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43S HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

the river Aquehung. or Bronx, extending to the midst of the said river, on the nonh by certain marked trees and a piece of hammock, and on the west by a certain brook called Sackrahung, for the value of one bushel of good winter wheat."'*

The following receipt appears to have been given for quit-rent due on the above patent : --

" Received of Thomas Himt, Sen., twenty-five busliels and one-half wheat, in full for his quit-reut for his land in the county of Westchester, upon Bronclv's river, to the ".jth of JIarch last past. TYitness my hand, in New York, tliis 9th day of April, A.D. 1717. Kichafj) Nicolls,

Dejnity Rtxeiver."

On the 17th of October, 16S7, Joseph Hadley, of the Yonkers' Patent, conveys to Thomas "Williams, of the West Fanns, eight acres formerly given him by John Ricliardson. In 1 7 1 1, the heirs of the patentees united in a second division of the WestFanns : --

"Whereas Thomas Hunt, sen., of ye TFt^i Farms in ye laraugh town and county of Westchester in ye colony of New York, yeoman, and Elizabeth Leggett of ye same place, widow, did on the 9th day of May last past, by an instrument under their hands and seals, formally agree and conclude that the Weit Farms lots containing twelve in number, should be surve3'ed and laid out by myself or some other person, and that according to a former siu-vey made by me William Taylor, on or before the last day of June instant, with a further covenant, promise, and agreement, each to the otlier, for themselves, or each of their heirs, executors and administrators, as far as they or any of them are concerned in the said lots, that the survey made by M.