" At a court of sessions held at Westchester, for the county of Westchester, by their Majesties authority, present John Pell, justice and quorum, president of the court, John Pahner, justice of the peace and quorum, Daniel Sharpe and William Barnes, Esquires, justices of ye peace. December ye 1st 1691.

The Court opened. The grand jury called and appeared, viz.

Robert Hustead, John Furgeson,

John Ferris, sen. Robert Hustead, jun.

John Mollinex, John Hadden,' sen.

« Acts of Assembly, passed A. D. 1683. Upon the 29th of October, 1684, the period was changed for holding the above courts from the first Tuesday in December to the third Tuesday iu November. In 1691 the courts were held as first ordered.

b Rec. of Court of Common Pleas, Lib. B. The old court house at Westchester was burnt at an early period of the Revolution.

<: A. D. 1749. Died John Hadden and Abigail his wife within a few hours of each other, having lived lovingly together 70 years. He died aged 96, aud his wife 90.

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Joseph Hunt, Edward Hadden,

John Hunt, John Winter,

John Quimby, jun. Thomas Bedient,

John Baly, Samuel Palmer,

William ChadJerton. The court adjourned till Thursday morning.

Constables called. Westchester, Joseph Hunt. Eastchester, Henry Fov\ler. New Rochelle, Cornells Seely. Mamaroneok, Richard Ward. Rye, Samuel Kniffen. Upper Yonckers, Matthias Brookes. Bedford, . Benjamin Collier, high

sheriff of the county.'

" At a court of sessions held at Westchester by his Majesty's authority, June 6th and 7lh, 1693, before the Honorable Caleb Heathcote, Esq., judge of the court of common pleas, justice and quorum, &c , the following curious testimony was given in a suit between Richard Ponton, defendant, and Gabriel Leggett, plaintitT. Captain Thomas Williams, b aged 62 years, deposed, sailh, the first reason of this difficulty was a big look violently from mee.