Darlington Memorial Library OIIaaH L-LZ..-^ Honk 1>kM V. 3 ± i-A-^. i- DOCUMENTARY HISTORY STATE OF MW-YOEK; ARRANGED UNDER DIRECTION OF THE Hon. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, Secretary of State. BY E. B. O'CALLAGHAN, M. D. VOL. III. ALBANY: WEED, PARSONS &. Co., PUBLIG PRINTERS 185C. 'A CONTENTS. 1. CHAMPLAIN'S EXPEDITIOITS to NORTHER]!]' AND WESTERN NEW-YORK, 1609, 1615, - - - - 1 II.…

PAPERS RELATING TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY, - 919 XIV. PAPERS RELATING TO ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES, --. 959 XV. PAPERS RELATING TO QUAKERS AND MORAVIANS, 997 XVI. REV. GIDEON HAWLEY'S JOURNEY TO OGHQUAGA, BROOME CO., 1753, .------ 1031 XVII. STATE OP THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHURCH, IN 1776, 1047 XVIII. PRICES OF LAND IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, 1791, 1067 XIX. REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EX…

Documentary History of New-York -- Williamson's Description of the Genesee Country -- Indian name of Lake Champlain -- Model of Fitch's Steamboat -- Stage between New-York and Philadelphia, 1776 -- An old Map of New-England and New- York -- Another Land-mark removed -- Ring found on Burgoyne's Camp ground -- First Vessel on Lake Erie -- First Steamboat on Lake Erie -- First Settlement of Buff…

Papers relating to De Courcelles' and De Tracy's Expeditions against the Mohawk In dians, 1G65-6. IV. Reports on tlie Province of New- York, 1669-1G7S. V. Papers relating to M. De La Barre's Expedition to Hungry Bay, 1684. VI. Governor Dongan's report on the state of the Province, 16S7. VII. Papers relating to Denonville's Expedition to the Genesee Country and Niagara, 1687 VIII. Names of the …

Boundary Line between the Whites and the Indians, 1765- XXI Papers relating to the City of New- York. XXn. Papers relating to Long Island. XXIII. Statistics of Population, 1647--1774. XXIV. Statistics of Revenue, Imports, Exports, etc., 1691--1768. XXV. Papers relating to Trade and Manufactures, 1705--1757. XXVI. Report of Gov. Tryon on the state of the Province, 1774. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II …

MAP OF MACOMB's PURCHASE, 1791, 1070 LITTLE FALLS, IN 1802, 1131 WHITESTOWN, IN 1802, • - - . ' 1133 UTiCA, IN 1802, 1134 BARON Steuben's residence in the town of steubex, • . . 1135 ROME, IN 1802, 1137 INDIAN FORTIFICATIONS IN THE BLACK RIVER COUNTRY, (NO. 1,) . 1140 INDIAN WORKS, " " " (NO. 2,) - 1141 (NO. 3,) . 1142 (NO. 4,) . 1143 INDIAN WORKS AT WATERTOWN, (NO. 5,) . 1144 PLAN OF T…

They immediately launched the canoes into the water, two men in each with their bagage, whilst one of the men went by land about a league and a half, which was the probable extent of said Rapid, tho' not so violent as at the foot, except at some points v/here rocks obstructed the River which is no more than three to four hundred paces wide. After the Rapid was passed, though not without trou…

Fortliwitli some began to cut down timber ; others to pull oif bark to cover lodges to shelter them ; otliers to fall large trees with which to barricade their lodges on the sliore. They know so well how to construct these barricades, that five hundred of their enemies would find considerable difficulty in forcing them in less than two houi-s, without great loss. They do not fortify the side…

So that, when they go to war they divide their force into tliree -- to wit -- one party, scattered in divers places, hunting ; another forms the main body, wliich is always under arms ; and another party as a van guard, to scout along the river and see whether they will not discover some trail or mark indicating the passage of friends or enemies. This they ascertain by certain marks the chie…

They thus continue until they are two or tliree days journey from tlie foe, when they advance stealthily by night, all in a body, except tlie scouts, and retire by day into the picket fort where they repose, without wandering abroad, making any noise or building a fire, even for INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW-YORK. 5 cooking during that time, so as not to be discovered, should their enemies …

Here are a number of beautiful, but low Islands filled with' very fine woods and prairies, a quantity of game and wild animals, such as stags, deer, fawns, roebucks, bears and other sorts of animals that come from the main land to the said islands. We caught a quantity of them. There is also quite a number of Beavers, as well in the river as in several otlier streams which fall into it. These p…

The largest I was informed by the people, are of eight to ten feet. I saw one of 5, as thick as a thigh, with a head as big as two fists, with jaws two feet and a half long, and •a double set of very sharp and dangerous teeth. The form of the body resembles that of the pike, and it is armed with scales that a thrust of a poniard cannot pierce ; and is of a silver grey 1 Lake ChamplaJn, b CH…

ContLQuing our route along the west side of the Lake, contemplating the country, I saw on the east side very high mountains capped with Snow. I asked the Indians if those parts were inhabited 1 They answered me, Yes, and that they were Iroquois, and that there were in those parts beautiful vallies, and fields fertile in corn as good as I had ever eaten in tlie country, witli an infinitude of o…

1 Sagard mentions in his Graiul Voyage du Pays des Ilurons; Paris 1632, ha> ing seen one of tliese fish in the Huron Country ami (ieseribes it in the sam terms as Champlain. Compare the above description with tliat of the Oar fish and Bo/iy Pike, in Nat. Hist, of N : York: Part III. Reptiles and Amphibia pp. 227 and 271, and corresponding Plates. Prof: .\gassiz mentions a simila; fish in a re…

Nigiit fell, and we continued our journey until morning when we withdi-ew into the picket fort to pass the remainder of the day there. About ten or eleven o'clock I lay down after having walked some time around our quarters, and falling asleep, I thought I beheld our enemies, the Iroquois, drowning within sight of us in the Lake near a mountain ; and being desirous to save them, that our Sava…

We withdrew towards the water and the Iroquois repaired on shore, and arranged all their canoes, the- one beside the other, and began to hew down trees with villainous axes, which they sometimes got in war, and others of stone, and fortified themselves very securely. Our party, likewise, kept their canoes arranged the one alongside the other, tied to poles so as not to run adrift, in order t…

Ours, hkewise, did not fail in repartee ; telling them they should witness the effects of arms tliey had never seen before ; and a multitude of other speeches, as is usual at a seige of a town. After the one and the other had sung, danced and parliamented enough, day broke. My companions and I were always concealed, for fear the enemy should see us preparing our arms the best we could, being …

1 At the first settlement of Canada, aU the St Lawrence Indians living below and some distance above Quebec were designated by the name of Montagnars or MontagnrS. This appellation was derived from a range of hills or mountains which, extending Northwesterly from Cape Tourmente (five miles below Quebec) divides the rivers that fall above that Cape into the St Lawrence, the Otto vva, and Lake Su…

Our's commenced calling me in a loud voice, and making way for me opened in two, and placed me at their head, marching about 20 paces in advance, until I was within 30 paces of the enemy. The moment they saw me, they halted gazing at me and I at them. When I saw them preparing to shoot at us, I raised my arquebus, and aiming directly at one of the three Cliiefs, tuo of them fell to the groun…

Whilst I was re-loading, one of my companions in the bush fired a sliot, which so astonislied them anew, seeing their Cliiefs slain, that they lost courage, took to flight and abandoned the field and their fort, liiding themselves in the depths of tlie forest, whither pui'suing them, I killed some others. Our savages also killed several of them and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carri…

10 champlain's EXPEDITIOjS-S INTO WESTERN NEW YOEK : ANNO 1G15. [Six years after the occurrences above noted, Champlain proceeded to the Upper Waters of the Ottawa River ; thence crossed over to Lake Nipissing, and having discovered the Huron Lake, which he called La Mer douce, or the Fresh Water Sea, he joined some Hurons in an expedition against one of the Five Nations, south of Lake Ontar…

Tliey had intelligence that a certain Nation of tiieir allies with whom the Iroquois were at war and who resided three good days journey higher up [plus haul) thai] the Entouhonorons, wished to assist tills expedition with five hundred good men, and enter into alliance and amity with us, having a great desire to see us, and that we should wage war aE together ; and they testified their satis…

Having arrived at this village, it suited me to sojourn there whilst waiting until the Warriors should come in from the circumjacent villages, then to leave it as soon as possible. During this interval, it was a continual series of feasting and dancing, through joy for seeing us so determined to assist them in their war, and as a guarantee already of victory. 1 stated to be in 44^ deg. north;…

These two lakes disembogue into the Fresh Sea [Lake HuroD.] We sojourned a wliile at this place to wait for the rest of our Indians, where being all assembled witli their arms, meal, and necessaries, consultation was had for the selection of the most resolute men of the troop, to carry advice of our departure to tliose who were to assist & join us with five hundred men, in order that we may m…

A river issues from this which discharges into the Great Lake of the Entouhonorons ' . ilnd having traversed this Lake, w^e passed a w^ater fall, proceeding always down along the course of said river, about sixty four leagues, which is the entrance of tlie said valley of the Entoulionorons, and passed by land five rapids (sauis), some four or five leagues long, where there are several lakes …

We continued along the border of tlie Lake of the Entoulionorons, always hunting as above mentioned ; being there, we crossed over at one of the extremities, tending Eastward, wliich is the beginning (Ventree) of the river Saint Lawrence, in the parallel of forty-three degrees of Latitude. There are some beautiful and very large Islands in tliis passage. We made about fourteen leagues to cros…

It is inhabited Jul- the greater part by Savages, along the sides of the streams, and we continued our journey overland some 25 to 30 leagues. In tlie course of four days, we traversed a number of streams and one river issuing from a lake wliich empties into that of tlie Entouhonorons. This lake is 25 to 30 leagues in circunifcr ence, with many beautiful Islands, and is the Iroquois fishing …

Whereupon I interfered, and censured the Iroquet Captain, representing to him that a Warrior, as he called liimself, was not in the liabit of acting cruelly towards women, who have no defence but their tears and who, by reason of their helplessness and feebleness, ought to be treated with humanit)^ Tliat on the contrary tliis act would be supposed to proceed from a vile and brutal courage, an…

Then I advanced and presented myself, but with the few men I had ; nevertheless I shewed them what they never saw nor heard before. For as soon as tliey saw us, and heard the reports of the Arquebus, and the balls whistling about their ears, tliey retired promptly within their Fort, carrying off their wounded and dead ; and we retreated in hke manner to oiu- main body, with five or six of our …

These things, namely, the tower and parapets could be moved by main force ; and one was made in sucli a way that water couJd not extinguish the fire to be applied to the front of the fort ; and those on the tower would do their duty with some Arquebusseers posted there, and thus acting, we should so defend ourselves that they could not .approach to extinguish the fire, that we should apply to…

For their village was enclosed with strong quadruple palisades of large timber, thirty feet high, interlocked the one with the other, with an interval of not more tlian half a foot between them ; with galleries in tlie form of parapets, defended with double pieces of tbnber, proof against our Arquebuses, and on one side they liad a pond with a never failing supply of water, from wliich proc…

These things, namely, the tower and parapets could be moved by main force ; and one was made in such a way that water could not extinguish the fire to be applied to the front of the fort ; and those on the tower would do their duty with some Arquebusseers posted there, and thus acting, we should so defend oiu*- selves that they could not .approach to extinguish the fire, that we should apply…

Tor their village was enclosed with strong quadruple palisades of large timber, thirty feet high, interlocked the one with the other, with an interval of not more tlian half a foot between them ; with galleries in the form of parapets, defended with double pieces of thuber, proof against our Arquebuses, and on one side they had a pond with a never failing supply of water, from wliich procee…

But according as the tower was moved, instead of bringing the parapets as ordered and that on which we were to have placed the fire, they abandoned them and commenced to yell against their enemies, shooting arroAvs within the fort, which, in my opinion, did not do much exeeution. They are very excusable, for they are not soldiers, and are moreover averse to discipline or correction and do only…

Seeing that by shouting I was only splitting my skull, and that my remonstrances were in vain and that this disorder was irremediable, I resolved to do what was in my power with my men, and fire on those we could discover or perceive. Yet, the enemy profited by oiu- disorder. Tliey went ^o the water and discharged it in such abimdance, that rivers, it may be said, spouted from their gutters,…

But all my talk was in vain ; they said many of theiimen had been wounded and I also, and that it would be very inconvenient and fatiguing to carry them, on the retreat ; that tliere was no means of returning again to the enemy as I had proposed to them ; but that they would wilhngly wait foiu* days more for the five hundred men that were expected, on whose arrival they would renew the effort…

We remained encamped until the 16'^ of the month. Several skirmishes occurred diu'ing that time between the enemy and our people who became oftenest engaged with them rather by tlieir imprudence than tlirough want of corn-age ; and I can assure you, that every time they made a cliarge, we were obliged 1 The point at which the above cngagfcment took place is marked on tlie annexed map. It see…

Seeing tiiat the five liundred men were not coming, they proposed to depart and retreat at once, and began to make certain litters to convey their wounded, wlio are put in them, tumbled in a heap, doubled and strapped in such a way tliat it is impossible to stir ; less than an infant in its swaddling clothes ; not Vv'ithout considerable pain, as I can certify, having been carried several days …

Their retreat was very tedious, being from 25 to 30 leagues, wliich greatly fatigued the wounded and those who carried them, though they relieved each other from time to time. On the 18*'' of said month some snow fell which melted rapidly. It was accompanied by a strong wind fnat greatly annoyed us. Nevertheless we contrived to get to the borders of the lake of the Entouhonorons and at the …

Montreal Island at Sault Saint Louis, about eight or nine leagues in circumference. L. River Jeannin, M. River St. Antolne. N. Sort of Salt Water which discharges into the Sea, with flux & reflux, considerable fish & cockles and oysters nowhere very palatable. P. Shell Island, at the entrance of the River St Croix ; good fishing. Q. Fishing Islands. R. Lake Soissons; [now Lake of the Two Mounta…

Hares Islaid, thus named from some of them having been caught there when it was first discovered. 2. Lesquilie harbour, which is dry at low water; there are two streams there that come from the mountains. [There is a river of this name at Annapolis.] 3. Salmon harbour, dry at low water; there are two islets full, at the proper season, of strawberries, raspberries & blueberries; near this pla…

Settlement which was burneil by the English in the year 1628; near this place is Cape Brule, between which and the Isle aux Coudres is a chan- INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW- YORK. 19 nel of 8. 10. & 12 fathoms of water. Oa the South shore are mud and rocks & on the North, high land &c 7. The Island of Orleans, six leagues long; very beautiful and pleasing on account of the diversity of timbe…

Game abounds there in Spring and Fall. 10. Etchemins River, by which the Indians go to Quinebequi, crossing the country with difficulty on account of Rapids and shallow Water. Sieur Champlain had this discovery made in 1628, and there was found an Indian tribe within 7 days journey of Quebec, called the Abenaqui-oit. 11. Champlain River, near that of Batisquan, north east of Grondines. 12. …

River du Gast. [the Nicolet?] very pleasing, though shallow. 21. River St Antoine. 23. YroquOis River, [Richelieu] very beautiful, with several Islands and meadows. It flows from Lake Champlain, which is five or six days journey in length ; abounding in fish and game of various sorts; vines, hickory, plum trees, chestnuts are very common in many parts; there are also meadows and beautiful Is…

33. RiveP dcs Puans, which comes from a Lake where there is a mine of red copper. 20 champlain's expeditions i4. Gaston Rapid [Sault St Mary] nearly 2 leagues in width which falls into the Mer diuce coming from another very large Lake [Sujierior], which and the Mer douce contain according to tlie report of Indians, 30 iiays journey in canoes. Returning to the Gulf of St Lawrence and Coast o…

Cape Fourchu harbour, very agreable, but tis almost entirely bare at lowwater. Contiguous to this i)lace°are a number of Islands and good hunting. 47. Long island gut, [near bay of Fiindy] There is good cod fishing here. 48. Cape of the two Bays. [Chicgnecto Hay, N. S.] 49. Port des Mines where at low water are found in the roclcs along the Coast small pieces of very pure co; i>er. 60. Bacch…

Eschemins River. The Virginias ivhere the English are settled from 36 to 37 degrees of Latitude. About 3G or 37 years ago Capttains Eilault end Laudoniii're had discovered an d made a settlement on the coast adjoining • Florida. iNtO northern and western NEW-YORK. 2il 58. Several rivers of the Virginias which discharj^e into the Gulf. 59. The coast of a very tine country inhabited by Sa…

Island of Mont-real iit Sanlt St. Louis in the River Saint Lawrence. 76. River des Prairies, which fl.iws from a lake at Sault St. Louis. wUiere there are two Islands, of which ihat of Mont-real is one. Trade was carried on with the Intiians there several years. 77. Chaudirre Rapid on the river of ihe Algommequins [Ottawa] which has a full of IS feet high; it runs through rocks where it makes…

Lakes by wliich people go to the North Sea. 85. River which flows to the North Sea. 86. Country of the Hiirons, so called by the French, where there are a number of tribes and 17 villpges incosed with triple paiis.ides of wood, with galleries all around in form of parapet, to ilefend themselves from their enemies. This country is in latitude 14 degrees and a half, very good, and the lantl is…

Til is river is very fine, and passes through a number of beautiful lakes and meadows by which it is bordered ; a number of islands of various lengths and widths; abounding in deer and othor animals; very good fishing of excellent fish, quantity of very good cleared lands, which have been abandoned by the savages on account of their wars. This River discharges into lake St. Louis, and divers …

It is more than 40 toises high on all sides, except one place which slopes where there is a triangular rocky point, and in the middle a pond of salt water and a number of birds that build their nests in this Island. i River of the Algomequins. [Ottawa.] From Sault St. Louis to near the lake of the Bisserens, there there are more than 80 Rapids big and little, to be passed, either by land or …

1 Called by the French Quicun.mtates, Kionontates, or Tiononlates; by 'ho Englisli, Dionondadies. It was one of the live confederated Huron Tribes. After the destruction of the Hurons by the Iroquois in 164!), a remnant of the Dionondadies took refuge among the Chippeways of Lake Superior, and arc referred to in Oongan'stimeas in the vicinity of Michilimakinac. Thry removed afterwards to Detro…

The Antouho-norons are 1 5 villages built in strong positions ; enemies of all others except the Neutral nation ; their country is fine and in a good climate near the river St Lawrence, the passage of which they block to all other nations, the consequence of which is that it is less frequented. They cultivate and plant their lands. The Yroquois and the Antouhonorons make war together agains…

1 Sagart calls this tribe, the Antlatahouats, who wear their hair topped up in front, " more erect than a Jady's peruke." 2 The Neutral Nation were called Attiuo ndas by the French. They wore four or five days journey, says Sagart, south of the Quieunontates. Chai. jilain locates them on the south shore of Lake Erie; but in subsequent maps they arc laiit down on the north shore. Sagart estima…

lakes and fine islands ; the country agreeable and abounding in hunting and lisliing ; fit to be settled were it not for the wars the Indians liave the one against the other. Tiie Mer douce is a vast lake in which are an infinite number of Islands ; it is very deep and abounds with fish of all sorts and of a monstrous size which are caught at divers times and seasons as in the wide ocean. Th…

The Lords States General observing the great abundance of their people as well as their desire to plant other lands, allowed the West India company to settle that same country. Many from the United Colonies did formerly and do still trade there ; -- ^yea, for the greater security of the traders, a Castle -- Fort Nassau -- had been built on an Islajid in 42 degrees, on the North side of the R…

At the Fisher's hook are Pachany^ Wurenecker Warrawannankonckx: In one place, Esopes, are two or three Tribes. The JWa?i/ia^€5 are situate at the mouth. In the interior are also many, as the Maquas. Full fifty miles further are found likewise many villages, aU which come to thls' River to trade from the interior which is very swampy, great quantities of water running to the River, overflowing…

They wish to stand well with t'le Good spirits j they like exliortations about them. The Ministry of their spiritual affairs is attended to by one they call Kifzifiacka, wliich, I think, is Priest. When any one among them is sick, he visits liim ; sits by him and bawls, roars and cries like one possessed. If a man die, he is laid in the earth without a coHin, witli all his costly garments of …

The first moon following that at tlie end of February is greatly honored by them. They watcli it with great devotion, and as it rises, they compliment it with a festival ; then they collect together from all quarters, and revel in t'leir way, with wild game or fish, and drink clear river Avater to tlieir fill, without being intoxicated. It appears that the year commences then, this moon being a …

Indian corn is abundant there, and is pounded by the women, made into me;i], and baked into cakes in the ashes, after the olden fasliion, and used for food. As they care nothing for the spiritual, they direct tiieir study principally to the physical, closely observing The expprip.nce tlic scasous. Thc womcu there are tlie most expeof tlir women in . , /. , i Astronomy, ricuced star gazers ; …

They are very much afraid of the dead ; but when they perceive that they must die, they are very brave and more ferocious than beasts. When a lad courts a girl, he buys her generally in a neighboring village, and this done, tlie daughter is then delivered to him by two or three other women, wlio come carrying on their heads meal, roots, corn and otlier articles, to the young man's hut, and h…

takes care of him ; five or ten miles furtlier, he again finds another wife who keeps house and so on to several ; commonly buying up peltries through the country. But as those inland find that furs are sold clieap among them, they come down themselves to the rivers and trade witli tlie Nations as best they can. Also those who will trade with them must furnish them food at an inhabitant's in …

great freshets which lay waste tlieir lands ; so that what many say may be true, that Hudson's Bay runs through to the South sea, and is navigable, except when obstructed by the ice to the nortliward. It were desirable that it were once proved. Those who made the last voyage are of the same opinion, as they found all open sea, a rapid current and whales. They live in summer mostly on fish. T…

Their trade consists mostly in peltries, which they measure The trade of ^^ ^^^*^ hand or by the finger. It happened that a wo- LUe Virgin- luau who had seen a skipper's lace shirt, fell sick : finding she should die, she gave her husband three fine peltry skins to present to the skipper for the shirt, which he willingly gave her, for she wished to be buried in it ; tliey outstrip the Christi…

fly wild, they are chased by the foxes like fowls. Tortoises are very small,* and are not eaten, because there is plenty iifvirginT of other food. The most wonderful are t!ie bull-frogs, in size about a span, which croak with a ringing noise in the evening, as in tliis country. 'Tis surprising that storks have not been found there, if it be a marshy country. Spoonbills, ravens, eagles, sparro…

On seeing t]\e head of 'maKhwhe Tnurus^ oue of the signs ^ of the Zodiac, the w^omen uppci luui.iij.,^^^^^^^, y^^^_^^ ,.^ explain tliat it is a horned liead of a big, wild animal wh.ich inhabits the distant country, but not their'sj and whiCn it rises in a certain part of t;ie heavens, at a time knov.-n to them, tlien is the season for planting ; then they begin to break up t'le soil vvith a…

Chastity appears to be of some repute among them, for the Chastity of women are not all equally loose. There are some who the «omen. ^^q^I(\ jjot cohablt wlth ours for any compensation. Others hold it in small esteem ; especially as they are free, living without law. Whilst rearing their offspring, they exliibit great tenderness ; nevertheless as children rapidly increase with these people, t…

jack, Satach, Siattege, Tiochte, Ojeri.^ The names of tlieir months are these : -- Cuerano, the first with them, February: 2. Weer-hemska : S. Heemskan: 4. Oneratacka: 5. Oneratack, then men begin to sow and to plant : 6. Hagarert: 7. lakouvaratta : 8. Hatterhojiagat : 9. Genhendasfa : then the grain and every thing is ripe. 10. Digojenjattha, then is the seed housed. Of January and December…

But to go in safety, it is have to do. f^j,g^ ^|. ^Y^ necessary that they be placed in a good defensive position and well provided with arms and a fort, as the Spaniard who claims all the country, will never allow any one to gain a possession there ; and as the Spaniards have made many incursions as well above as below, in Florida, Virginia and thereabouts, I deem it not foreign to tell some…

Those of the Persian Monarchy did no less. But the Greeks extended their limits very far ; for they by navigation peopled entire Islands, as appears by the highly learned Petrus Culverius, who furnishes us correct information on all points in his published Italy. The Romans domineering over the western world, spread colonies all over it, as is proved by the excavated stones found every where ;…

He found a Frenchman lying in the mouth of the Elver, who would erect the arms of the King of France there ; but the Hollanders would not permit liim, opposing it by commission from the Lords States General and the Directors of the West India Company ; and in order not to be frustrated therein, with the assistance of those of the Mackerel which lay above, they caused a Yaclit of 2 guns to b…

They also placed a Fort named " Wilhelmus " on Prince's Island, heretofore called iMiu'derer's Island ; it is open in front, and has a curtain in the rear and is garrisoned by sixteen men for the defence of the Elver below. On leaving there, the course lies for the west wind, and having got it, to the Bermudas and so along the channel in a short time towards Patria. The Yacht, the Mackerel, …

For their increase and prosperous advancement, it is highly necessary tliat those sent out be first of aU weU provided with means both of support and defence, and tliat being Freemen, they be settled there on a free tenure ; that all they work for and gain be their's to dispose of and to sell it according to their pleasiu'e ; that whoever is placed over them as Commander act as their Father …

The Tribes are. in the habit of clotlnng themselves with them ; the fur or hair inside, tlie smooth side without, whicli, however, they paint so beautifully that, at a distance, it resembles lace. It is the opinion that they make use of the best for that purpose; what has poor fur they deem unsuitable for their clothing. When they bring their commodities to the Traders, and find they are desi…

When oiu* people arrived there, they were busy cleaning up and planting. Before this vessel had left, the harvest was far advanced. It excites little attention if any one [of the Indians] abandon his wife ; in case she have childi-en, they usually follow her. Theii- summers are fine, but the days there are shorter than with us here. The winters are severe, but there is plenty of fuel, as the…

The colony began to advance bravely and continues in friendship witii the natives. The fur, or other tra(4e, remains in the West India company, others being forbidden to trade there. Rich beavers, otters, martins and foxes are found there. This cargo consists of five hundred otter skins, andfifteen hundred beavers, and a few other things, which were in four parcels, for twenty-eight thousand…

Tliis aforesaid Hendrick Clu-istiaensz, after he had dissolved pai-tnership with Adiiaen Block, made ten voyages thither, in virtue of a grant from the Lords States, wlio granted Mm that privilege for tlie first establishment of the place. On the expiration of that privilege, this country was granted to the West India company, to draw their profits thence ; as lias already been done, and slia…

breeding and multiplying, besides all the bogs and sheep that might be thought expedient to send thither ; and to distribute these in two ships of one hundred and forty lasts, in such a manner that they should be well foddered and attended to. Each animal had its own stall, with a floor of tliree feet of sand ; fixed as comfortably as any stall here. Each animal had its respective servant who…

Beneath this were stowed in each ship three hundred tons of fresh water whicn was pumped up and thus distributed among t'le cattle. On this deck lay the ballast mid thereupon stood the liorses and steers, and thus there was no waste. He added the third ship so that, should the voyage continue longer, nothing may be wanting to the success of the expedition. In the eyes of the far seeing, the pl…

But if any wrong be committed against them they think it long tiU they be revenged and should any one against whom they liave a grudge, be peaceably walkbig in the woods or going along in his sloop, even after a lapse of time, they Avill slay him, though they are sure it will cost them their lives on the spot, so highly prized is vengeance among tJiem. 40 FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW-YORK BY THE …

When the Hon'^i® Lambrecht van Twenhuyzen, once a skipper' , had given them a big dog, and it was presented to them on ship-board, tliey were very much afraid of it; calling it, also, a Sachem of dogs, being the biggest. The dog, tied with a rope on board, was very furious against them, they being clad like beasts witli skins, fur he thought tliey were game ; but when they gave him some of …

then, up in the tree, but make a hole in the roof, and keep watch there, to prevent attacks. Poisonous plants have been found there, wliich should be studied by those who have a fancy to cultivate land HeudrickCiu-istiaensen carried thither, by order of his employers, Bucks, and Goats, also Rabbits, but they were found 1 Trailed as early as I6M3 15, to this country, under a siiecial charter,…

He got a bullet as his recompense. Chastity appears, on fiu-ther enquiry, to hold a place among Of ,he them, they being unwilling to cohabit with ours, through Women. ^^^ ^^ their husbauds. Eut those who are single, evince every friendly disposition. Further information is necessary. Whatever else is of value in the country, such as mines and other ores shall by time and further exploration b…

Only two animals died on the passage. This gave great satisfaction to the adventurers, who had ibund the voyage so pleasant. 42 FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW- YORK BY THE DUTCH. In our preceding Treatise we made mention of New Netherland and its colony planted by the West India Compa- 1526. jiy situate in Virginia on the River, called by the Of the Colony •' ' '^ ' of N. ivetber- j^i-ench Mc7itaia…

Being put out to pasture here, they throve well, but afterwards full twenty in all died. Tlie cause of this was tliat they had eaten something bad from an uncullivated soil. But they went in the middle of September [1625] on new grass, as good and as long as could be desired. Tlie Colony was planted at this time, on the JSIanhahs where a Fort was staked out by Master Kryn Frederycke an Of Fo…

The Hon^'«. Pieter Minuit is Director there at present ; Jan Lp mpo Schout [Slieriff] ; St^bastiaen Jansz Crol and Jan Huyck, Comforters of the Sick, who, whilst awaiting a clergyman, read to the Commonalty there on Sundays, from teits of Scripture with the Comment. Francois Moleraaecker is busy building a horse-mill, over whicli shall be constructed a spacious room sufficient to ac- 1 Thfi …

Men work there as in Holland ; one trades upwards, southwards and northwards; another builds houses, tlie third farms. Each farmer has his farm and tlie cows on the land purchased by tlie Company ; but the milk remains to the profit of the Boor ; he sells it to those of the people wl]o receive their wages for work every week. TJie houses of tlie Hollanders now stand without the fort, but whe…

Commander Krieckebeck went up with them a mile from the Fort, and met the Maquaes who peppered them so bravely with a discharge of arrows, that they were forced to fly, leaving many slain among whom were the Commander and three of his men. Among the latter was Tyraen Bouwensz., whom they devoured, after having well cooked him. The rest they burnt. Tlie Commander was buried with the other two…

that they had never injured the wliites and asked the reason why the latter had meddled with them ; Had it been otherwise, tliey would not have acted as they had. There being no Commander, Pieter Earentsen assumed the Command of Fort Orange by order of Director Minuit ^^de™" There were eight families there, and ten or twelve seamen in the Company's service. The fort was to remain garrisoned b…

Then they make their appearance abroad again, and are allowed to marry. They then again dress their hair, which before they would not touch. Tlie married women let their hair grow to the waist & smear it v.- ith oil. When they are unweE tliey do not eat witli their husbands, and tliey sup their drink out of the hand. Tlie men let tlie hair grow on one side of the liead lor a braid ; tlie res…

The chief of this nation hath lately made an agreement with Pieter Barents, not to trade w^ith any other than liim, Jaques Elekes had imprisoned him in the year 1622 in his yacht and obliged him to pay a lieavy ransom, or else he should " cup " him. He paid one hundi-ed and forty fathoms of Zeev)an, which consists of small beads they manufacture themselves, and wliicii they prize as jewels. O…

with them, 'tis a sign they are friends ; if they visit the yachts without these, every one must be on his guard. The belief of the Maikans regarding the separation of the Soul is, that it goes up w^estward on leaving the body. ^sofii°^^''^ There 'tis met with great rejoicing by the others who died previously ; there they wear black Otter or Bear skins, which among them are signs of gladness…

When they have a corpse, they place it, in the act of dying, squat on the heels, like children sitting in this country before the fire ; and so lay it in the grave, all sitting ; its face to the East. It appears that the Sickmiamersj before mentioned, make asort of sacrifice. Tliey have a hole in a hill in w^hich ^the'siclaua- ^^'^^J P^^cc a kcttle full of all sorts of articles that they '"^'…

The Sea gull arrived there 4*'i May, 1626 Two SHIPS came from New Netherland for the benefit of the said (W. I.) Company, with ten thousand Peltries, or w^^timilf' skins, together with a large quantity of timber, fit for N^w Ni^^hJ?. t^^® building of the vessels which are shortly to be '^'"'- launched. Those ships were despatcht by the Commander there, called Minuict ; one ship was the Three …

They are situate tliree miles from the Sea, on the River by us called Mauritius^ by others, Rio de Montagne. These strangers for tlie most part occupy their farms. Whatever they require is supplied by the Directors. The occnpation. WiutcT gfalu has turned out Avell there, but the Summer grain which ripened before it was half grown in consequence of the excessive heat, was very hght. The cattl…

Traders who come from a great distance make mention of Lion skins which will not be bartered, because they are used for clothing, being much warmer than others. Beyond the South River, in 37 degrees, Englishmen are settled, freemen, but planted there by Merchants on condition Nati'dr ^^^^^ ^^^^y deliver as much tobacco to their masters as is agreed on ; the remainder is their own. Considera…

New Nether- advautagcs of said place, the favorable nature of the air, and soil, and that considerable Trade and goods and many commodities may be obtained from thence, sent some persons, of their own accord, thither with all sorts of cattle and implements necessary for agriculture, so that in the year 1628 there akeady resided on the Island of the Manhattes, two hundred and seventy souls, m…

FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW-YORK BY THE DUTCH. 49 EARLY DUTCH SETTLEMENT ON THE DELAWARE. [Deed Book, VII.J ' N.Yorlf, february 14: 1684-5. The Deposicon of Catelina Trico aged fouer score yeares or thereabouts taken before the right hono''''^. Coll". Thomas Dongan Leu', and Governour under his Royii. high^s, James Duke of Yorke and Albany etc. of N York and its Dependencyes in America who saith…

That he Came in this Country of New York formerly called the new Netherlands in the yeare one thousand six hund'^. and thirty the 24t'i of May with the ship Vnity John Brower Commander and hath ever since continued here in this country, and saith further that att the said tinte of hisarrivall here this Deponent he-ard and was Informed by persons then arriving here from Delleware River that the…

Peter Lawrrnsen aged sixty seaven yeares being deposed saith that lie came into tliis Province a servant to the west india Company in the yeare 1628 and in the yeare 1630 by order of the West india Company hee with seven more were sent in a sloope with hoy sayle to dellaware where the Company had a trading house with ten or twelve servants belonging to it which the deponant himselfe did see t…

Catelyn Trico aged about 83 years born in Paris doth Testify and Declare that in y« year 1623 she came into this Country w^h a Ship called y^ Unity whereof was Commander Arien Jorise belonging to ye West India Company being y® first Ship yt came here for y« s^ Company ; as soon as they came to Mannatans now called N: York they sent Two families & six men to harford River & Two families & 8 m…

Passengers went w'"^ ye Ship up as farr as Albany wliich they then Called fort Orangie When as y® Ship came as farr as Sopus which is I way to Albanie ; they lightned ye Ship w'^ some boats yt were left there by y" Dutch tliat had been there y^ year before a tradeing w^'' ye Indians upont tliere oune accompts & gone back again to Holland & so brought ye vessel up ; there were about 18 famili…

The s^ Catelyn Trico made oath of ye s'l Deposition before me at her house on Long Island in ye Wale Bought this 17th day of October 1688. WILLIAM MORRIS Justice of ye pece 52 FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW-YORK BY THE DUTCH. EAELY IMMIGRANTS TO NEW NETHERLAND ; 1657 -- 1064. 1657. April; In the Draetvat. Arent .lanssen; house carpenter, and Wife and daughter. Marcus de Chousoy, and Wifa, two w…

Anthony de Mis from Haerlem, and Wife and two children. The 'Vile of Andries vander Sluys; Clerk in Fort Orange, and child. Cliarel Fonteyn; a Frenchman, and Wife. Peier Claessen, from Holstein; farmer & Wife and two cliildren. Gerrit Gerriisen van Gilthuys; Taylor. Jan Jansen; house Carpenter, & Wife and four children. Jan Gouwenberch, from Hoorn. Adriaen van Laer, from Amsterdam, & servant. Jan…

Francisco de Gordosa from Davlngen. Charles Garet. Jan Leynie, from Paris. Dorigcman Jansen, from Dordroclit & his bride. Claes Wolf, from the Elbe; Sailor. Hf-rmen Dircksen from Norway & Wife and child. Adam van Santen, & Wife and two children. 1659. February; In the Faith. Jan Wouterson, from Ravesttyn; shoemaker, & Wife and daughter. Catalyntje Cianenbirg; maiden. Jan van Ccppenol, from Rem…

Jan Jacobsen, from Utrecht ; farmer, & Wife, mother and two children. Arent Franeken van Iperen. 1 Served in the Esopus war with great credit ; he died Anno 1C60 to the regret of the JDirector General and council. His widow thereupon returned to Holland. Ed. 54 FlilST StlTTLH-SIENT OK NEW- YORK BY THE DUTCH. Dennys Isacksen, Irom VVyck by Daurstede. Weyntje Martens van Gorehem. Vroulje Gerrit…

Marten Warnarts Stolten, from SwoU. Cornelis Jansen vander veer; farmer. Jan Luycas, from Oldenseel ; shoemaker, and Wife and suckling. Roelof Dircksen, from Sweden. Sweris Dirxsz, from Sweden. April; In the Beaver. Peter Arentsen Diesvelt; taylor. Amadeas Fo igie. Frenchman, farmer. Jacques Reneau, Frenchman; Agriculturer. Jacques Monier, Frenchman; Agriculturer. Pierre Monier, Frenchman; Agric…

Peter Petersen, alias Pia, from Picart^y. nnd Wife and daughter. Dirch Belet, from Breda; cooper. Louis Aertz, from Bruges; planter. Gcrrit Corn, van Niew-Kerk, and Wife and boy and sucking child. Engelbrecht Sternhuysen, fromSoest; Tailor. Thys Jansen, from TerGouw; Agriculturist. Albert Petersen; mason. Geerty Claesen. Gerrit Petersen. Gillis Mandeville. December; In the Faith. Christiaen de L…

Lammert Huybertsen, from Wagening, and Wife and two children Jan Harmans and Wife and sucking child. Roeloft Hendricks from Drenthe. Femmetje Hendricksen, maiden. Maria Mooris, from Arnhem, maiden. Marten Abrahamsen, from Bloemendael, and Wife and two children. The Wife of Hans Sodurat, Baker, and two children. Leendert Arentsen Groenevelt, and Wife. Aeltje Jacobsen; maiden. Willem Petersen, fro…

Govert Egberts, from Meppelt, farmer's servant. Evertje Dircks, from Drenthe; maiden. Egbertje Dircks, from Drenthe; maiden. Peter Jansen; shoemaker from Drenthe, and Wife and four children. Coert Cartens, from Drenthe, farmer's servant. Roeloft Swartwout; Agriculturist. [On his return to N. Netherland where he had previously resided.] Cornells Jacobs van Leeuwen; in the service of Swartwout. …

List of Soldiers embarked in the S/iijj the Spotted Cow, 1 bth April, 1660. Claes Petersen, Ailelborst from Detmarsum. John Hamelton of Hamelton. Claes Hayen from Bremen Johan Verpronck from Bonn above Soldiers. Ceulen; a Smith and Baker. Jan Petersen from Detmarsen Jan Wilekheresen from Bergen in Norway Gerrit Manneel van Haen Peter Petersen from Amsterdam, with his Wife & 2 children Conr…

Gysbert Dircksen,from Schans te voorn. Jan Claesen, from Outserenfer. Tennis Warten, from Gorcum Paulus Mettermans, from L'Orient. Ferdinandus Willays, trom Cortryck. Peter Tcunis, from Steenburg. Immigrants; la the Gilded Otter. Joost Huyberts, from Gelderland; Agriculturist, and Wife and two children. Philip Gassier, from Calais; Agriculturist, and Wife ami four children. David Uplie, from C…

Widow Geertje Cornelis van Beest, and six children. Widow Adriaentje Cornelis van Beest, and Daughter. Goossen Jansen van Noort van Beest. Hendrick Dries van Beest. Neeltje Jans van Beest. Geertruy Teunissen van Beest. Geertje Willems, from Amsterdam. Aert Teunissen Middagh, Jacob Bastiaensen, from Heycop. Estienne Genejoy, from Rochelle, and Wife and three children. Jan Lammertsen, from Bremen,…

Cornelis Dircksen Vo&, from Leirdam, and Wife, mother and two Childien. November; In the Purmerland Church. Barent Cornelissen Slecht. 1662. January; In the Golden Eagle. Peter Jansen Cuyck, from Heusden, Agriculturist. Peter Jansen, from Amsterdam; Agriculturist. Teunis Dircksen Boer, and Wife and thre« childreD. Senrart Petersen, from noesem ; Rlalster. FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW- YORK BY THE D…

Jan Petersen, from Deventer; Tailor, and Wife and three children Jan Timmer, from Gorekuin, and W ife. Luytje Gerrits ; Agriculturist from Friesland. Peckle Dircksen, from Friesland. Willem Lubbensen, from Mei)pel ; Agriculturist, and Wife and six children. Lubbert Lubbertsen, from iVIcpi)el; Agriculturist, and Wife and four children. Jan Barentsen, from Meppel; Agriculturist, and Wife and five …

60 FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW-YORK BY THE DUTCH' Lysbet Hendricksen. Jan Bossch, from Westphalpn. Roelof Hermansen, from Germany, and Wife. Robbert ite la Main, from Dieppe. David Krallbrt; Mason, and Wife and child. Jacomyntje Jacobs, Daughter of Jacob Swart. Juriaen Jansen, from Holstein., Annelje Anthonis, wife of Gerrit Mannaet, and her child. Souverain Ten ftoute; Baker. Albert Hentlri…

Jan de Conchilw r, .now, Consiiyea) and Wife and five children Jacob Colff, from 1 ryden, and Wife and two children. Judith Jans, from J^oyden, maiden. Carsten Jansen. Ferdinandus .!.■• MuMor. Isaac Vcrninl, and W ife and four children. Abelis ^^etslu'Ol■^. Claes Jansen \ an Heynengen. 1663. March; In the. Rosetree. Andries Pietersen van Bri^(^n. Dirck Everts, from Aniersfoort, and VVife and t…

Bay Groesvelt, and Wife and sucking child. Cornelis Claesen, from Amsterdam. Hendrick Abels, from Leyden. Barent Hoist, from Hamburgh. Hendrick Wessels, from Wishem. Claes Wouters, from Amersfoort, and Wife and one child. Grietje Hendricks, Wife of Jan Arentsen Smith in Esopus and daughter. Jan Cornelisz van Limmigen. Hendrick Jansen; painter. Grietje Harmens, from Alckmaer. Fredrick Cla…

Grietje Gerrits, the Wife of Dirck Jansen, and two children. Adriaen Jansen Honink from Well, and Wife and four children. Hans Jacob Sardingh. Juriaen Tomassen, from Rypen. Jan Laurens, from Rypen. Jan Otto van Teyl, and Wife and child. Matthys Bastiaensen vander Peich, and daughter. Marytje Theunis van Beest. Jwome Bovie, from Pays de Vaud, and Wife and five children. 62 FIRST SETTLE3IE^'T OF XE…

Vieu Pont; from Normandy. Joan Paul de Rues. Ditto; In the St. Jacob. Geertje Huyberts, Wife of Jan Gerritsen, from ilarken, and nephew. Annetje Jacobs, from Gornichem. SEPTEiiBER; In the Stetin. Schout Olferts, from Friesland, and Wife and child and servant Foppe Johannis. Jacob Govertsen, and son. Jan Jansen, the younger, and Wife and child. Claes Jansen, from Amsterdam, and Wife and t…

FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW-YORK BY THE DUTCH. 63 October; In the St. Peter. Marrifje Jans, from Amstertlam. Boel Roelofs, from Friesland. Peter Alberts, from Vlissinjen, and Wife and two children. Ariaen Peters Kume, from Flissingen. Willem Luycass, from Maeslands-sluys. 1664. ^ January; In the Faith. Marcelis Jansen van Boinme! ; farmer. Evert Tack, from the Barony of Breda. Lysbet Areus, from A…

Claes Gerritseu, and Wife and child. Jentje Jeppes, an! Wife and three children. Bastiaen Corneiiss, from Maersen. Maes W^illems, from Heyland. The W fe of Jan Evertsen van Lier, and child. Claes Andriessen, fromHolsteyn. Gerrit Gerritsen, from Swol. Sicke Jans, from Amsterdam. Seravia vander Hagen, and child. Carel Enjoert, from Flanders, and Wife and three childreo Hendrick Wienrick, from Wese…

Being arrived to this Place with Orders to Receaue from you in the Behalf of His Mat'^'of Great Britagny Pursuant to the Late Articles of Pease witli the States Generall of the United Neatherlands, The New Netherlands and Dependances, now vnder your Command, I haue herewitli, by Capt. Pliilipe Carterett • and Ens. Caesar Knapton, sent you the Respective Orders from the said States Generall ,…

States Generall, tlie States of Zealand & Admiralty of Amsterdam (which you also tell mee you liad Ah^eady receaved before my Arival k itt being so long after the Tyme, itt should have been delivered if demanded) you have nott, so Much as Sett any Time for the Effecting itt, I doe nott Doubt tlie Freedom, & y Kind Vsage of all Inglish, In generall w^^^ jg daylay practized betweene our Superi…

and also ashure you as I now doe that if M"" Colve or any of yo « 01- Ships should nott be Ready to goe on Bord, or Saile, that you shall not onely have all kindnesse as is dayly Practised att Home, butt myselfe, Ready to Sarve you upuu all occacons to my Power : So nott Doubting yo"" Considering things as they your present Resolve, Conformable to friendship & orders of Superri's & desiring …

If the Time for ye Surrender had beene certainly prefixt & by a Lesse space, I should not have had [tiie necessity of] giving you this farther Trouble. Now once againe by the same Gentleman I Desire you to lett me [know with certainty when] I ^ my forces may pursuant both to your Sf my Orders [take possession of t^iej Fort and Government you now are [comnia7idvi g] 1 alsoe wish you will take …

I should bee very glad these matters may bee concluded in a Faire & amicable way I doe hope & will not doubt yo-- effectuall answer, desiring nothing more then a friendly Conference & the honor of seeing and serving you That I may not bee obleged pursuant as I tliink to my duty to justify my proceedings by a publick Protest. And if there yet shall remaine anytliing either publicJc or yo'' pr…

3 NovRMBi" A° 1674 Burgomasters and Schepens being met at the City Hall with the Burgher Council of war, they with the approbation of the H^ Governour, appointed and qualified, as they hereby appoint and qualify tlie Hi" Cornells Steenwyk, with the Heeren Burgomaster Joliannes van Brugh L WiUem Beekman to repair on board liis Majesty's frigate now anchored under Staten Island, and there welc…

Sr -- I rec<^ yoi's the last night by M'" Steenwyck & Capt Charles Eppisteyne together with the enclosed paper of severall particulars relating to the Towue'; To whicli (did I think myselfe Authorized to Treat particularly of tilings of this nature afore my Landing) I should not scruple nor doubt to give you a particular and satisfactory Answ to most of them ; which I hope you will have in th…

I am sorry for the disorders you men^on, happened in the Towne, which I doubt not are now wholly remedyed by the Orders you have taken in commanding all the Souldyers to the Fort from rambling about the towne, as also enjoyning all others to repaire Home, which will (without doubt) quiet Peoples mindes ; so that if you have not already released tliose Souldyers committed for som disorders in…

ANDROS TO GOV. COLVE. No: 2a 1674. Sr. -- This is to return you my acknowledgements and thanks for both yo's of the 10^^ and ll'h ultimo upon the subject of my relieving you in this place, being also obliged to you for yo' good opinion and Character of me here ; & shall bee glad of all opportunity wlierein I may testify yo"" Generosity in all yo' proceedings since my arrivall to these parts…

I haue now onely to adde my farther acknowledgements and thanks for y^ present of the three horses & Coach, am onely confused that yo"" sudden departure for soe great a distance will deprive me of y® means of shewing how sensible I am of this particular obligacon to myselfe. Tills is by C. M. N. > & E. Caesar Knapton who will tell you the same verbally & wish you a good & prosperous voyage, …

Andros previous to the Surrender of JVew York Oct. 27 1674^ Myn Heer -- Pursuant to my last I have considered it my duty to propose to your Honor herewith the following Articles, on the one side for the greater satisfaction of my Lords & A-tasters, and on tlie other lor the greater tranquility of the good People of this Province, requesting I may receive your answer in the margin ther…

RESTORATION C>^ NEW- YORK TO THE ENGLISH. To the 3*1. All Justice with friendship shall bee sliewne, pursuant to the Articles of Peace. To the 4tb. The usualJ discipline of their Church to bee continued to them as formerly, and the other' of Inheritance, as I'arre as I may, & for those ' that shall desire it. To the 5 th. I have neither Orders nor directions fov any pressing whatever a…

I hope this will not bee expected from mee, which if due should have beene 3. That the present owners of the houses, lands and other effects of private persons confiscated during the war, may be maintained in their possession . 4. That the Inhabitants of the Dutch Nation may be allowed to retaiii their customary Church privileges in Divine Service and Chui-ch discipline besides their Fa…

debts of before my Administration, sliull be paid, as was agreed unto by tlie Capitulation in the Year 1664. 10. Whereas the Inhabitants of tliis Province advanced some monies by form of a Loan for the fortification of this City, for the repayment of wliic.i money a small Impost was laid on exported Beavers and peltries and imported Indian goods, that the same Impost may stand good u…

on board tlie Sitrtes Ship the Surynam, These. This is a true Copie of the Proposalls sent by Governo'' Colve to Gouerno Andros before the surrender of the Fort bearing date Octob 27'^ old stile with the Answer returned to the seueraU particulars therein afterwards ; pursuant to the Assurance given by those employed. Matthias Nicolls, Seer. Endorsed " ProposaUs from the Dutch Governo' and …

As to vol' Postcript concerning pressing I doe hope my former Answer will bee satisfactory for quieting j^ minde of the Inhabitants ; but tor yo owne further satisfaction I doe further assure you, that I shall neither impose, nor desire their bearing Arms ags' their Nation. As to M'" W"i Dervalls molesting in words a person possest of ' a Confiscated house. As soone as I heard it, I did chec…

At a Court ; present the Heeren Burgomasters Schepens and Burgher Court Martial -- holden and assembled by the Special Orders of the Heer Governour General Anthony CoLVE, at the City Hall of the City A''ew Orange.^ the 9'h Novembr stilo 7iovo^ A" 1674. The H'' Governour General appearing in Court informed the same that he, pursuant to the orders of his Lords Principals, should on to-morrow Su…

COLVE TO THE SHERIFF OF ESOPUS. Honourable, Beloved, Faithful -- Whereas I have received ample orders from my Lords Superiors their High Mightinesses the Lords States General of the United-Netherlands, their Mightinesses the Lords delegated Councillors for the Province ©f Zealand, and their Mightinesses the Lords Commissioners in tlie Board of Admirality at Amsterdam, for delivering up the P…

tlie two Nations dated the 19 February, to the Heer Major Edmond Andros who hath also arrived liere from his Majesty of England for that purpose, with orders & qualifications to me exliibited, your Honour is therefore ordered & charged on receipt hereof to deliver up and hand over to the aforesaid Heer Major Andros or to whomsoever his Honour shall qualify thereunto, according to the tenor of…

Whereas it hath pleased His Majesty and his Royall Highnesse to send me with authority to receive this place and Government from the Dutcli and to continue in the command thereof under his royall Higlmesse who hath not only taken cai-e for our future safety and defence but alsoe given me his commands for securing t!ie Rights and Propertys of the inhabitants and that I should endeavour by all…

It is hereby further declared that the known book of Laws formerly establisht and in force under his royall liighnesse government is now again confirmed by His Royall Highnesse the which are to be observed and practised togetlier with tlie manner and time of holding Courts tlierein menconed as heretofore. And all magistrates and civil officers belonging thereunto to be chosen and establisht …

Dudley to his Royal Highness who was gratiously pleased to tell yo' Hon ^ Address'" tliat a greate informcon was come in against him and tliat yo"" Hon'"^ Address*" should answere it before his Betters. Tlie meantime that yo"- Hon""* Address^ may repaire to his Lodging but be ready to attend his R. H. his further Commands, The morning following at w^^ time his R. H. was farther pleased to com…

H. who M-as gratiously [pleased] to pernse y« paper of y^ whole Proceedings and in [perticulai-J his Royal Hignesse was pleased to blame yo'" Hon" Address'" for sending 3 persons a board ye Enemies Siiipps to [make terms] yo'" Honf^^ Address'' in all humble Manner replied unto his R : H : that it was in hopes to have Stopt the s'' Sliiftps one Tide and in that time expected y^ Gouern*" or mor…

into ys prsence of the King's Ida'^^ his Royal Higluiess His grace the Duke of Ormoncl Tiie Lord high Treasurer of England The Lord Keeper y^ Lord Arhngton & one Peere more of his Maties Cabinett Counsell, And upon y^ examinaton of yo- Hon'"^ Address^' The King Avas gratiously pleased to Comand [to be read] an Ace* how the ffort of York was Loste Sooue after the Gierke of that Supreme Court a…

G 82 RESTORATION OF NEW-YORK TO THE ENGLISH. Address^ their had [attended] had not prouidence soe decreed it that [sLiflficient] money was wanting yC" Hon^s Address'^ further [saith] that in y"^ moneth of Aug'. S^- John Worden well knew yor Hon^s Address"" being a board of y^ Dimond ffrigate [whenj she was ready to depart being bound for theise partes ^;^rch jqt Hone's Address"" Auers for a…

The humble Petition of John Manning Sheweth in all humble manner Thaty^r Pef is the most deplorable of all men ify'Hon' out of your abundant goodness pleaseth not to take his Misserable State into yi" Pious consideracon hopeing and prayeing that all the paipers may be received and have a favorable Construction which shewes in what condicon the ffort was in, the weekness of or Strength, the ap…

and indiscrecon in takeing the charge of tlie Garrison at Gouernor Loiielace his goeing away & allso that I did not see the Articles gigned before the surrend^ w<^'' I doe to -my Greef Acknowledge tlumigli ye suddaine Hurry of state. Yo'^Hon" Petrhadnot those Consideracons in his minde as was meete for his owne Wellfare and the Wellfare of his neighbours and friends. Therefore doeth humbly c…

W Jn" Tomson M= Churcher, M'' Jn^ Eay Pipe maker, Then Sodgars but now out of saruis -- dismist Baynes, Fitzgerald, Dowdale, serges before, being cal'd upon appeared, ARTICLES AG^T CAPT^ JOHN MANNING, COMANDER IN CIIIEFE IN JAJIES FORT IN NEW YORKE AND GOVERNMT AT THE TAKING THEREOF BY THE DUTCH IN JULY 1673. 1. First, That on or about the 28* day of July 1673 the s'l Cap* John Manning hav…

4. That some time after the Ennemyes fleet being so moared, Hee suffered them to send their boates on shoare loaden with men and to land them without opposigon. 5. That a while after having sent out several times to treat with the Ennemy, hee strooke his Mamies Flagge before the Ennemy (that had Landed) were in sight of tlie Fort, Though the fort ware in a condicon and all the Garrison desiro…

RESTORATION OF NEW- YORK TO THE ENGLISH. 8o 2. To the 2^^' M-". Rider Thomas Taylor was twice with those sent Wilham Palmer That some were twice sent Mr Sharpe That hee was commanded to put off his Buff Coat and go on Board with otliers the pt, time, and afterwards by himselfe, for to Treat and gaine time. M"^ Gibbs That he sent twice on Board M' Lovelace That hee was Commanded on board wit…

of Truce put up, and a Parly Beat. William Palmer, M"^ Sharpe, That the fflagg was struck Ml" Gibbs, John Cavalier. M^" Thomas Lovelace, Henry Newton, That y^ fflagg wag struck and Parly Beat. 6. To the 6^^- Thomas Taylor, That the Gates were opened and the Enemy Let in W'" Palmer, M^" Sharpe, That the Gates were opened and himselfe being tlien out sent to propose Articles to March out as S…

That I am Ciiarged w*'^ Six seuen Articles In all Submission I acknowledge my selfe blame worthy to all (but Treachery makeing of Articles for my selfe onely and Cowerdise w^^ I humbly Conceaue I am not Guilty of or w^h if the words of a dyeing Man may be Credited I take the greate God to Witness I aiu not directly or indirectly in any measure guilty Had I entertained but such a thought dea…

Imirimis, I Answer, That I did not know y® sliipps to bee Enemies before the 29^^ of July at fine o'clock in y« Euening, but aboute fine Moneths before heareing of an Enemys fifleete that was bound for Verginia, and from thence to tliis place ; Gouernor Louelace being then at M^ Pells at Anliookes Neck I imediately sent notice to him of the same who imediately came and seeing noe Enemy slite…

And upon the 29'^ of May did mak another muster and then w*ii Volunteers and Souldiers we did amount to 330 After w^h said muster the Gouernor dis- • chargeing some and dismissing others sent back all that came from Albany Avth Capt Salsbury and just before tie Enemyes ©omeing heare takes his Jurney for Conetticot and leaues me in the ffort w'^ out any order to repaire the saine for to make …

and sent out the Comesary M'^ Barker to fetch all sorts of proiiision w^'i was iu y^ Towne into tlie ifort for feare we should haue occasion for it, soe tliat haueing but eighteene howers time after I knew them to l>e an Enemy before they attackt us and being dismay^i at soe sudaine surprisall we were not capable to make more [defence] then [we did] I alsoe sent M"^ to go to the Luthern Domin…

Tliincking thereby to Stopp them one tide at Straton Iseland till further defence could be made against them, w^^ I did out of reall thought to delay their Comeing and not out of Treacherry ; And for my Innocency thereof I referr my selfe to their sayings that were sent wheatlier they thought or Knew I sent them upon any Treaclierons designe or noe. 3'y. To the third Article I Answere that t…

