Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. " 151 ter wheat as a quit rent, on or before the five and twentieth day of March, at the city of New York, in lieu and stead of all services, dues and demands whatsoever. In iesiimuny of the premises I have caused these presents to be recorded in the secretary's office, and the seal of the Province to be hereunto affixed, the &c., &c., &c., twelfth day …

Tiie Grove Farm is now owned by the Ferrises, into which family it passed by the marriage of John Ferris with Hannah .Hunt. At an early period James Rivington (the celebrated printer and bookseller of New Vork^) held considerable property on Throckmorton's neck. The successors of the Rivingtons were the Bayards, a family of considerable opulence and distinction. Samuel Vetch …

This is apparent from the correspondence of several of the leaders on the popular side, as well as from what has been here said, that his tact and ability in conducting a newspaper was much feared, and that his press had more influence over the public mind than any other in the royal interest in the couutrj'. Rivington died in J 803, set. 78." See Sabine's American Loyalists …

"We William Kieft, Director General, and the Council on the behalf of the High and Mighty Lords, the States General of the United Netherlands, the Prince of Orange and the noble Lords, the Managers of the incorporated West India Company in New Netherlands residing, by these presents do publish and declare that we, on this day the date underwritten, have given and granted unto …

Done in the Fort Amsterdam in New Netherlands, this 26th of July, 1646, undersigned, ,.■ - , - • -. , , ■• . \.- .■..(■-- . -■<- William Kieft« COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 153 By order of the noble Lords, the Director General and the Council of New Netherlands. CoRNELis VAN TiENHovEN, Secretary.^ Upon the death of Thomas Cornell, the neck became vested in his widow who conveyed the …

The cause appears to have been decided in favor of Mr. Bridges and his wife, for on the 27th day of March, 1665, the constable of Westchester was required (by the Governor) "to deliver unto Mr. Bridges and his wife, or their assignees, the goods that lye attached in your hands as of right belonging to them, for doing whereof this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand at …

Entries, from 1G64 to ItJGo, page 101. 0 Alb. Book of Gen. Entries, page 102. Vol. II. 20 104 HISTOKY OF THE the original grant whereof nnfo Thomas Cornell, father of the said Sarah Bridges they have also registered, until such time as the cause can be tried. "^i The following particulars are taken from the assize records, in relation to a trial between the two parties, held …

To prove their tiile, a grant and patent from the Dutch governor, Kieft, to Thomas Cornell, deceased, father of Sarah, one of the plaintiffs, is produced and read in court, that upon the said grant, Thomas Cornell was in lawful possession of the said lands, and that he was at considerable charges in building, manuring, and planting ye same, that after some years the said …

Pell, the defendant, makes answer for himself, thai he bought the land m question in the year 1654, of the natives, and paid them for it. lie pleads his being a free denizen of England, and hath thereby liberty to purchase lands in any of his majesties dominions, within which compass this is. He alledges the fifth clause in the King's treaty, sent over hither to make for him …

Cornell's and other plantations there, about not paying for those lands, ivhich was the occasioji of their cutting them off and driving away the inhabitants, but the defendant hath paid a valuable consideration to the natives. The attorney for the plaintiffs alledges ye articles of surrender, and the King's instructions, wherein any grant or conveyance from the Dutch is …

" The court having heard the case in difference between the plaintiffs and defendant debated at large concerning their title to a certaine parcell of land, commonly called Cornell's neck, adjoining to Bronx land, near Westchester, and having also seen and perused their writings and evidences, it was committed to a jury, who brought in their verdict for the plaintiffs, viz …

a The legislature of Connecticut, (says the historian Trumbull,) determining to secure as far as possible the lands within the limits of their charter, authorized one Thomas Pell to purchase of the Indian proprietors all that tract between Westchester and Hudson's river, and the waters which made the Manhadoes an Island ; and resolved that it should be added to Westchester …

But, about this period, a number of Puritans from Connecticut must have commenced a settlement, for, at a meeting of the New England commissioners, and Governor Stuyvesant, on the 19th of September, 1650, the latter complained of the English encroachments upon Westchester, and asserted that the " West India Company of Amsterdam, had bought and paid for the lands in question …

We have alrtaly seen that the principal intruder was Thomas PelI.e This individual on the 14th of November, 1654, purchased a * Co. Eec. lib. D. 38. From this family it obtained the name of Willetl's neck. b This individual married Isabella Morris, daughter of Lewis Morris, of Morrisania. « Dunlap's Hist. N. Y. vol. i. 95. «i Alb. Rec. vol. ix. ^75. • • See trial between …

He answered, I cannot understand Dutch, why did not the fiscal or sheriff send English? when he sends English then I will answer. We expect the determination on the boundaries, the next vessel. Time will tell whether we shall be under Dutch government or the Parliament ; until then we remain here under the state of England. Van Elslandt saw their houses and settlements, also …

vince,bnt,as plainly appears by a copy from a certain letter, that the high sheriff" Lieutenant Weyler kept in and about the time of our late dismal engagements with the savages, a constant correspondence with these barbarians. ^^ Wherefore to promote the welfare of the country, and defend the rights of the Lords Patroons, against such usurpations, it was unanimously resolved …

'•With regard to the English prisoners, lately brought hither from Vi'eedlandt, from the village which they call Westchester, who remain yet in confinement in the ship the Weigh-scales, it is unanimously concluded and resolved, that all those who before were on oath and allegiance of this government, and who therefore either for debts or other causes did run away, or against …

Pell, residing at Onkeneg in New England, his dared against the rights and usages of Christian countries to pretend that he bought these lands of the natives, (which long since were purchased of them and paid by your Honors as evidenlly appears from the transfers in your records,) and actually made a beginning of settling and cultivating these lands, without your Honors …

All which the attorney general demands that your Honors would send one or two of the oldest to Vreedlandt to inform the remainder of the English that they must leave that spot, taking with them all that they brought thither, under the penalty that if they acted otherwise, that then other measures shall be adopted according to law ; and further that the aforesaid Lieutenant …

