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In a similar way the name of the county was changed from the East Riding of Yorkshire to Suffolk, in honor of James, Duke of York and Albany, who was also Duke of Suffolk.
The town pond has lately been called very appropriately Aga- wam lake, a name which in 1865 was given to Little Fresh pond, between Southampton and North Sea. It is but just to give another name to this little lake in the woods, and Nippang is sug- gested, a name which in the Indian language of Long Island sig- nified a small body of fresh water. The large twin lake on the west of the road to North Sea might appropriately be called Missipaug lake, the Indian equivalent of Big Fresh pond.
Mill Neck was the local name of a tract of land about two miles eastward of the village, now known as Watermill.
Eastward of this was a strong settlement from about 1660, and later, called Sagabonack, and now known by the name of Sagg.
In some of the public documents of the town, we notice Shel- ter Island mentioned under the name of Farret's Island.
The Indian name of Canoe Place is variously spelled as Nia- muck and Niamug.
Ponquogne appears to be a corruption of the original Indian appellation Pangonquague, and Quaquanantuck is now abbrevi- ated and known as Quogue.
GREAT AND LITTLE PLAINS.
These names frequently appear on the early records, and as they are now no longer known as distinctive names of any locality,
* Records MSS , State Library, Council Minutes, vol. 6, p. 69.
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
it may be worth while to describe the tracts of land so denomi- nated by our ancestors. The Great Plains, or the General Field, as it was also sometimes called, were bounded on the north by Cap- tain's Neek lane, east by the town pond, south by the beach, and west by Taylor's creek ; thus it included First, Cooper's, Hal- sey's and Captain's necks.
The Little Plains were bounded north by Frog pond or Gin lane, south by the beach, east by old town pond and west by the town pond. The following report of the execution of an order of the General Court will throw light on this matter, while for other reasons it contains items of interest. It is to be remembered that some of the land therein mentioned now lies doubtless outside of the breakers in the Atlantic ocean. This tract of land was originally three lots deep north and south and has been diminished nearly one-half by the encroachments of the ocean since the settlement, ineredible as it may appear.
" Acording to an order established by the Generall Court, held in Southampton vpon the 5th of March, An Dom. 1651, the plaine called the little plaine was layed forth in divisions for the inhabitants of the saide towne per Richard Odell apoynted for the same, who layed forth the saide land in three seneral diuidences, one of every three making two achors, which two acors lying in the three diuidences aforesaid was layed out to an hundred & fifty pound lott, the said diuidences being drawn by the Inhabitants by lotery in & upon the 20th day of March, 1651.
" The first dinidence bounds with his front upon the pond at the West end of the saide plaine, onely a cart way being left be- tweene the saide front and the pond, the reeres being butted by the side of the first lott of the third dividenee along to, or west of the plaine, enery lot of the saide first dividence facing acord- ing to the marke on the stakes, to Mr. Smiths home lott North- ward of the saide plaine : half an ackor in this dividence was layed to every hundred and fifty pound Lott."
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Lb
No No
Lb
No No
Mr. Jolın Gosmer, 400 17 32
Robert Merwin, ¿
150
21
Mr. Rob't Fordham,
300 3 4
Thomas Hildreth,
100
37
and to have a 50 out of his son Ed- ward's lot
Richard Post,
100
40
Mr. Edward Howell, Junr, 100 38
Thomas Cooper,
150
12
William Rogers,
150
16
Capt Thos Topping,
300
18
27
Joseph Rainer,
100
5
Jonas Wood,
150
28
Thomas Burnett,
100
30
Joshua Barnes,
150
2
Richard Barret,
150
22
Ellis Cook, 100
26
Mr. Edward Joanes,
150
34
Mr. Josiah Stanburrough, 150
20
Mr. Richard Odell,
150
41
John White,
150
15
Thomas Veale,
100
13
Thomas Saire, 200
25
John Howell, 200
24
a fifty out of Richard Mills' lot.
