[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Abendroth, W. P., Portrait of 706 Acknowledgments of Deeds 680 Adams, Miles, Portrait of 564 Agate, Joseph, Residence of 123 Anderson, James \V., Portrait of 574 Anderson, John, Portrait of 308 Andre House, near Peekskill 373 Andre, John, Portrait of 201 Amhler, Benjamin L, Portrait of 586 Arnold, Benedict, Portrait of 190 Arnold, Mrs. Benedict 200 Arms of the Van Cortlan…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Colgate, James B., Residence of 79 Collins, R. S., Residence of 714 Conkling, William H., Portrait of 761 Corley, Rev. Charles R., Portrait of 74 Cornell, Nathaniel, Portrait of 460 Cornell, Thomas C, Portrait of 103 Cortlandt, Lieutenant-Governor Pierre, Portrait of 430 Cortlandt Manor-House, Cortlandt 426 Cowdin, Elliot C, Portrait of 619 Croton Boarding and Day School …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I »n or opposite-page 332 Dickey, Andrew, Reaideuce of Dunionib', Alfred H., Portrait of Dunham, John B., Portrait of Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow,.... Early Farm Map of Sing Sing East Chester, Draft of Bouudary 721 7:il 104 480 700

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Talnier, Stephen, Portrait of 31!) Park, Charles, Residence of 712 Park, Joseph, Portrait of 7(17 Park, Joseph, Resilience of.... 672 Patterson, Rev. William, Portrait of 572 Paulding and Reqna Houses 26ft Peekskill, View of 389 Peene, Joseph, Sr., Portrait of 148 Philipse Manor-House and Sleepy Hollow Mill 311 Philipse Manor-House, Putnam Co., N. Y 175 Philipse, Mary, Po…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 19 458 Wells, Lemuel, Map of Estate, divided in 1843.... ", 21..' 448 661 Van Cortlandt, Catherine E., Autograph of... 436 394 436 272 118 274

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] CHAPTER II. Greenburgh, 172-283 By Rev. John A. Todd, D. D. CHAPTER III. Mount Pleasant, 283-321 By Rev. John A. Todd, D. D. CHAPTER IV. Ossining 321-365 By George Jackson Fisher, M. D. CHAPTER V. Cortlandt, 365-436 By Rev. William J. Ccmming. CHAPTER VI. Yorktown, 436-469 By Rev. William J. C'umming. CHAPTER VII. Somers, 469-499 By Charles E. Culver.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] (1609-1(564.) The discovery of America is assigned to the year 14!>2. That of this locality, however, was reserved for more than a century later. No white man ever ascended the Hudson River till 160!». At that time the territory hereabout was occupied by Indians. We must speak briefly of some of these former occu-pants of American soil, and especially of those of them who…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] All Indian tribes were divided into families, and each family had one or more villages. From Pough-keepsie southward, along the east side of the river, the Mohegan tribe had the Wappinger family above, and in the Highlands, the Kitchawank family along the Croton, the Sintsinck family within our present town of Ossining, and the Weckquaskeek family from the Sintsincks down…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Iu the same con-nection, still viewing objects from this point, he says, " On the west side (meaning Communipaw) are the Sanbickans... they dwell within the Sandy Hook, ami along the bay, as well as in the interior of the country." (6) Van Der Donck ("History of New Netherland," 1(150) speaking of the languages of the American Indians, says they may be "counted as four, —…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] wigwams, scant attire, dark superstitions, implements of hunting and war and general habits of life. Let him set aside all present buildings and streets and restore the original conditions of the river-front. Let him bring back the forests and wild beasts, hush the hum of mills and the whistles of factories and locomotives, and put back the purity of the Nepperhan with th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In his map of the Indian territory of Westchester County he contradicts it by carefully encircling the Saw-Mill to its very mouth with the word "Weckquaskecks" and by so turning off the word " Manhat tans" as to make it include only the towns of Morrisauia, West farml-and perhaps Westchester. We notice also that he calls the castle of Nipnichscn, on Bcnian's Neck (Spuyten…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 13th, makes this clear. It is as follows : "Sept. 14th. — In the morning we sailed nii tlio river twelve leagues... and came to a strait between two points,... and it (the river) trended northeast by north one league.... The river is a mile broad; there is very high hind on both sides. Then we Went up northwest a league and a hall, deep water; then northeast five miles; t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] in 1664. We have shown that down to 1623 all movements on Manhattan Island and along the Hudson were by private traders. In these the territory of the Weck-quaskecks did not become involved. Even down to the close of the Dutch rule in 16U4, but few white persons probably settled on it. With 1623, however, formal government of the province had been set up. Its seat had bee…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to practice in his native country. His standing at home may be inferred from the fact that the Patroon Van Rensselaer selected him and brought him to this country to become sheriff of Rensselaerwyck. He came late in 1641, and held that office for the next five years. It is not surprising, however, that a man of his intelligence and fine culture, and of no mean monetary re…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] flict with the direction of the West India Company. In the spring of that year he was chosen one of Stuy-vesant's "Nine Men," an auxiliary and advisory company, to the constitution and annual popular election of which Stuyvesant had consented the year before, in order to allay a discontent which, by his imperious conduct, he had excited among the people. Deeming the direc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Yet, while abroad, he received, in 1652, from the Uni-versity of Leyden, the honorary degree of " Juris utriusque doctor," or " Doctor of civil and canon law." And in the same year he secured the erection of bis Yonkers land into a manor, and its confirmation to him by that highest authority, the States-Oeneral. Hut he was still, for a time, not allowed to come home. He e…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The history of his connection with Rensselaerwyek, as detailed by O'Callaghan and others, shows that Van Rensselaer had fallen out with him for what he deemed dishonorable business acts. Hut we know no more about his personal and private character than this.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Long Island. Before 1666 his widow married Hugh O'Neal of Patuxent, Maryland, and in 1(571 she went to Maryland to live-Colendonck remained in her possession till 1667, as we shall show. But whether she carried out Van Dei Donck's building project at Spuyten Duyvil, or herself ever derived any income from the manor, cannot now be known. About this time the Dutch period cl…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] (1664-1783.) The length of this new period was one hundred and nineteen years. It began almost without practical shock to the people of New Netherland. The English noted their strong points, and especially the happy effects of their business integrity. Colonel Nicolls, appointed first English Governor, promptly assured the ten thousand settlers of the extensive province t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This is the introduction to Yonkers of Frederick Philipse, afterwards first lord of the his-toric Manor of Pliilipsburgh. He bought his first land here in November, 1(572. Before proceeding to the history of the Philipses, we may stop to think of the condition of Colendonck in 1672, as to settlers. Great difficulties must have attended the early adoption of it for homes. …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is said that Van Der Donck and his white settlers always treated them with good faith and kindness, and the natural result of this was that they kept their friend-ship to the end. Acquisition* of Land by Philipse.— And now we must become clear, as far as we can, upon the successive land grants to and purchases of Philipse, and their dates. They began, as we have seen, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 8 HISTORY OF W ESTCH ESTER COUNTY. ernor, a purchase from the Indians, a confirmation by the Governor and a subsequent quit-claim from the Indians. In speaking of the acquisition of a piece, sometimes the date of one of these steps is given, and sometimes the date of another. This occasions confu-sion, where it is overlooked. On the 23d of December, 1(584, Governor Dongan…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Taking the tracts in geo-graphical order from the north, those fronting on the Hudson and going back to the Saw-Mill River only were the Sintsinck (Sing Sing) tract, the Pocantico (Tarrytown) tract, the Bissightick (Irvington) tract, the Weckquaskeck (Dobbs Ferry) tract, the Upper Yonkers and Lower Yonkers tracts, while that begin-ning from the upper line of Yonkers and e…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Pocantico tract was granted to him by Gov-ernor Andros April 1, 1(180, bought from the Indians April 2:t, KiSl, and confirmed by Dongan December 23, 1(184. All the dates are from the charter. Bolton (vol. i. p. 506) gives Andros' grant. He also has the Indian deed, but gives its date as December 10, 1(581. There may have been this dill'erencc of time between

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1684. Bolton gives the deed twice. The first time i (i. p. 270) he calls it " The Deedof Neppiran,':andthe second time (i. p. 507) " The Deed of Weckquaskeck." The tract lay along the Saw-Mill River and was Weckquaskeck territory. He gives the date of the deed as June 5, 1684. The difference between May 7th, as given above, and June 5th, is again without doubt that of the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the Hat beginning at the bridge at Kingsbridge, extend-ing northward to Cortland Station on the New York City and Northern Railroad, and encircled by Tib-bett's Brook on the west, Spuyten Duyvil on the south and a then existing water passage on the east, which is now closed by an alluvial deposit. In apply-ing for his charter, Philipse especially asked for a grant of this…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The flat was granted to him, and also the right he asked for, and the family retained hothas long as the Philipae Manor continued. Uncertainty, how-ever, hangs over its acquisition by Philipse. Some have thought it really belonged to the land conveyed to John Archer by Elias Doughty in 1(5(37; that the heirs of Archer, finding that Philipse's charter inclu-ded it, called …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] — With Yonkers the Phil-ipse family and property were controllingly identified from 1672 to the outbreak of the American Revolu-tion. Information respecting the family origin and history must therefore be given. It is said to have been originally a noble family of Bohemia. The spelling of the name was " F-e-l-y-p-s-e." Felypse (in full Felypsen) — Eng. Philipse (Phil-ipse…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The ne-cessity for this last step seems to have arisen again and again in the early days. -It is said that the earlier generations had been Hussites, and that their descendants continued firm in the faith. The famous " Thirty Years' War," which broke out Iu 1618, and afterwards involved the peace of all Western Europe, started in Bohemia. The Boh mians rose for lib-erty, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] If so, lie was twenty-one years old when he first saw America. It is now said that he began his life in this country poor, though there is also an oppo-site tradition. He had learned the carpenter's trade in Holland, and for a time followed it here. We are told that he worked on the old Dutch church in the fort. By great industry and tact, however, and with remarkable goo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the favor he enjoyed with the English Governors and government, which gained for him at last the grant of the great Manor of Philipsburgh. Of course, when we speak of his wealth, we speak comparatively only, ac-cording to the wealth of his time. All he had was not to be compared, as to absolute amount, with what we call princely wealth to-day. 4 The New York Collegiate Ch…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1674 already he was rated at eighty thousand guilders, which was far beyond the fortune of any other person in the city. His first wife having died in 1090 or 1691, he married, November 30, 1092, Catharina Van Cortlandt, daugh-ter of Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt, and widow of the late wealthy merchant, John Dervall. She brought him two fortunes, one from her former hu…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] temptations. Complicity with piracy, smuggling and the slave trade were persistently charged upon him, and strong efforts were made to throw him out of the Common Council and bring about the confiscation of his great estate. These matters are rehearsed in our colonial history. Through real personal merit, how-ever, together with his high family associations and the power …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is claimed that this south end was built in 1682. Mrs. Lamb assumes that this was so. Whether she rests her assumption on any other support than Bolton's statement that it is reported to have been built in that year, we do not know. Mrs. Lamb has another statement (we know not from whence it conies), which, if it be cor-rect, gives it strong probability. 'It is that th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 11 building.1 Now Mr. Philipse was not a "lord" in 1682 or 1683, nor for many years later, but simply a plain merchant intent on business. He bought this site in 1672, as the site of Van Der Donck's mill, long established, and he secured the Pocantico site in 1680, as a site for a new mill. And he built the two houses here and at Tarrytown, not for manor-houses, but for p…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Philipse built of this house, as we now have it, only reached from the south front to the south side of the present east and west hall. Ex-amination of the framing beneath this hall gives in-dication that the space it occupies was, previous to the addition of 1745, taken up with an outside portico 1 Bolton has three passages on this subject : — In vol. i. pp. 510, 611, he…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There was no "first lord " till 1003, and the " first lord " (in that year constituted) is known to have spent his closing years at Tarrytown with his second wife, the two quietly devoting themselves to the founding and directing of the Sleepy Hollow Cliurch, which was organized in 1097, and whose house of worship was built in 1099. 2. It is known, that whether the Yonker…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tiles, each representing some Bible incident.-It we would conceive of the outside surroundings of the substantial building during the life of the first lord, we must displace all the developments of later years. All around must have retained nearly its absolute primitive wildness. There were still savages about, and these sometimes indulged in raids upon the whites. It is…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Getty has furnished us with the following notes from his own memorandum : " The main hall of the building is eleven feet wide, its stairs are four feet and its front door, opening south, is eight by four feet. The east and west rooms on the first Hoor are twenty-three feet four inches by twenty-one feet. The front and rear doors are in two parts, according to the usage of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] west room of the second story the fire-place jambs are lined with one hundred and six tiles, five inches square, each one illustrating;i p.i>-u^e of Scripture. The iron fire-brick is dated 1700, and has upon it a casting representing Elijah as being fed by the ravens." 12 HISTORY OF WESTCHKSTKK COUNTY". bans), Jacobus Van Cortlandt (a brother of the second Mrs. Frederick …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Lord Philipse, on the death of his son Philip in 1700, promptly sold the Barbadoes estate, intending thereby to prevent his grandson from re-maining on the island. This end was answered. The boy, however, did not come here, but was sent at once by his mother's relatives to England, and kept away from the Philipsburgh manor till he was grown up. This circumstance gave a wh…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Lord Philipse (1st) left all his real estate in New York City and Bergen County to his two (laughters, — Eva Van Cortlandt and Anna French. The Philips-burgh manor he left in two sections. -one from Dobhs Ferry northward to his son Adolphus, :md the other from Dobhs Ferry southward, including Yonkers. to his grandson Frederick, born in Barbadoes. The manor lav in this div…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The second Lord Philipse was long baron and sec-ond judge of the exchequer, and represented Philips-burgh in the Colonial Assembly continuously for twenty-seven years. The testimony is that he was an affectionate father, an indulgent landlord, liberal to the poor, a true patriot and universally venerated. He enlarged his manor-house here in 1745, extending it to the north…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 13 spects, except that they built the church on the site of the present edifice. The glebe along the Saw-Mill remained in the possession of the parish almost a hundred years. The rectors lived on it till 1845, when the present rectory, near the church, was built. We shall refer to this more fully in connection with our account of the churches of the city. As we have said,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The country residence of Col-onel and Mrs. Robinson was on the east side of the Hudson, a little southeast of Garrison's. It was erected in 1750, and was very celebrated down to the time of the Revolution (for the history of Colonel Robinson and family, which is of great interest, see Robert Beverley's ''History of Virginia;" Documents relating to Colonial History of New …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mary Philipse's history possesses special interest on account of her re-puted beauty and accomplishments,, and the effect which, accordingto the his-torian Sparks, these are said to have had upon Colonel George Washington when he met her at the city residence of Be-verley Robinson in 1756. The story is now strongly dis-credited (see New Y'ork Genealogical and Biographi-ca…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Colonel Philipse, like his father, loved the Church of England, and St. John's Church owes much to his fostering care and liberality. He not only carried out his father's directions in setting apart the glebe along the Saw -Mill River road, but he per-sonally gave the two acres on which St. John's Church, Sunday-school chapel and rectory now stand. A shrinking temperament…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] To appreciate what these were really worth under the Philipses, we have to put back the since increased population, the since expended labor in clearing oil" forests, shaping farms and roads and I planting ornamental and fruit-trees, and the present market, which growth of population and expanding needs have created. All of Philipsburgh that lay within old Colendonck was …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] day. There are associated with our manor hall many real historic incidents of interest and many stories which are of doubtful foundation. It entertained within its walls many of the best known historic persons of the colonial period. Washington and some of his generals are said to have passed several days and nights within it about the time of the battle of White Plains, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Our only work here is to bring to a close the history of the Philipse family, as connected with our town, and tell of the collapse, and the changes that accomplished the collapse, of the Philipse manor. Colonel Philipse declined to espouse the American cause in 17~i'>. The American authorities arrested him alter the battle of White Plains and removed him to Hartford. In 1…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In this way came to an end the Manor of Philipsburgh, and also the American history of the Philipse family, as far as it was connected with Yonkers. Persons who have been interlocked with the family still live in Putnam County, and also in that part of New York City added to it from the town of Yonkers in recent years. For the latter, the Van Cortlandt family, see that pa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Uniform Rectitude of His condui t commanded the Ef teem of others; Whilft the Benevolence of His Heart and Gentleness of His Manners secured their Love, firmly attached to His Sovereign and the British Constitution, He opposed, at the Hazard of His life, the late Rebellion in North America; and for this Faithful discharge of His Duty to His King and Country He was

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A Province to which He bad always been an Ornament anil Benefactor, and came to England, leaving all His Property behind Him; which reverse of Fortune He bore with that calmness, Fortitude and Dignity w hich bad distinguished Him through every former stage of Life. He was born at New York the 12"' day of September in the year 1720; and Died in this Place the 30th day of A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 177; Henry Brown, 113; Parsonage lot, 107; 2 Jacobus Dyckman, 6; Stephen Oakley, 291; Robert Reid, 141; John Lamb, 202; Robert Johnson and Lewis Ogdeu, 11)0, at Strawberry Hill; Cornelius P. Low, two lots, at the mouth of the Nepperhan, containing together 320} acres; David Hunt, 41; Mary Merrill, 14^; Archer, 181; Thomas Sherwood, 2; Margery Rich, 92; Isaac Post, 293; Ja…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] To these, of our own knowledge, we can add Garrison, Knitliu, Lefurgy, Merrill and Nodine, all here a century ago, and here still. They are not on the map, because not repre-sented just then among the tenants or buyers of the real estate. Among all these names we detect five only as Huguenot, viz., Devoe, I\>rshee, Lefurgy, Nodine and Vermilyea. It is remarkable that so f…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the manor property that lay within the limits of the present city of Yonkers. We come now to the special disposition and history of that object of deepest in-terest, the manor-house. This was put up by the commissioners and sold on the 9th of September, with three hundred and twenty acres of land, to Cornelius P. Low, a New York merchant, for fourteen thousand five hundre…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] it after having once embraced it, we do not know, but we first find them exercising it in 1772. From that date forward, with some irregularities, till 1788, when the town was set apart, we have two sets of supervisors connected with this region — one for the Manor of Philipsburgh and the other for the precinct of "The Yonkers." The supervisors for the manor were as follow…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] IS HISTORY OF W ESTi 'HESTER COINTY. William Hadley; 1X02-24, Isaac Verinilyea; 1825-41, Caleb Smith; 1842-44, Priuce \V. Paddock; 1845-49, j William W. Scrugham; 1850-53, James L. Valentine; 1*54-55, William G. Ackerman; 1866-57, William W. Scrugham; 1858-59, Augustus Van Cortlandt; l.Siio, Ktlian Flagg; 1861-62, James L. Valentine; 1868, Ethan Flagg; 1864-66, Isaac H. K…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] we had closed this fifth section, we find the imputation of Yonkers put : at 129 in 10?4 ami at 008 in 1712. But Mr. Smith reminds his readers that at those dates "Yonkers" was an indefinite term. Bolton, in his "Church in Westchester Ootwty," Hives the population at -49 in 1 7<»4, i 200 in IToh mid 180 in 17 12. Probably no reliance can he placed on any of these figures …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] shop, stood northwest of it, ami to the west of the carriage-shop, in front of where Hawley's building (recently "Bedford Hall") now stands, was a country store kept by Multus Cooper and Aaron Vatk. There were also a small saw and grist-mill near where Peek's mill now is, a house belonging to St. John's Church, standing partly between the church and the road, and occupied…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Baldwin's younger brother, Erastus. was put in this house as the first teacher, and Gilbert Guion anil Captain Ituleff Stevens (then living on a farm to the north, afterward known as the Simpson farm i united in defraying

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 28. Mill Creek. 29. Mill Pond and bank. 30. Flour mill. 31. Saw Mill River. we have the new " Mechanic " (now New Main) Street, opened to the southward from the Square. The course of the Croton Aqueduct, completed in 1842, is also noted. At this date all buildings on the map of 1813 yet remained, except the old mill on the site of Mr. Cbp-cutt's present mahogany-mill, whi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] north side of the stream, skirting it all the way round to the site of the old mill. One of these old horse-chestnut trees is still standing in the square, at the crossing of Dock Street and Warburton Avenue. It is a cherisned object to the city, and special care is taken to guard it from injury by keeping it boxed. Mr. Wells, in 1822, told Silas Cornell and Dr. Blood-goo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] When about eighteen years old he worked for Colonel Philipse nearly a year, making the terraces west of the manor-house and its garden (see our map of 1*471. Eight or ten carmen from New York were employed. It was one of the most stony places he ever saw. There was an old burying-groiind under the new sections, w Inch was covered up. The ground between the garden ami the …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The region was rough beyond description in 1842, and it continued so for a few years later still. We add here a map on a larger scale, representing the surroundings of the manor-house and the lower part of the Saw-Mill River, with

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Among these heirs a partition suit was maintained, and, finally, by order of the Court of Chancery in that suit, the title became vested, by master's deed, in one of the heirs, Mr. Lemuel W. Wells. An elaborate ab-stract of title to this property, at the date of the set-tlement of the partition suit referred to, tracing its history from the grant to Van Der Donck in 1646,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] westerly line of the said county to the easterly line of the town of Yonkers, in manner following, to wit : Commencing at a point formed by the intersection of the westerly line of the said county with a line of extension westerly of the northerly line of the land belonging to the Sisters of Charity, known as Mt. St. Vincent dePaul; thence easterly along said northerly li…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] twenty-seven feet from side to side in width and one hundred feet high. From this tank the water is dis-tributed as required. The interest of the seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollars outstanding water bonds is met by the surplus of earnings over expenses, and by direct tax laid upon the property in what is called the water district. The water act provides also fo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] knew him well, which made his election to any public AQUEDUCT BRIDGE OVER SAW-MILL RIVER, AT YONKERS. and city of Yonkers, was born in West Hartford, Conn., on the. 20th of July, 1820, and died in Yonkers on the llth of October, 1884. His mother, Mrs. Lydia Wells Flagg, was a niece atid one of the heirs of Lemuel Wells, the last proprietor of the manorial lands which, pre…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 44 IIISTOKY OK WKSTCHKST FR COFNTY. the Yonkers police was organized in 1871 directed that the commission should consist of the president of the village, the supervisor of the town, the senior justice of the peace, the city treasurer and the re-ceiver of taxes. Made up in this way the first Hoard consisted of Messrs. Robert P. (Jetty, Ethan Flagg, Augustus Van Cortlandt, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] limits of the manor till 1697, when the Sleepy I [ollow Reformed Church was organized at Tarrytown, and no other till 1843, when the Reformed Church was or-ganized at Yonkers. It would seem that the Dutch people of Colendonck, or " The Yonkers," as this ter-ritory was variously called, must have attended the original Reformed Church in New York City (founded in 1628), or …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He came to Yonkers about 1719, founded and trained his family in his own faith, anil in this way prepared them to meet with their power-ful support what, in the Providence of God, was to be the first formal effort to plant religion on Yonkers 5G

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to succeed him, who is settled there." * rONK ERS. 57 through the liberality of the Philipse family. The second lord Philipse, taking possession of his manor here about 1719, cherished with liberality till his death in 1751, the missionary work of the parish of Westchester carried on between the Hudson and the Bronx. In bis will, dated June 6, 1751, less than two months b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] present rectory within the church grounds was built. The only land now owned by St. John's Church is St. John's Cemetery and the square on which their church rectory and Sunday-school building stand. The Sunday-school building grew out of the later needs of the church. It was erected about 1800 and has proved a valuable accession to the facilities of the people for parish…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] John's Church families have been many who have repre-sented great solidity and strength, and several which, like the Philipse family, are now historic. Tradi-tions of much interest are connected with the church. Its history, down to 185"), with many original docu-ments of interest, is given with much fulness by Rev. Robert Bolton in his "Church in Westchester Coun-ty," an…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] gale of scholars in both is two hundred and seventy-four. The superintendent of the church-school is Mr. Christian F. Tietjen, and the superintendent of the chapel-school is Mr. (ieorge Stewart. The Human CATHOLIC. — The history of these churches, as well as that of their schools already given, is furnished by Mr. Thomas ( '. Cornell. The earliest religious services of th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] eral law, the trustees being Archbishop Corrigan, Right Rev. Monsignor William Quin, Y.G., Rev. Charles R. Corley (all e.v-officio), Mr. John Wallace and Mr. Francis O'Neill. The history and statistics of St. Mary's parish school have been given already. St. Joseph's Church, on Ashburton and St. Joseph A ve-nues.— The parish of St. Joseph was set oft' from St. Mary's in M…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At a meeting of the Presbytery of Westchester, held at Stamford, Conn., April 15, 1879, an application for a church organization was presented in behalf of the congregation worshipping in Dayspring Chape', Yon-kers, N. Y. On the 21st of April, 1879, the church extension committee of the Presbytery met in Yon-kers, at the residence of Mr. Charles Lockwood, Pali-sade Avenue…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Yo>tkei{.s Statesman. — In 1856, one year after the incorporation of the village, and four years after the beginning of The Yonkers Herald, Mr. Thom-as C. Cornell, whose passing question had been the means of bringing, that paper into existence, not be-ing in sympathy with the political direction given to it by Mr. Smith, united with others in the effort to start a Wh…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Sons Carpet Co. Our object now is to retain for his-tory's sake the fact that the grist-milling and saw-milling are the oldest industries of Youkers. The saw-milling started when the place was a forest, and the grist-milling is as old as the needs of the inhabit-ants for the bread used by civilized people. The site of John Copcutt's saw-mill is also indicated on our map o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] is that of extracting the wool from rags, so that it can be used again. It was begun on Nepperhan Street, but in 1877 it was moved to Chicken Island in a building leased of Edward Underbill. This was burned in 1881, causing a loss of four thousand dol-lars. The present factory, on Bridge Street, near Ludlow Station, was then built and occupied. It employs from twelve to f…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] assistant manager. The company is incorporated under the general State law, and operates under licenses from the Ameri-can Bell Telephone Company. Nearly all the stock is held by parties outside of Y'onkers, and the central effices of the company are in New Y'ork City. Its officers are Dexter A. Smith, president; H. L. Storke, vice-president and general manager; and C. F.…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Knox, James Stewart, Warren B. Smith, Rudolf Eickemeyer, Charles Clark, William H. Doty, Au-gustus Marsh, William F. Cochran and William P. Ketcham. Mr. John Olmsted has been president from the be-ginning, being still in the active duties of the office. The first cashier was Mr. Egbert Howland, who re-signed May 1, 1875, on account of impaired health, and died January 12,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mr. Vail married Catharine, daughter of Jacob Devoe, of New York, and has two children, Frederick C. and Clara.lane. William F. Lawrence, one of the directors of the Citizens' National Hank is one of Yonker's most progressive citizens. The families bearing the name of Lawrence, and which are so numerous in this county, are the descendants of three brothers — John, William…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] third Monday of each month. The present officers and managers are as follows: William F. Cochran, president;, vice-president; Charles L. Cozzens, secretary; Lyman Cobb, Jr., treasurer; S. Emmet Getty, Henry Bowers, James Stewart, Richard W. Bogart, James Lawson, Edward A. Nichols, Alonzo H. Johnson, William P. Ketcham, Horace H. Thayer, Ethelbert Belknap, George R. Smith,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A i t lie age of seven-teen he apprenticed himself to the hat-ting trade in Dan-bury, Conn. During his apprenticeship he employed his mornings and even-ings and odd mo-ments of leisure in the study <>f law, had pa-sed his examination and was ipialificd for admission lo the liar upon attaining his majority. In I 841 he removed to Peekskill and opened a hat-store, at the sa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The upper floors are principally devoted to the cham-bers of the inmates. On the second floor in the wing facing northward, is a synagogue, and adjoining this is a handsome parlor. On the fourth floor are the hospital and the servants' quarters. The rooms of the officials are handsomely furnished, and those of the inmates, some of which are for married and others for sing…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Harvey Green (till about 1840), David Underbill (till about 1844), Starr Rockwell and James Bash ford. Mr. Bashford was its last proprietor. In 1851 the build-ing was removed to make room for the present I retty House. It now stands, much altered and enlarged, at the corner of New Main Street and NepperhaH Avenue. Mr. Elisha Williams and Colonel John Williams were sons of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] low," about a half a mile to the south, and another called "Glenwood," about a mile to the north of it. The New York City and Northern has two stations within the city, one in the northern part, called "North Yonkers," and another in the southern called "South Yonkers." The Harlem Division of the New York Central is easily accessible to all the east side population of the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] St. John's, on Broadway; St. John's, at Tuckahoe; the Methodist Episcopal, at Tuckahoe; St. Mary's and St. Joseph's. Yonkers has now six cemeteries, two of which, both at Tuckahoe, are still church-yards, their churches standing within the grounds. To these grave-yards we have made sufficient reference already in the histories of their churches. Of the other four we shall…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] present grounds south of the gateway to the Sprain road, and including the site of the gateway itself, were purchased at a later date. This cemetery has a number of handsome monuments. Of course, it is not for general use, but only for the people of the Roman Catholic Church. Oakland Cemetery. — This lies in the angle in-closed by Ashburtou Avenue and the Saw-Mill River r…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mer bondholders became stockholders to an equal amount. The amount of stock issued was twenty-six thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. The officers elected at the time of reorganization still hold. They are Edward Weston, president; Frederic Shon-nard, vice-president; J. Christy Bell, Jr., secretary; J. Harvey Bell, treasurer. The other trustees are Henry Bowers…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] grounds. Section XXIV. The Bi-Centennial Celebration. (October 18, 1882.) Duringthe mayoralty of the Honorable William A. Gibson, the Yonkers Common Council, on the 19th of December, 1877, adopted the following preamble and resolutions, offered by Alderman Frederic Shon-nard : " Vhireas in the present City Hall, formerly the hall of the ancient mannr of Philipse, the city…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I. W. Maclay. J. G. P. Holdun. W. W Wilson. E. L. Thomas. F. A. Itigby. H. M. Pratt. George H. Warren. Charles E. Finkel. W A. Pardoe. George liayner. James Brevoort. Professor Wm. II. C. Barilett. Davis Paton. John Avery. W. F. Nisbet. J. Harvey Bell. Augustus Van Cortlandt. COMMITTEE OX DECORATION AND HUE-WORKS. W. F. Moller, Chairman. Peter Mitchell. H. F. Von Storch. …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Collins' Baud of Newburgh. Nicholas Powell, Chief Engineer, Charles Miller and Samuel J. Hewitt, Assistants, of Newburgh Fire l>e|sirtiiieut-Washington Steam Engine Company, No. 4, of Newburgh — seventy-four men, including invited guests. A. J. Blit, Foreman; 1. McCord, Assistant. Fink's Band of New York. Lady Washington Hose Company, No. 2, of Yonkers — thirty eight men,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] good taste and skill. The splendid display made by the firemen of Yonkers, as well its by (hose of New-burgh, Sing-Sing and Mount Vernon, formed a most attractive part of the procession. The Newburgh comJ panies were brought Id Yonkers by the " Mary Powl ell," which landed them here at in o'clock. They immediately marched into the place in the line as-signed them. (Minion…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Hon. Waldo lint, bins Hon. Fdwin K. Keyes. James C. Ball, Ks.p Judge Malt. II. Ellis. Bon. Norton P. (His. Ethan Flagg, E»i|. Hon. G Hilton S.ribncr lion,.hours C Courier. Judge Edward P. Baird. Robert P Getty, Esq. Aug. Van Cortlandt, Fs.p Everett ( lapp, K»|. Samuel D. Bahcork, Kan,. John T. Waring, Ks.|. Judge Abraham B. Tapjien. Hon William A. Gibson. Itudolf Eickmeye…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] J II. K color. The raised platform, prepared for six hundred persons, was reserved for the officers of the meeting, the city authorities, the guests and the reporters for the press. The representatives of families whose successive generations have resided here during a century or more were assigned a place of special honor, and inarched to the seats reserved for them, und…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "So many, so good as of Douglas blood have been. Of one sirnaine, in one Kingrick, never yet were seen.M Mrs. Frederic Shonnard's mother is Julia Gabriella Ogden, a daughter of Samuel Gouverneur Ogden. who was the great shipping merchant of New York in the early part of this century, and who, on her mother's side, is a great-granddaughter of Francis Lewis, one of the sign…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] seems improbable. Its inhabitants at the time were largely of Hollandish descent, and in the language familiar to them, the word;;roe/>, signifying green, and the words graan and grein, both signifying graim might well, either the one or the other, have sug-gested the first syllable of the name, while the word burg, in the same language, signifying a boron;//), or an inco…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is said to mean "the place of the bark kettle,"' and to have been corrupted by the English into " Wickers Creeks." The terri* tory occupied by these Indians is described by De Yries, in 1640, as lying on the east bank of what is now the Hudson River, opposite to Tappaan. which lies on the west. The Indians belonged to the Mohi-GREENWICH. 173 can branch, one of the sub-…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] From Poughkeepsie down the Mohicans had on this (the east) side of the river the Wappinger family above and in the Highlands, the Kitchawank family along the Croton, the Sintsinck family within our present Ossining, and the Weck-quaesqueek family from the Sintsincks down to Spuyten Duyvil, and between the Hudson and the Bronx." The name Weckquaesqueek, he adds, "was appli…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The treaty of peace concluded between Director-General Kieft and the Indians represented by their chiefs on August 30, 1645, led to the re-establishment of a good understanding with the natives in what is now Westchester County, and was followed by renewed intercourse in trade and the purchase of several tracts of Indian lands. Two years after the treaty Governor Kieft wa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Thus the same property bought for the Dutch West India Company by Governor Stuyvesant, in July, 1649, was sold again to Connecti-cut by the Indians in 1662. Three years after that it was seized by the English,as property of the Dutch West India Company, and later on — that is, from 1681 to 1684 — it was sold again by the sachems of Weckquaesqueek to Frederick Phil ipse, b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There is a vane in shape of a banneret on the east end of the old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, which was probably his own device, and put there by his own order, and into that is cut the monogram of the church's founder, in combination, representing in the Dutch orthography Vreedryck Felypse or Felypsen, while upon one of the two silver cups of the communion service giv…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] For this tract Frederick Philipse gave a quantity of wampum and other goods enumerated in the deed of conveyance as follows : " 10 fathom of duffils, 10 blankets, 8 guns, 7 shirts. 1 anker of rum, 25 lbs. of powder. 10 bars of lead, 2 iron pots, 5 earthen cans, 12 steels to strike fire, 2 cooper's addz. 2 half vats of beere, 70 fathom of wampum, 7 pairs of stockings, 6 ho…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] On September 6, 1682, five months later, Frederick Philipse made his third purchase of land in Green-burgh from the native Indians, " being on the east side of Hudson's River, beginning on the north side of the land belonging to the Youncker's Kill, or Nep-perhaem, at a great rock, called by the Indians Sigghes, and from thence ranging into the wood east-wardly to a creek…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The payment consisted of the usual quantity of clothing and other dry-goods, and of kitchen uten-sils, together with guns, powder and rum, to which were added " 10 spoons and 2 rools of tobacco." By these successive conveyances, running through a period of nearly three years, with others previously made, and upon what now seems a very ridiculous consideration, Frederick P…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The title to the possessions thus acquired and the rights and prerogatives conferred by the royal c har-ter were transmitted by inheritance through a period of eighty-six years, until they were all extinguished in 1779 by the Legislature of New York, which de-clared Colonel Frederick Philipse, the great-grandson of the original lord of the manor, to be guilty of treason a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] RESIDENCE OF FREDERIC A. LORD AND W. ADDISON BURNHAM.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] those Reformers before the Reformation, some of its members became the subjects of persecution. They suffered severely, both in person and property, and were at length constrained to leave their native country and to seek for an asylum in Holland. In Friesland, on the northwestern shore, among a people — the Frisians — who are said to be the only Germanic tribe that has p…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] indeed, that the pulpit of that church was the work of his own hands. Having made his way by industry and thrift, he afterwards left his trade and engaged in mercantile business. At length he married the rich widow of Peter Rudolphus de Vries, whose maiden-name was Marga-retha Hardenbroek. She had an only daughter, Eva, whom he adopted as his own, and who is spoken of in …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] She marri< d Jacobus Van Cortlandt in 1(591, the year before his own second marriage. 2. Adolphus. 3. Philip, who died in Barbadoes in 1700, two years before his father. He left an 6nly child, Frederick, five years old. 4. Anna. To his adopted daughter Eva and his own daugh-ter Anna he left a large amount of property in New York City, New Jersey and elsewhere outside of t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of England. His wife was Joanna Brockholes, daughter of General Anthony Brockholes, whom he married in 1719. He died in New York City, July 2(5, 1751, aged fifty-seven years, leaving a widow and five children. The oldest of these children was his son Frederick, born September 14, 1720, and he became the third and last lord of the Manor of Philipsburgh. He completed his ed…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] only good Mr. Wetmore and two Dissenting Teachers that are capable of duty. Northward of that is Coll. Philips's Manour, on which are people enough for a large Congregation without any minister at all. The Coll. has himself built a neat small Church and set oil' a tract for a Globe, which will be considerable in ' time, and he and his tenants are very desirous of a Minist…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At the present day, with a larger development and broader views of public business and policy, these records may excite the reader's smile, but they were matters of importance in the condition of society then existing, and they were the rude beginnings of a vig-orous growth that has matured into tins imperial State of New York. As we come now to the delineation of the bou…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The stream was call-ed by the In-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and a high opinion of his talents. The continent of North America, from Boston to Charleston, is a great volume, every page of which presents his eulogium.' "The object of Washington, in concentrating the forces in Westchester County, having failed by reason of the great accessions to the army of Sir Henry Clin-ton in New York, plans were formed for a southern expedition …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] which were not satisfactory to those who afterwards moved in. He set up a bone-factory, which tainted the air. He manufactured sulphur, which was not agreeable. He opened a distillery for the production of cheap spirits, which was detrimental in several ways. And yet, after all, it was to him very largely that the new life and activity were due. A little later there came …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tic struggle, the glorious consummation of what had been through so many dark years so ardently hoped for. The papers there signed gave freedom to a nation and initiated another grand test of repub-lican institutions. The spot should ever be held in honored remembrance as the birth-place of the United States. The lands on which the village is built having formed part of t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] oversight extends to all departments. It is a matter of Revolutionary interest in connec-tion with Dobbs Ferry that this place was agreed upon by Arnold, the traitor, and Major Andre, who was to co-operate with him in consummating his trea-son, as the scene of their first personal meeting. On receiving notice of Andre's intention to be there on September 11, 1780, twelve …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] dant culture of that grain in this vicinity." It is true, tarwe "is the old orthography of the Dutch word for wheat," and it is also the orthography at the present time. But there is no evidence that the place was ever famous or even remarkable for the culture of wheat, and it is very doubtful whether the name "Tarry Town " was given to it before the Dutch surren-dered th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In the record of " a town-meet-ing held as usual on the Manor the seventh day of April, 1778, and in the second year of our Indepency," (for Independency), the name of Tarrytown occurs for the first time, but spelled with one In the list of officers elected is the following : "George Monson, Overseer of Road In Tary Town." The name oc-curs three times after this, and in e…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the old Albany Post road, now locally known as Broadway. The narrow, level Hat or bonier below the hill, which is only a few feet higher than the river itself, and now described on the map as Water Street, and the projecting point above mentioned, now known as Point Dock, on which the principal market dock was located years ago, were probably the earliest settled portions…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He said he took it to get out, for he could not get over the Bridge with-1 out it, said he took it solely to get out & never intended to go back or act in Consequence of it. The Evidence then asked him why he did nut deliver himself up to the first Guard, the prisoner answered, he knew of no Guard — be also said he had put the Warrant under a stone intending to leave it, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Cain, who received orders from Major Grant to procure some men acquainted in Dutchess County, to go out recruiting — and as Manuel Litlebeck had a night or two before brought in Twenty-three Men, he was again pitched upon to

