The first clause provides " That the said Province be divided into twelve Counties, as followeth ; " and the third clause is, "The County of Westchester , io contain East and Westchester, Brnnkes Land, Fordham, Mannor of Pel ham, Miniford Island* (now City Island) and Richbill's Neck, (now De Lancey's Neck) and all the land on the Main to the Eastward of Manhattans Island, as far as the Government at present extends, and the Yonckers hand. And Northwards along Hudsons River as far as the High Lands." The member chosen from Westchester County to this As-

- It is here cited from a MS. copy of the original Manuscript of Ihe Dongan Liars, at Albany, in which it is found on page 12.

■m. Bradford's Laws, ed. 1710, p. 11. III. Bratlford s Laws, .m1. 172fi, p. 11. I. Livingston & Smith's Laws, C, II. Van Scha4ick, (i.

* Westchester is named first in the original act, while it is second here. This is the only change that was made.

THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MANORS.

sembly was John Pell, who was thus the first of a line of Assemblymen for the County which has existed from that day to this. In the Governor's Council at the time of this first A.ssembly as Members by Royal appointment, and as such, members of the Upper House which passed this Act, were Stephanas Van Cortlandt and Frederick Philipse, who were also of the Council under James as Duke and as King. Thus among the framers of the original act which created the County, who, so to s])eak, were present at its birth, and also at its confirmation were two members of families, subsequently manorial, both of whom were the first Lords of the Manors of Philipsburgh and Cortlandt, neither of which had then been erected.'