Wherein Catonah and Wackemane sell to Jacobus Van Courtland of the city of New York, and Zacariah Robertson, a certain tract of upland meadow and swamp, all within ye bounds hereat'ter named, that is to say to begin where Beaver dam River and ye Cross River meets, and so to run westvvardly by Bedfords marked trees until it comes to a black oak tree marked upon a high hill, and then to run west to Muscotah River, and then to keep the south side of Muscotah River, until it meets ye Cross River, and to keep the said Cross River until it meets ye aforesaid Beaver dam River, &c. Signed sealed anH delivered in presence Catonah 3 his mark,

of us, Nathan Clark, Joseph Hunt, Wackemane q his mark,

Hezekiah Roberts. Mequacom ^ his mark,

NoAPAPiN |x his mark, Cacoporo p5 his mark,

Mashato 14 his mark, Mamtero 01 his mark,

Amboock<1 his mark,

By a patent issued on the 8th day of April, 1704, Glueen Anne confirmed the inhabitants of Bedford in all their legal rights.

"Whereas the general court of Connecticut on the 13th day of May in ye year of our Lord Christ, 1697, hath granted unto the proprietors, inhabitants of the town of Bedford, then within that colony, all those lands, &c., in their abutments, viz : southerly on ye bounds of the township of Stamford, west*

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wardly by ye wilderness, north on ye wilderness, and eastwardly on ye wilderness or land not laid out, every of which sides is six miles in length, whinh said lands have been by purchase or otherwise lawfully obtayned of the native Indian proprietors thereof &c., and the governor and company of the said colony assembled in general council by virtue of their charter afterwards to wit, ye 21st day of May, in the ninth year of King William, did give, grant, ratify and confirm &c. unto John Miller, sen., Daniel Simpkins, Zacariah Roberts, Samuel Seely, Jeremiah Andrews, John Wescoate, John Miller, jun., and John Holmes, jun., and the rest &c.