Mr. de Lancey died in 1741, and under his will and the division of his Estate among his children, two of these lots became the property of his eldest son James, then the Chief Justice of the Province. In 1744 the latter conveyed them, as a gift, to his second son Stephen. Stephen a few years later began their settlement, and brought in many fanners, and some mechanics. The whole tract was laid out into farms rectangular in shape of two hundred acres each, as a rule. These were leased for long terms of years, at low rents, the highest not being more than ten pounds, and the lowest about two or three pounds. The rent rolls and map showed the farms, which were all nuiiibered, the tenants names, and the rents payable by each, but are omitted for lack of space. It was always understood, that the tenants might buy " the soil right," as the fee was termed, at any time the ])arties could agree upon a price. In practice however the tenants did not begin to apply for the fee till about the time of the Revolution, and then but rarely. After that event, more w ere sold to applicants, but many farms continued in the families of the tenants till late in this century. The last, which had descended to himself and the widow of a deceased brother, the writer sold in 1875, after the expiration of a lease for ninety-nine years. Stephen de Lancey, the younger, the son of James, likewise about the year 1705 built a very large double frame house on the Titicus River and resided there many years. It is still standing, and, from just after the revolution was " The Academy of North Salem," having been sold for that i)urpose. It was One of the very first established in this State, and has only recently been discontinued, under the present School policy of the State, which has put an end to the numerous "Academies" which formerly existed all over New York.