In testimony whereof, I have signed these presents with my handwriting, caused the seale of the province to be thereunto affixed, and have ordained that the same be entered upon record in the secretary's office, the five and twentyeth day of October, in the third yeare of the Kinge Majestye's reigne, and in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty and seven. ^

Thomas Dongan,

» Co. Rec. Lib. A. 240, Alb. Book of Pat. No. ii. 306. The original document is in the possession of Mrs> Maria Fay, of New York.

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On the 20th of September, 16S9, John Pell, gentleman, and Rachel his wife, for a valuable consideration, conveyed to Jacob Leisler of New York, merchant, all that tract of land in the manor of Pelham, (now called New Rochelle,) containing six thousand acres, and also one hundred acres for the use of the French church, &c. The grantees and his heirs yielding as an acknowledgment therefore unto the said John Pell and his heirs as lords of the manor of Pelham, one fat calf on the 24th day of June, yearly.^

By a writ of summons served on the20ih of March, 1691, John Pell was returned by the high sheriff to represent the county of "Westchester in the Provincial Assembly.^ He was also judge of the court of common pleas for this county.

The Hon. John Pell appears to have died intestate cir. 1700, leaving issue by his wife Rachel Pinckney, two sons and several daughters.