DOCSLIB.ORG

Two Centuries in the History of the Presbyterian Church, Jamaica, L.I

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Two Centuries in the History of the Presbyterian Church, Jamaica, L.I TWO OENTURIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, n JAMAICA, L. I.; ‘THE OLDEST EXISTING CHURCH, OF THE PRESBYTERIAN NAME, IN AMERICA. BY JAMES MYMMACDONALD, ,\ \f'>““ D. D. “ One generation passeth away, and another generation eometh; but tho earth ubldeth fur ever-.”—Sol. Ecc. 1, 4. “Nescire, quid anteaquam natua sis, aceiderit, id est scmper esse puerum.”—0ic. in ora-t. c. 84. , with an gwnhiaeI conrumm n1scotmsns 'nnn1v'm,mn,.1mn an ‘ACCOUNT or rmc senv1cns nun, m C0MMEMQR3xTl01j or'1\r»rE 200111 ANNIVERSARY or -rnn roumnmq o1=~''s,~'m~qnqncn, qn -rnn Tm, srn AND 9-minaxs 01: Iu1~:uAnY,. 1362, NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, N0. 530 BROADWAY. 1862. ~' 13.. OCFI EDWARD 0. JENKINS, Qrfntzr, No. 20 Noam Wmun: Sr. TO NATHAN SHELTON, M.D., I03 MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS A PRAOTISING PHYSICIAN IN JAMAICA. AND FOB MORE THAN FOBTY YEARS gx §g~1mItim; mflwr IN THE PRES BYTERIAN CHURCH OI‘ THAT PLACI, This Volume I8 BESPECTFULLY INSGRIBED. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. fireliminnrg. POLITICAL non1zon Two cnm1mms AGO — caonwnm. — CHARLES 11. — CONDI TION or THOUGHT AND x.\'ownnocn-— BAXTER, BUNYAN, ownn, HOWE, en LIOTT — HARVARD conuz02 — nnwsmPnas — MINISTERS IN mew YORK AND BROOKLYN — scnooususmns — THE FIRST IN JAMAICA — RELIGIOUS nom zon — THE FIRST COMPANIES or PURITANS LEAVE nncmnn — cnanucs AND mun -— THE SCOTTISH COVENANT AND c1vu. wan — PRESBYTERIANS AND CAVALIERS-—CBARLES 11. INVITED TO THIJ THRONE — ms INGRATITUDE TO THE PRESBYTERIANS — JEREMY TAYLOR -— ACT or UNIFORMITY — ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH PRELACY IN SCOTLAND — nonunnnr IN cmYrnmns cnunon YARD — REVOLUTION 1688 -— A “ nusmnn sEEn ” — THE “ EAGLE wmc ” — PROVIDENCE or GOD, mcns 17-24 C H A P T E R I I. 1656—1670. SETTLEMENT or J.-\MAICA-—PE'I‘ITION — nn,\ve cwn»: BY covmmon mo coun cn. — FIRST ENTRY In THE nnconns -— mzcnanu1on or PROPRIETORS — TALL TREES TO BE SPARED -— THE TENTHS —YEMACAH -— sELLING STRONG nnmx TO INDIANS PROHIBITED — cum AS To THE CHARACTER or sm TLER8 — I-‘IRST MAGISTRATES APPOINTED -— EARLY PREACHING — ARRANGE MENTS I-‘OR A MINIS’l‘ER—A mmSTnn’s nousn TO BE BUIL’l‘—MR. wuxun — mcanno THE mum on sannxrn DAYS—AGREEMENT wnn ma. wanxua — MEETING-HOUsE TO BE BUILT — MR. wanna msoUnsmn TO PROCURE onnmxr1on — nnnovns TO CONNECTICUT — ms nnsc1mnams — STYLE on nwm.n1.\*cs — noon -— CATTLE — HABITS — mnusmy — wonm — mcnmsn IN WEALTH -—COMPARA’l‘I\’E ESTATES OF INDIVIDUALS-— DANIEL DENTON-— HIS HISTORY -— SI-1'l"l‘LE)IEi\‘T OF ELIZABETHTOWN, N. J. -— SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE — smnun up wonsmr — nnnss — runnmns — THE num ING 01:0u1~1D,. 