Henery Pierson,
150
8
Mr. Smith (Richard) 150
36
Thomas Halsey,
300
14
23
Thomas Gouldsmith, 100 21
Isack Willman,
100 10
John Loome, 100
6
Wm. Browne,
Mr. Edward Howell, 350 11 19
John Cooper, Sen.,
150
9
Mr. Thirston Rainer,
200
33
Richard Mills, 100
29
and a fifty from Isack Willman.
John Jesop, 100
39
Ox PASTURE.
This was in two divisions, north and south, and must have been so designated rather later than the great and little plains, since the southern division of the ox pasture trenched upon the north- ern limits of the great field. The south division lay between Cooper's and Halsey's neck lanes on the south, and Captain's neck lane on the north. The north division lay between Captain's neck lane on the south, and the main highway to Shinnecock on the north -out of which tract, however, must be excluded thirty acres of parsonage land. The following order will add some light on this point, while it shows also that the eastern boundary of the ox pasture, both north and south divisions, was the town pond.
It was ordered " to erect a five rail fence to begin at a branch or creek of water belonging to Shinnecock bay, which divides the land of Major John Howell and Isaac Halsey Sr., at the west end of said plains, (Great) and so to run said fence Eastward on the North side of the highway which divides the North and South division commonly known by the name of the Ox pasture divis- ion, until it comes to range with the west line of the parsonage land, and then to turn Northward to the So. West corner thereof, and thence on Eastward upon the South line of both pieces of said parsonage land unto the town pond, which fence is to be the
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
north bound of said general field and east bounded by the said pond."
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.
The latitude of the Presbyterian church in the village of Southampton, as taken during the United States Coast Survey in 1850, is 40°, 53' north, and the longitude 72°, 26', 31" west of Greenwich.
BOUNDARIES.
Some little trouble was experienced quite early in establishing the east and west boundaries of the town ; those on the north and south nature had happily settled for them beyond all dispute. This record pertains to the eastern and put an end to all uncer- tainty from its date to the present time.
" At a Court of Election May 16, 1661.
" It is agreed between Capt. Topping, Mr. Halsey, Mr. Stan- borough and John Cooper in behalf of all Southampton vnsatis- fied about their bounds, and Mr. Baker, and Mr. Mulford in behalf of ye Towne of East Hampton, That ye bounds between the two Plantations shal for ener be and remaine at the stake set down by Capt : How, an hundred pole eastward from a little pond, the said stake being two miles or near thereabouts from ye east side of a great pond commonly called Sackaponack : and soe to run from ye South Sea to the stake and soe ouer the Island by a strait line to ye Eastern end of Hogneck."
Another controversy arose with Southold in 1667, and an extract upon this from the town record is interesting not only for its bearing on the case, but for other incidental mention of Indian customs.
September 15, 1667.
Richard Howell and Joseph Rainer, aged about forty years, deposed this 15th of September, 1667. Saith as followeth : That vpon a time about the latter end of May last, Capt. John Youngs of Sonthold brought over to Southampton Thomas Stanton with some of the chief of Southold Indians, meeting at the School- house, some of the chief of the Southampton Indians with the Sachem being there. Capt. Youngs being asked the end of his
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THE SETTLERS.
coming, said, to finde out truth, viz .: whoe had the true right to ye lande, or meadows in controversie between the said two townes, and the debate thereupon grew on betweene the Indians, there being present some of the Southold Inhabitants, with divers of ye chief of the Inhabitants of Southampton : Thomas Stanton being ye Interpreter. These deponents heard the said Thomas ask both parties of ye Indians who had the true right to the said land and meaddows, and the said Indians (after long debate) Joyntly answered, that ye young eagles that were taken in the nest and the deare that were drowned or killed in the water, It was ye Indian Custome to carry ye sd eagles & the skins of the deare to those Sachems or Indians that were the true owners of ye land, thereupon Tho. Stanton presently replyed, saying, indeed the Eagles & the deare were something, but if there were a beare killed or drowned, that would put the matter out of controversie, And these deponents heard Southampton Indians affirme that there was a beare drowned or killed in yt same tract of land now in controversy between ye two sd townes : Then Tho. Stanton asked them to whome the skin was carryed and Southampton Indians answered, to Shinecoek Indians. And South- old Indians allsoe acknowledged that ye said beares skin was ear- ryed to Shinecock Indians by Southold Indians who took ye beare.
