History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 20 (part 2)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The country residence of Col-onel and Mrs. Robinson was on the east side of the Hudson, a little southeast of Garrison's. It was erected in 1750, and was very celebrated down to the time of the Revolution (for the history of Colonel Robinson and family, which is of great interest, see Robert Beverley's ''History of Virginia;" Documents relating to Colonial History of New York, vol. viii. p. 806; New York Genealogical and Biographical MARY PHILIPSE. Record, vol. ix. p. 121; and consult by index Mrs. Lamb's " History of New York City "). Robinson's an-cestors, himself and his children were all very promi-nent. The Robinson estate was confiscated in 1779. 6. Mary Philipse, born July 5, 1730; died in Eng-land July 18, 1825, aged ninety-five. Married, July 19, 1758 (Trinity Church record), Colonel Roger Mor-ris, born in England January 28, 1727, and died there September 13, 1794. Their country-seat was that in later years familiarly known as the " Jumel estate," on the high bank of the Harlem River, at One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Street. Like Colonel Robinson, Colonel Morris adhered to the crown at the time of the Revolu-tion, and his estate was confiscated in 1779. Robinson and Morris received from the English govern-ment seventeen thousand pounds each as a reimburse-ment for their losses in this way. The remains of Colonel and Mrs. Morris are interred at York.