25-52 CHAPTER III. 16’7O—1692. mcv. JOHN PRUDDEN — A CONVENIENT PEW TO PREACH IN-— PERMISSION GIVEN’ TO MR. mwnmen TO BUILD on THE n1.\'1STEa’s LOT -—THE TOWN “ FURTHER THE con1NG INTO A CHURCHWAY” — nn. PRUDDEN LEAVES -—REV. WM. 6 CONTENTS. WOODROP-—FORTY ACRES APPRoPRIATED FOR THE UsE or THE MINISTER IN 1676-—MR. PRUDDEN RETURNED, AND ARTICLES or AGREEMENT WITH HIM-—“RULES or THE GOSPEL IN THIS T0wN"-—wAs THE CHURCH PRES BYTERIAN on cONcREoATIoNAL? —REV. RICHARD DENTON-—TESTIMONY ow DUTCH mN1STERs THAT HE wAs A PRESBYTERIAN—PRESBYTERIANS AT FLUSHING AND NEwTOwN —DR. wooDBRIDGE’s HIST0RICAL DIScoURsE — GOV. STUYvESANT TO THE MAGISTRATES or HEMPSTEAD -—PREsBYTERIANS IN NEW ENGLAND—coTTON MATHER’s AccoUNT or MR. DENTON — CHURCH covERNMENT ACCORDING TO THE sYNoD or DOR'l‘-— MR. PRUDDEN’s PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR TO ALLow HIM TO BE MINISTER or cON GREGATIONAL]STS-—MR. P. BECOMES A PRESBYTERIAN-—GEORGE scoT— ARCHIBALD RIDDELL-—THE TOwN voTES IN FAVOR OF‘ PRESBYTERIAN oRDINAT1oN IN 1700—REV. GEORGE M’NISH—THE CHURCH FOSTERED BY THE DUTCH PREsBYTERIANs-—THE oLDEST CHURCH or THE PRESBYTER1AN NAME IN A1uERICA—voTE RESPECTING THE ERECTION OF A MEETING HoUsE IN 1689-—MR. PRUDDEN GOES To NEWARK-— ms DEATH AND EPITAPH, 53-80 C H A P T E R I V . 1692-1699. FIRST MOVEMENT TOwARDs ERECTING THE sTONE MEETING HOUsE-—APPLICA TION TO THE AssEmsLY—vANE A TARGET TO BRITISH soLDIERs IN THE REvoLUTION-— DATE 0N IT — STYLE or THE BUILDIN0 — JEREMIAH HOBERT -—GEORGE PHILLIPS-—HIS “ DYoTT” PAID FOR-—PEOPLE sEND TO THE “ MAIN ” FOR A mNISTER—nR. .I0NEs, LATE or DANBURY-—SUBSCRIPTION LIST FOR THE SUPPORT or A anNISTER—voTES OF THE TOwN RESPECT ING MEETING HoUsE AND MR. PHlLLIPS—’l‘HE GOV. PETIT1oNED RESPECT ING THE sETTLEMENT OF MR. HOBERr-—DISPUTE RESPECTING MEETING HoUsE sETTLED—ACcoUNT or MR. n0BERT—H0UsE FlNlSnED,. 81-93 C H A P T E R V. 1700-1724. .IoHN HUBBARD—oRDAINED IN THE PRESBYTERIAN WAY-—VES'l‘RYMEN AND CHURCHwARDENs ELEcTED—SILAs wooD, ESQ.-—REV. MR. THOMAS, HEMP STEAD—coTTON MATHER 0N JAMAICA—CHIEF JUSTICE smTH 0N THE JAMAICA TRoUIzLES—“ wATCH TOw1IR,” LIVINGSTONE, scoTT AND SMl'l‘H— conNnURY’s ORDERS TO INQUIRE INTo THE R10r, AND TO MR. HUBBARD TO vACATE THE PARSONAGE-—ORDER TO wARDENS AND SHERIFF TO sELL THE coRN-—0RDER TO LAY TAX AND FINE THE wARDENs AND VESTRY FOB. RE FUSING-—REV. MR. BARTow’s ACcoUNT OF THE RIOT-—MR. HUBBARD’s DEATH —REv. P. GORDON BURIED UNDER THE CHURCH — REV. W. URQUHART l— REV. F. cooDHUE’s CALL AND COMMISSION-— ms EARLY DEATH -- ELEGANT LATIN LINES 0N HIM—REV. G. m’NISH CALLED—THE CHURCH TAKEN POS sEsSION 01-‘ BY THE