Captain Ponton commanded him to hold his peace, but he still continued abusing the defendant and said here comes the father of rogues, and many other scurrilous words, upon which I got a warrant against him, &c."

At a geiieral court of sessions, held in 1695.

" The jury for our Sovereign Lord the King, upon their oaths do present Thomas Furgeson of the county town of Westchester, laborer, for selling of a certain horse wilhout a tongue of a broivn culler at Westchester aforesaid, at or about the first day of May last, &c.

By nn act of Assembly passed on the Uth of May, 1693, "a

a First Rec. of Court of S( b Dec. 11th, 16i^9. Thomas Williams, freeholder of Westchester, was elected a member of the Governor's Council.

« Governor Jacob Lelsler who assumed the government of the Trovince in 1689.

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public and open market was appointed to be held on every Wednesday of the week at AVestchester, " to which market it was lawful for all and every of the inhabitants and sojourners to go, frequent and resort, and thither to carry all sorts of cattle, grain, victuals, provisions and other necessaries from eight in the morning to sunset. '-a

It was also enacted by General Assembly the same year, " that there shall likewise be held and kept twice yearly and every year, Pifuir, to which fair it shall and may be likewise lawful for all and every person to go and frequent, &c., two fairs yearly for the county of Westchester; the first to be kept at the town of Westchester in the said county on the second Tuesday of May and to and on the Friday following, being in all four days, exclusive and no longer, and the second fair to be kept at Rye in the said county on the second Tuesday in October yearly and to end the Friday following, d:c., &c."'^ These privileges were subsequently confirmed and enlarged. <=