[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Lewisboro', in honor of John Lewis, a leading citizen, who had contributed largely to the growth of the public schools. Most of the early settlers came from Connecticut, — Norwalk, Stamford, Greenwich, etc. The first purchase of lands within the limits of the town was made of the Indians in 1640, when Mehack-em, Narawake and Pemeate, Indians of Norwalk, ajrreedto convey to Daniel Patrick, of Greenwich, all their lands on the west side of " Norwake River, as far up in the country as an Indian can goe in a day, from sun risinge to sun settlnge, etc. The consider-ation was " tenn fathoms wampum, three hatchets, three hows, six glasses, twelve tobacco pipes, three knives, tenn drills and tenn nedles." Again we find that on August the 15th, 1673, Ponus and Onox, his son, sold to the people of Stamford all their lands extending sixteen miles north of Stamford bounds for the pasture of their cattle. In the 536 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.