John Crawford was appointed assessor for the East Patetit.^

The following items are from the town records.

Old Poundridge, April ye first day, 1760.

At a town meeting held at the house of Ebenezer Lockwood, in said Old Pound in Westchester county, under ye Province of New York, we the freeholders, inhabitants and residents proceeded as follows ; first, by major vote, Joseph Lockwood to be town clerk, and by major vote William Forster to be constable, &c., (fee.

January 14th, 1762. It was voted that Joseph Lockwood be

» North Castle Rec. In 1746, Joseph Lockwood was assessor for the East Patent

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clerk of said rneeiing and Lieutenant John Gauspiir be moderator.

April 20th, 1776. Voted Ebenezer Lockwood as moderator, Joseph Lockwood as clerk, Lieut. William Jones, constable.

Upon the 7th day of August, 1766, the East Patent formerly granted to Robert Walters and others, was sold, in pursuance of a certain act of the Lieutenant Governor, the Council, and General Assembly of this colony, entitled " An act for the more effectual collecting of his Majesties quit rents in the colony of New York, and for partition of lands in order thereto," &c. The principal purchasers under the act, appear to have been the Lockwoods, Amblers, Forshers, Bishops, Ferrises, Hoyts, Hollys, Browns, Sillicks and Scofields, (fcc, &c.a In 1826, the Legislature of this state claimed as successor of the Crown the sum of $243 71, due as quit rent on the East Patent.^ To satisfy this claim nine hundred acres of land were sold in the southern part of the Patent. c