The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . Colony out of the possessions of the super-seded Virginia Colony. This patent was given to the Earlof Stirling in 1637. He was thus made the largest landedproprietor in America. He had maintained a thriving col-ony of several thousand families through the whole extentof Long Island, which was governed by his deputy. Hedied in 1640, and about the year 1662, the second Earl ofStirling conveyed his title to Long Island for a considera-tion of three hundred pounds per annum. This was inorder to confirm the title of the Duke of York, (afte
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . Colony out of the possessions of the super-seded Virginia Colony. This patent was given to the Earlof Stirling in 1637. He was thus made the largest landedproprietor in America. He had maintained a thriving col-ony of several thousand families through the whole extentof Long Island, which was governed by his deputy. Hedied in 1640, and about the year 1662, the second Earl ofStirling conveyed his title to Long Island for a considera-tion of three hundred pounds per annum. This was inorder to confirm the title of the Duke of York, (afterwardsJames II of England) which he then held by a grant fromthe Crown.* Armed with this title a colony from Lynn, Massachu-setts, settled at Cow Bay, within the present limits ofQueens County. This was the first invasion. A few peo-ple sided with them, but the settlement was soon broken up. ?The life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, by his grand-son, William Alexander Duer, LL. D., published by the NewJersey Society, 1847. 16 ORIGIN AND HISTORY. Thos. Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury The Dutch Colonial Period. The Dutch had secured in 1639, by purchase from theIndians, an equitable title to the land in Queens County, inwhich was reserved to the Indians the rights of huntingand planting. Governor Kieft was so liberal towards set-tlers that conflicts ceased, and those who chafed at therestrictions and persecutions of the Puritan Governmentin New England again came hither and lived in peace withthe Dutch farmers. These later settlers were largely loyalto the Church of England in their faith. OF GRACE CHURCH 17 As early as 1645, there was more contention in Flushingby the heirs of Lord Stirling. Their agent was arrestedand sent to Holland. A non-conformist minister of theChurch of England, the Rev. Francis Doughty, made trou-ble in Newtown and Flushing by stirring up opposition toDutch rule. But Jamaica attracted her English inhabi-tants from Independents further west on t
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