Individual Notes
Note for: Mary Dayton, - 4 MAY 1699
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Individual Note: [conklinWF.GED]
[Davis.GED]
p 5 ff: "...She married third, by 1661, Fulk Davis." Ralph's
will, dtd 25 Jul 1658, gave his wife, Mary, D60 sterling as by
agreement, mentioning the "land at Southold which was her owne"
and "this house at Northampton." His son, Samuel, received the
Northampton house.
, p. 17, cites a lawsuit on March 11, 1660, naming Ffulke's
wife, Mary with Ffulke as a co-defendant, by Robert Dayton, (son
of Ralph Dayton, deceased, Mary's former husband). This shows
that they had been married before that date.
p. 19;. Deed of William Creed indicates that Mary died before
May 4, 1699[Davis.GED]
p 5 ff: "...She married third, by 1661, Fulk Davis." Ralph's
will, dtd 25 Jul 1658, gave his wife, Mary, D60 sterling as by
agreement, mentioning the "land at Southold which was her owne"
and "this house at Northampton." His son, Samuel, received the
Northampton house.
, p. 17, cites a lawsuit on March 11, 1660, naming Ffulke's
wife, Mary with Ffulke as a co-defendant, by Robert Dayton, (son
of Ralph Dayton, deceased, Mary's former husband). This shows
that they had been married before that date.
p. 19;. Deed of William Creed indicates that Mary died before
May 4, 1699
Individual Notes
Note for: Joseph Davis, ABT 1645 - 15 FEB 1691
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Occupation: Place: Weaver
Burial: Place: Seaview Cemetery, Mt Sinai
Individual Note: [conklinWF.GED]
[Davis.GED]
Joseph Davis is listed in 1675 Brookhaven Valuation (i.e. rate
list) as having 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 one-year old (calf), 1
two-year old (calf), 1 horse, 2 two-year old (colts), 2 swine
and 4 acres of meadowlands, his estate appraised at D0-72s-0d.
His name also appears in the 1683 rate list.
p. 21 footnote: Tradation states Joseph is buried by the
"Witch's Rock", near Mount Sinai.
, His will was proved May 25, 1691, and identified his wife
Elizabeth and his children; eldest son Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel,
Daniel and Mary. (see)
: "voeted and agreed vpon that the towne haue giuen and granted
to Joseph Davis of Southampton the wever's acomadations that was
cept (kept) for a wever, and in consideration of the same the
said Ioseph haue ingaged to wefe the towns yarn into cloth vpon
as resonable terms as they doe generally vpon the Iland, and he
paying the purchas as others doe." (the weaver's lot is else
where described as a "tenn aker whome lott."
p 14 "Joseph Davice (or Davis) came to Brookhaven from
Southampton. He was a weaver by trade and on December 23, 1668,
the town of brookhaven granted him "the weaver's lot." He was
also granted "an accommodation by paying as others do," and he
agreed "to weave the town's yarn into cloth on as reasonable
terms as they do generally upon the Island."
Joseph Davis his will--In the name of God Amen Oct. 5 Anno.
Dom. 1689. I Joseph Davice of Brookhaven in ye County of
Suffolk upon Long Island Planter being sick & weak in body but
of perfect mind and memory thanks to God for it therefore
calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is
appointed to all men once to die do make and ordain this my last
will & testam't in manner and form following that is to say
first & principally I give my soul into the hands of God who
gave it me & for my body I commend it to ye Earth to be buried
in a christian & decent manner in ye usual place of burial
nothing doubting but at ye general resurrection I shall receive
the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such
wordly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this
life I give bequeath & dispose the same in manner & form
following first I give and bequesath to Elizabeth my loving wife
power to sell this house and accommodation belonging thereto &
the disposing of the moneys received as the price thereof my
will is likewise that she dispose of this money to build a house
and that it shall be hers so long as she lives & when it
pleaseth God to remove her by death it shall fall to my eldest
son Joseph provided he prove dutiful to his mother otherwise she
shall have the disposing of it to which of my children she
pleaseth twenty acres of land adjoining to the house to be
disposed in the same manner as the house all the rest of my
meadows & land my will is that after her decease shall be
equally distributed amongst all my sons my will is that she have
the disposing of my stock & moveables to my children according
to their desert only what hereafter shall be excepted. Moreover
I give & bequeath to my son Joseph a black horse & mare in ye
woods. To my son Benjamin one mare which I bought from Richard
Clerke my loom and tackling belonging to it which I charge him
never to sell. To my son Samuel a mare a year old. To Daniel I
give and bequeath the first colt of Samuel's mare. My will also
is that Benjamin give to my daughter Mary the first Mare Colt of
his Mare one cow the day of her marriage and other two that day
twelvemonth following. And of this my last will and testament I
make and ordain my well beloved friends Richard Wodhull and John
Mosier my full and whole Executors and I do hereby utterly
disallow revoke and annul all & every other former testament
wills or legacies willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming
this & none other to be my last will and testam't. In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal ye day & year above
written. Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by ye
s'd Joseph Davice as his last will & testam't in ye presence of
witnesses D. Simson, Jacob Longbothom, Thomas Biggs."[Davis.GED]
Joseph Davis is listed in 1675 Brookhaven Valuation (i.e. rate
list) as having 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 one-year old (calf), 1
two-year old (calf), 1 horse, 2 two-year old (colts), 2 swine
and 4 acres of meadowlands, his estate appraised at D0-72s-0d.
His name also appears in the 1683 rate list.
p. 21 footnote: Tradation states Joseph is buried by the
"Witch's Rock", near Mount Sinai.
, His will was proved May 25, 1691, and identified his wife
Elizabeth and his children; eldest son Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel,
Daniel and Mary. (see)
: "voeted and agreed vpon that the towne haue giuen and granted
to Joseph Davis of Southampton the wever's acomadations that was
cept (kept) for a wever, and in consideration of the same the
said Ioseph haue ingaged to wefe the towns yarn into cloth vpon
as resonable terms as they doe generally vpon the Iland, and he
paying the purchas as others doe." (the weaver's lot is else
where described as a "tenn aker whome lott."
p 14 "Joseph Davice (or Davis) came to Brookhaven from
Southampton. He was a weaver by trade and on December 23, 1668,
the town of brookhaven granted him "the weaver's lot." He was
also granted "an accommodation by paying as others do," and he
agreed "to weave the town's yarn into cloth on as reasonable
terms as they do generally upon the Island."
Joseph Davis his will--In the name of God Amen Oct. 5 Anno.
