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. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
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■tx JGibrtH SEYMOUR DURST When you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said "Ever'lbinQ comes (' him who waits Except a loaned book." Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library I* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/historyofseveralOObolt_0 ft HISTORY THE SEVERAL TOWNS, MANORS, AND PATENTS …
The Author published The First History in 1848, after gathering all the information then in his power. Soon after its appearance a large amount of extra information was placed at his disposal, and many corrections kindly sent to him. He determined at once to commence a revision of it, and had been so doing up to the day of his death, 29 years in all. He had re-written more …
Robert Bolton, the Author of this History was born in Bath in the county of Somerset England, on the 17th of April 181 4, and was baptized by his grand-father, the Rev. William Jay, in Argyle chapel. Bath. (His father, the Rev. Robert Bolton, was born in Savanah, in the State of Georgia, but married in England and resided there for several years.) He was the oldest of thirteen …
I acknowledge, with pleasure and gratitude, the valuable assistance I have received from the Rev. Chas. Baird. D. D., historian of Rye; Edward F. Delancey, Esq.; Geo. H. Pell, Esq.; Fordam Morris, Esq.; Josiah Mitchel, Esq., and the Rev. O. R. Willis, of White Plains, who has compiled the Flora Table for this work. And I also take this opportunity of returning thanks to all …
His report was as follows, to wit : ' When I was a a boy, my grandfather used to speak much of old times : how it had been before the white people came into this country, (that is the State of New York, in which the relator was born,) and what changes took place since, from time to time. The western bounding line of the Mahicanni was the river Ma'hicamittuck, which the white …
A., vol., vol. lii. 239. vi INTRODUCTION. lineage, who inhabited the valley of the Hudson between New York and Albany." Mohegan, (continues the same authority.) is a word, the meaning of which is not explained by the early writers j but if we may trust the deductions of philology, it needs create little uncertainty. In the Mohegan, as spoken at the present time by their lineal …
It is believed the priests of the ancient Mohegans made similar distortion of their words, for similiar ends, and that the terms Moh hi Kan and Moh hin gan, used by the early French missionary writers for this tribe, furnish the origin of the term. The term itself, it is to be understood, by which the tribe is known to us, is not the true Indian ; but has been shorn of a part …
This was the badge or arms of the tribe, rather than the name of the tribe itself. And this, also, it may be inferred, constituted originally, the point of distinction between them and the Minci, or wol ftribe proper. The affinities of the Mohegans with the Minci, or Moncess, on the west banks of the Hudson, and through them with the Delaiuares, are apparent in the language …
The Weckquaskecks possessed the country " lying between two rivulets called Sift/ Sincks and Armanci, lying between the East and North rivers." The Sint Sincks occupied the present town of Ossin ing, and its im- t mediate vicinity. The Kitchawonks claimed the lands bordering the Kitchawan or Croton River, and as far north as St. Anthony's Nose in the Highlands. The Pachami and …
e " Shaita, In the cognate dialect of the Objlbwa, means a pelican." " re is the ordinary Inflection for locality. ,--- Mr. Schoolcraft's Paper, Proceedings of N. Y. riist. Soc 1S44. "The great white pelican |P. trachyrhyncus) was formerly nunierou* ou the fludson and other rivers and lakes of this State. At the present day It has entirely disappeared, and I do not know of Its …
Westchester County was represented in the first Legislative Assembly of the Colony, which met at New York on the 9th of April, 1691 ; 6 and it has constituted one County to this time, having been organized as such by the General Acts of 1788 and 1801. It is situated on the east side of the Hudson, immediately north of New York County ; bounded north by Putnam and Dutchess …
It has several towns, Eastcliester, Westchester, New Rochclle, Rye, Bedford, and North Castle. The inhabitants, are either English, or Dutch Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Quakers, and French Protestants. The former are the most numerous. The two Episcopal missionaries are settled at Rye and Eastchester, and receive each £60 annually taxed upon the county. The town of …
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" The County of Westchester comprises a very important section of this State; washed on the west by the Hudson, on the south by the East River and Long Island Sound, it enjoys very superior advantages for trade and commerce, with a fine soil for agriculture, and a charming diversity of surface and of elegant situation ; while its contiguity to the great commercial metropolis …
Peckskill Creek and Croton River, which rise in Dutchess and Putnam counties, run south westward across the north western part of Westchester County to the Hudson. Saw Mill River runs from Mount Pleasant to the Hudson at Yonkers; and Bronx River, the largest, Hutchinson's and Mamaroneck Rivers run south into the East River. Byram River runs from Westchester, principally in …
Large numbers of granite boulders are found here, both inland and on the coast ; also some fine quarries of white marble, and two silver and gold mines at Sing Sing and Peekskill." According to the late geographical survey the principal minerals are, white marble, iron ore, galena, sulphate of barytes, copper, iron and zinc, oxide of manganese, green carbonate of copper …
The whole southern part was marked by the marches, works of defence, or skirmishes and battles of hostile armies ; and, indeed, the active operations of the war in 1776 were principally confined to this region, and in the Autumn to this County -- and the two armies were in full force, constantly on the alert, and under the eyes of their respective Commanders-in-Chief. And …
The battle of White Plains, October 28th, will long be remembered, as will the dismal prospect of that year, when the Patriot Fathers of America had still the courage to declare Independence, and assert the rights of nature and of nations.*1 But though the morning sun of Declared Independence arose thus in a cloud, -- while yet it was morning, Princeton, Trenton and the plains …
Cooper. A distinguished clergyman" gives the following very graphic picture of Westchester County in those days: -- a July 4th, 1770. & Stafford's (iazetteer of N. Y. Upon the evacuation of New York by the British forces, Nov. 25, 1 7S3, the Governor of the State and Commander-in-chief were escorted by a body of H'»/.7.'.ff - r I,, <il.' hoi-si , commanded by Captain Delavan," …
