History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 341 (part 2)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A full account maybe found in Chan-cery reports. Edward B. Underhill was born at the house occu-pied by his father when proprietor of the mills on Croton River. His early education, so far as schools were concerned, was exceedingly limited, but he was a constant reader of useful books, and his retentive memory enabled him to acquire an extensive amount of general information. His father was largely interested in the purchase of lands in what was in the early part of the century called the "western country," now the central portion of the State of New York, and also had large tracts ot land in the State of Pennsylvania, which were after-wards of great value. The extensive farm in York-town, which came into the possession of Mr. Under-