History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I, Part 37

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, ed
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1354

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tracts and pareels of land, within the limits and bounds aforesaid, into a lordship or manor, by the name or title of the manor or lordship of Morrisania, in the county of Westehester ; and whereas, it is pub- licly manifest that the said Col. Lewis Morris, de- eeased, in his lifetime, and our said loving subject, his nephew and sole and only heir since his deeease, have been at great charge and expense in the purehasing, settling and improving of the said tracts and parcels of land, whereon considerable buildings have likewise been made; and our said loving subject, being willing still to make further improvements thereon-which reasonable request, for his further encouragement, we being willing to grant; and know yee, that we, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, we have given, granted, ratified and confirmed, and by these presents do for us, our heirs and successors give, grant, ratify and confirm unto the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assiguees, all the aforesaid traets and parcels of land within the limits and bounds aforesaid, containing the quantity of one thousand, nine hundred and twenty acres of land, more or less, together with all and every the messuages, tenements, buildings, houses, out houses, barns, barraeks, stables, mills, mill dams, mill howles, orchards, gardens, fences, pastures, fields, feedings, woods, underwoods, trees, timber, meadows, (fresh and salt) marshes, swamps and pools, ponds, waters, water courses, brooks, rivulets, baths, inlets, outlets, islands, necks of land and meadow, peninsulas of land and meadow, ferries, passages, fishing, fowling, hunting and hawking, quarries, mines, minerals, (silver and gold mines ex- cepted,) and all the rights, liberties, privileges, juris- dictions, royalties, hereditaments, benefits, profits, advantages and appurtenanees whatsoever to the afore-recited tracts, parcels and necks ofland, and mill, within the limits and bounds aforesaid belonging, ad- joining, or in any way appertaining, or accepted, re- puted, taken, known or oceupied, as part, parcel or member thereof, to have or to hold all the aforesaid recited tracts and parcels of land within the limits and bounds aforesaid, containing the quantity of one thou- sand nine hundred and twenty acres of land, more or less, together with all and every the messuages, tene- ments, buildings, houses, out houses, barns, barracks, stables, mills, mill dams, mill houses, orchards, gar- dens, fences, pastures, fields, feedings, woods, under- woods, trees, timber, meadows, fresh and salt, marshes, swamps, pools, ponds, waters, water courses, brooks, rivers, rivulets, streams, ereeks, coves, harbors, bridges, baths, strands, inlets, outlets, islands, neeks of land and meadow, peninsulas, land and meadow, ferries, passages, fishing, fowling, hunting and hawk- ing, quarries, niines and minerals, (silver and gold mines excepted,) and all the rights liberties, privileges, jurisdietions, royalties, hereditaments, tolls, and bene- fits, profits, advantages, and appurtenanees whatso- ever, to the afore recited traets, parcels and neeks of land and mill within the limits and bounds aforesaid be-

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longing, adjoining, or in any appertaining or accepted, reputed, taken, known unto him, the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assinees, to the sole and only proper use benefit and bchoof of him the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assinees forever, and moreover, that if our further special grace, certain knowledge, and mear motion, we have brought it according to the reasonable request of our said loving subject to erect all the the aforerecited traets and parcels of land aud premises within limits and bounds aforesaid into a lordship aud manor, and therefore, by these presents, we do, for us, our heirs and successors, erect, make and constitute all the afore-recited tracts and parcels of land within the limits and bounds afore- mentioned, together with all and every the above granted premises, with all and every of their appurte- nances, unto one lordship or mauor, toall intents and purposes, and 'tis our royal will and pleasure, that the said lordship and manor shall from henceforth be called the lordship or manor of Morrisania; aud kuow yee, that we reposing especial trust and confidence in the loyalty, wisdom, justice, prudence, and circum- spection of our said loving subjects, do, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said Lewis Morris and to the heirs and assignees of him the said Lewis Morris, full power and anthority at all times forever hereafter, in the said lordship or manor, one court leet, and one court-barron, to hold and keep at such time and times, and so often yearly as he or they shall see meet, and all fines, issues and amerciaments, at the said court-leet and court barron, to be holden within the said lordship or manor, to be set, forfeited or employed, or payable or happening at any time to be payable by any of the inhabitants of or in the said lordship or manor of Morrissania, or the limits and bounds whereof, and also all and every of the power and authority therein-before mentioned, for the hold- ing and keeping the said court-leet and court barron from time to time, and to award and issue out the said accustomary writs, to be issued and awarded out of the said court-leet and court barron, to be kept by the heirs and assinces of the said Lewis Morris, forever, or their or auy of their stewards deputed and ap- pointed with full and ample power and authority to distraine for the rents, serveses, and other sums of money, payable by virtue of the premises and all other lawful remedies and means, for the having, pos- sessiug, recovering, levying and enjoying the prem- ises, and every part and parcel of the same, and all waifes, estrages, meeks, deadodans, goods or felons, happening and being forfeited within the said lord- ship or manor of Morrissania, and all and every snm and sums of money to be paid as a post finc, upon any finc or fines to be levied, of any bounds, tene- ments or hereditaments within the said lordship or manor of Morrissania, together with the advowson and right of patronage, and all and every the church and churches erected or established, or thereafter to be erected or established within the said inanor of