They yielded with a kind of apathy, and very quietly, what you asked, and what they supposed it impossible for them to retain. If you treated them kindly, they received it coldly ; not as a kindness, but as a compensation for injuries done them by others. When you spoke to them, they answered you without either good or ill nature, and without any appearance of reluctance or …
Their enclosures were burnt, where they were capable of becoming fuel ; and in many cases thrown down, where they were not. Their fields were covered with a rank growth of weeds and wild grass. "Amid all this appearance of desolation, nothing struck my eye more forcibly than the sight of the high road. Where I had heretofore seen a continual succession of horses and carriages …
The grass was of full height for the scythe ; and strongly realized to my own mind, for the first time, the proper import of that picturesque declaration in the Song of Deborah : 'In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael. the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through by-paths. The inhabitants of the villages ceased; they ceased in …
Those of the inhabitants of the neutral ground who were tories, have joined their friends in New York ; and the Whigs have retired into the interior of our country. Some of each side have taken up arms, and become the most cruel and deadly foes. There are within the British lines banditti, consisting of lawless villians, who devote themselves to the most cruel pillage and …
A peaceable, unresisting Quaker, of considerable respectability, by tbe name of Quiucy, was visited by several of these vile ruffians: they first demanded his money, and after it was delivered they suspected he had more concealed, and inflicted on him the most savage cruelties in order to extort it from him. They began with what they call scorching, covering his naked body …
. 1820 Frederick Phillips . William Miller . . 1820 Isiuic Honeywell Edward Kemeys . . 1821 John Thomas St. John Constant . 1822 Lewis Morris, Jun. , Ezra Lockwooil . . 1822 Samuel Purely Henry White . 1823 William Leggett John Townsend . Nathaniel Underbill Nehemiah Brown, Ju q. . 1831 John Thomas Aaron Vark . 1833 Robert Graham Joseph A. Constant . 1838 Stephen Ward George …
William TV. Pierson i 1867 J. Malcone Smith 1857 John M. Rowel 1875 SHERIFFS OF THE COUNTY. Thomas Wheeler, under the Dutch, .... 1654 to 1664 Resolve Waklron, High Sheriff of the North Riding, . 16C4 to 1670 Robert Coe . '■ " ditto " " . . 1670 to 1671 John Manning . " " ditto " " . . 1671 to 1672 Benjamin Collier, High Sheriff of Westchester County, . 16S8 to 1692 Rodger …
William Barker 1799 to 1806 Daniel Delavan . 1806 to 1807 St. John Constant 1807 to 1810 Elijah Ward 1810 to 1811 St. John Constant 1811 to 1814 Lyman Cook 1814 to 1815 Zabud June 1815 to 1818 Lyman Cook 1818 to 1821 Ward B. Howard . . . . . . . . 1821 to 1823 " John Townsend 1823 to 1826 Alan McDonald 1826 to 1829 David D. Webbers 1829 to 1832 Aaron Brown 1832 to 1835 Joseph …
Philip Pell 1787 to Elias Newman 1796 to Samuel Young 1800 to Edward Thomas to Samuel Young 1807 to Ezra Lockwood 180S to Henry White March 1C, 1815 to Samuel Young July 8, 1819 to Ebenezer White, Jun Feb. 17, 1821 to Jonathan Ward 1823 to Alexander H. Wells ■ . 1839 to Frederick I. Coffin 1844 to Lewis C. Piatt 1847 to Robert H. Coles . . ... Silas D. Gifford* John W. Mills* …
Delegates from Westchester County to the Convention met at Kingston, Ulster County, to frame the Constitution of the State of New- York, April 20th, 1777: -- Pierre van Cortlandt Ebenezer Lockwood Gouverneur Morris Zebediah Mills Gilbert Drake Jonathan Piatt Lewis Graham Jonathan G. Tompkins. Delegates from Westchester County met in Convention for framing the late Constitution …
James Willis, 1st Lieutenant. David Guion, 2d Lieutenant. Commission issued and dated 20th September. PIIILIPSBURGI1 Upper Company. Abraham Ledew, Captain. John Belyea, 2d Lieutenant. Benjamin Brown, 1st Lieutenant. John Oakley, Ensign, (son of Isaac. Commission issued September 2, delivered to Mr. Paulding. INTRODUCTION. XIX PHILIPSBURGH. Tarrytawn Company. Abraham Storms …
Gilbert Dusinberry, Ensign. NORTHCASTLE. East Company. Benoni Piatt, Captain. Abraham Knapp, 2d Lieutenat, David Hobby, 1st Lieutenant. Jonathan Guion, Ensign. NORTHCASTLE. South Company. Benjamin Ogdeu, Captain. Caleb Merritt, Jun., 2d LieuteaiUiU Jeremiah Hunter, 1st Lieutenant. James Broudige, Ensign. INTRODUCTION. In Northcastle, North Company, there were not persons …
David Penore, Ensign. The District late commanded by Bartow Underhill : -- Gilbert van Cortlaudt, Captain. Daniel Haines, 1st Lieutenant ; sigDed the association the day he was chosen. James Teller, 2d Lieutenant. Hermanns Gardiner, Sen., Ensign. INTRODUCTION. xxi The District late commanded by Jeremiah Drake : -- Gilbert Lockwood, Captain. John Drake, 1st Lieutenant ; signed …
The South Division of the same District : -- Gideon Selah. Captain. Caleb Hobby, 2d Lieutenant. Samuel Lawrence, 1st Lieutenant. Abram Todd, Ensign. The Company commanded by David Montross refused to choose officers. A List of Officers chosen in the several Districts of the North Battalion of Westchester County. Manor of Cortlandt, the District late commanded by Francis Lent …
Obadiah Purely, 2d Lieutenant. Joseph Horton, Ensign ; signed the association the day he was elected. The District late commanded by Ebenezer Theall: -- Andrew Brown, Captain. Samuel Haight, 1st Lieutenant. John Crissey Miller, 2d Lieutenant ; commission issued dated Sept. 20. Solomon Purdy, Ensign. INTROOWrlOS. xxiii *2 - cT o5 a c S a a !-. 2 j o> E' ! a ^ W CON __ CD *l r-c …
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Gilbert Budil, Lieutenant-Colonel. Ebenezer Lockwood, 1st Major. Thaddeus Crane, 2d Major. Jonathan G. Tompkins, Adjutant. John Thomas, 2d Quarter Master. Third Regiment. Pierre van Cortlandt, Colonel. Gilbert Drake, Lieutenant-Colonel. Joseph Strang, 1st Major. Ebenezer Purdy, 2d Major. John Cooley, Adjutant Isaac Norton, Quarter Master. THE WESTCHESTER GUIDES. During the …
Among the Mohegan Indians Bedford formed a portion of the sachemdom of Rippowam, which extended eighteen miles north of Stamford, on the " Manunketesuck," or Sound, also eight miles east and west of the same. "Within this territory," we are informed, "were traces of at least four distinct clans." "On the west side, with his seat not far from where the line now separates …
On the north of these sea-washed domains lay the more extended realms of Ponus. From his ancestors he had received the wooded hills and brook-washed vales that stretch far away to the north until they are lost in the forests, even among the Mohawk tribes, which even the red men did not claim -- a wild border ground between the eastern and western tribes, and he hoped to hand …
