Purchase, Weckquaesgeck 150. The, Tract. k Weckquaesgec Weckquaesgeck*, an Indian tribe. 2». 9,. Wegmann, Edward, 5-18, 015. Wells, James P.. 025. Wells, Lemuel, 559. The. 595. Chasseurs, Westchester Westchester County. Creation of, 19,. Historical Society, 396, County Westchester 305. Creek.The.5. 11: ' Westchester 505. battle of. 353. Westchester a 1654, of. purchase Pell's Town. Westchester 115- complaint of inhabitants about Dutch oporigthe pression, 134; first town patent. 138,141; L.,1 Shire town of the county. 19S: second town

case, 22S: early -hip ,,.'t,.)lt 228: witchcraft the Westchester fair. bnildiil" industry, 229; 22c)- erected into a borough town. 229: desig293: nated as a parish.. 233: resolutions of 1774. of r-iid of captain Isaac Sears. .315: battle outrages. Westchester Creek. 353. 365: British

Macomb's Dam expedition, 550; West Farms set off from. 570; annexed to New York City. 021: population at various periods. 226, 533, 539, 512. 578, 592, 305, 612, 620; various references, 1. L96, 29 . 301, 305, 123. 460, 527. 592. W.'st Farms (former township ami village), patented to Edward Jessup and John Liichardson, 150; incorporated in the Town of Westchester by the act of 1788, 531: set off as a town from Westchester (1846), 570: annexed to New York city (1874), 610; population at various periods, 57s, 592, 605; various references to, 212, 268, 406, 448, 517, 502, 505. 570. 5X5, 597. 602, 606. West Patent, The. 183, 224. West P.. int. 415. 438. 401. Whaleboats, The, 444. White, Henry. 274. While Oak Address. The. 299. White Plains (township ami village), early proprietary disputes, 177, 219: settlemve^ Westchester ('utility convention of 1774. 293; caucus of March 28, 1775, 298; meetings of the rival factions, April 11. 1775. 299; meeting of May 8, 1775. 305; tin' proclamation of the Declaration of Independence and organization of the State of New York. 335: strategic importance. 305, 373: movement