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Shotnose E his mark
leiuewell S his marke
Addam his H mark
mech graes W his mark
Sungachuse ]z his mark
wewete sowet W mark
Pemeson 200g his mark
Weomp A his Ma
Hoboneck < 15 his.
umbasu y his mark
Jambotack R Q unk mark
Checa A no his mark
hames N his mark.
Signed and sealed and delivered in presence of Samuell Terrill Reinock Garrison.
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JULY 16th 1675.
Book O, page 1 .- Know all men by these presents that I John Edwards of Easthampton have sould vnto Beniamin Conckling of the same towne of Easthampton for a Consider- able sum of mony in hand received all the Waste Meadow at Napeake that Doth belong vnto my pportion according to my Allotment I say I have sould it vnto him and to his heires and assignes for ever as witnes my hand.
The marke of JOHN O EDWARDS.
witnes
Tho. Tallmage.
EASTHAMPTON August 10th 1675.
Book O, page 39 .- It is agrede and Concluded by the In- habitants of this towne that Mr John Laughton shall kepe Scoole and teach the Children to reade and write for this one yeere and to begin the next second day being the sixteenth of this Instant and soe to kepe vntill the last of Desember next and then to breake of by reson of the whale Designe vntill the first of Aprill next Ensueing and then to begin againe to kepe Scoole to make upp the time of one whole yeere for which service the Towne have agrede to give vnto Mr Laugh- ton the full Sum of fortie shilling a month and his Dyet :
NOVE ye 5, 1675.
Whereas the Governour hath ordered yt all Indyans shal- be required to abide at their respective plantations where uppon wee the Constable & Overseers have ordered yt noe man in this towne or therunto belonging shall poure or Im- ploy any strange Indyan either to goe to Sea a whaleing or to worke uppon the Shore uppon penaltie of paying five shillings for every Dayes Imploying them Accept they have
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the Consent of the Justice Constable & Overseers for to Im- ploy them.
Alsoe we have farther Ordered yt noe man in or belonging to this towne shall give Entaynment to any English man yt is a stranger above one weeke exept hee have a sertifficate vnder the Authorities hand from whence hee or they came of their good behaviour under the penaltie of paying five shil- lings by the weeke for every weeke they Entertaine them except they give in bond to the vallue of five pound of their good behaviour soe long as they tarrie in the towne : or have the Consent of the Justice Constable & Overseers it is to bee vnderstoode yt those that Entertaineth any stranger is to give in bond of the parson or parsons good behaviour which they Entertaine : & yt word Englishman Encludeth any nation except Indyans.
Steven Hand Samuell Mulford John Wheeler John Stret- ton.
Book O, page 32 .- This agrement made this : 2d of De- cember 1675 betwene Thomas James Will. Edwards Tho. Chatfeild Robert Dayton Rich Stretton John Edwards Tho. Edwards John Hoppin John Osburn Ben. Osburn Rich. Shaw adventurers uppon the whale designe the one ptie : And weaumpe Awaupetun Addam Reassowunk Jambasha Scanderbeg : muttabaune pauwasik quausoque Tachumme Awaubasheag : The other partie : being Indyans belonging to Meantacut as ffoloweth :
That the Indyans doe firmely by these presents bynde & ingage themselves to goe to sea uppon the Designe of Whale killing the present yeare & soe from time to time & at all times, soe long as this Company of English aforesaid see cause to emply them in the said Designe of whale killing, And Doe ingage themselves to goe forth att all seasonable tymes & ffaithfully to performe their worke & indeavour here-
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in & to preserve the boates Irons & warpes & to cutt out the whale & bone & secure it so it can bee carted home for wch & in Consideration hereof, the aforesd English men doe bynd & engage themselves by these presents, to Allow the aforesd Indyans halfe of what they gett both whale bone and blubber, & they to try or allow for trying their owne shares & the English is to Cart for them their respective shares, soe it bee not beyond Napeake Eastward & the Towne stake Westward alsoe each Indyan to provide one oare for this yeare & soe hereafter if they goe on in this designe : Know ye alsoe when this yeare is expired if any Indyan afore mentioned bee weary of goeing to sea & Desireth to leave of the Designe he shall have libertie soe to doe, but if hee goe on still uppon the Designe of whale killing they Doe bynd & engage themselves to goe for this present Company & for none other for soe many yeares as the sd english see cause to imploy them, Know alsoe that the english att the settinge out of the In- dyans if they trust each Indyan for his setting forth to the vallue of a barrell of oyle, if any Indyan bee lost uppon the Designe at sea if the Indyan leave nothing to pay, the Com- pany of English shall beare it uppon the Common Charge re- spectively, but if any Indyan bee lost or runn away ashore before payment be made to ye vallue aforesd The Indyans are to beare it.