To the forth Article I answere that after the s<i Embassad''s were retm-'d and Ace* was giuen why they came, In hopes and w'^ an Intent to. haue the Aduice of the Maior and Aldermen I sent M"" Sliarpe a Board y^ second time to demand liberty till 10 o'clock tlie next day to give them an Answere thincking still to prolong the time in expectacon for y*^ Gouern>'s and the Countryes comeing in f…

But M^ Carr w"K)ut my order or Concent struck the Kings fflagg to putt out the fflagg of truice. And I hope that vol" Honer & Coimcill will Consider in what Condicon the ffort was to w'^stand soe greate an Enemy Armed as they were w**^ Hand Granadoes ready for a Storme their being but about 70 or 80 men in y- ffort and but fom-e Ladles and Spunges to all the Gunns in the ffort w^^^out any pl…

To the Sixth Article I Answere that I did Neauer aske any Articles for my private Intrest Neither did I directly or Indirectly hold any Correspondence wti» the Enemy either by private Messeng^s or papers neither did I Treacherously cause the Gates to be Opened w^i^out Articles sent to be signd bud did send M^ Sharpe w'^ Articles that we should March out w*^ our Drums beating Cullers flying B…

A NARRATIVE OF CAPT. JOHN MANNING. To the Ptight IIon''''e the Gouernof and Councell, Sheweth unto yor Hon^ that before tlie Enemies ffleete [came] hesrewe had Intelligence by one who was a pnior Capt" Deiiincoiirt and one M^ Hopkins gaue mformacon that tlieir was a tlleete 90 RESTORATION OF NEW-YORK TO THE ENGLISH. of Sliipps comeing from the West Indies intending to make Spoile at Vergini…

their was 12 Effectiue Souldiers [with] the Gouernor and absent upon ye approach of y*' Enemie (in Soldiers besides Officers there was not aboue 50 And not one halfe of them [euer had] their heads ouer the Workes Avliile we [were there] They stiU crying out wheres the Country [people] What shall we do for mem & at the Losse of the s^ ffort it was soe plim-dered that if M"" Munueale had not S…

mj arriuall in England w^^ all speed I went to his RojalJ Highness and calls God to Witness [thatj it was his clear Concience that Carried him before liis Ma* e and his Royall Highness [for if j he had either the thouglits of Vnfaithfullnesse Treacheny or Cowerdise he neauc dui'st haue presumed to haue come in the p^'sence of [Ms Ma*'^] or Royall Highness mucli less dare haue [ventured] to h…

Coronell Frances Louelace Gouernor of New Yorke haueing Vrgent occasions to John Wintrupt Esq"" Gouernor of Connecticut and had not beene absent but eiglit dales, but upon Munday July ye 28'*^ at 5 a clock at niglit we rece'd an Alaram that tliere was a ileet of Ships upon y<^ Coasts under saile Standing for new York ; Wee dispatcht an Express w^^ Letters to his Hour w^ word to i>ress horses…

Noe force comeing from s' Captains according to the tenor of tlie s<'.Warrt^ and the ifleete of the Enemie apeard in y^ Bay at 3 a clock in y® Afternoone the 29^*^ of July other Warr^s -^^-^s directed and sent by M"" W"" Osborne to the s^ Captains upon pahie of death to march w^^ their Ciillors and Companies w^^ they wholly neglected and Slited And Immediately sent y« Serjauts with drums and…

Tlie force of Warr now lying in yo Sight are sent out by the Hlgi! and Miglity States and liis serene Highness tlie Prince of Orange for to destroy tlieir Eneniies: "Wee haue sent you tlierefore f'.is our Letter together with our Trumpeter to ye end tliat you upon sight hereof Doe Surrender unto us ye ifort called Jame5 promlseing good Quarter -- or by refusall wee shall be ol^liged immediat…

I haue rece'd by yC Trumpeter a Summons for Smrender of tliis Jiis Ma*'^^ Garrison of jffort James w^' are sent (as you alleage) from tlielligb k miglity Stated Generallof y® Vuiglited Prouinces and his Serene Higlniess tlie Prince of Orrange, But their are sume Gentlemen w^-^' you from hence to know wljy sucli a ffleeteof Shipps should come here to disturb his Ma^'^s Subjects in these his Ro…

The time being neare expired beibre M^ Sliarpe returned they [turned] 10 Gunns to theLeward and immediately began to make y^ same [to bear] upon y^ ffort and when they had f}Ted 2000 greate Shott [from out] y*^ boutes upon us and Killed and Wounded us some Men, they then Landed about COO men and upward w^h had granadoes w^^ all materials ready for a storme & then we findeing their power to g…

The quarter of an hower being Expired they sent a Trumpeter to know why Capt Carr did not returne w^h our Answere, Captain Manning and Cap* Louelace replied that Capt Carr had not been . their and that we had Gent" w*^ them to make Condicons [to this] Answer when the Trumpeter returned to them [they] replied tliis is the third time thej liaue played the fool with us -- March on and giue the …

Caluert and ye other Commanders marcliing with him in ye Broadway and towards tlie ffort where I fjund M^" Louelace and M*" [Gibbs] in ye head of ye Regm^s. The s^i Coll. Caluert took the s^ Articles & after some Capulacons he putt them in his pockett and ingaged his hand on his Brest that upon ye word and Hon^ of a Gentleman they should be puncktually p'formed but p'fideously breaking his …

When ther ffleete was cometh in Sandioock several of yo Dutch went on Board them from Vtrecht and fflatbush upon Long Hand and Informed them of the absence of oui- Gouernor and Vi^eekness of our Garrison and ye number of our men and ingaged that if they would attack tkat they would be hangd up if they would not win ye place. The Dutch in y^ Towne being ah armed Incoui-aged them to a Storme …

Wee wliose names are under written are ready to mak oath yt when the dvsh floet cam to New York we had in the ffurt Jeams bvt fovr spvnges & Ramers [that of all] the Gvns in the iFort we covid [not getj bvt sixe to beare vpon the [Enuemy when] they were fired for want of [platforms] all the men vpon the bastian covld not bring them to beare Againe or else the Carridoe 9G RESTORATION 01' NEW-…

You are hereby required in his Maties name immediately vppon receipt hereof for to di-aw your troops togeather and repaire towards Vtrecht or Grauesend to observe the motion of the Enemy and make all the discouery or resistance you camie, and send an officer downe hether to receiue such orders as shall bee thought necessary, Hereof ye must not faile as you will aimswer the contrary att your …

I could heartily wish you doe not [spend] time too longe least the Enemie take [advantage] thereby, as for those persones that refuse I wish not but you will make a seuere returne. I [wish] that for wee may know our friendes from our Enemies fifor powder such wee haue you may count on as likewise Musketts, bulletts to bee runned into bulletts : as to newes our boate is returned with the disc…

yet in obedience to yovur Wharant I have sent to al] the trbapers and the [surjant] vppon resayt and siglit liereof to repire with theyr hors and arms to Jamaco vppon thayr perell not to fail to be redy to etent thayr at command I have sent host a whay to tiie Liftenant according to yovui" [order] I have sent one ofovur troapers Daniell Whithed in obedience to your command to wliait on yor f…

You are required in his Ma^'cs name immediately upon sight liereof to drav/ up yo"" Company of fifuzileers together by beete of Drumme and rill such volunteers as are willing to serue liis Ma^'e that you cause fo]-thwith to repaire w'h their Armes to tliis Garrison where they shal be straightway entertained and haue due sattisfaccon made them for their paines. And for soe doeing RESTORATION …

Whereas their was last niglit Warr'^ sent for the respective Capt^ and officers of y^ ffoote Companyes upon Long Island requireing them for his Ma^i^s Seruice to draw up their seueraU companyes by Beate of Drum upon sight of the s' Warr'^ ye Cuntry being then allarm'd of an Enemy at Sand-Hooke and Whereas the si^ Compan} es did not yett come heather according as it was expected and y^ Enemiel…

Wee [Expect] each howre'to be attaqut by y« Enemy, [See] that you send ye hke Warning to the Townes of Flushing and Newtowne [for the ] Dueing whereof t!iis shall be yo'' Warrt Dated at New York this 29ii' day of July 1G73 at nine o'clock at night. To M^" W'n Osborne These ENS. CIIIRSTON TO MANNL\G. Worshippfull S"^ Yours we Receiued by M'"- Osburn upon w'Ch the Towne ar much Amaz^' and T…

but we make bould to Inlbrme you The Towne is altogether destitute of powder and shott whereby the conceiue themselves very vncapable [to proceed] without Eminent danger but we ' shall do our [best] sir this destracted time so far as our power and [capability] will Reach : We haue sent two messengers on purpose to bring vs farther Intelligence There are thretening sp[eeches] newly proseeded …

We have equally perceived therefrom the trouble taken by your Rev. & by the Hon""'* Lords Majores to prevent the injuries which threaten this community by the encroachments of the heretical spirits ; and likewise your Rev. desire to be made acquainted with the Condition of the Churches in tliis country. In tlie harvest of the year 1656 we answered and wrote to you more fully on this subject…

arrived in tlie SI dp the Mill, to the great joy of the Luther i iS aiid especial discontent and disappointment of the congregation of this place j yea of the whole land even of the Enghsh. We, therefore, went to the Honi^ie Director General & the Burgomasters & Sc lepens of this city and presented the accompanying petition. WJ'.ereupon it followed that they cited the Lutheran Parson before t…

We demanded also that t'le Noble Lords Regent should send the Lutiieran Miiiister back in the same ship in wliich he arrived inasmuch as lie came liitlier witiiout tlie consent of tlie Noble Directors, in order to put a stop to their work wliich they seem to intend to push forward with a hard Lutheran pate in despite and opposition of tlie Regents ; for we suspect tliat he came to see if he…

P' Because we liad there but one little fort, and therein but one commissary witli 10 or 12 men in the Companys service, merely for the purpose of carry on some trade with the Indians. 2'^'iy In the year 1651 the fort, called Nassouw was abandoned and razed, and another named Casimir erected somewhat lower and more toward the Sea, and somewliat better garrisoned, and strengthened by divers f…

But as many Swedes and Finns to the number at least of vOO were dwelling two or three miles up the river above Fort Clirlsrina, the Swedish governor insisted in the Capitulation t? -.at one Lut'ieran minister should be retained to instruct the })eople in their own tongue. This their request was too easil} grai.tvd 1^' because trouble had broken out at Manhatau v>lt ; ciie Indians, and men re…

The commandant at fort Casinir, named Jan Paulussen Jacquet, brother in law of D^ Casparo Carpentier, told us that it happened in the Spring that this Parson was tippling witli a smith and being full of brandy they came to fisticuiis and beat each others lieads black and blue ; yea, that the smith tore all tlie clothes from the Dominies back so that the good Dominie had to withdraw privatel…

Those of Gravesend are reported Mennonists ; yea, they, for the most part, reject Infant Baptism, the Sabbatli, the office of Preacher, and the Teachers of God's word, saying that tlirough these have come all sorts of contention into the world. Wlienever they meet together the one or tlie otlier reads sometliing for them. At Flushing tiiey heretofore had a Presbyterian Preacher who conformed …

At Middleburgh, called alias, Newtown tliey aj-e mostly Independants, and have a man of tlie same persuasion t'.iere named Johannes Moor, who preaches there well, but administers no sacraments, because (as lie says) he was permitted in New England to preach but not authorized to administer sacraments, and he has thus continued now for many years. In this village are also many other Inhabitant…

They liold Sunday meetings reading from an Englisli book a sermon and making a prayer. ' About 18 miles up the Nortli liiver, lialfvvay between the Manhattans & Renselaer or Beverv»'yck lies a place called by the Dutcli Esopus or Sypous ; by tlie Indians Aikarkarton. It is an exceedingly beautiful Land. There some Dutch Inhabitants have settled themselves, and prosper" especially v^^ell. Th…

Scarcely any means can be seen to remedy this evil : -- 1 . because some villages are only in their first Establlslimeut, and wliilst people come naked & poor from Holland tliey have not means to provide a minister & sclioolraaster. 2. because there are few qualified persons in tliis country wlio can or will teach. Of the conversion of the Heathens or Indians here, we can say but little, no…

In conclusion we commend your Rev : to the merciful protection of the Almiglity, whom we pray to be pleased to bless your Rev : in th.e Holy ministry. At Amsterdam in N. Netherland. Vestii et olMcio et aifectu the 5 August 1657. JOH. MEliAPOLENSIS Samuel Drisius. ,», The above letter was atldres^ed to the Ciassis of Amsterdam, and is translated from the Original, politely communicated as we…

We do not preach in any church but in a barn (Korenschuur) and shall God willing erect a church in the winter by the cooperation of the people. The congregation is passable. The attendance is augmented from Middelwout, New Amersfort, & frequently Gravesande, but most from tlie Manhattans. To Breuckelen appertains also the Ferry, tlie Walebocht and Gujanus. The Breuklen Ferry is about 2000 pa…

is preaching in the morning at Breuckelen but, towards the qpnclusion of tlie Catechismal exercises of New Amsterdam, at the Bouwery which is a continuation and the place of recreation of the Manhattans, where people also come from the city to Evening Service. In addition to the household there are over forty negroes whose location is the Negro quarter. There is no consistory here, but the d…

Eut a still stronger proof is to be found in the Roman C;italogue of the Society of Jesus, by which it appears that Fat'iicr Thomas Harvey, S. J. a native of London was in New York from 1683 to 1G90, and subsequently in 1C96, the interval being spent in Maryland wdiere he died in 1719 .Etat. 84. Fatlier Henry Harrison, S. J. was in N. York in 1685 and returned to Ireland in 1690, and in Mary…

" Harrison, Henry ; all that I can collect of him is, that he died in 1701,cet49. Soc. 28. "Gage Charles ; half brother, I suspect,* to Sir Henry Gage the brave commcUider at Oxford. That lie was stationed at Nurwich in the reign of James H. is certain, for we read in tlie annual letters whicli report the State of Religion antecedent to the revolution, 'At Norwich the Capital of Norfolk was …

The JRector of this Church is maintained by a tax levied upon all the Inliabitants of the city, amounting *If this suspicion be correct, he is also brother to the apostate Thos. Gage, the author of the New Surve)' of the West Indies, a curious book much pillaged by niodern travellers. He was a friar, but fell so low as to become priest taker, and even betrayed the illustrious Father Peter Wri…

His Excellency hath also, by a law, incorporated the Rector and all the Inhabitants of this City of New York, that are in communion with the church of England, as by law established, by wliich they and their successors are vested with sundry rights and privileges ; particularly the said law hath enacted, that the patronage and advowson of the said church, and right of presentation, after the …

In a Brief for collecting the said sura it is provided that in case the Redemption or Death of the said captives shall happen before the arrival of the said sum in Holland, that then it shall be disposed of to such uses as are mentioned in the said Brief; The Slaves being either dead or redeemed before the money was transmitted, his excellency in council hath assigned the said sum for the fi…

Plis Lordship has been pleased to encourage Religion, and discountenance Vice in the said Province by Proclamation, and has used his utmost endeavours to promote the Public Worsliip of God, and train up Youth in the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England, particularly in the city of New- York, and liath contributed to the building a French chm-ch. And since the death of the late mi…

We are willing with much submission to represent to the Honourable Society, how that excellent design of theirs in supplying us with a Catechist might have their pious endeavors better served, if instead of the pious and deserving M^ Ehas Neau, who was brouglit up a Merchant and in good business, the Worthy and ingenious M^" Muirson, who is now going for England in the hopes of being admitte…

A minister sent by the society to that County with some encouragement for a maintenance to preach and be a schoolmaster would be a great instrument of bringing the youth & others to the Church W™ Tesey In Queens County consisting of five towns divided into two parishes and endowed with j£GO, of Ne w- York money per annum, each parish paid "by a tax levied on ail the Inhabitants in the Coun…

The Church was built in the street; there is also a house and some land recorded for the parsonage, which was formerly in the possession of the Independent Minister, but now in the possession of the present Incumbent by his Excellency Lord Cornbury's flivor, who has been the great promoter of the church in this Provmce ana especially at tliis place. In New-Town there is a church built and l…

M"" Urquhart, the present Incumbent, resides at Jamaica, according to the directions of an act of Assembly mentioning it as the parochial Church, and there preaclies and reads Divine Service t^vice on the Sundays, for two Lord's days successively, and on the third Sunday preaches & prays twice at New Town and at Flushing once a month on the week days, and by the blessing of God, the Congrega…

But there are several already w^eU affected to the Church, and if one or two ministers were sent among them, supported at first by the society, it would be an excellent means of reconciling the people to the Chui'ch, and of inti'oducing an Establishment for a Minister by Law. Wm Vesey. WESTCHESTER : Mr Bartow Rector. Here is a Church built, but not finished, being neither glazed nor ceile…

The greatest part of the People in this County are English, and there is a tax of .£40. per annum levied on the Inhabitants of the said county for a maintenance to tlie Minister, and it is very necessary and mucli desired by the people that a Minister should be speedily sent them with some fm-ther encouragement from the society who has at this time an opportunity of reconcihng most of them t…

A large frontier town where most of the people are Dutch, who have from Amsterdam a Dutch Minister, one M-^ Lydius, out there are some Enghsh families, besides a garrison of soldiers, who are a considerable congregation. A church of England Minister liere will, in all probability, do signal service not only by setting up a public worship to the joy & comfort of tlie English, who impatiently …

I beg of you, Sir, to present my most humble duty to that honourable body and thank them for the honour they have been pleased to do me, and may assure them that I shall not only endeavour to give them satisfaction as to any thing they shall desire of me ; but if any new matter occurs, which I believe may be of service to the Church, I will not fail laying it before them for their considerat…

As to the first, I must do aU the gentlemen v.hich you have sent to tliis Province that Justice as to declare that a better Clergy were never in any place, there being not one amongst them that has the least stain or blemish as to his life or conversation, and though I am not an eye witness to tlic actions of any save those in this County, yet I omit no opportunity of enquiring into their be…

M"" Urquhart, minister of Jamaica, has the most difficult task of any missionary in this government, for although he has not only the Character of a good man, but of being extraordinary industrious in the discharge of his duty, yet lie having a Presbyterian meeting house on the one hand, and the Quakers on the other, and very little assistance in his Parish, excej^t from those who have no in…

But when all is done, what I can tell you concerning any Minister, except in tliis County, is only by information from others which is often very uncertain ; for some gentlemen may many times and very deservingly have a fair and good character by the generahty of their neighbours, and yet at the same time, by one misfortune or other not perform much of the service of the Church, in wliich I …

The people of West Chester were verj' angry with me because I was for having this County divided into three Parishes, and evei-y Minister to have =£70 instead of .£50. and I had brought the County except that place to a willingness to have it so, as I formerly acquainted you, and had they permitted that projection to have taken place it would have been a great ease to the Society; for fii'st…

And to satisfy you of the reasonableness in what I offer, I beheve there has not six pubhc taxes been laid on this County by the Assembly this fifteen years past, but I have been at the proportioning of, and when the places in Rye parish pay =£50. the town in West Chester parish were allotted ,£120. and there are two places more, which both together are one tliird as big as Rye Parisli which…

For Rye parish which is not by one half so large as the least parish estabhslied by law in the government here, since my living here mahitained two dissenting Ministers, viz. one at Rye and Mamaroneck, and one at Bedford ; and gave the former £50. and the latter =£40. a year, wliich I tliink makes it out very plain what I have offered on that head ; and you may be assured I shall omit no opp…

I have been so long wandering from one subject to another, that I had ahnost forgot to give you my thoughts of M"" Muirson, whom my Lord of London has sent to this parish. He has been here about tlire^ months, in which time he hath by mucli outdone my expectation, having very fully retrieved all that unfortunate gentleman, M"" Pritchard lost ; And if he continues so fiutliful in the discharg…

As for ]\P' Brooks whom the Society have sent to the Jerseys, he has an uncommon good Character given him from those parts j and it is reported of him that he makes wonderful advances for the service of the Church, and I question not but Col: Morris "will be very particular concerning him, that being properly his watch. For though that Province is not above 50 miles from my house, and Slaten…

And it has always been my opinion, and is so still, that there is no part of this Pro-^ince or even America, that would be of greater use or service to have the Church thorouglily settled in ; for it is not only large in extent, and the land very good and near the City ; so consequently will, in time, be a great settlement. But bordering on Connecticut there is no part of the Continent from …

The number of people there are, I *)elieve, about 2,400 souls. They have abundance of odd kinds of laws to prevent any dissenting from tlieir church, and endeavor to keep the people in as much bhndness and unacquaintedness with any other religion as possible; But in a more particular manner the Church, looking upon her the most dangerous enemy they have to grapple with all. And abundance of …

A thing which they call a College was prepared accordingly, wherein as I am informed a commencement was made about tliree or four months ago. But notwithstanding their new College here, and old one in Boston, and that every town in that Colony has one, and some, two ministers, and have not only heard them say, but seen it in their prints, that there was no place in the world where the Gospel…

And that you may be satisfied that what I tell you herein is not spoken at random, nor grounded on careless observation, M'' Muirson's parish is more than three-foui'ths of it composed of two towns, viz: Rye & Bedford wliich were first settled under the Colony of Connecticut, and of people bred and born under that GovernDient, and some time before my coming had a Minister, one Mr. Denham, an…

For the people are not only not of the Church, but have been trained up witli all the care imaginable to be its enemies. Tliat to make an impression, under all these disadvantages is very difficult, though I hope not impossible. And though at first view, the prospect of doing any good upon them is very little, yet no doubt but the most proper measures ought to be taken leaving the event to A…

And when tliis essay has been made, I shall be much better able to guess at the state of that government, and Vv hat is fitting to be done next. Now the person that I would advise them to pitch upon, by all means for this expedition is M'' Muirson ; he being not only posted next to those parts, and so will look less hke design, but he has a very happy way of delivery, and makes little use of…

However, let the success be what it will, to me the duty seems plain. I have not only mentioned this to you, but in my letter to the Lord of Loudon, & shall patiently wait for his and the Society's commands therein. I will now proceed to give you direct answers to tlie several ' quei'ies mentioned in yoiu-s. Having as yet only spuke to the fijst, so shall now take the rest in course. As for…

And it is certainly the greatest charity in the world to have the best Eeligion^ planted in these parts, wliich, with time, will in all probability, be so vast ia Country and People. But whether the charge of missionaries for converting the , Indians fall to the share of the Crown or the Society, to efiect that matter well and thoroughly, those sent over on that errand, must be such as can …

As for my thoughts of this Society's having appointed that good man, M^ Neau, as Catechist to the negroes and Indians, it is undoubtedly a very good work, and he is wonderfully industrious in the discharge of his duty, and the truth is, takes more pains than he needs, by going from house to house to perform that oifice. And I beheve he would find it as effectual to gam the end, and not the f…

I did in my former letters make mention of one M'^ Bondet, a French Protestant minister* who is in orders from the Eishop of London. He is a good man and preaches very intelligibly in English, which lie does every third Sunday, in his French Congregation, when he uses the Litui-gy of the Church. He has done a great deal of service since his first coming into tliis Country, and is weU worth t…

Now for a remedy for this poor gentleman and that he may be made as useful to the Church as possible; if the Society would use their interest that he might have an order from the Court that he may not only forthwith be paid his arrears, but that lie should afterwards have his money by quai^terly payments; and that at the same time, he be directed by the Bishop of London to consult with and b…

M"^ Bondet & I have gone as far as we can in tliat aftair, and it ' would spend too much time to tell you what tempests we waded through in attempting it, but if directions came from England about it, none I believe would be found to oppose it. The chief cause of its being liindered with so much heat was that the French Congregation at York were apprehensive that it might be a precedent for…

If care is not already taken therein in the Instructions which are preparing, it will be of absolute necessity that the clergy of tills Country be directed to meet twice at least annually, and taking to their assistance the best and most sensible of their parishes to consult of the most effectual ways of settling the Churcli ; and to give an impartial account how the parishes are settled in …

And in case you send any otlier books to be disposed, pray let them only be Dr Beveridges (noAv Bishop of St. Asaph) sermon concerning Common Prayer, a little Book entitled a Christians Way to Heaven,, and one of the Lawfidness of the Common Prayer. No books can be more serviceable than tliey; and I would take care to have tliem scattered tlirough Connecticut Colony to both* Ministers & People…

Morris, and another to M^ Philhps, and mine, not any that belong to particular men of any great value in tlie County ; nor are there ten in the whole Coimty but what have been brought over to the Church since I came into the province, that truly, Sir, if we can persuade tliem to build and finish their Churches and Schools, help to maintain their Ministers & School Masters, and fit convenienc…

We of the Clergy of this her Majesties Provinces of New York being with your Excellencies approbation assembled to consult of such things as may be fitt to transmit to oiu: Ecclesiastical supcriours for promoting the Interest of our holy mother the Church of England, do in the first place beg leave to return your Ex'cy our humble thanks for this opportunity of meeting and your generous oifer…

Your Ex'cys favour to our Worthy Brother the R<i M^ Daniel Bondet and his Congregation of French Refugees at New Roclielle conformed to the Church of England, your generous bounty towards the Erecting of a new Church and granting a patent for seeming tlie same to the Chui'ch of England for ever are such pregnant Instances of youi- Ex'cys zeal for the promoteing of our Religion that we should…

As it is with the greatest pleasure we hear of the due Encouragement M'' Barclay Minister of Albany meets with in the propagation of the Clnistian Religion and Knowledge under joui" Ex'cy s wise and pious administration. So it is om- earnest and humble request that your Ex'cy will be pleased to promote the building of a church there which is very much wanting. We could heartily wish that ther…

Daniel Bondet John Barbour John Thomas John Sharpe Tho: Barclay Henricus Beys Thqs Poyer MSEAS M'''^kenzik Chris: Bridge V. PAPERS KBLAIIXS TO Kings (Hottntg, C. J. CENSUS OF KINGS COUNTY; AEOUT 169a A LIST OF ALL THE FREEHOLDERS THEIR WIVES CHILDREN APPREN- TICES AND SLAVES WITHIN THE KINGS COUNTY ON NASSAUW ISLAND. [Sors.--E affixed to the name, means English; F Freruh.] Adriae…

IN THE TOWN OF BROOKLAND. Men. Wo. Ch. *2 App. 'i PAPEES RELATING TO KIXGS COUNTY. Jan Fretlrickse Grietie Jansen Griet Midday Jan Janse Staast Piet.er Gerbrantse Pieter Janse Staast , Cornells Jorisse Bouman Mighiel haase Bergen .. Jacob Brouwer Adam Brouwer Claes Veehten Hendrick V'echten Jan Cornelisse Damen. . . Garret Middag Samuel Berry Gerrit Couwenhoven. . . . Abraha…

Phillip Volkertsz Pieter Willemse Jacobus Lonyse Auke Reynierse Jochem Verschuur... Willem West (£).•■. Nicholacs Brouwer.. Jipp. Sla. PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. iJabriel Sprong Pieter Looyse Lourens Hook Joos Dun? Senior (F) Michiel Parment Jer (F) Pieter Usilla ffreilrick Sy mouse nendk Jansz Van Amesfoort Jan Muserol (F) Cornelis Looyse Jacob Bibon (F) Jan Muserol Junio…

Denys Teunisse •••• Cornelis Van Brunt Andrirs Jansen Hendrii'k Jansen Cryn Tansen Jan Verkerk .Toos De Ban e Rut Joosten Van Brunt . . • i PAPERS RELAT1J!?G TO KINGS COUNTY. .loost Van Brunt Anthony Van Pelt... . Teunis Van Pelt Matthys Smack Paulus Eigo Joannes Swart Joannes Eigo Pieter Van Deventer. Chi. Arp- IN THE TOWN OF FFLATLANDS als NEW AMESFOORT. Gerret Elbert Stootho…

"Willem Wiliemsc Nicholas Stil will (E) John Poland (E) Isaac Hasclbury (E) El ias Stil will (K) Joseph Goliler (R) Abraham Emmans (E) Williiim Williamson The Wiildow Baientse PAPERS RELAX IKG TO KINGS CX}UNTY. Rymer Van Kigelen.... Miir^aret Simson iStiiffl'l Komeyn JBarerit Jui-i^eiise Aiiilrew Emniiins Cornelis Buys. . Anthony Powland (E) . Thomas Craven (K) .... John Emtiians […

Cornelis Vanhougen .. Denys hegeman Beiij hegenian Jan Andriesse Margareta Verschuur Adriacn R} erse Cornelis Willemse.... Latrcrt Pieferso Abraham Hcgeman Aris Van de Bi.t Joannes Roes Joannes Symonse I>ambert Sighels Pieter Strycker Clii. '9 ■i App. als MIDWOUT. • Was D, Relonned Minister of Flatbjsh from l(>Of to 17<I2. En. PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. John Richardson (…

1 2 RECAPITULATION. Total. Men Wo. Ch. App. SI. 509* In the Town of Brookland 77 101 24U 26 65 301 Bos wick 51 49 141 8 52 269 New Vtrecht 39 38 134 .. 48 258 Ffiatlands 47 39 130 .. 40 210 Gravesend 31 32 124 6 17 476 Fllatbush 62 72 263 8 71 In all 307 331 1032 48 293 • (Ought to be 511) Is together 2011 (ought to be 3013) PAPERS RELATING TO KOGS COUNTY. 139 PETITION OF THE ELDERS OF…

Vnto your Excellency that your petitioners of late were impowered by the people of their several townes to caU and send for a minister either out of this province or out of Holland to instruct them in their mothers tongue in the place of their late Minister M*^ Lupardus deceased and accordingly had severall meetings about said matter, and at last concluded to addi^ess y^" Excellency fibr lea…

Beekraan for a towne meeting which was granted, and in said towne meeting a great party of said people grossly affronted and abused said Joseph Plegeman on^j of y^ Petitioners and Elders as aforesaid ffor not 140 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. sending ffor said flfrecman, said Hegeman told them that he had waited upon y Excellency about it, but would not call said Minister before he had y…

of the towne books by some of said towue that he would not name, soo likewise may it please y Excellency the irregular proceedings in this affaire at Broockland aforesaid of one Claes Vandyke and Nicholas Brower who went lately about said towne taking subscriptions ffor s*! minister without any order therefore, soe that may it please yf Excellency y petitioners lyes under a gre-at hate among…

The petition of the Elders of the fom- Dutch Churches in King's County w^as read and ordered that the said petitioners or some of them do attend the Board on Tliursday morning next at ten of the Clock, and make good the allegations in the petition; and ordered that Johannes Schenck Town Clerk of Flattbush do appear before this Board at the same time and bring with liim the book of the orders…

day of tliis Instant October said Nicliolas Brower and Clues Vandyke Came to his house and askt him if he woukl signe with them to send ffor M- ffreeman Minister of Schenectada to be theii' Minister and if he woukl signe to a paper with them iFor the Choosing of thi'ee men in the place of the Eklers of said Towne to send ffor said Minister, and he answered them noe, he would haue nothing to …

Jacobus Deeeavois one of the ffreeholders of said towne of Broockland alsoe Came before me and being Sworne saith that on or about the sixteenth day of this Instant October said Nicholas Brower and Claes Vandyke Came to his house and askt him if he would signe with them to a paper to send ffur M' ffreeman Minister of Schenectada to be their Minister, and what sume of mony he w^ould giue year…

In Council, 22d Octobr 1703 Present as before, except CoU Heathcote. The Elders of the four Dutch Chm-ches in Kings County together with the Town Clark of the Town of fflatbusli appeared before this Board in obedience to an order of the 20^'' Instant and tlie said Towne Clark being Examined Confessed that the order made at the ToAvn Meeting at fRatbush was taken out of the said Towm book ])y…

I having diiely Considered the Within petition and having been weU Informed that ]\I'' Bar. fireeman has misbehaved himself by promoting and Encouraging the unliappy divisions among the people of this province, do not think it Consistent wuth her Majestie's Service that the s^ Ifreeman should be admitted to be called as is prayed by the s^ petition And the petitioners are hereby required not…

Indfiayoiir to Draw M"" Bamardiis Freeman Present minister of Schoueglitende from his Congregation Wlio are not able ol themselves Without Your Excellencj's assistance to gett another & since that we your Pctioners have Been att a great Charge & trouble with assistance thereunto from the County for Defraying the Considerable Charge for M"" Barnardus Freemans Passage and other chaxges tiiat d…

Schoneghtende the 29 'i» of May 1703 IsACK SwiTS elder Claes Wirbessen elder Jan Vrooman elder Daniel Jansen deacon Claes Van Petten deacon JoHANNis Glen deacon Read in Council 24*^ June 1703 and rejected. Counc. Mn. PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. 145 COMMISSION TO REV. W FREEMAN TO BE MINISTER IN KING'S COUNTY. [ Deed Book X. ] By bis Excellency Edward Viscount Cornbury Cap<^ Gen'i…

shall Seem meet & all P'sons are hereby Required to Take Notice hereof accordingly. Given under my hand & seal at Fort Anne in New York This 2Gth day of Decemr in the fourth year of her Ma^'e^ Reigne Annoq: D™ 17® 5 Cornbury. By his Excell"8 command William Anderson Dy Secy PETITION OF THE ELDERS OF DOM^ FREEMAN'S CHURCH. To his Excellcy Edward Viscount Cornbury Capt Generall and Governo'…

That yo»' petitioners haveing Lately p'sented to yo' ExceU<=y A short Memorial of their proceedings in their offices since Publish* by said M' ffreeman by yo^ Lordpps Speciall Order, setting forth to yo^ Excello- that their Intention was to demand of M^ Antonides and his ]3retended Elders and Deacons the Churclies Books Stock house and Land to tlie same belonging if yor Lordpp should tliink …

Englebardt Lott , Jacob Pardon . Daniel Polyhemus Benjamin Vandewater WARRANT FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE CHURCH PROPERTY TO De FREEMAN. By His Ex'ly Edward Viscount Cornbury: Whereas I have licensed authorized and appointed M' Bernardus ffreeman who was called by the people of fkitbush to be Minister of the Dutch Congregation att fflattbush in Kings County. It being therefore absolutely requ…

PETITION OF DOME ANTONIDES' ELDERS. To his Excellency John lord Lovelace, Baron of Hurley, Captn Genii & Qqyv [^ Chief in and over her Mat'^s Province of New- York & the Territories depending tliereon in America & Vice admiral of tlie same &c in Council]. The humble Petition of Elders & Deacons of the Dutch Reformed Protestant Churches of the towns of Brookland Flatbush & Flatlands in Kings …

Utreght in the said County has entred upon two of the said Churches without any Lawfull call and has continually obstructed their said Minister in the Exercise of his function and entirely overturned tlie Government & Discipline of tlie said Churclies to the great grief of yo^" Peti"^ & discouragenit of their said Minister. Yor Petrs therefore hum])ly Pray yo^" Excy that tlie matter aforesaid…

Joseph Hegewan Jeronimus Remsen PlETER NeVIJUS. ORDER OF COUNCIL THEREON. [Counc. Min. X.] Att a council held att Fort Anne in New Yorke the 27ti' day of Jany 1708-9 Present his Ex'y John Lord J^ovelace Baron of Hurley etc. M^ Van Dai M^ PhiHlps M"" Wenham IM>' Peartree Ml" Mompesson M'' Prevost Esq""" M'' Barberie Upon Reading the Peticon of the Elders and Deacons of tlie Dutch Petbrm…

To his ExceU^y John Lord Lovelace Baron of Hurley Cap* Gen" and Governour in chief of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey and aU the Territories and Tracts of land Depending thereon in America and Vice Admirall: of the same &c In Council. Tiie Humble Petition of Cornelius Sebrink Anglebert Lott and Cornelius Van Brunt for and on tlie behalf of themselves and the Major parte of the ffree…

That the said Order imports that several Gentlemen shall have the hearing and Examining thep'misses And report the same to that Honori^'e Board which opportunity of setting forth their case yo-" Petitionrs should be Glad to Embrace were it not that several Persons therein appointed have declared thenselves to be parties against yoiu- Petitioners in the matter depending. And tlierefore with …

Upon Reading the Petition of M"" Seabring and others on Behalf of themselves and the major parte of the ffreeholders of the Dutcli Congregation in Kings County &c It is Ordered tliat the Petitioners on the afore recited Peticon and also the Pefs on the Peticon now read do severally forthwith give in the names of Two men to tlie s^ M'" V. dam M'" Phillips & Mr Provost or one of them to be ass…

Ofifered by Cornelius Seabiing, Ingelbert Lot, and Cornelius Van Brunt in behalf of tliemselves and others, Members of ye Dutch Churclies of Flatbush, Brookland, and NewUtreclit in Kings County on the Island of Nassau (who have hitherto adhered to the Interest of Domine Bernardus Freeman, their Minister) pursuant to a due authority to them the s^ Seabring, Lot, k Van Brunt for that purpose g…

That in order to put an End to ye Dispute concerning the present Consistory of Flatbush & Brookland ; those persons w^ M"" Freeman now Deems to be a Consistory, & those persons w^^ M*" Antonides now Deems to be a Consistory Do severally Elect two Elders & Deacons of each part, in the presence & w"' the concurance of one or both Ministers if they both please to attend, and that those Eight El…

shall from thence forth be and remain Elders and Deacons for the s^ two Churches of fflat Bush & Brookland for the first ensuing year & that at the end of y^ * s^ yeaj* to comence from the 8*1 election, half of them shall be removed & four others chosen in their stead, and at the end of two years after s^ first election, the other half shall be removed, & other four shall be chosen in their …

4, That to the time of y® Election of y« s'^ New Consistory, so to be made by both parties as aforesaid, each party shall, of their own parts respectively bear pay & discharge the 3allary, Perquisites, & other things due to ye respective Ministers, viz^ Those who have hitherto sided with M^ Freeman shall clear all arrears to him: & those who have hitherto sided witl) M*" Antonides, all arrea…

P^ That all parties do consent that M"" Antonides according to the rules of the said Church is the duely called Minister of Brookland, flatbush & llatlands, and that the Eldei-s & Deacons ■^ch were lately chosen by M"^ Antonides with the assistance and consent of those Elders & Deacons w^'' he formed there at liis arrivall are yet still tlie true Elders & Deacons, and that what PAPERS RELATI…

3*11 y That all parties do consent, that no such lycence, or the other orders W^^ the Lord Cornbury has granted to M'^ Freeman whereby the Effects of the s^ Churches at his pleasure were to be delivered up to M*" Freeman, never were nor yet are of any forc« or validity in the Dutch Churches of this Province, but Tended to the ruin of the liberty of the said Churches in this Country ; That th…

4thiy That all parties consent to subscribe the Cliuj-ch Orders of the Classis of Amsterdam, k those practiced on tlie Island of Nassauw not being contradictory thereto, & that in case any matter in difference cannot be decided amongst themselves the same be referred to the other Dutch CI lurches of tins Province & if not by them decided t'le same to be submitted to the Classis of Amsterdam,…

gthiy That then M"" Freeman shall be in a condicon to be called to those congregacons on the s^ Island where he is not yet called according to the rnles of the Cliurch, and s-all be called accordingly, Provided M' Freerman's IVieiids do first find out sufficient means thereto and a dwelling lionse and O.o perswade the Congregacons aforesaid to desire the Consibtory to call him in an Ecclesias…

If Ml" Freerman & his friends should not be pleased to consent to the above articles that then Cap" Joannes De' Peyster be desired to produce the resolucon of the Classis of Amsterdam, whereby Peace is said to be recommended according to the order of the said Classis, as M^ Freerman intimates in his letter without date to M"" Antonides that Capt. De Peyster aforesaid had shewn the same to hi…

To the Right Hon^'e Rich^i Ingoldesby Esq' her Ma* ■* Lieut Gov & Comand'" iu Chief of the Provinces of New-York & New Jersey and the hon^ Councill of • the same: The Petition of Joseph Hegeman Peter Nevius & Jeronimus Remsen in tlie behalf of the Elders & Deacons of the _ Dutch Reformed Protestants Churclies of the towns of iBatbush liatlands & brookland, Humbly Sheweth, That yo'' Pet « …

Yo^ Pef^s therefore humbly pray that for the p''veuting of farther disputes & and settling tlie peace of tlie County where those Churches are tlie said members of the ^Councill may be ordered with all speed to make their report on that affair to this honi^i® board. And yor Pet^^ as in duty bound shall ever pray By their order, New York S^h Sept. 1709. AbRAH : GOUVERNEUR. 156 PAPERS RELATI…

The most humble petition of Dorus polhemus John Hansen Clu-istiuii Snedecore & Ju" Snedecore Elders of the Dutch Congregation in Queens County. Shevveth Whereas M' Freeman by orders from our late Governor the Lord Cornbury was to be Minister of tliis Congregation -- and none els : which also was confirmed by the Lord Lovelace according to wliich we your Hon" petitioners were chosen & Consti…

here (as we are told he has done in Kings County) has lately (as we are informed) Taken upon himself* in concert witli some few others to make choise of other Elders of the said Congregation & does design to pubhsh them as such at the Church or meeting hous at Jamaica to morrow & also then to preach to the said Congregation, for tlie doing of which (as we humbly conceive) he has no manner of…

The humble petition of CorneUus Sebring & Cornelius Van Brunt in behalf of themselves and others of y^ Dutch Congregation in Kings County on y^ Island of Nassau, Sheweth, That notwithstanding your Honors order (dated on the 14tii day of this instant September) directed to M'^ Vincentus Antonides not to confirm Elders and Deacons chosen by him in any of ye townes of flatt Bush New Vtrecht Bru…

Peter Hering of full age being duely sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty Goddeposeth and saithThat du Sunday tlie 18"' day of September One Thousand Seven hundred and nine he being then at the Dutch Church in Brn\ klandt upon Long Island with one Abraham Kettletas & several others, where he this deponent did see and hear M^ Antonides a Dutch minister confirm two Elders & one Deacon or …

In obedience to a Referrcnce of liis late Exy'*' John Lord Lovelace &c. in Councill now confirmed by your Honour in Councill we have inquired into Examined and heard the Elders and Deacons of y^ Dutch Keformed Protestant Churches of tlie Towns of Brookland fflatbush & fflatlands in Kings County on their Petition to his s^ Ex'y in Councill as also Cornelius Sebruigh Anglebert Lott and Corneli…

In obedience to an order of this board formerly made whereby wee the Subscribers & others were appointed to Examine & Inquire into and heare the Petion of the Elders & Deacons of the Dutch Reformed Churches of Breuk Land Flatbush & New Utreght in behalfe of IVP antonides on the subject lAatter of the said Petition as also M^" Freeman and others Concerned in the said affaire & to make report …

Secondly, that the call on which M"" Antonides came over is Expressed to bee made by a Generall towne meeting (wliicl; apears to haue been the usuaU way in Such Casses) and that apears utterly false by the Examinations, for that the pretended authority for making that call apears not to be given in a public^ meeting, but to be obtained Privatly &" Clandestinely by Procuring Subscriptions in …

FiFTLY that the having a License from the Gov^ was Esteemed necessary even by M"^ Antonides himselfe & tliose that sided with Mm, Since both he & they frequently aplyed to obtain Sucli a License ; as appears by Seaverall letters to the Late Lady Cornbury, & M''^ Peartree, under tlie hand of the said Antonides & of the Said pretended Elders for the truth of which wee the Subscribers refer our…

All which matters aboue mentioned are nevertheless with Humility Submitted to Your Honours' Prudent Consideration & Decision by Your Honours most obedient Most humble Sarv*^ D: Provoost A. D. Peyster Jo D: Peyster Read in Council 6"! Oct. 1709. Vol. III. 11 162 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. DISPOSITION OF TPIE MAJORITY AND MINORITY REPORTS. Min. X.] Att a Coimcill lield in New York…

In the dispute between the Dutch Ministers on Long Island there has been a Reference and thereon two Reports have been made to this Board ; One by M*" Van Dam and three others, the other afterwards by Capt Provost and two others to all whom it was referred and then he Proposed the Question whether two Reports on one & the same Referrence ought to be made or ever has been made. M*" Beekman M…

It is ordered that the Report of y® s^ AP Van Dam & others remain on y® file & and the other of Capt Provost and others be taken of the fiel. PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. 163 PETITION OF THE ELDERS AND DEACONS OF REV^^ M« ANTONIDES. To the Honbie Richard Ingoldesby Esq^ Liev^ Gov & Comand'' in Cheif of the Provinces of New York & New Jersey &c. and the hon^ie Council of the Province of…

That whereas on some differences in the said Towns relating to & concerning who was the Minister of s*^ Towns application has heretofore been made to this board and sundry Gen* of this board & others have been directed to examine that matter & make report thereof which they have accordingly done whereby it appears that M^" Vincentius Antonides is duely called Minister of the said Towns to th…

That liis late Excellency John Lord Lovelace late Governour of this Province deed having in his lifetime referred the Examination of the subject matter of a certain Petition signed by Joseph Heggeman Jeronimus Ramsen & Peter Nevius in behalf of Domine Vincentius Antonides ; & of another certain Petition signed by your present Petitioners in Behalf of themselves and others as above and also i…

The preceding petitions having been read the Lev^ Gov'' was pleased to make the following order in hec verba : A Reference haveing been made by the Late Lord Lovelace to certain persons to inquire into y^ causes of the Diflferences that have happened between M^ ffreeman and M^ Antonides with relation to y^ Churches in Kings County & y^ said persons haveing made two several! reports to y« Hon…

His Honour haveing Considered the said Report and • the Matters therein contained does think fitt to order & direct and does hereby order & direct that from this time forward M'" Freeman and M"" Antonides shall preach at all ye s^ Churches in Kings County alternately and divide all y« Profitts Equally share and share alike and to avoid all further dispuets between the said Ministers M^ ffreem…

Coll" Peartree of ye same oppinion. M"" Van Dam of y® same opinion. Capt Provost. That the Determination of the Liu* Goveniour is very Reasonable and ought to be complye^l w'^ 1 Art. 53. You are to Permitt a Liberty of Conscience to aU Persons (Except Papists) so they be contented with a Quiett and Peaceable enjoyment of the same not giving any offence or scandal to the GoveTament.--Instruc…

That yor Pet^ having been served with and Order froin his honour dated the 27 Octob^ 1709 And to the end that he may not be wanting in his duty to God his said Churches nor give any Just cauSe to incur his honours displeasure, he liunibly beggs leave to Represent that he cannot comply with the said Order unless he breaks tliro' the Rules & Discipline of the Dutch Reformed Protestant Churches…

To the Honble Richard Ingoldesby Esqr Liev* GoV^ & Commaudr in chief of the Provinces of New York k New Jersey &c and the honble Council! of the Province of New York -- The humble Peticon of Vicentius Antonides minister of the Dutch Reformed Protestant Churches of brookland, fflathush, and fflatlands on the Island of Nassau, Sheweth That whereas yo^ Pef took the freedom to prsent to the h…

Upon Reading ye Petition of M'' Antonides reciting another Petition formerly presented a Copy whereof is to this Petition annexted & referring thereto that the prayer thereof may be granted the liiv* Gov said he had ah-eady Determined the Matter yt he will hear nothing further tliereon. 168 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUKTY. ANOTHER PETITION OF KEY. MR. ANTONIDES. To the Honble Gerardus Beekm…

That whereas upon a difference in the said County a reference was had and matters Examined by a Comittee of this board & others relating to yC" Pefs right to the said Churches & upon y« report of the said Comittee being returned to this board whereby it appears that yo*" Pef^ was duly called minister to the said Churches but hitherto could not obtain a Confirmation of the said report nor Pro…

That for some years past there hath been a great difference in tiie said County concerning the right of the ministerial! function ■■ of tlie Dutcli Reformed Protestant Churches of flatbush flatlands & Brookiand which M^" Antonides claimed as being thereunto called by the Consistory of the said Towns & M^" Freeman pretended to by a Ly cense from some of the former Gov^s of this Province; that…

Yor Pefs therefore humbly pray Yo^ hon^s to take that matter into your Serious Consideracons & give such & the Uke Proteccon & countenance to the Dutcli Protestant Reformed minister regularly called according to tlieir Constitucon to any Churches in the said County as their respective predecessors before the s*^ difference have always enjoyed & of right to them belongs -- And Yo"" Pet^s as i…

That the report of y^ Major Part of y^ Councill to whom the matter was referred dated 14*!! T^r Last ought to be confirmed and M'" Antonides protected in ye free exercise of his ministerial Function of y® s*^ Towns accordingly and that all Persons may be ordered to take notice thereof and M"" Antonides & Freeman Recommended to Dispose as much as in lliem Lyes their Respective consistorys so …

Upon collecting the opinions ordered yt th.e said Report be confirmed M'" Antonides protected in the li-ee exercise of liis Ministeriall Function in the said Townes and all persons to take notice thereof accordingly and ye said M"" Antonides & M"^ Free- PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. 171 man Recommeuded to Persuade & Dispose (as mucli as in tliem Lyes) their consistory's Respectively so as…

That yo^ pefs having been informed y tiiere has lately been made an order by this Board relating to the Ministers of ye Dutch reformed Churches of said Kings County, w^ tends much to y« prejudice of Domine Bernardus Freeman minister of y<-' said Churches of Flatbush & Brookland (of a\c1i said Churches the said Domine Freeman has for soinetime past been in fiijl peaceiiblc possession) & to y^…

CORNELIS SeBERINGH 27 April 1710 172 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. ORDER ON SAID PETITION. In Council, 27 April 1710. Upon Reading the above Petition tlie Counctl gave their opinions as follows Major Prevost. That the Petition be granted Coll. l^ARETREE. That Ml. Antonides ouglit to Preacli to ye People that called him M'" Phillipse. That ye last Order of this Board be confii-med M^ …

That by an order of this honble board dated tlie 18'^ of Apnll la^t past the said Minister was without disturbance to Exercise Ids ministerial! function in the said Towns whereto he was 'regularly called with tlie same Proteccon as his p dccessors in the said Churches had had & enjoyed. But so it is may it please yo^ honors that M^ barnhardus ffi-ccman minister of the Town of N. Utrecht well…

By virtue whereof the said M^ freeman did prcacli the last Sunday in the Church of llatbush finding means to open the said Church without tlie consent of the Consistory All which yo^ Pef conceives to be in derogacon of the former recited order and to the manyfest Injury of Yo"" Pet^^ They therefore humbly Pray that the said last mentioned order may be recalled & yo? Pet^'^ left in the posses…

Beeckman against me, and that his Excellency may be rigiitly informed of the matter, my humble request to you is, that if such a thing happen, be pleased to give liis Excellency an account thereof wliich is as foEows : A fiViday night last, tlie Justices of the County and I came from Ins Excellency's ; Coll. Beeckman happened to come over, in tlie iferry boat along with us, and as we came ove…

Beeckman stood to affirm there, before most of the Justices of Kings County, that said order, that he made then to M^- ffreeman as President only was still in force and that M^ ffreeman should preach at Broockland next Slmday according to that order : whereupon I said it was not in fforce, but void and of noe effect, and lie had not in this County, any more power now than I have, being equal…

I could wish that tlicse last words had been kept in, and I am troubled that I was soe overcome with passion and inflamed with wine. The works of these Dutch ministers is the occasion of all our quarrells. And this is the truth of the matter, there was no blows offerred, nor noe more done. M' ffreeman has preached at Broockland yesterday accordingly, and the Church doore was broke open, by w…

The Controversy between Mr ffreeman and Mr Antonides concerning the Churches in your County looking now with a fairer aspect towards a Reconciliation then hitherto they have ; to the end that nothing may be done to impede so good a w^ork, I desire you to permit M^ ffreeman and M'" Antonides to preach to-morrow in the Respective Churches wlierein in Course it. is their Turn to preach and that…

And that no misinterpretations may be made hereof on either hand, I desire you to let each party and their respective Congregations know that I am so farr from determining any one point in dispute that the Right of either of them is as entirely reserved to them as it was before and that after to morrow no further use be made hereof. I desire you to tell M^ Antonides and M"" ffreeman that I …

D'Peyster) that y® Order made in Councill in this matter y® l^^'^ of Aprill last be Confirmed Whereby M"" Antonides was to be protected in the flfree Exercise of his Ministerial! ffuuction in tlie Towns of fflat-Bush fSatlands and Brookland and that all persons were to take notice thereof accordingly and that M^ Antonides and M^" ffreemen were recommended to persuade and dispose (as much as …

Whereas this Board is Informed tliat M"^ flfreeman has lately Preached in the Churches of Kings County to which M"" Antonides is called and that many violent proceedings are taken to the Great Disturbance of the Pubhck peace of the said Churches and County a]id in Derogation of the order of this Board of the >21^ November last, And Whereas this Board lias been Informed by a minute under the…

Whereupon It is ordered that the said order of this Board be confirmed and that M^" fltreeman doe not presume to preach in any of the Churches to which M"* Antonides is called, and that none of the said Clmrch Masters soe Newdy Elected presume to Intermedle in the affaires of the said church or in any Lands houses or other effects thereto belonghig And all her Majesties Justices of the Peace…

That for many years last past at the charge of sundry of the Inhabitants of the said Towns & of other Pious persons there hath been erected in each of the said Towns a Chui-ch for the Publicq worship of Almighty God and othiCr Divine Service to be celebrated therein after the manner of the Dutcli nationall Churches of the Provinces of the United Netiierlands acording to their Profession and …

Gerardus Beekman Jacob Hendrickse & lioelof van Kerck on the south of the lane that leads to Gouwanes conteining one hundi-ed & eigliteen acres as allso tAvo Lotts of meadow the [whole] being in the bounds of the said Town over the fresh creek broad 7 Rodd laid out by N" 19 and the other over the Second Creek broad 12 Rod No 15 both stretching from the woods 'to the Sea Allso one otlier Lot …

broad 13 Rodd N» 11 Allso one Lot of Land lying amongst the new Lotts of the said Towns to the west side of Rem Remsen to the East of Elsie Snediker conteining thirty four acres as JIllso the Cliurch and ministers Dwelling howse in the said Town together with the orchard gardens and yard a djoyning conteining ten acres, Allso one howse & Lot of ground in the said Town called the School howse…

And for the Church of Flatland, One Lot of Land at a place called Amesfoorts Neck containing Twenty Acres laid out by No 10 And Allso the Church in s'' Town & one howse called the School howse witli the Land adjoyning Containing two acres or thereabouts therefore fur the advanceing of Piety & Religion and that the said Lands may be the better administered and the Revenue thereof duly applyed…

They do most humbly Pray that the said Minister Elders & Deacons & tlieir Successors may be by lier Majesties Grant or Charter under the Seal of this Province Made One body Politick and Corporate in the same, and in like manner and as near as may be to the Charter heretofore granted to the Minister Elders k Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York, save only th…

Read in Council 8 Aug 1711. & referred CAVEAT ENTERED AGAINST THE ABOVE. In Council, 13'h Sept. 1711 Mr. Jamison acquainted tliis Board tliat Inglebert Lott has entered a Caveat against granting a Charter to some Dutch Churches in Kings County And tliereupon Moved that the said Lott appeare and shew liis Cause of Entring such Caveat to the Committee to whom the Petition fur the Charter is R…

Entred by Inglebert Lett against Granting the said Charter -- Wee have heard tlie said parties and thereupon humbly Report that tlie said M'Lott produced noe manner of power or authority from any of the Inhabitants of the Town of fflat Bush for his Entring tlie said Caveat notwithstanding H^ therein mentioned that the same is Entred in y® belialfe of himselfe and the major part of the Inhabi…

Yo"" Excellency's most obedient Servants John Barberie S. Statts A. D. Philipse R. Walter T. Byerley Rip Van Dam 28t'>Septr 1711 Endorsed Read 29 Sepf 1711 & Confirmed. 182 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. ORDER IN COUNCILL ON A PETITION OF DOM. ANTONIDES. [ Counc. Min. XI. ] At a Coimcill held at fort Anne in New-York this 29'h day of Sept^ 1713. Present His Excellency Robert Hunter E…

The Petition of Vincentius Antonides Minister of the protestant reformed Dutch Clnuches of filatbush lllatlands and Brookland in Kings County relating to the disputes between him and M"" ffreeman setting forth that notwithstanding tlie order of this Board of the 30'h April 1711 M"" ffreeman in Contempt tliereof did on the G^*» Sepf Instant take upon himself to preach in the Church of fllatbus…

Johinnis Sehritigf, Cortt IVIaiieii Atlrianse, Quarlt Gabrlll >])roi)g Daniel llapelje Klas ffolUerson John Siiii'.tsin William Ho-^elantt Jacob NaitelT John Rapelje Hans Hargen Jacob Maiicnsin John vankleeft George Anilersoa Joust ilel)cvoice Cornelius Siniasoa Stephen Korlen Jacob nennilt Aartt VVillenise Jo!in vandi'rvere W •Uiam van Nuess 'I'honia-; Crip^g's Abraham he;^on…

Peter Stryker:^ 44 III. Aartt van "^elt Captt Johannis Swartt T>eff Thomas IFerdnn Ens Jacob van Sutfcn hindriek Janson Andrew Emans Barentl Banft Nicholas Lake Benjamen llulsart Rutsrartt van Rruntt Tunis van peltt PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY. John van peltt hendrick Emans Jaques Corteliaii Abraham van 8utfin Johanis van Sutfin Tiss Lane Cherik van dick John van peltt Rut…

John hanson Marien >chenk Oka van voorhies William kowcnhoven Isaac amurmon John van Sekrllen Jacob Amurmon Daniel noristraritt Cornelius M on ford Jacob Monfoid Evcrs van gelilin Roelnf Schenck Rochif van vourhies Lncus van vourhies AlHart van vourhies John van Aarsdalen IVIennii van vourhies Albart van vourhie* Johannis Boyes marten neves Cornelius neves Peter neves hendric…