"The consideration was twelve coats, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets, •twelve glasses, twelve knives, two kettles, and five fathoms of white wampum." The liberty of hunting and fishing on the land was reserved by the Indians.^ The above sale was confirmed to the inhabitants of Stamford on the nth of August, 1655, by Ponus, and Onox his eldest son: "extending sixteen miles north …
no settlement was effected under this deed, and it is only of interest as fixing the earliest date at which any part of the present town of Bedford passed out of Indian possession."* Ponus Street, New Canaan, denotes, there can be no doubt, that Sachem's residence, as well as Onox's Ridge, that of his son and successor. There was also a path called Ponassesf in the town of …
About 1700 Catonah or Catoona and Coll confirmed to the English (inhabitants of Stamford) all the previous grants of territory, "westward as far as Bedford," and acknowledged the receipt of "considerable and valuable sums of money;" and beside all this make special mention "of deeds or grants made to the English by Taphasse, Ponus, Penchayo, old Onox, young Onox, a deed to …
A bold eminence lying to the north of Bedford village retains the aboriginal name of Aspetong or Aspicung (Indian terms for a:i indigenous variety of an odoriferous grape); while another on the west, covered with luxurious woods and visible from all parts of the surrounding country, still bears the title of its aboriginal proprietor, Nanama, one of the six great sagamores who …
Cornelius Van Tienhoven (an early Dutch authority) in describing the bounds of the Indian territory of Wechquaesqueck, says, "This land is situate between two rivulets called Sintsinck and Armonck lying between the East and North River.* The term Armonck| (here alluded to) is supposed to have been the original Indian appellation for the Byram River, whose springs rise from the …
The following is his description of "Poquauhock': 'This the English call hens; a little thick shell fish which the Indians wade deep and dive for ; and after they have eaten there -- in those which are good, they break out of the shell, about half an inch of a black part of it, of which they make their ' Suckauhock,' or black money, which is to them precious. 'Seawan,' or …
Before the introduction of awls and thread from Europe, these beads were bored longitudinally with sharp stones and strung upon the sinews of animals. 'Their Merchandise,' said Josselyn, in speaking of the Indian commerce, 'are their beads which are their money; of these there are two sorts: blue beads and white beads; the first is their gold, the last their silver; these they …
The return of a belt was understood as the rejection of an offer or of the terms accompanying the same. A string of 'Sea wan' was sometimes delivered by the orator in public council at the close of each proposition as ratifying the speaker's truth and sincerity. Strings of 'Wampum' were occasionally tied around the neck of a white dog, and the animal thus decorated was …
The former are sometimes of so dark a shade that they pass for black, and are double the price of white. Having first sawed them into square pieces about a quarter of an inch in length and an eighth in thickness, they grind them round or oval upon a common grindstone. Then a hole being bored lengthways through each, large enough to admit a wire, whipcord, or thin thong, they …
It consists of eighteen strings woven together -- formed entirely of small beads strung in rows. In the centre there is a rude, but striking representation, THK TOWN OF BKDFORD. worked in dark violet beads -- of two men, one somewhat the stouter, wearing a hat ; the other rather thin, having an uncovered head. The figures stand erect, with hands clasped -- symbolic of the …
The great Indian settlement of this town was called "Nanichiestawack," which occupied the southern spur of "Indian Hill," sometimes called the "Indian Farm," and "Stony Point or Hill," stretching toward die north-west. There is a most romantic approach to the site of mountain fastness, by a steep, narrow, beaten track opposite the Stamford cart path, as it was formerly …
The truth is that a bloody fight actually took place here between a hundred and thirty Dutch troops, led by the redoubtable Capt. John Underhill (who had fought under Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, in the Low Countries), one full moonlight night in February, 1644, and a tribe of the Sinaroys Indians, on which occasion seven hundred of the latter perished amidst the …
The troops had been sent mainly on the representations of Captain Daniel Patrick, of Greenwich, and to him the disappointed Dutchmen looked for an explanation. On a Sunday afternoon, during the hour of sen-ice, a Dutch soldier met the captain at Stamford, and, after stating that the troops had been deluded, openly charged him with treachery. The captain threw back the insult …
Meanwhile Pennewitz, of Long Island, one of the oldest and most experienced chiefs in the country, and who, in the first war, had proposed to slaughter the Dutch in a single night, was secretly acting a hostile part, and had already killed a number of Christians and burnt numerous barns. It was therefore resolved to send a force of one hundred and twenty men towards Heemstede …
Meeting the same guide who had led the Dutch forces astray in the Greenwich expedition, he learned that nearly a thousand Indians were assembled not far off, to celebrate one of their festivals. The guide, anxious to redeem his reputation, offered to lead the Dutch to the Indian rendezvous, in order to prove that the former mischance was not his fault. ' Captain Underhill, in …
The village, which had been carefully arranged for winter quarters, lay snugly en^ sconced in a low mountain recess, completely sheltered from the bleak northerly winds, and consisted of a large number of huts disposed in three streets, each about eighty paces long. As the Dutch approached they found the Indians prepared to receive them, whereupon Capt. Underhill gave orders …
The Indians tried every way to escape; but they were by this time completely surrounded, and, finding it impossible to break through the lines, they quietly retired with their wives and children to the blazing huts, and whole families submitted to the flames rather than die by the sword. They would not even gratify their enemies by the least sound that might betray anything …
Underhill was ordered to Stamford, to obtain particulars of the whereabouts of the savages. He brought word back, that they were encamped some five hundred strong in that direction, and that the old guide urged the forwarding a body of troops immediately thither, as he was desirous, on the one hand, to prove that the former ill-success of the Dutch was not his fault; on the …
