[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 10 Spoons, The above purchase, (together with other sales, from the In-dians,) was confirmed to PhiHpse by his Excellency, Thomas Dongan, Governor of the province, on the 23d of December, 1684, The whole were subsequently included within the Royal Patent of Philipsburgh. From the Indian grants and royal patents, wc proceed to give our readers a brief account of the Philipse fam-ily, collected from the best authorities and original manuscripts still extant. ' • -..-Frederick Philipse, or, (as the name was spelt at that early peri-od,) Vreedryk or Vrederyck Felypsen,b father of the before men-tioned grantee of this town, was a native of Bolswaert, in Fast Friesland, and son of the Hon. Viscount Felyps, of Bohemia, who sprang from the ancient Viscounts of that name and country. The early members of this family took an active part in favor of the Reformers, John Huss, and Jerome of Prague, for which they suifered severely both in person and property, being finally » See Yonkers. '-^ -. • b Vrederyck Felypsen is equivalent to Frcderyk Flypsen. 320 HISTORY OF THE compelled to fly, for better security, to East Friesland.'^ The Christian name Vreedryk is of Dutch origin, and means literally y^ -peace rich^'^ or rich in peace,b in allusion probably to the bitter snifv3rings of former days, as well as the present enjoyment of re-ligious peace.