THE TOWN OF RYE. 1 63 



" The modest request of the men of Hastings was granted after some 

 delay. At the session of the General Court in Hartford, on the eighth 

 of October, 1663." 



' Lnt. John Budd ' makes his appearance, and ' is appoynted Commis- 

 sioner for the town of Hastings, and is invested with Magistraticall 

 power within the limits of that town ' Moreover, ' Rich. Vowles is ap- 

 poynted Constable for the Town of Hastings, and Mr. Bud is to give 

 him oath.' a 



On the twenty-eight of April, 1663, the four purchasers, Disbrow, Coe, 

 Studwell and Budd, by a deed of sale conveyed the island, together with 

 the land on the main, to the following planters : Samuel Allen, Richard 

 Fowles, Philip Galpin, Thomas Applebe, William Odell, John Brondig, 

 and John Coe. According to the terms of this transfer, the planters 

 were to pay forty shillings a lot, in cattle or corn, between the above 

 date and the month of January ensuing. 6 



The merging of the two villages of Hastings and Rye into one planta- 

 tion was ordered by an act of the General Court of Assembly, holdenat 

 Hartford, May nth, 1665 : " That the villages of Hastings and Rye 

 shall be for the future conjoined and made one plantation, and that it 

 shall be called by the appellation of Rye ; and Mr. Gold, Mr. Lawes and 

 John Banks are appointed to go and settle the differences between the 

 inhabitants of Hastings and Rye, and also see the line between Stam- 

 ford and Greenwich run."" 



At the following session of the General Court " Mr. Lowes and Lt. 

 Richard Olmstead are desired and appointed to view the lands apper- 

 teineing to Hastings and Rye to see what there is that may be suitable 

 for a plantation and to m*.ke returne to the Court the next session."* 4 



" Within the next five or six years, the village on Manussing Island 

 ceased to be. Most of the planters who had remained there till now, 

 came over and united with their new associates in building upon the 

 present site of the village." 6 



"A. D. 1666, John Budd, Sen., of Rye, for and in consideration of 

 thirty-seven pounds, ten shillings, sells his lands, divided by agreement 

 of the men of Hastings now called Rye, to George Kniffer of Stratford ; 

 the house being situated in the town formerly called Hastings. 



In presence of us, Francis Brown 



and Daniel Simkins."^ 



a Public Records, etc., 1678-1689. p. 5. 



b Rye Records, vol. A., lost since 1848. 



c Hartford Records, vol. ii., 208. _..„..... T „ im ».->« 



d Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1665-1678. Edited by J. Hammond TrumbaU, 



e Baird'a Hist, of Rye, p. 30. Traces of several dwellings have been found on the Southern 

 end of the island where they appear to have formed a cluster, a few rods apart. The sum- 

 mer house on the late Mr. Wm. P. Van Rensselaer's grounds, indicates about the spot where 

 this little village stood."— Baird's Hist, of Rye. See note, p. 20. 



/ Probate Rec. of Fairfield Co., from 1665 to 1675. 



