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Home My WebLink AboutA History of Long Island - Southold SectionA o F LONG FR(i)~X5 ['I'S E,~\RI.,IEST SETI'[,E),IENT TO THE [~ItI~SISN'I' TI),/I~ WILLIAi\,I S. PELLETREAU, A. VOL. II CI-tAPTIER XVI. TQ)\V.XJ O1: H()UIIIOL . ~ttl authority, temp~)ral as well its sl}irittlal, vested i~ clmrch officers a~M dmrch metal)ct's, aim they seemed to hope ia this alallllel' to amieipate thc ~*illet~ittm whet~ Christ ami Ills saints shot~ld rHle the earth. This tow~ occtq)ies ~he easter~ l>orti¢~t~ ~f thc ~lo~'th I~t'a~ch of I.o~g [sland, ;tnd i~cludes Irish- er's and ]?Irma [si;rods. Its Icing'th ft*om the west- em I*o~mdary, se[)aratiHg it from .the towa Rix'erhead, to thc extremity of (3riettt [~oi~t, 23 mi]cs.' Its g'reatcst width is f¢ltlr miles, east of Sot~thold x'illage it is llllldl IlalTOWCI'. islallds, tltltl Imd failed in the nttetltl~t. :\ short w;tt~:r c:tlled M~ttitHel< I;ay pttts il~ from the dista~lce acrt~ss; while ?'fitly ~q~p~site a creek Ilay, ;l~l the {list;tHct~ J}etweetl these two b~Mics ¢~f watttr is qt~ite limited. ]icrc the Indiaoa nt~cs across, attd this gave iL thc Hame, ~vhich ~)ccttt's i~ ottr oldest rec~rds, lhe <~;tst {~f SottthoJd, Mill (;i'ttcl< c{m~cs up from the sot~th, alld exteilds ;tlmost entirely across, l~ei~g"Sel)rtr;tted fr{)m the sotmd J)5' a 1)each a TOWN lh~als I.iiwt,r ;lll~I [:l~l~el- Nek'l<~;." This isth- of the I'CgJt)ll IIt'xt I'ec~mlc l lay, illclll(Jillff [~iltlc especially ft'rtiltr, ;m~I tht, f;trms of Ctttehogt~e antl Matlitutq¢ ;tr~, H,~te~l f~,~' thc~i~' excellence ;m(l lhtqr hig,,h st;it~.. ,~f ct]hlx, ali,)~. The i)e~i]~st~la {)f aorlh, aof[ he,ars t~very imlie;ttio~ of it~ glacial origh,. 'l'l,e H~rlh l~ram:h ~f thc island termin the title th]',~t~gh I'[ttm (1~1 swtzel)s wilh z'esist. ]ess p¢)wer, and il is hclieved ~Da( this chalmeI that I'Itlm Isl;tlld was o~'igiHally cc)]meeled with the nelghh~].ing. shore. ]'H carl5. days the towt~ was ia almost parts coy(red with wot)ds, latt the tmti]'it~g ha]hds of thc i~(]t~slri~)tlS settlers have made the smiling field whet'e ¢~et'. the f~rcst frowHed. ]?ew tracts of WOOdlallf[ of iI/it;:ll extell[ lt['e IIOXV fotmd, the ];trgesL being o~ the sot~lh side. at I?leet's Neel¢, anti i~ ot~e ~- Iw¢) Ioc;~lities ¢~t~ the ~torth shot'e. 7l't) write the early history of this toxvt~ is easy tasI~, since all records prior to 165t are lost forever, with the exceptloH of txvo I)~'ief Hotices which will 1)e g'iveH hereafter. 3~et, the state- met~ that it was settled in I64O is g'e~erally eepted, an~[ ;ts Sotltlmmpto~ was settle(l in the sanle 3,ear, the question has bee~a nKitated, in late years which towel is eHtitled to the h(mor of beinK calle(I the oldest Eng'lish tow~ o~ Island. 7Dhls qt~estlon has bee~ discussed with great ability and hig'h i~telligence, the i)rinci- pal contestaHts i~ the ease 1)eiHK the Rev. ]Epher Whitalcet', D. l)., of Sotttl~old, and the late Georg~ l~. Howell, of Sot~thamlRol~, eaclt of of his steel. We do ~ot propose to enter into SOUTIIOI.D. this ~lis~'tlssi~m wilh a x'iew r)f deciding' thc rilles- sqtl~ject we will lle]'t~ g'i/'e MI tile aL~thorities th;lc hay{: I)ecH discovered after most dilig'e~ t se~rch, ami preset~t all iht facts that east throw lig'ht ¢m this vexe¢l p{)i~t, mid leave t{~ the ~'eatler the t;tsl~ ¢~f re~<l~.rit~g, jt M' ertl tq)tm evidet~ce pre- sented. The c;~se as ~'eg';~rtls S(mthaml)tot~ may I~riel!y stated. () ~ IX<l:;tt'cl~ ~o, ~639, the cOtHl)a~y Lyre% ~[assaclmsetts, t~ found a aew pla~tatio~ oH I,{~g. JslaHd. C)He m(mil~ later, April ~(14o (thc ~'ear ~tt that time bt, ph ,,' h'[arch 2 they ol>tai~le a g'l' nt fr<m J;m~es [;'at'reit, ag'e ol7 thc I):arl of Stirli~g' xvh~ was then ow~er of l.o~lg- Jslaml, at~thorizi~lg, them to tr~ke uI) elg'ht miles S(l~a~-c c)f lfmd ' '1 ere I>est st~iteth them." hi [~lll'stlllllt:e Of the ctttctt'prise lhey s;tiled for Jla5, ill what is oow the t()w~l tlr Not'ih [lemp- stcatl, 'ht~l the). we]'e d:'ive]~ away Jly the Dtitch, "Upo~t this," says (;overllor Wit~ih~-ol)' Jtme 4, ~(~4o, "the Idi~me men, tMMiHg, themsel~,es too ;rid from th.;~ ]EHg'lish, deserted that place alit[ took a~otl~et' at the eztst e~ltl of the Sallie island; aH(l, I)ei~g' How ztl~ot~t 4o f;tmilies, they proceeded in I:heJt- l>l;mtatioH, ;tlld cMled (me M~'. ~[?iet'so~, a g'odl.y, le;trt~e¢l ma~ ;m(l a metal)er of the chttrch I)tstc tk gt w~kh them." l"rom this acer)trot, writte~l I)3~ ()tlC, who had el, cry Opl)Ortm~ity to aeqt~ah~ted with the f;tcts, there call t~o longer be any dot,bt that Sonthampton was settled i~ .[tree, ~64.o. The eat'liest recor(I wc have of a~y pttrchase of land within ~he present limits of Sot~thold is a deed f~'om James ]¢arrett to Rich~trd Jacksot~, dated :kugust ~5, ~64o, a copy of which, with the st~l)sequet~t tr~msfers, is het'e apl)e~ded, as talxe~ frc)m the Sot~thold records, and is all that malt,s of the records prior to ~65~. "This i~dentm'e witnessctlt that I J'~tmes Faret, gem., delmtie to the fight ho~)orable the Earle of Starli~g, 'Secretarie for the Kingdom of Scotla~d, doe I)3, these presents for him & 404 I[ISTOII. Y OF I.()NG- iSLANI). self, fei' & iu consi(Ic*rati.u id a {'crlain s.nle unto Richard .lacks.n nf fl]flit: acres .f inca~ dow & upland lyillM and I)cing upp.u thc of thc River callcd Mauhansad<, in l..ug Island, to thc castwacd of lhc plaec c;dh,d thc flh'c wig' laad adjoyningc t. lhc afore said fiflic in'rcs I. and enjoy to :him & his heirs ~cu'cver, wifl~ all thc said par'lies that hoc thc said Richard Jack- Unto thc said [,]arle, his 1Mrs or assigns an itc- thc fiftic acres afnrcsaid; alxl }llso shall PaY tutt:~ thc said James ffarret gent., -r his assigns ?arc- have sctl to our hands & sc;tits Ibc 15tit day "Scaled, signed ami dclivcn.d in thc prcscucc was one ()[ the witltesses lo thc [lldlatl dccd [t>l' Southamllton, Decemllcr 13, ~(;4o, I<ichard Jacl<son, the grantee, pn;cce,Icd t. lmihl a house and hnprove thc ptu'dmsc, and in t)ctnbcr sold the same 1o 'l'homas Wcathcrl% who cnuvcycd it to Stephen C]oodyc;u' of Nmv ]htvcn, and thc lo- cation and facts of transf'kq' are very explicitly noted in the followiug deed: "This Indenture witncsscth that. where:ts James l:arrct, gent,. Deputy to the honhle l):aclc of Starleing' & Sccretarie for thc king'donlc nf Scotland, hath by his hulentm'e in his ownc name & in thc name of the I']arle cf SLarling alicned & snld Ml~to ]~ichard Jacksnn, carpenter, a parodi of Land as by deed under his 'handc & scale more particularl~ recited, lying' & Imlng uplmn a neck of Land called llashamommucl~ ned<; also whereas thc said Jackson pasl nver by decde undo1' his 'hand and scale thc said land ~ his house to Thomas X~ ithcrby, lnarrhlcr, [or thc sum of fllfteClm pounds, as may by thc said deed more fully appcarc. Now this prsnt bt- denture or writcing doth imlfllsh and declare to all people wholll it illay collcCl'llo dud: ~tephcn (;o~d}'c:lre n[ .Xcv. Jlavcll, Incrchalfl, hitnsel£, Iii,. hcirc,; and assi~41~cs. Alit., llal'gaino & sell uut. Jiihn [~clchalll, [slltml, All th;ti tract or pi{cc wch was :tl th'st gl'anted to thc said I{icluu'd .laclss.n as :tlol't'$:tld, a~ I}cillg,,' his of right & }x']~>llgin~' I;, him bnth [iq~lll .J:tclcstul all(I XVc;tlhcrby aim by tile ]lldlan title, ami doth, truly payed & receive,I, fully discharge & acquit thc said .Jolm I<t:tchllm, his ]leix'cs and :tssignes for cvcr, of all & sluguhtr iht afort:sttid IH'Plll- iSc~. w[Ih all dcbls, dcwes & dclnands what "Scak',l, Stlbscrihcd alnl dclivcrcd to Iht rise ,J .b,lm I,:clchum iu the ]il'eSt,lice Thc next wc hear n; this picc~ .f laud is in a deed dated "Ncw 1'51.u'land I,ong Island SetaI- cq}l 3 ( )elober iG(H," by which "Thomas I<ctch- .Nh]otc, se.,, .f Southohl. all thc in'cruises [ Inshalnoumclc .Xeek, described in thc deed givca II is interesting' to he able to Incate this tract .f kind, as it is thc first land sold in thc Iowa whieh eau he h,cated with certainty. It lies ttl)01l "l'ilx~S Cove." A pol'ti.u of it hclongs to the estate of Jeremiah Mom'c, dcccascd, ;t descend- ant of Thomas Moore, mentioned above, and a part I~clongs to Iht heirs of XVilliatn Y. [IrOWll. The place called the tlve wigwams was prc~bal)ly ttl)tUl the small island .,f wnods belonging lo the cstatc of Jct'cnfiah M.nt'c, at the hcad ~}f Pipes Creek. two deeds given by James Farrctt, the the I':a]'l nf Stcrling, to .uc Matthew Sindcrland (or Sunderland) "scanlan at Boston in New Iquglaml." In the first deed Jantcs Varrctt cites his commission frnm thc ]Sari of Sth'ling. and his power Io sell lamls, and conveys t0 Matthew Sindm'laml "One Island I}ctwixt Oys- ter Bay and Shx)l)S llay, some half mile from the TO\VN Ct" SOUTHOI.I). of I,:nglam[," ami thc date Jtmc 18, I(i3!), Tht' 4O5 In Libor I of \VilIs in the New York surro- gate's off]cc, is rceo]'ded the following: ".J-hn Could/ug, Jr., of ] [aghamanloclc, ]leare S-ulhohl, havisg nmrt'icd Sarah, ]al:e wi(Iow O[ William S:I ~)n, who had then diecrs yOIlllg c il h'en of which he hath had g~-eate care and been aL c.nsi(h:rahlc expeusc in bt'it~gi]~g them SOUTI[OLD CREEK LANI)[N(; I'LACE OF FIRST SETTLEI~.S. ]lay }-Iarbor, and the other Lq)on the west side of said ]{arbor." The ant~tlal ]'cnt was to be ]o shillings. James Farrett, on September 4, ~639, ac- knowledges the receipt r:ff 2o shillings for the laud at Oyster Bay, and ou September 8, 164o, he also acknowledges the receipt o[ 2o shi]lings, "for payment of two years rent dtlc for thc pro- portion of ktnd belonging to him at Boston Bay and that for the years ~64o-~64L" It is quite evident that the abnvc deeds con- vey no part of Southoh[. :tp," Letters o[ administration werc granted to him on the esl:ate of William Sahnon, November, ~665. "~r]lereas John Conlding, Jr.. of Hasha- mamock did 'intermarry with Sarah, widow of William Sa]men, ]ate of Southold, with whom he left six children, four of which he had, by l(atharine lfis former wife, aud the other two by h/s wife Sarah. The said Katharine having been the widow of one Matthew StmderIand, ~ sea- tl~all, who formerly improved some part of l~asllamanlock as an agent of Mr. Janxes Farrett, dept ty to 1he Earl of'Stix'ling, o.f whom he pur- chased several H'acts of land. ~ne on tim east side, and auother on the west side ,of Oyster IIISTC)ItY OF IA)N(; IS]LAND. all o£ which fell l,~ his wiic I,~alharhu: for her for her lis,dih*)od, and tills n{¢k of I Jashanmln- ock, i~cin~' thc phtcc ,ff ti,tlr i'usidultCC, ;llll~ ]l~ I.,cam's ~"alcnt givcn h~ his R,wal I li[~]mcss James I)ukc ¢ff Y~u'k. ~vcrc published iu this Island. 'L'hcrc/orc the said .l~,htl ('onldink', Jr., iiug, )r., Fnr settling' the est;de of Williaul Sal-. and llve daugq]tcrs, Thc ()vcrsCel'S ~ff South~d,I fixed tilt: chlcst stm's portion to Im ~3I, I ts, dd and the other chihh'en's pnrtitms to be ~15, 1Ss, CoukliuK ~or hringinK them up." Thc six chihlr~u \yore Mary, John, Sarah, l~¢b0¢ca, ]Elizaheth and J(himulh, [~ was or- dered that John Conkllng should give security to pay to John ~28 WIIoII Of Rge, arid t0 CaCl~ Of the dattg'llters ~14 when nf age. Thc ohJesl daughter, Mary, had already received her tion. Thc only flfiug flint we can learn with cer- tainty from the ahove is that Matlhew Stmder- of ]k/ashamamock during the pcrlod wheu James Farrett was agent for the ],~arI {ff ~tirlinK. But as no grant to him is on i'ccol'd the exact date quite unknown. Tradition and history alike unite in awarding tO Rev. yohll YOll]lgS tile ]lo]lr)r o[ bciug tile founder of this towu. The first notice we have 'of this remarkal)le imm is fmmd iu the lng entry, copied hy Samuel G,, [)rake from original records in London and printed in his "]7ounders of New I(ngland," p. 49: "The amination of Johu Yongc of St. Margarctts, Stiff. ~ninister, aged thirtyqivc years, and Joan his wife, aged thirty-four years, with six dill- dren~Jolm, Thomas, Anne, ]{achc[, Mary and Joseph. Ar desirous to passe for Salaul in New J')tghtud h~ i,dlahilt." :\g'alnst lilt! ah-vt c,lh'y wcnI It~d l'lXml harlllnuih." T]li~ eulry flqh,ws six othtr entries, dah'd May II, 1637, and is fl,llnwcd by Iwo trill'its t~f CX;tlllJtlal[oI/ {11/ May 12, Ih37. Ncal, in his "JJistory laud," imhllshcd in Ixmdou iu ~72o, mcntions k'hurch ,ff Fhb,,h,nd, hul hclng dlshtrhvd hy thc In I,:t]nlw]'l's "l listm'y or Xcxy I htv~n," whit:h g't,od attthm'ity, it is stated: "MI', ¥oltllgS ]'e- or (}ember. t6..IO, al]d, wilh thcnt and such hillers "Index tff Southohl," an iuvahlalflc work, xvhich ganlzing a church iu New Haven, to bc h~catcd at SouthohI, (k't~dmr, 164o. We have no posi- qilutcd this chtlrch, and any allempL t(> make a list o[ IJle early settlers nltlgt be hascd HpOll hi- fetch'ce 'mm'c Ihan actual kmmqedgc; ~mt the following list contains thc names of tlu~se per- Ihe lmvn prim' m 1654: ]~olx,rt Akcrly, ]~ichard I~enjamin, Thomas Benedict, John Iktylcy, Johu Booth, Thomas ]h'ush, Johu ]}mhl, ~'lcmT Case, Roger Chester, RMmrd Clark, John C'cml<lin, 'l)Jlt)llllts Cooper, Matlhias Cot'win, PhilclnoU I)ickersou, J'cffrey ]East5', John Elhm, ~-~ Frost, Charles~ (;lover, J'amcs '[htines, Peter :[:htllock, (?) Jnhn :Her- bert, Josiah ][ohart. I~aruahas ]:lo]'to]L 'l:honms I[utclfi.son, Jolm ]Kch:ham, Thomas Mapes, Thomas ~looi't., ]Ittntphrcy Xm'ton, Thomas Os- man. ]saac Ovcrton. ]'eter I'ainc, ICdward Petty, J~flm Pcakin, William ['url'ier, James Reeves, '1'O \\'N O1:' Rachel, Ilis SIIII. t'-Mucl J{lllll, had arrivcd of Ihc c~d~my. Youngs, Ih, was born al i\hmsc!y, in IMccslcr- shire, I::nqhL~, ill I(i(x). :\l'&!r c~mling t~ lhis c0uniry he is said to have lived ;Lt JhLiill~hm' 51assaehusetts, uutil 16.qo, when hc j~fincxl thc Joseph, Ik, nj; Caleb, Josht a and [Ol/nl]l i, and daughte]'s, IhLmmh, Sarah alld Mary. 16,~4, [65(~ alld 1()5C) ]lC WaS a dcpttly So ~,hl Io (he cmu't ~ff New JJ;LvCI1, Ih' was K~62, and was dClnltv in ~663 and 1664. Ilis tlenry Ihtrrism~, ~m tff I/thiamin l larristm, slgncr S()UTII()L ), 4O7 iu t(~76' mid iii! was i]ltinlah!ly counechxl with all Iluhlic iL/Y;til'S Ll]lt[I ]lis dealh. I lis I,mlh ill thc ehlll'L']/tal':l ill SulltJl~ll~l is t'~/vcruil \vit}l ;t slab sel'ipli~m: I tcrclit,lh bm'icdthc 1,. '¢£ Mr Barnahas ~lh. I~a< h.rn at 51~ s,:ly I~['iccstcrshir¢. Ohl Ih~gland, Till t In.i~t ~hall come ami raise it with thc iusl %, I>c p;~l'lakcr c>( Ibis bl~.sscd ~ud you. {ltqtl' cllihh'cn all. folhm, the Lord: 'J'J~Ull God will hh'ss yo[I ~;ilh ;'our chihh'un all, And lo IIlis htcsscd pi;Ice I'h: ~qll you c;all. June ~9. m3S, in thc same ship with ~clm icy. au~lhcr o( llle early settlers, The Ih's~ li<(, of hitu tnl I,(u]g [slaml is the fi>]lowing, cn- h'y iu th(' ]'eCot'([S of Soulhanq)t(m: "March ]5th, ~6.[3, Wil~htm Wcl~s, (;ent,, was ccnst[red ]'eeords ;unon~ ~L lisl O[ men who had evidently a~ [ uc~ thc s'ttlc.]cnt. The cxac~ time a~ which i~c hccamc a settk'L' at ~outho~d is knowu, hut he was a ]'esidenl hcrc I}c[orc 1649. '[lc 'as t alive of N(~l'wich, IEnq'l ~ I, and was ]1~)i'ii il/~60~. Throttghout his life hc was the ]0g' itll(J~nl'[ly ~f thc town, and pre-euliuetll[y the busiuess man of Ihe place, ;tud it was through dians of lhe reginn o~ Cutchogt~c, Mattltuck and ()ckah.clc, including thc Iown of Riverllcnd. As j st'cc of thc peace all~l ill'Se sheriff nf si' c,' being aplXfinled to 1Jla{ position hy Gov- ernor Nit<dis iu ffi6. b lie died Novemher ~3, ~GTr, ag'ed sixty4hruc years ami h:ft a wife .Mary, w[m aficrward nlat'r~ed Thomas .Ual)es. 408 IIISTOR.¥ OF tON(; iSLAND. ,[:lis lirst /vif,:. th'hl~.,x:t, was the widow of I lenry 'I?uthill. amd laid Ihe ianl, )oshua, XI;ll'}l, tk:thia and Mehilahel, Ili~ ~lm oldest tombsb~uc iu ~tHYnlk eou]dy. Joh. Ihuhl, ;leer~l'dill~' ]O ~IIloFC'S "h.lex." was in 5:ow Ilaven in June, HLtg, ami signed an been (,nc ¢}f lilt orig'inal c(unpally oF settlers, The this entry in th( S~>uthaml>tou records: "Mr. Jones hath thc lott granted unto hitn xvhieh was forme]'ly gt'auted cock" (Stmthold). This dearly iudicatcs Ihat he was a dweller there ;iL a very early dntc. hi 1645 "it is ordered that John Braid shall hnve joining to his other 4 acres~ acre lott." In 165o he is mentioned in South- ning the same, and q~e is cnlled "lAcutcnant." In 165[ he apl)ears ;ts plaiutiff in a sulk against John }Ndflmrd, but after that his name occurs in Southold in 1649, aud left a large estate to his son John, who was oue of the wealthiest men in the town. Tn ~657 he was deputy fn,n Sottthold to New lfaven. d{fficxtlty with his ncighl)ors, and died there pee- vious to ~67o. He had children, Jnhn, Joseph and Judith. None of his ddsccmhmts arc now found in this town. Thomas Cool)er was not, as some of tho his- torlans of Southold SUpl)OSC, the same person ton. He was probalfly a In'other of John Cooper, of Southampton. Thomas Cooper left n large estate to h/s widow and daughter. The daughter married Stephen llailey and had three daughters, Abigail, wife of Joshua 1Aempstead; Mary, wife .of Thonms Tahnage; and I lmmah, wife of Will- iam Salmou, who divided (he cstale. Matthlas Corwin was doubtless all origiual s,.qtlcr. Ih'evim~s to his settlement here hc was a residem at Ii~swleh, Massachusetts. lie was a \.Veils. HIH[ 111 1(;5(; was olle OF the men appninled sibility, lie died in 1658, leaving tw,} sons, John nmi Theophih~s, [tml a daughlcr Mary, who :Xlmthins C:orwiU are widely spread, and amcmg highcsi I)osili*ms iu church alld slate. John C, mklit~g was not atn(mg the m'iginal fore lid,; Itc was ;t eesident (ff Salem. There are few families on I.oug Island that have excrlcd a wider inlluenec. Ills m)a'~}ther, zkmulias, was thc I'ottHde]' ~{ thc [{ast I lampt(m F;unily. [,']'onl Ills snn Thut}thy are dcseetlded lite families iii thc town (ff Iluntit~glon alld thc wcstcr]l pnrt of the c*)tlnty; while from his sons J(~hn and Jaod)are sl~rtlng thc families iu II,is town, and thc name is foundln ail scrtkms o~our eotmtry. ]leis said t~} have bee]) a ]1alive o[ Nottinghatnshirc, ]':t~g- laud. 