15S HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



with the hereditaments and appurtenances (Excepting only as before is Excepted 

 and Reserved) unto the aforesaid Joseph Budd, John Jloight and Daniel Purdy 

 their heirs and assigns lor ever, but to and for the uses following and to and for 

 no other use whatsoever (that is to sa}') as for and concerning such Tracts 

 of Land and Hereditaments part or parts of the before recited Tract of 

 Land and Island herein and hereby Granted whereof they the said Joseph 

 Budd, John IIuigM, and Daniel Purdy are and stand Lawfully and Rightfully 

 Beized and possessed in their own and severall and Respective Rights Interest 

 and Estate to and for the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said 

 Joseph Budd, John Jloight and Daniel Purdy severally and respectively and their 

 severall and respective Heirs and assigns forever, And as for and concerning 

 such other Tracts of Land and hereditaments part or parts of the before recited 

 Tract of Laud and Island herein and hereby Granted Avliieh are or shall be be- 

 longing and appertaining to severall other persons Freeholders and Inhabitants 

 within the bounds of the same Tract of land and Island some more and some less 

 according to their severall seperate and particular Estate and Interest in trust to 

 and for the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of each particular Free- 

 holder and Inhabitant particularly and respectively and of each of their particu- 

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

 their severall Karnes and their severall and respective Freeholds and Inheritances 

 were particularly and severally Described and Exprest in these presents To Bee 

 Holden of us our heirs and successors in free and common soccage as of our Man- 

 nor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent within the Realm of Great Brittain 

 Teilding rendring and paying therefore uuto us our heirs and successors unto our 

 and their Receiver Generall for the Province of New York for the time being at 

 our Custom House in the City of New York Yearly and every Year for ever on 

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

 Lady Day the annual rent of Two Shillings and Six pence for every hundred 

 acres of the said Tract of Land and Island and so proportionably for a smaller 

 quant it}- (that is to say) the sum of One Pound Nineteen shillings for the whole 

 Tnut of Land and Island in Lieu and Stead of all other Rents services Dues 

 Duties and Demands whatsoever for the same Tract of Land Island and Premisses 

 so Granted as aforesaid, Provided always and these presents are upon this Con- 

 dition that the same Joseph Budd, JohnLToight and Daniel Purdy, and the other 

 Free-holders 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 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 at least for every Fifty Acres of the 

 said Tract of Land and Island and so proportionably for a larger or smaller Tract 

 or parcell thereof ; and in Default thereof the said Joseph Budd, JohnHoight and 

 Dai, id Purdy, and the other Inhabitants and Freeholders of any part or parts of 

 the said Tract of Land and Island or their heirs or assigns or any of them or any 

 other person or persons by their or any of their privity consent or procurement 

 shall set on fire and bum the Woods on the same Tract of Land and Island or 

 any part thereof to clear the same that then and in either of these cases this our 

 present Grant and every article and clause thereof shall become Void, cease and 

 Determine any thing in these presents to the contrary thereof in any ways Not- 

 withstanding ; and wee do hereby Will and Grant that these our Letters be made 



