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RT LIVINGSTON'S PETITION FOR A CONFIRMATORY PATENT.
[To his Excellency ROBERT HUNTER] Esqr Capt General & Governor in Cheiff of the Provinces of New-York, New Jerseys and Dependencies thereof in America and Vice of Admirall the same
The humble petition of ROBT LIVINGSTON of the County of Albany Gent.
SHEWETIL
That your Petr having obtained a Patent for the Manor of [Livingston] from Thomas Dongan now Earl of Limriek some- time
in the year 1686 with the Privilege
bitants
by reason they have no Representative in the Assembly Your Petitioner humbly prayeth for a Confirmatory] Patent
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with the Priviledge that the ffreeholders of said Manor may elect and Return one Deputy or Representative to sitt in the Gen !! Assembly to Represent the ffreeholders and Inhabitants of the same and your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray.
RT LIVINGSTON.
... The original of the above Petition is much damaged. Where the words are within [] we have endeavored to supply the deficiency. But the other blanks are beyond cure, the paper being wholly destroyed. ED.
ORDER IN COUNCIL THEREUPON. [Counc. Min. XI.]
At a Council held at Fort Anne in New York the 19th day of November 1713.
Present His excellency Robert Hunter Esqr and the other members of the Board.
The Petition of Robert Livingston Esq. for a Confirmation of his Patent for the Mannor of Livingston to have leave to choose a Representative to sit in Assembly being read
ORDERED the said petition lye on the table.
AN ACCOUNT OF ROBT LIVINGSTON'S SALARY.
As one of ye Inspectors of ye Palatins & of ye storige computed to ye 25 March 1714 which his Excell: gov. hunter is charged withall.
Ilis Salary from 24th Augst 1710 to 1 Nov. 1711 included in ye gen" acct. £118 18 - To ye 25 March 1712 included in ye gen" acet ... 39 14 6
To ye 25 June 1712 included in ye acct of Incidents 25 To ye 25 Sept. 1712 included in ye acct of Incidents 25 - - To yo 25 of March 1713 included in ye acct of Incidents 50
258 12 6
Storige of Provisions to 25 March 1714 .£214 18 11 The half' agreed upon is. . ... 107 9 :1
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MANOR OF LIVINGSTON.
ADAM VROOMAN TO GOV : HUNTER.
To His Excelency ROBERT HUNTER Esqr Capt' Gen" and Governour In Cheife In and over His Majties Province of New York & New Jersey and Vice Admirall of the Same &c :
MAY Ir PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY
As In duty bound by my Last to you I give your Excy an acct How the Palintines threatened In a Rebelions manner If I should build or mannure the Land at Schore that your Excelley was Pleased to Grant me a Pattent for and In Please your Excellency I have mannured a great part of the Land and Sowed Considera- ble grain thereon they still drove their horses on it by night, : I then hired my sones to go with me and build me a house I was their and was making a stone house 23 foot Squar and had so high so that I had Layd the Beamnes for the Chamber I having at the same time an Indian honse about 200 yards off for my self workmen & negroe to sleep in, but on the 4th day of this Instant In ye night following they had a Contryvance to tie bells about horses necks and drive them too and fro In which time they pulled my house Stones and all to the Ground the next day I spok with some of them and they used such Rebelions Expres- sions that was never heard off: but they told me before now when they had done all : they would Run among the Indians John Conradus Wiser has been the Ring Leader of all factions for he has had his son some time to Live among the Indians and now he is turn'd their Interpreter so that this Wiser and his Son talk with the Indians very often and have made treates for them and have been busy to buy Land at many places which is Contrary to your Excellencys Proclamation, and has made the Indians drunk to that degree to go and mark of Land with them: and I am no wayes secure of my Life their for after I came away they went and pulld my son off of the waggon and beat him and said they would kill him or his father or any body Else that came their so that my son was forced to come away : Likewise they say they care for nobody John Conradus Wiser & 2 or 3 more has made their Escape by way of Boston and have said
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they will, go for England but has left his son which is their Interpreter to the Indians and every day tells the Indians many Lyes, whereby much michcheife may Ensue more than we now think off and is much to be feared : for the time I have been their I have made a diligent serutiny into all their actions but ] dont find a Great many Concerned with this Wiser and his son In their disobedient, unlawfull, and Rebelious Proceedings I am well Informed who are their Cheifes : for those that are good Subjects among them and will not Joyn with them are afraid the others will Burn their houses down by their threatening words And please you I could Enlarge much more of their misdi- meanours but for fear of trobleing yr Excellency too much I shall beg your Excellency pardon att this time and Ever Remain your Excellencys most Humble and Obedient Servant to Command
ADAM VROOMAN.
