Copp, of Norwalk, a surveyor and quite a scholarly man for that time. He was at once given a "home loot, twenty acres of out land, sixteen of plow land and four acres of medow land." He was also to have "the use of ye towne loot and ye towne land and medow in ye feild this next yeare, without they want of it for a minestar." The next month '• the town by a maigor not chuse Mr. John Copp to put things to vote in theyr town meetings if he is presant."

They also bought of "ye said Copp" a "grindle stone" for which they paid the modest price of "six acres of pastur land." For a while he quite eclipsed Zachariah Roberts. The next week they elected him town Treasurer, and put him on a " committy" to agree with the Indians for the land westward of the town. This committee arranged with the Indians for the "west purchase," included in the deed of Sept. 6, 1700, and it may have been incident to the negotiations that we find this entry on "Aprell 15, 1700. The town by a maigor vote doth agree yl if they fortify, it shall be John Holmes senrs hous, and ye house y' was Joshua Webb's desesed." It does not appear that it became necessary to fortify.

The west purchase was made and "every man y' hath land in ye town hath liberty to put in a head," or share. -- There were 36 of these head rights, of which Col. Jacobus Van Cortlandt had 8, Zach. Roberts, 3, John Copp, 2, John Holmes, Jr., 2, and the rest one. The land was then surveyed by Copp and laid out into 36 lots of 50 acres each (for the small field plan seems to have become exploded) which were subsequently drawn for by lot.