" All that certain psircel or tract of land, where ho now lives, called the East Neck, and to begin at the westward part thereof at a certain cri'ek lying, being and adjacent, by and betwixt the neck of land commonly called the Great Xeck and the East Neck, and so to run eastward as far as Mamaroneck river, including therein betwixt tlio two lines all the land as well north into the woods above Westchester iiatli, twenty miles, as the land below the path, south and towanls the river, iScc." 1

Next in order of time was the purchase of the White Plains from the Indian proprietors by the inhabitants of the town of Rye. The deed, set forth in full above, bears date November 22, 1684. That the jiurchase wi\s followed by actual occupation is shown by the fact that Mr. Richbell, in a petition to Governor Dongan, dated JIarcli 12, 1()83, prays the Governor " to grant an order to clear the same " -- L e. the White Plains. The inhabitants of Rye were accordingly summoned to show cause at the next Court of Assize in Westchester County " wiiy the saitl lauds do not of right belong to John Richbell." - It does not appear how the suit was determined; certainly not in favor of Richbell's claim, as the possession of the land by the Rye people seems from that time to have been uninterrupted and their right unijucstioncd.

By a deed dated December 23, 1697, acknowledged :\Iarch 22, 1698, Ann Richbell, widow of John Richbell, convej's all her estate and rights in and to the East Neck and twenty miles north into the woods, to Caleb Ileathcote, of Westchester.-' This conveyance recites the deed from John Richbell to John Ryncr in trust for Ann Richbell, above referred to.