THE TOWN OF RYE. 1 43 



■■ A certain parcel of land lying and being within ye township of Rye, bound- 

 ed by a certain beach tree standing upon the brink of Byram River, marked 

 with J. G. J., and J. H. and J. 0. running up ye said river northerly to a great 

 swamp, where standeth an ash tree marked with the above said letters, and from 

 thence in a direct course to au oak tree with stones laid at ye root, and from 

 thence with a range of marked trees of the northermost corner of ye great pond- 

 bo running down by ye said pond till it meeteth with a white oak sapling marked 

 with ye above said letters, and from thence by certain marked trees to the above 

 said marked beach tree by ye brink of Byram River." 



Signed, sealed and delivered The true mark of WAPETOE 



in the presence of The true mark of RARESQUASH, 



Dasiel Strang. The true mark of MEKERAN. 



JOSEI'H Pfkdy. 

 The marke of Pare. 



A further grant and confirmation was obtained of the Indian pro- 

 prietors, Seringoe, Raresquash, and Wapeto Patthunck, by John Clapp 

 and others, 20 July, 1705. 



'■ Of all that said tract of land which is butted and bounded as follows, viz : 

 beginning at a beach tree standing by Byram river near a great rock, marked 

 with letters J. H. J. P. J. C. then running up the said river north-west to a cer- 

 tain ash tree in the upper end of a place commonly called Pond Pound neck, 

 marked with the letters aforesaid, &e., &c., to the Colony line, and thence by 

 the said Colony line westwardly to the eight mile stake standing between three 

 white oak trees, marked viz : one of the said trees is marked with the letters C. 

 C. R. on the north side, and on ye south side J. D. and from said tree in a direct 

 line runs to ye northermost corner of Rye Pond, and thence south 10 degrees 

 westerdly to a white oak sapling, marked by the Pond side with the letters J. P. 

 thence by a range of marked trees south 64 degrees east to an ash tree standing 

 by Blind brook on the east side thereof, and thence by another range of marked 

 trees to a certain chestnut tree marked with the letters J. J. on ye north side, on 

 the west side with the letters J. P. on the south-west side with letters J. H. and 

 thence by a range of marked trees to ye place where it began. 6 



The mark of SERRINGOE, 

 Signed, sealed, and delivered Seep.inooe's mark in behalf WAPETO, 



in the presence of PATTHUNCK, 



James Mott, and of his brother RARESQUASH. 



HtLN'EY DlSEPOW, 



Joost Paldisck. 



The above sales were again confirmed by the Indians, 13 September, 

 1705- 



a See Warrant for Survey. Alb. Rec. Lib. i. 127, S 



b Warrant for Survey, Indian Deeds ; Alb. Rec. Lib. 1, 129, 



c County Records, Lib. E, 40. 



