[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] James Rich, Gilbert Brown, Thomas Tippet, Samuel Lawrence, Thomas Merrit, Samuel Williams, Israel Underbill, Henry Brown, Benjamin Archer, The commanding eminence rising above the village directly-east of the Philipse Mansion, is called Locust Hill. Here the American army were encamped during a part of the war, while the enemy lay in the lower grounds. October 12, 1776, the American army marched from King's bridge, along the heights above Yonkers towards Dobb's Ferry. St. John's church, Yonkers, together with its gothic parsonage, stands pleasantly situated on the south bank of the Saw mill. This church is one of the neatest in the county, having been COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 473 completely repaired and beautified within a few years. It owes its early foundation to the Philipses's, who, as lords of the Manor at that time enjoyed the advowson or right of patronage to all and every church erected therein. Its first founder and patron was the Honorable Frederick Philipse, for some years speaker of the house of Assembly in the province of New York, 1721-8. There is every reason to believe that this distinguished indi.