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patentees in the said Letters Patent Named, or of those claiming under the said patentees, or some or one of theu." 3
The East Patent was granted March 2ª 1701 to the same Patentecs as the West Patent with the addition to their number of Peter Matthews of Bedford. Five days before, on the 25th of February in the same ycar, Katonah, Wakemane, and another Indian exe- cuted a deed of confirmation to the Patentees of their right aud estate in the tract4 in which they thus de- scribe, " bounded as followeth viz. Westward by Bed- ford, and by the patent granted to Caleb Heathcote and others,5 northerly by Coll. Cortlandt's purchase and Crotou's river, southerly and easterly by the Col- ony lines."
The patent itself in its general language is similar to those of the West and Middle Patents above set forth. It bounds the Tract granted in these words ;-
The East Patent Bounds
" Bounded South, by the division Line between New York and Connecticut, East, by the other division Line between New York and Connec- ticut, and so along said Liue uutill it meets with the Patent of Adolf Philipse,6 and so along his southern bounds till it meets with the Mannor of Cortlandt, and from thencc by a Line that shall run upon a direct course untill it meets with the first easterly Line of twenty miles of the said Manuor of Cortlandt, and from thence along the said Line Westerly till it meets with the Patent granted to R. Walter and others,7 thence southerly along the said Patent, untill it meets with the bounds of the Town- ship of Bedford, and thence round along said bounds until it meets with the Patent granted to Coll. Heath- cote and others, and8 thence along the bounds of said Patent unto the Colony Line where it began,"
No attempt was made to settle this tract till about the year 1744, when parties from Stamford and its neighborhood acquired portions of land within its limits.
The area of these three great Patents, the " West," the " Middle," and the " East," was very much greater than is commouly supposed. The Patents themselves only give their respective areas in what those instru- meuts term " profitable land," that is, land that could be easily cultivated. But as the greater part of north- ern and central Westchester abouuded in high semi- mountainous ridges, rocky heights, and great forests, characteristics which to a large extent it still retains, the " profitable land " really bore but a small pro- portion to what was then deemed the unprofitable land. How very extensive these great patents really
1 Original letter and list in the writer's possession.
3 One dollar and twelve cents.
3 From the original award signed by all the arbitrators, in the writer's possession.
4 Book 1. p. 100, Sec. of State's Offe. Albany.
5 The " Middle Patent."
6 Philipse's Upper Patent, now Putnam County.
7 The West Patent.
8 The Middle Patent.
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were, will be seen from the following authentic state- nient :
Peter Fauconnier, who was a surveyor, and as has been stated, an owner in all three patents, was, with Lancaster Symes, the active managers for the own- ers of all three patents. An account showing the amounts due from each owner, arranged under, the head of each Patent separately, dated in 1716, in the handwriting of Fauconnier is in the writer's posses- sion, and it shows that the three Patents together con- tained seventy thousand, 70,000, Acres of Land. The headings of the accounts of the three patents are these ;-
" The first of the 3 Patents above mentioned con- taining about 30,000 acres of rough Land, between 10 Patentees." 1
" The Second of the 3 Patents here-above mentioned containing about 5000 acres of rough Land, between 13 Patentees." 2
" The Third of the 3 Patents here-above mentioned containing about 35,000 acres of rough Land, between 11 Patentees." 3
In a " statement of the three Patents " which has already been given, showing the dates of the Patents, the Patentees' names, and the boundaries granted by each, the areas of each are set down in what that doc- ument calls "Improvable Land," corresponding to
the " Profitable Land " of the Patents themselves. As will be seen, by referring to it, that document gives for the different Patents these areas ;---
In the West Patent, 5,000 Acres Improvable Land, In the Middle Patent, 1,500 Acres Improvable Land, In the East Patent, 6,200 Acres Improvable Land, In all together, 12700 Acres Improvable Land, which is not quite one sixth of the actual area of the terri- tory of the three Patents by Fauconnier's account.