Schenectady July 1
the 9th day 1715. 5 In hast.
WARRANT TO ARREST CONRAD WEISER.
GENTLEMEN,
I am informed that one John Conrade Wiser a Covenanted Servant of his Majesty, who has been Guilty of Several Mutinous Riotons and other disobedient & illegal practices is now skulking in your County to avoid punishment you are therefore on sight hereof to Issue your Warrant for the Apprehending the said Wizer and to cause him to be sent down in safe Custody to the City of New York That he may be proceeded against as the Nature of his Crimes shall require hereof fail not I am
N. York 22 July 1715.
Gent Your humble Serv
To the Justices of the Peace of the Co. of Albany or any of then.
To the Justices of the peace Conty Dutchess or any of them.
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MANOR OF LIVINGSTON.
ORDER TO THE ATTORNEY GENL TO PREPARE A DRAFT OF LETTERS PATENT FOR THE MANOR OF LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency ROBERT HUNTER Esqr Capt Generall and Governour in Cheife of ye Provinces of New York New Jersey & Territories thereon depending in America and Vice Admirall of ye same &c
You are hereby required to prepare a draft of letters patent of confirmacon for Robert Livingston of the manor of Livingston reciting first the bounds of a patent granted to him by Colonel Thomas Dongan then Governour of this Province of New York bearing date the 4th day of November 1684 of a certain tract of land by Roeloff Jansens kill on the East side of Hudsons river as therein described then reciting the bounds of a patent granted by the sd Colonel Dongan to the sd Robert Livingston for Tack- anick bearing date the 27th day of August 1685 adjoyning upon the other tract of Land as therein described Then reciting the generall bounds of his mannor comprehended in another patent granted to him by the sd Colonel Dongan bearing date the 22th day of July 1686 conteining the former two tracts of Land together with other lands adjoyning which he did purchase of the Indians all which is by the last recited patent Erected into a manor by the name of the manor of Livingston and to the priviledges already granted to and enjoyed by him the priviledge to the ffreeholders of the sd manor of choosing and sending of one Representative to serve in Generall Assembly of the Colony of New York at all times hereafter with the priviledge for the inhabitants within the sd manor to choose two constables for the keeping of the peace & other publick services within the sd manor and whereas the boundary of the sd mannor by the sd last menconed patent are described by naturall marks and boun- daryes you are otherwise to describe the soile or ground of the s' manor with courses and distances alongst the same naturall mark and boundarys and where the Indian names of hills places or creeks are mistaken in the spelling you may amend the same and to add to the grant and confirmacon thereof an habendum of the same ground and premisses to the sd Robert Livingston his heirs & assigns forever to the sole & only proper use & behoof VOL. III. 14
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of him the sd Robert Livingston his heirs & assigns forever under the same yearly Quitrent as formerly of twenty eight shillings saving & reserving out thereof the quantity of six thousand acres of land within the bounds of the sd mannor already purchased from the sd Robert Livingston for the use of her late majesty her heirs successors and assigns forever &c And for your soe doeing this shall be yor sufficient warrant Given under my hand and seale at ffort George in New York ye ffirst Day of October in ye second yeare of ye raigne of his majesty king George Annoq Dm 1715.
Ro HUNTER.
To David Jamison Esq" Commissioner for Executing ye Office of Attorney Generall of ye Province of New York ' By his Excellencies Command > H WILEMAN.
GOV. HUNTER'S PATENT. 1715.
