Thomas sold his 15 acre farm on May 5, 1644 and probably left Rhode Island and came to New Amsterdam where he settled briefly at Flushing, Long Island. He was one of the original patentees there receiving a patent on Oct. 10, 1645. (Thompson, B. J. 1962. History of Long Island 3rd ed. 3 vols.). The following is the Charter of the Town of Flushing NY granted by Gov Kieft to the various patentees, some of whom became Monmouth County settlers. "Laws of CHARTER Granted by the Director and Council of New Netherland to the Town Of Flushing. 10 October 1645. [N.Y. Deed Book II,178] Know all men, whom these presents may any wayes concerne, that wee William Kieft, Esq. GovernorGen of the Province called the New Netherlands With ye Councill of State,there Established,by vertue Of a Commission under the hand and Seale of the High and Mighty Lords,the Estates Gen of ye United Belgick Provinces, His Highnesse Frederick Hendrick,Prince of Orange, and the Right Honorable Lords, the Lords Bewint Hebbers, of the West India Company, Have given and graunted, And by vertue Of these presents, do give, graunt and confirm unto Thomas ffarington, John Townsend, Thomas Stiles, Thomas Saull, John Marston, Robert ffield, Thomas Applegate, Thomas Beddard, Laurence Dutch, John Laurence, William Laurence, William Thorne, Henry Sautell, William Pigeon, Michaell Milleard, Robert ffirman, John Hicks, Edward Hart, their heires, Exco Admnt Assignes, Successors or Associates, or any they shall joyne in Associacon with them, a certaine quanity or parcell of Land, with all the Havens, Harbors, Rivers, Creekes, Woodland, Marshes, there unto belonging, and being upon the Northside of Long Island, to begin at ye westward part thereof, at The Mouthe of a Creeke upon the East River, now Comonly called and knowne by the name of fflushing Creeke,and so to runne Eastward, as far as Mathew Garretson's Bay; Together with a Neck of Land Commonly called Tues Neck, being bounded on the Westward part thereof, with the land graunted to Mr Frances Doughty and Associates, and on the Eastward part thereof, with the Land graunted to Ye Plantacon and Towne of Hempsteed and so to rune" ********* The Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland 1638-1674, by E.B. O'Callaghan (on the Cornell MOA site) has the Flushing Charter on pages 48-51. Dated 10 Oct 1645. Patentees were: Thomas Farrington John Townesend Thomas Stiles Thomas Saull John Marston Robert Field Thomas Applegate Thomas Beddard Laurence Dutch John Laurence William Laurence William Thorne Henry Sautell William Pigeon Michaell Milleard Robert Firman John Hicks Edward Hart O'Callaghan in his History of New Netherland vol. I, p. 357, says they "were forced to remove from Massachusetts in the spring of this year". Brodhead in his History of New York vol. I, p. 410 says the patentees were "Engish emigrants". Both reference Thompson's Long Island vol II, pp 67-69, Thomas sold this patent and secured a patent of land on Nassau Island at Gravesend from John Ruckman, one of the original patentees of Gravesend on Nov. 12, 1646 where he apparently remained the rest of his life. (Gravesend, 1:4. Records of the town were transcribed in the early 1900's. The transcripts are in the James A. Kelly Institute for Local Historical Studies, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York).