A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II — Passage 23
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Alb. Rec. from 1638 to 1642. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 147 sisting from this time forih and forever, promising moreover this transport firmly, invariably, and irrevocably to maintain, fulfil, and execute, and to do all that in equity we are bound to do. Done in Fort Amsterdam in New-Netherlands, this Gth day of July, 1643. " William Kieft. " By order ef the noble lords, the directors and council of the New-Netherlands. " CoRNELis TiENHovEN, Secretary.""^ This grant, subsequently called Throckuiorton's neck, em-braced the eastern part of the present town. It was bounded on the north by Eastchester neck, on the east by the Eastchester bay and Long Island sound, on the south by the East river, and on tlie west by the Westchester creek. John Throckmorton, the patentee, originally emigrated from