a He must not be confused with Robert Field of Roston, who married Mary, daughter ol Christopher Stanley, and had a large family of children, bom from 1044 to 16(55.

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very numerous in the county. Anthony's brother Robert, born in Flushing, Sept. 7, 1707, removed to Greenwich, Connecticut, and he married his second wife Abegail, daughter of Joseph Sutton. They had a son Uriah, who married Mary Quimby, at Harrison Purchase, January 18, 1764. This forms the other branch of the Westchester family.

Benjamin married Hannah Brown, and left, with other sons, Anthony -- who removed from Flushing to this town in 1725. He was the father of six sons; Thomas, Samuel, Benjamin, William, Moses and John; whose descendants are very numerous in the county.

Brown's Point, now a part of the town of Harrison, but bordering on White Plains, appears to have been held at first, as a tract distinct from other purchases. The point was formed by the junction of Mamaroneck River, which has its principal source in St. Mary's Lake, and Buckhout's saw mill stream, which has its origin near Rye Pond in the » northern part of the town.

On the west side of Purchase Street, and near its junction with the White Plains road, is situated the " Ophir Farm," once the property of Mr. Benjamin Halladay. Near the junction of Purchase Street and Harrison Avenue, is located the Harrison post office. In this small hamlet is a Methodist Episcopal church. "As early as 1843, the Rev. H. A. Mead, local elder, commenced preaching here in a school-house, and in a private dwelling. The church was built in 1855-6. This church is connected with the village Methodist Episcopal church, of White Plains ; Mr. Mead still continues in charge."a