Morrissania, and we do also give and grant unto the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assinees, that all and each of the tenants of him the said Lewis Morris, within the said manor, may at all times hereafter, meet together and choose asscsors, within the manor aforesaid, according to such rules, ways and methods, as are prescribed for cities, towns and counties within our province aforesaid, by the acts of general assem- bly for the defraying the public charge of each re- spective city, town and county aforesaid, and all such sums of money assesed or levied, to dispose of and collect for such uscs as the acts of the general asseni- bly shall establish and appoint, to have and to hold, possess, and enjoy, all and singular the said lordship or manor of Morrissania and premises, with all their and every of their appurtenances, unto the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assinees forever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, in free and common socage, according to the tenure of our manor of East Greeuwich, in our county of Kent, within our realm of England, yielding, rendering and paying therefor, yearly and every year, on the fcast day of the Aunun- ciation of our blessed virgin, unto us, our heirs and successors, at our city of New York, the annual rent of six shillings, in lieu and stead of all former rents, dues, services and demands whatsoever, for the said lordship and manor of Morrissania, and premises : in testimony whereof, we have caused the great seal of the said provinee to be affixed. Witnesse our trusty and well beloved Benjamin Fletcher, our capt. gen. and gov. in-chief of our province of New York, and the territories and tracts of land depending thereon, in America, and vice-admiral of the same, our lieu- tenant commander-in-chief of the militia and of all the forces by sea and laud within our colony of Con- necticut, and of all the forts and places of strength within the same, in council at our fort in New York, the 8th day of May, in the ninth year of our reign, Anno Domini, 1697.1

By command of his excelleucey.

BEN. FLETCHER.

David Jamieson, Sec'y.

MANOR-GRANT OF FORDHAM.

Francis Lovelace, Esq., one of the gentlemen of his Majestie's Hou'ble Privy Chamber, and Governor- General under his Royal Highness, James, Duke of York and Albany, and of all his territorics in Amer- ica, to all to whom these presents shall come, sendeth greeting : Whereas, there is a certain parcel or tract of land within this government, upon the main conti- nent, situate, lying and being to the eastward of Har- lem River, near unto ye passage commonly called Spiting Deril, upon which land ye new dorpor village is erected known by the name of Fordham-ye utmost

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limits of the whole tract or parcel of land beginning at the high wood land that lyes due northwest over against the first point of the main land to the east of the island Pepiriniman-there where the hill Moskuta is-and soe goes alongst the said kill, the said land striking from the high wood land before mentioned. east southeast, till it comes to Bronk's, his kill; soe westward up alongst ye main land to the place where Harlem Kill and Hudson River meet, and then forth alongst Harlem Kill to the first spring or fountain, keeping to the south of Crabb Island; soe eastward alongst Daniel Turner's land, the high wood land, and ye land belonging to Thomas Hunt; and then to Bronk's Kill afore mentioned, according to a survey lately made thereof by the surveyor-general-the which remains upou record ; all which said parcel or tract of land before described being part of the laud granted in the grand patent to Hugh O'Neal, and Mary his wife, purchase was made thereof, by John Archer, from Elyas Doughty, who was invested in their interest as of the Iudian proprietor, by my approba- tion, who all acknowledge to have received satisfac- tion for the same : and the said John Archer having, at his own charge, and with good success, beguu a township iu a convenient place for the relief of strangers, it being the road for passengers to go to and fro from the main, as well as for mutual intercourse with the neighboring colony, for all eucouragement unto him, the said John Archer, in prosecution of the said design, as also for divers other good causes and con- siderations : know yee, that by virtue of ye commis- sion and authority unto me given by his royal high- ness, upou whom, by lawful grant and patent from his majestie, the propriety and government of that part of the maiu land, as well as Long Island, and all the islands adjacent, amongst other things, is settled, I have given, granted, ratified and confirmed, and by these presents do give, grant, ratify and confirm to ye afore mentioned John Archer, his heirs aud assignees, all the said parcel or tract of land butted and bound- ed as aforesaid, together with all the lands, soylcs, woods, meadows, pastures, marshes, lakes, waters, creeks, fishing, hawking, huuting and fowling, and all ye profits, commodityes, emmoluments and heredita- ments to the said parcel or tract of land or premises belonging or in any wisc appertaining, and of every part and parcel thereof ; and I doe likewise grant unto ye said John Archer, his heirs and assignees, that the house which he shall erect, together with ye said par- cel or tract of laud and premises, shall be forever hereafter held, claimed, reputed, and be an entire and enfranchised township, manor and place of itself, and shall always, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, have, hold and enjoy like and equal privi- leges and immunities with any town enfranchised or manor within this government, aud shall, in no manner of way, be subordinate or belonging unto, have any dependence upon, or iu auy wise be under the rule, order or direction of any ridiug, township, place or