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to a House, and on the way he took out the Warrant anil tore it in pieces for fear of its being found on him. u The Court having considered the Evidence &■ Defence of the Pris-oner, are of Opinion that he is Guilty of the charge and Do therefore Sentence him to be hanged by the Neck till he is Dead. " Ben. Walker, Judge Advocate. Piiii.ii> Coutlasht, Pretitlent." An idea …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] have covering, as to harass them in the 0|K>n fields by multiplying guards or their being constantly exposed in the scattered houses, to be surprised ami cut off. For these several reasons, the troops were ordered, as soon us it grew dark, to move hack, Gen. Lincoln's division to Dobhs Ferry and Tarrytown, Gen. Wooster's to New-Kochelle and Geu. Scott's to White Plains; t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] General McDougall having only a small force, destroyed the remaining stores and withdrew. The British then occupied the village. A party of them, about two hundred strong, took possession of a height south of Van Cortlandt's. In the mean time Lieutenant-Colonel Willett, having reinforced Mc-Dougall with about eighty men, obtained permission to attack the enemy on the heig…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 199 interest. Here was the site of the old Indian village of Ali|>konlc, or the Place <>l' Kims, away back before 1G30, and here, one hundred and fifty years later, in 1780, was the lunette, or military redoubt, from whic h the patriotic Water Guard, according to Bolton, can-nonaded the British sloop-of-war " Vulture," which having been up the river in connection with Maj…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] adds that his thus writing is not out of apprehension for his own safety, " but," said he, "it is to rescue my-self from the imputation of having assumed a mean character for treacherous purposes or self-interest, a conduct incompatible w ith the principles that actuate me, as well as with my conduct in life. It is to vin-dicate my fame that I speak, and not to solicit se…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] When X could no longer evade his importunity or put oil' i full reply, I remarked to him as follows : '1 bad a much-loved class-mate in Vale College by the inline of Nullum Hale, who entered the amy iu the year 177.). Immediately after the battle of Long Island bencral Washington wanted informati especting the strength, post-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] >e in my power, I will, myself, furnish you with op-portunities for regaining the esteem which you have ormerly enjoyed." But kindness had no effect, and Arnold, madly bent tpon his own ruin, proceeded with his guilty plans. )n pretence of being disabled by his wound from ictive duty in the field, to which Washington, with-iut suspicion, invited him, he persistantly sough…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ufa cawte tju'ilavait si tjloriewement defender mh-u dans son coettr. File y eta bientol de profoudes racines, et sa trahison en fut le fruit. Perdu liour la vertu la premiere fois qu'il avoit balance entre 1' observation et 'infraction de ses devoirs, il fut perdu pour son pays, a l'iustant oil il,>ut sans horreur avoir l'idee de le trahir." view with him, to complete th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the vessel should not move from where she lay. As the tide was favorable, Amlre determined to push on from Dobbs Ferry to the ship, and that evening at seven o'clock he hoarded the" Vulture " just aboye Teller's Point. On Thursday morning, September :21st, Andre notified Arnold that he was then on hoard of the "Vulture." Thai evening at Beven o'clock two boat-men started …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] name, too, of ill omen as connected with this affair] but as she had dropped down the river, and he found he could not be conveyed to her, he spent the day in-solitude and concealment. The possibilities of his situation must have occurred to his mind in that lonely chamber, and awakened thoughts that were not conducive to repose. Late in the afternoon of Friday, the 22*\,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Smith went with Andre to within a mile or two of Pine's Bridge across the Croton River. There he stopped to retrace his steps, and to lei Andre goon alone. Before parting they breakfasted together at the house of Isaac Underbill at Yorktown. who gave them hasty pudding and milk, all his good wife had, as his house had been plundered the night before by a gang of marauding…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] place where the monument now stands, stating, as a reason for their being on the west side, that the road makes a bend just there, and they wanted to keep watch up the road, which they could not have done on the east side, as the bend to the east just there would have hidden the road above from their view.1 Major Andre is said to have come into the Tarry-town road near a …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] To which Andre wb OLD LANDRINE HOUSE, taken alter his capture, and where he ■at on the ste| Michael Nolan, who farms, and boards some of the people connected with the construction of the New Croton aqueduct, which passes down a short distance towanl the west. The locality is one of many natural attractions. The old house itself is an interesting relic of the past, and as …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and moat humble tenant, ■it HIS ANDRE, adjvtttnirgt m rol. " Hi* Era Uency, General Washington, Aft, Ac, <fc." That he came on shore from the Vulture sloop of war in the night of [he twenty-first of September instant, somewhere under the Haverstraw Mountain. That the boat he came on shore in carried no tiatj, and that he had mi a siirtout coat over his regimentals, and th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] annually out of the public treasury two hundred dollars in specie, or an equivalent in current money of these States, during life, and that the board of war procure for each of them a silver medalon — one side of which shall be a shield with this inscriptl n, ' Fidelity,' and on the other, the following motto, 'Yincit amor patritr,' and forward them to the Commander-in-Ch…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] thereafter they wore summoned to appear as witnesses at the head-quar-ters of General Washington, at Tappau : that they were at Tappau some days, aud examined as witnesses before the court martial on the trial of Smith, who brought Andre ashore from on board the sloop of war: that while there, Colonel William S. Smith redeemed tho watch from them for thirty guineas; which…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wil-liams and Van Wart, by Congress, " were presented to them by General Washington, when the army was encamped at Verplanck's Point, and that they on the occasion dined at his table." In this connection it is interesting to read the per-sonal reminiscence of Grant Thorburn, of New York, relating to his conversation with Isaac Van Wart at a funeral at Tarrytown, in 1800, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ish and Tories had driven off the whole stock belonging to the widowed mothers of these boys; for if fame speaks true, neither of the three were of age; and according to the usages of war, they were justified in a re-capture. It is evident they were not thieves for gain; 'else would they have taken the price which Andre offered for his ransom, which was more than would ha…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] should rise. So they girded themselves for business and began. If the committees would not do the work, they would. And they did it. They drew up sub-scription papers, and presented them everywhere. Soon they saw the dawning of success. General Henry Storms, a native of this county, then one of the inspectors of the State Prison at Sing Sing, a man of remarkable patriotis…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] While the workmen at Sing Sing were preparing the base and the shaft, a foundation was put down and presented to the association by Mr. Seth Bird, in order to be ready for them when completed. On July 4, 1853, the corner-stone was laid by Colonel James A. Hamilton, a son of Alexander Hamilton, of the Revolution, and the occasion was celebrated by the largest procession ev…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] by the dragoons and French guard. Captain llurlburt, Captain-Lieu-tenant Miles, Quartermaster Shaylor and others jumped into the river and made for the sloops, in order to extinguish the fire, which they did, and saved the vessels; while in the water, Captain Hurlburt received a musket-ball through the thigh, but is now in a fair way to do well. About daylight, General Ho…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The largest of their ships sustained the greatest damage; many shots were fired through her, and one of our shells, bursting on board her, threw them in great confusion; eighteen or twenty of their men jumped overboard, three or four of them swam onshore, and the rest are supposed to be drowned." 1 An interesting account of this action, as well as of

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] GRE KNBURGH. 233 " was not merely a great warrior, but a medicine-man, a prophet or a conjurer," and ruled the adjacent country "from Yonkers quite to Sleepy Hollow." The name of Sleepy Hollow, indeed, according to Mr. Irving, is owing to the wonderful effects of a medicine or charm by which this great wizard put the hostile sachem and warriors of f^ing Sing to sleep amon…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Up to the time of the Revolution the place had formed a part of the old Manor of Philipsburgh, and was occupied by Jacob Van Tassel as a tenant under his feudal lord, Frederick Philipse, but when the latter went over to the King the land was forfeited to the State, and on December (i, 1785, the place was con-veyed to Jacob in fee-simple by the Commissioners of Forfeitures…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The following is a copy of the original deed, now the property of Benson Ferris, Esq., presi-dent of the Westchester County Savings-Hank : THIS INDENTURE made the Sixth Day of Decemher in the Tenth Year of tile Independence of the State of New York, and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Five, between Itaac Stoutenburgh and Philip Van Cortlandt,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] TO HAVE and to HOLD all and singular the said Premises hereby Granted, Bargained, Sold, Enfeoffed and Confirmed, with the Appur-tenances, unto the said Jacob Van Tassel and to his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper Use, Benefit arid Behoof of the said Jacob Van Tassel and his Heirs and Assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Par-ties to these Presents have hereunto inte…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] panied by a young French count, and escorted by Mr. Anthony Constant, of what was afterwards Hastings. Mr. Constant had previously announced to Mr. Irving his intention of bringing Louis Napoleon to breakfast. " Mr. Irving," says his nephew and biographer, " enjoyed the visit, and was much inter-ested in the peculiar position of his somewhat quiet guest, though little ant…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to trial because he could not rely upon the impartiality of a French jury; therefore the offender was shipped to America. At that period (1830) the memory of the first emperor was compara-tively fresh in the American mind, and the charm of his name was a passport sufficient to introduce the banished prince into the alluring circles of wealthy and cultured society. His var…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "By the way," he said, addressing Louis Napoleon, who was a very attentive listener, "we have a convict here, a Frenchman, that is an old soldier; he claims to have fought at Waterloo, and had

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] pense. What did he think of the old soldier ? Why, that he was a Grand) a liar and a vagabond; that he had never held a place in the ranks of the French army. Mr. Rowell lived many years and filled many offices of public trust in Westchester County, but he never forgot this little episode at the prison. When Louis Napoleon, after many vicissitudes and failures, was finall…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There are many anecdotes and unpublished memo-rials of Mr. Irving's life that throw a pleasant light upon his character and spirit, and show why it was that his presence was always so welcome wherever he went. A letter of his, never before printed, which has been kindly furnished by Mr. Morgan, may be taken as an example. It illustrates the genial play of his innocent hum…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] What does all this mean ? are we preparing for the contest of the cudgel? Is club-law to rule the land ? In the midst of all this a herald in hot haste has sum-moned me to a feast to be given by the great sachem of I'okahoe— doubt-less a war-feaat, in honor of the hero of the Rocky Mountains. " Now, Sir, I am a peaceable man. I have declined the sachem's invi-tation to hi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] hundred lino houses, and a profusion of ornamental trees covering nearly the whole surface of the land. As a sample of the extensivo tree-planting, I may mention that when Col. Hamilton built his house, iu 1830, there was but one treo on the entire plot of ground, probably fifty acres in extent, and when the Colonel asked Mr. Irving what name he should give to this place,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "Late in that year the Hudson River Railroad was opened as far as Peekskill, anil, theuceforth, the means of communication were greatly increased, and the banks of the noble Hudson are now within such easy access from the great city that they have become the favorite summer residence for a largo class of citizens. " In reply to your enquiries as to whoare now my near neig…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "This reminds me that I must have grown somewhat older since I settled in Irvington; I came there with a wife and five small children. I now have twenty one grandchildren; who can say, after that, that Irvington is not a desirable place of residence ? " I am afraid that I have wearied you with these personal details, and if you intend to make any use of this communication…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. for several years lie died, and the property now be-longs to his estate. In the same general inclosure with the Orinnell housestands, a little farther north, the former residence of the late Henry Holdredge, whose wife was a niece of Mr. Grinnell. The next place, called " The Homestead," extend-ing from the Croton Aqueduct on the west to Bro…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] fish patriotism. On the 9th of November, 1843, he married, in the city of New York, Miss Henrietta Amelia, daughter of Enoch Hidden. He has two sons, William Edgar and Marshall, both born in that city. Abram O. Willsea, another prominent citizen of Greenburgh, familiarly known as " Captain " Willsea, is a grandson of Daniel Willsea, who, shortly after the Revolutionary Wa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] pily cancelled. Since 1845 there has been a succes-sion of twenty-one pastors, during whose terms of service there have been several, and in some cases powerful, revivals. The present pastor is the Rev. W. F. Hatfield, D.D. Christ Church (Episcopal). — Christ Church, Tar-rytown, was organized as a parish in 1836, and the church erected the following year. The Rev. William…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] John A. Paine, formerly of Robert College, Constan-tinople, and the Rev. George Rockwell. The First Baptist Church. — What is now " The First Baptist Church of Tarrytown" was organized under the name of " The Beekman Baptist Church of Tarrytown," by a council of delegates representing several Baptist Churches in New York City and in Westchester County, toward the latter p…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the erection of a new church edifice, and, finally, pur-chased of the late Martin Smith a piece of land on the northwest corner of Main and Washington Streets, where the Wendle hrick buildings now stand, for the sum of seven hundred and twenty dollars. This, together with the amount required to erect the new church edifice, was obtained principally through the efforts of …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The original name of the Church, " The Beekman Baptist Church of Tarrytown," was then dropped, and the name of "The First Baptist Church of Tarrytown " was sub-stituted for it, a name which it still retains. The

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The result showed two hundred and seventy-three votes in favor of incorporation, and eighty-five against it. The village was accordingly incorporated, and the following-named gentlemen were elected its first officers under the new system : President, Jacob Odell; Trustees, James Alexander, James W. Scrib-ner, M.D., Nelson McCutchen; Treasurer, William I. Wood; Collector, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] caveats, both dated March 13, 1787. The first is the "Caveat of Mary Van Wort against granting the ap-plication of Isaac Recjua and Gabriel Requa, for two thousand feet of land underwater at Tarrytown land-ing, unless that there be twenty feet reserve for her from the south boundary of her house." (Vol. xliii, p. 162.) The second is the " Caveat of Gilbert I )rake against…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] enhoven, who was usually called Conover, is said, in fact, to have built all around the house, almost com-pletely inclosing the original, and rendering the remodeled building much more roomy and conve-nient. The same variable orthography occurs in this name as in so many others. It is spelled Covenhoven, Couenhoven and Cowenhoven; but Jacob, in his autograph, wrote it Cou…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] clined the invitations. I found, however, that the host and his house were well known, and that scarce a traveller stopt there w ithout having Borne difficulty with the ignorant booby who pretends to keep a hotel. Indeed, many travellers go four or five miles out of the way to avoid ■topping at this house. I have related these circumstances for the benefit Of your numerou…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] HISTORY OF WKSTCII KSTKR COIXTV. the intervening space, between the building and the grave-yard, that used to form the bed of the old White Plains road, stands the monument erected nearly in the middle of the grave-yard, by the citizens of West-chester County, on June 11, 1 820, to honor the mem-ory of Isaac Van Wart. It was completed a little over a year after he died, a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] habit of baking bread tor the hungry American sol-diers and militiamen, and hiding it, where she knew they would find it, in the rocks. She was the daugh-; ter of Peter Van Wermer, a patriot also of Holland blood. She died on part of the premises owned by her father and her husband, August 31, 18"><>, aged one hundred and four years. The late Rev. A. T. Stewart, then past…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] rior of the county. Its southwestern point, at Tarry-town, is about twenty-rive miles by the Hudson River Railroad from the Grand Central Depot in New York-City. As its name would indicate, it is a hilly region of variegated aspect, characterized by woodland, cul-tivated valley farms, and small fertile plains in pleas-ant contiguity and proportion. It was erected into a t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The royal charter gives as the date of this transaction October 24, 1080, but it is shown to have occurred in the early part ofthe year by the fact that the transfer was ratified at Fort James, in New York City, by Sir Edmund Andros, the Governor of the province, on April 1, 1080. The Governor's ratification was given in the following terms : "Sir Edmund Andros, Knight, A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The said land ad-joining to the creek or river aforesaid, lying on each side thereof, north and south 1600 treads or steps, which, at twelve feet to the rod makes 400 rods, and runs up into the country as far as the said creek or river goeth, provided always that if the said creek or river, called by the Indians Neppera, and, by the Christians the Yonkers Creek or kill, s…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Know ye that by virtue of the commission and authority unto me given under His Royal Highness, I have given and granted and by these presents do hereby give, ratify, confirm and grant unto said Fredeiick Philipse, his heirs and assigns, the afore-recited creek or river parcels of lands and premises herein before expressed and set forth, to-gether with all the woodlands, m…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The last purchase mentioned above, namely that of May 7, ](W4 (elsewhere given as June 6, 1084), ex-tended the territorial boundary of Frederick Phil-ip-'estate from the Nepperhan.River eastward to the Bronx. The grantors, or party of the first part, consisted of nine male Indians and one Squaw, among the former being Ghoharius, whose name is here given as Ghoharim, and t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Pow-der, 20 Bars of Lead, 10 Spoons, 2 Knives, 12 Pair of Stockings, 15 Hatchets, 10 Hots, in Earthen Jugs, in Iron Pots, 44 Vats of Beer, 2 Ankers of Rum, 2 Rolls of Tobacco." Frederick Philipse being thus vested in the ftp-simple, the whole territory, comprising, in addition to the land situated in what subsequently became the township of Mount Pleasant, the land als…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The oldest son, Frederick, being heir of his father, became de-visee in tail male of the Manor of Philipsburgh, and tenant for life under his father a will, with remainder in tail male. The Upper Highland Patent of Philips-town, in Putnam County, passed to the second son, Philip, among whose descendants it yet remains. In 1779 all the lands lying in the township of Mount …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In this case, however, a " direct east " line does not mean a " due east " line. The Van Cortlandt patent starts at the same point on the Croton River, and runs "due east," whereas the Philipse Manor line bears about southeast, or S-48° E., by the magnetic needle, in this present year, 1885. The wedge-shaped piece of territory, with the sharp end touching the Croton River…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] MOUNT PLEASANT. 2sr> the Crotou River, as well as of the present Cort-landt township line, is an oak-tree by a rock oppo-site the north end of Deer Island, this having been ad-judged by the Commissioners of Forfeitures to be J" two miles from the mouth of the Croton River." The new township of Ossining having been taken out of Mount Pleasant in 1845, the boundary of Mount…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The dividing line as run out in 1884, in accordance with the statute of 1845, passes a little north of the parsonage occupied by the late Rev. Edward N. Mead, D.D., which is situ-ated about two hundred feet south of St. Mary's Church. Thus we have all the northern and part of the western boundary of Mount Pleasant. The Hudson completes the western boundary, Greenburgh for…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] North Tarrytown, an incorporated village of two thousand six hundred and eighty-four inhabitants by the census of 1880, and situated on the Hudson River twenty-five miles north from the Grand Central Depot, New York City, by the Hudson River Rail-road, or twenty-one miles north from One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street, by the New York City and Northern Railroad, is built u…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Beekman family, into whose hands the prop-erty thus fell after the Revolution, were descended from some of the early settlers of New Amsterdam or New York. William Beekman, the founder of the family in this State, came over from Holland in the same ship with Peter Stuyvesant, in lt>47. He married Catherine Van Bough, daughter of a well-28G HISTORY OF WKSTC11KSTHR COI …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] odor of salted hides and fresh sole leather is always perceptible to the stranger passing through it. Wil-liam Beckman died in 1707 at the age of eighty-five, leaving one daughter and three sons, Henry, Gerard MRS. COKXK1.IA ItKKKMAS. and Johannes. Gerard G. Beckman, the purchaser of the property here referred to, was a grandson of William Beckman. About the year 17(i.) h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] An incident or two from the second volume will give an idea of her courageous spirit and will, and shows that while she was personally lovely, she was also heroically brave. The story of the way in which she overawed the enemy under Colonels Bayard and Fanning is gathered from one of her own letters, written in 1777: " A party of royalists, commanded by these two Colonels…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] what vast results depend on thins.'* apparently trivial, favors the suppo-sition, in dwelling on this simple incident, that under the l'rovidence that disposes all human events, the fate of a nation may have heeu sus-pended upon a woman's judgment." The Smith here spoken of was the notorious Joshua Hett Smith, who acted as a go-between in the nego-tiations of Arnold and A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After the Revolution the lands in the Manor of Philipsburgh were parceled out and sold, Frederick Philipse having been attainted of high treason, and his property confiscated to the State of New York. Gerard ( I. Beekman purchased the tract on which the old manor-house then stood, as it does now, and thither he removed with his family in 1785. There he died in 1822, at th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 'LEASANT. i'87 sides these, I do not remember any buildings on Broad-way, except an old academy building just north of the Andre Brook." Amos R. Clark, Esq., states that "About 1835 Mrs. Cornelia Beekman laid out new roads, and sold all the land south of Beekman Avenue, in building lots. At that time there were only twelve houses west of the Croton Aqueduct. Beekman Avenu…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Sleepy Hollow, which is preserved as a relic and memorial of the past. Its history is full of interest, and deserves a larger commemoration than the limits appointed for this record will allow. It is much to be regretted that there are no data which enable us to fix the exact year either when the church edifice was built or when the ecclesiastical body was organized. I…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] confirm the unvarying tradition that the bell was cast to order, and so must have been ordered before 1685. In his historical discourse delivered in 1X66, the Rev. Abel T. Stewart (afterwards Dr. Stewart i, for fourteen years pastor of the church, »vho had made himself familiar with all its history and traditions, said: "The bell that still rings out so shrill was cast ac…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Brodhead says in his history that permanent agricultural colo-nization was begun along the Hudson River as early

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] from the best data that can be obtained, that the inter-ments in the Old Dutch Church-yard began between 1645 and 1655. This would agree with the date which Mr. Irving assigned to the erection of " Wol-fert's Roost " in 1656. How long was the grave-yard set apart to its purpose before the erection of the church? If we say that the church was not built until 1(599, it woul…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At sucb times an opportu-nity has been afforded to look into the crypt below, and it is said that there are, or were, coffins there bearing dates as far back as between 1650 and 1660. In an-swer to his inquiry, the writer has been favored with a statement by Mrs. Pierre Van Cortlandt, mistress of the Van Cortlandt Manor-House at Croton Land-ing, which is of peculiar inter…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] building committee, who, desiring to put over the church entrance the inscription, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," referred the stone-cutter, for the sake of exactness, to Matthew xxi : 13, where the passage occurred. They were horrified to find over the door, when the work was done, the inscrip-tion, " My bouse shall l>c called the house of prayer; but ye…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Bolton gives a story, it is true, about her riding up from New York with her brother on " moonlight nights " to superintend the erection, but on what authority no one knows. It was a pretty long ride to be taken at night, and why she came up on "moonlight nights" to superintend the work, rather than in the day-time, as one would suppose she would, is not stated. The whole…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Both the language and the spirit take us l>ack for three or four hundred years into tin-past, and stand in the broadest contrast with the sell-reliant individualism and independence of our America* citizenship at the present time. In reading the preface it must be remembered that the church, then called " The Christian Church of the Manor of Philipsburgh," had never kept …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] us for many years. "In continuation, A.D. 1716. On the 18>!> and 19* April tho Rev. G. Bartholf again performed religious service in this Christian church, for which both he and Teuuis Van Houten, who conveyed him to and fro> were both paid satisfactorily according to mutual agreement. And lor all this we are bound to show special thankfulness for the usual liber-ality of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "In this 2l1 Hook of Church Minutes, Anno 1G97, on the Manor of Philipsburgh' ore noted down the names of all persons respectively, who, after Christian examination and admonition, have been received as mem-bers of the Church of Jesus Christ, and allowed to appear at the table of the Lord and partake of the Holy Sacrament. Furtt, and before all, the Right Hon., pious, ver…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Dear Sir: In response to your inquiry, " Why it is assumed that the first Interments in what is now the Old Dutch Church-Yard at Sleepy Hollow were made as early as 1645 to 1655," I can only say that its probabilities seem to me to rest upon a variety of collated cirvnm-stances, some of them well-known facts, and others resting in tradition! more or less colored as they h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of all the cities of the dead in this country. It con-sists of about thirty-two and one-half acres, ex-tending northward from the upper line of the old church-yard, and lying between Broadway on the I west and the beautiful Pocantico Brook on the east, which takes a southerly course through the deep val-| ley or glen so widely known as Sleepy Hollow. The stream flows over…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] be caught at the blue bills ot the Hudson. To look upon its grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so ipiietly, one would think thai there at least the dead might rest in peace.' •'It has sometimes been proposed to restore the church and make it as it originally was, to w hich it is to be said that no man knows how it origin-ally was. The church, which was alt…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The lord of the manor was much impressed by the dream, completed the church and 1 Io n the dam, probably taking care to build it a little more securely than its predecessors; any way it stood, and in its standing seemed to be a sign

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] vane at the western end is of equal antiquity or not. Mr. Irving, w ith bis gentle humor, cannot resist making the quiet, not ill-natured remark that these two vanes, like most ecclesiastical vanes, usually point in contrary directions. The bell, which swings in the belfry still, was cast to order in Holland. It is richly ornamented and Is-ars the following inscription : …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] They are of heavy oak, and in the bottom are holes which show bow the stanchions which supported them were mortised into them. The sturdy Dutchmen of the good old times disdained any sup-port for the back as he listened w ith the. greatest edification to a sound doctrinal sermon one or two hours long. After the lb-volution, with

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] organized as early at least as 1834. Unfortunately, there are no records attainable, and it is difficult to ascertain the date with certainty, but it is learned front some old printed minutes of the conference thai a pastor, the Hev. John S. Ambler, was appointed in 1X34, which implies, of course, that the church was already in existence. The first church building oc-cupi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ton, who had " gone over to Rome" with Cardinal Newman, the late Archbishop Bayley and others, and who is now Monsignor Preston, vicar-general of the archdiocese, became pastor of the Catholic Church at Yonkers, and by him an effort was made to erect amission church for the Tarrytown portion of bis Hock. Like till beginnings, the effort met opposi-tion. Washington Irving …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and adviser. Its aim has been, like that of all kin-dred institutions, to prepare the young for the varied positions and activities of life, and the efforts put forth have been attended with a gratifying success. Its teachers and pupils worship in the Episcopal Church, though it was never designed to be a secta-rian school. Another school, which for over eleven years was …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] under the visitation of the Regents of the University, •and in June, 1877, the advanced pupils were exam-ined in the Regents' questions by a committee acting in their name. Before the opening of the new build-ing in lKiJO it had a succession of four principals. Since then it has had a succession of twelve princi-pals, the last of whom is.Mr. Nathan H. Du Mond, who was app…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] longed to the old m inor of Philipsburgh, which was forfeited to the State when its proprietor, Frederic! 1 From BiubM Him-llh'-rralrd, oopyrlglit, 1875, by P. Applolon A.Co. MOUNT PLEASANT. 307 Philipse, went over to the enemy during the Revolu-i tion. While the war was going on, this hill, now called Prospect Hill, was much resorted to as a point of observation, and Was…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Irving was a frequent visitor, and seemed to watch its successive advances with great interest. In this way he had frequent and prolonged conversa-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] was Washington Irving, whose delightful descriptions of Sleepy Hollow and the Pocantico have made this region famous and classical for all time. On the southern slope of Prospect Hill is the pleas-ant home of Mr. Stephen H. Thayer, who has lately given to the world avolumeof poemsentitled "Songs of Sleepy Hollow, and other Poems," and also that of Mr. H. Andrews. Farther …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] son Park " and the places above it, and also on the north from the Ichabod Crane Bridge, the point where the river turns toward the Hudson, but east of the old Post Road, now known as Broadway, stands the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, with the burying ground adjacent. North of it, on the same aide of the road, is the Sleepy Hollow cemetery, and beyond that, " Pocanti…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The number of bricks in this chimney was a marvel. They had all been brought from Holland, and landed on the north

