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.

8. The Honorable James de Lancey, of New York,

Peter de Lancey, of Westchester, Oliver de Lancey of New York, Susannah Warren, widow of Sir Peter Warren, K.B., Admiral John Watts and Ann his wife, children of Stephen and Ann Van C. de Lancey deceased.

9. Stephen Van Cortlandt, Junr., and Pierre Van

Cortlandt, of the Manor, children of Philip Van Cortlandt, dec''.

10. Philip Verplanck and Gertrude his wife.

The method of the division of 1753 was a little different from that of the former ones. All the persons

last above named in whom the undivided lands had vested in 1753, by lease and release, the latter dated the 14th of December in that year, conveyed them to Oliver de Lancey, John Watts, and John Van Cortlandt, in trust, to settle all disputes as to encroachments and trespasses on the lands, either by ejectment, or arbitration, as they saw fit ; and all as to boundaries in the same way, and when the lands were recovered to sell the same and divide the proceeds among the heirs; and in case of all undisputed lands to have the same surveyed and divided equally among all the parties.