[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] we had closed this fifth section, we find the imputation of Yonkers put : at 129 in 10?4 ami at 008 in 1712. But Mr. Smith reminds his readers that at those dates "Yonkers" was an indefinite term. Bolton, in his "Church in Westchester Ootwty," Hives the population at -49 in 1 7<»4, i 200 in IToh mid 180 in 17 12. Probably no reliance can he placed on any of these figures as indicating the nuinher of people on the ground now covered by Yonkars. Mr. Smith's directory contains a brief but very in-teresting sketch of the vicinity. He had seen the old town record-hook, which we cannot find. He says of it,— "One hook served the town for over fifty years, ami was then not filled. It is bound in parch-BMUt. The |«iper is I loan — Strong hut rough — of English manufacture..... The records are extremely meagre." But he gives the sujier-vi-.r-of 111.' precinct before 1772, viz.:.lames Van Cortlandt, 1750-5J; J M entry, 1788-61; James Van Cortland, 1702-72. himself finally passed away February 11, 1842, at the age of eighty-two years, both childless and intestate. Some people still living in Yonkers remember the purchase of 1813, and very many well remember the commanding form of Mr. Wells, which, down to 1842, continued to be seen upon the streets in his daily walks. He was born in Berlin, Conn. The oldest of his ancestors of whom we arc informed was Richard Wells, of the Manor of Wells, Cambridgeshire, Eng-land. The earliest representative of the family in