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the Mayor hath directed a warrant to the Constable of Harlem to forewarn them from such unjust, illegal actings, and to forbear ; yet would he take no notice thereof, and did say that he won- dered that the Mayor was so bold as to issue forth his warrant there. Which, if we are deprived of this our just right, we shall be destitute of food for our cattle in the winter time, and must be constrained to turn our stocks out into the woods, where we shall be in danger of being damnified by several inconveniences that attend the same; it being the chiefest of our pasture-ground." They pray for his Excellency's consideration, etc.
On the above being submitted to Colonel Morris, he indorsed upon it the following answer:
"I have seen the contents of this petition, and in answer say, that what hay hath been cut and carried away has been from and off my own land, which I am ready to make appear and justify in the Court at Jamaica (in which precincts, as I am informed, the land lies), and to make good my title, or pay the condemnation for the trespass thereon committed, according to the verdict of the jury. New York, the 28th July, 1680. "LEWIS MORRIS."
To Morris' proposal to change the venue to Jamaica, excep- tion could hardly be taken, that town being the seat of justice for the North Riding, in which Westchester was included. But a year now slipped by, when Tourneur again essaying to mow his meadows was forcibly ejected by Morris, who seized his hay. And thus the matter rested for another two years.
Things went on as usual in the village. On September Ist, 1680, there was a full turnout of the inhabitants to repair the king's highway. Barent Waldron was missing, and thus liable to a fine of 6 gl., which was to be put upon every delinquent. The four magistrates, conferring together, repaired in the eve- ning to the house of Constable Johannes Vermelje, and in the name of the community requested him to collect the fine from Waldron. Vermelje, who was a brother-in-law to Waldron, refused, said he was not bound to, that they were fools to ask it, and, moreover, that they had no right to command him; that being constable it was his prerogative to command in this town, and not the magistrates', who could not hold a court without him. On September 4th, the court having met, Vermelje, whose dignity had been touched because the magistrates had presumed to act in his absence, took them to task for it. In vain they explained that they had held no court, but only a conference : Vermelje protested that his authority as constable should be
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maintained or he would appeal to the High Court. The magis- trates also insisted that their authority should be respected; and so the affair ended.
The work upon the town house drew largely on the time of some of the inhabitants, especially Daniel Tourneur and Jan Delamater ; and these, with Jan Hendricks Brevoort, Arent Her- mens, Jan Nagel, Adolph Meyer, Jan Dyckman, and Laurens Jansen, all took part in riding the shingles to enclose the house. Four hundred and thirty feet of sawed planks were obtained from Gabriel Legget, of Westchester, "wood-sawyer," for floor- ing the loft; and Henricus de Forest, of New York, did the glazing of the windows. The inhabitants had credit in their accounts for whatever articles they furnished, or extra time they spent ; the allowance for a day's labor being 5 gl., or two dollars.
The building of a bridge across the Spuyten Duyvel had been under consideration for a year ; on January 7, 1680, the Coun- cil had taken orler to have the passage viewed for that purpose. It caused Verveelen some uneasiness; as his lease would run out on November 1, 1680. The time had even expired when he suc- ceeded, on December 30th, in getting from Governor Andros an extension of his ferry privileges for seven years longer.
The Sieur Dubuisson visited the village March 28, 1681, to give testimony in a case pending before the court. Marked respect seems to have been shown this Huguenot stranger, regard- ing whom we know so little .* On April 8th Paulus Richard, as administrator of the estate of Meynard Journee, late of Staten Island, deceased, confirmed to Jan Nagel and Jan Delamater the sale made them by Journee before he left Harlem. A painful incident of the summer was the drowning of five persons, in Hellgate, caused by the upsetting of a canoe. It happened at night. August 23d. Thomas Palmer, tanner and currier, and
* Jean Baptiste de Poictier, Sieur Dubuisson, of whom just enough is recorded to whet our curiosity, was evidently a person of character, and of standing and influence among the refugees. His interest in their affairs, and the friendly offices performed for them, which incidentally appear, present him in an amiable light. He remained a number of years in or about New York, being first noticed at Harlem in 1676 and last in 1681. If we are not mistaken, it was he who at a time of popular excitement and fear of a French invasion from Canada, was the subject of the following order:
"Whereas we are informed that one Dubison is intending to transport himself and family to Canada, being suspected to have kept a secret correspondence with the French there, and it being judged dangerous to suffer such a person to live at Saratoga, or any place in this country, at this juncture of the time, where he may have conveniency to keep such a correspondence. You are therefore hereby required. in his Majesty's name, to bring the said Dubison and family forthwith here, in order that they may be secured from any such dangerous designs; in doing whereof this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given, etc., in Albany, the 14th of June, 1689. "To Anthony Van Skaick, Constable of the Halfmoon."