Gairitt proust Lambi,rt Andresin Jeromas Romsin, Hendrick Hendnckse hendrick Vrooni Jacob Brovvyer John midagh William kowenhoven Josejih hegcman John Loran Jacob Bennett Isaec remain Jacob kason John van Sekellen Jacob van dewater Simon Bogartt John Johnsin Isaac Johnsin ffredrick Bargin Isaac Srbnng ffredrick Blaw haurev RIavr Peter Stales Garritt vandulne William Vanduin…

LoviNGE FRiNDEs -- Before mi departure from jou y was in hoopes ; off a good act amongst jou both in settlingli off mister dentons continuance according to agrement off the tents for the present year : Butt Beejnge in hest Back and reddy for mi returne ; Both ware Broock off By sum turbelent Spirits jff in the neme off the whole or any is jet ignorant ; but not satisfeyt therefore you may be…

ANSWER TO THE SAME. Right Wortschipfull -- Y^s wee haue rec'd bearing date the 17' Jully wheare in wee vnderstand y" are vnsatizfled lieering summe speaches from sume pitlur [i. e. private] man or men not being imployed by the towne nor by ther knowledg or consent nether doe the towne owne what thay haue said wee 190 PAPERS RELATING TO CiroRCHES IN QUEENS CX)UNTY. hoope according to tlie ag…

Soe hoping will not take any exceptions a gainst t'le whoolle for snme p'tillr Estrauigant speches for soe it will sunitimes fall out wheare a generall voat is wee liaue sent AP Simons the bearer heare of bee shall further in forme y woors'iipe soo not further to truble y woorschepe att present wee remaine y^ in all seruice to command according to our power RlCUARP GlLDEERSLEUE i the name …

Honowered Gouenour Jenerall Edmond Ajidros -- Govenor of new York in his raagisties teritoris under his Royal! highnes Jeames duck of york, wee your humble petichonars in the behalfe of sume otiiers doe humbly petition unto you Honouithat your Honour would be pleased to be mindful of your petitioners most humble requst, wliich is that the honour of god might be promotid and tliat his Saboths …

his mark Simon Saring WiLLEM Pecocke Richaud Giluerslaue Junior Jems P Pine Jeremiah S Woo his mark his mark from Hemstcd November the 30th Anno 1674 Endorsed " A Peticon from divers of the Inhabits of Hempsteed about then- Minist^ James Pine &c. 1674" " 3 dec- left to fiu-der information att next Sessions," 192 PAPERS RELATING TO CHimCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. CONFIRMATION OF M^- JEREMI…

A Lycence of Marriage was Granted to Jeremiah Hubbard of Jemeca on Long Is*land and Rebecca Brush of Huntington. PETICON OF THE REV. M^ HUBB.\RT. Delivered 9^" Decem^ 1686. To his Excellency Colonell Thomas Dongan Govern'" of tlie Prouince of N. York vnder his most Excellent Majs^y • James tlie Second King. &.c. & liis honourable Councill now sitting in James ffort in the Citty of New York.…

My liumble request is that yo'' Excellency & Councill would be pleased to take cognisance of my afflicted low estate, and apply a remedy coraensurat to yo"" Excellency's pleasure & justice. So shall yo^" petitioner euer pray &c. Yo"" most humble & poor petitioner Jeremy Hob art. December y« 9'h 1686. Read & ordered that the Inhabitants of Hemps ted or some in their behalfes Do appeare this d…

Me"" Byarde -- Much respected Sir after my servis presented unto you these are in all love tg request you to do us that kindenes as to let our petition wee left with you be presented to our honourable Governour and his counsel and to procure us an answer to that perticular which conserns the mayntenans of our minister soe that as hitherto he hath bene mainetained that is to say by the towne i…

that we are not to maintaine auy other way of chiu-ch government then what is acording to the senod of dort now he is noe ways rei3Ugnant to tliat senod but if hee were we ought to pay him for the time past nowe my humble request to you is that yoii would be pleased to send mee by this Bearer Me^r Jonas woode an order from the governor that those two men namely humplirey underliill and Willia…

Reverend S'"" -- I must crave yo^ Excuse that I have not ere now returned you an answ^er of w^iat j^^u desired at Jamaica, touching hberty of Setting a day a part for yo^ Couegregacon to assemble together to worship God more particularly at this Season, I have comunicated the Same to the Councell, wlio are well content therewith & that you make xse of the publcke meeting house in yor ToAvne …

Jemaica in Queens County upon Long Island Sheweth That your jiumble petitioner having served the town of Jemaica in the work of the minister for the space & term of Ten years late past, hath sufiferd much wrong upon ye account of a certain sallary engaged by y^ inhabitants of y® said Town to be paid unto liim yearly for his labour, y* a considerable part of his sallary is unjustly withheld f…

Wherefore your humble petitioner makes his application to yoiu' Excellency and Honourd Councill for Relief and Redress as you shall see meet ; not doubting of your Readines to doe Avhat ever shall apear to be Rationall & just ; and cause it also to be done by others, but hopeing y* your excellency togetlier with your Honored councill considering the circumstances of ye premisses will take th…

should be desirous y* lie would continue to be their minister and maintain him at their own cost & charge by a voluntary contribution your Excellency & the Honored Council would pleas to give approbation thereunto which we hope will neither be offensive nor prejudicial! to any person or persons under ye Liberty granted by our gracious Soveraign : your so doing will give encouragment unto us y…

We whose names are subscribed doe testifie that the inhabitants and ifreeholders of Jemaica at a publick meeting call to treat with M»" John Prudden to be their minister June ye IQt^ 1676 did (after he had declared his judgment and proposed his terms) by a town act freely and firmly promis and engage to give unto M'^ prudden the accomodations wliich he now possesseth and a yearly sallary of …

THE TOWN OF JAMAICA F 7 YEARS PRECEDING 1688. Whereas ye Sheriff by warrant ffrom ye Governor & Councell did demand off vs y^ inhabitants off Jamaica to give an account off ye number off Marriages Christenings & burialls & what are ye names off all such as hold land ffrom ye crown by pate' or otherwise or what Rent may bee Standing out in Areers &c : To Satisffie his excellency wee give an a…

Mr Woolsey 1 0 1 Will fibster 1 0 J Samll Smith 3 2 0 John Everett 0 3 0 Zachary Mills'. 0 0 1 Alexander Smiih 0 4 0 RichJones 0 1 0 EdwanI 0 2 0 Nehemiah Smith 0 0 1 John Heines 1 1 1 John Carpenter 0 3 0 garni Mills 2 2 0 Nath Denton Senr.... 3 0 0 John Rodes 0 3 0 John 0 1 0 Nath De.iton 0 4 1 Georf.'e Woolsey 0 3 1 Tho: Smith Senr 1 2 J Tho: Smith Junr 0 1 1 John Smith . . .…

Nath Lynas 0 4 0 Wait Smith 0 3 Q Danll Denton Junr... 0 0 3 Joseph Thurston 1 K 1 John Wood 0 2 0 Mr Whitehead U 0 J Mr White 0 0 2 Hope Carpenter Oil Danll Denton Senr. . . . Tho: Wellen Will Creed John ffoster John Man Will Sallierd Hulk Davis Mr flTrceman Samll Jonth: Mills Benimin Coe Tho: Wigg-ins Widdow Edward Highee Widdow Davis Samll Denton Widdow Messenger.. Rich…

That yo^ petitioner haueing for these last eight years, & upwards, vpon the call, & agreem* w^h tlie people of Hempsted. to bee their Minister, Laboured amongst them in that holy function, but am much afflicted for want of that Stipend annuall} promised, and not duly payd, whereby your poor petitioners self & family sustaynes great suiferiugs & wants to the both weakening his hands & discour…

& M"- ftrancis Ciiappell I und^stand by M'" Jeremiah Hobart the Miuistei- of Hempsted, that his anuall Maintainance from y*^ Inhabitants of y" s<i Town is not duly payd in unto him according to ye agreem* & former Method of ye town & y* ye Rates for y* last and former years are in your hands, I am also informed tliat }'uu are ><= PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 199 sworn Consta…

His Excellency was pleased to Commimicate to tiiis board two affidavits taken before a Justice of the peace of Queens County which were read, the one accusing John Tallman one of the Justices of the s^^ County of saying that the Scriptures were not the rule they being wrote by sinfull men of the hke passions as we are and the other accusing the s^ Tallman for saying that the holy scriptures …

This day Samuel Smith of the Littell Plaines came before me John Smith Esq-" one of her Maj'» Justices of the Peace for Que'ens County and being upon his oatli Deposed that Jonathan Whitehead Esq"" one of her Maj's Justices, declared unto the said Depone] t that it was his opinion that J-Jeligion was onely an Inuention of cunning men to gett thaire liuing by ; and further this Deponent saith…

I Joseph Bayley formerly of Huntington haueing my p^sent being at Justice John Smitli and some time in January a gent man came there whom I knew not siting by the fire and after some discors Justice Smith cliarged the gent man with Breach of the Siibbath hee replied he Brooke not the Sabbath for hee was at Church in the fore noone and roode to New towme in tlie afternoone Justice Smith had f…

To all hands unto whom this shall come : Whereas 'tis said that I Jolin Smith of the Little Plalnes should say that uppon questioning Jonathan Whitehead for rideing upon the Sabbath day the said Whitehead should make answer & say that there ought to be no di^erence in days & that a mail might doe any thing upon the Sabbatli day as well as upon any other which is a fab report of y« said White…

I am your humble servant B. CosENs, C^ Councij. Endorsed, " Letter to the SherriiFe of Queens County, to sumons the Church wardens before his Excellency. 25th fieb'-y 1702." 202 PAPERS RELATING TO CHLTRCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. ORDER TO THE ATTORNEY GEN^ TO ENQUIRE INTO A RIOT AT JA^IAICA. At a Coiuicill held at Sort Anne this 27*1' day of July 1703 Present -- Ills Excell. Edwai-d Viscount …

After a tedious voyage I arrived at Boston of wliich I have given the Society an account where I was informed that, notwitlistanding the Bishop of London had commissioned me, the society had encouraged the undertaking, and in obedience to their commands I had left my station in the Na\y on purpose to serve at Jamaica in the Province of NowY^ork, yet I should find but a cold reception at the h…

I was struck with horror & amasement at the relation, &. forthwith in a letter to M"^ Vesey (which I desired him to communicate to my Lord Cornbury) not only asserted my Innocence, but told hmi I would to my last, & in order to comply with the Design of my mission, as well as to vindicate my Honor, from the malicious oppression, I made the best of my way thro' in the Winter time to New York.…

In my journey thither I was informed of a proposal made by my Lord Cornbury & M' Vesey, namely to exchange with M"" Lockier of Rhode Island till the Bishop of London's opinion in relation to my bein-^- inducted to Jamaica should be known ; to wliicli that I might in the meantime be in a Tolerable Capacity of doing service to the Church, I readily consented ; and to this Proposaii was added …

ridiculous 4'hiy from the Testimouy of a most infamous Wretch, wliom I offered to prove Guilty of the \- orst of crimes ; on the other hand I endeavoui-ed to evince to the world how much I was injured by appealing to the Gentlem : of the best note in tlie place, who were at that time Intimate with my carriage & conduct, by Certificates of my virtuous conversation under the hands of Cap' Cald…

Those reasons are in tliemselves so clear & convincing that they at length prevailed upon the Govern^ to grant me admission to the ministerial function in this place where I now am & where I hope by the blessing of God t-o be an Instrument of being considerable service to tiie C! lurch, frequent opportunities of opposing the enemies of om- Religion and bringing them over to X"'^? offering th…

J A : Hon y MAN. PAPERS RELATING TO CHUIlCirES IN QUEENS COUOTTY. 205 LORD COllNBURY'S ORDER TO EEVD MR. HUBBARD TO VACATE THE PARSONAGE HOUSE. By Ms Excellency Edward Viscount Cornbury Cap* Gen'' and Governour in chief of the Province of New Yorko New Jersey &c, &c. You are hereby Required to deliver the Possession of the house Lands and p^misses whereon you now dwell and which belongs t…

Whereas by my order under my hand dated herewith I have ordered M"" John Hubbard to deliver the Possession of the house land p^'misses whereon he now dwells and wliich belongs to the church of Jamaica in Queens County to you after a reasonable time for removing his goods and stock from the p'misses. You are therefore liereby required to deliver the possession of the s^ p^'misses after you have…

Given under my hand att fort Anne in New Yorke this foiu'th day of July 1704. COKNBURY. To Tho: Cardie Esq^ High Sheriffe of Queens County. Endorsed " An order to the High Sherriffe of Queens County," AN ORDEE TO THE CHURCH WARDENS AND SHERIFF OF JAMAICA, By his Excell. Edward Viscount Cornbiu-y Cap^Geni' and Gov^ in Cheif of the provinces of New York New Jersey &c. You and every of }'…

Edward Viscount Cornbury Cap^ Gen^' and Gov^ in Cheif of the Provinces of New York New- Jersey &c. You are hereby Required to pay ye moneys made of y« Corn Collected fiDr the maintenance of a Minister for the Town of Jamaica in Queens county and w'^ Remains in your hands to the Reverend M^ William Urqualiart and for soe doing tliis shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given und-- my hand att If…

the Minister of Jamaica in the said County for liis present year and the said Tax laid to Levy and Collect or cause to be Levyed and collected pursuant to the Act of assembly passed in the sixth Session of Generall Assembly begun the 12*^ day of September 1693 Entituled an act f^r selling a Ministry and raising a maintenance for tliem in the Citty of New York, County ©f Richmond, Westchester…

The Cliurch Wardens & Vestry of Jamaica being summoned to appear before this Board this day and Robert Coe one of the Chui'ch Wardens & John Talman Henry Wright Samuel Carpenter Sami Higby Anthony Watson John Everett John Coe Jonathan Hazard & Daniel Lawrence nine of the Vestry appearing accordingly they were called in and examined concerning their neglecting or refusing to raise a tax for t…

The Inhabitants of this County are generally Indepen's @ what are not so are either Quakers or of no professed Religion at all the generality averse to the discipline of our holy mother the Church of England & enraged to see her Ministry established among them : The ancient settlers have transplanted tlieniselves from New England & do still keep a close correspondence & are buoyed up by Schi…

His Excellency my Lord Cornbury is a true nursing father to our infancy here, his countenance & protection never wanting to us & next to heaven we may attribute the success of our endeavoui"s to the favorable influences of his Government where inclination as a true son of the Church moves him zealously to support that Interest. This is the true state of affairs witMn our Parishes. We have Si…

May Gcd Almighty succeed your endeavours tor his glory L the good of the Church k may he prosper the good cause ye stand for, and which we dedicate our whole lives & endeavours to is the sincere prayer of yours &« Will: Urquhart Minr Jamaica John Thomas Min'" Hamstead MY^. Mr. GOODHUE'S COMMISSION AS PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER OF JAMAICA L. I. [ Dce.l Book, X. ] By His Excellency Edward Viscou…

I do hereby Licence k Tollerate you to be Ministf of the Presbyterian Congregation at Jamaica in Queens county on the Island Nassaw in t'le s'' Province of New Yorke & to have & Exercise the ffree Liberty & use of yo"" Religion pursuant to Her Ma^>* pleasure therein signified to me In her Royal Instructions k during so Long Time as to me shall seem meet & all Mlnisf* & others are hereby Requi…

Ai'" Hobbart their Presbyterian Minister having been for some time at Boston returned to Jamaica the Saturday night as I came to it, and sent to me at my lodging (being then in company with one Chief Justice ISI'' Mumpesson k M'" Carter her Mtijesty's Comptroller) to know if I intended to preacli on the morrow, I sent him answer I did intend it -- The next morning the bell rang as usual r)u…

212 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. the rest remaining devout k attentive tlie whole time of service after which we lock't the church door & committed the key into the hands of the Sheriff; we were no sooner got into an adjoining house but some persons came to demand tlie key of their meeting house wliich being denied tliey went & broke the Glass window & put a Boy in to open t…

the rest remaining devout k attentive tlie whole time of service after which we lock't the church door & committed the key into the hands of the Sheriff; we were no sooner got into an adjoining house but some persons came to demand tlie key of their meeting house wliich being denied tliey went & broke the Glass window & put a Boy in to open the door & so put in their seats & took away the pe…

%* The above letter has reference apparently to the Riot of July, 170,3, noticed in the order of Council of the 27th of that month. See Ante. p. '2D2. ^- THE SAME TO THE SAME. West Chester in America 30 October 1709 Sir I am sorry at the occasion to acquaint you of the death of our late Eev^' Brother M^ Urquhart of Jamaica whose place is now supphed by the Rev<i M"" Vesey M^- Sharp & the mis…

The other our dear Brother M' William Urquhart Minister of Jamaica on Long Island being settled amongst the greatest adversaries of the Cliurch was at great pains as well as charges to maintain the title of his Church & parsonage besides repairs and his natural good inclinations to hospitality & frequent occasions leading him into extraordinary expences to support the credit of his character…

I wish yoiu' Hon'' a great deal of Joy in tlie Trust the Queen has been pleased to confer on you ; and begg leave to acquaint JO' Hon that ye Dissenters here have tbis day coniniitted a Riot or forceable Detainer in the Church : I perswade myself your lion'' will suppress witli all yoiu' might such forceable Ways of proceeding so detremental to the public peace. If they have any Riglit; (as …

Tlic President communicated to this Board a letter from M' Samuell Clowes' of y<= ll^t^ Aprill setting forth that the Dissenters had tliat Day Committed a Riot or forceable Detainer of yo Church at Jamaica And therefore Desired y^ all Due Encouragement might be given to the Queens officers who had committed tlie persons for that Fact Especially by Directing the Attorney Generall to prosecute …

Wee underwritten Justices of tlie peace of our Sovereigne Lady tlie Queen for Queens County assigned in obedience to an order from the honourable the president & lier Mat'<^s Council of this province dated tlie 13i'' Inst, (to us directed) have Inquired upon oath into the matter of tlie Disturbance in the Church of Jamaica & doe find that M'' Justice Read has proceeded tiierein according to …

Tlie Justices of y^ Peace for Queens County Layd before this Board according to order a Representation of the Disturbance and Forceable Detainer of y^ Church at Jamaica by some Dissenters whicli was a Record made thereof by Robt Read Esqf and Certificate of sevarall of y^ Justices that the same is a True Record. Upon Consideration of this matter The Board is of opinion That tlie Law being o…

That yo^ Peticoners Stand Comitted till they pay tlieir ffine and charges upon a supposition of tlieir being guilty of a forceable Detainer grounded on the conviction by the view of Robert Read Justice of the peace for Queens County wliereof they are not conscious to themselves of being tlie least Guilty, and of whicli they liumbly conceive they can give sufficient proofo to any Impartial! J…

Mr Regnier council for George Woolsey and others Petitioners on the Petition read at this Board the 1 9^*^ Ins* and M Bickley Councill for the Queen and tlie Justices of tlie Peace of Queens County appearing at this Board and being severally heard It is ordered that the several and respective fines Imposed on the petitioners by the Justices of the Peace in Queens County at the last Court of …

This Towne of Jamaica in the year 1056 was purchased from the Indian Natives by diverse persons our predecessors and Anncestors Subjects of the Realm of England, Protestants dissenters in the manner of Worship from the fforms used in the Church of England ; who settled and Improved the lauds, Have called a Minister of their owne Profession to Officiate among them who continued so to do durin…

Assembly for tliat purpose tlie MajiV part of -the ITrcehoIders of the Towne built and erected a Meeting house or publick edilice for the Worship and serviceof God after their way, and peaceably possessed and used it. That in the year 1703 or 1704 being actually and Quietly possessed of the said House lands and otlier convenienc}es and of the said meeting liouse, tliey were \^ith force & vio…

I praise God for it, tliis cliurch as they tell me here is in a Jairer way of tlourislung than ever. There are a great tiumy families come ovei- from the Dissenters &. many more talk of doing so. I have distributed tlie Books that the IL^noiable Society were jileased to send over for this people, & have taken the names of the people I gave them to, the more to oblige them to come to our Clui…

and they are very scarce Iiere, therefore if the Honorable Society thinks it tit to send some wifcli what other books they please, I shall be very carefiill in the distribution of tlieai, when the six months are expired I s'.iall be very careful to give you a particular account of the state of my parish j the Clergy here have a very lair character-. Oui' Governor has told me that lie thinks …

The Reason-s of the Church w^ardens Against the Complaint of M"" Thos Poyer qui tam I'y Because we had no money 2' 7 we had no Orders from y° Justices and Vestry according to an act of assembly to pay any 220 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 3iy because we thought M'" Tlio: Poyer not Quallifyed according to the act of assembly of this Province as minister or Incumbent of Jamai…

Honoured Sir-- Since my last to you nothing new or very memorable Iims occured within my parish, I tliank God all is well in general and a haj^py continuance of mutual accord and aftpction between me and my parishioners -- My neighbouj M"^ Poyer who meets with great difficulties in his mission has desired me to represent his case to the Honorable Society as being his next neighboiu- and in s…

don's time, the missionary was put into possession accordingly M"^ Urquliart enjoyed it during his time without any dispute as to the legality of his possession, only some tlu-eats he met w^tli upon the arrival of my Lord Lovelace, w^hich soon vanished again by Ms death & the succession of CoF Ingoldsby into the Government who soon allayed the heat of that faction upon the arrival of his now…

I hope he will take care to send the two acts of the Province whereby the ministry is settled here, to the Honorable Society, whereby that Honorable & venerable Body may see & judge themselves how justly or unjust he is handled among the Dissenters at Jamaica, I humbly beg leave to present to the Honorable Society the ill consequences that may ensue by this example, if a call from the Dissen…

Honoured Sir, I forgot to mention to you that the words Institution & Induction are in tlie Act of Assembly and that M"" Poyer was accordingly Instituted & inducted and the act mentions likewise Church wardens & Vestrymen all \vhic!i woids specify the true Intent of the Act viz' the Settlement of the National ministry, the call which they lay hold on has somewhat of the ail- of dissention not…

Honoured Sir -- This comes to attend my Notitia Parochialis I thank God the Chiu-ch of England here under my care cncreaseth beyond expectation for among the Quakers where my predecessor M'' Urquliart in all the time of his mission, could never gather a Congregation, I have seldom so few as fifty hearers, I have great hopes that there will more come over to our c!uu-ch notwithstanding the ma…

I hope the Honorable Society will be pleased to consider the difficulties T struggle with, that my family may be supported and not lie under the discountenance of those who are only pretended friends to the Established PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 223 Chiirc'i, I have acquainted the Right Honorable the Bishop of London of ray writing to t!ie Society I remain |1 Honom*ed Si…

At t'.ie jame time tliere is a town called Jamaica on Long Island under the Governnjent afbrtsaid a Town consisting of considerably above an hundred iamil'.es, and exemplary for all christian knowledge & goodness & a church with a worthy Pastor in it, about half a scoi-e families (and of a meaner character) in tiie Town declared for the Church of England & thereupon a Minister of tlieir profe…

But if such things proceed that noble Society for the propagation of Religion in America will greatly wound religion & their own reputation also which ought to be for ever venerable. This was dated 14t'' Oct 1706. * MEMORIAL OF THE CLERGY &c. RELATING TO MR POYER AND THE CHURCH OF JAMAICA. To the Right Horfi^^ ^ Right Reve)'end Fathe)- in God Henry, Lord Bishop of London. The memorial of …

Eut how different soever they were in their opinions yet at their first settlements into commmiitys as Townships &c tliey were generally unanimous in setting aside some quantity of land for a provision for a minister M^hene^'er tiiey should be able to procure one and altlio' Long Island may justly be said to be more divided than any other part of tiie Colony yet the several Townships therein…

Afterwards (according to tlieir usual method of Town meetings) they appointed persons to procure Ministers for them and to agree with them for certain & fix't Salarys being usually about Sixty poimds per annum, for the levying wliereof they appointed Assessors & Collectors who assessed & levied the said sums on tlie lands & estates of all the inhabitants of wdiat sect soever they were and fo…

Prudden a Dissent uig minister (there being no Orthodox divine sent over as yet) for j£40 per :annum but if he staid ten years then to have the Parsonage house and house Lot in fee (which agreement they could in no wise make having before that time given it for a parsonage) however M"" Prudden staid with them the ten years and afterwards by another agreement dated the 29 Sept 1693 the said M…

Soon after this vote of the Town, in the year- 1699 an Act of General Assembly w^as made to enable the respective towns within the w^hole province to build and repair their meeting houses & other public buildings upon which they laid aside tlie prosecution of building according to the said Town vote and took hold of the said Act by virtue whereof the present Church was built and erected in the…

But before this time conformable to instructions from his late Majesty King William to the Governor for the encouragement of Religion in general and the Established Church in j^articular and to settle parishes within tlie said province in the year 1693 an Act of General Assembly passed whereby it was enacted that in the several Cities & Counties therein mentioned tliere should be called and …

Nevertheless it- is confessed that they have made use of independent and sometimes itinerant preachers in no wise ordained, out of pure necessity for want of Orthodox preachers and out of the same necessity Quakers have been admitted into offices of trust at Pensylvanja Avithout taking the Oaths and Justices of PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 227 peace in the province of New Yor…

But one M"" Hubbard an Independent Minister being then in possession of the parsonage house his Lordship ordered him to deliver up the same to M- Urquhart which accordingly was done quietly and peaceably without any force and w^as enjoyed peaceably by the said M"" Urquhart for several years and the Independents themselves seemed to rest satisfied so far that they unanimously at their own exp…

against liis Lordship to remove liim from liis Government every Act of Government was to be nicely scann'd and amongst the rest this Order of his Lordship was called an arbitrary k unjust Order and a turning a man out of his possession by force (tho' in fact no force was) and it is concieved that WiU"i Urquhart by his induction to the Church must take all that belongs to it particularly the …

But after his removal by the arrival of Lord Lovelace Tliat Dormant claim of the Independents did not want its secret and open abettors as well to blacken the Lord Cornbury's administration in that particular and to increase the number of petitions and complaints his enemies had prepared against them as also to destroy the established Church that had been peaceably enjoyed so many years, acco…

After the death of M'' Urquhart there was nothing but great threatenings thundered against the Church and parsonage but Col''- Ingoldsby then Lieut: Governor of this Colony recommended to the adjacent Ministers to serve the cure alternately during the vacancy w^hich they aU did willingly at their own expence and in the meantime the Widow of the deceased M^' Urquliart w^as suffered to live an…

detained the same against a Justice of the peace who came pursuant to the laws in that case made and provided and recorded the Story as in his view and committed the offenders who afterwards were set at liberty upon their recognizances to appear at the next Sessions at which time they appeared and were by the Court fined so very small that Tho' there were six oifenders all their fines amount…

After this usage of tlie Justices so contrary to Law, and after fc-...h v.ou::L:^r.r.cc ':^ tlxo Cximhials sho\ui by the President & Council, it may easily be concluded tjie Church could not be very secure from the further attempts of such bitter enemies and accordingly after the arrival of the Rev^ M'' Poyer the present minister but before his actually coming to the place they entered into …

to the parsonage house but could get no admittance whereupon a second record of forcible detainer was made by the Justice on his own view and Warrant issued to the Sheriff to apprehend the offenders & to keep them till they should be delivered by due course of law but the Sheriff' who had been lately appointed hj the President & Council in the room of tiie former deceased being a strong Inde…

In a short time after the death of M»' Urquliart the Churchwardens & vestry (tho new ones yet all independents) in tlie same manner called one M^ George Macnish a Dissenting Itinerant preacher who being as much if not more uijquahfied to accept or officiate than M'' Hubbard the present Governor M' Hunter ordered M"" Poyer to be inducted into the said Church and its appurtenances which was acc…

This is the unliappy state of the Church of Jamaica in the Colony of New York and since it plainly appears that the claim of the independents is nothing but their rates towards the building of the Church and are more in number & now also in power (the magistracy Churchwardens & vestrymen being all of that persuasion) we say, since we have no other >claim nor ever had any possession according …

And now because that upon so firm a foundation it may be expected that M^ Poyer the present worthy incumbent of this unhappy place should by law endeavour to obtain his Salary together with the parsonage house and lands detained from him by the Independents to which method his Excellency Col^i Hunter has encouraged him by promising him to be at the expense of the suit, We humbly crave leave …

252 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. them who upon M' Foyer's complaint against the Chiirc]i Wardens for the nonpayment of his first quarters salary gave Judgement against him and ordered liim to pay costs, in which trial they denied all authority from England in Spiritual matters neither is it possible to get an impartial Jury in that County where all are concerned in the event…

The reaSt)ns, may it please your Lordship, that induced us to send this representation, are drawn from the certain ruin that the loss ol this cause will eventually bring upon the established Church in the whole Government of New York, and which cannot want its bad influences upon the Church in all the adjacent Colony's especially the Jersies & Pennsylvania ; for if upon the death of M"" Urquh…

We beg your Lordship to believe that nothing herein contained is designed as the least reflection upon any person it being only the ti-ue plain matter of fact and which we could not out of a diie regard to the interests of the Church & to your Lorilshipsomit the transmitting to your Lordship that if the s^ effect we justly fear should happen to be the consequence of these tlungs We may clear …

Having mentioned M- Poyer it naturally leads me to give you some account of the Church at Jamaica on Long Island, it being under his care ; there is a great disagreement there between the Church and the Di'^senters about the Cbu'Th ?T?d the rir?onr'>^ house each calling them theirs the parsonage house was in the possession of the Dissenters till sometime after the arrival of M^ Urquhart and …

was done l)ef()re wliicli because he Avill not do tliey are forming" representations against him, I hope M*" Poyer lias more prudence & justice tlian to be concerned in tliem for to m}' knowledge neither the Church of tliat place nor he in particular have any reasons to arraign Coll Hunter's conduct in that atiair, I was present when lie told me (ami?) the two great patrons of the Dissenters…

One of the leading men among them hinted to me that they duist n(>t trust the officers I desired him to make the matter known to the Governor who would red]'ess what was amiss I brought liim to the Governor he was five hours with him nobody else being there but myself he had an opportunity to make Avhat representations ne pleased and ask what favors he thought tit he recommended k person ^o…

Cljurcli because tliey miglit if tliey pleased have been relieved long ago, the Governor having in my hearing offered M"" Poyer to assist him with money for carrying on that suit at his own charge and that not only through this province but to England if need was this was done at Jamaica in presence of one of the Dissenting Ministers and several others in that interest and sometime after tha…

Now if M'' Poyer and his fiiends could have been prevailed upon to liave taken the same measures as his cause is undoubtedly very just & reasonable he would have run no manner of risk in bringing it to trial so I was entirely of opinion it should be determined as soon as it conveniently could by those rules the law prescribed and that I should never [allow] the Government to make use of an a…

who ratlier than Coll Hirnter sliould do anything which might manliest his zeal aiid affection to the Chiu-ch the service sliould remain undone and her interest suffer this their refusal is a plain demonstration they are desirous to keep up the flame to make use of a handle to clamour withall and many good & well meaning men both of the Clergy and Laity who do n€»t rightly understand that af…

If I may Judge by the effects they have produced, for as to the ono you have not thought fit to comm'^r.oe .ii^y Sirt? zicr t'^at 1 yet hear to make any step towards it, and as to the other your Complaints have been only in generaU that your Stipend is not paid, I Desire therefore that you will give m^e your answer forthwith to these following questions that I may be particularly Informed of …

5: if a tax ]:!as been laid and a Roll made out liave ye Constables Collected it if t]iey have has it been by them paid to the Church wardens, if they have not, have tliey been informed against and the fines Levyed if not why has it been neglected. Have the Church wardens received the Tax or any and what part of it, and have they paid you anytliing and how much and what remains unpaid, if they…

The frequent applications I have formerly made to your Excellency proving ineftectual, have obliged me patiently to sit down under the burden of tliem for about ffifteen months Last past without the least complaint, but wliether these applications were particular or too generall, I humbly refer your Excellency to the memorialls & petitions I iiave, in relation to this matter presented to you…

Peace who can fully Inform your Excellency of ^tlieir proceedings, and also of the Cliurch wardens, Vestrymen and other officers ConcernYl therein, and of the Severall Defaults or neglects, any persons liave been guilty of in y^ Execution of those acts, out of tlieir books In which (I suppose) is enter'd all y'' transactions relating to y® whole matter yo^" Excellencys Questions seem to enqui…

It is true when some of the alterations were made in some of the*Ofiiccrs in that County on which the Government Enemies would charge the Churcli's ruin tliere I was not a little surprised at it myself and was of that mind for some time until Coll Hmiter convinced me both by words and actions that wheTt he did was for want of thorough knowledge of the tempers of those who had advised him to…

When M' Poyer first arrived in this province bringing witli him the Bishop of London's Letter that he had sent him from Jamaica Coll Hunter did immediately thereupon give him Induction but M'" Urquhart's Widow who was then in possession of t!ie Parsonage house did by a Wile deliver up the same to the 2-10 PAPERS PvELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. Dissenters upon whicli M*" Porer coming t…

Coll Hunter did tliereupon send the Judges opinion to M^' Poyer and prayed liim to proceed in that manner and that he would at his own expense support him in it some time after M"" Poyer came to complain of the Justices and that he was in want of his Salary and could get no warrant from them for it upon whicli the Governor commanded them to Town wdio to excuse themselves brought under the Co…

PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 241 Poyer at West Cliester I used all tlie arguments I was master of, to prevail witli him to be of the Governors mind and that if he vi-uuld let me know what alteration was needful among the oliicers that he miglit not want all the lair Justice he could desire and I would endeavor to have such as he recommended appointed while I talked with him …

I am informed since wanting the above that the Church at Jamaica is of late very much strengthened by a violent division which hath for a considerable time been raging among the Dutch ill some of the neigliboui-ing towns concerning their minister of whom they have two and their heats being grown. to that degree tliat tiiere is now no hopes of a reconciliation many of those people have joined…

The Ships being still detained by the Ice gives me an opportunity of saying something more concerning the aifair of the Church at Jamaica and I am not a little surprised that the Church's misfortune there is wholly charged on account of the alterations in some of the officers there and tliat tliey dare not go to law for that reason which is a very great mistake because no officers are wantin…

Now altho' I was not of his mind yet there was truth in some things he offered for indeed many of the Instruments made use of to settle the Church at Jamaica in its infancy were of such warm Tempers and if report is true so indifferent in their morals that from the first beginning I never expected it would be settled with much peace or reputation for instead of PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN…

As to the officers m Queens County Coll Hunter hath offerea to Coll Morris & me tliat if he would advise Mm to it and really believed it Avould be of service to the Church he would again alter the Commission and put in the very same he had displaced but as they are not many of 'em personally known to us so we durst not adventure to give liim tliat advice lest some of them being of M Cardell'…

24-1 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. *COL. MORKIS TO TlIE SECRETARY OF TIIH SOCIETY FOR PROP. THE GOSPEL. New York 20th Feby 1711. * * * * * " I am told these men [the Clerg-y j arraign the Governor's conduct with respect to M^' Poyer and tlie Churcli at Jamaica tlie Stiite of that affair I'll lay before 3 ou as fully as I can & 'tis thus : -- In Coll Fletcher's time one part…

Dy virtue of this Act tlie Church was built and a dissenting minister called and if I mistake not paid ; the other Dissenters who were forced to comply were very nuich dissatisfied at this procedure of their brethren and many of them appeared in the interest of the Chm-ch thinkijig no way so effectual to defeat their ad^ ersaries and this was the beginning of the Church of England in .Jamaic…

Whether application was made to him or no I can't tell but some changes in the Magistracy being nuide & by a naistake one or two put in that were patrons of t le Dissenters, M''Poyer & his friends clicse to apply to these tliey weie sure would refuse them and not , to those in place who were firm to their interest and being refused complained to tlie Gov'' who immediately sent ibr the person …

I told him the Legislature did not consist of tlu; assembly only but of the Governor and Council j lined with them whose intentions might be quite otheruis • and I believed that it was most certain tlie Governor at t'lHt lime never intended to settle a Dissenting Clergy, that the me;iiiiiig of the Legislature was the meaning of the whole I^cgsl.ilure and not of any part and was most likely t…

Col] Heathcote also pressed him to undertake it giving liim the same assui-ance from the Governor & Poyer Promised to do it but has been prevailed on to decline that method (as he says) 'till their representation reach England and I beUeve the poor man and liis friends are weak enough to believe that their superiors there will enter into measures to displace the Governor for not' Dragooning …

There is no comparison in our numbers and they can on the death of the Incumbents call persons of their own persuasion in every place but the City of New York and if by force the Salary is taken from them and paid to the minister of the Cliurch it may be the means of subsisting those ministers but they wont make many converts among a people who think tliemselves very much injured -- Whereas …

Whereas nine parts in ten of ours will add no great credit to whatsoever Chm-ch they are of, nor can it be well expected otherwise for as New England excepting some families was the scum of the old so the greatest part of the English in this province was the scum of the new, who brought as many opinions almost as persons but neither Religion or Virtue and have acquired a very little since It …

Since the writing of the above the Governor wrote to M'^ Poyer a copy of whose letter is enclosed N" ( ) to which M^" Poyer made the answer N" ( ) In it he confesses the offer the Gov' made him of his purse there was two or tliree days consultation between Vesey Henderson & Poyer to form tliat letter in which (agreable to their otlier conduct) they have taken care to set the several parts at…

Excellency proving ineffectual i I humbly refer your Excellency have obliged me patiently to sit j to the memorials & Petitions I down under the burthen of J have in relation to tliis matter them for about 15 mo^ last past jj presented you and a little lower without the least complaint. || I acquainted yom- Excellency when you was pleased to make that kind & generous offer of your purse to s…

3'"y If any memorials & petitions Avere made to the Governor they must be made before or after the beginning of the 15 months not after by his own confession and before lie could not, for from his Induction July IS^h 1710 to the 18"i October following there was but one Quai-ters Salary due and wh.etlier it would be paid liim or not he could not tell 'till he had ustd the methods directed by …

Any person or Stranger to things that read this and the foregoing parts of his letter would conclude that lie had presented several memorials & petitions witliout any effect but as it is phuhi by whuit goes before he could not, so really he did net, ai;d notliing is more untrue th.an what he asserts far tlie Govejiior protests he never had any ot! er papers petitions or memorials from him or…

Talbot who I believe signed without reading of it on the credit of M^" Vesey Henderson and Poyer for he exclaims very- much against Vesey for sui-prising him into the signing of a paper just as he was taking Boat : this Representation by the unanimous consent of these that Avere tliere present was destroyed but however a representation running in their heads and they a Gogg to be dabbling in …

The Governor being informed of these things resolved to set that affair in a true light and convince those of tlicir errors whom wealmess and not malice had engaged in it Accordingly sent for all the Clergy in his Government and to as many as came he made tliis Speech N° ( ) who next day presented the address N" ( ) they seemed to be ashamed of their procedures and I suspect they have but to…

Sii- -- I am afraid' you will think tliat I make too ample amends at tliis time for the short & imperfect liints which the perplexity of affairs on this side permitted me only to give you until now neither did I think there was any thing amiss in the conduct of oui' Missionarys tliat time & good advice might not rectify for I had not altered my opinion of them as to the generahty they are me…

That worthy Gentleman was of the same opinion but positive that there was sucli a representation for wliicli reason he in conjunction with Coll Morris as members of the Society thought fit to wi'ite a letter to M*' Vesey and M' Henderson in whose hands they understood this paper to be and who were the principal contrivers and promoters of it Signifying tliat they had been made acquainted wit…

unjust or groundless reflections on the Govt rnor that Gentleman has given an account to the Lord Bishop of Loudon how he was used by them I shall not trouble you with it so am to answer to accusations from persons I know not whom, of crimes I know nothing of & before Judges whom I am not to know for after all our efforts this matter is like to remain a Mystery to me without measures which n…

In the next place I appeal to the evidence of all sober men Clergy or Laity for a testimony of my conduct in my station with relation to that interest but being to guess at the particular facts of which I am accused I can think of none that can so much as afford a pretence for such a representation unless it be the affairs of Jamaica Church, here and that must only be in the opinion of such…

The Dissenters were in possession of the Manse house by contrivance of the Widow of M^^ Urquhai-t the former Incumbent whose Daughter was married to a Dissenting Minister there, I consulted the Chief Justice Mompesson how far I might proceed towards putting M'" Poyer in possession who gave his opinion in writing that it could not be done otherwise than by due course of law without a high crime…

So after h.aving argued ttie matter of right with him from the words of tiie Act in presence of Coll: Morris and M'" Regnier of tins place I told him that I would forthwith give directions thatM'' Poyer should commence a suit against him and that they should not Hatter themselves that it might be dropped- thro' M Poyer's present wants f T he should not want v/ '.! ere wi thai! to carry it on…

But the fetch was that I by going these lengths disoblige all those of my own communion or refusing incur the displeasure & harsh opinion of the Gover^ Sometime after perceiving tliat M'' Voyer made no account of Av'iat I had s.'iid or wrote to him being on Long Island I took o-^'^asion to pay him a ^dsit k pressed him again in the presence PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 253 …

The Rev" M^' Vesey Rector of Trinity Churcli here had, it seems in compliment to a great man then on this side, taken occasion to use me ill, before he knew me of which I was soon informed after my arrival and for which reason I did all tliat was in the power of man by good oiFices and civilities, which lie was pleased to call constrained, to persuade him into a better opininn of me; His Pro…

254 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. But to lay the Mistery of this Iniquity, for so it is, a little more open, the Reverend Person so often mentioned in whose eyes the best actions were crimes, took much exception at my putting in repair Her Majesty's Chappell in the Forffe sent me by M'" Sharp some messages about that matter, which for the reverence I bear his wholy function I…

He having received advice from my Lord of London declared to every body that he was blamed by that Bishop in every thing or (in his own words) that he was cast in the Bishops Court, but that if all the Bishops of England were of the same opinion w*^ that noble Prelate, he would be of his own still but for the futiu'e would not meddle with tlie Chappell or any other of the Governors aifairs. …

Quary acquainted me that in his Passage through Burlington he found that poor congregation all in a flame, M^' Henderson it seems had thought fit in performing Divine Service to leave out that prayer in the Litany for Victory over Her Majesty's enemies, and the prayer appointed to be said in the time of War ; The cheif of that congregation had took exceptions at this, but he gave them no oth…

M^ Quary desired me to speak to M'* Talbot upon this head I begg'd of him first to do so, and then if there was any necessity I wou'd, he did so, & the result was that M^" Talbot went back to Burlington and Mi- Henderson came hither to go for England in his place, having in charge the secret Rep" mentioned ; one thing more with relation to that young gentleman known to me no otlierwise than …

I shall only acquaint you that this gentlewoman is bourjd for England with leave from her husband who spoke to Capt" Gordon for a passage for her when he wns there, whether tlie report was in order to prevent his going to England or to take of tlie force of what lie might represent at home ; in relation to the affairs of that Province, I s^.all not determijie but must affirm their was neithe…

The Rev' M*" Bridge v\-]]en it was presented to him ask'd if the Gov had seen it, and being told no he refused to sign it, M'' Mackenzie and M^" Thomas told me, tiiat had they foreseen the use that was intended to be made of it, and its consequences, they would never have signed it, the latter using this expression, that he would have sooner burn't his hand to a stump than have signed to it…

First that I may advise with you and be advised by you as to what measui-es may be necessary for promoting the true Interests of the Church in gen'' in these parts: For though I cannot accuse myself of any omission in that respect witliin the bounds of my power and the limits of the law, yet in the multitude of councilors there is safety wliich may supply the defects of the most sincere and h…

Upon wliich I sent for the Justice he nam'd, and expostulated with him the unreasonableness of sucli their proceedings being convinced that the present Incumbent had aU tlie right that one act of assembly could give to that senary etc: and in the presence of several Gentlemen now in toun told him that they should not flatter themselves that the necessitous Circumstances of the Incumbent migh…

Sometime after when M'" Poyer came to see me, I beg'd of him that since nothing I had said could prevail with him to putt his case In suit, he would be pleas'd to give me In writing what he would have me do for his reliefe. All the answer he gave me was this that he had Long since submitted that matter to his superiors and without their advice he could not move in it. The last Etfort I made…

For my own part I wish from my heart that there were none such in the Province either amongst the Judges or the People, But such are not precluded by ye Laws from the Bench, and the sheriflfe upon wliose choise the Jurys and consequently the cause depends Is one recommended by Mr Poyer and his Friends, tliis by the by; But to show you how groundlesse and frivolous that pretence is being a ma…

tlie Grace of God to dye yet I shall now and at all times liercafter be very ready to be Informed and advis'd by you in whatsoever you may agree upon to be necessary for advancing her true Interests in these parts. And so I recommend my actions to your scrutiny and favourable construction and my self to youi' prayers. THE CLERGY'S ADDRESS TO HIS EXCELLENCY. To His Excellency Egbert Hunter Esq…

In relation to the affair of Jamaica we assure your Ex^y that such of us as have already made any Representation thereof designed not thereby any reflection on your Ex^ys administration. On the Contrary we gladly embrace this opportunity to retui-n your Ex'=y our humble and hearty thanks for granting M'" Poyer Induction immediately upon liis arrival notwithstanding the designs of the adversar…

We are divided in our opinions about bringing tliis matter to a tryal at Law because some that have signed a Representation of this case are still of opinion that it ought not to be brought to a "Tryal, till the Bishop of London (to whom they have adi-essed it) give his directions therein. Tho' others that have signed the said representation do concurr with those that have not in the method …

We cannot but express our hearty satisfaction in the firm assurances your Ex^y has been pleased to give us of your sincere affection to the Church and Zeal to promote her Interest, in the acknowledgement whereof we heartily pray your Ex^y may plentifully share in those sure blessings promised to all those that love her, and seek her peace begging your Ex^y to believe that we shaU ahvayes be …

Coll Hunter. I humbly conceive that no person that has y^ presentation to a Benefice can doe it twice. So that if an unqualified person be presented he that presented liim cannot afterwards prefer another, this was the Case of M"^ Hubbard who being a Dissenter was not qualified to accept for which reason my Lord Cornbury gave Induction to M^ Urquhart & y^ Assembly by y® said last act declare…

Its lying dormant so long is a plaine Indication of ye opinion of the Dissenters themselves in favour of the Church, flbr if that act was made for the Dissenters (wliich they doe now against ail reason assert) why did they never mal^e use of it in all that time & thereby put an end to the continued & endless contentions they have had with their ministers many of which are not yet paid by the…

I hoped to have done this in conjunction with the rest of my Brethren at a meeting proposed to be at Burlington tlie S^i day of this Instant intended as I presume for the very end, but was prevented by an order from our Governor Coll Hunter to meet at a Convention of the Clergy at New York on the 24'^ of February preceding, the design of which convention (as might reasonably have been expect…

By the advice of Counsel I have lately served the Dissenter who is in possession of the Parsonage house & Glebe with, a Lease of Ejectment for continuing the Claim but with no design of prosecuting to effect for in that I shall not presume to do any thing till I receive the express commands of t'le Venerable Society. Such explication of her Majesty's Instructions as is petitioned for by the…

By his Exiys command I am to tell you in answ^er to yours by M'" Sharp that the same method has been observed in distributing the Proclamations agt imorality and profaneness to the Magistrates and Ministers in y^ County as has been taken for the other Counties throughout the Province viz* by sending a sufficient number to tlie Clerk of the County, from whom you might have had one if you had p…

Yesterday I receiv'd y^ Letter w^h by his Excy« order you was pleased to write Wednesday last, in Ajiswer to one fi-om me to his Excy dated the 24*^ of ye last month : in w^h as my Intentions were not in the y^ least measure to intimate a Suspicion (w^h I had not) of any Disregard in yt particular from his Ex^J' ; so I humbly conceive, no Words contained therein can imply it. . That I might …

I now find by youi-s (of w^^ I was ignorant before) yt ye Fault lies (tho' perhaps not wtf'out ye perswasions of some) at y"^ Clerk's Door : & if his Ex^y has formerly blam'd me for not complaining, why should I now be charged w^h seeking y', rather than my Duty : & y° assertion of being angry at others wlio do theirs, is, I humbly conceive, a little too severe, & includes a Beflection w"' …

I am certain y^ my Designs in all my actions & Proceedings, in reference the Church here, are, & have been just & honest ; & my Conduct in ye method of doing the same will I hope, in a short time be determin'd in my Favour by others who are also my Superiors, and proper Judges. You are pleased not without a seeming Bitterness, still to proceed in y^ third Paragraph, to charge me w*^ a Crime,…

Tlio' as a true minister of Christ Lam and always have been ready to testlfie against Profaneness and Immorality, it is no small matter of Wonder to me to find you suppose an Expression relating hereto, w<^^ is not contained in my Letter, for no other end than to introduce y^ foregoing tart aspersion, vj^^ I am very well assured, no person will be so hardy as to venture to make appear ; & I …

That your Majesty out of your pious concern that all your good subjects in all parts of your dominions should be instructed in the principles of our most Holy Religion hath been pleased to give instructions to the Governors of your plantations in America and particularly to the Governors of New Yorke k Jersey that they should take especial care tliat God Almighty should be devoutly & duly se…

That the Clergy of that province have represented to us that notwithstanding such instructions of the said M^ Poyer by the Authority of your Government agreably to your Majesty's instructions jet by the violence of some Sectaries notoriously disaftected to the Church, the said William Poyer hath been wrongfully and forceably kept out of the parsonage house and Glebe and hath not received any…

And that if the Judgement should be given against th.e plaintiff it might in its consequences affect all the other clmrches of that province, as also that from suc]i a Judgement liowever partial there v/ould be no appeal eitlier to the Governor & Council in that province or to your Majesty and Privy Council here, because in the instructions given to your Governm* in reference to appeals, It …

We do therefore with all humility submit to your Majesty's consideration whether your Majesty ofyoiu- tender regard to the rights of the Cliui-cli which have been always safe under your Royal protection and out of your pious concern to promote and encom-age the propagation of the Gospel of which your Majesty hath already given many & ample proofs to this Society will not be graciously please…

I Jiave (by the blessing of God) arrived safe in America and in obedience to the Honb'e Society's commands delivered tlieii- letter to his Excellency Gover"" Hunter and communicated tlie other U) as many of my Brethern the Clergy as conveniently I could it being now the Winter season, they are truly sensible of the Honble Society's favour and zeal to encourage the Church & Clergy in these pa…

Island have been lately changed twice and that in a very short space, those that are at present in Commission are friends to the Church and it would be a seasonable Juncture to him to commence a suit at law for the recovery of his Parsonage House Glebe and arrears of Salary if he w^ere certain of their continuance in Commission, But there was so sudden an alteration before and that so soon af…

Anne R Trusty and Welbeloved Wee greet you well Whereas the Society fur the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts having made a Representation unto us wherein they set forth the Hardships suffered by Thomas Poyer Clerk in tliat our Province of New- York humbly submitting to us whether in tliis Case and others of tlie like nature Wee may not tbink lit to dispense witli that part of the …

Representation being by Us referred to Our Commissioners for Trade and Plantations tliey have thereupon reported That upon the Death of M^' Urquhart late Rector of the parish of Jamaica in Long Island you inducted M' Thomas Poyer a person duely qualified according to our Instructions in tliat behalf to the Rectory of the said Parish, notwithstanding which, by the violence of some Sectarys di…

The said Report being laid before Us in Council Wee taking the same into our Royal Consideration have been pleased to approve thereof, and do accordingly hereby signify Our WiU and Pleasure to you, That in Cases where the Church is immediately concerned (as in tiie present Case) Liberty be given to the Clergy to appeale from the Inferiour Courts to Our Governor and the Council only without Lim…

Yesterday tlie Vestry of this parisli met here in order to lay a tax for the Minister and poor where I made my appearance and produced your Excellency's letter to me with tlie Copy of the 72^ Ai'ticle of lier Majesty's instructions to your Excellency. But the Vestry peremptorily refused to admit me amongst them and upon my denying to quit the room they removed themselves to another Apartment …

in answer you are to aquaint those Gentlemen that by her Majesty's Instructions, they can hold no Vestry without you, you haveing been regularly Inducted into that Ciu-e so what they Do as a Vestry without you is Null & Void. Had my Advice been followed these Debates had been at an End, but that it seems is none of your Intention, at least not theirs who advise you, or have ever had, or thou…

His Excellency Coll Hunter arrived here in June 1710 after he had been here about two years he was pleased to send me the 72^ Article of his instructions which contain these words " You are to give Order forthwith (if the same be not ali'eady done) that every Orthodox Minister within your Government be one of the Vestry in his respective Parish and that no Vestry be held without them except …

The Vestry in my Parish to whom I communicated tiie same took no manner of notice thereof but refused to permit me to sit with them of which I acquainted tlie Governor verbally but no care being taken to order it otherwise I lately wrote to his Excellency in these words [See preceding letter, dated "Jamaica 20 Jany 1713"] to which on the 8*^ of March I received this answer [See preceding le…

I am honored with your Excellency's of the 14"i Febry last and being accidentally informed that the Vestry of this Parish was to meet this day (for they meet without giving me any notice thereof) I went to them & acquainted them with the contents of your Excellency's letters to which they paid no manner of obedience but absolutely refused to permit me to sit with them I shall not grate your …

May it please your Excellency These in obedience to your Excellency's order will inform your Excellency that on the 1 9th inst the Justice & Vestry of the Parish met and have ordered the Sixty pounds raised for the maintenance of the minister this year (and which of right can belong to none but myself) to be paid to M^" George M'^^Nish the independent Preacher here which unwarrantable act co…

Things being brought to this height I am advised by all my Friends here that tliis is the most proper time to begin my action at law at the Supreme Court in this Province which wdll be lield the First Tuesday in June next and liaving no express commands from the Venerable Society I pray youi* Excellency's direction lierein. My necessitous circumstances (having never received one penny of my…

Honored Sir-- It wall be five years the last day of next month since my most honored patrons the Venerable Society were pleased to order me to embark to proceed on my Mission tlie w^hi9h I obeyed and embarked that same day but there were more hindrance than one that detained the Fleet 'till the 10^^ of April and in the interim I w^as tossed about from one expensive harbour to another with my …

In this passage I had great experience of the goodness of God and often liad ocasion to reflect on the Royal Psalmist's expressions in Psalm 10.7. 23 &'^ where he has these woj-ds -- They that go down to tlie Sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters these men see the works of tlie Lord and his wonders in tlie dee]> L" I saw indeed & wondered and often expected in the great tempe…

The week Ibllowing I did set out for this place where to this time I have not ceased (aecording to the ability that Gcd hath given me) to instruct tlie Flock committed to my charge I have laboured faithfully in my Lords Vineyard and in my private advice from House to House as well as public discourses I have exhorted tlicm to faith in Christ and amendment of life and to live in Love I have l…

PAPERS RELATIiS-G TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COCNTY. 275 of a Paris!i Minister yet have I never received one penny of the Salary due to me by the laws of the Colony h.ow to come by it I can't tell; and Avitliout it or an augmentation of my Salary from my Right Hon'"^e & Riglit Rev^ Patrons I cannot live in t'lis dear place. I live very near much below the character of a Missionary and yet am runni…

I have no more to add but my most sincere & hearty prayers to the Lord to bless prosper & keep my most honored Patrons and when the time of their departure lience shall come may God who is the rewarder of those who make it their study and delight to enlarge Christ's Kingdom here take 'em to tlie eternally happy enjoyment of himself in Heaven is the prayer of Honored Sir &c &.« * TnosPoYER. …

The continuance of my troubles (which alas have no prospect of an end) and the tediousness of this law^suit have almost wearied me out, I j&nd a daily decay in myself thro' the continual 276 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. fatigue I undergo in tliis large parish Avliicli consists (as I have formerly observed) of Three towns which I serve alternately & how I have discharged my d…

But pray give me leave to assure you that I am not reduced to this necessitous Condition thro' any extravagance in my way of living, 'tis well known to many here Dissenters from us as well as friends to the Church that I am contented to Avant many necessaries the better to be enabled to be hospitable, which is expected from the established Ministers here and which with my being conversant wi…

Many are often coming over to us and I am assured more would, were there according to their desire a Minister of the Chm-ch of England to preach to them in this Town every Lord's day. But this I leave to the consideration of tlie lion^'^e Society and hope they will be pleased to consider my necessities and administer a little comfort to me in my troubles. I pray God to bless guide preserve …

The Independents here being the most numerous do annually choose the Church Wardens & Vestry out of those of their own persuasion who are the most inveterate against the Church, every freeholder having a vote by Virtue of an Act of Assembly for settling the Ministry made in the year 1693 in whicli act there is a clause empowering them to call a Minister, the act also provides that such a Min…

In Feby 1 7p2 the Vestry & Cliurch Wardens (being as always Dissenters) called one M^' Hubbard a Dissenting Minister (one whom some of us have lieard declare it a sin to say the Lord's Prayer). In the year 1704 M^ Urquliart was sent here by the Venerable Society & Eishop of London and was immediately inducted and established by the then Governor of this Province the said call given to M"" Hu…

proceeding of tliat Governor was declared to be right by another Act of Assembly in ITOS for the better explaining the former Act -- Thus in like manner after M'" Urquharts death as is said before tiiey called the said M'' M^Nish who being a Dissenter like the other not qualified to accept thereof, our present Governor for the reasons aforesaid on the arrival of M^' Poyer immediately caused …

Yet notwithstanding the imperious behaviour of these our Enemies who stick not to call themselves the Established Church & us Dissenters "we can with Joy say the Cliurch hath increased very considerably both in its number of hearers & Communicants by the singular care pain and industry of our present Laborious Minister M^ Poyer who notwithstanding the many difficulties he has striiggled with…

with liis Family been shipwrecked on this [Island] about one hundred miles from his Parish and at divers times since Gifts on the whole not amounting to Fifty Pounds. *IIEV^*M^ POYER TO THE SAME. Jamaica Octr 24th 171 Honored Sir Tlie State of the Church in this Parish is much the same as my last gave you an account of saving that I had two new members added to it since, & baptized besides…