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] whose father's name was Slidell and whose mother's name was Mackenzie, added her name to that of his father's at the request of a maternal uncle. He will be remembered as commanding the United States brig " Somers," on which a mutinous plot was discov-ered in 1842, while sailing from the coast of Africa, and three of the ringleaders, including a son of the Hon. John ('. S…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] As stated elsewhere, it was formerly thought to be in Mount Pleasant, but a recent survey has shown it to be in Ossining. The County House. — At East Tarrytown, form-erly called Knapp's Corners, a short distance north of the Northern Railroad, which here bends to the west, and north of the Greenburgh line, within the township of Mount Pleasant, between the Unionville road…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] property, from which fact the house afterwards built took the name of" The Van Wart House." The Young house of the Revolution was within what was called "the American lines," by which was meant that it was within that part of Westchester County which was mainly controlled by the Ameri-cans. Its elevated position, together with the num-ber of buildings attached and around …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] American Revolution " and in Riving ton's Rotjal Ga-zette, published in New York City February 9, 1780. General Heath was the last surviving major-general of the Revolutionary army, and he died at Roxbury, Massachusetts, his birth-place, on January '24, 1814. The following is his account : " On the morning of the 3d about 9 o'clock, the enemy made an at-tack on Lieut. Col…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] from a letter written by Judge Samuel Young to R. V. Morris, member of Assembly, under date of "Mount Pleasant, January 25, 1814," and published in the Historical Maijazine for June, 1871. Judge Young wrote, — " I resided in the lines from the commencement of the Revolution until the winter of 1777, when my father's house was burned by order of the British General. The co…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] great uncertainties and dangers during the Revolu-tionary War. The site of the old farm-house, now owned by Mr. Alvah Newman, is said to have been the scene of a bloody tragedy in those perilous times. Two Continental soldiers, on their way home after Mr. Tierce was born March !>, 1816, on the Pierce homestead, just north of Pleasantville. The farm on which he was born ha…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] time was the Rev. Samuel Rushnell. The member-ship at the beginning was very small, but now num-bers two hundred and forty. The present pastor is the Rev. William Colden. The ancestors of the Palmer family in America were three brothers, of whom Abijah was the great-grand-father of Stephen Palmer. Mr. Palmer's grandfather was Stephen Palmer, who owned and occupied a por-t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] church there. He h:is served as a local preacher for many years, and h:is been exceedingly active in re-i ligious work. He married Esther Fowler, daughter ' of Moses Fowler, of Mount Pleasant, and has three children — Fannie M., Esther and Hannah E. His great age and hi-consistent Christian example render ' his residence in Mount Pleasant a continual agency for good. It w…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] broad philanthropy and her remarkable executive ii. — 30 force, has since been carried on by a band of gener-ous-hearted women, who are every way worthy of the honor and the responsibility devolved upon them. CHAPTER IV. OSSINING.1 BY C1EOBGE JACKSON FISHER, M.D., Of Sing Sing, N. Y. The township of Ossining is in tin; form of an irregular rhomb, being about five miles in…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1862 Clark & Wagner, of Philadelphia, published a very accurate 11 Map of the Town-ships of Ossining and Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, N. Y., from Kccent and Actual Survey." The scale was three inches to a mile. At one side was a map of the village of Sing Sing. The borders of this large map were illustrated with a number of engravings of prominent resi-dences, i…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was laid out in plots lying on six parallel streets running north and south, which were crossed by one at right-angles, put down as Hudson A ve-nue. Other sections have been mapped out iu village lots in a similar manner, and with equally negative results. 322 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. The town of Ossining was organized May 2, 1 84o.1 It was formerly included in t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] began Indians, known;is " Sint Snicks." They owned the territory as far north as the Croton River, then called the "Kitchewan," the tribe inhabiting above this stream being the " Kitchawongs." An Indian village occupied the present site of Sing Sing, and bore the name "Sink Sink." The Kill-brook was called " Sint-Sinck," or, at least, it is so written on a map which bears…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It will be found variously written on old maps and in ancient documents — Cinque Singte, Cinquesingte, Sink Sink, Sinck Sinck, Sin Sinck, Sint Sinck and Sin-sing. Ours is the only village in the world that bears this musical name.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] are from five hundred to nearly one thousand feet above tide-water. There is but very little level land in the whole township. At different elevations there * are beautiful terraces, or small plateaus, which atlord delightful sites for building. It contains no lakes or ponds worthy of mention. It is quite free from swamps and marshes. There are no very large streams in th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Most of them are fragments of our own rock-beds, while many are of foreign ma-' terial, having found their way here during the drift I period, of which they are not the only remaining evidence. The surface of most of our rocks are well polished and furrowed by the same agency. There are several places in the town where the dolomitic limestone, which exists in several loca…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Grace Church on Broadway, the United States Sub-Treasury building in Wall Street, New York, for-merly the United States Custom-House, were also -built of Sing Sing marble. To these can be added I the city hall and the hall of records in the city of \ Albany, two very substantial and noble structures. Some of the finest residences of Sing Sing were also built of this mater…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The result of sixty years of convict labor has been to leave the grounds back of the prison in a very rough and unsightly condition, with great excavations and enormous heaps of debris. The treatises of Prof. Dana and others, who have written on mineralogy, attribute many interesting minerals to this locality. The writer of this chapter has resided a third of a century at…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tremolite, cubical and octahedral crystals of iron pyrite, asbestos, calcite and poor specimens of mal-achite and azurite. There are two very interesting dykes of granite to be seen in these quarries; one of them is from two to eight feet broad, with sharp, well-defined margins. The Silver and Copper-Minks ok Sim; Sim; AND Sparta. — There are several perpendicular and hor…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The opera-tions of this mining company were suddenly termi-nated by the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, never again to be resumed. There are two references to these mines in the office of the Secretary of State, at Albany, the first of which is as follows: "No. 54. Stephen Lyon, Westchester County, town of Mount Pleasant, about 100 rods south of the discover-er's d…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In order to inspire increased confi-dence in the minds of investors in the silver-mining stocks, and to show the people that the precious metal had formerly existed in these mines, having been worked successfully, and only abandoned on account of the Revolutionary War, which had terminated so disastrously to the British arms, that English capital-ists would not dare to re…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] According to the best of my recollection, there were twenty tivo persons constantly employed alsjiit the mine, sixteen of whom were considered the first-rate miners from Europe, all concur-ring iu the opinion that the mine was very rich. The mine was worked day and night to the last w ith great eagerness. j " James McCobd." I "Sin.; SlHO, March 4, 1824. *' I do hereby cer…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After penetrating for some dis-tance, they found that the character of the rocks sud-denly changed, and the silver vein was entirely lost. They then gave up the search. ■\ Still another attempt was made to open up the old mine. A company known as " The Sing Sing Silver-i Mining Company" was formed, which was incorpor-; ated April 16, 1857, Dr. Benjamin Brandreth, General …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The operations of the company were conducted under the direction of Joseph Tregaskis. an expe-rienced miner of Cornwall, England. The company had a lease of the ground for forty years. About twenty-five years ago Mr. Kemeys had the perpendicular shaft cleared of the rubbish which had been pitched into it from time to time. He soon be-came discouraged, and abandoned the "c…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Daniel Delevan Man-gam that he well remembers hearing his grandmother relate her personal knowledge of the Indians — of their going forth in their canoes in the mornings from the Kill-brook to the Hudson, and of their return in the evenings, after the day's fishing and hunting was over, to rest in the valley or to sleep in the great cave of the Kill, which the writer well…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the other early settlers were the Ackers, Millers, Storms, Bayles, McCords, Ryders, Yale and others. The descendants of almost all of these families are still quite numerous in our community. The sources of information for the above statements are the two editions of Bolton's history of the county and a " Historical Sketch," by Rev. Alex. Watson, published in a pamphlet (…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He then went into business on his own account at the same locality, and has continued it till the present time with energy and success. In 1875 Mr. McCord purchased an estate near the south limits of the village of Sing Sing, which has since been his residence. He is also largely inter-ested in real estate in various parts of the village. Independent in politics, Mr. McCo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] very young; the one now living is a daughter, Isabel. She was married in 1871 to Uu l'lesses M. Helm, a lawyer who is now engaged in a very successful practice in the city of New York. They have three children, David B., Jeanette L and Florence A.' Farms occupying Ground where Sing Sim; NOW stands.— The ground upon which the corpora-tion of Sing Sing now stands wits, afte…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The line then ran due north about as far as to Clinton Avenue of the present day, and from that point ran west, in a line not deviating much from the above-mentioned avenue, until it struck his own smaller farm, On the north side of the Sing Sing Kill, with the Kill as its southern boundary, was the farm of John Bishop, containing eighty-three acres. Its eastern boundary …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tions of the following farms: The southwestern cor-ner of the one hundred and forty-one acre tract of Samuel Drake, lying north of the Kill and east of the Post-road; a tract of fourteen and one-half acres, also belonging to Samuel Drake, lying on the south side of the Kill, adjoining the eastern boundary of Aaron Ward's smaller farm; the southern part of the one hundred …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Among the well known citizens who have made their summer residence in Westchester County, while their business life is identified with New York City, a prominent place must be given to Orlando B. Pot-ter, late representative of the eleventh congressional district, in the Congress of the United States. De-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] York City caused him to invest largely in real estate, and there have been few seasons when his workmen have not been adding to the taxable property, beauty and business capacity of the city, He is now en-gaged in completing one of the largest and finest structures in the city, eleven stories high and entirely fire-proof, at the corner of Park Row and Beeknian Street, whi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the consideration of the national financial system, and one of his ablest speeches was delivered in the House of Representatives January 15, 1885, on "Refunding the Bonded Debt of the United States." Fie was also influential in extending the free-delivery system, thus adding greatly to the usefulness and efficiency of the postal service; and in short it may be justly said…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the floating palaces, for which our river is famous. These arc some of the elements, ever-varying, which combine to make a scene of indescribable and unsur-passed loveliness, which gives an attractiveness to 330 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTEB COUNTY. the homes in Sing Sing, unknown to the dwellers of most portions of our beautiful country. It is not surprising that M. De Tocquevi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] present store directly opposite. Here is exhibited the finest display of cut flowers to be found in the « itv, offering a spectacle which never fails to attract the attention and excite the admiration of all observers. The trade is of immense proportions; more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in value of flowers have been sold annually and ten thousand dollars …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The whole business, which has been built up from a small beginning, has been the outgrowth of constant activity and enterprise, and his acknowledged success is the result that naturally follows when a man of talent gives his whole time and thought to one par-ticular thing. Mr. Klunder married Mary Broseman, who is like himself a native of Germany. They are the parents of …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Its freedom from swamps, marshes, ponds and stagnant water: the universal prevalence1 of springs of clear pure water and hence of living streams; the elevation and inclination of the surface} the absence of shops and factories in which occupa-tions are carried on dangerous to life or deleterious to the surrounding air or adjacent water; the general prosperity and intellig…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Then should follow the absolute abolishment of cesspools, and soil-vaults, which are the most dangerous and ab-horrent of all human devices ever permitted to exist in an intelligent and compact community. The deep gulch, known as the Sing Sing Kill, affords by far the most direct and complete outlet for the main sewer of our village, it possesses depth, proper descent, an…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a month over forty additional cases occurred, of which eleven proved fatal. There were many cases of milder cholera, or choleraic diarrhoea. The writer was at that time the physician and surgeon of the male and female departments of the prison. There were no eases among the one hundred female convicts. There were several cases in the village, some of which w en fatal. It …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The people to this day speak of the " Albany Post Road," and now and then, between here and New York York City, one of the old brown milestones is to be seen by the road-sid like a lonely tomb-stone, which it much resembles, in mourning for the days of yore. In after-years there was also constructed the " Bed-ford Pike," sometimes called the Croton turnpike, a stage route…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the township, including the inmates of the prison, reaches ahout ten thousand. In consequence of the numerous and extensive fires, an account of which will he found in another place, as well as from the rapid transit afforded by the railroad, and many other causes, this village has made a good de-gree of progress, growth and improvement during the past third of a century.…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] What the village particu-larly needs is a number of factories to furnish work for our laboring people. Our village is not noted for the wealth of its citizens; on the contrary, for the most part, our families are in very moderate circum-stances, and dependent Upon their occupations for their support. The place is in good order, and abounds in neat, commodious and pleasant…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Greene; Assessors, Caleb Smith, William < >rser, Ste-phen Marshall; Commissioners of Highways, Kdward.1. Bayles, David C. Coddington, John Ryder; Over-seers of the Poor, Willet Holmes, William Mangain; Collector, Abraham Miller. The Charter and Officers of thk Village of SlNG Sing. — The act incorporating the village of Sing Sing was passed April "2, 1813. It provided tha…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A curious provision, or blue-law, was contained in the fifth section of the charter, which read as follows: "And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of said village of Sing Sing, or the major part of them and their successors, at any time after the first Tuesday in May next, to make, ordain, constitute and publish a by-law prohibiting a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] By the present charter the trustees have no power to order or enforce the construction of a sewer in any part of the corporation, unless the same is requested by a petition of one half of the property holders along the line of the proposed improvement. Hence any unwillingness on the part of the tax-pay-ers of a street or avenue may interfere with or com-pletely block any …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] were as follows: Samuel C. Mott, Solomon Under-bill, Edward Kemeys, Jeremiah I). Fowler, Richard Austin, Gardner Ackerly, Samuel Trobridge, Robert K. Foster, John Clapp, Andrew Graham, Moses Stan-ton, David Delaney, Edward Priestly, Samuel Rhodes and Thomas Agate. The certificates were written on slips of paper after the following formula : "These are to certify that (nam…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The last-mentioned two engines were of a kind cal-culated to give the firemen plenty of exercise, as the water had to be lifted into their tanks in buckets. * • T * • Washington Engine, No. 1, was provided with suction apparatus. All three were of the kind known as "goose necks," the attachment for the hose on the engine being of that shape, and capable of being turned in…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 2, had by this time gone out of existence, leaving no trace behind. Some years prev ious to the purchase of the Washington Com-pany's new engine an engine company, composed of Dr. Benjamin Brandreth, William Codington and a number of the more wealthy citizens of the place hail been formed, but it soon passed out of existence. Officially the company was known as No. 4, but…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] During the War of the Rebellion the Washington Engine Company fell into a state of disorganization, owing to the departure of many of its members to the scene of conflict, and Red Hover Company surren-dered their old engine and were installed by the trus-tees as successors of the Washington Engine Com-pany, under the title of the latter. This company, about the year 1873,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Couch, second assistant fore-man; George Lockwood, secretary: A. Kipp, dr., engineer; and W. II. Dooley, fireman. This com-pany became known by the name of Sing Sing Steamer Company, No. 1, and is at present stationed on Main Street, in a fine brick building, well adapted for the purpose. The Fire Department was incorporated by an act of the Legislature, passed in April, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 5th, Ossining Hose Company, with twenty eight men. 6th, Protection Hose Company, with twenty-eight men. 7th. Sing Sing Fire Patrol, with eighteen men. Total, two hundred and twelve members, In I8ti() Daniel D. Maugam purchased a resilience on Highland Avenue, Sing Sing, and since that time he has been prominently connected with the public atl'airs of the town. For several…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In his early youth he was a student at Mount Pleasant Academy, but left home and school at the age of fourteen, and found a position as clerk in a grocery store. He remained here for three years, and then entered a dry goods store, but two years later he commenced business on his own account, by opening a store at Sing Sing. Shortly after he sold out, and removed to New Y…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The 17th day of February, 1871, the village passed through another fiery ordeal. The tire originated in Olive Hall, which was completely destroyed, with its stores, Republican printing office, etc., some frame buildings in Leonard Street, Leandcr Fisher's cloth-ing store, Elias Washburn's drug store (now Hart's), and the two buildings above were consumed. Vance's Hall, th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Willett McCord, on Croton Avenue, in 18;>6, as a pri-vate mansion, was occupied about ten years by Miss Sarah Van Vleck, who had established there the ad-mirable school for young ladies known as the "Os-sining Institute." Two weeks after the removal of the institute to the present situation the "California House " was reduced to ashes. This event occurred Sunday morning, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ried away several buildings, shops, pig-pens, etc, as well as the " Westchester Bridge," the road bridge and also the railroad bridge at the dock. The dam-age amounted to several thousands of dollars. The third and most destructive flood of all occurred on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Scplcin-ber 4 and it, 1878. The damage was estimated at not less than fifteen t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Thus it is seen that our place ought to be well-known be-yond its immediate limits, and yet one of the flattest and stalest of jokes which is continually perpetrated on our citizens by outsiders is to say, when one of our people is seen away from our village, " Ah you have escaped, or been released from State's Pris-on, have you?" The New York papers will probably never c…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This manor having been confiscated at the close of the Revolu-tion, the Sparta Cemetery was excepted from sale by the Commissioners of Forfeitures. On the 14th day of March, 1808, the Legislature passed an act granting "all the right, title and interest " of these grounds to the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Mount Pleasant, forever. For a more detailed history of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Anna Ladew, wife of Abraham Ladew who Departed this Life Dec. 25, 1795, Aged 08 Years 10 Months 25 Days Also Abraham Ladew Husband of Anna Ladew who departed this Life Juno 12, 17 Aged Years 4 Mos & 15 Days.] (A number of lines of poetry then follow.) Dale Cemetery is located just outside of the northern portion of the village of Sing Sing, and em-braces about thirty acre…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] sides and winding valleys, with shady groves and babbling brook; it is sufficiently conspicuous and sequestered in its various parts to please the tastes of all classes of persons. The grand entrance on the western side is through a pair of round, lofty, massive marble columns, surmounted by globular heads. These pillars were quarried and hewn at the prison, for the old F…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and grounds are fairly well kept, and the place is creditable to an enlightened community. BPAKTA. — In the earliest times farmers brought their produce for shipment to a dock which stood in the cove a short distance north of Scarborough station. The road which came down to the dock ran past a store-house not far from the water's edge. A short distance north of the dock, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There were besides the Rhodes, the Priestlys and others, whose names are perpetuated in Sparta, where some of their descendants still live. Why this j little place should have received so classical a name is not at present known. It now contains only about a score of dwellings, one store and a very nice school-house. Sing Sing has crept quite down to the bor-ders of Spart…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] These, uniting with a few others, were recognized as a branch of that church. Elder Ferris met with them once a month and added many members. In 178S thirty-three of their num-ber organized the Baptist Church of Yorktown, with the Rev. Reuben Garrison as pastor. On the 12th of November, 1790, the Baptist Church of Sing Sing was formally organized as an independent body. J…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In the year 1792, the year after the New York As-sociation of Baptist Churches was formed, some of the brethren of the Sing Sing Church suggested the establishment of an academy in this vicinity for the education of young men for the ministry. The design was cordially approved. This was probably the first effort made to establish a Baptist Theological Semi-nary in this co…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] succeeded in 1848 by Rev. Alonzo Wheelock, who was followed in 1850 by Rev. Wm. S. Mikels. He was a plain, earnest, sterling man. His six years of labor were crowned by the addition of many mem-bers, raising the list from one hundred and twenty-eight to two hundred and seven. A parsonage was also built during his charge. The Rev. R. J. W. Buckland became the pastor in Jan…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Noxon and William A. Pentz were appointed the building com-mittee. The pleasant little white wonden church building, which for generations had stood embowered in a beautiful grove of locust-trees, with here and there a lofty giant sycamore, was torn down, the trees destroyed, the bones of " the rude forefathers of

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] thousand dollars. The pastorate of Mr. Boxer was not characterized by unalloyed sweetness and harmony. He possessed no little talent and not a few eccentricities. His successor, the Rev. A. D. Gillette, D.D., was a gentleman of refinement and scholastic culture. He entered upon his duties in December, 1874, and closed hw labors here in December, 1878. He was born in 1807.…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] — At a meeting of the Dutchess County Presbytery, held at Bedford, June 28, 1763, a petition, signed by a number of the inhabitants of Sing Sing, was laid before that body, requesting Presbytery to supply them with the stated and regular preaching of the Gospel, whereupon Presbytery appointed Rev. Mr. Smith to supply them on the first Sabbaths of August and October, and R…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 379.) At or near this time the first church edifice was erected, having for its site what is now known as the '• old burying-ground " at Sparta, about one and a half miles to the south of the village of Sing Sing. The land upon which the church was built was originally given by Colonel Phillips, the proprietor of the manor extending from Kingsbridge to the Croton River. A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] all the right, title and interest of the people of this State in and to a certain lot of ground heretofore al-lotted by Frederick Phillips, to the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church and congregation of the Town of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Westchester, be and the same is hereby vested in said Trustees and their successors for the use of said church and congregatio…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1870, upon the reunion of the Presbyterian Church, this congregation came into relations with the Presbytery of Westchester. Mini*terx. — The early records of this church are unfortunately lost, so that the successive pastors pre-vious to 1800 are not certainly known We find how-ever, in the minutes of the Dutchess County and of the Westchester Associate Presbyteries, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ()//im:t fifth? Cliin-fh, April. l^So: Pastor, Rev. Wilson Phraner, D.D.; Elders — Charles F. Maurice, Stanton Cady, Dr. D. E. Provost, John F. Miller, Rev. David A. Holbrook; Deacons — Rodney S-Lockwood, Charles H. Cummings; Trustees — Sum-ner R. Stone (president), Jesse H. Piatt (clerk), John V. Cockroft (treasurer), S. F. Washburn. Andrew Dickey, Jay Champlain, J. Howe…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] terian Seminary of Edinburgh, Scotland, after which he traveled for several months in England and upon the Continent. Upon his return he resumed his stu-dies in the seminary and graduated with his class in May. 1850. During the year which immediately fol-lowed he was engaged in teaching, and at the same time, for three months, in serving the Presbyterian Church at Piermon…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] fully recognized by his ministerial brethren and the entire community. In 187<> the University of the City of New A'ork conferred upon him the degree of doctor of divinity. For many years he has been a member of the Hoard of Home Missions of the Pres-byterian Church, and also a member of the school committee of the board, giving much time and labor to these important inte…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] chester County. One son, Halsey Dunning, died in early infancy, August 21!, 1869. Dr. Phraner is justly considered as one of the leaders of the Presbyterian ministry in this section of the country, and his influence as a preacher, a pastor, and a writer, are well known and fully rec-ognized by his brethren and by the church at large. f St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Chur…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Caleb Bacon, who resolved to form themselves into a society for the purpose, under Divine favor and assis-tance, of forming a church in said village; and that we will communicate with our Episcopal friends and-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] memorialize the rector, church-wardens and vestry of Trinity Church, New York, for aid by funds in the erection of a church edifice." In this memorial, the petitioners state, " That some years past an old Epis-copal church in this neighborhood, at New Castle, (St. George's Church, built of wood), falling to decay, its congregation broken up and some of the descend-ants of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] belonging to Jacob Rider. He afterward held his meetings in a barn, not far from where the village-now stands. We are told that, in 1793, he preached in this barn, a box serving as his pulpit, hoards for scats and hay-mows for galleries. Jacob Rider and Caleb Smith were the great workers in the promotion of the Methodist religion in those early days. The latter, about the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Oakley (1823-24), Remington (1825-26), Marvin Rich-ardson (1827-28) and Henry Hatfield (1829-30). The year 1831 marks an epoch in the history of Methodism in Sing Sing. During the almost forty previous years the church had made but little pro-gress; its membership was small — rarely over twen-ty-five or thirty — and sometimes less. To Captain Isaac Smith is particularly d…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] try roads and chiseled on the building grounds. The work in a short time was stopped for want of funds, and up to this date has never been resumed. Great expectations from certain persons failed to be realized, and the laudable, though perhaps rather am-bitious, enterprise has been doomed to a humiliating and still uncertain postponement.1 The North Sixg Sing Methodist Ep…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In addition to the original cost of the church, sub-sequent alterations and the building of a parsonage involved an expenditure of several thousand dol-lars more. The church in January, 1871, reported to the Conference seventeen members and twenty-seven probationers. In April, 1884, there were eighty-seven members. The Sabbath-school connected with this church has one hun…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] About the year 1844 Father Cummisky, of Phila-delphia, was in Sing Sing and its neighborhood for about six months and held several services. The next priest to enter the field in Sing Sing was the Rev. John Hackct, the pastor of the Roman Catholic Church at Verplanck's Point. The first place of meeting under his auspices was in the house of John O'Brien, located in the an…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Father Phalen was an Irishman by birth, and came to Sing Sing from the Bermuda Islands. He was a delicate man, and died while on a trip to the South for the benefit of his health, by taking, it is said, a strong medicine by mis-take. He was succeeded by the Rev. Edward McGean, who was pastor for five years, and died March 18, 1861, in the thirty-eighth year of his age. Fa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Joseph's Provincial Roman Catholic Seminary, in Troy, N. Y. During his incumbency the parsonage, located in the lot ad joining the church on the south, was built. Father McClellan was a man of superior intellectual attain-ments and was much beloved. He was succeeded by Rev. James Hasson, a native of Londonderry. Ireland, who was born February 15, 1821. He received his edu…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After remaining in charge for two years he became an assistant in the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City, and subsequently took charge of a parish in Amenia. From this last place he came to Sing Sing. In 1884 he was assisted by the Rev. James P. Byrnes, a native of Ireland, and educated at Seton Hall, New Jersey He came to Sing Sing from the Church of the Imma…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the rear of the lot occupied by it is a public school, which was started by Rev. Father William McClellan as a parochial school, but afterwards, by arrangement with the school trustees, was converted into a public school. It is attended by about one hundred and twenty-five children. All Saints' P. E. Church. — The following facts concerning the history of All Saints' Chur…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Dr. Creighton, of Tarry town. At this service the building was entirely furnished. It was built of stone, in Gothic architecture, after a design furnished by an architect of New York, and was a copy of an English chapel.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] beginning until 1874 chiefly by the efforts of the Brinckerhoff family and their relatives. Since that date it has been supported by different individuals who have given the larger contributions, and by the regular offerings at the morning service on Sundays. The seats have always been free. Various clergymen were ministers in charge until 1869, among whom were the Rev. A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] left a legacy of one thousand dollars, to be used as the vestry should determine. In 1882 a stained-glass window was added to the church, on the south side, in memory of Miss Harriet McFarlan, and a handsome oak door to the porch, in memory of Mr. Henry McFarlan. In 18S4 the church was repaired in its interior, and furnished with handsome lamps. The chancel is lighted by …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Some years after-wards David McCord, Jr., and William McConJ deeded to the trustees the ground, on which there is a very fine spring of pure water, from which it is said that General Washington was fond of drinking at the time his army was encamped in the valley near by. April 19, 1867, a second act of incorporation was passed by the Legislature, the society being styled …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] OSSININGh 349 which has on its rolls not less than sixty scholars. The Union has about seventy-five members, who have been the means of accomplishing much good. The Ossining Branch of the American Soci-ety for the Prevention of Ckcelty to Ani-mal-was organized in this town in the year 1872. It began work with seventeen members. The Branch was chartered March 12, 1883, in …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] dred and seventy-one cubic feet of space for each con-vict. In several hundred of these little cells two convicts are made to share this restricted space. I have known about sixteen hundred convicts to oc-cupy twelve hundred cells. At the time the prison was built there were but two State Prisons, one at Auburn and one in New York City, the latter being known as the " New…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] abolished, and the convicts prevented from learning valuable trades, and earning enough to pay the cost of their maintenance. The prison for female State convicts was built and ready for occupancy in the year 1840. It is an im-posing marble structure, after the model of a Greek temple, with massive columns, and stands in a con-spicuous place behind, but above all the othe…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The author states in his preface, that " for most of the illustrative draw-ings, which form an important feature of the work, he is indebted to his wife, and has pleasure in acknowl-edging the obligation." This work was favorably received and regarded as one of considerable merit. General Aaron Ward made a journey to Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land, in the years 185!>and …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] James T. Colyer and others, a lecture association was organized, and for a number of succeeding years it supplied the people of Sing Sing with excellent winter courses of lectures. The best talent of the land was procured, including such persons as the Rev. T. Starr King, Revs. Dr. Vinton, Bethune, Henry Ward Beech-er, Hon. Thomas Francis Meagher, Cassius M. Clay, Mr. Whi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The many hundreds of gentlemen and ladies who have received their academical education in our village, and who are scattered throughout our land, will look back to old Sing Sing with pleasant remembrances, and will continue to replenish its schools with their own sons and daughters, as they already have done in many instances. A brief notice of each of these schools will …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The attendance in 1884 was a little over one thousand pupils, carefully graded and in-structed by an efficient corps of twenty lady teachers. Most of these teachers are graduates of our public school. The policy of training our own teacher? has proven to be efficient, wise and just, as well asasource of satisfaction to oureitizens. TheUuion Free-School District No. 1, has…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It accommodates about one hundred and twenty-five pupils, who are instructed by a male principal and two female as-sistants. The school-house of district No. 6, is at Scarborough or Loseeville, which like most of the other country schools, is conducted by a single teacher.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mt. Pleasant Academy. — This institution was founded in 1814, through the liberality of the citizens of' the town; it was incorporated in 1820, and soon alter chartered by the Board of Regents. The present main building — a large' marble edifice, whs erecte d in 1830-32, at a cost of eighteen thousand dollars, under the supervision of Rev. N. S. Prime, OSSINING. the princ…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the year 1869. The fine brick buildings which are occupied by this school, were originally erected as a school for girls, about the year 1835 or 1836, having been opened as such by Mrs. Romeyn. This venture failing to be profitable, it was turned into a hotel; which, under the name of the Mountain House, was conducted for a time by Mr. Levi Peck, a noted land-lord of that…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] academies, or to enter into business life. The school enjoys the patronage of the Bishop of the Episcopal Church. For more than a third of a century Dr. Gibson has been engaged in Christian education, which is, to use his own words " the whole work of fitting body, mind, and soul, for the duties of this life, and for the happiness of that which is to come." Dr. Holbrook's…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The grounds contain ten acres, in which are included a fine parade and sport-ing field. Dr. Holbrook was formerly associated with Dr. B. W. Dwight in the management of a school in Brooklyn, anil, subsequently, he had a school at Clin-ton, N. Y., from whence he came to Sing Sing. This is a boarding-school, with ample accommodations for fifty-four boys. Dr. H. is assisted b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The discipline of the school is maintained by suit-able modifications of thegeneral principles governing the military academy. ODELL'8 Business College was established in the year 1875. It is located in Spring Street, is well attended, and has given a business education to a considerable number of the young men of our village. Prof. Charles E. Odell is an experienced educ…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The house stood on a high ridge overlooking the Hudson and was surrounded by an extensive and well-shaded lawn. This school was established by Mrs. E. A. Pentz in September 1878. The following year Miss Bazley became asso-ciated with her. A full course in Latin, mathemat-ics, the natural sciences and belles-lettres was given. The modern languages, music, drawing, and pain…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 353 tion in a drug store with the intention of studying medicine. His employer's establishment was de-stroyed by fire, and this was the occasion of his changing his occupation for that of printing. He first entered the office of James Oram, who was the publisher of a weekly paper called the Ladies Mu-seum, and he was subsequently engaged on the Com-mercial Advertiser. In …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] peculiar characteristics of which animal hestill retains. Unlike the British lion, be prefers to defend Republic-anism rather than Royalty. The Sin;/ Sitnj Repuldican made its first appearance in this town in the year 1857. It was not an riginal ven-ture, but a mere transfer of a paper which had been published at Peekskill since the year 1830, Samuel P. Marks being its fi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] in January, 1882, the present editor and proprietor took charge of the paper. The Republican, as its name implies, has always advocated the interests of the Republican party since j this party had an existence, having previously heen an equally stanch Whig partizan sheet. It is an eight-page paper, and is issued cm every succeeding Thursday. The next paper established in …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] that party was in existence, and afterwards for some time advocated the principles of the American, or Know-Nothing party, as it was nicknamed. The de-cease of this party caused the Register to join the Democratic ranks, where it has remained continu-ously ever since. It is an eight-page paper, and is published every Saturday. The Ancient axi> Honorable Order of Free and …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ik rii organized October 5th of that year. The first Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 180 was the late Dr. Benjamin Brandreth. It began with twelve members and now has one hundred and nineteen. Buckingam Chapter, No. 174, Royal Arch Masons was organized October 2, 1800, with the Rev. J. H. Black as High Priest. It now has seventy-seven members. Sing Sing Council, No. 04, Ro…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] F., was insti-tuted August 24, 1871. James C. Mead, N. G., Stephen Ayles, V. G. Tappan Lodge, No. 106,.1. O. V. W., was insti-tuted May 10, 1883. It has at present about twenty-five members. Section No. 71 of the Hildise Bi nd, a German society for the insurance of the lives of members and for the payment of stated sums during sickness, was organized in Sing Sing, in Octo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Captain Davis joined the cavalry regiment, known as Scott's Nine-Hundred; he died some years after from the effects of his service while in the army. The Seventeenth Regiment New York Volunteers was subsequently attached to

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] were engaged in the second battle at Bull Run, under the command of General Fitz John Porter, and lost one hundred and twenty men out of their regiment. They then were taken to Washington to aid in the defense of the capital, afterwards went to Sharpsburg, and took part in the battle of Antietam, and were present in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chanc^l-lorsville. The…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was at-tached to the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles fought with the Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Corps of that army. In August, 1804, the regiment was ordered to Washington for garrison duty, and were stationed there five weeks, this being the only duty of the kind in which they were engaged during the war. They were then placed under Gen-eral S…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] places. The names of our forty-two officers and soldiers who lost their lives to sustain the Union are in-scribed on the Soldiers' Monument, and will be found in the section of this sketch which is devoted to that memento of the War of the Rebellion. Several other soldiers of our town have since died, from the effects of diseases which were contracted during the war. A "L…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] W. Morell, who commanded the Filth Corps, under General Fit/.-John Porter. The Post had hut seven-teen members at the time of its organization. Powell Post, No. 24, Sons of Veterans was organ-ized, December 15, 1888, with Joseph K. Swain as Commander. It began with eleven members; within six months it increased to twenty-five. The Soldiers' Monument. — Shortly after the c…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The monument was completed in that year, its cost being about $1550, which sum was entirely made up from the funds of the Ladies' Monument Association and the Monumental Dramatic Association. The monument was dedicated on Decoration Day, 1879, with imposing ceremonies. There was a procession, in which the veterans of the war, the militia com-pany, the police, the firemen …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Augustus M. Schaffer, Co. F, 1st X. Y. Vols. John Si ully, Cth X. Y. EL Art..Taints E. Slater, Co. C, Cth X. Y. 11. Art. William Thome, Co. F, 17th X. Y. Vols. Harvey J. Weeks, Co. F, 11th Ct. Vols. Robert Westcott, Co. C, 32d X. Y". Vols. Sauford Williams, Ulst X. Y. Vols. Michael Williamson, Co. E, Cth N. Y. Vols. Beneath these names is the inscription, " hi Memory of o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The bank, in addition to its capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, now has a surplus of thirty-five thousand dollars, and deposits amounting to about one-third of a million of dollars. It owns and occupies a fine marble building, which stands in a conspicuous position at the angle made by Highland and Croton Avenues. Isaac B. Noxon, the cashier of the First Natio…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Noxon first became connected with this institution the deposits were only about fifty thousand dollars; the amount now exceeds one million two hundred thousand dollars. Since being a resident of the village he has been closely iden-tified with its various public improvements, and has been treasurer of the village for four years, pres-ident for six successive years and tru…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He married Estcdle, daughter of Herbert Hall, of New York, and has one child, Grace I '. Mr. Noxon is a member of the Baptist Church, an" active supporter of that denomination and was one of the building committee who erected the church edi-fice.1 The Sing Sing Savings' Bank was incorporated in March, 1854, with Dr. Benjamin Brandreth as presi-dent. The business of this b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] copper currency. Hence, an endless number of " shinplasters " and private bills, for fractional parts of a dollar were put in circulation. The writer has in his collection small bills of this kind which were issued by "the corporation of the city of Albany/' payable to the bearer on demand, for three, six, and nine cents, dated January 10, 1815. Also similar bills of the …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] some by Barlow Brothers. These were all five by two and three-quarter inches, printed on one side only. The banking office of C. F. Maurice & Co. issued a series of the same denominations, September 30, 1862, which were signed by I. B. Noxon; size, three and one-quarter by two inches. None of the copper tokens, medals or other substitutes for coins, which were at the same…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Arcade Works consume over two hundred and fifty tons of steel per annum, chiefly of American make. The Croton File Company, composed of James Horner & Co., with offices at 25 Cliff Street, New-York, started a file works on Quimby Street, facing the railroad, in 1854. John Russell was superin-tendent. Charles Spruce, who had started a file works beside it, on Quimby St…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] connected with a gentlemen's furnishing store. In 1843 he went to Scotland, and again in 1S45, and traveled extensively in that country, visiting many of the famous iron-works. In 184!> he came to this country and remained for a while at Albany and subsequently went to Newark, N. J., where he was for some time book-keeper in a stove store; from that place he removed to Ne…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The buildings now cover a lot of ninety by two hundred and four feet, and in the two cupola furnaces attached twenty-two tons of iron are daily melted. In addition to the foundries at Sing Sing the firm has extensive warehouses at So Centre Street, New York City. From this establishment plumbers' goods of every description are shipped to all part* of '.he United States an…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] denser. They also make a Huller Gin, which they claim will gin as fast and make as smooth a sample from dirty, trashy and hully cotton as any other gin in the market. The works of the company are located on the middle dock, between the railroad and the river, and are in a brick buildni" three stories in height, and about one hundred and fifty by seventy-five feet in exten…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] — ' writer of this arti-cle very well remembers casting his vote in the affirmative, as president of the village, in 1855, when the <jues-tion of lighting the place by gas was before the board of trustees which had voted four yeas anil four nays. One of the important industries which is car-ried on in Sing Sing is the manufacture of Bran-dreth's pills and Alcock's porous …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Charles, and Ellen, wife of Henry Racon, of Goshen. Orange County. Mrs. Rrandreth died in 183ti, and lie was married a second time to Virginia Graham. They were the parents of ten children — Beatrice, wife of Colonel Henry C. Symonds; William, Henry. Franklin, Annie, wife of Edwin McAlpin; Gertrude, wifeof Frank R. Robinson; Florence, wife of Lieu-tenant Herbert.T. Slocum…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At the age of twenty-one, he went to South America, and traveled exten-sively, remaining for some time in Venezuela, and afterwards passed a year in the British, Dutch and Danish West Indies. From thence he went to Cali-fornia by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and re-mained there four years. During a portion of this time, he was engaged in introducing and extending the sal…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] « OSSINTNG. 361 As a citizen there are few who have taken a more active part in local improvements. The introduction of steam fire-engines and reservoirs in the village of Sing Sing was largely owing to his efforts, and it is generally admitted that in the business of insurance, his knowledge of all the details is unsurpassed, and his reputation as a thorough-going man of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He is also a director and owner in the Porous Plaster Company of the village of Sing Sing, which company is the successor of his father's business, manufacturing Brandreth's Pills and Allcock's Porous Plasters. Mr. Brandreth takes great pride in being the pill-maker of the family, his brothers paying more atten-tion to the manufacturing of porous plasters. Townsend Young …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Young has been thus engaged, he has seen the village of Sing Sing increase from a small town to its present pro-portions, and there are few among its citizens who ii.— 33J have been more actively connected with its progress. For several years he has served as trustee of the vil-lage, and was for three terms elected treasurer. During the administration of Governor John T. …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] taking a deep interest in political affairs, he has been no seeker after official honors. He has long been a member of the Methodjst Episcopal Church, and an active supporter of the denomination, and one of the officials of the church. Mr. Young married Maria, daughter of John Law-rence, Esq., a well-known citizen of the county, and has two children — Cyrus Townsend and A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1868 Hugh Herringshaw erected a fine brick building on the corner of Central Avenue and Leon-ard Street, which contained a spacious room called Olive Hall. This hall soon became very popular. The building was destroyed by the great fire of Feb-ruary 17, 1874. It was immediately rebuilt and opened to the public on the 27th day of October, 1874. It is now known as the Ol…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The writer of this sketch of the history of the town of Ossining occupied this famous old house as a dwelling and office a third of a century ago. The death of one son in this house and the birth of another, not long since deceased, gives him a profoundly melan-choly interest in the old Ward Tavern. The next hotel in Sing Sing was 'known as the Union Hotel, and is still s…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Among the dis-tinguished guests that have been entertained at th's hotel was the late Emperor Napoleon HI., who dined at this place on a number of occasions, while in exile in this country, as lie traveled by stage from Bed-ford to Sing Sing, to take the steamboat for New York City. Simeon M. Tompkins who was then t he proprietor of the Union Hotel, has frequently told me…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was a res-ident of this place, and landed his boat in the Kill Brook, as we are told, about as far up as the present location of the gas works. He is said to have carried on his business as far back as the Revolutionary period, and probably even earlier. It may seem strange to most persons at this time that Captain Hagstaff could have landed his vessel so far up the br…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] From 1812 to 1S32 a consider-able number of steamboats ran from New York to Sing Sing and places above. Among these were the " Mountain Mouse," the " Ariel," the " < Jeneral Jack-son," the "Cinderella," the " Water Witch" and the " Westchester." Captain Haft", of Scarborough, built and ran a horse ferry-boat from Sing Sing to Rockland and Haverstraw over sixty years ago. …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This is not the only example which history furnishes of a narrow and short-sighted policy, resulting in the ruin of one town and the building up of another. The river-transportation of a half-century ago was vastly more important than it is at present. That was before the days of railroads. Then the pro-duce of the entire agri-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] furnished a home mar-ket for farm produce, has resulted in an almost en-tire destruc-tion of river transp orta-tion. The saddest of all the incidents connected with our river navigation was the explosion of the passenger steamboat " Magenta," which occurred March 23, 1878. This ill-fated vessel had just left the dock at Sing Sing, and had scarcely reached the prison when …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] be left home to enter into business on his own account, and came to Sing Sin»-, where he opened a grocery store, and carried on the business till 1853, when he purchased the lumber yanl and dock property formerly owned and occupied by