In Confirmation of the premyses we mutually set to our hands & seales the Day & yeare abovesd.
weaump AZ his mark & seale awaubaubasheag his X mark & seale wanpetum Z his mark & seale
Tachumme J his mark
Jambasha § his mark pauwasik his mark
quoseque his mark keassowouk his y mark
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Taubane his 0 mark
Adam his IV mark
Scanderbag 0 his mark.
Signed sealed &
Delivered in presence of us
Will M Mulford his mark
Thomas Jackson
Tho. James
Will Edwards
Tho. Chatfeild
Robert Dayton
Rich. Stratton in the name of the rest above written.
JANUARIE the 15, 1675.
Book F, page 9 .- Thomas Talmage exchanged a horse with Plato an Indyan sarvant of Roberd Daytons & the horse that Thomas Talmage have received of the aforesaid Plato is of a browne couler Comyng three yere ould with a starr in the forhead & a white spott betwene the nostrills & the neere hinder foote white marked with a halfe peny on the forepart of the right yeere & another halfe peny on the hinder part of the left yeere.
EASTHAMPTON March 9th 1675-76.
BOOK O, page 4 .- It is agreede uppon by the Towne that Since the land have bene vewed that doth belong to Mr Thomas Chatfeild at the Nor East end of the Towne and it being Conceived to be Convenient for water for the Cattle and the said Mr Chatfeild being condesendant for the Townes benefit to part with it it is therfore Consented to by the In- habytants yt there shalbe Men apoynted to agree with him
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for the same & to lay out what may be spared of land at the end of Mr Chatfeild lot for him by the high way yt goeth to the Eastward toward Napeake yet the high way not to be straitned but to remaine the end of the other lots on the other side of the high way a litle more Norward and what cannot be hadd there to Answer Mr Chatfeild to satisfaction else where if it may bee.
EASTHAMPTON Aprill the first 1676.
Book O, page 5 .- Steven Hedges is Chosen Constable & he hath appoynted Joseph Osborne to serve & officiate in his rome :
Mr Thomas Chatfeild is Chosen an Overseer for this yere : Jeremyah Conklinge is Chosen Overseer for this yeere.
Book O, page 5 .- An action entered this 19 of aprill 1676 to be tryed by the Towne Court at Easthampton before the Constable & Overseers betwene Christopher ffowler plt against John Jones Defendant in an action of Debt to the vallue of foure pound in Oyle & five shillings in money.
Book O, page 5 .- An action Entered this 19 of aprill 1676 to be tryed before the Constable and Overseers at Easthamp- ton betwene John Stretton Senr plt in an action of the case against Steven Hand and Beniamin Concklinge Defendant Conserning a Voyage toward New Yorke with ye Coullers & Comysions to the Dutch.
