Webber (Webbers), Cornelius, elected constable, Bowery, 4:387; sworn, 396. Webber, Frederick, elected a constable,
Bowery, 4: 469; ineligible, 471; again elected, 5:63; sworn, 66.
Webber (Webbers), Isaac, elected con- stable, Bowery, 5: 154; sworn, 156. Webber (Webbers), Jacob, Lease or- dered to, 6: 208-9.
Webber (Webbers), Wolfert (01- vert), sworn overseer, Bowery, 1: 71; chosen constable, 116; elected common councilman, 170; elected assistant, Out Ward, 204; confirmed, 207; sworn, 208; named assistant in Dongan Charter, 297; elected as- sessor, 367, 381, 422; 2:15, 117; listed voter, West Ward, 169, 171; again elected assistant, 286, 308; sworn, 289, 311; ground long known as meadow of, 6:263.
Webber, Wolfert, Jr., elected collector, Bowery, 3: 148; elected surveyor of highways, 182.
Webbers, see Webber.
Webly, Walter, Order of James Shore on, I: 49.
Webster, Francis, elected a constable, Dock Ward, 6:431; sworn, 435. Webster, John, Account of, ordered paid, 7: 125.
Wedrest, James, Property of, taxed, I: 57.
Weeds ordered plucked up, I: 230. Weeks, Miles Peartree, once publicly whipped, 4: 358.
Weigh-house, Recorder to report on, I: 220; claim for right to, to be made on the Governor, 221, 222; com- mittee to wait on the Governor for answer to petition regarding, 233; text of petition, 239-40; revenue from, granted to city for repairs on forti- fications, 269; warrant to collector to assign, 269; former rates to be en- forced for the year, 270-1; A. Gras- sett rents the, 270-1; committee of the whole on disposition of the, 270; collector at, appointed, 8: 143. Weigh House Street, width of, 4:66; ordered continued from foot of Custom House St. to the East River, 267; wharfage of, belongs to the corporation, 5: 404.
Weighing, Money for, ordered to be paid by A. Grasset to the mayor, I:
Weighmasters' accounts, Committee to audit the, I: 320.
Weigh-money to be accounted for to city, 8: 143.
Weights and measures, English, to be used, 1:3; sheriff to enforce ordi- nance concerning, 27-8; committee to procure standard, 159; to be sealed at City Hall, 167-8; sealer of, 174; fee for sealing of, 218, 245; marks of, 222, 246; treasurer ordered to com- plete a standard set of, 228, 248; to be kept in City Hall, 228, 248; mayor's account for, ordered paid, 383; ordinance concerning sealing, 389, 392; 2:22, 184, 223; mark of, 389; to be sealed, 4: 110. Weights, Troy, scales and measures, Set of standard, to be ordered from London, 2:454; 3: 56-7; warrant for cost of, 94; to be delivered to the mayor, 221.
Welch (Welsh), James, appointed bell- man, 3:20, 51, 79, 94, 103, 109, 131; ordered paid, 32, 61, 79, 93, 103, 114, 131, 140, 155, 174, 190, 201, 216, 226, 245, 247.
Welch (Welsh), John, bellman,
dered paid, 3: 174, 190, 201, 216, 226, 245, 247, 344, 360, 368, 378; reap- pointed, 333, 360.
Welch, Matthew, mariner, appointed public whipper, 5: 329; fed at public expense; committed with family to poorhouse, 332; ordered paid salary, 341, 349, 355; paid salary, 361, 370, 383; leaves city, 387.
