Hollick: Old Cubberly House at New Dorp 71 



southern corner of New Dorp Lane and Cedar Grove Avenue, 

 near New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. Should such a gift be 

 available for acceptance by the Association our only stipulation 

 would be that the cottage be preserved by the Association as an 

 example of old colonial cottage architecture, and that its general 

 structural characters which shall obtain at the time of the trans- 

 fer ot* the property to the Association be maintained. 



This property is assessed at $2,000, and is under rental to 

 May I, 1915, at $300 annually. The house is insured for $1,000. 



According to an investigation made by Mr. Edward C. Delavan, 

 Jr., in 1909, it appears that the land upon which the cottage is 

 located was a part of the tract known in the seventeenth century 

 as the "Governor's Lot" (about 96 acres), and was granted -by 

 patent, dated September 29, 1677, by Governor Andros to 

 Obadiah Holmes. It was deeded by said Holmes and EHzabeth, 

 his wife, October 28, 1695, to Nathaniel Britton, and by said 

 Nathaniel Britton and Elizabeth, his wife, April 9, 1714, to 

 Thomas Walton. After various subdivisions and transfers, a 

 portion of the property passed some years ago to Harriet Lord 

 Britton, mother of Nathaniel Lord Britton, and in the recent 

 division of her estate the part here described passed to him. 



In 1761, Thomas Walton, son of Thomas Walton, transferred 

 the premises to Isaac Cubberly, and it remained in the Cub- 

 berly family until near the middle of the nineteenth century ; the 

 cottage is, therefore, commonly known as the " Cubberly House." 



The cottage was, apparently, built at three different times, by 

 additions to the original structure, and modifications of it ; the 

 low, southern end is apparently the oldest, and the northern part, 

 against New Drop Lane, is, doubtless, the newest. Some of the 

 stone portions of the southern and middle parts may date from 

 the ownership of the property by Nathaniel Britton and his wife 

 Elizabeth, prior to 1714. 



Yours very truly, 



Nathaniel L. Britton, 

 Elizabeth G. Britton. 



On January 9, 191 5, at a special meeting of the board of 

 trustees called " to act upon a tender of a certain house and 

 plot of land as a gift to the Association under certain conditions," 

 the following action was taken : 