It was considered best to remain here awhile, in order to refresh the men, and to make arrangements for the coming attack. After a rest of a couple of hours, the party again set forward at ten o'clock. It was full moon, and the night so clear -- *a winter's day could not be brighter,' -- that the Indian village was soon discovered at a distance. It consisted of three rows of …
They remained under cover, discharging their arrows from behind, to the great annoyance of the Dutch troops. Underhill now seeing no other way to overcome the obstinate resistance of the foe, gave orders to fire their huts. The order was forthwith obeyed; the wretched inmates endeavoring in every way to escape from the horrid flames, but mostly without success. The moment they …
Large fires were then kindled, as the weather was still excessively cold, and the conquerors bivouacked during the remainder of the night, on the field of battle. They set out next morning on their return in good order, ' marching with great courage over that harrassing mountain, the Lord enduing the wounded with extraordinary strength.' and arrived at Stamford at noon, after …
"Mamaranack, chief of the Indians residing on the Kicktawanc, or Croton River, Mongockonone, Pappenoharrow from the Weckquaesqueecks and Nochpeem, and the Wappings from Stamford, presented themselves in a few days (April 6, 1644), at Fort Amsterdam, and having pledged themselves that they should not, henceforth, commit any injury whatever on the inhabitants of New Netherland …
A path like a sheep walk leads up from the site of this memorable battle field to the top of " Indian Hill," which commands a very enviable view, being a wonderful assemblage of mountain, hill, and dale, woodland and water hardly equalled. The prospect is bounded to the south-east and east by the waters of the Sound, and light blue shores of Long Island, whither the Indians of …
The Myanos River (probably so named after the bold and warlike Mayano Sachem of Petuquapaen, killed by the celebrated Captain Daniel Patrick, Patroon of the Manor of Greenwich in 1643)* for three or four miles below the village is bordered by what is called the "River Hills," which are extremely picturesque and romantic; in some places its rocky and wooded banks are almost …
Witness these presents that we whose names are under written namely Katoonah Rockahway Sepotah Iovis Tomacoppah Kakenand, we doe for orselves our heirs executors administrators and asigns and for and in behalfc of al other proprietors of the land commonly caled the hopp-ground ; we say we doe hereby sel Alinatc asigne and set oner from us or heirs executors Administrators and …
•Patriek was killed by a soldier at Capt. John rnderhill's house In 1644. He married Annctje Van Beyerea, and by her had one sou who afterwards claimed his father's land at Greenwich. *4 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. tioned Katonah Sepotah iovis Tohmocapph, Pannaps Kakenand dou bargcn and hereby grant full liberty of timber and herbedge for them and theire creatures …
Stanford Deeembe 23, 1680. Stanford 23d. deeembe, 1680. Then payd unty ye indians specified in this within bill of sale for the purchase as follows twelve Indian cotes 09-0-0 six blankets 09-0-0 300 gilders wampan 16-0-0 entered upon two yard red brod cloth 2 5-0 record 26 of six yard red coton 1-10-0 Peb'e 1694-5 more by expenses 8-01-0 Abraham Amtotal 46-16-10 bler recdr « …
it seems to have 1 n looking no, for it was only in l(i'2i'> that the whole city and county of New York was sold for twenty-four dollars."-- Address of Jos. Barrett, July 4, 1876. Recorder, Katonah, July 7. THE TOWN OF BEDFORD. The same year the following charges were expended on account of the " Hop Ground" : The amount of charges expended upon the account of and for ye"hopp …
Joseph Theale payd) by Sa Weed J Dan Weed p'ayd by) Thos Parroyer j by Rich Ayres Dan Wescot by) Will Clark | by Jonas Selly 2 lb ) by Tho panoyer 1 lb) Dan Wescol by 1 Ben Stevens J Jonah Pettit payd) by Gren Jos Steveus Kilboru Dan Jones Jo Cross : pd by) Eli Slauson x ) 02-00-00 02-00-00 02-00-00 01 -12-06 00- 07-06 02- 00-00 01- 00-00 03- 00-00 02- 00-00 03- 00-00 02 00-00 …
quantity 'what it wants in quality it is also agreed by the parsons : above that noe man's house lot shall be less than three acres: but more if the land will allow it: Further it is agreed by the proprietors aforesd that the committee above named shall have full power to lay out or leave a convenient lot in the town plot for the use of the town and also in the field a lot …
22: March, 16JJ; the proprietors agree that what the committee had done in laying out ye town plot, and the house lots, shall stand; and the place they reserved for the town common, and the town lot to be as they laid it out, and the meeting house shall be set upon the common so laid out among the rocks called Bates; his Hill. 2: By vote, the proprietors agree to receive John …
By vote the proprietors agree it shall not be in the power of any proprietor to sell, exchange or any other way alynate his propriaty in the said hop grounds without the approbation and consent of the maine part of the proprietors ; upon the penalty of forfeiting his right to ye said proprietors: 4ly. By vote the proprietors doe chuse, apoynt and fulley impower Joseph Heals …
Hill, and shall have ye use of the town land between his lot and the said Hill provided the said David: always maintaine A good gate or bars and liberty is reserved for the town to fetch stones or other nesesaries out of the said town land reserved. Ye same March: '8i. the committee apoynted work of laying out the field land and meadow and after. -- of ye land and laying the …
Joseph Theal to be a committee to entertain such persons as shall plant there & to manage, order & dispose of ye allays of that plantation according to their best skill as may best aduance ye wellfar and groth of ye said plantation & they ear tacke care yt there be sutable loot laid out for the first minister of ye place & a loot for ye ministry to be and belong to ye ministry …
Hence, each man had a home lot of three acres which was to be forfeited if not built on in three years in the town, and a lot in the ' east field' or the great 'north plain,' and also some 'meadow land.'"'1 " In December, 1681, Samuel Barrett, Taebariah Roberts and Thomas Carfield commenced to inhabit only.J This man Roberts was chosen town clerk, afterwards Justice of the …
"In December, 1681, Joshua Webb is received as Inhabitant, in case they shall agree with him to build a grist mill in ye place." "A committee was appointed to confer with Joshua Webb, and a mill and a dam were built by him and the town jointly, he to furnish the iron work and the town to cart and furnish the timber and mill-stones," and the mill when finished is to be the sd …
iThe following will serve as a sample of the vote by which new settlers were received into the colony. The date is " December 1681. Th.'y give unto William Stnrdeuant upon his acceptance and submitting to their order of reselling Inhabitants : they give him a house lott containing three Accres, and six Accres of land in the east feild : and three accres of meadow : he paving …