Now to do this and lo visit my people wliich I am often obliged to w!io live distant from me many of them about 12 miles, I am necessitated to keep two horses which is very expensive & troublesome to me & consumes me more Clothes in one year than would serve another that is not obliged to ride for 3 or 4. In Newtown & Flusliing for want of the convenience of private houses I am forced to ma…

Hon'i Sir -- The Dispute in Law between the Church and Dissenters here is not yet at an end; but I am credibly informed they expect it Avill be determined in the Church's favor how that will be I cannot tell but sure I am that tliey are now collecting money and do contribute very largely as tis said to bring it home before the King & Council, if they are cast here, now if it should be brought…

say that tlio' there is a Law for £60 p. annum to be yearly collected for the Minister of this Parish and tho' Coll' Lewis iNIorris the Chief Justice of this Province has ordered a Writ of iMandamus for collecting the arrearages of the Minister's Salary, Notwithstanding these orders they say, if the- Constables offer to collect it upon the Warrants tlie Justice have given pursuant to the Writ a…

I was then at Rye in company with a great many of them and did all that I could to bring them into a better mind in that respect after whicli they told me their resolution was this, that they were so well satisfied with me and my conduct that they would call no other than myself and that if I could not accept of their call, they knew one, naming the aforesaid M"" Buckingham that would ; so t…

No God knows I have not, Lideed I must say that I cannot have, for besides that Jamaica is a much pleasanter place where I have abundantly better conversation tlian can be had at Ilye and that tlie allowance from tlie County for tlie Minister is <£10 per annum more here than there, I assure you if riches were my aim I had invitations enough and between £400 and 500 per ann : offered me if I w…

May the Lord Jesus Christ the great & good master of the flock make me under him a happy instrument in uniting the people in making up the divisions amoiig them and quencliing the flames that blaze out. I present my utmost duty to my ever hon<i pati'ons heartily earnestly and constantly praying for them and to beg Sir you'll please to excuse this haste and to send an answer per first opport…

You & those who have been eye & ear Witnesses know how violent the Dissenters have been here ; and against the Members of the well wishers of our Poor Church ; how many w iles they have to hinder Man from joining with us whose inclination to us have been very good; and what means tliey use to tire me expecting that if they can to wear me out with tlieir barbarous usage, after having stood wi…

pounds ten shillings for being guilty as is alleadged of a Riot by us Commiited in Jamaica in said County last Xember We beg , leave to acquaint your Exce^y that some of the s^ Justices did upon their displacing of our Constable appoint in Ms room one Combs a notorious fellon and lie as a tool has been Instigated maliciously to Inform against us as Rioters under pretence that we forcibly opp…

May it please your Excel"! to Consider the manner of our being fined occasioned particularly by means of M'^ Sam^i Clows who took upon him. to act (in the Absence of the Kings Attorney) in Court in Ms place & Implead us Petitioners for a Riot and with such success that a Jury was found all churchmen except one or two who took the notions he gave them of a Riot and accordingly found a Bill ag…

In obedience to your Excellency's Orders, relating to the unsigned Petition of Daniel Bull and otliers, Haveing first retui-ned your Excellency our hearty acknowledgments of the Special favour' you have done us, in the manner as well as the Opportunity you have been pleased to give us to vindicate our selves. We pray Leave humbly to acquaint youi- Excellency That the main Articles Alleadged …

This Jury Consisted of some of the most principal men in the County, as well for Estates as Honesty ; and if many of them were Church-men, we cannot tliink them the Less Capable of the office for that reason. None were forbid to speak or would if they had any thing proper to say. And we do not remember that Mr Clowes made use of any such argument before us as is mentioned in the Latter end o…

May it please your Excellency We are humbly of Opinion that we have proceeded against these persons, in a Just and Le^al metiiod ; Eut Ave are very Conscious to our Selves, we iiave L'calt vvitli them in all Tenderness and Moderation : Too jiiuc I of iliis if any tiling has been our only fault, and we knownot but this may !iave Contributed to the harsh and severe Exprcssioiis used by them in …

But we do assure your Excellency, how ill soever fuse petitioners have deserved of us ; Their Indiscretions shall not be able to make any Impressions on us to their prejudice, but we Avill still go on to Discharge our Dutys according to Law and good Conscience. And though we very well know some Turbulent people amongst us are now busy to scrape up all the Little Complaints they can against us…

Richard Combs Deputy Constable of Jamaica being Deposed sait'i Having some time ago received a Warrant from diverse Justices of tlie peace of Queens County witji an assessment t'lereto annexed to Levy the Minister's Rate for Jamaica About ten da}s past he went to tlie liouse of Daniel Bull in Jamaica One of the persons taxed in the same Rate and demanded Ids proportion tliereof to whicli dem…

288 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. a great deal of Scurrilous Language and tlie said Bui] advanced t>vo or tliree steps from liis Company towards this Deponent and lifting up his Clubb told him if he came one foot forward he would knock out liis Brains This Deponent says tliere were several others witliout CluLbs stood by tlie Door and a great many in tlie liouse and being dis…

John Smith Ric^ Betts. Joshua pettit aged about Eighteen years being Dej)osed says that Last liyday was Sevenight Daniel Bull of Jamaica told this Deponent Tliat the Constable Design'd to Strain upon him tliat day and Desired tliis Deponent to tell some people as he went .along to come and Assist him This Deponent accordingly Did tell Robert Denton William Carman and Ephraim Smith to go an…

We uaderwritten liaving been Lately Guircy of a Kiot as is said in Jamaica' Doe hereby declare tiiat we are sorry for the said olience and do pi-omise to behave our selves more peaceably and as Obedient subjects to his Majesty King George and ail Ms officers for the future and doe liereby humbly submitt our selves to the Mercy of the Justices of this County and relinquishing all riglit of Tr…

That after many and grevious oppressions, for a Long time by us your Petitioners suffered, and a multitude of others in Queens Comity Especicilly in the District of Jamaica ; Necessity Compels us that we conceal no Longer, from our Governour some of the Immediate and Principall authors of our past and present troubles, We shall at present confine ourselves in vv^liat we have to offer, to the…

pt Against all aud every of them, the Justices of Jamaica Precinct, Just« Betts only Excepted, we say that they have Contrary to the Express meaning and Intent and Letter of the Law and Priviledge of the subject taken upon them arbitrarily to turn out our Cluuxh wardens, w'ho w^ere legally and fairly chosen by the People as the Law Directs, and after outing them imposed a fine on Each, givei…

The Church w^ardens and vestry being against M'" Poyers havcing the money ; there w^as no w^ays for M' Wliitehead to come at his Debt but by Influencing the Justices and Joyning them himself to adjudge the money to M"" Poyer and soe to himself, and that none of their measures might fail them, M^' Sam'i Clowes by name was appointed or at least appointed himself, to Implead, the Church w^arden…

Justice Jonatlian Whitehead is a Common Pleader for money at the Petty Coui'ts ol Justices what jnconveniencies hereby Accrues to the poor Subject we submitt to your Excellency when a justice attorney Plead before a Brother Justice, we can name the person he has Confest to he makes MO per annum by this gainfull Trade : 2 : he has Taken upon him to Assess his Majestys Subjects of New Town for…

He the said Justice has given in the same action and Cases wherein he was sole judge, a Contrary judgment once for the plaintifie and again for tlie Defend' by this procedure, overthrowing all solid Grounds of Hope for Justice in the aggrieved subject. Justice John Clement has done a tiling in the County, till this day never before heard oif Perhaps in all America In a justice Court held bef…

And soe much Doth he honour the Comission of the peace that he was Indicted, for Robing severall persons of their ffish and Apparell and had a Eill found against him for the same Last Court of Sessions at Jamaica, at the Commiting this fact Justice Whitehead was present, an Idle Spectator Namely suffering this wrong to be done to the men, Justice John Hunt we cannot Look upon him other than…

Its observable that tliis mar that was Defend t ^^•as allowed no time as the law Indulges to prepare his Defence (3) He the said the Justice Hunt Contrary to his oath and ofS.ce, has Taken on him tlie office of Constable and in person summoned a man by vertue of said summons to appear before himself in Court he Tryed and Determined the Case against the Defend' gave four shillings to the Plai…

with, we pray your Excellency to Believe that it is with no small Regrett we offer anything that may Lessen the Character of these Gentlemen with you, soe on the other hand we promise ourselves your Countenance in Exposing tlie false measm-es those Gentlemen have fallen into, to the hurt of many, its not a mischief Perpetrated against a single person, or soe tho' to their undoing that moves u…

Your Excellency we hope will wisely Consider, as the above mentioned abuses of the justices in Diverting from the fundamentall Laws and great ends of magistracy and Government, soe tlie Quallities of the men, Considered without the ornaiments of their honorable office to Recommend 'em to your ExceHencys Good Likeing we believe those will be found to be but of a size with their neighbors, ne…

Isaac Smith of liemsted being of full age being sworn upon ye holy Evangelists sayeth that being togetlier with Obediali Ualentin booth Uestry men of s"^ towen was in Company witii Tho: Gildersleef Church Warden of s^ towTn he the s^ Church warden told us ]ie was Dissatisfid witli the Justisis under mentioned tliear Eating and Drinking up tlie poors mony (meaning the poor of hemstid) upon ou…

Uanwick 20 shiDings Coll : Jackson one Doller for thir own use which he refusd to repay Exsept he sliould git his Diner out of the Doller as for the rest of the mony these tliree Justisis told us that it had been Laid out apon a woman that had Laid a bastard Child att M^ Clarcks Dore -- this w^as alleged by them but it helps us nothing when Uallntin and I told them thay ought not in this sor…

Thomas Hazard of N: Town aged about thirty seven years being Sworn upon tlie Holy Evangelist saitli ; yt at ye time of being prosecuted by Kichard Combs in pretence of not doing his Duty as Churchwarden, Justice Jonth Whitehead used many arguments with him to perswade him to deliver ye money wch was demanded of him by M-- Poyer, telling him yt if he would promise ye money he would do his end…

Justice W^hitehead pei-swading him to pay the money to M"" Poyer put him in mind of what he had told him formerly, when Justice Whitehead had usd many arguments with him, this Deponent told him yt he Believed yt he Wanted his money for his Wood yet said T\niitehead, I wonder y^ that you will dn me so mucli Damage, Coosen Hazard, to keep me out of my money, for I want it : to w<=h Deponent an…

Saxuell Hear of Jamaica inkeper aged about 33 yers being Deposd on the holy Euanglists sayeth tliat Desember Last as he remembers Jolrn Turner Leat of the towne abouesf^ Did att his hows in the presencof thimsellf and Thomas Rattoun and others refuesd to Drink King Georgis helth saying God dam him I do not acknoledg him the same words he spoke against the princ of Wals whare upon Rattoun thr…

May ye 29 1719. Thomas Hazard aged about 37 years being Sworn upon the Holy Evangehst saith y' before the Church- Warden was tryed, upon the Complaint of tlieir refusing to tlieir duty John Hunt Esq^ told the Deponent yt the Clili Warden would be turn'd out and yt Sam^ Clows and Thomas Willet would be put in their Room, according to which prejudication or prediction it happened : And fui'the…

SECY CLARKE TO THE MAGISTRATES OF QUEENS CO. Gentlemen His Ex'y liaving read a Petition from several of the Inliabitants of the preciuct of Jamaica in your County has Commanded me to send you the Inclosed Copy, that having Considered wliat is there suggested as Complaints against you fur the Judgem*^ by you given and other your transactions and Conduct upon the Acts of Assembly for maintaina…

• It is with the higliest sence of Gratitude that we reflect upon your Excellencys most particular favour and goodness to us tlie Magistrates of Queens County by permitting us this way to Justifie ourselves against the Complaints Contained in the petition of Sanuiel Fitch and others preferred to your Excellency concerning some of our Judicial proceedings. To do which . so far as those Complai…

Att wliicli Day they appeared and owned that they had refused to pay the money but offered nothing either in Excuse or Justification ; only prayed further time to give their Reasons, because their Council M^ Jamison could not be there and produced a Letter from him to that purpose pose, according to their prayer (when Justice Whitehead was a very earnest Solicitor in their behalf ) We did ad…

3^'}' That indeed he thought nevertheless, That the Justices might order away the paying of the money alone if Application had been first made to the Vestry to try whether they would sign the Warrants or not, but tliat not having been done the Justices could not Do it alone, and therefore the Church Wardens in this Case might refuse to obey the Warrants for the words of the Act of Assembly w…

That Statutes are alwa}'s to be so Interpreted tliat there should be no failure of Justice, and many other Arguments, so tliat on the 26^' of the said Month of ifebruary we Did Give Judgment against two Chiu'ch Wardens and ffined them and immediately thereupon gave them notice of our judgment, and the same day a writing under our hands and Seals to Dismiss tliem fi-om their office was Delive…

And how Could it be Supposed tliat those very persons who had refused to raise the money would when raised agree with us in tiie orderhig and Disposing of it, neither With humble submission Can we think it in tlie Least reasonable they can have any power at all in the Disposeing of that money since they had tlnis willfully Lost their power of Raiseing it ; besides we were further Enforced to …

We know M^' Poyer is such, and that lie was Inducted by Orders from Your Excellency near nine years agoe, and has very Dilligently Officiated all over the parish ever since ; and therefore tiiat the money is due to him, for though we have the Misfortune to have Dissenters to be Vestry men who either refuse . to Call at all ; or at Least call such a person as by Law is not Quallyfied to accep…

As to their Accusation of Caballing we know^ nothing of any private meetings much Less Cabals to Concert any thing in relation to the Church Wardens ; but if any meetings had been, we humbly tliink the w-ord Cabal too hard a Term, we also deny that any of us acted w'ith any heat or Vv^armtli in those matters^ Notwithstanding the many provocations Me have met with from some restless Spirits ;…

Tliough the first Act of Assembly for sttling the Minis Lry was made before there was any Church of England Minister in tlie province, except the Chaplain ol' the forces ; yet no Dissenting Minister Did ever preteiid to much Less venture to receive any moneys raised b}' tliat Act, till the Dissenting I\Iinis!er in Jamaica M^" George M^Nish with much assureance Assayed itt. This is the man by …

These people the petitioners are but the Tools of this Machiavil 'tis he that is their only support, he presides in all their Councils, Appears publickly for them, at almost all Coiu'ts to Abett tlieir Actions ; 'tis he that occasioned and perswaded M^' David Wriglit late a Justice of peace here (but Justly Displaced by your Excellency for this very reason) to take upon Mm to Judge of a Warr…

pray Leave to say That we have very gi-eat reason to believe, it was Chiefly by this Gentleman M'' M^Nish his practices, that was the Occasion of the Late Riot Committed here, a Riot so very flagitious that nearly Border'd upon RebelUon ; for it appears by a Deposition relating to that matter, that he Diswaded some persons from Assisting the Officers to quell that Riot ; And lie liimself has…

Yet when people prone Enough of themselves to Disobedience, are by the art of words possest with a firm Opinion, That the Officer who comes to Demand Taxes of them is only a pretended Officer, and that the Law by which he acts is only a pretended Law, there being no such thing in Reality ; and consequently That the Officer makeing Distress in these Circumstances, is no otlier than a Robber ;…

And we in all humility submitt the Consideration of these things, as well as our own proceedings, to your Excellency's Great Wisdom, and favourable Construction ; We are very Certain that Ave have Acted notiiing in these matters but with tlie utmost Caution, and. with a pecuhar Regard and Tenderness to the persons Concerned, our Dissenting Brethren, now said to be Aggrieved; and as we are s…

To His Excell-.y Brigadier Hunter Wi: Cornell Governour of the Province of John Clement New York &c=» ' W'-'^ Doughty. REY^ THOMAS POYER TO DEPUTY SECRETARY BOBIN. Jamaica June 16th 1721. M' BOBIN S"" -- Here in my Parish is a Gentleman mider such circumstances at p'sent yt he can't come to New York, and has noAV a mind to alter his condition of Life, or to marry, w^ he w*^ have kept very s…

Yours of tlie 1 5*!^ of June by the Rev-^ M"^ Skinner was sent me on 9'" Nov^ following at which time I was so very ill I had but little hopes of recovery & this is the first opportunity that I liave since had of writing to you indeed I have been but in a poor state of health for several years last past yet according to my capacity I have not neglected my duty to the people committed to my ch…

I expected as I had great reason that after I had obtained Judgement from the Honb'e the Chief Justice of the Province Coll Lewis Morris for a part of my Salary I should have met with no more trouble about the rest of it but I found myself much mistaken for the then Church Wardens two very obstinate men and of the most rigid of their Sect, Independents, put me to as much or more trouble in s…

OF THE SOC : FOR THE PROP : OF THE GOSPEL. Jamaica on Long^ Island Province of N. Y. Q How long is it since you went over to the Plantations as a missionary ? A I embarked for this place the last day of Dec 1709. Q Have you had any other Church before you came to that which you now possess : & if you had what Church was it, and how long have you been removed. A No Q Have you been duly lic…

A Yes there are botli, bond & free, but the number of them I can't learn & I take what pains I can to instruct those that I have opportunities of conversing with Q How oft is Divine Service performed in your Church ; and what proportion of the Parishioners attend it. A Every Lord's day & on the others days set apart by our Churcli but there are not above 80 families of tlie above mentiont'd …

Q Are all things duly disposed &, provided in the Church for the decent & orderly performance of Divine Worship -- A Our furniture for the Communion Table are good but oui pulpit Cloth & Surplice are very indifferent Q Of what value is your Living in Sterling Money, and how does it arise. A About £39 sterling money, this is paid me in money of this province & a ta-s: raised on each inliabit…

If you have what are they 1 And in Avhat manner served A Yes I have two besides Jamaica each of which I serve once a month. Q Have you in your Parish any Public School for the instruction of Youth 1 If you have is it endowed 1 And who is the Master 1 A There are Schools in each Town in the Parish but the masters & mistresses of them are some of them presbyterians and otlicrs Quakers -- Q …

And now my good Lord I humbly beg your patience and pardon while I give your Lordship a true and brief account of my great misfortunes since I had the honor of being employed by the Venerable Society. I entered into their service on 29 Sept 1709 & according to their order I embarked with my family the last day of Oct following and was tossed about from one expensive harbour to another till th…

And from that day to this my life has been one continual scene of trouble for not to mention a great many of my afflictions a bare relation of which would take up too much of your Lordships precious moments, besides my being many years kept out of my allowance from the Country a great [part] of which I shall never receive because some in whose hands part of the money was are dead & ho effects…

But there is yet a great addition to my troubles by my Bills not being accepted of and paid by the Ven^'i^ Society's Ti-easurer for my h years Stipend due & payable Sept 9 1718, and because 303 TAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. this money was not paid to M'" Ellas Neau's order wlio was tlien the Catechist at New-York and my then correspondent he required of me my Bond which his E…

I humbly beg y^ Lordships interest in my good patrons for if this money be not allowed I expect greater troubles than I have as yet known and I am persuaded my Lord that your Lordsliip will easily prevail on 'em when I have assured your Lordship that I have not that I know of ever drawn on 'em for any more than my Salary and tliat never until it was due without their order. I drew on 'em ind…

difficulties I met with here & complained of to the Honb' Society by their Secretary in another letter dated Xber 17, 1716 they gave me leave to draw on 'em for X30 a§ they have been always patrons to the distressed so I thouglitHhis bounty of theirs was to enable me to bear up under more and greater difficulties than all the Missionaries that I know from that great and good body of men have…

By letter dated 7'h April 1715 M'" Poyer was ordered to proceed at law for recovery of his Salaj-y at tlie charge of the Society & by his letter of tlie 1«' Oct. 1715 desires orders to take up money wliich he says M'' Bayeanx {sic) New York would supply him with tlie Society upon considering tliat letter ordered him to draw on their Treasurer for £'SQ stg: and at the same time ordered him to …

I know^ nothing certiiin about tlieir claim but if they take the course of law I cannot help it, but they having committed a riot in taking possession of the Church the Attorney General here has entered an information Jigfdnst them and I refused tliem a JVo/i Prosequi upon their application, that their rashness may be attended with charge and trouble at least if not punishment, which may per…

By this opportunity I beg leave Immblj to represent to my Honb'e Patrons tlie Venerable Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts that I have been tlieir Missionary here 21 years & may without incurring the imputalion of boasting say that ray diligence in the dischai-ge of my fimctions has been little inferior to any I pray God to give a blessing to tlie seed sown but so it is tlia…

The intent of these are therefore to beg tliat my distressed state and condition may be laid before the Vener^'« Society and that they will be pleased to permit me to quit my Mission and to return to Great Britain as being for tlie reasons aforegiven not capable of bearing such latigues and discharging my duty as I have done for so many years in this place. I humbly beg of my most honored pa…

* * * * M'" Poyer is a much better man & Christian than himself [M^' Vesey is referred toj he endeavors to remove from Ids Mission in Jamaica, lie is a Grandson of Coll Poyer who died in the gallant defence of Pembroke Castle in the time of Oliver Cromwell which alune I liope will recommend him to the lavor and protection of the sensible and generous D^ Humphreys ; he is a good natured lione…

The Presbyterians by the sly tricks k quirks of the common Law got the Church, the Parsonage house & lands into their possession & now they are resolved to deprive the next Missionary of <£G0 currency settled as a yearly Salary by an Act of Assembly. The next Missionary may depend upon it he must either engage in a law suit against the Dissenters or throw up the Salary above mentioned; and i…

J thank God I am very well beloved by all the Gentlemen of sense honor and virtue in this Province k if the Honb'« Society will be pleased to nominate me as Missionary in the room of M^" Poycr By the assistance of God the merit of a good cause & a laithful application no doubt but that 1 shall be able to obtain tlijs continuation of the Salary to the Missionary of Jamaica and perliaps recove…

I mMke use of an opportunity now offering of a Ship bound from hence to London for the conveyance of these lines to your hands the design of whicli was to acquaint the Venerable Society (as I am in dufy bound) witli tlie state of affairs relating (o my Mission but before I proceed herein gratitude obliges me to relurii my humble thanks to them for tlieir kind intercession witli his Excellenc…

I am informed t'.iat in tliis suit the Counsel upon the part of tlie C:iurch always designed to put tlie matter on some points of the law which are clearly in the Church's favor & accordingly in tlie time of trial offered to demur in law but was diverted tlierefrom by the late Chief Justice Lewis Morris Esq'- (before wliom tlie trial was) who told them he would recommend it to tlie Jury to l…

This matter of fact Iiappening in the latter end of M'" Poj-er's days the toucliing brieily thereon leads me to an account of what was consequent upon it & happened since my settlement in Jamaica -- The people being destitute of a C!iurch to perform their devotions to Almighty God were forced to assemble together for 3 or 4 years in the Town liouse a place very improper for divine service for…

extraordinary manner from his Excellency our Governor his Lady & family who were pleased to favour us with tlielr company at the opening of our new Church & then to contribute largely towards the finishing it which was no doubt one means whereby otliers were moved to do so likewise so that now we have brtjuglit this building to sucli a degree of perfection as tliat we perform divine service …

Now our Church is in a flourishing state & by the blessing of God many are added to it now we are at peace with those several Sectaries that are round about us and I hope that by God's help peace will subsist amongst us -- To sow the seeds thereof shall be my endeavour to be of a loving charitable demeanor to all men of whatever persuasion in matters of Religion shall be (by G(jd's help) my …

This it is that opens a clear prospectus of the conversion of many Souls which God in his own time will make to the true Church of Christ since my removal into this parish I have baptized a considerable number of Children and several grown people but what may be thought wortliy of particular notice herein is the case of 2 persons a man and a Woman wlio were brought up in the principles k li…

The Woman when upon a sick bed sent for me & after sdme discourse with her desired Christian Baptism, but her nearest relations and friends who were about her who were Quakers endeavoured all they could to dissuade her from it, asking her whether she tliought the sprinkling a little water on her face, would carry her immediately to Heaven bidding her to remember what she had learned of them …

T liave one thing now to add & that is to beg .of the Honourable Society in behalf of niciny poor mistaken and ignorant people here that they would be pleased to send to this Parish a few Common Prayer books and some of the late Lr King's books concerning the Inventions of men in the Worship of God wliich I verily believe would be of great service among them, I shall if tliey come to my lian…

« * * * ^g have yearly for these seven years last past increased in Church Members, so tliose buildings are generally well filled in time of Divine Service, & the worship of God is duly performed with, decency and good order, the several sects whicli are aroiuul us do look upon the Chui-ch with a more respectful eye tliyn formeiiy, tliere being not wanting either in myself or people any Chri…

However in tlie mean time be pleased to accept tliis general account of the State of my Mission tliere being three Churclies belmging to my Cure, that of Jamaica Newtown and Fiusliing, I must with a great deal of trutli say that not only they are in a growing condition & the members thereof generally of an exemplary life and conversation but that the C'.iurcli of England here was never in so…

Enthusiasm has of late been very predominant amongst us but is now in a declining state several of the teachers in that way as well as their hearers being found guilty of the foulest immoral practices and other of them have wrought themselves into the highest degree of madness -- these occm-rences together with tliose good books lately sent over by the Society have taught people what the tru…

Our C' lurch here was never in so thriving a way as at tliis time -- for it has increased both in number & esteem with those who are without lier.pale, these eight or ten years last past more than it did fur 30 years before being one of the oldest Missions from the Society -- This must be an argument Avith them, that under the benign influence of Heaven and their pious Care & bounty, ray fai…

The several Churches belonging to my Cure (as those of Jamaica, Newtown & Flushing) are in a very peaceable & growing state, whilst other seperate Assemblies in this Parish are in the utmost confusion k this I can write with a great deal of PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 319 truth that Independency which has been triumphant in this town for the -10 j^ears last past is now by th…

In my, letter of the 26 March last' I gave information to the Society of our being in a very hkely way of having a Clmrch erected in the town of Flushing a place generally inhabited by Quakers & by some who are of no religion at all whicli indeed has all along from the first settlement of the town been a great obstruction and discouragement to an undertaking of tliis kind but now by the kind…

1 No copy of said Letter in MSS. 320 PAPERS llELATIKG TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUKTY. place where error & impiefj greatly abound nor liave I been wanting (thro' the Divine assiskmce) in tlie other parts & duties of my Mission for tlie space of almost one and twenty years to approve myself a faithful Labourer k my trust in God is that I shall continue to ai)prove m} self such whilst I remain 6.…

" An Episcopal Cliurch v/as erected here b}' tlic avails of a lottery granted for that lauiiosc by the Colonial Legislature, November 4th 17u4," The Bill introduced fur the above pui'pose, passed both brandies of the Provincial Legislature December 5, 1754 but did not receive tlie assent of the Executive. The crigiiial is on tile in the Secretary's office, but is not signed by Lt Gov. Lelancy…

I heartily wish it was in my power to give the honoured Society an account of my success in this Mission answerable to their piaus care & expense, I have indeed baptized within the last half year One White & One Negro Adult fifteen White & tlu-ee Negro Infants but have gained no new Commimicants -- PreachiDg once in three weeks at a place I find by experience will do a little more tlian keep…

At Jamaica open infidelity has not made so great a progress, a general remissness in attending divine Service however prevails, tho' I know not from what particular cause. I beg leave to assure the Society that my best endeavours shall not be wanting to answer their truly pious intention the advancement -of pure religion & virtue -- Especially in striving earnestly to correct tlie present err…

But such is the effect of the Deism & infidelity (for the spreading of wliich Quakerism has paved the way) which have here been propagated with the greatest zeal & the most astonisliing success that a general indifference towards all religion has taken place & the too common opinion seems to be that they shall be saved without the mediation of Christ as well as with; and even among those wh…

With respect to the state of my own ^lission things are considerably mended especially at Flushing which has ever been the seat of Quakerism & infidelity -- Many young people of both sexes have steadily attended divine Service the past Summer whose Parents are eitlicr Quakers or Deists and behaved with great decency -- They are now finisliing the Church which before was only enclosed so as t…

In my last I informed you that the people at Flushing were finishing their Church. The severe cold weather the past Winter obhge4 them to suspend the work some months, but they have now resumed it & are likely to complete it in a short time, together with a handsome Steeple whicli was begun last Autumn. The principal expense of this work is defrayed by M"" John Aspinwall & M»' Tho^ Grennall …

324 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. To the Honourable Cadwallader Golden Esq President of his Majesty s Council and Commander in Chief of the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America &c The Petition of the Minister of the Parish of Jamaica & Sundrey of the Inhabitants of The Town of Jamaica on Nassau Island Communicants & professors of the Church …

That the Inliabitants of the Town of Jamaica: Members & professors of the Chui'ch of England as by Law Established: did some years ago by Voluntary contributions Erect k finish a decent & Convenient Church in the Town of Jamaica: for the Celebration of Divine Service according to the use of the Church Of England, but that tlu-ough the Want of some proper Persons to Superintend the Affairs of…

Samuel Seabury Jur Minister Thomas Truxton Robert Howell Tho^ Braine Benjamin Carpenter Benj. Whitehead John huchiens Sam" Smith Jolm Smith William Sherlock Jacob Ogden John Innes , Joseph omeld Ridiard Betts. Joseph Olfield Jun' Isaac Vanhook Jhno Troup Tho^ Hindi man John Comes A^"" Lawrence Gilbert Comes PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 325 * REV^ MR. SEABUM TO THE SECR…

M'" Treadwell I am also told continued there some time preached the next Sunday after, went to New York preached on a week day, came to Jamaica k baptized a child within a little more than a mile from my liouse, the child being well & several weeks old, & I had not been out of the Town for more than a day for six months ; all this was transacted without giving me the least notice ; either by…

But who is disgusted with me for declining to give Newtown & Flushing to M-^ Treadwell, tho I readily consented & am willing to receive M^ T. or any other person that sliall be agreable to the Society into the Parish in an amicable manner ; but the Expenses of a growing family will not permit me to relinquish any part of the Salary. Nor do I conceive that I have any right to give up any part…

I am told that I can have mj remedy at common Law and have been much urged by mj Warmer Friends to make use of it, but I would on no accounv have an affair of this kind litigated but choose to submit it entirely to the Venerable Society, knowing that while I discharge my Duty to them, they wiU protect me in the quiet & peaceable enjoyment of my mission, which I am sorry to acquaint them is …

My last letter to the Honb^e Society bore date Oct"" 4. 1763 wherein I acknowledged receipt of the Prayer books & pious tracts they were pleased to order for this Mission, most of which I have now carefully dispersed in such manner as I thought would best promote the pious end proposed by them. From an acquaintance of more than Six years with tlie people of this Parish, I find tliat their ba…

From ti'ijs view of things I am sometimes almost discouraged & fear it will not be in my power to do them any effectual service : It is with great difficulty that many are brought to attend divine Service, with still greater to submit to Baptism, because they think they can be as goo<:l without it, & as profitably employed at home, as at Church -- And if one is prevailed upon to receive the h…

the most moderate manner endeavoured to set these things in their true light & I think not without success, none of my own people have been led away hj~ them, tho' I have not been without appreliensions on their account, and 1 hope that friendly Disposition & mutual intercourse of good OfiSces which have always subsisted between the Church peoftle & Dissenters since I have been settled here &…

Tho' the Congregation there is large yet a great part of it is composed of those who have had no religious impressions made on them by their Parents in their younger years : They come to church rather from habit than a sense of Duty & love of Religion Their continuance to come to Church will therefore depend in a great measure upon the good opinion they have of their minister and the princip…

It is evident to the most superficial observer that where there have been the greatest number of Quakers among the first settlers in this Country, there Infidelity & a disregard to all religion have taken the deepest root and if they have not entirely corrupted tlie religious principles of the other inhabitants they have at least very mucli weakened them and made them look upon Religion with…

They have learned from the Quakers to consider it as a mark of an avaricious & venal spirit for a minister to receive any thing of his people by way of support & while they continue in these sentiments (& it wiU be hard to bring them to a better way of thinking because their temporal interest is against it) I fear little can be done wilh tliem in that particular xGlli'S »x" U,^ Saml Seabur…

The poor Cliurch of England in America is the only instance that ever happened of an Episcopal Church without a Bishop & in which no Orders could be obtained without crossing an Ocean of 3000 miles in extent, without Eishops the Church cannot flourish in America & unless the Church be well supported & prevail, this whole Continent will be overrun with Infidelity & deism, Methodism & New Ligh…

I preach at the tliree Chiirclies of Jamaica Newtown and Flushing alternately & generally to crowded assenu]»lic-«! who behave during divine Service with the utmost decency & decoruiu, the Churches are neat, well finished buildings, But tho^ of Newtown & Flusliing rather small for the Congregations, the former of wliich the people projxjse to enlarge in the spring of the year, but altho' I re…

Cliurcli Wardens who are to call within one yea,r after a Vacancy, a sufficient protestant Minister of tlie Gospel whom they are to present to the Governor or Commander in Chief of the Province for Induction & as Dissenters compose a great majority of tlie Parish, they are careful to admit none into those Offices, but such as are opposed to calling & presenting a Minister of the Cliurch of E…

This dispute has been once detf3rmined by a due course of Law in favor of Rev^ M'^ Poyer, one of my predecessors, since wliicli time they have constantly raised & paid it without trouble, but B9W appear resolved to stand another trial. NOTES OF AN ARGUMENT BEFORE THE COURT OF CHANCERY ON BEHALF OF THK MINISTER OK JAMAICA CHURCH. New YckkCub. Cakc. Rever'd Josht7A Blcomeh ) afft V H1NCKSMA…

That his Excellency the last Term was pleased to communic|,te the Points upon which he Avas in Doubt and to desire that the farther arguments might be confined to these only -- (to wit). -- jst Whether as the Act directs that the money to be raised for the Support of the Ministry shall be drawn out of the hands of the Church Wardens, by Order from the Justices and Vestrymen, & not otherwise…

We proceed to the first Point directed to be argued -- Whether the Court can relieve, the Words of the Act being that the Money shall be paid by Order of the Justices and Vestry & not otherwise ? xind in speaking to this Point we shall lay down and maintain the following Propositions. Isi That the Acts in Question being expressly made to suppress Vice & Profaneness and for the advancement of…

Dr Auchmuty & Mr Inglis In Answer to Coraplt 8th Interrog All the Coraplt Witnesses in answer to his 11th Interrog. 2 Preamble to the first Act. Str. 253. Piercy's Case No 6. 157. 3 10 Mod. 1. PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. 333 III That Equity will relieve against a Party who strictly speaking has done nothing illegal, when a particular Burthen or Hardship lies upon the Compl…

Must it not then be evidently unconscionable that the Intention of the Legislature sliould be disapointed ; the Complainant defrauded ; & the Defendants suffered to pocket the Money and convert it to their own Benefit 1 It is indeed objected that by the Act a Warrant for their Justification is necessary, & that none has been presented -- To which it is answ^ered -- That the Decree will prove…

If then a Mandamus would have been proper for tlie Complainant, or even an Action against the Justices and Vestry for Damages for withholding the Warrant, still it is conceived that his way must have been open for a specific Relief in this Coui-t, especially as a Discoverv & account were essential to fix the Sum * 1 Ca. Ld Talbofs time 40. Vin. Ch. 288. 1 Harrison 46. SJ4 PAPERS KELATINQ TO C…

Tint there was a fraudulent Combination between the Church Wardens and the Justices and Vestrymen to elude the Act and prevent the issuing the Warrant, to deprive the Complainant of his Salary & to raise a Purse by Subscription to defend any suit lie might prosecute. -- And that the Defendant Edsal was very active if not the Author of this Project is clear from the Testimony of the Witnesses…

In answer to these Questions -- the Defendants deny all Contrivance Combination or Confederacy charged in the Complainants Bill ; Declare that they never use any Means Arguments or other Devices to prevent or that by any such Ways and Means Warrants or Orders have been prevented, by and from the Justices & Vestry men in Behalf of the Complainant. And they positively deny that such Refusal has …

We observe 1^^ That it seems to be involved in the first Head ; for if from the peculiar Nature & Circumstances of this Cause the Complainant is entitled to Relief independent of the mode prescribed by the act there can be no necessity of making the Justices or Vestrymen Parties, who not being possessed of the money, could be called upon only as it was their office to make out the Warrants f…

It is totally uncertain by the act which two of the numerous Justices in the County are compellable to issue the Warrant.' If this is uncertain the Complainant cannot be requested to make any of them Parties . And so with respect to the Vestrymen there could have been no use in making them Parties because they could do no act independant of the Justices and had they been called in, the Eili…

4"''>' It is a Rule in Equity that none be made parties but who can be bound by a Decree^ -- Now the only Purpose for which the Justices or Vestry could be made Parties must be to compel them to issue a Warrant to the Chui'ch Wardens to pay the Salary to the Complainant. -- And this could only have given the Complainant a Cause of action against the Defendts Eut Chancery never decrees a Suit…

Eq. 54. 55. 1 Harris, 40; 3 pr Wms 311. note at the foot. 2 Noys Maxims 35. Vin. Chanc. 40} n. 15 Eq. Ab. 130. n. 5. ^DECREE OF HIS EXCELLENCY W^^ TRYON IN THE CAUSE OF THE REV» M^ BLOOMER AND THE PARISH OF JAMAICA. I have had the case between M^ Bloomer Min^and the Church Wardens of the Parish of Jamaica under consideration and reviewed it with all the deliberation wliich its importance re…

only be applied for the support of the Clergy of that Church & in that case of a lapse the Governor by virtue of his delegated authority from the Crown as well as by the terms of tlie Acts themselves has a right to collate, upon these principles in general I am of opinion tliat M'^ Bloomer is duly collated and iudiicted to the cure of the Parish of Jamaica, that his Title is well established …

It appears from the answer that the Defendants according to the advice of their Counsel were in doubt of the validity of M"^ Bloomer's Title & there having hitherto* been no Judicial determination upon the point I do not think it reasonable to order them to pay the costs which therefore must be sustained by the respective parties. And as to the Salary which has accrued to Mr Bloomer since fil…

***** The State of my mission is much the same as I informed you in my last only greatly troubled on account of Vol. III. 0.2 333 PAPERS RELATING TO CHURCHES IN QUEENS COUNTY. their political Sentiments which are strictly loyal & peaceable. Last week a number of Troops by order of the Continental Congress disarmed this Township & Hempstead & carried off about twenty of the principal persons …

The principal members of my Congregation who conscientiously refused to join in their measures, excited their highest resentment their houses were plundered, their persons seized, some were committed to prison & others sent under a strong guard to the distant parts of Conn' where they were detained as prisoners for several months 'till after repeated solicitations to the Governor & Assembly…

Upon consulting my Church wardens & vestry what measure it was most prudent for me to pursue at this critical juncture -- they unanimously advised me, that as the Kings Army lay at Staten Island & was daily expected to march into my Parish from whom I should obtain relief, to shut up my Church -- I agreed witli tliem in opinion as if I did not take that measure I was persuaded that I sliould…

* * * * I have in a former letter acquainted the Society that the Congregations of this Mission had raised the sum of .£800 New York currency by Lottery which they intend to lay out for a Glebe for the use of tlie Missionary residing at tliis place as soon as a convenient one could be procured -- Agreeable to this design we have purchased a Farm of Seventy Acres of Arable Land a Deed for whi…

Wardens of the Church at Jamaica agreeable to the Charter- The biiildhigs on tlie place are but indifferent & our present situation, there being no communication between us k those parts where proper materials may be had, render it impossible to improve them, but as soon as t;ie commotions in tliis Country shall cease we intend to make sucli improvements as shall render the place comfortable…

But altlio' this is the melancholy situation of most part of this unhappy land, yet we of this Mission have reason to adore the divine Goodness as we have been protected by his Majesty's Troops & enjoy our religious Worship & I cannot but I hope the same kind Providence Avill in due time extend those blessings to otners which we at present enjoy -- I remain k^ &" Jqshua Bloomer VII. PAPERS…

The Achninistracon of y^ Sacrament of Baptism to Infants, & y^ Lords Supper to y^ Children of Grace I ace* to be y^ essentiall parts of the Ministerial! flfunction as well as j^ dispensing of y^ Word of Life; and hee that with holds either away from mee cannot be properly a Labourer in y^ Lords Vineyard, but a Capricious Distributer and applyer of y*^ meanes putt into his Hands by ye Lord of…

Highness y^ great Inconveniencyes that may arise by it, and you be Interrupted in y^ Exercise of that Chift-ch ff unction you now soe peaceably enjoy; I have noe more but recommending y® p^mises to youi- Clmstian Consideration I remaine Yor Loving Friend Forte James Fran^ Louelace. N. Yorke July ye lO'h 1671. %• The Rev. John Youngs was minister of Southold from 1640 to 1672. PETITION FR…

Yo"" petition's humbly desire yo^" bono"" That yo? hono'" will be pleased that some Care may be taken That tlie Quakers may not be suffered to Come into our Meeting house in tyme of Gods Worship to disturbe vs. as they frequently doe Alsoe tliat yo^" Hoiio'Mv ill please to ord'" That the Country rate and Ministers rate may be made both in one and alsoe that 3^0' Hono will please to order tli…

I am vn willing to Beleeve that soe Greate an Error as Refusall of Baptisme is Committed by Yo*^ Minister or Vyolent Actings Suffered by you. Therefore Doe not Further Proceed thereupon vntill Can be Informed of tlie Certainty & Reason thereof from yo'' selfe wliich Desire You to Doe by the First Oppertunity Being Desireous t!iat the Laws be fully Observd and as farr as Possible to Sattisfie…

Deserue that name wliich may liaue Caused some Stand and Denyall and I hope yo^ Care in yo"^ Station will Prvent and see the Lords Day well & Solemnly Obserued by all and not Spent Soe Vainly as I am Informed it is by some That it may not Longer be A Doubt or Dispute Who are' Christian Parents M^ Jones hath Promissed me to use his Endeauour to be as Moderate tlierein as possible To the Last …

MR. HOBART AND IN FAVOR OF REV. MORGAN JONES. To his Exellency Collonell Thomas Dongan Gouernour of his Maties province of New York The Humble petition of y^ Inhabitants of Madnans Neck Humbley Sheweth vnto your Exellencie that y*^ gratest part of vs haue Lined vpon Madnans necke About twentie yeares and haue Lined without any ministere Amongst vs and at y« first settling of this necke it …

Amongst vs, in maner as Aflforesaide wherevpon he was forced to goe away from vs to our grate Damage and our Children and whereas your Exellencie was pleassed to order y*' saide M^' Hobart to come And preach Amongst vs once A month y^ which he hath not performed on y^ Sabboth Day the most convenient times for y<^ worship of God but he hath bin here three times on the week days which is very …

Edward Here Constable in the behahe of the inhabitants of madnans necke within named Endorsed. Pet° Inhabitants Madnans Neck. 348 PAPERS RELATING TO SUFFOLK COUNTY. PETITION FROM MADNAN'S NECK RELATIVE TO THEIR MEETING HOUSE. To His Excellency Coi' Thomas Dongan : Liev* Governof And Vice Admiral} vnder his Royall Majesty King James the Second &c of liis Province of New Yorke and Dependan…

Now the Distance from our Neck to Hempstead Being so farr yo"" peticon''^ Could not Convey our selues and familyes to saide Towne. to luiue the Beneffitt and Instruction of said Minister, Wliereupon yo'' peticon''^ Did Build a house for to Entertain said Minister to Preach, which in Three yeares time Came but Once amongst vs and then we had no notice of it : But sent vs word Anotlier time th…

And yor Peticonrs as in Duty Bound sliall Ever Pray &c May it please yo'' Exellency and honourable Counsell yt tlie Meeting houses and Towne Houses at Hempstead was Erected & built Before y« ord"' in Counsell was Issued out (w«=h in y® aboue peticon was mist written) and yo^ peticon's humble Request is y ' they Inhabitants of hempstede may be ordered to allow vs their pportion of Charge for …

to enter into bond for his good behaviour (in the penall sume of twenty pounds sterling) till the month of March following, only for bringing home an ox of his on the Sunday, which the day before hee went for butt could nott find, so was obliged to tarry out till the next day & having then found him brought him to his house ; which said Eond of your peticoners, without any processe against h…

That Your Honor taking into Consideracon the illegallity of the proceedings against him, the smallnesse (if any) of the first fault, (upon which the bond aforesaide was given,) & the true merritt of his Case, will be pleased to reverse the said sentence, adjudged against him, or give him such other rehefe as your Hon"^ in your Judicious & grave Judgment, shall find agreeable with Right equit…

Robert Cady, John Parsons, Jacob Dayton, John ffields, SamueU Sherry, Oliver Norris William Hamilton, Daniell Kieff, Simon Hillyer, John Richardson makeing their complaints that the town of Easthampton will lay them out no land, as they were ordered in Council to doe ; & it appearing that the said Inhabitants liave for more y" the space of fouer yeares payed all dutyes in the aforesaid towne,…

pr Jno How^ell Cla, [Endorsed. Governors order for Laying out land INFORMATION FILED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. To his Excellency Thomas dongan Captaine Generall and Governor in Cheife of New-Yorke and Territoryes thereto Belonging and the Counqill. New Yorke ss. James Graham Esq"" Attorney Generall of our sovereigne Lord the King James the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffran…

The Governour &*=, Robert Cady: John Parsons, Jacob Dayton, John ffield, Samuell Sherry, Olipher Norris, William Hamilton, Daniell Kieff, Simon Hillyer John Richardson, makeing their Complaints that tlie tovvne of Easthampton will lay them out no Land as they were ordered in Councill to doe and it appearing that the said Inhabitants have for more than the space of four yeares payed all dutye…

By Order In Councill J: Spragge Seer, Which sayd Order the sayd Josiah Hubbard as in duty bound did follow and obey according to the tennor and effect thereof Yett notvvitiistanding Sam' Mulford, Robert daiton, Samuell Parsons Benjamin Conkling, Thomas Osburne, Jolm Osburne, and all at Easthampton within tlie county ot Suffolk aforesayd did confederate together to bring his Ma'i^s authority …

viz* A Protest Whereas Robert Kedy Jolm Parsons Jacob daitoii Samueli Slierry Simon Hilliard Jolm Eicliardson Oliver Morris and Jolm ffield have procured certain Lands within the bounds of Easthampton on Long Island in tlie province of New Yorke Belonging to the proprietors of the said land viz<^ Thomas Baker Thomas Chalfield Jeremiah Conkling Stephen Rodgers and others with them to' whojn t…

III. 23 854 * PAPERS aELATING TO SUFFOLK COUNTY. and Each of them or any others from or under them or any of them from any occupacon of any of the sayd Lands not granted and divided to them by the sayd proprietors declaring unto them and all men hereby that if they or any of them shal] presume to occupy any of the sayd Lands that wee shall Use the Law against any such occupyer for the defen…

Which sayd Scandalous and libellous paper was so affixed by Sam' Mullford Robert daiton Sam' Parsons Benjamin Conckling Thomas Osbiu*ne and John Osborne On purpose to Bring his Ma''«^ Authority Into Contempt and Scorne and to the Evil! Example of his Ma^'t-« Liege people. -- Wherefore his Mamies s*" Attorney Gen}' prayeth the Consideration of this hon^^i^ board in the premises And tiiat the…

and Six in Easthampton M^ Thomas James minister of Eastliampton afores*^ preacht out of that Text in the Twenty fourtli Chapter of Job the Second verse the whole Subject of his Sermon was to Show the eviH and pronounce the curses against those who removed their neighbours Land markes and in hia appHcacon he brought it to the present matter of this Towne as to the Land laid out here lately an…

Endorsed M' Hobarts Affid': 1686 ORDER OF COUNCIL. Art a Councill held the 1 8'^ day of No vemb 1686, pre^t his Exly the Governor Majr Brockholls M'' fflipsen M^ Cortland M"- SpraggMajr Baxter Two depositions being tliis day read against M"" Thomas James minister of Easthampton for preacheiug a certeyne Seditious Sermon on the Sevententh day of October last past Its ordered that a warrant …

A certeyne Lybell being this day read called y^ ptest of a comittee of Eastliampton wherein they contemptuously opose the orders of tlie Governo- and Councill for the layeing out land in that Town and it appeareing that in a most riotous mutinous L Sedithious manner they the Sayd pretended Comittee did publish their Sayd lybell by Eeate of Drum & afterwards did affix the Same on the publick …

Ordered lykewise that I\I Hubbard bring up along with him one or more of p^sons to whom hee layd out y^ land by ord^ of this board who are in feare from the threats of tiie albremenconed persons & theyr accomplices. In the difference between M'' prudden minister of Jamaica an his parishioners It's ordered that they pay to the Sayd ]\I'' prudden what is due to him by agreement on reccord in t…

Sovereigne Lord James the Second by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland King defender of the laith &^ Gives your Excellencye and honors to understand and be informed That M^ Thomas James Late Minister of Easthampton iu the County of Suffolk within this province nowayes Regardeing the duety and fealty he owes unto our Sovereigne Lord the King did upon the Seaventeent…

James Graham. Endorsed Inform ag^t M"* Jeames 1686 WARRANT TO ARREST THE REV» W JAMES. Thomas Dongan Captayne Generall and Governor of the province of New York and the territoryes thereto belongeing To Henry ffilkin one of the messengers of the counciil greeting 358 PAPERS RELATING TO SUFFOLK COUNTY, These are in his majesty es name to comand yo to take into custody the body of Thomas Jea…

These are in his majesty es name to comand yo to take into custody the body of Thomas Jeames late minister at Easthampton wheresoever hee shall bee found and him Safely keepe so as yo^ may have him to answer before mee and the CouncUl on the first Thursday in December next ensueing unto a certeyue Informacon then and there to bee exhibited against him for tliat hee the Sayd Thomas Jeames on t…

Tho: Dongan Sheriffs returne By vertue of this writt I have in my custody the body of the within named Thomas Jeames Henry Ffilkin Endorsed 1686 warr* & apprehecdding of Jeames. PETITION or THE RE7. Mr. JAMES. To the Right Honorable Thomas I>ungon Governom- and Captaine Generall of all his Majesties Territories belonging to the Province of New Yorke, Tlie Humble Petition of mee To<.)ma…

I tliouglit my selfe bound in duety, & from the High Respects I haue of your Excellencies Dignity & vpon good Advice, voluntarily to make my Appearance before yor Excellency in New Yorke & haue waited yor pleasure to this Day in order to yor Excellencies satisfaction, & haue submitted my selfe to yo"^ Excellencies Censure, and knowing yo^ Excellencies Clemency am emboldened humbly to Craue …

So hoping as God hath got you as a father over this Comonwealth, so you will exercise a fatherly compassion towards yo"^ humble Petitioner, who hath & shall continue yo^ Excellencies humble Orator att the Throne of Grace, & stand euer obliged to yo'" Excellency in all hearty affection, & duetifull * * * [Here a wwd or hw are illegible in the original copy.] PETITION OF THE KEY. Mr. EBUENE. …

bee their minister in consideration whereof they covenanted with him to pay & sattisfy him for the same tlie sume of sixty pounds p annum soe long as hee should continue to preach amongst them -- and that in pursuance of the sayd Agreement hee did on his part Exercise tlie office of a minister amongst them for and dureing the space of one whole yeare from and after tlie sayd twentietli day o…

May it please yi" Excellency and this Honble board so far to take the premisses into y^ consideration as that the sayd Inhabitants of Erookhaven may bee obliged to pay and sattisfy unto yr peticonr his sayd debt of Sixty pounds and observe and performe on their parts the sayd agreem* yo"" peticoner on his being thereto ready and wilhng and hee as in duty bound shall ever pray &c Samuel Eburn…

hundi'ed and nineteene , . , 21 J> PAPERS RELATING TO SUFFOLK COUNTY. 361 The Nimiber of male Saruaiiis is twenty six . 02G Tlie Number of famale Saruants is nine 009 The Number of male Slaues is aleuen Oil The Number of famale Slaues is fourteen 014 And out of the account aboue : The Number of such as are cajjable to beare amies is ninty aight of wiiicli in the list of the foott Company i…

Wee her jMaj'^ most Dutifull & Loyall subjects, reffiecting on the many blessings wee Enjoy under her Most Illustryous & auspicious Reigne ; Take the freedom to improue this method of Expressinge the Integrity & fervour of our affection. Wee do w^^ unexpressible Joy k Satisfaction recollect, tlie innumera- ])le demonstrations, her Majty hath graciously indulged us of lier sincerity and Zeal …

endeavours ;. wee doubt not to enjoy, Safety & protection from our Enemies abroad ; Liberty of Concience, peace & Tranquility at home ; and that euery thing repugnant to the True Enghsh interest, may henceforth & for euer Euanish ; But more Espetially wee beg Leaue to Tender Yo'' Ex^'^ our most hearty & grateful! acknowledgements, for the late pious Refformacon, yo"^ Ex'^'® hath been pleased …

Wee present to yo'" ex^'® this om- hum'® address, out of a Sence of our duty, and Zeale for the glory of God, and to the end tliat all our enterprizes, may be owned & blessed by his Diuine guidance & assistance; And that yu^ Excell may be propitious in accjuirirg :ill the good ends of Gouernment, aduanoe in her majestys fauour, & haue the obsefjuious regards^ as well as the Cordiall affectio…

WHEN the Enemies of tlie Nation had, by their wicked Councils and trayterous Intreagues, brought our Nation to the very Brink of being swallowed up by Popish Svpersf.ition and Arbitrary Government^ it pleased the Almighty God by his wonderful Omnipotence to bring in Peace and settle his Most Sacred M^ijesty, King GEORGE, upon tlie British Throne ; and it is to be hoped, that his Subjects in …

And being thus subjected to the Crown, King Charles the Second making a grant of the same to his Brother James Duke of York, as by the same may at large appear, the said General A''icols and Commissioners demanded the East End of the Island ; and though the Inhabitants thereof were much against, being moved from Connecticut to JVet/j Y6rk, yet it was their Misery and unhappy Fate to have it …

bly passed) That the Persons to he Elected to sit as Representatives in the General Assembly from time to time, for the several Cities, Towns, Counties, Shires, Divisions or Mannors of this Province, and all Places within the same, shall he according to the Proportion and JYwnber hereafter expressed ; tliat is to say, For the City and County of JVew- York four, for the County of Suffolk two, …

And though by this Act, their Majesties, their Heirs and Successors may establish as many more, as they shall think fit : It is not to be tiiought that our Most Gracious Sovereign King George, will estal>lish so many in such Places, that they may live upon other Parts of the Government, and great Injustice be done thereby, neither give Powder to his Governor so to do ; But tliat Ins Most Sa…

Tax, and several other Particulars upon the several Counties in the Colony, here is an Account of tlie men, Inhabitants in each County, and tlieir Representatives in the Assembly ; also the Quota of Tax in the same. PAPERS RELATING TO SUFFOLK COUKTY. 3G5 Number I Assembly I Quota of Tecs. of Men. 1 Men. | I. s. d. In the Cit3^ and County of New York --- -- 1200 4 885 00 0 County of Albany, …

To evince tliis it will appear, that Kings-County .^ Queens-County and County of Suffolk. which contain 2220 Men, have only Six Representatives in Assembly, and are taxed at 2055/. w^hereas all the other Counties, having in them 3465 Men and so many Representatives that they are Taxed only at 1945/. So that at this time there is up Hudsons River Ten Assembly-Men, in Albany^ Ranslerwick, Ulst…

And for what Disbursements and Services done on the same Island, for publick Service there is very little if any thing paid them : When for publick Disbursements and Services done up Hudsms River (do but give it the Name for their Majesties Service) altho' it be to draw Trade to them, or to go to piu-chase Land for themselves, it is brought to the Assembly to put the Charge upon the Country…

It is supposed there are some things else besides Loyalty^ as An Office with a Sallary, A Grant of some Lands, and A Sallery of Tliree Hundred Pounds per Ann. to the Commissioners of the Indian Affairs at Albany ; though it is not known to the Country, what Service they do to the King or Country, except it be to draw Trade to themselves and Debts upon the Country, and procure a Resolve of th…

And if the Indians have 400/. there, it^will do ; also somebody must present it to the Indians, who in Retaliation return several Packs of Beaver and other Skins: The Report is, that sometimes to tlie Value of the Present, which is unknown to the Publick what becomes of it. But it is thought to be tlie greatest Reason of Making the Present, and so bring His Majesties Subjects to be Tributari…

They also informed the House, That they thought it was requisit to make a Present to the Indians: Amongst some shght Arguments, they said, The young Men amongst our Indians armed themselves^ and it was to be feared they were upon some ill Design: So in the latter End of the Summer they had a Present of 400/. The Report was, That the Winter following there were Indians from South-Carolina am…

That the Albany-People made a Truce witli the French of Canada, and liad a Trade with them all the Time of the Wars: Notwithstanding by their Remonstrances to the Assembly, of their Danger, and they being a Frontier, the Country was at gTeat cliarge keeping Garrison there, and all the Officers must be of Albany, and most of the Money for that Service centers among them ; wliich was tliought …

Would it not be better for them to part v;ith one Half of tlieir Personal Estates, for Encouragement for 5000 or 6000 Men to come and suppress those Salvages, that his Majesties Subjects could not live quietly by, and to possess their Lands, and not become Tributaries to them, or at least to do as those of Quebeck did in October, 18, 1716, on the Interruption of their Commerce by the Savages…

The poor Colony of JVeio-York, containing in it not above 6000 Men at the most, were at the Charge of at least 30000 l. upon the Expedition for Canada, upwards of 27000 /. to pay some small Debts and make good the Embasselment of the publick Money in the Government, and 4045 /. per Annum for five Years by Resolves of tlie House, part of which is to bring them to be Tributaries to the Heathen…

There is a Court of Chancery erected at JVtw- York^ where the Governor is sole Jadge^ and if he demands any thing in the King's Name and it is not comply'd w ith, they shall be suhpanKi'd to the Court of Chancery, where the Governor sliall judge whether he shall have his Demands ; the Masters of Chancery s-iall not judge in the Cause, only tax the Costs of the Court, So 'in all Cases that co…