'l'radiliou si;ties that lie and William Sal- nei~hh(,rs ami playmates in thclr hoyhood days, aud (his is Stll)p~sed lo have heeu thc reason why, after a short stay iu Southohl villag'e, he re- moved to thc neig'hlxn'hood of his fm'mer com- i,atfion. Alxm( ~6(3~ he rcmnved to [hmtington, am1 died there nbouI 1683, aL (he supposed age nf cigldy-lhrec years. mrexx, of thc early setllcrs have left mm'e dis- tiugulshcd dcsecudants than Philcmou Dicker- son. In ~637 he came to America in thc same vessel in which Minister Youngs .had vainly at- lempted to obtain passage. In T639 he apl)cars at Salem. Massachusetts, where iu T64T he was admitted as a frcenmn, lie is supposed to haee come In this towu in ]646, but thc &ate is till~ known. ITc died iu 1674, aged seventy-four years, and left sons, Thomas aud Peter. 1N-om ing some of the most noted piti)lie men of the hind. In ~85~ ]:lcm. Mahlon Dickerson, Sec- retary of the Navy, erected in the ancient bury- TOWN OF J(~hll t;t,hls]uith, ihou~4'h not ()Ilo: nf the first a iltlltterlltls ;md respected poslerlty. ] lc is sttp- posed 1o have been thc son (ff qm'li(*mnas (;oid- ~65], aqd was livinff Iherc as late ;ts [(i77. In t¢6r hc boug'ht o[ I{ieha]'d ]l;Irl'clt his hOllSC ami land. It was a part of lifts land that J~dtn (',old- smith sold to widow Margaret Cooper in ]678, iu (xchangc for a h~l iu Cutch(~gue. The deeds may )m sec]) in Vol. l, printed rccoeds of South- oki, p. 2t)~}, 210. ] lie IllOVCd to this toxvn ;ti that time ami died it~ ~7o3, leaving chihh'emu Johtt, ]~ichard, N;tthaniel, h'Iary, Thomas, l)anic] and ElizaheAh. Thomas Mooro left I(nghmd in T63~. T636 he and his wife ~Ma]'lha were mhnilted as llle[n))crs of Sa[till church, and lhcy came Southold about m65o. In 1658 he was deputy from tiffs town to the G.cucral Court aL New fla- yen. 'He was nppolnted magistrate by the I)utch officers in ~673; hc declined, but acecldCd thc positiou m~der ]~nglish rule in ~685. ][e was large hind owmr and a prominent ]nan duriug his whole life. lie died in ~69~, leaviug children. Thonlas. Mar~ha, ]lenjanlin, Nathanie], ITanim]l, JonaLhau, Mary aud Sarnh. Tlls son married Aunt, d;tughtcr of Ja]ncs [:]aml~tOn. Southampton, who came from that place to leto. Thc desccndnnts o~ this family arc very respectful mention than Charles ]I. Maore, of New York, whose genealogical indlccs nlust ever bc an authority of the greatest weight the subject. Colonel John ¥OtlllgS, llext tO his vcnernblc parent, the mlnistcr, was justly cousi(Icred 'the foremost man in' the town, and there are few nanlcs hi the early history of the COtlnty more prominent than his. He was born in r623, carly became master of a vessel, and was in active service against .the ])utch. In ~654 he wns ap- poitded l>y thc commissioners, to cruise in the Sound as a part of a Hawtl force, and was tlvely engaged in this service two years. In SOUTI1OLD. 4O9 IG6o and 166t 'he was a delcgale to New [laveu, and after the union with Connecticut he was a dclcg' tt lo Ilartford, lie assisted in collecting a luililary f~l'Ce to assisl ia thc conqtmst of New in the lirsl asscm)~ly at :lJcmpstead under the ])tike ~f h~orl¢. Through him was obtained a flew deed f]'0111 []10 [tl([ialls, COtllirlllilag their vi~ms sales. ]Je WaS o]le o[ the l)atentccs 1676, ~vas made sheriff of Yorl<shire, aud was a mcmher ~f Ihe ('olonlal Cotmcil' from r683 to ]697. ,'~1 the age of scvcniy years hc was in conl- mandnf thc militia regimcut of 533 men. We have ouly time aud space lo brlcfly mention thc offices hc lillcd and thc aets he ]scrfor)llOd, bt, e the life and pul)lie serviees of this famous man must ever be a bright page in Long ]slaml his- tory. Ills eveutful life closed in ~698. ~lis I:omh may still I)e seen in the ancient burial place, follo~ving: "Here lleth interred thc body of Colonel Job 1 YQttngs Ese ui]'e, ate role of IHs Who De rotted this life Ihe l'2th day of A ' GO1)'S ACRE. In ;654 an o]'der was made Ihat each nmn who had not ah'eady done so should bring in to the recorder it description of his lands--"how they ly East, west, north and Sot]th, between whom, and in what places." Thanks to this or- 410 III,~TONY )[ I,ON(, 1SI,AND. ~Oll' '~rOtlIl~H and hi~ ]itllc hand Imldud at IIw head of Town Ch'cci% aHll here (]lcy eMalllishell thch' fi~tm'c home. 'l'ha~ Ill( mh6~Icv's h,I atcd was a thing' to bc cxpcclcd. We will in On the wcM side of thc road Ihal lc;IdS from lot c)f Minister ~OllIIgS. '['his lot ('xteudud west- hollow west t~f the Methodisl church. Thc i};ts- lot and near whel'0 thc hollse of ]lcnry G. Howdl now stands. [Icrc hc liecd and lal}ored and died. Next west clime the lloltlC lot (>f his ncighhm', Re,bert Akerly (now thc "k]ocht'ltll place"), in ~653 ho had moved to auothm' place, and his home lot is descrihcd as "Twelve acres iiiol-e or lesse, the highway gocing' into the ohl fit'Id ly- ing north, thc land of Thomas Cool)or lying at the rear of his homc lot south." This was ncar the present residence of William ]]orlon. crt Akerly moved to ]h'ookhaven, and lived Crane's Neck. He has many descendants. Next canto thc home lot of b)hn Ilooth. ihs lands were recorded in 1685, alld al that time ily of [l~e late ]srael l)cclc. Next came John 1-1crberk's homt:stead. This descended to his son John, who in [{i99 sold it to "the inhalfitants of thc township o~ S(mthold" for sevmvty-five pounds in silver. ];h'om that time it has been riser] as a i):tl'SOll;tg,'e lot, ttll(l the ]~resbyterhm church stands upon it. Next was the llomc lot of ]~ichard ]Icnja- easterly line of Richard Carlmntcr's Thc lot of Ananias Conkling', who after- wgrd relllOVCd It) I}ast Ilampton, was next west, and this was I)urchased h;' I,~iciulrd I, iii, (;tq,Fg't, .Nlilhw in 1656. It waa sold hy him (,f JOScl)h Sltlloll ill ltd)l), which w:ts iw, dmhly who sold tilt: wl~st l)ltl'l ~)f il: ~o S;tlllttt'} [(illg'. lO Ihe sotllh, (h(~ iii'si lc~t was Samud I(ing.'s, of Il(m. J. Wickham (~',tsc: "J())lll Tulhill, [{ich- a))lc trio. They Iix, cd si(l¢, I)y side f()r ;t score c}tascs j()inlly; I]lt~y dividtd, they I]lttir pl'Ol)cl'ty to (:itch otht~r. I(itlg', ollly four ?ars hu[ore Tuthill's death, g';tvt: hhn a writ- forty years bcforc, and for which no Icg'al uel [(lng' is now in possession.()f thc daughters of ]Mrs. Sol>hvonia Jcnuings. Next south canlc the h)t of [olin I;Ht()n, ~ 58. This lot hc ohtaitmd og William I)tH'riur, who Ix)ug'hl il: o~ kMalthcw ]];dwards. h: now h:mglS, to thc heirs o[ Sophr,,nia Jcnni.gs, 'l'ht: h)I WJlCl't~ (;ihlcr S. Cotlklittg lll)W lives was the Ol'[g'ina] home lot of 'l'h~nnas .Mapes. :[ [c addc(l Io Ihcsc the htmtc h)t of eJ)'l'cy I%tv who lived nexl: n()rlh, trod als) that of John ][~ltoll. This ~'avc hinl a [l'olll ()f ;tl)t)tlt fifty lot of (Hider %. Conkling. '['homas NlalwS was of thc orig'inal settlers. ITc was a land veyov and dividcd " , ' ' ' his services the privilege of haviHg his share next his own hOtlle Nexl: (:itllle thc h~mtcstead of Willbun ])tlr- lot is a imtq of Iht~ [amH of [Ih'am Terry, and I.asl[>, ;ti Ih(~ s~)tllh t.H(I of .XIltitl street, of [[irant '[k'rry's h;tru. I[q'is mcHti{med in old vats ]I;LV~' Imlil ret'~lllly hc~ql visil)lc in Ibc able thai 'l'ho*tms ('(),)l)t,r, fr()tu whom it der[yeti its ltal/it', had his Iit)llle h)( <m its ¢msl side. thc weal of IIlis hig'hwav was Ihe borne lot William We!Is, so pr~nninent in all towH fairs. This lot extemlcd :ts far as thc weslcrly si(lc of (',. ]~'. llommcl's lot, and the orightal site of William Wells' llouse is now occupied hv 1[. W. ]Prince. ]front the descrilHi<m of 'l?hotnas owned by ]). IL Wells, but l)mlmbly this was only '['he next neig'hhor (d' William Wclls (m t'hc west was John Conkling', who owne(l thc lot boul~ded on the xvcst by thc cast linc (ff ]). I;'. Con]diug. This loL was in his possession a short time, whclt he gave it lo his son aud moved to [ fa]nous ill New ]';ngland ;ts well as tlpbn Island~Cal)tain John LJnderhilt. During his short stay in this town, which was probal)ly the years ~658 and t659, he resided on this lot. It is situated in the heart of thc village, and at the i)rcscnt time is owned I)y l). F. and William I{[. lh~cl~ingham. Captain Um[cr- hill's carecr is fully Harl'ated in Thompson's "History of Long' ]slaud." Ills was an eventfuI life~fig'hting with .Indians a( one time, and SO UTIt C) 1,1), 411 anolhcr wilh ~.:llIIrch ;tlltll(ll'itlcs, he was iH ahly ioo (lull for hhn, alld ill 1(;59 he sold his lot fiehls of action. his descendants are still to he found. His Io~ is now owued by llczckiah Jc'ming's. A'latthlas Corwin, whose claim to be one of lhe or[M'i~ml company has never heen disputed, Iix, cd on Ih~ next hd. This was ]eft by him to afl~'r ']tis father's (le~tlll, ~11~(I tilth rcln~v~d to whal was called the "Indian D'iehl" farm, in what is now .the. vi]laR-e of I~ecoHic. This homestead of ~Mallhias Corwin is dirccl]y opposile thc Ih'es- bytcrian ohm'ch, and is n~w owned by David A. Jennin~s and Mrs. M. A. I~ose. which has eolne down h~ modern times th~'ough ~lallhias (5~rwin's. Ills homeslead consislcd two home lois, setmrated by what is called Ihe ~ld record "the h~R-hway leadinR' ~oward the North ~ea," now called' "l:]orton's Lane." The Catholic c'hurch stands on Ihe east lot, and also tho. ]~h'esl>ylerlan Chapel arid lhe residence the Iatc Ira Tnthill. [Ypon the west lot stood unt{1 the last few years the orig'inal house I larnabas Ilorlon, which was, at lhe time of its dcstruct[ou i~l 1873, lhe oldest ]louse in cotmt),. It .was ']leru lhat the courts were held in ancient times, and it was ~or this l)urpose lhat the oriR-inal house was cnlarg'ed in 1684. Afl:er the death of the first settler it passed in success{on Io llve g'enerations of his descendants, all beari~g' the name of Jonathan ]:[orton, and after ~t brief ownership by Y[enry ] htntting' and Dr. Swcct it has returned (o its ancitmt line prol>rictorshil>, and is noxv in the possession D. ]qlHandcr Hot'ton, of the seventh generation from ]lat'nabas the first. Careful drawings of this ancient utansion were made before its ~struction, and will perpetuate in time to come thc memory of one of the most noted land- marks on Long' Island. The rear view of the 412 IIIWI?ORY ()F LONG ISLAND. pernlissionof Ilarpers, publMIcrs, h wasdraxeu by file rani.us artist, ](, A, Abbey. At the angle 0f Iht tmvn street, aim booud- teoaot John ]Itldd, arid aflcrwar¢l of his soo John. Thc Bt, Ids were i, that day the wealthy family of lhe lowII, ami upon this h~t they el'CCI- ed a olaosioll, )'el Matldhlg', which nmsI have of the early settlemeut. In tG79 John, Jr., sold the west part, with the house upon it, to Juhu ~lallock, and it is nuw owoed by Jonathan W. Huottiog. The eastern l>art was sold to Jere- miah Vail, and is now in the possessi<m of Sam- uti S, Vail, ,The oext lot was the homestead of John Tocker, and was boonded north hy lite road that bore his name. The lot seems at first lo have bdo. ged to Roger Cheston, of whum xvt koow but little, aod afterward to Nehemiah Smith, of whom we know still less. John Tucker in t659 removed to "f)ckabock," ami was the first mae who set tip a saxvmill on the stream at Riverhead. I:{e xvas an officer io the early chorch, and is mentioned as "Deacon Tucker." }lis home lot is now owoed by Barnahas I[. Booth, Joseph Herren, oldest son of the first ]htrna- bas, records his home Mt as "lying bet~veeu the land of John Tud<er east and I[arnabas Wines west." ]n ~665 ,he sold it to his father and re- llloved to Rye, io Westchester cotmty, xvhere his descemlnnts are still 'remaining. The lot cootinoed in dm Herren family for some gem erntions, and is now raw, ed 'by Captain Benja- mln Coles. Next was the homestead of ]Xarnabas Wines, who recorded it in ~665. :From him it descend- ed to his second son, Snmuel. His first son, Barnabas, went to Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in ~665, but after some years term'ned iuld set- tled at Mattimck, on a farm still owned by his posterity. The original home lot is now owned by heirs of Moses Clevelnnd snd Joseph Hortoo. hollle h>l wilh his oilier kuld iii 1(¢54. Itl 1656 lit: suhl it m Johll Bayles and removed It, I[unt- iuTt~m, with his brothers I lem'y ami John. It is now owned by Charlcs A. Case. Ilcory Terry lived m.xt. 11 is probable that lie was OI10 Of Mitdster Youngs' eompany. }lis I)r,*ther "l'h(mxts was either otc of the first set- Io fi.dr iLgreolllellI. RMnLrd Terry, J% xvas styled "recorder." :M~otlt ~073 he removed to (:ttlehogoe, where he meoed a large tract of land, il~chldit]g a ImM ~f J'cquash or "~uasha'; Necl¢. Richard, St'., died io 1675, and his widow Aldgail aod sue John Ihcn continued on thc old homestead. It ix)w belongs to Moses Ctevelaod, Charles N. Williams and (Mn'ge IL Sim,ms, lletweeu Richard Terry aud his brother Thumas lived Thumas Reeves, the aneestm' of Iht fam- ilies of that name Ihr(mghoot the tt)wo. The lot is now owned by Edward ] luutling, who io- heri/ed it front his falher, the Rev. jonathan lhmtting in ~85o. I.ast: can/e the home lot of Thomas Terry, which is mcmioncd as "next the bridge," and early days', even now a small bridge is deemed necessary fro' the high,way lo cross the "run," He died io 1672, and the lot went to his son Daniel, II was in after time the dwelling place of "Good Jonathan Florton," a great-grandson of Iko'nabas, It is now mvned by Patrick 'May. Colonel John ¥ouugs, the right arm of the settlemeot, had his homestead uu the east side of the road rtlnning fl'on~ A<[aio street to Tmvn Creek, and opposite the dwelling place of his father, the minister, Here he lived until his denth in x697. The history of the lot subse- quent to this can not be traced, lint about one lmodred years ago it came into the possession of Ridmrd Peter's, a merchant, and the house now occupied by Richard I,. Peters, or a part of it, is believed to he the identical mansion occupied by Cohmcl Yotmgs during his long life. Upon this lot also stands the dxvelling house of Non. j. Wickham Case, wlmse efforts to l)reserve the TOWN el,' relics ,~£ Ollr tarly history have id;wed the tl)\Vll paid. TII the easl Ill' (tdolle] boring5 livtd Jolm llaynes hi lt~SG, and *m lilt: south uf these two geocratiou, ami judge uf the eotmty from ~693 to ~7o6. To the east of J{lhll [layttes lived Joint Corey and Pcler ]~aine, while next the creek was the I]OIIlC lei of Thomas Moore. 