[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] use or uses of all or any part of the said land and premises, any thing in these presents contained to the contrary notwithstanding. In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have interchangeably put their seals the day and year above written. James de Lancey. Sealed and delivered in the presence of A. De Peyster^ J. Roberts. The De Lancey Patent, as it was sometimes called, embraced Great North Lot No. 9 and 10 of the manor of Cortlandt. These were again subdivided into thirty six smaller lots or farms. The whole was about four miles square. In the year 1769, Stephen de Lancey, and Hannah, his wife, conveyed to the Rev. Epene-tus Townsend certain lands situate in North Lot No. 10. The same year also part of farm No. 12, in Great North Lot No. 10, to Nathaniel Delavan. During the year 1774, Stephen de Lan-cey released certain lots in the town to the Carpenters, Baileys, Rodgers, Lobdens, Nashs, Purdys, Nortons, Tiluses and Rey-nolds, &c. &c. The following items are taken from the rent rolls of the De Lancey family.