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"Thus early the consideration named in this deed indicates the characters of the men interested in this venture, and is in perfect keeping with their strong Christian, and Quaker principles, for no mention is made in the deed of firearms or ammunition or of that bane of the Indian, as was in so many other like transactions, liquor, but rather all the articles were of use and considerable value to the sellers of the land."
Perrine lists the original Freeholders of Oyster Bay on page 34 of his book. Naturally, most of the Freeholders were immediate kin and neighbors of Peter, Anthony, and Nicholas Wright:
In May, 1677, among the Freeholders of the Town, entitled to vote and hold office as named in the Town records, are the names of Anthony, Nicholas, Edmund, Job, Adam, John, Caleb and Gideon Wright, William Frost, Henry Townsend, James Townsend and his wife, Elizabeth Wright, Josias Latting, Nathaniel Coles, Senr., Samuel Andrews, Richard Crab and his wife Alice Wright Crab, and others. These named held 20 1/2 shares, out of the 50 shares, into which the town's lands were divided. None but the freeholders named in this lst of May, 1677, were eligible to hold office . . . .
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The Wright of Oyster Bay Genealogy
By Jared L. Olar
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fesschequy/genealogy/WrightOysterBay...
Continuing in pages 29-30, Perrine says that 10 years after the original 1654 was recorded, on 29 Sept. 1677, a patent was granted by Massachusetts Gov. Edmund Andros confirming the purchasers' and associates' title to the lands of Oyster Bay. The patent, later recorded on 20 Nov. 1685, names the patentees as "Henry Townsend Senr, Nicholas Wright, Thomas Townsend, Gideon Wright, Richard Hacker, Joseph Carpenter and Josias Lating."