History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 286 (part 2)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The road across to the Point was constructed by dumping in earth and stones upon the marsh, to a depth, as is supposed, of about forty feet, and when it was com-pleted, the displaced mud stood up for a time like a little island outside. At Green's Cove are located the brickyards of ( 'y rus Travis, and O'Brien & McConncll. leased from Oliver P. Jones, and employing about fifty men each. Montrose Point, situated beyond Green's Cove, directly south of Verplanck's Point, takes its name from the Montrose family, who formerly occupied the place. During the Revolution it was called Par-son's Point, from the fact that the farm of the pastor or "parson " of the Reformed Dutch Church was lo-cated there. Upon this point is located the brick yard of James D. Avery, employing about thirty men. A little further south are two brickyards owned and operated by Orrin Frost, employing about one hundred men. At George's Island, just below, are three brickyards, leased from Mrs. Mary Bellefeuille, employing about one hundred and thirty men. Two of them are operated by Tompkins \-Bellefeuille, and the third by Edward Bellefeuille. Episcopal Church at Montrose I'uint. Services were held on alternate Sundays at Cruger's and Oroton by the Rev. A. Vallate Clarkaon, the present rector of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, at Croton, from 1853 until IS58, and in 1854 a small chapel was built at Cruger's.