Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
[nliabitants of the same 2190 acres of Land a Glebe of 500 acres of the same Tract To Hold the said Glebe to them as .first Trustees During tlieir naturall Lives and their Successors forever But for the Sole use of a Lutheran Minister to have the Care of Souls of the Inhabitants of the same 2190 acres of Land and upon the Death or Absence of the Trustees or their successors it should be Lawfull for all the Inhabitants of the same Tract being Mdes and above the Age of Twenty one years to meet upon the Glebe Land and by majority of voices to Elect other Trustees in the room of those Dyeing or Reraoveing which persons so chosen should be Trustees of the same Glebe Lands, and further Granted That the said Trustees and their Successors for ever thereafter, should be one Body Politick and Corporate in Fact and in Name By the Name of the Trustees of the Palatine Parish of Quassaick, and by that name to Sue and be Sued &c. with Power to the Trustees for the time being to Lease the said Glebe Lands or any part thereof but for no longer Term then Seven Years at any one time and by the same Grant one pepper Corn only p'r Annum was Reserved as a Quitt Rent for the said 500 acres of Land Which Grant of the said Glebe Lands your Petitioners Conceive was in order to Encourage other Palatine Familys to settle and Improve other Vacant Lands near to the aforesaid Tract, But so far was it from having the Effect Intended. That sometime after the Passing the said Grant aU the said Palatine Familys sold their several Lotts in tlie said Tract to your Petitioners and those under whom they claim, and they with the aforesaid Trustees Removed into the County of Albany or some other parts And your Petitioners further shew Tjiat the said Trustees being so Removed Tlie Male Inhabitants of the said Tract above the Age of twenty one Years on the Twenty Third Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty seven met upon the said Glebe Land and by Majority of Voices Elected your Petitioners Alexander Golden and Richard Albertson Trustees of said Glebe Lands who took tlie Possession thereof.