THE TOWN OF BEDFORD. 35 



In the spring of 17 14 a rate was levied on ye proprietors of ye town- 

 ship of Bedford, in proportion to their several properties therein, for ye 

 raising ye sum of ^S° for ye discharging of her majesties dues of quit 

 rent for ten years. 



The proportion of Col. Jacobus Van Cortlandt for 2565 

 acres in ye north west corner of ye patent lands was . £6 08 06 

 For his vineyard purchase, 607 acres . . . . 1 10 05 



For his right in Dibble's purchase, 762 acres . . 1 18 00 



For his right in ye new purchase . . . . 2 13 04 



The following document is extracted from a manuscript volume enti- 

 tled " the receipt book of the quit rents of Bedford, paid from 17 14 to 

 1767." 



" Received of Mr. Jonathan Miller and Joseph Seel ey the sum of fifty pounds, 

 proclamation money, being in full for ten years quit rent for the town of Bed- 

 ford to the 25th of March last. T. BYERLY, Coll.* 

 Witness my hand this 1st day ) 



of May, A. D. 1714. 5 



£50, procl. money. 



Upon the 12th of October, 1705, John Dibble, by a bill of sale, con- 

 veyed all his right, title and interest in the town of Bedford to Jacobus 

 Van Cortlandt. This individual subsequently became invested in the 

 rights of Jonathan Miller on the 15th of October, 17 13, and Zachariah 

 Roberts, on the 13th of October, 17 17. 



The last Indian deed for lands in Bedford bears date 23d of January, 

 1722, wherein Lackawawa and Peparinuk and Moses, Indian natives 

 and owners of ye land on ye north side of Cross River, in ye bounds of 

 Bedford, for ye sum of twenty pounds, conveyed to Joseph Seely and his 

 heirs, &c, "being on ye north side of ye Cross River, so called, and 

 bounded as follows : Easterly by a brook that runeth into sd river, 

 westerly by a brook yt runs to ye Cross River, northerly by two black 

 ash trees, southerly by ye above Cross River, &c. 

 Sealed and delivered in presence of 



JOHN WESTCOTTE, His 



ANDREW MILLS, WACKA X MAWA 



ZACH. MILLS. mark. 



His His 



SI < MON PAPA N RINUK. 



mark. mark. 



His His 



WITH ^AMS. SI wMON. 



mark. 6 mark. 



a Copied from original, in possession of Hon. Jonn Jay. 

 b Bedford Rec. vol. ii. p. 111. 



