THE TOWN OF RYE. 



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Peter Disbrow, 

 John Coe, 

 Thomas Studwell, 

 Jons Bcdd, 

 William Odell, 



Richard Vowles, 

 Samuel Alling, 

 Robert Hudson, 

 JonN Broxdish, 

 Frederick Harminson, 



Jatfrey Lokwood and 



Making seventeen in all."* 



Thomas Applebe, 

 Philip Galpix, 

 George Clere, 

 John Jackson*, 

 Walter Lancaster, 



Mosier. 



From the island village the early settlers issued their declaration of 

 allegiance to their sovereign Lord, King Charles, the Second, dated — 



"Hastings, July 26, 1662. 



" Know all men whom this may concern that [we the] inhabitants of Minnus- 

 sing Island whose n[ames are here] vuder writtne, do declare vnto all the true 

 [th] we came not hither to live without government as pr [etended] and therfore 

 doe proclayme Charles the Second ovr lawful lord and king : and doe volunta- 

 ryly submit our selves and all ovr lands that we have bought of the English and 

 Indians, under his gratious protection : and doe expect according to his gratious 

 declaration ; unto all his subjects which we are and desire to be subject to his 

 holsom laws that are jvst and Righteous according to God and our capableness 

 to receive, where unto we doe subscribe. 

 Which aid yee. 



Jatfrey Lokwood, 



The mark of Mosier, 



The mark of Samuel Alling, 



The mark of Robert Hutsone, 

 John Beondish, 



The mark of Frederick Harminsonb, 



The mark of Thomas Applebe. 6 



Peter Disbrow, 



John Coe, 

 The mark of Thomas Stcdwell, 

 The mark of William Odellb, 



To this declaration is appended the following compact and orders, 

 (showing the bounds of the future Township of Hastings?) 



u We do agree that for our land bought on the mayn land, called in the Indian 

 Poningoe, and in English the Biaram land, lying between the aforesaid Biaram 

 river and the Blind Brook, bounded east and west with these two rivers, and on 

 the north with Westchester path, and on the south with the sea, for a plantation, 

 and the name of the town to be called Hastings. 



And now, lastly, we have jointly agreed that he that will subscribe to these or- 



a Baird's Hist, of Rye, p. 21. 



b The original of this interesting document is unfortunately lost. The author of this work 

 made » careful tracing, fr on the lir-r volume of the town records of R>e, which has since 

 disappeared. A lithographed facsimile copv of this declaration will be found in Baird's His- 

 tory of Rye, pp. 22, 23. 