As the whole Manor of Cortlandt north of the Cro- ton River and east of the Hudson containing 5000 acres was only valued in 1732 at £9625 or $25,062,4 and as the twenty six lots of the "Middle Patent" were only valued in 1733, at £1989,5 or about $5,000, both valuations being made for the respective pro- prietors by the same man, Justice Samuel Purdy, and as the Patentees of the latter were only awarded nine shillings, one dollar and twelve cents, an acre, for their unsold lands in the same patent in 1765, a gen- eration later, it is easily seen how very little, was the actual value of the 70,000 acres of the three great pat- ents when they were granted, and during the lifetime of their original Patentees. These facts also show how careful we should always be in considering these mat- ters not to judge of estates in the 17th, and 18th, cen- turies in Westchester County, large or small, by the values of, either the early, or the latter part of the 19th century.
1 The " West Patent."
2 The Middle Patent.
3 The " East Patent."
4 See in Part 13, ante, p. 135.
5 See ante, p. 886.
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INDEX.
A
A bralnum Vosburglı Post, 511. Abrahamson, R., 123. Academy of North Salem, 133. Acconuuodation, Plan of, 273. Adams, S., 198. Addresses, etc., to Iuhabitants of Cortlandt, 219.
Address to King, 231. Advertisements, 172, 183. Advowson, 93. Agricultural Products, 522, 660. Agriculture (See Iudians) of settlers, 30, 178. Aid Societies, 504. Algonquins, 10.
Alison, A., 1. Allen, J., 323. Allodial (See Land), 8. Alsop, J., 341. Amsterdam, Bank of, 58.
Andros, 162. Anthony's Nose, 5. Archbishop of Canterbury, 107. Archer, Juo., 776. Arrow Heads, Indian, 14. Art, 600.
Assembly, General, 223, 234, 649. Assessors, 98, 99. Association of Cortla udt )lanor, 220. Autochthonic Theory, 9, 35. Axe, Indian, 15.
13.
Badeau, J., 635. Baird, HI. M., 638 Bird's " llistory of Rye," cited, 3. Baird, Chas. W., 620. Banta, 31., 562, 563. Barrett, J., 629. Bartow, Rev. J., 169, 170. Bartlett, W. H. C., 621. Bartram, N. B., 492. Bathgate, J., 592. Beal, Wm. R., &33. Beach, W. A., 559. Beavers, 13. Beecher, H. W., 627. Bench and Bar, 526. Benson, E., 318. Bigelow, J., 623. Bill of Rights and Grievances, 229. Bills of Sale (See Deeds). Bixby, S. M1., 832 Blake, J., 192, 324. Blind Brook Creek, 5. Block, .1., 2, 22, 37, 38. Blommaert, S., 49. Blue Bell Tavern, 472j. Boats, Indian, 14. Buckland, 80. Bolton R., 607. Bonner, R., 635. Books, 175.
Booth, Jonathan, 325. Booth, Joseph, 326. Boston Port Bill, 189, 190. Boulder, 9.
Boundary- of Westchester County, 2, 113, 114. between New York and Connecticut, map of, 3. agreement as to, 4. settlement of, 5.
Bounty Bonds, 505.
Bout, J. E., 68, 69.
Bow, Indian, 15.
Brewster, J. B., 700, 701.
Bronx, Herr, 23. Bronx River (See River), 769.
Broucksland, map, 769. Brown Bluffs, 324.
Brom, Nehemiah, 528. Bucktails, 485. Budd, G., 301. Burghers, 59. Burials, Mohegan, 16.
Burke, 225. Burr, A., 539. Butler, J., 173. Butler, W. A., 629. Byram River, +. Lake, 5.
C.
Camp, Hugh N., 834. Canon Law, 65. Cantantonit, 17. Capitulation (See Dutch). Carlton, D., 2.
Carpenter, J., 699. Carpenter, W. J., 598. Cauldwell, W. 624. Cemeteries, 738. Ceremonial Stone, Indian, 15. Charles I1., 3, 87, 103. Charles Lawrence Post, 514.
Charters, 2. Chatterton Hill, Attack of, 440, 441. Cheltenham Manor, 97.
Christiansen (See Corstaensen), 2, 37.
Church (See Advowson, Connecticut, Dutch, Land, Parish, Government), 98, 107. of England, Establishment, 100, 104, 107. Support, 163, 164. Influence, 173.
Churches-
of Early Times, 172c. of King's Bridge, 756. of Mamaroneck, 870. of Morrisania, 823. of New Rochelle, 692. of Pelham, 707. of Scarsdale, 605. of West Farms, 836. of Westchester Town, 809. of White Plains, 723, 732. Civil Ilistory, 639.
