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A schedule or list of goods paid by Stephanus Van Cortlandt, in his deed expressed.
8 guns,
9 blankets, 5 coats,
14 fathom of Duffels, 14 kettles,
40 fathoms of black Wampum, 80 fathoms of white Wampum, 2 ankers of rum,
5 half vats of strong beer,
6 earthen jugs,
12 shirts,
50 pounds of powder, 30 bars of lead, 18 hatchets, 18 hoes, 14 knives, a small coat,
6 fathom of stroud water cloth, 6 pair of stockings, 6 tobacco boxes.
This purchase was afterwards confirmed to Stephanus Van Cortlandt) to be holden of his majesty and his successors in common soccage according to the tenure of East Greenwich in England, the patentee paying yearly therefore (as a quit rent,) two bushels of good winter wheat.
The following year Thomas Dekay, Richard Abramsen, Jacob Abramsen, Sybout Harche, Jacob Harche and Samuel Dekay, "obtained liberty and license to purchase of the Indians, (each of them.) three hundred acres of land, lying and being in the high lands by the north of
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
Stephen Van Cortlandt's land, which is called by the Indians, Wenebees, lying between two creeks, over against the Thunder hill, (I)underburgh,) on the east side of the river, &c. Signed Thomas Dongan."0
The same year Thomas Dekay, Richard Abramsen, Jacob Abramsen, Sybout Harche, Jacob Harche, and Samuel Dekay, purchased of the Indians, Sirham, Sachem of Sachus, Pannskapham, Charrish, Askewaen, Pewinenien and Sickham, eighteen hundred acres of land, "situate on the highlands north of Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land, which is called by the Indians Wenebees, &c."