'l/Iris is desel'ibcd thc xviddmve ['aync's ]lahilacon Southwest, the Creeke ~m the m>rlh east side." This is th6 preant resideuce of William T. ]"ithian. The lng thc idace, where tilt: I)utch Commissiooers sent from New ¥Ol-k {u ~673 [tad their formal residcuce of Mrs. Lletdah Goldsmith, was the heine lot .f ]leury Case. The firsl mention of him occurs I)ecember tS, I658, when thc the easl side of thc Iot late grauted 1o Richard Skydmore." It was provided that he shoold In ~658 he married Martha, ouly daoghter of Matthias Corwiu. He died in ~664. Icaving t~vo sons, [lem'y alt{[ Theol)hilus. '[?u Mire a record of all his deseendants would far exceed our limits, but one In'al~ch deserves- especial men- tlon. Hem'y 2d had a son Sanltle], who had a son Lieutenaot Moses, who died September 25, ~8~4, aged nim~ty-one years, leaviog sons Gilberl:, Malthias and I.uther. This last was the father of I]on. J. Wiekham Case, whose knowl- edge of the local history of the town was not exceeded :by that of any living man, aud for whose assistance thc writer is tinder thc deepest obligations. The original Indian deed of sale glvcn to Minister Youogs and his associates has been lost, but in 1665 a crmfirmatory deed was drawn up aod sigoed by the Indian chiefs, coveril~g all SOUTHOLD. the lnlrchascs up to that time. lows: 418 [t runs as fei- To ;l]1 petqde I~ \vhon~ this prostor writing (he inhabitants c)f ,Sottthohl, t'heir l>redeeessol, s, or stltoe of them, ha\% ht the right aud behalf of the said hdlal}itants and Townshil), lmr- chased, lm~cured and paid for, of thc Sachems aod Iodiatls ollr Attestors, all Ihat Il'aCk of laud situat% lying and being at the East ward end ~}f ].ong Ishmd, and bounded with the river called io the English tom~g the Weading Kreek, in the Indimt toung }'aUqLLaCO]~sm~l<. on thc West to aud with Phun island on Iht ~ast, together with the island called Phun island, with the Sound c;tlkxt Iht Nm'th sea Oll the north, and wilh a River or arme of the sca wch rum~eth up lwcene Stmthampton Land and the afore said ti'ack of laod unto a certaill l<reck, which fresh walor rmmeth into cm ye gouth, called in Eoglish Iht Red I(reek, iu fndiao '['oyouge, iogcther with thc said I~t'ee]< alld oleadows behmgil~g lhere to; and rtmning on a sh'aight lyoe from head of ye Nmall bruok that rmmcth fete the Krcck ea~led I}aU(]llaCOllSile]g; as also all tracks of /ands oleat]ows. Islands or broken ideces of meadows, rivers, I<recks, with timhcr, wood lands, fishing, fuwling, hunting, and all other of laod and isla,d hclonging or i]t any wise appertaini,g, as (:llrC]lallg al/d Mattatock, and all other traefs of land 17 wh;tt name what arid whereas thc tlOW [ohaldlants of the afore Ilallled towII Of Soothold have glVeU unto us cessors of the lawfel and true Indian owners and proprietors of ali Iht aforesaid tract of hind aod islaods, fourty yards of Trtmking cloth, or Iht worth of thc same, the receipt where of and every part of the same we doe hereby ackoowl- edge aod thereof acquit and discharge the habitants, their heirs, successors or assigns, aod every of them by these presents. Now these presents xvitnesseth that wee sideratkm aforementioned, hath given, graoted, rein[seal and confirmed, and doth by these pres- ents grant, reodse and coolirlll unto Captain J'ohn Youugs, Baroabas ];torten and Thomns Mapes. for and in behalf uf the luhabitaots and township of Southohl and for the use'of the aforesaid Inhabitants, nccording to their and every of their several dlvideods, to have and to 4. l-I IIIS'I.'OIiY OF IA)N(, ISI,AND. hohl t,~ thenl and IIMr h(irs £.revtr. hy virluc ~f the afor( rceilcd ]SLl'Mahl, Ilhrh';thls, gil'h; aim our, lhcirs nr any clllh elf I)ecemlwi', ih(iS, ill Ihc ,'%V[llh'cltth ~.Jhar1¢s I>?,; thc grace laud, b'ranc( and h'elaud Kiug, defcmh,r ~aith &c. others.] Some years siuce, the writer o£ this si<cMl saw ill the book store o~ Dcdd & Meade, Ih'omi- ]<now rill whoine il imiy conceru, Thai whereas I Mammawetough, l'4achclll (if (Mrch- auge scituale on Loog Island adj%'niuff tn Ihe ]~ngIish plantathm eallcd Sm*thohI, as well f<a' Theophilt~s ]Eahm. ]~sq., Gouvcrmu- of thc Jm'is- diction of Newhavcu, Stcphcu Goodvcarc Deptl- ty gouvenor, & Captayuc ,Uall}(m o~ Ncwhavrl~ me by I:hem giveu & paid, Iht receipt whereof by these presents I aclmowledgc, aim thereby doe fulh, hcrchy discharge thcnt, their hcir[s and asst,'ns for ever, have given ~rantcd bar- gained and sold' vnh) them the said Theol)hilt~s Eatou, Stol)hen Goodycarc & Caplaync Malbon, their heirs and assigus for ever, all tqm\ tract or neck 'of land by sore called haMumttmmd<e neck, lying and I)ei[~g on Long Island aforesaid, beginniog at a creek called and knowne by name of Pancackatum, bounded on the 'west :by thc land in thc occul)ation of William Salmon cx- tendiog itscffc to the Eastward toward~s plum Ishmd, the breadth thereof also to the North & sea. and also Phllll Island aforesaid, together with theirc & either ,of their :Rights lihcrtyes Imhmnltyes & appurtenances, To have and to hold the sakl tract of land aud Plum ]sl;md and every part ami parccll both of thc said tract of land aud [shuld, with Iht,irc and M1 .f fqqmi'lclm]acc:,, h) Ibc said '['he~q/hihls lC, lei}hen {',~,,dye;u't: & ('alga).]le Malhou & stall dftled iht. slxlh u( this lusta]lt May doth ch;tlleuge fLU alttk.ut right It) alld iu lhe said I~l'llle dt'cI;tl'C alld luslifyc that Ihs said tract land & IMaud called plume Island aru parl Ihe sole rig'ht in them In Rive, ~ranl, sell ami dis- IIlem Iht sitid Thet;I}hill/s I!]ahnl, Slephtm 3care and ()tphtyue I{iehard Malhon. iheir heirs uve]'y of Iheh't' Ri~dhlq liht,rlyt,s & alqm]'h,uanecs, hcires, &c, lhal ] will satisr3'u ami contunl the said his deem ;tilt[ Full Mranl pass river what tx'er right ami title he h;u! m' hath in tl;c said lamls or any pt of lhcm aud r;ttif3'c and t:oolirlllC thc har- gainc & sale I have madc Io them Ibc said Tho nphihm, Slephcn & 141rhard, theire heires & sigus for ever, cqttittioff and discharging them for ever, 11111o them all thc right and he had or hath or thai aoy may or shall daime charge, and laslly I thc said Mammawclough saide tract ~)f land ;iud Islaml called Plum islaad uuh) Ibc said Thcolfldlus. Shq)hcn and Richard, any ]ndian or other, any ri~'ht title 13roln'icty or interest in Ibc said trac eft land or lshmd or any portiou or pt of them or either of them, or any of their rights libcrtyes, immtmities or alq)urtc- In X¥1tness whereof I have herctmh~ sett my hand and se;dc thc sixteenth day of May, An. t648. his ltlark. Signed sealed and delivered in klm presence TO\,V N ()F h/s his his his his his A Iruc Culli,e of lhe [)rigiuall deed mir nice J';mlol'Sc'll, ".,\ el)l)it! ()( Malnawet()ugh his deed o£ (.)yslerp~,Ms ;md Iqum Ishmd Richard Terry was recorder frum ]6(32 {08,h and Iht above ,:ol)y was in his hamlwril- lng'. Thc original deed is probahly hml for- Mammawetot~gh, Sachem u[ Cu]'ehaxlg. joiuing' lo tile I,:nglish c:tllt'd Sonlludd, sells lo Thcolfffih~s I']atomh < iovcrlIOl', Stcphcu ?are uud (Japtaiu Malbon, of New { ]avtn, at\ coa(s. All that tract of hind lying at a CUlXttiou of Mr. Sahlloll, cxlcndiog itself cast wards Iqtmnt ]miami, thc breadth thereof ;tlsu to ye nurth ami soulh sea. Also ]qttlll ]shtnd afi)r0s:tid. Together with all," etc. May G, ~64g. Thc ;tl~ove is recorded iu 1he ,>flice of thc Sec- relary Of Shttc. As we have shown before, Matthew SiOdel'- wlfl~in the limits of the town, and thai they fell to his widow who llliLl'l'ie{[ William Sa]Ilion, after her death hc married Sarah ]'[ortou. A~tcr lhe death of William Sahnon, his xvidow marr{ed John Conkliug, Jr., w'ho bought the shares of the ehildreu of William Sa)mou, and became the sole owner of IYashamamock, wilh the exception of a portion which he ]lad given to Jo]m Corcy to induce him to come aod live there. To make things sure, John Conkling ~btaincd' a new deed fronl ~Vyaconlbone (or X~yconlbce as spelled hL the deed), who was the son ami heir of Wyan- danch, the fa]nt~us Sachem of M'ontauk, This deed recites that William Sahnon blacksmith, had married Katherine, widow of Matthew Sin- derland, who was the p~ssessor of Hashamam- SOUTI1OLI). 4h5 ~cl< "fo]' aud (>It the bt!hail (~f James {"afl'Crt, ils ;t~Olll of the I']a['l of $1crliug." It als,, recites I}le lwo deeds for ]amis al ()ystcr llay, mid Ihat Mallhew .qi]lderland "(}lcd not I(~11g aflcr," aud lhftl after the ,loath of his tl,'st wife, William ~;lllll~}ll i11;ir1'i(:d ~;lr;iJl ] ]o]'toll, ;Llld had issue by bt)Ih wives. Tirol Juhu Couk{iug, jr., marrie~l his widow, "a]]d h;dh obtained a coHth']natiou of IlnshalLi;unorl~ l;tnds Of Sarttaiuc h/dians con- sidercd to bc the tlt~douhted Proprietors thereof." Jt also ShLtes that th.e Sachem of Monlauk was nutdc thc ChiLl Sachcu~ of [.Ollg ]slaud Indians. The y{mug chief Wyeombce and his mother therefureconfirm the same. Thebutmdsofthis saeh;qtt of Co]'chaug, h) William Sahmm io were as follows: TOln'S Ct'cd< (now Mill Creek) was the linc on the west and' thc sound at ;t place called Mimml)aLigS' heiug as th<' deed says "a litlle pond and a parcel ~ff trtes stand- tug hy it;" and theuec thc easl liuc ran "south Io a crock crtlled Pawcuckah~x." All the land east of this belouged Io thc4own, by lmrehase made proba:hly about ~649. In ancient times a fence was made from the head of StMing Crock to the sutmd, and in February, ~662, lhe town gave ail thc laud ,between this fence aod the bounds of the tract above described to Captain John Yotmgs, Thomas Moore, aod the "llashamamaclc inhabitants"~-that is, persons who by lmrchasc tract mentioned above. The fence abuvc Sl)Oken of ran along the west lioe of the hinds late of J'. Newell Yotmgs and Jerenfiah Kiog (deceased). in dMdiog this tract the ][ashamamack l)eople tool< the enst part of their own lnnd. Thomas Moore took his part east of that bom~ded north by the sotmd nnd south by land he ah'eady owned there. The east part oext to the fence fell to Captain Youngs. This grant embraced several lmndred acres and was giveu oo condition that th:y should maintain .the fence. l~ashamtlmtod< being a separate purchase of ownerslUp, it was not at first a part of the town of Southold, bnt in February 24, ~662, it was voted "that the Inhabitants of /Iashamamoclc 416 IIlSTORY OF I.ONG [SLAND. shoukl be reedecd as hlhabil;ulls." Thc imporl- tlulncnt jttslifics lis its giviug the f.lluwiug ICh'st. Malihew Siudcrlaml was io actual Third. The d;ttc of Shl(lcrlan(l's was prkw to thc purdutsc IU Rev..bdm For thc Iodian deeds for thc wcstm'n part the town, the reader is re[erred to the [llsh,ry Rivet'head. In ~662 the, cunmumwealth ~t' Ncxx, I laveu old appears to have accepted that change with for in t6G4 G(wernur Nicolls asserted dtc attthot'- ity for his lmtron, the Dttkc of York, ',md it was not long thereafter that*Governor Wiuthrop, (ff Com~ecticuk, acquiesced in that claim ami virtu- ally told the English tmon (m Loog Ishmd to make peace with the agent of their new master. obtained the folhnving patcul, which h'nm its importance we give cotirc: "Edmund :~ndross, Esq., Seigueur o£ maures, ]Lieut. arid C~>Vel'tlor (;ctd umlcr his Royal highocss Jaun's, Dul(e of h%rk and bony, and of all his terrkory iu Ameriea. Whereas there is a certain Townc in the East Riding of Yorkshire tlpOtt l.oog Ishmd, commonly called aim kooxvl~ l}y thc ,uonc South lk31d, lying and heiog on rite Nm'th side of the said Island, towards the Souod, havcing a certaio ;Froot of land. thereunto hel(mgiog, thc Western boonds whet'eof extend lo a certain river or crceke ealled thc Wading Creel<e, in tim Indian tongue Pawqnacansuelq and l)uttndod the Eastward hy [qum Island, together wkh ye said island: (m ye North with ye sound or North sca, and on ye South wkh ;in arm of ye sea or River which runnoth tip hctweon South- ampton land & ye aforesaid tract of land tlllto a certain creek which fresh water rt,lllel]l iut~, called in I£n~glish 3'e red creek, hy yc htdians To?mugs, mvethcr with ye mtid crock and ye he;[d ~d yc sm~tll brot~k Ihat: runnelh leto ye croci[ ealltd I'auqoacuustwk; iudt.ling all ye uccks t;f ImM and isla,ldS wifldn yc afla'e cfc- (vcuhuld,.rs Inhabil:mls t,( thc said T(~wuc and i)reehlels, ]<nt~w x'm Ihal hy eirtuc t,f his Majes- aolhorlty ;mt(~ the Miven by his R~yal I liM-Imcss, I ]mvc Ratifved e~mlh'med ami ~r;mted and b7 these In'tscul~ d,~ herclU Ratify c~,]lirm and g'rant unh, Isaac Armdd Justice q>f thc Peace, Capt. bas Ih;rh~u, Ihmjanlin Ynung, Sannlcl (;Iovcr Ihe frceh,d(lcrs and hdmhitaols of the said inenci,,iwd Trael (*[ laud with thc Ilcek and isl- ands wilhio Ibc said bonnds set [orth and dc- m:ribed as aforesaid. 'l'ogeflmr with ail Rivers ows, [:}asho'cs, nutrshcs, tishlng', hawldog', huof i.g and .rowli,,a, aod all (~thcr profits, cummodi- ']Mwn, Ir:tel of land aod pt'etnlses wilhio thc hmgiug' or io ally WiSe al)pcrtainiog. To Have ;md h} Ihdd. all and siilgular the said lamls ho l'edi[alllCllls and premises with their aud (ff their apptu'temmces and t)~ every part aod par- ecll thcrccff (o the said Patentees and Ihcir soeiales, their heirs StlCCCssot's aim Assigns for- ever. 'l.'he tcmu'e of said lands and promises to (h'oenwich in the County of Kent in ].htglafid in free and Common Socc;tgc and by ~calty onely Provided allwayes ootwithstauding that thc toot cfi thc [;om.Is I)cforc recited do n,o way prcj- udiee or infl'ingc thc particular propriety of aay person or pet'sous who have right by l)ateot or other lawfull chtime ~o any part or :my ?'ts or pareell of lmm or tenemt;uts withiu the Limits afore said. ollely that all the said Lands aod Plaa- tacons within the said Limits or botmds shall have relaeoo to Town in generall for the well go?jermneut thereof and i( it shall .so hap)co that 2to> part or parcdl of t e s (ltms xvithi the TOWN OF boumls :md Limits afore descrihed hc not ah'cody purchased hy tile lmlyans, it lllav bce lmrchase[l (as (,ccasi(m) at'o)rding lo I.ax(,. I do hereby likewise eonllrm aod gl'alii tmh} thc said Patent- ecs and fllc[r assoriatcs their heires, ~lleCgSSOl'S and assigns all the i)riviledgcs ami fnununitics Iongiug to a TOWlle within this Gow,'mncnt, and flutt thc pi;tee of their present habitacon and abode shall omlimte and rctainc the name of South I[ohl, lw which name aud stile it shall bc dis- tinguished and known in all barg'ains and sales, l)ccds, Records and writings, they mMdng im- proveowot on the said land and conforming them- selves aeem'dillg' lo Law, and viehling aud pay- lng Ihcrcfm' yearly and every y~ar tram his Royal highness use as ~}uit rcm, one fart Lamb unto sttch officer m' nfllcers there in authority, as shall my haod ami Sealed with the Scale of the ince iu New York, Ihe 3~ si day of October in the 28 yeare of his majestys Raigne, Ammque Dom- On ])ecemtwr 27, ~67G, the pateotees named in tl~e patent executed a deed of confirmal[on to theh' associates, the freeholders~ of ftl~e town, and confirnled to them their rights in all lands, ah'eady dMded, as well as their rights in com- moo, and this deed proved Ihat.the collllllOll lands in the lownship did not of right I)elong' to any one simply hecause Ihey hehl a resideuee in the town. The th'sL comers had I)oughL the land and had used as mllC]l as they wanted, bttt they never had any idea that those who afterward settled alllOll~' thelll shotl]d enter into possession of ally of the land .thus bought except by purchase or by grant of the tmw~ meeting for some specified ptu'pose or public benefit. At the same time a complete llst of the Proprietors with their Sl)ective ri~'hts was made. In ~796 an act of legislature was passed, which empowered the proprietors to elect three tr,stees to have the management of tlie undi- vided land. This Act was amended, and lheir powers extended in ~847. The settlers were rims eoofirmed in the possession of their lauds, they had been trader their improvement long 3ears before. It is supposed that the first tempt at cuilivation, and the first dMsion of lalld excepting the home lots, were made in a SOUTHOLD. 417 tract that is very freqoently mcntioncd lo the old records ts tlte Oht Field. This was In'el)ably cleared aod culti:,ated by the Indians before advent cfi the white man alld [ronl the ahorlgi- hal relics which have been from time to time found thoro it seems, i)robable that it was the site of one of their villages. It was sltualed nt the extreme eastern part of the village of Soalh- old; is l~otmded on the south by tim harbor and Pccooic Bay, and on the east by Budd's Pond or Creek; is separated from what xvas. called Sau- g'ust Neck by a small pond aod stream, aod early times had a bolt of xvoods ou its northern border. Jk was about 1oo acres in exteot and xwts divided into small lots, aud ~each person had his part, large or small in in'oportlon m his share in the commonage or public land. Thus we fled recorded to mhfister Youngs "two acres more or Iesse of ara~)le laod ~n the old. field, the land of ]larnabas Horloo oo Iht uorth and the laud of ]lenjamin Herren oo the south, whid~ land hoe had of Jehu Budd l~y vertu of an exchange." Thonlas, Mopes has "one acre in .Ihe old field eatable hind, the land. of Joho Peaken on Ihe ~vest and Arthar Smyth east." In Ihe records of lands as given .in I'~y thc various freeholders constant mm,ion is made of the "Old I?eld," The lands north of the village were ]aid out in lois of various s.izes. Thus Philemon ])icl<er- son records io i654 "Twentie four acres of wood hind lllore or lesse lyinge lmtweene two high ways leading from the Towne towards the North sea; That is to saye one of the said high w~vs adjoyning to Barna'bas Horton's home Iott, the other to Thomas Cooper's, The land of Mr. Yotmffs, Pastor, lyiog on the South west and John Conkling sen. north cast." This tract is north of the raih'oad, and extends from Ralh'oad avenue to the next hlg'hway west. On the herders of the round (called in old times the "North Sea," in distinctioa from Po- conic Bay) was lakl out a tract called the North Sea lots. A tract at the head of the Mill Creek was called "l'eaken's Neck," after John Pcaken, an early settler who turned most of it. The creek i~self was called "Thomas Beuedict's Creek," from oeo of the owners of }Ias~mmo- 418 IIISTORY ()[,' [,ON(;- ISLAND Illacl,:, altd this was shorlencd th-si iht,> "Tlu,nas Greek" and tllell illh> "'l'tml's ('reek," Ii)' which was highly prized, and small luts ~ff this WOl'e 1)1' title, and thus all dislmles were stilled "iu thc cotlclt~sioH, wps lim'd live shilliugs. The fact that thc ea]'ly records o[ I;tyiug oul thc lands are lost rendc]'s it dilticttlt to dulct'- mine with exactness the hmmds of the ut'iginal divisious, but Iht frcqUc]lt notices and dcseril}- certainty. Thc first actual in[o]-nlalion we have is in I658, when "itt was agreede txi)l).n att a towne mcctinge of thc ITrcemcn tJlal Th()ltlas Mai)es s,hall lay oul thc Calves' neck, every mau his lXn'tLm as it shall fall oul hy Imt to him. And for a]ld in consideration of tile sallI¢~ thc said Thomas shall have his own share and portion next ;Lt thc rccrc o[ his owm: lot," This is thc tract cf laml that cm~stilttics thc southeast l)alq of the heart of the village .f Nm~tlmhl. cxteml- lng from Town C:rcd~ o11 the east to J¢~ckcy ()reel< on thc wcsl. A large [xu'tio]t nf thc west- ers b~' Master Joha Ikxdh. Thc Southold fail' was once owned by Ihat. Ezra I/[Io]nlucdieu aud was late in the possessiot~ of Thomas S. [.ester. In I661 we have the folhm'ing record: "It was then agreed and coufi]'med hy a major vote that all common lands att ();'stet ixmds, Curchattg, C)ccaba'ak and Matta,tm)¢ should he "Oyster ponds lands into fin'tie small lots, such persons only as have given in their flail/es fur these dividends, Curchaug bounds, fronl the Towne's antieut bomtds to the ()antic phtce Matfitucl;, also into romic small lots to those per- sons only as likewise have glveu in their names in writing for the same; ami ()ccabaulc and ]'cst r~£ .