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Reuben Kip, of Som-ers. Their children are Florence C. (wife of Ed-win L.Todd), Helen and Louis F. Mr. Wash-burn has ever declined taking any active part in pol-itics, devoting his time and attention almost exclu-sively to his business. For many years he has been one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Sing Sing, with which his family is connected. The firm o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Thomas Collyer was born in the village of Sing Sing in the year 1818, and in early boyhood showed great fondness for boats and employed his leisure in carving them out, which even then gave evidence of

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Distingi;ishki> Residents ok the Town. — One of the most celebrated personages who ever resided within the limits of our little town was Robert Mat-thews, better known as the religious fanatic and im-postor Matthia*. The scene of his extraordinary proceedings was at Sparta, where Mr. and Mrs. Benja-min H. Kolger lived, and where Mr. Elijah Pierson died, Matthias resided t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of sinking the " Merrimac." "The ' Monitor' went whack into the ' Merrimac,' And as she went, played 'Yankee Doodle Dandy 0 !' " Worden was born in the house a little below, and to the east, of the Sparta burying-ground. Some per-sons labor under the false impression that this is the place that was afterwards " Zion Hill," of Matthias fame. Some of our villagers take prid…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Its extreme length from the top of Croton PoiAt north to the Putnam County line is' twelve and a quarter miles, and its greatest breadth nine miles. Its area is approximately fifty square miles. The Croton River passes through the southeastern cor-ner, and in the northeastern corner the Sprout Brook. Canopus Creek and the Peekskill Hollow Brook empty their waters into Ann…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Kitchewonks had two important vil-lages,— one where Peekskill now stands, called Sack-hoes, and the other upon Van Cortlandt's Neck, con-necting Senasqua or Croton Point with the main land. Here they had a strongly-built stockade which overlooked the waters of Haverstraw Bay, and guard-ed important oyster-beds there.1 Different portions of the town bore different name…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] One of the Indians lingered in a canoe beside the vessel with evidently thievish intent, and, although warned away, watched his opportunity, and climbing up the rudder into the cabin window, stole a pillow and a few articles of wear-ing apparel. He was discovered by the mate with his plunder and shot down. The other Indians fled in alarm, some of them in their terror leap…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] way, he considered his voyage ended. On searching for a passage, however, he discovered the continua-tion of the river. He sailed to a place opposite West Point and there anchored for the night.4 On the 3d of June, 16X2, according to a deed pre-served in the county records,5 " that neck or parcel of land, with the marsh, meadow ground, or valley there-to adjoining and bel…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] band. The Tellers were descendants of a Dutch cler-gyman of some distinction, and one of the family, Andrea Teller, in lliTl, married Sophia, daughter of the Right Honorable Olott' Stevenson Van Cort-landt. The Teller heirs consisted of eight brothers and sis-ters, the children of Pierre Teller and Margaret Haines, his wife, whose names were as follows: Ku-uice and Miriam…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This tract was included in the following bounda-ries: South, a line running along the north side of the Philipse Manor, from the south side of Kightawanck Creek (Croton River), twenty miles due east to the Connecticut line; west, the Hudson River; north, a line extending from the north side of Anthony's Xose, twenty miles due east; east, the Connecticut line. He was confi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " Tiir.sK may certify that the said Thounis Dekey, Richard Abr.nnaon, Jacob Ahniins, Sybout llarche and Sauiucll Ik-key have hereby liberty and license to purchase from the Indians, each of them, all of three hundred acres of land, etc. " Dated the nth day of March, lr.st.and signed by " Thomas I>on.;»n." Iii accordance with the license thus obtained, the six persons ment…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] December 29, 1729, a deed between Hercules Lent, son of Ryck Abramson Lent (the Richard Abramson of the Ryck's patent), and Jacob Lent, of the first

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] severalty to Sybout Harche Kranckhyte or one hun-dred and fifty acres, and thus became the possessor of ten hundred and fifty acres of the lands held under " Ryck's Patent." Upon his death, in 176(5, he be-queathed three hundred and fifty acres of this land to each of his three sons, Jacob, Hendrick and Abraham. To his grandchildren, Abram Lamb, Jane Lamb, Ira Lamb, Rache…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Lents and Krankhytes " were of common origin in Germany and located at a very remote period in Lower Saxony, where they enjoyed a state of allodial independence, at that day regarded as constituting nobility. They were possessed of the state or manor of Ryck en, from which they took their name, then written Von Rycken, indicating its territorial derivation." Hans Von …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " Ryck Abramsen Lent, eldest son of Abraham Rycken, married Catrina, daughter of Harck Sibout-sen, and in 1685, with others, purchased of the Indians an extensive tract of land, north of Cortlandt, called Sachus. He settled upon this tract, which thence took the name of Ryck's Patent. He served as an elder in the Sleepy Hollow Church, was much respected, and died at a goo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Revolutionary Wa k. — The importance of Peeks-kill as a military post — the key, as it were, to the lower gateway of the Highlands — had been recognized from the very beginning of the contest. As early as May, 1770, in the report of the commissioners sent to examine the fortifications of the Highlands, its posi-tion was remarked on as being in the near vicinity of the Kin…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Hugh Gaine's Gazette of the 9th of February, 1778, says: "Major-General Tryon, who was sent to de-stroy the rebel settlement called the Continental Village, has just returned, and reports that he has burned the barracks for 1500 men, several store-houses and loaded wagons." He did his work thor-oughly. No vestige of the little hamlet now remains. ' The disastrous campaign…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] on the latter, with Heath, he selected, near Robin-son's Bridge, about two miles from Peekskill, a place where troops were to be stationed to cover the south-ern entrance to the Highlands. Here was established the military depot which was called Continental Vil-lage.34 Heath was placed in command of the de-fenses to the Highlands. Immediately he sent troops to the west of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Lee, though not in command of this depart-ment, as the senior in rank of Heath, took it upon himself, notwithstanding positive commands from Washington to the contrary, to order over the Hudson with his own troops two of the best regiments at Con-tinental Village. Heath declined to give such an order. " Then," exclaimed Lee, " I wil' order them myself." " That makes a wid…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Heath's "Memoir*," pane So. '' I'cokskill Landing, according to tradition, was the Ilolum! fArm, near Cortlamltrille. There was no landing near the present village dur-ing the Revolution. It mult he borne in mind that there were two vil-lages during the Revolutionary War, — one ut Cortlandtvllle, mid the other, consisting of twenty houses, at the site of the present villa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Heath's punctilious scruples were not yet satisfied. " I have one more request to make, sir," said he to Lee, "and that is that you will be pleased to give me a certificate that you exercise command at this post and order from it these regiments." Lee hesitated to comply; but George Clinton, who was present, told him he could not refuse a request so reasonable. He accordi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He always evinced both sound judgment and tact in the duties assigned him. March 14th, while absent at his home in Roxbury, Mass., he received orders to take command of the Eastern Department, with headquarters at Boston. After Heath's transfer, Brigadier-General McDou-gall assumed command at Peekskill, which was a depot for the military stores of the American army. Howe,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ii. — 34 mile south of the present village. Unable with his meagre force to protect the place, McDougall set fire to the barracks and store-houses, and retreated two miles to a point2 commanding both the entrance to the Highlands and the road to Continental Village, and sent to Lieutenant-Colonel Mariuus Willet, at Fort Constitution,3 for assistance. Not able to carry awa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The enemy were not able to carry off any of the stores left behind in Peekskill, and were only supplied with about forty sheep and eight or ten head of cattle by the Tories. They burnt some houses and plundered the inhabitants of what could be conveniently carried away. Irving says that " 9 of the marauders were killed " and " four more slain on the banks of Canopus Creek…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] was killed at the spot and buried in the immediate vicinity. Shortly before the beginning of the Civil War a human skeleton was discovered in a sand-bank which was being removed from the premises of Har-rison Smith, with a cannon-ball lying beside it, which was declared by the old residents to be the body of this luckless soldier. Tradition says his name was Nathan Brown.…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] So tenacious was Putnam of his plan that Hamilton called it Putnam's " hobby-horse." In October, 1777, Sir Henry Clinton gave the old patriot plenty to do. Prior to Burgoync's surrender he attempted to break through the Ameri-can lines and effect a junc tion with that hard-pressed general. October 5th he landed at Verplanck's Point with three thousand British soldiers, no…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Peabody's " Life of Israel Putnam." Sparks' "American lllog-raphy." * Pcahody's " Life of Israel Putnam." > Bui ton's "History of Westchester County," »ol. (. p. 91 (olded.t. above, who issues positive orders in General Wash-ington's name for the sending of a much-needed re-inforcement to the commander-in-chief and also a reprimand from headquarters. December, 1777, the t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Strang, who made no defense, was tried by court-martial, and condemned to death as a spy. Washington approving the sentence, he was executed accordingly.6 When the eastern wing of the acad-emy was being constructed some years ago, human bones were disinterred not far from the tree, which were thought to be the remains of Strang. They were coffined by Mr. Wells, the princi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of the dead have ever been held sacred by the most barbarous and savage nations. But here, not being able to accomplish their accursed purposes upon the • Pealxidy's " Life of Putnam." • Charles A. Campbell, in " Magazine of American History " for >l»y 1882. CORTLANDT. 371 living, they wreaked their vengeance on the dead. In many places, the graves in the church-yards wer…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] General McDougall, " on account of the prejudices of the people," who complained of his ill success in preventing the incursions of the enemy and of his lenity to the Tories. Doubtless the latter were very active and troublesome in this section during 1777 and 1778. 2 After the fall of Forts Clinton and Montgomery it was determined to re-fortify the Highlands, the prin-ci…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] McDougall was placed in command of West Point and Heath summoned from Massachusetts. June 23d the latter took command of all the troops on the east side of the Hudson, a post which he held until the end of the war, with the exception of the few months in 1780 that, he was in Rhode Island with Rochauibeau. Clinton gave up the attempt on the Highlands and sent General Tryon…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A regiment was sent to secure the pass over the hills between Drake's and Peekskill. Heath was ordered by Washington to move into the High-lands; the night was passed on Bald Hill. 4 On the 19th Parson's brigade was at Robinson's, Huntington's and Patterson's at Nelson's; and Nixon's at the gorge. The British moved back to Dobbs Ferry on the 20th. The presence of the enem…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Seeing a British vessel anchored off the Point, he caused one of a party of six men who were with him to display him-self in Lafayette's uniform, so conspicuously as to draw the attention of the crew, while he and the other five secreted themselves in ambush. The ruse succeeded. A boat put out from the vessel manned by eleven men, under command of a lieutenant, to

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] one. The snow in this section of country was four feet deep. The Bay of New York was frozen so solid that an army with the heaviest artillery could have crossed on ice. The ships-of-war were fast at the anchorage. The American army here suffered for want of proper clothing. In July, 1780, the French army arrived at New-port. Clinton had planned a descent on the French qua…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Just after midnight of September 20, 1780, Andre left the " Vulture " in a boat sent for him by Arnold to ar-range for the surrender of West Point. Shortly after dawn they were at the house of Joshua Hett Smith, at Haverstraw, haggling over the price to be paid for the treason. A boat put out from the " Vulture," filled with armed men, which headed towards 'feller's Point…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Andre at Haverstraw observed the whole scene with deep anxiety, but when the firing ceased resumed his usual composure. The timid Smith, however, refused to row him back to the vessel and he was thus compelled to make the trip overland, which resulted in his capture and the defeat of the conspiracy. On the evening of Sep-tember 22, 1780, Major Andre, accompanied by Joshua…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] North of the house rises Gallows Hill, where Palmer, the spy, was hung. From this point the party proceeded on their way to West Point, from whence Andre was con-veyed by water to King's Ferry, and then to Tappan, the headquarters of General Washington. The "Vulture" lay in her hist position until the morning of the lilili of September, when a boat was observed coming swi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] On the farm lately occupied by Jacob Strang, three miles east of Peekskill, on Crompond road, lived for a number of years John Paulding, one of the captors of Major Andre. His descendants are numer-ous in the town of Cortlandt. inence. Owing to a peculiarity of the Dutch language, his name was corrupted into Paulding, though he him-self always wrote it as Pawling. Some of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The conquest of this territory having been accomplished without bloodshed, Colonel Nichols took measures to bring the several counties under the English form of government. Henry Pawling was sent to Ulster County, where he became high sheriff. He was at the time a young man, and before long married Heiltje Roosa, daughter

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] in more thau moderate circumstances. He was the first supervisor of the town of Greenburgh, elected under the State laws in 1788. William acquired wealth at a seafaring life, and a short time prior to the Revolution erected and occu-pied a mansion in Tarrytown. He was one of the Hist members of the Provincial Congress, and during the war occupied the position of commissar…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] have motioned quietly to Paulding to pass out, which he promptly did. He made his way to the North River, where he found a boat on which he crossed to the New Jersey side, and soon was safe in the Amer-ican camp. He was furnished with means by La-fayette, and returned to Westchester County. Each of the captors of Andre was awarded a silver medal and a pension of two hundr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The cere-monies in connection with the erection of a monu-ment over his grave by the corporation of New York have been noticed in the description elsewhere given ' of the cemetery. CORTLANDT. 375 In politics, in which he took an active interest, Paulding was opposed to the Federalist party. Short-ly before his death he said to his physician, Dr. Fountain: "Doctor, please …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] by him to the end of the war.1 From this time until the summer of 1781 he was kept busy by the raids of the enemy and in " grand forages " which he frequently made for stores and provender. In the summer of 1781 plans were matured by Washington and Rochambeau for concerted action on the part of the American and French armies. During the winter of 1780-81 the American forc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I passed [on his way north] through another Peeks-kill [old village],2 where the Americans have their magazines and their arsenals. Here are large wooden barracks, built recently, situated between two ranges of mountains. This other Peekskill is on the bank of the river; it is there they are building our ovens." t On his return from Poughkeepsie he reached Peeks-kill on t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At the end of the dinner the cloth was removed and some Madeira wine was brought, which was passed around whilst drinking the health to the King of France, the French army, etc." We find also the following extract worthy of note: "On the 16th [Aug., 1781], having gone to Peekskill to see our magazines and two churches * which I was fitting up to serve as hospiials for us …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was here, in November, 1776, that Charles Lee came after the failure of his brilliant scheme to entrap Rofers, the renegade, and here he hatl the difficulty with General Heath, told of by the latter n his memoirs. * St. Peter's and Baptist rhurohes in the old village. 376 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. to endeavor to capture Cornwallis' army in Virginia. The American a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Clair; the Connecti-cut troops, a division under Major-General McDougall, these two divisions to form the right wing, under Ma-jor-General Gates; the New Hampshire brigade and 1st Brigade of Massachusetts to form a division, un-der the command of Major-General Lord Stirling; the 2d and 3d Massachusetts Brigades, a division un-j der the command of Major-General Heath; the …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " 3 By the 18th the entire French army was across the river and in camp south of Peekskill. On the 2mh they were reviewed by General Washington, and on the 21st the Anieri-i OutpMd or Drum Hill. > Hfiith'N ' Memoirs. " ' ThnU tier's " Military Journal." cans manoeuvred in the presence of the French. Rochambeau marched on the 24th with his troops to Crompond, where they re…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The number of men furnished by the town of Cort-landt under the call of the President of the United States, on April 16, 1861, for seventy-five thousand militia, and the act of Congres of July 22, 1861, call-ing out five hundred thousand men, can only be estfl maled,as the quota of the State was a little more than filled by eager volunteers, without its being necessary to…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was attached to the First Regiment of Sickles' brigade (the Seventieth New York Vol-, uuteers) and was stationed at Camp Scott, Staten Island. Owing to trouble with the lieuten-ant-colonel, who was acting colonel of the regi-ment, and who, it was claim ad, in consequence of being in danger of losing his position, was careless about providing food for tin soldiers and o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Meetings of the Association were held weekly through-out the war, and large supplies of lint, bandages, clothing and other articles were prepared and sent away by them. May 8, 1861, a company of twenty volunteers, un-der command of Benjamin B. Finch, a young man residing in Peekskill, left the village for New York. This company became disintegrated in the city, and its me…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] dred and Sixty-eighth Regiment New York State ii.— 35 Volunteers); 12 in the Excelsior Regiment, Sickles' brigade, and others in the Fifty-third Regiment, the Thirteenth Regiment of New Jersey, Swain's Cavalry, the Ironside Regiment, the New York City Regi-ment and other regiments. October 17, 1863, a call was issued by the Presi-dent for 3(10,000 men. The quota assigned …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The cost of procuring these forty-nine men was $24,017, of which $5600 was paid by persons drafted and obtaining substitutes. The bonds of the town were issued to the extent of $20,000 to meet the expense of filling the quota. The average bounty to each of the forty-nine men enlisting was $532. July 18, 1864, the President called f r five hun-dred thousand men. The quota …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] $192,776; tax collected in 1862, $17,000; paid by individuals towards procuring substitutes, $52,500; expended in relieving families of soldiers, $5700 — total, $267,976. On the last call the sum expended was $60,930, making the total expenditure $328,906. The State gave to the town to pay the expenses of the last call, $68,550, which being deducted from the previous amou…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Y., to serve for two years, and it was while it was stationed there that Jeremiah Murden, one of the Peekskill members of Company "A," was brutally murdered. He was the first soldier from the town of Cortlandt who was killed-This event happened June 26, 1861. Murden was one of a company of five sent out to seek deserters from the regiment. He saw one of the men he was loo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The first persons to join Hawkins' Zouaves from the town of Cortlandt, and very probably the first to leave Peekskill to join any regiment, were George E. Craft and John Hughes, who departed for New Y'ork City April 16, 1861. The whole number of persons from the town of Cortlandt who at different times joined this regiment was forty-two, of whom eight were in the band, ab…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Bailey, of Carmel, Putnam County, who held the position from February 13, 1802, till September 2, 1802. His successors were Edward W. Andrews (until March 12, 1803), Frank H. Cowdry (until April 20, 1804) and George H. Everett, of Peekskill (who was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service, December 24, 1804). The company was engaged with the regiment in batt…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Paulding, of Peekskill, became his successor. George H. Crawford was then captain from December 20, 1803, until discharged (July 23, 1804) at the expiration of the period of enlistment. These companies participated with the regiment in the battles at Malvern Hill (second engagement), Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancel-lorsville, Gettysburg, Bristow Station…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The company participated with the regiment in the following battles : Wapping Heights, Va., July 23, 1803; Laurel Hill (Wilderness), Va., May 0,1804; Todd's Tavern (Wilderness), Va., May 7, 1804; I'.. River, Va.„May 12, 1804; Salient, Va., May 12, 1804 Harris Farm (Spottsylvania), May 19, 1804; North Anna, Va., May 24, 1804; Bethesda Church, Va., May 30, 1804; Cold Harbor…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tian character made him very much beloved by his soldiers. He was wounded in the foot at the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1804, and died from the effects on the 10th of January, 1805, at Yonkers. Harris Light Cavalry (Second Regiment New York Volunteers) was mustered into the United States ser-vice from August 9, 1801, to October 8, 1801. The original members w…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Va., near Appomattox Court-House, on April 9, 1865, the day upon which Lee surrendered. The Nineteenth Regiment of Militia of the State of New York was ordered out for three months from May until August, 1862, and was accompanied by a number of Peekskillers. It was mustered into the service of the United States at Newburgh, from Jan-uary 23, 1863, to February 11, 1863, as…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] as deserters, they proved they had left the regiment with the knowledge and approval of the captain, who was punished for his error by imprisonment. On the 3d of Ju'y, 1864, the Eighteenth Regiment of Militia were ordered out for thirty days, to aid in resisting Lee's advance into Pennsylvania. Company "F" of this regiment was raised in I Vck>k 1 1 1, and consisted of tho…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After remaining for some time in the receiving-ship li Y'ermont " at New York, they were taken to Hampton Roads, Va., and distri-I buted among various vessels, the " Santiago de Cuba " receiving six, and the " Red Rover," the " YY'abash," and other vessels receiving the remainder. In the same year twenty-one men from the town of Cortlandt, among whom were William Cables, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Company A, private 1". CorneCruger, wounded ot Cedar Crock and died at Winchester, Va. Company A. private I>avid A. Lent, wounded at CcdarCreek and died in hospital. Company A. Corpo™1 Henry M. Cillett, killed in action ut Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864. c 'otnpnuy \. Corporal Thotxloieiinrrisoii. died in hospital al Foxe s Ford. CORTLANDT. 381 Company A, private William F…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 382 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Private.Joseph Conklin, killed in action. Private John Boice, killed in action. Private James Cuniniings, died in service. Anthony's Nose. — Located in the extreme north-western corner of the town is the promontory known as Anthony's Nose, which is over one thousand feet j high, and is the most elevated point in Westchester County. Its n…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] being accounted of excellent flavor, excepting about the wound, where it smacked a little of brimstone; and this, on my veracity, was the first time that ever sturgeon was eaten in these parts by Christian peo-ple. " When this astonishing miracle came to be known to Peter Stuvvesant, and that he tasted of the un-known fish, he, as may well be supposed, marveled exceeding;…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] terms of the lease. A tract of land adjoining was rented in 1882, to be used as a rifle range, and its acquisition has also been recom mended. The camp-grounds arc elevated about one hundred feet above the river and afford a view to the south which has been declared by Adjutant-General Town-send to be hardly surpassed by an\ on the Hudson. 1 A neighboring brook has been d…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Andre was offered some refreshment, but refused it. He walked back and forth, and was observed to shed tears.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " Israel Putnam. '' P. S. He has been accordingly executed." The tree which was called into service in carrying out the sentence against Palmer stood for a long time afterwards, but eventually rotted away. It is said Palmer met his fate with great fortitude, in the pres-ence of a large number of people who had assembled from far and near to witness the spectacle. To the r…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Cortlandt, although Lord Gage was his cousin, and he was beset on all sides by the solicita-tions of Tory relatives. His eldest son, Philip, ac-cepted a commission in the Continental army in June, 1775, and the family, in consequence, became at once marked objects of persecution by the crown. Their broad lands were laid waste, and they them-selves were forced to fly f…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the surrounding devastation, and here for a while Washington dwelt with them. The house was occasionally subject to attack. In the spring of 1777 the British posted themselves on a height a little south of the place; but they were quickly dislodged, and departed, leaving three of their dead on the field. At another time a band of Tories, under Colonel Fanning, came to the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] John (who died in 1747) is dressed in a long blue coat, knee breeches, scarlet stockings and high-heeled shoes; Abraham, in a russet brown coat and red stockings; and Pierre himself, in a scarlet coat and white stockings, with a greyhound by his side, and his right hand resting on a stag. The horns of this animal, one of those that once' ran wild in West-chester County, h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] event being held September J 8, 177o, and the next on i April 5, 1790, nearly eight years after the close of the war. This silence of the records during that long period tells, more forcibly than any entries in them could have told, of the troubles of those gloomy times. The sufferings of the poor inhabitants of the country around, the almost utter disorganization that so…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The ploughman on their slopes still occa-sionally turns up some warlike relic, some mute yet eloquent memorial of the days that are gone, remind-ing us, too, of what was the favorite project of the Brit-ish government throughout the Revolution, namely, the possession of the Highlands, as the master-key by which they could control the navigation of the Hud-son.1 CHURCHES I…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ma'-hys Brower and Marrctye his wife, Nathan Beesly and Esther his wife, Catharine Van Texel, wife of Hendriek Lent and Cornelia his wife, William Van Texel and Irynje his wife, Annetje Sybout, wife of.Ian Beesly, Maria dc Paw, wife of Abram Lent, Aeltje Brower, wife of Jeurisen Wall, Theunis Kranckhyt and Sophye hi9 wife, William Teller and Marietje his wife, Jeremy Genn…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Through him it came into the posses-sion of various owners.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Cortlandtown and report on its condition, stated that he had found that the congregation had lost their church, were diminished in numbers and were greatly scattered. The church was destroyed by fire about the time of Mr. Jackson's visit, and it is prob-able thai it is to that event he refers in speaking of the loss of the church. To Mr. Jackson, is due the credit of havi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] August, 1853.— Rev. John B. Steele " August, 1859. — Rev. John St. John " August, 18fi". — Rev. Polhemus Van Wyck " August, 1870. — Rev. John C. Garretson " August, 1874.— Rev. John B. Thompson " May 25, 1875. — Rev. Joseph Alexander Harper present pastor. In 1831 the Congregational Church at Peekskill became united to the Reformed Church of Cortlandt-ii.-3-j town, and so…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] James Wetmore, of Rye, conducted divine service according to the Epis-copal form in the old village of Peekskill. In 1746 Mr. Wetmore wrote that, "as there are great numbers of people in the wilderness northward of Bedford and Westchester who have very little knowledge or sense of religion, Mr. Lamson's labors will be employed to good purpose among them." (Who Mr. Lamson …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Peter's Church." This was the same build-ing which is standing at present. The congregation of St. Peter's Church, fearing that the expense of the erection and maintenance of a house of worship would be too great for them to bear, had " entered into an agreement with the people in the lower end of Philipse's upper patent, in the 386 BISTORT OF WKSTCHESTER COUNTY. county o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His successor was the Rev. Bennet (Bolton thinks it should be Bernard) Page, who left in a very short time, owing probably to the outbreak of the Revolu-tionary War. From September 18, 177"), until April 5, 1790, there were no meetings of the vestrymen, and it is probable the church was closed most of the time. General Washington is said to have worshipped there while con…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1838 the Rev. Edward C. Bull is said to have of-ficiated at St. Philip's Church, and in April of the same} ear the Rev. William C. Cooley became rector of St. Peter's. The two churches were not formally separated until April 18, 1840, when an act of the Legislature was passed for that purpose. October 20, 1838, the glebe was sold to David McCoy for the sum of five thou…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] June 11, 1817 Rev. Pctrus S. Ten Itroeck. May 29, 182f. Rev. Kdward J. Ives. December, 1838 Rev. James Sunderland. April, 1838 Rev. William l\ Cooley. The old church, an unp.iinted and weather-beaten frame structure with two large doois on the southern CORTLANDT. 387 side, forming the entrance, still exists in a good state of preservation. It is surrounded by a cemetery, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " TlIK CoUI'ORATION Of the City of New York, Erecteil this Tomb, As memorial sacred to PUBLIC GRATITUDE." This monument, with the exception of the placing of the cone on the pedestal, was completed November 22, 1827, and at one o'clock in the afternoon of the same day the officers of the corporation ofXew York City arrived in Peekskill by the steamboat " Sandus-ky," to se…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a courier told him that the battle of Bunker Hill was soon to be fought. Never pausing for a moment, he turned about and dashed away for the scene. As one horse gave out he procured another and another, and reached Charlestown Neck in the midst of the fray. Handing his horse to a friend, because it was too val-uable to be shot, he runs on foot across the Neck, then swept …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Seth Pomeroy.' Worn out after the battle, he re-turned to his home, but when the danger came in this vicinity he could no longer remain, and at the earnest solicitation of Washington he took the command here, and here he died on the 15th of February, 1777. A long procession of mutHed drums and reversed arms marched over the road to the old graveyard at the old church, whi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At one time the member-ship of the church numbered about sixty. Simultaneously with the opening of the church a Sabbath-school was organized. Mr. Andrew C. Wheeler (said to have been the first superintendent of a Methodist Sunday-school in the city of New York — the Allen Street Church) was elected superin-tendent. A short time after Mr. James Robertson became superintend…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] April, 1872, Mr. Lent having removed, Mr. C. A. Pugsley became his successor. He was followed in 1882 by Frank Hood, and he by Charles Booth, the present superintendent. The number of officers and teachers is (1884) eleven and scholars fifty-eight. The Rev. J. D. Spriggs was pastor of this church in 1881, 1882 and 1883, and the Rev. Herman Conns in 1883. The church was th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the village of peekskill is situated on the expanse of the Hudson River known as Peekskill Bay, and in the midst of scenery which has been compared by Irving to that of the Lake of Como. Directly across the river rises the majestic Dunderberg, in full view to the northwest is the still loftier Bear Mountain, otherwise known as the Bread Tray, from the resemblance of its s…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] As appears clearly from early military maps of the town of Cortlandt, as well as from reference in a number of old writings,and from positive tradition, the village of Peekskill in early times stood about a mile north of the centre of the present village, where the road from Pemart's Dock met the New York and Albany Post road, and where the property of Calvin Frost, Bolan…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1830. Samuel Marks, president. Stephen Brown, Niles Frost, James Hawes, Reuben R. Finch, secretary. Stephen Brown, treasurer. PEEKSKILL, FROM THE POINT OF LAND BELOW, ON THE HUDSON.2 the settlement of the village of Peekskill was begun in the year 1764 by Daniel Birdsall, Nathaniel Brown, Joseph Travis and Captain Isaac Conklin. The ref-erence is evidently to the lower vi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ward B. Howard, president, Jacob L, Post, Tillinghast Bennett, Ezra Marshall, Jarvis Washburn, Thomas A. Whitney, clerk, Henry W. Depew, treasurer. 1851. Tillinghast Bennett, president, Cortlandt Baxter, Lewis Jessup, James Hawed, John H. Hyatt, William H. Briggs, clerk, I). F. Clapp, treasurer. 18)8. Frost Horton, president, I-cwis Jessup, Humes Charlock, Nehcmiuh S. Jac…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ward B. Howard, Jacob L. Post, Thomas A Whitney, clerk, Henry W. Depew, treasurer. 1852. Ward B. Howard, president, Cortlandt Baxter, Haines Charlock, Samuel II. Mabie, Andreas Elmers, William II. Briggs, clerk, D. F. Clapp, treasurer. 1S54. Frost Horton, president, Haines Charlock, Samuel II. Mabie, Lorenzo D. Curry,

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] George W. Depew, Isaac S. Mandeville, Lewis Jessup, John Halsted, Hiram Mabie, Francis P. Clark, clerk, D. F. Clapp, treasurer. 1859. Cyrus Townsend, president, Cortlandt Baxter, Hiram Mabie, P. D. Smith, L. D. Curry, Francis P. Clark, clerk, D. F. Clapp, treasurer. 1881.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Uriah Hill, Jr., James L. Gregory, I. S. Mandeville, Francis P. Clark, clerk, D. F. Clapp, treasurer. 186(1. Cyrus Townsend, president, Cortlandt Baxter, P. D. Smith, James L. Gregory, L. D. Curry, Francis P. Clark, clerk, D. F. Clapp, treasurer. 1862.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wm. D. Southard, president, John Halsted, Matthew Clune, George W. Lockwood, David G. Montross, Wm. Brotherton, Warren Jordan, Leverett Crumb, clerk, Dorlin F. Clapp, treasurer. Points of Interest in Peekskill and Vi-cinity.— Peekskill in 1884 is a village of over seven thousand people. The streets are broad and well aved and lead into excellent roads. There are umerous f…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Main Street, with their grounds adjoining each other, are the elegant mansions of Henry Ward Beecher, the noted clergyman of Brooklyn, and of Moses S. Beach, son of the founder of the New York Smi and at one time its principal owner. Near by are the handsome residences of Benjamin Kittredge, a dealer in fire-arms in New York City and Cincinnati, of John B. Hobby, for many…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Drum Hill, on which is located one of the public schools of the village, derives its name from the curi-ous fact that the ground, when trodden or stamped upon in certain places, gives forth a sound as if it were hollow, and resembling the subdued roaring of a large drum. No satisfactory explanation has been given of the phenomenon. The same thing, however, can be noticed …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] First Prf.shyterian Chi im h.— The early history of Presbyterian ism in the town of Cortlandt is in-volved in a good deal of uncertainty. Probably the first Presbyterian minister to hold services within it was the Rev. Samuel Sacket, who was sent out by the Presbytery of New Brunswick to preach in Westches-ter County, the special field of labor assigned to him being Cortl…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Presbyterian Church at Yorktown was the mother-church of many of the organizations of that faith in its vicinity, and the church in Peekskill was in a degree dependent on it. In the year 180(5 a di-vision arose in the Yorktown Church, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. Silas Constant, and the trouble was felt in Peekskill to such an extent as to give rise to an …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Some years after Mr. Brundage's departure the inlluence of a large Congregational element from Connecticut in the chinch gave dissatisfaction to

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mahala Gilbert, Rebecca Hawes, Maria Jones, Jemi-ma Brown, Sarah Duscuberry, Mary Oakley, Rachel Bnakirk, Ann Bndd and Susan Shaw. Benjamin Illingworth and Daniel Merritt were elected elders. The church, in October of the same year, became connected with the Presbytery of New York, and extended a call to the Rev. John H. Leggett, then a member of the Second Presbytery of …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1858 another enlargement was made by an extension of thirty feet, which included a lecture-room. The number of members at the close of Dr. Halliday's pastorate, October 20, 1867, was one hundred and

