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- BIRDSALL (BURDSALL) FAMILY:
Nathan Birdsall, ......., d. 1696; settled in Long Island, N.Y., in the middle of the 17th century. Mary Powell Bunker in her book "Long Island Genealogies" 1895, suggests that he came originally from New Haven, Conn., settling first in the north end of East Hampton, L.I. where he was living in 1657. In 1666 he purchased from Mark Meggs, land at Matinecock, L.I. near Oyster Bay, his name being given as Nathan Burcham. In 1667-8, writing his name as Nathan Birdsall, he bought land from the Indians at Matinecock. In 1678, Nathan Birdsall, Matthew Prior, Christopher Hawxhurst and Samuel and Joseph Weeks were allowed to have "the great meadow and half the little meadow," exact location not clear but probably near Matinecock. In the same year Nathan Birdsall, Capt. John Underhill, Matthew Prior, James Cocks and John Feaks formed the neighborhood of Killingworth, at or near Oyster Bay, L.I. In 1679, Nathan Birdsall bought land of Lawrence I. Mott lying near Jerusalem (Little Brittain), L.I., and in the same year bought land of Thomas Ireland called Birdsall's swamp. The name is spelled Birdsall in early Long Island records and Burdsall in early New Jersey records.
BIRDSALL (BURDSALL) FAMILY:
Nathan Birdsall, ......., d. 1696; settled in Long Island, N.Y., in the middle of the 17th century. Mary Powell Bunker in her book "Long Island Genealogies" 1895, suggests that he came originally from New Haven, Conn., settling first in the north end of East Hampton, L.I. where he was living in 1657. In 1666 he purchased from Mark Meggs, land at Matinecock, L.I. near Oyster Bay, his name being given as Nathan Burcham. In 1667-8, writing his name as Nathan Birdsall, he bought land from the Indians at Matinecock. In 1678, Nathan Birdsall, Matthew Prior, Christopher Hawxhurst and Samuel and Joseph Weeks were allowed to have "the great meadow and half the little meadow," exact location not clear but probably near Matinecock. In the same year Nathan Birdsall, Capt. John Underhill, Matthew Prior, James Cocks and John Feaks formed the neighborhood of Killingworth, at or near Oyster Bay, L.I. In 1679, Nathan Birdsall bought land of Lawrence I. Mott lying near Jerusalem (Little Brittain), L.I., and in the same year bought land of Thomas Ireland called Birdsall's swamp. The name is spelled Birdsall in early Long Island records and Burdsall in early New Jersey records.
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