1HE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 269 



writing ; the said messuage or tenements, lands and premises to bee Jioldtn of his 

 most sacred .Majesty, his heirs and successors, in free and common soccage, ac- 

 cording to the tenure of East Greenwich, in the county of Kent, in his Majesty's 

 kingdom of England, yielding, rendering and paying therefor yearly and every 

 year unto his said most sacred Majesty, his heirs and successors, or to such officer 

 or offie> ra as shall from time to time be empowered to receive the same, viz. one 

 bushell of good winter wheat as a quit rent, on or before the five and twentieth 

 day of March, at the city of Hew York, in lieu and stead of all services, dues and 

 demands whatsoever. In testimony of the premises I have caused these presents 

 to be recorded in the secretary's office, and the seal of the Province to be here- 

 unto affixed, the etc., &c, &c, twelfth day of January, in the second year of his 

 Majesty's reigu, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty 

 and six. THOMAS DONGAN. 



By his Majesty's command. 



G. S. Bwinton. 



In 16SS, William Barnes and Martha, his wife, conveyed lands on 

 Throckmorton's Neck (situate near those of Robert Huestis), to Thomas 

 Bedient/ 



Thomas Hunt, Sr., by his will, bearing date 1694, " bequeathed to his 

 grandson, Josiah Hunt, eldest son of my son, Josiah Hunt, the Grove 

 farm, to him and his heirs male, which was patented to me by Governor 

 Nicolls, 4t/i December, 1667, and further entails the same to the said 

 Josiah and his heirs male, lawfully begotten, from generation to genera- 

 tion." 



The Grove farm was sold at public vendue on the 6th of May, 1760, 

 to Josiah Causten for ^3,400, who subsequently disposed of it in Octo- 

 ber, 1775, to John Ferris; from whom it descended to his son, Elijah 

 Ferris, a large portion of which estate has continued in the family to the 

 present day, 



At an early period James Rivington (the celebrated printer and book- 

 seller of New York ), held considerable property on Throckmorton's 

 Neck. The successors of the Rivingtons were the Bayards, a family of 

 considerable opulence and distinction. 



A portion of Col. Bayard's estate was subsequently purchased by his 

 brother William Bayard. The whole property is now divided among 

 numerous individuals. 



The second grantee under the Dutch (in this town), was Thomas Cor- 

 nell (some of whose family were killed by the Indians under the pretence 



a From the original in the possession of the family of the late Mr. Charlton Ferri . 



b No. Kec. Lib. A. 250. 



c Rivington "was possessed of fine talents, polir.- maimers, and was well informed. This 

 is apparent from the correspondence of several of rh" leaders on the popular -i«ie. as well as 

 from what has been here said, that his tact and ability in conducting a newspaper w»3 

 much feared, and that his press had more influence over tfie public mind than any other inthe 

 royal interest in the country Rivington died in 1S02, a?t. TS."— See Sabine's American Lovai- 

 ists. 