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Rev. John N. Freeman, a student in Princeton Theological Seminary, received and accepted a call to the pastorate, and was installed May 14, 18*58. In 1870 a parsonage was completed immediately oppo-site the church at a cost, for lot and buildings of thirteen thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. It is considered one of the handsomest and most con-venient manses alo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The number of members in 1884 was one hundred and fifty-six, and of Sunday-school pupils one hun-dred and forty-eight. The Fikst Methodist Episcqpal Chltrch.1 — George Whitefield, a Calvinistic Methodist, who died in 1770, is said to have preached in the parlors of the Birdsall mansion, on Main Street, and was probably the first Methodist preacher ever heard in the villag…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In his journal occurs the following entry : " Friday, June 15, 1787, I preached to a listening multitude at Peekskill, and was alarming and closeon 'by grace ye are saved through faith.' I thought there were no people here of spiritual understanding but I was informed, to my comfort, that a number of simple-hearted people had formed themselves into a society 1 Kr.nM an li…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Jonathan Ferris was the leader, and the meetings were held at his house, which is now the cottage on the property of Henry Ward Beecher. An old record shows that Rachel Baden joined the class in 1788, Catharine Osborne in 1790, Catharine Start in 1791 and Mary Banker in 1792. June If), 1789, Freeborn Garretson again preached in Peekskill, and " found much freedom in preac…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was forty-five feet front, sixty-five feet deep and twenty-two feet high, and contained a basement underneath the whole. It was repaired and enlarged in 1864 and in 1876. The cost upon the latter oc-casion was over nine thousand dollars. April 14, 1858, a lot thirty by one hundred and fifty feet in extent, located on Smith Street, and con-taining a building, was purcha…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1872-73 T. W. Chadwick. 1874-76 B. H. Burch. 1877-79 H. H. Birkius. 1880-82 B. H. Burch. 1883-85 D. II. Hanaburgh. In 1832 the Methodists had no Sunday-school of their own in Peekskill, but a number of members of the denomination entered the Presbyterian Sunday-school as teachers, bringing scholars with them. In 1833 the Methodist portion withdrew to their own church, and…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] superintendent. The board of trustees in 1884 was constituted as follows: William A. Hunt, Isaac Kipp, Isaac J. Baxter, S. D. Horton, George W. Bagley, George W. Robertson, W. Jordan, G. W. Denike. The stewards were William Beattys, Joshua R. Purdy, William H. Lent, Andrew R. Soper, J. Frank Secor, Robert Mac-kellar, James Robertson, Thomas N. Avery and Joseph Sparrow. Th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Broad Street, between Park and Brown. The church has had numerous pastors, but at present (1884) is without any. The number of members does not ex-ceed twenty-rive. The church is popularly referred to as the " Pond-Lily Church," from the fact of its being located in a lot which formerly flourished with pond-lilies. The Protestant Methodists and the Chris-tian Disciples. —…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] — A society of Bap-tists existed in the town of Cortlandt at a very early date, as would appear from a document bearing date of December 17, 1772, in which Caleb Hall, Sr., Isaac Horton, Sr., Daniel Hall, Richard Williams, Nathan Elliott, John Poun, Joshua Horton, Caleb Hall, Jr., Nathan Brown and Oliver Yeomans obli-gate themselves each to contribute one-tenth part of a …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The number of original members was ten. The congregation first met in a room hired of Aaron Travis, corner of South and Division Streets, and afterward in an upper room in a house on Divi-sion Street, hired of James Brown. The site of the present church was bought of James Brewer May 1, 1844, and a house of worship was begun, which was finished and occupied in April, 1846…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] May, 187d Rev. C. J. Page November, 1875 Rev. V. Osterhout August, 1877 Rev. J. B. Smith, D.D March, 1882 Rev. Charles Coleman February 1,1883 Rev. William I). Hedden Thk Society ok Friends. — An organization of the Society of Friends was effected in Peekskill in 1804, the principal members being Nathaniel Browne, James Merritt and Joshua \\reeks. The society at first wor…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A congregation of Episcopalians was formed in Peeks-kill as early as 1823, under the name of St. Paul's Church. In 1838 the glehe owned jointly hy St. Peter's Church, at Cortlandtville, and St. Philip's Church, of Putnam County, having been sold for five thou-sand dollars,the proceeds were divided equally and the twenty-five hundred dollars belonging to St. Peter's Church…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] From 1876 to 1884 the Rev. Henry M. Torbert was assistant minister of the parish. The present officers of the church are as follows: Wardens, Hon. Owen T. Coffin and Calvin Frost; Vestrymen, Thomas Snowden, M.D., James H. Robertson, Jr., Colonel Charles J. Wright, Valentine Hauf, Philip Hoffman, Hon. James W. Husted, J. Van Ness Smith and Charles F. Southard; William T. A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Under the terms of the consolidation, the pastor of the Verplanck's Church was to preach in the village church part of the time, but all the bap-tisms, marriages and the names of communicants were to be registered at Verplanck's. Under the min-istry of Dr. Cornelius D. Westbrook, and owing chiefly to his energetic efforts, the old " church on the hill " and the land surro…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. The number of members in the year 1884 was eighty-four, and of scholars enrolled in the Sunday -school.sixty-seven. Dr. J. B. Gregory is superintendent. The elders are Dr. J. B. Gregory, Samuel Pugsley, Benson Dyekman and William Birdsall. The deacons are H. B. Strang, E. M. Powell, Isaac Pugsley and Mel-vin Cronk. Roman Catholic — The Churc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] in charge until 1873, when Rev. Win. P. Flannelly was appointed pastor. He continued to exercise the office until 1879, when Rev. Michael Callaghan was ap-pointed pastor, with Rev. T. A. McCabe as assistant. The church is a modest and pretty brick building of the Gothic style of architecture, situated on Union Street, and is capable of seating about five hundred people. T…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] H< v Mirlincl i'iiIIiikIihh. • On UiU fin ill wit* tlir first landing for IhmCs nt Peekskill. dred and thirty persons. The large boys from the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum on Fifth Avenue, New York, are sent thither and instructed in farming or other useful work, and in the elementary branches of study. They are not retained on the farm after reaching the age of sixteen y…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] lected towards buying back the church, which is valued at twenty-five hundred dollars. The number of members in 1884 was only six, but the average attendance each Sunday was forty or fifty. A rlour-ishinji Sundav-school in addition was attended by forty scholars. William Crumb is its superintendent. The trustees of the church are as follows : Charles E. States, Henry Tuns…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 399 which resulted in a junction that was dissolved in a few months. In 1859 three and a half acres of ground were purchased on Drum Hill for fifteen hundred dollars, and a school-house was erected the same year for about seven thousand dollars. In the year 1860 the district was organized under the general Union Free-School District Law, and Messrs. Philander

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] stands in a large lot bounded by Abbey Street on the south, Hadden Street on the west, Paulding Street on the north and Decatur Street on the east. The cost of the lot was six thousand dollars, and of the building, complete, thirty-four thousand dollars, making the total cost forty thousand dollars. The school opened with Mr. J. D. Sherman as principal and with eight assi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was followed in May, 1843, by Albert Wells, who held the position

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Colored Infantry. At the close of the war he was in command at Boonville, N. C, and was unceasing in his efforts to restore order in that section of the country. Receiving an honorable discharge from the army in December, 1865, he returned to the North, and was shortly after appointed principal of the academy at Milton, Pa. In this position he remained till the school bui…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] terhood of St. Mary is an incorporated society be-longing to the Protestant Episcopal Church, whose members devote themselves to the education of young ladies. They have additional schools at No. 8 East Forty-sixth Street, New York, in Memphis, Tenn., and in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Only part of the teach-ing in St. Gabriel's School is done by the Sisters, ex-perienced teacher…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 401 building, forty by ninety feet, was erected for their accommodation. The children in the Home in 1884 numbered over four hundred. The buildings are situated in a tract of about fourteen acres. The property is valued at one hundred thousand dollars. MANUFACTORIES OF PEEKSKILL. The manufacture and working of iron has from early days been the chief industry of Peekskill,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The fire which melted the iron was brought to the proper degreeof heat

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] plates and old plow castings instead. The cupola which he used to contain the melted iron could be carried around by two men, and the melted fluid was poured from it into the moulds over a lip shaped like that of a pitcher. He used coke and charcoal in melting his iron, and prepared his own coke in a little oven which stood in the rear of his second foundry. Gregory after…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Up to this time the firm had devoted their attention to the manufacture of plowshares and other agri-cultural implements, but through Mr. Finch's influ-ence they now began the manufacture of stoves also. In 1837 Bernard Wiley and the Conklins withdrew from the business, and Finch, Taylor & Co. became their successors, Elihu E. Baker being the company. In 1840 Messrs. Finc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Nathan L. Finch, his brother, secretary; and Peter B. Acker, son-in-law of Reuben R. Finch, treasurer. On the death of Nathan L. Finch, in 1869, Mr. Acker became both secretary and treasurer, and no further change in the company has occurred -ince. The company claim for Mr. Acker the credit of having originated the nickel-plating of stoves, which gives them so handsome an…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] eighty-six years. Reuben Finch, his only child was born in Stan-wich, Fairfield County, Conn., July 19, 1773. He married Abigail Reynolds, who was born in Stanwich, November 13, 1774, and died June 6, 1861. They were married October 5, 1794. Their children were Reuben R., Deborah, Amos, Nathan, Lockwood, Mary, Jonathan, Hannah, Julia E. and George. Reuben Reynolds Finch w…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This firm was dissolved, and he and his part-ner, Elihu E. Raker, continued the business, the firm being R. R. Finch & Co., and opened a salesroom in New York. Subsequently he admitted to partnership his son, Edward B. Finch, and William Roardman, and his son-in-law, Uriah Hill, J r. Mr. Roardman

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] whole interest in the lusiness, upon the retirement of Mr. Finch, in 1802, had it incorporated under the name of the " Union Stove Works." This name was given to the business by Edward B. Finch and Joel W. Frost when they were the owners, and about this time the extensive buildings in Centre Street were erected. Mr. Finch married Deborah, daughter of Benjamin Brush, of an…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The extensive buildings of the " Union Stove Works " are among the first objects that meet the eye of a traveler as he lands in the village, and their productions are sent to all parts of the world. At the time of his death Mr. Finch had been for nearly forty years a resident of the village, and dur-ing all that time had been closely identified with its interests and adva…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 403 afterwards occupied by Niles Frost, Jr., in the manu-facture of stove brick, and was then torn down to make way for the foundry of the Mutual Stove Com-pany. In 1841 Thomas Southard, a former furniture dealer and cabinet-maker of Peekskill, and John H. Hyatt started a stove foundry a few rods north of the old Reformed Dutch Church, on the south side of Main Street. In…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] succeeded Mr. Brown, and Watson Sanford succeeded Mr. De La Montanya. After a number of changes a stock company, known as " The National Stove Company," was organized in 1865 to run the works, with Watson Sanford as president and John Truslow as vice-president. In 1881, after several further changes, the " Sanford National Stove Works " was incorpor-ated, with George D. S…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Baxter as superintendent. Their works were located on the upper dock. After some years opera-tion this company failed. In 1881 Fly & Ramsay, a firm established in Troy in 1868, took the works, and continue the manufacture of stoves at present.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ent occupied by the National Stove Company, a New York City concern, with J. B. Thomas, president. They have the plant of the old "National Stove Com-pany." The number of men employed averages fifty. The firm of Finch & Co., composed of James W. Finch and Charles W. McCutchen, began business at the corner of Elizabeth and Brown Streets, Janu-ary 1, 1882. They manufacture …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Brown then formed a stock company to operate the plow works, which was called the Peekskill Plow Company. About 1870 the company moved their establishment to Newark, N. J„ inflict-ing thereby a severe blow to Peekskill's prosperity. In 1878, having been burned out at Newark, they established their works at Yonkers, where, under the name of the New York Plow Company, they …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] They employed from three hundred to three hundred and fifty hands, and their weekly pay-roll amounted to about three thousand dollars. These mills were burned on the 25th of August, 1883, with a loss of $180,000, upon which there was an insurance of $131,-840. The proprietors decided not to rebuild at Anns-ville, but moved their business to Bridgeport, Conn. The burning o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] became the owner, and in 1 x< 1 7 Stephen 1). Horton and William Mabie succeeded him under the firm name of Horton & Mabie. They are the present proprietors. Their manufactures include all shapes of fire-bricks, stove and range linings, cupola brick, and the like. They employ about fourteen men. Stephen D. Horton, the senior member of the firm of Horton & Mabie, is also t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His son, Stephen D., obtained his early education at the well-known Peekskill Acad-emy, and at the age of fifteen commenced business in the foundry of the plough manufactory in which his father was a partner. When he reached the age of nineteen he became a partner. The firm was at first Horton & Depew, afterwards changed to Horton, Dcpew <N; Sons. The extensive trade whic…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He is a trustee of the Cortlandt Cemetery Association, and one of the stock-holders of the Westchester County National Hank, of which his father was one of the original founders. He is a member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the trustees of the society. 1 CORTLANDT. 411.-) He married Emma C, daughter of Joshua Horton, of the town of Cortlandt. They h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] proprietor in 1882. It affords employment to about twenty persons, mostly women, at the building, and a considerable number outside. R. H. Macy & Co., of New York, manufacture ladies' underwear in the portion of the building on Main Street, located above the corporation rooms. Among the manufacturers of Westchester County there are few who have achieved a more honorable r…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Erom 1863 to 1868 he was superintendent ' and manager of the Cincinnati Elevator Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1868 he returned to Peekskill, and succeeded Charles H. Frost in the foundry busi-ness, and has ever since been an active member of the firm of Southard, Robertson & Company, of Water Street and Peck Slip, New York City. The foundry, which is located in the vi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Paul's Meth-odist Episcopal Church, and from thence onward he has been one of its leading members, and unsparing both of his labor and his means to advance its welfare and increase its usefulness. For nine years he has been the superintendent of the Sunday-school, and is the present president of the board of trustees, and the financial plan proposed by him has, through th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Louis; Frederick, now living with his par-ents on the Van Cortlandt homestead; Augusta, wife of Arthur Morse, deceased; Albert, who died in New Orleans in 1868; and George W., who mar-ried Ella, daughter of Marine Ruffher, of Cincin-nati. They have two children now living, Carrie and Pearl. Three of their offspring, Susie, Minnie and Ella, died in early childhood, the las…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Before the construction of the rail-roads Peekskill was the depot from which Westches-ter County for miles around, from a large portion of Putnam County, and even from Connecticut, shipped their produce to New York City. Apples and other fruit, butter, potatoes, cattle, sheep, calves, live pigs and dressed pork were the principal articles of ship-ment, and were received i…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] building of the Harlem and the Hudson Biver Rail-roads, and the adoption of quicker methods of river travel, were a death blow to the traffic of these sloops. The early days on the river, when it furnished al-most the only avenue of commerce, were full of life and bustle. Cornelius Vanderbilt for some years run a boat between Peekskill and New York, and had quite a strugg…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] June 6, 1831, the "General Jackson," plying be-tween Peekskill and New York, exploded on her down trip off Grassy Point, and all the front portion of the cabin v.'as torn away. Three persons were killed out-right,— the fireman, a little girl of twelve years of age who had just tripped on board laughing and talking gaily, and William Mitchell, a resident of Peekskill. Beve…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In the year 1S4"> a bridge was built by Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt across the wide estuary of Annsville Creek, a short distance east of the present CORTL railroad bridge. A dock and hotel were also built by him at Roa Hook. Some of the large steamboats which could not land at Peekskill on account of the shallowness of the water, made Van Cortlandt's dock a stopping plac…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He is also interested in the Broadway Insurance Company, and is one of its present directors. His home in Westchester County is situated at Croton-on-Hudson, and commands a beautiful view of the river. He married Martha J., daughter of William D. Wells, of Westerly, R. I. Their children are Harvey, Florence, Elizabeth and Jane L. Mr. Farrington's father, David Farrington,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In addition to the " Chrystenah " there were run-ning in 1884 from Peekskill the propeller "Sarah ANDT. 407 A. Brown," owned by William S.Tompkins and Wil-liam L. Dyckman, and the propeller "Pierre C. Van Wyck," owned and commanded by George Morton and started in 1881. For many years a ferry was run between Peekskill and Caldwell's Landing to connect with the New York and…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was opened for business, near the northeast corner of Main and Division Streets, in September, 1833, and at its present location, at the southeast corner of the same streets, May 1, 1834. This was probably the first bank instituted in Westchester County, and, during its earlier years, the greater part of the banking bus-iness of Westchester and Putnam Counties was tran…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Clapp, president of the Westchester National Bank, was born in Peekskill November 9, 1820. His grandfather, Elias Clapp, was a resident of Dutchess County, where he married Mary Dorlin, 408 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. and was the son of Henry Clapp, whose ancestry is very fully traced in a history of the family bv Eben-ezer Clapp, of Boston. Philip Cl.ipp, son of Elias…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] They were the parents of three children — Phillip, who died December, 1884, at the age of thirty-eight; Dorlin, who died in early childhood; and Fannie, wife of Frank H. McGavie, now living with her father in Peekskill. Mrs. Clapp died July 1, 1876, and rests with her children in the cemetery ot the Baptist Church in Yorktown. Mr. Clapp's father and grandfather were laid …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The headquarters of the bank-were at first in the Westchester County National ' Bank building, and were afterwards moved to the corner of Centre and Division Streets. April 21, 1869, the bank was moved to its present location on South Street. In 1884 the assets of the bank were $1,445,-904.19. Uriah Hill, Jr., was president; Nehemiah S. Jacobs and Jacob M. Shipley, vice-p…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The water is of great purity and on evaporating leaves no deposit. The pressure in the pipes varies from one hundred pounds to the square inch in the highest parts of the village to one hundred and sixty-three pounds to the square inch at the docks. In the business portion the pressure is one hundred and ten pounds, which is sufficient to throw a stream from an inch nozzl…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] William P..Marshall was foreman, Frank Marshall, secretary and Andrew Ukers, treas-urer. The engine house is situated in Park Street. CORTL Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 was or-ganized at a meeting of the trustees held May 29, 1833, when Frost Horton, Nathaniel Finch, Judson H. Gilbert and nine other members were appointed. At first it was known as the Peekskil…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] i Joseph Hudson (1868-82) and A. D. Dunbar. The location of the office has been changed very fre-quently and is now at the corner of South and Di-vision Streets. Introduction of the Telegraph, the Rail-l road and Gas. — In 1848 consent was given by the village authorities for the erection of telegraph poles in the village, " provided the company skinned the j bark from th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Crumbie, assistant postmaster at the time, and met the untoward fate above alluded to. The Westchester and Putnam Sentinel, as previously stated, mada its bow to the public of Peekskill, and" uttered its modest wish for subscribers, on the 22d of April, 1830. Samuel Marks & Son, who were printers, booksellers, bookbinders and stationers, of Peekskill, were the proprietors…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Its name was changed to The Sing Sing Republican, and under that title it is published at present. The first number of The Highland Democrat was issued March 9, 1839. It was owned by a company of which Hon. John Hunter was the principal mem-ber. Benjamin Bailey was the first editor, but held the position only two years. He was born near Lake Mahopac, about 1812, and was f…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] former journal of the same name. Mr. Horton was succeeded in 1856 by J. N. Spaight, and he in May ol the same year by Dr. Fenelon Hasbrouck. May 14, 1803, after several changes in the editorship owing to Dr. llasbrouck's long illness and final death, Ezra J. Horton again became editor. In September, 1871, he sold the paper to Nelson G. and J. Thomas Foshay, who, under the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The paper for a time advocated Greenbackisin, but is now strongly Republican in its politics. Its office is on Main Street. SOCIETIES OF THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT. The principal societies of the town of Cortlandi are located in Peekskill. Their histories are as fol-lows : Masons. — The first secret order known to have been established in the town of Cortlandt was Cort-landt L…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The meetings of the lodge during its first year were held part of the time in rooms over Ueker's meet market, on Main Street, and part of the time in the rooms of the Cortlandt Lodge of Odd Fellows. April 1st, 1869, the lodge occupied its present rooms in the building of the Peekskill Savings Bank. In 1883, at the desire of the lodge, their number was changed from 189 to …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Holmes, charter members. The first annual report showed a membership of thirty-six. For eight years in succession John Ombony served as High Priest, during which time the chapter was one of the best working in the State. His successors have been Thomai J. Hodgkins, 1876-82; Robert J. Post, 1882-84; and William Mabie. the present incumbent, elected in 1884. George W. Rober…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 42, of Sing Sing, who are located in Peekskill, was organized March 10, 1880, for the purpose of affording instruction ami drill to membefljj and to more effectually promote the interests of the parent coinmanderv by unity of purpose and action. The association is composed of twenty-two members. CORTLAXPT 411 thirteen active and nine dormant, — the latter to fill vacancie…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Cortlandt Lodge was divided into two parties, the minority of which, num-bering about forty persons, adhered to the Southern Grand Lodge, while the majority, numbering about sixty persons, owed allegiance to the Nortbern Grand Lodge. The minority party held the funds and the charter, but the majority removed the furniture of the lodge-room to a building on Division Street…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] vice-chancellor; William H. Hughes, K. of R. & S.; Emmet Searles, M. of E.; Mark Jacobus, M. of T. John B. Steele, M. of X.; and William A. Constan-tine, prelate. European Council, No. 80, Order of United Friends was organized in the summer of 1883, with Valentine Hanf as chief councilor; Andrew Thomp-son as vice-councilor; Alexander Peterson, secre-tary; Alexander Lamont…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] U2 HrSToiJV OF W ESTCHESTEB COUNTY. Recorder, J. W. Little; Financier, F. E. Clark; Re-ceiver, D. S. Godden; Guide, Marion R. Smith; I. W., Cyrus Travis; O. N., C. G. Harstroni; Medical Ex-aminer, A. o. Soowden, M.l). The lodge has at pres-ent forty-seven inemhers. It meets in the rooms of Cortlandt Lodge, I. * >. <>. F. Its present officers are Wesley Wyatt, P. M. W.; So…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] in the spring of 1862, to assist the poor of the village with supplies of groceries, coal and clothing. Mrs. Elizabeth Hart was chosen first directress, Eliza W. Clark secretary and Mrs Edward Wells treasurer. The society has continued in active operation ever since, and has accomplished much good work. In 1884 it had about twenty-four active members and ex-pended for the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is designated as "the old hotel kept by David Stanley and after-wards by Henry Mandeville." A small hotel for many years previous to L83G stood in the angle formed by the junction of Hillside ■md Highland Avenues. Joseph C. Vought was the host. It was moved over to the western side of the street, and is at present part of a dwelling-house which is the property of Mrs. …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1839 a grand reception was given at this hotel to President Martin Van Buren. PUBLIC Halls. — The first public hall in Peekskill was known as Simpson's Hall, and is still in use. It dates back to about 1S50. It was of small dimensions. At present it is occupied by the Young Men's Christian Association. It is located on the northwestern corner of Main and Division stree…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After the war the Jefferson Guards were reorgan-ized, and William H. Smith elected captain, March 1', 1865. In 1868, while under his command, the num-ber of the State Guards was diminished and they were disbanded. The Bleakley Rifles were organized in 1854, with D. M. Hyatt as captain. James M. Frear succeeded Captain Hyatt. During the war this company was broken up and w…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] taught by Mr. Wells. Occasional services are held in the chapel by pastors of l'eekskill. Ftrn ace* Woods Methodist Episcopal ChurcBT. — -Still further on the Furnace Woods lioad is the Furnace Woods Methodist Episcopal Church, built on a lot forty by eighty feet in area, sold to John Foigic and others in trust for the Methodist Church, March 4, 1845. The church, a frame …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] About two miles south of Peekskill is located the little village commonly know n by the name of Cen-treville, in and around which are about forty houses, representing a population of about two hundred people. A station of the Hudson River Railroad was formerly located there, which was known as Ver-planck's, but about 1862 another station was built by Stephanus Hunt a shor…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The church is familiarly known as the "Turkey Roost church," from the fact that the numerous turkeys of a neighboring farmer were ac-customed to roost in the cedar trees formerly sur-rounding it. Montrose Station. — Below Centieville a short distance is Montrose station, which, as mentioned be-fore, was built by Stephanus Hunt about 18(12. it was at first known as New Hav…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This territory was sold in 1683 to -Stephanus Van Cortlandt by the native Indian pro-prietors, the names of Pewemend, Oskewans, Siecham, Isighers, Prackises, Turham and Querewighnit ap-| pearingin the deed in behalf of the Indians. It was the first property purchased by Stephanus Van Cort-landt in his manor. By the will of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, made and J published in …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The object of the company was to establish on the Point a village which should rival or displace Peeks-kill. The point possesses the advantage of very deep water along the river front, which would afford easy landing to the largest vessels traversing the river, and was besides comparatively level and very pretty. Before the point was cut up by the excavation of clay and s…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Thai lease out their land to various brick makers, but do not engage in the manufacture of bricks themselves. William Bleakley, who was for many years a pro-minent citizen of Verplanck's Point, was born in the Third Ward of the city of New York, May 12, L80ti His father, Andrew Bleakley, was a well-known book-seller in thi' city, and the business was continued by bis son.…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Company L and M, Sixth Regiment New York A strong defender of the Union and firm in his Artillery; Albert was first sergeant of Company A, opposition to human slavery, there were few men i Twenty-seventh Regiment; and Prank was a private who gave a more willing support to the government soldier in the same regiment and died at Harper's in the hour of its need. He fitte…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] elegant mansion was built in 1840 by Sylvester H. WILLIAM BLEAKLEY. Mr. Bleakley had three brothers, — James T. N., Andrew and John L., — all of whom were well-known citizens of New York, and held many prominent positions. At present (1884) there are on Verplanck's Point ten brick-yards, which employ about four hundred and twenty-live men, and manufacture about four hundr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] er, with one yard, em-ploying abov t fifty men, Thomas Vaughey, with one yard employing about twenty-five men, and also John Morton with two yards, employing about seventy-five men, all lease Mills, a man of excellent character, but unfortunately i their premises from the Hudson River Brick Manu-one of the victims of the notorious impostor Mat-j facturing Company. One bri…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The stores of sand and clay with which the bricks are manufactured are very extensive-The propor-tions used are about two-thirds clay and one-third sand. The sand lies over the clay in masses from ten to thirty feet deep, and the clay varies in depth in a Clarence J. Conover, a prominent lawyer of Freehold, j like manner. N. J.; Frank, deceased; Clarence L.; and Angelo. A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tons of ice, and the number of men employed during the season about three hundred. The lake has not only proven a source of financial profit, but has very much benefited the health of the neighborhood, which is now free from malarial troubles to a rather remarkable extent. St. Patrick's Human Catholic / 'hurrh. — St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church at Yerplanek's, was fou…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1882 Rev. Patrick Mee. The present pastor is a native of Ireland, and came to St. Patrick's Church from Rhinebeck. The number of members is about eight hundred. The church is a handsome brick edifice with seats for five hundred people. The residence of the priest ad-joins it. There is also a cemetery in a lot attached to the church. Green's Cove. — Between Verplanck's Poi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The road across to the Point was constructed by dumping in earth and stones upon the marsh, to a depth, as is supposed, of about forty feet, and when it was com-pleted, the displaced mud stood up for a time like a little island outside. At Green's Cove are located the brickyards of ( 'y rus Travis, and O'Brien & McConncll. leased from Oliver P. Jones, and employing about …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In I8(i'.) the end of the parish lying about Crugers ami Montrose Point was separated from Croton Parish, and under the name of the " Parish of the Divine Love" was placed under the charge of Rev. (iouverneur Cruger. In 1S70, a handsome brick Ill H! Ill 4 »

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] itl III! it. 1 « CORTLANDT. 417 ehurch was built at Montrose Point, capable of seat-ing two hundred persons. With the reetory adjoin-ing, the property is valued at twenty thousand dol-lars. A cemetery of about three-fourths of an acre adjoins the church, and contains about a dozen graves, among them being those of Mrs. Anna Maria Scriba, mother of United States Bank Exami…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] spring of 18S4 largely contributed to avert a wide-spread panic, and won for him the commendation of the comptroller of the currency and t lie business com-munity generally. He is justly considered an authority upon all subjects pertaining to the business of bank-ing. He has been a resident of Westchester County for a quarter of a century. He has one son, George Dundas Sc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Woods is the small cluster of houses to which, from their elevated and breezy situation, has been given the name of Mount Airy. A small church Located at Mount Airy was erected, according to the most reli-able information, in 1841, by the efforts of the Pro-testant Methodists, a small number of whom lived iif the locality at the time. There was an understand-ing, however,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Y., on June 23, 1792, and was one of a family long identified with the history and public interests of the county and State. About the year 1730 there came from England and settled near Reading, Mass., two brothers Frost, one of whom removed thence to Long Island; the other,

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was also judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and a member of the convention that revised the Con-stitution of the State of New York in 1821. Judge Joel Frost had died poor in fortune, but rich in honor, and his son John W. started out to make his own way in the world. Though quiet and re-served in manner, he possessed great tenderness and delicacy of character. He was …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After a short illness, with his family around him, on September 7, 1882, in the ninety-first year of his age, he passed away as peacefully and calmly as one falling into a gentle slumber. He left the exam-ple of a long life of an eminently good citizen, a kind, faithful and indulgent husband and father.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the last. His was the serious, yet serene and cheerful mind, that is (he source of every virtue, and the only character that does honor to humanity. Hi' inherited and transmitted those sterling qualities of the early settlers of New Kngland, that are yet the potent though silent influence in giving form and character to communities all over our land, even to the remotest …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Eugene, who was a merchant for inany years in Croton, served a long turn as harbor-master of New York City, and then retired to his farm on the Hud-son, where he erected extensive green-houses, that he might indulge his taste for the culture of flowers and horticultural pursuits. He married Mrs. Harriet Carrigan. Milton, a graduate of Yale, a licentiate in law, for many y…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] On the top of the hill is the district school, a two-story brick building, in which (in ISS:!) the average number of pupils in attendance, daily, was seventy-two and the number of teachers employed two. The house of Miss Susan McCord, a short distance south of the school-house, on the opposite side of the street, was formerly an inn and the stopping-place of the New York …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The old Van Cortlandt manor-house, at the mouth of the Croton River, was long a stopping place for the early Methodist preach-ers, where they were treated with generous hospitality. Among the visitors at this house were the Rev. George Whitefield (who preached from the veranda), Bishop Asluirv and Freeborn Garretson. More than a century ago Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt g…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The lot of one and one-half acres, in which the building is situated, was purchased from John Conklin the eleventh month and eighth day of the year 1797, by Robert Underbill, Joseph Wheeler, Jesse Fields and Henry Matthews, as trustees of the society, for the sum of twenty-two pounds ten shillings, and the meeting-house was, doubtless, erected but a short time after-wards…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Charles H. Halsey officiated oc-casionally. About the year 1847 some services were held by the Rev. Edward Bowens. In the summer of 1852 more constant services were performed by the Rev. John Henry Hopkins, and in the autumn of the same year, the Rev. Minot M. Wells received a reg-ular appointment as missionary at Croton. In L853 the Rev. A. Vallete Clarkson, of New York …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mission work in this field was commenced from Vcrplam k's Point, and for many years religious services were held on Sundays at the residence of Patrick White, the pastor of the church at Verplanck's Point offici-ating. The Church of the Holy Name of Mary, a neat brick edifice, was built in 18<>!t, and was attended by the clergy of St. Augustine's Church, Sing Sing. They o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. McCloskey, and since that time mass has been said every Sunday, the sacramenta have been administered and religious instruction imparted. A Sunday-school has also been organized. Crotox I'm xt is a peninsula which projects about two and one-half miles into the Hudson River, and divides theTappan Zee OD the South from Haverstraw Hay on the no…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Upon the death of Robert Underbill the point be-came the property of his two sons, William A. and

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The land belonging to this estate is that portion of the point lying outside of the salt meadows, the nc. k adjoining the mainland being the property of the Van Cortlandts. Of the two hundred acres which compose the estate, seventy-live are devoted to the cultivation of the grape. There are besides exten-sive apple orchards and hot-houses for the cultivation of roses. The…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Among these are found Franklin and the great preacher and evangelist, Whitfield. (General Tryon in 1774, was an unexpected visitor. He plied Pierre Van Cortlandt (afterward First Lieutenant-Governor of this State), its then proprietor, with the arguments of self-interest and hope of royal favors if he would only cease his opposition to the arbitrary exactions of the Engli…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Iriah Mill. Jr. 1871-77.. ( 'oifln s. Brawn. David \V. TrnviK. ' •• Diary of Hi ina.li. r O.oi. rul I'l. 1 1 1 1. \.in c..iil.in.lt," >| noted \<\ Bol-ton, Vol. II., p. iii., (oUl edition). CORTLANDT. 423 TOWN CLERKS. April 1, 1788-92 Joseph Travis. 1793-95 Solomon Hawes. 1796-98 Joseph Travis.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1873-75 Charles R. Swain. 1876 Carlton B. Jordan. 1877 John McCord. 1S78-79 James McLnckey. 1880-82 -John S. Jones. 1883 Cyrus W. Hortou. CENSUS — CORTLANDT. 1712.— «..« 1850.— 7,758. 1782.— 798.-1 1855.— 8,468. 1790.— 1,932. 1860.-111,074. 1825.— 3,385. 1865.— 9,393. 18*).— 3,840. 1870.-11,69*. 1835.— 3.994. 1875.-11,928. 1840.— 5,592. 1880.-12,664. 1845.— 6,738. THE VAN…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Olaf Stevense Van Cortlandt, the first of the name who came here from Holland, was from Wvk bij Durnstede,6 a village in the Netherlands thirteen miles southeast of Utrecht, and was the son of Stevan and Catharine Van Cortlandt. The latter, according to the date on the portrait her son brought with him, was born in 1566anddied in L630.1 Stevan, his lather, was living in S…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] THE VAN ( ORTLASrm ARMS.10 6Wyk by Dunrstede Portress, the Batavodurum of the Romans, was in the time of Charlemagne a city of important commerce. [^dicker's " Belgique et Hollande." Its present population is not over three thousand. 'The portrait, painted on panel, is in the possession of the Jay family, at Rye. It was taken there from one of the Van Cortlandt residences…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Kieft and Stuyvesant and boldly insisting upon re-forms. Their petition being unheeded, they renewed a demand "foragood and wholesome government, '' and the company found it needful to defend its course, but steadfastly opposed the spirit of liberty shown by their Dutch colonists. Van Cortlandt was chosen Schepen in lfi">4, with a -salary of two hun-dred and fifty guilder…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Charles II., at the instance of Stuyvesant, who had returned to Holland, licensed several ships to be sent from that country to New York, and Van Cortlandt went over to attend to their lading. Soon alter his return the Dutch regained possession of New York, Colve assuming the govern-ment, while Lovelace was ordered to leave; his affaire being found unsettled Van Cortlandt…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Tienhovcn "ill it ml. i nil swaggerer," mnl his reputal »••-»"i "I Uw faired, ii ii quite probable Unit Tlenhoven »« hltnwl OwnUnlj h« was wrong in tin' statement llial I ckerinaus came from llnllainl in tin-"Sunt Martin." Six children gladdened their home — Stephanua, Maria (Mrs. Van Rensselaer), Sophia (Mrs. Teller), Catharine (Mrs. Derval, afterwards Mrs. Frederick Phi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] < )f Madame Olaf Van Cortlandt, Valentine writes :* "Every one will recognize the GoetVrow of the famous Burgomaster of Nieuw Amsterdam, anil the mother of his family. Little is known of her personal history, save that she lived on the Brouwer Straat, in a good old double stone house with little windows, immense fire places and a steeple roof. We know that it was a noisy …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] And there, where.lesus is, true rest and joys abide in. Cod's will did Anna' serve, liod's aid did lliinuuht pray. In Ibis al..lie alike thai bolh have passed una) • 1 I.uko ii., sr.. f'il Samuel i, In, 11. Krom II C Murphi 's Anthology of New Nelherhind (Bradford Club, No. 4), New York, I8B& CORTLANDT. 425 carefully educated under a learned tutor from Europe, and very ea…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is hardly probable that the wise, well-balanced Van Cortlandt would admit to intimate relations a man who possessed no good qualities.'2 Van Cort-landt received from Edmund Randolph the appoint-ment of deputy secretary and register of the Pro-vince of New York, bearing date " New-Yorke, ye 23d day of October, 1688." 3 Not only was he Judge in Admiralty, but associate j…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The colonial documents evince the feeling of trust in his worth held by all, and the clergy in an elaborate Latin testimonial give evidence of their opinion, closing with the hope that the two good men (Van Cortlandt and Bayard] may be spared many years, " for the greater propagation of truth and the increase of Christ's kingdom." 4 Like all his family, Van 1 Governor Fle…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] page 588 Cortlandt was an enthusiastic politician, and when the tidings arrived that a son was born to James II., he became so excited that he threw his hat in the air and sent his peruke to follow it; and this loyal burst of patriotism was afterwards brought up against him, when, says Brodhead, " the remembrance was very in-convenient." He was now called upon to inquire …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] named royal councillors for New York, and as among the number were Philipse, Van Cortlandts and Bayard, it was manifest their course was approved. For a long time Van Cortlandt had been advancing moneys to the government and had suppi ed the forts in New York and Albany with necessaries, and the debt was constantly increasing. He had purchased large tracts of land from th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "May 24"1 1687 " 426 HISTORY OF WKSTCIIKSTKi: ('< H'NTY ferries established, while he seems to have been on amicable terms with the former owners. In lt>8:5 he purchased lands and meadows of the Sachems of Haverstraw and that neighborhood,1 Colonel Don-gan, the Governor of the province under James II., had, in 1686, made purchases from the Indians of lands adjacent to tho…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His request was granted, and the territory was erected into a Lordship and Manor, containing eighty-three thousand acres, the fees amounting "to three hundred pieces of eight." -The charter pro-vides for the holding of Court Leet and Court Baron,4 and gives all advowsons and rights of patronage over all churches that may be built on the manor, appoint-ing also the Lord of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mon."—"Old Maryland Manors," by John Johnston, A ll. '•There is a record of a Court-Baron held at St. Gabriel's Manor in 1050 BJ the Steward of Miltresi Mary Brent. There is also extant the original record of Court-Baron and Coutt-I.eet held at St. Clement's Manor between the years 1669 and 1672, It is reasonable to suppose that on other manors, also, these courts were he…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] he Jfnr Stephanas Van Cortlandt (for by this title he is named in all the old papers) now took formal possession of his manor. It is more than probable that as soon as he had purchased of the In-dians and before he received the royal charter, he had built the present Manor-house and also the Ferry-house; certainly the charter distinctly states that he built hut/six. Tile …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This ferry-house is built of brick and timber, while the Manor-house, or fort, was of solid red free-stone, brought from Nyack in the useful Periagua Over each window (when windows and doors were inserted) were small Holland bricks, presumably put " kinli koyo, an Indian dance; as the Indians were lilieral in the use of "lire-water," they became at these dances ferocious …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He would never have at-tained to such positions had not great trust been placed in his integrity and executive ability. The Earl of Bellomont in 1699 writes that Col. Cortlandt, the collector, sends sheriffs to collect the rents,-' and in writing to the Lords of the Treasury of the revenue and accounts of "this Province during Col. Fletcher's government" says, "had it not…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Lords of Trade took no action on his proposal to break these grants, to his great chagrin. The letter from Bellomont speaking of Van Cort-landt's infirm state of health was written only one month previous to his death, which took place in

