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The settlement became known as the "Ten Farms, "and 

 later, as Eastchester, because it lay to the eastward of West- 

 chester. In 1666, the settlers bought more land from the 

 Indians, who confirmed, at the same time, the previous sale 

 of 1654 to Pell. The Mohegan sachems who signed the deed 

 were Gramatan, Woariatapus, Annhooke (alias Wampage), 

 and Porrige. The sachem Wampage, or Annhooke, was 

 probably the slayer of Mrs. Hutchinson, as it was not 

 unusual among the aborigines to assume the name of the 

 slain, due probably, to a superstitious belief that by so 

 doing the dead would be propitiated or that the good 

 qualities of the slain, especially courage, would enter into the 

 slayer. 



In 1667, the settlers, for the further insurance of their title, 

 procured from Governor Nicolls a patent confirming them 

 in their possessions. It reads: 



"Whereas, there is a certain plantation upon ye main, 

 lying within ye limits and bounds of Westchester, belong- 

 ing to ye north riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island, sit- 

 uate and being in ye north part of ye limits of ye said 

 town, which plantation is commonly known and called by 

 ye name of The Ten Farms, or Eastchester, and is now 

 in the tenure and occupation of several free-holders and 

 inhabitants, . . . know yee, by virtue of ye commission 

 and authority unto me given by his royal highness, I have 

 ratified, confirmed, and granted . . . unto Philip Pinckney, 

 James Eustis, and William Hayden, ... all ye said plan- 

 tation . . .viz: that is to say, bounded to the east and ye 

 northeast by a certain river, commonly called Hutchinson's 

 River, which runs in at ye head of ye meadow, and is ye 

 west bounds of Mr. Pell's patent, to ye south-east to a 

 certain creek the mouth whereof openeth to ye south-east, 

 then including ye meadows heretofore called Hutchinson's 

 Meadows, and ye upland, to ye now knowne and common 



