In the contracl made with Verveelen for taking charge ot the ferry, its location was fixed -at tin- place commonly called Spuyten now village called FordDuyvil, between Manhattan lslan.1 andnowtherestricte d to the point ot ham." This name Spuyten Duyvil, confluence of the Hudson River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, was. says side Bdsall, originally "applied to a strip on the Manhattan Island to the of the wading place, then to the crossing itself, and finally nock, which still retains it." 1

as to ,,„.,,, ,,.,s always been controversy £ the I 'ordinal significan ,!„. derivation The editor of curious name Snuyten Duyvil. this History requested an ..pinion on the subjeot from the Rev. Dr. Cole, our well-known Westchester authority on the Dutch period and • is 01. rhe following names. Dutch reply:

FORDHAM

MANOR

The villa-.- of Fordham, like That of Harlem, had its dependence up' hi i In- mayor's court of Xew York, although causes involvi ng less than £5 could be locally disposed of there. John Archer was not only the founder of Fordham, but remained its principal man ami controlling spirit until his death. On May 3, L669, ho received authority from Governor Lovelace to settle sixteen families on the mainland "near the wading place." 'in the period 1»'»«'>!'-. 1 lie leased various farms about Fordham to But his private affairs, like those of Richbell of Mamaroneck,tenants. had become involved, and. like Richbell, In- sought relief by mortgaging lands to the Dutch ni. -reliant. Cornelius Steenwyck. On September IS, 1GG9, he executed to Steenwyck a mortgage for 2,200 guilders; on November 14. 1671, another tor 7,000 guilders; and on November 24, 1676, a third for 24,000 guilders, the lasl mentioned being payable in seven years. Meanwhile, however, despite his financial complications, Archer obtained from Governor Lovelace a royal patent consolidating his landed possessions inn, one complete property, which was appointed to be "an entire and enfranchised township, manor, and place of itself." It included the hamlel of Fordham, and was styled Fordham Manor, being tin* second in poiiil of time among the six manors of Westchester < 'mini \ .