it was Unanimusly Voted that Whereas many persons have for Several Years past in Order to Ingroos to themselves the Sedge Growing on the Most handy Marshes in the Said Township as Soon as the time Comes for Mowing to go on with such a Number of hands as to Cutt down Such Large parcells as Cannot be got off under Several days which Not only Renders it Liable to be Caryed away with the tide & So Make a Scarcity, butt is doing great Injustice to the other Inhabitants having a Right as they are Deprived of a Share in the handy Marshes and are obliged to git most of there Hay from the Most distant. Now if Any person Shall for the futer Any time before the 20th day of September Cutt Down Any More Sedge on the Said South Marshes Then they Shall bring off the Same Day they Shall forfit twenty Shillings for Each offence & the following persons or Either of them Are Appointed to Sue for the Same & when Recovered to pay themselves for there Trouble in prosecuting & the Remainder to pay into the hands of the Church Warden for the use of the poor: but in Order that there may Not an ill use be made of this Vote but that it may Only be Construed to putt a Stop to the greviance Complained off it is at the Same Time Declared by the Said Freeholders & Tennants in Common of Said Town that where any person by Distress of Weather or Any Accident Shall be prevented from bringing off what they Cutt the Same Day they Shall Not be Considered as offenders Against Sd Town Order Nor where Any poor person Not having any Craft of there own to bring off Sedge Shall Cutt a Small parsell to Lye untill they Can Gitt Craft to bring it off. the persons Chosen are (to Wit) Samuel Pettit: Juerees Pettet J., John Rainor. This Indenture made the thirteenth day of May in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundred & fifty Seven by & betwen Joseph Kissam Esqr of the Township of Hempstead in Queens County on Nausaw Island and province of New York of the one party and Benjamin Akerly of the Township County Island & province aforesaid Gen't of the other party Witneseth that I the Said Joseph Kissam for and in Consideration of the full and Just sum of Seven hundred & Seventy four pounds fourteen Shillings & Six pence Current Lawful Money of the province of New York to me in hand well and truly paid by the Said Benjamin Akerly the Recipt whereof I do hereby Acknowledge and my Self therewith fully Satisfied Contented & paid And thereof and of Every part and parcell thereof doe Acquitt Release and fully Discharge him the Said Benjamin Akerly his heirs Ex's & Admr's & Every of them forever by these presents Hath Given Granted Bargained Sold Alienated Enfeoffed Assured Conveyed & Confirmed and by these presents do fully freely Clearly & Absolutely Give Grant bargain Sell Alien Enfeoff Assure Convey and Confirm unto him the Said Benjamin Akerly his heirs Ex's Admr's & assigns forever all that one Certain Mesuage And tract of Land Situate Lying and being on Cow Neck in the Township of Hempstead Aforesaid Butted and Bounded as followeth (Viz) begining at a Stone Ditch at the South West Corner of the Said Land upon the East Side of the Highway that Leads from Samuel Lathams Mill to the head of Cow Neck thence Runing South Eighty four Degrees and one Quater West two hundred & one Rods and twenty four Links by the Land of Thomas Thorne Gen't thence Runing North Six Degrees & half West Sixteen Rods and fifteen Links of Chain by the Land of Samuel Latham thence runing North Eighty four Degrees and three Quaters East Eighty Rods by the Land of Samuel Latham and Nathaniel Pearsall Land thence Runing North Six Degrees and half West thirty two Rods and fifteen Links by the Land of James Hewlett thence Runing South Eighty Six Degrees and half West forty Rods by the PAGE 42. Lands of the aforementioned Benjamin Akerly thence Runing North Six Degrees and a half West Eleven Rods & Seven Links by the Lands of the Said Benjamin Akerly thence Runing South Eighty four Degrees and three Quaters West one hundred & Seventeen Rods & five Links by Samuel Latham his Land thence Runing North twelve Degrees & three Quaters West thirty five Rods By Said Samuel Lathams Land thence Runing South Eighty four Degrees & three quaters West one hundred And fifty five Rods & twenty Links by the Land of Said Samuel Latham thence Runing South twenty Degrees & one quater East Six Rods & Sixteen Links thence Runing South twenty Seven Degrees & half East twenty Eight Rods and fourteen Links thence Runing South twenty Seven Degrees and one Quater East twenty five Rods and twenty Links thence Runing South thirty Degrees East thirty Eight Rods and fifteen Links to the first Station by the afore Mentioned Highway