[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] it after having once embraced it, we do not know, but we first find them exercising it in 1772. From that date forward, with some irregularities, till 1788, when the town was set apart, we have two sets of supervisors connected with this region — one for the Manor of Philipsburgh and the other for the precinct of "The Yonkers." The supervisors for the manor were as follows : 1772-74, Justice William Davis; 1775-77, none J 1778, Joseph Paulding; 1779-82, none; 1783-84, William Paulding; 17s."), William Davis; 178fi, Jonathan Hor-ton; 1787, Isaac Requa. This closed the manor period. The supervisors for the precinct were as follows: 1772-74, Colonel James Van Cortlandt; 1773-82, none; 1783-84, Israel Honeywell; 178G, William Iladley; 1787, David Hunt. This closed the precinct period. We find the following proceedings of the supervisors with their dates : October 7, 1772, William Stivers, a petit constable of Philipsburgh, was allowed £1 Is. Id. for transporting John Horton; Peter Brunt, another constable, £1 9s. Gd. for transporting Nancy Bolton; Horromy Davis, a third constable of the same place, £4 for transporting Mary Golden and her children; and Peter Martliug, another constable of the same place, for transporting Nancy Manning. In the same year the assessment upon Philipsburgh for county ex-penses was £13 lis. fid., being much more than that of any other town,