CHAPTER IV
PIONEER SETTLERS.

IN 1723 the whole population of Dutchess county was reported to be 1,083. What is now Putnam county was included in the "South Ward," and the following list gives the names of the taxable inhabitants in that district, at that time.

"The Inhabitants, Residents, and Freeholders of Dutchess County (South Ward) are rated and assessed by ye assessors for the same the 16th day of Jan. Annoque Dom. 1723-4: Juerie Springsteen, 9 pounds; Joseph Arkils, 6; Isaac Hardicke, 14; Peter DuBois, 25 ; Robert Denze, 7; Johannes Peter, 5; Johannes Mettler, 10; James Hussey, 25 ; The widow of Gerrit Veldit, 25; John Buys, 8; John Montross, 14; Abraham Buys, 9; Johannes Buys, 9; Jacobus Swartwout, 12; Francis De Lange, 23; Daniel Boss, 15; Jacob Mousuer, 6; John Schouten, 12; Peter Lassink, 20; Lawrence Lassink, 8; Jury Mousuer, 5; Alexander Grigs, 5; Peter Arkils, 10; Peter Stringal, 5; Johannes Osterom, 5; Henderick Boss, 5; Rich. Lounsbury, 5; The widow of Roger Brett, deceased, 50; Nicholas Walder, 7; Hendrick Philipse, 8; The widow of Everet Jong, 5; Johannes Ter Boss, 32; and for the land of Mr. Andrew Teller in his possession, 18, in all 50; Johannes Ter Boss, Jr., 12; John De Lange, 5; Andrus Frederick Peck, 9; Jans Snider, 110; The widow of Simon Schouten, 16; Wm. Lassink, 11; David Brill, 5; Isaack Lassing, 8; Wm. Schut, 8; Jacobus Ter Boss, 5; Cornelius Bogardus, 5; Jan Crankhyt Jr., 6; Tax, £27, 3s; £543."

The list is small, but small as it is none of the persons named is positively known to have been living on the Philipse Patent. In the statement of David Ninham, the Indian sachem, presented to the Governor and Council, in 1765, it is stated that about forty years before, sundry persons  began to settle upon the land as tenants of Adolph Philipse, and it also seems that some whites were settlers on the land as tenants of the Indians themselves. It seems to be well established that as early as 1740 there was quite a number of inhabitants. The fact that when the survey and division of the patent was made in 1754, an "Old Meeting house" standing in the northwest corner of Lot 9 is mentioned as a landmark, would indicate a population sufficiently large to establish a church at least twenty years before that date. These were the Englishmen who came from Connecticut and Long Island. About 1740 there was a large number of families who emigrated to this region from Cape Cod. Others came from the bordering towns in Connecticut, while the Townsends, Holmes, Fields and Hortons are prominent examples of the families who came from Long Island.

The lands on the tract called the Oblong, next to the Connecticut line, were speedily settled, it is said, because lands could be purchased, with an indisputable title. It was not the policy of the owners of the Philipse Patent to sell their lands, and so far as ascertained a tract of 245 acres sold by Colonel Morris and his wife to William Hill, in 1765, was the first tract that was actually sold out of the whole patent. The various lots were surveyed and divided into farms of various sizes, and leased to tenants who paid an annual rent. In some cases the leases were given in perpetuity, and when the owner sold portions of his farm, he took care to charge the part sold with a due proportion of the rent as a part of the consideration.  The following affidavit shows the names of some of the early settlers:
 
