438 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



the river Aquehung. or Bronx, extending to the midst of the said river, 

 on the north by certain marked trees and a piece of hammock, and on 

 the west by a certain brook called Sackrahung, for the value of one 

 bushel of good winter wheat. " a 



The following receipt appears to have been given for quit-rent due 

 on the above patent : — 



" Received of Thomas Hunt, Sen., twenty-five bushels and one-half wheat, in 

 full for his quit-rent for his laud in the county of Westchester, upon Bronck's 

 river, to the 2.">th of March last past. "Witness my hand, in New York, this 9th 

 day of April, A.D. 1717. Richard Nicolls, 



Deputy Receiver" 



On the 17th of October, 1687, Joseph Hadley, of the Yonkers' 

 Patent, conveys to Thomas Williams, of the West Farms, eight acres 

 formerly given him by John Richardson. In 1 7 1 1, the heirs of the pat- 

 entees united in a second division of the WestFarms: — 



''Whereas Thomas Hunt, sen., of ye West Farms in ye borough town and 

 county of Westchester in ye colony of New York, j-eoman, and Elizabeth Leg- 

 gett of ye same place, widow, did on the 9th day of May last past, by an instru- 

 ment under their hands and seals, formally agree and conclude that the West 

 Fai-ms lots containing twelve in number, should be surveyed and laid out by 

 myself or some other person, and that according to a former survey made by me 

 William Taylor, on or before the last day of June instant, with a further cove- 

 nant, promise, and agreement, each to the other, for themselves, or each of 

 thiir heirs, executors and administrators, as far as they or any of them are 

 concerned in the said lots, that the survey made by M. W. E., or some other 

 person, in manner as above, and the lines or bounds so run and settled should 

 remain, continue, and not be removed for ever hereafter upon the penalty of five 

 hundred pounds current money of said colony, to be paid by the party or persons 

 breaking the said conclusion or agreement and covenant to the party or persons 

 fulfilling and performing the same, &c., &c, as by the said instrument, relation 

 being thereunto had, will fully and at large appear. Therefore upon this request 

 anil desire of the said Thomas Hunt, Elizabeth Leggett and others, the owners 

 and proprietors of said land, I have surveyed the said twelve lots of land as 

 followeth. That is to sa) r , begin at a chestnut tree standing on the river side 

 above Byoanck'a mill, running thence north forty-three degrees, west two hun- 

 dred and eighty-three, to a marked white wood, thence south thirty degrees, 

 west aliout forty-five, eight rods to the north side and westernmost corner of the 

 sixtli lot, and then upon several courses until it meets with the north-west 

 corner of the twelfth lot, then east twenty-one degrees and a half rod to ye 

 meadow, and from thence along the meadow and river to the place first begun as 

 appears in the scheme hereunto annexed, the whole tract containing 1096 acres, 

 «fcc, Arc. It is firmly agreed and concluded upon by the said Thomas Hunt, 



a Col. Kec. Vol. il. From the original la the possession of the late Mr. Daniel WinshJp, 

 Hunt's Point. 



