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out the lot No 21, this lot lies on the north side of and joining to the Parsonage land, and is bounded east at the east end by the highway, and from the N-E corner of it running westerly southward of Joshua Howells mill to the west side of burying place, (making a crook just against the mill) it there turns square down northerly to the country road, and then contin- ues along the country road as far west as be parallel with the west end of the parsonage land, then southward to the north west corner of said land and contains about 7 acres. No 22 lies westward of No 21 and the parsonage land and is bounded north and south by the highway and contains about 6 acres. No 23 lies westward of and joining to No 22 and is bounded north and south on the highway as No 22 is, and west by the highway, containing about 6 acres. [PAGE 310.] We then proceeded to lay out several highways, and first we laid out a highway of 4 poles wide from the southwest corner of Malt- bie's lot to the southwest corner of the parsonage land where it comes into the highway that goes to Sagg. We then laid out a highway of two poles wide from the corner of Malbye's lot aforesaid to the N-E corner of Zackeriah Sandfords lot and so running along the east end of it until it comes to Tim Hal- seys house for him to pass and repass. We then laid a high- way of 2 poles wide (out of the main road as you go to Sagg) on the west side of the house and barn that was formerly John Coopers and so running southward along by the west side of the land belonging to said house and continues along by Wheatons house until it comes to Tim Halseys bars at the N-E corner of his lot. And the road just northward of the school house which goes to Sagg we laid 4 poles wide. We then laid out the lot No 24 and this lot is bounded on every side by highway, the west bound is the highway from Malt- bies corner to Tim Halseys, and the south bounds is the high- way that goes to Sagg and contains above 53 acres. Then we ¡laid out 3 lots (viz) No 25, 26, and No 27 on the south side of
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the Sagg highway between Tim Halseys highway and the highway going along by Wheatons. No 25 and No 26 front up to the highway that goes to Sagg and are bounded east by Wheatons highway, and west by Tim Halseys highway, and south by No 27 and contain about 6 acres apiece. No 27 lies southward of and joining to No 25 and 26, and is bounded east and west as they are, and south by Tim Halseys lot, and this lot falling short of its complement of land, we laid a piece of land as a part of it on the west side of and joining to Tim Halseys highway, and bounded south by a highway which we laid out along the north side of Zechariah Sandfords lot, (which highway is 2 poles wide), west by part of No 28, and north by the Sagg highway, this piece of land is 10 poles wide at the south end. and 9 poles at the north end. Then we laid out the lot No 2S, this lot is bounded north by the country road, east by Tim Halseys highway, south by Sagg highway and west by highway or common land, coming al- most to a point ; and this lot not having its complement of and we laid a piece of land southward of and joining to Sagg highway, and is bounded east by part of No 27, south by the highway running along on the north side of Zechariah Sand- fords let, and west by No 29, this piece of land is about 12 rods wide at the south end and 9 rods at the north end. Then we laid out the lot No 29 ; this lot lies southward of and join - ing to Sagg highway, bounded east by part of No 28, south by the highway running along the north side of Zechariah Sandfords lot and west by the common land or highway run- ning from Zechariah Sandfords house to country road. We then proceeded to lay out that piece of land lying northward of the country road, between Maltbies lot and Corwithys lot, running northward to Thomas Coopers land, and first we left a highway of 4 poles wide along the west end of Maltbies lot, except at the north west corner, and there it is but 3 poles wide then going northward it widens to 4 poles again, and so
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continues along by Jesse Howells, we also left a highway of 4 poles wide on the east side of Corwithys lot and so along by widow Moore's, and Captain Howells, to David Cooks. We then laid a highway out of this road of two poles wide along on the south end of Thomas Coopers land, until it comes into the highway going along by Jesse Howells.