"AFFIDAVIT OF TIMOTHY SHAW, 1767.
"Sworn says that he formerly was a tenant under Adolph Philipse deceased within the Patent commonly called the Upper Patent, being the land now claimed by Beverly Robinson, Roger Morris and Philip Philipse, and that he is very well acquainted with all the settlements that have been made in the said Upper Patent, within the last twenty-five years. That when he first became acquainted with the said Upper Patent the following persons were settled thereon and held as he
understood from them as tenants under Adolph Philipse, to wit Philip Minthorne, Elisha Tompkins, John Tompkins, Wm. Hunt, Daniel Townsend, John Dickenson, James Dickenson, John Sprague, Wm. Sturdevant, Ira Hill, Moses Northrup Sen., Thomas Philipse, George Hughson, James McCrady, Samuel Fields, Amos Dickenson, Hezekiah Wright, Jeremiah Calkins, John Calkins, Joseph Porter, Ichabod Vickery, Ebenezer King, Samuel Jones, James Paddock, Peter Paddock, David Paddock, John Eagleston, two brothers of the name of Bircham, John Kiel, Wm. Bardsley, Thomas Kirkam, NathanielRobinson, one Cole, Wm. Smith, John Smith, Nathaniel Underhill, Edward Stevens, one Barton, John Reynolds, and a great many other persons, and this deponent really believes that there were upward of three hundred settlers on said Patent (as tenants of the Philipse family) upward of three miles from Hudson river, before the year 1756. That either two or three years ago, in the winter season the said Philip Philipse was at the house of Uriah Lawrence one of the tenants, where Daniel Ninham, the Indian together with at least 300 persons chiefly tenants of said Philipse were assembled, and that the said Philipse then and there in his hearing and in the hearing of as many as could conveniently crowd near enough to hear what passed, asked the said Ninham where the lands were which he claimed, whereupon the said Ninham said that he had no lands. Upon which the said Philip Philipse asked the said Ninham, why he made such a Rout among the tenants, to which he answered, that he was told to do so by Stephen Cowenham and One Pound pocktwo and other Indians. That the said Ninham never to his knowledge lived within the bounds of the said Patent, and that all the Indians who formerly lived in the Patent had abandoned it long before the year 1756, and settled as this deponent has been informed beyond Minnisink, near Delaware.

                                                                                    HIS
                                                                        TIMOTHY X SHAW.
                                                                                    Mark.
" Done this 6th day of March
1767 before me
"DANIEL HORSMANDEN."

TAX LIST OF PHILIPSE PATENT, 1777
                       
                        Adams, Thomas                                             Baldwin, James
                        Agard, John                                                   Baldwin, Thomas
                        Agor, Charles                                                Bangs, Samuel
                        Aikin, David, Jr.                                             Bard, Joseph
                        Aikins, David                                                 Barnum, Asa
                        Aikins, Joseph                                               Barnum, Eliakin
                        Airs, Richard                                                 Barnum, Joshua, Jr.
                        Anderson, Nathaniel                                      Barret, James
                        Angevine, Peter                                             Barrett, John
                        Anwah, Charles                                             Barrit, James, Jr.
                        Archer, Gabriel                                              Barrit, John, Jr.
                        Arkill, Widow                                                Barrit, Marcus
                        Armstrong, Jacob                                          Barrit, William
                        Armstrong, John                                            Barritt, Isaac
                        Arnold, Edward                                            Barton, John
                        Arnold, Joseph                                              Bashford, James
                        Arnold, Richard                                             Bashford, Thomas
                        Arvah, Charles                                              Bates, Isaac
                        Arvah, Peter                                                  Bates, John
                        Austin, Charity                                               Batner, Edmund
                        Austin, Isaac                                                  Baxter, Thomas
                        Austin, Jonathan                                             Beaman, Joshua
                        Austin, Silas                                                   Beardsley, Andrew
                        Avery, John                                                   Benedict, Ebenezer
                        Avery, Micaiah                                              Benedict, Matthew
                        Badeau, Peter                                                Benedict, Samuel
                        Bailey, Peleg                                                  Benjamin, Elias
                        Baker, Josiah                                                 Bennet, Isaiah
                        Baker, Phineas                                               Bennett, Ebenezer
                        Baker, Stephen                                              Bentinck, George
                        Baldwin, Elisha                                               Berry, Jabez

                        Bill, Peter                                                      Bunker, Peter
                        Birdsall, Benjamin                                          Bunn, Reuben
                        Birdsall, James                                               Burdock, Joshua
                        Birdsall, John                                                 Burgess, Jeremiah
                        Birdsall, Nathan                                             Burgess, Thomas
                        Birdsall, Thomas                                            Burgis, Matthew
                        Birger, John                                                   Burlison, Eleagar
                        Birger, Peter                                                  Burtis, Daniel
                        Bloomer, Benjamin                                        Burtis, Joseph
                        Bloomer, Gilbert                                            Burtis, Samuel
                        Boice, John                                                   Byington, Solomon
                        Booth, Stephen                                              Calkins, James
                        Borland, Joel                                                 Calkins, William
                        Briady, William                                              Carl, James
                        Brewer, Peter                                                Carl, Samuel
                        Briggs, Zebulon                                             Carl, Thomas
                        Brinkerhoff, Col.                                            Carl, Thomas, Jr.
                        Brown, Captain                                              Carl, William
                        Brown, Ebenezer                                           Carpenter, John
                        Brown, John                                                  Chadwick, Comfort
                        Brundage, Caleb                                            Chapman, Isaac
                        Brundage, Daniel                                           Chapman, Peter
                        Brundage, Daniel, Jr.                                     Chapman, Richard
                        Brundage, Joshua                                           Charlock, Henry
                        Brundage, Marcus                                          Chase, Isaac
                        Bryant, Joshua                                                Chase, Jabish
                        Bryant, Thomas                                              Chase, Obadiah
                        Budd, Elijah                                                   Chase, Reuben
                        Budd, Gilbert                                                 Chatterton, William
                        Bugbee, Daniel                                              Cheeseman, Benjamin
                        Bugbee, Ezekiel                                             Clark, John
                        Bull, Daniel                                                    Clements, Thomas
                        Bump, Matthew                                             Clinton, William

