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pp. 205 - 231; Chapter 10, Thomas Gildersleeve, 1661-1740
p. 205; "Thomas Gildersleeve was born during 1661 in Hempstead,
Long Island, NY and died there in 1740.He was born under the Dutch
rule of Govenor Petrus Stuyveseant. In 1664, the English captured
New York and Hempstead became a part of the proprietary province of
New York...
"When he was of age, his father happened to be town clerk and
registered his earmark, denoting his ownership of horses and cattle.
Thomas Gildersleeve, his earmark is a latch on the underside of
the right ear and a half penny on the same ear on the under side of
the ear between the head and the ear, July 14, 1682. Richard
Gildersleeve,
Clerk. (Hemp. Rec. II:II.)
p. 224; "After the memories of consecration day [of the church in
Hempsted had mellowed in the months that followed, it was decided
p. 225; Thomas Gildersleeve...being a proprietor of Hempstead,
holding original patent rights, he sossessed an extensive estate which
had been taken care of by his five sons under his direction. The estate
left him by his father in 1691 by will in addition to his own that was
given to him in 1683 of the Carman propriety, was enlarged in 1704 byhis purchase of his brother Richard 3rd's patent rights so that by
divisions of town land, it became still larger. However, he sold several
holdings especially in North Hempstead so that most of his property was
scattered in South Hempstead. By7 associating his sons with his landed
interests he early arranged it disposal in an proper manner so that he
was able to devote time to town, church and school duties. His son
Richard 4th had died in 1738 and his sons George and Thomas, Jr. soon
followed, leaving only Elisha to survive him in 1740. Thus the grandsons
in Hempstead carried on the Gildersleeve properieties. (Steven, son of
Richard 4th by the latter's will in 1738, inherited his father's Huntington
estate purchased in 1724 south of his cousin Thomas Gildersleeve, a
town trustee of Huntington in 1739 and 1740 who died in 1746 in Crab
Meadow.)
p. 227; The children of Thomas and Mary Gildersleeve of Hempstead
were baptized in 1705 by Rev. John Thomas who recorede their dates of
birth. (Onderdonk's Antiquities of Hempstead Church, p. 29, taken from
the Hempstead Town Books,) Children:
Asa born 19 Mar 1685
George b. 22 Oct 1687, (d.1739)
Thomas b. 16 May 1690, (d. 1738)
Mary b. 12 Mar 1693,
Richard b. 7 Apr 1695, (d. 1738)
Elisha b. 7 May 1697, (d. 1773)
Elizabeth b. 4 Apr 1701
Dorcas b. 17 May 1704, (M. 10 Mar 1724, Isaiah Rogers.) |