PAGE 311. Then we laid a highway of 4 poles wide from the southwest corner of said Coopers land running pretty much south east until it comes into the road going along by Nathan Halseys 24 poles southward of his house, having fin- ished the highways that were needful in or about this piece of land we laid it into 5 lots, namely No 30, 31, 32, 33, and No 34, No 30 lies northward of and joining to ye country road, and is bounded east by the highway going from the S-W cor- ner of Maltbies lot to Jesse Howells, and west by the high- way going along by Capt Howells containing about 8 acres. No 31 lies north of & joining to No 30 and is bounded on the east and west as No 30 is and contains about 9 acres. No 32 lies northward of and joining to No 31, and is bounded on the east and west as No 31 is and contains ahout 10 acres. No 33 lies northward of and joining to No 32 and is bounded on the east and west as No 32 is, and contains about 10 acres. No 34 lies northward of and joining to No 33 and is bounded on the east and west as No 33 is, and is bounded on the north by the highway running along by the south end of Thomas Coopers land. We then proceeded to Windmill Hill, and be- ginning on the north side of Jeremiah Halseys land in the way as you go to Sag Harbor we laid out the lot No 35, this lot lieth in 2 pieces, one on the cast side of the lane that com- eth up from Nathaniel Woodruff's, and the other piece on the west side; that piece on the east side is bounded north by the harbor road, east by the common land, south by Jeremiah Halseys land, west by Woodruff's lane aforesaid ; and that part or piece of this lot that lies on the west side of the lane and
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joining to it at the east end, is bounded south by David Wood- ruff's land, west by No 36, and north by the Harbour road, the whole lot contains about Sz acres. No 36 lies westward of and joining to No 35 and is bounded on the south by David Woodruff and Mitchells land. west by the highway coming up from Ebeneezer Edwards, und north by the Harbor road, al- lowing David Woodruff a highway 2 poles wide in the most convenient place to go to his land; and this lot not having its complement of land we laid as a part of it 'about 4 acres on the north side of the Harbor road, to the westward of Edwards lane, joining to Edwards and Woodruff's land; and the east bounds is Edwards lane, South by the Harbor road, and west by a highway which we laid out along on ye south end of David Woodruffs land. We then laid out the lot No 37, and it is of triangular form, the north bounds is the last mentioned highway, the east or south east bounds the Harbor highway, and the westward side lies to the road running from the north west corner of Samuel Jones'es land, to Mill stone swamp (which highway is 4 poles wide) and contains about 7 acres. We then laid out the lot No 3S, this lot is bounded north by the common land, easterly partly by the highway that goes to Millstone, and partly by ye harbor road, south by common land, and west by Ben Woodruff's land, and contains about 17 aeres. We then laid out the lot No 39, this lies southward of and joining to the Harbor road, and bounded east by Jonah Rogers land, the north east corner coming down to the pond before Samvel Joneses door, the south bounds is a highway which we laid of two poles wide along the north side of Jere- my Strattons land, for Jonah Rogers to go to and from his land, the west end comes almost to a point and bounded by [PAGE 312.] highway, reserving 13 rods square of land join- ing to Jonah Rogers highway where the burying place now is for that purpose, and this lot not being sufficient, we laid as a part of it 2 aeres and quaater in a triangular form on the
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north west side of Nathan Halseys land, bounded east by the highway north by the harbor road, the north end coming to a point, also one acre and half of land lying near Henry Sand- fords as it is now staked out. We then proceeded to Mill stone swamp, where we laid out three lots, No 40, 41 and No 42, and we first laid out a highway of 4 poles wide from the north west corner of David Woodruff's land to the S-E corner of Samuel Ludlams mill stone land, leaving a part of the lot No 40 on the eastward side of this highway, we then laid a highway as the path how runs from the north end of David Woodruff's land to Ludlams land at the Mill stone, we then laid a highway of 3 poles wide on the north side of the land belonging to the heirs of Timothy Woodruff deceased, until it comes to the south east corner of a lot of land in the Great South division which belongs to Tim Woodruff's heirs. We then laid out the lot No 40 this lot lyeth in two pieces, one piece lies on the south east side of the highway that goes from David Woodruff's corner to the southeast corner of Lud- lamis land as above mentioned and is triangular, bounded south by David Woodruff, and east by Ebenezer Edwards, the other piece of this lot lies westward of and joining to the lot No 42, and is bounded north by Sam Ludlams land, west by the land belonging to the heirs of Tim Woodruff, and south by the 3 pole highway before mentioned, and this lot falling short in point of goodness we laid a piece of land of about 4 acres in the lane below Samuel Howells at Meacox as you go to the beach, bounded north east and west by highways, and south partly by highway and partly by John Sandfords land. Then we laid out the lot No 41, this lot lies between the road go- ing from David Woodruff's corner to the south east corner of Ludlams land, and the road that goes to Ludlams Mill stone swamp or house, bounded north by Ludlams land and south by highway or common land, the south end coming almost to a point. No 42 lies westward of the highway going to Lud-