As Dubuisson is found at Kingston, November 12, 1693, standing as godfather for two children of Pierre Montras, who had renounced Romanism, we presume nothing was found against him. One Sieur Dubuisson was sent from Quebec, in 1711, to take command at Detroit.
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Matthew Smith, in his employ, set out to row to Flushing, having in company Anna Marlett and Ann Coffin, of Staten Island, with Mary Marshall, and one other person. Getting into the Pot, and being "by the eddy tide overset," all but Smith were drowned.
Mr. John de Forest, of New York, "Chirurgeon," bought November 30th, from Jan Delamater, his lot No. 4 on Hoorn's Hook, containing eight acres, for the sum of 130 guilders, or $52. At the choice of new town officers this year was afforded a striking instance of the precaution taken by the appointing power to prevent favoritism on the part of the ruling magistrates in procuring the choice of successors. In presenting a nomination to the Mayor and Aldermen, if any of the candidates were nearly related to each other, or to either of the retiring magistrates, the fact was to be expressly stated. Jan Nagel and Johannes Ver- melje, two of the nominees, returned December 19th and acted upon the next day, were brothers-in-law, and also sons-in-law of Resolved Waldron, retiring magistrate. Hence Vermelje only was accepted. Cornelis and Laurens Jansen, being also candidates, Cornelis only was chosen, and his brother thrown out. Similar cases might be cited.
The town house had been finished, and must be paid for. To provide for this and certain other claims against the town, a meeting was held February 14, 1682. On a careful audit of the accounts, the public debts were found to amount to 1,190 fl.,* and the sums due the town from sundry persons to 406 fl. 12 st. To meet the deficiency of 783 fl 8 st. a tax of 800 fl. upon the · lands and erven was voted.
The following is the assessment list, with a description of the property annexed : the whole showing the exact state of the occupied lands as they stood at this date, and the changes which had taken place since the last list. According to what had become the established practice and so continued, two thirds of the gross tax was assessed upon the lands, and one third upon the erven. Now each erf was taxed 7 guilders, and each mor- gen 2 guilders 14 stivers. Hitherto only the lands of Jochem Pieters' Flat and Van Keulen's Hook, with Bogert's Point, had been subject to tax. But to make up for Delavall's 54 morgen; here for some reason omitted, an equal quantity (short half a morgen ) was taxed upon the outside lands, that is to say, Mon- tagne's Flat, the New Lots, Hoorn's Hook, Spuyten Duyvel, etc. It will be observed that the New Lots, so far taxed, are reckoned
. Costs incurred in making the Town's House, and some old balances, of debts, etc., which must be paid from the present assessment, to wit:
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at two morgen each, or half their actual contents; and the other outside lots, so far as included, at one morgen per lot, excepting those at Spuyten Duyvel. For the first time also the outside erven are included, swelling the list to 37 whole and 2 half erven, without the two erven of Delavall or Carteret. The lands in the list in brackets are either not assesed or only in part as indicated. Dr. De Forest's lot on Hoorn's Hook is not in the list. Delavall's 54 morgen embraced Nos. 15 to 22 of Jochem Pieters, and Nos. 21, 22 on Van Keulen's Hook.
To Daniel Tourneur, 13 days' work, @ 5 guilders per day
f. 65 : 0 : 0
Riding 1650 shingles, @ 5 guilders per 150
55 : 0 :0
Also for shingles and clapboards.
16 : 5 :0
alf lbs. nails, @ 30 stivers ...
3 :
15 : 0
Paid Kleyn Jan for fixing town's drum
Q
0 :0
1 gallon of rum to the carpenter.
