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Manors of the Colonial Period in New York and its Dependencies.

NAMES.

PATENTEES.

DATES.

LOCATION AND REMARKS.

Bentley..................

Cassiltown..............

Cortlandt................

Fletcher.................

Fox Hall

Gardners Island.......

Livingston..............

Marthas Vineyard....

Morrisania..............

Pelham..................

Philipsburgh..........

Plumme Island........

Rensselaerwyck.......

St. George...............

Scarsdale...............

Sophy....................

Tysbury.................

Capt. Ch’r Billop............

John Palmer.................

Col. Stephanus Cortlandt

Capt. John Evans..........

Capt. Thos. Chambers

Earl of Stirling..............

Robert Livingston.........

Matthew Mayhew..........

Col. Lewis Morris...........

John Pell......................

Frederick Philipse.........

Samuel Willes...............

Killian Van Rensselaer...

Col. Wm. Smith............

Caleb Heathcote............

John Paine....................

Thos. Mayhew...............

May 6,1687
Mar. 20,1687
June 17,1697
Sept. 6,1694
May 21,1667
Mar. 10,1639
June 22,1668
April 20,1685
May 9,1697
Oct. 25,1687
April 1,1680
April 2,1675
1630-37

Oct. 5,1693
Mar. 21,1701
July 25,1672

July 8,1761

S. W. part of Staten Island, sometimes called “Billop Manor.”
N. part of Staten Island.

N. part of Westchester co., had 1 Rep. in Gen. Assembly.
Canceled.

Annexed to Kingston, Mar. 12,1787.

With full power as an independent town.

Columbia co., had 1 Rep. in Gen. Assembly.

Since annexed to Massachusetts.

S. point of Westchester co.

S. E. border of Westchester co.

Putnam co.

Plum and Gull Islands.

Fully organized; represented in Gen. Assembly; confirmed
Oct. 17,1685, May 20,1704.

In town of Brookhaven, Suffolk co.

Westchester co.

Prudence Island, R. I. Disallowed by R. I., and authority
resisted.

Marthas Vineyard, now a part of Massachusetts.

Several of these existed.only in name; perhaps a few other patents bore the name of Manors, upon which active settlement
was not begun under the Colonial Government.

Table of the more important Patents

Granted under the English Colonial Government, in the eastern part of New York.

Extent
n Acres.


Name op Patent.


Date.


Patentees.


Adaquataugie Patent...,

Amherst Tracts...........

Anaquassacook Patent.

Argyle Patent.............

Arieskill Patent..........

Artillery Patent..........

Babington’s Patent......

Bagley’s Patents..........


8,1770

6.1774
11, 1762

13.1764

12.1737

24.1764

22.1770

17.1737
9,1838

6.1775

14.1753

24.1736

12.1771

19.1754
24,1770
25,1703

27.1769

6.1769

6.1774
22,1729

28.1769
18,1762

14.1738

16.1737

13.1770
30,1725
21,1761

11.1764
5,1784

11,1767
4,1714

22.1770

29.1770
1,1695

25.1707

18.1738

23.1708

15.1770

19.1737
2,1734
9,1738

30.1770

30.1770

5.1775
29,-1770

4,1774

11.1769

22.1770

12.1737

23.1737

21.1770

20.1770

20.1770


Sir William Johnson and others.

Sir Jeffery Amherst, (2 tracts.)

R. J. F. & W. Schermerhorn and others.
Duncan Reid and cithers.

James De Lancey.

Joseph Walton and others.

Charles Babin gton.

Timothy Bagley and others.

Henry Balfour, (Totten & Crossfield’s Pur.)
Goldsbrow Banyar and others.

Vincent Matthews and others.

Wm. & Rob. Bayard and others, (Freemasons’
Patent.)

Johannes Becker and others.

John Leake and others.

Henry Beekman.

William H. Beekman.

irge Croghan and others, (2 tracts.)

