It |)rovi(led for a division iiito ten e(|ual parts of the estates of Stephanus and his son Oliver, "and to that end all the said parties with an unanimous assent and consent did elect and choose Philip Ver planck, surveyor, to survey and lay out the same into thirty Lotts, by virtue of which nomination and appointment he the said Philip Verplanck did project and lay out the Greater part of the lands and meadow in the said Mannor into thirty Lotts, shares, and allotments," and made a map of the same, and the said parties "did further by the assistance of the said surveyor, and Diuiiel Purdy and Samuel Purdy, appraisers elected and cliosen by all of them for thnt purj)ose, make a perfect dividend, separation, and division of the said thirty Lotts, shares, and allotments,'" which several shares were conveyed to each in 0<^tober 1732, by jiartition deeds executed by all the jiarties to each other respectively. This division comprised onlv "the greater part of the manor lands."

In 1733 under the same articles of agreement, the parties in interest made in the same way, another division "of the other find remaining part of the lands aforesaid," into ten lots, and duly executed to each other similar deeds of partition dated November 1st, 1733. These two divisions, however, were confined to lands north of the Croton river about which there was no dispute. There were some lands of the manor

- Recitals Troni one of the Deeds of partition to one of the heirs.