6 : 0 :0
A cord to the drum .....
3 ..
To Jan le Maistre, 6 days' work, @ 5 guilders
30
0
3 1bs nails, @ 30 stivers.
Riding shingles and clapboards, etc.
16
5
Taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel.
4
To Adolph Pieters for building the town house.
250 :
To Resolved Waldron, 10 schepels wheat delivered. 60 :
72 o
Also to lath nails.
5 :
0
A cord to the town's drum.
6
0 :
Old payment (see page 352)
3 0 :
Paid to the carpenter ..
[ 20 :
Board for the carpenter
40 0 :
Barent Waldron, taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel.
4 :
0
10
To Jan Nagel, 3 1bs. nails, @ 30 stivers, delivered.
4 10
Taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel ...
4
0 :0
To Adolph Meyer, 2 schepels wheat delivered.
0 :
Riding shingles and clapboards, etc ....
1 6 5 : 0
Taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel.
6
0 :0
Riding shingles and clapboards, etc ....
16
5 : 0
Old payment (see page 352) ..
3
0 :0
To Arent Hermens, I schepel wheat delivered. Riding shingles and clapboards, etc ....
16
5 : 0
Old . payment (see page 352) ..
3
0 : 0
To Laurens Jansen, riding shingles, clapboards, etc.
26
5 : 0
To Jan Hendricx Kyckuyt, riding shingles, clapboards, etc.
26 : 5 :0
To Johannes Vermilje, beer, wine and rum, etc ..
33
0 :0
To Isaac le Maistre, taking a warrant to Spuyten Duyvel ..
4 :
0 :0
To Glaude le Maistre, 1/2 vat beer, old account (see page 396)
15 :
0 :0
To Reynier Willems, the baker, balance .....
15 :
0 :0
To Nicholas Bayard, for services, old account ..
24 :
: 0
To Hend. J. Vander Vin, writing book, paper, and ink ..
12 : 0 :0
To De Forest and Legget, glass and planks to the town's house
IIO :
0 :0
I
30
0
To Joost Van Oblinus, 1 1b. nails delivered. Paid the carpenter .... Old payment" (see page 352)
3 :
Riding shingles and clapboards, etc ..
26
S
0 :0
To Jan Dyckman, I schepel wheat delivered.
6 .. 0 :0
-
f. 1190 : 0 : 0
48 lbs. nails, @ 30 stivers
·
OWNERS. Feb. 14th, 1682.
ERVEN.
MORGEN.
TAX.
Joost van Oblinus
.
Resolved Waldron .
3
23
f. 104: 19 83: 2
Jan Nagel. ..
21/2
18
66: 2
Daniel Tourneur.
2
18
62: 0
Jan Hendricx Kyckuyt1 ..
2
101/2 42: 8
Laurens Jansen".
3
II 50: 14
Arent Hermens'
1
1/2
10: 18
Glaude le Maistre
2
14
51 : 16
Adolph Meyer.
2
12
46: 8
Cornelis Jansen* .
I
1212
40:12
Joannes Verveelen. .
11/2
9
34: 16
Joannes Vermelje. .
I
I
Jan le Maistre. .
I
1 1/2
10: 18
Maria Vermelje. . 0 .. I
I
16
50: 4
Wid. Daniel Tourneur. . Michiel Bastiaensen" .
I
4
17: 16
Hendrick Kiers.
I
17: 16
John Robinson.
I
0
7: 0
Hendrick Bosch
I
I
9:14
Jacob Young.
I
2
12: 8
Jean Petit".
I
1
9:14
Dirck vander Clyff.
I
I
: 14
Jan Dircksen. ..
I
I
9:14
Jan Gerritsen de Vries' .. I
0
7: 0
Jan Dyckman.
O
2
5: 8
I Brevoort.
2 Low.
3 Mussing.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY BY NUMBERS, ETC.
J. P. Nos. 7, 11, 13; V. K. H. 1, 10, 11, 12 16. [N. L. 8; H. H. 6, 10.] J. P. No. 12; V. K. H. Nos. 2, 3, 1/2 4, 1/2 9; N. L. Nos. 3, 4, 9, 10. J. P. Nos. 6, 8, 9: 1/2 crf on Out Gardens Nos. 13, 14. J. P. No. 1 ; V. K. H. Nos. 17 double lot, 18, 19. . J. P. No. 5; V. K. H. 1/2 16, 20. [N. L. No. I.] J. P. No. 2; V. K. H. 2-3 5, 6.