Besides this they shall sign an act and promise under oath that they never more will inhabit any of the lands of our Lords and principals situated in Vreedlandt, now lately by them called Westchester, or any other lands within the limits finally concluded at Hartford, nehher settle, or build, or plant, or sow, or mow there, without a special order and consent of your Honors …

Rec. vol. ii. 301. ii Arrested for taking up arms at Vreedland. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 161 tants of Vreedlant would adopt them and become bail for their good behaviour." "In 1656 the iuhabilauts of Westchester dispatched five of their number, viz., Lieut. Thomas Wheeler, Thomas Newman, John Lord, Jonah Wilbert, WilUam Ward and Nicolas Hurler, to the governor and council that …

" Being presented to the Hon'ble Director General and Council in New Netherland, a report of Brian Norton, captain lieut., Cornelis van Ruyven, secretary, and Carel van Brugge, commissary, appointed to go to Oost-dorp, the director general and council did approve it, upon which they resolved that they would send by the first opportunity to the magistrates of Oost-dorp the …

concerne, to esteem them as our elected and confirmed magistrates for the said town. So, after my respects, I rest Your loving friend and governor, P. Stuyvesant.* Amsterdam, N. N., 28ih June, 1660. In 16G2, Governor Stuyvesant granted to the English towns tlie right to nominate their own magistrates, and to have their own courts, " hut in dark and dubious matters, especially …

About this period Connecticut claimed Westchester as lying within her jurisdiction -A in support of which she issued the following orders. At a court of general assembly, held at Hartford October 9th, 1662: "This assembly doth hereby declare and inform the inhabitants of Westchester, that the plantation is included in ya bounds of our charter, granted to this colony of …

To the Inhahilanls of Westchesler. [Connecticut seal.] 25/A of Oct. 1662. Mr. Gold, Mr. Clark, chairman, Mr. Campfield, and Jehu Burr are hereby appointed to keep a court at Fairfield, when they see cause for the issuing and determining such causes and cases as shall then be presented. Clerk Stamford, Clerk Greenwich, and Westcliester, have hereby liberty to take the benefit …

"This assembly doth hereby declare and inform the inhabitants of West:, chaster that that plantation is included within the bounds of the charter granted to the colony of Connecticut, and as it late pleased his majesty, our gracious sovereign lord, Charles H., thus to dispose of them, we cannot but declare, that we conceive it most conducible to their tranquility and future …

Lord Stevenson, We humbly beseech you to understand, that wee the inhabitants of this place, have not plotted nor conspired against your Honour. The original of the writing here enclosed, were not in any measure, sought for by us, but were by the said court sent unto us when we expected them not. How to resist ihera we know not, they being as you see, in his majesties name of …

We were much wondered, that you according to order and your duty, have not presented unto us your nomination of your new magistrates for this present year, being now four months past that this thing should be done, the reason wherefore being unknown to us, we have purposely sent and ordered the bearer, Resolve Waldron our substitute sheriff, (schout) for to inquire after the …

Their answer was, tjiat they in due time, when the nomination ought to have been made, called the inhabitants together, and requested them to nominate new magistrates for the ensuing year, who decHned to do so at two different times, because they had been summoned by those of Hartford in Connecticut colony, as clearly appears by the following English documents^ conveyed to …

Richard Mills who had it in his possession, or by an order of the people of that village, or in his own authority unknown to them. At last, they acknowledged and declared, that they through ignorance to maintain the peace and tranquility in said village, had committed a Aiult, and solicited with submission and prayed, to be excused for the present time. The director general …

" Whereas, wee by the bearers, your present magistrates were informed, which in part your letters (subscribed by one Richard Mills) doe confirm, that the nomination for new magistrates at due time by them, were propounded at a town meeting, but hitherto differed through some unacceptable orders of Hartford's assembly, this, therefore, are to require and to order you and every …

On the 14th day of May, 1663, the general assembly of Connecticut, choose " Mr. Willys, Mr. Gould, Capt. Sallcote and Capt. Young, as a committee to consider and give up their thoutrhts and apprehensions concerning the settlernent of Westchester and Stamford, and to make return to the court.''^ The same court also ordered, that " the letter drav/ne up by the committee to the …

In his interview with the commissioners (of the New England colonies) on the 21sl of Sept. 1663, he stated, " tliat he wished a friendly and neighborly settlement of differences concerning Eastdorpe hy the Enq-lisJi called Westchester^ and all other disputes, that the parlies may live in peace in the wilderness where many barbarous Indians dwell." He requested of the …

I having been tenderly bred from my cradle, and now antient and weakly, and at this time, and ever since I came into this unwholesome place, I have been very ill, and lame with pains in my back, hip and joints, and I doubt not, in a few days, will perdite (endanger or destroy) my life, if not prevented by removal or release, will hope of your honor's gracious admittance and …

The which we for the year following, doe confirm for magistrates of the towne, called East-towne, requiring all and every one whom these may concerne, to esteem them as our elected and confirmed magistrates for the said town ; so, after my love, I shall rest, Your loving friend and Governor Amsterdam, N. N., P. S'ruvvESANT.a 24 May, 1663. The humble petition of Richard Mills …

I so doing, prepared that I might be sure to have them when forced to send for them, which I can freely take my oath unto when called hereunto, wherefore I humbly beseech your honors wrath towards me may be purified, and freedom to me granted, soe as that T may proceed in my lawful calling, the short time I have to stay in these parts, being bound for Virginia in Sept. next …

By a court of general assembly, (held at Hartford, 8lh of Oct., 1663) it was ordered, that " this court doth accept of the town of Westchester as a member of this corporation, being received and accepted as such, by a council formerly. This court moreover declares, that all the land between the Westchester and Stamford, doth also belong to the colony of Connecticut.''^^ In …

