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for no other use whatsoever (that is to say) As for and concerning such Tracts of 

 land and hereditaments parts of the before recited Four Thousand Five Hundred 

 Acres of Land and Island whereof they the said Daniel Purdy, Samuel Brawn and 

 Benjamin Brown arc and stand Lawfully and Rightfully seized and possessed in 

 their own several] and respective rights interests and Estate to and for the sole and 

 only proper use benefit and behoofe of the aforesaid Daniel Purdy, Samuel Brown 

 and Benjamin Brown severally aud respectively and of their severally and respec- 

 tive heirs and assigns for ever. And as for and concerning such other Tracts of Land 

 and hereditaments parts of the before recited Four Thousand, Five Hundred Acres 

 of Land and Island which are belonging and apertaining to several other persons 

 Freeholders and Inhabitants within the bounds and limits of the same Four 

 Thousand Five Hundred Acres of Land and Island some of more, some of less 

 according to their severall separate and particular interest in Trust to and for the 

 sole and only proper use benefit and behoofe of each particular Freeholder and 

 Inhabitants particularly and respectively and of each of their particular and 

 respective heirs and assigns for ever in as full and ample manner as if their 

 particular Names and their particular and several Freeholds and Inheritances 

 were particularly and severally Expressed Mentioned and described in these 

 presents. To bee Holden of us our heirs and successors for ever in free and com- 

 mon soccage as of our Mannor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent within 

 our Realm of Great Brittain Yeilding rendering and paying therefore yearly and 

 every year unto us our heirs and successors at our Custom House in New York 

 unto our and their Receiver Generall of our said Province for the time being on 

 the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary commonly called Lady 

 Day the Annual Rent of Two Shillings and six pence Lawful Money of New York 

 for every Hundred Acres thereof in Lieu and stead of all other rents services 

 Dues Duties and Demands whatsoever for the same Four Thousand Five Hun- 

 dred Acres of Land Island and Premises, so granted as aforesaid Provided al- 

 ways and these presents are upon this condition that the same Daniel Purdy, 

 Samuel Brown and Benjamin Brown and the other Freeholders and Inhabitants 

 of the same Tract of Land and Island so granted as aforesaid and their heirs and 

 assigns some or one of them have already or shall within the Term and Space of 

 three Years next Ensuing the Date hereof settle clear and make improvement of 

 three acres of land for every fifty acres of land at least for the same tract of land 

 and Island so granted as aforesaid and so proportionably for a larger or smaller 

 Tract or parcel thereof and in Default thereof or if the aforesaid Daniel Purdy 

 Samuel Brown and Benjamin Brown and the other Inhabitants and Freeholders 

 of any part or parts of the same Tract of land and Island or their heirs or assigns 

 or any of them or any other person or persons whatsoever by their or any other 

 of their privy consent or procurement shall set on fire and burn the Woods on 

 the same Tract of land and Island or any part thereof to clear the same that then 

 and there and in either of these Two cases this our present Grant and every 

 Article and Clause therein or thereof shall cease determine and become utterly 

 Void anything in these presents to the contrary thereof in any ways notwith- 

 standing. And "Wee do hereby Will and Grant that these our Letters be made 

 Patent and that they and the Record of them in our Secretary's Office of our 

 Province of New York shall be good and effectuall in the Law of all Intents and 

 Purposes Notwithstanding the not true and well reciting of the premises or of 