Taken before me, Thomas Topping.
Also the following :
October ye 17th 1667, the Testimony of two Ancient women that formerly had lived at Aecaboneke, do affirme that all the land and marsh ground betweene Peaconeck and Niamocke did belong unto Shinecock Indians, and that there was a bear drowned in the meadow on the East side of Peaconocke and that the skinne and fatt was brought to Shinecocke Indians, and one doth further affirme that she eat part of the said Bare.
In presence of
THO. JAMES, Interpreter.
AQUABACK,
her marke
IMPEAGWAN.
her X marke
Both living at Montaukut.
19
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
RESIDENCES EARLY AND PRESENT.
No one of our ancestors has done for Southampton what Col. Lyon Gardiner did for the town which he assisted to bring into existence, viz., leave for future generations a record of the resi- dences of the original settlers. Many changes in the course of two hundred and twenty-five years have, of course, obliterated some of the old land-marks, and the difficulty is no small one, to reconstruct at this time the town of 1650. Yet some waymarks are found scattered all along, by which, with other assistance, much can be done in solving this problem. The list of inhabi- tants in 1649, 1657 and 1698, which have been given, will go far to confirm and complete the results of investigation of the town records. We take the following as a sure and reliable starting point ; the facts are ascertained beyond all dispute.
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN.
Obadiah Rogers lived on the residence of Captain Albert Rogers, deceased, and this homestead has always been in the Rogers family.
Henry Pierson lived on the opposite corner where the church now stands, or it may be a little to the south on the homestead now owned by Mr. Lewis Hildreth.
Isaac Wilman lived next north of the second church and on the home lot now belonging to Mr. Edwin Post.
James Herrick lived on what is now the homestead of Mrs. Hannah, widow of Captain James Post. This house was proba- bly a little south of the dwelling of Mrs. Post.
Thomas Topping, Sen., lived on what is now the residence of Mr. Albert Foster.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.
There can scarcely be any doubt but that Edward Howell, in 1648, built the house formerly occupied by Mr. William P. Her- rick. His homestead was bounded on the north by that of Thomas Sayre, and south by that part of the parsonage land lately sold to Mrs. Amanda Hildreth.
Thomas Sayre resided where his descendants still live, north of the Academy, and probably in the same dwelling, though one- half of the house was added many years after his death.
THE SETTLERS.
147
ERECTED IN 1648, STILL STANDING. SAYRE HOUSE.
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
The Jones family resided on what is now the residence of the heirs of Mr. Wm. T. Jones, and their homestead embraced also that of Mr. Edward Huntting, deceased.
Besides these a large number of residences of a later period have been ascertained from the town records, the result of which investigations will appear at length in the following plot of the main street of the village. If space would allow I would repro- duce the map of W. S. Pelletreau in volume 1 of the printed town records.
REMARKS I S IN EXPLANATION OF THE FOLLOWING PLOT.
The relative width of the lots fronting the main street is very nearly preserved in the plot, from Gin lane to the Meeting House lane, on both sides of the street ; but from this point northward no such accuracy has been attempted, from want of sufficient data, and the design is merely to give the relative location of tlie residences in early and later times.
The placing of a [] in a lot is also not designed to mark the position of the house in that lot, but to indicate simply the fact of a residence somewhere in the same.
