[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mr. Vail married Catharine, daughter of Jacob Devoe, of New York, and has two children, Frederick C. and Clara.lane. William F. Lawrence, one of the directors of the Citizens' National Hank is one of Yonker's most progressive citizens. The families bearing the name of Lawrence, and which are so numerous in this county, are the descendants of three brothers — John, William and Thomas — who came to America in 1686, and in 1644, in company witli several others, obtained a patent from Governor Kieft for the land now included in the town of Hempstead, Long Is-land. Thomas Lawrence, the youngest of these brothers, in L666 became the owner of a large trai t of land in Newtown, L. I., and afterwards bought the whole of Ilellgate Neck, having an extended front on the Last Kiver. Hi' was the ancestor of the family of the name now living in this county. H is descendant. Major Samuel Lawrence, was B prominent citizen of Yonkers. His homestead was on the north side of the private road known as " Valentine's Lane," and