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1700, at the age of fifty-seven. He left eleven children to the guardianship of his widow Gertrude, his brother Jacobus, his brother-in-law Brant Schuy-ler and bis cousin William Nicolls. lie divided his property between his children, giving to each one "a lot of ground within the City of New York for the. building of a convenient dwelling house " and appor-tioned the res…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 10, to Gertrude, who married Col. Henry Beekman; her portion was the Highlands north of Peekskill Creek, and the Peekskill estate. Mrs. Van Cortlandt survived her husband for some years, dying in 1723. In her position, as executrix, she had much to contend with. Bellomont, in the most offensive manner, contested the accounts of Van Cortlandt. He demanded a settlement imme…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] t28 HISTORY OF WKSTCIIKSTKK ('(M'XTV. In 1702 an order was given to The. Noell, Mayor John Barberie and Robert Lurting to examine the accounts. They did bo, and reported t hat the books had Dot yet been returned, although Captain Jacobus Van Cortlandt bad offered security to the value of ten thousand pounds, promising "to iinploy men to copy ye Hooks out of hand, or pay a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The coach of the latter, with its outriders wearing badges of mourning, made frequent trips be-tween the Manor House and the city, although the ladies were much oftener seen trending their way through the woods on horseback." 1 "The Widow Van Cortlandt " died honored and re-spected. Nearly five hundred of the best-known peo-ple in the Province followed in her funeral trai…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] placed on the list of His Majesty's Council, in place of James (Lewis?) Morris, Jr. He icceivcd«the ap-pointment in 1730, and took his seat the following year. The colonial manuscripts commend his regu-lar attendance tit the meeting of the Council, adding, "he resides in the city." In 174(1 he accompanied Governor Clark, Judge Horstnanden and Philip Liv-ingston to Albany …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] William Kicketts and Catharine. The latter died young. Philip married Catharine Ogden and took an active part in the Revolutionary struggle, enlist-ing on the side of England, and was frequently en-gaged against the Americans in the field.* At the termination of the war he went to England to reside] and died at Haikham 1 in 1814. He had twenty-three children, twelve of wh…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] One son of Colonel Van Cortlandt was killed in Spain in 1811, one died in Madras and one in Afghanistan. Their graves "Were severed far and wide, liy mount, stream and sea.1 " William llieketts, the second son of Stephen, mar-ried and left descendants still living in Westehester County. The only daughter of Philip and Catharine De Peyster Van Cortlandt, Catharine, was kil…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1), being the east town lott from Teller's Point extend-ing all along Croton River, together with the Ferry House and ferry thereunto belonging." " And that all and every of my said four sons, Stephen, Abram, John and Pierre, and the heirs male of their respect-ive Bodys, shall and may from time to time and at all times, hereafter at all fitting seasons in the year, have …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Wyck, was at the Manor House with her brother, General Van Cortlandt, and the old gentle-man, loyal to the wish of his kinswoman, had them hung where the giver desired they should he, a desire in accordance with his own. By some forced construction of their being furniture they have for fifty years been absent from their proper places. ■ Bolton's " History of Westches…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1753 Cadwallader Colden writes to his wife in Orange County : " I have had a very pleasant ride from Fishkill to Van Cortlandt's, where I lodged, passing easily through the mountains. I baited my horse at Duryees, a tenant of Hercules Lent, near Peekskill, and arrived at the Manor House at dusk. Young Pierre and his charming. wile keep up the hospitality of the house e…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Colonel Beekmati, and serving as executor to many relatives, his high ideas of integrity and promptness also causing him to be chosen its arbiter in many vexed questions touch-ing landed estates. He represented the Manor of Cortlandt in the Colonial Assembly from October, 17(58, to April, 1775, watching carefully and with painful apprehension the encroachments of the Crow…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1774, Governor Tryon came to Croton, ostensibly on a visit of courtesy, bringing with him his wile, Miss Watts, a daughter of the Hon. John Watts (a kins-man of the Van Cortlandts), and Colonel Fanning, his secretary; they remained for a night at the Manor House and the next morning Governor Tryon pro-posed a walk. They all proceeded to one of the highest points on the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He served also in the Third and Fourth Congresses to May, 1777, and was then elected President of the Council of Safety. This body was appointed on the 8d of May, 1777, after the formation of the State Constitution as a temporary form of government, until a governor should be elected and the Legislature meet. It consisted of fifteen members, and sat from the 14th of May u…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I hear the intent of the Tories was, at Peekskill, to have taken the committee and sent them on board of the "Asia.' I go to-morrow to New York to the Con-gress Thursday night were here to supper and breakfast of Colonel Hammond's Regiment, about three hundred men. They said they drank two Hot-heads 1 of cider." These were stirring times, and to the old house came many di…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A curious old journal tells of their exodus, and the catalogue of the flocks and herds, man-ser-vant-and maid-servants that were sent to RhinebecH reads like a biblical story of the journcyings of the Patriarchs. Cornelia Van Cortlandt, the oldest daughter and wife of Gerard G. Beekman, had left New York for the Peekskill mansion, hut this was too near the neutral ground …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There was never an hour's cessation of the labors of Van Cortlandt, and his services were not to end until peace should come. Most of bis journeys were made on horseback. "The Provincial Congress met at white Plains, going on horseback, led by Pierre Van Cortlandt, and as often as the express of the Com-mander-in-chief overtook them, calling for immediate action upon soni…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He served as Lieutenant-Governor from 1777 to 1795, " rilling the office with great dignity." 2 He was the president of the convention that established the Con-stitution.3 In l7X'i he saw the desire of his heart 1 Address of Hon. Chauncey II. DupeV, at Sing Sing, July 4th. '-W. li ving's " Life of Washington," vol. ii., page 192. 3 " In the Senate he presided with dignity…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Stuyve-sant's, 4 stayed there until Tuesday, then rode trium-phantinto the. (Jit;/ with the Commander-in-Chief." In 1778 he was one of the commissioners appointed to extinguish the Indian titles of the State and the manuscript journal of these proceedings was presen-ted by his grandson, Pierre Van Cortlandt, to the Al-bany Institute and was printed by that learned society…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After some years Pierre Van Cortlandt and his wife returned to their old home, the Manor House. Free-born Garretson, who had married a cousin of both, was an ardent Methodist, and became a constant vis-itor, bringing with him Asbiiry and many other gieat preachers of that denomination. Mrs. Van Cortlandt, whom Asbury calls " a Shunamite, indeed," hail always a prophet's c…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] commission as lieutenant-colonel in the Fourth Bat-talion of the New York troops, under command of General Montgomery, signed by John Hancock, President of Congress. This acceptance involved many sacrifices; his store, mills and other property were totally lost. The young soldier met, too, with many discouragements. At Newtown his enlisted men, not receiving the clothing …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1770 he returned to Ticonderoga, when dates took command, and was sent to Skenes borough in place of Colonel Wynkoop, who was ill. "I remained sulli-cient time to discover the vile conduct of Arnold, in procuring goods from the merchants of Montreal, and appropriating them, I believe, to his benefit; he would have been arrested, but escaped by procuring an order from Gene…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "No one shewed more zeal at this time of alarm than Colonel Van Cortlandt, of an old colonial family, which held its manorial resi-dence at the mouth of the Croton. With his regi-ment he kept a dragon watch along the eastern shore of Tappan Sea and Haverslraw Bay."6 From Peekskill he was sent to Bergen, and after a skirmish there with the enemy took command at White Plain…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Cortlandt's regiment was engaged first against the Hessians and next against a troop of light infantry. " This was one of the longest, warmest and most obdurate battles fought in America.'' 1 " The theatre of action was such that although the combatants changed ground a dozen times in the course of the day, the contest terminated on the spot where it began. It was tru…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] While pre-paring to do so, news was brought that the Indians were at hand, and with Colonel Cantine and the Ulster militia, they set off and the Indians retired. During the skirmish, as Colonel Van Cortlandt was leaning against a tree, waiting for his men to close up, Brant ordered one of his Indians to pick him off, but the ball passed three inches above his head.4 l"Col…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] When Brant visited England in 1776 he was received at court with marked distinction, and Romney painted bis picture in full war costume. From this likeness some line engravings had been published, ami the general (for he was breveted a general after the war) had at the manor-house a framed copy of this portrait, still in the possession of one of the family. The moment tha…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] They ran and left their dead behind them, which they seldom do unless obliged to." 5 The troops proceeded to the Genesee Flats and the Indians retreated to Niagara, their confederacy broken. The Second Reg-iment returned to Morristown, erecting there log huts for their use. Colonel Van Cortlandt was ordered to Philadelphia to a court-martial on Arnold. The mem-bers agreed…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] falling into conversation, they walked hack to the tavern, where they dined together and talked over their various adventures during the war. In the course of their interview the skirmish near Lagbawack was spoken of, and Brant related bis orders to shoot down the commanding officer, but the man's sight was deceived by the fluttering of the leaves or some such cause, and …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] General Washington then directed Col-onel Van Cortlandt to keep his men as they were at present disposed, out of sight of the battery, and at night to surround the town to the right with sentinels all the way to York River, whilst the French pickets would do the same to the left, and the next morning the enemy saw themselves surrounded by a line of vigilant troops, who th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ' After the redoubts were taken,' continues the colonel, ' we ad-vanced our lines in their range, and the next morn-ing 1 advanced the New York Brigade, which I then commanded, with drums and colors Hying, and carried arms up to the redoubt which Baron Viomenil had taken; which insulting movement drew on us the re-sentment of our enemies, who tired an incessant

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] it was necessary to cut away a part to get a mortar to play on the enemy. One of Captain Vandenburgh's fatigue party was killed the first stroke he struck by a nine-pound ball, which carried oil' his thigh dose to his body. On seeing t his, a volunteer was called for, as the case was desperate, when a soldier who had been disgraced, as he told me, without a cause, took th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Silver in those war times seems to have been a rari-ty in the Old Dominion, for the colonel remarks : " I was asked at Hanover Court House five dollars for a bowl of apple-toddy, but was satisfied by paying onesil-ver dollar." After delivering up the prisoners, he con-tinued his march through Alexandria, Georgetown, Bladensburg, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, to Tren-ton, w…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Soon after the army was disbanded, and the musical instruments of the band of the Second New York and the colors of the two regiments were presented by Colonel Van Cortlandt to (Jeorge Clin-ton at Poughkeepsie. In 1 7S:{ Congress conferred on Philip Van Cort-landt the rank of Brigadier-General for gallant con-duct at Yorktown. lie returned to the Manor House, but his acti…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] An express notifying General Van Cort-landt, reached Croton at midnight, and at daylight he set off to the city, where" he had the inexpressible satisfaction of embracing his old compatriot, and felt it one of the happiest moments of his lite." He ac-companied Lafayette on the greater part of his ex-tended tour through the country. He died at his home November 21, 1831, i…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] On one of his visits to his home at Peekskill, made on horseback, from his college, he met on the road a carriage in which was a lady apparently in distress. Near the carriage rode his acquaintance, Lieutenant Franks, to whom he addressed some in-quiries, to which the latter answered briefly, " That is Mrs. Arnold; there is treason; you will hear all about it when you get…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Cortlandt was energetic and vivacious and the old house was gay and cheerful. In 1811 she died, alter a short illness. Van Cortlandt was sent by his district to Congress in 1811-12. During his time of service his father-in-law, Georgft Clinton, the vice-president, died in Wash-ington, attended with unremitting devotion by his son-in-law. The tie between them bail been…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] When the States Prison was removed to Sing Sing, he was made one of the board of inspectors and faith-fully and carefully performed the duties of this office, serving most of the time as president of the board, lie was warden of the Episcopal Church at Peekskill -and one of its most liberal benefactors. His loss was deeply felt w hen in July, 1848, after a very brief ill-…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] later years. Four sons preceded him to the grave, — Romeyn Heck and Philip, in their infancy, and Pierre and Theodrie Romeyn, in their manhood, He was laid to rest in t lie old family burial-ground, the last hearing the name of Pierre, a name that had existed in the family for one hundred and sixty-three years. His widow and three children survive him, — Catharine T. It.,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His death brought many proofs nl the esteem in w hich he was held by neighbors and friends, and it was well and truly said of him, " re-siding during all his years, from boyhood to old age, in this town which bears his name, be died without an enemy." The Van Cortlandts have always been a loyal and patriotic family, and to few have been granted so honorable a record. CHAP…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It has borne, prior to its present name, the designations Round,1 Hollow and.Icll'erson. In the centre are the two lakes now called Mohansic. In a deed -bearing date of March 20, 1)686, conveying a tract id' land called " Kechtawong,'' extending from the mouth of the CrotOU River, north along the Hudson River to the land already owned by Van Cortlandt, thence eastward to …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The drainage of the northern portion of the town reaches the Hudson through Annsville Creek, that of the centre through the Muscoot and Croton Rivers, and that of the lower through the latter. These rivers bear their present names on the manor-map of 1734. Previous to that time the Croton seems to have borne several names or, more probably, one spelled differently — Kitch…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The earliest grant bears the date of August 24, 1683, covering certain districts in the town of Cortlandt. June 17, 1697, William III. of England, conferred on Stephanus Van Cortlandt what are really feudal rights and made him feudal lord over the district comprising, it is said, more than eighty thousand acres, composing what has been called the Manor of Cortlandt. It be…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The-Manor included about what are now the towns of Cortlandt, Yorktown, Somers, North Salem and a portion of Lewisboro.3 The town, as early as 1760, seems to have borne the name of Hanover, one undoubtedly derived from the reigning house of England, but by whom given can not be ascer-tained. It appears in the ancient hog-skin record of the Presbyterian Church and was also…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] i., (old edition),

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ; Albert Strang, M.D., of in 1867. He was junior assistant in Bellevue Hos-pital in 1866; senior assistant, October, 1867; house surgeon, 1867-68; assistant to the Chair of Descrip-tive and Surgical Anatomy in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1868-70; health inspector in the Health Department of New York City, 1869-71. From 1864-71 Dr. Strang resided in the city. Since …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] pursue the avocation of a farmer. He has taken an active part in local politics and is widely known and respected throughout Westchester County. He early connected himself with the Dem-ocratic party, and was elected in April, 1865, commis-sioner of highways for three years. In 1866, while still commissioner, he was elected to till the office of justice of the peace, which…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He then entered as a clerk the carpet establishment of Benjamin Clinton, in New York City, remaining with the house till its failure, two years later, when he returned to Peekskill and was employed by his father in the manufac-ture of plows in his fac-tory. Here he continued till 1851, in which year he married Miss Leah B. Carpenter, daughter of William Carpenter, and rem…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] from Amboy, New Jersey. They were sons of Joseph Lee, of Long Island, whose father, William, came from Nottingham, Eng-land, in 1675. The elder settled on the Hyatt place, now in the possession of David F. Lee, of Crom-pond. The second, John, located first on the Jacob Strang farm three miles to the west, in the town of Cortlandt, while Thomas occupied the farm ad-joining…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the name are descendants of the latter. North of Mohansic Lake about the same date located Ephraim Bedell on a farm of three hundred acres. Edmund Bedell (recently deceased) a grand-son, oc-cupied a portion of the old homestead. Joseph Fowler settled on two farms to the west. The orig-inal house was built on the site of the present owned and occupied by George B. Fowler, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was the son of a Moses Knapp who was born in England in 1(555, and died in the lower part of the county in 175G, aged one hundred and one years.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Lewis, and Henry and Josephus L., sons ofThe-odosius (youngest son of Dr. Ebenezer, Sr.). The-odosius died July 27, 188.">, jn his ninety-sixth year. Three brothers, named Frost, came from England in 174ti to Oyster Bay. Later in 1700 two of them Wright and Samuel found their way to Cortlandt Manor. Wright set-tled in what is now Somers; Samuel on two hundred acres, of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] With the Frosts came a family, Cox by name, who settled near Hal-lock's Mills. W. H. Flewellen is the present proprietor. John Tomp-kins (born at Greenburgh in 1739) must have set-tled on the farm now in the possession of EliasQ. Horton overlooking the Croton River not far from the same date (17(i0). The Tompkins are of Welsh origin, and the name heart out the statement. …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] fare of the children of his native place. It was through his influence that the statues of Farragut, in Madison Square, and of the Poet Halleck, in Central Park, were added to the memorials of the famous sons of New York. Of a literary turn of mind, it is not strange that he should find congenial company among the men of letters who form the Century Club, nor that his nam…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] An earnest member of the Episcopal Church, his labors for its advancement have been unceasing, making the Church of St. Mary's, at Lake Mohegan, the subject of his peculiar care. Here, as lay leader, he has conducted services for many years, and through his systematic efforts the church is free from debt, and is exerting a wide-spread influence for good. Mr. Cortlandt de …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] passed through Yorktown, and on occasions the French army under Rochambeau was here. From 177G to 1782 out-posts of the army which held pos-session of the Highlands were maintained at Crom-pond and at Pine's Bridge. Though battles were not fought, it was the place for raids and the consequent skirmishes. In war, when no great movements are taking place, the time is whiled…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] as Purdy, Bailey, Fowler, Horton, Brown and Caleb Morgan; 1 the latter afterwards acted as guide to the British troops in their raids into this town.'-' When the British fleet with Howe's army appeared before New York, Washington urged upon the Fourth Pro-vincial Congress the removal of " all persons of known disaffection and enmity to the cai. e of Amer-ica." 3 Some were…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Morgan. a Irvine's Life of Washington, vol ii.. pp. 284 and 285. I Mi HISTORY OF WESTCHESTEB COUNTY. North Castle witli the recommendation that he fall haek on Pine's Bridge, or at least by way of precau-tion remove his stores thither.1 After repeated re-commendations and positive orders, he managed to get his troops by the same route through this town to Peekskill.2 F…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] * Xnmher of Itofugees from forthmdt Manor in 1782, 804. property nor life were safe. Some found it mee^ary to keep a horse always saddled, that they might have ready a means of escape. Against the cowboys the neighbors would gather for mutual protection with the most convenient weapon, whether it were a pitch-fork or a gun. During the winter of 1770-1777 six hundred Con-n…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Bolton says it was called by Colonel Robertson the d — d committee house." Here, too, commissions were distributed by a committee of the Provincial Congress to the officer* I of the militia. In the month of June, 17751, the par-j| sonage of the church ami a storehouse attached were n taken possession of and occupied by a regiment ot ] American militia, under command of Co…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] squadrons of Tarleton's ami Simcoe's British Light i j Horse, about two hundred in number, who had proh-| ably come from White Plains by way of Pine's Bridge, "Bolton's History of the County of Westchester, vol. ii., p. 382 (old edition). '•• Report No. Hons, of li.pie*. nlatives. Thirty-first Congress, First Session. —Aff. of Thomas Strang. 11 BoltoD, vol. ii., p. 382 (o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] As the British soldiers were returning from this foray, they met at the distance of about a quarter of a mile from the church a colored boy belonging to Abraham Purdy, and commonly called "Broad Toes" from his possession of the unusual number of six on each foot, who was driving a herd of thirteen cows. The troopers charged on the lad, swearing they would cut him to piece…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1 Anecdotes of the Revolution, collected by the late Alvan I'urdy. -Heath's Mem., p. 20G. brigades, by way of Crompond, toward Bedford." A storm detained them until the 12th, when this little army marched to Amawalk, which they reached about sunset. The enemy were reported as being at Pine's Bridge. Heath moved from point to point near the Connecticut line, apparently che…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Captain Boyd of Sheldon's Regiment of Light Dragoons, who, it is said, although shown their pass from Arnold, suspected them, and recommended them to stop at the tavern of Andreas Miller in such significant tones, that they did not dare to refuse. In this tavern, tradition says, they passed a very restless night, and having been permitted to continue their journey started…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The house was then occupied by Isaac Underbill and Sarah, his wife, and their family. After breakfast Smith left his companion, directing him to take the road to White Plains, while he him-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. were staying, thus another link was forged in the chain of circumstances which led Andre to his doom, as, if this separation had not taken place, the know-ledge of the country possessed by Smith, and the pass from Arnold would have almost certainly brought them safe into the British camp. Andre, however, trusting to his own judgment, took th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the notorious freebooter, Joshua Hueson— and was taken down Hog Lane. They were fired upon by a party of Americans, and Dr. Brewer, thinking it a good time to escape, leaped from the horse and was shot and mortally wounded by Hueson.3 He expired next morning in the arms of Dr. White,' and was buried in the yard of the Presbyterian Church at Crompond, where a stone marks h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] About a mile and a half south of Yorktown Station, on a lane leading from the Pine's Bridge road, is a house occupied at the time of the Revolution by Richardson Davenport as a sort of public house. At this place, on the 14th of May, 1781, occurred a bloody fight which resulted in the death of Colonel Greene, who had repulsed the Hessians at Fort Mercer, Red Bank, on the …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Colonel Greene's method of stationing his guards, out of a spirit of revenge. Colonel De Lancey, who was smarting under an attack made upon him in his quarters not long before, by the Americans, at once fitted out a force of one hundred dragoons and two hundred foot, which left Morrisania four r.M. 13th, and during the night advanced by way of White Plains, where was t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] his captors that they tied, leaving him at liberty. A bold ruse that was devised and carried out suc-cessfully by a number of residents of Crompond and vicinity, upon another occasion, may not be unwor-thy of notice. A party of twenty-six Cowboys made a raid in the night into Yorktown from the southern border, and on their way north kidnapped a highly respectable citizen …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and the Royal Deux-Ponts (of Alsace), and there were besides the independent legion of cavalry, commanded by the Due de Lauzun, and five hundred artillerists. The French army had arrived at Newport, R. I., in July, 178(1, but remained inactive until about the middle of 1781. On the 18th of June they commenced their march westward. July (5th the French and American armies …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 22d — We left Hun's tavern to march to King's Ferry. Nine miles from Hun's tavern is Peskill (Peekskill), a village of about twenty houses, quite close to each other." * A deed bearing date of February 15, 1802, given by "Solomon Hunt, of the City and State of New York, gentleman, and Mary, his wife, to Henry Strang, of Yorktown, in the county of Westchester," conveys to …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] it, probably for the most part to the south at each side of the road. On the 2(5th of August the French army crossed the Hudson at King's Ferry and started with the Amer-ican forces on their march to Yorktown, Va. A por-tion of the American army was left behind under the command of General Heath. He makes the following entry in his diary : " Aug. '22d-— The army [Ameri-ca…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In a recent history of the French in America1 the following reference is made to the encampment at Crompond: " The American army remained in camp at King's Ferry with its vanguard at the mouth of the Croton, on the Hudson River. The French army took a strong position on the hills in front of Crom-pond. The corps of Lauzun was in advance guard on the heights which skirt th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The head-quarters of the Count de Rochambeau are said to have been at the residence of Captain Henry Strang, which was near the present Fair Grounds, and several hun-dred feet east of the residence of the late J. Hazard Strang. Ovens constructed by the French for baking bread are still to be seen on the Flewellen farm, and a num-ber of military buttons have been found the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Fair Oaks, Va., 1861. William Sarles, Fifty-Seventh New Y'ork State Volunteers. Elias Sarles, Eighty-Seventh New Y'ork State Volunteers.. William Sheppard, Eighty-Seventh New York State Volunteers. William Sherwood, died in hospital, 1861. Cyrus H. Brown, killed at South Petersburg, \'a. ii. — 41 Mohegan Lake and Surroundings. — In the northwestern corner of the town, fiv…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Shrub Oak. — In the northern portion of the town, about one mile east of Lake Mohegan, is located the village of Shrub Oak, containing about one hundred and sixty people. It is situated on the road leading 454 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. to Peekskill, and six miles from that place. It is in the midst of an extensive plain, divided up into fine farms. Immediately to the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] where I had but few. Returned to F s. We had a comfortable time at Oakley's church at 7 o'clock." Mr. Garretson was pre-sent five days later and made the following note: " Both at the Stony Street church on the morning of the 16th, and at the English church in the evening at Peekskill. I found much freedom in preaching the word of truth." From these records it is inferred…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1827, in the seventy-sixth year of his age, and in the fifty-second year of his itinerancy. The first legal incorporation of church trustees was made April 14, 1792. At that date " The male per-sons of full age belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Yorktown were duly convened at the said church, the place where they statedly attend for divine worship, and did ele…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1842-43 Peekskill and Shrub Oak were ministered to by Daniel De Vinne. In 1843 Shrub Oak became a station, having then one hundred and ninety -one members. The pas-tors since that time have been as follows : 1843 Kev. W. F. Collins. 1844-45 Rev. P. Chamberlirin. 184(1-47 Rev. Lorin Clark.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] son Valley, containing about one hundred inhabit-ants. Osceola Lake is a beautiful little body of water, nearly elliptical in shape and about one hundred acres in area. Within the village is the Osceola House (no longer open for boarders, but oc-cupied by the post-office). The former residence of Dr. James Fountain, an old-time physician of York-town, was located in this …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Gertrude, his wife, the owners, to John Hyatt, John Haight and David Travis, yeomen, "for a Presbyte-rian congregation,... exercising their religion and public worship of God Almighty after and ac-cording to the form of worship used and exercised by the now established Presbyterian Church government in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and for no other purpose o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The first recorded meeting of the church, as a civil corporation, was held August 7, 1760, when the Knapps, Lees, Purdys, Strangs, Hyatts, Whitneys, Fowlers, Bedells and Travises were all represented. The descendants of many then in attendance are mem-bers at present. The first regular pastor of the church of whom there is any record was the Rev. Samuel Sacket (said to be…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] born at Waterbury, Conn., January 15, 1750. Some time after his thirtieth year he relinquished his occu-pation of farmer and became a minister of the gospel. His first charges were at Blooming Grove and Smith's Clove (now Monroe), Orange County, N. Y. Novem-ber 8, 178(5, the church at Yorktown invited him to become their pastor and he was soon afterwards in-stalled. In ad…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] branch of the religous Society of Friends commonly known as the Hicksites. Upon the same ground stood the firstmeeting-house of the Society of Friends in Yorktown. From the records of meetings of Friends elsewhere in the county, it would appear that a society existed in Yorktown as far back as 1 7(>0. Steps were taken towards building a meeting-house in 1772. It was built…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The other branch, constituting about one-quarter of the whole number, called Orthodox Friends, with-drew and erected their present meeting-house at York-town Station. Hicks preached frequently in Yorktown. The present meeting-house at Amawalk was erected in 1831. Two previous meeting-houses had been burned down. At present four meetings are represented at the Monthly Meet…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I.V.t house was erected at its present situation in 1832, on one acre of land, conveyed November 9, 1832, by George Mekeel to Daniel Smith, Aaron Underbill, Edward B. Underhill and Isaac Mekeel. The num-ber of members at present (1884) is twenty-one, and of Sunday-school pupils eighty. The elders of the church are Jacob Mekeel, Mrs. Jacob Mekeel, Susan Shipley and Daniel …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Within the village is located the residence of Colo-nel Nicholas E. Paine, who was mayor of the city of Rochester, N. Y., in 1851, and later postmaster, and is the owner of large amounts of real estate in that city, in Vermont and elsewhere. Colonel Paine purchased his present residence from Mr. George Mekeel about 1872. About half a mile east of Yorktown Station is the r…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] peat it here. It is sufficient to state that he has left a line of very numerous and distinguished descend-ants. John Underhill, eldest son of the captain, was the ancestor oftthe family of that name on Long Island, while the families in Westchester County are de-scended from his second son, Nathaniel, whose son Abraham was the father of Isaac Underhill, who was bom in 17…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A full account maybe found in Chan-cery reports. Edward B. Underhill was born at the house occu-pied by his father when proprietor of the mills on Croton River. His early education, so far as schools were concerned, was exceedingly limited, but he was a constant reader of useful books, and his retentive memory enabled him to acquire an extensive amount of general informat…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mr. Underbill's ancestors were members of the Society of Friends, as were many of the early families of Westchester County. For many years the study of medicine has interested him and he has acquired an extensive knowledge of that profession and of some other branches of science. A few years ago he re-ceived from Amherst College an honorary degree of Master of Arts. His p…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Isaac Underbill came here to reside shortly before the Revolution, and at his death it passed to his son J Abraham, who sold it to Richard M. Underbill, and it is now owned by Charles W. Underbill, Jr. A part of it as it now stands is a well-preserved speci-men of the house of the olden time and is highly pri/.ed by the family as a relic of Revolutionary days..lust west o…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He held the office of town clerk during 1852, '53, '54, '56, and that of supervisor in 1861, '62, '73, '74, '75, serving in the board as chairman of committees on roads and bridges, census enumerators and justices, and was member of those on equalization of assess-ments, judiciary, surrogate, schools, etc. He was

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Yorktown. It is a white frame building, with two large columns in the front, and is surrounded by a cemetery probably a little less than a couple of acres in extent. A parsonage close by the church is of a value of eight hundred or a thousand dollars. The Baptist Church was originally a branch of the church at Stamford, Conn. The first pastor, ordained by the advice an…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] one term also as super-visor of the town. He married, October 8, 1876, Miss Margaret Orsor. His long residence in Yorktown, together with his genial disposition and business habits, have made him a power of good in the commun-ity. Croton Lake and Stjbkcnjndings.1 — In the southeastern por-tion of the town, and extending into thetownof'Somers, lies Croton Lake, the source …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Previous to the introduction of the waters of the Croton River into New York, the city was compelled to obtain its supply from the the pond known as the Collect, which extended from Canal Street to Pearl Street, from the Tea Water Spring, situated near the present junction of Chatham and Roosevelt Streets, and later from wells sunk in various parts of the city, the water …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Phelps, who presented a memorial to the Council, proposing three different sources of supply, — first, to bring the waters of Rye Pond the whole distance through in twenty-eight inch iron pipes; second, to bring the Croton River by open canal or iron pipes; and third, to bring the water of the Passaic River, taken above conclusion was submitted to the people of the city i…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Store and village buildings 20,000 Agricultural stock and. implements 2,000 Tompkins' farm 20,000 Damage to t*ie surrounding lands, houses, buildings, etc. 500,000 Total 8672,500 June 22, 1842, the water was let into Croton Aque-duct for the first time, and on the following day was received into the reservoir at Eighty -sixth Street, in New York. On the 4th of July, 1842,…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] six feet above mean tide; passes along the valley of the Croton to near its mouth, and thence into the valley of the Hudson; goes through the villages of Sing Sing, Tarry town, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and Yonkers; at the last leaves the bank of the Hudson and crosses the valley of Saw-Mill River and Tibbets' Brook; thence runs along the side of the ridge that bounds the sou…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Near the north end of the valley that spreads out from this is a road, culvert or arched viaduct, under the conduit. The principal work here is the large arch directly over the gulf. It is eighty-eight feet and the only remaining source was the small amount which was running in Croton River, and which prob-ably did not receive twenty-seven million gallons a day. Since the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] citizens of New York are now drinking, using and wast ing about eighty-five million gallons of water every twenty-four hours, a vast deal more than those who were before them drank at the time the works of the Manhattan Company were put in operation, when water from the celebrated "Tea Water Pump," which for years stood on the corner of Chatham and Pearl Streets, was purc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mentioned, there are numerous brooks and valleys, of less depth, requiring culverts and artificial founda-tions to support the work. The culverts number one hundred and fourteen, and their aggregate length is nearly eight thousand feet. The span varies from one and a half to twenty-five feet. There are five road culverts of from fourteen to twenty-feet span. All the culve…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The most prominent of the valleys are Lounsberry's, Indian Brook, Sing Sing Kill, Mill River, Jewell's Brook and Saw-Mill River; the foundations of which are in no case less than forty feet below the grade-line, or fifty-three feet below the top covering of the aqueduct. Besides those above five and a half inches. The bottom is an inverted arch; the side walls rise four f…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] granite way from one house to the other, a few feet below the surface of the water, which divides the reservoir. By the breaks in the house the gates are open and shut to the great pipes below which supply the city with water. There are openings, or gates, all along the lines, by which the pipes can at any moment, and at almost any point, be cleaned or repaired, so that n…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] With the nine billion gallons of water in existing storage res-ervoirs and lakes, and five billion gallons in the res-ervoir about to be built on the east branch of the Cro-ton, in the town of South East, Putnam County, the total available storage capacity will be forty-six bil-lion gallons, sufficient to supply two hundred million gallons a day for two hundred and thirty…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In order to prevent contamination of the water by any settlement on the banks, it is proposed to pur-chase all the land within a quarter of a mile of the reservoir on all sides. 1 Communication from Commissioner of Public Works (Hubert O. Thompson) to the Mayor of New York, February 23, 1882.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] summer. To the northwest, a short distance, in full view, is Turkey Mountain, which extends over an area of about eight hundred acres, nearly as far north as Yorktown Station. It is mostly covered with timber. It was the haunt of wild turkeys after they had ceased to appear in other localities, and thence derives its name. About half a mile east of the dam the bridge of t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In Revolutionary days it was the principal avenue of communication between points north and south of the stream. It was guarded a con-siderable portion of the time by a strong force of

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a portion of the Americans was encamped. 1 Enoch Crosby, the original of the hero of Cooper's best novel, " The Spy," commenced his career as a spy in the vicinity of Pine's Bridge. When the New York City and Northern Railroad 1 Sec Revolutionary hixtorj of the town. was first projected to run through the town a number of the directors of the road formed the Croton Lake L…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1SS0-81. Rev. Aaron Coons. 1882.. Rev. K. H. W. Burden. 1I-83-C4. Rev. Robert Kerr. During the ministry of David Lyman, the pastor in 18(51 and 18(32, who was a stanch Abolitionist, a di-vision arose in the church caused by the conflict of feelings engendered by the great national strife, which worked great injury to the church, then in a very flourishing condition. A chu…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Hi!) West of Pine*s Bridge about half a mile, facing an arm of the lake is a residence erected by Henry Wood, but at present (1885) unoccupied. West of the railroad bridge, on the southern bank of the lake is another large dwelling erected by Fernando Wood, Jr. Bailey's Wire-Mill. — A wire-mill was formerly located on the Croton River below the dam, near the western borde…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wood, July 5, 1866, and the church was built in the latter part of the same year. It has (1884) about twenty-five members, and about forty Sunday-school pupils. The stewards are Jacob Hitch-cock, J. H. Palmer and Daniel Carpenter. The deed for the Spring Valley Methodist Episco-pal Church bears date of February 2, 1866, and the church was erected the same year. Meetings w…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1822. Abijah Lee. 1823-25. Thomas Tompkins. 1826-27. David D. Webbers. 1828-30. Barnardus Montross. 1831-32. James Underbill. 1833-35. Cornelius F. Ferris. 1836-40. Samuel Fowler. 1841-12. Stephen Lee. 1813. Barnardus Montross. 1 Record of the Manor of Cortlandt in Clerk's office at Yorktown. 2 Records of Boards of Supervisors of Westchester County. 3 Record of Manor of C…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The town contains eleven school districts, in each of which is located a school-house. But one school-teacher is employed in each district. In 1883 (the last year of which a report is available) the average daily attendance of scholars in each district was as follows: First, 34; second, 18; third, 20; fourth, 31; fifth, 15; sixth, 16; seventh, 11; eighth, no report; ninth…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] * Resigned and succeeded by Stephen II. Knapp. 170 H1STOKY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. and north by Putnam County, and south by Bedford and New Castle. Somen was carved out of the old Cortlandt Manor and was first called " Stephen Town." All of this territory was first represented in the Hoard of County.Supervisors by Pierre Van Cortlandt in 1700. He continued in that capacity…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1801, and was at the time of his death, on September 4, 1804, a master commander. In 1803 he commanded the schooner " Nautilus,'' in Commodore Preble's squadron in the Mediterranean, and bore a distin-guished part in the several attacks on the Tripolitan gun-boats; himself leading one of the attacking di-visions and Decatur the other. He volunteered to take the ketch " In…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The principal streams running through Somers are the Croton on its eastern boundary, being, in fact, the boundary line itself; the Muscoot, whose course runs southeasterly from near the northwest corner to its mouth, where it empties into the Croton under the north shadow of Muscoot Mountain, and about two miles and a half from the southern line near Croton Lake; Plum Bro…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In the northern portions of the town, high ridges are the prominent topographical features, in which lie embedded vast quantities of iron-ore, some of which, on assay, yield sixty-one per cent., although as yet these hidden

