Receipts mortgage, to Steenwyck, dated Nov. 24th, 1676, which came into the hands of Margareta, widow and executrix of Steenwyck, and that after death of Archer, Sr., Esq,, of release became vested in John Archer, Jr., son and heir of John Archer the patentee. That by deed of said Archer, dated i6th of October, 1685, Archer conveyed to Margareta Steenwyck in fee all the said manor of Fordham. Margaretta being so seized, did soon thence after intermarrying with Henrycns Selyns. the minister of the Dutch church in the city of New'~\'ork; who afterwards on th.e I'^t day of January, 1694, with said Margaretta, by a certain deed po!e gave and granted the manor of Fordham unto ye Elders of the Dutch church to and for tiie use of the Dutch church, and said manor v.-as confirmed to said c'.v.rch ])y a c'.iarter dated May i ith 1696. That v.itr.;;-.

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fc-me few years or months, they and their tenants, vvho liold part of the 5ai>.l Manor, by, from and under them, have met ^\^th great disturbances from Leu-is Morris, Esq., Chief Justice of the Province of New York, and the town or borough of Vvestchester, Daniel Turneur and Thomas Hunt, of Westchester, who pretend title to some part or parts of the same Manor, and more particularly the said Lewis Morris, Esq., hath not only caused their fences to be pulled down and removed, but some time wnthin these two years, hath entered upon, &c., and taken possession of upwards of three hundred acres (of said manor of Fordham) of t!ie best of their land adjoining to his ALanor of Morrisania, and hath i^iven out in speeches that unless they wnll release to him the said quantity of land and of their said ^Lanor, he will lay claim to their whole Manor, either in his own right or in the rights of the l)orough of Westchester, and that if your orators will freely and peaceably release to him and let him keep and hold the quiet possession and enio\mient of said three hundred acres, he will release to ye orators all the rest of the said ^Lanor, and also procure to them the like release to them from the town of Westchester.