THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 27 I 



widow, who conveyed the same to her eldest daughter, Sarah, the wife 

 of Charles Bridges. 



In the book of general entries, at Albany, occurs the following order, 

 addressed to the schout, burgomeesters, and schepens of New York : 



"Upon the complaint of Charles Bridges and Sarah his wife against William 

 Newman and Thomas Senequam, an Indian, now in custody, you are hereby re- 

 quired to summon a court to meet to-morrow, to examine, hear and determine 

 the matters in controversie between the said partyes., and to proceed therein ac- 

 cording to equity and good conscience. Given under my hand at Fort James, in 

 New York, the 24th of March, 1664. »<* RICHARD NICOLLS. 



The cause appears to have been decided in favor of Mr. Bridges and 

 his wife; for on the 27th day of March, 1665, the constable of Westches- 

 ter was required (by the Governor) " to deliver unto Mr. Bridges and his 

 wife, or their assignees, the goods that lye attached in your hands as of 

 right belonging to them, for doing whereof this shall be your warrant. 

 Given under my hand at Fort James, in New York, &c." b 



Richard Nicolls. 



In 1664, Thomas Pell, of Onkway, Connecticut, laid claim to Cornell's 

 Neck. 



Upon the 26th of October, 1664, " Charles Bridges and Sarah, his wife 

 entered a protest before and against all bargains, deeds and sales of 

 Thomas Pell, of Onkway, or any from or under him, of or concerning a 

 parcel of land situated on the East River, beginning from the kill of 

 Bronx land, east south-east, likewise alongst the river bounded almost 

 half a Dutch mile, a copy of the original grant whereof unto Thomas 

 Cornell, father of the said Sarah Bridges they have also registered, until 

 such time as the cause can be tried." 



The following particulars are taken from the assize records, in relation 

 to a trial between the two parties, held on the 29th of September, 1665 : 



Charles Bridges > p/^w.-yr,. Names of Jurors. 



and Sarah, his wife, j ruxmu&a. JoHN TuCKKE F orema n, 



Thomas Pell, Defendant William Wilki> t s, John Emaks, 



Charles Morgan, John Forster, 

 Joseph Batlet, Robert Terry. 



1 ' The attorney for the plaintiffs produced a copy of the heads of the trial at the 

 Court of Sessions held in June last, at Hampstead ; he likewise puts in a declara- 

 tion alledging the defendant's unjust molestation of the plaintiffs in their posses- 



o Alb. Book of Gen. Entries, from 1664 to 1665. p. 101. 

 b Alb. Book of Gen. Entries, p. 102. 

 e Alb. Rec. Gen. Entries, vol. i, p. 14. 



