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Elliott’s Pond or The Rink. Formerly a large dense swamp called Biddle’s 
Swamp and later Kingsbury’s Swamp. 
Great Swamp. 1717, Liber C. p. 63; 1726, Liber C. p. 223, and p. 308; 
1793, Liber E. p. 206. 
Fresh Meadow. “Tract or piece of Land beginning at a white Oak Tree 
Standing or growing by a Rock by the side of a Small fresh meadow bearing 
northerly from a pond of water commonly called the ffresh pond which white 
oak Tree is one of the Marked Trees of Philip Wells.” 1721. Liber C., p. 
‘85. Also mentioned in 1731, Liber D. p. 8. 
Great Kill Meadow. Mentioned in 1786, Liber E. p. 170, and in advertise- 
‘ment in Richmond County Gazette, Oct. 15th, 1862. 
Ryers’ Ferry. 1784, Liber E. p. 166. 
. Decker’s Ferry. 1792, Liber E. p. 248. 
Watson’s Ferry. 1762, Liber D. pp. 497 and 501. 
Darby Dryles Ferry. 1774, Liber E. p. 60. “ . . . formerly called 
‘Watson’s Ferry,” 1785, Liber E. p. 94. 
Simonson’s Ferry. 1774, Liber E. p. 62. 
Billopp’s Ferry. 1763, Liber D. p. 594; 1774, Liber E. pp. 57 and 60. 
King’s Highway. 1727, Liber C. p. 256. King’s Road. 1730, Liber C. p. 
887. 1735, Liber D. p. 141. “ King’s highway or Amboy Road.” 1762, Liber 
D. p. 481. The present Richmond Road is the one usually referred to as the 
King’s Highway. 
Corsen Avenue. “ Corsen Avenue sometimes called Vanderbilt Avenue 
” A Peter Stuyvesant owned land there. Richmond County 
Bee. Aug. 10th, 1859. 
Egbert’s Lane. Mentioned by name in Liber E. p. 1, 1765. Tunis Egbert, 
Abraham Egbert and Henry Latourette, executors of the last will and testa- 
‘ment of James Egbert, sell land to Capt. John Gifford. 
The Glebe. ‘‘ Plantation Called Duxbury’s Glebe.” 1765 Liber D. p. 609. 
Quarantine. The appraisement in 1800 of the Quarantine Ground at what 
is now New Brighton, by fire commissioners is to be found in Liber E. p. 454. 
‘Thirty acres of land, valued at $5,500, were taken. 
South Shore, South Side or South Quarter. fS . situate Lying and 
‘being in Richmond County aforesaid in the South Oheser so Called . . .” 
1736, Liber D. p. 25. 
Commons. “ ., . . at Karles Neck at the Fresh Kill upon Staten Isl- 
-and in the County of Richmond in the Province of New York . . . and 
bounded South East and South west by the Commons . . .” 1728, Liber 
D. p. 125. 
Nieuwe Dorp or New Town. “ Tract of hand situate lying and being at new 
‘town allias new dorp at the South side of Staten Island.” 1719, Liber Cp: 
108. Called “ New Durrop,” 1762, Liber D. p. 591; 1786, Liber E. p. 107. — 
“New Durrup Lane.” 1769, Liber E. p. 15; 1790, Liber E. p. 301. Rich- 
«mond County Free Press, April 26th, 1834. . 
Governor’s Lott. “ All that certain parcell of Land lying at the New Diropp 
-on the South Side of the sd County formerly called the Governor’s Lott. 
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