History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
" Whereas Cornelis Van Bursum of this City hath made Applicayon for Liberty and Lycense to purchase of the Indyan.s a Certain ])arcel or Tract of Land Lyeing on the East side of Hudson River Behither the High-Lands, to Settle A rt'arnie or Plantaqon or for the Improvem' of Husbandry, These are to certify that I have and Doe Hereby with Advise of the Counsell Grant Liberty and Lycense to the said Cornelis Van Ihirsum to purchase of the Indyans the said Parcel! or tract of Land and to Settle A ffarme or Plantayon thereupon, he Makeing Due return thereof to the office of Records there in Order to Confirmayon, and Makeing Improvement and performing what the Law in Such Cases Requires.
Given under my hand in New- Yorke this third Day fl'eb'', in the thirty Fourth yeare of his Mat'" Reigne Annoy. Domini 1(381-2. A. B. ' "
Van Bursum acted immediately, and four months later received i'rom Ackimak, and nineteen other Indians, a deed for the lower i)eninsula which forms the South bounds of Haverstraw Bay. It was called by the Indians Senasqua, and by the Whites " Sarah's," and "Teller's," Point, and later "Croton" Point. The last from the facttliat it forms the North Side of the estuary of the Croton River. Sarah was the wife of William Teller who long lived upon the Point, she having survived her husband several years- It is decribed in the Indian deed to Van Bursum as, " all that parcel], neck, or point of Land, with the Marsh, Meadow ground, or valley thereto Adjoining and Belonging, Situate lying and being on the east side of the North or Hudson's River, over against verdrietye's Hooke, commonly called and Known by the name of Slaupcr's Haven, and by the Indians Navish, the Meadow being called by the Indians Sena.s(]ua, being bounded by the said River and a certain creek called or known to the Indians by the name of Tanrackan, and divided from the Main land by certain trees marked by the Indians, together with half of the said creek &c. for, and in consideration of, a certain sum of Wampum, and divers other goods, paid by Cornelius van Bursum.