John Budd for range, for feed, for timber, for graseing, to him and his heirs for ever, and now we doe acknowledge that we have bargained, sold and de'ivered, we and every one of us, for our heirs, executors or assignees jointly and severally unto John Budd, his heirs, execu-^ tors or assignees a tract of land lying within the compass of the above said twenty English miles, bounded on the south by Westchester path, and on the east by the Blind brook, and on the west by iVIamaroneck river, and the north bounds is sixteen miles English from Westchester path up into the country, for which land we received already in hand a certain sum, to the value of £20 sterling, for the abovesaid tract of land ; for which land we are fully satisfied by the said John Budd, for the above said tract of land, for the which we doe acknowledge we have bargained, sold and delivered unto John Budd and his heirs for ever, with warrantee against all men, English, Dutch and hidians, and doe give him full possession, and promise so to keep him, to the which bargain and agreement, we have hereunto set our hands this day, being the 29th of April, 166G.

Witness, Joseph Ilorton, Shanaroeke,

Witness, John Rawls, • Romackqua,

The mark of Coco, Indian. • Pathung,

Sachems.

The proprietors of Rye appear to have viewed these extensive purchases of John Budd, with no little degree of anxiety, for we

Col. Rec. Hartford, vol i p. 333, 4.