History of Westchester County: New York, Including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which Have Been Annexed to New York City, Volume 1, Part 2
John Thomas Scharf
L. E. Preston & Company, 1886 - Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
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Abijah Gilbert acres afterwards American appointed April August Avenue Bedford Benjamin born British Bronx Caleb Caleb Heathcote Charles clerk colony Cornell Cortlandt Court Creek Daniel daughter death died Dutch East Chester elected England English erected father Ferris Fordham George Governor granted Harlem River Henry Horton Huguenot hundred Indians Isaac James James de Lancey James Mott John Pell John Richbell Joseph June King's Bridge Lancey Lewis Morris Long Island Mamaroneck Manor March married Mary Medical ment miles Mill Morrisania Mott Neck November October Patent Pelham Pell Peter present purchased Purdy residence Richard road Robert Rochelle Samuel Scarsdale side Sing Sing Smith Society Spuyten Duyvil Spuyten Duyvil Creek Street supervisor Thomas Thomas Pell tion Tompkins township trustees village Ward West Farms Westchester County White Plains wife William Yonkers York City
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Page 888 - ... to have and to hold the said premises with all and singular the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever...
Page 723 - That the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Page 604 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet.
Page 888 - In testimony whereof we have caused the great seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness...
Page 708 - The osprey sails above the Sound, The geese are gone, the gulls are flying ; The herring shoals swarm thick around, The nets are launched, the boats are plying. Yo ho, my hearts ! let's seek the deep, Raise high the song and cheerly wish her ; Still as the bending net we sweep, ' God bless the fish-hawk and the fisher...
Page 728 - the first voice publicly raised in America to dissolve all connection with Great Britain came not from the Puritans of New England, nor the Dutch of New York, nor from the planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.
Page 610 - If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley.
Page 887 - CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Page 722 - Fellows, and to their heirs and assigns, all that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the county of...
Page 687 - May, in the fourth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord and Lady William and Mary, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King and Queen, defenders of the faith, &c.