                        Cole, Ebenezer                                                Crommill, Samuel
                        Cole, Elisha                                                     Cromwell, Joseph
                        Colgrove, William                                           Crosby, Abner
                        Colwell, Joseph                                               Crosby, Abner, Jr.
                        Colwell, William                                             Crosby, David
                        Comill, John                                                    Crosby, David, Jr.
                        Comstock, Thomas                                         Crosby, Isaac
                        Conklin, Joshua                                               Crosby, John
                        Conklin, Stephen                                            Crosby, Joshua
                        Conklin, Timothy                                            Crosby, Moses
                        Conon -----------                                           Crosby, Nathan
                        Cool, Elisha, Jr.                                               Crosby, Reuben
                        Cool, Joseph                                                    Crosby, Theodorus
                        Cool, Nathan                                                   Cullen, Charles
                        Corly, John                                                      Curry, George, Sr.
                        Corl, Jonathan                                                 Dakin, Johnson
                        Covan, James                                                  Dan, John
                        Covert, Abraham                                            Dan, John, Jr.
                        Covey, James                                                  Davenport, Thomas
                        Cowen, David                                                 Davenport, Thomas, Jr.
                        Cox, James                                                      Davenport, William
                        Craft, Abraham                                               Dean, Benjamin
                        Craft, Henry                                                    Dean, Caleb
                        Craft, John Thomas                                         Dean, Ezekiel
                        Craft, William                                                 Dean, John
                        Craig, Robert                                                  Delavan, Timothy
                        Crane, John                                                     Dickenson, Gilbert
                        Crane, Joseph                                                  Dickenson, James
                        Crane, Solomon                                              Dickenson, John
                        Crane, Zebulon                                               Dickenson, Samuel
                        Crap, John                                                       Dickenson, Tertellus
                        Crawford, Daniel                                            Dickerson, Nathaniel
                        Crawford, James                                             Dimmock, Shubael

                        Dinge, Elijah                                                   Field, Samuel
                        Dinnis, Richard                                               Field, Solomon
                        Disbrow, Nathan                                             Field, Stephen
                        Disbury, Nathan, Jr.                                        Field, William
                        Doane, Andrew                                              Fields, Joseph
                        Donaldson, Thomas                                        Ford, Jedediah
                        Doty, Elijah                                                     Forster, James
                        Drake, John                                                     Foster, John
                        Drake, Peter                                                    Foster, John Wheeler
                        Drake, Reuben                                                Foster, Nathaniel
                        Drake, Samuel, Jr.                                           Foster, Nathaniel, Jr.
                        Drake, Uriah                                                   Foster, Thomas
                        Dubois, Peter                                                  Fowler, Caleb
                        Dusenbury, Moses                                          Fowler, Christopher
                        Dusenbury, Moses, Jr.                                     Fowler, David
                        Dutton, William                                              Fowler, Moses
                        Dykeman, Joseph                                            Fowler, Thomas
                        Eggleston, James                                             Fox, Oliver
                        Eliston ----------                                             Frost, David
                        Ellis, Jacob                                                      Fuller, Cornelius
                        Ellis, Simeon                                                   Fuller, David
                        Ellis, Thomas                                                   Fuller, Elijah
                        Elwell, Isaac                                                    Fuller, Isaac
                        Elwell, Jabez                                                   Fuller, John
                        Elwell, John                                                    Fuller, Lemuel
                        Elwell, Samuel                                                Fuller, Northrup
                        English ---------                                             Fuller, Robert
                        Everitt, Isaac                                                   Furguson, Thomas
                        Falconier, William                                           Gage, Anthony
                        Field, Anthony                                                Gage, Daniel
                        Field, John                                                      Gage, Ebenezer
                        Field, Joseph                                                   Gage, Elihu
                        Field, Peter                                                      Gage, Mark

