[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 479 cupied a residence and land in the northeastern quar-ter and near the present Oroton Falls. The house on the place is still standing, a long, low-rambling farm house with sloping roof and verandah along the front, which faces to the south. It is situated on a little rise of ground on the west side of the road leading to Lake Mahopac, and is surrounded by a grove of for-est trees. The view from the house is southward, over rich meadows lying in the Croton Valley. In 1760 this land was conveyed to Hachaliah Brown, of Eye, who, in turn, conveyed it to Hachaliah Brown, Jr., who took possession. He married Abby Halstead and died May 22, 1813. He is buried in the Union burying-gr'iund. His daughter Ann, married James Bailey. Another daughter, Auer, married a member of the Crane family. His sons were Nathan, Stephen and Lewis. The second son of Hachaliah, Sr., was Christopher, whose residence is still standing on the highway leading from Somers to Croton Falls. It is a roomy, one-and-a-half-story building, fronting the south, and bearing all the evidences of early con-struction,—the plain close shutters, low roof, small windows, etc. The place is now occupied by Isaac, son of Christopher. The Hachaliah Brown place has passed out of the family. Hachaliah Brown was prominent among the early leaders of the town, being the first supervisor elected in 1788. The present Stephen Brown is the son of Lewis, and grandson of Nathan.