The pretended power of the Manhatoes, did therefore continue protesting against and threatening of the said plantation, keeping the inhabitants at continual watch and ward, until at length the persons of twenty-three inhabitants of Westchester aforesaid, were seized under commission from the said powers, and committed prisoners into the hould of a vessel, where they continued …

Vol. ii. 22 170 .' HISTORY OF THE authority, by virtue of his letters patent to Connecticut, the pretended powers aforesaid* sent in hostile manner for certain inhabitants of Westchester, w-hom they confined in Manhatoes, and the next day sent for one Mr. Richard Mills, whom they cast into their dungeon, and afterwards so used him for thirty dayes space, as there are yet …

" Know all men by these presents, that whereas there was an agreement made the fourteenth of November, 1654, between Thomas Pell and divers persons, about a tract of land called Westchester, <^ which was and is Thomas Pell's, bounded as appears by an instrument bearing date as above expressed, wherein the undertakers engaged the payment of a certaine summe of money, present …

« At this period Westchester embraced tiie present town of Eastchester. See vol. i. 122. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 171 this 16th day of June in the yeere of our Lord one thousand six hundred and sixty- four. John Quimbie. John Winter. Consider Wood. Richard Ponton, Nickolas Balle. his J*^ mark. John Barker. William Jones, Robert Huestis. his > mark. Edward Jessopp. John Acer.^ …

Richard Nicolls, Esq., Governor General under his Royal Highness James, Duke of York and Albany, &c., of all his territories in America, to all to whom these presents shall come, sendelh greeting : Whereas there is a certain town within this government, situate, lying and being upon the main to the east of Harlem river, commonly called and known by the name of \Vestchester …

» Doubtless Jan or John Archer, first lord of the manor of Fordham. b Westchester Town Rec. 172 - '^ HISTORY OF THE tract of land together with the several parcels not otherwise by patent disposed of, which already have or hereafter shall be purchased or procured for and on the behalf of ye said town whether from the native Indian proprietors or others, within the bounds and …

Moreover, I do hereby give, ratify, confirm and grant nnto the said patentees and their associates, their heirs, successors and assignees, all ye rights and privileges belonging to a town within this government, and that ye place of their present habitation shall continue and retain the name of Westchester by which name and style it shall be distinguished and known in all …

Richard Nicoils before whom said Pell did personally appear the first assizes held in New York, and then to make good his claim to the lands aforesaid, and where it being sufficiently and lawfully proved that the aforesaid lands, together with a large tract as far as Greenwich, was before purchased by the late Dutch government, and whatsoever part thereof was not by him …

" Tlie deputies of Oost-dorp alias Westchester and adjacent hannlet of Eastchester, delivering their credentials, oflered to submit themselves to the government of their high mightinesses, and the Prince of Orange, and were commanded to nominate by their inhabitants a double number of magistrates for the aforesaid villages, by a majority of votes, and to present it to the …

&c., now his present nnajesty, of all his territories in America did, by a certain writing or patent, under his hand and seal, bearing date the fifteenth day of February, in the nineteenth year of the reign of our late sovereign lord, King Charles the Second of blessed memory, and in the year of our Lord God 1G67, by virtue of the power and authority unto him given by him, the …

Give, ratify, confirm and grant unto John Quimby, John Ferris, Nicholas Baily, William Belts, and Edward Waters as patentees for and in the behalf of themselves and their associates, the freeholders and inhabiiants of the town of Westchester, within this government, situate, lying, and being upon the main, to the east of Harlem river, which said town belongs to the North …

Fell's purchase, southward they are bounded by the Sound or East river, and so run upon a paralel line, for the east and west limits, north into the woods without limitation, for range of cattle or other improvements, together with all the lands, soyles, neck, &c., &c. William Richardson, John Hunt, Edward Waters, Robert Hnestis, Richard Ponton, William Barnes, John Beybie …

" To all Christian people to whom this deed of sale shall come, greeting : Knoiu ye, that wee, Maminepoe and Wampage alias Ann-hook, Indian pro^ prietors of a certain tract of land lying within the limits and bounds of the patent of the county town of Westchester, in the province of New York, for a valuable consideration, and other considerations us thereimto moving, and …

Pell's land, so north by said Pell's marked trees by Brunxs's river, together with the woods, underwoods, timber, trees, waters, rivers, runs, brooks, and all and singular the emollements, hereditaments, rights, privileges, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining, (only reserving to ourselves the privilege of making use of white wood trees for our particular …

In witness whereof we the said Maminepoe and HISTORY OK THE Wampage, alias Ann-hook, have put to our hands and seales this 27th of May, in the fourth year of their majesties reign, and A. D. 1692. Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, Abraham Hawker, Isac Larens, The mark of John Garretson. The mark of < Maminepoe. The mark of V Wampage, [alias Atin-hook. The mark …

6 bitts in money. DISBURSEMENTS UPON THE INDIAN PURCHASE. William Barnes, 1 kettle. To expences to ye Indians, John Hunt, I coate, -.- . . , For money, . . .'■:".'. To Indian supper and other expences, William Richardson, 2 shirts, John Ferris, sen. 1 coate. To 1 day with the Indians, Josiah Hunt, 2 adzes, and 3s. Bd. in money Samuel Palmer, 1 gun, . Thomas Baxter, 1 gun …

Pell's and proceed to have the line run between the town and him, &c., and report of their doings next Tuesday." Fourth of September, 1694, it was agreed upon at a lawful town meeting that Richardson shall have free liberty to build or erect a mill or mills npon the stream on the great creek of the town, for and in consideration of grinding of the inhabitants' corn, for the …

In 1700 it was resolved at a meeting of the inhabitants, "That the line between" " Thomas Pell's patent and the town of Westchester, (pursuant to the grants made by Governor Nicolls,) shall be run by the surveyor general of the province of New York, and that the standard for running said line shall be pitched and placed and sett in the middle of" " Hutchinson's river at the …

and have broke up our ground, and taken away ye oysters from within ye limits of our patent, in an unlawful manner, therefore, it is voted and agreed upon by the trustees aforesaid, that any person or persons who shall at any time hereafter trespass upon us by fithing, breaking our ground, and taking cur oysters in ye manner aforesaid, shall be immediately prosecuted according …