PRESBY'rERIANS—ACcoUNT or MR. E’NISH-—THE PER sEcUTION CONTINUES-—IIEMoRIAL or THE PEOPLE TO THE GOVERNOR-— s. cLowEs INFORMS OF THE RIOT IN 1710-—oRDERS AND FINES IN RE SPECT T0 IT-—REv. THos. POYER—MEMORIAL OF THE CLERGY IN RE SPECT TO HIM-—GOV. HUNTER, COL. MORRIS AND COL. HEATHcoTE 0N THE cHURcH DIFFICULTIES—SUBJEC'l‘ BROUGHT BEFORE THE QUEEN IN PRIVY COUNCIL -— THE LAWSUIT -— MR. M’l\'13H,S CHARACTER AND SERVICES -— HIS CONTENTS. 7 DEA‘l‘H-—REV. nonmrr cnoss—1-;mcrmz1~r SUrr DECIDED AGAINST na. Ponz3—Gov. BURNEr T0 msnor or no.\'non-—1na. POYER AND MR. CAMPBELL T0 sECRI£'l‘ARY-—THE cnunon mccovnnnn, 94-153 C H A P T E R V I. 172_4--1774. A 1-"nnn scn00L—rnu rown TAKE POSsESSION or rnn CHURCH—MR. (moss CALLED T0 PHILADELPnIA—’l‘HE PEOPLE STRENUOUSLY oProsn ms RE MOVAL — ms annovm. -— ms EPITAPH — wmxrnn WILM0r — PUT IN POS snss1on or THE rARSONAGE—MRS. w1mao-r—nnn mzArn— MR. wmn:-:1-*mnn VISITS THE PLACE — ms PREACHING on REGENERATION nzounuzs na. concw — nrrncr — mm. wn.n0r’s DEATH — EPITAPH — MR. conc»: ma JOICES — DAVID BOS'l‘WICK-—TOWN FORMALLY SUannnmzns cmmcn PROP ERTY r0 mn PRESBYTERIANS —mn RECORD-—MR. nosrwICx CALLED 'l'0 new r0nx—c0aum"rI:n or snron nnnr AT JAMAICA on ms REMOVAL— MR. nosrwICx APPOINTED T0 SUPPLY 1<1zw r0n1c—c0murr1ze or snzon mnm AT muncnr0n-—vo-rn ron ms mm0v1u.—ms MINISTRY m ml.-w YORK—Il1S PUBLICATIONS, CHARACTER AND nnxrn —nnnw SPENCEB-— ORDAINED AS A MISSIONARY T0 THE mn\Ans-—ms x1~r0\vu:nc1e or ras mnun LA.\'GUAGES-—sETTLES AT ELIZABE’l‘n'l'OWN-— nnnoVIes TO JAMAICA -—CHAPLAIN m mE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-—sE'l"l‘LES AT sr. GEORGE-'8 men. — nmuovns T0 rnE.\"r0N, N. J.— ms READY TALENT — EPITAPH — ms DBSCENDANTS — B. BRAl)1\'ER—— wn. mu.s— nunnna IN COMMUNION-— ma v1wu. or RELIGION-—EFFEC'l‘ OF AN ACCOUNT or mn REVIVAL AT EAST IIAMPTON-—MR. wn1rm'1m.n VIsrrs JAMAICA, THE snconn TIME —PREACHES m AN 0RCHARD—A TRACT BY am. nn.ns—nm. smnunv vs. am. warrn FlELD-—MR. MILLS mzcumcs A C.-11nn r0 PHILADELPHIA—1118 DI-1A'l‘H— ms DlsEAsE—1IlS ClIILDREN-—HIS MSS.-— rnoruz snu. m.-:s1sr THE TAX r0 SUPPORT THE EPISCOPAL Ml.\'ISTRY-—MR. BLOOMER on 1-nE POLITICAL TROUBLES 01-‘ 1776—snurs ms cmmcn FOR FIVE SUNDAYS UNTIL THE KING'S TROOPS ARRIVE, 154-189 C H A P T E R V I I. 1775-1815. m-rrnus nunnnr 0RDAINED-—MARRIES IN JAHAICA-— THE REVOLU1'ION— PRESBYTERIAN mmsr1ms SUrrom rnn CONTINENTAL concmcss — nnvo LUTIONARY INCIDEN'I‘S-— nR. BURNET ms INFLUENCE wrrn mE LOYALISTS -— suns rmz PRESBYTERIAn cmmca FROM nnsmucr1on — HIGHLANDERS ATTEND ms PREACHING — ran scorcn womm AND mm norr1.e or WATER — nn. 011D1-mnoI\'1<’s REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS --- ELIAS BAYLI8 ARRESTED — sum T0 um PROVOST — surcs IN PRISON — ms nmm — omen w1ucs smznn — wa1cs RETURN