History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 359 (part 2)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 7 at Plum Brook, consist-ing of two hundred and thirty acres." Thus it will be seen that Hachaliah Brown became, next to the heirs of the Van Cortlandts, one of the largest landed proprietors in the town. His original grant included the water privileges in the northeastern portion of the town, on the Kitchewan or Croton River, near the present village of Croton Falls. The descendants of these first owners still occupy a portion of the origi-nal lands. In 1772, on the 3d of December, the devisees of Andrew Johnston conveyed to Lewis Bailey farm No. 9 in west range of lot No. 7. In 1775 the executors and heirs of Johnston conveyed to Abraham Theale certain lands situated on this same stream, Plum Brook. Again, in 1793, we find John Johnson, executor of Andrew Johnson, deed-ing to Benjamin Green, of Stepheutown, a farm in 472