Epenetus Townsend " all that land being part of farm No. 12 in north lot No. 10, beginning at a white oak bush, and runs south-west twenty-six degrees, eight chains and twenty-four links, to a pile of stones, thence south-west seventeen degrees, sixteen chains and thirteen links, to a pile of stones, thence north-east eighty-eight degrees, twenty-five chains and fifty links, to a pile of stones, thence south-east seventy-four degrees and a half, six chains and forty-five links to a stake and stones by the church, then north-east fifteen degrees, five chains and thirty-five links to the oblong line, then south-east ten degrees, twenty-one ' chains and twenty-five links to a stake on the same line, then south-west to the place of beginning, containing sixty acres, inclusive of /he ground upon which the church, church yard and burying ground stand, which is not included

a Conn. MSS. from archives at Fulham, p. Ml. (Hawks.) b Fowler's MSS. Biographies of the clergy, vol. vl. lOfii.

c Conn. MSS. from archives at Fulham, p". ail. (Hawks..) In his register Mr. Plbbleo writes -- Cortlandt's manor, Province of New York, Salem, 1T07, Aug. 23d, baptized James Dickiu-

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in this grant, &ca On this land, adjoining the church, Mr. Townsend erected the same year a large dwelling house, which is still standing, and occupied at one time by the late Venerable Epenetus Wallace, M. D., who was born in 1766, and a god-son of the Rev. Epenetus Townsend, by whom he was baptized on Friday, April 10th, 1767. b The above mentioned house was the one which Mr. Townsend's father enabled him to build in 1769 and the sixty acres of land which lie had bought for him, all of which were taken possession of by the Continental Convention, 1776.