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] aboriginal ownership of the land, and upon which are now situated some of the finest farms in the State. In the intervale level, well-watered plains are found, which show evidences of having been the bottoms of extensive lakes or basins of swiftly-flowing rivers. The slope of the land is southeasterly; the rock for-mation gneiss and granite; the soil a rich loam, with a s…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At this date some evidences of these early settlers may be found, far from highway or prosperous farm-houses, but still significantly point-ing out their silent history to the careful searcher after antiquities. Later on, the people scattered in families and went farther from the bank of the Hud-son River, out into the wilderness of what is now the town of Somers. They we…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Sound, and the shores of the Pilgrim fathers' home until, at last, a settlement of sturdy, honest, intelli-gent yeomanry was founded and maintained in the heart of the wilderness, which extended from the Connecticut River on the east to Hudson's River on the west. Both men and women were of that hardy class of pioneers who feared no toil, no hardship, no danger, worshippe…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 5, Pelah Mead, three hundred and eighty-nine acres. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 extend north to the Muscoot River. Nos. 7 and 8, north of 4, 5 and 6 and the Muscoot River, are marked respectively to Abijah Crossey, two hundred and seventy acres, and Obadiah Purdy, two hundred and forty-eight acres. No. 9, north of 8, John Brown, two hundred and fifty-three acres. Daniel Durgee is mar…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Light, while of his great-grandchildren three only survive — Hiram Hitt, of Connecticut; Mrs. Phebe Darby, of Syracuse; and Mrs. Jerusha Corsa, of Somers, all of them over seventy years of age. John Hempstead's tomb is to be found in the burial-ground on Somers' Plain, with this inscription :

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ilow few can reach those years of time, Which here are numbered to our view, Since death calls most while in their prime, And leaves behind so aged few." In this connection it may be remarked that this same John Hempstead was, by trade, a builder, and erected the first house in Maiden Lane, New York, owning and occupying the same for some years. Afterwards the heirs and d…

[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…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the northeast corner of lot No. 4, west range, being part of Andrew Johnson's Great Lot No. 7. Thus it is evident that the great lots were subdivided and re-subdivided by the successive heirs of the original families. Among the families to whom these lands were conveyed we find the names of the Browns, Baileys, Teeds, Greens, Travises, Carpenters, Owens and Mortons. It ha…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] To the west, the line of blue hills beyond

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] season by the angler for the trout which breed in the clear, cold spring water that flows swiftly over their stony beds. Deer were numerous here as recently as 1780, and some were shot during the early part of the present century. This was the probable attrac-tion of these regions for the red men. The agricultural capabilities of the town are unsur-passed in the county. T…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] regions, some from one hundred, two hundred and three hundred miles, to replace the consumption." From 1825 to 1850 there was an average of five thou-sand head of horned cattle annually fattened in this district for the New Y'ork markets. There were also kept at this period large flocks of sheep, and the wool crop was no inconsiderable source of revenue to the farmer. The…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tained the power to confine the waters in the lake basin during the summer season, destroyed the value of the immense water-power at Empireville. and the gigantic wheel, which, with its systems of cogs and belts, gave the hum of busy trade to the numerous lathes and spindles in the great factory, ceased its revolutions. The property was sold to the Reming-tons, of Ilion, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Marv P-inckncy, Murtba Osburn, Benjamin Green, pound masters. David Montross, Nathaniel Wright, Reuben Wright, Thomas Sea" niour, Nathan Brown, Abram Hrown, Joseph Griffin, Archer Heed, Win. Powell, John o. Bryant, fence and damage viewers. Thadileus Mead, William Teed, Jr., John Uallock, Joseph Horton, Joseph Gritton, David Montross, John Montross, William lleadle, Willi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was not the first time Hachaliah Brown had occupied the supervisor's position, as he had held the same office in Upper Salem two years previously. William Horton, the town clerk, was a farmer and merchant, residing on the estate now be-longing to Charles G. Teed, his grandson. The country store was situated on the corner of Lovell Street and the Peekskill road, and for…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It seems, however, that some property was vested in the cause of the later War of the Rebellion, as we find records in 1789, the next year after the erection of the township, of the manumission of slaves, as follows: ' "We, the subscribers, being the Overseers of the Poor of Stephen Town, in the County of Westchester and two of the Justices of the Peace for said County, u…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] permuted to keep an Inn or Tavern, and to Retail Strong or Spiritous Li'iuors under Five Gallons to be Drunken in their Respective Dwelling-houses and Stores, Each of them Seperately untill the First Tuesday of May next, etc. Given over our hand the fourth Day of May, 1802. 11 Abraham Brown, ") " RoitEiiT Graham, 0»mmUsioners. "Daniel Qiiok." I At the town-meeting held in…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] thus making the matter of identification a com-paratively easy task. The town-meetings were usually held at the house of Benjami'i Green or at the store of C. G. & W. E. Teed with an occasional variation to the house of Uel Todd, which was situated about three miles south of Benjamin Green's and more cen-tral in location north and south. In 1840 a portion of the town, inc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Tlie assessment of real and personal property in Somen in 1808 was $3317.57. In 1815 it was $5,773.70, and in 1885 it is $1,278,635". In 1883 it was " voted to raise by tax $750 to build a bridge over Muscoot River, near the mill of Win. and George Nelson, provided the Legislature of that year did not pass a bill which would cause the said bridge to be overflowed." The Aq…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] became settlers of the town. In this way William Horton and wife came from White Plains on horse-back, bringing with them all they had saved from the ruins of their property, inclosed in a sack and placed across the horse's back. They settled at the point afterward known as Teed's Corners. Mr. Horton was the first town clerk of Somers. It was also in this vicinity that En…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At one time, as he was passing a church on Sunday, he looked in and saw the congregation assembled, but the minister had not yet arrived. He coolly walked up the aisle to the high pulpit and took his seat. After a time the preacher appeared, and Kinnicutt rose from his seat and descended the steps, remarking, " I found the sheep without a shepherd and kept them till you c…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 477 »| ' inclosure in a swamp on the rear of the estate and tiei there keeping them in order to save them from the "« dreaded "Cowboys" who infested this region. At mi last came the end, and peace permitted the veterans i v I to return to their neglected and in many cases devas-k tated homes. In 1812 again the alarm of war was it I sounded and Somers was represented in th…

[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 fo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His residence is pleasantly situated on the Peekskill road, near the village of Somers, and is a large roomy farm house, having been somewhat re-modeled a few years since, and now presenting a semi-Gothic appearance with its sharp gables. The first Christopher left Isaac, Aaron, Frederick and Phebe. His homestead is a low, comfortable residence, one-and-a-half-stories hig…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the valley of the Muscoot, His house is a large, sub-stantial, partly Gothic building, the diamond-shaped window-panes giving it more of the Gothic character than do the actual proportions of the building. A beautiful lawn extends in front to the highway, down a gentle descent. Inside, the appliances of taste and cultivation are everywhere apparent. Mr. Bedell comes from …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He is the pres-ident of the association at present. Thaddeus Crane resides in a pleasant, old-style farm-house, roomy and substantial, with low, sloping roof and broad verandah, built very much like all the farm houses of a century ago; situated just west of the village, on the Peekskill road. The property was formerly owned by Nathan Brown, father of Lewis and Stephen Br…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] nent in the construction of the Mutual Union and Baltimore and Ohio telegraph lines, whose wires traverse the town from the southern to the northern extremities. James is a resident of the South, and Isaac re-sides in Chicago. John has retired from active business, and Samuel owns a fine farm and res-idence on Primrose Street, near Mount Zion Church, a property that was f…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He removed to Somers village in early life with his brother Joel, who subsequently became the judge of Putnam i County Court, member of the Legislature and repre-I sentative in Congress. Ebenezer entered into mer-| cantile business in Somers village, where he remained some time, and then removed to West Somers. i He was one of the ten voters in the town who cast a ballot …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is built in good, substantial style, and stands a little back from the street, in a large yard, well filled with tall shade-trees of oak and locust, forming a small grove. Directly in front of the residence, but across the street, arc two aged, wide-spreading oaks that completely overshadow the highway with their long, leafy branches. Attached to the dwelling is a smal…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] One of his sons followed him in the profession, Dr. Oliver White, of New York City, who also attained eminence in his chosen calling. Dr. Ebenezer White was also a prominent member and officer of the Pres-byterian Church. He married the sister of Esquire Frost's mother, and had eight children. Samuel owns and remains on the homestead, leading the easy life of a well-to-do…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] occupations of farmer and store-keeper. He was clerk of the town for the first six years of its existence as a township. He also became the owner of the prop-erty afterward owned by Harvey M. Todd. William Horton's daughter Mary was born here, and married Samuel Teed. This branch of the Horton family afterwards removed to North Salem, where they still reside. Charles G. T…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the many decisions rendered by him were reversed in a higher court. He was a well-known and ac-tive member of town political circles, as well as a successful farmer. His only surviving son, James, is the owner of and resides on a fine farming prop-erty, formerly owned by the Beadle family and lying on the north and south sides of the highway leading from the Katonah to Am…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Coffin had his office in the house of fj Joseph Owen, Jr., in the same place. Joseph Owen was a supervisor of the town in 1807-15, also in 1817-18. The family is one of the oldest and most highly respected in the town. The present Mr. Owen is a plain, unassuming gentleman of leisure, is social and intellectual in his tastes, and leads, in the home of his father, a bachelo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Governor, Hon. D. D. Tompkins. The Tompkins family were from Scarsdale, where Hon. Daniel I). was born in 1774. Ray Tompkins moved to Somers and purchased the Ammi Pennoyer place on Primrose Street, adjoining the property of Samuel Teed. Here he resided for some years, eventually removing to Somers village. He was a prominent figure in the polities of New York City for ma…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mingling in the active affairs of the town. Robert Hallock owned a large farm and a fine water-power on Plum Brook, a mile and a half west of Somers vil-lage. Here, surrounded with all the elements of prosperity, he attended to the duties of life and be-came the head of a family. He was an early settler of the town and his mill was known for miles around in every directio…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] On the south part of the turnpike road, and front-ing the north extremity of Croton Lake, is a substan-tial farm-house, which was evidently built in the best possible manner in the days of its erection. Large, commodious and possessing some degree of ornamen-tation, its appearance betokens the liberal means of its owner. It is the homestead of the Nelson family. It has, h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] years of age, leaving William and George, who now own the various estates and carry on the most exten-sive milk producing business in the town, if not in the county. They are the owners of some five or six farms, all of which are devoted to the production of milk. One of the brothers remains in New York City to sell the milk produced upon their estates at home. They emplo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is of re-cent construction, having taken the place of the old building which for so many years used to be a noted watering-station for market-men and farmers driving to Sing Sing with produce for the boats. It is the home of Lewis Ferris, another representative farmer of the town. Mr. Ferris came from Lewisboro' at an early date, and purchasing this place, began to rai…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The house is new, having replaced one that was burned a few years since. The farm is a product-ive one. Allen and his brother George, who resides in a handsome brick house just west, on the cross-road leading to Primrose Street, are the only sons of George A. Teed. It is a branch of the family heretofore men-tioned, and both of the young men (they are the only male surviv…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Cattle were thus taxed by the score, instead [ of the single head, and parties were also allowed to commute by the quarter or yearly. Mail-stages also passed over the turnpike to and from New York via Sing Sing. The Croton turnpike was the continua-tion of the Southeast turnpike, which had its north-eastern terminus in Danbury, where it connected with the Boston road. The…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Marvin, in Southeast, the following directors were elected: Darius Crosby, Enoch Crosby, Joshua Purdy, Joseph Owen, Joseph C. Field, David Baldwin, Daniel Howes, Nathaniel W. Marvin, Russell I. Minor, Peter Crosby; Joshua Purdy, president; Russell I. Minor, clerk. It was here " itetoived that Joshua Purdy, Esq., wait on his Excellency, the Governor, and request him to app…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The annual dividends paid amounted to from twenty-five to forty cents per share. The last dividend was paid in 1849, and the stock of the Croton Turnpike Company was transferred to a non-resident, the gates removed and it became a free road, although still known as the "Turnpike." The last board oV directors were Thaddeus Crane, Ray Tompkins, John Titus, John J. June, Edw…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Before the first-mentioned scheme was put iu opera-tion, ground was broken and the construction of the Lake Branch began under the direction of George F. Avery, engineer, and was carried forward briskly to a satisfactory conclusion. On the 4th day of July,

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Methodist Protestants erected a small church in Tom-ahawk Street, and occupied it for some twenty-five years, when, by the decrease of the society by death and removal, it was given up to the occasional use of the Methodist Episcopal Society of Cortlaudt Circuit. This society abandoned it in 1877. In 1829 a Method-ist brick church was erected. Its location was a few rods …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Supreme Court of Westchester County, Judge Ruggles 492 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. presiding. The jury, without leaving their seats, gave a verdict in favor of plaintiffs." — (Ch. Rec.) Then follows a list of twenty members who withdrew and constituted the church of Croton Falls. In Octo-ber, 1838, the transfer was made from the Bedford Pres-bytery to the Third Presbyt…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Close, James Hyatt, J. W. Bedell, A. B. Whitlock, S-White, Charles G. Teed, I. H. Purdy, T. Crane, W. N. Todd, W. H.Wright; President, J. W. Bedell; Treasurer, S. White; Secretary, James Hyatt; Super-intendent of Interments, David C. Light. In 1880, Dr. Oliver White, of New York City, a son of Dr. Ebenezer White, left a legacy of one thousand dollars to the cemetery assoc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The first members of the session of this church appear on the records as Benjamin Mead, Horace Jones and John Owen, elders, with John Owen, clerk, which position was filled by him until 1843. On January 20, 1846, a meeting of the male members of the society was held at their place of worship, and a reorganization of the body took place. " It was unanimously resolved that …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There is no regular burial-place connected with this church, many of its members be-ing plot-owners in Ivandell Cemetery. The records show a membership, at its organization, of seventeen; its first statistical report is dated April 4, 1869, to April 4, 1870. Whole number of communicants in 1870, forty-nine; in 1871, fifty-five. In 1885 it was forty-nine.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1884-85. —Rev. R. Gibson " The church is in a prosperous state and bids fair to continue thus for many years. In the early days of the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, circuits were the adopted form of regular pastoral visitations to preaching-points, some being termed "six weeks' circuits," some "four weeks circuits," this being the length of time required by t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Freeborn Garrettson, who was a presiding elder in the Methodist connection and one of the contemporaries of Bishop Asbury. The church building was erected in the same year (1794), six years after the organization of Stephentown as a separate township. Joseph lladden, Thomas Bailey, John Stedwell, Abraham Gokling. Samuel Wilson, Jr.,

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ing been eidarged and is still in use as a burial-place. Regular services have been held in this church and regular pastors have been in charge since its organi-zation, in 1794. The oldest decipherable headstone in the church-yard is that of " Anna Teed. daughter of John and Hannah Teed, who was born in the year of our Lord 1703, Nov-', and dei^r"1 this Life June the 4", …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1835, and the building was completed in 1842, the consecration services being conducted by the Right Rev. Benjamin Trcdwell Onderdonk, on the 19th of January of that year, with Isaac Purdy and Fred. J. Coffin as church wardens, and Thad-deus Barlow, Aaron Brown, William Marshall, Gerard Crane, Edwin Finch, Charles Wright, William Clock and Ray Tompkins as vestrymen. The c…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] NORTH SALEM. BY CHARLES E. CULVER, Of Somen, North Salem is in the northeastern portion of Westchester County, and is situated about fifty miles from New York, twenty-five from White Plains and one hundred from Albany. It is nearly square in shape, being some five and a half miles east and west and four miles north and south. It is bounded on the east by the Connecticut S…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] cine men of forgotten tribes have oracularly spoken from its vicinity to the assembled councils of the braves. Residents of the town remember when it was much nearer the surface than now, although still resting on the smaller limestone rocks. The action of the elements, however, and the natural wash of rains have carried away the soil until it seems elevated in the air. A…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The remains of an Indian burial-place are to be seen near the former residence of Hon. Isaac Purdy. There is no doubt that, at an early pe-riod, these hills and valleys abounded in game more plentifully than did the lands of the Sound terri-tory, and visiting tribes came here to find their sup-plies of food. The Mughtiticoos and Kitchewan also furnished a supply of fish, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tenant Jesse Truesdale, Second Lieutenant John Van Wart and Capts. Solomon Close, Titus Reynolds and Kbenezer Slawson. In 177* Jonathan Horton was major commanding the North Battalion of West-chester County. Two ( panics having been con-solidated May 28, 1778, with the Lower Brigade, Col. Thaddeus Crane was first major, then lieutenant col-onel. At the fight of Ridgetield…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] scattered over its entire territory. In 1840 it con-tained 1161; in 1845, 1228; 185o[ 1335; I860, 1497; 1865, 1527, which figure has changed but a trifle since that date. The town embraces about thirteen thousand acres of land, improved and unimproved, the valuation of which in 1884 was eight hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-one dollars. In 18(50 i…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] North Salem contributed her quota of soldiers to sustain the cause of the Union in the late Rebellion and also paid liberal bounties to those who volun-teered. The following is a list of persons who enlisted, in New Y oik regiments, and were residents of North Salem, with the date of enlistment, compiled from an

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] with its provisions, the town of North Salem was sur-veyed January 14, 1798, under the superintendence of Daniel Delavan, then supervisor, of the town. From this survey, a copy of which is here inserted, it will he noticed that a post road passes through the town from the north between Lake Pehquennakonck and the Connecticut line and on the west side of Long Pond or Lake …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Some thirty years ago there was a projected road between New York and Dan-bury, which would cross the northeastern portion of the town, and for a time much interest was felt in the enterprise. A survey was made and the proposed line ran directly through the village of North Salem. A few years afterward the expectations of the citizens were stimulated to an extent that led…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The company notified him of their decision on the 12th of June, and on the -1th of July following the frame of the large hotel now owned and occupied by Eli Reynolds was raised. Previous to this there were but three buildings in the place, but dwellings now went up rapidly and settlers

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] course, gave an air of prosperity to the place. Some of these buildings still exist, but have been separated into different sections and utilized as barns, stables, etc. During the earlier days of the railroad, milk and farm produce of various kinds constituted the prin-cipal carrying trade, and carloads of these products were shipped twice each week (on market days) to N…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] not easily disposed of in the market for from seven to thirteen dollars, while at the present it is held for from one hundred and ninety to two hundred dollars. Kahly Settlements. — Stephanus Yan Cortlaudt, by will dated April 14, 1700, devised Cortlaudt Manor to his eleven children. In 1734 a partition deed was executed, and in this division lot No. 8, embracing part of …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 10, between the farms of Sylvanus Townsend and one formerly occupied by Captain Joshua Lobdell, de-ceased. Sylvanus Townsend, who is mention. I in 1769 as living on land adjoining the farm of Nathaniel Dela-van and Denton Smith, died in 1799, and left his property to his sons, William, Sylvanus, Justus and Samuel, and one daughter, Esther. John Delavan, on the 18th of Apr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] one hundred and sixteen acres, on which he resided. Matthew Delevan, May 27, 1773, purchased the tract of eighty-nine acres on which he lived. He also bought, April 1, 1775, the twenty acres of Nathaniel Delevan, which formerly belonged to David Brown, and in 1783 purchased eighty-seven acres of Nathan Delevan, adjoining land of Titus Reynolds. On April 24th, of the same …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There were other families not mentioned in the above that were also tenants and purchasers of the De Lancy lands, notably the Bakers, Howes, Nortons and Benedicts. The remainder of the lands unsold by Stephen De Lancy were devised by him to his brother, John i eter De Lancy, of Mamaroneck, Janu-ary 1, 1795. They were left by him, January 28, 1*23, to his three daughters, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] was a graduate of Princeton College. David gradu-ated at Yale College. They, with their brother, Tompkins, became ministers of the Presbyterian Church. Jesse, another son, was in the colonial military service, and died at Half-Moon Point in 1758. John Close, a descendant of Solomon, resides in the town, in a comfortable home, thickly sur-rounded with trees and shrubbery, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was born in Greenwich, Conn., and graduated from Yale College in 1842. He studied law in Bedford, and was, while pursuing bis studies there, the princi-pal of the old Bedford Academy for three years. His college classmates are many of them eminent men of the age. Chief Justice J. A. Peters, of Maine; Chan-cellor Runyon, of New Jersey; Judge Douglas Board-man, of New Yo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the century they had spread to New York. James Mills settled in Dutchess County, and married Han-nah Ogden. Shortly afterwards he removed to North Salem, Westchester County, where he reared a family of six sons and one daughter. Of these, the fifth son, Darius Ogden Mills, was born on September 5, 1825. James Mills was for many years a leading man in the community, a cons…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Town-send, invited him to Buffalo to serve as cashier in the Merchants' Bank of Erie County, with a partnership. In 1847, at the age of twenty-two, he removed to Buffalo under this arrangement. The bank was one

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] offices of trust in the town, is one of its justices and excise commissioner at the present time and one of its leading citizens. Samuel I!. ('lark, the present town clerk, has held the office of town clerk since 18.r>f>. He resides in a modest village residence just below the hill on which stands the Episcopal Church, of which he is the sex-ton..Mr. ('lark's father, Jess…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] what English cottage air, and is withal a mosl con-venient and handsome residence..Mr. Brown is native of the town, the generations of his family being noted elsewhere in the inscriptions recorded on grave-stones. Nathan-Brown was his grandfather, whose son Thomas lived on the farm now adjoining the one owned by the son, Fraucis 1).. The old place, thoroughly modernized i…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The latter resided in Rye township, and his eldest son Joseph, settled upon his father's portion and purchased other lands ad jacent, — on June 2, 1786, sixty acres of Gilbert Theale, asonof Ebenezer, and June 12, 171).'5, part of the undivided lands of Hacha-liah and Joshua. He was eminent in the early councils of the set-tlers of the town. He married Letitia Ginon, and …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] prosperity, standing in a large yard and surrounded by tall locust and other trees. Attached to the Quick homestead is a large farm extending across the ('ni-ton River and into Somers. The Harlem Railroad also passes through this farm, tinder the hill a few rods west of the house. Isaac Quick, the son of Daniel, succeeded to his father's estate. The names of both father a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Joel Purdy was engaged in business in New York for many years and amassed a competence, after which he returned to his native town and erected the fine residence above mentioned; also fac-tory and store buildings at Croton Falls, where his son is engaged iu mercantile life. He has been and is an active man in the community, was one of the orig-inal organizers of the Bapti…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Barrett, however, we find that Judge Jay erred in his notion that Crosby's operations ever took him into New York City; on the contrary, they were confined entirely to the country districts along the Hudson.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a bed, where he had taken refuge, and complained that his leg was so much injured that he could not walk. The accommodating colonel took him on his horse, and, of course, he soon got away. For three years Crosby continued in the employ of the Committee of Safety, but at last the Tories, marvel-ing much at the detection of their covert undertak-ings, fixed suspicion upon h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A part of this tract is now covered by the Croton Reservoir. He erected a frame house on the east branch of the Croton River, a short distance east of the upper iron bridge at Croton Falls, where he lived a quiet life many years. The proper-ty is now owned by Joel B. Purdy. Later, Crosby Noirrn built the house now owned by his grand-daughter, j Mrs. S. E. Mead, ofGolden's…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was a justice of the peace nearly thirty years. His exploits became known to the public through the Astor trials and the publication and dramatization of Cooper's novel. When it was produced at the Lafayette Theatre, Laurens Street, N. Y., he was induced to sit in a stage box. The crowd rose and cheered him with great enthusiasm, to which he responded with a bow. He wa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Bailey chooses a quiet, practical farmer's life and loves his comfortable home and its surroundings. Villages and Post-Offices. — The town has four hamlets and post-offices, viz. : North Salem, Salem Centre, Croton Falls and Purdy's. The two latter are situated on the extreme eastern boundary, and are stations on the line of the Harlem Railroad. The first named is in the …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Milk Company, saw and grist-mills, lumber and coal yard of Teed & Hunt, hotel of Eli Reynolds, a pub-lic hall, also owned by Mr. Reynolds a disused Presbyterian Chapel, now occupied as a dwelling, a marble yard conducted by George Godwin, five dry-goods and grocery stores, one jewelry establishment, two tin shops, a harness shop, one wagon and two blacksmith shops, a mark…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] road the name of'Croton Falls was substituted for the older one and is still retained, although an effort was made by James Owen to have the place named Kitchewan, alter the Indian name of the river. This was, however, unsuccessful and, although there is nearly a total absence of any " falls," save short rapids for a few rods, Croton Falls was the adopted appellation. The…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The site of a portion of Croton Falls was originally a burial-place for the families of the northern part of Westchester and the southern por-tion of Putnam Counties, the old grave-yard covering the hill on which are now placed the lumber yard and store buildings of A. B. Whitlock. The north-western portion of the village was the seat of business activity previous to the …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There was also a separate class of the Methodist Episcopal Church organized at Croton Palls, and, for a time, distinct services were held in Union Hall, at that place, but, after a few years, this was given up and the class organization merged into the church society at Purdy's. The Presbyterians, also, of Somers and the vicinity of Purdy's for a few years maintained serv…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] lmild a small church, as a private house will seldom contain the people that went to church when I preach among them, which is as often as the duties of my extensive mission will permit.'' Mr. St. George Talbot, a liberal patron of the church, addressed the secretary of the society July 10, 1763, in which communication he says he "de-sired Mr. Dibble to accompany me to Sa…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Presbytery a supply, which was granted for two months. It is evident that a church edifice was built within a few years from that time, as mention is made of the Presbyterian meeting-house in 1779. It also appears to have been a sort of an independent organ-ization, inclining to the Congregational in its govern-ment and form of worship. This has been the fact in nearly al…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] second incorporation took place, on the 25th of Sep-tember of that year, as a Presbyterian Church. It was then voted to place the organization under the control of the Bedford Presbytery, which was accord-ingly done. At this time John Wallace, Horace Barnum and Richard H. Lockwood were the trustees. For some fourteen years the congregation worshipped in the old church, wh…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] recover, but he did so, and lived several years after-ward. The bullet was preserved for many years by his family, but was eventually lost. Colonel Crane was the father of Thaddeus and Gerard Crane, of Somers, the noted showmen, and his grandson, Thad-deus Crane, is now a prominent resident of the latter town. Thus the men who were instrumental in the organization of chur…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] organized early in the century, but the act of incor-poration is dated the 2d of January, 1832. Shortly afterwards the first church was built. Its location was a good one, in the northeastern part of the town, on the highway leading from Danbury, Conn. The edifice was small, plain and well suited to the simple habits of the early members of the society. For many years the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] H. Purdy. In July, 1852, the building was com-pleted, and on the 10th day of December, 1852, it was dedicated by Bishop Foster. The cost of the build-ing was three thousand dollars. Rev. C. F. Pelton was the preacher in charge. After the church was secured it was deemed advisable to provide a suitable residence for the preachers, in order that their home might be at a rai…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 526 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Bloomer, I. McKeel, Ananias Westcott, Philander Palmer; North Salem — Henry Barhite, David Han-ford, J. L. Hanford, Isaac Angleman,Stebbins Quick, Joshua Fisher and Isaac Merrick. As before stated, the preachers whoserved on Cortland Circuit ofhciated at these points until the division of the circuit. Their names may be found in the hist…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] denominations or with other Baptist Churches outside the town. The society was originally organized early in the present century, and incorporated on October 13, 1833. At the latter period Ebenezer Whelppy, Edward Ganong, John Wesley Searles, John Braden and James Mills were trustees. Adjoining the church is an old burying-ground in which are interred members of families …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The hall has a seating capacity for two hundred, and is on the ground floor of a large, commodious building, the basement and upper stories of which are used as ten-ements. In May, 1870 a meeting was held in this hall to reorganize the Baptist Church of Croton Falls. After a full examination of the letters presented, and the articles of faith adopted, it was voted to reco…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Subscriptions were now taken for the erection of a church, which project was successful, and at a meeting, of the society August 9, 1877, plans from the architects were submitted. The plan presented by J. A. Wood was accepted, and the board of trustees, together with the pastor, J. C. Purdy, James S. Whitlock, and W. A. Ferris, were appointed a committee to super-intend t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the church proper is two hundred and sixty, and the lecture-room one hundred. The cost of the edifice was a little over nine thousand dollars. On the cor-ner opposite to the church is located a neat dwelling, two stories and attic, with half French roof, surround-ed by pleasant grounds and making an attractive home. This is the parsonage and the residence of Rev. V. W. Be…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] entirely. Edward Ryder is an occasional speaker. In its near vicinity are the comfortable residences of wealthy farmers and the boarding-houses at and near Pehquennakonck Lake, a body of water lying partly in this town and partly in Putnam County, which covers about four hundred acres of land and is a re-sort for fishermen at all seasons of the year. Pick-erel, perch, etc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Pre-vious to the advent of the railroad very few parish-ioners were to be found in this immediate vicinity; but, with the construction of the Harlem Road, there came a new element of the population, bringing with them the desire for the privileges of the church of their choice. Accordingly, a plot of land, which had been sold by Major Bailey to Cornelius Travis, was pur-c…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] NORTH SALEM. W1W (Fathers John and Keeney ) died at the Purdy's parson-age while serving the parish. Father Healy, of Brewster, is now the officiating clergyman. Many of the prominent members are residents of the village of Croton Falls, where they settled before and at the time the church was built. Masonic Lodge. — In June, 1855, a few of the resi-dents of Croton Falls …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At this time Edward Adams was conducting quite an extensive business in the place, and he erected a large brick building of two stories on the corner of the Main Street, the upper portion of which was ar-ranged for a Masonic Hall. It was here the lodge held its meetings and transacted its regular business. Of the original members, George Gregory, the first Master, died tw…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Keeler, the postmaster at Croton Falls, and a gentleman who had seen consid-erable service in literary and newspaper work, that they enter into a newspaper enterprise. At first sev-eral difficulties of more or less magnitude and of a local character presented themselves, but were, one by one, disposed of, and the result was the issue of The Croton Falls News, on Wednesday…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] For some months the issue was irregular and much of its influence was lost. Upon the recovery of Mr. Keeler, however, the publication was resumed, and shortly afterwards the entire business was purchased by De Witt C. Pinck-ney, who had been engaged in educational pursuits in the South. Mr. Pinckney was a native of Carmel, and had returned from the Southern States with th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of the townspeople of this and adjacent towns, and completed as an academy. In an old day-book, un-der the account of Ebenezer Purdy, who was one of the principal members of the Academy Company, we find, under date of 1787, some items in relation there-to,— " To six days at New York to get the Wright-ings for the house and land completed, £3 12a." "To a Carpenter, four da…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ' 1 had ended. During his administration the roll show-Led at one time eighty students. After this for some i i years, at different dates, no report whatever was made, I j and in the year 1827 it was found necessary to call the t attention of the patrons of the institution to its con-I dition, which appeared to indicate decay. A resolu-tion was adopted that the academy bu…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] is produced, of the best quality, while the hillsides grow a sweet, nutritious grass that is eminently con-ducive to the production of the dairy products and fatted cattle. In this, as in the adjoining towns in the northern tier, the principal occupation of the agricultural portion of the community is the produc-tion of milk for the New York market. Previous to the advent…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mills. There are on this stream at present, in North Salem, Salem Centre and at Purdy's, flour, grist and saw-mills, which, however, have only local custom. Mills at North Salem. — On the 5th of Jan-uary, 1777, Cornelius Steenrod purchased of Stephen De Lancey and others one hundred and eight acres of land on the Titicus River, on which was a large dwelling-house and barn…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There was also a large grain distillery farther south, at a place called Yerks' Corners, now known as Bog-town. Grain was received and purchased at this place, mainly rye and wheat, from the inhabitants residing in a circuit of twenty-five miles around. At Bogtown was also established a nail-factory, which employed some twenty or thirty hands con-stantly in the manufactur…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] — 47 ing success for some two years, when, owing to busi-ness reverses, etc., the work was suspended and finally abandoned. Then another company took hold of the works and commenced an extensive business in the manufacture of augers, etc. It was then known as the Croton Falls Auger Works. For some time this continued a success and a large trade was con-trolled. It was the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Juengst &Sons employ about twenty men, and their business aggregates about twenty-five thousand dollars per annum. Their goods are shipped to all parts of the world. W. S. Harris has also in connection with his watch-making and jewelry establishment a conveniently arranged work-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and William Bailey, of Somers, compose the stock-holders. The business of milk condensing is a con-stantly increasing source of profit. HOTELS. — The oldest inn or hotel in the town is located near its northeastern boundary, just on the edge of the village of North Salem. It has been used as a hotel over a century, though for a few years past it has been occupied as a pri…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] after, this was an important point in the town, situ-ated, as it was, on the road to Lower or South Salem, and about midway between the two points. It was then denominated Yerks' Corners, and for years the general training of the militia of this section was held here. It was also from this place that the party started out on the memorable expedition that re-sulted in the …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The building was enlarged by additions and the height increased by a Mansard roof, until at pres-ent it is one of the most attractive and pleasant houses of entertainment on the line of the Harlem Railroad. Mr. Reynolds is also an extensive property owner in Purdy's, exclusive of the hotel. A few years ago he purchased a large, two-story building, which had been used as a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] became a successful enterprise, and has long been known as a first-class country hotel. After Mr. Bailey as proprietor came for a time H. Williams, and then Harrison Pardee purchased the property, improved its appearance, added to the house, and, for paany years, until his death, some five years since, rendered the place widely and favorably known to the traveling public.…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] together. The waters of these lakes are deep and pure and abound in fish, viz.: black bass, pickerel, white and yellow perch, bull-heads, eels, etc. The scenery around them is exceedingly picturesque and beautiful. On the north side Long Bond Mountains rise abruptly from the shores of Lake Waccabuc and North Pond, while around the southern shores green fields and shady gr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The soil, a clay mixed with sandy loani, though rugged, has generally been well tilled, the inhabit-ants being mostly agriculturists, and good crops of corn, rye, oats, potatoes, etc., are raised annually.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Lewisboro', in honor of John Lewis, a leading citizen, who had contributed largely to the growth of the public schools. Most of the early settlers came from Connecticut, — Norwalk, Stamford, Greenwich, etc. The first purchase of lands within the limits of the town was made of the Indians in 1640, when Mehack-em, Narawake and Pemeate, Indians of Norwalk, ajrreedto convey t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tract of land bounded south on Norwalk bounds, northeast on Danbury and west upon York line. The General Assembly granted the petitioners such " lib-ertie," and appointed Major Peter Burr, of Fairfield, Job n Copp, of Norwalk, and Josiah Starr, of Danbury, a committee to make a survey of the aforesaid tract of land and make a report to the General Assembly in October foll…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "Whereat, the General Assembly of this Colony, Holden at Hartford, May 13th, 17118, I'pon the petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of the town of Norwalk, praying for liberty to purchase of the Indians a cer-tain tract of Land, lying within this Colony, Bounded Northerly and Northeasterly w ith the Tow n of Danbury, Southerly w ith the S1 Town of Norwalk, and West or Wes…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] south line of Massachusetts. This so-called twenty-mile line or manor line passed through Cross Pond near its centre; thence north, crossing the old Bedford I road just west of the residence of the late Joseph S. Wood; thence north between the farms of James Lawrence and Solomon Mead, crossing the road lead-ing from Salem meeting-house to Cross River in front of and west …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 172") the proprietors of the Ridgefield patent were again considerably exercised over another proposed change of boundaries between the colony of Connec-ticut and the province of New York. Connecticut, wishing to retain all the coast line possible, proposed < to exchange lands along her western border for Greenwich and a part of Stamford. Commissioners were appointed b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] did so, and before I got to the end of my journey I was joined by Capt. Hoodgers first, and, after, by Major Talmage and Capt, Rogers. Having given you this clue, I proceed with the Major's own story. He said he came up the North river in the Sloop of war 'Vulture' for the purpose of seeing a person by Hag of truce. That was not, however, accomplished. Of course he had to…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 'So do I,' says he, 'and by the token of this ring and key you will let me pass. I am a British Officer on business of im-

