D. 1700, "Sir John Pell/ 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"0

"In consideration of ^100 -- 150 acres, beginning at the end of 25 rods westward from the marked tree, said to be marked for the division

a Doc. Hist, of New York, vol. iil, pp. 929, 930, 931, 932. 6 So Btyled in the Town Kecords. c Town Kecords, p. 10.

THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE.

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lines of the French, in New Rochelle purchase, being between the land of the said Pell and the aforesaid purchase."

"July the 22nd, 1700. In a General Assembly of the inhabitants of this place, according to Justice Mott's warrant, it has been agreed by the plurality of votes, that above the hundred acres of land given by Sir John Pell for the church of this place, the said one hundred acres shall be taken on the undivided land, according to the choice of the elders of the church, as they will find the more profitable for the church and people. "a

At a meeting of the Justices and Vestry, held in the town of Westchester, on the 5th day of May, 1704, appeared Mr. Peter Hulse, (constable for the town of New Rochelle in 1702,) who produced two receipts for ^5, the minister's rate for that year."6