[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] indeed, that the pulpit of that church was the work of his own hands. Having made his way by industry and thrift, he afterwards left his trade and engaged in mercantile business. At length he married the rich widow of Peter Rudolphus de Vries, whose maiden-name was Marga-retha Hardenbroek. She had an only daughter, Eva, whom he adopted as his own, and who is spoken of in the history of the times as Eva Philipse. After some years of continued prosperity, during which he amassed a large fortune, his wife died, not later prob-ably than about 1(390, and on November 30, 1692, he married a second time. The lady in this case was Catharina Van Cortlandt, daughter of Oloff Stephanus Van Cortlandt and widow of John Derval. She brought him a double fortune, first from her father and then from her late husband, who had left her with ample means. This is the Catharine Van Cort-landt and wife of Frederick Philipse, whose name is so intimately connected with Tarrytown, with the old PHILIPSE MANOR HOUSE, PUTNAM COUNTY, X. Y. Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and with Castle Philipse, or the manor-house, on the Pocantico Creek. Frederick Philipse died in 1702, aged seventy-six years, and was buried under the old church. His widow, the Lady Philipse, survived him twenty-eight years and died in 1730, which is the date of her last will and testament. The children of Frederick Philipse were : 1. Eva de Vries Philipse, who was really his step-daughter, but whom he adopted as his own child.