Another mill seems to have become necessary at this time, for in November 1701, "the town by a maigor vote doth agree that their corn mill shall be set upon beucr dam Riuerat the first conueniant place below davids broock: and that there shall be thirty acres of land laved out to the mill and to lye to it foreuer that the lawful oners of the mill shall enjoy the said thirty …
" Upon the petition of the people of the Hop ground, this court doth grant them the privilege of a plantation and do order that the name of the town be henceforth called Bedford, and this court doe appoint Joseph Theall to be the present chief military officer for the train band of Bedford, and Abraham Ambler is also empowered by this court to grant warrants, to swear officers …
Witness these present that we Katoonah, Saggarnore and Papiag his son Tadaquid, Queranoy and Chickhoag, we proprietors of the land and middow at Koamong have for ourselves and for the rest of ye Indians which are proprietors of the said land and middow at Koamong Commonly so-called have sold and by these presents doe sell, alienate, assign and set over from us and every one of …
for ouer unto the forenamed propriators of Bedford and doe acknowledge to have received full satisfaction for the said land and middow from the propriators of the town of Bedford and doe promise and engadge that the propriators of Bedford shall quietly poses and enjoy the same land and middow without molestationby us or any of ours for euer, as witnes our hands in Bedford the …
By the settlement of the colonial boundaries, November, 1664, Bedford fell within the jurisdiction of Connecticut, the line between the two colonies commencing from the east point of Mamaroneck River, where the fresh water falls into the salt at high water mark, north northwest to the line of Massachusetts. On the ground that this decision was erroneous, a further agreement …
In 1685, the General Court of Connecticut issued an order to the effect that all towns should take out patents, in due form, and that there should be legal evidence of their rights. In " lenwary 1687-S » there were 18 men at a town meeting who voted "that every one here present at the town meeting shall have a pees of land containing four akers added unto their former …
In 1691 they made " chois of Daniell Simkings for head man for ye town of Bedford, to end any contravercy between indians and inglish accrding to the best of his skill." In 1693 the "round swamp on the south sid of Aspicung " was given to David Clason, for his four acres of "burnory land." The names of the inhabitants, including the resident proprietors of Bedford in 1692 …
Upon. the 25th May, 1692, Catonah, Noname, Wappomofiam, Wenenanopoage, Chickheog and Pommeshecon, sell to Daniel Simpkins, of Bedford, a certain piece of land lying west of the bounds of Bedford, to say half a mile square, as it is already marked and laid out by the Indians, and bounded as followeth, viz.: East by the bounds of Bedford, and south by a brook coming off from the …
Underhill of Rye and Zachary Roberts of Bedford; were in attendance and the Court granted them an allowance for their expenses in coming; to be payd at Stanford out of the county rate." February 10th, 1695, the town ordered that the rates shall be issued according to the following valuations, viz:6 Each head or person - - £12 0 0 "Ox, - - - - - 4 0 0 " Cow, - - - 3 0 0 " …
At a meeting of ye governor and council, held at Hartford, January 19th, 1696, protection was granted to the towns of Rye and Bedford, as members of their corporation; and on the 10th of May following, Daniel Simpkins was appointed ensign for the latter town. January 21st, 1696-7, Rye and Bedford applied to be united to Connecticut, upon which that colony concluded to receive …
Governor Fletcher and council, in answer to Connecticut, May 10th, 1697, entitles the reasons of the latter subtcrfugees, and complains of her making a disturbance in time of war. In conclusion, Connecticut may rest assured that New York will use all lawful means to reduce the people to obedience.6 From the following document it appears that in 1696/ the action of the Council …
Whereas God by his providence orders all things : Att a General Court held in Hartford May the 11th, 16S2, upon the petition of the people of Hopground the Court did see cause to grant them the priviledg of a plantation as doth upon record appear -- And in the year 16S4, there was a conditional agreement made between Colon" Dougan of New York and some of the heads of the …
Then seing a copie that came from the Kings court at Whitehall, dated Aprill the 19th, 1694, and the records of England being searched, it was found that the Charter of Coimecticutt stood good and firme to the freemen of this Corporation, their heirs and associates, which we well knew that we were part of by the dividing line that was firmly confirmed to this government, then …
N. W. Corner, 6865, 2.S65, 7, 3, 8-1. N. E. " 4266£, 1736, 4, 8. 10. 2. Vincent & Dibble, 4266i, 1736, 4, 8. 10. 2. Upon the 1st of May, 1697, the town petitioned for a patent embracing ten miles in length, from the north end of Stamford bounds to ten miles northward into the woods and eight miles wide. The petition was granted on the 21st of May, and the following patent …
Every of which sides is Six Miles in Length to witt. from the East side Westerly and from the South Side Northerly and is a Townshipp of six miles Square or Six miles on Every Side, which sJ Lands have been by purchass or Otherwise, Lawfully Obtayncd of the Indian Native proprieters and whereas the afoars'1 Proprietors Inhabitants of the Towne of Bedford have Humbly desired of …
Holmes Jun' and the rest of the present proprietors of the Township of Bedford, their Heires and Successors Associates Assigns for Ever the afoares1 Parcell or tract of Land of Six miles Square Containing aboute Twenty and three Thousand acres within the boundaries above mentioned together with all the Woods Meadows Pastures Ponds Waters Rivers Planes Fishings Huntings …
Always provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to, or be understood or taken to Impeach or prejudice any Right, Title, Interest, Claime or Demands which any person or persons hath or have or Claime to have of into or out of any part of the said Townshippe seittuatcd within the Limitts above mentioned according to the Laws and General Customs of this Colony but that …
The above written with that or the other side is a true Copy of the Original being therewith Compared this 2d day of May, 1697. Pr Me. E. K a a Ancient Col. Rec. Conn. Deeds Ac,, Vol. 11, pp. 254, 255. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. From the town records it appears that in 1697, Zachariah Roberts'1 was allowed by the town, three shillings a day, and half his expenses …
