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- TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom this prsent writing Shall come or in any wise apptaine; Be it known that we Suscaneman Alias Runasuck, Checkegen Alias Quarapin & Samos the Son of the Sachem Tackapoucha Indeans being chosen & Impowred by the pprietors & owners of all ye Indeans Land at Matenacock within the Limitts of the patten & Township of Oysterbay in Queens County on Long Island in the Collony of New York to Sell their Land at Matenacock aforesd to give bills of Sale & receive pay as by a writing under ye hands & Seales of eight of the Sd Indean owners & pprietors bearing date the Sixth day March in the year 1684/5 it doth more at Large appeare; Now we the Sd Indeans for & in the consideration of a Valuable Sum of currant pay already received before the writing hereof in full payment & Satisfaction & for other good causes & considrations us the Sd Indeans especially Moving HAVE GIVEN GRANTED Alienated made over Sold & confirmed And by these prsents we the Said Indeans Do give grant alienate mak over Sell & confirme unto John Wood of New-Worke within the bounds of Oysterbay aforesd All our Right Title & Interest Claime & Demand whatsover which wee ye Sd Indeans now have or wch any of the owners or pprietors of the Sd Lands theyr Executors Administratrs or Assignes may hereafter have of & in a Certaine Tract of Land Lying & being in New-Worke within the Bounds of Oysterbay aforesd and Bounded on ye East end by the Land of John Williams on ye North Side by Muskeeto Cove Line & on the South Side with the Highway from Oysterbay to Isaac Daughtys house being in quantity twenty two Acres be it more or Less together with all Issues & pfits therefrom arising or Apptaining TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto him the Sd John Wood his Heires Executors Administratrs or Assignes ye Sd Tract of Land with ye Appurtenances & priviledges thereto belonging forever; AND we ye Sd Indeans do further Covenant & pmise to & with ye Sd John that it Shall & may be Lawfull for him the Sd John Wood his Heires Executrs Administratrs or Assignes Shall & may Lawfully have, hold occupie possese & enjoy the Sd Tract of Land with the Appurtenances forever wthout any Lett hindrance or Interuption of us or any or either of the Sd owners or pprietors of ye Sd Lands or any or either of our or their Heires, Executrs Administratrs or assignes Notwithstanding any former gifts grants Bargaines or or Sales whatsoever AND we the Sd Indeans have put the Sd John Into a lawfull & peaceable possession of the Sd Tract of Land by the Dilivery of Turf & Twigg and by the Dilivery of these prsence AND we ye Sd Indeans Do by these prsents firmly bind our Selves our Heires Executrs & Administratrs to Defend the Sd John Wood his Heires or Assignes against all claimes & Demands whatsoever wch Shall or may hereafter be made by any person or sons whatsoevr And we the Sd Indeans Do further Declare that ye Sd Tract of Land is already laid out & bounded as aforesd by Surveyors by us for that purpose apoynted And that this our Deed Shall Stand good effectuall according to the true Intent & meaning hereof notwithstanding any error or errors that may be found herein wch is not accoding to Law IN WITNES whereof we have hereunt Set our hands & Seales the Sixth Day of January in ye ffirst yeare of ye Reigne of James ye Second of great Brittaine, ffrance &c King & c Annoq Dni: 1685:
his marke
Samose X & Seale O
his marke
Quarapin X & Seale O
Signed Sealed & dd
in prsence of us:–
Nathaniell Coles
Henry Townsend Juneor
Seahor X his marke
Tacapouche X his marke
This Bill of Sale acknowledged before me Richard Cornell
plus clxxvi
source: Cox, John, Jr. Oyster Bay Town Records, Volume 1, 1653-1690. New York, NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1916, pp. 329-330.
- This Instrument of Writting or Deed of Sale witneseth unto all Christian people to whome it may Cum or any ways Consarne Know yee that I Isaac Doughty of New worke within the pattin of Oysterbay in quens County upon Longisland in ye pvince of of New Yorke for Good casis & Considerations me Espashally Moveing and for the Sum of fifty Shilings in money to me payd befoer ye Signing hearof I have Bargained Sould & by prsent possession Delevered unto John Wood of ye Same plase a sartin Trackt of Land at ye Abovesaid New Worke the ffurst Bounds whaerof begineth at Three Rockes South West Bound and from thence Eastwardly by ye Cart path yt Leades from Isaac Doughtys house to Muskeeto Cove to a Small Walnut Tree Southeast Bound and from thence Northerly to a Small Black ocke Northeast Bound and from thence West by Muskeeto Cove Line to ye Westermost Corner of ye abovesd John Woods ffence as it Now Standeth & in quantity Three ackers & a halfe be it Moer or Lese for ye valew of ffifty Shillings as abovesd Receved I do hearby manifest & declaer that I have freely Sould & by prsent possession delevered unto ye abovesaid John Wood & his Hayars To Have & to hold occopy poses & Injoye the Sd Tract of Land & Bounded as abovesd forever from me my Hayars Executers Administratrs or Assnes or any other pson or psons from by or undr me Laying Clame to any pt or pcell thaerof by prtence of Hayer Ship, grant, Sale or otherwise be it of what nature whatsoevr Injageing my Self Hayers & Sucksesars to uphold Maintaine & make Good to him ye Said John Wood & his Hayers in their peaesable Improvement & Inioyement of the pmises as fully & Amply to all Intentes & purposes as mought be written or Worded a cording to Law to ye Confirmation of this my Deed of Sale I have Subscribed my hand & Sette to my Seale in Oysterbay the 14th Day of ffeabruary 1688:
Isaac Daughty
her
Elizabeth (E) Daughty
marke
Sined Sealed & delevered
in ye prsens of
Job: Wright: James Townsend
source: Cox, John, Jr. Oyster Bay Town Records, Volume 1, 1653-1690. New York, NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1916, p. 535.
- TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom this prsent writing Shall come or in any wise apptaine Be it known yt I Richard Willitts of Jerico alias Lusum in ye Bounds of Oysterbay on ye Island of Nassau formerly Long Island in ye Collony of New Yorke ffor & in ye Considration of ye Love & kindness I had to John Wood Late of Little worth in ye Bounds of Oysterbay aforesd deceased, and yt he ye Sd John at ye Day of his death left behind him ffive Sons and but a small quantity of Land for their accomodation when they Shall come to yeares to Settle themselves, And for other good Causes & Considrations me ye Sd Richard Especially Moving HAVE GIVEN, GRANTED, Alienated Infeoffed, Assigned & Confirm’d, And by these prsents I ye Sd Richard do give, Grant, Infeoffe, Assigne & Confirme unto ye fforementioned ffive Sons of ye Sd John Wood that is to say John, James, Jeremiah, Jonathan & William all that of my pt, Share or purchasers right of ye Upland upon West Neck at ye South of Oysterbay aforesd being ye eighteenth pt of Sd Neck, And at ye Division of pt thereof, in ye Lower or South division ye Eighth Lott and in ye upp Division ffourteenth fell to me by Lott, as ye Records concerning Sd Neck in Lib: B: page 252 plainly Sheweth Together wth all my right Title & Interest, Claime and demand wtsoever wch I ye Sd Richard now have or wch any or either of my Heires, Executrs or Assignes may hereafter have of, to or in ye Sd Share of Upland & every pt & pcel thereof wth all pfits Issues, Comoditys, Customes privileges, Lotts, Comonage, wth wtsoever els to ye Sd Share belongs or of right in any wise Apptaines TO HAVE & TO HOLD unto them ye Sd John Wood, James Wood, Jeremiah Wood, Jonathan Wood, and William Wood all Sons of ye Sd John Wood deceased their Heires & Assignes all & Singular ye fforementioned Share of Upland & Granted prmises wth ye Apptences thereof to ye only pp use & behoof of them ye Sd John Woods Sons, their Heires & Assignes forever, And ye Said Richard hath put them ye Sd five Brethren into a Lawfull & peaceable possession of all & Singular ye Sd granted přmises by ye Dilivery of Turfe & Twigg & by ye Dilivery of these prsents, And ye Sd Richard Wilits doth for himself his Heires Executrs & Assignes ffurther, Covenant & agree to & wth ye Sd John, James, Jeremiah Jonathan & William ye forementioned Brethren, Sons of ye Sd John Wood deceased that it Shall and may be Lawfull for them ye Sd Brethren their Heires & Assignes, quietly & peaceably to have, hold, Occupy possess & enjoy all & Singular ye Sd Granted prmises wth ye Apptences thereof fforever wthout ye Lawfull Lett hindrance or Interuption of him ye Sd Richard his Heires & Assignes or any other pson or psons Lawfully Claiming for by or undr him or any or either of them Notwthstanding any former Gift, Grant, Mortgage Bargaine or Sale wtsoever And ye Sd Richard doth hereby bind himself & his Heires to Warrant & defend ye Sd Share of Upland & Granted prmises to ye fforenamed ffive Brethren their Heires & Assignes fforever; but if it So happen yt one or more of ye Sd ffive Brethren Shall happen to dye before he comes to ye age of Twenty one yeares wthout any Issue of his or their Bodies or bodie begotten yt then ye pt or portion of ye Sd Share of Land belonging to ye Deceased Shall be & remaine equally to ye Surviving Brethren any thing herein contained to ye Contrary Notwthstanding IN WITNES whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal ye Seventh Day of July in ye year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Ninety three
Signed Sealed & dd in prsence of us:
Richard Willitts O
John ffry
William ffry
John Newman
source: Cox, John, Jr. Oyster Bay Town Records, Volume 1, 1653-1690. New York, NY: Tobias A. Wright, 1916, pp. 536-537.
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