64 The Story of The Bronx 



in 1673 to settle up the estate. He found that the Dutch were 

 once more in possession of New York; but upon applying to 

 Governor Colve, permission was given to him "to pass and 

 repass into this government, on condition that he attempt 

 nothing to its prejudice during his sojourn." Upon his 

 applying for the guardianship of the person and estate of his 

 nephew, the Governor discovered that he was an inhabitant 

 of Barbados, and therefore not entitled to the same rights as 

 had been guaranteed to the colonists of Virginia and New Eng- 

 land by the terms of surrender of New York to the Dutch; 

 and that, as his interest in the estate amounted to two thirds, 

 his portion should be confiscated to the government. Negoti- 

 ations proceeded, commissioners were appointed, lost articles 

 were traced and recovered, and finally, the Colonel succeeded 

 in satisfying the Governor, and his claims were allowed. He 

 then returned to Barbados, disposed of his property there, 

 and returned to New York in 1675, finding it once more 

 under English control. 



In 1676, Colonel Morris received from Governor Andros 

 a patent confirming his title to the land, and, in addition, to 

 all the lands lying adjacent to Broncksland, "not included in 

 any grants or patents, which land the said Colonel Morris 

 doth desire for further improvement." This additional 

 land was, by survey, fourteen hundred acres, which, with 

 the addition of Broncksland, made the whole estate 1920 

 acres. The quit-rent was a yearly payment of "five bushels 

 of winter wheat." The bounds on the north were the lands 

 of Daniel Turneur and John Archer; on the east, the land of 

 John Richardson and Thomas Hunt; on the southeast, the 

 Sound, or East River; on the west, the Harlem River. 



Daniel Turncur's land was a strip of about eighty acres 

 below Fordham Manor, purchased by him from the Indians 