\htt)huel,: lands, fl'Oil1 tilt! said ('alice phtc,~ :ts [;ti' a~; tllc Tow]lc had ally I'i~hls, t,~ hoc divided ~llt,, (~rtie small lolls ;ds% ;tnd dividcuds." It will hu :l.ficcd thai Ihis order £1,r thc di- IIlal if any Ix'I'5OIIS were deprived ~f their rights (If Iht !'est, ami that all charges sh~mld be borne hy thc iullahitauts "l}ropt,qitmally to their divi- Thc f~dl,m'iug shmvs thc origi]ml tm, nors iff "Ors/ct poi/ds l)i?'ilh'nl inlo ,5',mll Iols.--.Mr. J,)hu <(()ungs, I)aqu]', d-; Captaiu Y()ttngs, 6; Tho. Muu]'c Sell,, 2: Lieut. (Hover, 2; ]{it.hard [~l-t)Wlle, 2; 'J'Jl(~lllas .Nh)ore jr., 3: Johtl I IcL'herr, 2: .hdm J';tvlJe, !; Mrs. ¥otl]lg's, widow, 81 John C/Oltkllu~' ~'1~., 2; John (~o[e)', 2; '['Jnx ()slnoud, 2: Tho. t:onlding' j~'., ~: (Mff(ry Jones, ]; Abram Whittier, ~: Tho. NideL', [ :--4o. "('ttrc/tu~tg' l¢iui}h'uh--Willia]n Wells, 3; I larnabas I:h)rhm, 3; Wm. Purrior, 3; I~arnahas Wines sr., 2: I~arnalxts Winos iL'., 2; John Elton, 3; Je]'emiah X ale. 3; Richard Terry, 2; Th(routs I{ecves, 2: liubcrt Smyth. ~; Nh'. Ihx)th, 2; Joha Corwin, 2; Samuel I<iug, I; Joseph Yom~gs jr,, *: Rich. Ilcnjamin, 2; Thomas Mal)OS, 3; Thomas [h'ush, i; l']fiiemon Dicl<crson, 2; [hmjamin lire'ton, 2; Wid. (:uopcr, 3: Tho. Terry, ] ;~44, "Occ~th~utk D[r,idcuL ~Wm, Wells, 3: John ]huhl, [; John Swazy, 4; Josqflt l]orton, 3; John Tulhill. 3: Wm. Ilalllock, 2; Barnabas Wines sen., 1; Richard Terry. I; Tho. Terry, t: ward I~ctty, 2: Jolm Ttlekcl'. 2; 'J'ht}nals MapcS, 2: lktrnabas lh,'ton. 2: John ('oukliug jr,, 2; kV ti,nv C ~¢q)er, 2: I{icha]'d Clark, I: S ttel J<ing', I: Jusqfl~ Sutttm, ]; [[em'y Case, I ;~38. A sin~'lc hd in tho Oyster Ponds was 5o a person with three a"third lot," otc. Thus we TO\VN OF SOUTH6LD. find {u 1(~82 '"['11(}, .\Jtltll'e St!Il. SOIls to ]?l'allt2Js Ih'Jul)' a Ir;Lei ~pJ' [;Hid aJl~l/ll IOO ael-t's, bt,lng ri 5x,COllll lut lying' c'* ss flit lieek (()ysler Ponds) Thc ('111C]lo~Iic dlvidund extcudcd ft'olll the town, and we]il west to Mattitucl¢ Creek; il: was Ihc S()lmd. 'J'he hmd st)tltJl ()[ Ihe road was lai~[ out at differeut times, A siugle lot in this h'act The ( )ccalmulc dividem[ emi)raced all the land fl'Olll tht' ~'itll(~(' place al .Ualtituck Creek to Wad- I'I~'IqSI;;NT V[LI~AGI,; O1" SOUTIIOLD. ing River. Thc luts l'aH [1'0111 ])CCOl]iC River to beeu dMdcd, were hehl on precisely the same priacipk~ in all the eastern t nv s, 011 LOIlg' ]shred. The ~5o, ~loo rind ~15o "lotme]ffs" in Smtth- Ham])t(>n, and thc ~st, 211d itlld 3d lOtS [11 South' old a~'e the same thing. There is nothing, more clearly established than ~he fact that when all these towus were settled each man of the original h) his ability or hlclinat[tm, and that his share hi the land s~)h(>ug'ht was exactly ill proportion t~) the am(ulut lie paid, Il was OllJv a hlind mis- and exprcssl,ms that gave risc to the idea that al! iuhalfitants iu thc town had a right in the l)ublh: lands. ,N'o L'I)JSO([e ill the oarlv histo]'v Of the town )ion" c~f ]-[ IIhrev .~'(H'iOll IJ],~ (.)tinker The Eollowing is Ihe official account: "At a court hehl at New Haven March ~oth )658 Hlmlphrev Norton. a Qua- kcr, was sent h~rc from Southoht, and being asked why he went into the Inceting'-hous~ aL South- oht on the 1,ord's day and there speal<iug in public against Mr. and dcsirml the charges against him might be read, iuld were in stthstat~ce: ~l-le had griev- ously and in many fold wise tra- sentcd Mr. Youngs, i)astor of the church there. 2~Fle had en- deavored to seduce the 1)eople from their attendance upon the minister alld the sound doctrines of religion settled in the colony, 3~'l'hat he had endeavored spt'cad sundry heretical opinions, with expressions that savor of I)lasphcmy, 4--That he endeav- ored to vilify or nullify the ftfll authority of magistrate~ and gov- ernment here established: and 5~Had endeavored to distm'b the i)eace of the jurisdiction. ten,d to, but go ou )n a boisterous holt ~ t mcr tcrmg relm)aches. He, being found incorrigible, was fined ~2o, to be severely whipped, be branded with the Iotter Iq on his h~nd. and bnnished the jm'isdictlon, and the court declaring that it was the least they cotfld do and discharge a good con- scieucc Loward God." This case has often been I)rought []ILO need- less l)romineuce as a reproach against Ihe fair fame of this ancient town, but in no scnse can 420 IIISTORY OF LONG ISLANI). se(ting more clearly ill tile ilarl<lless of their uight we should itc thankful that it is ,mr fortuue to live in a day when the Ir(lO light shim'th. Whatever dotrht may exist as lo thc time whatever that tilt: c}lttrch orgallized al New ] yen on. thc 2tst of ()ctoher, lode), xdfich, with Minister 5[ottngs at its head, as its ackm~wledgcd leader, left at OllCC for its new ht,m~c, is thc ,hit's( roi/glees orgauization on ]Lot~g Island. The first church edifice was htfilt upon the north cad of thc present cemetery in thc village oESouthold. ]low thc town became possesscd of been originally about an acre in extent, lint has Thc building itself stood near the mn'thcast lmrt o~ the lot, and thc exact place is marked hy ~t da- pression in the soil, which is thc place of a sub- tcrranean cell, or dtmgeon, made when tilt build- iug was transformed into a prison, Concerning ti:is transformation we have the following "l)ecenlber ye t5 I684.--Thcr wss then by vote Sanluel ¥imngs and Thomas Claj'ke, both carpenters, to vewe and si)prize ye old meeting- house, in order to make a CO(lilly prison of said house; and upon their returas they gave in they valued the Ix>dy of 'the house at Thirty five po(rods. Ye four cedar wimlmvs left out of ye new meeting-house was sold to J(ma.thau Ilorton for three po(rods in town payment." Cedar whldows must have been exi}ensive things when we COmlmre the price charged with other articles at that date. Conccraing the size, shape, or date of I)uihling of the first church we lcnow nothing. The record ss given above shows the approximate time of thc building of the sec- end church. This was built on the north side of the street and nearly opposite the lir~t one. In I699 it was found necessary to enlarge its ac- commodations by building a gallery, and the fop loW/rig accosme is on record: '1'o Samuel Chi(l< for buihlim4' ye gaM'e.. ~ I 5 ms l'5.'ceivell ,If Sannlcl (:lark for'boltl'ds aod nJfils i,,ft ,,f ve galere ...................... 4s' Paid .}acdb Conkling fin' lmncstel'S ...... ~1 Ss. Paid Satlltlel (]tnl]<]ill~' for bring'inM' ye baues- (ers ............................... (is 9(1. Paid .Jt~sllua XVt'lis fcw cartiug' timber for ye galere .............................. [' 9s' \Ve ;dst~ lind in ]7et Ilannah (lo(:'lin allmved IS. Sd. "for sWCCl~ing MeclinM.-h~mse, and tend- with yc hal~iis]n Imsi.." The third church \vas built in 176t. ami stood mi tile site /If tile secoud. Vcr3 sept/ after its erection it was voted "to bulhl a flatter roof upon the ~lcetillg-hollSe ;" alld about th,~ sa(lie ti]ne an rank, dignity, d'licial duties and other consider- ations. IIow that was effected we do not know, hut ,if we fallow the analogy or churches in other towns we m.ay conclude that thc following was al)eot thc system adopted: Thc conmmnion urble was directly in front of the pulpit, and be- tween them were seats for the magistrates, where they in their digifity coold overlook the congre- gation, and near thenl were the deacons of the chllrC]l. The scats in front and nearest the corn- re(mien ta'ble would be occupied 49y prominent officials of the town alld the wealthiest men. The men aod WOlllCo did not sit together, but on op- lmsitc sides of thc buikling, but thc wife of each mae had a seat of equal honor and advantage. The rear seats and the gallery were for the slaves and young men who did not prefer to sit with the older people. We may add here that probably the last relic of these ancient usages is kept up. in the chm'ch among the Shinnecock Indians, xvherc the deacons still have their seats hy the corem(mien table, according to ancient style. Thc fourth and present church edifice was lmilt in ~8o3. An interesting and important part of the his- tory of this ohl elm(ch will be fi:mud in the fop lowing sketches of its pastors: C{mcerning the lit'st p=rstor, Rev. John TO\VN OF \%uugs. bll~ liML~ I't'lllaltlS tO lte said. Ile contin- ued in the w~wk of thc ministry ill tile head of the dm(ch tmtil his death. Thc record shows him real est;tlc, which hc divided among his sons he- fore his decease. The inventory .of his personal prol)erty, which throws light upon lhe sb, le of living in those primitive days, is here given: old chest and 3 ehayres, 2 tables hollle ami mty, E2; 2 keltics, 2 pots and 'pot hooks, ~3. 1Tn pewter, E2:2 old heds & heels(ers, blank- els, one rugg :tnd curtains and valancings ~4; linen and sheets and pilhnv bars, ~2 los; 5 oxeu old, and one half steer, one yearling, ~27 one horse {3:24 sheep, E~; 3 small swine, ~2; 3 chains, phnv yrons and cart yrons, Z4; house ami la.d, Z3o: old books by Mr. ]qohart prized ~5; --~97. Our l<nowledge of the personal characteristics of Minister 3:'o ~g'~ is exceedingly limited. He was without ehmbl a scholar and well read in the fl~eological lore of his day. A copy of the works of William Perkins, a writer upon Calvinistic theology which once behmged to Mr. Youngs, is now in the library of Ihe- New Haven Colony Historical Society. In the auck'nt g'raveyard, and near the site the church in which for more than thirty years he proclaimed the word of God, may be seen his monument, bearing this inscription: ~67~AN~ m;' mS ~(;E 74. A town founded Oil the principles which aclu- ated the settlers of this village could not re- nlain long without a paslor, and ~oon after Mr, Yotmgs's death we llnd the following action taken: SOUTHOLD. 421 .\ )rd ye ~ ~672.--./\t a i)lcnarv ncet g t held' in Sou(hold it was voted then and agreed that the hlhahitants we(ltl 9]'ovide themseh, es of an honest godly man ~to perfornt the oflls of minister among'st 'them, and that 'they would al- tm, and pay to the said mioister sixty pouads sterling hy the year. And ti(aC this ixty }'houkl be raised rate wise by estate, as other Rates arc raised upon all the inh/d~itants. To which end it was agreed ttpp0n bv vote that Capt. John Youugs shouhl go into Ihe Bay, and use his bes{ endeavor for the obtaing of such a man above lneutioned to live amougst us. And also agreed .that he the said John Youngs should have five p0tmds for his labors, and to dispatch this his trust some time hetwlxt the date hereof and. the 29th of the next SCl)(ember; tl~e which he promised to doe." In llLirsuance of these directions Captain Youn~'s went to Massachusetts and l)rocm'ed the services of Rev. Joshua Hobart. Thanks to the investigations of itoh, So]om'on Lincoln, the his- tm'iau of [:lil~gham, 'Massachusetts~ we ]mVC con- sidera])le infi)rmation as to the 1)ersonal history of Mt. Hobart. ] [e was a son of Rev. Pete(Ho- bart, the Il(st tninistcr of ilingham; was born ia Engined in ~629, and came to this cotmtry with his parents and three other chihh'en in ~635. He graduated at Harvard in ~65o, and in ~655 went to Barbadoes, and while there married Margaret Vnssal, daughter of 'William Vassal. Thence he xvent to LOlldOll, I)ut returned to New England in ~(i~9. His wife Margaret having died in ~657, he married Mary Rain'ford at Boston, Jan- uary ~6, ~67L In October, ~674, he was ordained and settled at Sea(hold, though he was there as early as May of that year and preached as a sort of SUl)l~ly. It is needless to say that the town made liberal provision for his support. In ad- dition to the salary agreed upon there were voted to him 3o acres of woodland "toward the North Sea," a tract of/and on HalIock's Neck, all the meadow iu Little Hog Neck, and a second lot (or a d6uble share) of commouage, His yeaMy pay- merits were to end on New ~%ar's day (March 25, as it was then). His salary for the first four years was ~8o, so that he possessed quite an ad- vautage over (;oldsmith's village pastor, who was "pnssing rich ~vith forty l~ounds a year." The HISI .)ILY Ol? I,ONG 1SLAND. givca by him to the tox',,u "SoulhoId, Nm,emN.'r %th 1(~79.-Ixnmv ail payment of this i}l;tc% doc heyday ;tcquil and dis- charge ye said town ;lll{J (]otlstablc of said sIIlll." dwelling house. This hollsc siot'ld Oll his land on HalIock's Neck, just uorth of thc cove in which Jockey Ct'cdc aud ¥Ottllg's C2I'ccl< tmitc and flow into the bay. It was a few t'ods sotltheasl of thc present residence of Robert Linsley. The obi lnansion has hmg since vanished, aim only a few brokeo fragmeuts of the materials of the chimney renmin to mark the spot; but the well fi'om which the venerable pastor quenched his thirst still sup- plies the cooliog draught, as it did two hundred years ago. In I685 the peolAe at his request made an exchange of laad, giviug him iu lieu of his lots at the North Sea a tract of land ou Pine Neck, opposite and nenr his l>ars(~lagc. This put him in possession of a flue location, extending from 0ockey Creek to Goose Creek, and forming the finest ix>trion of the neck. He remained the owner of the parsonage llntil 17oi, when it was sold to the town, and it was occupied by his StlC- cessors in the sacred office until ~787. The derg'yman at that perkxl had other dulics to perform limn such as t~sually belong to the sacred calling, lie was most active in the im- liticnl arid. financial affairs of thc town. :ks no- ticed before he was one of the committee to adjust the relations between thc town and thc colony of New. 5rork. He was executor of wills and referee in disputes belween citizens of the poor. In short he was called upon t{> perform those duties which require not only a dcgt'ee of business knowledge to perform them correctly. but also a reputation for justicg~ aud intcgrity which will cnuse the decisions t~ he respected. .His life and ministry closed on the 28th oi February, tTt6 (O. g.). Ten years after his ,,f tiod, and on lilt, record apl>ears Ill<! hill, datt!d (kq¢tbel' 31, 1732, "for IluillllnM, Mr. f,,ur walls. I.~pml lbo face of it was m'igi~ ally a Iai)hq ~f sfmle Ihler I/lalel'ia]. which bm'e the'in- sll'oyed ill the lievoluti,m. Ixcx. I'll,her Whit- aker, I). D., Iht learned ami venerable hislorian of .Sottlh~hl, has after long scarch discovered a copy of Ihe original epital~h, which is well les.ted. It may be found entire in his carefully prepared work and is part in prose and part in "The Rev. Joshua [I,d>art. horu at Iling- ham, July 162o expired in S, mtlxfld. I?ebvuarv 28, 17~6. IIc was a faithful minister, a skillfl{I Near by is lhe tomb of his wife. whom he survived ~9 years. The inscriptiou cut in the stone has withstood the wear of time and the tack of vandal hands. She died April 19, t698, aged 56. The Ihird paster, Rev. Ilenjamin Woolsey, was boru at Jamaica, L. I., Xovember ~9, J687. lie was a son of Captain Geot'ge Wool.se)', and a descendant iu the. fourth degree of George Woolsey of Yarmouth, who came to this country in ff~35, l lc gt'aduated at Yale College io the class of t7oo. d:h'evious to this seven classes had graduated, numbering all together 22 persolls. ()f these ~8 becnme nfinisters. After his gradu- allon he I)reached in several places. One in- staoce whk:h may be especially notieed is that :d one time he preached in the l,;piseopal church in ilopcw91l (m>w I'ennington), New Jersey. INs being allowed to do so was ¢me of the cha]'ges tff wrong In'ought against Govcruor [ltl~lter in 1712. lu ,ul' 172o, he was iustalled pastor of the TO\VN O[;' llointed Io divi,le the parish lamIs sound ~f the ohm'ch-going hell" would not call lmihling and thus mitigating lo Stllllc exttnt the. vices were hchl each Sabbath Ihe people "between times" repaired to tho dwelliugs of Ihe neigh- hors, where tile Ih'el>laces, well snpplied with blazing logs, difft~sed a cheerful warmth. This however could hardly fall to be a hut'den to tlmse whose pt'oximity to the church rcudered them liable to frequent calls llpOll their hospitality. To remedy this Ihe town voted "to allow Isaac Conkling to Imild a house for convenience ~m the Lord's day on the tmw~ hm" This was doubtless provided xvith n fireplace, and others were erected in after years. In ~7~4 Mr. Woolsey married Ahlgail, daughter ~ff John Tayhu-. Mr. Tayhw died I73S and left to Mrs. Woolsey a vahmble estate miles north cf (;Ich Cove. in Queens county. Woolsey resigned his charge at Southold and moved to this estate in I736. ]?rom the manner in which it cam.e into his possession he named the est;tie [)oa It.l't>r[s (wife's dower), and Ihis nan/c, conh'acted iuto Dosoris. has continued eversiucc. I)uringthet'emaimlerof his life Mr. Woolsey lived at this ptacc, enjoying his estate and dispens.ing all elegant hospitality, aud fre- quently preached gratuitously in neighlxn'ing churches. Ilo dlcd August 15, 1756,amlIeft nn unsullied memory, and his native island mouroed am:estry ami postcrlty, may be found in Ephor Whitak~r's "l:li~tory of SOUTItOLD. 