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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 280 words

" This indenture made the 21st day of June, in the fourth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lutty Amie, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, etc. -- between Zachariah Roberts of Bedford, in the County of "Westchester, in the province of New York, Esquire and Mary, his wife, on the one part, and Thomas Pritchard, Missionary and Rector of Rye and Bedford, in the County and province of New York, and Anne, Lis wife, on the other part, Witncsscth that the s;:id Zachariah Roberts ar.d Mary, his wife, for and the consideration of the sum of £100 sterling, to them in hand paid already by the said Thomas Pritchard and Anne, his wife, before the ensealing and delivery thereof, the receipt whereof they the said Zachariah and Mary, doth hereby acknowledge themselves therewith to be fully satisfied contented and paid and therefrom and thereof and of and from all and every part and parcel thereof doth hereby, acquit, release, exonerate and discharge forever the said Thomas Pritchard and Anne Pritchard, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever in manner and form following-- all that or a certain parcel of upland meadow and swamp, situate lying and being within the town or liberties of the said Bedford, being part of that land that Coll. Van Cortland and the said Zachariah Roberts heretofore purchased of the Indians, the said parcel of lands hear by granted, being bounded on the south east corner by a young white oak tree marked with green or eight notches or crosses, and thence rumiing one hundred and ten rods northward along the Indian path which