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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 209 (part 3)

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " Ryck Abramsen Lent, eldest son of Abraham Rycken, married Catrina, daughter of Harck Sibout-sen, and in 1685, with others, purchased of the Indians an extensive tract of land, north of Cortlandt, called Sachus. He settled upon this tract, which thence took the name of Ryck's Patent. He served as an elder in the Sleepy Hollow Church, was much respected, and died at a good old age. His children I Alb. Book of Pat., vol. v. 368