V. K. H. 1/2 of No. 13. [N. L. No. 5.]
J. P. No. 14; V. K. H. No. 12; M. F. 3 lots 12 morgen ; N. L. No. 2. J. P. Nos. 4, 10. [H. H. No. 7.] J. P. No. 3; V. K. H. 1/2 14, 15; N. L. No. 6. [M. F. 18 morgen.] V. K. H. Nos. 7, 8, 1/2 9, 1/2 13. [H. H. No. 3.]
[ Hoorn's Hook No. 5.]
"On the Point."
M. Flat, 3 lots 18 morgen ; H. H. Nos. 1, 2.
At Spuyten Duyvel. [Dyckman and Nagel had 74 acres there.]
At Saw-Kill. [Had 3814 acres, with Lewin, &c.] At Moertje David's Fly. [Had 30 acres.] Below Hoorn's Hook. [Had 321/2 acres.] On Hoorn's Hook. [ Had 30 acres.] Hoorn's Hook No. 8.
Hoorn's Hook No. 9.
V. K. H. 1/2 4, with house-lot on the end called 2 morgen.
4 Kortright.
5 Kortright.
6 Baignoux.
7 Dolsen.
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9:14 V. K. H. upper 1-3 of No. 5. V. K. H. 1/2 of No. 14. [N. L. No. 7.]
7: 0
Jan Louwe Bogert. ... .
I
5
20: 10
.
.
.
1
281/2
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CHAPTER XXII.
1682-1685.
INCIDENTS ; DEATH OF DELAVALL, ARCHER, DELAMATER, AND VAN- DER VIN ; TOURNEUR VS. MORRIS; DONGAN'S ASSEMBLY; TOWN COURT REMODELED; HALF-WAY HOUSE; GLOUDIE'S POINT OCCUPIED, ETC.
F AR up the winding Neckar which joins the Rhine at Mann- heim, in a fruitful part of Germany, was the little town of Lauffen, where Gabriel Carbosie was born. Finding his way to Holland, and thence to this country while under the Dutch, Car- bosie, used to a rich soil, tried divers places, at both farming and milling, and by the way had served on the "rattle watch" at New Amsterdam in 1658; but yet this "very clever fellow" had accu- mulated little. Again at Harlem, after years on the Delaware, to which he had gone when his Lutheran dominie, Fabricus, was called thither, he was now too old to do much. Asking, the use only for his lifetime of "a small piece of land in the bend of the Hellegat," whereon to set a small house, and by it make a garden, from which, with fishing, to support himself and his Brieta ; Constable Oblinus assembled the whole community March 14, 1682, and, the matter having already been talked over one with another, his request was granted. But it must be to no one's prejudice, and Carbosie was not to keep over three or four swine, lest they should damage "the meadows there lying, belong- ing to Jan Louwe." But were Carbosie to die, his widow, should she marry again, must give up the land, unless the grant were renewed; a wise provision (yet to Brieta perhaps too palpable a joke), since Carbosie was her third husband, and with another chance she might extend her tenure indefinitely. All of which was as hard to foresee as what might be her next fancy ; for her- self a Swedish woman from Gottenburgh, she had already taken to her heart a Dane, Freislander, and German .*
* Carbosie's first wife was Teuntie Straetsman, whom he married at New Amster- dam, in 1657. Her history has a touch of romance. She had lived in the Dutch colony at Fort Margariete, in Brazil, and had already had three husbands, viz .: Jan Meyer,
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While Carbosie was miller for Delavall, his swine running over the milldam had, as we have seen, caused Bogert not a little annoyance. Whether he was now the more troubled at the liberties just granted Carbosie, or at being himself fined 20 gl., "for the loss of four days' work upon the Town House," we know not; only some things had crossed him. On May 4th, when called to pay the late assessment and other arrears which, aside from the fine aforesaid, relieved him of 52 fl. 10 st., in silver, and 10 st. in sewant, Bogert tarried in the court-room, a full bench being present, and demanded that he might have the same justice as was done to other inhabitants. When asked wherein justice had not been done him, he answered that in various ways he had been treated with injustice; and then losing his usual control, he outright charged their honors with being unrighteous rulers, and "vomiting forth the same in great rage and railing," left the room.
