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	Richard Nicolls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Nicolls (born 1624 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire; died May 28, 1672 on the North Sea, off Suffolk) was the first American colonial governor of New York.
		The expedition set sail from Portsmouth on the 25th of May 1664, and New Amsterdam was surrendered to Nicolls on the 8th of September.
		Nicolls returned to England in the summer of 1668 and continued in the service of the duke of York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Nicolls (333 words)

	History of New Netherland
		Nicolls was tall, athletic, and about forty-five years of age; a soldier, haughty and sometimes very irritable, and brusque in speech when excited.
		Nicolls yielded gracefully but sorrowfully to circumstances, and contented himself with addressing a manly remonstrance to the duke, in which he urged an arrangement for the grantees to give up their domain in exchange for "a hundred thousand acres all along the sea-coast." It was too late.
		This patent was given before Nicolls had heard of the extraordinary grant of the Duke of York; and when the governor's grantees were informed of that transaction, they resolved to assert their rights, as against the claims of the duke's friends.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/historyne_fg.html (1411 words)

	Colonial New York
		Richard Nicolls of the royal navy set out with a small fleet and about five hundred of the king's veterans.
		After four years of successful rule Nicolls returned to England -- and a few years later, as he stood by the side of his mater, the Duke of York, at the battle of Solebay, his body was torn to pieces by a cannon ball.
		The people over whom Nicolls became governor in 1664 were composed of three separate communities, each different from the others in its government; the Dutch settlers on the Hudson, the settlements on the Delaware, and the English towns that had grown up under Dutch rule on Long Island.
	www.usahistory.info /colonies/New-York.html (2939 words)

	AllRefer.com - Richard Nicolls (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Richard Nicolls 1624–72, first English governor of New York, b.
		Nicolls and his followers took New Amsterdam from the Dutch with little difficulty.
		After his resignation (1667) Nicolls returned to England and was killed at the naval battle of Southwold Bay in the third Dutch War.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Nicolls.html (259 words)

	Richard STOCKTON (1620 - Bef. October 10, 1707)
		Richard Stockton, of Flushing, Long Island, and afterward of Oneanickon, Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, was a descendant of John Stockton, Esquire, of Kiddington, in the parish of Malpas and county of Chester, England.
		Richard Stockton was a member of the Society of Friends (or Quakers), having become one, without doubt, after the date of his commission as a Lieutenant of Horse, since he certainly could not serve in that capacity, and was not very likely to be appointed, while a Quaker.
		Richard Stockton was descended from an English family of Stockton, in Durham, on the river Tees, England.
	www.stefanovich.com /Stockton/Richard_STOCKTON.html (2131 words)

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		That Richard Russell, Thomas Weale and John Matthews, being all three together in company, in some part of the house where he now dwelleth, he and his wife bought of them, or some of them, two Iron Potts, two Hoes, one pair of Shears, and three quarters of a Firkin of soape.
		She further deposeth that Richard Russell told her in the back yard of the dwelling house where she now lives, that he or they were offered 72 guilders for the aforesaid goods by another and had refused it.
		Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Governor, etc. To all, etc. Know ye that at New York, on October 3, 1698, the last will of OBADIAH WILKINS was proved, and his wife Martha confirmed as executor.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Court/NYCWills.1665.html (17121 words)

	Sullivan - History of New York State 1523-1927
		Although Colonel Nicolls entered into possession without the firing of a shot, and in any case could probably have taken the place without assistance, the militant English towns of Long Island naturally expected that their loyalty would be rewarded, and that in the new order of government they would have privileged place.
		Governor Nicolls, for instance, in 1665, became aware that England and Holland were at war, and that strong Dutch naval forces were on the high seas, doing damage to English possessions, and seemingly stronger than, or at least not inferior to, the naval forces of England.
		Nicolls warned them that their action was in fact seditious; yet he tried to ease the way, realizing that the fomenters of the trouble were Howell of Southampton and Younge of Southold, both of whom were annoyed that William Wells had been made high sheriff of Yorkshire.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /history/elecbook/sullivan/pg4.htm (13571 words)

	Early New York and New Jersey - Readings on Pat Patterson's Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Even before the forces sent from England under Colonel Richard Nicolls were actually in possession, Charles II in February 1664 had decided to grant the territory disputed with the Dutch to his brother, James, duke of York, as a proprietary colony.
		Shortly after Richard Nicolls and the other royal commissioners departed for America, the royal duke without informing his deputy granted away much of the land he had received from his brother, the territory between the Atlantic and the Delaware River, to two courtiers, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
		Nicolls had yet to settle with commissioners from Connecticut the conflict over boundaries, to verify land titles in the towns, and to establish laws for the polyglot population of the duke's province.
	www.patp.us /reading/3.shm (4375 words)