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lams Mill stone swamp, and is bounded north by Ludlams land, west by part of the lot No 40, and South by the 3 poles highway above mentioned. We then laid out 3 lots to the southward of Jeremiah Strattons, viz: 43, 44 and 45. No 43 lies on the south side of the road going from Mathew Jagger's house down Strattons lane and is bounded westerly by the Harbor road, and easterly by the highway, and this lot not having its complement we laid a piece of land as a part of it containing 1 acre and ¿ and 30 rods of ground on the south east side of Jonah Rogers home lot and joining to it, the south or southwest bounds is a lane going to Fithian Halseys, de- ceased, and south easterly by the Harbor road, and the north east end by the commons land. No 44 lies southward of No 43 and joining to it, and is bounded east and west as No 43 is. No 45 lies southward of and joining to No 44 and is bounded easterly and westerly as No 44 is, and southerly by the high- [PAGE 313.] way going along by David Coopers. We then laid out the lot No 46, this lot lies in the lane between Abrain Roses and the new Meeting House, and is bounded north by the country road, east by the lands of Abram Rose, the heirs of Caleb Corwithy and Deacon Haynes, south by commons land, and west by highway which goes from ye country road down along by Deacon Haynes which highway we laid 6 poles wide, this lot contains about S acres and allows the owners of the sheep yard liberty to carry off their fence any time within three months. Then we laid out the lot No 47 eastward of and joining to Calf Creek bounded south, east & north by highways or commons land, and west partly by Deacon Haynes, leaving a highway of 4 poles wide along on the west side of Thomas Coopers land containing about 12 aeres. We then proceeded to Meacox, old burying place, where we laid out 3 lots to wit No 4S, 49 and No 50, No 4S lies eastward of and joining to No 49 and is bounded east by the highway which we laid from the main highway by Jonah
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Tarbells down to the bottom of the lane to Elias Cook's bars, which highway is 4 poles wide to run as the fence now runs, the south bound is a vacant piece of land we left at the bury- ing place, the north bounds is the main road which goes along by Thomas Coopers to Elisha Howells and contains about S acres. No 49 lies westward of and adjoining to No 4S and is bounded south by a highway of 2 poles wide which we laid for Elias Cook, west by Daniel Schellengers land, and north by the main road, and when it comes to the N-E corner of Schellengers land it shoves down along on the north side of his land to the hollow before Thomas Coopers door, leaving Schellenger a two pole highway from his lower bars up to his upper bars about 21 rods eastward, the west bounds of this piece is the nollow above said, and this lot contains about S acres. No 50 lies southward of and adjoining to Elias Cooks 2 pole highway, and is bounded east and south by highway, and west by Elias Cooks land, and contains about S acres. No 51 lies between Eber Whites and Edenezer White, and is bounded south by the Sag Harbor road, east by Elisha Halsey north by Eber White, and west by the highway, leaving Eber White a highway to go to his house, and into his lot of 6 poles wide at the west end, and 2 poles wide at the east end, of this highway is to be one rod eastward of his bars where he goes into his lot, this lot contains about 10 acres, the south line of this lot is something crooked, running from the S-W corner stake to a stake standing right against the extreme part of the bend in Ebenezer Whites fence, where the highway is but 4 poles wide and it runs from said stake upon a direct line to a stake standing 3 rods from the middle of the path a little way south westerly from Elisha Halseys house, and from thence north easterly to a walnut tree standing in Elishas fence. Having gone through with and made 51 lots we then proceeded to lay out 51 amendments to put to and draw with the 51 lots, and first we began at the Hay ground and laid
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out 4 amendments, No 1, 2, 3 and No 4. [PAGE 314.] No 1 begins at the south west corner of the widow Toppings lot, and runs westward across the Hay ground brook to a stake on the hill a little way southwesterly from Edmunds house, and from thence northerly to a stake standing a rod or two from Dans house, and from thence across the swamp east 4 degrees south to the widdow Toppings corner, where we be- gan, containing about 15 acres ; then the remainder of land northward of this amendment up to John Kenners and David Luptons orchard we laid to 3 amendments, No 2, No 3, and No 4. No 2 lies northward of and joining to No 1 and is bounded east by the land of the heirs of John Topping de- ceased, and west by Great South Division land. No 3 lies northward of and joining to No 2 and is bounded east & west as No 2 is. No 4 lies northward of and joining to No 3 and contains all the remainder of the land up to Kennies and Lup- tons as aforesaid, leaving Israel Halsey a two pole highway between the north end of No 3 and south end of No 4, and the several paths and roads that go through this piece of land between Dans house and as far northward as the three last amendments go, shall lie as they now are until they are other- wise altered by trustees or Commissioners, application being made unto them by the grieved party or parties. We then proceeded to Jeremiah Strattons well, and there is a piece of land lying northward of Sag-Harbor road, which we laid to 4 amendments, to wit, No 5, No 6, No 7, and No S. No 5 lies northward of and joining to the Harbor highway and is boun- ded east by Jeremiah Strattons land, and west by Elisha Hal- seys land. No 6 lies northward of and joining to No 5 and is bounded east and west as No 5 is. No 7 lies northward of and joining to No 6 and is bounded east by the land belong- ing to the heirs of John Topping decd, and west by Elisha Halsey. No S is northward of and joining to No 7 and is bounded east by Mr Fithians land, and west and north by
