Long before the sale of Parr Meadows which was "way upton" there was this

little transaction for some land that went all the way to the south shore known as

"Mastic Meadows"

 

 

THE VERY FIRST DEED TO THE FUTURE
MASTIC BEACH

July 20, 1657

A SIMPLE TRANSACTION

There it is folks from the Brookhaven Town Records which are available on CD from

http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/

Got to love the waye theye spelled things back then. But then again it was The King's English. Wiandance (Wyandanch) the Mentake Sachem (leader of the Montauk Tribe) gives Richard Woodhull a lot of land (both dry and swampy) in exchange for 20 Hatchets, Six Pairs of Stockings, 1 Troopers Coat (made of Good Cloth) 20 Knifes, 1 Gun, 10 pounds of Powder (to shoot in the gun) , 10 pounds of Lead (makes a lot of bullets) and other neat stuff

 

And so most this land stayed in the hands of The Woodhulls and heirs like the Floyds and their families for 279 years when in May of 1926, deals were struck between The Lawrence Family, August Floyd & Warren and Arthur Smadbeck of Home Guardian Co.

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