After the patroon's death his widow joined her father, the Rev. Francis Doughty, in "the Virginias," where she became the wife of Hugh O'Neale, of Patuxcnt, Maryland.

The province had jjassed under English rule, and nearly ten years had elapsed since the death of her first husband before Mrr. O'Xeale took any steps to reclaim the Yonkers estate. On the 2l8t of September, 16i56, she and O'Neale went before Governor NicoU and his Council, accompanied by several Indians, who had formerly owned the lands. The latter made acknowledgment of their sales to the late patroon,^ and on the 8th of October a grant of the whole estate was made to O'Neale and wife. On the 30th they assigned their patent to Elias Doughty, of Flushing, L. I., a brother of Mrs. O'Neale, probably for convenience of sale, un account of their residing at a distance.

The first to purchase from Doughty was John Archer, or Jan Arcer, as he signed his name. He was

1 Van der Donck had so well accomplished his mission on behalf of the oppressed commonalty as to procure from the irtates General their mandate, recalling Stuyvesant to Holland, of which he was made the bearer. But the States being on the eve of war with England, and needing the assistance of the rich and powerful West India Company, the latter was enabled to, not only procure the revocation of Stuyvesant's recall, but to detain its bearer in Holland.

2 Of " a certain parcel of laud upon the maine, not farre from W'eat- " Chester, commonly called y« Youuckers Laud." They declared its bounds to be "from a place called Miicackeiiii at y<^ nortli, so to come to Neperan "and to Kill Sonjuupp, then to Mttskotn and Papperem-man to ye south "and crosse y c(uiiitrey to y eastward of Bronck.\ liis lUver and " Land."