Leisler's and Lacounte's neck (now Davenport's neck) contained, according to the survey, two hundred acres.

Upon the 20th of November, 1700, Sir John PelU and Rachel, his wife, granted to Daniel Sampson and Isaac Cantin, one hundred acres, "provided that the purchasers and their assignees, shall do suit and service, now or at any time hereafter, from time to time in the manor court, and pay their proportion to the minister of the place. f

The Hugnenots,^or French Protestants of New Rochelle, were a part of the vast multitude who were driven from France by persecution for conscience sake, and sought a refuge in lands where they might enjoy religious freedom. Some of them, it is said, came directly from the West Indies, where they had lived for some years after leaving France, while others came no doubt from England, and were a part of the 50,000 persecuted who fled into that country four years before the revocation of the edict of Nantz. This is confirmed by the charter of Trinity Church in New Rochelle, wherein they specify that " they fled from France in 1681."

They were, no doubt, aided in their escape from France by the English vessels that lay for some time off the Island of Rhe, opposite La Rochelle, in which they were conveyed to England. Tradition says, that they were subsequently transported to this place in one of the King's ships, and landed on Davenport's Neck, at a place afterwards called Bauffet's or Bonnefoy's Point. Soon after their arrival we find them thus addressing Governor Fletcher :