Book A, page 1122 .- Know all Men by these prsents that I William Edwards of Easthampton in the East Riding of Yorkshire on Long Island for and in Consideration and as A portion for my Daughter Ann Edwards Have and by these psents Doe Make this My ffirme Deed of Gifte to John Squire and Is as followeth first I ffreely Give vnto My said Daughter
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& John Squire half that Close of Land of Mine Sittuate Ly- ing and being in East hampton at the South end of the Towne Bounded by the Land of Thomas Osborne Senr East and the Land of Thomas Diament West the halfe of which being by Estimation six Acres be the same More or Lesse: and one prcell of Land more in the Esterne plaines Richerd Shaw west and William flithing East being by Estimation six acres be the same More or less and one prcill of Meadow Sittuate Lying and being In Accabonick Neck att the fire place soe Called being by Estimation six Acres be the same More or Less and one prcill of Meadow More att North west John Stretton one the South and Robert Dayton North being by Estimation two Accres be the same more or lese. And one prcill of Land Lying in the Northwest plaine Containing nineteene Acres of land be the same More or Lesse bounded by the Land of Nathaniell Bishop on one Side and John Ed- wards on the other side all these prcells and Every peart & prcell of the said Land and Meadow I give to them : the said Ann and John Squire for Ever hereafter.
To have and to holde: with out any lett trouble hinder- ance or molestation from Me the said William Edwards : my Heires Executorse and Administrators or any other by from or vnder Me provided that My Said Daughter shall by the said John Squire have att any tyme before her Decease one or More Childe or Children Living but in Case that shee my said Daughter Ann : should Dye haveing noe Issue : Then : the one halfe of these abovesaid prcells of Land to Returne vnto Me the said William Edwards and to My order And the other halfe There of to be and forever to Remaine vnto the said John Squire and his heires for ever.
In Witnes where of I have heervnto sett my hand and fixed My seale this
Day of Ano Dom 1676 Wil- liam Edwards. [L.s.]
In the presence of vs Thomas Baker John Wheeller.
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The above written Is a true Coppy Compared with the Originall Deed of Gift and Extracted therefrom by Me
THOMAS CHATFIELD Recordr.
7thly I give vnto My Daughter Ann Squire one parcill of Meadow at ackabonack by the hamok John Wheeler on ye one side and Robert Dayton on the other side and half the Privilidges that belongeth to that Lott sumtimes Called Bird- sales Lott but having no Children or Issue from her Body then to Returne to Me or to my Heires or order and I give vnto her one Cowe to be Delivered her with in one Moneth after My Deceas.
This Is A true Copp of the 7th Articell of the will of Wil- liam Edwards deceased as it is atested by John Howell Clark. Compared By me
THOMAS CHATFIELD Town Clark & Recordr.
EASTHAMPTON May 5th 1676.
Book O, page 7 .- ffor the preventing of spoyle by Cattell of corne in the plaine the Constable and Overseers have or- dered yt noe Cattell whether Oxen or Cowes or any other cattell shall not for time to come During this Summer be bayted or kept or turned uppon any of the Common land within the Generall fence belonging to the plaine : which is to be vnderstood yt noe Cattell shalbe kept or bayted within the Generall feild & yt uppon the penaltie of five shillinges for every beast soe bayted kept or turned within the said Common feild Contrarie to this order.
ffor as much as the towne have thought it Convenient to have their fflock of Sheepe to bee removed and kept from the "wne att meantacut That soe the ffeede about the towne
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might bee preserved both for the helpe & releise of other Creatures and for the flock alsoe when there is Occasion for them in the towne. The Constable and Overseers have therefore Ordered That noe man shall kepe his sheepe att home uppon any part of the Comon land for his owne private interest for this sumer or any part of it but he shall forfeite to the towne three times the price yt the shepe cost for their keping at Meantacut.
EASTHAMPTON May 18th 1376.
BOOK O, page 7 .- Whereas John Neiger have begun to set himselfe upp a house in the Streete by the side of Mrs Cod- ners home lot & yt by the aprobation and leave of the Towne : and they have granted him libertie to fence in for his use a litle Quantitie of land above his house for him to make a yard or garden to goe from the fence yt Doth belong to John Stretton Senir the which he hath made against his owne ad- dition land against the high way : and the said John Neiger is to have this land for his life time in Case hee live there but he is noe way to dispose of or sell it away but if he remove from it yn it is to remane again to the towne as before.
