> A bit of Town of Hempstead history concerning Mr. > John Hendrickson, Sr.and > Mr. Nathaniel Seaman and their role as a two-man > committee chosen by the > Hempstead Town Board to represent the Town of > Hempstead upon the division of > the poor and the poor house following the separation > of the area north of the > middle of Old Country Road into the Town of North > Hempstead. > > > "At a Town meeting held Hempstead according to > adjournment the 15th day of > April 1784 and the Town being then divided into two > towns and after the town > officers for South Hempstead were chosen the Town > meeting chose by major vote > John Hendrickson Senior and Nathaniel Seaman as a > committee to associate with > a committee to be chosen by the Town of North > Hempstead for the purposes of > dividing the poor and poor house of the two > townships (sic)." > > , Town of Hempstead > Town Records > . (1761-1784), Vol. 4, > pp. 386-387. > > > I obtained the above information while perusing the > Town of Hempstead web > site: > > <A > HREF="http://www.townofhempstead.org./home/main/townhall.htm">Town > of > Hempstead</A> > > If your clicker does not work that well, type in: > > http://www.townofhempstead.org./home/main/townhall.htm > > > While perusing, I wandered over to section that has > information from the > Office of the Town Clerk on Town History, and > clicked on: > > <A > HREF="http://www.townofhempstead.org./home/tohtc/tcarchiv/tcarbhh.htm">Town > of Hempstead: Archives: Brief History</A> > > If your clicker does not work that well, then type > in: > > http://www.townofhempstead.org./home/tohtc/tcarchiv/tcarbhh.htm > > > Sincerely, > > Walter Greenspan > ===== Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND,HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com