THE TOWN OF WHITE PLAINS. 539 



Owing to these uncertainties and differences, the White Plains Pur- 

 chase remained undivided for many years. Occasionally from 16S3 to 

 1715 we find in the town records entries like the following, which show 

 that the inhabitants had their eyes upon this precious inheritance and 

 meant to keep it for future distribution : — 



April 12, 1694. — " Hacaliah Brown and Thomas Merril are appoint- 

 ed to go with the Indians and renew the marks of the White Plains pur- 

 chase, agreeing with the Indians as reasonably as they can." b " The 

 same year Thomas Merrit and Joseph Galpin were chosen to lay out 

 the land at the White Plains granted to Jonathan Horton by the 

 Town." c 



April 1, 1699. — "John Lyon and Isaac Denham are chosen to laye 

 out a road to the White Playnes, beginning at the head of Capt. Theall's 

 land, and so to run to the caseaway (causeway brook." 



April 17, 1699. — "The Town hath past an act that the Rode shall 

 continue ... up to the White Playnes, where John Lyon and 

 Isaac Denham have marked it out, and the said road to be 3 Rods in 

 breadth." 



February 14, 1699-1700. — Lieutenant Horton and others "are to 

 survey and lay out the 3 purchases of land. That is to saye, the White 

 Plains purchase, and Lame Will's two purchases." 



April 27, 1708. — "The town chose Ensign Budd in the room of 

 Captain Horton (deceased) to lay out lands in the White Plains pur- 

 chase and Will's two purchases according to the Towns acts." rf 



Finally " at a meeting held in Rye by the Proprietors of the White 

 Plaines purchase, Feb. 11, 17 14-15," Capt. Joseph Budd, Ensign John Hor- 

 ton, Mr John Hoyt, Samuel Purdy, Caleb Hiat and George Lane Junior, 

 " are chosen to rectify all mistakes that has been formerly made by the 

 former layers out of the White Plaines purchase and also has po'.\er to 

 add or diminish the just and true proportion of all the lotments of lands 

 which is in dispute to be above or under the true proportion and to 

 lay out proportionable all the remaining part of the aforesaid purchase 

 and when so done to make return to the said proprietors." e 



The next notice of this town occurs on the 9th of February, 1720: — 



"At a meeting held by the proprietors it is agreed that "Capt. Joseph 

 Budd, John Hoyt, Sen , John Horton, Caleb Hiatt, Samuel Purdy, and 

 George Lane, Jr., layers out of the said purchase chosen by the said 

 proprietors for laying out all the above said lands, as may appear by 

 record bearing date February n, 1714-15. That the said iayers out 

 shall have for their trouble and industry for laying out the whole pur- 

 chase and returning the bounds at or between the thirteenth day of 

 April, which will be in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty, 



a Baird's History of Rye, p. 156. 



b Rye Rec. Lib. A. 



c Ibid. 



d Town Meeting BooKs, C and G. 



e Records of Town Meeting, p. 9, and Baird's History of Rye, p. 156. 



