The History of Long Island, from Its Discovery to the Present Time: With Many Important and Interesting Matters, Including Notices of Numerous Individuals and Families, Also a Particular Account of the Different Churches and Ministers, Volume 2Gould, Banks & Company, 1843 - Long Island (N.Y.) |
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... brother Nathaniel in the settlement of Ja- maica , and was among those who in 1664 aided in the plantation of Elizabethtown , N. J. He had a good education , and wrote a History of New York , which he published in London in 1670 , and ...
... brother Nathaniel in the settlement of Ja- maica , and was among those who in 1664 aided in the plantation of Elizabethtown , N. J. He had a good education , and wrote a History of New York , which he published in London in 1670 , and ...
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... brother Joshua , at Harvard in 1650 ; his brothers Gershom and Japheth graduated in 1667 , of whom the first , born 1645 , was the minister of Groton , Mass . , and the latter , who went out as surgeon of a ship , was lost at sea . Mr ...
... brother Joshua , at Harvard in 1650 ; his brothers Gershom and Japheth graduated in 1667 , of whom the first , born 1645 , was the minister of Groton , Mass . , and the latter , who went out as surgeon of a ship , was lost at sea . Mr ...
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... brother Joshua Hobart , was the father of the Rev. Noah Hobart , of Fair- field , Conn . the father of the Hon . John Sloss Hobart , formerly judge of the supreme court of this state . The parsonage above mentioned was ordered to be ...
... brother Joshua Hobart , was the father of the Rev. Noah Hobart , of Fair- field , Conn . the father of the Hon . John Sloss Hobart , formerly judge of the supreme court of this state . The parsonage above mentioned was ordered to be ...
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... Brother Ur- quhart and myself belong to one county , and the only English ministers upon the island . " We are the first that broke the ice among this sturdy obstinate people , who endeavor , what in them lies , to crush us in embryo ...
... Brother Ur- quhart and myself belong to one county , and the only English ministers upon the island . " We are the first that broke the ice among this sturdy obstinate people , who endeavor , what in them lies , to crush us in embryo ...
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... brother , Charles Floyd of Smithtown . Sybill married Abraham Field , Glorianna married James Franklin , and Charity mar- ried James Ferris of Throg's Neck , Westchester county ; some of whose de- scendants reside there and in the city ...
... brother , Charles Floyd of Smithtown . Sybill married Abraham Field , Glorianna married James Franklin , and Charity mar- ried James Ferris of Throg's Neck , Westchester county ; some of whose de- scendants reside there and in the city ...
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