The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)
A portion of these Glebe Lands, as we shall have occasion to show presently, were sold by the Presbyterian Society under an act of Assembly in isoo, " for the purpose of procuring other lands on which a parsonage house might be more conveniently erected and for erecting the same ; '' but we believe no warranty deeds have ever been given in any case of sale; but simply quit claim deeds, all of which is something unusual. The trustees of the Presbyterian church of South Salem, sold to Gould Hawley in 1833. lands bordering on "socallcd Parsonage Lami." White Plains Kec. Lib. xlix, p. 255. Uouid Hawl<-\'s title came from Trustees, and his widow conveyed to Cyrus Lawrence and others. Joseph S. Wood and wife sold lands to \\ akeman B. Wood in 1837, bounded westerly by lands of Joseph \\ ebster and the " Parsonage Land so-called." Jlaltby Webster and wife, Nancy, convey land to Terry A. Fancher, 16th of March, 1830-- " also one other piece ly, at the south-east corner of Joseph Webster's land/omieWj* belonging to the parsonage, at a pile of stones and running northei ly by said Webster's, 14 chains and 25 links to a pile "of stones at the corner of said Webster's land, from thence westerly 5 chains to a pile of stones by Gould Uawley's land, thence southerly by said Hawley's land, 16 chains and 25 links to a pile of stones by the highway that leads from Hidgefleld to Bedford, from thence easterly bv the highway r> chains to ihe place of beginning containing 7 acres.'1 White Plains Kec, Lib. x.x.wiii. p. 183. The two meadows, one opposite the residence of Uriah Slawsou, the other almost in front of Sandy Barrett's bouse, are said to have been a portion of the Parsonage Lands.