Welch (Walsh), Patrick, appointed high constable, 7: 318, 379, 448; 8: 57, 108; sworn, 7: 321, 382, 450; 8: 60, III; ordered reimbursed, 7: 342; ordered paid, 418, 455; 8:8, 19, 26, 31, 38, 42, 46, 54, 62, 65, 70, 71, 74, 80, 83, 90, 93, 95, 98, 99, 101, 105, II2, 116, 119, 124, 128, 133, 136 (twice), 138; warrant issued to, 54. Welch, William, see Welsh, William. Well, new, near widow Lewis' house, Assessment for, 1: 190; account of P. de Riemer for repairing, allowed, 234; ordered built at upper end of New Street, 2: 57; ordered made at barn at the ferry, 84; permission granted for, in Dock Street, 149; ap- propriation for, in Broad Street near the watch house, 4: 191; next the watch house ordered repaired and pump put in, 5: 144; appropriation for a public, near house of Mr. Bo- henna, 164-5; in New Street, 219; ordered sunk near Spring Garden in Broadway, 223; leave to sink
a, near John and Nassau Streets, granted, 223; ordered sunk in Cort- landt Street and in Dey Street, 234; payments for, 240; leave to O. Hunt to sink well in street fronting the Battery, 255; paid for sinking well in Cortlandt Street, 266; in Beek- man Street, 268; in Broad Street, 302; in Ferry Street, 398; opposite Spring Garden, 435; near the Os- wego market, 444; of six foot diam- eter in Maiden Lane, 445; in Bar- clay Street, 459; opposite G. Harri- son's in West Ward, 459; ordered sunk opposite Mr. De Grusha's in West Ward, 459; near Kissick's in West Ward, 465, 477; appropriation for a, opposite Johannes Alstyn's in Maiden Lane, 466; opposite James Mills in West Ward, 476; in Van Dewater Street in Montgomerie Ward, 478; near James Williss's in North Ward, 6: 10; near house of A. Brass, 53; near Mr. Wood's in Montgomerie Ward, 140; upper end of Nassau Street, 148; near Mr. Wood's in Queen Street, 158; for filling up well of F. Ousterman, 179; allowed for well near Division Street, 190; in Mill Street, 253; in West Ward, 288; near the Spring Garden, 330; at poorhouse, 356; appropriation for, in Warren Street, 368; in Little Dock Street, 422; near corner of J. Bogert's building in Montgomerie Ward, 423; in street fronting College in West Ward, 423, 453; in Carman's Street, in the Dock Ward, 443; at west end of Beaver Street, 7:43; in Broadway, 48; in Barclay Street, 79; on Golden Hill, near corner of Mr. Duryees, corner of St. George's Chapel yard and at hay machine near widow Walton's, 121, 123, 124, 125; fronting market at Peck's Slip, 125; opposite James Leary's in West Ward, 129; behind the barracks, 129; near Cuyler's sugar house, 129; in street behind old English Church in West Ward, 129; at Beekman's Slip, 134; oppo- site house of G. W. Beekman, 134; in Division Street, 134; in Hanover Square, 140; on the Dock between Coffee House and Fly Market, 161; near new Presbyterian meeting house, 224; four, 224; between Coenties market and the Long Bridge to be dug out, 224; near John Latham's in Montgomerie Ward, 245-6, 275; in Wall Street,
268; in Maiden Lane, 282; in Frank- ford Street, 290; in King's Street, 306; appropriation for, in North Ward, opposite house of De Lap- laine, 415-16; at site for reservoir on Great George Street, 8:43; water approved and well ordered enlarged, 47-8; cleaning well in gaol yard, 101. Well in Broadway built by Bogaert and Shahane, Use of, by others for- bidden, 3:57.
Well near King's Farm, People near the, to contribute to the cost of, 2: 113.
Well and pump in Van Cleaft Street, Paid for, 5: 300.
Well and pump near New Dutch Church, Payment on, 5: 212. Well rope and cordage, Payment for, 4:364.
Wells, George, appointed fireman, West Ward, 6:314.
Wells, James, elected assessor, Dock Ward, 7: 230, 317; sworn, 238; draft of grant to, ordered prepared, 370; grant to, signed, 389. Wells, John, Indenture of, as servant to George Hannay, 1:82-3. Wells, Obadiah, Account of, ordered paid, 6: 174, 329; 7: 280, 310, 418; 8:14, 75, 102, 125; elected assessor, Bowery, 6: 265, 304; 7:35, 83, 127, 184, 230; absent at swearing in, 87; sworn, 132, 238; elected collector, 6: 346; petition of, et al., for leave to renew existing leases, 379-80; re- ferred, 380; petition of, et al., grant- ed, 7:270; lease to, ordered deliv- ered, 338, 345; glass, etc.. delivered to, 371; petition of, for renewal of lease with abatement, granted, 8: 68. Wells, Philip, Difference between, and Frederick Phillips, 1:87.
Wells, ordered to be dug by the dwell- ers on several streets, I: 46-7; com- mittee on places for public, 179; re- port on, 181; ordered made of stone, 181; committee to audit the charges for making, 185; report of, 187; half cost to be rated upon the inhabitants, 185; division made by the mayor for assessing, 185-6; warrant for col- lecting, 186; ordered repaired, 361; committee on public, 428; certain, ordered closed and filled, 2: 263; charge for mending the public, al- lowed De Riemer, 373; draft of a Bill for keeping public wells and pumps in repair read, 5:35; Bill to raise a tax for repairing, approved and sent to the Council, 386.