MAY 21th 1676.
BOOK F, page 13 .- Richard Stretten Junr & John Jones both at present in the Towne of Easthampton have ex- changed horses one with another the horse yt Richard Stret- ton have received of John Jones is a Iron gray Coulor about five or six yere ould marked with a halfe peny under the nere eare Branded on the right flanke.
And the horse yt John Jones have received of Richard Stretton is a black one with a white streke downe the face with a cropp on the of eare & slit downe in ye same eare & a litle slyt under ye neere eare.
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BOOK O, page 11 .- Att a Court of Sessions held at South- hold By his maties Authoritie the 6: 7, 8 Dayes of June anno Dom 1676.
At the request and uppon the Information of some of ye Considerable neighbourhood of Easthampton this Court Doth order as followeth :
In regard of the Scarcity of good Timber in ye Bounds of this Towne of Easthanipton, and the waste thereof frequently made, & yt cheifly by such persons as have none, or very litle Interest in ye Comons : It is ordered by this Court & ye Authority thereof That noe person whatsoever whoe hath not an allotment in this Towne of Easthampton & thereby right in ye Comons shall at anytime hereafter fell or make use of any timber in ye bounds thereof, fitt for building or fenceing, or for the use of Coopers in making of Cask except they have first a lycence in writeing from the Constable and Overseers of ye Towne then for time being soe to doe upon penalty of paying tenn shillings for every tree they shall soe fell, the same to bee paid at Demand of the Constable for the Townes use, And further it is Ordered That if any Inhabitant belong- ing to ye sd Towne of Easthampton shall after ye Date & publication hereof presume to sell any timber from out the Bounds of ye Towne directly or indirectly vnto any pson of any other plantation hee shall pay in like manner to ye Townes use, ye sume of five poundes : And furthermore, to prevent spoyle and havock of Tymber : It is Ordered, That noe Inhabytant of ye sd Towne whatsoever shall fell any tree fitt for building fenceing or for Cooppers use as aforesaid but shall improve & make use of the same within one month of ye Day hee fells it upon penalty of ye forfeiture of ye same: And it shall bee lawfull for any Inhabytant yt hath Interest in Commons to take and impropriate such said trees or Tym- ber to his owne pticuler use.
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This order made and Confirmed by ye Courts Judgment upon it &
A true Coppy by Henry Peirson Clarke of ye Sessions of ye East Rideing.
Book O, page 5 .- Easthampton June 22d 1676 at a Towne Court held there John Laughton Atturney for Mr Thomas Sandford Plaintife enters an action of Debt by Accompt foure pound Thirteene shillings & five pence in Booke : against James Loper Defendant & declareth against the Defendant : yt the Defendant being Demanded the Debt or Securitie for ye same : The said Defendant did Deny both : & alsoe De- nied the greatest part of ye said Debt for which the Plaintife together with increase of Court Charges : Craves the Judg- ment of this Worshipful Cort.
The verdict of the Towne Cort in the action last above mentioned is they fine for the plt Cost & Charge of Cort.
· James Loper in ye time of ye triall of this last Case said to ye Cort or one of them you may fine for ye plt & doe any otherways if you dare : for wch words the Cort fineth him five shillings.
BOOK O, page 6 .- John Squire being uppon a time on ye wack & departed ye same in ye nyght without leave from the officer which is Contrarie to law for which Cause he is fined by ye Authoritie of ye towne ten shillings.
JUNE 28th 1676.
BOOK F, page 12 .- John Kirle & Nathaniell Talmage have- ing brought upp a young horse coult a black one of a yere ould & vantage & he haveing noe Mark lokeing on him as a stray unless some man appeare that can owne him uppon sufficient proffe they openly in the towne made it knowne & have sould him at an outcry unto Benjamine Conkling for
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£00 12s 06d one halfe to be paid unto the towne the other halfe to those yt brought him upp.
