eldest son, Adolph Philipse, was "admitted to King's College in 1758 "d He died without issue in 1785. Frederick, the second son of Philip Philipse, was an officer in the British service, and died in 1829, leaving issue by Mary, (a daughter of his mother's brother, Nathaniel Marston, Jr.,) a daughter, Mary Philipse, who married Samuel Gouverneur and left Frederick Philipse, who assumed the name of Philipse and became proprietor of the Philipstown estate, Putnam County t New York.

a Legend of Sleepy ITollow, by Washington Irving.

b The anus of Marston as taken from the Philipse MSS. sa. a fess ermine between three

crescents nr. :i mullet fur difference. Motto--" Deems virtute soli." c Suit. Offloe N. Y. Kec of Wills No. W, p. 326. d Rec. of Kiugd College.

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THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT.

In 1779 tne lands in this town, together with the rest of the manor of I'hilipsburgh, became by the attainder of Colonel Frederick Philipse, vested in the State of New York, after having been in possession of the Philipse family nearly a century. In the year 1784, the State, by commission, parcelled out these lands to various individuals. One of the principal gTantees was Gerard C. Beeckman, Esq., who purchased one thousand six hundred acres in the vicinity of Tarrytown. upon which is situated the old manor house. Mr. Beeckman married Cornelia van Cortlandt; thus after the forfeiture of the Philipses a portion of the manor again reverted to a connection of that ancient family ; Jacobus van Cortlandt having married Eva Philipse, daughter of the Hon. Frederick Philipse.