GEORGE, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, GREETING: Whereas, our loving subject. ROBERT LIVINGSTON, by virtue of a patent under the seal of the Province of New York, bearing date the fourth day of Novem- ber, one thousand six hundred and eighty four, is seized and possessed of a certain tract of land, lying and being on a creek on the east side of Hudson's river, commonly called or known by the name of Roeloffe Johnsons kill, it being in three plains called Nekankook, Nuhpa, Wuhquaskaka, and two or three other small flatts or plains, containing in all about one hundred morgan or two hundred acres, together with eighteen hundred acres of wood land, lying and being between a small creek or kill lying over against katskill, called Wackanekasseck, and a place by the Indians called Swaskahampka, to the south of Roeloffe Johnson's kill, that is to say. two hundred acres alongst
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the river's side, and the rest adjoining to the said two hundred acres and so running back into the woods, and also all woods, underwoods, waters, runs, streams, ponds, creeks, meadows, marshes, fishing, hawking, hunting and fowling, and all other liberties, priviledges, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said tract or parcell of land and premises belonging or in any ways appertaining: To have and to hold the said tract or parcell of land and premises, with all and singular the appurtenances before mentioned and intended to be granted, ratified and con- firmed unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns, unto the proper nse and behoof of the said Robert Livingston, his heirs, and assigns for ever to be holden of his then Royal highness James, Duke of York, his heirs and assigns in free and common soccage, according to the tenure of East Greenwich in ' the County of Kent, in the kingdom of England, yielding and paying therefore yearly and every year on or before the five and twentyeth day of March, as a quit rent for his Royall Highness use, twenty shillings current money of New York, at Albany, unto such officer or officers as from time to time should be appointed to receive the same as by the said Patent Recorded in the Secretary's office, relation being therennto had, may more fully and at large appear: and, Whereas the said Robert Living- ston, by virtue of another patent under the seal of the said province bearing date the seven and twentyeth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty five, and in the first year of the reign of King James the Second, is seized and possessed of another tract of land, called Tachkanick, lying and being adjacent to the afore recited tract of land beginning behind Pattkook, on a certain creek that runs into the East side of Hudson's River, and there known by the naine of Roeloffe Johnsons kill, beginning on the northwest side of said kill that runs along the flatt or plain land at a place called by the natives Minischtanock, where two black Oak trees are marked with L, from thence along a small hill to a valley that leads to a small creek called by the Indians Quissickkook, and over the said Creek to a high place to the westward of a high mountain where two black Oak trees are marked L, and is called by the natives Kachtawagick, from thence westward to a
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small hill on the side of a Creek called Skaanpook, where two white Oak trees are marked L, and so runs along the East side of the said Creek, which a little lower is called by the name of Twastawekack, and is the westerly bounds, they transporting all their right and title to the East- ward of said Creek called Twastawekack, the southerly bounds beginning on the other side of the Creek that runs along the flatt or plain over against Minissicktanock, where two trees are marked, and runs along the foot of the high mountains to the path that goes to Wawijachtanook, to a hill called by the Indians Mannanosick, where two trees are marked L, on the southwest side of the path, from thence westward to a Creek called by the natives Nachawawackkano, where two white oak trees are marked L, which creek comes into the other creek called Twastawekack, which is the west bounds, and so incloses all the land which the said Indians have sold to the said Robert Livingston, the place where the said two creeks meet being called Mawicknack, the tlatt or plain land lying on both sides of the said creek containing about three hundred Morgan or six hundred acres as by the Indian deed of sale before the commander and magistrates of the town of Albany, bearing date the tenth day of August, in the said first year of his Majesty's reign, may fully and at large appear, together with all and singular the trees, timber, woods, underwoods, swamps, moors, marshes, meadows, rivolets, streams, creeks, waters, lakes, pools, ponds, fishing, hawking, hunting, fowling, and whatsoever else to the said tract or parcell of land, within the bounds and limitts aforesaid, belonging or in any way appertaining : To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, and all and singular other the premises and every part and parcell thereof unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns, unto the sole and ouly proper use, benefitt and behoof of the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever, to be holden of his said Majesty, his heirs and successors in free and common soreage according to the tenure of East Greenwich, in the County of Kent, in his Majesty's kingdom of England, yielding, rendering, and paying therefore yearly unto our sovereign Lord, the Kings Majesty, his heires or assigns, or to such officer or officers as by him shall