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lands formerly laid out ; and the paths and roads that run through this piece of land are to remain as they now are until altered by trustees or Commissioners, but if any of the owners of the amendments that lie in this piece of land should want hereafter to fence their land, they are not to fence no nearer the main path that was made by deacon Haynes, than one rod. We then laid out 6 amendments, namely No 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, between the house teat was formerly Edmund Northgates and the widow Anna Rose, extending northward to the path going by Elisha Halseys to Sag Harbor. No 9 lies southward of and joining to the Harbor road, and is bounded easterly by the lands of Elisha Halsey, Ezekiel Rose, and a 2 pole highway which we laid from the south end of Ezekiel Roses land to Lemuel Halseys land, and this highway is to turn square down from the south end of Ezekiel Roses land to the path that runs along the hollow ; the south bounds is the amendment No 10, and west by Ebenezer White and Lemnel Halseys land. The amendment No 10 is southward of and joining to No 9, and is bounded on the north partly by No 9 and partly by the southern end of Lemuel Halseys land, westerly by Ezekiel Rose, and a highway of two poles wide which we laid for the widow Rose, to extend northerly to a stake set up for that purpose, southerly by highway or com- mon land, and easterly by the amendment No 11. No 11 lies eastward of and joining to No 10, and is bounded partly on the north by No 14 and partly by Lemuel Halseys land, south- erly by the highway and common land, and eastward by No 12. No 12 lies easterly of and joining to No 11, and is bound- ed northerly by No 14, easterly by No 13, and southerly by the highway that goes by Edmunds to Scuttle hole. No 13 lies easterly of and joining to No 12 and is bounded northerly by No 14, southerly by the highway, and easterly by ye land belonging to Henry Ludlow, deceased. No 14 lies to the northward of No 13 and No 12, and part of No 11, and is
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bounded northwardly by the highway going along by Elisha Halseys to the Harbor, easterly by the land belonging to the heirs of Henry Ludlow, and westerly by land belonging to Elisha Halsey, Ezekiel Rose, Ebenezer and Charles White, and Lemuel Halsey, and there are several roads through this piece of land where these 6 last amendments lie, as one from the Hay ground hollow running along the same and comes out into the Harbour road near Elisha Halseys; this road is to be an open road or highway of 4 poles wide as the path now runs ; and then there is a road from the foot of the great Sand hill a little to the southward of Eneas's house that runs north .- westerly along the hollow and comes into the Harbor path 20 or 30 rods to the westward of Elnathan Paynes house, and this road is to be a passing road of 2 poles wide. We then laid out two amendments, No 15 and No 16, between Jesse Jennings new house and the land of Samuel Halsey. No 15 lies northward of and joining to No 16 and is bounded west by a 4 pole highway which we laid along on the east side of Sam Halseys land, north by Nathaniel Halsey, and east by the highway ; and all the common land between this highway and Nathaniel Halseys land up northward to Jesse Jennings old house belongs to this amendment. No 16 lies southward of and joining to No 15 and is bounded east and west as No 15 is, and is bounded south by common land. We then laid out the amendment No 17 on the north side of the lot of land called Stamboroughs lot lying in a triangular form, bounded south by said lot and David Howells land, west by a 4 pole highway which we laid for David Howell, and John Sayre Jr out of the north end of his land, northwardly by common land, the east end coming almost to a point, containing about 11 aeres. No 18 lies in three pieces, one on the north side of Daniel Hildreths lot and joining to it extending from a little eastward of his barn where the stake stands to the north east corner of his lot and contains about 2 acres more or less, as it
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is now staked, bounded north and west by common land, and east by David Howells highway above mentioned; another piece lies between Daniel Hildreths and his brother Josephs, joining to Daniels lot, leaving him a highway at the east end of it, between that and his garden, to go into his lot, and con- tains about 2 acres ; the third piece 'is a little point of land called Flax Pond point, lying among the seven ponds, con- taining two or three acres be it more or less, including all the land and swamps from William White's fence on the east to the pond on the west, and to extend northward as far as the pond that lies at the north end, and the south bounds is the common land. No 19 lies at the Seven Ponds where we set up two stakes marked 19, and all the common land lying to the northward of these stakes to the lotted land extending eastward to the eastermost point of the Island, and westward as far as Joseph Hildreths land belongs to this amendment, not infringing at all upon Flax Pond point, and allowing a six pole highway as the path now runs through the said land.
