Here he dwelt during the remainder of his life.

The people then living at Mamaroneck were very few. One of the first movements of Colonel Heathcote was to obtain the confirmation deed from the then Indian chiefs for Richbell's two-mile township tract above referred to- This instrument, dated June 11th, 1701, not quite three months after he obtained his Manor-Graut of Scarsdale, gives us the names of the then owners of the tract which was di-

1 It and Schenectady were the only "Borough-Towns" erected in the Pro\nnce of New York. Both were perfect examples of the old English Borough-Towns in every respect.

vided into eight house or home lots. It is executed by two Indian chiefs, Patthunk and Wapetuck, and confirms the tract " unto Collon.^' Caleb Heathcote, Capt. James Mott, William Penoir,^ John Williams, Henry Disbrough, Alice Hatfield, John Disbrough and Benjamin Disbrough.'" Henry Disbrough's deed from John and Ann Richbell, of 16th of February, 1676,* for his eighth part gives us the precise boundaries of this tract, which it terms "Mammaroneck limmits," " being in length two miles and in Breadth one mile a half and Twenty-eight rods." * The object was to show that no difficulty with the natives might be apprehended by persons desirous of settling at Mamaroneck. Colonel Heathcote established a grist mill on the Mamaroneck River near the original bridge crossed by the "old Westchester Path," and a saw mill high up on that river, now the site of the present Mamaroneck Water Works, upon which site there continued to be a mill of some kind until it was bought two years ago to establish those works. He made leases at different points throughout the Manor, but did not sell in fee many farms, though always ready and willing to do so, the whole number of the deeds for the latter on record being only thirteen during the twenty-three years or thereabout which elapsed between his purchase from Mr.