BOOK A, page 762-Abstract .- To all Christian People to whom theise prsents shall or may Come greetinge.
Know yee yt I william Edwards of Easthampton in ye East Rideing of Yorksheire on Long Island for Divers good causes & Considerations mee hereunto Moveing doe and by theise Presents Have ffreellie & of my owne volluntarie will and Loveing ffree guifte : by this my Deede of guift given & graunted and hereby ffreelie and voluntarilie doe give graunt make over: and assighne vnto my dearely & Well Beloved sonn Thomas Edwards of ye abovesaid Easthampton and to his heires forever : All yt two six acres : Lotts he now liveth uppon together with all ffenceings houseing and Whatsoever else belongs unto ye said two six acre Lotts sittuate Lieing & being att ye North end of ye Towne of Easthampton : above- said : Bounded Southward by a lott of Mr Squires & North- ward by Jeremiah Conckling : west by ye street & East by ye Swampe : allsoe six acres & a halfe in ye Easterne plaine lieing betwene Stephen Hedges land on ye one side & Richard Strettons on ye other side : Alsoe two acres of land out of a six acre lott lyeing betweene ye house Lott of John Millor East & Wm Millor west ye high way or streete North : & ye addition of Jacobus Schillinger South , and ffoure acres of meadow lieing & being att a place Commonlie Called & Knowne by ye name of ye Norwest lieing beetweene ye meadow of Thomas Diament on one side : & William Mull- ford on ye other side : allso a lott of meaddow lieing & being at a place Commonly Called & Knowne by ye name of Occo- bonuck the Meadow yt did belong to George Millor deceased on one side & Nathaniell Dominie on ye other side and two acres more sittuate lieing & being att a place Commonlie Called & knowne by ye name of ye Three mile Harbor : all
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which I doe & by theise presents & by vertue of this my Deede of gift Have freely & voluntarily given to him my said Dearelie Beloved sonne Thomas Edwards to Have and to hold the same forever. witness my hand and seale this twen- ty eights day of July Anno qr Dom 1676.
WILLIAM EDWARDS seale. In the prsents of
Sighned Sealed and delivered
John Wheeler John Laughton.
This acknowledged before me Tho. Backer Justice of peace.
EASTHAMPTON August 10th 1676.
Book O, page 7 .- Whereas there was an Order made form- erly by the Constable and Overseers of this Towne of East- hampton bearinge date May 5th, 1676 for ye prohibiting of Oxen or Cowes or any other Cattell whatever from being bayted & kept within ye generall fenct yt belongeth to the plaine : The Constable & Overseers have Renewed the same Order againe Namely yt noe Cattell of what kind soever shal- be kept or turned into ye Common land within the generall fence belonging to the plaine to bee bayted During ye time of this late part of this Sumer untill ye Constable & Over- seers give libertie for the towne to turne their Cattel into ye plaine & yt uppon ye penaltie of five shillings for every beast soe bayted or kept or turned within ye towne feild Contrarie to this Order.
EASTHAMPTON August ye 12th 1676.
Book O, page S .- ffor as much as this towne have thought it Convenient to have the fflock of Sheepe to bee removed from ye towne & kept at Meantacut that ye ffeede myght bee
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preserved for ye releife of other Creatures and for ye flock of Sheepe alsoe when it may bee thought needfull for to have them kept in ye towne : And yt noe particuler man myght thereby think to take advantage for his owne Ease of profit. It is therefore Ordered by ye Constable & Overseers That noe parson what ever shall kepe his Sheepe at home for to bee kept or turned uppon any part of ye Common land During any of this latter part of this summer after ye time yt ye fflock in generall is hadd away againe to Meantacut bnt hee shall forfeite to the publicke use of ye towne three times the prise yt Each of those sheepe soe kept at home Contrarie to this order would or myght have Cost for their kepeing at Meantacut : but yet it is to be understood that this order is not to hinder men from takinge upp their rams and some sheepe for their present reliefe for killinge to kepe at home uppon ye Comon,
LOOSE LEAF J .- The account of the land surveyed in No- vember 1676 within the Eastern Plain fence.