Welsh (Welch), William, Property of, taxed, 1: 62; anchorage money paid by, approved, 122; mentioned, 124; elected constable, 157; appointed to collect tax arrears, 167, 169-70, 172-3, 183, 186; elected constable, North Ward; sworn, 214. Welsh, see also Welch. Wendall, see Wendell. Wendell (Wendall), Abraham, elected assessor, East Ward, 2:271, 286, 329, 383; elected assistant, 415; sworn, 421; on auditing committee, 423; reports, 438, 439, 440; on sur- vey committee, 425; on committee to view land, 447; elected alderman, 449; sworn; sworn justice of peace, 451; on committee to choose bell- men, 452; reports, 454; on auditing committee, 453; reports, 3:9-10; added to committee to consider pro- posals of dock lessees, 6; reports, 9; re-elected alderman, 15; sworn; commissioned justice of peace, 17; on committee to let dock, 36; on committee to establish cullers' rates, etc., 38; re-elected alderman, 45; sworn, etc., 48; on auditing com- mittee, 50; re-elected alderman, 69; sworn, etc., 73; on committee to inspect disputed election returns, 70; reports, 72; on auditing committee, 74; re-elected alderman, 99; sworn, etc., 101-2; on auditing committee, III; on committee to support claim that Thos. Coddrington agreed to serve in Assembly gratis, 119; re- elected alderman, 127; sworn, 129; on committee to choose bellmen, 131; complaint against, for encroach- ment, 312.
Wendle, House of, 5: 40. Wendover, Hercules, blacksmith, ap- pointed fireman, 4: 437-8; deceased, 5:85.
Wendover, Hercules, Jr., see Wind- over, Hercules, Jr.
Wendover, Thomas,
Wenham, Hon. Capt. Thomas, ap- pointed to attend survey,
I: 267; Overseer of poor, 429; alderman, South Ward, 2:55; on committee to examine state of ferry, 63; reports, 64; on committee to revise laws, 63; reports, 63-4; ordered treasurer in recovering corporation assist books, etc., from Capt. E. Willson; on committee for new City Hall, 66; on auditing committee; on committee to look up ancient city rights, 69; re-
Wenham (continued)-
port; on auditing committee, 74; on committee to enlarge market-house, 75; on committee to farm ground of old City Hall, 78; on committee to arrange for new market-house, 83, 84; on committee to clear City Hall grounds, 84.
Wenman, Richard, Account of, ordered
paid, 7: 369, 457; 8: 38, 83, 126, 135. Wenman, Thomas, upholsterer, Ac- count of, ordered paid, 3:353, 471; elected constable, West Ward, 452; sworn, 455, 479; 4: 30, 43, 281 (East Ward); sworn deputy constable, 70, 230, 281, 445, 474; 5:6, 34, 103, 132, 158; appointed city marshal, 4:204; account of, ordered paid, 299, 359, 458; 5: 45 (for services concerning
late conspiracy"). Werden, Jo[hn], deputy customs com- missioner, I: 198. Wessell, see Wessells.
Wessells, David, taxed for new dock, I: 30.
Wessells, Derrick, Property of, taxed, I:53.
Wessells, Evert, taxed for new dock,
1:30; property of, taxed, 56. Wessells, Evert, appointed fireman, Dock Ward, 7: 101, 146, 258, 386. Wessells, Francis (Frans), swears al- legiance to the crown, I: 12; to take care of public well, 181, 185; agree- ment with, for land, 2: 149; listed voter, East Ward, 175, 178; account of, entered, 430; bad debt of, 4:416. Wessells, Hartman, taxed for new dock, 1:31.
Wessells, Hendrick (Henry), smith, taxed for new dock, I: 31; property of, taxed, 56.
Wessells, John, House of, I: 185. John, appointed fireman, South Ward, 7:100, Ward), 257.