To the north, say of Robert Woolley, in 1648, the nomesteads appear to have been larger than those south of this point, and, therefore, it has been impossible to indicate the exact locality of some who there resided. It is known that north of Manassah Kempton, on the same side of the street, lived James Hampton, who gave his homestead to his son-in-law, James Mappam. North of him lived Joshua Barnes. North of Barnes lived John Bishop in 1683.
After every attempt to make an accurate analysis of all the data furnished by the records, perfect certainty cannot in all cases be obtained -yet in the main the plot is believed to be correct in the location of the homes of our ancestors.
The west fork in the main street beginning at the residence of the late Capt. Austin Herrick, seems to have been laid out in 1712.
Previous to this the line on the west side of the street must have run directly from the south-east corner of the burying ground to the south-east corner of the homestead of Captain A. Herrick.
THE SETTLERS.
149
BUILT, 1686. THE OLD PELLETREAU HOUSE.
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
LITTLE PLAINS.
GIN LANE.
SOUTH.
Edward Sayre, 1835.
Thomas Reeves, 1670, Joseph Marshall, 1697
Henry Sayre, 1875.
Raynor family, 1704-1790, Pelletreau family, 1812-31, Henry Reeves, 1832.
Edward Sayre, 1835.
Joseph Raynor, [] 1676, John Wick, 1696, Raynor family, 1698-1790.
Henry Sayre, 1875.
Pelletreau family, 1812-31, Heury Reeves, 1832. Richard Howell.
James Foster, 1810.
Joseph Raynor, [] 1676.
Isaac P. Foster, 1863. Edward H. Foster, 1885.
Arthur Howell, 1675, Ben Davis, 1675,
Richard Howell, Sr. 1676, Obadiah Howell, 1793.
James Foster, 1810.
Richard Howell, Sen., 1676, Jedediah Howell, Christopher Foster, 1768, Joseph Foster, 1708.
Foster, [] 1863.
Edward H. Foster, 1885.
Nathan Jagger, 1759, Joseph Foster, 1698, Daniel Foster, 1708.
Charles Pelletreau, 1822. Wm. S.
Major John Howell, 1660-96. John Howell, 1708-1791.
Pelletreau, 1863. Mary L. De Bost, 1869.
Edward Howell, 2d, 1657. [] Edward Howell, 3d, 1699, Joseph Howell, 1726.
Barney Green, [] 1863.
John Jessup, [] 1648, Jessup family to 1819, Sylvanus Raynor, 1819, Albert Foster, 1842.
TOILSOME LANE. NORTH.
MAIN STREET.
EAST.
Isaac P.
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THE SETTLERS.
SOUTH. ROAD TO THE BEACH. IGP
[] Richard Smith, 1649, Joseph Goodale,* 1698. Nethaniel Howell, 1732,
Joseph Foster, 1742, Edward Sayre, 1854. Thos. Jessup, 1760, Sylvanus Howell, Henry Sayre, 1875.
Josiah Howell, 1690, Jonathan Raynor, 1697.
Thomas Halsey, Sen., 1648.
Hugh Rayor, 1742, James Raynor, 1780, Elias Pelletreau, 1812.
[] Ben Marshall,* 1720.
Maltby Pelletreau, 1831, - T. Nicholas Olver White, 1836, White, 1865.
MAIN STREET.
Thurston Raynor 1660.
Thomas Halsey, 2d, 1678, Capt. Isaac Halsey, 1688-1757, Elias Pelletreau, 1812, Maltby Pelletreau, 1831, Oliver White, 1836.
Thomas Halsey, Jr.,*
T. N. White, 1874.
1657.
Jonathan Raynor,
1657.
Nehemiah Howell,
1720.
Major John Howell, 1648,
Nathaniel Howell, 1696,
Jedediah Howell, 1740,
Rev. Sylvanus White, 1746.
Francis
HORSEMILL LANE.
Hervey Harris,
A. B. De Bost, 1870.
Wm. Brown, 1648.
