In a suit tried at Westchester in 1693, Williams, then sixty-two years of age, deposed that " the first reason of this difficulty was a big look violently from me. Caj)tain Panton commanded him (Leggett, the plaintiff) to hold his peace, but he still continued abusing the defendant, and said, ' here comes the father of rogues' and many scurrilous words, upon which I got a warrant against him." Williams lived in West Farms, and Gabriel Leggett was, as ai)pears by a deed of March 3, 1(595, his near neighbor.^

Upon the arrival of Sloughter, Leisler and his associates, who, with mud infatuation, held on to their usurped authority after three different demands from the Governor, were immediately upon their surrender arrested and confined on the charge of treason. Upon indictment they were soon tried, and upon conviction sentenced to death.

In the order of the King to Sloughter, appointing his Council, we find again the names of Philipse and Van Cortlandt, who, with their associates, were now sworn into office-

Sloughter, reports to England that many of Leisler's followers "were well enough affected to their Majesties Government, but through ignorance were l)ut upon to do what they did," and advises as an example, the execution only of the ringleaders.

1 Court of Sessions Journal. Bolton's " Hist, of Westchester County," vol ii. p. 183.

The first Assembly of the province, which the new Governor summoned, met on the 9th of April, 1691, and the member from Westchester County was John Pell. The position taken by this Assembly was that the acts passed in 1683, not having received the approbation of Charles the Second nor the Duke of York were null and void, and it proceeded to enact some of the laws supposed by the people to be in force.