On the east side of the county, by act of the Legislature of 1800, under a company of which Philij) Pell, John P. Delancy, Cornelius Rosevelt, Peter J. Munroe and Gabriel Furman are the members mentioned in the bill, a turnpike road was constructed from East Chester to Byram River, over which soon passed the eastward stage to Greenwich, Stamford, Danbury, New Haven and on to Boston, of course covering the various villages of the county which were on the route.

But still other matters attract our attention. The religious services have been resumed at all the old points and the church edifices have been repaired or rebuilt. Where titles were defective and action of the town was required, the steps thought proper were taken at town-meeting, or where an act of the Legis-

HISTOKY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

lature was needed to protect a neighbor or his family from wrong, it was applied for and obtained. Take, as an instance, the Act passed June 19, 1812, for the heirs of a valued citizen and patriot, John G. Wright, in which it was provided that " letters patent issue for Charity Wright, his widow, and for his heirs for five hundred acres in the tract set apart for the use of the line of this State in the Army of the United States, which said John Wright was a Surgeon's mate in the General Hospital in the Northern Department."

The machinery of the higher courts was set in motion and crimes were promptly punished and