Dom. 1689. I Joseph Davice of Brookhaven in ye County of
Suffolk upon Long Island Planter being sick & weak in body but
of perfect mind and memory thanks to God for it therefore
calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is
appointed to all men once to die do make and ordain this my last
will & testam't in manner and form following that is to say
first & principally I give my soul into the hands of God who
gave it me & for my body I commend it to ye Earth to be buried
in a christian & decent manner in ye usual place of burial
nothing doubting but at ye general resurrection I shall receive
the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such
wordly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this
life I give bequeath & dispose the same in manner & form
following first I give and bequesath to Elizabeth my loving wife
power to sell this house and accommodation belonging thereto &
the disposing of the moneys received as the price thereof my
will is likewise that she dispose of this money to build a house
and that it shall be hers so long as she lives & when it
pleaseth God to remove her by death it shall fall to my eldest
son Joseph provided he prove dutiful to his mother otherwise she
shall have the disposing of it to which of my children she
pleaseth twenty acres of land adjoining to the house to be
disposed in the same manner as the house all the rest of my
meadows & land my will is that after her decease shall be
equally distributed amongst all my sons my will is that she have
the disposing of my stock & moveables to my children according
to their desert only what hereafter shall be excepted. Moreover
I give & bequeath to my son Joseph a black horse & mare in ye
woods. To my son Benjamin one mare which I bought from Richard
Clerke my loom and tackling belonging to it which I charge him
never to sell. To my son Samuel a mare a year old. To Daniel I
give and bequeath the first colt of Samuel's mare. My will also
is that Benjamin give to my daughter Mary the first Mare Colt of
his Mare one cow the day of her marriage and other two that day
twelvemonth following. And of this my last will and testament I
make and ordain my well beloved friends Richard Wodhull and John
Mosier my full and whole Executors and I do hereby utterly
disallow revoke and annul all & every other former testament
wills or legacies willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming
this & none other to be my last will and testam't. In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal ye day & year above
written. Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by ye
s'd Joseph Davice as his last will & testam't in ye presence of
witnesses D. Simson, Jacob Longbothom, Thomas Biggs."
Individual Notes
Note for: Benjamin Davis, 1678 - 1771
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Individual Note: [conklinWF.GED]
[Davis.GED]
A Benjamin Davis appears in the rate list for Southampton, 1694.
Individual Notes
Note for: Rebecca Stillwell, BEF 1621 - UNKNOWN
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Individual Note: []
[]
[]
It is known that Rebecca was the wife of John Bayles. They were Probably married before or about 1654. I have found no proof that her name was Stillwell. She did have a daughter Rebecca who married Nicholas Stillwell and had a son named Elyas Stillwell.
Some researchers name her Rebecca Vincent Whitney, born in Long Island and married in 1640 in Southold.
Individual Notes
Note for: Daniel Bayles, 1746 - 1831
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Burial: Date: UNKNOWN
Place: Bayles Cemetery, Coram, Suffolk Co., LI, NY
Individual Notes
Note for: Joanna Davis, 1754 - 1826
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Burial: Date: UNKNOWN
Place: Bayles Cemetery, Coram, Suffolk Co., LI, NY
Individual Notes
Note for: Davis, ABT 1590 - UNKNOWN
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Alias: /?/
Individual Note: [Davis.GED]
No Info - Created For Descend. Charts For Ffulke's 2 Wives
Individual Notes
Note for: Ffulke (Foulk, ABT 1610 - BEF 4 NOV 1692
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Individual Note: The Davis Lineage traces its roots back to Acton-Turville, Gloucestershire, England. The family members are believed to descend from a man with the surname Davys, living in Acton-Turville in the late 15th century. The Military Survey of Gloucestershire, 1522 lists two men with this surname in Acton-Turville: John Davys and Thomas Davys alias Smyth, one of whom was most likely the man in question. He would have been born about 1500 and had at least five children, James, Edmund, John, and Robert, and a daughter whose name is unknown.
Fulk Davis was a Tent Farmer, who could neither read nor write. He originally served as a gardner for Lion Gardiner on Gardiners' Island, New York. He was married twice, first in 1639. She died around 1660. He wed his second wife, Mary, on March 11, 1660. She died before May 4, 1699. He was granted two (2) acres of land on October 9, 1642 (originally described as "Old Land Upon the Playne") in Southhampton, N.Y. He is said to be a native of Wales. Before 1674 he moved to Jamacia, N.Y.
Ffulke's birthplace and country of origin have not been determined. It has been suggested that Glamorganshire, Wales is a possible origin, but no references have been cited. The Timothy Davis (1750-1827) family bible states that the Davis family is of Welsh extraction. In 1636 Fulke Davis was in Hartford Connecticut. His name is listed among the first town proprietors and is engraved upon a obelisk in the towns green. The first Long island reference to Ffulke appears in 1639 when he witnessed the deed to Lion Gardiner of Gardiner's Island. Lion Gardiner had settled at the Island in 1635. (In a Gardiner family bible is the following: "In the Year of our Lord 1635 July 10th came I, Lion Gardiner and Mary my Wife from Worden a town in Holland..."etc. It reads further: "Wee came from Woerden to London and from thence to New England and dwelt At Say brooke forte four Years... and then went to an Island of mine own which I bought of the Indians...").
East Hampton was founded in 1648, and until 1662 was usually known as Maidstone although in 1650 there is at least one reference to East: Hampton. In 1657 Ffulke lived on the Island - this is clearly indicated in the records of the "witch" matter in 1657 in East Hampton - "...Goody Davis saith y't she had dressed her children in clean linen at the island...". Additionally, in this same matter his wife is identified as a serving woman on Gardiner's Island. Whaling was an active business off the coast at Southampton, and in an effort to organize this business "for the prevention of disorder", in 1644 the Town of Southampton was divided into four wards, eleven persons per ward two of whom should be chosen by lot to cut up any drift whales cast up on the beach, and also that after storms and at other times persons should be deputed to patrol the beach looking for whales. Citing East Hampton Town Records, V. 1, p. 3, for the third ward, the name of Ffulk Davies is listed along with Richard Gosmer, Arthur Bostock, Henry Pierson, John Hande, Thomas Hyldreth, John Mulford, John Moore, Ellis Cook, Robert Bond and Mr. Howe. (Note: in this listing is written "ffor the third ward..." etc. notice the use of a double f, as in ffulk.)
Ffulke again appears in the East Hampton town records in 1654 where Ffulke, his son, John, and two others were convicted of masturbation. Southampton records of October 9, 1642 indicate that that town was prepared to survey and provide "Ffulk Daues and William Rogers each of them two acres of old ground vpon the playne...". These same records mention Ffulke in entries dated March 7, 1644 and October 22, 1644. He re-surfaces in East Hampton records of 1653 and 1656 when he was alloted certain lands, and again on March 11, 1660 when his second wife, Mary (Haynes, Dayton), and he as co-defendant, were sued by a Mr. Baker and Robert Dayton, son of her former husband, Ralph Dayton, deceased, for an action of tresspass.
Brookhaven, on the North Shore, which had been purchased from the Indians in 1655, was supplemented on June 10, 1664 with the purchase of land at Old Man's Harbor (now Mt. Sinai). The Brookhaven town records for Dec. 12, 1670 and Jan 28, 1671 document land transactions by Ffulke "in this towne", although in 1660 he was a resident of Jamaica. However, in a record of October 25, 1671 he states that his residence is "Jamaica, in the north Rieding of yourkshiere...". There are several references in the Jamaica records to Ffulke and his family. He died there after Feb. 9, 1686 (when he transferred land to his son-in-law, William Salyer) and before Nov. 4, 1692 when a deed of John Hinds mentions "Ffulk Davies, latte of Jamaica, deseast."
