John Bassett." It was bounded east by No. three, and west " with my own house lot named No. five." It reserved a rent of "one bushel of winter wheat payable annually on the 25th of March," and " one day's work each yearly harvest;" and prohibited any sale of the land "but by and with the consent and approbation of the said John Riehbell or Ann his wife." Of the other six " House Lotts" those which were sold were conveyed in a similar manner and with similar reservations, except that the consideration was in monev. To each "House Lott" was appurtenant an undivided eighth part of a tract in the rear of the " House Lotts," which, with, and including, the latter, extended two miles " northwards into the woods." Later with the consent of his grantees he had a survey made of this tract, by Robert Ryder the Surveyor-General of the Province. The original is in the writer's possession, and is in these words :

THE FIRST .SURVEY OF MAMARONECK.

" These may certifie all whom it may conserne y' by a nuitual consent agreed on betweene Mr. John Riehbell & the inhabitants of Momoronacke I have runn out a certaine tract of Land w*^"" is in partnership betweene the said Inhabitants and the said Mr. Jo.° Riehbell, beginning at Momaronacke [River] running thence southwesterly fifty degrees along the barber ninety and two chains : to a certaine runn or Swamp called Dirty Swamp : running thence to the flails of Sheldrake River including the said ffalls within the said line : N. W. 20 degrees : forty and five chaine : running thence upon a N. W.ly [line] 45 degrees to a certaine Rocky hill being upon the Southermost pt. of the greate plaine, one hundred twenty and two chaines : running thence by pt. of the edge of the plaine & threw the woods to Momorronacke River one hundred twenty & seaven chaines : ffrom thence running by the side of the River to the Going over of the said River: one hundred & sixty chaines. &in testimony hereof I have hereunto sett my hand this ] 6'" fieb : 1671.