Their eldest son was Henry H. Cruger who married Mary, daughter of Nicolas Cruger, his first cousin. Their second son was William Cruger, and their third son was John Cruger who was the father of ^Henry Cruger, the late Hon. Nicholas Cruger and Col. John Peach Cruger" of Boscobel House, Crugers, Westchester county, who possesses the large silver pitcher, presented by the citizens of Bristol, England, to his grandfather, the Hon. Henry Cruger, when a resident of that city.

a For most of the foretrotnir sketch relating to the Crn(rer's, wo are Indebted to an article In the New York Gen. arid Biog. Itec. vol. vl, No. 8 ; entitled Family Kecords, Cruger. Contributed by Edward F. DeLancey.

THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT.

Just south of Cruger's is the Island of Oscavvana, now owned by Henry P. DeGralf, President of the Bowery Bank, who is so largely interested in property at Cruger's, and also owner of Iona Island. Mr. De Graff is now erecting a splendid mansion of brick with suitable outbuildings, on the high grounds of Oscowana, overlooking the splendid scenery of the Hudson River. At Cruger's there are four brick-yards owned by John Peach Cruger, and occupied by D. J. Haight, employing about one hundred and twenty men, and paying out about $23,400 for labor during the season. On George's Island, about one-half a mile above Cruger's, there are three brick yards employing about one hundred and twenty men, and occupied by William Tompkins, paying about $25,000. A little to the north of this are two more brick yards, owned and occupied by Orrin Frost, employing about eighty men, and paying out about $20,000 during the season. On the turnpike leading to Peekskill is the hamlet of Boscobel; here is a Methodist Episcopal church erected in 1868, of which the Rev.