We then proceeded to the westward of Joseph Hildreths house, and between there and the southwest corner of Ichabod Sayres land we laid out 4 amendments, to wit : No 20, 21, 22, and 23, leaving a six pole highway all around them except at the southeast corner of Ichabod Sayres close, and there it may be something less than six poles. No 20 is the first of these 4 amendments and is bounded east by common land, north and south by highways, containing about S acres. No 21 lies westward of and adjoining No 20 and is bounded north and south as No 20 is, and west by No 22 and No 23, con- taining about 9 acres. No 22 and 23 front up to the highway that goes along by Elias and Abner Howells land. No 22 is northermost of these two amendments, and is bounded north and west by highway, and east by No 21, containing about 9 acres. No 23 is southward of and joining to No 22 and is bounded east and west as No 22 is, and south by the highway
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containing about 9 acres be it more or less as it is staked out.
Then we laid out 6 amendments in the great plain that lies to the northward of John Bishops and Abners land, and first we laid a highway of six poles wide along from the southwest corner of Ichabod Sayres close to the northwest corner of Samuel Bishops close, except in the extreme part of the bend in Ichabod Sayres fence, and there it is but 4 poles wide, but widens again each way gradually to six poles as above ; then we laid a highway of 4 poles wide from the northwest corner of Bishops close (by Pelletreaus orchard) along westward across the end of the Great South Division lots, as far as the west end of Joneses ditch, and there it comes into a six pole highway which we laid from here running down southward until it comes into the highway by John Bishops close a little eastward of the northwest corner, (it is meant that close he bought of Ephraim Hildreth) and from the northwest corner of John Bishops close last mentioned, we laid a six pole high- way, and at the corner there makes a jog in the fence and the highway is wider, then we laid out the amendment No 24 in a triangular form at the N-E corner of this above said great plain, the south end coming to a point at the highway and east and north it lies to the highway, containing about 7 acres. No 25 lies westward of and joining to No 24 bounded north and south by ye highway, containing about S acres. No 26 lies westward of and adjoining to No 25, and is bounded north and south as No 35 is, and contains about S acres. No 27 lies westward of and joining to No 26, and is bounded north and south as No 26 is, containing about S acres. No ES lies westward of and joining to No 27 and is bounded north and south as No 27 is, and west by the highway that comes from the west end of Joneses diteh to the northwest corner of John Bishops close, he bought of Ephraim Hildreth, containing about 8 acres. No 29 lies westward of and joining to the last mentioned highway, and it is bounded south and west by
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hig'nways and common lant, anl north by the Great South Division land lot No 41, containing about 19 acres.
PAGE 317. Then between this amendment and the amend- ment No 30 we left a vacant piece of land and proceeded to lay out the amendment No 30, and it is bounded east by said va- cant piece of land, north by Elias Fosters land, south by com- mon land, and west by part of No 31. No 31 lies ni the Long Spring hollows, bounded east west and south by highways anl common land, and north by three acres of Captain Rogers land. and this amendment falling short of its complement we laid about 2 acres on the south side of Elias Fosters close and adjoining to it, and is bounded east by No 30, south by com- mon land, and west by a 4 pole highway running along until it comes to the south west corner of Elias Fosters close, and so along to Ichabod Sayres Long Spring land, the whole con- tains about 9 acres.
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