At length, to settle all questions absolutely, and to effect a final division of these undivided lands and those south of the Croton river, a special agreement was entered into by all of the heirs as they stood, in 17')8, in virtue of which a final disposition and distribution of the lands was effected, with some small exceptions.

At the first two divisions, the ten heirs who made them were these persons : --

1. Philip Verplanck, in right of Gertrude his wife.

2. Samuel Bayard, in right of Margaret his wife.

3. Stephen de Lancey, in right of Ann his wife.

4. Philip Van Cortlandt, of the Manor.

5. Steplien Van Cortlandt, of Second River, N. J.

(5. John Miln, M.I)., in right of Mary, (widow of Kilian Van Rensselaer) his wife.

7. Henry Beekman, and Gertrude, iiis wife.

8. William Skinner, in rigiit of Elizabeth his wife.

9. Andrew Johnston, in right of Catherine his wife. 10. John Schuyler, Jr., in right of Cornelia his wife.

During the twenty years which elapsed between 1733, and the execution of the agreement for the division of 1753, changes by death had occurred, so that the heirs who joined in the latter were as follows :

1. Stephen Van Cortlandt (of Second River, N. J.).

2. John Miln, widower.

3. Henry Beekman and Gertrude his wife.

4. William Skinner and Elizabeth his wife.

5. Andrew Johnston, widower. G. Cornelia Schuyler, widow.

7. Stephen Bayard, Nicholas Bayard, Samuel Bayard,

sons, and Peter Kemble, son-in-law, James Van Horne, son-in-law, and Nicholas Van Dam and William Cockroft and Margaret his wife, grand children of Samuel and Margaret Van C. Bayard deceased.