A History of Long Island, Vol. 3 by Peter Ross

Author:Peter Ross [Unbekannt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Geschichte
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2017-09-20T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER LVI. OYSTER BAY.

The township of Oyster Bay, which is the largest in Nassau County, as it was the largest in the old County of Queens, extends across the entire island from the Sound to the ocean. The north shore is deeply indented, and on the south it is separated from the ocean by the Great South Bay, with Jones or Seaford Beach in front. The bay encloses several small islands which are included in the township, but for the most part they arc of very little value. Its first patent was issued by Gov. Nicolls in 1667, and in 1677 the document was confirmed by Governor Andros. But its history goes back to a much earlier date, and it was one of the sorrows of old Peter Stuyvesant. It was neither English nor Dutch. The English held it; the Dutch claimed it; so it was a sort of no-man's land, caring little for the Dutch laws and looking to Connecticut for protection, although nominally under Dutch jurisdiction. Its sovereignty was claimed for a time by the colony of New Haven, but Stuyvesant never formally admitted that claim, although there is little doubt that it was a just and lawful one, as just and lawful as a treaty could accomplish. But the accession of Gov. Nicolls settled all such disputes, overthrew the Dutch rule, made Long Island an integral part of the Province of New York, and, except for the brief interval of the Colve opera bouffe supremacy, crushed for ever its hopes of being part of the New England Confederacy. But all this has already been told in an earlier part of this work, and treaties and the like may he passed by here and the story of actual settlement be dwelt upon.

The earliest deed for the disposal of land in Oyster Bay Township was unearthed some years ago by Mr. W. S. Pelletreau. It was issued in 1639 by the agent of the Earl of Stirling, and although Mariner Sinderland does not seem to have profited by the deed it may be inserted here as it shows the value of the land, and also proves that even in spite of the grant of the "Royal King" the Indians had to be reckoned with:

Know all men whom this p'snt w'riteing may concearne that I, James ffarrett, gent., Deputy to the right Honorable the Earle of Starelinge, doe by these p'sents, in the name and behalfe of the said Earle, and in my own name as his deputy as it doth or may any way concerne myselfe, give and graunt free leave and liberty unto Mathew Sinderland, Seaman at Boston in New England, to possesse and ymprove and enjoy two little necks of Land, the one upon the East side of Oyster Bay Harbour, and the other uppon the west side of the said Harbour, w'ch two necks, and every part of them, and all belonging thereunto or that the aforesaid two necks may afford, to remain unto the said

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