I46 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



That yo r Petitioners and other Inhabitants of the Town of Rye aforesaid and 

 those under whom they Claime have beene ever since in the quiet and peaceable 

 possession of the said Lands and premises and Cultivated and Improved the 

 same. 



But inasmuch as such Parts of the aforesaid Two severall Tracts of Land now 

 Claimed by yo 1 Petitioners and those whom they Represent aa aforesaid lyes now 

 within the said Township of Rye under the Government of the said Province of 

 New York and there having been as yet noe Grant from the Crown for the same 

 under this Government Your Petitioners and those whom they Represent being 

 willing and Desirous to have his majesties most Gracious Letters Patent for 

 such part of the aforesaid Tracts of Land now in their quiet and peaceable pos- 

 session under this Government viz' Beginning at the Southernmost part of Pinnin- 

 goe Neck and Runs along the sound Easterly until it comes to the mouth of By- 

 ram River and Runing up the said River and the Land Betvvecne the Colony of 

 Connecticut and the Province of New York Northward to the Antient marked 

 Trees of Limping Wills purchase and soe with the said marked Trees a Cross the 

 said purchase north west to the River called the Blind brook, and soe Runing 

 down to the said River, and brook called Mill Creek to the Sound. 



Yo' Petitioners therefore on behalf of themselves and the said other Inhabitants 

 (who have fully authorized and Impowered yo 1 Petitioners to this Purpose) most 

 humbly pray yo 1 honours will be pleased to Grant to yo'' Petitioners his majesties 

 mosl Gracious Letters Patent for the aforesaid Tract within the Limittsand 

 Boundaries last above Described, In Trust for themselves and the aforesaid In- 

 habitants according to their respective rights and Interest in the same under such 

 Reservation and Restrictions as are appointed for that purpose. 



And yoLPetitioners shall ever pray etc. SAMUEL BROWN, 



New York ye BENJAMIN BROWN* 



20 th June 1720. 



Upon the nth of August, 1720, the following Royal Letters Patent 

 were issued to Daniel Purdy, Samuel Brown and Benjamin Brown in 

 behalf of themselves and others, freeholders and inhabitants of the town- 

 ship of Rye. The patentees yielding and paying therefore yearly to the 

 King, his heirs and successors at the Custom House in New York, unto 

 the Receiver-general of the Province, on the Feast of the Annunciation 

 of Blessed Virgin Mary (commonly called Lady Day) the annual rent of 

 two shillings and six pence "for every hundred acres thereof for the 

 same four thousand, five hundred acres of land, island and premises so 

 granted, See." 



ROYAL PATENT OF RYE. 



George by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, De- 

 fender of the faith, &c. To all To whom these presents shall come sendeth greet- 

 ing : Whereat our Loving Subjects Daniel Purdy, son of John Purdy deceased, 

 Samuel Brovn and Benjamin Brown in behalf of themselves and others Free- 



st Land Papers, Albany, vol. vii, p. 171. See Bainl's nist. of Kye. 