Civil List, 646. Civil War, 490. Clergy (See Church). Clerks, 653. Clinton, De Witt, 484. Clinton, G., 168, 223, 484. Clothing-
Indian, 13. of Settlers, 30, 176.
Cobb, L., 638. Cobbling Stone, 8. Coffee, Rev. W. S., 634.
Coffin, O. T., 550.
Cole, Rev. D., 630.
Colegate, R., 765. Colen Donck. 66. Collation, 107.
Colonial Assembly, 647. Period, 161. Cominissaries, 107. Commissioners, 654. Committee on Conspiracies, 341, 374. County, 266. District, 289. of Correspondence, 182, 188, 233. of Fifty-one, 186. of Inspection, 238.
of Observation, 215. of One Hundred, 274. of Safety, 297, 404, 648. of Sixty, 215. on Government, 382.
Commons, 59. Companies and Regiments, 507. Congress (See Continental Congress, Provincial Congress).
Connecticut --- Boundaries between, and New York, 2, 16, 641. English and Dutch Claims to, 3. Grant to, 3.
Connittelsock, 2. Constitution, 643, 644. Constitutional Commission, 649. Conventions, 648. Continental Congress, 204, 212, 276, 277, 294, 320, 355, 356, 364, 651.
Cooper, J. F., 608. Copyhold (See Land). Corubury, Lord, 105. Cornell, B., 675. Corstaensen, 37, 38. Counties, Division of Province into, 112. County Organization, 111. County-seat, 644.
Cortlandt Manor, 96, 109, 115. Manor-llonse, 127. Court-House, 729. Court Leet, 87, 91, 92. Courts, 108, 642, 643, 651. Cozzens, F. S., 629. Cromwell, D., 740. Cromwell Post, 515.
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INDEX.
Cromwell, C. T., 552. Cross, John, 26. Cross Lake, 5. Croton Aqueduct, 796. Crotou Lake, 5. River, 6. Crown, English, 107. Grauts, 96. Cultivation, Indian, 13. Culver, C. E., 637. Currency, Continental, 478f. Curry, Rev. D., 620, 621.
D.
Davenport, John, 25. Davidson, M. O., 835. Dawson, II.B ., 612. Declaration at White Plains, 248. Declaratory Act, 236. Deed, 67, 71. De Lancey Family, Genealogy of, 862. De Lancey, Rt. Rev. Wm. H., 867. De Lancey, J., 91, 130. De Lancey, S., 133, 169. De Lanceys' feud with Livingstons, 264. Delaware Chief, 32. Family, 33. De Lnet, D., 32. Democracy-
De Tocqueville on, 1. Alison on, 1.
Depew, C. M., 557.
De Rasieres, I., 43. Dermer, Capt. Thomas, 39, 40.
De Tocqueville, 1. De Vries, D. P., 68.
Disbrow Ilouse, 856.
Discovery (See Hudson), 20, 745, 768. Riglit of, 35. Dissenters, 25. District Attorneys, 653. Doctors, 568. Domesday Book, 86.
Dongan, Thos., 156.
Dongan, T., 104, 127, 161. Doughty, E., 72. Douglity, F., 70. Doughty, M., 70. Dowling, Rev. J., 75. Downing, Sir G., 74. Draft Riots, 499. Drafted Men, 508.
Drake, G., 299, 334. Drake, J., 164. Drake, J. R., 616. Drake, S., 329. Draper, J. W., 635. Dress of the People, 461, 462. Drunkenness, Indian, 17. Duane, J., 193, 202, 203, 213. Dutchı- Capitulation, 76. Charters, 2. Church, 620. East India Company, 2, 21. Government, 57, 68. Grants, 38, 83. Religion, 64, 77. Settlements, 2, 22, 24, 37, 100, 640, 715, 745. States-General, 58. States Provincial, 58. "Tenures, 63. War with Indians, 19. War with Spain, 21. ¡West India Company, 2, 18, 22, 25, 39, 41, 45, 63, 68, 75, 640.
Dutcher, W., 298, 299. Dyckman family, 764. Dyckman, J. O., 533.
E.
