474 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER: 



The death of the patentee, John Richbell, appears to have taken 

 place some time in January, 1684, as we find Mr. John Timan petitioning 

 the governor and council for administration on the estate of John Rich- 

 bell, January, 1684.* 



The following extracts are taken from the will of Mrs. Anne Richbell, 

 his wife, which bears date 1st of April, A.D. 1700. 



" In the name of God, amen. I, Ann Richbell, of the town of Mamaroneck, 

 in the county of Westchester, in the Province of New York, gentlewoman, be- 

 ing sick and weak in body, but of good and perfect memory, (blessed be the 

 Lord for it,) who hath now put it into my heart to set my house in order, by 

 making this my last will and testament, in manner as followeth : Imprimis, I 

 give and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my creator, and my 

 body to the earth from whence it came, to a decent and comely burial at the di- 

 rection of Colonel Caleb Heathcote. 



"Mr. Richbell Mott and Lt. John Horton, I make my executors of this my 

 last will and testament, and for this worldly estate which it has pleased the Lord 

 to endow me withal, &c. Imprimis, to my daughter Elizabeth the sum of 801. 

 and my gold ring with the emerald stone in it, and my little Bible. To my 

 daughter Anne, the sum of 60Z. and also my gold chain. To my grand-daugh- 

 ter, Anna Gedney, Mary Willians and Mary Mott, each AOL and to my said 

 grand-daughter Mary, my biggest gold ring. I give and bequeath to my son-in- 

 law James Mott, 14Z. and to my grandson James Mott, the son of Capt. James 

 Mott, 15Z." &c. &c. 



Elizabeth and Anne, the two devisees mentioned in the above will, 

 were the sole issue of the patentee. Elizabeth, the eldest, married Cap- 

 tain James Mott, (son of Adam Mott.) Anne married John Emerson. 

 The patentee left one brother, Robert Richbell of Southampton, in Eng- 

 land, father of Robert Richbell, who succeeded his uncle in a portion of 

 the Mamaroneck estates. 6 



A. D. 1700, the Hon. Caleb Heathcote became legally seized in fee 

 of the greatest portion of the eastermost neck, together with other lands, 

 having in 1696, obtained a patent right from Mrs. Anne Richbell, to 

 purchase lands which were already included in her husband's sale of 

 1660. 



On the 21st day of March, 1701, King William III. by letters patent, 

 granted and confirmed unto Caleb Heathcote his extensive purchases 

 and erected them into the " Lordship and Manor of Scarsdale." This 

 Royal Charter is given of length under the Town of Scarsdale in this 

 work, and is recorded in the Secretary of State's office at Albany. 



The "Manor of Scarsdale" included the present towns of Mamaro- 



a Council Min. Rec. No. v, 104. 



b For a continuation of this family, see pedigree. 



c Vol. vii of Patents, 226 