                        Gage, Moses                                                  Hains, Asa
                        Gage, Silvanus                                               Hall, Isaac
                        Gage, Thomas                                                 Hall, Joseph
                        Gannung, Gilbert                                            Hall, Martin
                        Gannung, Jacob                                              Hall, Peter
                        Ganung, Joseph                                               Hall, Samuel
                        Garrison, John                                                 Hall, Thomas
                        Gee, Ezekiel                                                    Hamilton, Doctor
                        Gee, William                                                   Hamson, Caleb
                        Gifford, Samuel                                              Hannin, David
                        Golden, Benjamin                                           Hannin, Thomas
                        Goremans, Ichabod                                         Harps, Conrad
                        Gray, Benoni                                                   Harris, Elisha
                        Gray, John                                                       Hatch, Timothy
                        Green, Jonathan                                              Hatfield, Barns
                        Green, Nathan                                                 Hatfield, Peter
                        Green, Nathan, Jr.                                           Haviland, Benjamin
                        Gregory, Daniel                                              Haviland, Daniel
                        Gregory, Elnathan                                           Haviland, Isaac
                        Gregory, Josiah                                               Haviland, James
                        Gregory, Joshua                                              Haviland, John
                        Gregory, Russell                                             Haviland, Roger
                        Gregory, Thomas                                            Haviland, Solomon
                        Griffin, Daniel                                                  Haviland, Thomas
                        Griffin, Lazarus, Jr.                                         Hawkins, David
                        Griffith, Stephen                                             Hawkins, Joseph
                        Haight, Daniel                                                 Hazelton, Martin
                        Haight, James                                                  Hazen, Ebenezer
                        Haight, John                                                    Heacock, David
                        Haight, Joseph                                                 Higbee, William
                        Haight, Samuel                                               Higgins, Benjamin
                        Haight, Silvanus                                              Higgins, Thomas
                        Haines, Mary                                                   Hill, David

                        Hill, Noah                                                       Jenkins, Nathaniel
                        Hill, Widow                                                    Jenkins, Samuel
                        Hill, William                                                    Jenkins, Solomon
                        Hill, Thomas                                                    Jones, Elias
                        Hinkley, Thomas                                             Jones, Ephriam
                        Hinman, Zachariah                                          Jones, Josiah
                        Hitchcock, Joseph                                           Jones, Nehemiah
                        Hitchcock, Joseph, Jr.                                     Jones, Samuel
                        Holliday, John                                                 Jones, Theophilus
                        Honeywell, Richard                                        Jones, Widow
                        Hopkins, Benjamin                                         Jones, William
                        Hopkins, Isaiah                                               June, John
                        Hopkins, John                                                 Kelley, John
                        Hopkins, Jonathan                                          Kelley, Jonathan
                        Hopkins, Joseph                                              Kelley, Thomas
                        Hopkins, Solomon                                          Kelly, David
                        Hopper, John                                                   Kelly, Reuben
                        Hopper, Richard                                             Kelly, Silvanus
                        Horton, Samuel                                               Kelly, Zebedee
                        Horton, Thomas                                              Kent, Moss
                        Howse, Moody                                               Ketchum, Daniel
                        Hudden, William                                            Kidd, Alexander
                        Hughson, Jeremiah                                          King, Barzillai
                        Hughson, Robert                                             King, David
                        Hughson, William                                           King, Herman
                        Humstead, Ebenezer                                       Kirkham, Ezekiel
                        Humstead, Ichabod                                        Kirkham, Seth
                        Humstead, Nathaniel                                      Kirkham, Solomon
                        Husted, Joseph                                                Kirkham, Thomas
                        Hyatt, Stephen                                                Kirkham, Zebulon
                        Jagger, Nathaniel                                            Kirkham, Zopher
                        Jaycocks. James                                              Knap, Benjamin
                        Jean, John                                                        Knap, Daniel

