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on the first Wednesday in the month for the hearing and deter- 

 mining of small causes : " — (decision by 3 persons) . Court of Ses- 

 sions shall he held " ffor the County of Richmond the first tuesday 

 in March and the first tuesday in September." Court of Oyer and 

 Terminer " ft'or the county of Richmond the third Wednesday in 

 October." (Col. Laws N. Y. i : 125-127.) 



Title page of Liber B in office of clerk of the County of Rich- 

 mond. " The Book of Records for the County of Richmond, 

 cominc*^ March ist, 1683." There is a volume of court records 

 marked "Records 1680-1760 Richmond Co."; but so far as can 

 be ascertained Liber B is the first volume of deeds. 



1696. William III Rex. to Nathaniel Brittaine, Patent Dated 

 25th June 1696 for 100 acres. Bounded N & W by vacant land, 

 East by the Highway [New Dorp Lane]. (Record of Patents 7: 

 39.) This vacant land to the west appears to be at Stony Brook 

 or in its immediate neighborhood. 



1702. Anne Regina, to Joseph Billop and Abraham Lakeman 

 Patent, Dated 30th June, 1702. Grants Parcel of land lying in 

 the New Dorp (at or near Stony Brook). (Record of Patents 7 : 

 206.) 



1704. " Confirmed by the Queen, May 20th, 1708. A Bill for 

 the better Laying out Regulating Clearing and Preserving Pub- 

 lick, Comon Highways in this Colony and for the Erecting and 

 Building a County Jaile and County House in the County of 

 Richmond. (Passed June 27th, 1704.) 



. . . And whereas there is wanting in the said County of Rich- 

 mond a County Jaile and County House which the Inhabitants 

 thereof are not enabled by a particular law to Assess Levy & Col- 

 lect money for the building & Erecting the same. . . ." (Col. 

 Laws N. Y. 1 : 573-4.) 



1705. 23rd March, 1704/5. Record of laying out of "Road 

 from Curkold Towne to ye fferry " " in a Streight Line to Stoney 

 Brook and over the Said Brook along the old way to the fferry or 

 the watering place." (Records 1680-1760, Richmond County, 

 Stillwell 1 : 54.) 



1706. Property immediately west of Stony Brook was con- 

 veyed by deed of Samuel Van Pelt, dated 29th Aug. 1706, to 