4'23 Mr. Woolsey was succeeded I)y the Rev. afler years felt throughoul the Icngth aod In'cadth of Long Ishmd, Iml that influence was Itt dissensions (hal ever agitated thc churches of Suffolk county. He was a son of Rev. John Daveuport of Stamford; Commcticat, and great-g' s~ ~ the lit'st .mi st r of Ne~v Haven. lie was bom in ~7~o, and ordaioed at Southohl, October 26, /38, Thc ' visionary enthusia.sm whid~ led wdd and Mr. Davenport a few year's laler to commit acts which cao ooly be attributed to a diseased brain and an insanity which look ils huc from the topic veMped during thc firsl two years of his scttlc- menl. After that he was impressed with lhe idea that "(;od had revealed to him that Ihs kingdom was craning with great power, and that he had an As a result he soon Iw. came tmc of Ihe wildest enflmsiasts, a~nl performed many acts which call onb' be excused on the grotmd of insanity. other years it p]ea'sed Providence to restore hhn to his senses, and with it came a lasting period of sorrow add regret. His cmmection with Southold euded iu I746, arid he was afterwards Imstor at Hopewell, (now Pennington) New Jersey, and died there Novemher IO, ~757. eloquently written account of his lasl resting place, with the inscription on his tomb stone may, be found in Dr. Whitaker's vahmble 'g ~" The fifth pastor was the Rev. William Throop, who behmged to the Throops of Rhode Island, and especially to the Thvoops aud 14un- netted by marriage with the Rutherfovds of Nexv Haveu. He was gradated at Yale College ~743, aud installed by the Presbytery of 5eptemlmt- 2~, ~748. Iqe was a man of re~ markable ability and excellence. He died tend}et' 29, [756 aged 36 ycal's ami three months. His grave is near that of the Rev. pastor's, H[schildre , Ileujamio lh'inley,])aniel 111 STOl] Y O P' Rutherford anllJohn 14. utherford, wclx horn and baptized in 5outhold, aud mle of thcnr died and was bm'icd thm'c. Mr. Smith 5tratltm was gra(ltlalmJ al Ih'inet.. ton College in [735. lie In'Cached as a licentiate, ami (liff(l there March m, ~V()8, aged 3o )'cars. His grave is near Rev. X& illiam Throop's. Rev. john Storrs, the sixth pash)r here, was a Notlinghamshlre, England, and thc ehlcst son John Stm'rs of Mansllcld, .Omtmcticut, where hc was born Decem,ber ~, 1735. lie was gradu- ated at Yale College iu 1756, standing higher than his classmates, the Rev. l)r. Smallcy and Judge Simon Strong LL.]). lie was a tutor in Yale two years, ~7(h and I762. I-lis ordina= tion occurred in Southokl, August ~5th, ~763. He hat~ recently been married t{> bhmice, daugh- ter of the l-bm. Shuhael Conant and wi(h)w Dr. Howe of Mansfield. ~he died March 27, i767, aged 3t years, and is hurled in Southohl, near thc spot Where the ~dife ~f the Rev. Joshua 1-i~bart is buried by the side of her lmsband. M r. Storrs was married to Hannah Moore, of South- . blcl, Deceml)er ~7, ~767. The British forces c'ompelled ]fine to leave thc parish in August, 1~76, but he was active during the war as a ~)ial)lain tn thc army. After the close of thc war . of indepcmlcnce he returned to Souflmld and cottt[lltted Ids pastoral care until Ira was dismissed ht his own request :by thc 'l)resbytcry, April 13, ~787. He removed to Manslichl, xvhcrc he died Octolmr 9, ~799. lie was a man of sttpericr mental ah[lity and literary acc(mq}lishments, as inanifested, for cXaml)le, by his sermon preached at the ordimttion of his son, the Rev. l)r. Richard ~altcr Storrs tff ]~ongmcadow, Massachusetts. The sermon was printed. Thc Rev. Dr. St()rrs of Long Meadow was thc father of thc Rev. Dr. Richar(l Salter Stm'rs of ]h'aintrce, Massachu- setts; and the latter was kl~e father of thc Dr. Richard Salter Storrs, of Thc Sumhold church was Sul)plicd from ~787 to ~797 hy not a few ministers and liccntiatcs, among them Nehemiah Baldwh~ Cook, ]([erman Daggett and Elam Pm'kef. Thc latter la.b,red in South¢~hl h'mn Novcmher, t792, until his LONG ISLAND. death, January ,5, 17!),t. Ills grave is near Mr. here iH 1792, J)ttt being tmxvilling t(> sul)scribc to the "half-way coven;tnt" hc dccliued and accept- tllOI'u I]lan lc ])assillg re)rice. Rev. ]lahlwin C()ok was horn ;tt thc village ()[ ~ttogue, in thc tuwn of Sut~thaml)ttm, in 1767. J settlers in that place, and wht) died Ihcrc .March 7, ~75,1J age(h5,1. "Sacred lo thc memory of Nehemiah B. Cook, upwar(ls .of two 5'cars tt llcentiatc ()[ J.t)ng Island L)resbytcry, ami a zcakms and afi'cctionatc i)rcac[t<~r of thc C~(>spcl. Lie died ~)~ smallpox, greatly lamented by his friends, May ,Ith, ~792, in thc 25th yea'r ~>~ his age. The f(yllowing lines arc iuscrihcd at his request: "Tho' l)oor, he. desired '[k> make many rich." Rev. Joseph ]51azzard was thc sevemh I>astor and was ordained June 7, ~797, 'l)y thc ]h'csby- tory of l.ong [slaml, on the call of Ih~s dmrch. lie had prcviuttsly horn licensed by thc l'rcsby- tery of l)tttcht~ss, as well as by the l?resbytery of Long' Island. lie was released from his pastoral care of the church 'by the presbytery at his own request on the ~61h of April, ]8o6. The eighth pastm' was the Rev. Jtmathan ]hmttlug. lie was born in East [htmpton, Feb- rusty ~3, ~778, a descendant of the Rev. thaniel ] hmtting, the second pastor of that place. ]:lc was graduated at Yale Cc)liege in ~8o4, studied for the ministry with the Rev. l)avid Bogart, of South ]lamphm, commenced preach- in~' in S, mtht2hl in Jtmc, 18o6, and was urdaiued l)aStm· August 2o, 18o7. ]:[e faithfully fid- filled his dtttics for 2~ years, and thcs requested lira }'rcsbytery ¢~f Ixmg' Island to release him from his pastoral care. This was done Attgust 27, 1828. He etmtint~ed to reside in Sotttlmkl until his death, ]December 3o, I85o, and was generally in'caching in some of the neighhoring ehtlrchcs. Thc membership of the church under his ministry increased fr~ml 5G Io 1Ol. TOWN OF Thc chttreh ha,I ti,) i)ash)r f()r eight years after Mr. Ihmtting's t'csignatl,n. It was sup- Nehemiah B. Cook, a kinsman of the previously thc pulpit. Rev. Ralph Smith was thc ninth paster. Ills parents were ]'))cnetus and Rhoda Smith, and im was h()r]t ;tt Smithrmvn, Lm~g Island, Novem- ber 27, ~8~t; was prcl)ared for colleg'e at Clin- toil ~cadt?llly, ]'2ast [html)tOn, I)y the Rev. Jo- seph II. Comlit, its principal, and was graduated at Williams C'~llege in 183o. l-[e stfl)seqttently studied medicine at New llaven, trader Dr. Kn.ight, and was graduated as M. D. at Yale College in ~833. Itc o)mmence,I practi~e it~ Pat- chogue, but his attcnti.n was snort turned to the ndnistry, ami he entered the ]?resl)yterian Sem.inary in I'riuceton, New Jersey, where he purstted his sLm.lies two years, kle was licensed to preach hy the Secoud ]'reshytery of Long Island, and su.hseqttct~tly ordained by the Pros- bytery of Long lslaml, and installed paslor the SouthohJ chtn'ch ~June 15, ~836. He was released from his charge, at his own request, Apl'ii ~8, I838. After :t shm't ahsence he re- smued his minish'y here, ant[ contimted it until Decemher, 184o. lie was thereafter active in the ministry at varimts places in New ]~nghmd. He died at Saug-ertics. New York, November ~867} and was buried at ,Sill [11 XX , his native village. His wife was Cornelia, daughter of Fl'allC[S I*c[Ictrcatt, Of Sottt[lanlpton. :Xm~mg thc SUplflics. who i)rcachcd hcrc after Mr. Smith's resig'nati(m, was thc Rev. Alonzo Wehon. wllt~ preached ~or more t]uul three years. The.tenth pastor was thc Rev. (;corec F. WisxvctI, D. D., who was h-rn at York, May 29, ~817, slid graduated fronl Mid- dlobury Ct)Ilege and Union ']Thet)logical inary, in lg_[4 hc was ticcnscd by the Third Presb)'t:cry of New York, itllr[ was instal[ed pas- tor .in SottthoId, June 18, 1845. He set've(I here until Novcml)cr ~2, ~85o, when hc was released at his own request. }Ic was afterwards pastor of the churches at ]'eekskill, New York, Wil- SOUTHOLD. 425 mington, ]})c]awai'c, slid o1[ thc Gl'cci) /Jill ]?res~ bytcrian church, I?hiladclphia. Thc Rev. Ephor Whitakcr, D. D., thc clcv- euth pastor, is referred to at lcngt ~, in the l)re- vious vohm~e, l{[e is present ]?astor Emeritus of the Sottthold First church, and for many years has been clerl~ of the Long Island Pres- bytery. In c~)nq)arlson xvith the First ]h'esbyterian chtn'ch, the other churches, in Southolt village, arc 1)ttt as of yesterday. A Methodist Episcopal church was urganizcd h~ ~794, but the first church edifice was not buiI~ until ]8~9. Thi,s chLn'Ch s~ood almut half a mile cast of thc cen- ter of thc village, on the north side of the road, and at the corner of the road to Greenport. It was iu tater years ttsed as ~t grocery store. Thc second church was btdlt in ~85o, and the. socleLy having greatly increased, it was enlarged ~uld greatly improved in ~867. Thc l~olnan Catholic c[lurch was formerly thc Sottthold ~cadenly. It was lmrchased by an ~tgcnt of Bishop Loughlin; in. April, ~863, and was then movccl and enlarged. It has a large and increasing congregation. The Universalist chin-cia was buiIt in ~836. Southold Academy was founded iu ~834, the lot being l)m'chascd and buiIding erected I)y sub- scription. Four-fifths of thc amount was paid by members of the Presbyterian clmrch, and was intended to bc to some extent under thc control o[ that denomination. The first teacher was Sclah Hammond. Thc prupcrty was then sold to William i-[. Wells and then passed into *l~c hands of Daniel Dickinson, who the next year sold it to Cordcllo D. Elmer, who was in thc c(htcational affairs of the county. The school was taught by him from ~859 to ~862. Afterwards it was owned I)y William D. Coch- ran and Jacob ~X. Apl)lei)y, .I)y whom it was sold to William Wickhanl, agent for Bishop Lough- lin, and it was then used for a Catholic church. Thc present academy w~ts be.lit in ~867, and is held in the name of thc trustees of the terian thru'ch. I,t 'was Ol)cned I)ecember ~6th. Thc first principal was E. Wihnot Cummings, 496 iliSTOI,~Y Oi;' I,ONG ISLAND. who id'ter lxe*) years was sueo.,cdcd J)), Mar(hi J). ]'hleelaml, who was £.lh)wed itl 187o hy Thole- as A. Ah.rt. James I). IOdfius, m was priuei- pal fI'olll 1871 lo 1881, add he, was by [.OlllUeI Whitaker, s.n of I]le ]iollol'{~d or thc dltu'ch and a gradtutte of I[aulillon logo. [ii tile year J682 Captaiu Johu atllOll.~ tile list o£ his lands rec(,'ds tit{, fulhlw- lug': "(]lie parccll .[ W{mdland lyinKc .u the west s,idc of Starling' barb<mr att the p.ynt there of, being about thirlie or f.rtie acres given him by the Gencralt Courlc atl New l [avell [11 May one thottsaud six handrcd fforty niuc. all(~ sythcncc converted to a ffarmc," ~tlcll was the piece of land now .coupled by thc village (h'cenport, two lmndred years ago. The hind whid~ fell to him as his part of thc grant for ntaintaining thc general fence, as descr,ilmd un- der tlic head .[ I:Iashalnamaek. lay nordl this, so that Captain Young's owucd a large Il'act, extending fi'om thc bay to the sound, and [nchtd- lag all that is now covered by this Iltmrishing village. In addkkm to this he obtained a tract of land on, the cast side o[ Stiriiag Creek, about 250 rods in width and also extcmling fi'om the 50o acres, and now owned I)y David G. Floyd and others, Iu t687 Captain Voungs s.hl to William 13omh a tract of 2o0 acres more m' less, bouuded on the east by Stifling Creek and a line froln the hcad of it to the sotmd. The sound lay on the north; the western botmdarles were somewhat iudcfinite, but it may be said to elude all of (;rccuport lying cast of (;crmania avenue alld north of the raih'oad ami hay. There were also eight acres o[ meadow sold, lyiug at Orient, Ibc p,ricc for thc whole 'being ~3oo. q~he region took the ancienl name of Stirling ia later years, hut it xvas called in thc early rec- ords "The Winter 3:[arb,r," owing lo the fact that it was never h'ozcn and was thus accessilde wheu "Town Harb(w" was closc, d with lee. lhc early part of thc last ecutury da] eastern part of thc village was a farm oxvned by Cap- rain DaQid Wehb. I[is father, ()rauge Wcl}lb (.r lately) mvued I)y (k'orgc Il, (:o]'\Vill, OI1 ?;firliug- street, Thc w]'iter was well acrlmtint¢d III early times there was a wharf or hulding r.w mad [n.w Stifling street) led t.,il. At Ih'esbyte]qau ohm'ch, was the "llooth II.use," iu ohlcn limes thc fun .f lJeuteuant C.nstaut II.oth, h was the place where Washil~gton said to have stol)pod while ou his way tu New I,ondon and Boston in ~757. The ~ >raj]ge Wel}h is nnted as lira place whcrt White- riehl Stol}pOd in ~71;3. ami while fl~ere he wrote "(hte thing is m:cclflfl." This i)ane o[ glass is now in Iht rocalls (][ thc Long Island 1 listorical on thc s.uth side of thc r.ad, but excel)ling these Iht death .f Captain I)avid Webb, his farm was d,ividcd iuto lots and sold at auction. Thc pur- chasers were I)anic[ T. Terry, Silas XVdfl~ and Joshua Tulhil]. The price bid was $2,300. There were no roads througl~ it at thc time. Main street was laid out in ~827, and thc tlr'st scl of IDal'hle railways was {milt the Sallie year, also the wharE, which has been several times Thc wharf al Iht f.ot of Central avenue was COllllllellced ill [838. [}rcvious I. and after the thc West Indies, and cargoes of tnohtsses and rum were hmdcd at thc old wharf on Stirliug creek. Thc follmving cut shows (;rccnl*m't as it appcare, d in 1843. ' Thc first h.ttse was huilt by Le,stcr and sto.d not far frmn the hmtl)cr yard west ~[ Maiu strcct. This house was afterwards h,mght hy John Ashhy and was uu~vcd, and it now 0u' lately) stood two ¢l¢)¢)t's north -f the eoruer of Main and Amily slrcds. '['he th'st dore, huilt in ]828 by Walter Ilavcns, st.cd itt thc [od: of Maiu street .u the cast side. TOWN (.)F SOUTItOLD. lng held in 183.I, :\ postoflicc was established iii 1832. J-he Clark was lhe llt'st sehoohllaslt!l'. 'l'ht'l'o Wol'o rc.v,'istcred ill Ihe hool(s (if Ihe Slll'- xre?of (If ~h~ port 228 sail vessels alld 23 slealll- OLD SOUTHERN VIEW OF GRI';F. NPORT, IN el's. These wel'e e]l,~.aR.ed entirely iu e.asting and lishing w~yagcs. Thc stu'veym' of the l)ort was William Z, IKing, with B, lc. Adams as deptuy and iuspector. Thc Iqrst National Bank occupies a buihling in a l)rtmtinent locality. It was eslablished April, ~864, with a capital of $5o,ooo, which was soon increased to $75,ooo. Grosvenor S. Adams was first president and (L C. Adams, cashier. The hotel of Cal)tain John Clark was estab- lished in 1831, aud the Peconic and Wyandank Hotels in ~845. The "Pccouic House," at tl~e corner of [~ront street and Raih'oad avenue, was for a loug thne the largest and leading hotel iu fl~is section of Long 2shred. In after years it was practically abandoned and fell into decay, in Octo'ber, 19o2, it was st)Ici to be torn down. The Ik'c(mic Lodge of Freemasons was of ganized in ~8S4, ami received ils charter ]855. The Sithra Chapter of Royal Arch Ma- sons was organized in ~876. There is also a lodge of Odd l~elIows, or- ganized in ~855 and numbering 75 members. Accm'dlug 1o the census, in ~88o, this village had a pOlmlation of 2,37o. There wcrc 65r families aud 581 houses. In 49oo Iht p(q)ulation was 2,366. ]ll 1844 a IleW era was introduced, and 427 the first tinlc the phtec was I]r.ught iht. necti.lt with tilt, outside worhl by railroad. The. ill'st train .f cars I]]l the Lonff 'island Ra/h'oad ran lo Jalnaica on the tSth o~ April, ~839' in 23 minutes. Thc locomotive was thc "Arid." In I837 traius ran h~ Hicksvillc, and in i84[ thc track was extended to folk Station. ()n the 25th of .[ttly. 1844, thc first train passed over thc road from Brooklyn to Grcenl)°rt, 95 miles, and thc event was duly cdebrated. The day after the road was linishcd a Sl)ccial train came througlL SOUTHOL1). bearing officers o[ tile road and their friends. A large tent was t~rede(I north of the track al)out 3O re(Is west of the present depot. [:oar tables a hundred feet. hmg were placed trader the tent, and a dinner was served to thc pal'tics WhO came ell the traill alld a few of the villagers. The provisions were brought fronl New York, and included 4° baslwts chanqmgne and half a cask of brandy. As a natural consequence many of thc exc}u'siouists were so smpldly drunk that it was necessary to put them on board the cars, and the man was superlatively intoxicated was afterward governor of thc State. Thc affair was discredit- a'ble in elac extreme. The Cougrcgational ohm'ch owes its origin to a few who when thc ancient church at South- ohl become Presbyterian resolved not to change, hut to still keep up the dmrch as founded by Ihe first pastor, Accordingly they resolved reorganize thc "old church of Southold,' aud invited Rev. William Lyd, of the church &qud~:~guc, attcmled with l)eacon Young's, and they formed thc uew thru'ch, and admhfistercd thc Lord's Supper, The first mend)ers were Calvin Moore. Thomas YOtlllgS and wife Ledia, Jt>shua i'. Youngs and wife l:[annah, William 5~. Ih'own attd wi[c Lydia, and X,Villiam ~I. Wiggins. The chttrch edifice was built in ~84 Thc follmviug ministers ]lave been in charge: ]']lllel'SOtl Swalk)w, ]848-5o; I?, ~t. Bm'ghardt, ~85t; i{[. T. Cheerer, 1852-55; Albert Fitch, ,125 IHSI( 1','~ OF LeNt, ISLAND. 