The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
And I, the said testator, vdth the free consent of my wife, by form of a legacy, have given, grant and legacied as I, the said testator, by form and legacy, do give and grant by these presents, for and to the proper use and behoof of the Nether Dutch Reformed congregation within the city of New York, for the sujv port and maintainance of their ministers, ordained according to tlie church ordi.rs of the Netherlands, now at present here in bei7ig ot hereof ter to be called, ordai/ud, or to come, all the testators right, property, title, and hereditaments in and to the manor of Fordham, lying in the county of Westchester, together with all the lands, meadows, fields, woods, creeks, rivulets, and other waters, as also all the eaid testators jurisdiction, right, title, action and property, in and to the said Manor of Fordham, with all the patents, deeds, schedules, hypothets, mortgages, and other instruments of writing, to the said manor of Fordham, belonging or in any wise appertaining, in as full and ample as the said manor of Fordham now already in property is belonging, or hereafter more auiply shall be confirmed unto the said testator by deed conveyance, transport, hypothet, mortgage, juJi^- ment or otherwise, from or by any manner of way or means, of John Archer, deceased, last owner and proprietor of the said Manor of Fordham.
And I. the said testator, doe further order and declare, as my last will and testament, the said manor of Fordham, together with all the benefits, profits, incomes, advantages, rents, and revenues, and all appurtenances thereof, shall be conveyed, transported and made over, in a fee, quiet, and full property and enioymeut by the testator's appointed executrix, within the space of six months after the testators decease, or upon lawful demand, to the elders and overseers of the Nether Dutch congregation, for the irroper vse and behoof of the minister of the said congregation, as herebefore at large is expressed and set forth, to be held in full property, possession and enjoyment, inheritably and forever, by the Eiiid ciders or overseers at the time of the testator's decease in being, and all others that from time to time shall succeed in their places, to the end and use sis aforesaid, without any let or hindrance or contradiction of any person or persons whatsoever."