THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER. 



249 



The Pinckney's of Eastchester, descend from Philip Pinckney, one of 

 the first ten proprietors and patentees of this town, who originally emi- 

 grated from Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1664. This individual was doubt- 

 less one of the original settlers of Fairfield, who, like Ludlow and others, 

 came from the West of England with the Rev. John Warham and Com- 

 pany. Philip Pinckney was a lineal representative of the Pinckney's of 

 Tatterset, Pinckney Manor, Norfolk County, England, whose ancestor 

 Gilo de Pinckeni or Pinckenie, came into that country in the time of 

 William the Conqueror.* "In the 19th of Henry II, (11 7 2- n 73), in 

 Hugh Peverel and others, as Trustees, settled Tatersete, Pinkney's Ma- 

 nor, with that of Brunsthorp, on James de Pynkeney and Joan his wife, 

 intail, with remainder, to Hugh their son, and Isabel his wife intail," 

 "William de Pinkeni by deed; 9th of King John (1207-1208) confirmed 

 to William son of Richard Anglo (that is English) by deed; sans date, a 

 croft, &c. The seal to this deed is of green wax : — a crescent and a de- 

 crescent in chief with one crescent in base.' & "In St. Ethelred's church 

 Norwich, England, there is a stone, in the chancel below the rails, for 

 Henry Pinckeny and Elizabeth his wife; she died 27th of Sept., 1700, 

 ^Etat 86. c 



The Pinckney estate is watered on the East by the Aqueanouncke 

 (Hutchinson's River,) and its tributary called Black Dog or Ann Hooke's 

 Brook. 



The Drake's were also extensive proprietors in the town, the old estate 

 called "Nonsuch," being bounded on the west by the Aquehung, or 

 Bronx, on the north by the Yonkers road, leading to Swayne's Mill; on 

 the east by the White Plains Turnpike, and on the south by the Hunt's 

 Bridge road. The property is now owned by various individuals. It is 

 somewhat curious that the only portion of the original estate lately ves- 

 ted in the Drake family was the site once occupied by the barns, and 

 out-buildings of the late Moses Drake. This individual was the son of 

 Benjamin Drake, third in descent from Samuel Drake, Esq., of Fairfield, 

 one of the first of the ten proprietors of Eastchester, in 1664. 



On the 9th September, 1650, Samuel Drake received a grant of land 

 from the freeholders of Fairfield. Upon the 8th of Feb., 1677, Samuel 

 Drake of Eastchester sold unto his son Samuel Drake, three separate 

 parcels of land lying in Fairfield. d 



a Bloomfleld's Norfolk, vol. v, pp. 5, 6. " Hamo de Pinkeney, time of Henry II, marr. 

 Alice who died, siezed of the manor of Pinkeney in 1238-9. Their son John de Pinkeney left 

 James de Pinkeney, Lord of Pinkeney, in 1335-6. James Pinkeney left by his wife Joan, Hugh 

 de Pinkeney, who married Isabel, their heirs held the Lordship of Pinkeney in 1399-1400." 



6 Bloomfleld's Norfolk, vol. v. pp. 5, 6. The arms of Pinkney or Pinkeni, of Buckingham- 

 shire, Essex, Norfolk and Northamptenshire temp, Edward I, were, or, four fusils in fisse gau. 

 The arms of Plilip Pinckney of Eastchester were the same. 



c The family is now represented. 



d Fairfield Town Records. 



