[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] raised for bounties, and so successful was he in the management of affairs that the town was enabled to escape the first draft by the provision of substitutes, lie has also held the offices of commissioner of high-ways and justice of the peace. Mr. Hunt married, July 5, 1842, Phebe Cock, daughter of Stephen Cock, of Ncwburgh, N. Y. He has two children, — Char-lotte Ann, and George. The names of'Kipp, Coucklin, Acker, Van Tassel and Heeckman doubtless indicate that another ele-ment found its way into the West Patent from among the Dutch tenantry of Frederick Philipse, the near-est neighbor on the west. The growth of the town after its incorporation was apparently more rapid; but as time went on and the original patentees died, and their heirs and assigns became more numerous and more scattered it be-came more difficult to obtain clear titles to land. There were undivided lands full forty years after the date of the patent. Under these circumstances the collecting of the quit-rent was difficult, and the town was often in arrears. Entries like this are found in the North Castle record; " Caleb Fowler has under-