A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II — Passage 5 (part 2)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] By the provisional treaty of Hartford, in 1650, the boundary line between New England and New Netherlands was to com-mence upon Long Island, from the westernmost part of the Oyster Bay, so, and in a straight and direct line to the sea; and upon the main land, a line to begin upon the west side of Greenwich bay, being about four miles from Stamford, and so to run a northerly line twenty miles up into the country, and after as it shall be agreed by the two governments, of the Dutch and of New Haven, provided the said line come not within ten miles of Hudson's river.f^ The successors of the Dutch West India Company in 1660, were John Coe, Peter Disbrow, and Thomas Studwell, who pur-chased of the Indians the island called Manussing, or Menne-wies.^ The deed of sale bears date June 29, 1660.