Wessells (Wessellse), Lawrence (Laurance, Low, Lowres), taxed for new dock, 1:35; listed city creditor, 43; property of, taxed, 56; in dock- age arrears, 128; house of, 190. Wessells, Mary, widow, ordered given hearing on petition, 5: 14; petition of, for water lot referred, 14-15; ordered heard, 84; petition of. re- ferred, 292-3; unfavorably reported on, 205. Wessells (Wesselse), Peter, taxed for the new dock, I: 33; listed city cred- itor, 44, 45; property of, taxed, 58; discharged as carman, 64; read- mitted, 65.
Wessells, Peter, House of, 7: 304, 305. Wessells (Wessell), Warner, hatter,
taxed for new dock, I: 34; property of, taxed, 52; listed voter, South Ward, 2: 164, 166. Wessells, Wessell, elected assessor, Dock Ward, 3:99, 126; signs peti- tion to have opening of Cortlandt Street recorded in Common Council minutes, 4: 182; grant of water lot to, ordered executed, 226; returned elected assistant, 275; election of, protested, 276; protest sustained, 279; as a grand juryman, signs character testimonial to Jas. Alex- ander, Esq., 326; corporation debtor, 416; 6:79.
Wessellse, see Wessells. Wesselse, see Wessells.
West, (Weste, Westt), John, deputy
clerk of Mayor's Court, 1:13, 16; taxed for new dock, 34; commis- sioned city clerk, [1680,] 8:146-7
(Appendix); [1683,] I : 107, 108; commission of, read and published, 109; brings in accounts of Capt. Wm. Dyre, 124; deputy secretary for Gov. Andros, 198, 199; confirmed town clerk in Dongan Charter, 296; ap- pointed clerk of peace and clerk of Court of Pleas, 300; right of, de- ceased, in land, mentioned, 355; land formerly belonging to, as boundary, 356.
West Great Dock, Committee on terms for grants of the water lots at the, 7: 371; report proposals, and grants made, 376.
West India Company to enjoy all farms and houses, 2:49; debts due by the, 51.
West Indies, Trade with, fallen off, 2: 33, 37; advantages to, 46. West Ward, Boundaries of the, I: 113; election of councilman ordered for, 158, 288; Abraham Corbett chosen councilman from the, 159; new as- sessor to be chosen in the, 265; scrutiny of election for alderman in, 2:56; committee to examine poll of electors of, and make return of the election, 58; a new committee named, 59; new return made and approved, 60; scrutiny of election of 1701 in, 166-71; poll list demanded by mayor and refused, 166; list of persons who voted, 168-71; returns of inspectors, 167-71; warrant issued for election of an assessor in the, 237; order for election of constable in, 267; J. W. Roome elected, 267; election of as- sessor in, 378; election of a constable,
384, 417, 425; election of a collector ordered in, 3:34; of an assistant, 40, 51 of a constable, 46, 49; of an alderman, 50; of a constable, 148-9, 395; election of constable ordered in, 3:485; 4: 155, 230-1, 276, 390, 392, 394, 399, 470; 4:443; 5:4, 99, 156, 179, 226; of an alderman, 245; scrutiny of election ordered, 246; election of constable, 277, 309, 312; 6:34, 36, 67, 69; scrutiny of elec- tion ordered, 347; report, 351; scru- tiny ordered, 7: 36; of assessor and constable, 42, 44; committee on streets in, 206; scrutiny of election for alderman and assistant, 232, 233; decision, 235; election of assistant, 8:71.
Westchester gaol, Paid for transport- ing prisoner to, 7:39.
Westerhout, Jeremiah, listed voter, South Ward, 2: 164, 166.
Westerhouts, Adrian, agreement_with, for land condemned for New Street, I: 174.
Weston, Anne, taken with her children to Staten Island by marshal, 5: 22. Weston, Richard, appointed hay weigher, 6: 299.
Wetherhead, John, appointed election
returning officer, West Ward, 7: 314, 374, 444; 8:53; lease assigned to, 7: 395; returns election of assist- ant alderman, 8:71. Weylandt patent, Report on extent of the, 6: 199.
Weyman, Mary, of Philadelphia, Counsel of, petition to have her land rights respected, 7:84-5. Weyman (Wayman), William, elected constable, South Ward, 6:33; in- eligible, 37; again elected, 65; fined for refusing to serve, 69; petition of, as counsel, to have land rights of clients considered, referred, 7:84-5. Weyman, Messrs. Parker &, ordered paid for printing "billeting tickets,"
Wharf, out of repair, 1:86; benefit of, asked for the city, 110; allowed, III; cost of needed repairs, 126; condi- tions imposed on, taken off, 127; P. Stoutenburgh appointed overseer of work on, 153; each house to pro- vide a man to work on, 153; tax levy for, 154; committee to draw up orders concerning, 179; on repairs to the, 194; every one ordered to com- plete his, 196; inhabitants on water side summoned to build, 226, 227; account for work done on, ordered
paid, 233; twenty-five feet at end of, to be sold, 256; petition of R. Wal- ters for removal of, to low water mark, 2:99.