Ill the reign of Goorge tlie first, a charter was granted to tlie trustees of this town, entitled, "an act to prevent the fencing in or enclosing the sheep pasture, or any part thereof, in the borough town of Westchester," &c. Dated 28th February, in the eighth year of his reign, and of our Lord God, 1721. The sheep pasture embraced what was subsequently known as the …

" Town Rec. fol, ix. 120, 121. -- At a court of common council held 1740, it was ordained that no person not belonging to this corporation do take and carry away our clams or oysters, but that all boats, canoes, or other craft belonging to persons who shall presume to take the same, not inhabiting witliin this county, shall be seized, and further no person belonging to this …

By the Dutch it was named Oostdorp^ (East town) from its situation east of the Manhattans. So early as 1657, Gov. Stuyvesant ordered that Westchester should have four English or one Dutch mile square of land for the town. During the Dutch dynasty, courts appear to have been holderi regularly at Oost-dorp, for, among the town records, is a small volume, entitled " The Book of …

De Witt fixes the date of its settlemeut some eight years later. " After the provisional arrangement of boundaries between New Netherland and New En gland, by Gov. Stuyvesant and the New England comiaissioners, in 1650. A number of Puritans from the east, settled a place then named Oost Dorp, (East Town) now Westchester, in Westchester county." De 'Wi.U's paper on New …

At this early period, a portion of the judicial power appears to have been lodged in the hands of the constable, for in the town records this entry occurs. Westchester, Sept 3, 1665. At a town court holden by the constable and the commissioners appointed. Thomas Hunt complained against an Indian called Pomoqucee, that the said Indian took his canoe from the shore, where it …

The town made choice of John Hunt for an ordinary keeper, for one year ensuing, for the town of Westchester, and desired him the said John Hunt, may be licensed by the justices of the riding. The said Hunt is to sell his biere at two pence per quart, and rum at three pence per gill, which he shall not exceed, and to take his come at price current, according to the current …

The following sentence was recorded by the court, Oct., 1670 : in the case of Catharine Harryson, widow, who was bound to her good behaviour, upon complaint of some of the inhabitants of Westchester, whilst ye holding of this court. It is ordered, that in regard there is nothing appears against her deserving the continuance of that obligation, shee is to be released from it …

Upon the division of the province into shires and counties, the followins^ act was passed by the Colonial Assembly for the regulating and settling of courts of justice, entitled " an act for the more orderly hearing and determining of matters and cases of coniroversy, <fec." Two courts of sessions for the county of Westchester, the first Tuesday in June and the first Tuesday …

" At a court of sessions held at Westchester, for the county of Westchester, by their Majesties authority, present John Pell, justice and quorum, president of the court, John Pahner, justice of the peace and quorum, Daniel Sharpe and William Barnes, Esquires, justices of ye peace. December ye 1st 1691. The Court opened. The grand jury called and appeared, viz. Robert Hustead …

" At a court of sessions held at Westchester by his Majesty's authority, June 6th and 7lh, 1693, before the Honorable Caleb Heathcote, Esq., judge of the court of common pleas, justice and quorum, &c , the following curious testimony was given in a suit between Richard Ponton, defendant, and Gabriel Leggett, plaintitT. Captain Thomas Williams, b aged 62 years, deposed, sailh …

Captain Ponton commanded him to hold his peace, but he still continued abusing the defendant and said here comes the father of rogues, and many other scurrilous words, upon which I got a warrant against him, &c." At a geiieral court of sessions, held in 1695. " The jury for our Sovereign Lord the King, upon their oaths do present Thomas Furgeson of the county town of …

It was also enacted by General Assembly the same year, " that there shall likewise be held and kept twice yearly and every year, Pifuir, to which fair it shall and may be likewise lawful for all and every person to go and frequent, &c., two fairs yearly for the county of Westchester; the first to be kept at the town of Westchester in the said county on the second Tuesday of …

" To all to whome these presents shall come, sendeth greeting : Whereas, Richard Nicholls, Esq., sometime Governor General of our province of New York, in America, by a certain writing or patent under his hand and seal, bearing date on or about ye 15th day of February, in the year of our Lord God, 1G67, by virtue of the power and authority unto him given, did give, ratify …

Pell's purch'e, southward, they are bounded by the Sound or East river, and so to run up a parellel line from the east and west limits, north, into the woods without limitation, for range of cattle, and other improvements, together with all the lands, soiles, necks of land, rivers, creeks, harbours, quarry's, woods, meadows, pastures, marshes, waters, ffishings, hawkings …

Genl. as aforesd, did thereby ratify, confirm and grant unto the said patentees, their associates, their heirs, successors and assigns, all the rights and privileges belonging to a town within this government, and that the place of their then present habitation should continue and retain the name of Westchester, by wliich name and stile it was to be distinguished and known in …

Genl. and Gov. in Chief of our sd. province. The sd. Coll. Thomas Dungan, by virtue of the power and authority to him derived, in and. by a certain instrument in writing, under his hand and seal of our sd prov'e of New York, whose date is the day and yeir last abovesd, for the consideration therein mentioned, did give, grant, ratify, release and confirm, unto twelve of he …

and therebv made them one body corporate and pololick, and willed and determined them to be known and called by the name of the Trustees of the Ffreeholders and Commonality of the Town of Westchester and their Successors, all the aforesd tracts and parcels of land, within the limits and bounds aforesd together with all and singular the houses, mesaages, tenements, building …

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 187 mine, that the northerly north-east and north-west bounds of the sd town of Westchester, should for ever hereafter be concluded and ascertain'd by ye southerly line of the pattent of Onsal and the south and west line of Thos Pell, as by ye last above recited patent, relation being thereunto had, may more at large appear ; and, {forasmuch as the …