Rev. Rob. Fordham,
1649.
Edward Howell, 3d, 1713, Cook, 1857. Adonijah Raynor, 1741-70, Widow Norris, Hervey Harris, 1842, 1720. Wm. Fuller, 1872.
* The probable but not absolutely certain residence.
TOWN POND.
152
HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTH.
Richard Barrett, 1648,
William Mackie, 1865.
1661, Thomas Goldsmith, Edward Howell, 2nd, 1676, Joseph Howell, 1699, Joseph Howell, 2nd, 1720.
Charles Howell, 1844.
John Howell, 1731.
Toppings 1656-85.
Windmill, [] 1650.
Micaiah Herrick, 1800.
Matthew Rogers, 1807.
Albert Foster, 1844.
John Howell, 1731.
Wick family, 1700-18.
Micaiah Herrick, 1800.
Matthew Rogers, 1807.
Mrs. Hannah
Obadiah Rogers, 1778.
James Herrick,
Post [] 1865.
1650.
Henry Post, 1882.
James Post, 1818.
Lindlay Murray, 1777.
Edwin Post, [] 1855.
Obadiah Rogers, 1747.
William Herrick, 1680.
James Post. 1818.
[] 2nd Church, Isaac William [] 1650.
George Herrick, [] 1865.
Micaicah Herrick, 1805.
Ellis Cook, 1648, Thomas Stephens, [] 1690. Stephens family, to 1780.
George Herrick, 1865.
Zerubbabel Phillips, Thomas Parvine, 1698. John White (very early), Edward Hunting, 1840.
Dr. John P. Herrick, 1835. Mrs. E. P. Herrick, 1865.
Henry Pierson, 1648, Pierson family to 1760 ?
Lewis Hildreth,
George Markie, 1760 ?
Henry Pierson, [] 1650.
[] 1849.
To Presbyterian Church, about 1883.
Church, 1843.
MEETING HOUSE LANE.
NORTH.
MAIN STREET.
EAST.
Thomas Topping, 1657-1698,
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THE SETTLERS.
SOUTH.
Rev. Robt. Fordham, 1649, Joseplı Howell, 1727, Major Joseph Fordham, 1673, David Howell, 1741, Silas Howell, 1745, John Pelletreau, 1795, James Scott, 1811.
F. Cook, 1865.
Joseplı Howell, 1727, Silas Howell, 1780,
E. Sayre, [ 1865.
Joseph
Fordham,
[2 1673-93.
John Mackie, 1740, David Mackie, 1758, Peter Mackie, 1817.
Wm. Mackie, 1865.
Jonah Fordham,
1698.
Gersham Culver, 1752, John Allen, Sylvanus Howell, 1760-1806. [] 1865.
Joseph Fordham ? 1670, John Cooper, 1678.
Rev. Sylvanus White, 1750, Dr. Hen'y White, 1782, Hen'y K. White, Sylvanus White, 1840. [] 1865.
MAIN STREET.
Richard Mills, 1648. [] Parsonage, 1673. John Cooper, 1651.
Parsonage, 1865.
Nathan Herrick. 1748.
[] Edward Howell, 1st, 1648. Edmund Howell, 1655.
Philetus Pierson, [] 1865.
Edward Howell, 1st, 1640,
Edmund Howell, 1670-96,
Nathaniel Howell Stephen Reeves, 1748.
Matthew Howell, 1601, Israel Howell, 1706.
Henry Reeves, [] 1865.
Edward Howell, 1st, 1640,
James Butler, 1750, Samuel Butler, 1701.
Edward
Hugh Gelston, 1717, Jolın Reeves, 1784, S. Whitehead, 1788.
Reeves, ] 1865.
Job Sayre, 1692.
JOB'S LANE or ACADEMY LANE.
NORTH. 20
TOWN POND.
A1 EST.
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTH.
Albert Rogers, heirs [] 1865.