East India Company, 2, 21, 37. Easteru State Journal, 498. Eaton, Theophilus, 25. Educatiou, 525. Elkins, Henry, 39. Elections (see Politics), War, 109, 110, 124, 125, 126, 239, 644.
Emancipation, 30. Embargo, 484. English (See Church). Equivalent Tract, 4, 113, 161.
Ennice, 291. Evans, Oliver, 469. Evans, W. W., 699.
Ewen, J., 767. Exports, 53.
F.
Families, 168. Faneuil, P ., 711.
Fairs, 111. Farm, 95. Farmer, A. W., 216, 256.
Farnsworth Post, 513.
Fellows, E. B., 842.
Ferguson, G., 700.
Ferries, 748, 772.
Feud (see De Lancey's). Feudal System, 23, 62, 80, 81.
Finances, 524. Findlay, Andrew, 843.
Fire Department, 738.
Fire Ships, 390.
Fisher, G. J., 581.
Fishing, 12, 265, 706. Flagg, L. W., 587.
Flax, 30. Flushing, 29.
Folcland, 80. Fordhanı, 772.
. Fordliam Manor, 96, 159. Fordham and the Ferries, 772.
Forestalling, 322. Fort Independence, 753.
Fort Williamı, 167.
Fountain, H., 584.
Fountain, J., 577.
Fowler, H., 164. Fox, George, 28 Fox, W. W., 845. Franchises, 92. Francis, S., 184.
Franklin, B., 171.
Free Bridge, 748. People, 67. French War, 167.
Freedoms aud Exemptions, - First plan of, 46. Second plan of, 54. Third plan of, 57. Summary of, 60.
Freeman, N. K., 591. Funeral, 472b. Fur Trade, 21, 44. Furnace Brook, 6. Furniture, Indian, 13. Furniture of 1776, 466.
G.
Galloway, J., 209, 210. G. A. R., 509. Garrison, F. S., 487.
Gavelkind, 83. Gedney, B., 743. General Assembly (see Assembly). Gentlemiau in Trade, 180, 182. Geology, 6, 521. Gifford, Silas D., 532. Glebe Lauds (see Lauds). Glover, Col., 417. Godyn, Samuel, 49. Gould, J., 635. Government (see Church !- Dutch, 57. English, 78. Indiau, 10. Graud Army Posts, 509. Gravesend, 28. Greeley, H., 626. Griswold, R. B., 597. Gymnasium, 697.
H.
Hames, Godfrey, 291. Hall, E., 563. Ilall, H. B., S36. Hamilton, A., 604. Hammer stones, Indian 15 lland, N. H., 741.
Harlaem, 394. Harlem River, 795. Harlem River, Bridges of, 796. llarrison, General, 35. Harrison, John, 29.
Harrison, town of, 30. Hasbrouck family, 585. Hlaskiu, J. B., 561. Hastings, 518. Hatfield's Tavern, 245.
Havemeyer, F. C., 817. H. B. Hidden Post, 514. Head Dress of Ladies, 463, 464. Heathcote, Caleb, 95, 100, 526, 152, 153.
Heathcote Hill, 864.
Heury 1I., 27. Henry IV., 27. Heury V111., 25. Higlı Sheriff, 109. Highways (see Roads). Hoe-Cake, 13. Hoe, Richard M., 832. Hoffman, A. K., 588. Holland (see Dutch). Home Guards, 501. Horatio Seymour Post, 515. Horton, A., 333. Horton, G., 301. House of Good Hope, 2. Houses, Indiau, 13. Howe, Lord Admiral, 429. Ilowe, 367. Hndsou, H., 2, 9, 17, 18, 21,31. 37 745. 768. Iludson Park, 759. River, 5, 33. Huguenots, 22, 27, 692. Hugueuot llouse, 691. Street, 686. Hulst, P. E., 42. Huntington, H. K., 595. Iluntiugton, C. P., 818. Husted, J. W., 126. Hutchinson, A., 19, 2 Hutchinsou River 6. llyatt, E., 331. Il yatt, J., 714.
I
Imports, 53. India us (see Sales). - Origin, 9.
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INDEX.
