[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] one hundred and sixteen acres, on which he resided. Matthew Delevan, May 27, 1773, purchased the tract of eighty-nine acres on which he lived. He also bought, April 1, 1775, the twenty acres of Nathaniel Delevan, which formerly belonged to David Brown, and in 1783 purchased eighty-seven acres of Nathan Delevan, adjoining land of Titus Reynolds. On April 24th, of the same year, he bought other land of Nathan Delevan, adjoining Halsey Wood, Titus Rey-nolds and Nathan Delevan's other land. Titus Rey-nolds, who was a tenant, bought, May 10, 1786 seventy acres south of the road leading from Salem to Croton River, and adjoining land of Stephen Baker and N. Delevan. His will bears date November 8, 1808, and the property was left to his sons, Benjamin and Samuel, and daughters, Sarah and Mary, and is now owned by Horace B. Reynolds, son of Samuel. On the 15th of April, 1771, Samuel Scribner pur-chased three-quarters of an acre of land in Delan-ceytown, between the lots of Delancy and Jacob Mead. Cornelius Steenrod, on the 26th of May, 1773, bought at Delanceytown five and a half acres, and, January 5, 1777, one hundred and eight acres, with a large