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1655 List of Property

From the Corwin Genealogy, by Edward Tanjore Corwin, Millstone, New Jersey, 1872, pp 161-2

"On December 5th, 1655, the property of Matthias Curwin is described as follows:

(1.) House lot, 4 acres, with lot of Barnabas Horton on the west, and that of Thomas Z.
Keryhes? on the east.

(2.) 18 acres of woodland, toward the north sea, (L. I. Sound,) bounded north by lands of
Henry Whitnie, formerly, (now Pastor Young's,) south by lands of Thomas Moore.

(3.) 21 acres of woodland, toward the north sea, behind, bounded by Mr. Wells's (formerly
Thomas Peakin's) lands east, and Mr. Hubbard's west.

(4.) 6 acres of woodland in the neck, near Tom's Creek Head; lands of Philemon Dickinson,
north, and John Hubbard s, south.

(7.) 2 acres of meadow at the head of Tom's Creek.

(8.) 15 acres of woodland, adjoining the meadow of John Tucker and John Herbert; lands
of Purrier, west, and of Henry Whitnie, east.

(9.) 3 acres of meadow, by Tom's Creek Pond; the meadow of Pastor Young's, north, and
of Lieutenant Budd, south.

(10.) 1 1/2 acres of arable land, in the old field, between lands of Joseph Horton, south, and
John Tucker, north-west.

(11.) 2 acres of meadow, at Goose Neck, adjoining Pine Neck; the meadow of Henry and
John Scudder, (now Mr. Elton's,) lying north.

(12.) 1 acre of meadow, on north-east side of Hog Neck, Mr. Wells's meadow, (formerly
Edward Ketchum's,) lying north-east.

(13.) 3 acres of woodland in the Calves Neck.

(14.) 4 1/2 acres of meadow, in Oyster Pond meadows, near to the south
end of the hedge, about the tobacco houses. (His son John exchanged this with Gideon
Youngs for a meadow lot, containing six acres, having lands of Charles Glover on the east,
and the meadow of Thomas Moore, Sr., (formerly John Tuthill's,) on the west.)

(15.) A third lot of meadow at Accoboack; Jer. Vail's meadow, lying north, and Abr.
Whitehares, south-west.

(16.) A third lot of meadow at Corchacke, lying on the west side of the old fields, and
extending from the head of the meadow to the sea, containing 3 acres; Joseph Horton's
meadow lying west.

(17.) A fourth lot of meadow, on south side of Pechaconnicke River, containing 8 acres;
Thomas Mapes's meadow, (formerly John Paine's,) west, and John Elton's, north.

(18.) 200 acres of woodland at Corchack; John Elton's land, east, and William Wells, west.

(19.) 40 acres of woodland at Corchacke; Richard Benjamin's land, north, and John Budd's
meadow, south, and lying partly inclosed in said woodland."