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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 140

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] b In 1743 Robert Walters and Peter Fauconier had rights concerning quit-rents on the West Patent. « Field Book, Sec. of State's office. 366 HISTORY OF THE Wallers, Leigh Atwood, Cornelius Depeyster, Caleb Heathcote, Matthew Clarkson, John Chohvell, Richard Slater, Lancaster Simes, Robert Lurtingi and Barne Cosens; a certain tract of land in the county of Westchester, bounded northerly by the manor of Cortlandt, easterly with Bedford line of three miles square, the V»*hite Fields and Byram river; southerly by the land of John Harrison, Rye line stretching to Byram river aforesaid, and the White Plains; and westerly by Bronck's river, and the manor of Philipsburgh, except-ing out of the bounds aforesaid, all the lands within Richbell's patent, accord-ing 10 the lines of the said patent, now in the tenure and occupation of Col. Caleb Heathcote; which first above named tract of land was purchased by-Col, Caleb Heathcote, and others, with whom he has agreed, except James Mott, and Henry Disbrovv, whom he hath undertaken to satisfy; within which bounds, there are by estimation, about 5000 acres of profitable land, besides wastes and wood lands. And whereas we the subscribers, in pursuance cf a certain act of the lieutenant governor, the council, and general assembly of this colony, entitled, An Act for the more effectual collecting of his majesty's quit-