TUTTLE: 17TH CENTURY Map oF STATEN ISLAND  I01 
which refer to it as “the Towne” and recite that the lots were 
heretofore laid out.°° A survey made in 1685 and later patents 
refer to the village as “ Old Towne.” ** It was visited and de- 
scribed by Danckaerts and Sluyter in 1679.°° Apparently the 
village was abandoned at an early date. It is called “ye Old 
Towne” June 14, 1671,°° and the records April 27, 1671, tell about 
“new lots to be added to the old town.” °° 
8. New Dorp: The New Dorp of the seventeenth century was 
located about 34 of a mile southeast of the present New Dorp, 
near the foot of New Dorp Lane. It was founded in 1671, for 
on Oct. 24, 1670, instructions were given by Gov. Lovelace to 
Capt. Jacques Cortelyou, Surveyor General, to repair to Staten 
Island and lay out two Townships of 40 families each, first to add 
18 lots to the 22 already laid out and then proceed to Great Kill 
and pitch upon the most convenient place for a Town.®* The 
records mention “ Ye Towne already settled nor ye other Towne 
ordered to bé layd out” Jan. 9, 1671,°? and “ ye New Town” on 
March 28, 1671,°° while under date of June 14, 1671, “ye Old 
Town & ye New Plantacon next unto it” is referred to.°* New 
Dorp is mentioned in a number of surveys for patents in 1677 
as follows: “land lying at ye New Dorp on Staten Island.” 
g. Billops: This is the plantation of Capt. Christopher Billop, 
called Bentley Manor, at the southwestern end of Staten Island 
and south of Tottenville. The ancient house still standing is be- 
lieved to have been built by Capt. Billop about 1676.°° On the 
HS IPMS BS UZ, 
bv Call, ILamal Papers p, 90, lLemal IPamners 2867, Os, Gil, 772, IPeiusats 
6: 251; 5: 285, 342, 344. 
HS IDeindkaecis pL At, 72, 
59 Lovelace. New York Executive Council Minutes, Francis Lovelace, 
2: 480. . 
60 Hist. Bulletin p. 13. For further information concerning Old Town 
Seep Roc mw omATN plist ANSsSOeyG-130—-43) Oct) ToS: 
SNCol, Doc. 133458 Lovelace 2: 487. 
62763; 62) [ovelace 2):1448, Aso, 
65 Cal. Land Papers p. 17. Land Papers 1: 1309. 
66 Karly Documents Relating to the Manor of Bentley and the Billop 
House, by George W. Tuttle. Proc. Staten Is. Inst. 1: 31. 1922. 