AT nue cnosu or rme wm — ma. nunnm nn,\vns, AND snrruzs Ar NORWALK — nn1\'m -— mconcn m1rour1=.' INSTALLED — onn or rme ORIGINAL -musmns or U. H. ACADEMY — rnn 0n0 sronn cnunon TAKEN vown, AND A mew omz nuwr — am. rA1r0urn’s 190-211 8 CONTENTS. OILAPTER VIIL 1815—1862. II. R. WEED -— REMoVEs To ALBANY — s. P. FUNCK -— DIssENSI0N — REV. A. NET TLETON — GREAT REVIVAL - DISsENSIoN HEALED — MR. NETTLETON’s METHOD —B. w. CRANE — ms UsEFUL MINIS'l‘RY-— DR. MURRAY’s SKETCH OF HIM — HIS DEATH— J. M. MAcD0NALD-— THE NEW ERA IN THE HISTORY or THE CHURCH UNDER MR. wEED’s MINISTRY — THE HIGHLY PROSPEROUS STATE or THE CONGREGATION IN 1841— INc1DENTS IN MR. MACD0NALD’s MINISTRY — r.D.0AKEY, 212-225 OHAPTERIX. finriutnrg. sTATISTICs OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES — INFLU ENCE OF A SINGLE CHURCH — MEN DIE, TRUTH ENDURES —THE LIFE or socIETY -— ERROR AND SIN TRANSMITTED -— LOssES AND GAINS, 0R THE TRAN SIENT AND BERMANENT IN HIS'l‘0RY-—-SIGNS or THE TIMES—THE MISSIoN ARY SPIRIT OF RICHARD BAXTER — HOPE FOR 0UR coUNTRY IN ITs PREsENT 'l'RIALS-— PRINCIPLES RECEIVED FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN FATHERS — LOY ALTY—RELIGIoUs INSTRUCTI0N or YOUTH-— FREEDOM OF c0NScIENcE cHoICE 0E RULERs — HOW WE MAY BEST sERVE THE FU'l‘URE-—KING DAVID -— ABEL -—THE CEAIN OF EXPERIENCE — MR. AM0s DENTON — FAITH AND PRAYER, 226-238 ADDENDA I.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Daniel Denton (C.1626–1703)
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1-1-1984 Daniel Denton (c.1626–1703) Paul Royster University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Royster, Paul, "Daniel Denton (c.1626–1703)" (1984). Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries. 3. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. from Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 24 pastor, and in 1656 he held the same position in Daniel Denton the town of Jamaica. When his father removed to (circa 1626–1703) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Denton remained on Long Island, and in 1664 he became one of the grantees of a patent at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. In 1665 BOOK: A Brief Description of New‐York: Formerly and 1666 he served as justice of the peace in New Called New‐Netherlands . (London: Printed York. Around 1659, Denton married Abigail Ste‐ for John Hancock & William Bradley, 1670; venson, who bore three children, and from whom New York: Gowans, 1845) he was divorced in 1672. The two elder children, Daniel and Abigail, remained with their father, Daniel Denton, son of the first Presbyterian min‐ while the infant daughter, Mercy, accompanied ister in America, wrote a promotional tract in her mother, who subsequently remarried.
