In due time provision was made d by the legislature to sell to private persons all the confiscate lands in the State (with the exception of certain properties which were re end commisserved for gifts to particular individuals), and to that sioners of forfeiture were appointed for the four districts into which the State was divided-- the Eastern, Western, Middle, and Southern. General Philip Van Cortlandt, son of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt, was one of the commissioners for the Southern district, which comprehended our county. Most of the resulting sales occurred in 1785, although a few were made in 1786. The following is a list of the purchasers of forfeited lands in the Yonkers portion of the manor, which we extract from Allison's History of Yonkers: ORIGINAL
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John Lawrence Ward Hunt Abraham Odell Jacob Post Cornelius P. Low Isaac Lawrence, Jr
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Isaac Post Isaac Vermilye Evert Brown (estimated) Henry Odell
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Thomas Valentine Jacob Vermilye Robert Johnston. ) Lewis Ogden. . . . } Thomas Barker Isaac Smith. . . ) Thomas Smith. £
Peter Forshee Jacob Smith Joseph Oakley John Browne. . . Andrew Bostwick Total
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Eleazer Hart Isaac Odell Robert Reid Elisha Barton Dennis Post Nicholas Underbill Caleb Smith Dennis Lent John Devoe Abigail Sherwood Frederick Underbill Hon. Richard Morris (estimated) Henry Brown Parsonage Lot Elnatban Taylor Frederick Van Cortlandt (about) Margery Rich John Gnerino William Hyatt Mary Valentine Abijah Hammond Jacobus Dyckman David Hunt Abraham Lent Philip Livingston Stephen Oakley Charles Dnryea Stephen Sherwood Sarah Archer Mary Merrill