[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Within the village is located the residence of Colo-nel Nicholas E. Paine, who was mayor of the city of Rochester, N. Y., in 1851, and later postmaster, and is the owner of large amounts of real estate in that city, in Vermont and elsewhere. Colonel Paine purchased his present residence from Mr. George Mekeel about 1872. About half a mile east of Yorktown Station is the residence of Jacob Mekeel. The Mekeels are de-scended from Uriah Mekeel, who emigrated from Holland and settled in New Amsterdam about 1(590, and later removed to Pine's Bridge. One of his three sons, Michael, purchased and settled on three hun-dred acres near Hallock's Mills, and died one hun-dred and four years old. Jacob Mekeel is a grandson of Michael. On the western side of the village is the fine resi-dence of Edward B. Underhill, son of Abraham I. Underhill, who was the second son of Isaac Under-hill, fourth in descent from the noted John Underhill, of Oyster Bay, L. I. It was at the house of Isaac Underhill, as elsewhere narrated, that Major Andre