Records of the town of Smithtown, Long Island, [electronic resource] : with other ancient documents of historic value . Smith and Richard Smith convey each theirquarter to Daniel Bates after two or three years, with theirright to the pond, upon which Daniel Bates erects the firstfulling mill, and Amos Willits afterward the first gristmill. Daniel Bates conveys his title to saw mill and fullingmill to James Chipman, and Amos Willits conveys his halfof the saw mill and the grist mill to Richard Smith, sur-named the Quaker. On the 28th of December, 1730, James Chipman conveysto the above Richa
Records of the town of Smithtown, Long Island, [electronic resource] : with other ancient documents of historic value . Smith and Richard Smith convey each theirquarter to Daniel Bates after two or three years, with theirright to the pond, upon which Daniel Bates erects the firstfulling mill, and Amos Willits afterward the first gristmill. Daniel Bates conveys his title to saw mill and fullingmill to James Chipman, and Amos Willits conveys his halfof the saw mill and the grist mill to Richard Smith, sur-named the Quaker. On the 28th of December, 1730, James Chipman conveysto the above Richard Smith and his brother Obadiah, hishalf of the saw mill and the fulling mill, with half theprivilege of stream and water, and so much land as isneedful for the pond to flow. On the 2ist of August, 1735, the above Richard Smithconveys the whole of his title to the said mill to his brotherObadiah Smith, bounding him east by the eastermost partor side of the stream and pond as they run. [From the above it is plain that the dam and the first millwas built as early as 1725, and probably a few years earlier.—W. S. P.]. X p] LP D m 2 0 ra0 > n or z oI HI p] en X!
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