jurisdiction either upon the main or Loug Island, but shall, in all cases, things and matters, be deemed, re- puted, taken and held as an absolute, entire, enfrau- chised township, manor and place of itself in this government, as aforesaid, and shall be ruled, ordered and directed, in all matters as to government, by ye governor and his council, and ye general court of as- sizes, only always provided that the inhabitants of the said town, or any part of the land granted as aforesaid, shall be obliged to send forward to ye next town or plautation all public pacquetts and letters, or hue and cryes, comming to this place or going from it towards or to any of his majestie's colonies ; and I do further grant unto the said John Archer, his heirs and assignees, that when there shall be a sufficieut number of inhabitauts in the town of Fordham afore- mentioned, and the other parts of ye manor capable of maintaining a minister, and to carry on other public affairs ; that then the neighboring inhabitants between the two kills of Harlem and Bronk's be obliged to contribute towards the maintenance of their said minister and other necessary public charges that may happen to arise, and likewise that they be- long to the said town, according to the direction of the law, although their said farms and habitations be not included within this patent, to have and to hold ye said parcel and tracts of land, with all and singular the appurtenances and premises, together with the privileges, immunities, franchises and advantages herein given and grauted unto the said John Archer, his heirs and assignees, unto the proper use and be- hoof of him, the said John Archer, his heirs aud as- signces forever, fully, truly and clearly, in as large and ample manuer, and from and with such full aud absolute immunities and privileges as is before ex- pressed, as if he held the same immediately frou his majesty, the King of England, and his successors, as of the manor of East Greenwich, in the county of Kent, in free and common soccage and by fealty, only yealding, rendering and paying yearly and every ycar unto his royal highness, the Duke of York and his successors, or to such governor and governors as from time to time shall by him be constituted and appointed,. as all acknowledgment and quit rent, twenty bushels of good peas, upon the first day of March, when it shall be demanded. Given under my hand, and. sealed with the seal of the province at Fort James,. in New York, on the island of Manhattan, this thir- teenth day of November, in the twenty-third year of the reign of our sovereign lord, Charles the Seccond, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Irelaud, King, Defender of the Faith, and Anno Domini, 1671.

FRANCIS LOVELACE.

MANOR-GRANT OF PHILIPSEBOROUGH.

William and Mary, by the grace of God, &c., king and queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland,.

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defenders of the faith, &c., to all to whom these pres- ents shall come, greeting : whereas, the Honorable Richard Nicolls, Esq., late governor of our Province of New York, &c., by a certain deed or patent, sealed with the seal of our said Province, bearing date the Stlı day of Oct., in the year of our Lord, 1666, pursu- ant to the authority in him residing, did give and grant unto Hugh O'Neale and Mary his wife, their heirs and assigus, all that tract of land upon the main, bounded to the north by a rivulet called by the In- dians, Meccackassin, so running southward to Nep- perhan, from thence to the kill Shorackkapock and to Paparinnomo, which is the southierinost bounds, tlen to go across the country, eastward by that which is commonly known by the name of Bronx's river, together with all the woods, marshes, meadows, pas- tures, waters, lakes, creeks, rivulets, fishing, hunting and fowling, and all other profits, commodities and emoluments to said tract of land belonging, with their and every of their appurtenance, to have and to hold unto the said Hugh O'Neale and Mary his wife, their heirs and assigns forever, as by the said deed or pat- ent, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear, and whereas, the said Hugh O'Neal and Mary his wife, by their certain deed or writ, dated 30th day of Oct., in the said year of our Lord, 1666, did sell, alien, assign and set over all and singular their right and title and interest of in and to the aforenamed tract of land and premises, unto Elias Doughty of Flushing, in the Co. of York, on Long Island, unto the said Elias Doughty, his heirs and as- signs forever, as by the said deed or writing, relation being thereunto had, as may more fully and at large appear, and whereas, the said Elias Doughty by his certain deed or writing, bearing date 29 day of Nov., in the year of our Lord, 1672, for the consideration therein expressed and mentioned, did assign and set over, all and singular his right and title and interest, of, in and to the aforementioned tract of land and premises unto Thomas Deleval, Esq., Frederick Phil- ips and Thomas Lewis, mariner, to hold to them, their heirs and assigns forever, as by the said deed or writ- ing relation being thereunto liad, may more fully and at large appcar ; and whereas, the said Thomas Dele- val, in and by a certain codicil annexed unto his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the 10 day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1682, amongst other things did devise unto John Deleval his only son, all that his interest in the aforementioned land and premises, his one full, equal and certain third thereof, as by the said codicil in writing, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear; and, whereas, the Hon. Col. Thomas Don- gan, late gov. of our said province &c., and as by a certain deed or patent, sealed with the seal of our said province, &c., and bearing date the 19th of Feb., in the year of our Lord, 1684-5, pursuant to the anthority in him then residing, for the consideration therein expressed, did further grant, ratify and con-

