife have for divers good causes and considerations us there unto moving but more especially for and in ye consideration of the sum of three score pounds in hand secured before the ensealling and delivering heer of of passable pay of the province, have Bargoned Allinated sould and confirmed and by these p'sents from us our heairs executors Adminis- trators and assignes doe allen Bargen sell and confirme unto the afore said Jeremiah adams his heairs executors administrators and asignes all our Right tittle and intrest in and too part of a farme sittuate Lying and beeing one a necke of Land Comonly called or knowne by the name of Crab medowe necke with all the Rights of medowe land yt doth belong or apertaine to ye same as allsoe six acers of up land that was exchanged with thomas Scudder by Jacob walker which exchange was that Jacob walker should take the sd. six acars att crabmedow out of ye sd. thomas scuders Right of Land: wec saie all our Right tittle and intrest unto all ye afore mentioned lands and medowe with all Rights and previliges that doe in any wise to the same or any Right or intrest that might or could belong to our heires bee it by what kind or nature soe ever,
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wee saie all the afore mentioned lands and medowes to gether with all housing out housing orchards, gardens, pastures, fences that is upon any part or parsel of yt land situate and being one Crabmedowe necke as afore sd Butting and bounding the Land of edward bunce one yre west side the land of John Ingersoll one ye nore east the . norwest the woods in comanidge the south east the hie way: wee saie all the afore named lands and medows with all its Rights and previlidges wee have fully and freely or as fully and freely as possably can bee made over by any deed or convance what soe ever from us our heairs executors administrators & assignes unto the afore mentioned Jere- miah adams his heires executors administrators and asignes too have and to hould for ever the sd. bargoned and granted p'mises with its apurtinances yeelding and paing ye anuall p.portion of what belongs to the government of this province and the sd. John Beets and abigall his wife for our selves our heairs, executors administrators and asigenes Doe covenant promise and grant too and with ye sd. Jeremiah Adams his heairs executors administrators and asigens that ye said John Beets and abigall his wife now is and stands firmly seaized of a good sure and perfitt estate in ye law of all the afore mentioned Lands and med- ows and hath good Right and lawfull authoritie to sell and convae the same and allsoe doth further covenant that ye sd lands and medowe and every part and parsil thereof is free and clear of and from all former bargons grants sales morgages, leasses, Judgments executions convaance or convances, doweries, widow rights, tittles or intrest what soe ever all soe I ye said Jeremiah Adams doe cove- nant promise and grant that I my executors administrators or asignes shall from time to time and at all times cleer and pay all just demands for ye soyle Rights of the afore mentioned premises as is more at large exprest in hunting- tons oblygation to all those said farmes wheare by the afore said John beets nor his sucksessors bee not endemni-
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fied ffurthermore wee the said John beets and Abigall his wife doth further Covenant promise and grant that wee our heairs executors administrators and asignes will save harmeless and endemnified the sd. Jeremiah adams his heairs executors administrators and asignes of and from any person or persons that shall lay any just claime to any Right tittle or intrest to the towne of huntingtons grant to ye whole farmers as at large is exprest in their covenant in wittnes whereof wee have sett too our hands and seals to this present indenture.
signed, sealed and delivered in
JOHN BEETS
the mark of
the presents of
ABIGALL X BETTS
THOMAS TAILOR
JOSEPH BAYLY
The scubscribars have acknowledged ye above sd. to bee their act, and deed before mee this 18th of June
EPENETUS PLATT Justice of ye peace.
A True coppy of the origanall deed compaired y-e 17th of Jully 1688
p mee Isaac Platt, Recor (Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 241-2.)
[DEED. RICHARD SMITH TO JONATHAN LEWIS.]
[1688, Ang. I.]
Whearas The towne of Huntington hath given Jonathan Luice seventeen acars of Land in bred an cheese hollowe ye which is claimed by Richard Smith of Smithtowne sen" These prsents wittnes that I ye said Richard Smith doe make over all my Right tittle and claime to ye said land
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from mee & my heairs unto ye sd. Jonathan Luice to have and to hold to him his heairs or asignes for ever and have Reseved content ffully for ye same to my content, witnes my hand & seale this first of August 1688.
signed Sealed de- RICHARD SMITH
livered in presence
of : WILLIAM FFANCY his X mark MARY X ARTHOR her mark
A true Coppy of ye origanall compared by mee this 12th of Septem™ 1688
Isaac Platt Rec".
(Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 125.)
[THE DONGAN CHARTER .* ]
[1688, Aug. 2.]
The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God free and independent, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting : Know ye that we, having inspected the records remaining in our Secretary's Office do find
[*Though clothed in a mass of veribage, much of which, under a change of government, has become in a measure obso- lete, the Dongan charter was an important paper to the town. It confirmed the title acquired under the Nichol's grant of 1666, giving the same boundaries. Those who occupied lands under former grants by the town were to hold them. Lands not granted by the town to individuals were to be held in common. The town was erected into a public municipal corporation, in- vested with all the rights of a township; nine trustees were named who were to hold title to the town's common lands and were given power to manage and convey the same. The town was to pay the Governor annually twenty shillings quit-rent, and a sum was exacted by him for the grant of the charter, which was afterwards the subject of much contention. This is the beginning of the office of Town trustees, none having pre- viously existed and no proceedings of trustees are found in this book .- C. R. S.]
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there recorded in Lib. Pat. 6, page 360, certain Letters Patent in the words and figures following, to wit : Record- ed for the Towne of Huntington, Thomas Dongan, Capt, Generall and Governour-in-Chief of New Yorke and Ter- ritories depending thereon, in America under his most sacred Majesty, James ye second, by ye Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of ye faith, and to all to whom these presents shall come, sendeth Greeting :
Whereas Richard Nicolls, Esqr., Governor-Generall under his then Royall Highness James, Duke of Yorke and Albany, etc., now his present Majesty of all his Terri- toryes in America, did by a certain writing or patent under his hand and scale bearing date ye thirtyeth day of November, in ye eighteenth yeare of the reigne of ye late Soveraign, Lord Charles ye second, etc., of blassed mem- ory, etc., in ye year of our Lord God Sixteene hundred sixty-six, by virtue of ye com". and authority unto him given by his s'd then Royall Highness now his present Majestic as aff'd, I ratifie, confirme and grant unto Jonas Wood, William Leveradge, Robart Seely, John Ketcham, Thomas Scidmore, Isaac Platt, Thomas Joans, and Thomas Weeckes, as Patentees in ye behalfe of themselves and their associates, the Freeholders and Inhabitants of ye Towne of Huntinton, scituate, lying and being within this Governm'nt upon Long Island in the County of Suffolk, now in the Tennoure and occupation of severall Free- holders and Inhabitants there residing, who having there- tofore made lawfull purchase of the lands thereunto be- longing, have likewise manured and improved a consider- able part thereof and settled a competent number of fami- lys thereupon all ye lands y't already had been or there- after should be purchased for and on the behalfe of ye s'd Town of Huntington, whether from the Natives Proprie- tors or others within ye Limitts and Bounds herein ex- pressed ; that is from a certain river creek on ye West
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commonly called by the Indians by ye name of Nackqua- tack and by the English the Cold Spring, to stretch east- ward to Nesaquas River, on the North to be bounded by ye Sound, runing betwixt Long Island and ye Maine, and on ye South by the Sea, including therein nine severall Necks of meadow ground, which tract of Land, together with ye said Nine Necks thereunto belonging within ye bounds and Limitts afores'd, and all or any Plantations thereupon, are to belong to the said Towne of Huntington as allsoe all Havens Harbours, Creeks, Quarries, Wood- lands, Meadows, Pastures, Marsh's, Lakes, Fishing, Hawk- ing, hunting and fowleing and all other proffits, Commod- itiys, Emoluments and Hereditamts to ye said land and premises, ye Limits and Bounds aforementioned, described belonging or in anywise appertaining, to have and to hold all and singular, ye said Lands and Necks of Lands, Here- ditam'ts and premissess with their and every of their ap- purtenances and every part and parcell thereof to ye said patentees and their associates, their Heires, Successors and Assigns forever and did likewise thereby confirme and Grant unto ye sd Patentees and theire associates, their heires Successors and Assigns all ye privledges belonging' to any Towne within this Governm't and yt ye place of their present Habitation should continue and retaine ye name of Huntington, by wch name it should be disting- uish'd and knowne in all Bargains and Sales Deeds, Records and writeings, they ye said patentecs and their Associates, their Heires, Successors and Assignes render- ing and paying such Dutyes and Acknowledgments as then were or thereafter should be constituted and estab- lished by ye Lawes oi this Collony under ye obedience of his Royall Highness his Heires and Successors, as by ye said patent entered and recorded in ye Secretarys Office att New Yorke, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and att large appeare, and whereas ye free holders of ye said Towne of Huntington have made application unto
