The above sale included the township of New Castle, and all that portion of North Castle lying West of the Byram river.

Upon the fourteenth day of February, 1 701-2, the following letters patent were issued under the great seal of the province of New York, to Robert Walters and his associates ; they rendering and paying therefore to the King or his heirs and surveyors, the yearly rent of six pounds five shillings, current money of New York, in lieu and stead of all other demands, &c.

THE WEST PATENT OF NORTH CASTLE. "William the Third, bjr the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc., to all whom these presents shall come, sendeth greeting : Whereas, our loving subjects, Robert Walters, Leigh At wood, Cornelius Depeyster, Caleb Heathcote, Matthew Clarkson, John Cholwell, Richard Slater, Lancaster Simes, Robert Lurting, and Barne Cosens, have, by their petitions, presented unto our trusty and well beloved John Nanfan, Esq., our Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-chief of our province of New York, and the territories depending thereon in America, etc., prayed our grant and confirmation of a certain tract of laud in our County of Westchester, bounded northerly by the manor of Cortlandt, and eastwardly with Bedford line of three miles square, the white fields and Byram River, southerly by the land of John Harrison, Rye line stretching to Byram River aforesaid, and the White Plains, and westwardly by Bronck's River aud the manor of Philipsburgh, excepting out of the bounds aforesaid, all the land in Mr. Richbell's patent, according to the lines of the said patent, now in the tenure and occupation of Colonel