In 1686, John Pinckney appears as supervisor; Richard Shute, clerk of the town court; Joseph Drake, constable; William Haiden, Samuel Drake and Philip Pinckney, town commissioners; Haiden and John Pinckney, representatives.

In 1691, John Pinckney, supervisor.

The following election took place in 1776-7:

Stephen Ward, supervisor; Samuel Sneden, town clerk ;a Charles Guion, collector; Solomon Drake and Moses Drake, assessors; Thomas Farrington, Joshua Ferris, Joseph Gedney, overseers of roads; Thomas Pinckney and William Fowler, overseers offences; Edmund Ward and John Sneden, viewers of fences; Stephen Ward and William Fowler, pounders.

The first independent election for town officers took place on the 2 2d of December, 1/83, under the superintendence of Stephen Ward and Ebenezer S. Burling, Esq., &c, (in accordance with an act of the Legislature passed October 23, 1779,) when the following persons were elected :

Ebenezer Burling, Esq., supervisor ; Charles Ward, town clerk ; William Crawford, jun., constable and collector; Thomas Pinckney, Jacob Hunt, Daniel Learing and John Wright, assessors ; Charles Guion, Elisha Shute and James Morgan, overseers of roads ; William Crawford and James Morgan, pounders ; William Crawford and Charles Guion, to take care of public edifices.6

The public lands of Eastchester are now managed by a board of trustees, according to an Act of the Legislature passed May 11, 1846.'

a Samuel Sneden was town clerk and supervisor for many years prior to the Revolution and was succeeded by Benjamin Mosyar subsequent to that period.

b Town Records.-- The town books consist of three volumes ; the first commenciug on the 13th of February, 1672 ; 2d vol. in 1693 ; 3d. vol. at a much later period.