Sale of several parcels on Cow Neck, in North Hempstead Township, N.Y., sold at vandue [public auction] from estate of William Smith [Sr.], deceased, late of Cow Neck, by executors [sons] John Smith and William Smith, both of same place, and Samuel Birdsall, of [South] Hempstead Township, N.Y., to highest bidder George Rapelje [Sr.], of Cow Neck; April 10, 1784. Parcels include 130 acre parcel, consisting of dwelling house and land currently occupied by son William Smith Jr., and a 26 1/2 acre tract; witnessed by Peter Schenck, Samuel Searing, and Martin Schenck Jr.