Oyster Bay, NY Town Records, Nassau County, Long Island 1653-1763 Volumes 1-6

Oyster Bay, NY Town Records(Nassau County) 1653 – 1763
Vol. 1-6
4,500 pages
Scanned pages of the original books

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"On June 4th, I anchored in a commodious haven on the north of Long
Island. We found fine oysters there, from which the Dutch call it
Oyster Bay." - Diary of David deVries, Voyager, 1639

The Town of Oyster Bay is one of three towns in Nassau County, New
York on Long Island, United States. At least six of the 36 villages
and hamlets of the Town have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor, an inlet of
Long Island Sound, and many of these at one time or another have also
been referred to as being part of the hamlet of Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay
is also the name of a hamlet on the north shore within the Town of
Oyster Bay.

The Town of Oyster Bay enjoys a rich and well-documented history. The
first known European to sail past Long Island’s south shore was
Giovanni de Verrazano in 1524. David deVries was the first to record
the name of Oyster Bay for the beautiful harbor on the Town’s north
shore in 1639.

Long Island was first claimed by the Dutch as part of their province
of New Netherland. In 1639, they purchased from the Native Americans a
tract which, on the east, included the present Town land. In 1648,
Robert Williams of Hempstead bought from the Native Americans a large
parcel of land, which is represented today by Hicksville and adjacent
parts of Jericho, Plainview, Syosset and

This CD includes Oyster Bay Town Records Volumes 1 Through 6. (1653 -
1763). New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1916 - 1931. Approximately 750
pages per volume.
Volume I 1653-1690: of the First Purchase Deed 1653 and reverse of
same; black and white folding map of Oyster Bay Township at end of the
vol, "With an Appendix Containing an Historical Sketch by George W.
Cocks and various important documents. Published by Order of the Town
by Frederick E. Willits Daniel Underhill Edward T. Payne Committee
Compared, Annotated and Indexed by John Cox, Jr."
Volume II 1691-1704, Volume III 1704-1720, Volume IV 1721-1732, Volume
V 1733-1749, Volume VI 1750-1763 "with...The Jackson Patent and other
matters,"
.

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