But ia matters of assessment and public rates, they are to be assessed by the officers of that town to winch they do properly belong being the nearest unto them, to have and U) hold the said parcel and tract of laud in the said three necks contaiucd, and premises with all and singular the privileges and appurtenances to the said John Richbell his heirs and assigns, to the proper use and behoof of the said John Richbell, his heirs and assignees forever, as free land of inheritance, rendering and paying as a Albany IJocords.General Entries, No. iv. 95.

b S 'e Complaint of Olmdiuh Palmer arid others, to his Excellency William Burnet. The original document is in the possession of the Muuio family.

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a quit rent for the same yearly, and every year, the value of eight bushels of winter wheat, upon the five and twentieth day of March, if demanded, unto Ids Royal Highness and his heirs, or to such governor or governors as shall from time to time be appointed and set over them. Given under my hand and seal, at Fort James, in New York, on Manhattans Island, the 16th day of October, in the twentieth year of the reign of our sovereign, Lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, Prance and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c., &c., Anno Domini, 1668. Fkancis Lovelace.

In 1669 we find John Richbell, and Anne his wife, conveying a certain portion of land in Mamaroneck to Margaret Parsons."