The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)
Reference being had to the original conveyance to have & to hold the above Bequeathed & given Spot of Laud with all & singular the rights and privileges thereunto belonging -- to the above mentioned Society, to their Heirs and Successors, agreeable to the above mentioned Terms and Conditions, and also I the said Lewis M Donald, do for myself, my Heirs and assigns, Covenant with the said Society, their Heirs & successors, that at and until the Ensealing of these presents, I am well seized of the Premesis as a good indefeaseable Estate in fee simple and have good Right to Dispose of the same in manner & form above written, & the same is free of all Incumbrance whatsoever, and furthermore I, the said Lewis M Donald, do by these presents bind myself & my Heirs to Warrant and defend to the above Coveneanted premises to the said Society, their Heirs & successors against all claims and Demands Whatsoever, in Testimony & confirmation of which I have hereunto set my Hand & seal this the sixth Day of August in the year of our Lord christ one thousand seven hundred and Eighty & three and the Seventh year of our Independence.
LEWIS M DONALD. ***«
in the presence of
Stephen Cornwell Mary CoRiWEii."
On the back of this old document we have this record:
"Be it Remembered that on the 14th day of June 1792, personally appeared before me, Ebenezer Lockwood Esquire, first Judge of the Court of Common pleas iu & for the County of Westchester, the within named Lewis M Donald the grantcr to the within deed of gift and acknowledged that he signed & sealed