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A PATENT and Confirmaoon Graunted to the Inhabitans
of the Towne of South Hold.
EDMOND ANDROS Esq~ &0 WHEREAS there is a Certaine Towne
in the East RidiDg of Yorkshire upon Long Island oommonly called
: and knowne by the name of South Hold Sci tuate lying and beiDg on
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the North side of the said Island towards the Sound having a cer-
taine Tract of Land there unto belonging !!!he Western Bounds where-
of extend to a oertaine River or Creeke called the wading Creeke
in the Indyan Tongue pauquacunsuok and bounded to the Eastward by
Plumb Island Together with the said Island on the North with the
Sound or North Sea and on the South Wi th an Arme of the Sea or
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River whioh runneth up between Southampton Land and the aforesaid
Tract of Land unto a Certaine Creeke which fresh water runneth into
called in English the red Creeke by the Indyans Toyoungs Together
with the said Creek and Meadowes belonging thereunto (not Contra-
dicting the Agreement made between their Towne and the Towne of
South ton after their Try-all at the Court of Assizes) so running on
a Straight Line from the head of the afore named fresh water to the
Head of a Small Brook that runneth into the Creeke called pauqua-
cunsuck including all the Necks of Land and Islands _thin the afore
described Bounds and Limits NOW for a Confirmaoon unto the prsent
ffreeholders Inhabitants of the said Towne and precincts, KNOW YEE
That by vertue of his Ma~ies Letters Patents and the eommission and
Authority unto mee given by his Royall Highnesse I have Ratifyed
Confirmed and Graunted And by these Presents do hereby Ratify Con-
firme and Graunt unto Isaack Arnold Justice of the Peace, Capt John
Young, Joshua Horton, Constable, Barnabas Horton, Benjamine Young,
Samuell Glover and Jacob Corey, Overseers as Patentees for and on
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the behalfe of themselves and their Associates the ffreeholders and
Inhabitants of the said Towne their Heires Successors & Assignee
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All that afore mentioned '1'ract of Land wi th the Necks and Islands
Within the said Bounds sett forth and described as aforesaid '1'0-
gether with all Rivers, Lakes, Waters, Quarryes, Timber. Woods,
Wood Land, Pla1nes Meadowes. broken pieoes of Meadowes Pastures
Marshes ffishing Hawking, Hunting and ffowl1ng And all other Prof-
fitts Commodities, Emoluments and Hereditaments to the said Towne
T:ract of Land and premisses within y8 limits afsd: Bounds afore
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mentioned described belonging or in any wise appertaining TO HAVE
AID) TO HOLD all and Singular the said Lands Hereditame'Dts and
Premisses with their and every of their Appurtenances and of every
Part and Parcell thereof, to the said Patentees and their Associ-
ates their He1res Successo~s and Assignes to the proper use and
behoofe of the said Patentees and their Associates their Heires
Suocessors and Assignes forever. The Tenure of the said Land and
Premisses to bee according to the Custome of the Mannor of East
Greenwich in the County of Kent in England in free and common Soc-
cage and by fealty onel;r PROVIDED allwayes notw'j;hstanding that the
extent of the Bounds before reoited do no way prejudice or infringe
the Particular Propriety of any Person or Persons who have Right by
Patent or. other Lawfull Clayme to any Part or Parcell of Lands or
Tenements Within the Limits aforesaid onely that all the said Lands
and Plantations within the said Limits or Bounds shall have Rela-
tion to the Towne in Gene raIl , for the well Government thereof And
if it shall so happen that any Part or paroell of the said Lands
within the Bounds and Limits afore described bee not alread;r Pur-
chased of ye Ind;rans it may bee PurChased (as oooasion) acoording
to Law; I do hereby likewise Confirme and Graunt unto the said
Patentees and the Associates their Heirs Successors and Assignes
All the Priviledges and Immunityes belonging to a Towne wthin this
Governm~ And that the place of their present Habitacon and abode
shall Continue and retaine the Name of South Hold by which name
and stile it shall bee distinguished and knowne in all Bargaines -
and Sales Deeds Records and Writings they making Improvement on
the said Land and Conforming themselves according to Law And ye1ld-
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ing and Paying therefore Yearly and every yeare unto his Royall
Highnesse use as a QU1tt Rent one fatt Lamb unto such Officer or
I Offioars there in Authority as shall bee Empowered to receive the
GIVER under my Hand and Sealed With the Seale of yB Province
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in New Yorke the one and thirtyeth da;v of October in the twenty
Eight Yeare of hiB Ma~ies Reigne Annoq Domini 1676.
E. Andross.
Examinad by mee
M. lVioholls Seor.
I do hereby Certify the aforegoing to be a true
Cop;r of the Original Record ,Word !2. 54th line word
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Erasures. Compared therewith By Me.
Lewis A. Soott, Secretar,.;:; -.
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I have compared the preceding
copy of letteI:'s-patent . .... .m.with the record thereof
in this office in iBook Number 4 of Patents .. . .....at pagemlO2
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and I do HEtREiBY CEtRTIFY the same to be a correct transcriPt therefrom and of the
whole thereof.
Wlttness my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of
State, at the City of .Albany, this mmnnnthir.d n... n.mn nnday
o/......mnn_m...:R.~~~_!I!~~.._..._m_..m_.__m___one thousand nine hundred
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Se n p Secretary at State
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