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. Ro. Ryder

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2 These details are taken from a copy of the deed to Bassett, in th» writer's possession. It does not appear on the Westchester Records nor on those of the town, which begin only in 1697.

3 This survey was subsequently on the 11* of August, 1687, recorded in West'. Co Lib A, 149.

THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MANORS.

Richbell's Patent of 1668 ran according to its terms North Northwest twenty miles into the woods, its eastern boundary being the Colony line fixed December 1st 1064 by Governor Nichols, and Commissioners Cartwright and Mavericke on the part of the Duke of York and Gov. Winthrop Secretary Allyn, and Messrs. Richards, and Gold, on the part of Connecticut. That line these Commissioners thus officially describe in their formal treaty between the two Colonies ; -- " We order and declare thai the creeke or river called Mamoroneck which is reputed to be about thirteen miles to the east of Westchester, and a line drawn from the east point or side where the fresh water falls into the Salt at Highwater-Mark North Northwest to the line of the Massachusetts to be the western bounds of the said Colony of Connecticut." This line remained unchanged till 1683, nineteen years later, when the boundary was fixed at the mouth of Byram River as its starting point.