This Day in History: 1710-04-29
Mr. William Bond, the General Agent for the Proprietors of the East New Jersey Colony and for Richard Ingoldesby, the Lieutenant Governor of New York, reported that in the course of his surveying the Ramapo Tract, that he had been threatened by residents in the area. Samuel Bayard, Rachel Bayard, who is the widow of Peter Bayard, Major Brockolst, and Albert Zabriskie and his two sons had threatened to break his neck and incite an Indian upraising if he pressed the Proprietors claims to the 46,200 acre tract. They also sent an Indian to threaten him. However, he succeeded in drawing a map of the tract, including Union Hill in Suffern, where the quarry is, and the river crossing in Mahwah. (Bristow)