    [Show full text]
  • The Dutch Atlantic and American Life: Beginnings of America in Colonial New Netherland
    City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Theses Lehman College 2021 The Dutch Atlantic and American Life: Beginnings of America in Colonial New Netherland Roy J. Geraci Lehman College City University of New York, [email protected] How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/le_etds/12 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] THE DUTCH ATLANTIC AND AMERICAN LIFE: BEGINNINGS OF AMERICA IN COLONIAL NEW NETHERLAND by ROY J. GERACI A master’s thesis submitteD to the GraDuate Faculty in history in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, The City University of New York at Lehman College 2021 ©2021 ROY J. GERACI All Rights ReserveD 2 CUNY Lehman College The Dutch Atlantic and American Life: Beginnings of America in Colonial New Netherland by Roy J. Geraci Abstract Advisor: AnDrew Robertson SeconD ReaDer: Robert Valentine The Dutch colony of New NetherlanD was one of the earliest attempts at a non- inDigenous life on the east coast of North America. That colony, along with the United Provinces of the NetherlanDs anD Dutch Atlantic as a whole, playeD crucial roles in the Development of what woulD become the UniteD States. This thesis project examines the significance New NetherlanD helD in American history as well as explores topics which allow for new anD inclusive narratives of that history to reach further exploration.
    [Show full text]
  • A History of Millburn Township Ebook
    A History of Millburn Township eBook A History of Millburn Township »» by Marian Meisner Jointly published by the Millburn/Short Hills Historical Society and the Millburn Free Public Library. Copyright, July 5, 2002. file:///c|/ebook/main.htm9/3/2004 6:40:37 PM content TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Before the Beginning - Millburn in Geological Times II. The First Inhabitants of Millburn III. The Country Before Settlement IV. The First English Settlements in Jersey V. The Indian Deeds VI. The First Millburn Settlers and How They Lived VII. I See by the Papers VIII. The War Comes to Millburn IX. The War Leaves Millburn and Many Loose Ends are Gathered Up X. The Mills of Millburn XI. The Years Between the Revolution and the Coming of the Railroad XII. The Coming of the Railroad XIII. 1857-1870 XIV. The Short Hills and Wyoming Developments XV. The History of Millburn Public Schools XVI. A History of Independent Schools XVII. Millburn's Churches XVIII. Growing Up file:///c|/ebook/toc.htm (1 of 2)9/3/2004 6:40:37 PM content XIX. Changing Times XX. Millburn Township Becomes a Centenarian XXI. 1958-1976 file:///c|/ebook/toc.htm (2 of 2)9/3/2004 6:40:37 PM content Contents CHAPTER I. BEFORE THE BEGINNING Chpt. 1 MILLBURN IN GEOLOGICAL TIMES Chpt. 2 Chpt. 3 The twelve square miles of earth which were bound together on March 20, Chpt. 4 1857, by the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, to form a body politic, thenceforth to be known as the Township of Millburn, is a fractional part of the Chpt.
    [Show full text]
  • To 1845 Gowans Edition of Daniel Denton's a Brief Description of New-York (1670)
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1845 "Introduction" and "Notes" to 1845 Gowans edition of Daniel Denton's A Brief Description of New-York (1670) Gabriel Furman New-York Historical Society Daniel Denton Paul Royster (Transcriber & Depositor) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Furman, Gabriel; Denton, Daniel; and Royster, Paul (Transcriber & Depositor), ""Introduction" and "Notes" to 1845 Gowans edition of Daniel Denton's A Brief Description of New-York (1670)" (1845). Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries. 23. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/23 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Abstract cessors forever”—which drew upon them the ire and re- bukes of the independent citizenry. Furman’s introduction and notes to Daniel Denton’s A Furman’s “Notes” include materials on the Indian Brief Description of New York (1670) are less an attempt to names of the islands and aboriginal villages of New York elucidate that original work than an occasion for disquisi- City (by Henry N. Schoolcraft); legends of the Hell-Gate (by tions on a variety of subjects; not, however, without their Washington Irving); the Old Dutch houses of New York; own charm and intrinsic interest.
