Under the Lord Proprietor, 1664-1685 57 



and confirmed unto the said patentees, "all ye rights and 

 privileges belonging to a town within this government." We 

 thus see that this grant contained originally what has already 

 been described as Eastchester; but the latter was separated 

 from Westchester by the patent, already given on page 51 

 of the date of March 9, 1667, one month later. During the 

 whole of the Colonial period there was the closest connection 

 between the two places in many matters. 



The expression, ' ' Ann Hook's, " or " Ann-hooke's, " or " Annes 

 hooke's Neck," which continually appears in these patents 

 and land grants, is peculiar in its form. Mrs. Hutchinson's 

 first name was Ann, or Anne ; hence the Dutch called the neck 

 of land upon which she resided, Annes Hoeck, i. e., Ann's 

 Neck. Why the English should make any such combination 

 as Ann Hook's Neck in their legal papers it is hard to say, 

 unless the authorities were confused by the popular and vulgar 

 nomenclature. 



In 1673, the Dutch once more obtained possession of New 

 York, and we find the inhabitants of Westchester and of the 

 adjacent hamlet of Eastchester offering to submit themselves 

 to their high mightinesses, the States-General and the Prince 

 of Orange. Their submission was accepted by Governor 

 Colve, and they were authorized to elect three magistrates, 

 two for Westchester and one for Eastchester, "who in his 

 village may decide all differences to the value of thirty shil- 

 ling; those of higher value shall be determined by the whole 

 college in the village of Westchester aforesaid." 



April 15, 1667, Governor Nicolls confirmed to William 

 Willett, a grandson of Thomas Cornell and son of Sarah 

 Cornell by her first husband, the original tract known as Cor- 

 nell's Neck, or Black Rock. 



In 1662, Governor Stuyvesant had granted to the English 



