When having broken his niilitar)' parole by not returning to Yonkers, they became confiscated to the people of this State, and sold and conveyed by Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip van Cortlandt Commissionerij of Forfeitures, appointed in pursuance of an act of the

THE TONVN OF YONKERS.

Legislature of the State, passed 12th May, 1784, to the foUowng jK-rsons: --

Mary Kunt

Jacob van Tassel

Abraham Archer

Peter Acker

Pierre vau Cortlandt

Abraham Acker

ditto.

William Dalcher

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His ovra

John Jewell

John Bishop

Jonathan Odell

Moses Ward

Daniel Wiltsie *■

Elijah Hunter

Jacob Stonns

Peter Davids

Richard Delawky

Samuel Drake

George Daterach

Arnold Hunt

Philip Livingston

Richard Garrisden

James D. Clark

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Abraham Orser

Peter Post

Thomas Bishop

Jacobus Dyckman

Job Sherwood

George Forster

Gerard G. Becclcman

Garrett Brown

Coruelius Jones

Peter Forshee

Gerard G. Beeckman

Cornelius Darqua

Michael McKeel

Andrew Bostwick

John van Tassel

John l^awTence

. ns

David Storms

John Lamb

James Hammoud

Robert Johnson

and

Cornelius P Lowe")

George Coombs

mills at Yonckers) '

James van "Wart

Sarah Archer

William van Wart

John Williams

William Hunt

Dennis Post

John van Wart

Thomas Valentine

Rel-ormed Dutch Churcji

Jose[ih Oakley

Globe Requa

Elnathan Taylor

Frederick van Cortlandt

John Dcadi

On the east side of this town, bordering the Bronx's river, is situated a tract of land called the Jfi'/e Square, lying principally in a beautiful vale, watered by the river and sheltered by picturesque hills. This tract was exempted out of the great manorial patent of 1693, and appears originally to have formed a part of the possessions of t!ie Doughtys of Flushing; as we fmd John Doughty of that place in 16S5 selling sixtyfour acres of land here, in one square mile, to Francis French, Ebenezer Jones and John Wascot.^