[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Isaac Underbill came here to reside shortly before the Revolution, and at his death it passed to his son J Abraham, who sold it to Richard M. Underbill, and it is now owned by Charles W. Underbill, Jr. A part of it as it now stands is a well-preserved speci-men of the house of the olden time and is highly pri/.ed by the family as a relic of Revolutionary days..lust west of Mr. Underbill's resilience is the resi-dence of John B. Tompkins. John Bailey Tompkins was born near the dug-way in the town of Yorktown, September 20, 1821. The house where he was born was wrecked and partially carried away by the breaking of the Croton Dam, January 8, 1841. He is the son of Gilbert Tompkins and Ferlina Griffen. The Tompkinses are of Welsh origin. They came to America, settling first in Con-cord, Mass. From thence they removed to Fairfield, Conn. Their descendants came to Eastchester, in this county. John Tompkins, of Croton River— Sarah Barker. I John Tompkins — Catherine Gerow. I Gilbert Tompkins — Perlina Griffen. I John B. Tompkins. Mr. Tompkins' education was obtained from the common schools of the town and the Peekskill Acad-emy. By occupation he is a farmer, though for some years he conducted the slating business. November 4, 1846, he married Susan P. Gerow, of Somers, and has three children — Marietta (now Mrs. Bailey Jor-dan); Theodore F., of Yorktown; Josephine.