                        Knap, Israel                                                     McCaby, Matthew
                        Knap, Hannah                                                 McDonald, John
                        Knap, Joseph                                                   McFarland, James
                        Knap, Moses                                                   McGregory, Duncan
                        Knap, Moses, Jr.                                             McKinsy, Roderick
                        Kniffen, Jacob                                                 McKudney, Jeremiah
                        Kniffen, Samuel                                              McLean, John
                        Kniffen, Samuel, Jr.                                        Mandeville, Jacob
                        Knott ------------                                           March, Elnathan
                        Kornhyt, Sibert                                               March, William
                        Krankhuyt, Isaac                                             Maybee, Abraham, Jr.
                        Laight, Henry                                                  Maybee, Jacob           
                        Lamoraux, Joshua                                           Maybee, John
                        Lamoreaux, Elisha                                          Maybee, Peter
                        Lancaster, William                                          Mead, Hezekiah
                        Lane, David                                                    Mead, James
                        Lane, George                                                  Mead, Joshua
                        Lane, Jesse                                                      Mead, Moses
                        Lane, Matthew                                                Mead, Oliver
                        Lane, Nathan                                                  Mead, William
                        Lane, Nathan, Jr.                                             Meeks, John
                        Langdon, John                                                 Menzie, Alexander
                        Lawrence, Stephen                                         Menzie, Thomas
                        Lawrence, William                                          Merrick, David
                        Lewis, Henry                                                  Merrit, John
                        Likely, John                                                    Merritt, Hackaliah
                        Lockwood, Ebenezer                                      Merritt, Isaac
                        Lockwood, Henry                                           Merritt, William
                        Lounsbury, Isaac                                             Millard, Jacob
                        Lounsbury, John                                             Miller, Jonathan
                        Luddington, Comfort                                     Minch, John
                        Luddington, Henry                                         Mitchell, Uriah
                        Lynch, Thomas                                               Montross, Peter

                        Moo ? Abraham                                              Paddock, Seth
                        Mooney, Robert                                              Paddock, Seth, Jr.
                        Morehouse, Stephen                                       Paddock, Silas
                        Morris, Roger                                                  Paddock, Thomas
                        Morrison, Malcom                                           Paddock, Zachariah
                        Moss, Joseph                                                   Palmer, Caleb
                        Mott, William                                                  Palmer, Nathan
                        Mungis -------------                                       Palmer, William
                        Munrow, John                                                 Parrish, Jonathan
                        Nelson, Caleb                                                 Patterson, Matthew
                        Nelson, James                                                 Peane, Daniel
                        Nelson, John                                                   Pearce, Isaac
                        Nelson, Joshua                                                Peer, Samuel
                        Nelson, Justus                                                 Pell, Caleb
                        Nelson, Mahar                                                Penney, David
                        Newberry, John                                              Penney, George
                        Nickerson ------------                                    Penney, William
                        Nickerson, Seth                                              Penny, Ammiel
                        Nickerson, Thomas                                         Peters, Samuel
                        North, David                                                   Peters, Thomas
                        Northrop, Joseph                                            Philips, Joshua
                        Nowland, Michael                                          Philipse, Jacob, Jr.
                        Oakley, Gilbert                                               Philipse, Joseph
                        Oakley, Robert                                               Pine, Jonathan, Jr.
                        Oakley, Timothy                                             Place, John
                        Odell, Benjamin                                              Piatt, John
                        Odell, Isaac                                                     Porter, Robert
                        Odell, Jonathan                                               Post, Abraham
                        Odell, Oliver                                                   Post, Henry
                        Owens, Jonathan                                             Post, Nathaniel
                        Paddock, David                                              Powers, Lawrence
                        Paddock, Jonathan                                          Price, John
                        Paddock, Nathan                                            Purdoe, Isaac

