ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION    

Title
Long Island Land Deeds Collection

Collection Number
SC 379

OCLC Number
1160205333

Creator 
Various

Provenance 
Under review

Extent, Scope, and Content Note
The collection comprises 3 linear inches of deeds dated between 1759 to 1851 for land and properties on Long Island 
Surnames include: Wells, Downs, Swezey, Howell, Ferry, Corwin, Tuthill, Hallock, and Youngs.

Arrangement and Processing Note
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Processed by Kristen J. Nyitray, August 2004; updated August 2008 and April 2014.
Finding aid updated and revised by Kristen J. Nyitray in April 2020.

Language
English 

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Rights and Permissions 
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
[Item], [Box], Long Island Land Deeds Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Subjects
Land titles -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
Deeds -- New York (State) -- Southold (Town).
Real property -- New York (State) -- Suffolk County.
Families -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
Decedents' estates.

INVENTORY

Box 1

1: 1759 deed: Daniel Wells to Micah Wells
2: 1762 deed: Aaron Howell to Micah Wells
3: 1765 deed: Timothy Wells to Micah Wells
4: 1778 deed: Daniel Wells to Micah Wells
5: 1770 deed: James Downs to Micah Wells
6: 1784 deed: Daniel Hallock to Micah Wells
7: 1788 deed: Richard Swezey to Micah Wells
8: 1790 deed: Youngs Wells to Elisha Wells
9: 1796 deed: Joseph Corwin to Elisha Wells
10: 1805 deed: Johnathan Howell to Elisha Wells
11: 1810 deed: Elijah Wells to Elisha Wells
12: 1811 deed: Eleazar Luce to Elisha Wells
13: 1812 deed: Elijah Wells to Elisha Wells
14: June 1817 deed: Richard Terry to Elisha Wells
15: June 10, 1817: Elisha Wells to Richard Terry (19 year lease)
16: 1818: Mary Corwin to Elisha Wells
17: 1820 deed: Israel Fanning to Elisha Wells
18: 1831/2 deed: David and Daniel Tuthill and wives, to Elisha Wells
19: January 8, 1850: Noah Youngs, Micah W. Hallock and S. Wells
20: February 1851: Noah Youngs and Micah W. Hallock
21: Will: Elisha Wells