" Some time before I came down from Albany, two small towns of Rye and Bedford in West Chester County that ly next to Connecticut being much in arrearyes of taxes have revolted to Connecticut who countenance them notwithstanding I found there at my arrival part of this province, and so have continued till now, which is contrary to a stipulation made between the Collony and …
a "In ir>97 they sent the inevitable Zach. Roberts to confer with Oovernor Treat of Connectlcut about being settled under the colour, and naitl him 3 shillings a day "for himself and his hois, and paid halfe his expellee.-' After his return Roberts had another town meeting and got an allowance for back-pav in the shape of an assessment of two pounds of flax on each man in the …
Copp, of Norwalk, a surveyor and quite a scholarly man for that time. He was at once given a "home loot, twenty acres of out land, sixteen of plow land and four acres of medow land." He was also to have "the use of ye towne loot and ye towne land and medow in ye feild this next yeare, without they want of it for a minestar." The next month '• the town by a maigor not chuse Mr …
The west purchase was made and "every man y' hath land in ye town hath liberty to put in a head," or share. -- There were 36 of these head rights, of which Col. Jacobus Van Cortlandt had 8, Zach. Roberts, 3, John Copp, 2, John Holmes, Jr., 2, and the rest one. The land was then surveyed by Copp and laid out into 36 lots of 50 acres each (for the small field plan seems to have …
The present ' swamp road" running south from Simeon Woolsey's was at this time laid out as a "four rod highway," but the liberal views of John Copp and his employers did not prevail with their successors and there are now but ordinary roads with occasional wide spots. There was also a quantity of rough land bounded "northerley by ye highway y1 passes under Nonames Hill, called …
A brander for the town was therefore appointed and the cattle were marked with the owner's mark, and such entries as the following begin to appear on the town records : " Zachariah Roberts maketh entry of his ere marck for his marckeble creatures, namly a swalow forck on ye toop of each ere." " John Miller senr macks entry of his ere marck for his marckeble creatures namly one …
Indians, chief proprietors of the lands about Bedford, made a conveyance confirming to the inhabitants of Bedford a purchase made twenty years before, supposing that they had received their pay to their full satisfaction for ye lands and all the timber and feed on said lands " within ye bounds, as follows, namely : to begin where Beaver Dam River and Cross River meets and so …
His ARAN TORN Mark. His SI* MON. Mark* On the 10th day of October, 1700, the General Court of Connecticut released Bedford from all allegiance. October, 17 13, Connecticut appointed certain Commissioners to meet those of New York in fixing the line. A final agreement and conclusion took place between the Commissioners at Dover, in Dutchess Co., May the 14th, 1731, by which …
This above-named tract of land Catonah have sold from ine and mine, or any Indian or Indians laying claim thereunto, to ye inhabitants of Bedford, for a valuable consideration in band, already received, to my full satisfaction, &c. Signed, scaled and delivered 1 His in presence of us. J KATO M NAH. BENJAMIN HAIT, and mark. ABRAHAM FINCH. . His TOYE>h BEAKEEP. mark. His RAROH …
At the same time a committee is chosen by vote, consisting of Zachariah Roberts, John Holmes, Jun., and Jonathan Petit, to see ye Indians satisfied for ye lands formerly bought of them, which is west of the first purchase." Upon the 4th of November, 1700 : "The town by a maiger vote doth devise and impower Mr. John Tomson & Zachariah Roberts, Senr., to go to New York & cleerup …
John Tomson, late of Lundon, now trader in Stanford, an inhabitant in to ye town among us ; & do give, grant and sell to him an hundred acres of land on the north sidof the highway yt gos to Danicll Simkings plain, bounded by the brook or Indian line west, as it shall be layd out by the comityc, and if it is not all to be had there then to mack it up elce where as conveniant …
"To begin where Beaver Dam River and Cross river meet and then to run across the south-westeriy on the west side of Cisqua meadow, until it meets the river called Cisqua River and a great swamp, and so to run up the brook and by marked trees to the north end of By ram pond, and so to the north end of Cob. among pond, and then to a great red oak tree formerly marked by the …
Upon the 4th of January, 1703-4, Katonah, Sagamore and Wackemane chief proprietors of the lauds about Bedford, have sold, and by these presents doe sell, &C, unto John Dibble of Bedford, in the county of West Chester, &c, a certain tract of upland and meadow, &c, all within ye bounds hereafter named and bounded by marked trees, from one branch of Beaver Dam River southward of …
His SI O3M0N.* mark. The same year we find John Dibble and wife conveying to Jacques Van Courtlandt 700 acres of land lying in Bedford, called the Vineyard Purchase, besides a certain parcel of meadow and upland in ye bounds of said Bedford, first purchased, with marked trees northerly, eastwardly by a small brook which runneth into Cross River, and northerly by the Cross …
Upon the 5th of May, 1703, Catonah Sagamore and Wackcniane, for themselves and in behalf of an}' other Indians concerned, sell to Zachariah Roberts of Bedford, all that land between Bedford bounds and Muscotah River which lycth between Oisqua River and ye Cross River, for the several particulars hereinafter named. This is ye truth of ye bargain test. Zaciiakiaii Roberts, Sen …
July 24th, 1703, Catonah and Wackemaue sell to Jacobus Van Cortlandt of the city of New York, and Zachariah Roberts, senr., of Bedford, a certain tract of upland meadow and swamp, all within ye bounds hereafter named, that is to say to begin where Beaver Dam River and ye Cross River meets, and so to run west wardly by Bedford's marked trees, until it comes to a black oak tree …
In 1700, after the decision which left the town within the province of New York, the people began to again agitate the matter of getting their patent confirmed, and sent John Thomson and Zach. Roberts to New York, which was then the capital, on that mission ; but nothing came of it until May 14, 1702, when they empowered "Mr. Capt. Peter Mathews to git our patent and …
Roberts helped to "git" the patent and got his land, and in "Ogust" of that year Mathews asked for and obtained 700 acres more, and in 1707, 200 more, making 1200 acres in the southwest corner of the patent, that is, in the vicinity of Mount Kisco." The patent was granted to the inhabitants of Bedford by Queen Anne on the 8th day of April, 1704. The grantees yielding and …