                        Purdy, John                                                    Sears, Thomas
                        Purdy, John Still                                             Secor, Isaac
                        Randall, Joseph                                               Secor, John
                        Raymond, Uriah                                             Seelass, Daniel
                        Reede, Jacob                                                  Sentier, Thomas
                        Rhoads, Isaac                                                 Shaw, Enoch
                        Rhoads, John                                                  Shaw, Gilbert
                        Rhoads, Samuel                                              Shaw, John
                        Rice, Edward                                                  Shaw, Michael, Jr.
                        Ricks, Peter                                                    Shaw, Robert
                        Rider, Simeon                                                 Shaw, Timothy
                        Robert, Daniel                                                 Shaw, William
                        Robinson, Beverly                                          Sherwood, Jeremiah
                        Robinson, Beverly, Jr.                                     Sherwood, John
                        Robinson, Ebenezer                                        Sherwood, Joseph
                        Rockwell, Stephen                                          Simmins, Absalom
                        Rogers, Benjamin                                            Simmons, Rachael
                        Rogers, John                                                   Simpkins, Major
                        Rubly, Andrew                                               Sinclair, John
                        Rubly, Nathaniel                                             Slott, Hendrick
                        Ruch, John                                                      Slott, Isaac
                        Rushny, Isaac                                                  Slott, Michael
                        Russell, Rowland                                            Smith, Elijah
                        Russell, Thomas                                              Smith, Jabez
                        Ryder, Ebenezer                                             Smith, John
                        Ryder, Mary                                                    Smith, Joseph
                        Ryder, Reuben                                                Smith, Noah
                        Ryder, Zadoc                                                  Smith, Philip
                        Sagua, Jacob                                                   Smith, Solomon
                        Saris, Thomas                                                  Smith, Thomas
                        Sayer, James                                                    Snooks, Matthew
                        Sears, Benjamin                                              Snouck, Peter
                        Sears, Seth                                                      Snow, William

                        Spencer, Caleb                                                Townsend, Charles
                        Spencer, Samuel                                              Townsend, Christopher
                        Star, John                                                        Townsend, Daniel
                        Steadwell, Gilbert                                           Townsend, James
                        Stedwell, James                                              Townsend, John
                        Steenbaugh, Philip                                          Townsend, Levi
                        Stephens, Jehiel                                               Townsend, Robert
                        Stockman, Jonathan                                        Townsend, Uriah
                        Stone, William                                                Townsend, Zebulon
                        Studwell, John                                                Travis, Silvanus
                        Studwell, Joseph                                             Truesdill, Richard
                        Sturdevant, Richard                                        Tryon, Simeon
                        Sunderland, Joseph                                         Tubbs, Benaijah
                        Surine, Albert                                                  Underhill, William
                        Surine, Charles                                                Utter, John
                        Sutton, Thomas                                               Vail, Caleb
                        Swain, Thomas                                                Van Amburg, John
                        Swift, Josiah                                                   Van Tassel, William
                        Terrel, Peter                                                   Vermilya, John
                        Terril, John                                                      Vermilyer, William
                        Terry, John                                                      Vickney, David
                        Terry, Samuel                                                  Vickney, Joseph
                        Theal, Charles                                                 Warren, Peter
                        Thurston, John                                                Warren, Samuel
                        Tompkins, Cornelius                                       Warrig, John
                        Tompkins, Elijah                                             Warring, Thadeus
                        Tompkins, John                                               Washburn, Ebenezer
                        Tompkins, Joshua                                            Washburn, Isaac
                        Tompkins, Nathaniel                                       Washburn, Samuel
                        Tompkins, Reuben                                          Waterbury, David
                        Tompkins, Silvanus                                         Watts, Robert
                        Townsend, Amos                                            Weekson, Elijah
                        Townsend, Benjamin                                      Weekson, Peleg

                        Weekson, Shubell                                           Wood, Solomon
                        Wells, David                                                   Wooden, Henry
                        White, Jeremiah                                              Wooden, William
                        White, John                                                     Woods, Eli
                        White, William                                                Woodward, Thomas
                        Whitney, Jeremiah                                          Wright, Dennis
                        Wilcox, Roswell                                              Wright, John
                        Williams, Richard                                           Wright, Jonathan
                        Williams, Thomas                                            Wright, Robert
                        Willis, Jedekiah                                               Wright, William
                        Wilmott, Lemuel                                             Wright, Zebulon
                        Wilsie, Daniel                                                  Yeomans, Absalom
                        Wilsie, Henry                                                  Yeomans, Anthony
                        Wilson, Daniel                                                Yeomans, John
                        Wilson, James                                                 Yeomans, Johnson
                        Wilson, John                                                   Yeomans, Samuel
                        Wilson, Samuel                                               Yeomans, William
                        Win, John                                                        Young, William
                        Win, Peter                                                       Youngs, Elihu
                        Wood, Israel                                                   Youngs, Shaw
                        Wood, Nehemiah                                           

The assessment affords no information as to the actual amount of property possessed by the persons named. We might remark that the great wealth of Beverly Robinson was indicated by his assessment of £70, the next highest on the list being that of Thomas Davenport, £15; the others range from 1 to 6 pounds.