Wharf and pier in front of the New Market at North River, Paid on building the, 7: 319.
Wharf and platform at lower end of Wall Street, Paid for making, 5:174. Wharf at end of Pearl Street, 1. Blanchard warned to stop building, 5:58.
Wharf at Smith's Vly, Committee on cost of city's, I: 285.
Wharf between Great
Whitehall to be built by A. Rutgers,
Wharf by the City Hall to be repaired, 1:358.
Wharf by the Dock, Committee to inspect the making of the city's part of the, the slip and the bridge, 1: 417.
Wharf by the Market house at south end of Broad Street to be repaired, 3: 109.
Wharf in East River, J. Roosevelt warned to stop building, 5:58. Wharf in rear of Mr. Outman's lot
in Dock Street, Payment for re- moval of, I: 417.
Wharf of Frederick Phillips to be made twenty-five feet broad, I: 200. Wharf on east side of little bridge
at end of Broad Street to be built by J. Van Cortlandt, I: 393. Wharf or pier adjoining Mr. Peck's lot, Committee to survey, 5:317. Wharf or street from wharf fronting
City Hall to wharf in Queen Street to be built by inhabitants of Dock Street, I: 406, 407-8.
Wharf to be built by each purchaser of lot on Smith's Vly, I: 278. Wharf, see also Dock.
Wharf Street, Encroachments on, to be punished, 2:376-7. Wharfage, Expense of, 7:161. Wharves, Order for completion of, re- peated, I: 225; further time allowed, 234, 235, 249; committee to inspect, 250; report delinquents, 251; to be built by city, 279; of the Dock to be kept in repair, 364; laid by W. Beek- man without authority, 2: 245; pe- tition of Beekman granted, 248; committee to inspect, appointed, 292; report bad condtion of, 294; to be repaired, 3: 142, 143; committee to inspect damages by storm, 325; re- port and repairs ordered, 325-6; en-
Wharves (continued)—
closing Great Dock to be repaired, 3:228; repairing, 4:341; paid for, 360, 488, 493; alderman and council- man in each ward to have charge of repairs of, 6:10.
Wharves and buildings on city's land on Nassau Island to be pulled down,
Wharves and slip in Queen Street fronting East River to be built by G. Beeckman, 2:237.
Wharves and slips on water front from Wall Street to be built by purchasers of lots, 1: 368.
Wharves at Burling's Slip in danger- ous condition, 6:216. Wharves between Whitehall Slip and
the old crane, Petition for leave to lay a block in East River to protect, 7:289.
Wharves of Dock Street, Cartway to run into slip from, to be laid out, 2:80.
Wharves on East River, Purchasers of land to have free use of, I: 420. Wharves on East River from Burgers Path to Theobald's Slip to be built, 2:325.
Whealer, see Wheeler. Whearby, see Wherley, Wheat, Exportation of, forbidden, 1: 16; price of, 18, repealed, 66; flour of summer, not to be exported nor mixed with that of winter, 39; or flour to have preference in carting, 219, 246; dearer than formerly, 254; measurer of, appointed, 217, 243; New York a ready market for, 2: 46; petition to the Governor's Coun- cil regarding the scarcity of, 399; petition for prohibition of exporta- tion of, 5: 19, 20.
Wheat and grain, Committee on regu- lations for measuring, 8: 18, 67-8. Wheelbarrows, Purchase of four, 4:
Wheeler, Abraham, elected a constable, North Ward, 5:272; sworn, 277; house of, 300.
Wheeler, Isaac, sworn deputy constable, 5:277. Wheeler
(Whealer), James, elected constable, Bowery, 6:66; sworn, 69. Wheeler, Jonathan, elected a constable, West Ward, 5: 231; absent at swear- ing in, 236.
Wherley (Whearby, Whirly), Abra- ham, taxed for new dock, 1:26, 37; listed city creditor, 45; property of, taxed, 53.
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