[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] temptations. Complicity with piracy, smuggling and the slave trade were persistently charged upon him, and strong efforts were made to throw him out of the Common Council and bring about the confiscation of his great estate. These matters are rehearsed in our colonial history. Through real personal merit, how-ever, together with his high family associations and the power of his wealth, he had become a man of al-most unlimited influence, and continued to hold this influence to the end of his life. From 1693 to his death, \ovember 6, 1702, he lived in Castle Philips*, at Tarrytown. In 1699, perhaps at the prompting of his wife, Catharina Van Cortlandt, he built the He-MAXOR HOl-SE AND SURROUNDINGS IX 1842 formed Church of Sleepy Hollow, which still^stands. In the communion of that church he died. The fol-lowing entry by his widow is from her family Bible : "Anno 1702, the 6th of November, Sunday night at ten'o'clock, my husband, Frederick Philipse, died, and lies buried in the church-yard in the manor named Philipsborough." His will is dated November 26, 1700. It was ad-mitted to probate December 9, 1702. His widow sur-vived him at least down to 1730, as her will is dated January 30th of that year. " Manor House."— We cannot pass the life of the first Lord Frederick Philipse without taking up the subject of this ancient relic, now owned by the city of Yonkers and used by it as a city hall. The first Lord Philipse never saw more than the south end of it.