THE TOVrS OF WEST FAR-MS.

..-f Uii.'» my last will and testament, giving and granting by these presents unto .V r liiy s:\i I wife as full and ample power and authority as all other executors by Uw have and do enjoy, as in and by an English translated copy thereof and the klA original Dutch will in the hands and custody of the said minister, elders and .jracoiis doth fully and at large appear," &:c.. ttc.^*

Soon after tlie making of this will the said Cornelius Stcenwyck, died v> seized and possessed of the IManor as aforesaid.

Subsequently John Archer, the younger son and heir of John Archer, f;rst grantor of the manor of Fordham, by an indenture bearing date the loth of October, 1685, "for and in consideration therein mentioned, did grant, release and convey the said manor of Fordham, and his estate ri-';ht, and title of it and to the same, and the equity of redemption thereof, and all the deeds unto the aforesaid Margaretta Steenwyck, and make liver)' in seize thereof," &c. Upon the loth of January, 1694, Dominie Ilenricus Selyns and Margaretta, his wife, formerly Margaretta Steenuyck, by their certain deed poU, under their hands and seals, did grant and convey to Colonel Nicholas Bayard, Captain Isaac Vermilyea, Jacob Uolen Rockloyzun, and John Harpendinck, then elders and overseers of the Nether Dutch Church within the city of New York, &:c., and their lawful successors and heirs and posterity the said manor of Fordham Ipng in the County of Westchester above mentioned : --