Sale of 1/3 share of parcel at Aquebogue, commonly known as "Benjamin Youngs Aquebogue Farm," in Southold Township, N.Y. [present day Riverhead Township], by John Ledyard and wife Deborah Ledyard, both of Groton, in New London County, Colony of Connecticut, to Christopher Youngs, of Southold Township, N.Y.; March 14, 1743. 1/3 share of 330 acre parcel, or 110 acres, inherited by Deborah Ledyard, daughter of deceased Benjamin Youngs, who died intestate; bounded on the west by land of William Benjamin, on the north with the [Long Island] Sound, and the east by lands of Israel Porthall (?), James Fanning, and Daniel Youngs, and bounded on the south by [Peconic] Bay; witnessed by Benjamin Ledyard and Ebenezer White. Handwritten note (presumably by Morton Pennypacker): "John Ledyard, who wrote and signed within deed was the grandfather of John Ledyard, the celebrated traveler. Deborah Ledyard, his wife, was a daughter of Judge Benjamin Youngs. Her sister Mary married Robert Hempstead and Experience married Reverend Ebenezer Prime, so long minister at Huntington, see page 67 Youngs Genealogy." See also: "Sale of tract of land, meadows, and buildings [messuage], at Aquebogue,commonly known as "Benjamin Youngs Aquebogue Farm," in Southold Township, N.Y. [present day Riverhead Township], by Robert Hempstead, blacksmith, and wife Mary Hempstead, of Southold Township, N.Y., to Christopher Youngs, yeoman, of same; March 25, 1743/4."