Answer, Though there be an Act for an Agent for the Colony of New-York, yet by the same Act he is Agent for the Governor, and not for the Country, they have nothing to do but to pay him, and send to him such Instructions as the Governor shall approve of ; for it is said in the Act, That Jie Instructions sent to him, shall be by the Governor and Council, or General Assembly ; and what is sent …

cliuse for such Men in JVev)-Yark as they shall be directed fo cliuse to serve upon the Assembly, the vwst suhtle Men to Imve t grant of some Lands, an office with a large Sallary, as several of the Assembly Men liave, they must comply to the Governor^ Proposals^ and make Resolves to allow tlie Governor 1710 /. per Annum Ibr five Years, the C.'dtf Justice 300 /. fer Annwn^ for the same time,…

So it must be what he pleaseth ; and if Demetrius and the Craftsmen of the same Occupation made such an Uproar about Pfl?^/'5Prcac]iing the Gospel at Ephesus, because it took away their Gain and Wealth, w^hat Stir do you tliink these Men will make, if any should endeavour to break t'le Schemes they have laid, whereby they get their Wealth, and wholly subject the People to tlieir Pleasure ? B…

PAPERS KF.LATING TO SrFF( LK COUKXy. 371 But he that doth Injustice, dishonours the King, and those tliat-'- endeavour to uphold and vindicate such, are Accessaries though not Principals. These are some of the Measures that are and Imve been taken in Mew-York Government ; altliough tlie truth of this may be questioned, yet many One in t]ie Colony of JVew-Ycrk by woful Expejience knows this …

So. by what is here set forth, may be left to the Consideration of all Judicial Persons., what Encouragetment such a small People as are in JVew-York Colony have, to allow their Governor sucli a largo Sallery. Qucere., Is tlie Government carried on for their Majesties Benefit, and Good of the Subjects, according to the LaAvs and Customs of the Colony, and according to English Government ; or…

Engolahee Lieutenant Governour, and Colonel Beatman President, there was not any tiling demanded nor paid by the Captors ; so that it ceased until Brigadier Hunter came ; then he imposed upon tlie People, seizing Whales, Oyl and Bone, and subpena'd the Capters to JYew-York to the Court of Chancery, issuing out Prosecutions at Law, to compel People to pay Duty for that Fishery : Whereupon, in…

The Custom of tlie Whale-Fishing is a Free Custom ; because there is not any Law to Proliibit it : It is an Antient Custom, to the Third and Fourth Generation ; it is more Antient tlian the Colony of J\\>w-York, and not in any Man's Memory to the Contrary till of late : And in tlie Year 1680, avc, the tovni of Easthampto7i, had a Patent to us, by the King's Governour, with several Priviledge…

That no Aid, Tax, Tallage, or Custom, Loan, Benevolence, Gift, Excise, Duty or Liiposi'lou whatsoever, sliall be Laid, assessed, imposed, levied or required of or on any of their Majesties Subjects in this Province : Or tlieir Estates upon any manner of Colour or Pretence w];atsoe\'er ; but by the Act and Consent of the Governour, and Counsels, and Representatives of the People, in General …

neither by Record or Inforination from tlie Crown to this Government ; so consequently they must be the Laws of this Colony, until they apptar to be disallowed by their Majesties : So that the Prosecution of me, for Whale- Fis/mig, I take it to be against the Form of our Grant to this Corporation; against the Laws of this Colony, and against Reason and the Governour for the tiine being's Lis…

Attorney General was pleased to commence an Action in Eehalf of tlie Crown, in tlie Supream Court at JYejv-Ycrk, against me, and prosecute from time to time, for above Three Years, I know not any Law the Action is grounded upon, but Consequence or Pretence; for I have not doneany thing in that Case, but wliat is according to the Laws and Customs of the Colon}', it is a common Saying, where t…

I uiuleis'and, witlim the Realm o^ England^ a General Custom is to be decided by the Justices, which I take to be tlie Twelve Judges : But if not, I suppose it must be more than One single Person ; but in a particular Custom (as tliis is) the Student at Law taith, If it be not against the Law of God nor the Law of Reason, although they be against the said general Customs or PAPERS RELATING T…

Matthew^ Verse 22. it is said, Tke Herd cf Swine ran into the Sea ; And St. Mark, Chap. 5. Vcr. 13. saith, They ran into the Sea : St. Luke^ Chap. 8. Ver. 33. saitli, Then ran into the Lake and were checked. So that by the most Infallible Rule, the Lake is Sea^ and the Sea adjacent to the I^nd is Lake, which is granted to us, it being one of the Premisses of t'le Grant. And we liave Fis'ung g…

And although there might have been more Wcrils jmt into the Grant, to have made it more ])!a'n to be understood, yet the Law dot'i it: For the Law in express Words confijnis cur Paten's aiul Grants, against the King, His Heij-s and Successors for ever, notwithstanding the Want of Form in the Law, or Nonfcizance of any Right, Pri\ Hedge, rr Gi.stom, which ought to have been done heretof ;re, …

My Council had pleaded a former Court, that we had Right by Prescription ; upon which tlie Attorney-General pleaded a Demur, and it was a matter of Law ; so I should not have a Jury : Although formerly, in the Year 1691, Peter C'wice seized a Whale killed by Richard Smiths, Esq ; Company, he sued for the same in the Supream Court at JS^ew-York, and Judgment was given in Favour of the Subjec…

My Council pleaded, that Judgment ought to be according to Justice : The Judge said he could give Judgment condilionaliy . Ti.e Clerk wrote something, but I did not hear the Judge give Juc'gnent, n' r hear him dhect the Clerk what to write, nt,it';er did he read what he wrote in the Court. Then t'.ie Court adjourned until next Term. So I cordd not know whether there was a Judgment passed, nor…

I desired some to go with me, that they might be Witnesses that I demanded a Copy ; but tliey would not, and said, if they should they should have Ill-will, and might have an Injury done tliem. And altiiough I could not know in tlie Court wliat was dune, I was informed tlie Judge did give Judgment against me, my two Sons and Col. Ric^wrd Floyd. So they made it all one Case upon Tryal, but ev…

T/se siid Floyd is prosecuted for this Whale, and the Capters iiaving their Whale kept out of their Possession, by Reason of the Prosecution, next Seasm would not take a License : So that Nine Men were subpena'd to J^'cw-Ycrk the 24tii q^ June., in the most busy Time in the Summer, one Hundred Miles, to pay tlieSOt'i Part of what they got the Winter before, besides Chai-ges. So that it' tlie…

The Cliief Justice makes nn Aj-giiinent, tJiit we have nothing to do with Acts- of Parliament, we lia\e no Law but what the Crown allows us. Eut we kjiuw by Experience, That all Penalties by Act of Parliament ami Laws of t.iC Colony shall be severely put in Execution; wl.cn if by eitlicr lA' them the People might have a Eenefit it s'.mll do tb.em little or no good. Our Attorney-General said i…

I know no Reason wliy tlie Subjects in jXtw York and JVew Jersey Governments sliould not have tlie same Liberty to Fish for Whalesasfreely as other Subjects in their Neig'.ibouring Colonies in America have, or as t'le Frenck King liatli granted his Subji cts to do, and not be deprived of liig'it and Privileges gr-m^cd to us, for which we pay an Ackuowletlgeiuent to the Crown, for Quit-Kents…

tion, without Orders from the Trustees : JBut iipon onr being siibpena'd to Jfew York, the Trustees sent a Wan to JWw York, to pay what the Corporation was in Arrears; but tlie Receiver- General wouJd not recej\e it : So tliey ordered nie to recei\ e the Money and pay it. I tendered the Money to the Receiver, ]ie would not receive it, and said lie had put tJiat Matter into tlie Attorney Gene…

I ])a:d the 15 /. 15 s. to the Register of the Court, and 5 /. and lU d. taxed lor Costs to the Attorney-General, and took their Receipts f r the same, and compl} 'd w itli the Pecree as far as I was capable, remain'd at JWw-York Fii'ty Pa^s upon tlie General Assembly. Soon aft-r I got Home, a Man was sent dov^ n, being hin d as it was said, for 5 /. 10 .?. lo bring a Writ to our Sherill' to …

So in tliis Case I was prcsecu'ed contrai-y to tlie Form of the Grant of the Quit-Rents, and the Custom of the Colony, if not a Breach of the Instructions fn-m the Crown and the Decree of Chancery. So it was said, Tliey were at 5 /. 10 s. Giarge, to compel me to ride 130 Miles fo pay them Twenty Shillings, I being near Seventy Years of Age. By the Grant, the Trustees are the only capable Per…

The next Week the'Supream Court sate, and there was an Indictment draAvn, charging me with an High Misdemeanor, acting contrary to my Duty of Allegiance, in manifest Contempt of his Majesty, and the Governour of these Provinces under His said Majesty, and against tlie Peace of Our said Lord the King, His Crown and Digtjiry, and against the Form of the Statutes made and provided : Whereupon t…

The Plea v.e mjide was, That it was against tlie Priviledge of tlie House, to Appeach any Member of the same in any Court or Place but in the House ; desiring the Court Avould fake tliat f )r an answer. Which Plea tlie Chief Justice over-i-iiled, there not being any other upon the Bench to assist. And T have been at f lur Courts, and kn )w not but tliat it must be from Court to Court so long …

The other Considerations in the Address, may be because tlie Prosecution was against the Priviledges of the House appears by Act of Parliament, and contrary to a Law of the Colon)^, wliich saith, That in all Cases Capital and Criminal, there shall be a grand Inquest, who shall first present the Offence, aitd then Twelve good Men of the Neighbourhood, to try the Offendor, who after his Plea t…

Of what Benefit or Good can it be to the Colony, to have such an Assembly to represent them, when the Members of the House shall not have Freedom of Speech, and let the People they represent know what they are doing for them; but shall be prosecuted from Court to Court in the King's Name, and every Member of the House deterred to speak of any Aggrievances of and Priviledges for the People; b…

And I know^ not any Wrong I have done the Governor. It may be remembred, T lat tie Speec'.i was made t'le ^d Buy oi' Jlpril, 1714, which was in tlie ]a!e Administration ; thereibre could not be against his pres.^nt Myjesii.s Administrsi'jon ; neither is it a Crime for any Me.uber of the House in the same, to mention Matters of Fact, which are the Aggrievances of tlie People they represent ; …

For punishing Governors or Commanders in C'.iief, for Crimes by them committed in tlie Plantations : But let the Governors for the time being demand of the People what they please, and th.e People take Care to help them to it, lest they be subpenaVl to the Court of C'loncery at JSTew-Ycrk, wliere the Governor is Judge whetlier he shall have his Demands, and pay Court Charges into V\e Bargain…

And I !:n.>w not aii}' just Cause or good Reason, why I should be V]Uri mo\'S'ed and desti-oyed. So I am Ibi'Ct'd to come to this C.wV: of Groit Erilr.in^ to seek Re'iei'lbr my sell' and others who eni])i(^y('d m-', which I hope will be took into Consideration, that I ma, l^e dis'jharged and freed from unjust I'rosecution, and my Se.curi ! ii-s indemn' jy'd , and a final Determination setled …

That t'.ey are of Oj'inion, tlie same is most falsi", niMlicious & scandalous Paper, reflecting upon the Governor and Government and tSe ul.ole Constitution of this Colony and of PiM-nicious C )nsequence, and hu:nhly Conceive, that tlic Thanks of t' is It-, us;^, ought to be returned his Excellency for Communicating th:e same, and tl:at he be addressed tf use his Interest at tlie Court of Gr…

In the meantime We have receivd another Petition from Mulford, praying Dispatch in our Report upon tlie Papers our Secretary sent you the 19th of Septemb last : We must desire therefore from You a full Answer to those Papers ; and particularly as to the Right of the Crown ; and that you would inform us what Quantitysof Whales are Caught in your Government Comunibus annis ; In what Condition…

M' Pldlips has laid before us the Address from the General Assembly of New York to You about ^Mulford & at tlie same time acquainfed us that he had reason to believe your Answer to Mulfords Complaints was lost in the Ship Mercury. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REV^' M'" PHILI-IPS AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN. Descmbcr 22'i» 1718 It wass their muteally agreed between Mr Gorge Phillips…

Pursuant to the Gen" Assembly you are in in his Mas^* name her by impowered & Required with all convenient speed & dispatch to collect & gather all such publicke Taxes & Rates as are at present or shall be deliuered you by the Assessors of Brookhauen all which sums of mony you are to collect according to ye form & effect of every persons respective Assesment and if aney person or persons sli…

Thees may Certifi whom it may Concearn that some time- in August past was a year y* I agreed with Coll Smith Nathaniel Vol. hi. 25 386 PAPERS RELATING TO SUFFOLK COUNTY. Roe John Wood Richard Woodhull for to Repair ye house M^ phillips lilies in for 1 5 teen pounds od shillings to be paid when ye Rate was gathered which thay haue paid & I haue Receiued it Thomas Saint which I am Rady to ate…

Oysterbay Octob: 12 1719 Alexander Amos of Brookhaven in ye County of Suifolk, was duly Sworn to the above Contents before me Tim: Bagley Jus PETITION OF MESSRS fflOYD AND SMITH. To the Honbie Peter Schuyler Esq"^ President of his Majesty s Councill and Comander in Cheife of the Province of New York and Territories thereon depending in America &c. The Humble Petition of Richard ffloyd and …

and great oppression of yo-" pet^s in pticular But [had they] extended their power to the generall oppression of all th(| ffreeholders of the said Town yo"- petition's would have rested under their own grievance till a due Course of laAV would have relieved them without giving this Hon'-'^'e Board tlie trouble of a Complaint Eut as oppressions and wrongs done to the publick are matters prope…

Your petrs therefore Humbly pray yo' Hon^ and this Hon'^i'ie Board to take the matter into serious Consideration and not suffer those laws that are made for the protection and good of all his Maties subjects to be perverted to the Injury and oppression of them And that yo' pet'^ and other the ffreeholders of the said town may be relieved from those grievious burtliens laid on them by the sai…

Your Petitioners hauing duly weighed & considered the contents thereof, & finding it to containe many False & scandalous reflections, Esteem it our indispensible Duty, Humbly to represent to your Hon's That what moneys p"" said Trustees haue Lately ■ been raised to defray the Pubhck & necessary charge of this Town, was grounded on a very Just & unexceptionable bassis, and also been Judicious…

Your Peticoners therefore Humbly prays, that in regard yo' Hon^s haue unworthily been imposed uppon, and tliat these Complaints are groundless, as well as extreamely mallicious, That yoi" Hon's in yo^ abundant Wisdom & Justice, will take such prudent & effectuall measures, as that innocency may be protected, The deuices of our aduersaries exploded, & tlie vniuersall Peace & fellicity of this…

Richard WoodhuU Daniel Brewster Jonatha Owen Selah Strong Samiiell Tomson Nathnel Roe John Wood Nathaniel Biggs Edword Bigs Robard Akerly Thomas Robinson Joseph phillips Nathaniell Tooker Joseph Tooker Jacob Longbotham Joseph Longbottom John Bennett bengaman Smith bengaman Smith Juner Thomas bigs georg Davis (Endorsed) Thomas Ross Aaron Owen John Gooding Joseph Tooker Joh…

Fort George in New York, the 6th day of November. 1719 AU parties attending concerning the Petition of Richard Floyd and Wilham Smith Esq^^ [y^ behalf of tliemselves and other the Inhabitants and Freeholders of the Town of Brookhaven in the county of Suffolk were called in and after a full hearing by their councill this Board is of opinion that if the petitioners do conceive themselves injur…

That your Petitioner & those Indians concerned with him, constitute a Tribe commonly distinguished by tlie name of the Montawk Indians, and are the Remains of a numerous Tribe formerly inliabiting the East End of Nassau Island, and constitute at present, about thirty Families. That upon the Coming of the English into this Country, the Ancestors of the present Montawk Indians granted divers P…

That such a Change of Manners, as it exposes them to a Life of Labour, must introduce an Attachment to Property, witliout which they cannot subsist, perform the Duties nor enjoy the Rights of Subjects. That they are exposed to, and suffer great Inconveniences from the Contempt shewn to the Indian Tribes by their English Neighbors at East-Hampton, who deny them necessary Fuel, and continuall…

That your Petitioner and his Associates are in Danger of being crowded out of all their ancient Inheritance, and of being rendered Vagabonds upon the Face of the Earth ; and are therefore obliged to resort to his Majesty's Justice k Goodness for an effectual Protection, and being advised that they have good Title to the Lands, as yet unsold, by the Law of Nature and Nations, that the Crown ha…

Your Petitioner now, in Behalf of himself and the Rest of the Montawk Tribe of Indians, most humbly prays your Honour, to give Directions for Prosecutions of Intrusion, against all such as occupy any Lands between Montawk-Point and Sagg-Harbour, to discover what Lands remain unsold, unless the Inhabitants of East-Hampton do, by a Day to be fixed, shew, before your Honoui', how far their Indi…

I received the Order of this Honorable Board of the 26 th Sep"- last, made on Complaint of the Southold Indians, claiming Lands in that Township, wliereby I am commanded as his Majesty's Attorney General for this Province to commence Suit for the Recovery of the Lands of Right belonging to the said Indians, unless the parties in possession of, or interrested in the premises, did on or before…

And first I am not possessed of sufficient materials to judge of the Validity of their Claim, and the properest method of proceeding to recover their Right if they have any, nor can I procure them from the Indians, who are so extremely ignorant that after many Endeavours for that Purpose I cannot make understand what I want, -- and I have nor can get no farther Instructions relating to their…

I understand that the Township was granted in Joint-Tenancy, and that all the Right the Inhabitants have to hold in severalty, is the Orders made at their Town Meetings and entered in their minutes, and that tho this could convey no legal Title to hold in severalty, yet the Courts of Justice considering tlie Ignorance of those Times, and the Confusion the Contrary would introduce, have admit…

If this Order should invest the Indians with a Fee simple in these Lands in severalty, as fully as tlie other Inhabitants are by similar Orders, yet I am informed, that in Consequence of the verbal Exchange made in the year 1691 the Indians settled on Indian Neck, and that they never settled at South Harbour if so, the Statute of Limitations, I fear wiU bar their Right to the Lands at South …

Tour Honor will permit me further to observe that this Tribe of Indians are the Kings natural born Subjects, and have a Right to be redressed by tJie Laws of the Land, and by the s&me Method of proceeding as any other of the Kings Subjects and that I may be guilty of Maintenance should I sustain the Suit of one Subject agaipst another, and that as a public Officer (if this is not a Governmen…

Upon the whole from the present View I have of the Indian Claim it appears to me to be very doubtfuU on their side but it is possible it may be cleared up by better Information I hope I shall be excused in giviiig my opinion that as they are poor, and cannot bear the Expence of a Law Suit, when by sufficient Information their Titles shall appear good, and it can be known in what Method they …

" We have decreed that a Seal for the City of New Amsterdam shall be proposed and forwarded," write the Directors of the West India Company to Gov. Stuyvesanton the 18th May 1654. > The Vessel by which it was sent to this country, sailed from Holland on the 17th or 18th of July following,^ and on the 8th of December of the same year, " the Director General delivered to the presiding Burgomas…

This Seal is exceedingly rare; we know not of a duplicate original impression. There is no notice of any City Seal after this until 1669, when Gov: Lovelace addressed the following Letter to the Mayor and aldermen: -- " Mr. Mayor and you the rest of the aldermen "As a Particular Testimony of His R. Hjghnesse Grace and fauour to this his Citty of New York, I am Commanded to present 1 Vander…

And I must further add, that haveing tlie houn'r to be his Govern'r-General in these parts, I doe assure you that wherein I may, any way be servicable to you, I shall Cheerfully apply my mind to it who professe no higher Cogitations than what shall tend to my Royal Master's Intrest & the Publicq Welfare of those Comitted to my Charge ; If therefore you will Consider of Somme methode for the …

Seal 0/1686: Sable ; Mill-sails in Saltire ; a Beaver in Chief and base, and a flour barrel, proper, on each side, surmounted by a Coronet. Supporters, two Indian Chiefs proper ; the one on the dexter side holds a warclub in his right hand the one on the sinister holds in his left hand a bow. In the dexter corner over the Indian's head is a cross patriarchal, as emblematic of the Gospel to w…

Annetje Cornells represents with very great humihty that she hath divers times requested that the house belonging to her and her children from God & Nature may be given up to her, As she is very siclily and beladen with the Quartan Ague, having been obliged the whole winter to sleep in tlie garret under the roof of the liouse, whicii truly is a very hard thing to happen to an old woman, & al…

Apostilled -- The accompanying Petition being considered & read in Court, the Petitioner Annetje Cornells' request is granted and allowed, especially as Jacobus Fabritius hath of himself left the house and, contrary to the previous order & prohibition given him, hath behaved very uncivilly and badly ; & the said Jacobus Fabritius is ordered to deliver up the said key to the Petitioner and no…

He was tired of the Schout and Burgomaster, and when the Schout came himself with order to remove him, the Deft, \^q resisted the Soldiers, pushing him pit on the breast with many other evil acts : The H' Pi* therefore demands that the Offender shall at least be banished for ever out this City's jurisdiction or otherwise punished according to his deserts as a person unworthy to live in a wel…

BuRGo;*iASTERs and Schepens having heard at length the demand and complaint of the H^ Officer together with the answer and excuse of the Prisoner, and liaving seen and considered the depositions on both sides, condemn Magister Jacobus fabritius in a fine of fl. 100. for the benefit of the Schout, and he shall merely ask the Court's pardon for the insults and injuries committed against it at d…

The Undersigned Elders and Principals of the Augsburg Congregation here witli due reverence represent that they the Petitioners find to their Sorrow that some of their Congregation have failed to Contribute according to their promise -- firstly, to the sending for and arrival of a Preacher and Secondly, to his Yearly Salary, on which promises they the Petitioners have pledged themselves. Wh…

Cortlandt M^ Van Vleck M^ Olave Stephens M«" John Darvall. M' Mayor M*- Beeckman M^ Jacobs M"" Coenraet M^" P. Bayard D^ Newenhuysen Mr Woolly. If this way shall not be effectuall to raise a competent summe- That some other way bee considered of w^hich referr'd to the Governor". How to give notice -- house by house or otherwise. To bee appointed to meete at certaine times at the towne ha…

Haue laid out ye North East side of y« Wall street, beginning at ye Westermost Cornor of y^ Bucthers Pen,' and then Runing by an Angle of 313° or North West & by West Nine degrees j&fteene Minits Northerly foure hundred twenty three foot to ye farthest cornor of the Smyths Street^ thence by an Angle of 323 deg: or North West Eight degrees Northerly foure hundred therty one foot to y® farthes…

[ Deed Book Ylll. ] James Duke of York and Albany &c Earle of Vlster &c. Whereas I have had Sufficient Testimony of the Abilityes and Integrity of Josias Clarke Clergyman And of his Fitnesse to be Chaplaine to the Garrison of New Yorke I doe therefore hereby authorize & Require You to Putt him upon the Estabhshm* as Chaplain to the S^ Garrison Accordingly; with such Salary and allowances as …

That yor Peticon''^ was and had allowance and Priveledge to build and erect a Church for our pubUcke y®use on Ground without y® Gate of this Citty and in ord^ thereunto Did erect and build thereon ; and afterwards when Gou"" Colue came was forst to Remove and Breake Down w^" was erected and built on s'l Ground, and in Lew thereof, yo"" peticon^rs -^^ras allotted and Allowed ye Peice of Groun…

Greenleaf states (Hist, of the Churches of New York, 1846.) that it was erected in 1702, but this is evidently an error as appears by the above document. PETITION OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH AT NEW YORK. TO BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES. To the Rt Honorable Thomas Dongan Lieu* and Governor Vnder his Royall High^s of New Yorke and Dependencies in America. The humble Peticon of the Lutheran Congregacon in …

That by the allowance of yo"* honors Predecessors & the Acts of the Generall Assembly the said Congregacon haue had, and still haue Diverse Libertys Privillidges and Immunitys granted allowed and Confirmed to them & their Place of Worsliip and other Religious houses and Places in this Citty &c haue alwayes been held reputed and Esteemed as Priviledged Churches & Places Nothwithstanding which…

said Luthren Congregacon may as well as the Heligious houses and Places of the other Chiistian Professors allotted vithin this Citty & Prouince be Released freed exempted and Priuiledged from any such Tax Eate or assessment and that your honor -^^ yj Please to giue such order Concerning the sajne as sliall appear to your Hono'' to be fitt & Requisite. And yor Peticoners as in Duty bound shal…

Humble sheweth yt whereas yo' peticoner haue by yo"^ Excellency's order bin Imployed in Building his Majesty Capell with seaveral other buildings in and aboute his Majesty Fort William Henry in N Yorke for the accomplishment of which, by Labour and other Materialls belongmgto his Occupation, there Is become dew to him Nine Hundred and Odd pounds Current money, as by the accompt already past t…

Therefore y Excell Petition^^ do humbly pray that y ExceU. would be pleased to grant a Lycence to y Petition's to purchase a small piece of Land Lyeing without the North gate of the said Citty betwixt the Kings Garden and the hurrying Place and to hold the same in mortmain and tliereon to build the said Church as also to take and Receive all Voluntary Contributions and to do all other Lawful…

Benjamin Fletcher Captain General! and Governourin Cheife of the Province of New Yorke and the Territoryes and Tracts of land depending thereon in America and Vice Admiral! of the same His Maty^ Leiv* and Commander in Cheife of the Militia and of all the forces by sea and Land Within his Mat''* Colony of Connecticutt and of all the fforts and places of strength within the same To all to wli…

Such sume and sumes as shall be voluntarily contributed for the more speedy carying on the s^ building and tliis shall be a sufficient Warr* to the &^ Managers for so doing. Given under my hand & seal at New Yorke the 23 '^ day of July Aunoq Dni 1696. Ben fflktcher. By his Exoellcys Command David Jamison, Socy. PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 40^ THE MANAGERS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH…

(That by virtue] of an Act of Gen^u Assembly made in the ffift yeare of his Maj'ies Raigne (1693) Entituled An Act for selling a Ministry in the Citty of New Yorke &:c. Amongst other things therein menconed. It is Enacted that there shall be [called inducted & Established a good Sufficient] protestant Minister to officiate and have the Care of soules, in the said Citty and that for his Encou…

faiiour Continued to it-- Therefore jo^ Excelh-^ys Petition:'-s most humbly pray that yo^ Excell:cy would be [pleased to grant the same] rnto yo^ Excelli^js Petitiont^s jq trust for all those that now are or hereafter may be in the [Communion of the Churcli of] Englcind as now Established by LaAV. And that yor Eccell-.'^y would be pleased to order the same [to be one Body] Politick in deed f…

To ALL Christian People to whome these Presents shall Come Coll Benjamin Fletcher Late Capt GenH And Governour in Chiefe of his Majesties Province of New Yorke & Vice Admiral of y® same kc : sendeth Greeting Know Yee that the said Coll Benjamin Fletcher by the Consent allowance and approbation of the Rector Church Wardens & Vestry men of Trinity Churcli att his own private Charge did Erect a…

Provided allways and itt is the true Intent and meaning hereof that in Case the Heirs of the said CoU Benjamin Fletcher or any of his friends or Relations doe att any time hereafter Arrive in this Citty of New Yorke that they Claime and have a Right to sitt in the said Pew for the hearing Divine Service any thing Above Mentioned to the Contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding In Wittness …

presence of William Nicoll the Other Witnesses thereunto subscribed Jur Coram me die & Anno sup diet A. Philipse. •»* Col. Fletcher was governor of New York from 1692 to 1698. He seems by his arms to have been originally from Cheshire, Eng. His wife's arms are, it will be noticed, impaled with his, and resemble those of the Lincolnshire branch of the Monckton family, of which Gen'l Monckton…

Sharp to be Chaplain to her Maj^i^s forces in ye s'^ Province of New-York in y® room & place of Emond Mott deceased to have hold use exercise & enjoy the s'^ office or place of Chaplain of her Majt'^s iforcesiu y^ s^ Province of New York unto you y« s'^ John Sharp for and during such time and uiitill her Majties pleasure shall be known herein. Given under my hand & seal &c REV. PETER PEIRET…

that in pursuance to tliat order both M^ Vazy and yo»' Petitioner were granted Warrants for a yearly pention ending on the 1: of May 1699. but time and minds altering a little while after the said pention was stoped, and yo"^ petioner deprived of the seme. Yo^ petitioner therefore most humbly represent to yo^ Excellency that by his great aage and numerous family being in greater necessity t…

* * * * The Clergy here have had a Sort of convocation at the instance and charge of his Excellency, Colonel Nicholson, Governor of Virginia, we were but seven in all, and a week together w^e Sat considering of ways and means to propogate the Gospel, and to that end we have drawn up a Scheme of the present State of the Church in these provinces, which you shall see when I have time to ti-ansc…

My Lord Cornbury invited us to dine with him at Fort Henry, as accordingly we did after Sermon, and at Several other times at his desire we dined with him. There is a brave congregation ol people belonging to the Church here, as well as a very fine fabric of a church, and the Rev. M^" Vesey very much esteemed and loved both for his ministry and good life, and the like I can say of all the o…

Before we go out of this province, w^e design to visit the Quakers again att Flushing, and in some other parts, and to try what influence my lord's recommendation will have upon them to give me a hearing vv'ithout interruption. ******* New York, 29 Novemb"- 1703. PAPERS RLLATliS^G TO THE CITI OF NEW-YORK. 415 PETITION OF THE HECTOR &c., OF TRINITY CHURCH, N. Y., TO APPROPRIATE TO THE CHURCH…

Steph Cortlandt M"" Peter Jacobs Mariuss D"- John Kerbyle and M*^ Johannes lOp (trustees of money raised of voluntary contribution by lycense of the Government towards the redemption of perticular slaves in Salley and failing that use towards such other pious use as the Governour and Council of the Province for the time being should direct) should deliver over the papers and all things relat…

That by a letter of the 20tii March 1700 from William Banker and Hero May of Amsterdam merchts there is advice the prisoners by Agreement with the Crown of England were set at liberty and said merchants ask direction in what manner to remit said money to said trustees. 416 PAPEES RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW- YORK. That there was originally remitted by said trustees 1000 pss f and some bills…

Your Excellencys petitioner therefore humbly pray yo^" ExceU will be graciously pleased to direct the respective Executors and Administrators of the s^ trustees to give such legall and perfect assignment to the Church Wardens for the time being of s'^ Church or their successors or their order of all the s*^ money with full power to call the s<i William Bancker and Hero May & their Executors …

The Petitioners or some one for them were ordered to attend the meeting of the Committee. DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING PRECEDING PETITION. To his Excell : Benj : Fletcher Cap* Gen^i & Gov' in Cheiflfe of yc Province of N : Yorke Pensilvania New Castle & Countries Depending thereon in america &c. & Vice admirall of y^ same. The humble Peticon of warner wessells & antie Christians Sheweth That y^…

That Y' Excel would be pleased to graunt a Brieff in such a form as y'^ annexed is w^ was directed to y^ ministers & church wardens upon y® like occasion when a vessel was taken by y^ Turks in y^ year 1678. & y' they may be Impowered to Collect .£100 : -- : -- which is y° Somme y* will Redeem y® s'^ miserable Persones ye overplus if any be to be Delivered as yr Excel shall see meet to be Emp…

Power of the Infidell, and that their Relations are not able to advance a sufficient Ransom for their Redemption, I have therefore upon their application unto me, by and with the advice of the Council, out of Christian Charity, and in Commiseration of the grievous Bondage & Slavery of the said. Persons, granted, & do by these presents grant Lisence or Liberty to the said Warner Wessells & An…

And where no Churches nor Meeting Houses are, the Constables are hereby required in their respective Precincts, having a true Copy of this Grant, to go abotit and collect the Charity of good Christian People for the use abovesaid.' Of all which Benevolence and Charity the said Ministers or Preachers and Constables, are to keep a distinct Account, which they are to transmit, with what Money th…

Given under my Hand and Seal at Fort William Henry the 8th Day 0/ June, 1693. Ben. Fletcher. The same Lisense or Liberty w^h is given to y® friends of ye within named Prisoners . I give likewise to the Petitioner upon y« account of Bartholomew Rousston John Crage & William Green Sailers taken in ye same Vessell & now Prisoners with them The money to be gatliered & disposed of as within dire…

It is resolved and agreed, nemine contradicente, that tlie money raised by virtue of the Lycense bearing date the 8*^^ day of June 1693 for the redemption of the said Captives in Salley be applyed to the use of Trinity Church to finish the building thereof any former ord^ of Councill Notwithstanding Provided always that if it be possible to purcliase the redemption of tke said Bartholomew th…

We have yours of 5'h Jan. in answer to w^liich the redemption of all the English Captives in Barbary is agreed, and Hope in few months will bee Compleated, Bartholomew Eushton, and William Green are upon the list given in witch the agrement. So it will be needles to sollicite now there redemption, and besides aneed lesse Charge to there frinds, this negotiation suppose it will bee Publicq, so…

Our last to you was of the S<^ Jan. 1699 wherein it was stated that Bartholomew Rushton and William Green were alive in Maquines and through our correspondence at Cadiz, we have since used every effort for their redemption, and now lately by letter a copy of which is annexed, we have received the welcome tidings that in virtue of an agreement obtained by the English they will receive their f…

In Obedience to yo:' Lords :ps ord:r in Councill of the 18:'*^ day of July last past We have perused and Examined the Petition of tlie Rector Wardens and Vestry men of Trinity Church in New York thereby to us referred togetlier with the severall papers thereto annexed, and doe find that the severall papers annexed to the said petition Doe make out the allegations therein Contained to be true…

City of New York, being a most lit k convenient place for being a ferry to & from the said City for the transporting of Passengers goods Wares Merchandises Cattle Corn and other comodities to the great ease & benefit of many of the Inhalntants of the said City and Island considering the scituacon as aforesaid & can be of no hurt or dammage to the old ferry it being not so convenient for that fe…

Yo"^ Pet^ therefore humbly prays Yo"" Excys to grant to your Pet' her Maties Letters Pattents under the great Seal of this Province for Establishing of a ferry over the East River or Sound to be limited on the Island of Nassauw on the One Side by the old ferry and on the other side by the Fted hook k, on the side of New York between the Slip at Cap" Theobalds unto the great Bridge for the lo…

Leonard Lewis Engel bardt Lott Leendert huygen de Kleyu Jolm Ditmars Joh: Tiebout Yacob houderte Henry Swift Fred'rick Symonse John Van Brugh Jacobes Oukes Martin Clock Philip Nagel Andrew Greveuraet Jurre Colyer R. Walter Abraham Brouwer Johannes hoogiandt Johannis Polhemius Chrestapher Beekman Cornelis Coljer PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 423 hendrick vaider heul Daniel Rem…

That tlie Inhabitants of the said City ana Corporatiosi for Seaveiity years past liave peaceably and quietly PossesM aad Efijoy'd Several Rights Liberties PrivIIedges Franchise* Free Customs Preheminencys Advantages Jimsdictions Emoluments and Immunities Granted and Confirmed unto them by her Majestys Royal Ancestors and the divers Governours Authorized & Commissioned by them as well as by t…

tliis City on Nassaw Island hath been Commonly Esteemed & Reputed for seaventy years past to Extend from a heap of Rock Stones Gathered together on A small wliarfe or Landing Bridge near the ferry house on the Said Island unto the West End of the Kill to the Westward of the same and that from high water to low water marke for the Accommodation of all Passengers and Travellers to and from thi…

That your Excellencys Petitioners by your Lordships benign favour and goodness understanding that one Cornelius Sebring for his own private Lucre and gain is ^soliciting your Lordship for her Majestys Grant of another Ferry from Nassaw Island to this City and of most of the Landing places now belonging to this City designing thereby to make Considerable Improvements to Ruine and destroy the …

Lordship will be favourably pleased to take tlie Premisses into your Prudent Consideration and for the reasons aforesaid (the many more may be offered to lorlg here to incert) to Eeject the unreasonable and unjust Petition of the said Cornelius Sebring, wee liaveing an Intire Confidence of your Excellencys Justice and goodness that as you have hitherto Protected us in our Just Rights and Pii…

PETITION UF THE CORPORATION OF N. Y., FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE BOUNDS OF THEIR FERRY ON L: ISLAND. To' His Excellency Edward Viscount Cornbury Cap* General and Governor in Chief of the Province of New York &c: and Territories depending thereon in America and Vice Admiral '.if the Same &c; The Humble Petition of tlie Mayor Aldermen and Commonality of the City of New Y^ork ^^(.^sT Ha.MBLY S…

from tliis City to Nassaw Island and from tlie said Island to this City again and to all the Profitts and Advantages thereof, Perceive it to fall much short, of what they might reasonably Expect from the same if the bounds & Limitts of the said Ferry were Somthing Extended on the said Island side whereby to hinder and prevent that priviledge and Liberty which divers persons now take of Trans…

Your Excellencjs Petitioners therefore naost humbly pray tkat jour Lordship will be favourably pleased to take the preriiiser3 into your prudent Consideration and order her Majestys Grant unto the Petitioners and their Successors for all the Vacant and unappropriated Ground on Nassaw Island from High water to Low water marke fronting unto tliis City from the place Called the Wallabought unto…

John hendrt 8 breevoort D Provoost Paul Droihiet jRichd Willett Olfert Svoerts J J) -. Riemer E. Blagge April 8th 1708 Read and granted k a Warrt to be prepared for the Attorney Gen" to draw a Patt. A Full & just Discovery of the weak & slender foundation of a most Pernicious S L A N D E E Raised against the French Protestant Refugees Inhabiting the Province of ^^ew- York generally, but…

That since his arrival a very infamous, pernicious, and detestable Report is clandestinely and industriously spread abroad amongst the Inhabitants of tliis City and Province, of a certain Correspondence said to be maintained by some of the French Protestants here, with the Inhabitants of France, tending to tlie taking and destruction of this City by her Majesties declared Enemies, which has b…

It b^ng a Crime of so high a nature in it self, and so much abhorred by your Excellencys Petitioners, and being as yet unable, by legal Proof, to fix tins Slander and Infamy on any particular Person, and so very uneasie under so general an Accusation, and having good reason to believe that it takes its original and rise from the said Morris JVeioinhuysen, They therefore make their humble App…

That after he was taken, one John Thompson Eoatswain of tlie Sloop, & one of the French-men belonging to the Privateer, Avere together in the Cabbin of the Sloop, opening the Letters, in hopes to find a piece of Money, lor he could not read. That the said Thompso?i reading the Superscriptions of some of the said Letters, found some directed for France, whereupon, so soon as the said Frenchme…

That this Deponent told Thompson what he understood of the Letter, and said he believed there was more to the like effect, but Thompson teUing Mm the Frenchmen were coming into the Cabbin, the said Thompson threw the Letters over board for fear there might be something in them that migiit be prejudicial to A''ew- York. That the said Letter was directed to Rochell, but does not remember to w…

This Deponent further saith, That by the said Capt van Bruo-/is direction, he lookt over tlie Letters sent fi-om this place, on board the said Sloop, for England, and put them into a Bag, and the Bag into the said van Brugh'S Chest, but that he did not then perceive any Letters directed to France. -- That this Deponent, about a day or two after he saw the said van Brugken in France, he acqua…

That the first time the Deponent saw th« said Morris JYiewenhuysen, after they were carried to France, tlie said JVieioenhuysen told him that one Johii Thompson (who was Boatswain of the said Sloop) found some Letters on board the said Sloop directed to France, under cover to some persons in England. That he likewise told him, tlie Contents of the said Letters were to this effect, That if the…

The above written is a true Copy of the Original inmy Oifice. Geo. Cl^^rke. May it please your Excellency: In obedience to yoiu- Excellency's Order "in Council of the 12th instant, Keferring to us the Examination of and into a Report lately spread about, concerning some Letter or Letters lately sent to France, giving an account of the condition of this place. We have taken the Deposition of …

432 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW- YORK. tions of Maurice JViewenhuysen and John van Brugh concerning a Letter writ from lience to France^ and taken in tlie Sloop Constant Jibigalj giving some account (as is said) of the condition of this place, do declare unanimously. That they do not think that there is any ground to suspect Capt. Fanmil of holding a Correspondence with France, nor to …

That upon their former petition on tliis behalf, your Excellency was graciously pleasexi to search out the bottom and foundation of a certain false Rumour, in clandestine manner spread abroad, of some of the Inhabitants, Petitioners, having held and maintained a Correspondence with some of the Inhabitants of the kingdom of France, discovering the weakness of the strength and Fortifications of …

PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 433 variously Reported, and with great Uncertainty, yet it is of pernicious Consequence to all the French Refugees in general. and disturbs their peace and quiet, and obstructs that uifection and familiarity which they had formerly enjoyed with the other Inhabitants of this Province, to their just Grief and Resentment. They therefore humbly Pray, May …

To His Excellency Edward Viscount Cornbury Cap* Gen'> & Gov in Chiefe of y^ Provinces of New York New Jersey and Territories Depending Thereon in America & Vice Admiral! of y«^ same &c in Councill. The humble Petition of James Laborie minister of y® french Church in y^ City of New York Sheweth That yoi": Excellency s Petition's : predecessor's: minisfs of y^ s^ Churcli have been allowed a Y…

The Humble Petition of Abraham Delucena Minister of the Jewish Nation Residing at the City of New- York. Sheweth That yo"" Petitioners Predecessors, ministers of the Jewish Nation, resideing at the City of New York, by reason of their ministerial fifunction, have from time to time beene Exempted by ye Government, not only ; from bearing any Of&ce Civil or Military within this City : but like…

%• Here it may not be out of place perhaps to record the fact, that in 1729, Noe WiUey, of London, gave a deed to his three sons, merchants in Ncvv-Yorl^ of a certain lot fronting on what is now Chatham, Oliver, Henry and Catherine Sts. to be used as a Jewish burial ground, and in the year following a trust was created providing " that the said land shall forever remain as a burial place for …

If we are the last of your L'^ ships Diocese who come to congratulate your L^ ships promotion to the See of London, yet we are as sincere in our Joy on that occasion as those much happier people who enjoy your L^ships nearer influence, for it is with very good reason we hope, that we of this Province are not destined very long to be the only part of the Xtian world that is insensible of the gr…

My Lord, we are sensible it were not fit or becoming us to 436 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. trespass on your time if any other than the cause of Goil and the Church required it, but that hath given us courage to lay the follovving Representation before your L<^s]iip, whicli in most dutyfull manner we humbly recommend to that charitable care which your L'^ship is accustomed to ext…

Neitlier My Lord is this Province begirt only with Colony s a7id Commonwealths of these men, but they grow up and thrive in the very midst of Her, Her few Countys are divided between dissenters, English^ Dutch, and French, and were it not for the pious bounty of the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts the places remote from tliis the metropolis would not have…

My Lortl, we most devoutly wisli tliat we could say more of tlie pr(^gress of the Cliurch in this city, that we coukl tell your L''sliip that Her Majesty's Royal benefactions seconded by your L'' ship's Kiglit Reverend Predecessor and the ca}e of some of our Excellent Governours had met with the desired success, it is true indeed My Lord (and we rejoice to say it) that we have here a thrivin…

My L(n-d, tlie reputation and interest of this clnirch (on the conduct of wliose members more particularly the dissenters have a very watchfuU.eye) being very dear to us and of the greatest importance to our present and future state, we humbly beg your L^'sliips leave to goe a little lather in the account of it titan its present condition, that your L^ship may judge whether at this day we l-…

performed tlieir worship, that ended, the Chaplain read Divine service according to the Liturgy of the Church of England to the Governour and Garrison in tlie same place, and this was all the footing that the Church of England as by law established had in this Province until 1693, about wliich time the Governour granted to tlie Dutch Elders and Deacons in New York a charter of incorporation,…

Mather haveing advice that there was a Minister of the Established Church of England come over in quality of Chaplain of the forces^ and fearing that the Common prayer and the hated ceremonies of our Church might gain ground^ he spared no pahis or care to spread the warmest of hi^s emissaries through this Province, but CoU : Fletcher who saw into this design took off M' Vesey by an invitatio…

My Lord, the regular observation of this Estabblishment has for many years kept the enemys of our Church out of its bosom, we would be understood My Lord that whilst the elections of Church Wardens and Vestrymen was made in presence of all the communicants it was impossible to bring such a majority of ill men into power as would entertain a thought prejudicial to the Church, but My Lord wee …

This was disputed by many of the Vestry, and absolutely refused by some of the members who were men of estabblished reputation in this place, but however a majority at last prevailed for it : and at the same time M"" Vesey also prevailed witli ye same majority to make a vote for electing among tliemselves (contrary to the rules of the Charter) New Members in the room of such as should not att…

My Lord we think ourselves much injured in tliis affair, and what is of the last consequence we think that the Churcli will soon feel the effects of this proceeding, if it has not already done so, for on tlie last Easter tuesday when the Communicants after service went up to the Altar according to custom to proceed to a new clioice, after four candidates were put up for Church Wardens, tlie …

After some other passionate and indiscreet behaviour shewed towards us by this unhappy Gentleman we proceeded to the choice, which (some few^ persons excepted) fell on the meanest sort, for My Lord, it seems the common people haveing seen four of their number chosen in a lawless opposition to four of the best rank in the late private election, were resolved to give this publick demonstration…

My Lord, wee also beg leave farther to tell your L''ship that this expression of M'' Vesey at the Altar lias a farther design in it as wee leare, and that in places of publick conversation lie frequently takes occasion to separate us the Subscribers from himself and some others by revileing us witli tlie name of Schismaticks, which liow unreasonable in its self, unjust to us, and pernicious i…

After Coll Fletcher had obtained of tlie Hutch to build themselves a Church in the town, lie pulled d^wn tlie old one in the Fort, and in its room built a chfsppel lur ti.e use of the Garrison, and his own family, wliich Cha[)pel after 'lis removal from the Government, remained Mt some limes iK-glected, and at others converted into a store liouse f .r fire wo d, till t!ie arrival of his Excel…

My Lord, the greater part of us have frequently received the L''^ Supper with our jiresent Governour in t lat chappel as well as in the chui-ch, and shall continue to doe so (though this be the Schism of which we are accused by M'" Vesey) til we are convinced of our err^r by better argumenis than any he has yet produced. My Lord, though we are jiot vi i-sed in controversy, yet some of us ha…

My Lord, the unhappy temper of the unfortunate man, if it does not meet with some restraint from your L^ships charity and goodness towards this infant Church will ruin the promising beginnings which are already made towards its growth and establishment. For the spreading of such false doctrine as what we have repeated to youi- L^^ship, and what is daily inforced to ignorant people here, give…

My Lord, it were no difficult matter for us who are thus calumniated to find proper and severe yet legal remedys against this Gentleman, and if wee were so inclined 'twere not impossible to make him very uneasy on the fore mentioned breach of the Church's charter, but, my Lord, we thank God (who has inspired us with a more Xtian temper than so to doe the work of our Adversary) that youi* Lord…

Wee submitt to yo'^ Lordships Judgement the consequences of M' Vesey's Conduct in proclaimeing ' in the ears of a dissenting world such as this is that the fitting up of the Queen's Cliappel in a decent manner which before was a Bear yard for the worship of Almig'nty God according to the usage of the Church of England was a Scliism ; how proper it is for any man that has the interest of our Ch…

Vesey'^s us so that whoever else of the Communicants thought fit to come and give their votes must be lookt upon as men of a contrary interest; a hard censure if the interest they had in view was that of the Church. We are unwilling to Imagine that Mr. Vesey has any of the old Leven of hidependency yet lurking within him, God forbid that Interest should be the motive to any mark's Conformity …

Note. -- The passages in the above address printed in Italics are scored out of the original. The last paragraph is in Governor Hunter's handwriting. It will be well to compare it with Gov: Hunter's Letter to the Sec: of the Soc: for Prop: the Gospel, dated 2oth Feb. 1711-12, which is inserted ante among the "Papers relating to Queens Co." together with other documents illustrative of the Sta…

That yesterday morneing being y« Tenth of ffebruary Instant, tlie suti being about halfe an hour high he sent his Boy as usual every morning to y<= Church to see if all was well, who Imediately Returned & told him y^ Church was broke open, Whereupon he went to y*-' Churcli, and in y® Church Yard jr y^ Nrvrth corner of }^ Church found a peise of y« Surpliss l>i'i)ig, ivM seveiall peices more …

three large Stones sett up with out side of tlie Steeple to hoist them to y® said Window, and ye Examinant goeing to y^ Vestry Room, found y^ whole pannell of y^ Vestry Window was broke Open, and perceived that one of y^ Surplices which had beene left there, was taken away, being y^ same that he soe found tore to peices in y® Church yard as aforesaid, But y® other Surpliss remained in y^ Ves…

The Councill sent for & Examined several persons relateing to y^ Sacriledge lately Committed in Trinity Church & Abraham Wandell & John Cruger Esq" Aldermen & Justices of y*-' Peace for this City being likewise present declared they had sent for & Examined diverse persons at their houses who tliey were Informed were out at publick houses in the City y^ Greatest part of that night ye sacrileg…

person or persons haveing broke into the North Window of the steeple of t!ie said Church, and broke down the window of the Vtistry Kooni did cutt or tare of the sleeve of one of the surplices that Avas in the said Roome, and did rend and tare another to pieces, and not being contented with that, did carry the same surplices witli several Common prayer Bookes & psalm Bookes into the Church ya…

Yo^ Petition' therefore in order to detect such Wicked persons thinks himself under an indispensable duty to represent to yo"^ Hono^' That on Saturday night last yo"" petitioner was informed by the under sheriff M' Barnes that some shortt time before the Committing this Horrid Wickedness, y* A person or persons at the house of Robert Drummond declared & threatened that he or they would sacri…

punishments ; And y* yo"" honors will in the mean time take such Lawfull methods for preserveing yo-" petition'"s person from the dangers threatened ag* him, as in yo' wisdom you shall think most expedient. And yo^" petitioner shall ever pray &c. New York Feb. 15, 17 if Will" Vesey. Whereupon this Board at ye Request of ye s^i M^" Vesey sent for Benjamin Barnes Garrat Van laar Jane Van laar …

We the Ministers, Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, within the City of New York, cannot suflB.ciently express our abhorrence of that wicked and sacrilegious fact committed the night between Tuesday and Wednesday last, by some impious persons, in Trinity Church within this City, being a structure built and dedicated to the service of God ; the discovery & punishment o…

Credible Witnesses who being Examined upon tlieir Oaths & their Depositions taken before this Board in Writeing, By all which Examinations and by y® Deposition of ye said William Dobbs who being likewise sworn on y® holy Evangelist Declared that hee does not directly or indirectly Know or Conceive who or what person or persons Committed y* said sacrilegious ffact, This Board is very well sat…

James Leigh of y^ City of New York Carpenter being sworn upon ye holy Evangelist Deposeth ^' Saith as followeth, That hee very well knows William Dobbs Sexton of Trinity Church in y® City of New York, and That on Tuesday last being Shrove Tuesday [lie saw the said] William Dobbs have a fresh wound or scratcli on his left hand which was done by some accident before Twelve of y« Clock at Noone…

JusTiNA Leigh ye wife of y^ within named James Leigh being sworn upon y^ holy Evangelist & examined Deposeth & saith that about flive or six of y^ Clock in y® Evening on Shrove Tuesday last William Dobbs Sexton of Trinity Church came [to this Depon*^j house & sitting by ye ffire said to this Depon^* husband (showing his hand at y® said time which was scratched) I w^onder James how I came by …

Catherine Dobbs y* Wife of William Dobbs Sexton of Trinity Church in New York being sworn upon the holy Evangelist & Examined Deposeth & saith as followeth That her said husband William Dobbs went to his bed in his house on Shrove Tuesday niglit last before Eight a Clock and that she very well knows & is assured the said William Dobbs was not out of his said Bed untill about Six of ye Clock …

that hee went to liis bed on Shrove Tuesday night last abont Eight a Clock, and Continued in his said Eed untill about Six of ye Clock y« next morneing, and that hee does not directly or Indirectly know or Conceive who or what person or persons broke into Trinity Church & Committed y^ Sacriledges tliere on Tuesday night last, and that hee y® said Examinant haveing y® Custody & keeping of y^ …

Wee the Ministers & Elders of the Reformed Protestant french Chui'ch within the citty of newyork cannot sufficiently, express our abhorrance of that Wicked, and Sacrileges Fact, committed the Night Between Tuesday and Wednesday Last, by some Impious Persons in Trinity Church within this Citty: Being a structure built and dedicated to the service of God, the discovery and Punishment of wich hai…

At a meeting of y^ Councill m New York y^ 17ti» day of ffeb^ 1713 Present Coll : Depeyster M^" Van Dam Doctor Staats M"" Barberie Capt. Walters M^ Phillips At ye Request of M'^ Vesey tliis Board sent for & Examined severall persons all relateing to y^ late outrages Committed in Trinity Church & to ye abuses alleadged by M'^ Vesey in his petition to be Committed ag* him as by y^ Exammation…

that he had noe Chiu-ch to goe to for that M'' Sliarpe was gone and as for M*" Vesey lie said he was avillaine &a Rascall because he Espoused his Brother PhiUips Cause in an ill thing, and that Mr Vesey had proposed to send word to my Lady Hay that his Excellency our Governour had to doe with Liev' Riggs wife and that it might have occasioned my Lady to loose her child and said that it was b…

A. D. Deyster. Richard Willet of y^ City of New York merch* being sworn upon yc holy Evangelist & examined Deposeth and saith as followeth That about Christmas last this Depon^ being at y^ Coffee house in tliis City one morning, heard M'" John Graham Raileing at some body after an extraordinary manner and at last giveing more attention heard it was against M^" Vesey who he was Daming and us…

We the Rector Church Wardens & Vestry of Trinity Church in tlie City of New York in Vestry Assembled having taking into Consideration, that late most Impious & Wicked Fact, committed against our Church, as the same has been laid before yo^ Hon'^i^ Board by tlie Reverend William Vesey Rector of our said Ciiurch, think our selves oblidged tp Declare our Detestation and Abhorrence of such a sac…

We beg leave to observe to yo^ Hon^'^ Board tliat notwithstanding his Excellencies Proclamation against Immorality^ & profaneness the great diUgence of the Magistracy of this City in their several Stations, there are some Busey mockers & scoffers of Religion, who Ridicule both sacred things k Orders by their profane Lampoons tliereby vilifying the Ministers of Ciirist, & Exposing them k their…

To the end therefore that these presumptuous Offenders agst our Holy Chm-ch, may be Discovered and brought to Exemplary Punishment, that thereby a stop may be put to this Torrent of Lewdness Irrehgion & Atheism We humbly pray yo^ Hon^s to Recomend to liis Excellency the Issuing out a Proclamation with a Promise of Pardon to any one of the s'l Offenders, that sliall Discover the other so that…

Since yo"^ Excellencys departure from this province wee have had nothing of moment to Impart to yo"" Excellency untill now that we think ourselves obliged to trouble YoJ" Excellency with a matter relateing to Trinity Church being ■ broke open & severaU Outrages Committed therein on S]iro\^e Tuesday night last in ye manner Yo^ Excellency will observe by a Copy of M^ Vesey's petition wliich we…

malefactors, severally proposeing a Reward to y*" person makeing sucli discovery, wee likewise send yor Excellency Copyes of y© said addresses humbly Recommending y^ same to Yo^ Excellencies Consideration and remaine Yo'' Excellenceys most ob* humble Serves A PROCLAMATION FOR THE DISCOVERT OF THOSE WHO DESECRATED TRINITY CHURCH, By His Excellency Robert Hunter^ Esq ; Capt" General and Gove…

Whereas, it hatli been represented to me by some of the gentlemen of her Majesty's Council of the Province of New York, that in tlie night between tiie ninth and tenth days of February last^ Trinity Church in tliat City was broke open, the booJis of divine Service, and the vestments dedicated to that use carried out, tore to pieces, and grossly defiled : And whereas, such an impious outrage …

the innocent with their own guilt may be disappointed, I have thoiiglit fit by virtue of tlie powers and autliorities granted to me by lier Majesty's letters patent under the broad seal of Great Britain, to make, and order to be published, this Proclamation, promising a reward of fifty five pounds to any person or persons not guilty of the above recited atrocious crime, who shall make such d…

Orby, Bart, of Burton Pedwardine, Lincolnshire, relict of Lord John Ha}', second son of the Marquis of Tweedale. In 1707 he was appointed Lieutenant gov: of Virginia, but was captured on liis voyage out by a French privateer and carried back to Europe. He succeeded Lord Lovelace as Gov. of New-York, and on the death of the Duke of Portland was appointed Governor of Jamaica, where he died in M…

Had not the Gentlemen ol the Council been very active in this affair, they would certainly have be«n blamed, notwithstanding it is found convenient now to reprimand tliem for their zeal ; and if they took notice among other tilings, of M'"yesey's barbarous usage, that the resentments of some extravagant people have come to pass as to threaten his life, which appeared very plain to the Counci…

These places are marked in the Proclamation, and his I^icellency, notwithstanding the unexampled affront to religion, has neither sent, writ, nor spoke, to M"^ Vesey, that I can learn on this affair ; so that you'll be pleased to judge, Sir, what favor or protection he. is to hope for of our church, by the treatment of our minister. I have always looked on M"^ Vesey to l>e a religious, good …

Tlie Said Spanish Priest coming out of the Havana in the Said Ship the Victorv was taken in her and brought into tliis Port and here was Put on shoar and Set at Liberty by t^ie Said Capn Jacobs after he liad been plundered of a great Sum of money the Property whereof whether belonging to the Said Cap^ Jacobs or the Said Chevalier De Rossell is not yet decided by the Court of Admiralty. That…

