Records and papers of the New London county historical society .. . , uponhis giving new bonds. In 1731, Hempstead says he went to FishersIsland with justice Richmond to receive the stock of Mr. Dickinson,and that Mr. Mumford was also there. We got over there beforeeight oclock and counted out 1350 sheep and 42 cows and 20 swine 16of them sows and i boar, 8 mares with foal 4 oxen etc. All the restof the stock is in good order and lodged there. On Saturday : Iwent to Fishers Island with Mr. Mumford and I received all the stockand gave a receipt. I viewed the house at the East End and
Records and papers of the New London county historical society .. . , uponhis giving new bonds. In 1731, Hempstead says he went to FishersIsland with justice Richmond to receive the stock of Mr. Dickinson,and that Mr. Mumford was also there. We got over there beforeeight oclock and counted out 1350 sheep and 42 cows and 20 swine 16of them sows and i boar, 8 mares with foal 4 oxen etc. All the restof the stock is in good order and lodged there. On Saturday : Iwent to Fishers Island with Mr. Mumford and I received all the stockand gave a receipt. I viewed the house at the East End and is the first reference we have to a house at the east end. Tra-dition says that the bricks for the main portion of the house wereimported from Holland, which is partially confirmed by judges ofbrick, who claim they are different from any made about here. George Havens, a former tenant of Fishers Island, died hereMarch sixteenth, 1734, and was buried in Groton. Joshua Hempsteadsays : I borrowed and received of Jasper Latham £10 in bills of o _ r c r, — c FISHERS ISLAND. i93 credit to be paid upon demand,but if I can get him Fishers Island for^600 a year or as others will give, then I am to have this £^o gratisand more also. It is evident that Joshua did not get his promised fee of ^20, asMumford was a tenant in 1738. Here we staid all night with himand were entertained very courteously and he would take nothing of me or mine. On the third of October, 1739, a sailing party was organized, com-posed of Madam VVinthrop, wife of John Winthrop who was then inEngland, her son John, and daughter Ann, Col. Saltonstall and wifeand two children, Col. Browne, of Salem, with his wife and child, andMr. Joshua Hempstead. They were entertained by Mr. GeorgeMumford, the lessee of the island. The whole party crossed in Mum-fords sailboat, and remained four days on the island. The first daywas diversified with an excursion to the east end of the island. Thesecond day a fierce storm con
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