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Westward the line of the sd Land Running into the woods direct North upon 
a straight Line, Together with all houses, Barnes, stables, orchards, fencings, 
Feedings . . .” Dated Feby. 10th, 1698-9. Liber B. p. 322. 
Johannes Megapolensis, Jun. Account of Maquaas or Mohawk Indians. 
The Mengwe or Iroquois Indians. Morris’ History of Staten Island, Vol 
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South Side Lotts. “Bounded on the west by the said Abraham Winant, 
on the north by Joshua Mersereau and James Seguin, on the east by Dowa 
Johnson and on the south by the Rear of the South Side Lotts.” 1772. Liber 
E. p. 42. 
' Tosamoca Lot. “ Beginning at the southwest part of the south precinct at 
a place called Tosamoca Lot, all the beach not granted before the lot of the 
Petent that the said Smith claims his Right by with the small Island called 
Oyster Island so running along and including the beach to the Land now in 
possession of Captain Ward joining the North Precinct . . . ” 1771, 
Liber E. p. 188. 
Sign of the Ship. “ Also a certain piece or parcel of Woodland lying near 
the Sign of the Ship in the Township of Westfield in the county aforesaid on 
the North Side of the Road that leads from the Sign of the Ship to the Fresh 
Kills.” 1789, Liber E. p. 299. 
“A place called ‘ The Sign of the Ship.’” Staten Islander, May 2d, 1896. 
This tavern is said by Mr. Johr, H. Garretson, of Green Ridge, to have 
been situated on the Amboy Road, nearly opposite to Fox Avenue, at Hugue- 
not. The proprietors name was Halle. 
Bloomingdale. Said to be an old name for the valley at Pleasant Plains 
through which Sandy Brook flows. (See Bloomingdale Road). 
Billopp’s Lots at Prince’s Bay. “ Whereas the said Thomas Billopp in and 
by his last will and Testament among other things have Divised and Bequeathed 
unto his Daughter, the said Mary Davis, by her then name of Mary Farmer a 
Certain Tract of Land Lying and being on the South side of Staten Island in 
the provence of New York in Richmond County Called Lott No. 7 or by such 
or the like kind of name at or near a Certain place there Called Princes Bay 
Bounded with sea . . . unto the said William Davis and Mary, his wife. 
and their heirs and assigns All that the said Tract of Land and Premises here- 
inbefore and hereinafter more particularly mentioned that is to say Lott Num- 
ber 1 called Huckles Berry Lott No. 2 called Two Dogwoods Lott No. 3 called 
Blackoak sap Lott No. 4 called Sassafrace Lott No. 5 called Birch sap Lott 
No. 6 called Blake and Lott No. 7 called (no name given) . . .” 1765. 
Liber E., p. 24. 
Outside and Inside. Among the fishermen and others at Tottenville the 
shore and adjacent property along Raritan Bay from The Meadows to what is 
now the foot of Beach Street is often called “ Outside,” while “ Inside” 
is that portion along the shore of the Sound from Biddle’s Dock to the Mill 
Creek. All of that part of the village north of the Amboy Road is sometimes 
included in the latter term. 
The Old Elm. Stands at the edge of the Bluff, Tottenville. 
The Elm Tree. Near Mt. Hermon Presbyterian Chapel, afterwards Mt. 
Hermon Institute, Tottenville. 