The Petition"^ therefore humbly prayes on behalf of the said Spanish Priest that yo^ Honoi' would be pleased to direct that the Said Priest may be discharged from liis confinement & Suffered to proceed on his Voyage in the said Snow or any otlier Vessell for Europe together with what was now lately taken from him and that his Excys Ticket ma}' be kept Inviolable or aordjjig to the Lawes of n…

The Humble Petition of the Rev^ James Anderson Presbyterian Minister Patrick Macknight John Nicoll Joseph Leddel John Blake k Thomas Ingles in behalf of tliemselves and the Rest of the Presbyterian Congregation in the City of New York Sheweth unto Your Excell'^y Tliat by the countinance and Encouragement of the Government of this Province They are soe for advanced in the Carrying on of the S…

their Heirs and Assigns for Ever but have entered into Bonds in the Penall Sume of Two Thousand Pounds unto certain Trustees in the Same Eond Mentioned upon condition that wlien soever it Shall Please God the said Grantees k, Obligors and Heirs Execu'-^ & admins'^ shall be fully Keimbursed all their Just and Reasonable Charges Engagements and Disbursm^^ made and Contracted by the building of…

They therefore Humbly Pray May it Please Your Excell<="' By Letters Pattent under the Great Seal of This Province to Incorporat them by the Name of the Minister Elders and Deacons of the Presbyterian Church in the City of New York to make them One Body Politick & Corporat in fact and " name Capable and able in the Law of sueing and beinosued answering and being answered unto Defending and be…

James Anderson New- York Sept^ 19th 1720 Patrick Macknight John Nicoll Joseph Leddel John Blake Thomas Ingles *,* This v/as the earliest Presbyterian church in llie city of New. York. It stood on what was Stontenburgh's garden (ante p. 403:) in WaU-st. To the Honourable peter Schuyler Esqr President of his Majesties Counciil Convened in Counciil The Memoriall of Gilbert Livingston and Th…

Much Honoured, we cannot but Esteem this a very great Greivance We always have exerted our Selves in person and Estate according to our Abilities for advancing tliis Work, but now believe it under very Languishing Circumstances during M'^ Andersons Aboad among Us, Whom We cannot but think after more than two years triall, very Unsuitable for advancing our Interest in New York because several…

Therefore We hiunbly beg your Honours to Consider how great a Hardship this will be upon Us who have born the Bur den and Heat of the Day, to be turned of without so much as the priviledge of bringing in a Minister whom we may Sit witli pleasure and Delight especially Considering we tliink our Selves (notwithstanding all the Advantages that have been taken against us) very little inferiour e…

4G4 PArEUS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW- YORK. accomptable for payment of these Debts, together with Doctor Nicols whose unsteadiness and unfaitlifuhiess lias been frequently experienced in Divers Instances formerly, and who is likely still to be a Companion of the same Natm-e, and we are not Easy to Remain Accomptable for Debts only Entailed upon us, for the Gratifying the Humours of Some Men…

Thus Very Honourable we have as briefly as may given in some Hints of the Matters of oiu* Grievances Entreating that they may have a Candid Reception and Due Consideration with youi" Honour and the Honourable CounceHs. And your Memorialists shall ever pray &c Gil: Livingston r Tho: Smith (Endorsed) The Memoriall of Gilbert Livingston and Tho^ Smith iu Relation to a Grant of a Charter to t…

Wee Iiumbly crave leave to ofer Our advice to your Excellency And Wee do accordingly advise and desire your Excy to transmit to tlie Right Hon^ie the Lords of Trade and Plantations a Coppy of tlie said Petition and the proceedings thereupon desiring their Lordships to obtain the opinion of his Majesties Learned Council on the subject matter of the said Petition and to Transmit the same to Y…

That tlie said Church is unhappyly divided by the fatal consequences of a certain Instrument or writing made and agreed vpon the 20th of September last by the present Consistory thereof wlio vpon groundless assertions therein set forth haue Vol. III. 30 466 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW- YORK. discharged our worthy Minister Mr Louis Rou from the Exercise of his Ministerial function in …

That 3^our Pet-^ are too sencebly touch^ with the disadvantages they lye under from the Misfortunes of their want of his Pastoral care ouer them whose Exemplary Piety and Instruction for upwards of fourteen years haue rendred him exceedingly estimable to all wlio knows him and which cant but be acknowledged even by those who are now the occasion of your Pefs giving Your Excellency this Troubl…

That in order to put an End to these vnhappy Differences and that your Pefs may Enjoy those Spiritual Comforts they haue hitherto received from the Doctrine of the said M^ Rou your Peti^s apply to your Excellency for relief in the premises and -- Therefore they most humbly pray your Excellency In your PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 467 great Wisdom to take such measures for the pro…

We underwritten Members of the french Church In the City of New York, do hereby freely and sincerely declare that we disallow and reject that rash Act which was past on Sunday last the 20 th of this month in church in the presence of some Heads of Families there met together and afterwards sign'd by some others, by virtue whereof they have pretended to dismiss & exclude M"" Lewis Rou our Min…

Equity &;c. tliat we oppose ourselves to the said Act, as much as lyes in our power and that notwithstanding the same, we acknowledge always the said M*" Rou for our true and lawful minister, who hath preached and officiated amongst us during more than fourteen years that lie huth been here, witli edification always leading an exemplary life. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands…

Gabriel Le Boyteulx junr Joshua David Elias Pelletreau junr John Pintard Elias Grazillier Samuel Bourdet junr Andrew Giraud Abraham Poutereau James David Peter Bcrlon Francis Baumier Stephen Bourdet. Here followeth the names of the Widow, Women, and others, Members of the same Church, wliicli liave signed the same Act. Rachel Ebrard Elizabeth Heurtin Marie Anne Ablin Magdelene Fauconni…

I the vndervvritten Lewis Rou, Minister of y® holy Gospel in y® city of New York, do also protest in my particular against the Act of the Consistory here mentioned, as being an unjust, violent and irregular proceeding, done against all manner of form, without any lawful reason, without a sufficient and competent Authority, and even without having heard me ; in short as being contrary to our …

We the Minister and Consistory of the French Reformed Protestant Churcii in the City of New York being deeply sensible of tlie favour which Your Excellency and the Honourable Councel have been pleased to conferr on us in ordering that M"" Moulinar and the rest of the Consistory of said Church should be served with a Copy of the Peticon of several! of the Members of the said Church in behalf …

Whereupon a fortnights time is granted to make answer to the aliegacons tliereof by the order of this Honourable Board We being now and at a!! times willing and Ready to give all dutiful respect and obedience to Your Excellencys orders in Council in return to this favour liave perused and Considered of Your Excellencys said order and the Copys thereunto prefixed by protestacon saving and Res…

acknowledging any Jurisdiction in any Civil Court within tliis Province in and over the private affairs of our Church meerly Consistoriall and amongst ourselves in answer thereunto or unto so much thereof as we are advised is material for us to answer We do answer and Say That we are very heartily sorry for the unhappy differences which have lately happened amongst our Congregacon wliich is …

472 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. ])rcserve and Support the National! Church and that the protestants as well as others should submitt to and pay all Parochial Duties Such a Special Contract We made with M'" Rou before he came over from England to us, and since he has been amongst us whilst he behaved himself Conformable to his agreement and for his encouragment so to continue did …

Church and that the protestants as well as others should submitt to and pay all Parochial Duties Such a Special Contract We made with M'" Rou before he came over from England to us, and since he has been amongst us whilst he behaved himself Conformable to his agreement and for his encouragment so to continue did come to a second agreement with him and did Considerably enlarge his annual Sala…

PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK 473 used and enjoyed this freedom and liberty by the indulgency and favour of the Succeeding Governours Grounded upon their instructions for that purpose (as We have reason to believe) -- They also passed the like Censure formerly against other ffrench Protestant Ministers for their offences which being particular to themselves the Government (for the …

We do not mean to affirm tlie act of Toleracon made in the first year of King William the 3^ in favour of Dissenters in England to be in force in this Colony being advised to the Contrary however We begg leave Immbly to offer that as we cannot be called dissenters from the Churcli of England as by law Established Yet as We contribute and pay towards the maintenance and Support of the Ministe…

We canrfot be forgetfull of that most Gracious Declaracon or saying of our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King George upon his accession to the Throne of Great Britain, " that " the indulgence and Toleracon Granted by law to Scru])ulous " Consciences was by noways inconsistant with the civil and " Religious Constitution of the Kingdom." We are not indebted unto INP Rou one farthing for all the…

Endorsed -- The answer of the John Barberie eld"" Consistory of the French Louis Carre Ansien Chui'ch of the City of New Abraham Gouneau an^ York to the Peticon of sev^ P^ Vallete an* Members of the s'^ Church Thomas Bayeux an^ Jany 28, 1724-5 read and Fran Cazalz an^ referred as likewise the s^ Rene het an^ Petition. This Committee to meet in the Council Chamber Thursday next, partyes to…

Then was ordered to be Read the Petition of M^ Rou and the Answer of the said Consistory thereto which were Read, & all partys attending were call'd in They accordingly attending. Mr. Murry Council for ^I. Rou mov'd that the question PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW- YORK. 475 might be put to the Consistory whether they adher'd to the Rules and Discipline of their Church. M' Barbaric for y…

Concludes with praying y^ Pet^ may be dismist Then M'' Vernon open'd himself with desiring that the prayer of the Petion might be read vf^^ was Then he observ'd as ye F: C: was not a National Church and yt theirfore that no Court in the Civil or Ec. had any Jurisdiction of it and pray'd y® Petion"" may be dismist. After all partys were withdrawn M' Harrison observ'd to the Board. [M"" Harri…

We have considered of the same that Whereas the Respondents do not in their answer deny the Facts complain'd of but justifie them by their being done by the Authority of their Consistory and dechne the Jurisdiction of any Civil Power over them and the Council fc>r the said Respondents did in their pleadings before us call the said Consistory a Court who's Jurisdiction is n(3t Subject to any …

March ye S-i 1724 | 5 Present Cap^ Walter ") -n * n ij ^ / Doctor Colden M"" Van Dam > ,^^ „^ ^ V Mr Wm Provoost M^' Harrison ) The Committee being met upon the affairs of M' Rou and the French Church Doctor Colden observ'd to the Board that as he had akeady been Chairman upon that affair, thereupon desired they would be pleased to put the Question for a new Choice Whereupon the Questi…

Then the Chairman observ'd to the Council for y^ Respondants that the Board expected and required they should answer and Shew by what authority they are a Court and by what authority they suspended tlieir minister JVP" Jamison Replyd they were no Court neither had they any coercive Power of suspending their Minister, The Chairman required them to answer from whence they deriv'd y^ Power. M…

JW Vernon Say'd that by the same Power they had to caU a Minister they had to suspend their Minister. The Ch: JVia?i jnsisted they should shew it. JVF Jamison Sayd y* Avlien their Minister refuses to serve them according to Contract and the Rules and Discipline of the French Chui^ches in Fran, they may suspend him and have Power by the Toleration of y^ Governm*. The Chairman Desired them to…

Jlf Jamison -- Say'd they were under the jnspection of the Govenim^ that they are no Court but only an Assembly of men and have no greater Power or Authority than a Master over his Family or a School Master over his Scholar and were accountable to the Governm* for what they shoud act and doe. That they have ye same Power to turn him out as to take him in. The Chairman observ'd to them yt the…

The partys ordered to come in -- The Respondents were gone, yet the Ch. M: mentioned to y® other side that the Board had considered that ye Respondt^ cou'd not shew any authority for suspending their Minister, and shou'd report it accordingly. Then adjourn'd tiU morrow at 3 in y® afternon at Bonticow in order to draw a Report. PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 479 At a Committee of …

We are therefore of Opinion that tliey have no such Authority j But in regard to the French Protestant Church which has suffered so much and is at this time sutfering in France on Account of their ReMgion, and in regard to the great Numbers of the French Congregation that live in good repute and credit in this place. We are of Opinion that the said Congregation be admonished, that every perso…

That if this desireable End cannot be Effected the partys who shall think themselves agriev'd ought to apply to the Courts of Justice in this Government for Redress, with that meekness and charity to each other which may Encourage the Government to continue towards them the generous protection under' which they have been long easy, and that there may be no reason now to think that they grow …

Slieweth unto Yo*' Excellency that on the first tuesday of ffebry 1715 At a General quarter sessions of the peace held at the city of New York the hired house of Yo'' peticoner scituate in the broad street of tliis City between the house of Jolm Michel Eyers and M"" John Spratt was registred for an anabaptist meeting house within this City. That the peticoner has it certifyed under the liands…

riall function of a minister within this City to a baptist congregacou and to give him proteccon therein according* to His Majesty's gracious indulgence extended towards the protestants dissenting from tlie established church he being willing to comply with all what is required by the Act of toleracon from dissenters of that perswasion in great Britain & being owned for a reverend brother by …

These are to certify unto all whom it shall or may concern that Nicholas Ejers brewer an inhabitant of the City of New- York during all the time of his residence in the said City hath behaved himself well as becometh a good subject And that to the best of our Knowledge and understanding he is blamless and free from any notorious and publick slander and vice has gaind himself the good name an…

EjTes Brewer a Freeman and Inhabitant of y^ City of New-York pretending to be at present a Teacher or preacher of a Congregation of Anabaptists w^*" has had its beginning about five Years ago within this City and has so continued hitherto, and yt at a quarter sessions of the Peace their House or Place of Meeting within this Qity has been Registred having a Certificate of his past good behavi…

W. Burnet By his Excellencys Command Is: Bobin D: Sec'ry. LICENCE TO MAKE A COLLECTION IN AID OF A NEW DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH AT N. YORK. By his Excellency Jn° Montgomerie Esq*" &ca To all Charitable and well Disposed Persons Inhabiting the City of New York : Whereas the Ministers Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York have by their humble Petit…

orderly and Peaceable Manner, that by a Charter of Incorporation in the year 1696 their Church and real Estate and all their Religious Rights were confirmed unto them and their Successors for ever according to the Constitution and Directions of the Reformed Churches in Holland approved and instituted by the National Synod of Dort That by the blessing of God the said Congregation is now becom…

484 PAPEBS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. butions of all Christian and well Disposed Inhabitants of the City of New-York, towards the finishing and Compleating the before mentioned Dutch Church by them begun as by tlieir Petition is Set forth and for so doing this shall be to them a Sufficient Warrant Given under my hand and Seal at Arms at Fort George in New York the twenty fii'th day of…

That wee have this day seen or heard of the most Barefaced Villany Committed by WiU'" Cosby Esq'" present high SheriiT of this Citty & County of New- York in the Face of the world in Declareing Adolphe Philipse to be chosen Representative for tliis Citty and County Contrary to the Duty of his Oath and office. Wee therefore most Humbly pray that our Lives Libertys and properties may no Longer…

Jacob Kip Isaac Varian Peter Rushtoa John Saml Smith Abraham Van Deuzen Archd Fisher James Lynde Saml Lawrence Anthony White John McLennon Mathw Noriis John Dyer Rip Van Dam Jacob Walton John d Witt Da Provoost Junr Richard Van Dyck John La Grange Junr Anthony Lamb Peter Bush John Vredcnburgh Jacobus Mountana William Vreden Biorgh his Abram Abramse l*^ mark Yan Voes Jno …

his Gcdion X Cartsen mark his Peter Canibertse X Thomas Grant mark Frederick Becker Peter De Grove John Bensen Abraham Greverroo Robert Crannell Thomas Devvile John Brasker Saml Goodness Peter Lynch Isaac Clark Jacob Vandewsen Cornclis Thorpe Cornells Van De Water Robeart Hares Johannes Poulis Jacob Pit Jacob Pettersmith Adam Konning Henry Cavelier his Matthew X Bell mark…

Wm Rousby W Wessels Phillip Francis Many Thomas Wallis James Desbrosses Abram Paltling John Stephens Gerret Hyer Charles Beekman Junr Cocnrailt ten eyck Peter Simmons Johannis Muesarol George Feilding Johannis Lagransie Richard Ten Eyck Thomas Hans Jasob ten Eyck AKdrew ten Eyck Earent Bush John Ripyell William Baurois John Van Derspiegel William Edmonds Saml Price henry b…

mark Richard Ashfield James Darcy Danl Shatford Gerrard Beekman Martinis Cregier John Provoost Tho: Niblett Samuel Jacobs Isaac Gardner James Mundell Wm Walton Peter Schuyler D. Provoost Charles Le Roux Henry Beekman Junr John Breese N Gouvcrneur W^m Beekman Peter Van Dyck Jos : RoyaU David Abeel Jacob Goelet Wm Hammersley Peter Zenger John Gaskine Thomas Stutt Brandt Sc…

Jacobus Quick Abraham Quick James Carroll Elie Manbrut John Buckenhoven Joh : Blom John Man John Peterson Henry De Foreest Abraham Van Gelder John Tillou John Allton Teunus Tiebout Ralph Thurman Gerret Aarsin Chas Henderson Andw Myer Johannes Van Deursin William Gilbert Isack Wood John Wilks Jas : Johnson Jacob Rapelie Edwd Hukes Edward Anderson James Brown James Bussey …

and alwaies was in the way and according to the Faitii and practice of Lutherans and it being ai'ter the metliod and manner of the Iligli Dutch and in tlieir Language occations tlieir being denyed and debai-red the priviledge of Assembling in Congregation with Th'other Lutherans in their present Church in tlie said City, who vary much from them, and more so, on the account of their Constant …

Now Your Exc-ellency-s most humble Petitioners, humbly pray that, as they have the present oppertunity of a godly and worthy Minister to be a Preacher Amongst tliem from the same Country and of the same lieligion and Language with Your Excellencys Petitioners, And legally ordained, as in and by his Credentials and credible Testimonials may and doth appear, So, Your Excellency will be pleased…

To his Excellency tlie Honorable Robert Monckton Captain General & Governor in Chief of the Province of New York & the Territories thereon depending in America Vice Admiral of the same & Major General of his Majesty's Forces, kc" &c* The Petition of Jean Carll the present Minister Peter Vallade & James Desbrosscs the present Elders and Daniel Bonnet & Charles Jandine the present Beacons of …

That those wlio established themselves in the City of New York were enabled by an Act of the Legislature of this Colony passed in 1703, to purchase and set apart a Lott of Ground on which in the succeeding Year they erected a decent Edifice for the pubhc Worship of Almighty God according to the usage of the French protestant Churches, and the Residue they devoted to the use of the Cemctry or…

Feet and in Length extending from the Front on I)oth sides to Little Queen Street on the Easterly Side one hundred & fifty four Feet and on the Northwesterly Side one himdred and fifty Seven Feet and one Hali' Foot English Measure and that the said Hou^e and Lot or Parcel of Ground in the Township of Breucklln are situated near the Ferry on Nassau Island containing ' in Breadth Eighty Feet & …

As tliey tiatter themselves that a Fi-ench protestant Church ia this City may invite Forreigners of their Perswasion to come over and settle here increase the number of useful Inhabitants & be a Means to reclaim the Kings popish Subjects in Canada who' will visit these Parts from the Errors, Idolatry & Superstition of the Churcli of Rome & thtis facilitate tlieir hearty Submission to the Bri…

therefore most humbly Pray for a Grant & Confirmation of the Premisses & that they & their Successors may be made capable to hold & enjoy the same by his Majesty's Royal Charter creating them a Body Politic in Deed & in name by the name & style of the Minister, Elders & Deacons of the protestant French Church of the City of New York and that they & their Successors may tliereby be enabled to…

To the Honourable Cadwallader Colden Esq"" his Majesty's Lieutenant Goveraourand Commander ia Chief •rer the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America .&c:a In Council The Petition of John Albart Weygand Minister Lawrence Eaman, George Peterson and Charles Beekman Elders, and Henry Rieter, Henry Bear, John Van Orden and John Snous Deacons of the Lutheran Cliurch…

That the said Petition being referred to a Committee of the Council, they on the 14'h day of Marcli following were pleased to report that they had gone through the said petition ; and were of Opinion that his Honour might grant the prayer thereof, that the said report being agreed to &approvedof by his Honour in Council ; It was ordered that a draft of such Charter of Incorporation should be…

Many Protestants of this Perswasion emigrated from Europe into this Colony at its iirst Settlement by the Dutch. When the Country Avas Surrendered to the Crown of England in 1GG4, the Ai'ticles of Capitulation seciu-ed to the Inhabitants their lieligious PriviledgeSj as well as their Possessions j and soon after the Surrender, Colonel Nicholls, Lieutenant Governor under the then Duke of York…

By their own Growth and Foreign Accessions they at this Day form a considerable Congregation cLiiefly consisting of industrious Mechanics & Labourers. And within a few" Years particularly their Number is much augmented ; and it is no more than Justice to this People to say, that they have always demeaned themselves quietly and irreproachably ; and tliat their Chui-ch is of Publick Utility as…

1st Many years since a Member of their Church gave them two Houses and Lots in this City, which tho' of no great Value, are the Cliief Support of the Minister. The Deed is so inartificiaUy drawn that had not that Statute of Mortmain which annulls all Gifts and Grants in favour of Churches, been in the way, it would not nevertheless have Vested the Pee in the Congregation ; for it Conve}S the…

If these Reasons were Represented they might probably have a good Effect, especially as his Excellency can receive good Testimonials of the People, their Poverty, and the Publick Utility of their Church, which could iUy be maintained if at all, should they loose their Houses ; and tliis must be the Case whenever a legal Enquiry is made into their Title : And indeed it has been already Threat…

Offices were prosecuted at a considerable Expence to those were conceived by the Government to have the best Title to the Royal Favour, and upon a promise of a Grant to tliem : But this Instruction being in the way, the Lieutenant Governor represented their Case to tlie Treasury and Board of Trade, and asked Leave to make the Grant, and notwithstanding to this Day, m Notice has been taken of…

Which Letter was delivered to him, the said Lott, by his Clerk, who received it from a person unknown, and was inclosed in another Letter directed To Mr Lott Merdf in jYew York, and the same being read was in the Words following " On Receiveing you are to read the inCIosed in the open assem- " bly of this province New York as you are Clark and whare of " fail not on your perrel. Freedom." …

'' Gentlemen of fee hoiiss of Representatives you are to "consider what is to be Done first Drawing of as much money " from the Lieu^ Governor's Stillcry as will Kepare the fort " &, on Spike the Guns on the Battery & the nex a Repeal of " the Gunning Act & then thare will be a good Militia but not " before & also as you are a setting you may consider of the " Building Act as it is to take p…

The House then proceeded to the Consideration of the said Letters and having fully weighed and examined the same Resolved Nemine Contradicente, that the said Letters are Lybellous, Scandalous and Seditious, containing many indecent and Lisolent expressions, highly reflecting on the Honour, Justice and Authority of, and an high Insult & Indignity to, this House : and are designed and Calculat…

PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 497 Resolvrd Nemine Contradicente that this House will provide Ways and Means for paying the. said Sum of Fifty Pounds in case the Author or Authors of the said Letters should be discovered and Convicted as aforesaid." Ordered that Col^ Seaman and Mv Pliilip Livingston wait on his Excellency the Governour witli the foregoing Address and Resolutions of…

That sundry Protestants of their perswasion who came over into tliis Province from Great Britain and Ireland, together with others Lihabitants of the said City of New York, many years ago entred into the Design of settling a Church and Congregation in the said City of New Y'ork, for the publick Worship of God according to the usage of the reformed Protestant Presbyterian Churches ; and that,…

That the Fee Simple of the said Ground being by sundry Mesne Conveyances vested in James Anderson, the first Minister of the said Church, the said John Nicoll, and in Joseph Liddle and Thomas Ingliss, the same on or about the sixteenth day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty, was by Indenture under their Hands and Seals conveyed in due form of Law, to the Mod…

That by an Instrunrent dated the fifteenth day of August in the Tear of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty two, under the Seal of the General Assembly of the Church ot Scotland, and signed by Niel Campbell, Principal of the University of Glasgow and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Commission thereof ; James Nesbit, one of the Ministers of the Gospel…

PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 499 convene in the aforesaid Church for the Worship of God in all the parts thereof, and for the Dispensation of all Gospel Ordinances, and generally to use and occupy the said Church and its appurtenanc-es fully and freely in all times coming, they supporting and maintaining the Edifice and Appurtenances at their own Charge, That the said Church and…

That the said Congregation is since become still more numerous, and that they are very desirous to secure their said Church and the Cemetry thereunto adjoining and acquire a further Estate for the better support of the Gospel, and to enlarge their Cemetry for the more decent Interment of their Dead, and to enjoy such other Powers and Privileges as may be necessary for the better maintenance …

ing the Worship of God is therefore defrayed by and depends upon voluntary Contributions: and tho' a Freedom from compulsory Laws among Protestants of such various Denominations will render any attempts to force a Uniformity detrimental to the Publick Peace, and obstruct the settlement and Growth of tlie Country: yet since every Congregation stands in need of some Estate for pious Uses, and t…

Humbly presuming, that the Church to which Your Majesty's Petitioners belong, would have the same Countenance, a Petition was sometime ago preferred for a Charter, to M"" De Lancey, lately Lieutenant Governor of tliis Province; but as the Lutheran Congregation of this City, have been disappointed in a like application, and your Petitioners are advised tliat, for want of an express Power in t…

Premisses to your Petitioners and to create them a Body Politick and Corporate in Deed and in name, by the Name and Stile of " The Ministers, Elders, Deacons, and Trustees of the Preaby- " terian Church of the City of New York according to the West- '' minster Confession of Faith, Catechisms and Directory, " agreeable to the present established Church of Scotland;" and that they and their Su…

Livingston, W^ Smith juni", Jno Smith, John Lasher jun"" Garr^ Noel, ^ Joseph Hallett, Thqs Jackson, John Dunlap, Nath' M°KinlYj Peter R. Livingston, John Stephens, Jn^ Morin Scott. New York 18th March 1766. LORDS OF TRADE TO GOV. MOORE. Whitehall Jul V 29, 17(55, Sir His Majesty having been pleased by an order in Council to refer to us for our Consideration and Report a Petition of th…

New- York praying to be incorporated by a Charier under tlie Seal of the Province of New- York for the purposes set forth in the said Petition, We think it necessary (not only from a Consideration of the Natui-e of the Petition in general but also as it refers to a like application formerly made b}^ tlie said Ministers to Lieutenant Governor DeLancy and to proceecliugs had thereupon) to send…

To his Excellency Sir Henry Moore Baronet, Captain Generall & Governor in Chief of the Province of New York and the Territories thereon depending in America Vice Admirall of the same kc^ In Council. The Petition of the Minister, Elders, Deacons and Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of the City of New York, according to the Westminster Confession of Faith, Catecliisms & Directory agreeable …

And your Petitioners are extremely desirous to give full Satisfaction, and to enable your Excellency to report on this Subject to their Lordships by the return of the Packet which arrived yesterday. Your Petitioners therefore beg Leave in this Way to signify their Readiness to attend the Commands of your Excellency and the Honorable Board, and most humbly Pray if there are any Facts not so …

In Obedience to your Excellency's Order in Council of the 4*i^ ultimo, referring to us a Letter of the 29^^ July last, from the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations ; and requiring our Advice and Information on the Petition therein inclosed. 504 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. lately presented to his Majesty, by the " Present Ministers of the Presbyterian Church in the City…

That on tlie 8"' February 1759, a Petition was preferred to Lieutenant Governor De Lancey by the " Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Lutheran Church of the City of New York" praying to be incorporated ; and afterwards on the 14^^ March following, reported by the Committee to whom it was referred, and a Charter advised to be granted to the Petitioners -- That on the 30' h March 1759, a like…

" We have attentively considered the Petition of the Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Lutheran Church, praying for a Charter of Incorporation ; and though we sh.all be at all Times desirous of concui-ring in any Measure, that may contribute to the Satisfaction of every pious Community, the principles of which are not adverse to the Religious Constitution of these Kingdoms : Yet it does not…

In the Petition now under Consideration, it is asserted as an Inducement to the Royal Grant ; " That his Majesty's Subjects of the Province of New York, Dutch and English of the Presbyterian Persvvasion, are a great majority of the whole Number of its Inhabitants" : This Suggestion, though it should be allowed in respect to Numbers, cannot be admitted, as to the Connection it supposes betwee…

506 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. lest sudi Incorporations niiglit be considered as repugnant \o tlie provisions of those Statutes. All which is humbly submitted ^ By Order of the Committee Jos : Reade Chairman. City of New York ) iM«h March 1767 S KING'S OKDEK IN COUNCIL DISMISSING THE PETITION OF THE PKESBYTEKIAN CHUKCH. [Counc. Min. XXVI.] [Seal J At the Court at S^ James's…

" the City of New York, according to the Westminister Confession " of Faith, Catechisms and Directory, agreeably to the present " Church of Scotland, and that they and tlieir Successors may " be thereby enabled, under the Great Seal of the Province, to " hold and enjoy the said Churcli and Ground belonging to the " same, and to acquire and hold a further Estate and enjoy such " other Rowers …

" That in Retui'n to this Reference to the Governor of New ^' York he had lately transmitted to the said Lords Commissoners " a report made to him thereupon by a Committee of Your " Majesty's Council there, wherein is set forth not only a true '^'Account of the Proceedings and Precedents to which the " Petition to Your Majesty refers, but a doubt is likewise stated " of great weight and Impo…

" conceive to be of too great Importance for them to decide upon, " but upon the fullest Consideration of Avhat is stated in the "Report of the Council of Ne^v York, they are of Oinnion, that "Independent of the objection arising out of tliis Question, it is "not expedient upon Principles of General Policy to comply "' Avith the Prayer of this Petition, or to give the Presbyterian ' Church o…

His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the Advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, tliat the said Petition of the Ministers, Elders, Deacons and Trustees of the Presbyterian Cliurch of New York, be dismissed tliis Boaixl -- whereof the Goveraoi; Lieu tenant Gove j nor, oi Couimender in Cliirf of-his Majegtj'-'s P…

That your Petitioners by the Bounty and Liberality of one of Yoiu' Excellency's Predecessors, have been enabled to Build Several large Churches in this City, for th.e Worship of Almighty God, according to the Liturgy of tlie Established Church of England. And being further desirous of spreading the Glorious Gospel of Christ; inculcating Loyalty to the best of Kings, and a Regard and Venerati…

That there is a Tract of Land, which, tho very distant and uncultivated, they hope, may under proper Improvement contribute to this End; scituate within tiiis Province, on tlie West side of Connecticut River, Bounded Easterly by a Township called Corinth, and Southerly by another Township called Dasham; Northerly by a Line beginning at the West Line of Corinth at the distance of about four mi…

That the aforesaid Tract, tho within the late Claim of New Hampshire, has never been patented under that Government but is free from aU Controversy, and still remains vested in the Crown -- Wherefore as well from your Benevolent Disposition, as from Your Excellency's firm atttachment to our happy Establishment the Petitioners hope That this their Request, wiU readily meet with your Countenanc…

To his Excellency Sir Henry Moore Baronet, Captain General and Governor in Cflief in and over the Province of New-York and the Territories depending thereon in America ; Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same ; And to his Majesty's Honourable Coimcil of said Province in Council Assembled. Whereas several Persons appointed to Act, as well for themselves as many other Members of the Reformed…

February 1755 by King George the second in Council, whereby the said Liberties and privileges were furtlier established and confirmed and others granted to the Ministers Elders, Deacons and ]\Iembers of the said Church, together with other matters PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW- YORK. 511 and divers Grievances tlierein contained and complained of. And thereby prayed {inter alia) speedy Re…

That tliis being deliberately considered, a Protest was there upon dehvered to the Consistory signed by 226 members of the said Church setting forth that by the 5lst Article of the Constitution of the said reformed protestant Dutch Church Government two Languages could not be made use of under one Consistory Secondly-- That the said pai-ty have in Opposition to tne Constitution of the said C…

Fiftlily -- That the Land of Mr Harpcnding lays in a great measure waste and divers Houses fit to Rent are pulled down to build a Cliurch upon to i)reach English in, Contrary to the Testator's Will. Sixtlily -- That the Catechising in the Dutch Language is forbidden by one of tlie Elders, alledging it was a Detriment to M"^ Leadly. And Mr Leadly lias forl3idden M^ Leydecker (who was qualifie…

Tenthly -- That the Rulers would force the Dutch, who can't understand M'^ Leadly; to acknowledge him to be their lawful Teacher ; and declare that he must and shall be one in Communion with the Dutch, who never commune with him because they cannot understand him ; and if he is one in Communion with the Dutch, he is lutitled to the Revenue of the Dutch Ministers. All which matters and Grieva…

to t ne honourable His Majesty's Council of the same Province. In Conformity to your Excellency's Recommendation witli tlie Advice of Council, of t;ie first day of August last, to lay before the honourable Board our Answer, to tne Representalion of Mess" Abel Hard.nbroek, Jacobus Stouten burg'i and Hubert Van Wagenen, who are therein said Xm be appointed to act for tliemselves, and manvot'i…

But bef -re we })rocecd, it may be necessary to premise, that the Consistory of our Cluirch, consisting of Ministers, Elders and Deacons, have from t'le Time their Charter was granted by King VVillidm the Tiiird, which was in tlie year IC'96 without any Inteiru[)tion, on a cei-tain Day mtnlioned for tliat Piu-pose in t'le C \arier annually elected their Successors, and that the Consislory s>…

Language, which lias of late in a great measure gone into Disuse in tliis City, and will probably in a few years become ohseletc -- Our present Ministers were convinced of the necessity [ of the measure, and M"" De Ronde, so far from disliking it, that he was much inclined to preach English himself, and had the Consistory been of opinion, that he was sufficiently skilled in the Language for …

In the year 1762 a Petition signed by 265 Persons belonging to the Congregation, whereof 123 were Members in Communion, being mostly Heads of Families, was presented to the Consistory by some of the most respectable Members of the Church, praying the Consistory to call a Minister to preacli in English in exact Conformity to the Doctrine of the Dutch Churclies in Holland, and to the same Rule…

f'APERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW- YORK. 515 amounted to one hundred and twenty five Pounds per Annum more, than was wanted to pay the Salary intended for the Enghsh Minister. Having proceeded thus far, the Consistory thought it further prudent to apply to tlie Classis of Amsterdam ; who, altho' they have no Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in His Majesty's Dominions, yet, as our Church was fi…

M"- Hardenbrook & his Party who were then pretty considerable for numbers, amounting in the whole to Eighty three men with the addition of their Wives and Daugliters, protested against the Proceedings of the Consistory, (liere it is to be observed tliat the Protest was wrote by M"" Stoutenburgh and all the Names subscribed in his own Hand writing and some of the same Persons twice mentioned,…

It was not 'till after all these Precautions, that an English 516 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. Minister was called -- T!>e Call was sent to ITollaiul for IMf Laidlio, in Consequence ol'wliic'i, lie was regulaily qualilied lor our Church, by the Classis of Amsterdam, and came o\er -- Ills Salary depended upon the Subscription List only, and what the Efl'ects liave been is abundanl…

By tliis Suit, we were put to a very considerable Expence, and Ave are credibly informed, that they also feed Counsel in England for advice, who gave tlieir Opinions against their Pretensions; whether this be true or not, they know best, and after all, it seems they cannot rest contented, witliout troubling Your Excellency, and the honourable Board, witli fresli Com})laints. We must beg the far…

Ipiiy: It is alledged, that the SC'*' Article of the said Constitution says " Ihai allho^ the Btii-yfj' ■^f i'i.e C/turch she aid require iL PAI'KRS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 517 no alferaiion t'lerciii should le modc-^'' this is against common sense; -- the iVi'licle says the direct contrary, that if the Interest ol' the Ciiurch s'.iould re(|ii!re it, alteralicnis may and ouglit to be…

JVth:i]nd Vi'': The Manor of Fordham before it was sold, was under M' Abel Hardenbrooks management, with Respect to t'le Collecting the Rents, wliat his tmoluments w'ere, he knows best; tlie Church received little better than one huntlred Pounds per annum lor all the Rents; it was therefore sold, the greatest Part of the Money is invested in real Securities; -- the Remainder is out on good p…

The VP'': Aiticle alledges, that catechising in the Dutch Language was ftsrbid, by one of the Elders, as also by M'' Laidlie ; tills is not true, and il it was, the Complainants must know, that no one Member of our Consistoiy has a right to Ibrbid any Thing. M' Le}de«ker never was ap. pointed by the Consistory to catechise in our Congregation, and is therefore, not qualilied ; tho' one Adria…

In answer to the VIpii; Article : that the Dutch Sdiool is not taken Care of, to the Ruin of the Dutch Education, we say, that we have at present and for twelve years last past, have employed M'^ Whelp, who was sent for to Holland as a School Master & Catechist ; he keeps a School constantly open receives Payment from us for teaching the poor Cliildi-en of the Congregation to the number of t…

To the Vllph: Article we say, that as it was thought proper to call an English Minister, it must be presumed, that he was to preach in one of the Churches ; the Consistory thought proper that English should be preached, only once every Lord's Day in the usual Time of Divine Service in one of the Churches, and directed that to be, in the new Church. In the old Church English is not preached a…

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is administered, as it always was in our Church ; in the Forenoon M'' Laidhe preaclies in the New Church ; -- many more Communicants attend that divine Ordinance under his Administration, as he preaches English, than under Dutch preaching, this makes it more proper that he should attend that Ordinance in the New Church ; the Dutch Ministers attend the same …

We further beg Leave to inform Your Excellency and the Honourable Eoard that M'' Stoutenburgh, having made it his Business to propagate about Town, that his Party was most numerous, and that he would shew it at the then next Election of Church officers in October last (the Law Suit respecting tlie Right of voting being not then determined) the Consistory for the Satisfaction of the Publick, …

Witi respect to ibrbiilding tliem the Sacraments, we must ohstrxe that it is the custom of our C:iurch for the Ministers and Elders, byOrder of the C'cmsistory to go to the Hi>uses of the Communicants, to in\ite tlum to ctinmunicate, -- In the Course of these Visilatious it has hajpened, tliat some of the Members of the Church told t'.x Ministeis and Kldcrs, that tliey would not acknowledge …

To the X'»': Article we say, tUat it is very difficult to comjtrehend, what is meant, by forcing them to acknowledge M^ Eadlie to be t eir lawful Teacher, and to declare t! at lie must ajid s!:all communicate with the Lutch -- M Laldlie is not fojctd u])en any Person -- No B(dy goes to hear Him but such as c;;use it, and he conmiunicates with none, but such as voluntarily C( me to connnnnicat…

If t'le ConiplHinants would pr(;duce the Letter, tliey received fioiii t!ie Rev<r< nd Classis of Amsterdam, a I'uil Answer to this Pv)ijit will theraii be seen ;-- The Bute i Hearers pay nothing, either lor Ministtrs or Pew-Kent ; the English Hearers at the Sole Expejice of Englisli Pn aching ; e^ery member of the Clmrch goes to liear whom he pleases, and attends t!ie Saeraincnt w'lere he pl…

Our Proceedings have been as far as we know exactly conformable to the Rules of i ur C urch, and agreable to the Since of the Ciuss's of Amsterdam, and the Event of a tedious &- expensive Law Suit evinces that nothing has been done by us . contrary to t le Laws of t le Country ; from all wliic'i we humbly conceive, it will a^jpear to Your ExcelL ncy and this honourable Ii()ard of Council, tha…

To his Excellency Sir Henry Moore Baronet Captain General & Governor in Cliief in and over the Province of New York &c &c &c The petition of Jolm Pe+rr Tetard, Clerk humbly Sli-v- eth. That by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province in the year of our Lord 1703 As also by the Deed of Purchase, the Property of the french Church of this City is vested in the Person of the Minister an…

That in April 1764 M' Carle, the late Minister of said Church,' returning to Europe, Your Petitioner, before his departure, legally succeeded to him in the Ministerial functions of the same; And in that Station Continued uninterrupted till the 29'^ day of June 1766, (being a Sunday,) when Mess»"s daniel Bontecou, John Hartier, James Buvelot, Francis Basset and Frederic Basset, all of the Cit…

To whom therefore can your Petitioner so properly apply for Redress in so unprecedented a grievance as to your Excellency in Council 1 Your Petitioner therefore begs that Your Excellency and the Honorable Board will be pleased to take his case under your wise Consideration • And then he is well Assured that he shall 1 Rev. Jean Carle succeeded Mr Rou in 1754. Smith. PAPERS E.ELATING TO THE …

WHEREAS a glorious stand for Liberty did appear in the Resentment shewn to a Set of Miscreants under the Name of Stamp Masters in the year 1765 ; and it is now feared that a set of Gentry called Comissioners (I do not mean those lately arrived at Boston) whose odious Business is of a similar Nature, may soon make their Appearance amongst us in order to execute their detestable Office. It is …

Majesty's Name oiTering a Reward of fifty Pounds to any Person or Persons wlio s'uill discover t'le Autlior or Authors of the seilitiiius I'apor aforesaid, so t'lat he or they be thereof c<jnvicte<l and over ami above tie said Reward, I do hereby promise his Majtsf} 's most Gracious Pardon to any Accomplice or Accomplices w!io s'lidl discover t'le Aut'ior or Authors of the said Paj)er so wrot…

Eliza')efh Lowe and left an on!y surviving son and heir Ukxry, wh j marred Caiharina Maria eldest daughter of Samuel Long Esq Chief Justice of Jamaica, and Sister of Edward Long, Judge of :he Court of Vice A.lmlraliy *t aijhor of ihe History of that Islanil. Mr Moore acted as Lieu't'uant Goverioi- of Jam.iica from Fcliy l7Mi to 176- wiih the exce|>tion of one yf.w. I'he followin!j exiracts fr…

Governor Moore wis C'np w^red to hohl the C<uwts, over which ho prt'siiled, when and wht-re he considered most ctmvenienl." '« The low murmurs' of <rscoiitent, which arose from the five disappointed parishes, were drowned by a pr >c"aniation which divitle I Ihe island into judicia y di'tricts, and («»ct '21) by a fleclaralion which maile Kingston, Savanna la Mar. Mcmtego Hay, *i Port Antonio, …

Neit.,er o'lject was attained; &. half the council jiecvishiy threatened to throw up their Sirat^; but Ihe j'idicious mana-remcnl nf Moore allayed the tumult, lie had seen, pe; haps he had fell, the abuses of a venal Jc oppressive adminisi ration ; &. his own example irave wciirht & eneriry to his exertions to establish tlie peace of the co|r)n\ . He emnciUly S'lcceedeil in the attempt, until…

Two ('oroman ee savages, -- their barbarous names were Tacky & .laniaica. -- were (he projectors of a conspiracy in which were evinced more than oidin-.iry skill atid caution -- Easter nionday was to he the fatal sign.il for a geueral missacre. <; the first movement proved the ilestruction of the garrison, ?i the seizure of the Fort at Port Maria, where the slaves belonging to C:ipt:r:n Forre…

Af ersonie examples of success & severity, he set a price upon the heads of t^e rebels, i^: it was not long before he was plentifully supplied with tlietu, bv their freaeherous c -untrymen. On all occasions of danger, h-; insti'iel & guided the \ nl >r of his troops, & was often obliged (o exiiose h's peison & eyert h's a'l'li'ies. Rut though his men were diciplined h bold, this new s)>ec'es o…

In this last action the maroons exhibited a disgusting instance of their native barbarity. They seized the body of Tacky, & after taking- his head as a trophy, they roasted & ilevoured the heart of their countryman. Encouraged by the disaffected slaves, who continued to flock to the sournl of their shell, and animateil by the hope of a reinforcement from the free negroes, the dispersed rebels …

A veil of obscurity is, however, drawn over the circumstances of this disgraceful transaction; & all we know is, that Moore instantly assembled the free negroes, put them under experienced officers, & while the militia in the distant parishes ran to arms, he headed the forty-ninth European regiment himself. In a partial engagement he gainetl some advantage; but as the agility of the barbarians…

" The silent hour of r.Jdnight was chosen for the attempt; he marched five miles up the valley, &, favored by the darkness, Avould infallibly have succeeded in the enterprise, had not his bold and judicious plans been frustrated by the unrestrained impetuosity of his men. The negroes were alarmed by a premature shout, rushed to their arms, & fought with desperation. Being allowed no time to co…

Attacked, on every side, by a foe whose movements could never be tiaceil or seen, & reduced to the resources of his own mind to extricate himself from a hazardous situation, where he could neither remain with safety, nor retire with honour, Moore displayed a prudent intrepedity which compensated for the inexperience of his men, & the novel difficulties of a savage mode of war. His fears were …

But a milder sentiment, urged by the authority of the leaders, or enforced, perhaps, by the neighborhood of Maroons, at length prevailed; &. a suppliant crowd repaired to the Governor's quarters, to learn their fate from the mouth of their Conqueror. They implored, & experienced, (he clemency they had so little reason to expect: peace was grrinted to them; & they were soon convinced, by the l…

He filled the latter office until his death, which occurred on the llth September, 1769. He left two children, a son and a daughter. The former. Sir Jno. H. Moore, succeeded to t le title, but dying without issue in 1780 the Baronetcy became extinct. The Arms are, Ermine, three greyhounds courant sa. Crest, a Moorcock holding in the beak a branch of heath ppr. The family, it is supposed, w^ere…

This they have i^jne in i>assing the vote to give tlie troops a thousand jiounds out of any monies that may be in the treasury, and another thousand out of the money that may be issu(d, to be put out on loan, whic'i t!ie colony will be obliged to make good, whetiier the bill (br t'mt purpose does or dots m.t obtain the royal assent ; ami tjjat tliey ha\e betrayed the liberties of the pc<')pl…

Our granting money to th,e troops, is implicitly acknowledging the authority that enacted the revenue acts, and tlieir being obligaiuiy i;ii us, as ihcse acts \vere enacted for the exjiress PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 529 purpose of taking money out of our pockets without our consent j and to provide for the defending and support of government in America ; which revenue we say b…

If this is not a division in this grand point, I know not what is : And I doubt not but the ministry will let us know it is to our cost ; for it will furnish them with arguments and fresh courage. Is this a grateful retaliation to that brave and sensible people, for the spirited and early notice they took of the suspending act ? No, it is base ingratitude, and betraying the common cause of l…

530 PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. not to protect but to enslave us : Has not the truth of this remark been lately exemplified in the audacious, domineering and inhuman Major Pullaine, who ordered a guard to protect a sordid miscreant, that transgressed the laudable non-importation agreement of the merchants, in order to break that, which is the only means left them, under God, to …

This evinces the expediency of our stopping these grants now, while we are embroiled with the mother country, tliat so we may not, after the grand controversy is settled, have a new bone of contention about the billeting money ; which must be the case if we do not put an end to it at this time : for tlie colony, in its impoverished state, cannot support a charge which amounts to near as much …

M"" Colden knows from the nature of things, that he cannot have the least prospect to be in administration again ; and therefore, that he may make hay wliile the sun shines, and get a full salary from the Assembly, flatters the ignorant members of it, with the consideration of the success of a bill to emit a paper currency ; when he and his artful coadjutors must know, that it is only a snare …

The Assembly, conscious to themselves, of liaving trampled on the liberties ot the people, and fearing their just resentments on such an event, are equally careful to preserve their seats, expecting that if they can do it at this critical juncture, as it is imagined the grand controversy will be settled this winter, they will serve for seven years ; in which time they hope the people will fo…

Governor in the Speaker's chair, and then there would be no wat of time in going from house to house, and his honour would have the pleasure to see how zealous his former enemies are in promoting his interest to serve themselves. Is this a state to be rested in, when our all is at a stake 1 No, my countrymen, rouse ! Imitate the noble example of the friends of liberty in England ; wlio, rat…

After this is done, go in a body to your members, and insist on their joining with the minority, to oppose the bill ; if they dare refuse your just requisition, appoint a committee to draw up a state of the whole matter, and send it to the speakers of the several houses of assembly on the continent, and to the friends of our cause in England, and publish it in tlie news-papers, that the whol…

PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 533 V.-f;-. ■ " To the Betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New- York" and containing many insolent daring and infamous Reflections on the Honour Dignity and Authority of the three Branches of the Legislature of the said Province ; Which having been taken into Consideration by the General Assembly, The House did on the nineteenth day of Dece…

Resolved Nemine Contradicente that the Author or Authors Aiders and Abettors of the said Paper, is or are guilty of a high Misdemeanour ; and a daring insult on the Honor Justice and Authority of this House. Resolved J^emine Contradicente that an Humble Address be presented to His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, requesting he will be pleased to issue a Proclamation offering a Reward of one h…

hereby promise his Majesty's most gracious Pardon to any Accomplice or Accomphces, who shall discover the Author or Authors Aiders or Abettors of the seditious Paper aforesaid. Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Fort George in the City of New York, the twentietii day of December One thousand seven Imndred and sixty nine, in the tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Th…

" the loud and general Voice of their Constituents ; the Dictates of " sound Policy, the ties of Gratitude, and the glorious Struggle " we have engaged in for our invaluable Birth Rights, dared to " vote supplies to the Troops without the least Shadow of a " pretext for their pernicious Grant -- the most eligible place will "be in the Fields near M*" De la Montague's, and the time -- I " bet…

I have therefore thought fit by and with the advice of his Majesty's Council to issue this Proclamation ; hereby in his Majesty's Name offering a Reward of Fifty pounds to any Person or Persons who shall discover the Author or Authors of the above mentioned Paper, so that he or they be thereof convicted : And over and above the said Reward I do hereby promise his Majesty's most gracious Pard…

John La.hb, afterwards a Captain in Montgomery's expedition against Canada, and since Irnown as General Lamb, was brought before the Assembly on the Speaker's warrant and examined, on the following day, touching his conduct regarding the two preceding " Libels." As it did not appear that he had acted at the Meeting of the Citizens on the 18th in consequence of those obnoxious papers, though i…

On the 20th Dec. following McDougal was arraigned at the bar of the Assembly as " the supposcl author or publisher" of the address signed " A Son of Liberty." He pleaded, in reply, that as the grand jury and Assembly had declared the paper in question (o be a libel, he had nothing to say further than, being under prosecution already in (he Supreme Court, he conceived it would be an infraction…

of both these arrests. He was subsequently a member of the Provincial Convention, and in 1775 was appointed Colonel of the 1st N. Y. Regt. He rose in the course of the war of the Revolution (1776) to the rank of Brigr General, and in 1777 to that of Majr Genl in the U. S. army; was a prominent member of the N. Y. State Senate from 1784 until his death, which occurred in June, 1786. He is repre…

The latter removing subsequently to Amsterdam, Gualtherus passed with great credit through the Latin school of that city, and at the age of twenty, was sent to the university at Leyden, where he studied humanity, science, philosophy and theology under Professors Van Es, Hollebeck, Van Peenen and Francius. After having "sate six years at the feet of these four Gamaliels," he returned to Amster…

These continued three or four days, but he rallied at the close of the week and felt so much better, that it was presumed he was suffering only from a cold, caught on his return from preaching in consequence of a change in the weather. He continued to improve until 5 o'clock p. m. on Monday when he had a return of the attack, which increased, accompanied with great pain, notwithstanding all t…

His funeral sermon wa« preached on the J3th Octob., 1751, by his successor the Rcvd Lambertus de Ronde, who had served the Church in Surinam for four years and a half, and had been calleil to assist the Revd Mr Dubois only some months before the latter's death. This Sernr.on, from which we have gleaned the above particulars, was printed in N. Y. by Hendricus de Foreest, anno 1752, and is to be…

May it please Your Maty Having in obedience to your Matys Commands Signified to us by the Rt Honbie ^r Secretary Boyle considered the Petition of Joshua Kockerthal the Evangelical Minister in behalf of himself and severall poor Lutherans come hither from the Lower Palitinat in Germany praying to be Transported to some of your Matys plantations in America ; We humbly take leave to represent t…

carae It is to be fciired it may not be agreeable to their Constitutions, and tlierefore We humbly propose that they be sent to Settle upon Hudson's River in the Province of New York, where 'they may be usefull to this Kingdom particularly in the production of naval Stores and as a frontier against the ifrench and their Indians : And this Your Ma^y be enabled to do by granting them the Usuall…

And in case Your Maty s]-,aii approve of their going to New- York, we humbly represent to your Maty that the Cheapest way of Transporting them will be in the Man of War and Transport Ship that shall be ordered to goe with the Lord Lovelace, for W€ do not find that they can be carry ed thither by any other way under Eight or Ten pounds p*' head for the Men and Women and proportion ably for th…

Her Maty jn Councill approving the said Report and taking into Consideration the great sulferings and Poverty of the said poor Lutlierans is graciously pleased to Order, that they be made Denizens of this Kingdom according to tlie abovementioned Report, and one of Her Mat?^ Principall Secretarys of State is to prei)are a Warrant for Her Ma'ys Royall Signature Directing M-" Sollicitor Gen'i t…

Your L'd«ps Most faithfull humble servant Lord Lovelace. jj Boyle. .•. Letters of Ecnization, dated 25th Aug. 1708, win be found in Deed Book X. 241 Sees off. naturalizing the above Clergyman, Sibylle Cliarlotte his Wife & Christian Joshua, Benigna Sibylle & Susanna Sibylle their Children; also Lorentz Schwisser, Anne Catherine his wife & Johannes their son; Heinrich Rennau & Joanna his Wif…

Upon Reading the Petition of Joslma Cocherthal the INIinister & Herman Schuneman and other of the Germans y* were sent over hither by her Majesty's Cliarity setting forth yt by Reason of the Death of My Lord Lovelace they and the rest of these Germans are in Great want of Provisions and necessarys for their Support being Provided for by his Lordship in his life time but sence his Decease hav…

his Wife, Heironemus, Maria Babara & Anne Gertrude their Chihlren; Michael Weigand, Anne Catherine his Wife, Tobias George and Anne Maria their Children; Jacob Weber, Anne Elizabeth his Wife, Eve Maria & Eve Elizabeth their dauf^hters; Johannes Jacob Plettel, Anne Elizabetli his Wife & Margret, Anne, Saiah & Catharine their Children; Johannes Fischer & Maria Barbara his Wife; Melchlor Gulch, …

support they cannot be capable to make any settlem* on the land whereon they are placed but must Desert tlie same and betake themselves to some other manner of Providing a maintenance whereby the End of her Majestys bounty and Charity will be wholly frustrated It is therefore their request to Collo Thomas Wenham tliat he do provide a needfull & necessary support for the said Minister and y"^…

Du Bois assist them on their said Inquire concerning their Rehgious Disputes the times places of y^ meeting of which Committee is to be appointed by ye said Mr. Van Dam Mr. Barbaric k Capt Provost or any two of them. In Council] June 21. 1709. Mr. Barberie from the Committee to Inquire into the Disputes between the Germans sent to this Province by her Majesty Reported that they have Inquired…

That all his endeavouring hitherto bestowed and applyed can not meet with an effect answerable to liis expectations to find but the utmost necessary expences to tlie building of his house and regulating his settlement upon the land assigned to him, being l^esides advised by M^ Kokerell Secretary that he could not (after the latter end of this month of June :) continue any further with the pr…

Your Honour's most humble petitioner is in duty bound to acquaint your Honour's that he intends to retransport himself to London by this favorable opportunity with Your Honour's gracious leave, to acquire the sooner and easier by Her most sacred Majesty as wel Her most Gracious Ratification of what hitherto is done in favor of him and his Company, as also Her most Clement Royal Resolutions c…

Most humble most dutifull and most obedient Servant Joshua Kocherthal. PETITION OF THE GERMAN COMPANY AT QUASEK CREEK AND THANSKAMIR To the Right Honourable Richard Ingoldesby Esq^ Lievtenant Governour and Commander in Cliiei in and over Her Majesties Provinces of New York Nova Csesaria, and Territories depending thereon in America, &c As also to Her Majesties Honourable Council of this P…

Tho : Wenham (: b: m:) most humbly to acquaint Your Honour, That they do not know where to address themselves to receive the remainder of their allowance of provision a 9d p Day to every head, allowed to them by Your Honoui-'s Favor untill the l^t day of January next -- And whereas the s'^ Company is at present in great want of the S'^ Allowance to the dayly maintenance of them and their Fa…

*,»In Sacket's Map of Ncwbnrgy dated May 1, 1798, which may be found iu the State Engineer's ofiBce, (No. 385,) the above creek is laid down by the name of Quassy Creek. It is now called Chambers' Creek. The Dutch called the locality the Danskamer. ANOTHER PETITION IN BEHALF OF THE GERMANS. To the Right Honourable Richard Ingoldesby Esqu: Lieutenant Governour and Commander in Chief in and ove…

the said Company by Tom- Honour's Approbation should entre into a penal Bond, fully to repay the said summ to the s^ Gentleman, if his Agent should not receive it from the Royall Treasury within 12 moneths. Your Honour's most humble Petitioner is in Duty bound further, most humbly to represent to Your Honoui-'s that he found Coll: Nicholas Bayard, M^ Octavus Conradus, to be wiUing to the re…

But whereas he Ukewise did observe, that the said Gentl: did consider liis propositions only as a fine talke and Discourse out of his own head, desireiug Your Honours effectual Concui-rence, he is constrained most humbly to acquaint Your Honours, That, having duly executed Your Honoui-'s Order, he can contribute nothing more but to add his most humble prayers to Your Honours Generosity, to l…

Your Honours most humble Petitioner, being convinced not to be allowed to question Your Honour's Favour of approving what he most humbly hath undertaken to represent and lay 550 PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES. before Your Honour's to the benefit of his Countrymen, shaE ever call and subscribe himself for so great a happiness and Favour, with permission, if it please Yours Honour-s Most hu…

A LIST Of those Germans who by a Common Division have taken in to their possession aU the Tools, which by Her Majestes Bounty were given to Melchior Gulch, Palatine -- Joyner -- JosHUAH KocFiERTHAL -- 1 Barrel of Lime -- 3 Gouches -- 2 formers -- 1 Grindingstone -- 1 square -- 1 Rule -- 1 Compass -- and. several pieces more. Hermanus Schuneman -- 2 Handsaws. 1 Great Saw. 3 Gouches.. 2 Agors…

PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES. 551- Jacob Weber, 1 Box with White Lead Knife & Compass, 1 adde, 2 Gouches, 1 mortizing chisel besides several pieces more. Isaac Turk, 1 Glupott, 1 Box with white Lead, knife & compass, 1 Saw-file, 3 Grouclies, 1 fore plain, besides severall pieces more. Lorenz Switzer, 1 Grinding-stone, 1 square, 1 little Gimlet, 2 Agors, 1 Smooding plain, besides severall…

That Three full Setts of Joyner-Tools were given by Her Majesties Bounty to tlie said Melchior Gulch, viz* one for him, tlie second to his Son, and the Thh-d for an Apprentice -- Whereof he hath only seen these specified parcells en passant by the Persons above named. Wherefore he humbly prays That the order to be granted to him against them, may not only be directed for these few parcells, b…

And the Mayor of t^iis City having presented a Petition to this Board from himself and the Corporation seting forth tliat there is just Cause to beheve there are many contagious distempers among them which tliey are apprehensive will Endanger the health of the Inhabitants of the Citty if they be Landed in any part thereof and hinder the Trade and welfare of it by deterring the Country people…

It is ordered that Johannes Hebon and Peter Williamse two carpenters do wait on the President at two o'clock this afternoon to Nutten Island with respect to the Building the aforesaid Huts and that so many Boards and other materials be bought as the said Carpenters shall judge necessary for that service. It is ordered that what stores are on Board the said ship be fort^iw^'' sent ashore and …

Mf Cheife Justice Reported to his Excehencey that himselfe M'' Barberie and M"" Eiclvley have met on the Reference made to them yesterday to consider of a Sclienie for tlie good Governing the Palatines, and haveing Considered tlie same, Proposed that Commissions of the Peace and otlier Comissions be Granted to some persons among tliem for that End and that an Ordinance Issue Impowering to he…

There haveing beene severall Proposalls made for the takeing^ many of the Palatine Children for a Terme of Yeares and there being many Orphans who are unable to take care of themselves to work, and many who by sickness are Rendered uucapable of doeing any service for some time and in that Condition would be a great expence and there being noe Prospect of Settleing them this sumer by reason i…

[The above order was amended on 27 July directing Jhat the Bays be bouud until the a.c;-e of 17 and the girls till they reach 15 years.] For .'I Vict, of the Children apprenticed under this order sec post, p 5^6. 554 PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES. AN ORDINANCE FOR ESTABLISHING COURTS OF JUDICATURE IN Nl'TTEN ISLAND. An Ordinance by his Excellency Robert Hunter Esqi" Capt. Generall and Go…

and Authority with tlie advice and consent of her Majesties Councill for the said Province to Erect Constitute and Establisli such and soe many Courts of Judicature and Publick Justice within the said .Province and Territories depending thereon as his said Excellency and Councill should think fitt and necessary for the heareing and determining of all Causes as well Criminall as Civill accord…

The Process to be by Sumons under tlie hand of the Justice Directed to tlie Constables of the said Island Whicli Sumons being personally served or a Copy left at the Defendants place of abode two days before the heareing of the said Cause or Case shall be suificlcnt Autliority to and f(jr the said Justice to Proceed to hcare such Cause or Ca^e and Determine the same in the Defend^^ absence by…

That then such Justices are hereby authorized and Impowered to award such Costs against the Appellant to the Appellees as the said Appellee shall have 550 PAPERS RELATING TO TFiE PALATINES. beene put to bj' reason of the said Appcale as the said Justices in their Discretion shall think fitt. Provided that noe execution shall he stayed on the ffirst Judgement by such appeale above the space …

Provided that noe execution shall he stayed on the ffirst Judgement by such appeale above the space of flOive days, Provided also tliat sucli appeal* be entered and made before any two of tlie said Justices within two dayes after such Judgement soe to be given as aforesaid or otherwise not to be allowed, any thing to the contrary hereof notwithstanding And It is hereb}'^ further Published O…

PAPERS KELATING TO THE PALATINES. 557 also and it is hereby fiirtlier Ordained and Declared That in all Judgements in all Civill Causes and Actions tiiat shall be Given by the said Court Wherein the Debt and Damages Exceed the Sume of Ten Pounds and not otherwise, It sliall and may be Lawfull for any party that shall think himselfe agrieved by such Judgement to enter his or llieir appeale fr…

Given by his Excellency Robert Hunter Esqr Captain Generall and Governor in Cheife of y® Provinces of New York and New Jersey and Territories depending thereon in America etct and Vice Admirall of ye same &c. in Councill at ffort Anne in New York Twelveth day of July Anno Dm. 1710. and in the Ninth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Anne by the Grace of God of Great Brittalne ffrance…

Unto Your Excellency That Your Petitioner is by Profession a Surgeon, That he hath as such attended the service of tlie English Nation in fflanders, in Ireland, and at sea, about eighteen or nineteen years ; in which time he hath not out of a covetous mind made it his Bussyness to heap up riches to himselfe, but hath with all Ms power, Skill and ability all along promoted tlie welfare of tho…

But so it is, may it please your Excellency, that soon after your Petitioner's arrival in this Province, he was taken with a Rheumatism w-hich disabled him to procure to himselfe that subsistance which was needful, and having by means of the said Distemper contracted some Debts in this City ; which he holds himselfe in Conscience bound (if Possible) to pay and make good ; and being Recommend…

Governour of New- York (wliic]i Honour the Queen of (jreat Britain from a wise Election hath been pleased to invest your Excellency witli) as to tliat of the Captain of said Ship Lyon, as by the said certificate may appear ; Now your Petitioner for these Reasons Doth in most humble and Dut} full manner ; Pray your ExcelleAcys llavour, that liis said Circumstances may be considered, and effec…

Doc. XVIII.] New York, July 24. 1710. My Lords By a small vessell bound for Lisbon I gave 3'our Lordships notice of our arrival here [June 14.] Since that time all the Palatine Sliips separated by the weather are arrived safe except the Herbert Erigat wheve our Tents and arms are. She was cast away on the East end of Long Island on the 7th July, the men are Safe, but our goods much damaged.…

Tliese lands however I believe will be no ways fit for the design in hand, being very good Lands, which here bears no Pines and lyes very remote I shall however be able to carry it on elsewhere, for there is no want of Pines but the pine land being good for nothing tlie difficulty will ly in finding such a situation as W'ill aftbrd good land for their Settlements near the Pine lands ; I am i…

Over against it, but a little further, I have found a small Tract of about a mile in length along the River which lias by some chance not been granted, tlio' pretended to have been purchased of the Indians by some, where I have planted the remainder, they are not all as yet transported, but I am making all possible dispatch that I may prevent the winter, this Tract also lyes near to the Pin…

b aj ^ cs « *" .-, ^ e o s c <»^ ;::; ■£ ! 2 £ 3 i -yi "2 5 : > bt^ p ■■ oS' 3 "3 q ^ 0) «. I ~ rt « ^ 3 .5 ; .^ .-;; ly ?i. Ei^ Vol. III. PATKaS RELATIKG TO TilK TALATINES. LIST OF THE PALATIiNS REMALNIKG AT KEW YORK. 1710. Old Y'!«s Hans WmStuo6:rath..... 37 -- Anna Margarelta JiS -- Anna Clara lU --Catharine 4 --John Marcus. | Anna VV ormserin widdow 36 Wiclaus Jungens w…

Frantz 5 -- -- Johannes ••• i Anna Apolona Siekncrin wid... 44 ■ Johannes dead 9 Johan Jacob 7 Johannes Planck ...,,.. 43 Maria Margt 32 Johanna Eliz............. 14 Ludwig Henrich ... ..... 6 Hans Adam Zolner 52 Maria: before Baumersin 40 Andreas Richter 47 Anna Maria 45 . Andreas IC Anna Barbara 8 Aona Maria Mengelsin wid.... 27 OldY'ng Jolm Carolus 3 Anna Maria 6 . Juliana 1-…

Maria Eliz 12 John Hendrich 7 Anna Catharina 5 Juliana Maria 1| Sittonia Melchlin wid 41 Anna Maria 11 -- - Anna Eliz 8 Anna Cath Batzin 38 John Ludwig 7 Anna Maria Reichin orph 17 Anna Margt dead 8 Hans Thomas A 12 Jeane Bruicre orph 18 Jacque 15 PAlTtivS ilEi^TING TO THE PALATINES. Sasannah Anna E!iz Rorbaalin Wid S-i Anna Morga Anna Eliz. Schullzin wid 22 Conrad Frederich 52 …

Christina 23 'Cath: Eliz Anna Margt Danemark wid.... 58 Christina Strad 40 Maria Ursula 28 Catharine 13 Anna Maria 11 John Jacob Maria Catharine 13 Andreas Elich 37 Anna Rosina 23 John George. Johannes Engelle 31 Anna Christina 12 Anna Maria g Anna Eliz 4 Michael Pseffer 32 Anna Maria 28 Michael Storr 38 Anna Marg 48 Eliz ; Catharine 12 Johan Dcitrick Wannermacher. 28 Peter J…

Johannes TrilhauserX 23 BernharJ Lickard. 25 Justina 32 Johan Wm Schneider >< 28 Helena Brilmannin, orph >^ 17 Valtin : Bressler 41 Christina 36 Anna Eliz 14 TAPERS RELATING TO THE PAX.ATINES. Anna Gertrude 12 Andreas 9 Anthony 5 Maria Agnes ^ Andreas Weidnecht 40 Margaret 40 George Fred 13 John George 11 Anna Eliz 9 Johannes Baer 40 Anna 27 John Fred 10 John Jacob 4 Melchior…

Maria Catha 15 Veronica Zwickin, wid 39 Marcus 1 John Martin Anna Margaretta 14 Johannes Lohrentz 43 Anna Margaretta 39 Anna Eliz 15 Magdalena 13 Anna Barbara 11 Alexander Caspar Hartwig 39 Anna Eliz 39 Johan Bernhard Johan Lorentz Magdalena 1 Magdalena Offin, wid 32 Johan Jacob Anna Barbara Anna Eva Morellin, wid 48 Anna Apoionia 18 Anna Barbara 11 Michael Henneschid 36 Ann…

Bradford the printer and became afterwards PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATIKES. Johannes 7 Anna Catharina 10 Anna Maria Gablin wld 34 Anna Maria 7 Benedictus Kuhner 36 Anna Felice 40 Jacob A 4 Eva Barbara 9 Anna Elizabetha Laukin 42 Margaretta Schmidtin, wid 27 Joban Daniel A . . . • 4 Daniel Teffa 30 Marianna 11 Abraham 7 Margaret Meserin, wid 50 Johannes 16 Su«an Cath 10 Maria Ga…

J'ohannes Roschman 33 AnnaEliz 30 Maria Cath the proprietor and publisher of the N. Y. Weekly Messenger. In consequence of the boldness of its strictures on the government, this paper was ordered to be burat by the Common hangman and Zenger the Palatine, was indicted for Libel in 1734. It was on this occasion that Hamilton of Philadelphia so triumphantly vindicated the liberty of the Press a…

■»j - OS rt -- 568 PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES. Palatines Subsisted at New York viz' Days AdulM Children For ye Month Of November 31) Each Day 286 & 113 For ye Month of December 30 Each day 272 & 112 For ye Month of January 31 273 -- 112 For ye Month of February 28 days 274 & 110 For ye Moneth of March to ye 25 day is 25 days 312 & 119 Palatines, Subsisted at New York, from y« 25th M…

To his Excellency Robert Hunter Esq"" Cap* Gen'i & Governo' jn chief in & over her Majesties Provinces of New York & New Jersey & the territories depending thereon in America & Vic« Admirall of the same &c -- in Councill. The Petition of Peter Willemse Romers of the City of i\ew York, ^ Hi MBLY SmEWETH, I That yo^ Pet^' was the last summer Employed by M' Secretary : to make a number of co…

Hie 5*h Sept. 1711 And yo"- Pet"" as in Duly bound shall ever Pray &c. PAPERS DELATING TO THE PALATINES. STATEMENT of Leads of Palaten famileys and number of Persons in both Towns on ye ^ygst side of Hudsons River. Winter, 1710. J Jno. Christ. Gerlach Capt. 2 Peter Maurer 3 Philip Muller 4 Jno. Georg Spanhimer. ... 5 Jno. ffriil : Caselman 6 Jno. Leher 7 Fred: Miickle S Georg Schaffer…

41 Gartrud Eikertin 42 Joseph Richart ,,,.., is •3s s r MOD r- »-l 1^ 1 2 - -- -- 3 1 1 1 -- 1 2 1 1 -- _ 1 1 -- 1 1 1 2 -- 1 3 -- -- -- -- _ -- 1 _ _ 1 1 -- 1 _ _ 1 1 -- -- -- 1 1 -- -- , J -- _ _ - -- _ _ ] _ _ -- ] -- -- 1 1 -- s > -- -- -- ] -- -- -- - -- _ -- ] -- _ 1 1 -- -- ] -- -- 1 ] -- -- 1 3 -- -- -- -- 1 3 …

Peter Becker Valin : fTaulkinberg Wilhcim Miiller , Elisab: Jiingin Jho Ritzbacus Elisab: Bayherin Peter Keiseler Jno Urn Keifer Jno Henrich .'"rliram... Peter Et^r.er Elizab: Sweilcn Jho liliche) Emrich .... Gcorg Hen : Stubcnrau Peter Diebtl Catha: £chiit7.iii Christian jleyf-r Peter Overbach Henrich Moor Conrad .MerUiu Maria Ilighrin Ana Mar : EmriohSn. . . . Aaam Ilardel , …

Geo: MuIIer Jacob Schnell Fred Bellenger Jacob Webber Hen Widervfachs William Nelles Geo P^athiaa Johannis Kisler Cristo Hagedorn Geo: Breigel Frantz Fincic John Sohaffer Andreas Schurts George Dachstacler Peter Hagedorn Johannes Zaygdorf 356 men, woiiien & children in this Town. A True Coppy from the Origical lijOfRY iUVER, HAYSBFRY. John Christopher eruoks 10 Paulus Dientet…

Casper Rauch Christ Sittenich Hans Hen: Zeller Jno. Hen. Schmidt Johannes Zeller Jno Phill Zerbe Samuel Kuhn Jno Phill Theis •2U Gerhard Schaffer Martin Zerbe '21 Ulrich Bruckhart Niclaus Ruhl •22 Jacob Ess Adam Mic Schmidt Ferdo Mentegen Coiid Maisinger '24 Conrad Kuhn Thos Ruffener Jacob Dings Henrick Fehling JohJostPetry Lud. W. Schmit. 2o0 men women & children a Trnc C…

Given under my hand and seale at ffort Anne in Nevy York this Thii^tieth day of Aprill in y Twelfth yeare of her Majesties raigne annoq: Dm. 1713. To Augustus Graham Escf Surveyor General of y«| province of New York or j his Deputy PETITION OF THE GERMANS AT QUASSECK CREEK. To liis Excellency Robert Hunter Esq^' Cap' Gen^' & Gov' in Cheife of the province of New York New Jerst^ and Terr…

But in as much as the said Tract of Land soe Laid out for yo'" Petitioners is all upland, yc Petitioners find they cannot be able to subsist themselves and fiamilys thereon for want of some meadow Land for ifodder for tlieir Catlle in winter. And there being a small quantity of vacant and unappropriated meadow Ground Lyeing behind yo"" petitioners said Lotts about an English mile from the Li…

Tiiat pursuant to your Escell. warrant the Sui'veyor Generall did survey & lay out for your Petit, a certaine Tract of Land on t'le West side of Hudsons River in the County of Ulster beginning on tlie Nord-side of Quaseck Creek & extend Northerly lip Hudsons River on a slreight line 200 & 19 chaines, & into the woods on that side 100 chaines, containing two thousand one hundred & ninety acre…

Now in asmnch as the warrant above directed by your Excell. to the Attorney Generall to prepare the letter Patent above said, is not as yet made out, your Petit, humble crave leave to acquaint your Excell. that as they concei\e tlie said Letters Patents being ordered to be made out, for each respective Division as aforesaid in the Name ^of tliem & their respective wives & children, according…

Your Petitioner therefore most humble pray your Excell. would be pleaseth to order your Excellencys warrant to the Attorney Generall to prepare Letter Patent to youT Petitioners by Name Georg Loockstad, Michel Weigant, Herman Schuneman, Cliristian Henicke, Joshua Kocherthal, Peter Rose, Jacob Weber, Johannes Fisher, & Andrew Volck, for the afforesaid Tract of land according for the severall a…

Unto Your Excellency and the honourable Council That whereas there has been aloted to the use of the Church & Minester five hundred acres of Land upon proviso that tlie said Minester do resid and dwel with the Inhabitants at the place aforesaid and there do and perform the office and Duty of a Minester Now the present Minester utterly refusing to Comply with the Said proviso "and not having …

Church and Minester that it may not be in his power or of any Incumbet to Ahenate or Convert tlie Same to any otlier use then as aforesaid And your Petitioners herein relieved as to Your Excellency's Wisdom may apper fit they as in Duty bound will ever pray. 8 October 1718. Eead & referred and ordered that the Petitioners do serve M^" Cockerill with a coppy of this Petition. [No Report seem…

In pursuance of yc Honours reference made in Council the 17*ii of this Instant of the peticon of Andrew Volck and Jacob Webbers of the 17'^ December 1719 in behalf of themselves and the other palatins therein menconed We have perused inquired into and considered the same as also the letter of the then E* Honorable M'^ Secretary Boyle to the then Lord Lovelace in his lifetime of the 10ti» of …

And are of opinion A warrant be directed by yy Honour to the Commissioner for executing the office of tlie Attorney Generall for the dravi^ingof a grant of the same tract of land pursuant to tlie said draft or ground plot beginning on the north side of quassaick creek and extending northerly up Hudsons river upon a straigjit line two hundred and ninteen chains and into the woods from Hudsons…

Lott N" 5 Conteining 250 acres to Sybilla Charlotta Cockershall the widow of Joshua Cockershall who was their Lutheran minister and to Christian Joshua, Benigna Sibylla, and Susanna Sibylla their children that is to say tlie whole two hundred and fifty acres to them and their heirs and assigns forever to each of them respectively a fourth part thereof Lott N*^ 6 conteining one hundred acres …

To hold tlie same nine lotts to the same nine setts of grantees severally & respectively to their severall & respective uses and behoofs and of their heirs and assigns forever, under the like quitrent of two shillings & sixpence for every hundred acres thereof with the usuall clauses provisions condicons limitacons and restriccons as by his Majesties Royall instruccons are directed limited an…

We are of opinion it be granted to the same two peticoners in trust and impropriated to the maintenance and support of a Lutheran minister forever which trust may be conteined in the said peticoners Andrew Volck and Jacob Webber during their naturall lives and at their decease or the decease of any one of them that it be in the power of the male tennants of the s<i tract of land to assemble …

580 PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES. the yearly rent of one peppercorn if the same be legally demanded wliich ueverthelesse is liumbly submitted. By Your Honours Most Obed' Humble servants A : D : Peyster New-York Dec^ W^ 1719. Gerard Eeekman Rip Van Dam John Barberie A. D. Philipse T Byerly. FERRY BETWEEN NEWBURGH AND FISHKILL To the Honourable George Clarke Esqr. Lieutenant Governor …

That as there are now many Settlements on both Sides Hudsons River aforesaid, Persons frequently have Occasion to Cross over from one Side of the said River to the other, But are often obliged to wait a Considerable time for passage over the same, there being no Ferry yet Estabhshed on Either Side thereof That your Petitioner is willing to provide proper Boats and ^persons Constantly to atte…

He therefore Humbly Prays Your Honour will be favourably Pleased to grant to him his Heirs and Assigns for Ever his Majesties Letters Patent for the soil under tiie Water One hundred foot into the River from the Higli Water Mark the whole length of the aforesaid Patent So Granted to the aforesaid Andries Volck & Jacob Webbers (So that he may be Enabled to make proper Wharfs and Landing place…

For every Man & Horse 0 2 6 But if three or more together for Each Man & Horse ..020 For a Single person only 0 1 0 For Each footman (if three or more together) 0 0 9 For Every Horse or Beast Single 0 1 6 But if three or more together for Each 0 1 3 for Every Calf or Hogg 0 0 6 for Every Sheep or Lamb 0 0 4 for Every full Barrell 0 1 0 for Every Empty Barrell 0 0 4 for Every Pail of Butt…

Ordered that the said Report be made Immediately -- The Committee are of opinion that his Honour do grant to the Petitioner Alex"" Colden His Majesty's Letters Patent for the sole Keeping of a Ferry between any & every part of the said Tract, and for the Soil under the water so far only as his own land runs 100 foot into the Water from High Water Mark, under the yearly Quit Rent of five shil…

That many of the said palatines arriving witliin tliis province of New York, some of them obtained Letters patents from his late Majesty King George the first bearing date the eighth Day of December one thousand seven hundred and nmeteen for two thousand one hundred and ninety Acres of land at a place called Quassack in Ulster County, whereof five hundred acres were grante<:l to Trustees for…

584 PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES. preach and Administer tlie Holy Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper among them. That no profits could arise from the said Glebe till within about sixteen years last past, and during the whole Time no more has been received for the services done on the said Glebe by the Lutheran Ministers of New York, for preaching & administering the Sacraments …

That during the Time aforesaid the said Lutherans have built a small Church upon the premises: But so it is, may it please your Excellency That the Lutheran Inhabitants living on the said granted Lands being now reduced to a small number, having some of them sold their Lands and bought elsewhere, the present Inhabitants have taken Occasion therefrom to deprive your petitioners of the said Ch…

Church at New York, as a Bodye politick and corporate, his most gracious Majestys Letters patents, to confirm the said Church and five hundred acres of Land, for the use of a Lutheran Minister of the City of New York for ever, who will be obliged to perform the usual Services of Religion, for the Benefit of the said Lutherans in that neighbourhood, either on the said Glebe, or at such other …

That a Petition the 11*^ of May a. c. being brought in, from Your Excellency's petitioner Michael Christian Knoll and his Consistory, in Cause and for 500 Acre^ of Land for a Glebe at Quassaik Creek in the Highlands That your Excellency had been pleased ; more points of Declaration should be laid before Your Excellency In Obedience of which we lay dowe Litra A. Shewing the proper terms of h…

Whereof it appears, that Birgert Mynders, our one Trustee having sold his Land too, he being the last of they, there settled Lutheran Inhabitans on the 2190 Acres, and he being removed at the Walenkill, and our second Lutheran Trustee being one of our Tenants upon the Glebe : the new Inhabitans think to be master of the Glebe, and have lockt up the Church there, meaning that your most humble…

Therefore as in the former Petition Your Excellencies ordering and Will is humbly prayd for, that the said 500 Acres of Laud may be granted unto our Church in New York for the Use Benefit and Behoof of the Families round about Quassaik, although the not are settled Inhabitans upon the 2190 Acres, that they may there Congregate at Quassaik Glebeland or upon any conveniant Place, and may have…

Whereas our loving subjects Andries Volck and Jacob Webber by their Petition, presented to oui- Trusty and Well beloved Colonell Peter Schuyler, President of our Councill for our Province at New York, in behalf of themselves and others originally Palatines have prayed to have our grant by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of tlie Province of New York for a certain Tract of Land in Ulster …

It being sett forth in their said Petition that Joshua Cockerthall v* ho was Minister since the Surveying and making of the said Ground Plate is dead, leaving a Widow, aud small Children. And that Peter Rose another of the said Palatines for a valuable consideration has sold his right and interest in the Lott laid out for him to Biu-ger Meynders a Black Smid who lives amongst them and is a L…

have of our Especial Grace certain knowledge and-meer motion given granted ratified and Confirmed, and do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors for ever give grant ratifie and confirm unto the aforesaid Andries Volk and Jacob Webber and to their successors for ever, as Trustees to and for the Benefit and 13ehoof of a Lutheran Minister to serve and have care of souls of the Inhah…

But, to and for the sole and only proper Use Benefit and Behoof of a Lutheran Minister to serve and have Care of the Inhabitans of the same two thousand one hundred and ninety Acres of iMnd and their successors for ever And for the perpetuall Continuation of the aforesaid Trust and the preservation and Improvement of the said Glebe to and for the said Use aforesaid We do likewise give grant …

or any of their successors It shall and may be lawfull to and for all the Inliabitans of the same Tract of Land being Males and above the Age of twenty one Years to assemble and meet together at any time and times hereafter upon some part of the Glebeland, and by Majority of voice to elect and chuse other Trustee or Trustees in the Room or stead of such Trustee or Trustees so dying removing …

And Wee do further by these presents grant, that the said Trustees and their Successors for ever hereafter are and shall bee one Body corporate and politic in Fait and Name, by the Name of the Trustees of the Palatin Parish by Quassaik, and by that name be and shall be forever hereafter capable and able in the Law to sue and be sued, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in an…

Lit»a B In the Books by our Church Fol 28 is to be found, that, our, then, Minister Justus Falkenier has baptized Ac 1710 y« l9'h*April in the House of one of the Trustees, of which Time he has continued to serve the People there every Year without any Profit of the Glebe. He is deceased Anno 1723. In the year 1725 the Minister Wilham Christofifer Berkenmyer came here, and commenced te Servi…

His late Excellency William Burnet, Favorising the Min"" Will. Christ. Berkenmyer, has protected him in liie service of Quassaik, self by a Letter Mi^^sJve Copia. Translation. ReverendoViro Domino Wil- To the Reverend Minister helmo Christophoro Berken- Will. Christ. Berkenmijer Wilmeijro Guliemus Burnet S. P. D. liam Burnet Greeting Quoad agrum in Colonia Concerning the Glebe in the Campen…

controversia de sensu illarura possesse such Glebe Land, as a literarum oriatur coram judici- Common' Good or for the Combus litigandum est. Non am- mm Best of the Colmie, and if plius mei juris est, nisi forsan any Disputes arrise concerning coram me lis veniat, quare ni- tlie meaning of these Letters hil debeo de ilia re vel affirm- Patents, tlie Cause must be are vel negare brought before …

Wliereas we Lutlierans in the Highlands dwelling on the 2190 Acres of Land granted by a Patent, bearing Date the 18"> Dec. 1709 not being able to maintain a Minister amongst our selves ; That the aforesaid Consistory being pleased to receive us into their Communion, does consent, that the Lutheran Minister of New York at his going to and from Albany, may come twice a Year among us, _^and mi…

aforesaid, as well in preaching the Holy Gospel purely, according to the Holy Scripture 'and the Symbolical Books of our Lutheran Church, as in Administring the Holy Sacraments to Christi Institution, and practising the usual Ceremonies of the fellow Believers of the unalterable Confession of Augsburg. Promising likewise to pay to him the Income of the 500 Acres aforesaid as soon as any ther…

And the same Church of New York is never to leave us destitute of a Minister, but always in their Call for a Minister, and also in his Ministration to acknowledge us as Bretliren, unless it appears that their Minister be not truly of the unalterable Confession of Augsburg or should want sufficient Credentials to demonstrate to be such an one. Then in such Case we wiU not be obliged to perfor…

None of the English and Dutch new Inhabitans of otlier Confessions appearing, altho' the were knowing of our Election. Anno 1747 the2'i of July, the now being Inhabitau?*, assembling, did elect by their own Authority, in the Absence of the Minister, M^' Alexander Coiding Esq' and Richart Albertson for their Trustees, taking Possession of the Tenants and of the Church -- Our Minister coming …

In the year 1748 y 2^ of July, our Minister was by M^ Albertson, to ask if they have received Authority for their pretended Possession, and also by M"" Coiding too, upon their Negative, he did protest again, and preached in the Church, the 3'h of July ; which M"^ Albertson did consent, be cause the English Minister, was not to come there, the Sunday ; but M*" Coiding did proliibite the Churc…

To His Excellency the Hon^'i^ George Clinton Captain Generall and Governour in Cheif of the Province of New York & Territories thereon Depending in America Vic-e Admirall of the Same and Admirall of the White Squadron of His Majesties Fleet &c. In Council The Humble Petition of the Proprietors and Inhabitants of a Tract of Land above the Highlands at a place Called Quassaick now commonly Cal…

That while Lord Lovelace was Governor of this Province he had promised (Pursuant to an Instruction from the late Queen Anne or a letter from the then Secretary of State) a Grant to nine Palatines of a tract of land above the Highlands at a place Called Quassaick and Accordingly the same was Surveyed by the then Surveyor Generall and laid out into nine Lotts for them with a Glebe of 500 acres…

[nliabitants of the same 2190 acres of Land a Glebe of 500 acres of the same Tract To Hold the said Glebe to them as .first Trustees During tlieir naturall Lives and their Successors forever But for the Sole use of a Lutheran Minister to have the Care of Souls of the Inhabitants of the same 2190 acres of Land and upon the Death or Absence of the Trustees or their successors it should be Lawf…

That sometime after the Passing the said Grant aU the said Palatine Familys sold their several Lotts in tlie said Tract to your Petitioners and those under whom they claim, and they with the aforesaid Trustees Removed into the County of Albany or some other parts And your Petitioners further shew Tjiat the said Trustees being so Removed Tlie Male Inhabitants of the said Tract above the Age o…

And your Petitioners Do also further shew That the Trustees of the said Glebe Lands having power by the said Grant to Lease the said Lands for no Longer Term then seven years Prevents the same being improved or of that advantage tliat it might be, had they power to Grant three Hundi-ed Acres thereof for ever in acre Lotts Reserving no le^s then five Shillings for each acre as a Rent For Ever…

Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly Pray His Majesties Grant and Confirmation of the aforesaid Five Hundred Acres of Land to the Present Trustees and their successors to be Chosen Pursuant to the Directions of tlie aforesaid Grant witli such further Powers and under such Regulations and Restrictions as to your Excellency and Councill shall seem Proper. And Yom- Petitioners as in Duty bound…

When the majority of tlie Male Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land Granted by the said Letters Patent v»'ho were above tlie Age of Twenty one years being assembled on tlie said Glebe made choice of Alexander Colden and Richard Albertson to be Trustees for the said Qlebe according to the Directions of the said Grant, and that the said Alexander Colden k Ricliard Albertson have ever since a…

Province of ] Willijim Ward of Ulster County in the said New York \ Province Yeoman and Margaret his wife both of full age being Duly Sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God Depose & say, that they very well remember Andries Volk & Jacob Webbers tlie First Trustees of the Glelje at or near a place Called Quassaick in Ulster County mentioned in the before written affidavit of Samuel Mo…

Chose Alexander Coldeu aud Richard Albertson to ]>e Trustees of the said Glebe according to the Directions of tlie said Grant and these Deponents further say That all the said Palatines to whom the said Tract was Granted or their Descendants have sold & Disposed of their rights in the said Grant & as tliey verily believe to English Protestants and that not one person professing the Lutheran Re…

In Council. G. Banyar, D Clk, Con. ORDER TO THE ATTOllNEY GENERAL TO PREPARE PATENT CONVENING THE PALATINE GLEUK AT NEV.'BURGH TO TVK OIURCII 01'' ENGLAKi). By His Excellency The Honourable George Ci.intoin Captain General and Governour in Chief of the Province of New York and Territories thereon depending in America Vice Admiral of the same and Admiral of the V/hite Squadron of his Majes…

the Glebe Land of Qiiassaick in the County of Ulster containing the Quantity oi five hundred Acres And further bounded and described as in and by Letters Patent under the Seal of this Province be^iring date the eighteenth day of December 1719 may appear, To liold to them the said Alexander Golden and Richard Albertson as first Trustees during their Natural lives and to their Successors for e…

And under such Quit Rent Reservations and Restrictions as are directed and appointcKi by his Majesty's Commission and 600 PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINES. Instructions And for so doing this sliall be your Sufficient Warrant. Given under my hand and Seal at arms at Fort George in the City of New York the third day of March 1 752 in the twenty fiftli year of his Majesty's Reign. G. Clinton.…

To ALL Pe(.)ple To whom these Presents shall Come We Alexander Golden and Richard Albertson Trustees of the Palatine Parish of Quassaick send Greeting Whereas our Late most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the First by his Letters Patent Bearing Date the Eighteenth day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Nineteen and in the Sixtli Year of his Reign Did among…

PAPR-RS RELATING TO THE PALATINES, COl Death Disability or absence of tlie said Andries Volk and Jacob Webber or Either of them or any of their Successors it should and might bo Lawfull for all the Inhabitants of the aforesaid Tract of Two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Acres oi Land being males and above the Age of Twenty One Years to Assemble and meet Together at any time or times hereaft…

to English Protestants and the said Palatines with the said Andries Volk and Jacob Webbers the Trustees in the said Letters Patent Named Removed from the said Tract and thereupon on the Twenty third Day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Seven the Male Inhabitants of the Said Tract being above the Age of Twenty one Years Assembled and Mett upon the said Gleb…

of a Schoolmaster to Teacli and Instruct tlie Cliildren of tlie said Inhabitants in necessary Literature Therefore Know Ye That the said Alexander Golden and Richard Albertson Trustees as ;dor-esaid for and in Consideration And to the Intent and Purpose that our now most Gracio Js Sovereign Lord King Ge<:»rge may and will Give and Grant unto the said Trustees by the Name of- the Trustees of …

Glebe of Five Huadred Acres of Land for the uses last above mentioued and Erect the said Trustees and their Successors into a Body Politick and Corporate Have Surrendered Yielded up and by these presents Do Surrender and Yield up unto our said now Sovereign Loud the lung tlie aforesaid Grant so made to tho said Antlries Volk a]id Jjjcob Webbers so far as Relates to the aforesaid Glebe of Fiv…

MoiORAiN'uuM That on the fourteenth Day of March Anno Domini 1752, Personally Came and Appeared l>efore me Cad^vallader Golden Esq'' One of his Majesty's Couucill for the Province of New York the within named Alexander Golden and liiohard Albertson Trustees of tlie Palatine Parish of Quassaick and Acknowledged that they Executed the witlnn Deed of Surrender as tlicir Volunta,ry Act and Deed …

George's Chui-cli, Newburgh, to recover a part of the original Palatine Grant. ,Ed. PETITION FOK MOKE TAYEilNS AT NEWI^UKGH ; 1767. To his Ex.cellcncy Sir Hknhy Moore Earonet Captain General and Governor in cliief in and over the Province of New York and tlie Territories depending thereon in America, Clianceilor and Vice admiral of the same. The Petition of John Morrell and Josepli Albertson…

But since one James M'-Claghry lias been appointed one of the Commissioners, in the Act of assembly for collecting the Duty of Excise for strong Liquors &c. in tlie said County, he has refused your Petitioners permits without any the least reasonable or just Cause. That he has granted a permit only to one Martin Wygant -- who pays three pounds for the excise, whereas all the retailers together…

That yoiu- Petitioners are truly sensible that this Redress cannot, from the Tenor of th.e aforesaid act of Asseni]:>ly, be obtained but by the Kind Interposition of your Excellency, who is ever ready to assist the oppressed. Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray that your Excellency will be pleased to signify to the said James M^'Claghry your Displeasure at his unjust and arbitrary Pro…

Samuel Falls, Edward Falls, Isaac Hodge, Thomas Ore, Henry Smith, Thomas Smitli, Jacob GiUes, Saul Fowler, John Stilwill, James Demot, Joel holmes, Isaclc Demot, Daniel Denton, John flevtrwelling Able flewwelling, Josiah Cone, Daniel Durland, Silas Leonard, Nathaniel Conk! in, James Denton, James Alston, SuiTUghe Holms, Henry TerbosSj John Porter, William Harding, Lemuel C…

Isaac Brown, Stephen Albertson, Obadiah Smith, David Wyatt, Hezekiah Wyatt, Tliadeus Smith, John Wan die Isa^ic Shut's, John Carman, William Ward, Hobert Morrison, Pilajy Wilson, Widow, John Fox, Stephen Hooper, John Hollen, John Vangouder, BeniamLn Smith, Elnathan Foster, William Booyes, liobert Car Harding, Thomas Morrell, Daniel acCor, John Bride, Jci.cob wandel, Jacob A…

is already in Possession of Sundry Tracts of Land wliich for want of a Royal Charter Constituting Them, the said Minister Church Wardens & Vestrymen, One Body Corporate and Politic are now held for the Church By Deeds of Trust only ; The Inconvenyencies arrisiug from this and Sundry other matters in which the Good of the Epicopal Church is Essentially Concerned and which might be obviated by …

Province of New York and Territories thereon Depending in America in Council. The Petition of tlie Minister, Church Wardens and Vestry Men of Saint George's Church in the Parish of New Burgh Precinct of New Burgli & County of Ulster in the Province of New York HUBXBLY ShEWETK That your Petitioners having the advantage of tlie Episcopal Church warmly at heart, & finding their good Intention…

To his Excellency S'' Edmund Andross knt Govemc- GenJ' under his Roj'i Highnessee of New Yorke and Dependences in America. The humble Peticon of Robt Livington of Albany Humbly Sheweth. That whereas there is a Certaine tract of Land Lying upon Roeloff Jolinsons 1 kill or Creeke upon the East side of hudsons River, near Cats kill belonging to tlie Indyan Proprietors not purchased by any body…

Appeared before Us M"^ Johannes Provoost and M^ Jan Janse Bleker Commissaries of Albanie, Colonie Renselaerswyck and Skinnechtady these following Mohegan Indians Owners of the Land on Roelof Johnsons Kill being East of Hudson's River a little below Catskill, to wit, OttoDowaw a Cripple Indian ; Tataemsheet, Oothoot, Maneetpoo, and two Indian Women named Tamaranachquae k Wawanitsawaw ; Item, …

Two pounds of Paint, Tv/ently little Scissors, Twenty little looking-glasses, one hundred fissi hooks, Awls and Nails of each one hundi-ed, four Rolls of Tobacco, one hundred Pipes, ten Bottles, Three kegs of Rum, one Barrel of MAMOR OF LIVINGSTON 613 Strong Beer and Twenty knives, Four Stroud-Ooats and Two duffel-Coats, and four Tin kettles; The vendors promise to deliver, after the receip…

In presence of Us The Mark of Nottoriowaw with own hand Joh : Provoost The Mark of Tatoaenshaet with own hand Jan Janz. Bleecker The Mark of Tamaranochqua Amout Corn. Viele The Mark of Wawanitsawaw Robert Livingston. (In the Margin) N. B. Before Signing Tamaranachquae the Indian Woman conditioned that she should have the Privilege to plant for four years on a little hook of Land which slial…

right free Property to and for the behoof of Robert Livingston, certain Parcel of Land lying on both sides of Roeloff Jansens kill, called by the Indians Sanckhenakj East of Hudson's River, a little below Catskill, consisting in Three Flatts and some small Flatts, together with the Woodland, the kill and other small kills which flow through it, Mountains, Dales, Trees, Vlyes, Cripple Bushes …

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 615 any wise against this, under obligation to Law. Done in the Court house of Albany on the 18"! July 1683. This is the mark of Ottonowaw The mark of kosahecko This is the mark of Tattaemshaett as witness This is the mark of TamaranackquaeaaSquaw The mark of moneetpa This is the mark of Wawanetsavvaw, a Squaw as witness This is the mark of Newamee the Daughter The mar…

Thomas Dongan Lieutenant and Governour and Vice Admirall under His Royall Highnesse James Duke of Yorke and of New Yorke and its Dependencyes in America To all to whom these p'sents shall come Greeting Whereas Ottonoway Tattaemschatt Othoott Manetepo and two Indian Squawes named Wawamttsawaw and Thamarancqua Lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the Land herein menconed in the behalfe of themselv…

two or three other small fflatts or Plaines Containing in all about one hundred Morgen or two hundred Acres together with Eighteen hundred Acres of woodland lyeing and being between a small Creeke or Kill lyeing o^er Against Katskill called Wachanekasseck and a place by the Indians Called Suaskahampka to the South of Roelofife Johnsons Kill that is to say two hundred Acres alongst the Rivers…

Tho: Dongan MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 617 PETITION OF R. LIVINGSTON FOR TAGHKANICK. To the Right Honbie QqI Tho. Dongan Governom- geni of his Majs Collony of N: York &c. The humble Peticon of Rob* Livingston of Albanie humbly sheweth How that your hon" humble Petitioner did obtain a Patent from your hon^ Last laU for a Tract of Land, Lyeing upon Roeloli* Johnsons Kill which after a view and Surv…

This petition being read June y« 3^ 1685 200 Acres of y® said land was granted ; provided the said land be not disposed of to any others ; & that a survey of y« said land be made into y^ Secretaries office & the pui-chase be made before the Magistrates of Albany ; & the patent' taken out before y^ last day of September, or else this license to be void. INDIAN DEED FOR TAGHKANICK. Know all…

Takaemihatts Moy'" Tantapenowa a Squae netopoes wife, and mamattittawawpe, mohowacghqua, & guttatamo ; for and in consideracon of these following goods in ])and Paid in yo Presence, ot y« command^' & Magistrates of Albany, to witt Six hundred & thirty gild'^, black and white Strung wampum; Seven Blankets, & one little Blankett, eight faddom of Strouds, ten faddom off Dufifells, Seven gunns, …

Thom: Dongan gov"" gen^ dated ye 5'h day of June 1685 to Purchase ye Same w^ Said Land is scituate lying and being, behinde Patkook, one a Certain kill or Creek yt runns into hudsons River, and there called Roeloff Johnsons kill beginning on y^ north west side of s<^ kill y* Runns along ye flatt or Plain land, att a Place called by y^ natives minnissichtanock where Two Black oak Trees are ma…

flatt or Plain over against Minnissichtanock, where two trees are marked and Runns along y^ foot of ye high mountains, to yo Path y' goes to wawyachtonock, to a hill called by y« Indians, mananosick, where Two Trees, are marked, on y^ Southwest Side of ye Path; from thence westward to a creek called by y^ natives nachawawachkano, where Two white oak Trees are marked L, which Creek comes into…

Signed & sealed in y« his Presence of Tataem Q Shatt and 0 Seal Ger Baxter mark David Schuyler Michael ^ his mark and 0 Seale Johannes Wendel Tawihaes x Ms mark & 0 seale William Teller his Gerrit bancker Nisho y^ towaw & 0 seale Robert Sander mark Minasees jxj her mark & 0 seale her Tantape y NowA & 0 seale mark Netopoes wife her Mamattittawawpe |>^ & 0 mark 680 PAPERS RELATING TO …

Thomas Dongan Leiv* Governoui- and Vice Admirall of New Yorke and its Dependencyes under his Majesty James the Second by the Grace of God Ejng of England, Scotland, fifrance and Ireland Defender of tlie faith &c &upream Lord and Proprietor of the Colony and Province of New York and its Dependencyes in America To all whom these pi^sents shall come Sendeth Greeting Whereas Robert Livingston of…

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 621 a Creeke Called by the natives Nachawawachkano where two white Oake Trees are marked L wliich Creek Comes into the other Creeke called Twastawekak w^^ is the "West Bounds and soe Incloses all the Land which the said Indians have Sold to the said Robert Livingston the place where the said two Creeks mett being Called Mawichnack the flatt or Plaine Land lyeing on both…

a Creeke Called by the natives Nachawawachkano where two white Oake Trees are marked L wliich Creek Comes into the other Creeke called Twastawekak w^^ is the "West Bounds and soe Incloses all the Land which the said Indians have Sold to the said Robert Livingston the place where the said two Creeks mett being Called Mawichnack the flatt or Plaine Land lyeing on both sides of the said Creek C…

623 PAPERS RELATING TO THE Albany, And for the better Preserving the Title of the recited Tract of Land and Premissess I liave Caused these Presents to .Jbe Entred in the Secretarys office of this Province, Given under my Hand and Sealed with the Scale of the Province att ffort James in New Yorke the seven and twentyth day of August in tlie Yeare of our Lord 1 685 And in the first Yeare of t…

Thomas Dongan Lieutenant Governor and Vice Admirall under his Majesty King James tlie Second of New York and its Dependencies in America To all to whom tliese Presents shall Come Sendoth Greeting Whereas Robert Livingston by Virtue of a Patent under my Hand and Sealed with the Scale of the Province aforesaid beareing Date the fourth Day of November Anno: Dom one thousand Six hundred and Eigh…

tenances whatsoever to the said Tract or Parcell of Land belonging or in any wise Appertaining to have and to hold the said Tract of Land and Premissesse together with all and Singular the Appurtenances aforemenconed unto the said Robert Livingston his Heires and Assignes to the Proper use and benehooife of the said Robert Livingston his Heires and Assignes for ever to be holden of his said …

624 PAPERS RELATING TO THE runnes along the foot of the High Mountains to the Path that Goes to Wawijchtanok to a hill Called by the Indians Mananosick where two Trees are marked L on the South west side of the Path from thence Westward to a Creeke Called by the natives Nachawawachkano where two white Oake Trees are marked L which Creeke Comes into the other Creeke called Twastawekak which …

runnes along the foot of the High Mountains to the Path that Goes to Wawijchtanok to a hill Called by the Indians Mananosick where two Trees are marked L on the South west side of the Path from thence Westward to a Creeke Called by the natives Nachawawachkano where two white Oake Trees are marked L which Creeke Comes into the other Creeke called Twastawekak which is the West Bounds and soe I…

MAKOa OF LiriNGSTOiN. C25 neare unto the said kills of tlie said Heapes of Stones upon wliicli the Indians throw upon another as tiiey Passe by from an Ancient Custom amongst them and from thence extending to the Northermost End of the kills that are to the North of Tacahkanick known hy the name of Ahasliewaglikick and on the East from Ahasliewaglikick aforesaid along the said Hills to the Sou…

neare unto the said kills of tlie said Heapes of Stones upon wliicli the Indians throw upon another as tiiey Passe by from an Ancient Custom amongst them and from thence extending to the Northermost End of the kills that are to the North of Tacahkanick known hy the name of Ahasliewaglikick and on the East from Ahasliewaglikick aforesaid along the said Hills to the Southermosi End of the same C…

III. 40 G26 PAPERS RELATING TO THE soever to the Tracts or ParceEs of Land belonging or in anywise Appertaineing or Accepted Reputed Taken knowne or Occupyed as Parte Parcell or Member tliereof togetlier witli fishing in Hudsons River so farr as tlie said Land Extends on the said River and Moreover by Virtue of the Power and Authority to me the said Tliomas Dongau Given and the Power in mee…

soever to the Tracts or ParceEs of Land belonging or in anywise Appertaineing or Accepted Reputed Taken knowne or Occupyed as Parte Parcell or Member tliereof togetlier witli fishing in Hudsons River so farr as tlie said Land Extends on the said River and Moreover by Virtue of the Power and Authority to me the said Tliomas Dongau Given and the Power in mee Resideing as aforesaid and for the R…

MAKOR OF LIVINGSTON. 627 within the said Lordsliipp and Mannor and all and every sume and Sums of Money to bee Paid as a Post fine upon or fines to be Levyed of any I^ands Tenements or Hereditaments witliin the said Lordshipp or Mannor of Livingston together with the advouson and Right of Patronage and all and every the Chui'ch and Churches Erected or Established or hereafter to be had Erec…

within the said Lordsliipp and Mannor and all and every sume and Sums of Money to bee Paid as a Post fine upon or fines to be Levyed of any I^ands Tenements or Hereditaments witliin the said Lordshipp or Mannor of Livingston together with the advouson and Right of Patronage and all and every the Chui'ch and Churches Erected or Established or hereafter to be had Erected or Established in the …

Tkomjvs Dckgan. 628 PAPERS RELATING TO THE May it Please Your Honor Tlie Atturney Generall hath Perused this Pattent and finds nothing Contained therein Prejudicial! to his Majestyes Interest Ja: Graham. Examd July 8"^ 1686. FRAGMENT OF AN INDIAN DEED OF YE REMNANT OF TAGHHANICK, QUISICHKOOK AND WOODLAND, DATED 17 FEB. 1687-8. [From Livingston Mss.] All our Right Title & Intrest unto Ro…

LIMITTS AND BOUNDS OF THE LANDS BOUGHT OF MY LADY AND MANHAGHS. A certain Peece of Land Scituate Lyeing & being on Roeloif Jansens Kill a Litle above the farm belonging to said Rob* Livingston where Johannis Dyckman now hves with all the Right and title that wee the said Lady and Manhagh have or hereafter might clame to as farr as the said Rob* Livingston's Patent for the said Roeloff Janse…

1st The Letter from tlie Right Hon^'^ the Lords of the Council of Trade &c to the Late Eaii of Bellomont bearing date tlie 30th Octob^ 1700 wherein they take notice how farr he the said Rob' Leuingston was accused of being concerned with Cap^ Kidd the pyrate, and desier to know what proofs he had giuen of his innocence whereby he should be continued in Ids Offices and imployments, as by said…

3diy That an Act of Assembly of this province appointed Commissioners of publick Ace's to adjust with all persons concern'd in the receipt and payments of the public reuenue, but the said Rob* Leuingston in contempt of the said Act, neuer gaue any obedience thereto, altlio duely and timely summon'd to that end and purpose, nor would euer render any acc"s to them of the pubhc money he had rece…

5thiy That altho he the said Rob* Leuingston was required by me to come to New York, yett instead thereof he without leaue withdrew himself out of the prouince, and deserted his maj's seruice as one of his Maj*-? Council of this prouince. gthiy That I was informed, by his Majts Collector that lie the said Rob^ Leuingston, had receiued seueral summs of money of his majesties Excise, and Quitr…

in all Treaties and other negotiations witli ye Indians for y« space of 20 years before y^ year 1695, without any yearly salai-y or allowance fur ye same, as appears by a Export made to his late ma'y king William (of glorious memory) by the right hon^ie ye Lords of y^ Committee for Trade and Plantations dated ye 10'*» Ocfcbi" 1C95, upon wMch his majesty was graciously pleased to order your P…

033 PAPERS RELATING TO THE that your Pet'' ever since her Maj'^s happy accession to ye Throne, having by himself or Deputies Executed y« s^ office in New York, by Virtue of her Maj s Proclamation and RoyaU Commission (wliich Hkewisc appeared by diverse affidavits produced t^ him) he had nothing to object against ye Pet''^ being satisfyed ye s^ sum out of ye remainder of ye surplus. The Pet""…

The Pet"" further Sheweth unto y Excellency that upon his arrivall to New York, he Produc'd to his ExceU'y the Viscount Gornbury Gov^ in Cheiff of New York, her Majes said Roy all Commission which was orderd by an order of Councill of ye 14 of Octobr 1706 lo be laid in ye liands of ye Secretary, and that he inspect ye Commission which his late Maje King Wilham »MQt^ llin for ye aforesaid off…

Your ExceUes humble Pet^ begs leave humbly to acquaint y^ Excell: that to your Pet^s great losse and discouragement, y® Revenue of this Province (the Fund upon which yi" Pef^ Salary is Established) is not only wholly anticipated, but Expires by its own limitation on ye 18*^ of May 1709, & no manner of Provision as yet made for ye Civill list of this Province after y* time. MANOR OF LIVINGST…

Excclhys Pef humbly implores 3'our Excel) » favor in incjuiring into the truth of his Allegations, y^ reasons and causes of y*" late order of ye Lord Cornbury and Councill of y= 15 of Septemb 1708, for representing to lier Maj® ye said office not oiily wliolly uselesse, but bui'thensome to y<= Revenue of this Province, That y»" Lordship Avill be pleased in regard of y® great anticipation of y…

And the Pet^ humbly praying a Salary or yearly allowance during his life, for his future encouragement in this Service, which he liopes may deserve one hundred Pounds p'' annum from his maje^ Bounty, the same is submitted by Lords of ye Committee to a Determination in Councill, as also whether the Pet-- shall be Confirmed in his offices of ye Collector of Excise, and Quit Rents, Town Clerk, …

Livingston in all the Treaties and negotiations with y Indians in those Parts, he having been (as is Certifyed) at great trouble and Cliarge therein, and not having hitherto had any Salary for ye sfime, wee think he may deserve as a Reward for y^ time past, and to encourage him in your Mu}^^ Service for y^ time to come, a Salary of one hundred Pounds Sterling pi" annum to be setled upon him …

, His Majesty in his Instructions having Referrd y^ Consideration of the Case of Rob' Livingston of New -York to my self and Council! to inquire and Examine into the Justicd of his Demands for Several Sums of mony pretended to be advanced by him for ye Service of his Majesty in ye said Province, with Interest for ye same, for which ye said Livingston Obtained several! orders from ye Lords of…

In obedience ■ therefore to his Majes Commands, k on yc Petition of y* s^^ Livingston I made an order Summoning Coll: Fletcher late Govern"" of tliis Province or some in his belialf, to appear before me at New-York on y® IG'^^ of May last, witli ye Complaint Exiubited in England against the said Livingston, with witnesses and Evidences to justify y® same, Ijut on y^ said day nor sinc€ has an…

It appears to me that ye severall sums of money both Principall and Interest for which he obtained said orders in England are justly due to him, and ought to be discharged here, according tc ye said orders, the execution of which was suspended in the late Government, no just reasons appearing to me for ye same, And as to y® Commission from his Majesty dated ye 27 of January 1695 16 v^^ith Sal…

In obedience to your Majes Order in Councill of y« 14th of y^ last month, upon y^ Petition of Robert Livingston of New York, setting forth tliat y^ Pet' having been Constituted Secretary for }-« Indian affairs by his late Maj^^ Commission dated y« 27 of January 169f with a Salary of lOQi^ per annum Coll: Fletcher then Govcrnour of y' Province Suspended him from y« said office, and as he alle…

At y« Court at S^ JaxMes the 11 January 1704 Present The Queens most Excellent Majestie Lord Keeper, I-ord Treasurer, Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Somerset, Duke of Marleborough Earl of Stamford MA.NOR OF livi>:gstois'. 637 Earl of Radnor, Earl of Abingdon, Earle of Biadford, Lord Ferrers Lord Pawlet, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Granvill, Lord Coningsby M"" Speaker M^' Boyle M'' Secret…

The Lords Commiss'^s for Trade and Plantations, did by their Report this day read at the Board, humbly represent, that they have Examined this matter, and it appearing to them, that ye Pef has continued to be very Servicable in managing y^ Treaties with y« Indians notwitli standing ye said Suspension are therefore humbly of opinion, that his suspension does not deprive him from having a just…

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE ON THE SETTLExMENT OF ADDITIONAL PALATINES IN NEW YORK. [Lond. Doc. XVII.] to the queens most excellent majesty. May it Please your Majesty. In obedience to your Majesty's commands signified to us by the Right Hon^ie the Earl of Sunderland ^ we have considered 638 PAPERS RELATING TO THE tlie Proposals made by Colonel Hunter for settling 3000 Palatines at New Yo…

By the best Information v/e can gett, the most proper Places tor the seating them in that Province, so as they may be of benefit to this Kingdom by tlie Production of Naval Stores, are on the Mohaques River, and on Hudsons River, where, are very great numbers of Pines fit for Production of Turpentine and Tarr, out of wliich Rosin and Pitch are made. First, in relation to the Z»Iohaques Elver…

The Objection that may be made to the Seating of the Palatines, on the fore-mentioned Mohaques River, is the Falls tliat are on the said River between Schenectady and Albany' which will be an interruption in the Water Carriage, but as that may be easily helped by a sliort land carriage of about 3 miles at the v*'est, We do not see that this objection will be any hindrance to the seating of t…

By all whicli it appears that there are Lands sufficient in Your Majesty's gift, for the proposed settlement of the said Palatines, in ease the same have not been regranted by your Majesty's Governor, or the Commander in Chief there, since these lands were so resumed, wliich we do not hear has been done. We tlierefore liumbly ofier that the Governor or Commander in Chief be Directed upon tli…

That tlie Governor be likewise Directed to grant under the Seal of that Province, without fee or Reward, 40 acres per liead to each family, after they shall have repaid by the produce of their Labour the charges the publick shall be at in settling and subsisting them there, in the manner as is herein after proposed ; To have and to hold the said Lands, to them and their heirs for ever, under…

As these People are very necessitous they will not be able to CiO APERS RELATING TO THE maintain themselves tliere. till they can reap the benefit of tlieii labour whicli will not be till after one year at tlie soonest, We therefore humbly oiler that they be Subsisted, The men and women at the rate of 6*^ sterling a head p^' day, and the children under the age of 10 years at 4*^ Sterling a i…

We have been inibrmed by the Conmissioners formerly sent over by the Navy Board to inspect Naval Stores in New England that Tarr might be afforded there under £5 a tun ; and supposing the ifeight from thence in time of peace to be under M p>- Tumi, as we do not doubt it will, and wiiereas the Premium of <£4 per Tunn allowed upon Importation of such Tarr will more than answer the Charge of Fr…

The only Objection formerly made to these Stores from America, was that y^ Tarr had a burning quality, which consumed the Ropes 3 Eut we have been Informed by Traders in those Goods, that there comes now as good Tarr from New England & as lit for Kopes, and all other uses whatsoever, as that of Stockholm which is esteemed the best ; and in Confirmation RLA.NOR OF LFVINGSTON. 641 hereof, we …

In case no such persons can be found here, then We propose that M'' Bridges, Surveyor General of Your Majesty's Woods on the Continent of America, who was sent 4 or 5 years ago to New England to Instruct the People there, be Directed to go to New York for that Purpose and that he bring with him 3 or 4 other persons, the most skilfull he can get who may assist him in the Instructing the said …

Therefore we are of opinion this be left to the Discretion of Your Majesty's ,' Governor after his arrival there. ' We further Represent to Your Majesty that at each Settlement there will need a store house to be built, which may be done with little Charge, for lodging their stores, 'till they can be con- VoL. III. 41 642 PAPERS RELATING TO THE veniently sent to New York, where there shoul…