    [Show full text]
  • A Brief Description of New-York: Formerly Called New- Netherlands (1670)
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1670 A Brief Description of New-York: Formerly Called New- Netherlands (1670) Daniel Denton Paul Royster , editor & depositor University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Denton, Daniel and Royster, Paul , editor & depositor, "A Brief Description of New-York: Formerly Called New-Netherlands (1670)" (1670). Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries. 22. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/22 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. A Brief Description OF NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands. With the Places thereunto Adjoyning. Together with the Manner of its Scituation, Fertility of the Soyle, Healthfulness of the Climate, and the Commodities thence produced. ALSO Some Direªions and Advice to such as shall go thither: An Account of what Commodities they shall take with them; The Profit and Pleasure that may accrew to them thereby. LIKEWISE A Brief R ELATION of the Customs of the Indians there. By DANIEL DENTON. LONDON, Printed for John Hancock, at the first Shop in Popes-Head-Alley in Cornhil at the three Bibles, and William Bradley at the three Bibles in the Minories. 1670 QQRQQQQQQQQQQQQQQRQQ? TO THE Reader. Reader, Have here thorough the Instigation of divers Persons in England, and elsewhere, presented you with a Brief but true Relation of a known un- known part of America.
    [Show full text]
  • Historical Guide to Nassau County
    Historical Guide to Nassau County NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD MINEOLA, NEW YORK 11501 Visit our website: www.nassaucountyny.gov MAUREEN O’CONNELL, NASSAU COUNTY CLERK History of Nassau County’s Seal Adopted: Coat of Arms, Seal & Flag At the first meeting of the Nassau County Board of Supervisors on January 3, 1899, the Board passed their first resolution providing for a County Coat of Arms, Seal, and Flag. The county coat of arms was to include, "Arms, azure, lion rampant or, between seven billets." The Flag was "to be orange, charged with the arms of the County of Nassau." The Board's intent was to adopt the same general coat of arms design used by the House of Nassau. The House of Nassau The House of Nassau was created in 1159 when Count Walram of Laurenburg changed his name to Walram of Nassau; his family living in the castle of the same name located in Western Germany until the 15th century. In the 1200's the family split into two branches: one remained as the House of Nassau, and the other became the Royal Family of the Netherlands. 1 Historical GUIDE TO NASSAU COUNTY Why a Lion? The lion is the most important figure in heraldry (recording of honors), symbolizing the fierceness, bravery and wisdom of the king of beasts. He's almost always rampant, meaning in an upright position. Designed to trace its historical background to "The House of Nassau", the rampant lion was commonly used on a coat of arms. To separate the seal from others, it was covered with shingles (billets); the colors, a golden lion on a blue field with golden shingles (billets).
    [Show full text]
  • Linda Stone, Anna V
    , .., " HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTARY REPORT AND SENSITIVITY EVALUATION OF THE PDG SOUTH JAMAICA SITE 12 JAMAICA. QUEENS COUNTY• NEW YORK Prepared for: Prepared by: McKeown & Franz. Inc. Linda Stone, Anna V. Environmental Policy and Farkas. Mich.a,el Davenpez t , Planning Consultants and William I. Roberts IV 630 Third Avenue . Greenhouse Consultants New York. New York 10017 54 Stone Street, 7th Floor New York. New York 10004 January 26. 1990 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• page 1 1 Geography and physical Setting ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 Prehistoric Sensitivity ······•·•···•···•·· ..··,,····· 4 Historic Sensitivity ••••••• ••••·•••••••••••••···•••··•·•··· 4 Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries •••••••••••••••••• 8 Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries •••••••••••••• ,. 12 C one Ius ions and Rec ommend at ions ...................................... ...... 14 Bib 1 iog rap by II List of Figures List of Plates f c 'I • LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Location of the Project Area on U.S.G.B. 7.5 Minute Series, Jamaic a Q,ladrangle. Figure 2 Known Prehistoric Sites within a Two Mile Radius of the Pro ject Area. Figure 3 From Taylor's 1782 Map of New York. Figure 4 From 1837 u.s. Coast Survey Map of New York. From Conklin's 1868 Map of the Village of Jamaica. Figure 5 . Figure 6 From Wolverton's 1891 Atlas of Q,leens County. Figure 7 From Evan's 1907 Map of Jamaica. Figure 8 From 1926 Sanborn Insurance Maps of Queens, most recent ••• update. LIST OF PLATES Plate 1 View of Project Area from Merrick Boulevard Facing West. Plate 2 View of Vacant Lots in the Project Area Taken from 166th Street and l07th Avenue Fac ing Nort.heast.
