Statement of the aggregate valuations of real and personal estates, in the Town of Flatbush, including New-Lots, as revised and corrected by the Board of Supervisors of the county of Kings, from the year 1817, to 1841, inclusive.

Thus have we sketched some of the leading facts, relating to the civil history of the town of Flatbush. We cannot but mark the good hand of providence in all. He has favored the spot with health; rendered its soil fertile; and prospered its inhabitants. The latter have steadily pursued the even tenor of their way, and while they have enjoyed liberally the gifts of a benificent providence, have advanced in wealth and solid comforts. While in other sections of our country, the lands possessed by the original proprietors, have passed from their descendants; here, but few farms comparatively, have changed hands; the spirit of roving not having been cherished. Most of the farms are still in the possession of the descendants of the first patentees and proprietors. Numerous families in the town too, can trace back their genealogy to the early settlement of the place. May they continue to emulate the virtues of their fathers, and go on in the enjoyment of the good land which God has given them, thanking Him, that "the lines have fallen to them in pleasant places, and that they enjoy so goodly a heritage."