Thence ilown the stream of the said Brook to the land laid out for Daniel Brundage ; thence along his line to the siiid Long Meadow Brook ; thence down the stream of the said brook to the place where it falls into JIamaroneck River and down the stream of said River to the land granted to Christopher Bridge ; then along his lines and the lines of the land laid out for Samuel Hunt to Mamaroneck River; then down the stream of the said River to the place where the West Branch falls into the said River, and then ui) the stream of the said West Branch to the place where it began, containing four thousand four hundred and thirty five acres, with all allowance for highways.

"Given under my hand, at New York, the tenth day of March, in the eighth year of his Majesty's Reign, .\nno Dom. 1721.

" C.VDW.\LL.\DER COLDEX, Slir. Geil/."

On the 13th day of March, 1721-2, a royal patent was granted to Joseph Budd and the other persons named in the preceding resolutions and in the report of the surveyor-general, which letters patent recited the petition of Budd and his as.sociates, and the proceedings subsequent thereto, and granted, ratified and confirmed unto the said petitioners, -- (naming them), their heirs and a.ssigns, " All that said tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the County of Westchester, which is commonly k nown by the name of the White Plains," and described as in the report of Cadwallader Colden, surveyor-general.^