[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Westchester Rec 334 HISTORY OF THE and residue, unto the children of Philip Schuyler deceased, eldest son of my sister, Cornelia Schuyler deceased, and Oliver Schuyler, &c.=^ Tradition asserts that Catharine Philipse was in the habit of riding up from the city of New Yorlv on horseback, mounted on a pillion behind her favorite brother, Jacobus van Cortlandt, for the purpose of superintending the erection of this church; her husband was at this time a merchant in the cit^r. These jour-neys were generally performed during moonlight nights. Who could relate the interesting conversations that must have passed between the affectionate brother and sister, as they thus sat on horseback pursuing their lonely route from the metrop-olis, and the joy of the latter when the glorious work was com-pleted ? This illustrious lady must certainly havejaken a very active part, not only in the building, but in the procuring and subsequent settlement of the ministry therein, which plainly ap-pears from the ancient records of the Dutch church, where her name occurs, as first on the list of its members, in 1697. "First and before all the right honorable, God-fearing, very wise and prudent, my lady Catharina Philipse, widow of the lord Frederick Philipse of blessed memory, who have promoted down service here in the highest praiseworthy manner." The Dutch church and its vicinity is tluis described in the well known legend of Sleepy Hollow.