Cancellation of 1909 Fatt Calfe Ceremony Due to ‘Sharp Lawyers’ Prompted a Pell Family Feud
On September 20, 1689, John Pell, and his wife, Rachel, sold to Jacob Leisler of New York City 6,000 acres of Manor of Pelham land. At the same time they gifted to Leisler another 100 acres for use as church grounds.