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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II

Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848. 556 words

then down the stream of the said brook to the place where it falls into the Mamaroneck river, and down the stream of the said river to the land granted to Christopher Bridge, then along his line to the lines of the land laid out for Samuel Hunt, to Mamaroneck river, then down the stream, up the said river to the place where the west branch falls into the said river, and then up the stream of the said west branch to the place where it begun, containing four thousand four hundred and thirty-five acres, with allowance for highways, together •with all and singular woods, underwoods, trees, timber, feeding, pastures, meadows, marshes, swamps, ponds, pools, waters, water courses, rivers, rivulets, runs and streams of water, fishing, fowling, hunting and hawking, mines, minerals, standing, being, growing, lying, or to be had, used and enjoyed within the limits and bounds aforesaid, and all other profTits, benefits, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and all that our estate, right, title, interest, benefit, claim and demand whatsoever, of, in, or to the same, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and the yearly rents and profits of the same, excepting, and always reserving out of this our present grant, unto us, our heirs and successors forever, all trees of the diameter of twenty-four inches and upwards at twelve inches from the ground, for masts for our royal navy, and also all such other trees as may be fit to make planks, knees and other things necessary for the use of our said navy, which now are standing, growing or being, or which forever hereafter shall be standing, growing or being in and upon any of the said land, with free liberty and lycense for any person or persons whatsoever, by us, our heirs and successors, or any of them, to be thereunto appointed under our or their sign manuel, with workmen, horses, waggons, carts and carriages, and without, to enter and come into and upon the said said lands and any part thereof, and there to fell, cut down, root up, hew, saw and rive, have, take, cart and carry away the same for the uses aforesaid, (excepting also and reserving all the silver and gold mines) to have and to hold all and singular the same certain tracts of land . and premises, with its hereditaments and appurtenances (excepting as before is excepted and reserved) unto the said Joseph Budd, John Hoit, Caleb Hoit, Humphrey Underbill, Joseph Purdy, George Lane, Daniel Lane, Moses Knap, John Horton, David Horton, Jonathan Lynch, Peter Hatfield, James Travis, Isaac Covert, Benjamin Brown, John Turner, David Ogden and William Yeomans, their heirs and assignees forever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, in free and common soccage, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in the county of Kent, within our kingdom of Great Britain, yeilding, rendering and paying therefor yearly, and every year, forever, unto us, our heirs and successors, at our custom house in the city of New York, unto our or their collector or receiver general, for the time being, on the feast day of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, commonly called lady day, the annual rent of two shillings and six pence for every hundred acres thereof