Person:Henry Linington (1)

Henry Linington
b.Est 1625 England
Facts and Events
Name Henry Linington
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1625 England
Marriage 1655 Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USAPrimary: Y Secondary date: 1 JUL 1656
to Catherine Ellison
Death? 1692 Hempstead, Queens, New York, USA
Alt Death? 20 Mar 1695/96 Jamaica, Queens County, New York

Records of Henry Linington

  • 1658-, May 7-At a Court holden at Hempstead, Robert Jackson and William Smith, plaintiffs in an action of abuse and misdemeanor committed by Henry Linington, defendant. In the same Court, July 6, Peter Cornelissen sues Henry Linington in an action of accounts.-1659, June 5, James Pine contra Henry Linington in an action of defamation.
  • 1658, July 6.-At a Court holden at Hempstead. Whereas, Henry Linington, besides other evil practices unto the disturbance of Christian order and peace, and to the violation of the laws, to the great dishonor of God and to the evil example of the nations under which we live, hath solicited Deborah Sturgis; Be it therefore ordered that he shall forthwith be committed to the Marshal's custody (who is hereby authorized to apprehend him and in sure and safe manner to keep him in ward, until he shall give sufficient security in recognizance in the value of 500 guilders for his good behavior, in default thereof he is to be sent unto Manhattans, and within 3months he is to be banished out of the town's limits.) His bondsmen were his father and brother-in-law, Lawrence and John Ellison. To defend them harmless he bound himself, his chattel and estate, both moveable and unmoveable to stand in caution and be security.
  • 1659.-At a Court held May 1.- Whereas Lawrence Ellison hath entered into recognizance that Henry Linington should submit to the sentence of this Court pronounced against him, viz., to depart the town, and mean time to be of good behavior, and now supplicates to have his bond cancelled, this Court doth order that the recognizance shall stand in force until the sentence of the Court shall be performed. At a Court holden by a general town meeting, September 3, 1659, at the house of Mr. Richard Gildersleeve, magistrate, upon the supplication of Henry Linington, it was granted that his banishment should be remitted, and he was then restored again, upon promise of reformation, unto the liberties belonging to an inhabitant. Teste John James, Clerk. Rec. A., 57.

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References
  1.   Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895)
    134.
  2.   The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    Vol eleven, Oct 1880, pg 150.