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In 1682, is the following: "Upon the complaint of the constable of Flatbush, that there are severall persons in the said town, who doe refuse to pay there minister. The court doe order, that such persons who shall refuse to pay their said minister, it shall be taken from them by distress." From the general prevalence of the voluntary principle at the present day, in the support of the gospel, and the abolishing of the unholy union of church and state, we look almost with wonder at such provisions and enactments.
In the year 1683, there is another record relative to an alleged trespass by the inhabitants of Flatbush, upon the town of Flatlands, of nearly the same import with the one which we have quoted above, but we need not recite it. In 1685, in an action between Derick Storm, and the inhabitants of Flatbush, it is recorded, "An agreement read between Storm and Joseph Hegeman, Cornelius Berrian, John Stryker, William Guilliamsen, and others, in behalf of ye town of Fflatbush, uppon which, Storm prayed a sallarry, may be allowed him, for serving the town as schoolmaster to their children. Ordered that Court Steephens and Symou Jansen, examine ye accounts, and agreement between them, and these partys to stand to their determination."
In the same year, Theodorus Polhemus, for refusing to stand constable for Flatbush, although legally elected, was by the court fined five pounds to the public.
1651 |
January 15, 1651
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Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
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January 15, 1651
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Amsterdam, Holland
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January 15, 1651
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1678 |
June 22, 1678
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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
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October 24, 1678
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Midwout-Flatbush,Long Island,New York,USA
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1680 |
October 29, 1680
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Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA
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1682 |
November 2, 1682
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Flatlands, Kings, New York, USA
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1682
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