Pell's pattern, southard by the Sound and East river, and so to run up a parrallell line from the east and west limits, north into the woods, until it meet the southerly line of the pattent of Oneal and the south and west line of Thomas Pell's patent, together with all and singular the houses, mesuages, tenements, erections and buildings, mills, mill dams, fences, inclosures …

188 HISTORY OF THE seal thereof, or by grant from the above mentioned trustees, or by particular divisions, settlements and grants, by town orders, either for planting of land, or erecting of saw mills, with all and every the privileges of cutting of timber, and pastures for cattle, before the date of these presents, and that by virtue of any the hereinbefore recited grants or …

Caleb Heathcolt and the sd Richard Ward, who are now equally co icerned therein, are erecting of sundry mills, and is for and concerning all and every other the tracts and parcels of upland and meadow ground, remainder of the above granted premises not yet taken up or appropriated by any particular person or persons as aforesaid, to be and remain to the only proper use and …

Chester, and to their heirs and assigns forever, full power and authority annually and once every year, and that upon the first Monday in the month of May, that they the said ffreeholders and inhabitants shall and may as formerly hath been accustomed in the sd town, to elect and choose twelve freeholders for their trustees, who shall have full power and authority, or the major …

and remain out of the jurisdiction of the sd corporation. And farther of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, do, for us. our heirs, and successors, grant, constitute, ordain, and appoint, by this our present charter, that the sd town of W. Chester and all and singular the lands and tenements thereunto belonging and appertaining may forever hereafter be a …

Baily, gents., to be first aldermen of the sd borough and town of Westchester, and Israel Honeywell, Robert Hustis, Sam'l Hustis, Sam'l Ferris, Daniel Turner and Miles Oakley, gents., the first assistants and common council of the sd borough and town, and that the sd mayor, ald'n and common council and their successors, shall for ever hereafter be in name and in deed a body …

Chester, for the time being, shall and may from time to time, whensoever and as often as they shall think meet, admit and receive under the common seal of the sd corporation to be of the commonalty of the sd borough and town, such and so many persons as the said mayor and alder'n, or the mayor for the time being and the greatest part of the sd alder'n shall think meet, and …

Chester, that they and their successors shall from henceforth for ever be a body politick and incorporate, in deed and in name, and by these presents fully and absolutely make, create, constitute, establish and unite the sd mayor, alder'n and common council into one body politick and incorporate to endure and con tinue for ever, and them and their successors do declare, accept …

Chester, and that by that name they and their successors shall be able persons in law to make all manner of contracts and grants, and to make, receive and take all manner of gifts, grants and purchases as any other natural person or body politick is able to make, receive and take by the laws of our realm of England and this our province, and that they and their successors …

Chester during the time of his and their bearing the sd office, in as absolute and ample manner as is usual and customary with other mayors in the like corporations in our realm of England. And further because the sd mayor for the time being may many limes have just occasion to be absent from the sd town, either of the public affairs thereof or for his own private respects …

And we do farther by these presents give and grant unto the sd mayor, aldermen and common ccuncel of the sd borough and town of Westchester and their successors for ever, that the sd mayor for the time being or lawful deputy and any two or more of tlie sd aldn of the sd town shall and may lawfully hold and keep upon the first Tuesday in every month throughout the year a court …

Chester and their successors for ever, that they and their successors for ever shall have a common seal under which they shall pass all grants, warrants, deeds and specialties, and other the affairs and business of or concerning the sd corporation, which shall be engraven with such form and inscription as shall be devised by the mayor, aldermen and common councel of the sd …

Chester, where the sd mayor, aldern and common council shall and may from henceforth for ever lawfully assemble themselves to deliberate and consult touching the publick welfare of the sd borough and town of Westchester, and that they and their successors shall and may from henceforth be a free guild meicaturie, and that they or the greater part of them and their successors of …

the sd mayor, aldern and common councel shall at any time or times hereafter have full power to establish a ferry over the Sound, between the said corporation and the island of Nassau, in such convenient place or places as to the sd mayor and to the greater part of the said aldern shall seem meet and convenient, and to take such fees and perquisites for the same for the use of …

Wee do, for us, our heirs and success'rs, make, ordain, and constitute recorder and town clerk of the s'd borough and town, and that the s'd person or persons may execute their s'd offices, by themselves or lawful deputy or deputies, so that the same be first approved of by the s'd mayor and the major part of the said alder'n, and wee do hereby authorize the said recorder and …

And we do further, for us, our heirs, and successors, give and grant unto the s'd mayor, aldermen, and common council of ye s'd borough for the time being, and to their success'rs forever, full power and authority to nominate and appoint, from time to lime, one serjeant of the mace, and all other inferior officers and ministers which they shall think to be convenient and …

of th« sd mayor and aldermen as fully and freely as any other ihe like officers in or of any of the like corporations in our realm of England lawfully may or ought to do, and the sM office of mayor shall from thenceforth forever be annual, and that the sd mayor, alder'n, and common council shall from henceforth forever have frank and free election of the sd mayor, to be chosen …

And farther our will and pleasure is that the first Monday in the month of May, yearly, shall be forever the day of election of the sd mayor and all other the sd officers and ministers which shall yearly succeed in the sd borough, unless the sd mayor for the time being happen to die or be lawfully remov'd within the year, in which case our pleasure is that the afores'd …

Caleb Heathcott shall at any time during his mayoralty leave to be his deputy in his absence as afores'd, as to the aldermen and common council created as afores'd, and to the recorder and all such other officers and ministers as shall be chosen in the said borough for the better government of the same, and that before they or any of them shall take upon them to execute any …

And farther, of our especial grace certain knowledge and meer motion, do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the sd mayor, alder'n, and common council of the borough and town of Westciiester, and their successors forever, that they the sd mayor and alderman shall and may from henceforth forever, have, hold and keep, one free market within …