185~; 5h'. Hewling. 1858; I leury J. A ckcr, I ~6o; 1[. k]. ]}ast:on I862; S. th'curt. 1804; (). C.. Morse, 1875: ()tis I h>hucs, ~879; .Stephen Haft, ]880, alit[ Rev. l.Ol'CllZO I)ow ] qace, ~88o. The Baplisl church llt'st had an existence about tSm. Tfie few rotan.hers worshiped private dwclliugs at East Mariou, then called Rocky Point, and sometimes in a scho, dhottse. After this they built a tuccting house ou the road from Greeuporl to ()rient, east of the resi- dence of the late Jeremiah King. This, was afterward moved into the village arid was llsed as a schoolhouse, aud in I882 was a part of thc fiouse used by thc Colored Methodist SoCiety in the westcru part of Grccuport. This probably fl~e first Baptist dmrch ou the cast end of Long Island. In September, ~83[, a num- ber met at thc house of Daniel Harris on Stir- ling street, and appareutly orgatfizcd a new church; these were, David James, igcnjamin Clark, Silas Webb, j'onathan Trumau, Francis Clark, Elias T. King, Nc.ah G. Bcebcc and James Tuthill. It was there voted that "we (Io hold our first regular churdl mcetiug in the place of public worship in $tirling on the 24th in- staut at 2 P. ~r., and opportuuity givcu to any person who may feel disposed t4) uuitc in dmrch felk)wship xvifl~ us." This was done, aud thc following new l~lCHibers wcFe added: (icorge Tuthi]l, Terry F. Rackctt, ?ddiuda Wcl)b, I[au- nab Clark, So)hia 'iruman, zknua Tuthill, Lydia Hart. Jemima Young, Jcuctta Wehlon, Nancy Rackett, ~'olly Bccbec, ])cziah Rackett, Polly Tuthill. C. harlotte lied)ce, 5[ehitahct Ryau and Mary James. Early in ~83t a mcetlug house was Imilt at the head of Main street. Iu ~844 it was moved to ils present site, and the church at East riou was constituted. The chtlrch was enku'ged in ~855. Thc Presbyterian clmrch was dedicated De- cember 3, ~835, aud 'tim first paster was the Rev. Daniel Beers, xvho was also for some time ln.ln- ister- in Southampton. The Melhodist ElfiScopal church was built 1834, aud was partially destroyed I)y fire in 1847. It was enlarged iu ~858 anti fiad a commodious lecture r~)~ml added. The f',%man Catholic church was Inlilt iu t856. The I~]l)iSctq}al church services were first hdd iu a cottage in thc rear of the ~Vyau(lank Ilotd. The chltrch was organized October 19, ~863, as SI. Agues cfim'eh, and an etlilicc, was built in I865 m~ a h}l donated by A. M. C. Sm,lth. Thc first sclmol building xwts erected in 183a, and stood on the cast sldc of Iqrst street, near the center of the village. Thc same huilding is now attached to ;t fiottse standing .ll~qtl', and Ilsed as a l<itchcn. A second scho¢flhouse was Imilt mt the same site iu ~845. The incrcasiug and this was done in 1868. in ~88o thc citizens of this village did houor to themselves by erecting thc fitlcsL, aud most convcnieut union sch(ml buihling in Suffolk ky. The ercetion of sucfi a building, with the increased facilities for cbtaiuing a thorough edu- cation iu all branches required for thc ordinary business of life, cannot fail to be ln'o(luctive of the most beneficial results. This school was for soule years timider the care of Edward R. Shaw, a uative of ]Icllport, Long ]slaud, wfio as an ius/ructor stauds foremost among the teachers of this comtty. f In ~7,56 .l{mathau Conkhng' t)wucd 5© acres [~f land whieh are described as "situated at a (place called Stir]lng, .I)ouudcd east bv Constant Booth, west hy Cal)taiu Thomas M&ore, north by souud, and south by highway." This is the lirst mcntiou we have fmmd of The whole exteut cfi land 134~.:~ast of a line ruuning from thc head of Stirllng Creek to thc souud was called in ancieut time Oyster Pond, Upper Neck and Lower Neck. Thc fQrlller is llOW kuown as ]Zask 5([arioll aud the latter as Orienk. Thc kinds were surveyed and divided among thc freeholders or owuers of rights of commonagc in I66~. The It)ts ran nortfi and south frgm 'hay to sound, aud a single lot was 5u acres. The Ymmgs fatHily chose to have tficir shares of the common lauds in these mx:ks rather than in thc great westcru division, qnd part ~ff their lands are still owned by their dcsctmdants. We learn from a deed thai thc TO\VN OF Jerry .lents, who sold it: to Giles Sylves,ter, who sohl it Io Jcrenliah Vail, Jr., in ~687. It re- mained in his family for abottt leo yeill'S, lite last owner ¢ff thc name heing Stephen Vail, who left it ahot~t ~773. From ~8oo to ~852 it was owned by Cap,alu .Ioualhau Latham. AN OLD GP, ISTMII,I. AND WATERAAq-IEEL, ON THE DYKE BETV¢I,;EN EAST MARION AND ORIEN'I.'; I'[EMOVED AT TIlE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEA \VALL, Ymk City.) In 167o {;idcon Yotmgs owned "eight small lots iu the Oyster Pond nnd Lower ]:lay." This tract, which ',',,as 400 acres,, elll])ra¢¢d ahnost ali the village of Oricut, lying betwecu the wharf aad Narrcnv River. '['fie follolving arc abstracts of deeds fei' lauds iu tile two nccl.:s as fotln([ corded: Samuel King' gives Io his sou Samltel Kiug', Jr., "()ne 'half of all ye laud and meadows iu O'ste.l,m~d lower nceJc, viz., ~ of my home lot and orchard, being 5 acres. Also ~ of IO acres, ;ti thc rear o[ Ihe same. Also ~ Of I2 acres where the I}arn stands. Also ~ of 5° acres, bounded north by the Not'fl~ Sea or Souud, south SOUTItO. LD. d29 1}3' Great Swaull~' west by Thomas Terry, east bv Ilenry TufldlL Also J~5 of 3© acres, bounde~:[ east hy Fresh Meadow creek, north by hlg'hway.' q'he olhtr one4mlf of 'that tract he is to have at lhe time of his falhcr's decease, ~69~. John ¥OlltlgS gives to his soil, Thomas Yo~mgs "A .pared of woodland lying' ncx~ wiflfin lhe old fence, rtmniu~, uorth~ northwest aud south Sollt]leaS~ itl1([ stq>aralcs Oyster [~Oll(J lleck frOlll all on ~he east side of th~ general fence. The said I>arccl going h'om sca to sea, bciug' breadth at the North Sea 26,I poles, and Ifie breadth at the common path or highway is ~34 ptdes, aud the south side exteuding' itsel, f to certain hole on the west side or end of Beach, being like to au old cellar, and adjoiuing OII (]le cast Sk]C (,f the Winter Harbor, as by Rec- t)r{I may ~tppc~[r." Ja]utary 22, I69i-2. 2~111o11~- [he pcrsolls wile owucd laud fierc an early date was "Ralph Goldsmith, citizen of l.omlon." Ilo was a translcnt resident, aud l)robahly not eonnecte(I with the well known fam- ily ~)f thai nante in Southold. Hc sold to Edward ]':olwclI the f(~llowiug: ' ]';dward I%hvell, "citizen of Londou, mec- chaut" sells t~} .John Tulhill~ ":~ tract o~ laud be- ing a :[:irst ]~t~t~ 50 acres, at Oyster Poud ul)per ncclc, [louudcd north by tfie souud, south by the hay, west by Jonathan ~h'own." lb'ice ~3, iTOt. Jofin Herhert, of Reading, Massachusetts. sells to John Tuthi]l a Second Lot in Oyster Pond Ill}per neck, Ioo acres, I)otlnde(~ north by Sotmd, south by bay, east by Jehu Tuslin, west by Jehu Tuthill," ~7oo. Johfi Tut ill, Jr., xvas living here in ~699. In Ihe divisim~ of the estate of J'oseph Youugs, who died iutestate, Gideon Youngs, one of thc runs, has for his share "eight lots of meadow at Oyster Pond Iow ueck, bouuded ~vest by Sam- uel King alld Tfiomas Ten'y, north by Richard Brown, Sr., and south by Abraham Whittier aud the cast river," i695. John Goldsmith sells to Danid Tuthill "Twen- ty acres of woodlaml, being part of a first lot that 2~ purchased h'om Joseph Yuungs, at a p/ace called Oyster ]'end upper neck. Bounded west by Capt. John Herhert, east by Joseph Yotmgs. south by bay, north by road that leadeth to the Oyster Pond." Jm~e ~6, ~7oo. John ~:[erbert, "of Suffolk County iu .Massa- cfiuset~s," sells to Joseph Petty "One third, of a Second Lot of upland, at a place called Oyster Pond lower neck, 3o acres and formerly lai~ out by order of said town to the said Joln; qHerbert. Ikmndcd soutfiwest by Samuel King' and John Paine, Northeast by ~he North Sea or r 480 HISTORY OF I,ONG ISLAND. Nov. 2, 1697. I/v C:tlcl) (itl!qill, smilh hb harbl>l-or bay. Price, ;.}2, Y,w. 4, I0)?. The other )2 he s~ll/I tl~ Will- iam King.. Ed;varcl I'ettv a11d his wife, .\[ary, g'ive their ~:on, JUSel)li ['otb', ":\11 )'e lamls lying in ()vster Poud lower ]leek, ou the ]~orlh shle o£ the hi~'hway. Conlainittg 3° acres, bou]lded west John Ilcrbcrt, east by Nathauiel Mt~ore, nllrlh le~ tt~e Sound, south hy high\ray. Also and one-half o£ all my meadow at a place called llomldcd west by meadow {d' Johtt Tuthill, .il'., and south by the l)alnule of said Tutllill.' March 6, I69t. "Ik)ssession ix gi\'en be hlrfe and t wigge." Jonatl\ao Ih'owu ami his Im*ther Riehard lb'own alld \¥aller ]lrowll \VCl'e all liviug O11 let Pond lower neck in 1697. ()nc o[ thc first settlers here xw~s Richard west of thc Voungs tract. [u t668 he gave to John Tuthil[ "six acres of land where his standcth," ami this is thc first mcution of Johu Tuthill at Oyster Pond. ]u I67o Abraham Whittier owned whal is still called Hog Pond Earm. In ~679 Thomas Rider gave to his soil-ill- law, John Wiggins, all his laud at C)ystcr ]'ond, Upper Neck. This tract lies at ]East Marion aud is on the poiut opposite the extreme north poiut of Shelter Ishmd. It has becu in the Wiggins family ever since. In ~65o there were six familic~ here, the polmlation of Orieut was 786 aud that of East Marion 340. :k church was founded and a house for wor- ship huilt previous to ~7~7. The earliest record we have found says: "David Youngs, in con- slderation of Ss'. paid by the persons that have lmilded a meeting'.-house in ye Oyster Ponds Lower Neck, sells to them so long as they shall keep up a meeting-hoase all that piece of land that ye sd meeting-house stands el}On; that is ttl~oU, ])~ll]ldCd west by '['ho]nas '['cr]'y's laud, '4t}tllll lb\' )e hi!2'ltway, itl)rlh alld easl nit,: file sd I)avid Yotmg's.~.lau. ~, 17~7." Ac- eot'ding- tt~ "(h'iflhl's Journal" "[I was ahoul 3o alt<dllcr buihliu~' a,l}oHt tell feet square alld nine feet high, ami Ihcii ii finish something alike the showiug dm ct}Ill'Sc i}f thc wiud." This huild- was I)tli[I oll ihe Sallie place in 1843, edifice. It was dedicated as a ehurch Decemher 28, 1844, }Vt have seen that [)avid Ymutgs iu '7'7 sold fl~e site for five shillings. When the present church was built, a few rods {ff hmd Wel'e added at a cost of fifty dollars. (irifliu quaintly (fi)serves: "Thus xve sec that five shilliugs in ~7oo were xvorth four htmdred shillings in 1843. How things change? Thc first clergyman who lahored here of whom we have auy knowledge was Ihe Rev. Jona- that~ Barber, who, according to (h'iflin, was here i~ ~735, and the records {}f the presbytery speak of him in ~757 as having heeu here "some years." At that time the church appears h} have bee. a very xveak coudition, and couhl hardly be said to be established. Melhodism was [lltr(~tltlccd ill this village in Ihe auhmm of ~8o2, ami the first preacher of that denom'iuation was Rev. John l;'imutgan, ]~:uglishman. As hi Il/ally other places at that time, there was mud~ prejudice excited against the new sect, whose rcligkms exercises were those days not tmfrequcntly condocted in a tllall- ncr more likdy to excite the ridicule ~f the I)r0~ fane than the veneration of the righteous. The first meetings xvere hdd in the school house, contrary to the wishes of many, hut before spring some of the 1)romineut families of the place became more favorably inclined, and uo further opposition was made. Erom Mr. Eitmagan's tlc- parture in ]8o3 until ~82o there was very little preaching by any clergyman of this denomina- TOWN OF liOlt, ;Itl(J thc Rex, ('b,l-tls J"oSS WaS the Ih'si who re;LdO :tllb' st;u:. That the prejudice \V~LS fast weariug away is shrove hy tilt: £act dltlrch was used lb) llhll W[ICll Ilcff occttpJed I)y Method/st church was laid Jtllle 3, [836, thc scl'v/ecs beiug conducted ]~y the Rev. SaIIIilcl W. King. Icmm that time thc pulpit has hccn rcguhtriy Sal)plied ami thc cougregatiou is pros- Thc author of "(;riflh~'s JOtl~nal" ~'ives from "()u IIm aflernoml of the 24th tff J)eecmher, 18I I, Ihe w[lld was light, from thc west; S. I)~; at 12 o'clock nearly eahn, with a little last htmdred years. Many youugcattle froze to (leath iu thc ~}elds. Two vessels bound to Nc~v York were l~)sl ami most tff thc crews I)crlshcd." Grifiiu also llal'l'ates the accolllltS he had SOUTIlOLD. 481 dept'h. This stem\ occurred in Eel)l'uary. The Willter was remarkably cold, and the ice was so thick th:it Noah 'l'err3- rode ou horscbacl¢ from ( )l'ient I Jarl)or to Shelter Island. ()n thc 23d of Seplcmber, tStb, occurred one of IJlo SOVcFest castct'~y stoFIlIS O[ l'a[ll alld Will([ ever km)wn, and iL is still spoken of as the tember gale." About ~1 ~x..xL the wiml blew so violently as to um'oof houses,, blow down barns and tlproot trees. The title rose to a derful height, and Griffin narrates that one of the families living near the wharf came io a ~oat and landed near his house. The Atlantic coast was strewtl with Wl'Cd(s~ a~ld IIlaily a sailor leto a watery grave. The year ~8~6 was retnarkable as having a frost every month. In the summer o~ ~849 pIacc was visited by a very [atal cl)idemic' Io which i~hysichms gave the munc of "cholera dyscutery." Withiu a si)ace of half a mile there were Illorc than sixty cases in ~wo wed(s, In thc strcel leading to the w]}arf scarcely a house ~scapcd. Mr. (irif~u records that within a hun- (Ired rods of his house there were twelve deaths, and in (mc district one-fourth of a mile sqaare heard of thc great suow storm of I717, which was doul)tlcss the most reumrkahle fall of snow that has ever occurred iu this country since the settlemeul. ]louses in Orient were buried tI~e secoad sh,'y wiudmes, aud one on Plum and was entirely cuvered. Cotton A~[ather state~ that thc suow in llostou was twenty fcct in thirty persons died in two months. Ail business was at a stand, aad the place seemed almost de- serted. About ~74o a wharf was built hy Richard Shaw, who came from East ]?[ampton. It was 7o feet long and ~6 feet wide, bulk o[ logs aud was a heap of raills ill i774. A new one was i[ S ( {h OF LeNt, ISLAND. In[lit on fl~e same site iu hS29, by Captalu Caleb [)ycr, bu.t fell inlo deeay iL) ahmlt ]fincteen years, [n ~848 a new cm~ was built hy a cOral)ally which obtained a grant front the lcgishtmre. Thc nc- ccssilics {ff thc phtcc caused a windmill to be erected at an early day. This st, tod uutil wlmn anot'hm' was bttilt which remained till I810, when a third was built on thc Sallie site alit[ still Tim ancient buryi,g gl'OIIllr[ al ()ricnt lilts all interest not only as the last resting place of ()tlr early settlers5 but from thc rcntarkablc qua[m- ness of some or thc tomlmtonc inscriptions. Thc oldest tombstone marlcs the grave of Gideon Youngs, the origlua[ owner of thc )anti now oc~ cup[cd with thc lnOSt flOUl'islfiug and thidc]y set- tled part of thc village, ildow arc some o~ the epitaphs to he seen here: "Here ]ycth ye body el C, iduon ¥OllllgS, who dcpartcd tills life in ye 6~st },car of his age, ye 3t day of [)cccnrbcr in ye year ~699." "Beneath this little Stone here lyes The Wife of William King, And tho' She's dc;cd to Mortal Eyes She wl]l revive again. Lived four and Fifty Years a Wife, Dy'd in 'her Seventy seven, Has now laid down her Mortal llfe In holms to live i, ]maven. "May ye 7th A. D. ~764.'' "In memory of Michd ye wife of nathan Tut- hill who died in ye a2 year of hm' age." "Beneath tiffs little stone Does my helovcd lie. O Pity, pity me, Whoever passes by; Or Spend a sigh at least, Or Else a tear let fall On my Sweet Blooming Rose Whom GOD so soon Did call." "Here Lyes Elizahcflt, ()lice Sannlel ]leehe's Wife, She shouhl be nlade a llVillg Soul "June IO I716." IIcrv. lyelh )nit'trod lhe hod3 o£ l~idtat'd · . ]''- In ye 24th King, who di,xl May vc 2o, /.