Records of the town of Smithtown, Long Island, [electronic resource] : with other ancient documents of historic value . itants ofHuntington was at length ended in his favor and his Pat-ent from Governor Richard NicoU was at a later dateconfirmed by a second Patent from Gov. Andross, andfrom that time to the present the Patentee and his de-scendants have held their lands in peace. Richard Smith died in 1692, evidently at an advancedage. His youngest son, Obadiah, died before his father,and the Patentee, with his accustomed promptness, erectedto his memory a substantial tomb, which we trust n
Records of the town of Smithtown, Long Island, [electronic resource] : with other ancient documents of historic value . itants ofHuntington was at length ended in his favor and his Pat-ent from Governor Richard NicoU was at a later dateconfirmed by a second Patent from Gov. Andross, andfrom that time to the present the Patentee and his de-scendants have held their lands in peace. Richard Smith died in 1692, evidently at an advancedage. His youngest son, Obadiah, died before his father,and the Patentee, with his accustomed promptness, erectedto his memory a substantial tomb, which we trust no sac-rilegious hand will ever disturb. It is sad to consider that there is not wanting evidence One of his visits is thus recorded in East Hampton Records: June 12, 1666. Benjamin Price exchanged a horse with Mr. Rich-ard Smith of Nesequage, being a sorrel colour, bald face and whitefeete, flaxen maine and taile, for a sorrel horse with a bald face, thatwas formerly Samuel Joneses, Ben. Price giving 12 shillings and ahalter to boote. We have no doubt but that the Patentee had the best of thebargain. INTRODUCTION. XI. CBy favor of Hon. Frederick Diodati Thompson, Sagtikos Manor, Islip, L. I.) Xll INTRODUCTION. that all was not peace and harmony among the sons of theFounder of Smithtown. The fact that no monumentmarks his last resting place, shows that they were wantingin the feeling of filial reverence which would have madethat the first of duties. His widow, who survived himmany years, seems to have had just cause for complaintagainst her son Richard, and was compelled to apply tothe Court for relief: and notwithstanding the plain termsof their fathers will, the brothers seem to have found itnecessary or advisable to get a quit-claim from Jonathan,the heir-at-law, and gave him an extensive tract of landfor the same. The Patentee during his lifetime gave eachof his sons a homestead and farm and they were all settledat Nissequogue in close proximity to their fathers
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