The public lands of Eastchester are now managed by a board of trustees, according to an Act of the Legislature passed May 11, 1846.'

a Samuel Sneden was town clerk and supervisor for many years prior to the Revolution and was succeeded by Benjamin Mosyar subsequent to that period.

b Town Records.-- The town books consist of three volumes ; the first commenciug on the 13th of February, 1672 ; 2d vol. in 1693 ; 3d. vol. at a much later period.

e Laws of N. Y. 69 session, chap. 1S5-20S.

THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER.

Mount Vernon the principal village in this town, has a station on the New York and New Haven Rail Road, and was incoporated, Dec. 13, 1853. It contains four churches, several private schools, and 1,161 inhabitants. West Mount Vernon has a station on the New York and Harlem Rail Road, two churches, and contains 630 inhabitants. East Mount Vernon contains 275 inhabitants; Waverly and Washingtonville, are suburban villages inhabited principally by mechanics and men doing business in New York.

The village of Eastchester is situated in the south-east angle of the town, at the head of the Eastchester Bay, fifteen miles from the city of New York ; it contains about three hundred and fifty inhabitants, fifty dwelling houses, one Episcopal and one Methodist church, post office, three taverns, four stores, and one grist mill. There is also a convenient landing," from whence sail several sloops trading with the New York market.

The first settlement in this town appears to have been commenced near the Indian path, (subsequently known as the Westchester path or Kingsbridge road,) leading to the wading place, cir. 1664, at a spot called Hutchinson's. " That is where the house stood at the meadows and uplands to Hutchinson's river"6