Ffulke reputedly came from Wales (Tyne) directly to Saybrook, LI NY and subsequently resided on Gardiners Island. He obtained notoriety when he was
run out of East Hampton for molesting men and his wife was also evicted for practicing witchcraft. He lived
From: Artisans1@@aol.com
To: emailus@@longislandgenealogy.com
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:25:27 EST
Subject: davis surname
hi. my name is gerald davis and i live in danbury ct.in the past two years i
have researched the davis surname.as being part of three generations from
ct,for whatever reasons the family history/background was never handed down
to my generation.so after a lot of research and trips to L.I. plus help from
people there i was able to trace my heritage back to ffulke davis.with the
exception of a question of how many benjamins are in my line i have the
complete line.there is a lot of info that would correct/update/link many
names already in this file.NOW here is my problem,because of my limited
computer skills i don't know how to get this info to you.i do have a hard
copy put together from an article by LeRoy smith on file at the riverhead
library entitled Foulk Davis family of long island with all the pages of my
line with notes on where the info came from. I would like to get this on file
but don't know how to do this.i could send a copy of this to you if you think
you could take a look and give me some direction.sorry to bother you but am
at a loss what to do with info.would hate to see it get lost in the upcoming
years.
From: Stuart Hotchkiss
To: longislandgenealogy@@juno.com
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:35:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Fw: davis surname
The note from Gerald Davis is very interesting - must be another
cousin. The Leroy Smith database is familiar to me and was the
source of much of my information. My grandmother had left me some
handwritten excerpts, plus an online friend sent me copies of most if
not all of the file. None of the Leroy Smith material that I
obtained gives any confirmation of Eliakim DAVIS, son of Benjamin and
father of my GGG grandfather, Chapman "Shortcake" DAVIS. I think I
have it put together correctly, but without additional references
that I can trust I cannot be sure. I did obtain some additional and
very useful information from "The Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph
Davis (1773-1865) of Norway, New York, and his Wife, Elizabeth
Hallock Davis" by William C. Davis. Walton, NY, Press of the
Reporter Co. (1927). Limited ed. 100 copies. This is not a well
known record as there were so few issued.
Gerald is right - there is some Benjamin confusion and again what I
have is not confirmed, although I think I have it right. I would be
glad to work with Gerald if you would like me to do that - perhaps I
could help him and there might be some new info. for you to put on
the site or the CD. If you would like my help let him know that I
have offered - I would not interfere without an OK from you both. I
assume his email is . Otherwise I leave it to
you, and that would be fine also.
Regards,
Stu
Ffulke's birthplace and country of origin have not been
determined. Ref. 22 suggests Glamorganshire, Wales as a
possible origin, but no references were cited. The Timothy
Davis (1750-1827) family bible states that the Davis family is
of Welsh extraction. The first reference to Ffulke appears in
1639 when he witnessed the deed to Lion Gardiner of Gardiner's
Island, p. 271. Lion Gardiner had settled at the Island in
1635. (In a Gardiner family bible is the following: "In the
Year of our Lord 1635 July 10th came I, Lion Gardiner and Mary
my Wife from Worden a town in Holland..."etc. It reads further:
"Wee came from Woerden to London and from thence to New England
and dwelt At Say brooke forte four Years... and then went to an
Island of mine own which I bought of the Indians...", p. 265).
East Hampton was founded in 1648, and until 1662 was usually
known as Maidstone () although in 1650 there is at least one
reference to East: Hampton ( , p. 230). In 1657 Ffulke lived
on the Island - this is clearly indicated in the records of the
"witch" matter in 1657 in East Hampton - "...Goody Davis saith
y't she had dressed her children in clean linen at the
island...". Additionally, in this same matter his wife is
identified as a serving woman on Gardiner's Island.
p 228: Whaling was an active business off the coast at
Southampton, and in an effort to organize this business "for the
prevention of disorder", in 1644 the Town of Southampton was
divided into four wards, eleven persons per ward two of whom
should be chosen by lot to cut up any drift whales cast up on
the beach, and also that after storms and at other times persons
should be deputed to patrol the beach looking for whales.
Citing East Hampton Town Records, V. 1, p. 3, for the third
ward, the name of ffulk Davies is listed along with Richard
Gosmer, Arthur Bostock, Henry Pierson, John Hande, Thomas
Hyldreth, John Mulford, John Moore, Ellis Cook, Robert Bond and
Mr. Howe. (Note: in this listing is written "ffor the third
ward..." etc. notice the use of a double f, as in ffulk.)
Ffulke again appears in the East Hampton town records in 1654
(, p.32;) where Ffulke, his son, John, and two others were
convicted of masturbation. Southampton records of October 9,
1642 indicate that that town was prepared to survey and provide
"Ffulk Daues and William Rogers each of them two acres of old
ground vpon the playne...". These same records mention Ffulke
in entries dated March 7, 1644 and October 22, 1644 (, p 17).
He re-surfaces in East Hampton records of 1653 and 1656 when he
was alloted certain lands, and again on March 11, 1660 when his
second wife, Mary (Haynes, Dayton), and he as co-defendant, were
sued by a Mr. Baker and Robert Dayton, son of her former
husband, Ralph Dayton, deceased, for an action of tresspass. (,
p 17 or p 148 or p 189 &).
Brookhaven, on the North Shore, which had been purchased from
the Indians in 1655, was supplemented on June 10, 1664 with the
purchase of land at Old Man's Harbor (now Mt. Sinai). The
Brookhaven town records for Dec. 12, 1670 and Jan 28, 1671
document land transactions by Ffulke "in this towne", although
in 1660 he was a resident of Jamaica (). However, in a record
of October 25, 1671 he states that his residence is "Jamaica, in
the north Rieding of yourkshiere..." (). There are several
references in the Jamaica records to Ffulke and his family. He
died there after Feb. 9, 1686 (when he transferred land to his
son-in-law, William Salyer) and before Nov. 4, 1692 when a deed
of John Hinds mentions "Ffulk Davies, latte of Jamaica,
deseast." ( ,p. 19)
General Information.
1. According to verbal information by Margaret Gass of Millers
Place (L.I.) obtained on July 26, 1993, Ffulke reputedly came
from Wales (Tyne) directly to Saybrook, LI NY and subsequently
resided on Gardiners Island. He obtained notoriety when he was
run out of East Hampton for molesting men and his wife was also
evicted for practicing witchcraft. He lived in Southhampton for
a time and then Brookhaven, finally dying in Jamaica, NY. His
relationship to Dolar Davis is unsubstantiated, but they both
may have come from the same place in Wales and were
contemporaries.
2. Letter from Margaret Gass, December, 1993:
"A rate list of the town of Newtown (now Jamaica) in 1683 lists
Fulke Davis as having no horses, 2 cows (2 one -year olds, but
whether these are the same 2 is not clear), no oxen, no swine, 8
(acres?) of land and 1 "head" - whatever that may mean - and
"estates" of 39-0-0 (pounds, shillings & pence I believe), which
made him one of the poorest men in the area; in fact there were
only 9 as poor or poorer out of 78. Next to his name is that of
Samuel Davis (the names are not alphabetical, so I would guess
they were listed geographically). Samuel had 3 cows, 2 two-year
olds, 1 swine, 11 of land and 1 "head" and estate of 50-0-0.
