It is very evident from the Records, that some of the Original 35 settlers and purchasers of the Town removed from Lynn in Massachusetts and tradition informs us that they came from several of the towns on the Sea coast to the Eastward of Boston. These were, probably, natives of England, as New England had not been settled so long as to produce Native Immigrants when E. Hampton was first settled. Those who were received by the Original Settlers as "accepted Inhabitants," might have been born in America. None were received into the Town as Inhabitants but by a vote, and ;

some were forbid settling on account of their principles and laziness. [Vol. 1.

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TAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND.

There were, at first 35 purchasers. The names of 13 of these are now entirely extinct in the The Christian & Surnames of many of the original settlers are now found to the 4 th 5 th & th Lands that were at first allotted, have descended in the family, degree, counting the first as one.

Town.

and are, after a space of 150 years, occupied by one of the same family and name. When the town was first settled only a home-lot at the South end of the Town, containing from 11 This was done on both sides of the Pond, called the "Town Pond." This to 13 acres was laid out.

was probably on account of the convenience of getting water for themselves and cattle before they dug wells. It is probable a brook might have discharged itself into the Pond, which, since the land is cleared, has