Divisions aud Government, 10, 31, 32. Names, 11. Numbers and Food, 12. Cultivation, Dress, Homes, 13. Implements, 14. Medicine, Burials, 15. Religion, 16, 35. Intercourse with Whites, etc., 18, 23, 24. Disappearance, 20. Langnage, 32. Villages, etc., 34. Title, 35. Indian Hill, 20. Iuduction, 93. InDs, 472j. Institution, 93. Instructions, 103, 104. Internal Duties, 475. Iron, 12. Iroquois, 10. Irvington, 518. Irving, W., 610.
J.
James 1., 2. James II., 104. Jay family, 582. Jay, J., 195, 215, 239, 347, 536. Jay, J. C., 583. Jay. W., 529. Jessup, Edward, 18. Johnson, I. G., 767. Johnson, S. W., 564. Judges, 652.
K.
Katskill, 67. Keskeskick, 67. Kieft, Governor, 23, 68. Kieritt's Hoeck, 2. King's Bridge, 517, 744, 748. Kissam, B., 272. Kitchawanes, I1. Kitching Post, 510. Knives, Indian, 15, 16.
L.
Lampo, Jan., 43. Land Ownership, Indian, 11. Land Teuure, - Allodial, 80, 90. Copyhold, 97. of Duke of York, 79. of Glebe, 98. of Farmers, 179. of Patroons, 62. Socage, 82, 89. Wished by Colonists, 45.
Larkin, F., 557. Law (see Canon, Roman, York). Lawyers, 526, 549. Lee, C., 304, 324, 333, 336. Legislature, 112, 124, 649. Leisler, J., 27, 162. Lester, S., 698. Letter, Revolutionary, 216. Lewis, Dio., 638. Library, 697. Lincoln, A., 489, 491. Lindsley, Chas. E., 694. Literature, 598. Livingston, G., 327. Livingston, P. R., 223. Livingston, P. V., 237. Livingstons (see de Lanceys). Long Island, Battle of, 395.
Louis XIII., 27. Louis XIV., 27. Lovatt, E. T., 567. Lovelace, Gov., 104.
M.
Macomb's Dam, 758, 797. Mails, 170, 171, 681. Maine on Manors, 85. Maize, 9, 13, 30. Mamaroneck, 4, 521. River. 5.
Mamaroneck, Early Records and Petitions of, 849, 850, 851. Mamaroneck, First Survey of, 149.
Mamaroneck, Town of, 846.
Manhattans, 11.
Manhattan Island, 22, 40, 44, 68. Manuers and Customs, 457. Manufactures, 178.
Manors,- Courts, 87, 91, 92. Derivation of Word, 87. Englislı, 85, 92. Grants, 96, 124. Lords, 108. New York, lucidents, etc., 90, 93. Origin and Ilistory, 31. Order of Erection, 108. Relation to County, 108. Saxon and Norman, 86. Westchester, Six, 91.
Mapes, Daniel, 841.
Mapes, Leonard, 841. Maps,- Boundary between New York and Con- necticut, 3. Broncksland, 769.
Verplanck's, 131. White Plains, 727.
Marble, 7. Manufactures, 178, 523, 661.
Marriage, Mohegan, 16. Massacre, 755. May, Captain, 22. May, Cornelius Jacobsen, 39, 42. McDongal, A., 200. McKeel Post, 512. Medical Profession, 568. Society, 569.
Memorial, 232.
Menhaden, 13. Merchants and Traders, 181, 182.
Meeting in the Fields, 201. Michaelius, John, 22, 65.
Militia, 276. Military, 109, 276. Mills, Powder, 335. Ministry Act, 100. Minuit, Peter, 19, 22, 43, 44. Johansic Lake, 5. Mohegan Lake, 5. Indians, 10, 33. Montcalm, 167.
Morell P'ost, 512. Moody, Lady Deborah, 28. Morris, A. Newbold, 828. Morris Family, 826.
Morris, G., 188, 268, 603. Morris, Lewis, 826. Morris, L., 165, 166, 244, 365. Morris, L. G., 828. Morris R., 169. Morris, W. H., 828. Morrisania Manor, 96, 157, 529.
Morrisania Town, 822. Mortars, Indian, 14. Mott, Jordan L., $30. Mount Misery, 19. St. Vincent, 760. Music, 600.
