Provided always, and it is hereby covenanted and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said James at any time or times during his natural life by his last will in writing, by him signed and published in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, or by any other writing or writings by him signed and sealed in the presence of two or nnre credible witnesses, to revoke or alter all or any the use or uses of all or any part of the said land and premises, any thing in these presents contained to the contrary notwithstanding. In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have interchangeably put their seals the day and year above written.

JAMES De LANCEY. i>

Sealed and delivered in the presence of A. De Peystek, J. Roberts.

The De Lancy Patent, as it was sometimes called, embraced Great North Lot, Nos. 9 and 10, of the manor of Cortlandt. These were again subdivided into thirty-six smaller lots or farms, which were leased on long terms by Stephen de Lancey. The whole was about four miles

b For a full account of this family, see Mamaroncck.

a The above was drawn by Chief Justice de Laucey, and is in his own hand-writing.

736 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

square. In the year 1769, Stephen de Lancey and Hannah, his wife, conveyed to the Rev. Epenetus Townsend certain lands situate in North Lot, No. 10. The same year, also, part of farm No. 12, in Great North Lot, No. 10, to Nathaniel Delavan. Prior to the year 1775, Stephen de Lancey re-leased certain lots in the town to the Carpenters, Baileys, Rodgers, Lobdells, Nashs, Purdys, Nortons, Tituses and Reynolds, &c, &c.