Hutchinson in his History of Massachusetts p. 88, Gov Winthrop in his Journal, page mentions that in 1610, a number of families removed from Lynn to the West end of Long Island, and bought land there of James Farrett Agent to the Earl of Sterling but getting into some quarrel with the Dutch, they removed to the East end, and settled at Southampton & chose one Peirson for Probably Southampton was settled before East Hampton. Tradition informs us their Minister. :

that, before East Hampton people built their first grist mill (which went with cattle), they went to

Southampton to mill, and carried their grain on the back of a Bull that belonged to the Town for the If this is true, no doubt Southampton was settled first. use of their cows. Gov Hutchinson says that in 1644 Southampton by an act of the Commissioners of the United

One might suppose that E. Hampton was from Southampton, but the method of pronunciation is quite different, although the Towns

Colonies was annext to the Jurisdiction of Connecticut. settled

An East Hampton man may be known from a Southampton man as well as a native of Kent England may be distinguished from a Yorkshire man. The original settlers of these Towns proin bably came from different parts of England. Besides the names that prevail in one town are not to

join.

be met with in the other.

The names of Pierson, Halsey, Howell, Toppin, Sanford, Cooper, White,

Post &c are common in Southampton & confined there, as are the names of Mulford, Osborn, Corik-