patent by me given or granted : To have and to hold all 3'e singular ye said lands and hereditaments and premises, with their and every of their appurtenances, and every part and parcel thereof, to ye said patentees and their associates, their heirs, executors and assignees, to ye proper use and behoof of ye said patentees and their associates, their heirs and executors and assignees, forever ; moreover, I do hereby grant and confirm unto ye said patentees and their associates, their heirs, executors and assignees, that their plantation shall continue and retain ye name of Eastchester, by which name and stile it shall be distinguished and known in all bargains, deeds, records and writings ; likewise, they shall nave ye privileges of electing out of their own numbers some discreet person yearly to bear the office of a deputy constable, to keep his majesties peace, and to compose, if possible, all private business by arbitration amongst themselves, but that in all other matters they have relation to ye town and court of Westchester, they the said patentees and their associates, their heirs, executors and assignees, rendering and paying such duties and acknowledgments as now are or hereafter shall be constituted and established by ye laws of this government, under ye obedience of his royal highness, his heirs and successors. Given under my hand and seal at Fort James, New York, on ye Isle of Manhattans, ye ninth day of March, in ye nineteenth year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles ye Second, by ye grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of ye faith, and in ye year of our Lord God, 1666.*