Oyster Bay, NY Town Records 1653 – 1763 Vol. 1-6 + Bonus Church Records


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

- Bonus #1 -
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church
of Oyster Bay, L.I. (Wolverhollow)
230 pages, searchable

- Bonus #2 -
Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Oyster Bay
279 pages, indexed, searchable

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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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