Wdl ..f Jonathan .Archer, of Kastch-stt-r, -jcrh of bept., 1.G4, .son.5, Ezf kiL-1 aud Johu,dauLrliter Sarah, wife of Stephen Fowler, daufrhter Abi^rail, wifeof Joshua l>cll, Jr , >:raiid.-on, (,'alrh. Proved 19th of Aut'ii.-t, ITfii', surr ■Entis office, Kec. \\ Ula, No.vs, iTto. l.r.T.p. vT'>. Wm of K/.. Kiel Archer, 17T:i. wife Phil -niir, son E/.eki^l. daiiphtf-rs .Martha and .At,;^.;,!;, wile and si.-»tvr Jane Tippet, broili<.-r-iii-la\i' Jo=hua Pell. Surrogates offlcj X. v., N.I. x.iix p, :;•;:.

6 Vol. vii, Laud Papers, Albany, 1643 to 1803, p. 42,

5l8 ■ HISTORV OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

that tlie}' cannot attend his Honor's retiirne, do hereby acknowlcdire that thrv Lave sold the above named tract of kxud together with all maimer of appm-tfii;:!i. ces, beneStts aud priviledgcs thereunto appertamiiig, unto the afore-nair.cd D.i;i. iel Tumier, his heirs and assigns forever, and that they likewise have rccclvi.d full payment and due satisfaction for the same, and do also desire that this t!u-ir acknowledgement of the aforesaid sale may bee authoritick, Icgoll and effL-ctUiill, to all intent and purposes, whatsoever. In witness whereof, we the Indyaa Prt)- prietors, namely: Jackeline, Aughvvaron, Schapemosse, Toocooran, Xarrowcs and Assinne}", have hereunto sett our names, the day and year above written.

Acknowledged by the said Indyans Eaehhowwacon', C His mark,

in the i^resence of Auciiwaeose, '^ His mark,

Wm. Daesaix, SoHAPEiioon, C His mark,

B.D. Meter, Toycovean, q iii^ mark,

G. MisiwELL, Naekowxexe, q HLs mark,

Rich. Chaelson.« Assisxet, O His mark.

Upon the restoration of the Dutch in 1673, we find the inhabitants of Fordham, petitioning at a meeting of the Governor-General, through counsellor Cornelius Steen%vyck, in the village of New Harlem, 4th of October, 1673, ''upon which occasion the inhabitants of Fordham appeared and complained, in substance, of the bad management of their lord, (land-heer), John Archer, soliciting that they might be permitted to make the nomination of their own magistrates, &c., as is granted to all the other inhabitants under this government ; on which, the aforesaid John Archer, being summoned, this complaint was communicated to him, who voluntarily declared that he abdicated all authority and patronage over the villages, reserving only to himself the property of the lands and houses there, and pennitting the said inhabitants the nomination of their own magistrates, which was confirmed by the Governor and Council, The following act was granted them: --