Chester for the time being, and no other, have power and authority to give and grant license annually, under the public seal of the said corporation, to all tavern keepers, inn keepers, ordinary keepers, vicktuallers, and all publick sellers of wine, strong waters, rum, cyder, beer, or any other sort of strong liquors by retail, within the sd corporation or the liberties and …

And we do farther by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successrs, give and grant unto the sd mayor, aldern, and common council of the sd borough and town O'f W, Cliester, and to their successrs forever that the mayor, or in his absence his deputy mayor of the sd borough and town for the time being, shall be coroner and clerk of the market within ye sd borough and town and …

And lastly our express will and pleasure is, and we do by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto sd mayor, aldermen, and common council of the sd borough, and their successrs forever, that these our letters patent or the inrolment thereof in our secretarie's office of our sd province, shall be good, available, and effectual in the law to all …

Witness our trusty and well beloved Benjamin Fletcher our capn geni and govenr in chief of our sd province of New York and the territories and tracts of land depending thereon in America, and vice admiral of the same, our lieutent and commander in chief of the melitia and of all the fforsses by sea and land within our collony of Connecticut, and of all the fforts and places of …

Upon the 11th of June, 1G96, at a meeting of the mayor, aldermen and common council, "it was ordered, that a seal shall be devised and made for the use of the corporation, and that in the mean time the seal^ formerly used by the trustees shall be made use of. It was further ordered, that Mr. James Emott shall be recorder and Edward Collier his deputy; also that Joseph Hunt …

"That whereas at a former meeting held by the inhabitants of the borough town and precincts, on the 3d day of May, 1697, it was voted and agreed upon that there should be a town hall built to hold courts in and for the public worship of God, &c., but it being then neglected, the mayor, aldermen and justices at this meeting, did order with a joynt consent to build a house for …

By a reference to the charter, it will be seen that the borough of Westchester enjoyed the right of being represented in Assembly, The first representative appears to have been Lewis Morris, Esq. The following certificate refers to the services of this individual. General Assembly for the Colony of New York. Die Sabbati, 6 July, 1723. These are to certifie that Lewis Morris …

This court had full power to hear and determine all causes " not exceeding in debtor damages the sum of twenty pounds." From the town records it appears, that "at a mayor's court holden in Westchester, 6th of July, 1697, the court did order that Capt. William Barnes shall see out for a workman to make a pair of stocks and the prison sufficient for the securing of prisoners …

''At a mayor^s court held in Westchester, December, 1734, Present, William Leggett, Esq., mayor, William Firster, recorder, Nathaniel Underbill, Thomas Hunt, Joshua Hunt and Gabriel Leggett, aldermen, <fcc. The recorder presented the freedom of the town to the Hon. James de Lancey, Esq., and John Chambers, attorney at law, which was read and approved : and thereupon it was …

"That the freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Westchester, in the county of Westchester, may, on the day of their annual town meeting, under the usual manner of electing town officers, choose six freeholders resident in this town for trustees, and the said trustees or a majorily of them, shall and may order and dispose of, all or any part of the undivided lands within …

The following letter of the Westchester sub-committee, dated borough and town of Westchester, August 24th, 1775, to the Honorable Provincial Congress, is copied from the military returns. » Town Rec. On the 2d of July, 1737, Lewis Morris, Jan., and Frederick Philipse were admitted freemen of the borough under the common seal of the corporation. b The town property prior to its …

We the subscribers appointed a sub-committee to inspect Iheelection of militia officers for the said town, do most humbly certify, that the following persons were chosen this 24th day of August, 1775, by a majority of voices duly qualified for that purpose, agreeable to the resolutions of the honorable congress abovesaid, (viz. :) John Oakley, Captain. Nicholas Berrian, 1st …

The first settlers of Westchester, appear to liave made early provision for tlie education of the young, and the support of religion among them. This is abundantly seen in the town records. The church at this period was Congregational in its form of government, and so continued until the organization of the English Colonial Church in 1693.=^ On the 11th of February, 1680 …

In the year 1692, the church appears to have been without a minister ; for, " at a lawful town meeting held in Westchester, by the freeholders and inhabitants, and residents of said place, the 2nd day of January, 1692, in order to consult, conclude and agree, about procuring an ortliodox minister in said town. It is voated and agreed upon, that there shall be an orthodox …

On the 15th of Dec, 1602, the general court of sessions ordered, '■that within any towne, precinct and patent within this county, due observation of the Lord's day shall be kept, and for want of an able minister, the inhabitants shall employ a reader, to read out of good books, two sermons every Lord's day, (that is to say) one in the forenoone between 9 and 11 o'clock, and …

The first organization of the Episcopal church in this town took place under the act of assembly passed September, 1693. entitled " An act for settling a ministry and raising a maintenance for them in the city of New York and the counties of Richmond, Westchester^ and Queen's." To the above act was added as follows on the 11th of May, 1697, "that there shall be called and …

It is voted and agreed upon that all who shall cart timber and stuff for the ineeting house shall have six shillings per diem, &c., done in behalf of the freeholders and commonality of the towii."'^ » Town Rec. b Acts of provincial assembly, N. Y., from 1691 to 1725, p. 23. <^ The exact date when the Congregational meeting house was erected here is uncertain ; it must …

He arrived in New York in ten weeks, during the prevalence of a very fatal sickness, of which twenty persons, on an average, died every day for some months. He was fixed at Westchester by the governor, Lord Cornbury, but found the glebe of one hundred acres "all a wilderness," no part of which had ever been cultivated. He says, November 4th, 1702, " we have a small house built …

And whereas the inhabitants of our said province have of late years been unliappily divided, and by their enmity to each other, our service and their own general welfare have been very much obstructed, you are therefore in the execution of our commission to avoid the engaging yourself in the parties which have been formed amongst them, and to use such impartiality and …

