Philip Pinckney was a lineal representative of the Pinckney's of Tatterset, Pinckney Manor, Norfolk County, England, whose ancestor Gilo de rinckcni or Pinckenie, came into that country in the time of William the Conqueror.41 "In the 19th of Henry II, (1172-1173), in Hugh Peverel and others, as Trustees, settled Tatersete, Pinkney's Manor, with that of Brunsthorp, on James de Pynkeney and Joan his wife, intail, with remainder, to Hugh their son, and Isabel his wife intail," "William de Pinkeni by deed; 9th of King John (1207-1208) confirmed to William son of Richard Anglo (that is English) by deed; sans date, a croft, &c. The seal to this deed is of green wax : -- a crescent and a decrescent in chief with one crescent in base.''6 "In St. Ethelred's church Norwich, England, there is a stone, in the chancel below the rails, for Henry Pinckeny and Elizabeth his wife; she died 27th of Sept., 1700, ^Etat 86."

The Pinckney estate is watered on the East by the Aqueanouncke (Hutchinson's River,) and its tributary called Black Dog or Ann Hooke's Brook.

The Drake's were also extensive proprietors in the town, the old estate called "Nonsuch," being bounded on the west by the Aquehung, or Bronx, on the north by the Yonkers road, leading to Swayne's Mill; on the east by the White Plains Turnpike, and on the south by the Hunt's Bridge road. The property is now owned by various individuals. It is somewhat curious that the only portion of the original estate lately vested in the Drake family was the site once occupied by the barns, and out-buildings of the late Moses Drake. This individual was the son of Benjamin Drake; third in descent from Samuel Drake, Esq., of Fairfield, one of the first of the ten proprietors of Eastchester, in 1664.