Indian of case in n precautio a as together close live to tlers the setMay 12 the general court at Hartford officially recognized laid out tlement, and recommended that "there be a suitable loot for ye first minister of ye place, and a loot for ye ministry to be and This pious injunction was promptly belong to ye ministry forever." 1681, the town took steps to pro, December as early obeyed, and as 16, 1682, issued an The general court, on May cure a'minister. order to the effect that " Upon the petition of the people of the Hop Ground, this court doth grant them the priviledge of a plantation, and doe order that the name of the towne shall henceforth be called Joseph Theale was appointed as the " chiefe military Bedford." officer for the training band," and Abram Ambler as magistrate. Joseph Ambler. Abraham i Richard Ambler, John Eleazer Slawson, Daniel Weed. Theale John Cross, John Petit, Wes< '.I'. Jonathan WillAyres, Richard Webster, Miller, Nicholas iam Clark, Jonas Seely, Joseph Stevens, Dan-

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HISTORY

WESTCHESTER

COUNTY

New proprietors wore gradually admitted upon paying forty shillings each for shares in the undivided lands. About the end of the first year Joshua Webb was received as an inhabitant upon the understanding that he would erect and operate a mill. This arrangement was carried out, the mill being built on the Mianus River. All the newcomers for very many years were New England people. Notwithstanding the exclusion of Bedford from Connecticut by the provisions of the boundary agreement of 1083-84, Bedford continued to recognize the sole authority of Connecticut. Her people, like those of live, disregarded the summons of Governor Dongan of Now York in 1085, to take out patents for their lands, although this omission did not, as in the case of Bye, cause them any ultimate loss of territory.