~>, Year of his 't,,t'.' '['Itt' tm]m: of file Ioeality was changed to ()]'iellt ])y a 'tote t)[ the l)eol)le in 1836. thc lirst imrdutse made in 164o, was at a place c,lled "li'resh Mead-ws," where Thomas (;olden lately Iix, cd. In ~049 C'aptain John Yom~gs formed thc C, cncral Cmu't at Xcw [[avert that "they at Southold" ]tad lmrchascd thc tract land extending from this l)lacc to thc western ])uundary of Riverhcad. '.Fhcsc lauds lay vacant (cxcel)t sotn¢ lxu'ccls el laud on the ucd~s south of the main road) tmtil t6f)t, when it was laid eriC, and every nlan had his 'l)rOl)crty according to his right in COllltllOllagC. [V]lat was called thc Corchaugc Division extended west front tile Feesh Meadows Ct) tim Canoe [)lace, or south end of Mattitucl¢ Creek. In this division the to the sotllld. A "Hrst l.,c~t" contained 112 acres of land. They were drawn I)y lot, and we lind frequent descriptions in old deeds, thus, "John (Joldsmith sd]s to Jonathan Rbcves it certain First Lot of uphmd in Corchaug It[vision, bounded south ])y the highway and so numeric to thc, Ninth Sca Cliff." In ~684 Sarah Youngs sells to ]htrnabas Wines "A certaim' tract ¢)f hind at Matt[tuck be- ing the th'st lot in Gurchaug Divident, contain- lug I )2 acres, hounded west by Matt[rock Creek, east hy lot of Peter l~ickinson, south by thc high- way and north by the North 'Beach." This tract after tt hq)se of two hundred years is still owne(I by his descendants. Barnabas Wines, in his will, November 23, ~675, gaw~ to his son llarnabas Wines, Jr, "his dwelling house aud loL with accommodations Goose Creek meadow in Corchaug, and acres of hind in Quash Xcck." ])rr~bahly (me of thc first settlers was Benja- min [:lotion, who had a house here in TOWN OF large eslatc. ][iS will is of such all eXll·:lOi'- hi ,VC Ilallle ()( (;od :klllell. fcl)r ye 19 ]t)854;, according t() Ibc c(mtlmhttiol~ ~)[ 3,~ (')lilt'cji of ]suglaml, l, lkmjamiu l lorttm, in vc C()univ t)[ Suffolk in ye I'r(wimw of N. Yi>rk~Jo]~ Lung' Isl- ;tlltl, hei]]g in perfect [llCIIIOl'y, doc lllake & ()r- /tcm.----I' M'ivc t() Caleh I hn'l(m & .joshua I h)r- t(,t & 1() J~,xtfltau ]hwl()n & Mcrsy ¥otltlgs ~o k) hc derided t()them Four alike. l/em,- I ~ivc my hmtse & l;Lnd & mca(lows /h'i/z.---I give lo my fl'[emi Thomas Tusten and a eoalc eh)th that is aL Stephen I[aylcs, mid thc itel'lie thai ts Illore tllatl Ibc 80 J)tlshcls I give /h'm.~l give ten oxoll for a hell for the meet- lng-house to call ye l~eople together tt~ worship thc l,ord God, //cm.~l give thc ,'esl to thc pt)ore. gun, om' shtcp & his time, to be out next ma'y [h'ln.~[ give to my slstcrs my wives chmthes to hc divided lo them lwo. Ilcm.~l give all vc rest ~ff my got~ds to 1nv I~rothcr Juscph I lort~fiL I make thy brother Joshua 'Horton sc)lc execu- tor of this, my last will ami testament, rcvoklng all other wills'and tcstamcnLs, to sec MI my dclxs paid. Joseph Ik)rto]l, a I}rttther of Benjamin, was livi,g at l'~ye, ill Westchester county, in ~69i, ami is probalfly the ancestor o~ tim many fam- illes of that mum'. Another of thc early settlers was Calch 1 h)]'tolL son (ff I1arnahas. his father gave him a "third lot" at Clltchogttc, botu]ded hy S~Lmucl King easl: and Horton wcsl; dfis tract contained 3oo acres. This a large part tff it and became a wealthy farmer. His homestead is now owned by the heirs William WicldmnL We may add here that, after maldng ]tis singular will, Benjamin I[orton married Mary SOUTIIOLD. d88 Mal)llam, daug]ltcr of Johll Ma])hanl, of Soulh- haml)lon. Hc dietl in [f>9o. Ills tllder Ira)thor .Joseph naLdc a divisi(m of the csmte with the afler thc ]~cvohlli(m. [n 1678 John Gohlsmith, son of Thomas (ichlfmith, of SoMIIlallli}t{~lt, a11,J apccslor of the Stroll,fid famillcs cf that name, made an change with widow Margaret Cooper, of South- old. [:le sold her three acres of laud on the north side of Toilsome Lane in ~mthamptun, and ceived in exchange "half a third lot" at Cut- clmguc, ~68acrcs. In 1684 hc Ixmght of Roh- crt Norris another tract u[ 1(38 am'cs, adjoining the fm'mcr on the west. This tract is i. the heart .f thc village of Cutch.guc, and includes Ibc [arm lots of Morgan Morgans. I)r. IIcm'y I'. and Nathan (ioldsmiflL the Catholic church lut and lots adjoining: The original tract ran amlmm are nmv (~9o2) worlh $t,5oo. The ~(i8 acres in Cutchoguc, it is needless to say, arc of vastly greater wduc, T'he ncck utx)n which New Snffolk is situ- ated was originally callcd "Rohins' Island Neck," and was very early ow.cd hy "Master" J~hn Ihx)th, as he was called by way of prc~cminencc, together with all thc kind on thc main road twccn thc estates of Henry L, Flcet and Will- lam I1. 11'. Casc. It remained in his fanfily for Fort Neck xwts so called in ancie,t timcs on accouut of an Indian fortillcation which existed hcrc at thc time of the scttlcmcnt, the remai,s of which are still to bc seen on Iht cast bank of thc creek. This neck is often mentioned as thc "C)ld l;'icld," and was dout)tlcss cultiwtted I)y its aboriginal owners, It was originally dMded in- to small lots, but thcsc wcrc bought by Cald) ~lorton, until, as carly as ~68o, he owned most the entire neck. It remained in his famih, as late as xSoo, and was afterward owned b~' John The iirst mceting h(msc was ~milt here in ~732, thc Imfiding being ralscd on thc 26th of May. Thc first pastor was Rev. Mr, Woolcy, 484 HISTORY OF LONG ISLANI). ami the sec.nd Rev. Abranl Reeves. The fi,l- 'lowing is a llst o( tht later pastors: Ebenxer (',.uhl, ~74~>-.17: vaCalwy lell yoltr5 till the pashwatc ~,( ZachaYiah (;teen, temporary suppllcs, ~79t,~gm: Ixtthr.l~ 'l'homl*- plies, [84~-48: Am,>s l.awl-ellcc, 1848-58; Sinclair, ]85~-(U: Clark I,.ckw.~,xl, ~862 Eusebius ]hdc. ]8f)6-76; Sanltlcl Whaley, t876. During tho interval bctwccu ~797 atul 181o cerning the mauagcmcnt ,ff fmtds hchmging the society, which had hcen iucreased by priwtte coutrihuti,ms. I, this omtcst thc church was divided; hoth parties became iuv,lved iu a law- suit, aud it scomod extremely pr.baltic Ihat the money which had been der.ted t. thc scrvice the Lor}l would he diverted to the service uf the devil itl ])aynlC'llt of lawyers' fl'cs ami Cmll'l penses. Ihq}pily thc differcucc was adjuslcd ami the chttl'Ch ~t~cc tllore milled, hi 1848 Ihe eongregaticm voted to adopt thc lh'eshytcriau Tho htst scrtllOO was [n'e:tche(I in the d~urch Ircbruary 22, 1852, and it was demolished btfilding was dedicated I)eccmhcr 8th uf thc sanle year. It was in this church that Rev. Nathanicl Prime. well Miowo its ~mc ~f the hist{n'iaus Loog lslnod, hogan his lahm's as a preacher in ~8o5, as a SUl>ply; :md furry yc:trs later he stood in the same pu]lfit in tlie same Calmcity. A Cot~gregational ohm'ch xv;is huilt hi 1862, and a Methodist Episcol<tl chttrch in lg3o. This proving too small, a new one was built iu There is also a I~0man Catholic church orgaoi- zation, under the care o~ thc paslor tff the Smith- old church. The Suffoll~ Comity Mutual hlsurance Coul- pany was incorporated April 3©, ~836, for a term of 2o years, Tile charter provided that no policy shotfld be issued until aplflicatim~ shouhl be nmde for insurance to the anlounl of $50,o00 at.least. The incorl)orators ;verc Seth ]1. Tut- hi!l, Joseifll H. (ioldsmith, John Ih'own. ICraueis I,t. h'omlgs, Gcorgc Chamldin, Augustus .\htrviLi I[.hnes, .Iosel>h Terry, ?,alnucl llobart, l/ax'id Terry, William Il. Tuthill, ('aleb Dyer alld JIHHllllall [,:tlhalll, ()11 the 3oth .f April, I87(i, Iht cllal'ler was i't, llt'wt.d for thirty years. The creek or small bay which extends from tllo S(Hllld acr(iss I}le town was called hy tile Indians ",Nhtttihtcl<," ami Ihls has given its ililllle Ill the ]'egiou lying on bolh sides of it aud ellthracillg SLHIIL~ ~)f file most ferlilc and highly ctlltiv;tted lands in Ibc h)~vtl. Thc elevation citlltxl "Mant,' I lill," ou the Ilia[Il road, is usual- ly cousidered as thc boundary bctwecn lhis vil- lage ami Ctttchoguc. Thc comparatively oarrow strip betwecu the ]lead of Ihe creek aud ]'econic Bay was called iu thc early recto'ds the "Canoe Iqacc." Thc part of this divisl.n cast of the (~anoe Iq;wt' Was iL part (}f thc gl'cat Cutchogue division, thc lois rolmihg front the ]nai]~ road uorth to (he sound. The hmd to the west Maltilucl( Creek bchmged to the {)ccahaug visiou. Ihe ]uls running from thy bay to the :MloUI 16(¢4 T]lotnas Mai)es rccords alllOtlg his lands "one divident" (lie owned two shares) "at ()ccahaolc, lyiug uext ami adjoynlng to the calleo place hy Mattituck pond, being in hreadth eight sc.re polos, iu louglh from sea to sea, thc ]ami of ~J{flm ¥Ollllgs jr. west." This tract ns the laud .~ Thtmuts ]htlloek, h is now'sab- divided alllOllg Illally ownel'S. The uorth part, uext Iht sotmd, was called ~Japes Neck ami re- maiued iu Ihe Mapcs fanlily fro' three genera- tions. The neck called in the old recto'ds "l'esa- imuk,'' hotmded on the north by the main road rmmiug west from "Manor ]lill," and consid- ered au~oug thc choicest h'acts ~>f hind in the towu, was originally owued hy John Booth, who suhl it to Thumas {files io t677. Giles sold to ])avid Gardiner ~:f Gardluer's Island in 1682, mnl il omtiuuod iu tho hands .f his descendants fei' SOllle g'eueratious. About 18L6 it Imssed into the hands of Isaac Conldiu, .f [~ast llampton, TOWN who lived Ul>-]l it, wilh his son (i?rge 1.. be]' of tilt: Asscmlflv. [I is IIO~V l>['il~cipally owned b5 john Wells. Tht: h'acl Wt'St ()f this neck, lalely ill pos- session .f Ihm, Fr;t]tcis Ih'ill, was originally owned by William I'm']'ier, and traosfer]'ed by his exccHtors lo Thonlas Mapes as equivalent a legacy of ~2~}. The hind arout~d Mattih~cl< Po]xl originally bclo]Lged Io William l~tu. rier, Then]as Recvcs and XVi]llam YVells. The l)r)]mhtli()u of Mattiluck ill 19(/o was not know, ,hut in 1()84 J(}llll ()slllall had a house west of thc cl'cck, alld ill ~715 the population had incl'cased h) such all exlellt thai Ja]tlCS Reeves, who was i)L'(}l)ab]y ouc of the earliest: settlers, gaec a half acre of laml as a site for a C]ltlrch, atld 1111 :lcl'c aod a ]lflJf adjoiuing' for btll'yitlg gruHiid. This CO]lveyatlcc was, dated November 7, 17~5, aud in thc following year a chorch was m'ec~ed. This building was super- seded by a uew church in ~83o, [u ~8S3, wheo the ]~resbyterian s~ciety erected lhe preseot dmrch, the .hi om~ was bought ,by the Meth- and the servlccs of that church have been regu- larly sustained. The th'st [h'csbyteriau pastor in this village was the Rev. Joseph I~amb, who was ordained December 4, ~7t7, lie removed, al what time is not exactly known, but previous to ~749. This parish was united with that o~ Lower Aqoeboguc, and Juue io, 1752' the Rev. Joseph Parks was installed lmSh~r of the church, the total mem'bership in ,h,~fl~ placrs beiug 7 men aod ~5 women. Mr. ]~arks remained till 1736. We tony form some idea .f the real state og religious interest in this place at that day when we learu that, akogethcr he adlniuistered 92 baptisms and admitted to the commtmiou. In Juoe, 1756, lhe Rev. Nchemiah ]larker both this village and Aquebogt~e till W66; after that time he confined his labors to Ma~tltucl~. SOUTI~OLD. 485 iIc died March lo, 177~, a~ ~l~e age of 5~, Jhwkcr /)aplized L]3. admitted to conuntmion 3©, mid celebrated 57 ]narriag'es, For one year the lXtSh.' was Rev. Jesse Ives. The Rev. Julm ])avcnport was ordaiued June · b W75, aud rctnained ten years. The Rev. llenjamin Goldsmith took charge of this church, in ccmnectJoo with that of Aque- I)ogt e (f which he was pa:stor, m W77, aod re- tained it until his death, io ISm. The Rev. Benjamin Bailey was ordained veml~er 6, ~St~. and was dismissed May ~8. lie was succeeded by the Rev. NathanicI Reeve, who was a stated sopply fi'om ~St7 to 1823, when, through ill health, he was compelled to desist from his mioisterial labor. To the last- ing credit tff the congregatkm for whose ben- etit he had so long labored he still retained the parsonage, and his SUl)port was contiuued till his death. I-Je died April 9, 1833, at the age of 72. The Rev. Abraham Lute acLed as a supply for live yea.rs h'om ~825, preaching not only at this place but als'o at West Hampton; hut after ~83o his lahors were confined to this parish. He remained here till ~846, excepting two years when. his place xvas supplied I~y the Rev. Jona- than ltuutting. The Rev. Jamcs T. Hamlin came io the spring ,4 1847, aod was ordained and installed N.vember 4th. He continued in the faithful discharge cfi .his duties as pastor till June ~879, when he resigoed, aod it was voted that he remain as pasLor enleritus, with the use of the parsonage dLtring life. The present church xvas enlarged in ~87r. The parish was organized as separate from Aquel)ogue Augos,t 29, ~853. The Rev. William ][edges, soo of Hon. Hen- ry IL Hedges, of .]Iridgehampton, began his la- bors iu this place as a stated ,supply. The Rev. Mr. ]-ledges remained mitil x883, aod was suc- ceeded hy the Rev. Gearge R. Garretson, who resigned in ~887. The Rev. James, W. Hilhnan was pastor until I894' and was succeeded by the Rev. R. l[mvnrd Wallace as supply until ~895. Since that time the Rev. Charles E. Craven 1iISI( I '5 t)F LONG has been shttcd supply ami his abilily it]Id uschtl- lleSS afc fully i'ecO~'lliZed, :\n I~ipisoqml church was Imih in t87~. through Ihe instrttmcntality of lilt' Rev. Thomas Cook of Rivcrhcad. ]~econic lies wilhhl the linlits ,ii Iht (,rig'hlal town lmrchase, al)d thc tn'igilml htying mil is tract'of la]id on xvhich thc ]'{conic i",dlmad dCl.)t is situated, extcmling fi'om the road which leads to the depot, on thc easI, lo the ]and ~)f William Horace Case on the west. The Indian FMd is now thc l>roperty ¢~f the heirs of Alvin Sq?irt's. This vilhtge was fm'merly Iquowu by the name of "l:lermitage," which was eha]lged Io Peconic when the i)osloflice was established. The population in tgoo was 55o. Iq'anklinville is a vilhtge partly in dw s~mth- west corner of this town and par'fly in Rivcrhcad. A Presbyterian chtlt'C]l was erected here ill 183 I. The academy, which was then a uoled iustitu- lion, was founded in ~832. The polmlalion in The follow.ing deeds throw light up{m the earlier ptu'chascs of htnd in this Iown: Lieut. John Ketchanl, of ]hlnttiughlfl, and wlfe Susan sell to Thomas Mum'e, of .qouthohl. "\¥hereas James Farrett agent for the ]darl Sterling by deed dated August )sth, c(mvcycd h) Richard Jackson, fifty acres of ul)ht]td and llleltd- ow lying on the north side of the river called Mahansock in l.ong [shred, lo the eastward the place called the Five [Vigwanls, atld one Illin- dred acres of upland adjoining. And James J;tck- son hv deed October 2otb the same year ~6.1o sold Io Thomas Weatherhy, nlariner, and Stephen (;:~odyear became possessed of tim sa]ue and he sold to J'ohn Ketcham. June 2, 1652. Thc said .John Ketcham and wife'Susan sell the Sallie Thomas Moore. Septemher 2o, ~666. Recorded in the Secretary of State's office in AlbalU, "These presents wimess that LTxsqucl)~SSCln, otherwise called the Puanfis Sachem, wilh his three brothers, Wed<wacup, Nowconnelling and Neesantquaggus, for tw~; fathoms of wampmn, NtCldwn l;~m, Mycar, Del)uty thwcrmw, iii I)ehalf thc .Im'is,licti()n. All that latld I>i]lg ))uIweI'll ing tllclw,.! m(i .\htltituck p<Jtlll, i~lr tilt! di'awing 14aclwm is t,) have the privilege t,f his altccslors, In this wc have lite e;u'li,~st it)tm ()f lhe ln- .\queJ)d~gue ;lllcJ (~7tlteh~)gtK'. h) ]727 Williatu Mai)es altd wife Tahitha sell h) .[,mathan Ih'adley "All that my farm, ;k half ]els ()r 3oo acres, l)~)tmded mn'th by the S~mnd, ca~t by Caleb Jhn'ttm, s{mth by the street or highway, aim west I)y Ihtt'llabas Wines, ex- copt 2 acres adjoining thc street with thc houses of Samuel Vail and Joseph King standing on the same. A]st} ~4 acres which [ sold to Gideon kVid<ham, ou the east side of tho farm." zKlso (~ lois of creek thatch, on thc neck of hutd of Col, md Josq)h Wickam. I'rico Z73om' $t,825. James ICarrett, tile age]it for thc Ir. aH of Stifling, was granted Lite privilege of selecting Its his OWll pl'Opel*ty 12,OOO acl'es £)f latld, alld ;ts ;t part he chose what is IIOXV callcd Rol)in's Island. lu t64~ he sold it Io Stel)hen Goodyear, who couveycd it to Nathanicl Sylvcstev ;md Com- pany. In 1665 the following Indiau deed was given: To all People to wllonl these presents Shall collie, \¥£* WhOSe tla]lleS aFC hel'etlll([C]' w]'itten .%emi (h'eetil)g. Whereas Nathanniell Svlvcster of .~hcJlcl' Island ;tnd coral)any IIOW itl'C }tnd for divers years have been lawft(llv i)r)sscssed of a certail]e [s,latld called ill Ihe hl[lia]l Iongc ,k]lcll- annoel< in English ]{o]~erls Island Sciltuat lying and behl~' itl a ]n'andl of thc Sult lnat Hills lip twet?ll S})ttlltaml}h}~l alld South<)hl right over 'TOWN ()li` ;t.~faiust thai l,art ~,( I.()]]g ]slat]d that is called (_'I)]'C[I;]H]( lib' w]IiC]I Ishlml was Jlb' tilt' said Nit- tllal]ldcll 5ib.'cslcr ;tm] t'JUnl)anv hlwi]lllv pur- x at'ds :~f tradiug ch)Ih h) ils in ])aud by Ihe said ~athanuicll Silvestcr well aud truly i)aid have the said NathaHicll Nilvester and {'~mq)atw and to theire [leir(s aired assi~llS forever ;L]] Ihe the said [slaml,[tuy~ft~mmal;mvtimc, Tohavc and to hold all the said Ishmd ca'led ;Hid with all & singular etc. cai]ed I )cccmbcr 1()()5. N()WANNI,;t; his X nla]'[c N],:i)ioHFr his X ]llark [ j t~ILANTAWA his ILxM MA'rttK his. mark J .\RNA)..\~ \VINI.'S. livcred to tlal)tain John Ytnmgs, Iktr]labas Ih)r- toll alld ()L]IL'I'y; "fd)t' the lis(! (}f Iht II)hahila]ltS of S o[tLhohl." The next we know of it is ft'ou) thc wilt of Joseph Wicldmm, who was a resident of CuI- chogue, lo which place he removed from South- anq)ton. Ile died in 1734 and left it to his stm Joseph (and his heirs male), who died iu I749, In t779 the islrtnd was iu possessi/m of his son c>f Great Ih'itahl caused its COllfiseatioll, a11d it was sold hy Ibc c~ulnnissiouel5 ~f forfeittn'e Au. gust 5, ~784. to Benjamin ']'almagc and Caleb I~rewstcr fro' ~1,25~L Thcy sohl thc islaud to 1ezra l/llommcdieu in ~794. His execulors sold it to Colom:l Ikmjantln l[orbm and James ]~eevcs for ~;4,ooo. They sold shares of Ihe isl- ;ttl~] 1o variants p;u'tles, alld ill 1850 it S(elllS lo SOUTHOLI). 