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] BISTORT OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Headquarb i-with all his i-and Arnold's |>ass iutu the bargain. I do not recollect to have Been a true statement of this business in any history that ha* fallen into my hands. If my memory serve* me Ar-nold solicited and obtained the command of West Point in consequence of his being an invalid, and the reason why his negociations'were not co…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] were in constant demand as a friendly adviser and arbitrator. He also married very young, wedding, at the age of twenty, Miss Eunice Gilbert, aged nine-teen. The oldest son of this youthful couple, Jacob Gilbert Mead, died at his place, a few hundred yards to the northward, in 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-four. Colonel Solomon, as were his parents and a number of h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] aforesaid shall be appropriated to the use of the Rev. Solomon Mead's Church." April 0, 1790. At this meeting it was agreed "to give Renjamin Chapman excise for the present year on account of his completing some work to the meet-ing-house." Renjamin Chapman kept the " Old Church Tav-ern," formerly the first Episcopal Church in the town. It was closed by the patriots in 17…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Erastus K. Bouton 3 Samuel H. Lawrence 2 Cyrus Rancher 4 Fred. Howe 10 (the present incumbent.) Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr... 64 Ezekiel Robins 55 John It. Coles 41) Pierre Van Cortlandt 5 Richard Hatfield 1 Nathan Rockwel 1 Charles Teed 1 Abel Smith 1 Abijah Gilbert 1 The vote in subsequent years is appended, — 1801. FOR (ioVEKNOR. George Clinton 75 Stephen Van Rensselaer …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Messrs. Jeremiah Howe, Clark Newman and Cyrus M. Ferris were appointed a committee to purchase land at Cross River, South Salem and at Lewisboro (south-ern part of town) for free cemetery purposes. Pur-chases were accordingly made of Isaac Hayes, Stephen L. Hoyt, William Hunt and James Lockwood. Transportation. — The first mail stage line through Lewisboro was that commen…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] stead became a member in L811, and was for many years a prominent minister. In 1829 the member-ship assigned to this meeting numbered fifty-one. Religious meetings were held regularly twice a week from their beginning until 1880, and in 1882 they were formally discontinued, since which time the house has not been occupied, except on special occasions. The present trustees…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] CHAPTER XI. BEDFORD. BY JOSEPH HARKKTT. Tin: town of Bedford is situated about forty miles north of the city of New York. Il is bounded north by Somen and Lewisboro, east by Lewisboro and Poundridge, south by Poundridge and North Cas-tle, and west by New Castle. In shape it is nearly square, except where the Croton River cuts oil' the northwest corner. The surface, like t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] two centuries of civilized ownership, and there are swamps, but of limited area. Nearly every farm has its tract of woodland, a relic of the " forest primeval." A striking natural feature of the soil of the town is a strip of land called sometimes the " Sand Belt," be-ginning at the north side of the town at Katonah and running across the town southeasterly, about paralle…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ford and New Castle, the boundary crossing the rail-road slantwise some twenty rods south of the station. Though no larger at the beginning than the other stations, its better natural position has been conducive to more rapid growth, and several years ago it was in-corporated, taking within its limits the two hamlets of ' In the deed of the West Purchase, " Oisqua Meadow …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] handsome building of two stories, and there are at present four departments. The building erected some thirty years ago for the Mount Kisco Educational Institute stands on a commanding site a little east of the station. It was occupied for some years as a school, but is now used as a hotel. There are in the village some forty stores, offices, shops and other places of bus…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "Stamford, 23'' December, 1080. " Then paid unto ye Indians specified in this within bill of sale for the purchase as fellows : C >. d. 12 Indian Cotes 9 0 0 6 blankets 0.0 0 300 gilders wampum 10 0 0 two yard red brodcloth 2 5 0 six yard red coton 1 10 0 more by expenses 9 01 0 totals £46 16 0 " The above bill of sale is acknowledged by the grantors the Indians, by their…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Second, the deed " to the proprietors of Bedford" for the Koamong purchase, " which land and Mid-dow lyes at the southwest of the bounds of the said proprietors of Bedford, bought of y" Indians, as ap-pears by a former bill of sale," May 2, 1083.1 Third, the deed to Daniel Simians for a " Sertaine pees of land lying west of the bounds of Bedford," known afterward as "Simp…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] since the Old Purchase. Its boundaries are more carefully stated than those in any of the other deeds, and may be followed with accuracy at this day. It seems certain that this purchase had been the subject of nego-tiation with the Indians some years before. Even by this deed, possession was not ob-tained, nor was the matter settled until April 20, 1702, when a confirmato…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] lot shall be less than three acres." On March 17th the committee made the division by drawing lots, and on the 23d of March the "propria-tors agree that what the committee have done shall stand; " " and the meeting house shall be set upon the comman so layd out, namly,the rock called Bates, his hill." At this meeting John Bates and Nathaniel Cross were received as " propr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tury an influential member of the Bedford Baptist Church. He has been twice married, — the first time, on Jan-uary 9, 1834, to Miss Amanda A. Miller, daughter of John Miller, at Bedford, who died in 1847. By this marriage he had five children, of whom three are now living, — John M., of Port Chester; William P. and Jere M., of Katonah. He has two grandchildren, M. Amanda …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] > There Ib renvoi! to believe Unit other* liesidc Simkins bought small trai ts from tun Indians mid nettled on them, but there are no deeds of tli.it kind on rwunl except bin.-Deed Recorded Bedford Hook, No. 1, p. 152. ford," for "eight pounds, four pounds in money and four pounds in goods at money prices." Tomson did not become a purchaser, however, and in February, 1701…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The record of the allotments of land by the various committees and of the subsequent deeds and bills of sale by individuals is entire, from the earliest time down to the close of the last century, when these doc-uments began to be recorded in the office of thecounty clerk. The boundaries of the land are in most cases indefinite and cannot now be traced except where stream…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mathews for to git our patent and privileges con-fermed to us the town of Bedford, as soon, chep and easy as may be, and for so doeing the town doth in-gadge to give sd Mathews a gratetude of land for his chardg and peanes (pains) to his satisfaction if they are capable." But " Cap Mathews " liked a definite understanding, and on, — "Aprell 1, 1702, the town doth grant Ca…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Elias Newman, then Supervisor, of the Money Raised to Settle the Quit-Rents, due from this Town, was directed to be paid to the then Poor Master, hath been paid and whereas the receipt from the said New-man was ordered to be of Record, therefore voted Unanimously, that the Payment thereof be entered of Record. Also Voted, that the final Discharge of the Auditor of this fr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Perhaps some of our settlers may have " squatted " in that region, mak-ing temporary terms with the Indians they found in possession. It is a curious circumstance that, as late as 17U7, the Friends' Meeting at Golden's Bridge was referred to in the records of that body as tho 11 Bed-ford Heating" (James Wood, address before New York Historical Society, 1884), and in 1791 …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 338 chains to Croton River, opjiosite Muscoot hill, or mountain; thence along Croton River as it runs to the N. W. corner; thence along the east bounds of the manner of Cortland and North Castle S. 18° 40' E. 440 chains to a heap of stones at the S. W. coiner; thence along the northerly Bounds of North Castle, the Middle Patten formerly so called, and Pound Ridge, 495 cha…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was in June, 1697, that he ob-tained his manor grant, bounded southerly by a line beginning near the mouth of the Croton and running " due east twenty English miles." But a month previously Bedford had obtained her patent from Con-necticut; and so, when Van Cortlandt's surveyor, working on his "due east " line,1 was advancing through Bedford, he was doubtless apprised …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] An attempt was made, reversing Webb's course, and working from the south end, to coincide with the manor line in that way, but the line so run reached the Croton River several hundred feet east of the manor line, and parallel with it for its whole length, thus establishing, first, the correctness of the work, and second, the fact that the boundary between the two towns, a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The bounds of the West Patent (so far as they effec this part of the story) are "bounded northerly by the Manor of Cortlandt, and eastwardly by Bedford line of three miles square." This expression, " Bedford three miles square." as has been said before, meant the first Bedford Purchase, or the Hop Ground. The error of Robert Walters and his associates, therefore, was in b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It lias been stated that Mr. Tennent and his family sidcring the relations of the parties a month before; how it is accounted for Hie writer leaves Others to guess. The laud seems to have lieeii on ( ln rry Street, now the farm of Weeden Fowler. •"Miami's History of Bedford Church. <The Presbytery of Philadelphia. !• Kami's History of Bedford Church. 6 Doubtless the India…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] built, and in December, 1799, it was voted "that this church keep up meetings at this house every Lord's day." The minutes for the next year or two contain references to Elder Jones, Elder Rand and Elder Wines, from which it is inferred that they preached here occasionally, but there was no regularly called pastor until January 1802, when Elder Ezra Foun-tain, previously …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Rev. J. F. Feitner, July, 1882, present pastor. Katonah Methodist Church.— Toward the close of the last century Peter Moriarty and his col-leagues, itinerant Methodist preachers of the New Rochelle Circuit, began to hold occasional meetings in Cherry Street, Whitlockville, and other neighbor-hoods in the northern part of the town. As Method iam prospered in the county and…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Thompson. The present house of worship is the one built in 1858 as a union chapel, and occupied by the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist ministers of the vicinity by turns, since that time, for regular services on Sunday afternoons. This union service has now been discontinued. It is expected that a new church edifice will soon be erected. Roman Catholic Churches.— The …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After the separation in 1829, because of differences in doctrinal views, the Hicksite branch retained the house and the Orthodox held their relig-ious services in the house of Moses Sutton until 1845, when the present house 1 near Croton Lake was built. The Hicksite Meeting was afterward discontinued. Another meeting was organized by them at the village of Mount Kisco, ab…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] CHAPTER XII. NEW CASTLE. BY JOSEPH BARRETT, ESQ., Of Katonal), Bedford. The town of New Castle is thirty-five miles north of the city of New York, and is bounded north by Cortlandt, Yorktown and Vomers, east by Bedford, south by North Castle and west by Ossining and Mount Pleasant. It was set off from the town of North Castle, and given its present name, March 18, 1791. I…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was not unusual, even where the first grants were well defined, and their bounds traceable, and the grantors still in possession, to obtain a second or confirmatory deed.1 In this case thirty-six years had elapsed and '"This was no uncommon occurrence Ln d en I i u gs with the native*. Tlieii idea* of proprietorship were notoriously imp. it., i, and the »•!• tiers of N…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wampus was apparently the ruling sachem, as his is the leading name in the body of the deed, though others sign it with him.2 It has been supposed that he lived near the little lake still called Wampus Pond, which lies on the boundary between this town and North Castle, but it is prob-able that his wigwam was farther north, perhaps in the neighborhood of Kirby ville.3 -Th…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " Now know all men that Wampus, Cornelius and Coharnith, Indian Sachems and others, whose names are hereunto subscribed and seals affixed, the native proprietors of the aforesaid tract of land, have, for and in consideration of the sum of £100, good and lawful money of New York, to them in hand paid by the said Caleb Heathcote, at and before the en-sea'iug and delivery of…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] that political "rings" are a modern device, may properly revise his opinion. The schemes of the land-grabbing adventurers of the colonial period, if they could be fully known, would rival in villany, if not in the extent of their plunder, the most successful jobs of the present day. There were then no magnifi-cent public buildings to erect, and not much money in the treas…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] To suggestions of this kind, Heathcote, confident in his ability to make his way in what he had begun, seems to have refused to listen. But on the 9th of February, 1702, the

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the solicitor-general (who was represented in the partnership i to prepare letters patent. The warrant is as follows : "By the Honorable John Nanfan, Esq", Lieut. Governor and Com-mander-in-chief of the Province of New York and territories depend-ing thereon in America and Canada. " You are hereby required to prepare a draft of letters for Robert Walters, Leigh Atwood, Co…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] WEST PATENT OF NOltTH CASTLE. " William the Third, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these resents shall come, sendeth greeting : Whereas our loving Subjects, Robert Wal-ters, Leigh itwood, Cornelius Depeyster, Caleb Heathcote, Matthew Clarkson, John Cholwell, Richard Slater, Lancaster Sin yes, Robert…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Within which bounds there are by estimation about five thousand acres of profitable land, be-sides wastes and woodlands, which reasonable request we being willing to grant, know ye that of our special grace, certain knowledge and more

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] solicitor-general followed the Indian deed as pre-pared by Heathcote and the warrant of the Governor, which was based upon the deed, instead of going out of his way to say "Bedford line of three miles square," no trouble would have occurred. It seems difficult, on the whole, to avoid the inference that it was the intention to quite ignore the rights of the Bedford people …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Bedford. Maps of these surveys, with the field-books of the surveyor, Nathaniel Merritt, were filed in the office of the Secretary of State, where they are still preserved, and duplicates were placed in the county clerk's office of this county, but only the map of the East Patent tract is now found. 3 (For copy of the map of part of West Patent, and its relations to the b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] NEW CASTLE. 013 line to Bronx's river, and so running southward along the said Bronx's river,"1 etc. It was supposed when this description was written, that a " due east line " from the point mentioned on the Croton would find the source of the Bronx; but when the survey came to be made, it was found thatt the Bronx had its origin too far south for that, so the present li…

[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, a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the 10th of November, 1763, a deed was obtained from Levinus and Anne Clarkson, " both residing at Voorburgh, near the Hague,'" the son and daughter of Matthew Clarkson, the patentee, which finished the transfer of the Atwood and Clarkson interests as before explained.-' The consideration named in this deed was one thousand and twenty-five pounds. The remaining share of t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] its western extremity to either the most southern or eastern point was too great for the convenient trans-action of town business, and it lay, like a pair of sad-dle-bags, in such shape as naturally suggested an easy division. This was accordingly done by a line three miles in length, drawn from the southwest corner of Bedford, in a southwest direction, to the " head of t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] at his present age, though retired from business, is active and capable. His wife, who is also living, was Phebe Marshall, daughter of James Marshall, whose family were old residents in this vicinity. Their eldest son, Francis Marshall Carpenter, was born in New Castle, July 10, 1834. A year later his F. M. ( A I! I'EXTKK. parents removed to the farm on the Sing Sing road…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Military History and Incidents. — The terri-tory now included in the town of New Castle, like all the surrounding region, bore its full share in the rigors of the war for independence. It was a part of the Neutral Ground, as it was called, "and was subjected, from its vicinity to the city, to be foraged by the royal forces, and plundered and insulted by Refugees and Torie…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His road was along by Wampus Pond to "North Castle Church," through where New Castle Corners and Mount Kisco now are, up the hill west of the depot, across Kisco River, turning to the right, where ( ieorge Knox now lives, and thence to Pine's Bridge.1 There is a tradition that on one of his journeys through this town he and his statf took dinner in the shade on a large ro…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] baggage-wagons along its roads." It is quite possible that some of the encampments and movements which are described as being in North Castle were in this town. The old St. George's Church was apparently a place of rendezvous for soldiers of both armies by turns. Tarleton's troops rested there without molestation on the night of July 1 This mail puMM over Crow Hill. "The …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His sudden death took from the arena of public life one who was single-minded, sincere, upright and one of the very kindest-hearted of men from West-chester County, an intelligent and faithful citizen and a kind neighbor. The soil of New Castle is chiefly a clay loam. There is very little of a sandy or gravelly nature within its limits. Owing to its broken surface, the to…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the polling-place of the election district was at Sarles' Corners, some four miles distant. It was his custom always to vote, both at general and local elections, and it was usual for him to spend the whole day at the polls when the election was important, discussing public questions with those who would gather about him for the purpose. His relations with his neighbors h…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He has since continued to pursue the calling of a farmer — first upon his father's place, till his thirtieth year, when he married Caroline Underbill, daughter of Alfred Underbill, and removed to Greenburgh, where he resided for a short time with his father-in-law. He afterward bought his father's place at Mount Pleas-ant, where he resided for one year, followed by an-oth…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Circuit was formed in 1787. It comprised Westches-ter County, and the " regions beyond," and the names of its faithful itinerants, Moriarty, Garrettson, Phoebus, Brush, and others, are still remembered in the oldest Methodist families, in this and neighboring towns. The first churches organized under their efforts were those of North Castle and New Rochelle, which were in…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] articles of incorporation; "to establish a free church which shall be used for the purpose of Christian wor-ship of Almighty God, and for promoting Christian knowledge and instruction." Religious services are frequently held there under the direction of ministers of different denominations. Friend's Meeting Houses. — There are three Meeting Houses of the Society of Friend…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Salem constituting the Amawalk Monthly Meeting. After the separation occurred in the society in 1X27 on account of differences in doctrinal views, that branch which approved the teachings of Elias Hicks continued to use the old Meeting House at Chappa-qua, while the < )rthodox people built a new one close by, which was in use until 1883 when it was abandon-ed and a new bu…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 16(35 Ponus and his eldest son, Onax, made a second agreement in regard to these same lands, and while they admitted that the first purchase-money was paid, "yet things not being clear and being very un-satisfied, they came to another agreement."'2 Just what the trouble was does not appear, but from the general tenor of the papers recorded it would seem as if the Purit…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 3 Ruttenbeer, " North Rivur Indians," p. 81. 4 Ruttenbeer, p. 81. ii.— ro\\ CASTLE. G29 youth to expect only when he had reached the happy hunting-ground of the future. It was the liberty of a beautiful spot that the old Indian sachem Ponus had reserved for "his and the rest of the said Indians to plant on." Sixty years after Bonus had made his sale to Stam-ford, his desc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Bedford border lies Byram Pond, a beautiful lake a mile in length, with a precipitous wooded hill on the west, and on the east the sloping fields of the adjacent farms. Out of it flows the Byram River, the eastern boundary of the old West Patent. Crossing the town, it enters Connecticut, and for the last few miles of its progress towards the sound, becomes the bound-ary b…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] NEW ROCMKLLE CIRCUIT. 1787. — Samuel 0. Talbot. 1788. — Peter Moriarty, Albert Van Nostrand. 1789. — Peter Moriarty, Samuel Smith. 1790. — William Phccbus, M. Swain, Jacob Brush. 1791. — Jacob Brush, T. Everard, T. Lovell. CROTON CIRCUIT. 1792. — Peter Moriarty. 179.'i. — Sylvester Hutchinson, Jacob Egbert. 1794. — S. Hutchinson, Peter Moriarty, D. Dennis. 1795. — Thomas …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] building was but a few years ago moved away by David C. Batiks, to the farm now owned by Benjamin C. Arnold. The first house of worship was erected in 1825 on land procured from Joshua Knap]). The prominent members at that time were John Ferris, (father of Dr. W. H. Ferris), Rev. Peter Bus-sing, Enos Hobby, Allen Hobby, Jacob Johnson, Ezekiel Finch, William Finch and Jame…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] beach form " clumps " or islands, c uriously worn and perforated. Bar Rock is the clump which at low tide is connected with the beach by a sand-bar; Humph-rey's Rock is the clump south of Car Rock; Black Tom lies east of Parsonage Point;1 Wrack Clump, southeast of Pine Island, is so called from the fact that many vessels have been wrecked on its rocks. The settlement of R…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a measure, been prepared for the occupation of the Connecticut colonists, who found these shores com-paratively denuded of the forest, ami in some localities under a tolerable degree of cultivation. The original purchasers were Peter Disbrow, John Coe and Thomas Stedwell. A fourth, John Budd, was associated with them in some of their purchases, and several others joined t…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and seeming to connect the island with the main. On the other side, toward the sea, a wide beach bordered its entire length. An Indian village had formerly stood on the southern part of the island; perhaps some of the deserted wigwams yet remained; and the upland, like the salt meadows, presented that app< arance of cultivation which drew the white man to tin-places that …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] curtail the liberties of his subjects across the sea, and to repress the spirit of independence for which they were already becoming noted. Connecticut, however, by the skillful management of its agent, the celebrated John Winthrop, had obtained a royal charter confer-ring most valuable privileges: constituting that colony, in fact, a self-governing State, and reaffirm-in…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1680, and in 1681 Lieutenant Horton was made com-missoner, or justice of the peace, for the town. At the October session of the General Court in 1681, Peter Disbrow was deputy again from Rye, and was remitted his county rate for the year ensuing, on ac-count of the " great losse " that had befallen him by fire. May, 1682, John Ogden, of Rye, presented himself before the G…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 660 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. of the Indians in 1G60, about the same time that Disbrow effected the purchase of Peningo Neck, the lands adjoining the town of Rye on the west. His right to these lands was confirmed in 1662 by the authorities of New Netherland, and in 1668 by the government of New York. Mr. Richbell's patent gave him possession of the " three necks" bo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Richbell was not inclined to yield his claims upon the territory, and petitioned Governor Dongan to grant an order to clear it, as he was " wholly obstructed and hindered by Rye men," who had " made a great Disturbance amongst them and Pretends a right to the same." The inhabitants of Rye were summoned to show cause why the lands in dispute should not of right belong and …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] York to burn that city. In 1714 Isaac Denham, of Rye, petitioned the Court of General Sessions, at Westchester, " to raise the sum of twenty-five pounds for satisfaction for One Negro Man called Primus, who was executed for his misdemeanours.'' And in 171!' Isaac Denham and Charles Forster applied " to be allowed the value of two negro men lately belonging to them and Exe…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Between the years 1820 and 1830 the increased fa-cilities of communication with New York City afford-ed by steamboat service opened a new era in the hist-ory of Rye. Property rose in value, and as early as 1825 there were schemes for disposing of land in building lots at high prices. Forty years ago, how-ever, Rye was still a secluded village, separated by a journey of se…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] wife of Mr. Smith was a daughter of James Hooker, of Guilford, Conn., a grandson of Thomas Hooker, the famous Puritan divine. Mr. Smith labored in Rye with great energy and zeal. At first he resided HISTORY OF WKSTCHESTER COUNTY. in that village, but afterwards removed to White Plains, continuing, however, to preach in Rye. In 1763 he added to his duties the charge of the…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] church in the place, this was intended to serve the double purpose of church and school-house. The house was removed to what is now called King Street Square, probably about the year 1810. The present house was built in 1S">3, remodeled and enlarged in 1867 and 1868. There was a school-house a few years since on Ban gent Street, where a small oilier now stands, not tar fr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He is an upright man, an enterprising citizen, a true friend and a courteous gentleman. As such he will long be appreciated throughout the locality in which he lives and also the county at large. ALEXANDER TAYLOR, JR., Son of the preceding, and one of the most popular and successful young men in the county, was born in the city of New York, June 22, 1848. In early boy-hoo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] man according to privilege; and, at the same time, it was ordered that " every lot of hind " should Ik; "bounded as the same was fust laid out, although it may contain or comprehend more or less acres than it was granted or laid out for." In 1704 John Drake, Henry Fowler, Joseph Drake, Edmund Ward ami Jeremiah Fowler are authorized to act for the freeholders of the town, …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] awakened. In the wars with the French on the English colonial borders, in the middle of the eighteenth century, and which involved much anx-iety and enthusiasm in the Province of New York, Westchester County did her part, and the names of her inhabitants appear numerously on the muster-rolls, and East Chester is found not behind other towns in her devotion. In the muster-…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Friday, the 18th of October, 1776, was a day of great anxiety in East Chester. The Hritish progress from Rodman's Neck, dispu ted, as it was, by Colonel Glover with six regiments all the way to Pell's Bridge, was, no doubt, watched with intense interest on this side of the Hutchinson River. The loss in this skir-mish was very heavy. The Americans returned to their cam]) a…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] wich, but failed, not, however, without recovering a large quantity of cattle and other plunder. The Ward house was the scene of another attack of the British, in November, 1778, who had determined to tear it down and use the material in the construction of huts for the soldiers during the coming winter. The building was entirely destroyed. On Friday, the 28th of May, 177…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] died iu 1844, aged eighty-five years. John Townsend, who deceased in 1849, at the age of seventy years, rose to the highest trusts and exercised great influence among his fellow-citizens. As Supervisor, Assemblyman, State Senator, a mem-ber of Jast "State Council of Appointment," Comity Judge and Sheriff, he was extensively known and highly esteemed. Mr. Townsend was a pr…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Farmers1, 479, 489. A 1 11 1 HIM 'il' ll", 1 Mi, First National, 111. A 1 1 icrica ii (tear Co., 111. Mills, 511. American Legion of Utiimr, i44. Peekskill 407. American Stove Co*. 4"3. Savings, 112, 117, 407, 754. Anrvricau 1 ravel er, 268, Sin£ Sing, 356. Ancient Order oi n 1 i iero lb us, 112. Tarrytown 260 261.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Cartwrlght, G. W., 323. Casino Rink, 140. Cattle, 177. Cemetery — Bedford, 607. Blind Brook, 097. Buxton, fio7. Colored, 098. Cortlandt, 3.s,s. Dale, 337. Ivandell, 492. Jay, 697. Lewlaboio, 557. Mount Zlon, 195. New Castle, 028. North CaKtle, 643. North Sjilein, 522, 627. Oakland, 628. Poundrid^e, 573.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Auiuwalk, 458. Pouudiidge,.'.7ii, 571. Centrcviiic, MB. Bedford, 0O0. Bye, 082, 080. Chalmers, W., 204. Cortlandt, 390. live Interior, 087. Qhappaqua, 022. Croton, 121. Salem, 522. Chappa.pia I'reck, 02". Golden'S Budge, 680. Second, 393. Chariot Organisation, 190. Harrison, 714. Sing Sing, 340, 341. Charlton Hull, 192. New Castle, 628. Souiers, 491. Ohatterton's Hill, 27…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mount Vernon, 727. Chrysliu, W. F., 184. Broadwuy, 62. Old Dutch. 289. Church— ( SentrevHle, 413. Peekskill, 397. Baptiat : I 'cntral, 03. Second, 253. Bedford, 604. Chestnut, 005. Bieepy Hollow, 66, 17:i, 28>. W Cat Ridge, 527. Cortlau.ltvillc, 388. South Broadway, 68. Croton Falls, 527. Croton, 421. rnionville, 310. Fast Chester, 728. Croton I.ak.-, 168. Youkers, 09. Fi…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] l'ort Chester, 700. King Street, 705. Union : I'urdy's, 520. Lake Street, 712. Bethany, 600. Sing Sing, 338. Middle Patent, (rill. Chappa.piu, 027. Warbnrton, 75. kfohanaic, 450. New Castle, 028. Yorktown, 400.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Catholic : Mount /.ion, 494. Citizens' National Hank, Youkers, 11 Ascension, 398. New Castle, 627. City Hall, 29. Croton Kalis, 528. North Sing Sing, 354. Civil War (sec War.) Holy Nana', 421. Peckskill, 394. Clan Na Gael, 142. Immaculate Conception, 730. Pleasantvillc, 320.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Presbyterian : C.dlycr, T., 3671. St. Augustine, 421. Cronipond, 446. Comniaudery, Yonkers, 135. St. Ilarnabus, ISO, Croton Falls 60S, i ■.'.',[ W. 1! I('.l. St..lames,.'.05, 520. Day spring, 85. Constant, A., INt. 8t John, 50, 59, 06. DobbS Fury, 187.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Copper Mines, 323, 324. Corley, Rev. C. R., 74, Cornell, N., 401. Cornell, S. VV., 320. Cornell, T.O., 103. Corllandt, 365, 422, 4:57, 470, 504. Cortlandt Circuit, 493. Cortlandt Hanor-TIouse, 426. Cortlandtvillc, 493. Cottinet, F., 191. Couenhoveu, J., 267. Council, Ncppcrham, K5. ' ay Bouse, 312. Cowden, E. C, 619.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Finch, R. R., 401. Fire Anns, 106. Fireworks, 157. Fitch, T., 162. Fire Department — East Chester, 753. SingSing, 333. North Tarrytowii, 288. Peekskill, 4os. Tarrytow n, 259. Fish, 174. Flagg, E.,38, 112,164. Flagg, II. W, 94. Flagg, L. \V., 163. Flannagan, It., 815. Fleming's Wool Factory, 109 Flint, 0. Ii., 111.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] G. Garrettson, Rev. F., 394, 431, 455. Garrison,.1., 14S. Gates, A. W., 163. Gates, II. S., 163. Gas Company — Municipal, 110. Peekskill, (09. Sing Sing. 859. Tanytown, 261. • Westchester, loo. Yonkers, 102. Gassbeek, Rev. I), w. (., 277. G. A. R. — Acker Post, 265. Burnet Post, 265.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] II. Hadley, E., 319. Hall Sin Oompany, 859. Halls— Eiust Chester, 757. PeekskiU, 412. Sing Sing, 361. Tarry town, 257. Yonkers, 145. Halliday, Bev. I). W., 393. Hallock family, 486. IlalBey house, 752. Hal stead house, 071. Hamilton, A., 191, 281. Hamilton Wooloid Company, 110. Hammond, 195, 265.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Eagle, 412. Elephant, 49o. ' Mansion, 14'>. of East Chester, 755. of North Salem, 534. Peabody, 1 15. Penfteld, 669, of Somen, 490. of Sing Sing, 361. Union, 362. of Yonkers, 142. of Peekskiu, 412. Howe, J., 560. Howe, \\\, 198, 277. Howell's Sugar Refinery, 106. Hoyt, J. E., 577. Hudson, Henry 4, 366. Huils..n River Chronicle, 353.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Kranckhvtc family, 307. Lj. Lactopeptine. 110. LadieB1 Auxiliary Society. 137 Lafayette, 181. Lake— Croton, 401, 462, 481. Meahagh, 416. Mohegan, 453. Trinity. 502. Lame Will, 663. Landrine House, 206. Land Gate, ojs. Laugford, Rev. \V. 8., 59. Law. Hing.lone, 63. Laurence, T., 118. Law, G., 307. Law, R. P., 305. I Law, W. W., 82. Lawrence, C, 500. Lawrence, \V. I"., lis.…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mile Square Sunday School, so. Newspapers — Lynn A Meade, 101. M ilitary. East Chester, 757. Lyon, S., 584. Cortland, 376. * Mt. Vernon, 758. Lyon, W. P., 258, 302. East ( Iheater, 740. North Salem, 529. Peekskill, 412. Peekskill, 409. M. Yonkers, 140. Port Chester, 699. Milk, 473, 531. Somers, 49(1. ftfacfarlane A Westney, 97. Millard, Rev, 0. W. 05. Sing Sing, 352. Mach…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Odd-Fellows — 9. What manors were, 85. Montrose Station, 414. East i 'hestev, 7 1 1 10. Incidents; parishes, 90. Morocco Factory, Yonkers, 104. Peekskill, 111. 11. English ( Ihurch, 99. Morris family, 281. Sing Sing, 354. 12. Relations with County, 108. Moses, 1). B., 325. Yonkers, 125. 13. Cortlandt manor, 115. Mott, A. C, 134. Odell, H. B., 88. Mnnnussing, 640, 659. Mot…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Roads, 503. Horticultural Society, 745. Oriskany, 432. Rochambeau'e position, 180. Lodge, 744. Oscawana Island, 419. Sing Sing, 325. Literary Association, 744. Osceola Club, 139. Bedford, 597. Quartette Club, 745. Ossining, 285, 321. Rye, C43. Singing Society, 74.1. 1 Iwti.l'tl i.l.l 1 ' 111) I 'Mel Held, I «, 104. io in i c i lain.*, i ii 1 1, Municipal lias ( nnipanv. 1…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Owen familv 4S4 Masons — National Bank — (See Bank). Oysters, 185. East Chester, 743. Naval Service, 380. Peekskill, 410. Nelson, Rev. S. S., 339. P Sing Sing, 354. Nelson family, 487. Paine, T., 269. North Salem, 529. Heparan, 310. Palisade Boat Club, 138. Mathews, P., 595.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Parsons, G. W., 3(15. Parent Gunily, 484. Patterson, Rev, w., 571. Paulding, J.,.17:), 387. " Paulding', J. K., 205. Paulding House, 104. Paulding and Requa Houses, 205. Paii|icr8, 501, CCC. Peek, Bar. T. R. c, 88. Peekskill, 388. Poena, J., 149. Pall, T., 173. Penfield House, 009. Penningo Nock, 04.1. Panto, G. B., lfi2. Pony, 810. Perseverance Lodge, 744. Philipse, Colo…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Port Cheater, 098. Post-Offices, 4IH1, 758. Post, R., 182, 183. Potter, O. B., 327. Pottery, 202. Police — Sing Sing, 333. Poundridgaj 501. Preston, Rev. Honslgnor T. s., 73. 300, Price, G., 264. Prime, R. K., 161. Prisons, 349. ProVOOst, Rt. Rev. S.,.r>7. Purchase, 712. Pnrdy family, Purdy, 1., 533. Pnrdy's Mills,.133.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Saw-Mill Creek, 0. Saw Pit, 098. Sawyer, Bay. R. A.. 82, S3 Schernii-rhorn, Rev. M. K., 311I, Schools — Bedford, 007. Rulkley, 268. Cbappaqua, 025. Chrestomathic, (.91. Croton, 421. Davison, 55. Foutc, 54. Francis, 53. Hlghlaod, 352. Holbrook, 351. Home, 3(12. Hooper, 54. Irving, 3(12. Irvingtou, 191. Jackson, 302. Masters, 188. Mohegan Lake, 453. -Mt. Hope, 258. Mt. Kisc…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Silk works, 96. Silver, 434. Silver, D., 203. Silver shoe-factory, 202. Silver mines, 323. Simpkius, is. it., 376. Sing Sing, 322, 324. Sing Sing map, 325. Sing Sing Mines, 323. Situ Sincks, 322, 437. Singing society, 745. Sisters of Good Shepherd, 398. Skating rink, 140. Skinner, J. It., 96. Skinner, H., 107, 108.

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Telephone Co., Westchester, 110; Teller family, 366. Temperance, St. Teresa's Society, 301, Xemperance Organizations, Yonkers, 140. Temperance Union — Bast Chester, 744. I'eekskill, 412. Sing Sing, 348. Yonkers, 125. Terry, J. T., 243. Teutonia, 141. Thackeray, W. M., 130. Thayer, S. H., 307. Thomas, 0. W., 184. Thomas, J., 257. Thomas, T., 713. Thomas family, 072. Thomps…

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Waabbani Building, 146. Washington, G., 181, 180, 278, 303, 301, 431, •134, 677. Water i loseis, in. Water-Works— Crotun, 4(il. [rrington, 191. Peekskill, 408. Tarrytown, 261. \V uter-tower, 4117. Watson, Bev. W. A., 349. Wockmiaskeoks, 3,.r), 172, 185. \V,11,.1. \V., 310. Welt, W. H., 245. Welcher, Bev. M. P., 320. Wells, L., 15, 18. Wells, L. W., 23. Westbrook, Bev. C. …

[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Williams, A. V., 143. Williams, K., 1 13. Williams, J. H., 143. Williams, J. E., 271. Willsua, A. 0., 250. Wilson, W. W., 30. Wollert's Roost, 232, 200 (sec Irviug, 288). Woodworth, W. W., 72. Wool factory (Flemings), 109. Women's Christian Temperance Union — Peekskill, 412. Sing Sing, 348. Yotikers, 125. Young, 127. Women's Crusade, 125. W omen. Library for, 133. Worden,…