John - JOHN1

Title

John - JOHN1

Subject

Person

Description

Free man in 1676 East Hampton

Source

East Hampton Town Records v. I

Date

May 18, 1676

Name

John

Status

Free

Sex

Male

Biographical Text

"John Neiger have begun to set himslefe upp a house in the Streete by the side of Mrs. Codners home lot ... to goe from the fence yt Doth belong to John Stretton Senir...the said John Neiger is to have this land for his life time in Case hee live there but he is now way to dispose of or to sell it away but if he remove from it yn it is to remain again to the the towne as before."

Mrs. Codner is Alice Codner, who married first John Hand. Hand Died on or about Jan. 24, 1660. She married Capt. Codnor. Source: "The Hand Family" (ms.) Capt. Codnor's first name may have been Edward; an Edward Codnor signed a February 6, 1661 agreement "selling" Montauk to the English East Hampton colonists.

Citation

“John - JOHN1,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/299.