To John Miller 3 acres next a highway.
To Eneck Fithian 6 acres.
To the smith 8 acres.
Robert Daiton 6 acres.
Goodman Garlicke 5 acres 26 pole ? To divide on
John Straten 1 acre &
15₺ acres.
The land Eastward.
On the North and West of the land laid out
to Mr James
130 acres.
On the East side of their land
63} "
On the plain Eastward
120
313₺
Norwest plaines.
On the Southeast part
1974
On the Norwest part
196%
Behind the Backers lots
894
Where we got the horse mill timber 12
(A defaced account of charges for laying out, also on this leaf.)
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EASTHAMPTON Decembr : 6th 1676.
BOOK O, page 9 .- At a towne metinge it is agreede by a maior vote that Mr Thomas Backer shall have as a gifte be- stowed uppon him and his about twelve ackers of land at the Norwest by a place knowne by some where the trees were felled for the horse Myll only every man yt was free to this grant was only for his owne part.
Whereas the Calfe pasture is to bee reserved for a Mynis- ter for future time it is agreed by a maior voate the Day & yeere above written yt Mr James the present Mynister shall have the use of the Calfe pasture to make Improvement of it Either for feede for cattell or to plow upp some part of it for three or fower yeeres & noe longer & he is to Enioy it if he see cause duringe the time of his office in the Mynistry among us only of god should any way disable Mr James for the worke of the Mynistry : & the towne should see cause to procure another Mynister then the land is to bee laid downe by Mr James & to returne againe to ye towne for the use of another Mynister and the Towne is to kepe upp & Mayntaine the fence at both ends of the high way the breadth of it : that is that high way yt runneth through the Calfe pasture : and Mr James is to kepe upp & mayntaine the rest of the fence yt goeth over to Steven Hedges only the towne is not to remove or take away the present fence that is now there standinge.
Book A, page 633-Abstract .- This Indenture made this ffourteenth day of Decembr in ye yeare of or lord according to the Church of England one thousand six hundred seaventy & six : Betwene Thomas Dyament of Easthampton of the one party : and Thomas Hand of the said Easthampton of ye other parte witnesseth that ye said Thomas Dyament for divers good causes & Considerations him heereunto moveing as alsoe for a valuable sume of money already by me in hand
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Received Doe bargaine and sell to the abovesaid Thomas Hand and his Heires for ever all that part and psell of land of myne that fell to me ye said Thomas Dyament this last Devision sittuate Lying & being at a place Comonly called & knowne by the name of wainscut westward of a pond Comonly Called Wainscut pond lyeing by Estimation to bee twenty acres bee ye same more or lesse as it is bounded Lye- ing in two parsells one bounded South by ye Land of James Hand : & East & West by the Bomons & North by ye land of ye said Thomas Hand : being ten ackers bee the same more or lesse and the other psell bounded South by the land of the said Thomas Hand and the Comons East : West and North being by Estimation ten acres : bee the same more or lesse : To have and to hould for ever. In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & fixed my seale this Day & yeare first above written.
Memorandum there is noe. Commonage belonginge vnto any of this land or Included by any pt or sentence in this writinge.
THOMAS DYAMENT.
Signed sealed & delivered
in the prsents of
Tho. James John Laughton.
This acknowledged before me Thomas Backer Justice of ye peace :
The above writen is a true Coppy Extracted out of ye Originall bill of Sale by me Tho. Talmage Recorder.
EASTHAMPTON Decembr 18: 1676.
Book O, page 33, also Book A, page 73 .- It is ordered by the Towne that whereas a Certaine tract of land lying be- wene Robert Dayton uppon the South & John Wheeler
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