1682 William Creed witnessed the will of Wm. Roscoe in Jamaica, Long Island. [1]
1695 William Creed and Sarah his wife of Jamaica, sold land to John Okey. [2]
1697 William Creed sold land to John Snedecor in Jamaica, Long Island. [3]
1702 William Creed witnessed the will of Dennis Holdrum in Jamaica, Long Island. [4]
Research Notes:
"Thomas Hart, of London, one of the proprietors of East Jersey, by his attorney, Rip Van Dam, of New York, conveyed 4000 acres to Gerardus Beekman, Adrian Beekman, William Crood, John Aortson, Thomas Casdale, and Lancaster Symes; this transfer was consummated December 14th, in the sixth year of the reign of William III. October 26th, in the first year of the reign of George II., William Beekman and Catharine, his wife, sold 1333 acres of the above-mentioned tract to Christopher Hoagland.
The Harlingen tract was the purchase of seventeen Dutch settlers, in 1710, of Peter Sonmans; their names were Octavio Conraats, Ab. Wendell, merchant, Adrian Hooglandt, Isaac Governeur, of New York City, Anna Volkers, widow, of Kings Co., L. I., Henry Hegeman, Francis Van Lewen, William Beekman, of Queens Co., L. I., Joseph Hegeman, Hendrick Veghte, Cor. Van Duyn, Wouten Van Pelt, Ort Van Pelt, of Kings Co., L. I., Dirck Volkers, of New Jersey, Peter Cortelyou, Jacob Van Dyke, and Class Volkertse, of Kings Co., L. I. It was bounded as follows:
"Beginning at the south corner of land of William Plumstead, being 1 1/2 miles and 4 chains from Millstone River (by what is now the New Amwell Road); thence south-southwwt 2 3/4 miles and 8 chains, west-northwest 1 mile 18 chains, south-southwest 2 3/4 miles and 7 chains, west 3 1/2 miles and 3 chains to the partition line between East and West Jersey; thence north 14° west 30 chains, north 53° east 7 miles and 20 chains, east. 1 mils and 17 chains, to place of beginning, having lands of Plumsteed, Barker, Hart, and Benthali on the east, and the division line and other lands oi Peter Sonmans on the west."
The eastern and southern line of this tract ran from the present farm of Adrian Merrill, west of Millstone, along the present road, which is on that line, to the present farm of Theodore Wyckoff, thence to the old Harlingen cemetery, and thence southwest and west to Rock Mills." [5]
[1] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 1, 1665-1707 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1893), 121, Will 1-2.448, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[2] Josephine C. Frost, Records of the Town of Jamaica Long Island, New York 1656-1751 Volume 2 (1914), 38, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[3] Josephine C. Frost, Records of the Town of Jamaica Long Island, New York 1656-1751 Volume 2 (1914), 33, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 1, 1665-1707 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1893), 345, Will 7-32, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[5] James P. Snell, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 839, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].