THE TOWN OF NEW CASTLE. 567 



lakes, ponds, rivers, rivulets, mines, minerals, (royal mines only excepted,) fish- 

 ing, fowling, hunting and hawking, rights, privileges, hereditaments, and ap- 

 purtenances to the same belonging or in any way appertaining, and all the estate, 

 right, interest, claim, possession, property and demand of the said Wampus, 

 Cornelius and Coharnith, sachems, and the other Indians whose names are here- 

 unto sub§cribed, and each and every of them, in and to the premises, in and to 

 every part and parcel thereof, to have and to hold the before mentioned tract of 

 land and all other the above granted premises to him the said Caleb Heathcote, 

 his heirs and assigns, to the only proper benefit and behoof of him the said Caleb 

 Heathcote, his heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof, the parties to 

 these presents have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, the day and 

 year first above written. « 



Sealed and delivered in Pathunck. 



presence of Coharnus. 



William Lawrence, and Betty Pathunck. 



Joseph Samuel. Willro Coharnus's wife. 



Wacapo M her mark. 

 Wampus, Indian, O his mark. 

 Cornelius, 5° his mark. 

 Roe Roe, ^ his mark. 



The above sale included the township of New Castle, and all that 

 portion of North Castle lying West of the Byram river. 



Upon the fourteenth day of February, 1 701-2, the following letters 

 patent were issued under the great seal of the province of New York, 

 to Robert Walters and his associates ; they rendering and paying there- 

 fore to the King or his heirs and surveyors, the yearly rent of six pounds 

 five shillings, current money of New York, in lieu and stead of all other 

 demands, &c. 



THE WEST PATENT OF NORTH CASTLE. 



•'William the Third, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, Franeej.and 

 Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc., to all whom these presents, shall 

 come, sendeth greeting: Whereas, our loving subjects, Robert Walters, Leigh 

 Atwood. Cornelius Depeyster, Caleb Heathcote, Matthew Clarkson, John Choi- 

 well, Richard Slater, Lancaster Simes, Robert Lurting, and Barne Cosens, 

 have, by their petitions, presented unto our trusty and well beloved John. Nan- 

 fan, Esq., our Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-chief of our province of 

 New York, and the territories depending thereon in America, etc., prayed our 

 grant and confirmation of a certain tract of land in our County of Westchester, 

 bounded northerly by the manor of Cortlandt, and eastwardly with Bedford line 

 of three miles square, the white fields and Byram River, southerly by the land 

 of John Harrison, Rye line stretching to Byram River aforesaid, and the White 

 Plains, and westwardly by Bronck's River and the manor of Philipsburgh, ex- 

 cepting out of the bounds aforesaid, all the land in Mr. Richbell's patent, accord- 

 ing to the lines of the said patent, now in the tenure and occupation of Colonel 



a Alb. Kec. Indian deeds, warrant for survey. Lib. I, 52-53. 



