Occasionally from 16S3 to 1715 we find in the town records entries like the following, which show that the inhabitants had their eyes upon this precious inheritance and meant to keep it for future distribution'^ : --

April 12, 169.4. -- " Hacaliah Brown and Thomas Merril are appointed to go with the Indians and renew the marks of the White Plains purchase, agreeing with the Indians as reasonably as they can." * " The same year Thomas Merrit and Joseph Galpin were chosen to lay out the land at the White Plains granted to Jonathan Horton by the Town." *=

April 1, 1699. -- "John Lyon and Isaac Denham are chosen to laye out a road to the White Pia)-nes, beginning at the head of Capt. Theall's land, and so to run to the caseaway (causeway brook."

April i-j, 1699. -- -'The Town hath past an act that the Rode shall continue ... up to the White Playnes, where John Lyon and Isaac Denham have marked it out, and the said road to be 3 Rods in breadth."

February 14, 1699-1700. -- Lieutenant Horton and others "are to survey and lay out the 3 purchases of land. That is to sayc, the \Vhite Plains purchase, and Lame Will's two purchases."

April 2-], 1 70S. -- "The town chose Ensign Budd in the room of Captain Horton (deceased) to lay out lands in the White Plains purchase and Will's two purchases according to the Towns acts."''

Finally " at a meeting held in Rye by the Proprietors of the White Plaines purchase, Feb. ji, 1 7 14-15," Capt. Joseph Budd.Ensign John Horton, j\Ir John Hoyt, Samuel Purdy, Caleb Hiat and George Lane Junior, " are chosen to rectify all mistakes that has been formerly made by the former layers out of the White Plaines purchase and also has po-^er to add or diminish the just and true proportion of all the lotments of lands which is in dispute to be above or under the true proportion and to lay out proportionable all the remaining part of the aforesaid purchase and when so done to make return to the said proprietors." ^