Wm. Bishop, (T. & C. Pur.)

Rutger Bleecker and others.

John Weatherhead and others.

James Bradshaw.

Krent Bradt and others.

David Buffington.

John Joost Petrie and others. (German Flats.)
Colden, Smith, Banyar, and others.

Allen Campbell.

Duncan Campbell, (T. & C. Pur.)

Martin Garretson Van Bergen and others.
John
& Margaret Collins.

James Clarke.

Daniel Claus.

Jacob Lockerman.

Ann Bridges and others.

John Lindsley and others.

N. Hermanse and others, (Shenondehowa Pat.)
Stephen Skinner and others.

Wm. Corry and others.

Joseph Worrell and others.

Alex., Ph. & Wm. Cosby.

Daniel Coxe and others, (s. w. of Mohawk.)

“    “    “•    (e. of Susquehanna.)

Geo. Croghan and others, (s. of Mohawk.)
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer.

Elkanah Dean.

John De Bernier.

James De Lancey and others, (S. of Mohawk.)

“    “    “    (n. of Mohawk.)

Robert Edmeston.

William Edmeston.

Walter Franklin and others.


May

April

May

March

Nov.

Oct.

May

June

Feb.

March

April

April

June

March
May
June
March
July
April
Sept.
Nov.
May
Feb.
Dec.
July
April
July
July
April
July
Nov.
May
Sept.
Nov.
March
April
Sept.
Jan.
Nov.
June
Feb.
May
May
Jan.
June
Oct.
July
May
Nov.
Aug.
July
July
I June


26,000

40.000

10.000
47,450
10,000

24.000
2,000

4.000

6.000

5.000

4.000
4,200

50.000

6.000

27.000


Hamilton......

Washington .


Montgomery......

Washington......

Delaware............

Schenectady......

Montgomery......

Ham. & Warren.
Otsego & Scho....

Greene...............

Oneida & Herk...


Balfour’s Patent.,
Banyar’s Patent..
Batavia Patent...
Bayard’s Patent..


Becker’s Patent............................ Schoharie........

Bedlington Patent........................ Delaware.........

Beekman’s Patent ...................Dutchess.........

Beekmantown Patent.................... Clinton ......

Belvidere Patent........................... Otsego & Scho..

Bishop’s Patent............................. Hamilton........

Bleecker’s Patent..........................Montgomery ...

Blenheim Patent........................... Schoharie .

Bradshaw’s Patent  .................j Washington ...

Bradt’s Patent.............................. Schenectady...


30.000
100,000

14.000
4,300

40.000

23.000

4.000
3,870

4.000
9,400

31.500

5.000

4.000

35.500

2.000
2,000
3,000

7,050

40.000

25.000

22.000
6,000

47.000

29.000

18.000
18,036

30.000
2,000

10.000
5,426

5.000

6.000
9,000


Buffington Patent....
Burnetsfield Patent..
Cambridge Patent....
Campbell’s Patents...


Schoharie......

Herkimer.....

Washington .

Essex...........

Hamilton.....

Greene.........

Montgomery.

Delaware.......

Pulton .

Greene.........


Catskill Patent...........

Caughnawaga Patent..,

Clarke’s Patent .

Claus’s Patent............

Caterskill Patent
Cheesecock’s Patent....
Cherry Valley Patent.
Clifton Park Patent...,

Cobus Kill Patent .

Corry’s Patent...........

Cosby’s Manor...........

Cosby’s Patent....,......

Coxburglr & Carolina..
Coxe’s Patent............


Schoharie..........

Mont. & Scho.....

Oneida & Herk..

Schenectady......

Oneida..............


Croghan’s Patent.....

Dartmouth Patent ...

Dean’s Patent..........

De Bernier’s Patent..
De Lancey’s Patent..

Edmeston’s Patent...

Franklin Patent......


Hamilton......

Clinton.........

Delaware.......

Montgomery.


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