Recovering from their astonishment, the magistrates resolved to cite Bogert to appear on the next court day and answer for his abusive language. They also ordered the debts still standing out to be collected, if necessary, by execution. Bogert failing to appear July 6th, another citation was sent him. But ere the time arived he came before the board, which met August 3d at his request; and expressing hearty sorrow for what he had said, alleged it had resulted from passion, and promised, if forgiven that time, never to repeat it. Thereupon the following action was taken: "The magistrates of this Court having heard the peti- tion, do excuse the petitioner his fault this time; nevertheless that this Court may maintain and defend its rights and authority, and that such conduct may not happen in future from him or anyone else, they condemn him in a fine of 25 gl. to this town." The fine was paid to the constable, and so the affair ended.
Next day, August 4th, the Court held its regular monthly session. A summons had been issued to Glaude le Maistre, pur- suant to a motion of the constable, Oblinus, passed at the July term, to the effect that the old verdict of July 12, 1677, against
George Haff and Tileman Jacobs Vander Myen. By the first she had a daughter, Margaret Meyer (wife of Hendrick Wiltsee, common ancestor of our Wiltsee family,- (See Annals of Newton) ; by the second husband, "in his lifetime, field trumpeter in Brazil," she had a son, Laurens Haff (who was born in Brazil, lived at Flushing, Long Island, married, in 1676, Kniertie, daughter of Peter Meet, and originated the re- spectable New York family of Haff); by the third, a daughter, Annetie Tilemans (who married Dirck Hattem, of Gowanus, and Hendrick Van Pelt, of New Utrecht,- (See Bergen Gen., 2d edit., p. 232) ; and by Carbosie, a son, David, born 1659. Teuntie, whose posterity thus remains among us, died at Gowanus, October 19, 1662, and a dozen years later, one of her former husbands in Brazil, Vander Myen, thought to be dead when she married Carbosie, arrived safe and sound in New York, found his daughter, Annetie, married, in 1678, the widow of Jan Thomasz Van Dyck, of New Utrecht, and lived there for some years after.
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Le Maistre, be confirmed, and the debt, 85 gl., collected by exe- cution. Le Maistre not appearing, the Court proceeded in a body to his house, but found him as unwilling as ever to admit the claim, he telling them, among other things, that he had "nothing to do with the town or town books." On this they proceeded to attach and seize three pieces of new linen, which they meas- ured in the presence of witnesses, and found to contain 56 ells. Notice was then given by the constable, and also posted up in writing, that on Thursday, the 18th instant, Delamater's linen, unless redeemed, would be publicly sold. But the very next day (August 5, 1682), John and Isaac Delamater, in behalf of their father, came and recovered the linen, giving security for the debt and costs, 93 gl. 10 st. So this vexatious matter, many years pending, was finally arranged; the brothers duly met their obligation, and Glaude having died, his account with the town was closed by John Delamater paying a small balance "for his mother," October 3, 1685.
Petty troubles with the English residents on or near Hoorn's Hook also drew upon the time of the magistrates. John Smith. "miller at the mill of Mr. Pinhorne," .on the Saw-kill, having taken "French leave," his creditor, John London, seized a horse, which he understood belonged to the runaway. But Robert Bar- lowe brought Ralph Ross and William Engel, persons in his employ, to prove that he was the owner, whereupon Barlowe obtained his steed, and London pocketed the costs. for which Jacob Young became his bail. This suit was decided July 6, 1682.
