Who could relate the interesting conversations that must have passed between the affectionate brother and sister, as they thus sat on horseback pursuing their lonely route from the metropolis, and the joy of the latter when the glorious work was completed ? This illustrious lady must certainly have taken a very active part, not only in the building, but in the procuring and subsequent settlement of the ministry therein -- which plainly appears from the ancient records of the Dutch church, where her name occurs, as first on the list of its members, in 1697.

a It is a well-known fact, that slavery existed In this county at an early period of its settlemeut, of which abundant evidence can be produced; but no record appears that native Indians were enslaved until 1705, when we Hud the following deed of (rift executed by Elizabeth Legget, of Westchester, in favor of her daughter Mary : " I hereby give, grant and confirm, unto the said Mary, her heirs and assigns forever, my two negro children, born of the body of Hannah, my negro woman, of the issue of the body of Robin, my Indian slave. There are also several bills of sale recorded of Indian squaws being furnished by a dealer in New York, naiix d Jacob -Decay. Westchester Rec.

6 Surrogate's office, N. Y., No. XI. 85.

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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

" First and before all the right honorable, God-fearing, very wise and prudent, my lady Catharina Philipse, widow of the lord Frederick Philipse, of blessed memory, who have promoted service here in the highest praiseworthy manner." The Dutch church and its vicinity is thus described in the well-known legend of Sleepy Hollow. " The sequestered situation of this church," says the author of the legend, " seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits.