OYSTERPONDS
PARISH. List of inhabitants, with number of persons in each family,
presumably prepared 25 August 1778.
Baxter, widow Hannah,
5.
Beebe, Lester, 5; Samuel,
10.
Brown, Christopher,
17; Daniel & son, 9; George, 7; John, 5.
Griffing, Mrs. Desire,
9.
King, Asa, 4; widow
Elisabeth, 3; Ephriam, 4; John, 9; Joseph, 7.
Moore, John, 14.
Petty, Joseph, 12.
Racket, Absolom, 5;
John & son [Benjamin?], 11; John, Jr., 4.
Tabor, Amon & son
[Frederick], 9.
Terry, John & son,
9; Jonathan, 8; widow Lydia, 9; Thomas, 11.
Truman, Eleazer &
son [Jonathan?], 12; William, 8.
Tuthill, Azriah, 5;
Barnabas, 12; Christopher, 14; Jeremiah & son, 9; John & son, 12;
Jonathan, 5; Nathaniel, 5; Rufus, 8.
Vail, Daniel, 5; Jonathan [number not given]; Stephen,
4; Stephen, Jr., 10; Thomas, 7.
Wiggins/Wigins, David,
5; Thomas, 2.
Youngs, Daniel, 1;
Gedion/Guidion, 4; Jonathan, 8; Joseph, 5; Richard, 5; Thomas, Esq., 14;
Warren, 7.
A list of inhabitants of Oysterponds District,
prepared 16 January 1778, adds the following who do not appear on the 25
August list. Those marked with an asterisk, however, are also given in
the list of inhabitants of the First Parish of Southold.
Beebe, widow Hannah.
.
Booth, Joseph*.
Brown, Elisabeth, widow
Hannah, Isaiah*, James*, widow, widow Ziparah.
Conklin, Thomas.
Griffing, James.
Horton, Micah*
Lester, Sylvester*
Moore, Thomas*, Thomas,
Jr*., widow*
Terry, Joseph, Thomas,
Jr.
Tuthill, Peter.
Weeb [Webb], Orange/Oring*.
Wiggins, David, Jr.,
John.
Youngs, John*
At the end of the list
the enumerator identifies the following as "gone": Jonathan Conkling, Ezekiel
Glover, Grover Glover, Peter Griffing, Benjamin King, Ephraim King, James
King, Jeremiah King, Jonathan King, Nathaniel King, William King, Calvin
Moor, Jonathan Racket, Capt. Thomas Terry, Daniel Tuthill, John Tuttle,
Abraham Vail, Jeremiah Vail, David Wiggins, Gedion Youngs.