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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. 530 words

G>-or'-e by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Dcfundt-rof the faith etc. To aU to whom these presents shall come, Greeting whcr.'as our Loving Subjects Joseph Budd John Hoit Caleb Hoit Humphrey Undorhill Joseph Purdv George Lane Daniel Lane Z^Ioses Knap John Horton D'uid Horton Johnathan Lynch Peter Hetficld James Traviss Isaac Covert 15.-i.jamia Brown John Turner David Ogden and William Yeomans by theu Hiunble Petition presented to our Trusty and well beloved Willian-i Burnet Esq. Captaiu General and Governour in Chief of our Province of New York in Council the Twenty-first Day of December last did humbly pray that his said K\eol!ency would be favourably pleased to graut to them their heirs and assigns his Majesty's Letters patent for their Claims and purchase lying within this province or the County of Westchester known by the Name of the White Plains in such manner aud under such Quit Rent provisions and Restrictions as is and Directed in our Royall Connuission and Instructions to our said Gcvcruour, which Petition was then and there Read and Considered of by our Council of our said Province uutill tlie first day of this Instant they did Humbly advise our said Governour and Consent that tlie prayer of the said Petition be granted. In urdcr to tlie granting whereof in Pursuance of and in Obedience to our Royall Instructions to his said Excellency given at St. James's the third Day of June one Thousand seven Hundred and Twenty in the sixth year of our Ruign our said Governour together with George Clarke Esq. secretary and Ca.lwalladcr Colden F.sq. surveyor Generall of the said Province three of the Commissioners appointed by our said In.structions for setting out all Lands to be granted within our said P'nwince of New York did sett out for the said Joseph Budd John Holt Caleb Hoit Humplirey UndorhiU Joseph Purdy George Lane Daniell Lane Moses Knap John Horton David Horton Jonathan Lynch Peter Hatfield James Travise Isaac Covert Pjenjamin Brown John Turner David Ogden aud Wiiliani Y'eomans, a Certain Tract or Parcel! of Land Scituate King and being in the County of Westchester and U Commonly known by the Name of the White Plains Beginning at a large White Oak Tree Marked ^vith Severall Letters where Two Brooks fall into The West Branch of the ilomaroucck River and Runs thence by marked Trees to Brunxes River near the Place where a small Brook falls into the said River by a Bush of alders some of wh.ich are Marked thence up the Stream of Brunse PkivLT to an Ash Tree about Seventeen Chains above Anthony Millers fulling ^Mill, tliencc by Marked Trees to White Oak Tree ^larked near long Meadow Brook, tlu n Down the Stream of the said Brook to the Land lai<l out for Daniel Brondige Then along his Lands to the said Long :Meadow Brook then down the Stream of the s aid Bnok to the Place where it Falls i;ito Momaroneek River and dov,-n the Siroa'nuf the said River to the land granted to Christopher Bridge tlicn along hi- Line and tlie Lines of the Land laid out for Samuel Hunt to jlomaroneck