In the south-east angle of the town are located the premium mills,

a A cave in the rocks la still called the "old fire-place,"' from the lact that the Ilugueuots built their first Ores here. This spot now belongs to A. li. Hudson.

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property of the late P. H. Kellogg. This enchanting spot commands a most extensive view of the sound and adjacent shores. Many of the residences in this vicinity are very fine, especially that of John Stephenson.

The northern road from New Rochelle to the White Plains divides the ancient farms of the Huguenots. These were originally laid out in parallel narrow strips, containing each from fifty to sixty acres, and distinguished from the southern, by the name of the eastern and western divisions. Many of the early settlers had double lots, and some from eight to ten, amounting to four or five hundred acres in all.

The southern division of the town was also laid out in a similar manner, the lots running from the south side of the Boston turnpike to the Sound. Among the descendants of the ancient proprietors who still occupy the original strips of farms, may be enumerated in the west division, the Coutants ; the ancestor of this Isaac who emigrated from England in 1689 was John Contant, or Couton,a he married Susanna Bonnefoy, and left issue three sons ; of these, John, the eldest was the father of Isaac Coutant. In a list of the town of New Rochelle, September 9th, 17 10, we find John Couton who was born in France, in 1658; Susannah Couton, his wife, born in 1660; and their children, John Couton, Junior, Peter Couton, Judy Couton and Hester Couton. A large portion of the Coutant farm, which consisted of 307 acres, is now divided among several proprietors.