Although the Eastchester settlement was made by men fresh from Connecticut, its citizens do not appear to have sought at any time to remain under that colony. Having parted with all that section of his lands below Hutchinson's River, Thomas Pell next turned his attention to the erection of the remainder into one imposing estate. This was accomplished by letters patent procured from Governor Nicolls the 8th of October, 1666, a document under which the first manor in Westchester County was organized. The boundaries given it were Hutchinson's River on the west and Cedar Tree Brook or Gravelly Brook on the east; and it was to include "all the islands in the Sound, not already granted or otherwise disposed of, lying before that tract," and to "run into the woods about eight English miles in breadth." The whole was declared to be " an enfranchised township, manor, and place by itself," and to bo entirely free from "the rules, orders, or direct ions of any riding, township or townships, place, or jurisdiction, either upon the main or upon Long Island." The proprietor was to pay annually to the Duke of York "one Iamb upon the first day of May, if the same shall be demanded." The subsequent history of Pelham Manor will be traced in due chronological order. The inhabitants of Westchester village accepted the government of New York without demur. Applying to Governor Nicolls for a town patent, they were informed by him (December 28, 1665) that he would defer issuing it until the whole could be equally divided into lots according to each man's assessed valuation. Early in Kit!" (February 13) the desired instrument was granted to them, being the first of its kind in our county. The persons mentioned in the document are "John Quimby, John Ferris, Nicholas Bayley, William William Haidon's mark, II The mark of John Gay, I G John A.