The old family mansion on Davenport's Neck, formerly stood at the east end of the mill-pond. Upon the 17th of April 1724, we find the freeholders of New Rochelle granting to Anthony Lispenard a portion of land situated on the Neck for the purpose of erecting a grist mill. The mill was soon after erected on the east side of the creek. ' Among the Lispenard papers occurs the following receipt, for quit-rent, from Thomas Pell, brother of Joseph Pell, lord of the manor of Pelham : --

"New York, Dec. 20th day, 1742. "I have received of John Lispenard, the sum of £8, 5s, 2d, in full, for 84 bushels of wheat, 34 lbs. of butter, and 21 lbs. of cheese. Thus. Pell.

The Lispenard cemetery is located on the south side of the Neck, and contains several memorials to this family.

In 1786 the Neck was purchased by Newbury Davenport, father of the late proprietors, Lawrence and Newbury Davenport, Esq's. Bonnefoy's or Bauffefs Point, situated on the north-east side of the Neck, has been already alluded to as the landing place of the French Huguenots, about 1689. A further interest is imparted to this locality, from its being the spot upon which the first house in this town was erected by the Huguenots, and held by them as common stock, the remains of

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

which are still visible.*1 The first child born here was a Guion. There is a tradition that one of the old Huguenots, who daily repaired to this place, " and turning his eyes in the direction where he supposed France was situated, would sing one of Marot's hymns, and send to heaven his morning devotions ; others joined him in these pious remembrances of their God, and of their beloved climes from which they had been so cruelly driven by the merciless fires of persecution." It is more than probable that the Bonnefoy family gave name to this portion of the Neck.