There are only a few households with 0 "heads", so I doubt if it
would be slaves, which seemed a likely guess at first glance.
The same year, 1683, the comparable list for Brookhaven town
lists Joseph Davis as having 1 head, 30 lands and meadows, 1
horse, 1 two-year old (horse), 2 oxen and bulls, 2 cows, 1
three-year old (cows), 1 two-year old (cows), 2 yearlings, 0
sheep and 1 swine. Also listed in Brookhaven that year is
William Salyer, who married Fulke's daughter, with 1 head, 11
land, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 yearling. I believe they were in
Setauket then. Joseph Davis of Brookhaven is listed in 1675 and
had 1 head, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 one-year old, 1 two-year old, 1
horse, 2 two-year old (colts), 2 swine and 4 meadowlands and
estate of 0-72-0 ( ), while Wm. Salyer had 1 head, 3 cows, 3
three-year olds, 1 horse, 3 meadowlands and 0-60-0. A list of
freeholders of Brookhaven in 1739 lists Sylvanus Davis (Eastern
L.I. I think, and possibly no connection), Joseph Davis, Samuel
Davis, Daniel Davis and Benjamin Davis, all in Mt. Sinai from
the geographical arrangement. In 1683 there was a John Davis in
Southampton town and also Benjamin Davis, who had 1 "pole"
(head? - as in poll tax?) and 107 pounds, 06 s. 08 d. A list of
inhabitants of Southampton town in 1698 includes "feamales" 2
Mary Davises, Elizabeth Davis and Mehitable Davis and 6 Davis
men that are, as best I know, no connection, a Daniel who could
be. It is my understanding that Fulke came first to Gardiner's
Island - Isle of Wight - settled in East Hampton, then
Southampton, then Brookhaven and finally died in Jamaica
(Newtown) and his children dropped off wherever they came of
age. The Brookhaven town records are full of lawsuits between
the Davises and their neighbors and each other, for such things
as slander, etc., and I get a picture of a quarrelsome lot and
not popular. Weavers and carpenters predominate." (end).
3. Letter from Margaret Gass, Miller's Place, LI NY 11764,
1/26/1995: "Dear Cousins, (etc.)...As for Fulke Davis and his
tribe, there is an incredible lack of information and also a
terrible amount of misinformation and the result is pure chaos
more confounded. I have, I am ashamed to admit, been very
negligent in citing sources in my notes, with the result that I
have reams of scraps and sheets of paper on which my father and
I jotted down notes, with very little clue as to source and
therefore reliability, so I hate to put much into writing that
will only perpetuate and perhaps seem to authenticate, what may
not be true at all. There is a common story that Fulke came from
Wales, but I know of no proof of this fact. Davis is a common
Welch name, but also common in England. The Fulke is sometimes
spelled without an "e" on the end and sometimes with a double
"f" at the beginning, and I think that double "ff" might be a
Welch spelling. When, where or why he came to the New World I
don't know, but the first record I know of him was when he
witnessed a deed on Gardiner's Island in 1636 (sic. deed is
dated 1639), which was before any of the settlements on L.I.
proper. He appears frequently in the early records of
Southampton, East Hampton & Brookhaven Towns and later in
Newtown and Jamaica at the W. end of the Island. From there I
think it is true that he had at least 2 wives, the second named
Mary, being the widow of James Haynes (d.1653) and Ralph Dayton
(d.1658) and that she was married to Fulke before 1660. I
presume his first wife was the mother of his children. Of his
children, Joseph married Elizabeth, who was, I believe sister to
Sarah who married his brother Jonathan; Benjamin married
Rebecca, Sarah married William Salyer (or Sallier) and there was
a Samuel and perhaps a John. For as long as I can remember the
best historians and geneologists have debated whether there was
a line of 2 or 3 Benjamins, but the dates seem to me to make it
clear there were 3, but I also have notes indicating that Joseph
had a son Benjamin and after that the waters become very murky
indeed. There were Josephs, Benjamins and Samuels galore,
fathers and sons, uncles and nephews and grandfathers and
grandsons. There was never another Fulke, but whether this was
because it was considered an oddball (foreign) name or because
no one wanted to perpetuate his memory I don't know." (s/)
Margaret Gass
p.272 of this ref. is a transcription of a grant from James
Farrett, deputy to the Earle of Sterling (Scotland), to Lion
Gardiner, of the "island", called by the Indians "Manchonack"
and by the English "Isle of Wight", etc. The document was
sealed March 10, 1639 and is witnessed by Ffulke Davis and
Benjamin Pine. (Note spelling in signature is Ff (ulk) e).
p162 ff: "12 Decemb 1670. voulk davis (Ffoulke Davis) has
given his dwelling house that he bought in this town to his son
Joseph davis as also he gives his full consent to make over his
land on the south side of his lot which is 5 acres for five
acres in exchange."
p 163: "28 January 1670." (Prob. should be 1671) "Mr Lane has
exchanged part of the meadow that he bought of William Fancy.
It being bounded east by vuld daviis meadow and south with Righ
Fields meadow and southeast by the highway into the neck as will
appear by a ring of stakes between Davis and him with Henry
Rogers for all his meadow of the southward side of the woody
point commonly called Mabs Holes.
p87: "Know all men by these presents that I (ffoulk) davis of
Jamaica in the north Rieding of yorkshere* on long Island haue
fully and absulluetly bargened, Sould and maed over to my sonn
in law, william Sallire of south ould in the Est Rieding of
yourkshiere on long Island aforesaied all that my land and
allottment that I bought of daniell lane situat in setaukcut
which was formerly Samuell Akerles, with all the medowes,
vplands and parsels of land whatsoever that doth any wayes
belong to the sayed acomedations I say. I the sayed (ff)ulk
daves haue for myselfe my haires, exseqiters fully and
absullutly sould and maed over to the saied william salliare his
hairs, exsecutors Administrators or asings all the foere
menchoned lott and acomadations with all the medows comons,
vplands, treese, timbers with all and singuler the aprevedges
apurtenancis profits and inlargmente that any may belong to the
said lott and acomadation to haue and to hould for ever and
further I doe hereby warant this my saele good in law fre from
any kinde of incambarance whatsoever and doe hereby acknowledge
to haue Reseued for the premisses a valluable consideration to
my sattisfacktion and to the full and Absullate conformation of
the premisses and every part therof I the saied Fulk daves haue
subscribed my name and sett to my seale this fiue and twenty day
of ocktober in the three and twentith yere of the Raing of our
souereng lord Charls the second of England scotland france and
Irland king and in the yere of our lord 1671 his mark fulk X
davis Sienged sealled and delivered in the presens of vs danell
Whiethed, Anthony Waters, Clark
*, p. 64. In Feb., 1665 by order of Governor Richard Nicolls,
first colonial governor of New York, the principal towns were
asked to send two delegates each to a meeting to be held in
Hempstead. 16 towns sent representatives. At this meeting it
was agreed that Long Island, Staten Island (and probably
Westchester) were to be known as Yorkshire. It was to be
divided: Suffolk County towns would be the East Riding; Kings
County the West Riding, and the remainder of the Island the
North Riding.
