The cause appears to have been decided in favor of Mr. Bridges and his wife, for on the 27th day of March, 1665, the constable of Westchester was required (by the Governor) "to deliver unto Mr. Bridges and his wife, or their assignees, the goods that lye attached in your hands as of right belonging to them, for doing whereof this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand at Fort James in New York, (fec."c Richard Nicolls.

In 1664, Thomas Pell of Onkway, Connecticntj laid claim to Cornell's neck.

Upon the 26th of October, 1664^ " Charles Bridges and Sarah his wife entered a protest before and against all bargains, deeds, and sales of Thomas Pell of Onkway, or any from or under him, of or concerning a parcel of land situated on the East River, beginning from the kill of Bronx land, east south east, likewise alongst the river bounded almost half a Dutch mile, a copy of

a Alb. Rec. G. G. 206, also 351.

b Alb. Book of Gen. Entries, from 1G64 to ItJGo, page 101.

0 Alb. Book of Gen. Entries, page 102.

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the original grant whereof nnfo Thomas Cornell, father of the said Sarah Bridges they have also registered, until such time as the cause can be tried. "^i

The following particulars are taken from the assize records, in relation to a trial between the two parties, held on the 29th of September, 1665.

Charles Bridges } pjainfiT- Names of Jurors.