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History of Flatbush, continued


upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices.

The office of "Commissioner" continued until the first Tuesday of April, 1703, when "Supervisors" were elected for the several towns of Kings County. The first meeting of this board, was held on the first Tuesday in October, of the same year. It is probable, that at first they kept no minutes of their proceedings, as the first record is that of a meeting which took place at the court-house in Flatbush, on the first Tuesday in October, in the year 1714. The Supervisor who then attended from Flatbush, was Ryck Hendrickson. The board at this, their first recorded meeting, made choice of Samuel Garretson, of Gravesend, as their Clerk, and John Vanderbilt, of Flatbush, as Treasurer of the county. At that time, the ordinary and contingent expenses of the county, (including the per diem compensation of the two members of the Colonial Assembly from the county, for their attendance during the year 1703.) amounted to only £71. 0. 6. or $177.56. This sum was apportioned among the several towns in the county in the following manner.


Brooklyn,
Flatbush,
New-Utrecht
Flatlands,
Bushwick,
Gravesend,
£19.  9. 3.
15.  1. 6.
9. 18. 9.
8. 14. 9.
9.  3. 0.
8. 13. 3.
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£71. 0. 6.—$177.56.

The following is a list of the Supervisors of the town of Flatbush, from the year 1703, to the present time:


Names.
Dates.
Aris Vanderbilt,
Daniel Polhemus,
Jacob Hendrick Ryck,
Aris Jansen Vanderbilt,
Jan Vanderveer,
Benjamin Hegeman,
Ryck Hendricks,
Jan Cornelise,
Jacob Hendrickson,
Ryck Hendrickson,
John Vanderveer,
Daniel Remse,
Jacob Suydam,
Dominicus Vanderveer,
Lieut. Philip Nagle,
Cornelius Cornell,
Abraham Lott,
Ryck Hendrickson,
John Vanderveer,
Cornelius Cornell,
Peter Lefferts,
Johannes Ditmarse,
Ryck Suydam,
John Van Kerk,
Peter Stryker,
John Van Kerk,
Dominicus Vanderveer,
Johannes Lott, Jun.
Jeremias Vanderbilt,
Johannes Lott, Jun.
Philip Nagel,
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