("translation")"Know all men by these presents that I (ffoulk)
davis of Jamaica in the north riding of yorkshire on Long Island
have fully and absolutely bargined, sold and made over to my son
in law, William Sallire of Southold in the East Riding of
yorkshire on long Island aforesaid all that my land and
allottment that I bought of Daniel Lane situated in Setauket
which was formerly Samuell Akerles, with all the meadows,
uplands and parcels of land whatsoever that doth any wayes
belong to the said accomodations I say. I the said (ff)ulk
Davis have for myself my heirs, executors fully and absolutely
sold and made over to the said William Salliare his heirs,
executors Administrators or assigns all the fore mentioned lot
and accomodations with all the meadows commons, uplands, trees,
timbers with all and singular the appendages, apurtenances
profits and enlargement that any may belong to the said lot and
accomodation to have and to hold for ever and fufther I do
hereby warrant this my sale good in law, free from any kind of
incumberance whatsoever and do hereby acknowledge to have
received for the premises a valuable consideration to my
satisfaction and to the full and absolute confirmation of the
premises and every part thereof I the said Fulk Daves have
subscribed my name and set to my seal this five and twenty day
of October in the three and twentieth year of the reign of our
soverign lord Charles the second of England, Scotland, France
and Ireland king and in the year of our lord 1671. his mark
fulk X davis Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Daniel Whithead, Anthony Waters, Clerk"
Suffolk County. One of the ten original counties organized in
1683, and named for the county of the same name in England. The
first settlement was made at Southold about 1630 by people from
CT, and the county itself was included in the CT colony of New
Haven. Gardiners Island was settled by Lyon Gardiner in 1635
(sic. actual settlement was 1639); Shelter Island in 1652;
Brookhaven in 1655, by emigrants from MA, and Smithtown in 1677,
by Richard ("Bull") Smythe, who obtained a patent from Rhode
Island. The people of this part of Long Island never
acknowledged the claims of the Dutch, and only one governor,
Calve, ever attempted to force Dutch rule upon the people.
William Kidd, the pirate, secreted a part of his treasure on
Gardiners Island, but it is thought that the treasure was seized
by the Earl of Bellomont, the royal governor, a short time
afterward. During the War of the Revolution the British
collected military stores and provisions at Sag Harbor. In May,
1777, Lt. Col. Meigs, with 170 men, went in whale boats from
Guilford, CT, across the sound to Southold, dragged the boats
over land to the bay, rowed to Sag Harbor and destroyed the
stores - including twelve small vessels, one of which was a
schooner manned by seventy nine men. In twenty-five hours from
the time of leaving they were back in Guilford. County seat,
Riverhead.
Mentions Fulke as one of 24 early settlers who joined five of
the original nine settlers of East Hampton.
The 1683 Brookhaven Township rate list includes William Salyer.
# Note: A rate list of the town of Newtown (now Jamaica) in 1683 listsFulke Davis as having no horse s, 2 cows, no oxen, no swine, 8(acres?) of land and 1 head, and "estates" of 39-0-0 (pounds ,shillings & pence ?. Next to his name is that of Samuel Davis(the names are not alphabetic al, so I would guess they werelisted geographically). Samuel had 3 cows, 2 two-year olds , 1swine, 11 of land and 1 "head" and estate of 50-0-0.The sameyear, 1683, the comparable l ist for Brookhaven town listsJoseph Davis as having 1 head, 30 lands and meadows, 1 horse , 1two-year old (horse), 2 oxen and bulls, 2 cows, 1 three-year old(cows), 1 two-year old ( cows), 2 yearlings, 0 sheep and 1swine. Also listed in Brookhaven that year is William Salye r,who married Fulke's daughter, with 1 head, 11 land, 2 horses, 3cows, 1 yearling.Joseph Da vis of Brookhaven is listed in 1675and had 1 head, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 one-year old, 1 two-yea r old,1 horse, 2 two-year old (horses?), 2 swine and 4 meadowlands andestate of 0-72-0.In 1 675 Wm. Salyer had 1 head, 3 cows, 3three-year olds, 1 horse, 3 meadowlands and 0-60-0.A li st offreeholders of Brookhaven in 1739 lists Sylvanus Davis, JosephDavis, Samuel Davis, Da niel Davis and Benjamin Davis, all inMt. Sinai from the geographical arrangement. In 168 3 therewas a John Davis in Southampton town and also Benjamin Davis,who had 1 pole and 10 7 pounds, 06 s. 08 d.A list of inhabitantsof Southampton town in 1698 includes "feamales " 2 Mary Davises,Elizabeth Davis and Mehitable Davis and 6 Davis men that are, asbest I kno w, no connection, a Daniels who could be. It is myunderstanding that Fulke came first to Gar diner's Island - Isleof Wight - settled in East Hampton, then Southampton, thenBrookhave n and finally died in Jamaica (Newtown) and hischildren dropped off wherever they came of ag e.The first recordI know of Ffulke was when he witnessed a deed on Gardiner'sIsland in 1636 , which was before any of the settlements on L.I.proper. He appears frequently in the earl y records ofSouthampton, East Hampton & Brookhaven Towns and later inNewtown (Jamaica at th e W. end of the Island).From there Ithink it is true that he had at least 2 wives, the secon d namedMary, being the widow of James Haynes (d.1653) and Ralph Dayton(d.1658) and that sh e was married to Fulke before 1660. Ipresume his first wife was the mother of his children. Of hischildren, Joseph married Elizabeth, who was, I believe sister toSarah who married hi s brother Jonathan; Benjamin marriedRebecca, Sarah married William Salyer (or Sallier) an d therewas a Samuel and perhaps a John."Collections of the New-YorkHistorical Society for t he Year 1869" (1870) p225 ff"Gardiner's East Hampton, Etc." (Notes and observations on th etown of East Hampton at the east end of Long Island written byJohn Lyon Gardiner of the I sle of Wight in April 1798 at therequest of the Rev. Samuel Mille of New York). P.272 of t hisref. is a transcription of a grant from James Farrett, deputyto the Earle of Sterling ( Scotland), to Lion Gardiner, of the"island", called by the Indians "Manchonack" and by the E nglish"Isle of Wight", etc. The document was sealed March 10, 1639and is witnessed by Fful ke Davis and Benjamin Pine. (Notespelling in signature is Ff (ulk) e).Brookhaven Town Recor ds,1662-1679. p162 ff: "12 Decemb 1670. voulk davis (FfoulkeDavis) has given his dwell ing house that he bought in thistown to his son Joseph davis as also he gives his full cons entto make over his land on the south side of his lot which is 5acres for five acres in exc hange."p 163: "28 January 1670."