THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK. 



467 



"Wappaqueem saith that Thomas Close with Cokoe spake to him to sett his 

 hand to Mr. RevelFs deed and he should have a coate, upon which he did it. 

 He saith further that Mr. Richbell came and viewed and agreed for ye land, but 

 not bringing his goods tyme enough he sold it to Mr. Revell. He confesses that 

 Mr. Richbell gave another Indian a coate and some seawant and a shirt to marke 

 out ye trees after ye agreement, but that he had nothing. 



Another Indian saith that Cockoe and Thomas Close received Mr. Revell's 

 money betweene them and kept it themselves, for ye proprietors had none of it. 



Wappaqueem saith that what he received from Mr. Richbell was by way of 

 skineage but not in parte of payment. 



He, whose land it was, and Wappaqueom called brother, but were not natural 

 brothers. 



llth Nov. 1661, the power intrusting Wappaqueom and Cacoh to sell. 



8th, 1661, the date of ye deed which is before ye power. « 

 On the 24th of December, 1661, we find Richbell thus addressing the 



Dutch Director and Council: — 



Amsterdam, 

 In New Netherlands, 24th Dec, 1661. 

 To the most noble, great and respectful Lords, the Directors General and Coun- 

 cil, in New Netherlands, solicits most reverently, John Richbell, that it may 

 please your honours to grant him letters patent for three corners of land, the 

 east corner being named " Wanmainuck " corner, the western with the adjacent 

 land, by some named Mr. Pell's land, promising that all persons who, with the 

 supplicant's permission or order, would settle there with him, shall be willing to 

 solicit letters patent for such a parcel of land as they may intend to settle : in 

 the meantime, he supplicates that your honours may be pleased to grant him let- 

 ters patent for the whole tract, which he is willing to enforce and instruct them 

 of your honours' government and will, in similar manner, on terms and condi- 

 tions as are allowed to other villages. Hoping on your consent, he remains, 

 &c.6 John Richbell. 



This petition having been presented to and read by the Director, 1 9th 

 Jan. 1662, it was returned for answer, that before a final decision can be 

 given on this petition, so shall the supplicant be requested to explain 

 more at large before the Director-General and Council in New Nether- 

 lands, the extent of his proposal as mentioned in the said petition on 

 the day as above. 



John Richbell must have replied immediately to this letter, as the 

 same year we find the following declaration of Petrus Stuyvesant, (Gov- 

 ernor-General,) in favor of Mr. Rissebel: 



"We, the Governor-General and Council of estate of the United Ne- 

 therlands, doe declare by these presents, that we, upon the petition of 

 Mr. John Rissebel and his associates, that be under the protection of 

 the high and subordinate authority of this Province, upon terms and con- 



a Albany Deed Book, No. Ill, p. 37. 

 i Alb. Rec. vol. xx, p. 22. 

 c Albany Rec. vol. xx, p. 22. 



