[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] TO HAVE and to HOLD all and singular the said Premises hereby Granted, Bargained, Sold, Enfeoffed and Confirmed, with the Appur-tenances, unto the said Jacob Van Tassel and to his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper Use, Benefit arid Behoof of the said Jacob Van Tassel and his Heirs and Assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Par-ties to these Presents have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above written. Scaled and Delivered ISAAC STOUTENBURGH. / seal 1 in the Presence of us, V 1 J ISAAC STOUTENBURGH, JtiNit. I'll V CORTLANDT. |^u?j-The place remained in Jacob Van Tassel's possession until March 31, 1802, when it was conveyed by deed, together with another parcel of land near by, to Olivet-Ferris of Greenwich, Fairfied County, Connecticut, the whole containing one hundred and fifty acres of land, for the sum of five thousand dollars. Oliver Ferris was the father of the late Benson Ferris, at one time clerk of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, who assisted the dominie by reading the Scriptures and giving out the hymns in public worship, and who afterwards was for many years an honored