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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II — Passage 3

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] fore to our sovereign Lord the king, his heirs and successors, his dues ac-cording to charter. In witness whereof, we have caused the seal of the colony to be hereunto affixed, this 26th of May, 1685, in ye first year of the reign of our Lord King James the second, &c. &c. Robert Treat, Gov. This patent included the southern portion of Poundridge; for, until the final arrangement of the boundary lines in 1731, Stamford extended four miles into the present town. Upon the temporary settlement of the colonial lines, A. D. 1701, we find the Indian sachem Catonah, confirming Robert Walters and others in these lands. "This indenture, made the 25th of Feb. 1701, betvvi.xt Robert Walters John Chollvvell, Leigh Atwood, Cornelius Depeyster, Richard Slater, Barne Cosens, Lancaster Symes, Matthew Ciarkson, Robert Lurting, Peter Matthews and Caleb Healhcote of the one part, and Sagamore, Katonah, Wakemane and Weewanessege, Indians, of the other, for the consideration of a certain sum in hand paid by the said Robert Walters, &c., at and before the ensealing and delivering of these presents. The receipt whereof they do hereby acknowl-edge, &c.