From them, their father, or their uncle, Stephen De Lancey, the title, to all the lands in this town, except in the "oblong," is derived. Prior to 1731, that part of the township of Salem called " North Salem," consisted only of a tract of land about four miles square, the same being a part of Courtland's Manor. Subsequently that portion of the oblong lying east of it, was also included in the township of North Salem, thus

o Surrogate's office, White Plains.

THE TOWN OF NORTH SALEM.

making it about six miles from east to west and four miles from north to south."

The "oblong" (or " Equivalent Lands"), consisting of 62,000 acres, was a strip one mile, three-quarters and twenty rods wide, and nearly sixty-two miles long, set off by Connecticut to New York, May 14th,

Nortel Daniel SnEuwooD's Land, Beginning. 170 roda.-

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Solomon Closb's land, 326 acres, June 8th, 1749.

"180 rods.

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South. Common Land.

1 73 1 ; and a grant of fifty thousand acres thereof made to Hawley & Co., on the 8th of June, 1731, which left some twelve thousand acres still vested in the Crown. The latter were denominated, common or undivided lands.

James Brown, of Ridgefield, and subsequently of Lower Salem, was one of Hawley' s company; and, therefore, rightly seized of certain lands in the East Patent. The oblong map shows that he held lots 34 and

a TTpon the 8th of Sept., 177", Stephen De Lancey leased farm No. 8. in Lot No. 10, containing 176 acres, to Nathaniel Delavan, for the term of 99 years, who assigned the same to John Knox in 1788. This farm, known as the " Knox farm, ' was held by the De Lanceys until the lease expired by itsown limitation in lS74,a portion of the same continuing in the" possession of the descendants of John Knox, as tenants, till that time.