[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] was ono of the • Eounders < if t GENERAL COUNTY HISTORY TO 1812 533 campaign. Stephentown — the present Somers — was named for Stephen Van Cortlandt. The present name was adopted April 6, 1808, in honor of Captain Richard Soniers, the hero of the Tripolitan war. A part of New ( 'astle was annexed to Soniers in 1846. Of the twenty-one original towns, North Castle was the largest, having about 30,000 acres; but after the setting off from it of New Castle in 1791, Bedford, with its 21,700 acres, took the first rank, which it has always since maintained. The smallest of the original towns were Pelham (3,200 acres), Mamaroneck (3,900 acres*, Scars-dale (3,900 acres), and New Rochelle (5,200 acres). The first federal census was taken in 1790, two years after the organization of our county into towns. The following were the totals for the various political divisions then existing: TOWNS POPULATION TOWNS POPULATION North Castle (including New Castle).. 2,47<S Yonkers 1,125 Bedford 2,170 Poundridge 1,062 Cortlandt 1,932 North Salem 1,058 Mount Pleasant (including the present Harrison 1,001 Ossining) 1,921 Rye 986 Yorktown 1,609 Fastchester 710 Salem (now Lewisboro) 1,153 New Rochelle 692 Greenburgh 1,100 White Plains 505 Westchester (including West Farms, Mamaroneck 452 Morrisania, and Fordham Manor) 1,336 Scarsdale 281 Stephentown (now Somers) 1,297 Pelham 199