(Prob. should be 1671) "Mr Lane has exchanged part of th emeadow that he bought of William Fancy. It being bounded eastby vuld daviis meadow and s outh with Righ Fields meadow andsoutheast by the highway into the neck as will appear b y aring of stakes between Davis and him with Henry Rogers for allhis meadow of the southwa rd side of the woody point commonlycalled Mabs Holes.p 87: "Know all men by these presents t hat I(ffoulk) davis of Jamaica in the north reading of yorkshire onLong Island have full y and absolutely bargined, sold and madeover to my son in law, William Sallire of Southol d in the EastReading of yorkshire on long Island aforesaid all that my landand allottmen t that I bought of Daniels Lane situated inSetauket which was formerly Samuell Akerles, wit h all themeadows, uplands and parcels of land whatsoever that doth anyways belong to the sa id accommodations I say. I the said(ff)ulk Davis have for myself my heirs, executors full y andabsolutely sold and made over to the said William Salliare hisheirs, executors Admini strators or assigns all the forementioned lot and accommodations with all the meadows commo ns,uplands, trees, timbers with all and singular the appendages,apurtenances profits an d enlargement that any may belong tothe said lot and accommodation to have and to hold for e ver andfurther I do hereby warrant this my sale good in law, free fromany kind of incumber ance whatsoever and do hereby acknowledgeto have received for the premises a valuable consid eration tomy satisfaction and to the full and absolute conformation ofthe premises and eve ry part thereof I the said Fulk Daves havesubscribed my name and set to my seal this five a nd twenty dayof October in the three and twentieth year of the reign of oursovereign lord C harles the second of England, Scotland Franceand Ireland king and in the year of our lord 1 671. his markfulk X davis delivered in the presents of us Daniels Whithead,Anthony Waters , Clerk""East Hampton History and Genealogies",J. E. Rattray mentions Fulke as one of 24 e arly settlers whojoined five of the original nine settlers of East Hampton.The1683 Brookha ven Township rate list includes William Salyer.Anet contact sent me this list of sources o n William Sallier andFfulke Davis which also included this note: (Ffulke) obtainednotoriet y when he was run out of East Hampton for molestingmen, and his wife was also evicted for pr acticing witchcraft.:-)Name: Karen Sue (Salyer) Richey E-mail:richey@@brutus.bright.net 7 02 Grant Street Ashland OH44805-3111 USA Telephone: 419 289-6597 Date: 11/13/96 Time: 18:09:12[conklinWF.GED]
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Ffulke's birthplace and country of origin have not been
determined. Ref. 22 suggests Glamorganshire, Wales as a
possible origin, but no references were cited. The Timothy
Davis (1750-1827) family bible states that the Davis family is
of Welsh extraction. The first reference to Ffulke appears in
1639 when he witnessed the deed to Lion Gardiner of Gardiner's
Island, p. 271. Lion Gardiner had settled at the Island in
1635. (In a Gardiner family bible is the following: "In the
Year of our Lord 1635 July 10th came I, Lion Gardiner and Mary
my Wife from Worden a town in Holland..."etc. It reads further:
"Wee came from Woerden to London and from thence to New England
and dwelt At Say brooke forte four Years... and then went to an
Island of mine own which I bought of the Indians...", p. 265).
East Hampton was founded in 1648, and until 1662 was usually
known as Maidstone () although in 1650 there is at least one
reference to East: Hampton ( , p. 230). In 1657 Ffulke lived
on the Island - this is clearly indicated in the records of the
"witch" matter in 1657 in East Hampton - "...Goody Davis saith
y't she had dressed her children in clean linen at the
island...". Additionally, in this same matter his wife is
identified as a serving woman on Gardiner's Island.
p 228: Whaling was an active business off the coast at
Southampton, and in an effort to organize this business "for the
prevention of disorder", in 1644 the Town of Southampton was
divided into four wards, eleven persons per ward two of whom
should be chosen by lot to cut up any drift whales cast up on
the beach, and also that after storms and at other times persons
should be deputed to patrol the beach looking for whales.
Citing East Hampton Town Records, V. 1, p. 3, for the third
ward, the name of ffulk Davies is listed along with Richard
Gosmer, Arthur Bostock, Henry Pierson, John Hande, Thomas
Hyldreth, John Mulford, John Moore, Ellis Cook, Robert Bond and
Mr. Howe. (Note: in this listing is written "ffor the third
ward..." etc. notice the use of a double f, as in ffulk.)
Ffulke again appears in the East Hampton town records in 1654
(, p.32;) where Ffulke, his son, John, and two others were
convicted of masturbation. Southampton records of October 9,
1642 indicate that that town was prepared to survey and provide
"Ffulk Daues and William Rogers each of them two acres of old
ground vpon the playne...". These same records mention Ffulke
in entries dated March 7, 1644 and October 22, 1644 (, p 17).
He re-surfaces in East Hampton records of 1653 and 1656 when he
was alloted certain lands, and again on March 11, 1660 when his
second wife, Mary (Haynes, Dayton), and he as co-defendant, were
sued by a Mr. Baker and Robert Dayton, son of her former
husband, Ralph Dayton, deceased, for an action of tresspass. (,
p 17 or p 148 or p 189 &).
Brookhaven, on the North Shore, which had been purchased from
the Indians in 1655, was supplemented on June 10, 1664 with the
purchase of land at Old Man's Harbor (now Mt. Sinai). The
Brookhaven town records for Dec. 12, 1670 and Jan 28, 1671
document land transactions by Ffulke "in this towne", although
in 1660 he was a resident of Jamaica (). However, in a record
of October 25, 1671 he states that his residence is "Jamaica, in
the north Rieding of yourkshiere..." (). There are several
references in the Jamaica records to Ffulke and his family. He
died there after Feb. 9, 1686 (when he transferred land to his
son-in-law, William Salyer) and before Nov. 4, 1692 when a deed
of John Hinds mentions "Ffulk Davies, latte of Jamaica,
deseast." ( ,p. 19)
General Information.
1. According to verbal information by Margaret Gass of Millers
Place (L.I.) obtained on July 26, 1993, Ffulke reputedly came
from Wales (Tyne) directly to Saybrook, LI NY and subsequently
resided on Gardiners Island. He obtained notoriety when he was
run out of East Hampton for molesting men and his wife was also
evicted for practicing witchcraft. He lived in Southhampton for
a time and then Brookhaven, finally dying in Jamaica, New York. His
relationship to Dolar Davis is unsubstantiated, but they both
may have come from the same place in Wales and were
contemporaries.
2. Letter from Margaret Gass, December, 1993:
"A rate list of the town of Newtown (now Jamaica) in 1683 lists
Fulke Davis as having no horses, 2 cows (2 one -year olds, but
whether these are the same 2 is not clear), no oxen, no swine, 8
(acres?) of land and 1 "head" - whatever that may mean - and
"estates" of 39-0-0 (pounds, shillings & pence I believe), which
made him one of the poorest men in the area; in fact there were
only 9 as poor or poorer out of 78. Next to his name is that of
Samuel Davis (the names are not alphabetical, so I would guess
they were listed geographically). Samuel had 3 cows, 2 two-year
olds, 1 swine, 11 of land and 1 "head" and estate of 50-0-0.
There are only a few households with 0 "heads", so I doubt if it
would be slaves, which seemed a likely guess at first glance.
