chant, and so running alongst Hudson's river to a certain creek or river called Kitchawan, and from thence running along the said creek two English miles, and from thence running up the country upon a due east line till it comes to a creek called Niperan, by the Christians Yonckers creek, and so running along the said creek until it comes to the northerly bounds of the said land of Frederick Philipse, trom thence along said land until it comes to Hudson river, as by the Indian deed of sale thereof, bearing date 13 August, A. D. 1685,"

On the death of Frederick Philipse, A. D. 1700, this portion of the Manor of Philipsburgh passed by will to liis second son Adolph Philipse, who dying without issue in 1749, it became vested in his nephew, the Hon. Frederick Philipse, son of his eldest brother, Piiilip Philipse. The last mesne lord was Colonel Frederick Philipse with whose attainder these lands expired in the Philipse family.

The subsequent proprietors who purchased under the commissioners of forfeitures, were ihe Wards, Orsers, Cranks, Bazelies, Ackers, Purdys, Merritts, McCords, Bishops, Balyeas, Storms, Jones, Millers, Ryders, and others.

The village of Sing Sing, is remarkable for the beauty of its situation, in which respect it is hardly surpassed by any of the river towns. Spreading on the delightful banks of the Hudson it rises gradually to a height of one hundred and eighty feet above tide water overlooking the magnificent scenery of the Tappan Bay, near its confluence with the Croton. A beautiful ravine intersects the village, running nearly east and west, through which flows a pretty stream called the Sin Sinck run, or Kill brook. These waters rise among the hills east of the village, and after giving animation to numerous picturesque scenes, empty into the Hudson, near the vicinity of the upper dock.