[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Harvey Green (till about 1840), David Underbill (till about 1844), Starr Rockwell and James Bash ford. Mr. Bashford was its last proprietor. In 1851 the build-ing was removed to make room for the present I retty House. It now stands, much altered and enlarged, at the corner of New Main Street and NepperhaH Avenue. Mr. Elisha Williams and Colonel John Williams were sons of John Williams, Sr., who had been steward of the Philipsburgh Manor under Colonel Fred. Philipse. The family is supposed to be, on the Williams side, of Welsh origin. John Williams was a man of commanding presence, of upright and high character, and a vestryman of St. John's Church. Till Colonel Philipse went to England lie lived on what is now called " The Valley Farm," near the South Yonkers Station, on the New York City and Northern Railroad. The colonel, upon leaving, put him in charge of the Manor Hall, and he lived in it. At the confiscation sales he was the pur-chaser, as we have seen, of one hundred and seventy-seven acres. He had several children, of whom, as stated above, Elisha and John were, in succe>sion, proprietors of the old tavern. Elisha was the father of Dr. Abraham V. Williams, a physician of New York City, a man of exceptional mental gifts and professional ability, to whom is credited the first