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be appointed to receive the same, Eight shillings currant money of the Province yearly on the five and twentyeth day of March, at the town of Albany, as by the said Patent, also remaining upon Record in the Secretary's office of the Province of New York, relation being thereunto bad may more fully and at large appear : AND WHEREAS upon further application made by the said Robert Livingston to Colonel Thomas Dongan, then Lieutenant Governour of the Province of New York, setting forth and making it appear that he had been at vast charge and expences in purchasing the said tracts of land, and other lands adjoining to the aforesaid two severall tracts or parcells of land, comprehended by generall boundarys, from the native proprietors mentioned and expressed in one third patent thereof under the seal of the said Province of New York, bearing date the two and twentyeth of July in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty-six, and in the second year of his said Majesty's Reign, that is to say, on the North by a line to be drawn from a certain creek or kill over against the south side of Vastric Island in Hudson's river called Waghankasigk, to a place called by the natives Wawanaquassick, where the heaps of stones ly being near the head of a certain kill or creek called Nanapenahakan, which comes out of a marsh lying near unto the said hills of the said heaps of stones upon which the Indians throw upon one another as they pass by from an ancient custom amongst them, and from thence extending to the northermost end of the hills that are to the north of Tachkanick known by the name of Ahashewaghkick, and on the east from Ahashewaghkick aforesaid, along the said hills to the southmost end of the same called Wichquapakkat, and from thence by a straight line to the southeast end of a small piece of land called Sahkaqua and Nakawiawick, and on the south by a straight line to be drawn from thence to the southermost bounds or boucht of Roeloffe Johnson's Kill, and from thence by a straight line to a place on the river called Sanskahampka, which lyes over against the sawyer's Creek, and on the west by Hudson's river, including all the land on both sides of Roeloffe Johnson's creek or kill, not only praying the grant and confirmation of the same, but also that the same may be erected into one Manor, by pattent
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under the seal of the said province. He, the said Thomas Dongan, for the consideration aforesaid and by virtue of the authority to him derived from his then most sacred Majesty, and the power in him residing in and by the said third patent, bearing date the said two and twentyeth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty six, and second year of his said Majesty's reign, did give, grant, ratify, release and confirm unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns, all that and those tract and tracts, parcell and parcells of land lying and being situate within the limitts and bounds above recited, together with all the messages, tenements, buildings, fences, Orchards, Gardens, pastures, meadows, marshes, woods, underwoods, trees, timber, quarrys; rivers, runs, rivolets, brooks, ponds, lakes, streams, creeks, harbours, heathes, fishing, hawking, hunting and fowling, mines, minerals, silver and gold mines only excepted, and all the rights, members, libertys, priviledges, jurisdictions, royalties, hereditaments, profits, advantages, and appurtenances whatsoever, to the said tracts or parcells of land belonging or in any wise appertaining or accepted, reputed, taken, known or occupied as part, parcell or member thereof, together with fishing in Hudson's river so far as said land extends on the said river, and did erect, make and constitute the said tract and tracts of land, as in the limitts and bounds afore mentioned, together with all and every the above granted premises, wit? every of their appurtenances into one Lordship or Manor, to all intents and purposes, and that the same should be from thence- forth called the Lordship and Manor of Livingston, and did also give and grant unto the said Robert Livingston, and to the heirs and assigns of the said Robert Livingston full power and anthority at all times forever thereafter in the said Lordship or manor, one Court Leet and one Court Baron, to hold and keep at such time and times, and so often yearly as he or they should see meet, and all fines issues and amereiaments at the said Court Leet and Court Baron, to be holden within the said Lordship and Manor, to be set, forfeited or imposed, and payable and happening at any time to be payable by any of the inhabitants of or within the said Lordship or Manor of Livingston, or the limits or bounds thereof, and also all and every the powers and authoritys
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therein before mentioned for the holding and keeping of said Court Leet and Court Baron from time, and to award and issue out the customary writ to be issued and awarded out of the said Court Leet and Court Baron, to be kept by the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever, or their or any of their Stewards deputed and appointed with full and ample power and authority to distrein for the rents, services and other sums of money payable by reason of the premises and all other Lawfull remedyes and means for the haveing, possessing, receiving, levying and enjoying the premisses and every part and parcell of the same, and all wafts, estrays, wrecks, deodands, goods of felons happening and being forfeited within the said Lordship and Manor, and all and every sum and sums of money to be paid as a post fine upon any fine or fines to be levied of any lands tenements or heredi- taments within the said Lordship and Manor of Livingston, together with the advowson and right of patronage, and all and every the church and churches erected or established, or there- after to be erected, had or established, in the said manor, and lastly that all and singular the tenants of him the said Robert Livingston, within the said Manor should and may at all times thereafter meet together and choose assessors within the said Manor according to such rules, ways and methods as are prescribed for city's countys and towns, within the province and the Acts of General Assembly for the defraying the public charge of each respective city, town and county, and all such sums of money so raised to collect and dispose of for the use aforesaid, according as in the said act of General Assembly is established and directed : To hure and to hold all and singular the said Manor of Livingston and premises, with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever to the only proper use and behoof of him the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns for ever. To be holden of his said Majesty, his heirs, successors and assigns, in free and common soccage according to the Tenure of East Greenwich, in the County of Kent, in the kingdom of England aforesaid ; Yielding and paying therefor unto his said Majesty, his heirs, successors, and assigns, or to such officer or officers as shall from time to time be ap-
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