July 24th, 1703, Catonah and Wackemaue sell to Jacobus Van Cortlandt of the city of New York, and Zachariah Roberts, senr., of Bedford, a certain tract of upland meadow and swamp, all within ye bounds hereafter named, that is to say to begin where Beaver Dam River and ye Cross River meets, and so to run west wardly by Bedford's marked trees, until it comes to a black oak tree marked upon a high hill, and then to run west to Cisqua River, and then down said River until it runs into Muscotah River and then to keep ye south side of Muscotah River until it meets the aforesaid river, and to keep the said Cross River until it meets ye aforesaid Beaver Dam River, &c. The Indians acknowledge that they, the Indians, have received all our pay to our full satisfaction.
Syned sealed and delivered j in the presence of us. ) NATHAN CLARK, JOSEPH HUNT, ZACHARIAH ROBERTS.
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In 1700, after the decision which left the town within the province of New York, the people began to again agitate the matter of getting their patent confirmed, and sent John Thomson and Zach. Roberts to New York, which was then the capital, on that mission ; but nothing came of it until May 14, 1702, when they empowered "Mr. Capt. Peter Mathews to git our patent and privileges confermed to us the town of Bedford as soon chep and easy as may be," and they promised Mathews a "gratetude of land" for his services.