Upon the 23d of June, 1736, '' the land to the north of Cross River was divided by lot among the twenty nine proprietors of Bedford." '

On the 10th of April, 1738, Jacobus Van Cortland devised ''all his tenements and hereditaments situated within the patent and township of Bedford to his son Frederick Yan Cortland of Yonkers and his three daughters ; Margaret, wife of Abraham Depeyster ; Anne, wife of John Chambers ; and Mary, wife of Peter Jay, the parties giving mutual leases and releases to one another."<^

Frederick Van Cortland one of the above devisees obtained a release from the following freeholders of Bedford on the 21st of September, 1741.

Hezekiah Roberts, John Holmes, Daniel Holly,

John Miller, Jonathan Westcoat, Nathan Clark,

Joseph Seely, Richard Westcoat, Moses Fountain,

Jonathan Holmes, Daniel Miller, John Miller,

^acariah Mills, Richard Holmes, Samuel Miller,

Jonathan Seely, Daniel Haight, Samuel Barras,

Ebenezer Holmes, Philip Ayres, Ebenezer Owen,

Jonathan Miller, Vincent Simpkins.

From an original map drawn up by Samuel Purdy, surveyor, it appears that a partition of Jacobus Van Cortlandt's estate took place in 1743. To Frederick Van Cortlandt, was allotted 1424 acres, to Abraham De Peyster 1110 acres, to John Chambers 1282 acres, and to Peter Jay 1299 acres.

a The original in possession of William Jay of Bedford.

^ The ancestor of John was Thomas Dibble a freeman of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who removed to Windsor, Conn, c Co. Lib. G. foho 298.

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

Upon the death of Peter Jay, Esq. in 1782, his share fell to three sons, Peter, Frederick, and John. The latter was subsequently invested with a laro^e portion of the original allotment.