Young himself now had an issue with some of the town's folks. Daniel Tourneur and Johannes Verveelen. owning lots on Hoorn's Hook. accused him of taking their fence-posts. Cited to appear and answer on Aug. 4th, he gave no heed, nor to a second citation, but finally came. Dec. 7th, in no amiable mood. He denied the charge, declared that he bought the posts and would prove it : further saying that "the whole town was against him, and that Jan Dyckman (one of the magistrates) had threatened to burn his house." The Court directed defendant to bring evidence regarding the posts on the next court day, and also "to prove his scandalous words," on. pain of correction. The finale is not given. but within a year Young left the town and went to other parts, having sold his farm. Sept. 27th. 1683, to William Holmes, of Turtle Bay; this sale, including "buildings, barns and outhouses." with 3 cows, I heifer. 2 calves. 4 ewes, [ ram, and 4 stocks of bees, all for £50.
The ministerial labors of Dominies Drisius and Nieuwenhuy-
.
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. sen had been productive of much good among the Harlem people, as results prove. The pastoral visits, oftener devolving upon Nieuwenhuysen, but infrequent, and, aside from weddings and burials, almost restricted to the annual induction of new church officers, became for this reason signal events among the villagers, and occasions for much sociality. But death had recently taken away these two beloved pastors, to the great grief of the people. In sympathy to the bereaved Annetie Maurits Sluyswachter, whose good man, Nieuwenhuysen, had gone to rest Feb. 17th, 1681, Jan Nagel, "on account of the town," took her "two schepels of wheat," and Resolved Waldron also "two schepels, and a bottle of rum."
The loss to the church was in a measure repaired by the ar- rival from Holland, during the summer of 1682, of Do. Henry Selyns, who had now returned as pastor at New York, but was also to follow up the custom of preaching at Harlem at least once a year. for the purpose of confirming the elder and deacons; the flock here, except when called to the city on sacramental seasons, to continue its usual Sabbath exercises by the voorleser, as before. The first installation of an elder and deacon the next fall, chosen in the way then observed, was a time of unusual interest. A few still remained here to welcome Selyns, of his former members at the Bowery-Joost van Oblinus and Glaude le Maistre, with their wives, and the two worthy widows, Jacqueline Tourneur and Maria Kip. And there was Verveelen, the genial old deacon, who, to greet his good dominie, must surely for this once have left his ferry at Papparinamin, with its weighty responsibilities, in charge of his son Daniel, now living with him. But while to not a few others Selyns' features were familiar, though eighteen years had passed, to Abram de La Montanie, who could only know him by hearsay. was reserved the gratification of taking the hand which had been laid on his infant head, at his baptism, just before the dominie left for Holland. It must have been a pleasant reunion, evoking gratitude to God; while, with the flow of good feeling, freely flowed Johan Vermelje's "good bier," a half vat nearly being consumed before it broke up. Arent Her- mens Bussing was the newly installed deacon; the elder's name is not mentioned.
Captain Thomas ' Delavall died in the summer of 1682, in New York City, over which, during three respective terms, he had presided as mayor. The event necessarily caused a sensation at Harlem, owing to his long and peculiar relations to the town, both as a proprietor and a patentee. Being sick and weak, John
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Tuder, attorney. wall called in, June 9th. and drew up his will, which he signed with tremulous hand; the next day adding a codicil disposing of some property not before specified. His death directly ensuing, his will was proved July 11th.
He bequeathed to his son-in-law, William Darvall. Esq .. "all his lands lying and being in the bounds of Harlem," as also "Great Barnes Island, lying near Harlem," and his mill at Esopus, besides all the debts due him, contracted since the year 1664; the said Darvall out of the same to pay such money as was due from the testator to Mr. Samuel Swynock, of London, merchant. To his son John Delavall, whom he made his sole executor, he gave all his houses and lands at the Esopus (the mill excepted), and his share of "the Yonker's Mill, lying in Hudson's River," with such debts as were due him, the testator, and were contracted before the year 1664; and charging upon him the pay- ment of certain legacies and charities. To his son-in-law Thomas Codrington, he gave all his land and houses at Gravesend, on Long Island ; and to his (testator's) grandchild, Frances Darvall, his piece of ground "lying beyond the Smith's Fly, in New York, called by the name of the Cherry Garden." This grandchild, then but a year old, afterward married Richard Willett, whose name will occur again. Capt. Delavall omits any reference to the Moseman farm, the Mill and Little Barent's Island, already con- veved to his daughter Frances and to her husband, Capt. James Carteret, whom he does not name, and who at this date were no doubt in Europe.
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