On the 29th of December, 1729, Sybout Harchie Krankhyte, Hercules Johnse Krankhyte, and Jacobus Krankhyte, release to Hercules Lent " a certain tract of land on the east side of Hudson's river, at a certain place called by the Indians, Sachus, and is bounded on the north, east, and south, by the manor of Cortlandt, and on the west by Hudson's river, aforesaid containing 1800 acres, reference being had to a certain patent granted by Thos. Dongan, &c, &c."b The following receipts are for quit rents, due on the Ryck Patent :

Received of Mr. Philip Van Cortlandt, three hundred and eighty bushels of wheat for thirty-eight years quit rent, due to his majesty from the within patent, and in full for the said time. Witness my hand this 28th day of December, r726.

Archibald Kennedy, Rec. Gen.

Received of Hercules Lent, twenty bushels of wheat for two years quarter upon the within tracts in full to the 25th of March last. Witness my hand this second of May, 1729.

Archibald Kennedy, Rec. Gen.

a Anna's i,f Newtown bv .lames Riker, Junr.

b The original document is in the possession of Mi. Natal. Btdle, of Peekskiil.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

In A.D. 1766, Hercules Lent, of Ryck's Patent, bequeathed his lands by will to his children in the following order:

"Item. I give and devise to my son Jacob, all that farm he now lives on, containing 350 acres, lying and being, &c, on the south-east part of a tract of land formerly granted to my father, Ryck Abramsen Lent and others, which is commonly known by the name of Ryck's Patent, and by the Indian name of Sackhoes, to have and to hold, &c. To my son Hendrick, all that farm I now live on, containing 350 acres, in the south-west part of Ryck's Patent.