    [Show full text]
  • The Land Home Sweet Home
    THE LAND OF HOME SWEET HOME Stories of Old Long Island, where the Cottage "Home, Sweet Home" still stands in East Hampton. BY MARJORIE A. DENTON SAWILLE PRESS, INC. Publisher Sayville, Long Island, New York PREFACE The collection of stories in this book have been written from a research into thirteen histories of the past:-"Descrip tion of New York formerly New Netherlands" by Daniel Denton, printed in London, 1670: "Writings of Washington" Vols. M and X: "Sketches of the FitSettlements of Long Island" by Silas Wood, 1828: "History of Long Island" by Benjamin F. Thompson, 1839: "History of Long Island" by Nathaniel S. Prime, 1845: "Revolutionary Incidents of Kings, Queens, and SufTolk Counties" by Henry Onderdonk, Jr., 1849: "Sketches of Suffolk County" by Richard M. Bayles, 1874: "History of Long Island" by William S. Pelletreau, 1902: "History of Long Island" by Peter Ross, 1902: "J3isto1-y of Mattituck" by Charles E. Craven, 1906: "Personal Reminiscences of Men and Things on Long Island" by Daniel M. Tredwell, 1912: and "The Bor- oughs of Brooklyn and Queens, Counties of Nassau and Suf- folk," by Henry Isham Hazelton, 1925. The author expresses gratitude to Dr. Wilbur S. Stakes of Patchogue, for giving her such generous access to his kge personal library. "Thank you," too, Rev. Percy E. Radford of the Mattituck Presbyterian Church, for your gift of ''The History of Mattituck," and to you, Librarians of The Public Libraries of Hempstead, Patchogue, and Sayville, for your cooperation. Deepest gratitude is hereby expressed to the Trustees and the people of. the Village of East Hampton for their courtesy and permission to use the illustrations of "Home, Sweet Home." That shrine, the birth-place of John ~HowardPayne, located on their Main Street, stands as a symbol, to all the world, of the American Home.
    [Show full text]
  • Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1824 Notes Geographical and Historical, relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island. (1824) An Online Electronic Text Edition. Gabriel Furman Paul Royster (transcriber & depositor) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Furman, Gabriel and Royster, Paul (transcriber & depositor), "Notes Geographical and Historical, relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island. (1824) An Online Electronic Text Edition." (1824). Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries. 30. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/30 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Abstract Gabriel Furman, Notes Geographical and Historical, relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island. (Brooklyn, 1824) Furman’s work is one of the earliest compilations of historical documents (with commentary) about an American city, in this case his native Brook- lyn. It is an invaluable source of information on the early Dutch and English settlements of Brooklyn, Flatbush, Bushwick, New Lotts, Canarsie, Bedford, New Utrecht, Jamaica, and New Amsterdam, and their controversies with one another and with the Governors of New York and the crown of Eng- land. Included are original documents relative to the Indian purchases, origi- nal boundaries, water rights, ferry rights, wood rights, and forms of town government.
    [Show full text]
  • Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, Long Island for the First Five Generations
    GENEALOGY of the DESCENDANTS of Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, Long Island For the First Five Generations Prepared from manuscript notes of Wm. A. D. Eardeley, deceased, by George D. A. Combes, 123 Lincoln Avenue, Rockville Centre, N. Y. August, 1936 Note By George D.A. Combes -------------------------~ The following extremely brief genealogy of the descen­ dants of Reverend Richard Denton, one of the early settlers at Hempstead, L.I., is written up from mss. notes prepared over a period of several years by Wm. A. D. Eardeley Esq., now deceased, a careful genealogist. The writer aided at one time to some small extent in gathering some of the data herein, from some of the descendants. Having purchased the mss. notes, and feeling that the results of so much research ought not to be lost, and also realizing t}lat a genealogy of this family ought to be more readily available to descendants, and to historians seeking data, this out­ line or skeleton of what may some day be a full Genealogy is made available in its present form, as being full of dates and valuable data for the use of such as desire authoritative matter on this family. It is carried here only to the fifth generation of des­ cent with their children of the sixth generation listed. The rnms. has a large amount of data on the 6th generation, with further data on many unplaced families undoubtedly related to the parent branches. A full copy of the manuscript notes of W. A. D. Eardeley is in possession of the Queens Borough Public Library at Jamaica, New York.