Names, 111. Nappeckamak, 9. Native Americans, 487. Naval Battle, 389. New Amsterdam, 3. New Rochelle, 520. New Netherlands (see Manors). New York,-
Boundaries between, and Connecticut, 2, 22, 37, 42, 53, 60, 73, 78. Capture of, 402. City, 77, 516. Post Boy, 172. Province, 78, 106, 112, 176.
New York City and Northern Railroad, 481. Newspapers, 172, 179, 303, 471, 482, 684, 738. Neperhan River, 6, 68. Nepperhaem, Patent for, 71. New York and llarlem R. R. (see Railroad). New York and Hudson River R. R. (see Rail- road). New York and Northern R. R. (see Railroad). Negroes (see Slavery), 29. Netherlands, history of, 58. New Rochelle, 28, 685. Nicholson, 161, 162. Nicolls, Col. R., 3, 75, 76, 103.
Nobles, 59. Nou-Intercourse Law, 485.
Nook-hill, 13. Nordquist, C. J., 588.
North, 234, 236. North Pond, 5. North Salem (see Academy).
Oakley, 1., 244. Orth, 170. Oblong, The, 4, 113, 161.
Occupations of Settlers, 30. Old Pelham and New Rochelle, 709. Olliffe, W. M., 744. O'Neale, H., 71. Oysters, 12.
P.
Paine, Thos., 602. Parishes, 98. English, in Westchester County, 99. Parton, J., 623. Patroons (see Tenure), 23, 46, 52, 57, 61. Patroonships,- Colen Donck, 66.
Patent,- Nepperhaem, 71. Rykes, 123, 126. York's, 78, 79. l'atents, 96, 687, 703, 775, 877, 884, 885, 887. of Confirmation, 84.
Patuxet, 39, 40. Paulding, J. K., 616. l'anpers, 659. Panw, Michael, 51.
Peach Lake, 5. Peale, C. W., 466. Peat, 6. Peekskill, 121. Creek, 6.
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Pelham, 520, 701. Battle of, 417. Manor, 96, 156. Pell, T., 25, 27. Pell, J., 27, 113, 162, 163, 164, 168, 526. Pendleton, E., 360. Pequots, 10. Petition, 232. Philipse, F., 24, 72, 113, 169, 245, 370, 379. Philipseburg, 72. Philipsborongh Manor, 91, 96. Pillory, 472i. Pinkney, P., 300. Pipes,-
Indian, 15, 16. Plymouth Company, 2, 36.
Pocantico River, 6. Politics, 179, 482, 662, 756.
Political and General History, 1783 to 1860, 473. Population, 522.
Pork, 333. Poe, E. A., 617. l'oe, E. A., House, 619. Popham, family, 672. Powder (see Mills). Powell Post, 512 .. Presentation, 93.
Prime, S. I., 605. Primogenitnre, 83. Probationary Act, 4.
l'rotestant Petition, 164.
Protestantisın, 102. Province, Origin of Word, 106. Provincial Congresses, Members, 648. Provincial Congress,- First. Call for, 251.
Organization, 267. Membership, 268. Organizing of Militia, 277. Arrests, 286. Dissolution, 303.
Second. Meeting, 318. Organization, 320. Dissolution, 337.
Third. Organization, 338. Resolution as to Independence, 339. Committee on Dangers, 341. Resolutions as to Arrests, 343. Resolutions as to Committee on Con- spiracies, 349.
Resolutions as to Disarming, 353. Adoption of Resolutions of Continental Congress as to Independence, 358. Answer to Virginia Resolutions as to same, 360. Resolutions as to same, 361.
Agreement as to Letter, Resolutions, 362.
Order as to Arms, 364. Elects Brigadier-General, 366. Disbanding, 367.
Fourth. Meeting, etc., 371. Resolution of Independence, 372. Direction to Sheriffs, 374. Changes Name to " Convention," 375. Arrests, 376. War Measures, 381, 385.
Committee on Government, 382.
l'rovincial Convention, 250, 647. Provisional Order, 69. Provisions, 424. Public Works, 478.
Pumpkins, 13. Punderson, Rev. E., 94. " Purchase," The, 29. Purdy, S., 558. Puritans, 25.
Q.
Quakers, 28, 166. Quia Emptores, 85, 88. Quit-Rents, 84, 95, 96. Quoliog, 15.
