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At a meeting ye Trustes, on ye 11th Aprill, 1738, present: Capt. Robersun, Capt. Own, Elasor Hoakins, Mr. Burnit, Nathaniel Roe, Gorge Owen, Nat. Roe, Jr.  Wee, the Trustes a boue named, Do acknowledg that Samuel Terrill Did liue in this Towne, & Doe allow him to bee a proprieter & a tenant in Comans, accord to ye form grant of ye Towne, and Did allow him to bee the propers owner of Yemkhamp Neck.  Attest, Daiel Brewster, Clarke.

This entry in the published Town record of 1738 is recorded out of date sequence, being followed by entries of 1689.  While one cannot now know for sure the motivation behind the Trustees action, it probably was an effort to clear title of Yaphank Neck for its sale by Samuel Terrill.  The 'Tangier' Smith family also claimed these lands for the Manor of St. George.  It is further evidence that the Town of Brookhaven may have considered the Neck within its jurisdiction, rather than under the jurisdiction of the Lord of the Manor.  No record has been found of its sale by Samuel Terrill, although by 1745 it was owned by Mordecai Homan, Richard Floyd, and Nicoll Floyd.

(In 1714, Samuel Terrill sold to Sarah Conkling "... lands situated in the Manor of St. George, on the south side of Nassau Island [Long Island], known by the name of Waracta Neck...."  This site is east of  Yaphank Neck about 7 miles.  The eastern boundary of "Waracta Neck" is today known as the Terrill River.  See Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogates Office, City of New York. p. 353.)