" Whereas the general court of Connecticut on the 13th day of May in ye year of our Lord Christ, 1697, hath granted unto the proprietors, inhabitants of the town of Bedford, then within that colony, all those lauds, &c, in their abutments, viz : southerly on ye bounds of the township of Stamford, westwardly bv ye wilderness, north on ye wilderness, and eastward]}' on ye …
Jacobus Van Courtlandt, Obadiah Seely, Stephen Claeson, John Westcoate, jun., Richard Westcoate, Nathan Clarke, Joseph Hunt, Richard Ayrcs, Jeremiah Andrews, Joseph Palmer, David Mead, John Dibble, Daniel Jones, John Clapp, Thomas Howard and Vincent Simpkins, their heirs the said tract of 23,000 acres, called ye town of Bedford, &c. Witiress our right trusty and right well …
In the spring of 17 14 a rate was levied on ye proprietors of ye township of Bedford, in proportion to their several properties therein, for ye raising ye sum of £50 for ye discharging of her majesties dues of quit rent for ten years. The proportion of Col. Jacobus Van Cortlandt for 2565 acres in ye north west corner of ye patent lands was . jQ6 08 06 For his vineyard …
The last Indian deed for lands in Bedford bears date 23d of January, 1722, wherein Lackawawa and Peparinuk and Moses, Indian natives and owners of ye land on ye north side of Cross River, in ye bounds of Bedford, for ye sum of twenty pounds, conveyed to Joseph Seely and his heirs, &c, "being on ye north side of ye Cross River, so called, and bounded as follows : Easterly by a …
Tradition tells us, that he lies buried beside his favorite wife on the heights of Cantitoe ( Katonah' s own land), and two immense boulders on the farm of Henry E. Pellew, Esqr., are shown as marking the spot, where, with his face towards the rising sun, lies all that was mortal of the great chieftain."0 Katonah may have been the son of Powahag or Powahay the eldest son of …
Among the largest landed of the proprietors of Bedford was Jacobus Van Cortlandt, son of Hon. Oloff Stevens Van Cortlandt and brother of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Lord of the manor of Cortlandt (which lordship embraced the upper portion of the town). This individual had purchased lands here from the Indians and settlers as late as 1 7 14, so that his estate, as we shall have …
THE TOWN OF BEDFORD. Frederick Van Cortlandt, one of the above devisees, obtained a release from the following freeholders of Bedford on the 2 ist of September, 1 741 : Hezekiah Roberts, John Holmes, Daniel Holly, John Miller, Jonathan Westcoat, Nathan Clark, Joseph Seely, Richard Westcoat, Moses Fountain, Jonathan Holmes, Daniel Miller, John Miller, Zachariah Mills, Richard …
By the decease of the Honorable John Jay, in 1829, his son, the late William Jay, Esq., became the sole proprietor of the Bedford estate, which since his death has passed to his son, the Hon. John Jay ; the Hon. John Jay, therefore, is the only descendant of Jacobus Van Cortlandt that owns a foot of the original patent in the town of Bedford. Abraham De Peyster sold to various …
They are now in a neglected, ruinous Condition, and until divided and properly attended to, will continue to decrease in value. I intend to go to Bedford next week, in order to see this Business put in a proper train. Be pleased to sign the Petition and return it to Mr. Taylor. Mrs. Jay joins with me in desiring you to present our best Compliments to Mrs. De Peyster and the …
Courts had been held in Bedford in the Presbyterian Church to that date, and Bedford continued to be a half shire town of the county until 1868. The Board of Supervisors frequently met at Bedford about the end of the last century. In 1723, Richard Holmes, collector of this town, was "required forthwith" to collect a tax upon the "freeholders, Residents, Inhabitants and …
In 1 68 1 the general court of that colony ordered the laying out of a plantation at the Hop ground. On the nth of October, 1681, the proprietors of the Hop ground appointed a committee to lay out and divide the residue of the land at the Hop ground. It was also agreed to receive eleven inhabitants in order to form a town, and a committee appointed to go and view the land for …
Since that time the town has maintained (besides the Academies and Seminaries already alluded to) fifteen public schools and has been fully up to the average rural towns in matters of education."6 "Bedford yields nothing that is interesting in a business point of view. Before the construction of the Harlem Rail Road there was quite a lively traffic carried on by means of …
d Address of Joseph Barrett, July 4, 18T<E 4° HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. to parties visiting the town for the salubrity of its air or the beauty of its scenery. The old burying ground of the Town is situated on the declivity near the Methodist meeting house in the village directly under Bates's hill -- This spot was formerly a part of the "common" (of which only …
Occasional notes in the town records refer to repairing the fence by setting newposts &c, until 1802, the careof it was madeoverto the Presbyterian Society; this continued three years, when the town voted to raise by subscription money to build a stone wall about the ground 5 afterwards it was the practice to rent it "for the pasture of sheep and calves only."6 The ground …
The proprietors of the Hop Ground appear to have made early provision for the erection and support of a church, for, on the 2 2d of March, 1680, the "proprietors agree that what the committee had done in laying out ye town plot and the house lots shall stand, and the place they reserved for the town common, and the town lot to be as they laid it out and the meeting-house sh-dl …
They agree to give Mr. priddon, of Gemeco, (Jamaica,) a call to be a minister in this place. Joseph Theale the chief military officer of the train band of Bedford is chosen to goe to Mr. priddon to declare theire mind in order to his coming among them as above; and Abra. Ambler who was appointed by the Court at Hartford to grant warrants to officers e witnesses, and to join …
From Jamaica he went to Rye in 1675, and came here as we have seen in 1681. He subsequently returned to Jamaica, and "on the 23d of Aug., 1692, received a call from the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, N. J., to succeed Mr. Pierson, which he accepted. He continued minister of this church until Jan. 9th, 1699, when for some cause, not now known, he was dismissed. He died at …
Says a historian, "He was advanced in life when he came and was held in great respect by the people here who gave him proprietary rights, which descended to his son Isaac who became one of the principal men of the place. Mr. Denham had preached a long time in the town of Rye previous to his settlement here." This was evidently his last settlement, for it is reported that he …
Abram Ambler Senor. a frame fortey foots long & twenty-two foots wide and to set it up fit for clabording & shingling and to rais it up by the last of March to come after the deate thereof & the house above mentioned is to be teen foots & a half between ioynts and the frame above mentioned is to be set up upon the consideration that Mr. Abraham Ambler, Senor. will com up as …