Containing one hundred and thirty three Acres of Land togather with all the fences fields pasture Enclosures Waters Water Courses timber Trees Woods under woods and all and Every other of the Appurtenances To Have & to Hold all the above granted & Bargained premises with all & Singular the Appurtenances unto him the Said Benjamin Akerly his heirs & assigns forever to him & their own proper use benifit and behoof from henceforth and forever and I the Said Joseph Kissam do Covenant promise grant & agree for me my heirs Ex's & Admr's to and with him the Said Benjamin Akerly his heirs & Assigns that at the Ensealing and before the Delevery hereof I the Said Joseph Kissam Am the true Sole & Lawfull Owner of the above Said Bargained premises and was Lawfully Seized And possesed thereof in mine own proper Right of a Good perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple and had in my Self full power good Right & Lawfull Authority to Sell and Dispose of the Same in Manner as abovesaid and that the Said Benjamin Akerly his heirs & assigns Shall and may by Virtue hereof Lawfully Queitly & peaceably have hold use Occupy & Enjoy and possess all the above Demised premises with their Appurtenances in Manner as abovesaid free and Clearly Acquitted Released & fully Discharged of and from all Manner of former and other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Mortgages Joyntors Dowers Judgments Executions and Incumbrances Whatsoever and further I the Said Joseph Kissam Doth Covenant bind and Oblige my Self my heirs Ex's & admr's to Warrent Secure and forever Defend all the above granted and Bargained premises unto him the Said Benjamin Akerly his heirs and assigns for Ever Against all Lawfull Claims and Demands of all Manner of person or persons Whatsoever In Witness Whereof I the Said Joseph Kissam hath hereunto Set my hand and fixed my Seal the Day & Date above first Written And I Deborah the Wife of the Said Joseph Kissam do by these presents Release and forever Quitt unto the Said Benjamin Akerly his heirs and Assigns forever all my Right of Dower or power of thirds of in or to all and Singular the Above granted premises in Witness Whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal the Day and Year above Written Signed Sealed & Delevered SAMUEL HEWLETT Queens JOSEPH KISSAM (S) DEBORAH KISSAM (S) personally Appeared before me Daniel Kissam Esqr one of his Majesties Assistant Justices of the peace for the Said County Assigned the Within Named Joseph Kissam Esqr and Acknowledged the Within Written Deed to be his Vollentary Act And Deed as Witness my hand this third day of June Anno Domini 1757 DANIEL KISSAM Entr'd and Compar'd with the Orriginal By VALENTINE H. PETERS Clerk PAGE 43. This Indenture made the thirtieth day of April in the Year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Sixty five Between Thomas Tredwell of Hempstead in Queens County in the province of New York of the One part and John Tredwell Son of the Said Thomas Tredwell of the Same place of the other part Witneseth that the Sd Thomas Tredwell for and in Consideration of the Sum of Six hundred pounds Lawfull Money of New York to him in hand paid by the Said John Tredwell at and before the Ensealing And Delevering of these presents the Recipt Whereof he doth hereby Acknowledge And himself to be therewith Satisfied Contented And paid and thereof and of every part and parcell thereof doth hereby forever aquit Exonerate Release and fully Discharge him the Said John Tredwell and his Heirs Executors & Admr's Hath Given granted bargained and Sold Remised Released Assured & Confirmed And by these presents Doth give Grant Bargain Sell Remise Release Assure And Confirm unto the Said John Tredwell and to his heirs and Assigns forever All and Singular the Mesuages Lotts of Land And Meadow Ground which are hereafter particularly Mentioned and Discribed (Viz) one Certain peice or parcell of Land and Meadow Ground Situate Lying and being at the South Side of the township of Hempstead Aforesaid on the West Side Hicks Neck Crick which the Said Thomas Tredwell purchased by Deed of John Thomas and Margret Tredwell Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Samuel Tredwell Deceased bearing date the Seventh day of April in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and forty Eight and also A peice or parcell of Land and Meadow Adjoyning the abovesaid Land and Meadow Which the Said Thomas Treadwell purchased of John Carmon by Deed bearing date the eighth Day of may in the Year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred and fifty two all which Said Land and Meadow is butted and bounded as followeth that is to Say (Viz) begining at |