[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tiles, each representing some Bible incident.-It we would conceive of the outside surroundings of the substantial building during the life of the first lord, we must displace all the developments of later years. All around must have retained nearly its absolute primitive wildness. There were still savages about, and these sometimes indulged in raids upon the whites. It is believed, from evidence gained in near excavations, that there is from the cellar of the house an underground passage to a well, now covered by the roadway of Woodworth Avenue— a passage for es-cape in case of a raid. This suggests another reason for believing that Castle Philipse is a later building than this. That castle is built with conditions of a. fort. Provisions for guns, it is said, may still be seen in its cellar walls. Probably these arrangements for defense there were suggested by the experience of need which residence in this earlier building had de-veloped. But we need speak no further of this house. Margaret Philipse died in 1690 or 1691. Her hus-band, after having been married again, died in 1702. All the children he left behind him, including the adopted daughter, Eva, were hers. They were as fol-lows : 1. Eva Philipse, the adopted daughter, born July & and baptized October 3, 1660. She married, May 31, 1691 (May 7th, commonly given, was the date of the 2 Mr. Robert P.