The same year, 1683, the comparable list for Brookhaven town
lists Joseph Davis as having 1 head, 30 lands and meadows, 1
horse, 1 two-year old (horse), 2 oxen and bulls, 2 cows, 1
three-year old (cows), 1 two-year old (cows), 2 yearlings, 0
sheep and 1 swine. Also listed in Brookhaven that year is
William Salyer, who married Fulke's daughter, with 1 head, 11
land, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 yearling. I believe they were in
Setauket then. Joseph Davis of Brookhaven is listed in 1675 and
had 1 head, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 one-year old, 1 two-year old, 1
horse, 2 two-year old (colts), 2 swine and 4 meadowlands and
estate of 0-72-0 ( ), while Wm. Salyer had 1 head, 3 cows, 3
three-year olds, 1 horse, 3 meadowlands and 0-60-0. A list of
freeholders of Brookhaven in 1739 lists Sylvanus Davis (Eastern
L.I. I think, and possibly no connection), Joseph Davis, Samuel
Davis, Daniel Davis and Benjamin Davis, all in Mt. Sinai from
the geographical arrangement. In 1683 there was a John Davis in
Southampton town and also Benjamin Davis, who had 1 "pole"
(head? - as in poll tax?) and 107 pounds, 06 s. 08 d. A list of
inhabitants of Southampton town in 1698 includes "feamales" 2
Mary Davises, Elizabeth Davis and Mehitable Davis and 6 Davis
men that are, as best I know, no connection, a Daniel who could
be. It is my understanding that Fulke came first to Gardiner's
Island - Isle of Wight - settled in East Hampton, then
Southampton, then Brookhaven and finally died in Jamaica
(Newtown) and his children dropped off wherever they came of
age. The Brookhaven town records are full of lawsuits between
the Davises and their neighbors and each other, for such things
as slander, etc., and I get a picture of a quarrelsome lot and
not popular. Weavers and carpenters predominate." (end).
3. Letter from Margaret Gass, Miller's Place, LI NY 11764,
1/26/1995: "Dear Cousins, (etc.)...As for Fulke Davis and his
tribe, there is an incredible lack of information and also a
terrible amount of misinformation and the result is pure chaos
more confounded. I have, I am ashamed to admit, been very
negligent in citing sources in my notes, with the result that I
have reams of scraps and sheets of paper on which my father and
I jotted down notes, with very little clue as to source and
therefore reliability, so I hate to put much into writing that
will only perpetuate and perhaps seem to authenticate, what may
not be true at all. There is a common story that Fulke came from
Wales, but I know of no proof of this fact. Davis is a common
Welch name, but also common in England. The Fulke is sometimes
spelled without an "e" on the end and sometimes with a double
"f" at the beginning, and I think that double "ff" might be a
Welch spelling. When, where or why he came to the New World I
don't know, but the first record I know of him was when he
witnessed a deed on Gardiner's Island in 1636 (sic. deed is
dated 1639), which was before any of the settlements on L.I.
proper. He appears frequently in the early records of
Southampton, East Hampton & Brookhaven Towns and later in
Newtown and Jamaica at the W. end of the Island. From there I
think it is true that he had at least 2 wives, the second named
Mary, being the widow of James Haynes (d.1653) and Ralph Dayton
(d.1658) and that she was married to Fulke before 1660. I
presume his first wife was the mother of his children. Of his
children, Joseph married Elizabeth, who was, I believe sister to
Sarah who married his brother Jonathan; Benjamin married
Rebecca, Sarah married William Salyer (or Sallier) and there was
a Samuel and perhaps a John. For as long as I can remember the
best historians and geneologists have debated whether there was
a line of 2 or 3 Benjamins, but the dates seem to me to make it
clear there were 3, but I also have notes indicating that Joseph
had a son Benjamin and after that the waters become very murky
indeed. There were Josephs, Benjamins and Samuels galore,
fathers and sons, uncles and nephews and grandfathers and
grandsons. There was never another Fulke, but whether this was
because it was considered an oddball (foreign) name or because
no one wanted to perpetuate his memory I don't know." (s/)
Margaret Gass
p.272 of this ref. is a transcription of a grant from James
Farrett, deputy to the Earle of Sterling (Scotland), to Lion
Gardiner, of the "island", called by the Indians "Manchonack"
and by the English "Isle of Wight", etc. The document was
sealed March 10, 1639 and is witnessed by Ffulke Davis and
Benjamin Pine. (Note spelling in signature is Ff (ulk) e).
p162 ff: "12 Decemb 1670. voulk davis (Ffoulke Davis) has
given his dwelling house that he bought in this town to his son
Joseph davis as also he gives his full consent to make over his
land on the south side of his lot which is 5 acres for five
acres in exchange."
p 163: "28 January 1670." (Prob. should be 1671) "Mr Lane has
exchanged part of the meadow that he bought of William Fancy.
It being bounded east by vuld daviis meadow and south with Righ
Fields meadow and southeast by the highway into the neck as will
appear by a ring of stakes between Davis and him with Henry
Rogers for all his meadow of the southward side of the woody
point commonly called Mabs Holes.
p87: "Know all men by these presents that I (ffoulk) davis of
Jamaica in the north Rieding of yorkshere on long Island haue
fully and absulluetly bargened, Sould and maed over to my sonn
in law, william Sallire of south ould in the Est Rieding of
yourkshiere on long Island aforesaied all that my land and
allottment that I bought of daniell lane situat in setaukcut
which was formerly Samuell Akerles, with all the medowes,
vplands and parsels of land whatsoever that doth any wayes
belong to the sayed acomedations I say. I the sayed (ff)ulk
daves haue for myselfe my haires, exseqiters fully and
absullutly sould and maed over to the saied william salliare his
hairs, exsecutors Administrators or asings all the foere
menchoned lott and acomadations with all the medows comons,
vplands, treese, timbers with all and singuler the aprevedges
apurtenancis profits and inlargmente that any may belong to the
said lott and acomadation to haue and to hould for ever and
further I doe hereby warant this my saele good in law fre from
any kinde of incambarance whatsoever and doe hereby acknowledge
to haue Reseued for the premisses a valluable consideration to
my sattisfacktion and to the full and Absullate conformation of
the premisses and every part therof I the saied Fulk daves haue
subscribed my name and sett to my seale this fiue and twenty day
of ocktober in the three and twentith yere of the Raing of our
souereng lord Charls the second of England scotland france and
Irland king and in the yere of our lord 1671 his mark fulk X
davis Sienged sealled and delivered in the presens of vs danell
Whiethed, Anthony Waters, Clark
, p. 64. In Feb., 1665 by order of Governor Richard Nicolls,
first colonial governor of New York, the principal towns were
asked to send two delegates each to a meeting to be held in
Hempstead. 16 towns sent representatives. At this meeting it
was agreed that Long Island, Staten Island (and Probably
Westchester) were to be known as Yorkshire. It was to be
divided: Suffolk County towns would be the East Riding; Kings
County the West Riding, and the remainder of the Island the
North Riding.