R.
Railroads -- New York and Harlem, 6, 478. New York and Hudson, 6, 479. New York and Northern, 6, 481. New York, New Haven, etc., 480. New York City and Northern, 481.
Rangers, 124.
Rasieres, Isaac de, 43. Reformation, 25, 27.
Regiments, 507. Reinfelder, M. I., 596.
Relationsof Connty to Colony, 175.
Religion (See Indian, Dutch, Stille). Remonstrance, 2, 68, 73, 231.
Rensselaer, Van (See Von Rensselaer).
Rents, 83, 84, 94, 95, 124.
Restless, 21.
Retnru of Volunteers, 506.
Returning Officers, 238.
Revere, P., 191. Revolution, 177.
Richardson, John, 18. Richbell, Jno., Confirmation of, 146. Petition of, 149. Indian Deeds to, 849. Burying-Place of, 861.
Ridgefield Angle, 5.
Ridings, 112.
Riots, 499. Rivington, J., 303.
Riverdale, 759.
Rivers, 521.
Bronx, 5, 6, 519, 657, 658.
Byram, 4, 6.
Croton, 5, 6. Hudson, 5. ll utchinson, 6.
Maharness, 6. Mamaroneck, 6. Neperhan, 6, 68. Pocantico, 6. Saw-Mill, 6, 68. Stamford Mill, 6.
Roads, 473, 479, 682, 731. Robertson, W. II., 530.
Rochelle, 28. Roman Law, 42, 57, 65.
Rushmore, Thomas L., 861. Ryan, Rev. J., 72. Rye (See Baird), 521. Commission at, 4. Meeting, 205. Parish, 93, 99. Pond, 5. Territory, 29. Ryke's Patent, 123, 126.
S.
Sachem, 10. Salem, 350. Sales, Indian, 18, 23, 24, 25, 34, 44, 49, 51, 67, 71, 718. Santen, 161, 162. Saw-Mill River, 6, 119. Saybrook, 2.
Sands, D. J., 589. Scarsdale, 657. Manor, 95, 96. Tennis Club, 684. Station. 683. Schepens, 59. Schmid, H. E., 588. Schools, 474, 525, 669, 695, 707, 723, 737. Schout, 59. Schont Fiscaal, 43, 66. Schnyler, P., 223. Scott, J. M., 268, 269. Scribner, G. H., 564. Scribner, J. W., 592. Scrugham, W. W., 544. Seabnry, Rev. S., 303.
Sears, Q., 184, 304.
Secor, F., 678. Senasqua, 12. Serpentine, 7.
Settlement of Westchester County, 20. By Dutch, 22. By English, 25.
Shell Heaps, 12. Sheriff (see Iligh Sheriff). Sheriffs, 653.
Siege of Fort Independence, 753.
Sieva Bean, 13. Sing Sing, 519. Sint Sinks, 11. Sisters of Charity, 760.
Siwanoys, 11. Skin-Scraper, Indian, 16. Slavery, 29, 63, 64, 477, 487, 497, 659.
Slevin, Rev. T. C., 73. Slonghter, 163. Smith, C., 566. Smith, J. M., 560. Smith Family, 317. Smuggling, 181. Socage (see Lands).
Societies, Aid, 504. Societies of White Plains, 739. Society for Propagating Gospel, 175, 303. of Mechanics in Union, 358, 359.
Soil, 521. Sonth Pond, 5. Southworth, E. D. E. N., 639. Spanish Settlements, 20. Spear-heads, Indian, 14. Spuyten Duyvel, 517, 759. Squanto, 39. St. John's Church, 736. St. Thomas' Church, 873, 874. Stages, Early, 472. Stamford Mill River, 6. Stamp Act Congress, 176. State of Grievances, 229.
States-General (see Dntch).
States Provincial (see Dutch).
Steamboats, Early, 470. Steatite, View of Drilled Piece of, 14. Steenrood, C., 322. Stewart, L. S., 77. Stewart Hart Post, 513. Stille, Opinion of Colonial Religion, 102. Stockbridge Indians, 755. Stocks, 472h. Stone Weapons of Indians, 14. Stuyvesant, Gov. P., 3, 24, 68, 76. Succotash, 13. Sugar Bill, 165. Sminter, 491. Sully, Thomas, 465. Supervisors, 109, 645. Supervisors, Signatures of, 474.