487 have I)cen owned I].5' J. H. \:Vet)stet and James I,'. (;~..lale, and ill 1857 the whole was i;Ul'chased by Ira IL Tuthill. lie sold it to James 11. SOil, ,)f New York, f~)l' $20,000. After much litigation it came mice re'ore into the hands of Mr. Tuthill who, in ~Sg~, sold it to a company ~)f sl)~wlsn/en' rcln'esented by Abraham ham, ~)f New York, for ~22jooa, and it is now usc~] as a game preserve, The is]alld contaillS 4{~9 acres. Clay of the finest kind is fouml in the northern part, alld brick making xvas former- ly carried on m a gTeat extent. As the gram of King Charles II to his hrolher James, I)ulm of York, conveyed Long Island aud the islands adjacenh Fish?s Ishmd was a part of it. It was originalle claimed by session of John Winthrop, the Governor, and [shred." After it was ]'ecogn[zed as a earl ed, March 28. [60g. to J(>lm WinthrolL (;overuor of (7ouneclicul, for "A certain Island near ~mto New London, commonly called and knowu ,by the name ~)f [qsher's Island, containing ~,oo~ acres, as Imrchased ))y 'him of the Indian Pro- l)rietors." This was granted "on account of services rendered in the taking of New Amster- (i~weruor Winthrop died in ~676, and the ishmd descended to his ehlest sou, b'itz John Wh~lhr~)l~. J lc was governor of Cotmecticut in ffigg, ami died in ~7o7, aud as he left no issue, the ishmd descended to his I)rother, Wait Still Winthr(~p, who was chief justice of Massachu- setts II%, Cob)ny. He died in ~7~7, and it be- came lhe property of his only son, John W,in- throp, whu died in Euglnml in ~747, and left it hy wUI l~)his eldest son. John Still Wiuthr()p, and he, in tm'n, left it to his ehlcst son, John Win- ll)v~,p, in ~y76. lie d/ed intcstale in ~78o. ami his hrother, lq'antis []ayard Wit~throp, succeed- ed t~) thc prt)p0rty. He died in tS~g, leaving the ishmd to his four sons, John Still, Francis Bay- ar(I, William Henry and Thomas Charles Win- thr(q). Between April 23, ~S[8, and b'd)ruary 28, ~825, lhree ~)f the brothers sold their shares 4;/8 I[ISI'()I,~Y ()F I.ONG ISI,ANI). \~/illimn II, Whltlu'op dit:d iu 18{ltl, ;Hul the death of his wil'u, ii: IS"3, his I~',,~ \Villiam Il. a::d Tluml,as R. ~V~Itlhl'::l:. inherited Vishm"s Island thus r0malm.d h: the Wi:i- tlu'(q~ famlily for mmrly 2oo years, ired it tull)' passed out of Ihcir ]lands in thc 31 (~ [ [ ]' 18(}3, George Chester, who immcdialely e~mveyed it t~, its later owm% Robert 14. Fox, wh,~ dwelt there- velopment and impr<wemcnt, until [tis death, wlfich occmTed Sel>tCmbm' 2q, 1871. .I lis ecutor sold it to James L, Lylcs, aud in :889 for cottage sites, and the rest t'o James M. Fer- geson for $25o,ooo. Fisher's ]slaud was the scene of the wreck of the steamship which occurred with great loss of life on veto'bet 3©, 1846, Ph. un Island was not included in thc th'st plwchase of the town from the /nllians. in ~659 tile title was first acquired hy Samuel Wyllys, of Hartford, as apl*cars by the following deed from Wyandanch, ~he Montauk Sachem: "lCnow all nlen by these presents that ] andanch, the Montaulcet Sachem, for rile 4end mv heirs forever, for and in conskleration of a coal, a barrel of Iliakitt, a leo muxcs or fish hooks, at the subscribiug by me, received of Samuel Wyllys of llartbn'd, doe sell, alienate and make over, all my right, title ant e 'est m to Plumbe Island, to the said Samuel 'Wyllys and his heirs forever: I. the said sachem, herehv declariug' to bee the rightful owuer of the sayd ~fslan(I, Aud covenant xvith the said Samuel Wvllys, his heirs and assigns, that I will never ntoJcst him m' his assigns iu the possession ~ff the same, aud wii~ prohibit my men from fl(ting st}, by killh~g any of the cattle that shall be imt upon it, ami for the true performance hereof, I have set my hand at Gardiner's ]~slaml, April 27, ~659." It ;vas considered as under the jurisdictiotl of New )%rk, alid was undoubtedly iucluded in assessed al £13 .2, s od. That il x¥[[s claimcd bx Iho h~wn (if Si:11thohl is al)l)arellI fr(llll iii{! f{[il h~wiug': l'28[h ill' .\Ii,IISI I(i(~,~. \Vhcl'e:ls ill iiii1' llres~ (()l'e the Ih'si (:l' Selll~,lll])[,I- IIL'Xt cnsuhlg/illltel· tlr (lay ~)( tho dah' IIt't't':)t' shall I)t'c ;t gl()r){I title. ami c]ayme ;m Island called Iqmu Islaml, as jm)l)er ri~'ht beh)u~iug t. th(mt and their heh'cs, malst, a legal right al)l)eare thcrcunto'at thc ucxt s{~ssi,,:: held iu thc ['~ast Riding', w]lel'e ail i)rcscnt "[;or Ibc l)rest:rvati~m cfi all my right and title in ;tlldt() the moiety t)r half I}art o~ Cur- C]llttlff meadows &e. [ d{;e ]lcrehv hlv cl~tvIIIt tO tile same this l)rescut eight aud t~ven~icth'dav of August fi:05 al)eve writteu. Wituess thc ~ub- ,Septeml)e.r 22, ~665, "the constable and eight not just and legal" ami as having been eutered by himself "wilhout the lct~owlcdge of the Re- in the uew hldian deed (ff I)eccmbcr 7, ~665, Phmt Island was included, but this d,id not pass a good title, as the deed to Wyllys was prior in date. The tmvn, however, pez'sisted in its claim, fi~r at a town mcetin;~ held March T9, ~665-6, share on Iqum Island. The divideuds wet'e ap- parently made, I)ut thc freeholders secm~ to have been easily induced to park with their new pos- scssitms, for on May 22, 1666, twenty-eec ef them sold their rights to John Yotmgs. By an- other deed ~)f sanle date. thirty-five shareholders sold ti) Mr. Ymmgs, ami this was flee cud of it. Ill 1674 (':overnor ;Xndros isslttt(I the lng l)atem to Mt-. WzIlys: "[&/iici'cas S;IILILle[ ~lVjl]is of Iht]'trUlld in the C~donv of C~)lluecl[c[llt (iC]It hath made Apl~li- 'I'OW N~' OF his R~yall l li~4huessc Terrih~rvuas c;tIled l'h1111]lle lS]~lllll iLI~CI[ICL' with a SUL;;II ]shLLul ~tdjaeent called {hill Ishtml Iht which hee hath IB]' rupti:m thc IshL]td called ]qtLnltllc Islaml lvhtR' octicott River llavhlg' (h:t'd]Ic]'s Island Io lying in I.e]lgth I':ast and West between Iw() aud three M[lvs and halfc a Mile in Ih'cmhh Thc and adjaeeul called (iii11 [s]alld c()tLtaining about ConfirlnlLii~:n iiiih~ I]le said SaLmlol Willis in his Yee t]l~Ll hT vJrlHc *~f Iht Conlmissi~m and ~ty tml~ mee ~'ivcn by his R~yall Ilighncssc [ have (;h'cn aud (h'auutcd And I0' these l~t'sents (] ()gl [ X J ( J RatiFce C:o[l[irnlc alld (h'atmt t n t)'the said' S:Lill!it'] Willis his heirs Ass ell ~ (~s thc said IshuldS called ]:]mnlnc Is]and and Gull [811 and T~:gether xvilh all the ];an:Is elc. And I do likewise (]raL1Ht trilL(} the said Satllt~C[ Willis his ]:lelrs and Assigns That the said Islands: shall bec fo]'cv{r hercaflcr held deemed l-CpLltcd and bee an cutlrc and or,franchised Manner and Place of itsclfc. At itn annual ()tilt rent of One Fate Lamb." Dated April 2, ~5. Thc patent granted to thc toxvu of Sot~th- 0Id October 3h ~676, only goes to the length of establishiug thc civil jurisdiclion rff the town- shi1) over the ishtnd, bttt did not disturb the al- reading existing tltIc. Juuc 7, t686, Samuel X~Vyllys, et ][artford, sold ~lunl Islam[ and (;ull Island, its desm'ibed in the patent, to Joseph Dudley, rff Roxbury, Massachusetts, for the sum of ~'25o. The orig- inal deed is now in possession of Mrs,. Charles Lipl)i~t, of New London. Joseph ]Jmllcy al>pears to have sohl the west half o~ the ]slaml 1o Jos.~ph llecl)ee, and it was in p~ssession of his s~m, Sannlcl Ik~cbce, in 1722. The cast halt was sold to Isaac Schcllinx, who sohl it to Daniel Tuthi][, November 22, 1722. This tlcc(I c~)nveys lilt whole of (iutl island and thc east half of [?lum~ island, "bounded west I}y a line cxlcmliug from the I)rick: kiln, near norLh- west, acmss the islaml, which is the divi(lent line hchvceu Saml ]leebec's land m~d th.is." T'he In'ice was ~255, aud l)aniel Tuthill was to pay "OLde-half of a fat lamb, (m mitlsttmmer's day," SOUTHOLD. ~189 as quit ]'eut. ]3auM sold the sanle to his sell I)anM Tuthill, .h'., Jnne! 4, 1746, for Da]liel Tulhill, Jr., died iii Novenl,ber, 1768, and left his [ands (*1~ ]'hlm lshmd lo Iris sons arid I(tlfus..Itdm Tulhill, the t:]dcst's::ll and heir at law, qt~itchLinlOd ail his right to his hrot]]cr divided thc silllw, I~uftlS taking' ~lxe wcsl i)a]'t and ['ctur thc castm-~ half. [~cwr Tuthill died iu 1817, ami his heirs sold his part to Benja- II/hl (J]:[l'di[lel', jallLla]'y IO, 18[' (). hx'.' a rcgtl- he' succession (>f deeds it ciIiltc to Ahrmn S.. ][ewitt iu 18[)2. Rufus Tuthill .sohl his part to John (}}~tl'dille]', and Ilo soJd [0 ]]elljaLlll]l March 15, i8~)5. The western haft of thc gave 5o acres to each of his sons, Theophihts and Silas in ~76t, and 4o ;Lei'e8 tO Aplos Ileebcc ~763. Sanmel Ileebee died in ~763, and directed his lands on ['hun Island to be sold. They were divided imo five ]);ii-Is aud were purchased 1)y his sons, Samuel, ]3;lnathan, Theol~hilus, Silas and Amen. Iiy wtrious lmrchascs, ]:Icujamin Jerom came the mvncr ~f ail the western hail (except. ~25 acres). ~u ~833 Richard Jerom owned Ihe whole Island, except the east part, which was owned hy lle:ljamin Gardiner, and ~25 acres. which were owned hy Noah G. Bccl~ee, and he sold them to James I-L Brown, and he sold Richard Jcrom in ~835. August 29, ~826, R,ichard Jerom sold to the United States three acres on the south side of the west end of the island, and on it a light house was Imilt. Richard Jerom died in May, ~869, leaving a )vile, ~ary, and children Richard M., Fa~my S., Nancy L. (wi~e of Edxvard E. Town- send) and Mary B. Jerome. By va]'ious deeds Ihc wlmle cam,e in possession of Edwin F. Be- dell in ~883. On foreclosure (ff mortgage, the xvholc was sold to A~hram S. Hewitt, Jauuary i3, ]89o, aad he sold the whole to the United States, [~ebruary 24, ~897, for $25,ooo. Extensive l'ortifications to command the lnouth of Long [shred Sotmd ~Lre now in i)]'(~cess of erection. The first persons who lived (m the island were Isaac Schellinx (or Schellinger) and Samuel 44O IiISTOI<\' ()F I,()N(; iSLAND. '1717o folloxviu~4' ab>dl';tels ,~f thc wills ~d' .~tl/d Ihe Iillles: John [Cheil, ill hi~; will, :Xpril It), tr~75, all his cst;rte t,~ his Hel~hcw "mS' sist~:r's Isaac Over'ton. his wifc to Illtvt~ Iht use ~)f hnlf of it during her life. [lc Icav{'s to his "daugh- tcr-i~-law" (SlCl)-datU.,,htcr) ,5ntut Nit:oils. The invemory of his lands mcmi<,~: The dwel- ling I1OLISC. bari) and 4 itt:rcs i)r [;tLtd, f45; '1 Itel'eS ;t half at thc t'cal' ()f thc hotlse, I{)1 ill; 2[ acres of land itt Not'th Stoa. fl2; 3 llercs ill IIit~ ()Id tiel(~, ZS; 3 h~ts of CI}lllltli}llagC, [5; 21 itel'es ill l[og Neck, ilS: 2 acres of illeadt~w, I~i~)c lit ,Corch:tttg; 3o itel'cs of ttl)litt~(I at (~urchat~k, f4; 18o acres of w~odland at Cm'chaulc, This last tract (~f land w:ts cq~lal t~ llve oxen, The will of ['hilcmon l~)iekcrs*m, dated .hme ittg thcretmto wilhil~ thc {~hl 'l'owl~ I>t)tmds, h(~th tH~l~tnd al*d iileadt~w dttt'illg her life. m' widow- ali thc mortal}lc g~.)([s that is wilhin my h(>use." rest of his cattle to ])c given to his two rets, ]5lizabdth and Mary. whet~ 21 ycrtl's {,f land ;tX North Sea, whid~ I hottght of Jolm Icy. I (t(:c ~zivc all thc ['cst of nly laird itt Nt~t'th made his wife, Mary, his cxocutln', This will was proved .]tme 5, 14~72, [lis house land were appraised aL [3o, and the "outlands This included many acros of hind :md mt~adows, and it is curiotlS t~ comlml'e thc vnluc wilh I]l;tl o~ four cows, which were valued aC Zl5, while "Iand was i>lcnty" in th~sc days and cattle Were l~oC. T]~e tef'm "~m'lh Sea" in S~llht~ld mea~l I'ce,,ulc I~ay. 'l'h~, will {~f IIarlmllas \\/hides, ti:lit,ti her -'7, 11}7,';, gi\,cs t()his daughtu]' [~l'tt(it'lte~, tile \vith I~)o ilel%~; that I?th on ?,llll;ish Xt't'Jq," jr}in- lng' I,~ hind ~f his s~m Satlltlel. 'l'hls was in'~ved JiIll~* ,:~, l(58o, ;It \vhich little the dnughtcr I~t. tl- tletlct. ,,,.':ts the \vile ~f Jolm tlohlsmiih, "calli*l~' lo milld tho IInt:el'taillty of Iltis lem- ll~l'all lift,, t~est of all I g'ive tlnt~* nty el{lost <(111 Ilt'ltj:tlllill I Ii~l'lllll i,.,ll shetHi(! I,:indc, ,)f what hr, f(~l']ll~,*rly hall ftn' his full [h)rc~m." lie also Ix'art's It) his chlesl datlghiel', lJatl]l;lJl Trevnlly, It,n slit!ell, and Lo .l~st!l)h (h)]ltrly]lc, tl/{~ soil his d;mghter ~itl-~th {.:Ollelylle, I'lvt! sheep, and il> his third (laughter, ,~lal'5' Ilulld, Gve shccl~, lie kind hud ,}nc half of all his right in I~} Ihat he had itt I~OSst'ssi~}n at (:ut'ehog'e. '1'() his f,)tl]'t'h Still, .Jt)shtla Ih,rl(,~, "all half (pr all my mead{~w itll([ ttplaild in /\co)bog;, ~t]l(I all ill3, IIl¢~ltdl~w at ()yster [h>]l(I." To ]lis youllgcs( soil, .)¢)]laihal~ Ilex'tx)il, he lc;tx, es all his ,lwt,llit~[ I1,)tlSt,s, ha]']~, ottthott~ilU4' and ]lOlllc I{~ls ~t~l alt ~lh~e ]ands, m~t disp~}scd ~f, Ihlt wife duri~g her life. wiih usc ~f ham :md out have '*lhe third hushcll of all g'rain" grown upon I(~1', ~lt'et:y ¥ot111g's, 3 C~WS lttld it ]lciftq', /XII the t'est{}f hiscstalel~ his wife Mat'y lire'tom This was i)]'~ved March 2, 'l'he ()hi h(ntse whidl %elLs lilt hi)lit(' (~[ TOWN OIv SOUT[tOLI), relic of a]ltiq?tity Utltil \'Cl'~. retTt,]lt ?c;lI's. The ()I,D IIAI(NAII;X.S II()I('I'ON tlOUSE, SOLI'I'HO[,I). Thc ,.,,,ill ()'F TIiom:ts Tel'r?.'. si'.. is. very ehar- actcrislic of iht' earl? time, its II]ay ])e st'ell I)y thc "Soulh~dd this 2(;th (~f Xovemhcr, 11'i71. [ 'l'houlas Ter['v scm'. of .":.,uth(dd, b,_qng' ',,crv sic],: arid xvcal,;, vet in I~.n'fct.-t tnclnorv, doe Inak}' IlliS IllV lasl \\Till alld Tcstanlent a~ folh)weth. I doe }~ive ti]ltl) Ill\' beD,vt,1 wife, llfteelle Imshe]ls of e()l'ii¢? yt,al'ly, ti; I)(2 i)ai(I [llll() her, team hushells to bce paid hv mv scm I)a]lleI 'l't..l'l'v arid five )lllsh- oils to ))cc liai,l'bv m\' s,m 'l'll(,]~as 'l;er]';'. and this t~) ho done \il:l]']5: (luriltg' my Wife's ]ifc or ;vi0owh{.~d, :\ll'd it]r;l>e J ~4iVt! tllltl) IllV wife my h~d a]ld all Ih;it I~t'b,tps I~) Iht.* Sallie xx;ilh all th'e housc i~ohl g'(~)(Is withiu ti(il'vs. '[']lesc Il(lc I g'iw! ,\lsoe I d~le ~;'ive ti]Ire lily wife fotl]'t, Ilushclls ('f apl)les during her life, yearly. Ami if m;, son DaHiel (h~e tJlat'rv all ( ~ lil<e'not to live to, eth- er. lhen my son IDan[cl shall ]}tti[(I my w/lc a con- veHiont house for hcr comfortablc I give milo ii17 wife the nlil]( of one cow as leeR' ns she Iix'cs. I give cow at thc day t)f hot' nlnr- age. ] give to]ny daughter ~l:try Reeve ot~e cow or Daniel lily house wi~h all longing thereto within the old I)om~ds (of Iht town). Also half t)f m5' lands nt Accel)auk. ] give to my lands ;tX Ctn'ch:ml<'and hal'f luy I;md at Accel)auk." /eiIl tv:is ]lot signed. 1)ut it of J~a]'n:LI)as \\;y]ldel', llar- I[ u t c It i n s oil, ~1 a r- tha l-hltchlnson and John .,,, l,~lton, June 5, I672. The house and l;md were D]'aised at ~5o, the la~d and ~2o, and the land and ~5. Tht* will of Willian~ ]'[alliock, dated rua]'y ~o, ~682, "lleing through (iod's blcssiL~g leaves to his wife Xlnrga]'ct, ",.~1I that m5, third lot in yc Town [Not, next Io Toolgcr's land with h~ngi~g, dm'i~g her ]mtttral life and not lounger," /Xnq she is Io give m~' son William Iil)erty to als~* leaves to he~ "the i)ro~iC o~ thc land iml~roved in my lot at ~<Xccal)og', where [ ]tow rIwcll, with full l~owcr to dwell in my dwelling }lmlse there at ally time." :XlSO thc rise of retix' ,/ 4412 HIS'I?OI{ Y OF with nly three S(}llS, ']'h~mlas, IMer ami William. w:t5, hy Iny dwelling Il.use, but all thc rest c,f ow ami 'dr. Wells, m~d lite third ~m thc west side c)f Deep Creek, The other half ar fl~ese "If any o£ my sc}us shall Apostate frmn ye ]h'otc'stant doctrine and faith of ye Chill'ch of ]~ngland, or shall take upon them such doctrine or faith whereby they shall he dI'[LWII, away fr.m attendance upcm ye Intblic Worshii> practiced in this place, and w,arrantcd hy Iloly Scriplure. Or if any of my sons or their suc- cessors, here after, shall espouse and contract marriage with any ~uakcr, or to ye son or daugh- ter of any ~uaker as they are now called, I doe wholly and absohttely d'isown and disinherit Ihem. from any part ,of my estate." ]-Ie leaves to his son Peter the east part of thc land where he lives at Accobo,R' and the Swamp lc}t, lie leaves to his son William 'Hallioclc his house and lot in the trawl plot. mentioned ab.ve, and a parcel of l/leal[ow Oil Sqtlash Neck, with I.ONG ISLAND. till' ('(lll/lll, lll~'e 1)~,1,~11~i11~4 lhercl,~. J lis SOilS will ~s that my s~,n .I-Im Ihtlli.ck, wllotll as itlI -mi ].-t al yc Wi. ling C'rcek. xxhich is all Ihat he 2 ~, ~CiS.I. ;md a,hHity, 1( Ibc cat-licst I'cc{>rtls should be fmlnd, they w<mhl .uly ettl'roll()l'illc~ what the orials they raised to thc:ir dead. When we pare thc phtlncsl .f ]}lain t.mhstones which lllal'l( the last resting places .f Ihe early settlers .f Srmthaml~lOn and East Itampt~m, with the elabo[ate tombs and lengthy inscriptions which we find in {nlr ancient churchyards, we CallllOC heIp thinki]]g' Ihat Ihe nlen themselves as well as their t~m~bs must have bcm~ superior, and the lofty sentiments which they 1)ossesed were h'ans]nitted to their {dYspring. There is nothing to indicate that their financial means were greater, but the]'e is a great deal to indicate that ]£al to bin lan, his lng'