("translation")"Know all men by these presents that I (ffoulk)
davis of Jamaica in the north riding of yorkshire on Long Island
have fully and absolutely bargined, sold and made over to my son
in law, William Sallire of Southold in the East Riding of
yorkshire on long Island aforesaid all that my land and
allottment that I bought of Daniel Lane situated in Setauket
which was formerly Samuell Akerles, with all the meadows,
uplands and parcels of land whatsoever that doth any wayes
belong to the said accomodations I say. I the said (ff)ulk
Davis have for myself my heirs, executors fully and absolutely
sold and made over to the said William Salliare his heirs,
executors Administrators or assigns all the fore mentioned lot
and accomodations with all the meadows commons, uplands, trees,
timbers with all and singular the appendages, apurtenances
profits and enlargement that any may belong to the said lot and
accomodation to have and to hold for ever and fufther I do
hereby warrant this my sale good in law, free from any kind of
incumberance whatsoever and do hereby acknowledge to have
received for the premises a valuable consideration to my
satisfaction and to the full and absolute confirmation of the
premises and every part thereof I the said Fulk Daves have
subscribed my name and set to my seal this five and twenty day
of October in the three and twentieth year of the reign of our
soverign lord Charles the second of England, Scotland, France
and Ireland king and in the year of our lord 1671. his mark
fulk X davis Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Daniel Whithead, Anthony Waters, Clerk"
Suffolk County. One of the ten original counties organized in
1683, and named for the county of the same name in England. The
first settlement was made at Southold about 1630 by people from
CT, and the county itself was included in the CT colony of New
Haven. Gardiners Island was settled by Lyon Gardiner in 1635
(sic. actual settlement was 1639); Shelter Island in 1652;
Brookhaven in 1655, by emigrants from MA, and Smithtown in 1677,
by Richard ("Bull") Smythe, who obtained a patent from Rhode
Island. The people of this part of Long Island never
acknowledged the claims of the Dutch, and only one governor,
Calve, ever attempted to force Dutch rule upon the people.
William Kidd, the pirate, secreted a part of his treasure on
Gardiners Island, but it is thought that the treasure was seized
by the Earl of Bellomont, the royal governor, a short time
afterward. During the War of the Revolution the British
collected military stores and provisions at Sag Harbor. In May,
1777, Lt. Meigs, with 170 men, went in whale boats from
Guilford, CT, across the sound to Southold, dragged the boats
over land to the bay, rowed to Sag Harbor and destroyed the
stores - including twelve small vessels, one of which was a
schooner manned by seventy nine men. In twenty-five hours from
the time of leaving they were back in Guilford. County seat,
Riverhead.
Mentions Fulke as one of 24 early settlers who joined five of
the original nine settlers of East Hampton.
The 1683 Brookhaven Township rate list includes Willia
Individual Notes
Note for: Samuel Ackerly, ABT 1700 - 6 MAR 1759 Index
Individual Note:
Page 228.--In the name of God, Amen, February 6, 1759. I, SAMUEL AKERLPage 228.--In the name of God, Amen, February 6, 1759. I, SAMUEL AKERLY, of the town of Hunttington, in Suffolk County, being very sick and weak. "My body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Buryal." I leave to my wife Hannah ?30, to be paid by my two oldest sons at the rate of ?10 a year, "further I give her free liberty to carry away all that she brought to me, and upon these conditions and considerations she is to quit the estate," "but the said widow is to have the two barrels of cyder." I give all my lands to my two sons, Abel Akerly and Samuel Akerly. And as for my youngest son, Bethuel Akerly, the sum of ?10 I give him if he lives to the age of 21. I leave to my daughter Keziah ?5. To my daughters Rachel, Sarah, and Rebecca, all my movables, "and to be sold at the discretion of my executors, which is Josiah Wickes, and Zebediah Bunce, and Joseph Udall, Jr."
Witnesses, Josiah Wickes, Zebediah Bunce, cordwainer, Isaac Bunce. Proved in New York, March 6, 1759.
[NOTE.--Samuel Akerly married Hannah, daughter of Major Joseph Fordham, of Southampton.--W. S. P.]
Individual Notes
Note for: Robert Ackerly, ABT 1610 - BEF 26 APR 1681 Index
Individual Note:
He was established in Southold, Suffolk Co., NY by late 1651. It is said that he was a member of a group of thirteen who left England in 1638 and settled first in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, and then removed to Southold after 1640. The location of his homelot was recorded in the town records in January 1653.
He took little or no part in town affairs, and on 4 March 1657 he and Isabella sold there land to Thomas Cooper and removed to Brookhaven, Suffolk County. He owned a lot on both sides of the road which was on the east side of the stream which, after being dammed later, became Setauket Mill Pond. He had the southern-most lot, next to George Wood.
His name appears frequently in the town records, mostly in regards to land transactions. In 1661, his name appears as "No. 14" on a list of holders of six acre lots in the old field. In the Second Land Division, land in the old field was divided into four- and three-acre lots and Robert received one of three acres. In the 1664 distribution of lots in the old purchase -- also called South Fireplace -- Robert drew lot number twenty-four. In the division of lots in "Newtown" in 1667 he drew lot number thirty-three. In 1668, a list of the town inhabitants showed Robert with "1 lott." On 26 July 1672, his son-in-law Richard Waring took (records are unclear as to whether this meant rented or bought) Robert's lot for three years. On 17 August 1675, he sold a six-acre lot to his son-in-law. Finally, in the same year, in a drawing of meadow lots in the new purchase Robert was number forty-four.
Little else is known about him. He was made a freeman of Connecticut on 12 May 1664. In 1666, he was the defendant in a lawsuit:
"Zakery Hawkens, plaintive, Robart Akerly, defendant, in a acktion of trespas, for his hoggs destroying my pese, to the value of eaight bushells pr pece, for which the plaintive desiers the judgment of the courte, with cost of suete. The judgment of the court is, that wee fine for the plaintive fower bushells of pece, with increase of court charges, but the defendant desire a Reyou the court the next tiyme being sett, the defendant lett fall the Reyou, and willing to pay the court vardit."
His wife died sometime before 1670, at which time he began to dispose of his lands. On 20 November of that year, he made an agreement with his son Samuel conveying one-half of his homelot to him. On 10 April 1675, he gave Samuel a five acre lot in Newtown, provided "said Samuell doth forgive the sayd Robard his father all debts dues & demands from the begining of the world to this day and date and not to Require any other porsion without his father being willing to leave him anything and to surrender up the cattell and tacklen wch he had of his father." On 24 May that same year, he sold another part of his homelot to "his son-in-law Jacob Longbothm."
On 25 November of that same year, he sold land to his son-in-law Richard Waring provided the latter "doth ingage to keep the said Robert Akerly with meat drink and Cloathing washing and Lodging Sufficiently and what Cloathing the Said Robert have of his own he is not to dispose of it to others." He was illiterate and signed with his mark.
The last available record of Robert appears to be a 4 July 1676 sale of his commanage to Robert Kellum of Southampton. Nothing more is known of him. He died in Brookhaven before 26 April 1681, when he is referred to by Thomas Biggs in a land deed as being deceased.
Individual Notes
Note for: Catherine A, 16 NOV 1812 - 4 FEB 1887 Index
Burial:
Place: Northport Rural Cemetery
Individual Notes
Note for: William Ackerly, ABT 1814 - 9 JUL 1894 Index
Burial:
Place: Northport Rural Cemetery