Caleb Heathcote and others ; and along the bounds of the said Patent unto the Colony line;" "as also a small Tract of Land beginning Westerly at a great Rock on the Westermost side at the Southermost End of a Ridge known by the name of Ruhbel or Horse Ridge ; and from thence North- West and by North to Bronckx River, Easterly, beginning at a marked Tree at the Eastermost side on the Southermost end of the said Ridge ; and thence North to Bronckx River; which Tract of Land was by the said Caleb Heathcote purchased of the native Indian Proprietors ; the said two Tracts containing by Estimation about 62,000 acres of profitable land."

William the Third, by his Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the Colony of New York, bearing date the second day of March, in the 14th year of his reign (1701) did grant and confirm unto Robert Walters, John Cholwell, Leigh Atwood, Cornelius Depeyster, Richard Slater, Barne Cosens, Lancaster Symes, Matthew Clarkson, Robert Lurting, Peter Matthews and Caleb Heathcote, the two before-mentioned tracts of land ; the patentees yielding and paying therefor to the King, his heirs and successors, or governors appointed by him, on the Feast day of the Nativity of our Blessed Lord, the annual quit-rent of seven pounds, fifteen shillings.

a Book of Pat. Alb. No. vii. 191, compared with oripinal in possession of David \V. Smith Kensloo.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

This grant was subsequently known as the " East Patent," and included not only a small portion on the eastern side of this town, but the township of Poundridge and part of Lewisboro."