	Richard Skinner - Susannah Poulain
		The fact that Deacon Richard was born in 1664 or 1665 - before Richard and Susannah arrived by boat in late 1665 and before they were married in 1666, would tend to indicate that the Woodbridge Skinners were a separate family.
		Richard, John and Francis are all recorded as church members in 1708 of a church that had less than fifty members and that was the primary church of Woodbridge.
		On the trip over, Richard was married to Suzanne (sic) Poulein, a lady in waiting to the French queen, who was obligated to leave France because of her Huguenot beliefs.
	www.users.interport.net /k/a/kadekds/Richard1w.html (10228 words)

	Sir Richard Nicolls
		NICOLLS, Sir Richard, first English governor of New York, born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, in 1624; died at sea, 28 May, 1672.
		He was the fourth son and youngest child of Francis Nicolls, of the Middle Temple, and of Ampthill.
		Nicolls took possession of New Netherland the same day, the Dutch troops marching out of the fort at New Amsterdam and the English marching in.
	www.famousamericans.net /sirrichardnicolls (758 words)

	NYNY 1665-1669
		New York governor Richard Nicolls asks each Long Island town to send two delegates to a meeting in Hempsted at the end of the month, to adopt the Duke's Laws.
		Nicolls grants a charter to the City of New York, denying it self-government.
		Nicolls notifies the towns on eastern Long Island that war is being declared on the Dutch by the Crown.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/NYNY1665.html (1196 words)

	Nicolls Road (Suffolk CR 97)
		One year later, Nicolls held a political convention between English settlers from eastern Long Island and the former Dutch subjects to formulate the "Duke's Laws," which contained the civil and criminal codes that covered the newly named colony of "Yorkshire." He eventually became the first governor of the colony that later became Suffolk County.
		Plans for Nicolls Road were first revealed in 1957, when Suffolk County proposed a limited-access expressway to connect the new State University of New York at Stony Brook with the South Shore, preferably in the Sayville area.
		One long-range proposal being considered among state and county officials is the eventual conversion of Nicolls Road into a six-lane, controlled-access expressway along its entire length, as was originally proposed in the 1960's.
	www.nycroads.com /roads/CR-97 (1738 words)

	Osgood, The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century. Volume II. Part III. Chapter VI.
		To the proprietor were given rights of subordinate government, without mention of a representative legislature, and with the express reserve on behalf of the colonists of the right of appeal to the king.
		Richard Nicolls was eminently qualified for the discharge of the delicate task which was imposed upon him.
		Nicolls met this crisis with a combination of firmness and conciliation.
	www.dinsdoc.com /osgood-8-2-3-6.htm (6918 words)

	USMHWeb04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nicolls was rather liberal with the Dutch inhabitants, allowing them to retain ownership of their lands and other property and granting to them freedom of conscience and religion.
		Despite the renaming of New Amsterdam to New York, in honor of the Duke, Nicolls allowed the existing Dutch municipal officers to remain in their positions.
		But the peace established in the colony by Nicolls was shattered by the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in December of 1664.
	www.motherbedford.com /USMHWeb04.htm (294 words)

	Richard Stout c1611-1705 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Richard Stout is said to have left Nottinghamshire after a disagreement with his father over Richard's choice of a fiancee.
		However, Richard's life from the time of his association with Lady Moody and the Gravesend community is fairly well documented.
		Of course, no mention of Richard should omit his wife's story: but you'll find that on a separate page.
	www.patp.us /genealogy/rdstout.shm (1111 words)

	RICHARD NICOLLS - LoveToKnow Article on RICHARD NICOLLS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		RICHARD NICOLLS - LoveToKnow Article on RICHARD NICOLLS
		A code of laws, known as the " Duke's Laws," drafted by the governor with the help of his secretary, Matthias Nicolls1 (c.
		To properly cite this RICHARD NICOLLS article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NICOLLS_RICHARD.htm (329 words)

	Re: The REAL Richard the Emigrant? Historical facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On page 2, 3rd paragraph: "In 1685, Richard Stockton was one of the freeholders of Flushing, as appears by a deed made in that year confirming the old Dutch patent of 1645." (Office of the Secretary of State, NY, "Deeds")
		Richard Stockton had to be born before 1624 and in New Amsterdam by 1645.
		We know 3 things about his children; Richard was the eldest, John was born 1674 and Elizabeth was born c1680.
	www.jenforum.com /stockton/messages/1599.html (516 words)

	The History of the town of Flatbush, in Kings County, Long Island
		This eventually led to an application to Governor Richard Nicolls for the settlement of the subject in controversy, between the contending parties.
		The award and determination of the arbitrators was made to Governor Nicolls, in accordance to the above arrangement, and the line being marked, and staked out, in conformity thereto, the award received his approbation and sanction, on the 20th, day of April, 1667.
		This controversy being thus happily terminated, and the southern boundary of the town permanently fixed, the inhabitants of Flatbush, in the year 1667, applied to Governor Nicolls for a confirmatory grant, to secure them in their possessions, as he was required to do, by virtue, and in pursuance of the Articles of capitulation.
	www.longislandgenealogy.com /histflat2.html (2084 words)

