"1684 Buys of Susconeman, Sawmus and Quaropin, land, de-
scribed as bounded by "ye cartpath by ye Rock at ye head of ye Hol-
low, to muscheda cove, ye East bounder, ye highway to muscheda
Cove ye North bounder, ye highway or cartpaUi from Matinecock
as now laid out on ye west side of Benjamin and Steven Burchall's
lands his west bounds, and ye said Burchall's lands ye south bound-
er; acres more or less." This with the addition of the Burchall
(Birdsall) lands acquired later, constituting the Piping Rock farm,
given to his son James.

1684/5 Deed extinguishing the Indian claim of title to Matinecock
land, by the Indians to James Cock, John Underbill and John Feke,
(and seventeen others) "all our land unsold upon Matinecock
bounded East by Oysterbay Ancient Purchase, on ye South by ye
line between Hempstead, and Oysterbay, on ye west by ye highway
from Musketa Cove to ye Plains, which highway is on ye west side
of ye Cedar Swamp and north by several men's lands formerly
sold by ye Indians".

1687 Gives to son John Cock, 31 acres of land on south side of
the Hollow or Littleworth old Footpath, being part of his dividend
in the foregoing deed.

Note, The Rock heretofore referred to as "at ye head of ye Hol-
low [or road] to Muscheda Cove", and subsequently applied to the
"Piping Rock Farm" is on the north side of the highway to Mus-
keta (now Glen) Cove, at the south east corner of the premises of
Mr. Pate. The origin of the name is in doubt, but in one rendering
of the name on the Town records as "ye pipe and tree Rock" there
seems to be possible ground for the tradition that here the aborigines
and the settlers smoked the pipe of Peace. "

• Married: BEF 1674

1. James(8) COCK b: 04 APR 1674 in Killingworth, L.I., New York

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