In Rogers family to this date.
William Rogers, 1648. Obadiah Rogers, 1655.
Charles
Edward Howell, 2d, 1688. Ben Foster, 1688-1694. Jonah Howell, 1695. Zebulun Howell, 1769.
Josiah Foster, 1865. [] Samuel Butler - buys, 1697, of W. Melvine. Walter Melvine, 1695, buys of John Gould, who in 1686 bought of Rich Post.
Ben H. Foster,
1865.
Abraham Cooper.
C. Pelletreau, 1860 W. S. Pelletreau, 1865. []
John Topping, John Gosmer, 1680. John Woodruff.
[
Josiah Foster, 1886.
F. S. Sayre, 1865. =
John Foster, 1657, Abraham Cooper, 1738. Samuel Huntting, 1739.
ROAD TO BRIDGE HAMPTON.
Rhodes, 1864.
Wm Huntting, 1865.
Uriah Rogers, 1770 ?
George Post, = 1865.
Dr. Silas Halsey, 1772, Zebulun Jessup, 1794.
Robert Woolley,
1657.
George Post, 1824. Albert J. Post, 1865.
(Pope's Lot.)
Manassah Kempton. Methodist Church, 1886.
G. Post, 1824.
A J. Post, 1865.
WVm. S. Pelletreau. = 1865.
James Hampton, = James Mappam.
Jesse Halsey,
Charles H. Halsey, 1878.
1865.
Wm. R. Post,
Capt. James Parker, 1835.
1852.
Jonathan Fithian, 1865.
John Bishop, 1652.
J. Fithian, 1865.
NORTH.
MAIN STREET.
EAST.
Richard Post, 1648,
Joseph Post, 1657.
Howell 1836.
Thos. Burnett, 1657.
Jonas Bower, 1657.
J Rogers, 1860.
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THE SETTLERS.
SOUTH.
Thomas Sayre 1648.
In Sayre family to this day.
Wm. N. Sayre, [] 1865. Sarah Larry, 1886.
Harriet Jones Rhodes, 1812, Emmeline Rhodes, 1837, Sophia Rhodes, 1837.
- Havens, 1886.
C. Parsons, 1865.
Stephen Howell, 1780.
1755, Wm. White, | 1698.
1764, Zeb. Cooper, Maltby.
Edwin P. Halsey, 1865.
Nehemiah Sayre, 1820, Joel Jacobs, 1807, Wm. Sayre, 1830.
Richard Woodhull, 1648. Ephraim White, 1698, John Halsey, 1756,
Daniel Fordham, 1865, []
John Gosmer, 1659, John Topping, 1660,
Frederic Howell, [] 1865.
[] Isaac Halsey, 1698, Chapman family, 1840,
Wm. T. Jones, 1860.
Jones family, [] 1648.
Wm. T. Jones, 1860. []
Jones as above, Matthew Howell.
[]
Ed. Huntting, 1840.
HUNTTING'S LANE.
[] John Jagger,
G. White, [] 1865.
branches. ]
North-west and divides into two [Main Street here turns to the
1860. [] A. Herrick,
Wm. Russell, Obadialı Sale, Caleb Heathcote.
Burying Ground.
John Laughton,
Win. Fowler,
[
1865.
John Laughton,
Harriet R. Halsey, [] 1865.
WEST.
MAIN STREET.
NORTII.
خن
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
1679. Residence or homestead of Capt. Mercator Cooper owned by Chris. Fowler. 1684, John Jennings sells same to Thomas Goodwin.
Cornelius Voneke, a Dutch shoemaker lived where Mr. Thomas Warren lives. He died, and his wife sold the homestead to Edward White, June 7, 1682, and on June 14, 1682, Edward White sold the same to William Mason.
North of him on the west street running by the swamp in 1679, lived Richard Painter; and north of his house a road was laid out in 1682, running at an angle of about 60° from this street to the hill street or main highway to the hills of Shinnecock.