	Ampthill History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Richard joined the Royalist army and later followed his friend James Duke of York into exile following Charles I execution.
		Following the Restoration of Charles II he returned and in 1644 sailed to North America with the command of 4 frigates and 300 troops.
		At his request he was buried in the parish church of St Andrew at Ampthill and the cannon ball incorporated into his mural tablet.
	www.users.waitrose.com /~dackombe/History/pages/niccols.htm (479 words)

	Long Island Indians and The Early Settlers
		A patent was issued by Gov. Nicolls on March 7, 1666, for all the land that had been bought or should be bought from the Indians, bounded on the west by a line running across the island at Stony Brook, and on the east by a line at Wading River.
		On November 19, 1675, the Setalcott chief, Gle, conveyed to Richard Woodhull, acting for the town, all unsold land within the linit of the patent to the middle of the island, and also confirmed all former grants, which covered all the land claimed by the Setalcott Indians from Stony Brook to Wading River.
		A tract of land on the south side of the town extending east from the Connecticut (Carman's) river to the Mastic river and north to the middle of the island was purchased from the Indians by Col. William Smith in May 1691.
	www.longislandgenealogy.com /indians.html (2990 words)

	Long Island History: England Expands Its Empire
		In August, 1664, an English soldier named Richard Nicolls sailed his warship into the deep water off the western Long Island shoreline, dropped anchor, and ordered the Dutch to leave their small community on Manhattan island.
		The biggest gripe was that Nicolls made no provision for town meetings, an elected assembly or for public schools.
		Nicolls stayed on another year before sailing for England, where five years later he was killed in a sea battle.
	www.newsday.com /community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs320,0,722498.story (862 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Katelyn Renee Rigsby
		Richard Stockton, born 1620 in Kiddington, Malpas parish, Cheshire, England; died September 25, 1707 in Annanicken, Springfield Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.
		Richard Stockton owned property bought from Dr John Gordon, (now Princeton) bounded on the east by Washington road and the land of John Hornor...
		Richard Stockton was born in England and came with his parents to Flushing, Long Island, New York before 1656.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/n/o/r/Steven-G-Northsea/GENE5-0067.html (2814 words)

	New York State Senate >> About the Senate >> Historical Timeline
		The English fleet arrives in New Amsterdam, and Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders to English Colonel Richard Nicolls who is eventually appointed royal governor by the Duke of York to oversee the New Netherland territory, which is now New York and New Jersey.
		In 1664, New Jersey is gifted to John Lord Berkely and Sir George Carteret by the Duke of York, and in 1667, Nicolls returns a portion of New York land to Connecticut.
		Governor Nicolls denies request from English towns along Long Island for a general assembly, but establishes the "Duke's Laws" which include a system of local government that is eventually used by all of New York.
	www.senate.state.ny.us /sws/about/timeline.html (3402 words)

	Ampthill History
		Richard Nicolls was given the task of capturing the Dutch Colonial City of New Amsterdam, on Long Island, which lay within this swathe of land.
		The Dutch capitulated, and Nicolls upon accepting the surrender, renamed the city after his commanding officer, the Duke of York.
		Nicolls returned to Ampthill in 1667, but was later killed at the naval Battle of Solebay (off Southwold, in Suffolk) on 25th May, 1672.
	www.ampthill.org.uk /history.htm (1277 words)

	Virginia - Ridpath's History of the United States
		Richard Nicolls, the first English governor of New York, began his duties by settling the boundaries of his province.
		Against both of these claimants the patent of the duke of York was now to be enforced by his deputy Nicolls.
		Finally, the new name conferred by Nicolls on his capital was extended to all the country formerly called New Netherland.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ca/state1/ridpath/ny1911.html (3645 words)

	THE NICHOLS FAMILY
		Nichols, Barbara J. Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut Was Not the Brother of Deputy Governor Richard Nicolls of New York.
		Richard Mills was known to have married a daughter of Francis Nichols, because his son Samuel Mills owned land bounded on the east by Isaac Nicholls, “by purchase from his uncle Caleb Nicholls” (Stratford land records, Volume 1, page 164).
		The author concluded, after extensive research, that Richard and Sarah (whom she had not identified by name but only as a daughter of Francis Nichols) had the four children listed, but no birth records have been found.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /plnichols/nichols-8-24-02.html (6148 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Richard Nicolls
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Richard Nicolls
		Nicolls, Richard (1624-72), English colonial governor in America, born in Bedfordshire.
		Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994), 37th president of the United States (1969-1974), and the only president to have resigned from office.
	encarta.msn.com /Richard_Nicolls.html (132 words)

	Wells - Campbell Family Tree - Person Page 273
		Colonel Nicolls was Governor by virtue of appointment by the then Duke of York, who had been granted the territories in North America by King Charles the Second of England.
		Neither Governor Nicolls nor the purchasers knew that on June 24, 1664, the Duke of York had conveyed to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret the tract of land known as New Jersey.
		In theprobate of the estate of Richard Risley, on 7 December 1648, WilliamHills is required to post bond for the payment of legacies to the Risleychildren and to provide for their education [Manwaring 1:31], thuscompleting the identification of the second wife of William Hills.
	ourwebsite.org /jane/jane-p/p273.shtml (8652 words)

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