THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 265 



lish and declare thatwe, on this day the date under written, have given and grant- 

 ed unto Jan Throckmorton a piece of land, (being a portion of Yredeland, ) con- 

 taining as follows, along the East river of New Netherlands, extending from the 

 point half a mile, which piece of land aforesaid is surrounded on one side by a 

 little river, and on the other side by a great kill, which river and kill on high 

 water running, meet each other, surround the said land, as will more clearly ap- 

 pear by a map of the same which has been made and marked off by the surve}'- 

 or, with the express conditions and terms that the said Jan Throckmorton, or 

 they who by virtue of these presents shall succeed to his action, the noble lords, 

 the managers aforesaid, shall acknowledge as their lords and patroons, under the 

 sovereignty of the high and mighty lords, the States General, and unto their di- 

 rector and council here, shall in all things be confirmed as all good citizens are in 

 duty bound ; provided also that the said Jan Throckmorton and his company 

 (associates) shall furthermore be subject to all such burdens and imposts, as al- 

 ready have been enacted by the noble lords, and hereafter may yet be enacted. 

 It is furthermore made an express condition that the aforesaid Jan Throckmor- 

 ton, according to promise, shall settle on the aforesaid lands as many families as 

 may offer in the same manner, constituting over the said Throckmorton and his 

 company, in our stead, in the real and actual possession of the aforesaid piece of 

 land, lying on the East river aforesaid, giving them by these presents the full and 

 irrevocable might, authority, and special permission the aforesaid parcel of land 

 to enter, cultivate, inhabit, and occupy, in like manner as he may lawfully 

 do with other his patrimonial lands and effects, without our, the grantors 

 in quality aforesaid, thereunto any longer having, reserving or saving any 

 part, action, or control whatever, but to the behoof as aforesaid, from all as- 

 sisting from this time forth and forever, promising moreover this transport 

 firmly, invariably, and irrevocably to maintain, fulfil, and execute, and to do 

 all that in equity we are bound to do. Done in Fort Amsterdam in New 

 Netherlands, this 6th day of July, 1643. 



"WILLIAM KIEFT. 

 ' ' By order of the noble lords, the directors and 

 council of the New Netherlands. 



"Cobkelis Tiexhoven, Secretary. "« 



This grant, subsequently called Throckmorton's Neck, embraced the 

 eastern part of the present town. It was bounded on the north by 

 Eastchester Neck, on the east by Eastchester Bay and Long Island 

 Sound, on the south by the East River, and on the west by the West- 

 chester Creek. 



John Throckmorton, the patentee, originally emigrated from England 

 to Nantaskett, Massachussetts, 5th February, 1631, in the ship Lyon; 

 from this place he removed to Salem in 1639 ; he afterwards became a 

 Baptist, and a resident of Rhode Island/ From Rhode Island he fled 

 to Vredeland that he might enjoy here (among the Dutch) the free ex- 

 ercise of his religious principles. 



a Alb. Bee G. < :. 9a Ibid. 173, 4. 

 b Farmer's Regi&ter. 