firm, nnto the said Thomas Deleval, Frederick Phil- ips, Geertje Lewis, relict of the said Thomas Lewis, due their heirs and assigns, all the aforesaid tract and parcel of land beginning at a small rivulet known and called by the Indians, Makakassin, from thence into the woods due east by a great rock stone and a lyne of marked trecs, to Bronx's river, and thence by said river, four miles and something more, to a marked white oak tree upon the middle of a great ledge of rocks, which is the north-east corner of the land of Francis French & Co., in the mile square formerly sold out of the aforesaid patent, then by the said land, west, 35 deg. northerly, 1 mile or 80 chains from thence east 35 deg. sontherly to Bronx's river to a marked tree, which is the south-east corner of tlie mile square, excepted out of the said patent, from thence by Bronx's, his river, 89 chains to a marked tree, which is the north-east corner of Wm. Betts and George Tippets, and then by a certain lyne of marked trees due west 30 chains to the marked tree or soutli- east corner of the purchase of John Heddy, thien due N. 34 chains, from thence dne west by their purchase, 90 chains to the north-west corner of the 300 acres, then due south 16 chains to the north-west corner of the 20 acres purchased of John Heddy, thence and by the said land west 12 chains to the north-west cor- ner, then by the side of the kill, south 18 chains to the land of Wmn. Betts and George Tippetts, from thence by a lyne of marked trees dne west 79 chains, to a white oak tree standing on the bank of Hudson's river, to the south of Dog-wood brook 16 chains and and then northerly by the Hudson's river to Nep- perha, which is near the Yonkers mills, and so con- tinne by Hudson's river to the first mentioned small rivulet, Maccakassin, the whole being bounded to the north with a lyne of marked trees and a great rock stone, to the east by Bronx's river and the land of Francis French and Co., to the south by the land of Wm. Betts, George Tippets and Thomas Heddy, to the west by Hudson's river, containing in all, 7,708 acres, together with all and singular the messuages, tenements, buildings, barns, stables, orchards, gar- dens, pastures, meadows, mills, mill-dams, runs, streams, ponds, rivers, brooks, woods, under-woods, trees, timber, fencing, fishing, fowling, hunting, hawking, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and im- provements whatsoever, belonging or in any way ap- pertaining, to have and to hold all the aforementioned tract and parcel of land, with all and singular thie aforementioned premises, unto thic said John Deleval, Frederick Philips, Geertje Lewis, their heirs and assigns forever, as by the said deed or patent reg- istered in our secretary's office of our province of New York aforesaid, relation being theremuito had, may more fully and at large appear ; and, whereas the said Thomas Deleval, by a certain deed of indenture, sealed with the seal, and bearing date the 27th day of Angust, in the year of our Lord, 1685, did, for the consideration therein mentioned, grant, bargain and

