[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] There, says a historian of Yonkers, " he was closely confined, under guard, for eleven days, when he was removed to Connecticut and gave his parole that he would not go beyond the limits of Middletown. lie was accompanied by Angevine, his faithful colored valet, who afterward went with Mr. Philipse to England, and survived him but one year. They are interred in the same church-yard. Charley Philips, son of Angevine, lived for many years on the banks of the Hudson, and wa.s sexton of Saint John's Church (Yonkers) forty-five years. After the Philipse family had left Philipse-burgh (1777), John Williams, steward of the manor, had possession of the manor until its confiscation, in 1779." * Philipse's undoing was at every stage the consequence of his own deliberate acts. If he had remained discreetly within the American lines until the fortunes of the war were decided, if is highly improb-able that tin' extremity of confiscating his estates would have been resorted to; for he was a man of generally prudent character, with absolutely nothing against him except the conjecture that he pre-ferred the triumph of England. But he was firmly convinced from the beginning that the " rebellion " would be crushed, and he shaped his course accordingly. After his removal to Connecticut he was granted leave to visit New York City, subject to recall. He was suni-1 Alison's Hist, of Yonkers, 91.