A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1Alexander S. Gould, 1848 |
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... John Pell , Esq . On the 20th Oot . , 1635 , James II . appointed John Pell , John Palmer , William Richardson , Joseph Horton , sen . , and Joseph Theale , Justices of the Peace in the County of Westchester . and 41 ° 22 ' north ...
... John Pell , Esq . On the 20th Oot . , 1635 , James II . appointed John Pell , John Palmer , William Richardson , Joseph Horton , sen . , and Joseph Theale , Justices of the Peace in the County of Westchester . and 41 ° 22 ' north ...
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... John Pell Caleb Heathcote William Willett Frederick Phillips 1688 John Waters 1802 • 1700 Caleb Tompkins 1808 1721 William Jay 1820 1730 Isaac Requa 1820 Isaac Honeywell 1734 Jonathan Ferris . 1820 • John Thomas 1734 William Miller 1820 ...
... John Pell Caleb Heathcote William Willett Frederick Phillips 1688 John Waters 1802 • 1700 Caleb Tompkins 1808 1721 William Jay 1820 1730 Isaac Requa 1820 Isaac Honeywell 1734 Jonathan Ferris . 1820 • John Thomas 1734 William Miller 1820 ...
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... John de Lancey 1733 to 1737 1737 to 1766 1766 to 1768 1768 to 1769 • James de Lancey , Jun . , last of the Colonial , John ... Pell . Elias Newman Samuel Young Edward Thomas Samuel XX INTRODUCTION .
... John de Lancey 1733 to 1737 1737 to 1766 1766 to 1768 1768 to 1769 • James de Lancey , Jun . , last of the Colonial , John ... Pell . Elias Newman Samuel Young Edward Thomas Samuel XX INTRODUCTION .
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Robert Bolton. Philip Pell . Elias Newman Samuel Young Edward Thomas Samuel Young Ezra Lockwood Henry White Samuel Young ... John Thomas , Jun . Robert Graham William Paulding . Joseph Drake Members of the New York Convention from ...
Robert Bolton. Philip Pell . Elias Newman Samuel Young Edward Thomas Samuel Young Ezra Lockwood Henry White Samuel Young ... John Thomas , Jun . Robert Graham William Paulding . Joseph Drake Members of the New York Convention from ...
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... Pell , occurs in 1664 , to James Euestis , Philip Pinckney , and others . Know all men by these presents , that I , Thomas Pell ... John Tompkins , Moses Hoit , Samuel Drake , Andrew Ward , Walter Lancaster , Nathaniel Tompkins , Samuel Ward ...
... Pell , occurs in 1664 , to James Euestis , Philip Pinckney , and others . Know all men by these presents , that I , Thomas Pell ... John Tompkins , Moses Hoit , Samuel Drake , Andrew Ward , Walter Lancaster , Nathaniel Tompkins , Samuel Ward ...
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Abraham acres aforesaid André Arnold Bedford bounds British brook Caleb Heathcote called Capt Captain church Colonel command Connecticut county of Westchester creek Croton Daniel David ditto Drake Dutch east Eastchester enemy England erected Ferry Frederick Philipse Governor grant Greenburgh Guion heirs hills Hist Hudson Indian inhabitants Isaac Island Jacob Jacob Leisler James James de Lancey John Pell John Richbell Joseph Lancey Lieutenant Lord Mamaroneck manor of Cortlandt mark meadow miles mill minister neck North Castle officers parcel patent Paulding Peekskill Pelham Peter Philip Philip van Cortlandt Pierre van Cortlandt pond present prisoner proprietors province purchase residence river road Rochelle sail'd Salem Samuel side Sing Sing situated Smith Stephanus Van Cortlandt Tarrytown Thomas Pell town tract of land trees unto Verplanck's Point vicinity village Ward Westchester County White Plains wife William woods York
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Page 235 - In the centre of the road stood an enormous tulip-tree, which towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neighborhood and formed a kind of landmark. Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting down almost to the earth, and rising again into the air.