The consideration mentioned is " a certain summ of good and lawfull money." And the premises conveyed are thus described-- "AH that certain tract of land situate, lying, and being up Hudson's River on the East side thereof, beginning at the East side of the land late belonging to Jacob De Key and Company at a Creek called Pohotasack and so along a creek called by the Indyaus Paquingtuk and by the Christians John Peak's Creek to another creek called by the Indyans Acquasimink, including two small water ponds called Wenanninissios and Wachiehamis, Together with all and singular meadows, marshes, woods, underwoods, waters, ponds, water-courses, improvements, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said Tract of land and premises belonging or appertaining."

How extensive an area this description embraced cannot be stated its terms being too vague, but is was a very large tract lying east of the eighteen hundred acre tract called Sachus, or Sachoes, and known as " Rycke's Patent," which embraced the present village of Peeks Kill and its immediate neighbourhood, the fee of which was not owned by Stephanus van Cortlandt, although within the limits of the Manor, and subject to its jurisdiction, till 1770, when it was granted by special act a civil organization of itg own, as will be hereafter shown.

These lands including all his purchases upon both sides of the Hudson River were granted and conr firmed, to Stephanus van Cortlandt, June 17th, 1697, by the Manor-Grant of the Manor of Cortlandt. Itg