The following year Thomas Dekay, Richard Abramsen, Jacob Abramsen, Sybout Harche, Jacob tlarche and Samuel Dekay, " obtained liberty and licence to purchase of the Indians, (each of them,) three hundred acres of land, lying and being in the high lands by the north of Stephen Yan Cortland t's land, which is called by the Indians, Wenebees^ lying between two creeks, over against the Thunder hill, (Diinderburgh,) on the east side of the river. &c. Sisjned Thomas Don^an.^"

The same year Thomas Dekay, Kichard Abramsen, Jacob

a Co. Rec. Lib. A. fol, 189, date of license, 6th of March, 1684. The prtncipa] part of the above purchase is now covered by the farm of John McCoy.

Abramsen, Sybout Harche, Jacob Harche, and Samuel Dekay, purchased of the Indians, Sirham, sachem of Sachus, Pannskapham, Charrish, Askewaen, Pewinenien, and Sickham, eighteen hundred acres of land "situate on the highlands north of Stephanus Van Cortlandi's land, which is called by the Indians Wenebees, i5cc."

The above grantees on the 21st of April, 1685, made a second purchase of land from the same native proprietors consisting of :

" All that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being on Hudson's River at a certain place called by the Indians Sachus, and stretching by the north side of Mr Stephanas Van Cortlandt's land to the said river to another creek, and so runs up said creek in several courses to a certain tree marked with R, and from the said marked tree southerly by marked trees all along to a marsh to another marked tree, marked R, west up to the aforesaid creek which lies by said Mr. Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land, &c., &c."