584 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



eighty-seven. As relation being thereto had, doth more fully and at large appear, 

 as also the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders of a certain lott 

 of laud and meadow, now in the tenure and occupation of John Jefferd, and 

 Olive his wife, being part of the aforesaid six thousaud acres of land, with all 

 the privileges belonging thereto or any wise appertaining, or therewith now used, 

 occupied and enjoyed, as all the right, title, interest, reversion, remainder, prop- 

 erty, claime, and demand whatsoever, of, in, and to the same, and any part 

 thereof, as is hereafter expressed. To have and to hold the aforesaid tract of 

 land, with all other the above granted premises, unto the said Jacob Leisler, his 

 heirs and assigns, for ever, to his and their own soul and proper use, benefit, 

 and behoof, for ever, yielding and paying unto the said John Pell, his heirs and 

 assigns, lords of the said manor of Pelham, to the assignees of him or them, or 

 their or either of them, as an acknowledgment to the lords of the said manor, 

 one fat calf on every four and twentieth day of June, yearly and every year for- 

 ever if demanded. The said John Pell and Rachel his wife, for themselves, 

 their heirs, executors, and administrators respectively, do hereby covenant, 

 promise, and grant to and with the said Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assignees, 

 in manner and form following, that is to say, at the time of the ensealing hereof, 

 they, the said John Pell and Rachel his wife, do avouch themselves to be true, 

 sole, and lawful owners of all the afore bargained premises, and that they are 

 lawfully seized of and in the same and every part thereof in their own proper right 

 of a good and indefinable estate of inheritance in fee simple, and have in them- 

 selves good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and dispose of the same as 

 aforesaid ; and the said Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assignees, shall and may from 

 henceforth and forever hereafter, peaceably, quietly, have, hold, occupy, possess, 

 and enjoy the above granted premises, and every part and parcel thereof, free and 

 clear without any charge or intimidation, caused, made, suffered, or granted by 

 said John Pell and Rachel his wife, or either of them, their or either of their 

 heirs in estate, right, title, interest in law or equity, trust, charge, or other molesta- 

 tion, whatsoever. And the said John Pell and Rachel his wife, for themselves 

 respectively, and for their respective heirs, do covenant, promise, and grant to war- 

 rant and defend the above granted premises with their appurtenances, and every 

 part and parcel thereof, unto the said Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assignees, for- 

 ever, against the lawful charges and demands. In witness whereof the said John 

 Pell and Rachel his wife have hereunto set their hands and seals in New York, 

 the I wentieth day of September, in the first year of the reign of our sovereign lord 

 and lady, William and Mary, King and Queen of England, &c, &c, in the year of 

 our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty and nine. John Pell. 



The mark of<* 



R 

 Raoiiel Pell. 



Whenever the fat ca/fxva,s demanded as an acknowledgment by the 

 lords of the manor on the festival of St. John the Baptist each Hugue- 

 not paid his proportion toward its purchase. This ceremony was last 

 performed in a house which occupied the site of James Morgan's resi- 

 dence in Eastchester ; a feast invariably followed the presentation. 



a Copied from original document in possession of the late Bonnet Underbill, Esq., of Up- 

 per Rochelle. 