    [Show full text]
  • DFNJ 2016 Edition 7-17-16 OGDEN.Pdf
    FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants Dr. Evelyn Hunt Ogden Registrar General The Descendants of Founders of New Jersey Third Edition 2016 First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants, Third Edition 2016 This 250+ page E-book contains sketches of the earliest English settlements, 137 biographies of founders of New Jersey the state, and an extensive index of over 1,800 additional early colonists associated with events and settlement during the Proprietary Period of New Jersey. Founders of New Jersey: First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants Member Authors Paul Woolman Adams, Jr. Steven Guy Brandon Rowley Mary Ellen Ezzell Ahlstrom Craig Hamilton Helen L. Schanck Annie Looper Alien William Hampton Deanna May Scherrer Reba Baglio Robert J. Hardie, Sr. Marjorie Barber Schuster Lucy Hazen Barnes James Paul Hess Judy Scovronsky Michael T. Bates Steve Hollands Sara Frasier Sellgren Kathryn Marie Marten Beck Mary Jamia Case Jacobsen James A Shepherd Taylor Marie Beck Edsall Riley Johnston, Jr. Barbara Carver Smith Patricia W. Blakely Elaine E. Johnston Marian L. Smith Matthew Bowdish John Edward Lary Jr Martha Sullivan Smith Margaret A. Brann Guy Franklin Leighton Myron Crenshaw Smith Clifton Rowland Brooks, M.D. Marian L. LoPresti George E. Spaulding, Jr. Richard Charles Budd Constan Trimmer Lucy Heather Elizabeth Welty Speas Daniel Byram Bush Michael Sayre Maiden, Jr. Charlotte Van Horn Squarcy James Reed Campbell Jr Donna Lee Wilkenson Malek Earl Gorden Stannard III Esther Burdge Capestro Douglas W. McFarlane Marshall Jacqueline Frank Strickland Michael Charles Alan Russell Matlack David Strungfellow Warren R. Clayton Amy Adele Matlack Harriet Stryker-Rodda Eva Lomerson Collins Nancy Elise Matlack Kenn Stryker-Rodda Mirabah L.
    [Show full text]
  • Richard Denton
    Richard Denton Richard Denton b. 1517 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. in England married Gennett Banyster September 10, 1547 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England b. 1527 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England |-John Denton |-Janet Denton |-Samuelis Denton | |-Sir Richard Denton b. 1557 in Worley, Yorkshire, England christened on 17 Sep 1557 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. Dec. 9, 1619 in Hertfordshire, England married Susan “Sibella” (unk) in 1581 in Worley, Halifax, Yorkshire, England |-John Denton b.16 Jul 1582. |-Thomas Denton b. in 1584. |-Alice Denton b. 14 Nov 1585. |-Susan Denton b. 22 Sep 1588. |-Margaret Denton b. 10 Jan 1590 | |-Sir Richard Denton (II Rev) b. 1603 in Yorkshire, England Christening April 19, 1603 Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 1663 in Essex, England A graduate of Cambridge in 1623, and acknowledged by many as the founder of Presbyterianism in America, Rev. Richard Denton came to New England in 1635. Before coming he was a preacher in Halifax England. From England, the Cambridge University listing for Richard Denton says: "Sizar of St. Catherine's Easter, 1621 b.1603 in Yorks, B.A. 1622-3, priest 8 June 1623. Deacon at Peterborough 9 March 1622-3. Curate of Coleys Chapel, Halifax, for some years." ("Sizar" is defined as an undergraduate student.) From New England Genealogical Reg. 11/241: Rev. Richard Denton came to American from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship "James." He lived in Wetheresfield and Stamford, Connecticut. The J.S. Denton papers show baptismal records of Nathaniel and Timothy sons of Rev. Richard Denton "in Parish Church of Bolton, England." Rev.
    [Show full text]