Henricus, permissionedivina, Londonensis episcopus, dilecto nobis in Christo Johanni Bartow, clerico, salutem et gratiam, ad peragendum officium ministeriale intra provinciam de Novo Eboraco, in America, in precibus cominunibus aliisque ministeriis ecclesiasticis ad officium ministeriale perlinentibus juxta formam descriptam in libro publicarum precum, auctoritale parliamenti …

You are not to prefer any minister to any ecclesiastical benefice in that our province without a certificate from tlie Riglit Rev. father in God the Bishop of London, of his being conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, and of a good life and conversation, and if any person preferred already to a benefice appear to you to give scandal!, either by …

And to the end the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the said Bishop of liondon may take place in tliat province so far as conveniently may be, we do tbink fit that you give all countenance and encouragement to the exercise of the same, excepting only the collecting to benefices, granting licences for marriages, and probate of wills, which we have reserved to you, our governor …

" At a meeting held in the borongh town of Westchester, by the parishioners of said church, pursuant to an act of general assembly, "entitled an act for the settling a ministry and raising a mai'itenance for them, &.c.," and Mr. John Bartow being settled minister of said parish, and his maintenance ought to be taken care for, do voluntarily make choice of the vestry and …

From a summary account of the state of the church in the provhice of New York, as it was laid before the clergy, convened Oct. 5th, 1704, at New York, &c., we learn that there was a church built, but not finished, being neither glazed nor ceiled." " There is £50 settled on the minister's salary by act of Assera^- bly." "There is twenty-three acres of land given by Westchester …

Thus we have the following notices : " September 5th, 170S, came a distressed woman, widow of Maynard, through Westchester, who had nine children murdered by the Indians. Collected for her in the church, eleven shillings and six pence." The following Sunday he made a similar collection for a poor man. Besides Westchester at which he resided, Mr. Bartow oiBciated once a month …

is extremely well liked of and spoken of by his parishioners in general." The following items are taken from the town records : "At a meeting of the jaslices of the vestry the 6th of Maich, 1704-5, John WiUiams late constable for the year 1703, appears with a receipt from Mr. John Bartow, bearing date the 5th of March, 1704, for the snm of £26 10, which is the full quota for …

It is voted and agreed upon by the justices and vestry aforesaid, that the parisA church in Westchester, shall be finished, that is to say, to seal the sides up to the wall plates, and lay a board floor, and make two new door cases, with doors and window shuts for the windows in said church, the upper windows excepted ; and whereas, Jeremiah Fowler and Isaac Irehii, presenting …

To ye minister's rate and collecting .... £b2 100 To yc poor, &c 29 8 0 To boards for Eastchester church . . . . . 5 0 0 208 HISTORY OF THE To ye clerk of ye vestry ;£! 0 0 To ye bell ringer ........ 100 To ye collecting of 11 0 0 To ye belfry roof of Westchester church . . . 0 7 0 . To ye sacrament and collection . . . . . 3 8 0 At a meeting of ye churchwardens and vestrymen …

For collecting, £2 13. The quotas for the diflerent precincts were Westchester, £2b 0 0 New Rochelle, -£8 15 0 Eastchester, 9 0 0 Pelham, 3 0 0 Yonckers, 8 0 0 Morrisania, 3 0 0 In 1720 the quotas for the church and poor of the parish stood thus, Westchester, =£37 10 02 Eastchester, X12 14 Hi Yonckers, 11 12 lOi IS ew Rochelle, 12 14 U Pelham, 4 4 li Morrisania, 4 10 0 In the …

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At a meeting- of ye churchwardens and vestrymen, freeholders and parishioners of the borough of Westchester, held the 10th day of January, A. D. 1709, present, Joseph Hunt, Major William Willett, Thomas Pinckney, John Hunt, Justices, Were chosen, and appointed Joseph Hunt,jun. and Jeremiah Fowler, Churchwardens. Vestrymen. For the borough of Westchester. For Eastchester. Miles …

In the year 1711, the venerable Propagation Society voted one hundred and fifty prayer books, and £5 worth of tracts for the Rev. John Bartow of Westchester. <•>• Mr. Barlow in 1713 contributed £9 6s. 6d., towards rectifying the pews and seats in East and Westchester. ^ The same year, Mr. Charles Glen was appointed schoolmaster at Westches- Reports of Propagation Soc. b Ibid …

Bartow's ministry at Westchester, Eastchi^ster, Yonckers, and the manor of Pelham? where there were formerly very few of the Church communion, there was visibly a very great reibrmation of manners.i^ Mr. William Forster appears to have been schoolmaster in 1719. This individual had thirty scholars, " whom he catechises every Saturday and also every Sunday when Mr. Bartow goes …

John Bartow was the son of General Bartow, a French Protestant refugee, who fled from France to England on the revocaiion of the edict of Nantes. A branch of this family, resident in Brittany, originally wrote the name Bertaut ;e but like other French names it was afterwards changed. Mr. Bartow received his education at Christ College, Cambridge, and as v/e have previously …

To Thomas his eldest son, land in Monmouth county, New Jersey, granted to him and his wife Helen by his father-in-law, John Read, in 1705, and all his Greek and Latin books, watch and a new English bible quarto. To Theodosius, lands in New Jersey, a gold ring and an English bible quarto. To Anthony, lands on Montapon river in the same province, and a new English bible quarto …

At a meeting of the trustees and freeholders of the borough town of Westchester, held the 14th of March, 1729, present Miles Oakley, president, and Thomas Hadden, Nathaniel Underbill, Underbill Barnes, Thomas Baxter, John Palmer, Thomas Hunt, Joseph Hunt, and James Baxter, trustees, ordered that Nathaniel Underbill, treasurer, pay Ebenezer Uaviland For a spindle for the …

