THE TOWN OF RYE, 



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ordered ' ; that the high sheriff of die County of Westchester, accom- 

 panied with two justices of the said county, do repair to the said towns 

 of Rye and Bedford, and publish the said proclamation, requiring the 

 inhabitants of the said towns, to give obedience to this government 

 pursuant to his majesties royal will and pleasure, at their peril. 



Per order of Council, D. Cosixs, 



L. Coventry." 3 



Oct. 10, 1700, the General Assembly of Hartford ordered the significa- 

 tion of the settlement to be sent to the inhabitants of Rye and Bedford. 



The matter was not completed until May 14, 1731, when the lines 

 were established as they now exist. The inhabitants of Rye in 1683- 

 were the following : 



Hachaliah Brown-, 

 Timothy Knapp, 

 Jonathan Vowles, 

 Jonas Stevens, 

 John Brondig, 

 Isaac Sherwood, 

 Thomas Lyon, 

 John Sillick, 

 Caleb IIiatt, 

 George Knison, 

 John Purdy, 

 Thomas Meeeitt, 

 Francis Purdy, 

 Joseph Ogden, 

 Isaac Sheewood, 

 John Boyd, 



ROBEET BlOOMEE, 



James Travis, 

 Robeet Blener, 

 Jacob Paree, 

 Deliverance Brown, 

 Peter Disbrow, 

 Thomas Lyon, 

 George Knison, 

 John Boyd, 

 Thomas Slatham, 

 William Odell, 

 Thomas Slatham, 

 Richard Beatte, 

 John Boyd, 

 Samuel Jenkins, 

 James Wright, 



a Webster's Letters, p. 207 



John Sellickes, 

 James Wright, 

 Stehhen Sherwood, 

 Stephen Sherwood, Jun 

 Hamet Galpen, 

 Samuel Odell, 

 John Meeeitt, 

 Samuel Jenkins, 

 Joost Paldin, 

 Timothy Knapp, 

 William Odell, 

 John Disbrow, 

 Arnold Basset, 

 Robert Bloomee, 

 Simon Robard, 

 Joseph Hobton, 

 JosEPn Sheewood, 

 John Disbrow, 

 Robert Bloomer, 

 John Horton, 

 Francis Purdy, 

 Daniel Brondige, 

 John Church, 

 Stephen Sherwood, 

 Joseph Gurney, 

 Jonathan Kniffin, 

 Ciniamon Horton, 

 Stephen Sherwood, 

 Francis Purdy, 

 Peter Brown, 

 The draft of the swamp, 

 James Travis, 



Isaac Dehham, 

 The town grants from 

 Hartford, 

 . Isaac Denham, 

 Abraham Brush, 

 Abraham Smith, 

 John Ogden, 

 Samuel Bank-, 

 Joseph Studwell, 

 Philip Travis, 

 John Merbitt, 

 Stephen Sherwood, 

 Joseph Merritt, 

 John Feast, 

 Jonathan Kxiffex, 

 Humphrey Underbill, 

 John Turner, 

 Robert Bloomee, 

 Hachaliah Brown, 

 Jonathan Hart, 

 Ebenezer Kniffen, 

 John Boyd, 

 Roger Paek, 

 Joost Pauldinok, 

 Thomas Merritt, 

 Joseph Banks, 

 Ruhamah Bishop, 

 Francis Purdy". 

 John Vail, 

 John Vail, 

 Isaac Anderson, 

 John Meeeitt, 



