A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II
Baily, gents., to be first aldermen of the sd borough and town of Westchester, and Israel Honeywell, Robert Hustis, Sam'l Hustis, Sam'l Ferris, Daniel Turner and Miles Oakley, gents., the first assistants and common council of the sd borough and town, and that the sd mayor, ald'n and common council and their successors, shall for ever hereafter be in name and in deed a body corporate and politick and shall forever hereafter be called and known in all courts whatsoever, plead and be impleaded by the name of the Mayor, Ald'n and Commonalty of the Borough and Town of W. Chester. And of our further grace, certain knowledge and meer motion, and to the intent that the sd corporation and body politick by these presents created and began as aforesd, may have perpetual succession and continue forever, we do by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the sd mayor, ald'n and common council and their successors for ever, that the sd mayor and ald'n of the sd borough and town of W. Chester, for the time being, shall and may from time to time, whensoever and as often as they shall think meet, admit and receive under the common seal of the sd corporation to be of the commonalty of the sd borough and town, such and so many persons as the said mayor and alder'n, or the mayor for the time being and the greatest part of the sd alder'n shall think meet, and that every such person and persons by them the sd mayor and alder'n or the greater part of them as afores'd to be admitted and received as afores'd, shall immediately after such admission be free men of the sd borough and town and members of the sd body politick, and have and enjoy all such the same and so many priviledges, franchises and im-