6 In r.ewins r.-port on the (lovernment of Neiv TorS, ajjent and servaiit to his Royal nijrhness in Ne.v York amj .Mp.iny. ic , occurs the followiua- .luh-i Archer hath a p;i.i«iit jrr.inted to Col. Lovelaci; of a, manor cj1!-iI ifonlham iTor wtuch n- niiv.tti £Z Vm Id p. arm ''-- \. V. «"<il. l)iic. vol. Iu.,;t li. liov. A;iiir ..I'.-i iiiiswf-r to LfWia.^'s'rt pore, J4'.h Drc., l'''^l. '-^Jr. .\r"ti"r s aii.l ail "ther qiuit rt-nts h.ive been from runt; to time ucouiuiit^d to hid Uojill

liijjhllCSo Us p. rJ, UCCota." -- N. Y. Col. Doc. vol, ui., 'JkI'J.

506 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

South of Crahh Island; soc Eastward alongst Daniel Turner's land, t]i-' hi^'h wood land, and ye land bolongiug lo Thomas Hunt; and tliL'n to Bronk t Kill afore mentioned, according to a survey lately made thereof by lUe Burveyor-general-- the which remains upon record ; all which said parct.-! cr tract of land before described being part of the land granted in the irra:v! patent to Hugh O'Xeal, and ]Mary his wife, purchase was made thereof by John Archer, from Elyas Doughty, who was invested in their interest a« of the Indian proprietor, by my approbation, who all acknowledge to have received satisfaction for the same; and the said John Archer having, at his own charge, and with good success, begun a tov,Tiship in a convenient place for the reUef of strangers, it being the road for passengers to go to and fro fron-. the main, as well as for mutual intercourse with the neighboring colony, for a';! encouragement unto him, the said John Archer, in prosecution of the s.iid design, and also for divers other good causes and considerations : know vec, that by virtue of ye commission and authority unto me given by his royal liigL- ness, upon whom, by lawful grant and patent from his majestic, the propriety and government of that part of the main land, as well as Long Island, and all the islands adjacent, amongst other things, is settled.