Upon the 4th of January, 1703-4, Katonah, Sagamore and Wackemane chief proprietors of the lauds about Bedford, have sold, and by these presents doe sell, &C, unto John Dibble of Bedford, in the county of West Chester, &c, a certain tract of upland and meadow, &c, all within ye bounds hereafter named and bounded by marked trees, from one branch of Beaver Dam River southward of Stone Hills, and to run westward of Stone Hills, northward by marked trees until it meets with a brook coming out of Stone Hills, and so to be bounded by ye said brook until it meets the Cross River, and bounded by the said Cross River until it meets a small brook, and then bounded on the westward by Bedford's cross vineyard purchase, southerly and eastwardly until it meets ye

• From the original, in possession of the Hon. Joan Jay.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

aforesaid- branch, which tract of land thus bounded we Catonah and Wackemaue for us, our heirs, &c, have sold to the above said John Dibble, &c. Signed sealed and delivered ) His in presence of us, / CAT OX NAH.

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The same year we find John Dibble and wife conveying to Jacques Van Courtlandt 700 acres of land lying in Bedford, called the Vineyard Purchase, besides a certain parcel of meadow and upland in ye bounds of said Bedford, first purchased, with marked trees northerly, eastwardly by a small brook which runneth into Cross River, and northerly by the Cross River, and southerly by the Cross River, containing about 400 acres.