John Richbell must have replied immediately to this letter, as the same year we find the following declaration of Petrus Stuyvesant, (Governor-General,) in favor of Mr. Rissebel:

"We, the Governor-General and Council of estate of the United Netherlands, doe declare by these presents, that we, upon the petition of Mr. John Rissebel and his associates, that be under the protection of the high and subordinate authority of this Province, upon terms and cono Albanv Deed Book, Jso. Ill, p. 37. b Alb. Kec. vol. XX, p. 22. e Albany Kec vol. xx, p. 22.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

ditions as other inhabitants doe enjoy, may take up and possess a certain neck and parcel of land called Mammarinikes, provided that the aforesaid Mr. John Rissebel, his associates, and every one that are now hereafter to come in due and convenient time, shall present themselves before us to take the oath of fidelity and obedience, and also, as other inhabitants are used to, procure a land brief of what they possess. Given under our hand and seal the 6th day of May, 1662, in the Fort Amsterdam, in the New Netherlands.""

John Richbell appears to have obtained a "ground brief," for his land the same year.*

The following documents relate to a dispute between the two patentees of Pelham and Mamaroneck, concerning their respective boundaries. Upon the 20th of April, 1666, Richard Nicolls, Governor of the Province, granted to Thomas Mullinex, "a certain neck lying between the east bounds of the town of Westchester and a certain small river called Stony River, which is reputed to be the west bounds of the land in dispute between Mr. Richbell and Mr. Revell, (Pell.) and from thence shooting along by the side of the maine westward, containing 220 acres, which said neck has been perchased of the Indians." During the year 1666-7, occurs a trial between Thos.