. Historic buildings now standing in New York, which were erected prior to eighteen hundred. rage of a religious sect aswell as evidence of the generosity of an early settler in the town, was erected in 1695,and ever since has been a meeting-place for religious worship. In the State Archivesat Albany is a petition of Samuel Haight, dated June 17, 1697, which states that aMr. Noble, the step-father-in-law of the petitioner, is lately deceased and havingmade easy for his own body leaves his estate to his widow during her life and at herdeath to the people called Quakers, land then being in the p
. Historic buildings now standing in New York, which were erected prior to eighteen hundred. rage of a religious sect aswell as evidence of the generosity of an early settler in the town, was erected in 1695,and ever since has been a meeting-place for religious worship. In the State Archivesat Albany is a petition of Samuel Haight, dated June 17, 1697, which states that aMr. Noble, the step-father-in-law of the petitioner, is lately deceased and havingmade easy for his own body leaves his estate to his widow during her life and at herdeath to the people called Quakers, land then being in the possession of the widowand petitioner. In consideration of the request of the deceased the petitionerhad erected a meeting-house for the Quakers in the town, at his own charge andexpense, on the ground that certain tracts of land may be given to him at the deathof the widow. On the same day a patent was issued in accordance with the the Revolutionary War the meeting-house was used as a small-pox hospital,and against its wooden timbers British soldiers played quoits. [ 16 ]. JAN DITMARS HOUSE Kouwenhoven Place, Flatlands, Brooklyn, Long Island. Built before 1700 The land on which the Ditmars house is was bought of the Indians in 1635 and1636, and later came into the possession of Jan Ditmars, who was born in 1718. Hisson Johannes Ditmars at the outbreak of the Revolution was one of the wealthiestresidents of Kings County, and had, as guardian after his fathers death, a neighborand friend who was a strong British sympathizer, though Ditmars was a patriot andadvanced large sums to the American cause. When the British were preparing toland on Long Island, Washington commanded the farmers of Kings and QueensCounties to stack their grain in the field, so that, if the British approached, it couldbe burned without endangering the barns. Ditmars guardian refused to comply,and, when the British advanced, American soldiers were ordered to set fire to the hayin the barn. Dit
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