History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
An account showing the amounts due from each owner, arranged under, the head of each Patent separately, dated in 1716, in the handwriting of Fauconnier is in the writer's possession, and it shows that the three Patents together contained seventy thousand, 70,000, Acres of Land. The headings of the accounts of the three patents are these ; --
" The first of the 3 Patents above mentioned containing about 30,000 acres of rough Land, between 10 Patentees." ^
" The Second of the 3 Patents here-above mentioned containing about 5000 acres of rough Land, between 13 Patentees." '
" The Third of the 3 Patents here-above mentioned containing about 35,000 acres of rough Land, between 11 Patentees."'
In a " statement of the three Patents " which has already been given, showing the dates of the Patents, the Patentees' names, and the boundaries granted by each, the areas of each are set down in what that document calls "Improvable Land," corresponding to
1 The "West Patent."
2 The Middle Patent.
3 The " East Patent."
the " Profitable Land '' of the Patents themselves. As will be seen, by referring to it, that document gives for the different Patents these areas ; --
In the West Patent, 5,000 Acres Improvable Land, In the Middle Patent, 1,500 Acres Improvable Land, In the East Patent, 6,200 Acres Improvable Laud, In all together, 12700 Acres Improvable Land, which is not quite one sixth of the actual area of the territory of the three Patents by Fauconnier's account.