October 10
Flushing receives charter from Governor Kieft. December 19 - As a reward for resisting Indian attacks, Gravesend receives patent, 16-acre square faces common (still part of Brooklyn's street plan, at MacDonald Avenue and Gravesend Neck Road). Charters grant, "... free liberty of conscience according to the custom and manner of Holland, without molestation or disturbance from any magistrate .. or ecclesiastical minister that may pretend jurisdiction over them. "
Maspeth reestablished, renamed Middleburgh.
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