96 STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
A record of the laying out of the present Richmond Terrace 
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has the following description : . an so over a bridge To be 
made ouer a Creek and then on a direct line through the Earle of 
Limricks °° Land to the mill and So otter the mill dam and So a 
LGiae tine intone OF aco Cof/ons ILamcd, 5 . 2°?” 
The date of depiction of the Ryder map, at least so far as Pal- 
mer 1s concerned, cannot be earlier than 1676 when he purchased 
the mill, not 1670, the date given in the title. Other names on 
this map also indicate a date later than 1670 by several years. 
4. Lovelace: Since about 1669 Thomas Lovelace occupied a 
tract of land at what we know as St. George. It is said that 
when Col. Francis Lovelace arrived in the colony as governor in 
. the spring of 1668 he brought with him his younger brothers Dud- 
ley and Thomas.”* On April 7, 1670, the council of the colony 
had a hearing of Indians. who claimed to be the lawful owners of 
Staten Island, and on the 9th the hearing was continued and again 
on the 13th, when it was arranged that the island was to be sur- 
rendered “by Turfe & Twigg” to Thomas Lovelace and Matthias 
Nicolls as the governor’s deputies.2® From 1671 to 1673 Thomas 
Lovelace was a member of the council of the colony *° and in 1672 
was high sheriff as well as justice of Staten Island.** When the 
Dutch came in 1673 he was no longer in good standing, his prop- 
erty was confiscated and he was ordered to leave. Lovelace was 
successful, however, in having the time of his departure extended 
more than once so that he remained after the Dutch conquerors 
had gone away.*” 
In 1684 Lovelace became the sheriff of Richmond County *° 
and in 1687 was assessor for the county.** In obedience to a 
26 Thomas Dongan Governor of the Province of New York 1683-1688. 
27 Records 1680-1760 Richmond County. Stillwell 1: 53. 
28 Wilson Memorial History of New York 1: 342. 
29 Hist. Bulletin p. 11. 
SOR Givillsistepasiive 
31 Cal. Hist. MS. p. 137. Hist. Bulletin p. 16.° Court Minutes of New . 
Amsterdam 6: 358. 
Call, lahisn, IMS. wp, i, 
33 Civil List p. 480. 
84 Hist. Bulletin p. 87. 
