On the 12th, day of November, 1685, the inhabitants of Flatbush applied to, and obtained from Colonel Thomas Dongan, the fourth English Governor of the Colony of New-York, a confirmatory Patent for the whole town, including the several former grants, or Patents of Midwout, or Flatbush, the Canarsee Meadows, Keuters Hook and Oustwout, or New-Lots. This Patent runs thus, to wit:

"Thomas Dongan, Lieutenant Governor and Vice-Admiral of New-York, &c., under his majesty James the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., Supreme Lord and Proprietor of the Colony and Province of New-York and its dependencies in America. To all to whom these presents shall come, sendeth Greeting: Whereas, there is a certain town in Kings County, upon Long-Island, called and known by the name of Midwout, alias, Flatbush, the bounds whereof, begin at the mouth of the Fresh Kill, and so along by a certain Ditch which lies betwixt Amersfort and Flatbush Meadows, and so running along the ditch and fence to a certain white oak marked tree, and from thence upon a straight line to the westernmost point of a small island of woodland lying before John Stryker's bridge; and from thence with a straight line to the northwest hook or corner of the ditch of John Oakies meadow; and from thence along the said ditch and fence to the swamp of the Fresh Kill, and so along the swamp and hollow of the aforesaid Kill to the land of Keuter's Hook; thence along the same to a marked white oak tree; from thence with a straight line to a black oak marked tree standing upon the northeast side of Twiller's Flats, havving a small snip of flats upon the southeast side of the line; and so from thence to a white oak tree standing to the west side of Moschito Hole to a small island, leaving a snip of flats in the Flatlands bounds; and from thence to a certain marked tree or stump, standing by the highway which goes to Flatlands upon the Little Flats, about twenty rods from Flatbush Lots, and so along the fence six hundred Dutch rods, to the corner of Flatbush fence, and so along the rear of the lots to a sassafras stump standing in Cornelius Jansen Berrian's lot of land; and from thence with a straight line to a certain old marked tree or stump, standing by the Rush Pond under the hills, and so along upon the south side of the hill till it comes to the west end of the Long Hill, and so along upon the south side of the said hill, till it comes to the east end of the long hill; and then with a straight line from the east end of the said long hill, to a marked white oak tree, standing to the west side of the road, near the place called the gate or port of hills; and so from the east side of the port or gate aforesaid upon the south side of the main hills, as far as Brooklyn Patent doth extend; and so along the said hills to the bounds of Jamaica Patent; and from thence with a southerly line, to the kill or creek by the east of the Plunders Neck, and so along the said kill to the sea, as according to the several deeds or purchases from the Indian owners, the Patent from Governor Nicolls, and the award between Brooklyn and the town of Flatbush, relation thereunto being had, doth more fully and at large appear; And, whereas, application to me hath been made for a confirmation of the aforesaid tract and parcels of land and premises: Now Know ye, that by virtue of the commission and authority unto me given by his majesty,