The receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, &c. &c., have given, granted, bargained and sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released and confirmed, and do by these presents, clearly and absolutely give, grant, bargain and sell, alien, enfeoff, release and confirm, unto the said Robert Walters, &c., a certain parcel or tract of land, lying and being in the county of Westchester, in the province of New York, butted and bounded as follovveth, viz., westward by Bedford and by the patent granted to Caleb Healhcote and others, northerly by Col. Cortlandt's purchase and Croton's run, southerly and easterly by colony lines, to have and to hold, &c. &c.»

The mark of ^ Catonah.

* Indian deeds, Alb. Rec. warrant for Survey, Lib. i. 100.

6 HISTORY OF THE

On the 2d day of March, 1701, William the third, by his royal - letters patent, under the great seal of the colony of New York, did grant and confirm unto Robert Walters, John Choi well, Leigli Atwood, Cornelius Depeyster, Richard Slater, Barne Cosens, Lancaster Symes, Matthew Clarkson, Robert Lnrting, Peter Matthews and Caleb Heathcote, a certain tract of land in the county of Westchester. .... ,

"Bounded to the south by the east division line between the province of New York and the colony of Connecticut, and on the east by the other division line, and so along the said line, until it meet with the patent of Adolph

. Philips, and so along his southern boundaries, till it meet the patent of the manor of Cortlandt, and from thence by a line thajt shall run upon a direct course, until it meet with the end of the first easterly line of twenty miles of the said manor of Cortlandt, and from thence, along the said line westerly, until it meet with the patent granted, to Robert Walters and others : then, southerly, along the said patent, until it meet with the bounds of the township of Bedford, and thence along the said bounds, till it meet with the patent