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mee yt I would Grant and Confirme ye premises by Patent under ye Seale of ye province to them their Heires and Assigns forever : Now know yee y't I, ye said Thomas Dongan, by virtue of ye power and authority to mec d - rived from his most sacred majestic affores'd in pursuance of the same for and in consideration of ye Quitt rent here- inafter reseived and other good and lawfull considerations mee thereunto moving have Given, Granted, Ratified and Confirmed, and by these presents doc Give, Grant, Ratify, and Confirme unto Thomas Fleet, Senior, Epenetus Platt, Jonas Wood Senior, James Chichester Senior, Joseph Baily, Thomas Powell Senior, John Joan, Isaac Platt, and Thomas -, Freeholders and Inhabitants of Hun- tington, herein erected and made one Body Corporate and publique and willed and determined to be called by ye name of ye Trustees of ye Freeholders and Comonalty of ye Towne of Huntington and their successors, all ve above recited Tracts of Land within ye Limitts and Bounds aforesaid, together with all and singular ve Houses, Messuages, Tenements, Buildings, Mills, Mill- dams, fencing, enclosures, Gardens, Orchards, fields, pas- tures, woods, underwoods, trees, timbers, feedings and Common of pasture, meadows, marshes, swamps, plaines, Rivers, Rivoletts, waters, Lakes, Ponds, Brooks, Streams, Beaches, Quarries, Creekes, Harbours, Highways, and Easments, fishing, hawking, hunting, and fouling, mines, mineralls (silver and gold mines excepted) and all fron- chises, proffits, commodityes and Hereditaments whatso- ever to ye said Tracts of Lands and premises belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewithall used, accepted, reputed or taken to belong or in any wise appertame to all intents and purposes and constructions whatsoever, as alsoe all and singular ye rents, arrearages of rents, issues and profits of ye said Tract of Land and Premises hercio- fore due and payable : to have and to hold all and singular ye before cited Tract of Land and premises within y
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bounds and limits afforementioned, with their and every of theire appurtenances unto ye said Thomas Ffeet senior, Epenetus Platt, Jonas Wood senior, James Chichester senior, Thomas Powell, senior, Joseph Baily, Thomas John Samnes and Isaac Platt, Trustees of ye Freeholders and Comonalty of ye Towne of Huntington and their Successors forever to and for ye severall and respective uses following and to noe other uses, intents and purposes whatsoever, that is to say as for and concern- ing all and singular ye severall and respective parcell of Land and Meadows, part of ye granted premises in any wayes taken up and appropriated eighter by Pattent under ye hand of any of his Majestys Governors in this Province and sealed with ye seale thereof or by perticular divisions and allotments before ye day of ye date hereof unto ye severall and respective present Freeholders or Inhabitants of ye said Towne of Huntingtown by vertue of ye before recited Deed or Patent to ye use and behoofe of ye said Freeholders and Inhabitants respectively and to their sev- erall and respective Heires and Assigns forever and as for and concerning all and every such parcell or parcells, Tract, or Tracts of Land, remainder of ye granted prem- ises, not taken upp or appropriated to any perticular per- son or persons by vertue of ye before recited Deed or patent, to ye use and behoofe of ye present Freeholders and Inhabitants and their Heires, Successors, and assigns forever in proportion to their severall and respective set- tlements, Divisions and allotments as Tenants in common without any manner of Lett, Hinderance, or Molestation to be had or reserved upon pretence of joynt Tennancy or survivorshipp, anything contained to ye contrary in any- wise notwithstandin, alwaies, saveing to his most sacred Majestie aforesaid, his Heires and successors, ye several rents and Quitt-rents reserved, due and payable from sev- erall persons inhabiting within ye Limitts and Bounds afforesaid by vertue of former Grants to them made, and.
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