Bronck shall show to the persons aforesaid a certain lot of land, of which he is proprietor, and which is situated opposite the river and the plain of Manhattan ; in which lot aforesaid they may cultivate tobacco and maize, upon the express condition that they shall clear and cultivate, every two years, a fresh spot for raising their tobacco and maize, and then the spot which they cultivated before shall return again to Mr. Bronck aforesaid, to dispose of according to pleasure ; they shall be further obliged to return the field that they again surrender, that it is in proper order to be ploughed, and sowed with grain : this lot of ground they shall

Entitled an act to annex the town of Morrisania to the town of Westchester, 22d of February, 179 J. i See Col. Morris's confirmation of Bronck's purchase.

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have the use during three years, for which Mr. Bronck shall have no oilier claim than tlial the land shall have bfien cleared and brought in a proper manner of cnliivation by the diligence of Peter Andriessen and Lourent Uayts, who from their side shall be holden to accomplish their task. 21st July, 1639.

Maunt Jansskn, Witness."a

We find Jonas Bronck again leasing land on the 15th of August, 1639, to Cornelius Jacobsen StoU and John Jacobsen.''

Jonas Bronck must have died sometime prior to the year 1643, for we find his widow Antonia Slaghboom, at that date, niarried to Arendt van Curler. His descendants are said to be still numerous in the vicinity of Coxsackie, Green county, and Coeymans, Albany county, N. Y.