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sell, all that one full third part of all and singular the said tract of land, afore recited, described and bounded within the limits aforesaid unto him the said Freder- ick Philips one of the parties aforesaid, together with all that one full and equal third part of all and singu- lar the houses, out-houses, barns, stables, mills, mill- dams, buildings, fences and edifices thereon erected and built, and likewise one full third part of all and singular the waters, water-courses, streams, woods, underwoods, fishing, fowling, hawking, hunting, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belong- ing, or in any way appertaining, to have and to hold unto the said Frederick Philipse, his heirs and as- signs forever, as by the said deed or indenture, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large ap- pear; and whereas, the said Geertje Lewis, executrix of the last will and testament of Thomas Lewis, late of New York, mariner, her late husband, deceased, and Lodivick Lewis, Barrent Lewis, Leonard Lewis, Katharine Lewis and Thomas Lewis the children and co-heirs of said Thomas Lewis and Geertje his wife, by a certain deed of indeuture, sealed with the seal bearing date the 12 day of June, in the year of our Lord 1686, did, for the cousideration thereiu mentioned, grant, bargain and sell, all that the full one-third part of all and singular the said tract of land afore-recited, described and bounded with the limits aforesaid, uuto him, the said Frederick Phil- ips, one of the parties aforesaid, together with all that one full and equal third part of all and singular the houses, out-houses, barns, stables, mills, mill-dams, buildings, fences and edifices thereon erected and built, and likewise one full third part of all and singular the water, water-courses, streams, woods, underwoods, fishing, fowling, hunting, hawking, hereditaments and appurteuances to the same be- longing or in any wise appertaining, to have and to hold unto the said Frederick Philips, his heirs and as- signs forever, as by the said deed or indenture, rela- tion being therennto had, may more fully and at large appear, and whereas, the Hon. Sir Edmund Andross, late governor of our said province of New York, &c., by a certain writing or patent, sealed with the seal of our said province, bearing date the first day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1680, pur- suant to the anthority in him then residing, did give and grant unto the said Frederick Philips, a certain tract or parcel of land, beginning at a creek or river called by the Indians, Pocanteco or Wackandeco, with power thereon to set a mill or mills, with a dne portion of land on each side, adjoin- ing unto the said river, lying within the bounds of the Indians land at Wickers creek, on the east side of the Hudson river, which said Indian laud was by the said Frederick Philips purchased from the said native Indian proprietors thereof, by the licence and appro- bation of the said Sir Edmund Andross and the said Indian proprietors did, in the presence of Sir Edmund Andross aforesaid, acknowledge to have received full

satisfaction of him the said Frederick Philips for the said land adjoining, to each syde of the creek or river aforesaid, which said land is situate, lying and being on each side of the said creek or river, north and south 1600 treads or steps which at 12 ft to the rod, makes 400 rod and runs up into the country so far as the said creek or river goeth, with this proviso or re- striction that if the creek or river called by the Indi- ans, Nippiorha, and by the charters Yonkers creek or kill shall come within the space of land of 400 rods on the south side of the aforenamed creek or river, that shall extend no farther than the said creek or river of Nippiroha, but the rest to be so far up into the country on each side of the said creek or river called Pocanteco as it ruus, being about north-east, to have and to hold all the aforesaid recited tract or parcel of land unto him the said Frederick Philips, his heirs and assigns forever, as by the said grant or patent registered in our secretary's office of our province of New York, &c., aforesaid, relation being therennto had may more fully and at large appear, and whereas the Honorable Thomas Dougan late gov. of our province of New York, &c., aforesaid, by virtue of the power in him then residing hath, by another grant or patent sealed with the seal of onr said prov- ince of New York, and registered iu our secretary's office of our province aforesaid, bearing date 23d of September, in the year of our Lord 1684, given, granted, ratified, and confirmed, nnto said Frederick Philips, his heirs and assigns, several tracts and par- cels of land with the limits and bounds hereafter men- tioned, that were according to the usage, custom, and laws of our said province purchased by the said Fred- erick Philips from the native Indians and proprietors, in manner and form following, (that is to say,) all those certain parcels and pieces of land lying about the Wigquaskeek that was on the 24th day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1680, purchased by the said Frederick Philips of the Indian Goharins, brother of Weskora, sachem of Wigquaskeek, for himself and by the full order of Goharius, which certain parcel or parcels of land are lying about Wigquaskeek to the north syde aud tendiug from the land of the aforesaid Frederick Philips running along the North river to the north of the small creek called by the Indians Sepackena creek, as far as it goeth into the woods, and coming to the end of the aforesaid creek, then shall the aforesaid pieces or parcels of land have their line north-east, or if the creek Pocanteco Wack- andeco upon which at present' stands the mills of the said Frederick Philips, shall run upon a north- east lyne, then the said land shall run along the said creek Pocanteco, or Weghkandeco, into the woods as the said creek or kill shall go, and there shall be the end or utmost bounds of the said certain pieces of land, as by the said writing or Indian deed, relation being thereunto had may more fully and at large ap-

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History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I, Part 37

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, ed Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co. Number of Pages: 1354

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, ed
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1354