In 1670 the good people of Westchester were somewhat exercised An order apby the appearance of a supposed witch amongst them. pears in the Assize Book, dated July 7, 1670, for the removal of one " Katherine Harrison late of Wethersfield in his Maties Colony of Connecticott widdow." In this order it is related that " contrary to ye consent & good liking of ye Towne she would settle amongst them & she being reputed to be a person lyeing undr ye supposicion of Witchcraft hath given some cause of apprehension to ye Inhabitants there." Accordingly, the constable and overseers are directed to notify her to remove out of the precincts " in some short tyme," and also to admonish her to "returne to ye place of her former abode/' Subsequently, however, Katherine Harrison was fully exonerated. Hunt. Edward John i William Richardson, Robert Huestis, Richard Ponton, WillWaters iam B-irnes John Bugbie, John Bailey, John and Palmer, Joseph lol'm Ferris Tudor' Thomas Baxter *ln this connection the following entry from the town records, dated July 9, 1678, is of interest:

"It is ordered that ye bridge betwixt Throgg's Necke and the Town., be maintained and upheld by a rate to bo levied and assissed upon all persons and estates that are putt in the of to the Township belonging county rate Westchester. East Chester excepted."

BOROUGH

TOWN

WESTCHESTER

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A fact of curious interest, illustrating in a striking way the active enterprise which characterized the Town of Westchester and its associated districts from the beginning, has been brought to the attention of the present writer by the kindness of the Rev. Theodore A. Leggett, D.D., of Staten Island, a descendant of one of the West harms patentees. We have seen that Elizabeth Richardson, daughter of Thomas Richardson, co-patentee with Edward Jessup of West Farms (1GGG), married Gabriel Leggett.