The property was originally owned by the Verplanck family , and by them was sold to Richard Bradford who , in turn , sold it to John Conklin . On November 11 , 1797 the Society of Friends purchased the property from John Conklin for a meeting house and burial ground . The pur- chase price was " twenty - two pounds , ten shillings " , lawful money of the State of New York . ( approximately $ 112.50 ) The meeting house was erected and was used for generations . About 1835 there was a dissension in the Society , brought about by the teach- ings and influence of John Hicks , which resulted in a separation of the members . The title of the prop- erty remained with the Orthodox Friends . The Hicksites voluntarily withdrew , and for some time they occupied the house at the southern end of the property for meeting pur- poses . Later Mrs. John Haines oc- cupied the house for forty years , and was a faithful custodian of the property . On the plain slabs of the burying ground were the names of William Purdy , Jasper Sherwood , Edmund Jordan , William A. Underhill , Rich- ard Talcott , Abraham Bise , John Cocks , Daniel E. Haviland , Charles C. Varney , Rebecca H. Tate , Rachel Williams and Catherine Ackerly . Many of the descendants of these people reside in Croton - on - Hudson and vicinity today . Some time after 1903 the Meeting House was razed and the bodies interred in the Quaker Burying Ground were re- moved to other cemeteries . This Page Donated By ALFRED BLAZER , M.D. QUAKER MEETING HOUSE Early Industry The earliest settlers in the ham- let were the Dutch .