West of Voncke, from 1646 to 1684, Thomas Cooper resided. Cooper must have sold a house-lot to Voncke.
Jolin Tennison for a time, about 1668, resided on what is now the corner lot of Capt. Thomas Royce on the hill.
South of this, about where is the residence of James Pierson, deceased, in 1698, lived James Cooper.
Edmund Howell, in a deed of date about 1696, is spoken of as then residing in Cape May county, N. J.
Thomas Hildreth died, leaving widow Hannah and a number of young children, names not given. At the time of his death his eldest son Joseph appears to have arrived at the age of man- hood, and inherited the homestead at Flying Point. But after- ward either Joseph or his son Joseph lived on what is now the residence of William Woolley, the grandfather of the late Mr. William Woolley.
About 1650, Thomas Topping gives to his son-in-law, James Her- rick, a lot of land on his front, about two rods wide, for a house lot. He lived on what is now the homestead of Mr. Albert Foster. At this time, probably, and certainly in 1681, John Jessup lived on what is now the residence of the widow of Capt. James Post ; for in 1681 John Jessup sells this homestead to James Herrick. North of this, where some shops or wood houses of Mr. Edwin Post now stand, must have been the site of the second church. North of the church was the court-house and in the rear the jail. Still north of these, on the present homestead of Mr. Edwin Post, was the residence of Isaac Willman. Next to this was the house of
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THE SETTLERS.
Ellis Cook, now Mr. James Herrick's. Then next north lived John White very early, and north of him, embracing the late homestead of Mr. Lewis Hildreth and Mrs. Esther, widow of Dr. John P. Herrick, was the residence of Henry Pierson.
The house lot of William Russell was sold to Obadiah Sale in 1678, bounded north by home lot of John Laughton, east by the street, south by the home lot of John Jagger, and west by the highway leading to North Sea. Obadiah Sale sells this homestead to George Heathcote, and it was afterward purchased of Heathcote by the town for a burying ground and is still so used.
1676. Richard Howell exchanges a lot laid out for a home lot of four acres, bounded north by home lot of Joseph Raynor, south by home lot of Mrs. Raynor or Jonathan Raynor (R. Howell bought this of John Lum), for six acres of Ben Davis' which he had of Arthur Howell and which were next to and sonth of Richard Howell's home lot.
Arthur Howell and Hannah his wife, sell his home lot and house to Ben Davis, May 2, 1675, which lies between Joseph Raynor and Richard Howell's, containing six acres. Arthur Howell removed to Sagabonach.
We will add some statements communicated to the author, con- cerning the residences during the better half of the last century, by Mr. Charles Pelletreau, now deceased.
South of Mr. Isaac Foster's house was the residence of Obadiah Howell.
North of Mr. Isaac Foster lived Nathan Jagger.
South of Mr. Nicholas White lived Hugh Raynor, and James his son lived in the present residence of Mr. White.
North of Mr. White lived Benjamin Marshall.
North of Horsemill lane lived Adonijah Raynor.
South of the house of Mr. Barney Green lived John Howell. Deacon Thomas Jessup erected and occupied this house of Mr. Green. A windmill once stood on the south-west corner of the lot of Capt. Charles Howell, which lies south of the homestead of Mr. Albert Foster. Stephen Howell lived on the present resi- dence of Mr. Edwin Halsey.
Jeremiah Jagger lived on the present residence of Capt.
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HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
George White. East of the homestead of Capt. Barney Green, deceased, lived John Fowler, Esq. Caleb Cooper lived on the present residence of Mr. Schroeder. Charles Cooper lived on the place of the late Sylvanus Marshall. Dr. Smith lived on the place of Mr. William Pelletreau, deceased. Joshua Sayre lived north of the present home of Mr. Caleb Halsey. Stephen Sayre lived on the present homestead of Mr. Jackson, but afterward removed from the town.
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