893
INDEX.
Superintendents, 654. Supreme Court, 651. Surrender, Dutch, 76, 78. Surrogates, 652. Swift, S., 593. Swinburne, J., 605.
T.
Tables, 31. Tallmage, Benjamin, 437. Tammany, 485. Tankitekes, 12. Tappan Bay, 5. Tarrytown, 518. Taverus, 472i. Taxes, 474, 475. Tea, 182, 183, 341. Tea Sets, 459. Tecninsel, 35. Ten Broeck, A., 225. Tenure (see Land), 79. Texas, 487. Thomas, 91. Thomas, J., 228, 266. Three Years' Volunteers, 493. Throckmorton, J., 25, 639. Throgg's Neck, 406.
Tibbitt's Brook, 6. Tibbitt, G., 72. Tienhoven, C., 68, 69. Tilden, S. J., 554. Tilford, J. M., 742. Title, Indian, vesting of, 35.
Tobacco, 9, 13. Todd, Rev. J. A., 623. Toll Gatherer, 11I.
Topography, 5.
Tompkins, D. D., 671.
Totem, 10, 32. Townsend, M., 267. Townships, 115, 135, 136. Trade, 169. " Transport," 50, 51. Trapping, Indian, 12. Treason, 355, 356. Treasurers, 109, 654.
Treaties, as to Boundaries between New York and Connecticut, 3. Travel, :172, 681. Tremont Meeting, 500.
Turner, Nathan, 25. Turneur, Daniel, 774. Two Years' Volunteers, 492.
U.
Union, American, Alison and De Tocqueville ou, 1.
Van Bursam, 120. Van Cortlandt, A., 594. Van Cortlandt, F., 278. Van Cortlandt family, 761. Van Cortlandt Park, 68. Van Cortlandt, l'hilip, 276.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 146. Van Cortlandt, S. (See Manor), 24, 113, 115, 118, 122, 127, 130. Van Couwenhoven, J., 68, 69. Van der Donck, A , 23, 24, 66. Van der lluyghens, 68. Van Dincklugen, 68. Van Elslant, C., 771.
Van Rensselaer, K., 50, 66. Van Rensselaer People, 89. Van Rensselaer, W. P., 553. Van Schelluyne, D., 66.
Van Twiller, 2.
Van Wyck, 1'. C., 594. Van Curler, Arendt, 66.
Varian, W. A., 584.
Verplanck, P., 124, 125, 131. his Map, 131, 133. his Survey, 134.
Vestrymen, 98. Volunteers, 492, 493, 506. Von Renusselaer (see Van Rensselaer).
W.
Waccabuck Lake, 5. Wagons, 30. Walloons, 22, 42, 45.
Wampum, 15.
War, Indian and Dutch, 19, 702, 770. Civil, 490. Dutch and Spanish, 21. of 1812, 665, 689. Revolutionary, 177, 664, 688, 705, 725, 749.
Wurd, A., 487. Ward B. Burnett Post, 575. Wardens, 98. Wardrobes of 1776, 463. Washington, G., 384. Waterbury, 325. Weckquaesgeeks, 11, 745, 768. Weddings, Early, 472b. Wells, E., 552. Wells, James L., 843. Wentz, C. W., 5. Westchester Bay, 6. Chasseurs, 492. County of To-day, 516. Creek, G. Town, 768. Town, Churches of, 809. Town of To-day, 908. Town, Natural Characteristics of, 802. Town, Political History of, 801. Town since the Revolution, 908.
West Farms, 836. West India Company (see Dutch).
Wetmore, T., 209.
White family, 962.
White Plains, 714. Whittaker, F., 636.
Wilkins, I., 231, 232, 245, 254, 601. William I., 80. William III., 4. William and Mary, 116. Williams, Isaiah T., 547. Williams' Bridge, 323. Winthrop, Governor J., 25, 76.
Wood, J., 628. Working Men, 262. Woodhull, N., 227. Woodhull, Captain, 272.
Wright, Green, 679.
Yonkers, 18, 23, 66, 517. HIerald, 502. York, Duke of, 75, 78, 162. his Laws, 84. Young, J. W., 742.
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