Jacobus Deeeavois one of the ffreeholders of said towne of Broockland alsoe Came before me and being Sworne saith that on or about the sixteenth day of this Instant October said Nicholas Brower and Claes Vandyke Came to his house and askt him if he would signe with them to a paper to send ffur M' ffreeman Minister of Schenectada to be their Minister, and what sume of mony he w^ould giue yearly ffor his maintenance, and if he would alsoe signe to a paper ffor the Choosing of Benjamin Van de water William Bennet and Jacob fifardon in the place of th« Elders of s^J towne to send ffor said ^linister, and he answered them he would haue nothing to doe with it, and said Nicholas soon after told s*^ Jacobus that he had gott about 30 hands y* had signed to said paper, but the said Jacobus saith he saw noe order that tlie said Nicholas and Ck^es had for soe doemg & ffurther saith not kc.

Jurant coram me anno et die super diet.

MiGGiEL Hansen, Justus

FURTHER ORDER OF COUNCIL

[Counc. Min.]

In Council, 22d Octobr 1703 Present as before, except CoU Heathcote. The Elders of the four Dutch Chm-ches in Kings County together with the Town Clark of the Town of fflatbusli appeared before this Board in obedience to an order of the 20^'' Instant and tlie said Towne Clark being Examined Confessed that the order made at the ToAvn Meeting at fRatbush was taken out of the said Towm book ])y Aries Vanderbelt and himself, and that