1650's

1654-09-20 - 1658-05-14

Legal Record with Notation

Deed of property documenting sale of Horse Neck (Lloyd Neck, Long Island) by Wyandanch (Wyandance), a sachem of the Montaukett tribe during the mid-17th century on eastern Long Island. Nathaniel Sylvester.

1660's

1666-05-31 -

Legal Record with Notation & Seal

This is a legal record of ownership of Shelter Island, with mention that the island was originally owned by the Indigenous Manhansucke people, who called the island “Ahaquatzunamocke." This document is also emblematic of the Sylvester Manor’s relationship to the Barbados plantations, and the Sylvesters’ dependency on the slave trade.

1680's

1685-05-07 -

Legal Record with Notation & Seal

Last will and testament of Grizzell Sylvester. Includes bequeathment of Hannah, an enslaved woman and daughter of Jacquero and Hannah, to Grizzell's daughter Elizabeth Sylvester.

1687-09-20 -

Financial Record with Notation & Seal

Bill of sale for enslaved boy named Tom

1700's

1707 -

Research Writing with Notation

A list of documents regarding land purchases on Shelter Island by the Sylvester family and others. Contracts made with Native Americans on Shelter Island indicated