Jannewary, 1694, we have this vote: "The town by vote doth agree that as much land e medow as can be spaired e not predigous to highwavs yt lyeth one the norwest sid of whiping-post brook shall be keept for a ministar e to be disposed to now man els but a minister." a Hist. Presbvterian Ch. Jamaica, L. I., by Jas. M. Maedouald. b Hist of Presbyterian Ch. Bedford, by Rev. P. B …
March 21st, 1698. The inhabitance of the town of Bedford by a maiger uote doth order e agree yt. every acre of land e meadow within the bounds of Bedford that is alooted unto pertickler persons; both improved e not emproved ; that is to say. what, every man doth possess for their one; that man or parson shall pay three pence an acre yearly for evry acre towards the maintaining …
The town by a maigor vote doth agree to improve the town loot this year in the town way towards the maintainance of a ministar e to mack theyer fence, now belonging unto ye house loot e euery inhabitant to mack theyer equall sharis up with good sofisiant fine raill fence as it shall be laved out by ye towns men e it is to pass the vewars; -- e the town dos agree to plow, plant …
"New England's Sabbath day," Is heaven-like, still and pure. Then Israel walks the way Up to the temple's door : The time we tell, When there to come, By beat of dcum, Or sounding shell. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. In 1699 the town votes to exchange with Stewhen Clason 4 acres of swamp and give him 4 acres of upland if he will "beat the Drum until this day twelve …
2 nly To build him a hotis two story high, twenty-seven foot long e twenty on foots wid with a leantu e a chamber chimbly e the condishans that if Mr Morgan liveth e dyeth with us the house shall be his on e his avers for euer, e otherwise if Mr. Morgan see cause upon any acount to leave us he shall pay to the town the ually of the chardg yt by an acount taken there of shall …
The town by a magor uote ses caus to repeall part of the first and second uote passed desember 26th, '99, e to resarue the hous e the whole homestead to themselves, except Mr. Joseph Morgan liueth & dyeth with us. 2ly. The town by a maiger uote, doth chuse e mack chois of Mr. John Copp, Stephen Clason, John Miller, iuner, Richard Wascott. David Mead for theire commitie, for to …
When he commenced preaching, contrary to the practice of the times, he used notes, but some of his brethren protested so strongly that he quickly abandoned them. Having ministered at Bedford and during part of the time in the neighboring town of East Chester for nearly four years, he removed to Greenwich, Conn., and preached there till 1708. "It seems that in 1705, to …
They sent their committee, Ebenezer Mead, Joshua Knapp and Caleb Knapp, chief men among them, to press the question to an immediate decision, whether Mr. Morgan would quit personally attending his mill (adding this, perhaps, to all other objections, that a white dress was not in character for a Congregational minister), and attend to the parish. If he would not, they were to …
Here he was again charged with intemperance, and was suspended from the ministry ; but he was finally restored through the kindness of some of his brethren. He published many of HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. his sermons and treatises on other topics. He preached a funeral sermon on the death of his son, Joseph, who was graduated at Yale in 1723, and died one year …
John Jones thanks for his labors with us the day past in ye work of ye ministry, ami if ye sd Mr. Jones acording to our unighted desires continueth in ye work aforesd three months among us, then we, ye sd town, will pay him ye sum of teen pounds in money or equivalent to money upon ye account of our furder acquaintance, he with us & we with him in order to settle him, ye said …
I unfainedly bless God and thank you for your grateful acceptance of my labors in ye ministry among you yesterday, and do desire yt you and I may be more and more faithful in eury good work to ye glory of His name and our mutuall edification and comfort, and I do here furder intermate yt I have no objecktion to make to your proposalls for my incouragement in ye work of Christ …
John Jones, from my study Bedford, Desember 7th, 1702. A true copy received from Mr. Jones which I received and entered. Zachakiau Roberts, Clark. After the three months had expired, it seems that the people desired to continue Mr. Jones as their minister, as we learn from the following recorded correspondence: Feb. 15th, 1702-3, the town by a unanimous vote doth agree to give …
John Jones continueth with us until he be settled and ordained in gospell order amongst us, then ye above sd house, land and medovv to be his owne for him & his forever; as witness our hands thus underwritten: Zachariah Roberts Clark, John Miller, John Holmes, sen'r, Cornelius Seely, John Holmes, Jr., Richard Holmes. Richard Wcscott, Nathan Clark, Cornelius Seely, Junr …
And your uneversal Desires of my further Improvement in that Sacred Lnployment with you; Discouridgeing to me is the uncertain face of things with Respect to the government's allowance and appropriation of my improvement freed from any Impositions which I doe comply with, however in fine my thoughts are these, that soe long as I may Diserne the Providence of God going Before …
Given in Att a Publick Town Meeting at Bedford upon their Desires of my i Answer [ Aprill ve 2d 1703 J. J. November 30th, 1703, the town by a maijor vote doth make chois of Jonathan Miller, Na»han Clark John Holmes Jr. and Jonathan Holmes HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. to take a list and make Mr. Jones his this year's rate and to gather it for him. March 5th 1704-5 the …
Who supplied the people with the gospel, we have not been able to find out; but God preserved and fostered the little band of Christian men and women, while they planted their feet upon the good sound scriptural principles of Presbyterianism : Here they stood, fortified by faith and prayer, until God heard and answered, and sent them from far over the sea a man after His own …
From there he came to Bedford, and from Bedford, after a little more than a year's labor, he went to Bensalem and Smithfield churches, in Pennsylvania. From there he accepted a call to Neshaminy, 1726, where a rich man, by the name of Logan, a relative of his, gave him fifty acres or land, on the Neshaminy Creek, on which to locate and carry on a school, which he had already …
shaped, cut out of the woods from the very spot where the house was erected; and being skilled in the Latin language, so as to speak and write it almost as well as his mother tongue, he continued his school, and educated some of the first and most eminent ministers that ever adorned the American pulpit. This was called the Log College, out of contempt, by its enemies. Every …