[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Col. Benjamin Green, who died October 6, 1812, Aged 56 years and 2 months. Upon Phmi Brook are situated the saw mills of Messrs. Sylvanus Kniften and Jacob Ruxer, also the saw and grist mill of Robert Halleck, This stream has its source in the northern part of the town, and running through the town, passes into the Croton at Woodsbridge. There are few historical notices of im-portance in connection with Somers, except that during the Re-volution, General Washington lay encamped for sometime on the high hills east of the village, in the vicinity of Mr. Reuben Wright's house. " The surface of Somers is uneven in part, with some exten-sive plains; soil, various, but mostly well adapted to grass and grain."^ " li^he farms are large, and the inhabitants industrious and wealthy. The growth of wood is similar to that in the neighboring towns." The high lands in the north-eastern part of the town are said to abound with iron ore of good quality.