That an agent or factor be appointed by Your Majesty liere for the remitting of such Surams of Money as Your INIajesty shall from time to time judge proper to be remitted to New York for the subsistance of the said Palatines and for the receipt and sale of all such stores as shall be consigned to him On account of the said Palatines. In consideration whereof we further humbly Propose tlmt su…

That such of the said stores as shall be found proper and fit for the use of Your Majesty's Navy, be by such agent or Factor delivered to, and received by the Commissioners of the Navy for Your Majesty's Service, And Bills made out from that office according to their usual method and course of payment, for the value of such stores so received at the market price, such Bills to be made payabl…

That Freight, Factorage and all other Incident and necessary Charges arising from the Importation Safe Keeping and sale of such stores being Deducted, the neat Produce thereof be in the first place applyd towards the repayment of wliatever Summs of money shall so have been disbursed for the subsistance or on account of necessaries to be sent with the said Palatines, and that the residue of s…

And we further offer that the Premium given by an Act made in the 3^' and 4^h year of Your Majestys Reign to encourage tlie Importation of Naval stores from your Majesty's Plantations in America, be paid to such factor or Agent to and for the sole Benefit of such Palatines, who were the Manufacturers of such Stores, in like manner as Premiums are allowed to other Importers of Naval Stores fr…

This Indenture made the twenty ninth day of September in the ninth year of the reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by the grace of God of Great Britain ffrance and Ireland Queen Defender of the ffaith &.c^ and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Ten Between Robert Livingston of the Manor of Livingston in the Colony of New York in America Esq^ and Alida his wife of the one Par…

MANOE OF LIVINGSTON. 645 Cliain to the fflat Land from thence North fforty ffive Degrees Westerly Twenty ffive Chains and Six Tenths of a Chain thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly One hundred and fifour Chains and Seven Tenths of a Chain from thence South fforty flave Degrees Easterly ffifty one Chains and Two Tenths of a Chain from thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly One hundred and one …

Cliain to the fflat Land from thence North fforty ffive Degrees Westerly Twenty ffive Chains and Six Tenths of a Chain thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly One hundred and fifour Chains and Seven Tenths of a Chain from thence South fforty flave Degrees Easterly ffifty one Chains and Two Tenths of a Chain from thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly One hundred and one Chain from thence due Nort…

C46 PAPERS RELATING TO THE Reserving to him tlie said Robert Livingston his heirs and Assigns Lord or Owner of the said !Mannor of Livingston liis and tlitir Tenants and under Tenants ffree Liberty of Ingress JEgress and Regress with tlieir liorses Carts and Carriages in upon and thro' the said Tract of Land unto and from the Common Landing places which now are or hereafter shall be on the s…

Reserving to him tlie said Robert Livingston his heirs and Assigns Lord or Owner of the said !Mannor of Livingston liis and tlitir Tenants and under Tenants ffree Liberty of Ingress JEgress and Regress with tlieir liorses Carts and Carriages in upon and thro' the said Tract of Land unto and from the Common Landing places which now are or hereafter shall be on the said Tract of Land adjoining…

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 647 shall be thereof vested in the said Robert Hunter his heirs and Assigns for the use benefit and behoof of her said Majesty lier heirs Successors and Assigns according to the Intent and true meaning of these Presents And that tlie said Robert Livingston now hath good right Lawfull and absolute Power and Authority in himself to Bargain Sell Grant Alien and Convey all a…

shall be thereof vested in the said Robert Hunter his heirs and Assigns for the use benefit and behoof of her said Majesty lier heirs Successors and Assigns according to the Intent and true meaning of these Presents And that tlie said Robert Livingston now hath good right Lawfull and absolute Power and Authority in himself to Bargain Sell Grant Alien and Convey all and Singular the said Trac…

048 PAPERS RELATING TO THE Decrees Charges Titles Troubles fforfeitures and Incumbrances whatsoever had made Committed done acknowledged or suffered or caused to be had made Comitted done acknowledged Suffered by the said Robert Livingston or any other Person whatsoever and that he the said Robert Livingston and Allida his wife and the Heirs and Assignes of the said Robert Livingston and al…

Decrees Charges Titles Troubles fforfeitures and Incumbrances whatsoever had made Committed done acknowledged or suffered or caused to be had made Comitted done acknowledged Suffered by the said Robert Livingston or any other Person whatsoever and that he the said Robert Livingston and Allida his wife and the Heirs and Assignes of the said Robert Livingston and all and every other Person and…

MANOH OF LIVINGSTON. 649 and Allida his wife for the Consideration hereinbefore mentioned Have given and Granted and by these presents do give and Grant unto the said Robert Hunter his heirs and Assignes For Ever to the use of her said Majesty her heirs Successors and Assignes Proprietors and Possessors of the said Tract or Parcell of Land or any Part or Parcel! thereof their Tenants or unde…

and Allida his wife for the Consideration hereinbefore mentioned Have given and Granted and by these presents do give and Grant unto the said Robert Hunter his heirs and Assignes For Ever to the use of her said Majesty her heirs Successors and Assignes Proprietors and Possessors of the said Tract or Parcell of Land or any Part or Parcel! thereof their Tenants or undertenants of the same free…

650 PAPERS RELATING TO THE and Assignes That her said Majesty lier heirs Successors and Assignes Owners and Possessors of the said Tract of Land and of every Part thereof their Tenants and under Tenants shall or Lawfully may from time to time and at all and every time and times hereafter for Ever Quietly and Peaceably have and Enjoy fifull and ffree Liberty Entring into and upon the said man…

and Assignes That her said Majesty lier heirs Successors and Assignes Owners and Possessors of the said Tract of Land and of every Part thereof their Tenants and under Tenants shall or Lawfully may from time to time and at all and every time and times hereafter for Ever Quietly and Peaceably have and Enjoy fifull and ffree Liberty Entring into and upon the said mannor or Reputed Mannor of Li…

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 651 Robert Livingston (L. S.) Alida Livingston (L. S.) Sealed and Delivered by the within named Robert Livingston Esq'" and AUida his wife in the Presence of J. Bridges. Aug: Graham. Memorandum that this fi&fth day of October Anno Dm. One Tliousand Seven hundred and Tenn. Peaceable and Quiet Possession of tlie said Tract of Land and Premises in this Deed Contained was D…

Memorandum that on the ffifth day of October One Thousand Seven hundred and Ten appeared before me Peter Schuyler Esqi' one of lier Majesty s Councill for the Province of New York the within named Allida tlie wife of the within named Robert Livingston Esq^ & being Secretly and apart Examined by me Declared her Consent to the w ithin written Deed and that she Executed the same ffreely and vol…

one Robert Levingston who hath a great Tract of good manuring Land, on his Progress to Albany he viewed the same with the adjacent Pine Lands & upon his likeing thereof hath contracted with the said Levingstone for 6000 acres good improveable Land with the liberty of making use of the Pines adjacent where the Palatines may find work enough for 2 or 3 score years to come Others as tlie Patron…

Two years will be required to prepare the Trees, but afterwards tliere will be such a succession of them as will enable the sending Tar & Pitch enough not only for supplying the Royal but even tlic whole Navy of England, & will give such a life to y® Trade of this country, as may very mucli contribute to encoui-age the wollen manufactory at home & discourage of it in the Plantations, by makin…

Sir, I beg again leave to trouble you about my small concerns, the which having already laid before you I shall not enlarge on, only pray your assistance in procuring an order to his Excellency for repaying me the expences I have been at on the Coast of England and for allowing my salaries from Christmas last. His Excellency hath honoured me with the Post of Commissary of the Stores with an …

Rob' Hunter & Rob* Livingston afores'^ have come to a mutuall Agreem^ about the supplying of the Palatines settled in three severall Townships upon that land purchas^ for the use of the Queen her successors & assigns for ever in the Manor of Livingston on the East side of Hudsons River & two other Towns on the west side of s*^ River on the Queens land opposite thereunto wdth Bread and Beer f…

Exprest on the part & behalf of his s^ Excell. his Exec" & Adm" to be paid performed fulfilled & kept will well and faitlifully furnish & supply or cause & procure to be well & faithfully furnished & supply^l at the Manor house of the s^ Manor sucli numbers of Palatines as he shall have in Charge to supply the Quantity of Bread & Beer following (tliat is to say) for eacli Person of them each…

York for the time being & not otherwise, And in regard the Season of the year is so farr spent his s'* Excell: doth further Covenant Grant & agree to advance unto the s'' Rob' Livingston his Exe'"s & Admi's flower for the use of the s^ Palatines for the space & Terme of Three Months at the currant mercat prise at the time of having thereof wliich will amount to in aU about the MANOR OF LIVIN…

quantity of twenty five Tunns to be delivered unto him or them at the sd Manor house & the sum of four hundred Pounds in Silver Mony for which the s^ Rob' Livingston is to be accountable to his S^i Excell: And the s^ Rob' Livingston for himself his Execrs & Adm^s doth Covenant Grant & Agree at his & their proper Charge to furnish & supply to the s^i Palatines three hundred new Beer Barrells f…

*»• A Memorandum is added to the above agreement providing- for the alteration of the assize of bread incident on any change in N : Yorlf . GOV. HUNTER TO THE BOARD OF TRADE. [Lend Doc XVIII.] Nov. 14. 1710. I have now settled the Palatines upon good lands on both sides of Hudson's River, about one hundred miles up, adjacent to the Pines ; I have planted them in 5 Villages, three on the Ea…

I think it is unhappy that Col° Hunter at his first arrival in his Government fell into so ill hands, for this Levingston has been known many years in that Province for a very ill man, he formerly Victualled the forces at Albany in which he was guilty of most notorious frauds by which he greatly improv'd his Estate, he has a Mill and a Brew house upon his Land, and if he can get the Victuall…

** * * * * * *♦ The Bills dra^vn by Colo Hunter for one quarters Subsistence for 1764 adults at 6^ and 445 Persons under age at 4^ a day in all making 2209 Persons, and amounting to ^£4700. 17. 11. seems t-o be computed according to the numbers that landed at New York in June 1710 which with submission I think ought not to be because it is certain many of them are dead. It is most certain t…

My Lord, upon the whole matter I am of opinion that if the Subsistence proposed is allowed, the consequence will be that Levin gston and some others will get Estates, the Palatines will not be the richer. MANNOK OF LIVINGSTON. ACCT. OF THE SUBSISTENCE OF THE PALATINES FROM THE TIME OF THEIR SEVERAL ARIVALS AT THIS PLACE TO THE 25tH MARCH 1711 Year and Date No of Persons No of At (Jd per…

In this opinion, they are confirmed by the reports of those who wintered at Albany, who say that the inhabitants up there are in consequence very apprehensive of losing the profit they derive from the Indians and the hay they annually cut on said lands. Some days ago, five Palatines were sitting around the fire conversing on the prospect of their settlement. Tliey all agreed, that the select…

Nothing, continued the same man, but draw down by the disgrace of the Governor, evils we do not experience here, and deprive ourselves of the good we now enjoy. For in fine (he continued) as it is our duty, and we must absolutely work for the Queen, it cannot be otherwise than that her majesty will put us in a position to earn our bread for she will not keep us always in this way. Earn our …

He tells me all are at work and busy, but manifestly with repugnance, and merely temporarily -- that the tract intended for them is, in their minds, a Land of Canaan -- that they agree, it is a very dangerous place to settle at present, and for tliis reason it is that they are willing to have patience here for a couple of years. But they will not listen to Tar-making. He thinks tliis repugna…

53 barrels are from M"" Beekman 32 from ]\Iad^ Ex^ in the widow, and 32 from M"" Rotzen 117 J The experience that the tare of the Barrels is very incorrect, and that such deception causes the people not to take the flour in barrels according to the Tare, but ordinarily to return the barrels to me that I may make a new tare, led me to make a bet with Ml" Robert Levingston Junr that a barrel…

At the close of the last quarter, 25 March, I introduced the New York method for the ascertaining the persons to be supported. I keep the register myself and have it signed by the Captains in order to obtain a more full knowledge of the condition of the people. In the absence of such examination I tell them what to do. I oblige them by this examination to proceed more exactly with their decla…

I have taken for that piu'pose an adjacent tract, belonging to M'' Thomas Fullerton who is now Concerned in her Majestys Customes in Scotland, who has by his letter of Attorney given me power to dispose of the same, which tract contains about Eight hundred acres of very good land, which will cost more in proportion than the Lands purchased of M'' Livingston, he reckoning the neiglibourliood …

I have met with great opposition from many of the ill disposed Inhabitants, who dayly insinuated that there were better lands for them on the Fronteers, and that they were ill used in being planted there ; being informed from all hands that these Suggestions had been of iibrce enough to make the people idle and backward, and sometliing worse, on my returne from the Jerseys I visited them agai…

not settle these lands but would hare others, upon which I returned and ordered them to send Deputies from each Village next morning witli their demands, but they tlien came in a body, and when I found I could prevaile little with reasoning, and was thinking of some more effectual method to keep them to their duty, I ordered the contract wliich they had all signed to be read to them in High …

I have said nothing more of the Palatines in my other letter than that his Excellency was gone up to set them to work on preparing the Pine trees, not having then received any clear account of their deportment, but since I closed that I have had one full and particular v.'hich it will require more time to give it your Lordsliips, especially at length, and with the Coi')ys of some Papers requ…

Association, his Excellencj was forced to send for a Detachment of Sixty from the Garrison of Albany to meet him at tlie Manor of Levingston, which is about two miles from their Settlement on the West side of the River, so soon as his Excellency arrived there, he sent to all the Vilhiges on that side of the Eiver to know how tliey dared disobey his orders, and hinder the Surveyors and other …

That as to the ]l,ands of Schohary its the malice of those who would have them for their Slaves that put them on demanding it, for tliat those Lands the Indians had not yet parted with, nor were they fit for their laljour, no Pine being within Twenty miles of it, that it would be impossible to subsist inemtuere, or cleiend them against y^ Erench and French liidlans, mid besldf s tliey had ob…

His Excellency was informed that a body of three or four hundred of them, were then passing the brook, the Deputyes among whom were the Captains, return'd to liim and in appearance seemed softened, and then went to the people who v/ere drawn up on the hill above the House, towards whom his Excellency marching with the Detachment, one of the Commissarys who had been with them told him they w…

The next day the Deputys came according to order with their answer, which begins indeed with a desire that liis ExceU<=y would assist them, that they may be settled in the lands of Schohary, but they soon forgot that humble stile, and told his Excellency tliat they had rather lose their lives immediately than remain where they are, tiiat they are cheated by the contract, it not being the sam…

three or four men may goe for EDgland and lay their case before the Queen, they say likewise there are a great many things promised them, clothing, household Goods, working Tools web they desire to have. They say furtjier tlieir people dye for want of care and proper remedyes and desire money to subsist themselves and lastly they say that M^" Cast told them he'd make them slaves, and therefo…

Its hardly credible that men wlio reap so great a benefit as they doe by these people, not only by the consurapdon of their Provision, but by the increase of Strength, should yet be so malicious to possess them with notions so injurious to tliemselves and prejudicial to Her Majesty's Interest, but yet it is so, and I believe almost the only cause of tlieir present discontents, the land they …

means it is that tliey are arrived at this pitch of disobedience which I hope will wear off now they are disarmed of their Firelocks, the power by which they hoped to force a comphance to their unreasonable humour. His Excellency has published a Declaration revoking all military Commissions and putting tliem entirely under the command of their overseers and Directors, as the Queen's hired Ser…

Whatsoever else they compiaine of I dare be bold to affirm, there are not many planters in the Province so happy, so healthful! and so well cloth'd as they, nor could it well be otherwise considering how well tliey have been used, tliey have by their own ciioice three tlesh and four flower days a week, a pound of beef a liead or equivalent in pork and pease, as long as they lik'd them besides…

MANOR OF LIVIX&STON, 667 THE SAME TO THE SAME. Ne\v York 31 May, 1711. My Lords, I liave just now received some further Intelligence from his Excellency concerning tlie Palatines of a very different nature from what I did myself the hon^' to lay before your Lordships in my Letter of yesterday and which would make me wish I liad not writ it, were it not necessary you should be informed of a…

After his Excellency had disarmed t'iiem, he sent back the detachment to Albany, and the sober and better sort of People, who are likewise the majority, being secm-ed from the rage of the hot headed, untliinking and misguided, met together to debate on their former proceedings, and with a general Consent came to this Resolution, to acknowledge theli- iauits, ask his Excellency's pardon, and …

Return of the JVo. of Palatines ; June ITIL O.T East side of Hudsons River. On West side. Hunters town 341 Elizabeth thown 14S Queensbury 347 George thown 118 Aunsbury 257 New thown . 351 Haysbiu-y 244 1189 Total 1803. 614 668 PAPERS RELATING TO THE PALATINE SCHOOL HOUSE. I acknowledge to liav. Received of Robert Liviogston 40 Boards for y*^ School house in y« palatyeyn town called Queen…

New^Town 103 365 51112- Came 28'5» ApriU & beging May . . 527 1874 3837 7 EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM RICH^ SACKET TO SEG^ CLARKE. Sundry of our pallatines are Sick of the feauer and tliey Desire me to Aquaint you that they Doe Desire that you will please to send the Daclitor that Belongs to them S^ order him to Come to the East Side of the River if he Doe Come vp. Mannor of Leuingston June …

By virtue of powers to me granted by lier Majestys Patent *nd her particidar Instructions with relation to the Palatins within the Province of New-York, who by her Majt)^ orders and their own contract are obliged to follow the manufactm-y of Naval Stores within the said Province, I do appoint you or any three of you (of w<='^ Number Rob* Livingston or Rich'^ Sacket is always to be one) to be…

You are also hereby Iinpower'd to nominate in Each Village or Settlement of the said Palatins a fit person for head of the s^ Village or Settlem* to whom all your orders are to be directed, who is to see them put in Execution, and in case of Tumult, disobedience, or any other mutinous proceedings as have already fallen out, the officer commanding the Detachment now^ at Man^' Livingston is t…

(2) It is rcsolvd by the Commiss'"s that Every Two Palatine Coopers, .(whereof there are 12 on this side and 4 on the other side Hudsons River) have four Palatins for their assistants, to cut down, saw, and split the Timber and assist in the making barrel staves fit for the containing Tarr for Transportation, and that the respective List masters or heads of Every Village on this side Doe det…

(3) The Coopers inliabiting the west side being called in, they were told what directions were given to the Coopers on this side and that they should have the same Incouragment ^\'^^ was that if we could not agree for the barrels after they were made, y* Indifferent persons should deside what they were to have, or be discounted for their work, having a due regard to the Assistance they recei…

(2) It is thought fit by the Commiss'"^ y' M"- Sacket do draw out an acct of the Tarr that is abeady made, and how many kills are ready to be sett fire to, and what quantity of knots are gott together that his Ex^J" may be informed, Avhat has been done, since the Trees have been barked, and in regard the grass is very high and difficult to find the knotts itt is thouglit fitt (as Mr Sacket p…

Doe pray that the Gentlemen would be pleased to recommend their Case to his Excell'^J". Tliat they may have the usual Salary and their arrears, which would be a great help to them in their poor circumstances, by which tliey would be Incouraged to proceed with all Alacrity Imaginable in the Execution of ye Commisr^ orders. (-1) The Commis^s desii-eM^ Livingston who is going to York, to acquai…

And I think on a partial view, that the people may be allowed to take, at the next distribution, either for the past or future, on condition that the entire supply be given them, supposing that they will not get as much as they have hitherto claimed Therefore I shall be no more uneasy at seeing myself short of one item. But whatever little I may receive, I only hope that the meat which is t…

The one and the other act with fervor, but the number of well affected to the public good exceeds that of interested persons. Mr Sacket is now busy constructing a Bridge for the conveyance of the Tar to the River side. Those belonging to the interested party wish to dissuade him from it, but as he is aware of the evil design of these Reformers, he pays no attention to them ; continues his br…

For how can things be pushed ahead by a Board that does not act in concert, especially when having to deal with so perverse a people ; when every tiling tliat the one proposes is suspected of partiahty ; when meetings are avoided as much as possible so as not to be obliged to take part in the aftairs to be discussed there -- when the President of the court who, in view of the public interest…

But since the reconstruction of our Board, I have found that his design has ever been to obtain the management of all the suppUes for the People, and had I not had the foresight to demand a declaration from the general commission he would have seized it altogetlier and had made Mr Meyer his clerk whom he would have got to do what lie could not get me to do -- that is, everything that may con…

16 JULY 1711. Jno Peter Kneskern Capt. Jno Geo: Schmidt David Huppert Cond Goldman Conrad Schawerman Geo Bender Henrick Sex Jno. Hen. Uhl 5. Fredi-ick BeU 18. Tho. Schumacher 6. Jacob Kobell Peter Schmidt 7. Jacob Warno Johan Schwall 8. Johannes Schulteis Geo. Lud. Koch 9. Reinhard Schafifer 23. Veil Musig 10. Johannes Roschman 23. Gro. Kerchmer Carl Ulil 24. Christ…

I hope this Avill find you safe at Boston and ready to Imbark I wish you a safe Voyage and all Success in yo^" affaires in England. I liave lately Rece<^ a Letter from M'' Du Cast one of y*^ Commissaries of ye Palatines. His words are these. Monsi" Livingston s'est servi du desaprouvement du General et I'a prie d'en vouloir faire son rapport en Angleterre Mais Je Crois Le General trop sage po…

acquaint me with wliat M*' Livingston has thought fitt to represent ; I know him to be y^ most selfish man alive but I cold never have believed that a man wlio lay under so manyobligations to me as he does would take it into his head to make any Representations to my prejudice without acquainting me at least, neither can I be persuaded that after y^ manner wee have Liv'd togeatlier and y® mutu…

humble serv* General Nicholson. Ro: Hunter. Mannor Livingston 24th Xher 1711. Accompt of the Subsistence of the Palatins on the East and West Sides Hudsons river from ye 30'h September last to this day both Inclusive at the rate of 6 ^ per diem for Adults, and 4^ per diem for young Persons of the age of 10 years and under. 1 1 Reiluced Month Days Young at [to Adults at Adults Totall Gr…

I have secured them In one of tlie upper roomes in the Barricks in the fort ; I have not Irons to put them in, here is but tliree [sets] of Irons & two of tliem are on the deserters, but I shall endeavour to Secure them till further Orders from y Excell, When tlie Guard Came for tJiera they ask'd wliy they were made prisoners tliey were tould by Coll'' Schuyler it was for breaking open the S…

I have your Letter of the 8'^ Ins* as to the Palatins you have secured, as soon as the Weather will Permit, I will order them to the County where the fact was committed in order to their Tryal, in the mean time I desire You'll take care that none of them make their Escape. 25th March ]7]2 AccT of the Subsistence of the Palathies on the East and West Sides Hudson s river in the Counties of D…

248 17 -- 1117 5 10 1047 12 6 877 5 10 592 8 « 3291 1 2 678 PAPERS RELATING TO THE GOV. HUNTER'S SCHEME FOR IMPLOYING THE PALATINES THE ENSUING SUMMER. ' 1st That a Liv^ and thirty men be ord^ from Albany to the Mannor of Livingston there to be posted in such manner and at such places for the better Carrying on the Work as M"" Sacket shal think proper, and that tents be provided for th…

4^ That the List Masters of the respective towns do give to M*" Sacket a List of the men under their Inspection and upon notice from M^ Sacket to send him from time to time as he shall require such numbers as he shall demand and if any of the men so ordered refuse to go that they send M'^ Sackett an account of their names who will take care to punish them, and the List Masters to send others…

That all or so many of the Tools of v/hat kind soever they are, wliich M'' Sacket may want be sent for and delivered to him for the Tarr Work MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 679 9. That if any of the people are negligent of the Business they are imployed about or Lazy that M^ Sacket punish them in such manner as he shall judge fit & that he send for others in tlieir Room from time to time as he shall …

You are also to Inform yo^self what number of palatines there are who have been formerly us'd to the raising or manufactureing of Hemp & flax, and in case Coll. Heathcote shall send you notice that he has occasion for a number for that purpose not exceeding twenty you are to choose such as are most Intelligent in that matter & most willing to pursue it and send them in ye manner you shall be…

Carrying a Peece of ye old Damm with it, and came down with such force yt had like to Carry both Saw Mill & Corn miU & Dam and all, for ye Ise being Strong below ye Dam, stopd ye water w^h Rose 16 foot Perpendicular, I was at a losse what to doe with ye Palatins having no flour aforehand, ye frost being so great could grind no more than they eat dayly. So I got 30 Slees & sent them Loaden t…

I ave not without great DifiBlculty Procured as much wheat this winter of ye farmers, as has kept ye Palatines Eating sixce ye 8"> of January y' ye Bisket was done, & have sent yw ye ace' of 4 months doun herew^*' ye first from ye 13 Nov 1711 to ye 13 Jany 171i amounting to i:93.9 8i and ye 2^ from y® 13ti' Jany 171 1 to 13. march foil. £537.15 & also an ace* of Incidents with all ye Voucher…

Now S'" yw will be pleased to lay ye s^ acc'^ before M"" Clark that they may be Perused, you will see there is not an article but has a voucher from M'" Cast or M' Sacket, Except ye 5 lbs for my trouble in buying ye fatt catle last fall vvh I charge as M^ Clark was pleased to allow last year. Now ye matter is money to pay these honest farmers y* have lett me have tlieir wheat, I i will I dar…

pay away some to sopus, & to oy^'^ y* lett me have money to goe on with this affare, for w<=^ I pay Intrest, w^^^ fals hard upon me, I shal not need to acquaint y ^ of my necessity of money, y' matter speaks for itselfe, never the lesse since Jefiteri is arrivd & I hope Dimmons too by this time, tliere will be money made olf goods Enough to spare for my necessity yt may keep my head above wa…

Now S"^ paper money does very well at New York but will not doe among y* farmers here, for if yw ofier it 'tis true tliey dare not deny it, but then yw must never Expect a grain of wheat afterwards from y"i therefore whatever yw doe lett it be Silver money & send me word p ferit, as soon as our Sloop comes from ye mill I send her doun to New York, if there be any freiglit for her for ye Pala…

About 3 weeks ago we had an Information from Albany y^ mj 2 negroes who runn away last fall and are got to Canada by the help of a River Indian, ye one is with ye Gov of Mont Eoyall y® oy»" with Seber yt was here y' tliey had told yefrench yt there was 8 more negroes from whence they Run upon w'l ye french had sent y* Indian y* brought them there & 12 more to tliis Place in Particular to tak…

INGOLDESBY. HoN'^i-E Sir We have herein inclosed a Coppy of liis Excel<=5s orders to M'' Sacket, article the first and presume his Ex^y has acquainted yr Hon'" with it, and finding that there is no good to be done with these people who will obey no orders without compulsion, we desire y Hon"" to despatch hither s^ Detachment as soon as possible ; and you will oblige y Hon's most humble Man"…

Sr his Ex^y finds it absolutely necessai-y to make the Expence for the Palatins as little as possible, and conceiving that the Article of Beer may be much retrenched he has Commanded me MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 683 to let you know that he would have you take beer only for the men that work and not for their familys till you receive further orders I have wrote to M'" Sacket to conferr w'^^ you ab…

If however I were able to go on, that would not discourage me, having such ample orders from her Majesty to subsist them that I doubt not her goodness to reimburse me. Therefore, I have no desire that the people quit their establishments now the work has arrived at such a point of perfection. To prevent tlieir perishing and the total abandonment of the work, I have devised this expedient wh…

Therefore I hope they will leave with the full determination to return at tlie first notice, witliout imagining that any government or power in any other Province can protect them in case they go there. That should any of them remove into any other Province (except that of New Jersey which is likewise under my government) I have adopted measures for their rendition, and will punish them for …

They must, therefore, not calculate on being dispersed for any greater lengtli of time. You see the nect-ssity to wliich I am reduced. It causes me much uneasiness, because I am convinced that the w'ork can not fail were the people on tlie spot to prosecute it. But we must submit to what we cannot remedy. I, however, have tlie testimony of a gO')d conscience in having done all that depended o…

As for the others, I only pray God to tiu'n away the Vengeance that menaces them and which they have richly deserved. As regards yourself individually, you will find that you do not work for an Ingrate. There are persons who would insinuate sus'picions as to your conduct but without effect. I believe you an honest man and am sincerely, Sir, &c Distribute as soon as possible Ro. Hunter. wh…

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. B…

As one of ye Inspectors of ye Palatins & of y^ storige computed to ye 25 March 1714 which his ExceU: gov. hunter is charged withall. His 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" acct.. . 39 14 6 To ye 25 June 1712 included in ye ace* of Incidents 25 To ye 25 Sept. 1712 included in ye ace* of Incidents 25 To ye 25 …

As In duty bound by my Last to you I give your Excy an ace* How the Palintines threatened In a Rebelious manner If I should build or mannure the Land at Schore that your Excellcy was Pleased to Grant me a Pattent for and In Please your Excellency I have mannured a great part of the Land and Sowed Considerable grain thereon they still drove their horses on it by night, : I then hired my sones …

CSS PAPERS RELATING TO THE 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 miclicheife may Ensue more than we now tliink oif and is much to be feared : for tlie time I have been their I have made a diligent scrutiny into all their actions but I dont find a Great many Concerned with this Wiser and…

I am informed that one John Conrade Wiser a Covenanted Servant of his Majesty, who has been Guilty of Several Mutinous Riotous 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…

You are hereby required to prepare a draft of letters patent of confirmacon for Robert Livingston of the manor of Livingston reciting jfirst the bounds of a patent granted to him by Colonel Thomas Dongan then Governour of this Province of New York bearing date the 4'^^ day of November 1C84 of a certain tract of land by Roelofl' Jansens kill on the East side ol Hudsons river as tlierein descr…

III. 44 .^^ 690 PAPERS RELATING TO THE of him tne s'^ 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 s^ mannor already purchased from the st^ Robert Livingston for the use of her late majesty her heirs successors and assigns …

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 November, 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 …

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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 fowhng, and all other liberties, priviledges, hereditaments and appui-tenances to the said tract or parcell of land and premises belonging or in any ways appertaining: T…

Whereas the said Robert Livingston, 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 t…

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 tlie name of Twastawekack, and is the westerly bounds, they transporting all their right and title to the Eastward of sa^d Creek called Twastawekack, the southerly bounds beginning on the other side of the Creek that runs along the flatt or plai…

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 693 be appointed to receive the same, Eight shillings currant money of the Province yearly on tlie five and twentyeth day of Marcli, at tlie 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 had may more fuUy and at large appear : And whereas upon further application made by…

be appointed to receive the same, Eight shillings currant money of the Province yearly on tlie five and twentyeth day of Marcli, at tlie 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 had may more fuUy and at large appear : And whereas upon further application made by the said Robert Livingst…

-.^ ^0^. 694 .V** PAPEHS RELATING TO THE under the seal of tlie said province. He, the said Thomas Dongan, for the con^ideratioi* aforesaid^ and by virtue of the authority to him derived from liis then most sacred Majesty, and the power in him residing in and by the said third patent, bearing date tlie said two and twentyeth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and…

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 appurtenanc…

.aiANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 695 therein before mentioned for the holding and keeping' of said CoLU't Leet and Court Earon 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 …

therein before mentioned for the holding and keeping' of said CoLU't Leet and Court Earon 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 dist…

To be holden of his said Majesty, his heirs, successors and assigns, in free and common soccage according to tlie 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- 696 PAPERS RELATING TO THE pointed to r…

pointed to receive the same, on the five and twentyeth day of March yearly, forever, at Albany, the full and just sum of eight and twenty shillings, current money of the Country as by the said third patent also recorded in the Secretary's office of the province of New York, may more fully, and at large appear ; And whereas the said Robert Livingston, by his humble petition, presented to our …

Wee, being willing to grant : Know Yee, that of our especial grace certain knowledge and meer motion, we have given, granted, ratified, released and confirmed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, do give, grant, ratify, release find confirm unto tlie said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever. All tliat the before recited tract and tracts of laud and premises w…

Indians Sakackqua, then south by east, eight degrees tliirty minutes, easterly one hundred and forty rods, to five Linde or Lime trees, all marked with Saint Andrews Cross, standing togetlier v/here two runs of water meet together on the south side of the said flatt, then west, southwest six degeees thirty minutes, southerly one mile and one half mile and twe.'ve rods to a rock or great ston…

appertaining or accepted reputed, talien, known or occupied as part or parcell or member thereol', together with fishing in Hudson's river so far as the said land extends on said Hudson's river, excepting always and reserving by these presents unto us, om- heirs, successors and assigns lorever, the quantity of six tliousand acres of the soil or ground part of the said Manor formerly by Inden…

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 699 ments at the said Court Leet and Court Baron to be sett, forfeited, or imposed, payable or happening at any time to be paya1:)le by any of the inhabitants of or Avitliin the said Lordship and Manor and the limitts and bounds thereof, and to award and issue out of the customary writts and process commonly issued and awarded out of the Courts in England, and that it sh…

Also, w^e have given and granted and do by these presents for us our heirs and successors, forever give and grant unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever, all wafts, estrays, Deodands, wrecks, goods of felons liappening and being forfetted within the said Lordship and Manor, and all and every sumand sums of money to be paid as a fine, post iine upon any fine or fines …

by act or acts of General Assembly made or to be made for that purjjose; for defraying of any public charge, and the sum and sums of money now and hereafter to be assessed, levyed, collected and paid to assesse, collect, levy and pay for and towards the use and uses, as directed by act or acts of General Assembly of this Province or Colony, and for the better preservation of the peace, good …

And we do further give and grant unto the said Hobert Livingston, his heirs assigns for ever, that from henceforth it shall and may be lawfull to and for the freeholders of t'io said Lordsiiip and Manor to Assemble and meet together, and to elect, choose, and send some fit person being a freeliolder and inhabitant within the said Manor, to be their representative, and to siit and vote in Gene…

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 701 returned as aforesaid shall have all the freedom and priviledge of a member of Generall Assembly, and be received, accepted, and treated as the representative of the said Lordship and Manor, in the same manner as other representatives of the said province are received, accepted and treated in the said Generall Assembly when sitting. To have and to hold all and singul…

And we do hereby will and grant that these our Letters pattent be made and that they and the record of tliem in our Secretary's oifice of our province of New York, shall be good and effectual in the law^, to all intents, constructions and purposes notwithstanding the not true and well reciting and mentioning of the premises or any part thereof, or of mispelling of any word in the naming of t…

Witness our said trusty and well beloved Robert Hunter, Esqr., Captain Generall and Governour in Chief of our province of New York, province of New Jersey, and the territorys and tracts of land depending on them in America, and Vice Admiral of the same at Fort George in New York, this first day of October, in the second year- of our rign, Annoq. Domini, 1715. (L. S.) By order of his Excelle…

This 6000 acres or the Camp is included within the bounds and limits of the Grant and Confirmation in 1715, and tho' the Grant of the Soil of those 6000 acres is excepted, they are nevertheless included and made part of the Mannor as much as any other part of it is. Consequently all the freeholders in that 6000 acres, or the Camp have aright to vote for the Representative sent by the Mannor o…

That from the time that your Petitioners were by your Exc^ Singular goodness Settled on a Tract of Land, within the County aforesaid, yo^" Pet'^ have in the best manner Performed and attended Divine Service as often and as decently as was possible, but with great difficulty for want of a Convenient place, to shelter yo' Pete's from the Inclemency of tlie weather : and whereas your Pet ^ hold…

Tour Pef^s humbly Pray that yo'" Exy will grant them your Licence for building a Church in Kingsberry of Sixty feet in lenght and forty feet Avide, to Perform Divine Service according to the Liturgy and Rites of the Chiu'ch of England as by Law Established : as also to grant your Pet''^ the Liberty to Crave the favour and Charity of well disposed People for such aid and assistance as may ena…

Kiliaan Winne Leenilert Konyn Jonathan Rees Claas Brusie Johannes Pulver Vincent Brusie Nicolas Styger Juriaen Decker Harme van Solsberge Dauphinee Solomon Schutt Jacob Stower Johannes Rosman Gabriel Brusie Wm Cole Adam Cole Baltus Anspagh Peter Smith John William Simon Jacob Coens Sergts Nicolas Smith Coenraet Ham Coenraet Schuyrman Bastiaen Spekerman Johannes Schans Joh…

Sucli of that people as were sober and industrious remain on tlie Lands Avhere I settled them at first k which I was o])liged to purchase for them on Hudson's River for the Ends proposed by those who sent them viz* the Manufacture of Naval Stores ; these are well enabled to subsist themselves the rest have been wanderers, xibout fourty Families of them went and took possession of Lands grant…

Their lordships know that all the lands of any value were granted away before my administration There is still a great Tract of Land but very remote on the Frontiers formerly granted to Domine Dellius of fifty miles square & resumed by act of Assembly which may be granted to them if they are Willing to "ansplant themselves tliither In a body so as they may be secure >om the attempts of the F…

Geni Nicholson attending, as desir'd, as also M^ Jeremy Long who appears in behalf of the Palatines & other Germans at New York, whose Petition & case, as also a letter from Brigadier Hunter on tlie same subject are mention'd in the Minutes of the 21 St of July & 2*^ of August last, the said case & Letter were again read ; And Gen' Nicholson being ask'd what he knew of the Allegations set fo…

Magazines there -- And M' Long above mention'd being unable to make proof of any of the Particulars set forth in the said Case of ■ the Palatines ; he was acquainted that Copies of the several Papers relating to their Petition, shou'd be transmitted to Mr Burnet Gov"" of New York, and the settlement of such of them as desire to remove to proper places, recommended to him, tho' it was observ'…

Before they left England, they werepromis'd 5 pounds in money p'' head, of wliich they have received nothing att all. It was likewise promis'd, tliat on their arrival there, each of them should receive Cloaths, utencils, tools and other Conveniency's belonging to Husbandry, all which were sent with them from England for their use, but of these they receiv'd but very little. They were moreove…

In the fall of that year those that were living, (tlien it must be ol^serv'd tliat during their voiage thither, and after their landing a great number of tliem weredea^l ;) were remov'd to a tract of land belonging to one Mr Livingston, where they liv'd in houses erected by themselves till tlie Spring following, when they were order'd to the woods to make pitch and tair, and continued there n…

The small prospect tliey had of being in a Capacity to serve the nation, who had so generously and Cliaritably advanced very great sums of money for their relief and Support and the Impossibility there was of raising Corn, Cattell, and other provisions for their subsistance on such ordinary and almost barren land oblig'd them to petition the aforesaid Governour, that they might be put in Poss…

dition against Canada, whicli they willingly and Chearfully did, and on their return, were tlieir arms taken from them, tho' all that went on the Expedition should have kept them by her late Majesty's particular order without paying them any wages or sallery (notwitlistandlng they were put on the Establishment of New-York and New Jersey or both, and the money receiv'd by the s^ Gouvernor,) t…

This was the latter end of the year and winter just at hand, which is very severe, there being no provision to be had, and the people bare of Cloatlis, which occasi(jned a terrible Consternation amongst them, and particularly from the women and Children the most pityfull and dolerous Cryes and lamentations that Iiave perhaps ever been heard from any persons under tlie most wretched and miser…

This put the people in some heart, and finding it absolutely necessary to embrace that opportunity so providently bestow'd on them, all hands fell to work and in 2 weeks time Clear'd a way thro' the woods of 1 5 miles long with the utmost toyle and labour, tho' allmost starv'd and without bread Which being effected, 50 familys were immediately sent to Schorie, when being arriv'd and allmost …

The number of Germans who came hitlier to searcli for bread for themselves, their Wifes and Children were more then the land allready granted them by the Indians Cou'd supply with settlements, and some of the people of Albany endeavouring to purchase the land round 'em from the Indians on purpose to Close them up, and deprive them of any rang for their Cattle, they were oblig'd to sollicit a…

Upon the first settlement of this land the miserys those poor and allmost famish'd Creatures underwent were incredible, and had it not been for the Charity of the Indians who shew'd them where to gather some eatable roots and herbs, must inevitably have perish'd every soul of them, but what God said in anger to Adam was in mercy fulfilled, viz. thou shall eat the herbs of the fields, when th…

Some time after did these Gentlemen send the Sheriff with some others upon the land, and to take the s^' Captain by force, dead or a life, but he having timely notice of it was on his Guai-d, so they were prevented. These Gentlemen finding the Inhabitants resolut in keeping possession of the lands they had thus iniprov'd and from whence they drew the only support to themselves and family's f…

Tliis with their Treatnings being done in the Spring, tlie best planting time for Indian Corn, (the Chief of their subsistance) damp'd the spirits of these poor people, slackned tlieir Industry and did 'em great damage. In the year 1717 Came the Gouvernor to Albany, and sent orders to the Inhabitants of the land Schorie, that 3 men of every village shou'd appear before him on a day appointed…

What Great Britain, and M'" Lewingston added, here is y King, meaning the Governor, Wliereupon they beg"d his pardon, and that he would forgive them their Ignorance and Inadvertency. To The second question they return'd this answer, that tlie people were so many, the land so small and the wags so bad, that it was impossible to agree with tlie Gentlemen on tlieir extravagant terms, especiall…

Governor Hunter then ordered, that those who would not agree with or turn tenants to those Gentlemen of Albany, to whom he had sold the land for 1500 pistoles shou'd remove from their habitations and Improvements and that they should make two lists, one of those that wou'd agree, the other of those tliat wou'd not agree with the Gentlemen, and tliat he soon expected an order from England to …

This was a thunder Clap in the ears of tlieir Wifes and Children and the lamentation of all t'le people increased to such a liight, and their necessitys grew so great, that they were forc'd for tlieir own preservation to transgress those orders and sew some Suiinner Corn and fruits or else they must have starv'd. These Gentlemen have thrown one of tlieir women in prison at Albany, who stiU c…

TO MAKE A COLLECTION IN AID OF BUILDING A CHURCH ON HIS MANOR. [ Deed Book XI. ] William Burnet Esq^' Captain Generall and Govern' in Chief of the Provinces of New York New Jersey and Territories thereon Dependmg in America and Vice Admirall of the same &c. To all Cliristian and Charitable people withm the Provinces of New York and New Jersey in America, sendeth Greeting -- Whereas Robert…

Desireous to promote and Encom-age so pious an undertaking Have Therefore thought fitt to grant unto the same Robert Livingston Leave and Lycence to Collect & Receive the free and Voluntary Charity and Contribution of any of the Inhabitants within tlie said Province towards the Carrying on aud Finishing of the same ; And for his so doing this shall be to liim a sufficient Warrant Given under…

It does not appear to tliis Board there was any Contagious Distemper on Board the said Vessell but upon Consideration of the Number of Persons who have been sick in the Voyage, and the quantity of Cloaths which may have Contracted Noisome Smells through the Length of the Voyage It is ordered by his Excell>' with the Advice of the Council that the Commander of the said Ship do not Suffer any …

****** When I was at Albany I expected to have fixed the Palatines in their new Settlement which I liad obtained of the Indians for them at a very easy purchase, but I found them very much divided into Parties and the cunningest among them fomenting their Eivisions on purpose that the greatest number might leave the Province and then the great Tract of Land lately purchased would make so man…

But as about sixty familys desired to be in a distinct Tract from the rest & were those who had all along been most hearty for the Government I have given them leave to purchase laxd from the Indians, between the present English settlements near Fort Hunter & part of Canada on a Creek called Canada Creek Vvhere they will be still more immediately a Barrier against tiie sudden incursions of …

managed by a few cunning persons among tliem that lead the rest as tliey please, who are for the generality a laborious and honest but a headstrong ignorant people. SECRETARY CLARKE TO M^' WALPOLE. N. York Nov. 27th, 1722. Sir I find myself obliged to give you the trouble of this to prevent the malice of my enemies who bearing w^^ impatience their ill succes hitlierto are now with new hope…

Brigadier Hunter wanting Certificates from the palatins themselves to prove that he had subsisted them pursuant to ye Queens orders & his acco'^ sent me a draft of a certificate giving me liberty w**iall to alter it if I saw occasion and wrote to several others of liis friends here to consult w"i me and to be assisting in the affair, I considered his draft as thurroughly as I could shewed th…

718 PAPERS RELATING TO THE they had as good sign none the resolution being thus taken they went to work w''' the palatins and finding an unwillingness in them to sign it they were threatened and the Gov told them they should not have the land he had promised them unles they signed; by this means they failed in their negotiations getting but very few hands to the Certificate, the rest resolvi…

I talkt with him about it he promised to come to me again and take some notes for his better direction, but finding that he put me of from day to day I at last complained to him of it, who excused himself by teUing me that M^ Kennedy and the attorney Genii had forbid him to discourse w^h me about it, he had then some affair depending in which he hoped for the Attorneys assistance but faihng…

I know not what sentiments the Brigadeer will have of those tilings but if those men prevail it will be vain for me to avow my innocence or my desire to have served liim eflfectually, to you Sir, whose good opinion I hope no arts will deprive me of. I am bliged for my own sake to open myself and I wish the Brigadeer had intrusted this affair wholly to me I am confident that I should have giv…

I have at length after much time Spent in Sending severall times into the neighbouring provinces as well as to the remote parts of this got the vouchers to the Brigadiers accounts of the Expedition, they are almost all Copyed, so that you may depend upon my sending them by the GoV^ Ship wliich he tells me will Sail by the tenth of the next month I am &c Nov 27th 1723 Endorsed Nov^ 27th 1722…

That upon the Encouragement that has been heretofore given them of haveing a grant of tlie Said Lands they have setled upon the Same and made Considerable improvements whicli they would be glad to have secured to them and their heirs, Tliat the said Lands have not been as yet of any use to his Majesty but now they are willing to pay the usual quit rent fur Lands in this province which will b…

Tliat by indenture bearing date the 29 day of September 1710 made between Robert Livingston of the mannor of Livingston & Alida his wife of the one part & Robert Hunter Esq'" Late Governour of this province of the otljer part the said Robert Livingston & Alida his wife for the Consideration y'in mentioned did give grant & Enfeoff & Release unto the said Robert Hunter his heirs & assigns AU t…

North fourty five Degrees Westerly twenty five chains & Six tenths of a Chain Thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly one hundred and fom- cliaius & Seven tenths of a Chain from thence South fourty five Degrees Easterly fifty one chains & two tenths of a Chain from thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly one hundred & one chains from thence due Northw^est Three hundred & twenty chains to Hudsons r…

May it please Your Excellency to grant to your Petitioners & tileir heirs his Majesty s Letters patent for the said tract of Land under Such Quitrents conditions and Restrictions as are usual & agreeable to your Excellencys instructions from his Majesty & your petitioners shall Ever pray Jacob S Sharp Christophel Hagadoni. June ye 13th 1724 Read and referred to the Gent, of the Council or …

referring to us the Petition of Jacob Shai-p Christopher Hagatorn and Jacob Shoemaker in behalf of themselves and others Palatines inhabitants of that part of the Mannor of Livingston formerly granted by Robert Livingston to Brigade Hunter to the use of her late Majesty her heirs and successors We humbly Report that We have Considered of the same and ai-e of opinion that the Siu'veyor General…

The Report of the Gentlemen of the Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Jacob Sharp, Christopher Hagatorn and Jacob Shoemaker in behalf of [themselves and] others Palatines inhabitants of that part of the Mannor of Livingston formerly granted by Robert Livingston to Brigade Hunter to the use of her late Majesty her hiers and successors Was Read and approved of by this Board. Ordere…

M^' Kennedy when he went up last to M^" Livingston's carried a Copy of the order of Council relateing to the Land to be granted to the Palatines liveing near M*" Livingston's & left it there Jacob Sharp has pursuant to that order brought me a list of all the heads of Families that are wilhng to continue upon that land being 63 in number but he says they have not all a like quantity in posses…

I liave not time to make a return in form to the order of the Council & I am not sufficiently inform'd to do it, but as I think it a liardship to make the people travil so far without doing any thing I choose to write my opinion to your Excellency in this manner If your Excellency shall like this method of Granting the Grant may be made in Council as soon PAPERS RELATING TO THE as your Exce…

Herman Betzer Hanna Man Sallbach Peter Lamp Man Jacob Berjer Peter Hagendorn Christ dictrig Pfilibs finikel Nicklas Hes Johannes hoe mier Johanes Leuck Bastian Lesche Henrig Winder Johannes dat Samel Kun Heni-ig Stals Wittib Jones Schenckels Johanes Henrig Conrad Joery Muhler Christian Muhlers Wittib Adam Hoflf Pfilibs SchefiFer Andres domes Christian Dethrig Olrig Jacobi Sa…

Robert Livingston was born at Ancram in Scotland on the 13th Deer 1654.* His father the Rev. Dr. L. dying in 1672, Robert immigrated to America in 1674, and settled in Albany where we find him acting as Town Clerk and Secretary for Indian affairs in 1675. It was whilst holding this important office, the duties of whicJi he performed for nearly fifty years, that he acquired the large tracts of …

Kidd, preferred divers charges against Gov. Fletcher who in revenge suspended him, the following year, from all his offices, except that of Town Clerk. Fortunately for Livingston, he got introduced v/hilst in England, to the Earl of Bellomont, and having obtained the King's Commission (20 Jany 1695-6) reinstating him in all his places, his Lordship on becoming governor, took him into especial …

Brigadeer Hunter to the use of her Late Majesty her heirs & successors and to which was also referred the report of the Surveyor General pursuant to a Reference to him from the Councill Have Considered of the Same and are of opinion that your Excellency may Grant to Jacob Sharpe Joliannes Heiner Johannes Kolman & Christophel Hagendorn their heirs & assigns six thousand acres butted & bounded…

L. claimfd to have against the public. It was previous to this, however, that Livingston introduced his Lordship to that "most abandoned Villain" Capt. Kidd, between whom &. Mr. Livingston on the one part and Bellomont on the other, an agreement had been entered into to equip a privateer on shares for their mutual advantage.! Kidd shortly after deceived his associates and brought down trouble o…

Doc. xiii. 45G et seq. for the agreement between BeUomoiit, Liviug^stoa & Kidd, & Livingston's bond to Bellomont as security for Capt. Kidd. MANOR or LIVINGSTON. 727 PETITION OF R. LIVINGSTON, JUN^. To the Honourable George Clinton Captain General and Governour in chief over the Province of New York and Territories thereon depending in America Vice Admiral of the same and Admiral of the Whi…

That the said Robert Livingston by virtue of the said Letters Patent was dui-ing his life time and at the time of his death and representative in England, "contrary (as the Assembly declared) to the duty and allegiance he owes to his Majesty and to the peace of this government."* He was suspended from the Council on the 20:h of April of the following year. Misfortune was not yet tired of him.…

The act of 1701, still remaining on the Statute book, he now turned his attention to secure its repeal. He succeeded in getting himself elected representative for Albany, and took his seat for the first time in the Assembly, in 1709. In November of that year, the law was repealed. He continued to represent that city until Sept. 1714. Having now amassed considerable wealth through his various c…

That the said Tract of Land was always held and esteemed to lye within this Province, and that accordingly your Petitioners, and his said Ancestors, have constantly paid the Quit rent for the same unto his Majesty's Receivers General of this Province, and also have been at great charge and expence to encourage the • settlement and improvement of the said Manor, the Tenants whereof as well as…

L. died about the year 1728, having been, with but a few intermissions, Uie recipient of public favor and patronage from his first arrival in America until the close of his career. He was a man of unquestionable shrewdness, perseverance, and of large acquisitiveness. His main efforts whether in or out of the legislature, seem to hive been directed principally to securing for himself office, w…

being seized of the same as aforesaid, did peaceably possess the same, until some time in December last, since which he hath met with frequent Disturbances by people of the Massachusets Colony surveying part of the said Tract of Land under pretence of its lying within the said Colony, and stirring up several of your Petitioners Tenants, disuading them from holding the same under him, and pro…

That your Petitioner hath been obliged in order to quiet the disturbances occasioned by the said pretence of Title, and to assert his right to the same lands to commence one action of Trespass, and another action of I^ectment, in both of wliich the Defendants have compromised the matter by taking new Leases from your Petitioner, and giving security for tlie payment of the Costs, but that his…

I have heard you liave sued the one, and threatned the other, which possibly may not turn out to your advantage. I should have gladly seen you and talk'd of the affau" with Calmness and in a friendly manner, wMch I hope to have an opportunity to do, in the mean time I am Sir your very humble servant 01*' Partridge" as by the said Letter superscribed and directed to your Petitioner may appear.…

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your Excellency in tender consideration of the premises to cause application to be made to the said General Court, that they may not agree to the Transactions of the said Committee, and that all further proceedings be stayed in the premises, until the true division line be settled between the two Colonies, and to issue your Orders to the Justices of the…

Surveyor General for this Province shall Report to your Excellency that the Lands mentioned in the said Petition in which the Disturbance complained of has been Committed are Lands claimed as part of this Province of New York, and that as such They were Granted by Letters Patent under the Seal of this Province to the said Petitioners Grandfather in the Year one Tliousand Six hundred and Eight…

While this affair shall be depending between Your Excellency and that Government upon such Representation as aforesaid, I can by no means think it Expedient that ^^Your Excellency Issue Your " Order to the Justices of the peace Living in and near the manner of " Livingston, to Cause such Person or perswis as shall till such " settlement under the Pretence of Right in the Province of the " Ma…

Nevertheless, if such Disturbances should be frequently Committed, so as to become a public Grievance, and the Government of the Massachusetts Bay will not Hearken to Your Excellency's Representation on tlie part of this Government, but will countenance and abett such Proceedings, I conceive, that in such Case it will be the Right of this Government, to Defend itself against such Encroachment…

But as to private Injuries by Entries into the Petitioner's Lands, and Disturbing his Possession, I conceive, that it is most Expedient, that Your Excellency do not Interpose at present by any Extraordinary Act or Order, but Leave the Petitioner to his Ordinary Remedy at Law, and if any of his Possessions are forcibly taken or forcihly held from him, the Statutes of England, being dul}^ put i…

In obedience to your Excellency's order in Council referrmg to me & the Attorney Generallthe Petition of Robert Livingston junr that we separately report thereon what we shall thmk proper to be don I humbly conceive that the reference to me as Sui-veyor General must only be on one single point viz whether ye Mannor of Livingston be within the Boundary of the Province of New York I can add no…

In obedience to your Excellency's Order in Council of the 3^ day of July last, Referring to a Committee thereof, the Petitions of Robert Livingston Juni" Esq^ and of the Owners of a certain Tract of Land called Westenhook, Complaining of new Claims and Encroachments made upon their Lauds, by the Inhabitants of the Massachusets Bay ; And also the Surveyor GeneraPs and the Attorney GeneraPs Re…

2^ That Governour Stuyvesant, the Dutch Governor of the said Province, by his letter dated the 2^ of September 1664 New Stile, In answer to a letter from Governour Richard Nicholls of the 1^ August preceeding, demanding the Surrender of all the Forts and Places of Strengtli possessed by the Dutch under his (Governor Stuyvesant's) Command, Writes as follows " Moreover " its without dispute, a…

3'J That the said Dutch Governour Stuyvesant did in the year 1664, surrender all the Country which the Dutch did then possess, to King Charles the Second ; and that the States General made a Cession thereof by the Treaty of Breda in the year 1667. That the Dutch reconquered part of this Province in 1673 j and surrendered and absolutely yielded it to King Charles the second in 167314, by the T…

5^'^ That the Committee apprehend, Connecticut River continued the East Bounds of this Province until the 28 ^^ of March 1700, When by King William's Confirmation of an Agreement between this Province and Connecticut, the Western Bounds ol that Colony were setled at twenty miles from Hudson's River : And they cannot find any other Alteration in the Eastern Bounds of this Province, and have no…

the Council of Plymouth from forty to forty eight degrees of Nortli Latitude inclusive : In which there is a Recital to this purpose " Now forasmuch as the King has been certainly given " to understand, by divers good Subjects that have for these " many years frequented those Coasts and Territories, between " the degrees of 40 and 48, that there is no other Subjects of any " Christian King o…

7th That the Council of Plymouth by their Deed dated the IQtb of March tlie third year of King Charles the first, granted to Sir Henry RossweU and others, part of what was supposed to be granted by the said Letters Patent, which Grant from the said Council of Plymoutli, the Committee take to be void as founded on the said void Patent. 8^^ That the said Sii' Henry Rosswell and others, obtaine…

lO^h That t]ie Bounds granted by tliis charter, are Westward as far as the Colonies of Rhode Island Connecticut, and tlie Naraganset Country ; which words being in the case of a Grant from the Crown, the Committee conceive cannot extend their Bounds further than to Connecticut Colony, and tlierefore not to Connecticut Eiver ; And much less to the Westward of it because Connecticut itself at …

ll*h That both the Patents under which the Petitioners claim, the Committee find were granted under the great Seal of this Province, that of the Manor of Livingston in 1686, and that of Westenhook in 1705 : And that the Lands contained in the said Grants are, the Committee apprehend, within the Jurisdiction of this Province, tliey being both West of Connecticut River. 12^'' That the Committe…

And lastly the Committee are of opinion, that a Copy of so much of this Report, as shall be approved of by your Excellency and the Council, be transmitted to the Lieutenant Governour ©f the Province of Massachusets-Bay, requesting that he would take effectual measures, that all encroachments and Disturbances by the People of that Colony on his Majesty's Subjects of this province, be stayed, a…

Referring to the Challenges your Governm' makes to Lands claimed by this Province : The affair is of great Moment, and I shall lay it before the General Assembly of this Province, which will meet the 28^^ Instant, And I shall use my utmost Endeavour that every thing may be done consistent with Justice, & that may promote a good Harmony between the two Governments, Which I look upon as a matte…

That your Memorialist begs Leave to remind your Excellency, that on or about the sixteenth day of April, in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and fifty two, Your Memorialist preferred his humble petition unto Your Excellency setting forth his Title to the said Mannor under his late Majesty King James the Second, which from the Time of his said Majesty's Grant, hath peaceably dev…