To Jeremiah Fowler's expenses, . . . . . . 0 10 0 Total* £73 7 9 At a meeting of the trustees, ttc, had oti the 6th day of May, A. D. 1729, present Miles Oakley, president, John Pahner, Thomas Baxter, Joseph Hunt, Thomas Hadden, Thomas Hunt, Nathaniel Underhill, John Cromwell, Underhill Barnes, and Miles Oakley, jr., trustees ; pursuant to an act of general assembly of this …

At a subsequent meeting of the trustees "cC16 was ordered to be raised to finish the seats of the church, secure the frame, and to pay off the arrears, the seats to be made with backs, including the collector's fees ; and Underhill Barnes and Thomas Hunt are appointed overseers of the work, and to employ workmen. It was further ordered that a warrant be issued for raising said …

Peter's Church, Westchester, the Propagation Society appointed Mr. Basil Barlow schoolmaster of the parish. The king's commissary transmitted the following account of this individual. "That he is son to the Rev. John Bartow, late the Society's worthy missionary there. He is a person of good temper, sober, and pious, and well aifected to the present government, conformable to …

" I Cadwallader Golden, Esq., president of his majesties council and commander-in-chief of the province of New York, and the territories depending thereon in America, do, in pursuance of the power devolved in me, collate, institute and establish you, John Milner, clerk, rector of the parish church of Westchester, commonly called St. Peter's church, including the several …

He further states, that his parish is of large extent, and he is obliged to attend three churches. Until Mr. Houdin came to New Rochelle, he officiated there once a month. In a letter dated June 4th, 1763, Mr. Milner acquaints the society " that he has procured a charter for St. Peter's church, and that the people have purchased a house with a glebe of thirty acres." The …

Peter's church, in the borough town of Westchester, and the county of Westchester, in our province of New York, and John Bartow, Isaac Willett, Lewis Morris, Jr., Peter de Lancey, Nathaniel Underbill, James Graham and James van Cortlandt, inhabitants of the said borough town of Westchester, in communion of the church of England, as by law established, in behalf of themselves …

214 HISTORY OF THE Flushing, in Queen's county, in comnnunion of the church of England, or with such other rights privileges and immunities a,s should be thought reasonable and proper ; now, we being willing to encourage the pious intentions of our said loving subjects, and to grant this their reasonable request, know ye, that of our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere …

We do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, really and fully make, erect and constitute one body politic and corporate, in deed, fact and name forever, and we give grant and ordain, that they and their successors, the rector and inhabitants of the borough town of Westchester, in communion of the church of England as by law established, by the same name shall and …

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 215 the said church and confer in manner as hereafter is established and appointed, and for the more immediate carrying into execution our royal will and pleasure herein we do hereby assign, constitute and appoint Isaac Wiilett and Nathaniel Underbill, the elder, to be the present churchwardens and Peter de Lancey, James Graham, James van Cortlandt …

the said church and confer in manner as hereafter is established and appointed, and for the more immediate carrying into execution our royal will and pleasure herein we do hereby assign, constitute and appoint Isaac Wiilett and Nathaniel Underbill, the elder, to be the present churchwardens and Peter de Lancey, James Graham, James van Cortlandt, Lewis Morris, John Smith …

216 - HISTORY OF THE . .,-. , they shall be so elected and chosen from the time of such election until the Tuesday in Easter week thence next ensuing, and until other or others be legally chosen in his or tiieir place instead, as fully and amply as the person or persons in whose place he or they shall be chosen might or could have done by virtue of these presents, and wcdo …

they shall be so elected and chosen from the time of such election until the Tuesday in Easter week thence next ensuing, and until other or others be legally chosen in his or tiieir place instead, as fully and amply as the person or persons in whose place he or they shall be chosen might or could have done by virtue of these presents, and wcdo hereby will and direct tliat this …

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 217 the form of the common seal herein before granted, and the same to alter, break, and remake at iheir discretion, and also in like manner to appoint such officer or officers as they shall stand in need of, always provided that the rector of the said church for the time being shall have the sole power of nominating and appointing the clerk to assist …

the form of the common seal herein before granted, and the same to alter, break, and remake at iheir discretion, and also in like manner to appoint such officer or officers as they shall stand in need of, always provided that the rector of the said church for the time being shall have the sole power of nominating and appointing the clerk to assist him in performing divine …

Witness our trusty and well beloved Robt. Monckton, our captain general and governor-in-chief of our province of New York and the territories depending thereon in America, vice admiral of the same and major-general of our forces at our fort in our city of New York, by and with the advice and consent of \^0L. II. 28 ■218 HISTORY OF THE our governor for our said province. Second …

His average congregation at this place, was about 200 ; and he states, that one of the means which he adopted of communicating religious instruction to the people, was preaching at funerals in the more remote districts, whereby he had the opportunity of addiessing those who could not be brought together at any other time. In 1776 he was seized by a party of the disaffected in …

could well support again." He goes on to say, " I continued tolerably quiet at home for a few weeks, till after the king's troops evacuated Boston, when the rebel army passing from thence to New York, bodies of them, consisting of twenty or thirty men, would every day or two, sometimes two or three times a day, come through Westchester, though five miles out of their way, and …

For some time before, I had kept a good deal out of sight, lodging abroad, and never being at home for more than an hour or two at a time, and having a number of people whom I could depend upon, engaged, who punctually informed me of every circumstance that was necessary for me to know." With some difficulty he effected his escape to Long Island. The troops then, having burned …

In 1753 he took orders in London, and returning to his native country, was settled at New Brunswick, New Jersey. After the death of Mr. Colgan, Sir Charles Hardy, governor of New York, introduced him as clergyman of the Episcopal church at Jamaica, Long Island, where he remained from 175(3 to 17G6. Near the close of the latter year he removed to Westchester, and continued …

In 1784 he went to England to obtain consecration as a bishop, but objections arising there, he was consecrated in Scotland on the 14th of November of that year by three non-juring bishop?. For the remainder of his life he presided over the diocese of Connecticut and Rhode Island. His duties were discliarged in an exemplary manner. He died February 25ih, 1790, aged sixty-eight …