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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 344 words

Michael the Archangel, if the same be lawfully demanded, To the Intent that, by virtue of these presents, and by force of the Statute for transferring uses into possession, they, the said Abraham De Peyster, Philip Courtlandt, in right ampior, John Hamilton and Elizabeth his wife, Isaac DePeyster and Ann his wife, and Peter De Peyster, may be in the actual possession of the said premises with their appurtenances, and thereby be enabled to accept and take a grant and release of the reversion and inheritance thereof to them and their heirs, to the proper use and behoof of them, the said Abraham De Peyster, Philip Courtlandt, John Hamilton and Elizabeth his wife, Isaac De Peyster and Ann his wife, and Peter De Peyster, their heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof the said parties have to these presents interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and A'ear first above written. Signed, C. DE PEYSTER,

Sealed and delivered in the presence of the several raisures - and interlineations, having been first made in the within indenture as certified by the said Cornelius De Peyster.

Mary De Peystei.-.

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This Indenture made the eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three between Abraham De Peyster, of the city of New York, Esq., Elizabeth Hamilton, of the city of New York, widow, Isaac Do Peyster, of the city of New York, gentleman, and Anu, his wife, and Peter De Peyster, of the city of New York, gentleman, of the first part, and Benjamin Smith, Caleb Fowler and Joseph Sutton, of the County of Westchester in the province of New York, yeomen and their associates of the second part; whereas His most gracious Majesty King William the Third of glorious memory by his Letters Patent under the great seal of the province of New York bearing date the fourteenth day of February in the fourteenth year of his reign granted unto Robert Waters, Leigh Atwood, Cornelius De Peyster and others and to their Heirs and assigns forever.