This lady was the daughter of Richard Caton, Esq., of Philadelphia, and widow of Robert Patterson, J^sq. Titian's Mistress, Heely ; Augustus van Cortlandt of Yonkers, Jarvis ; Mrs. van Cortlandt, (a miniature) Leslie. The views of the water from this place are of a beautiful description. Jn the immediate vicinity are located the residences of Mr. Daniel D. Edgar and Mr. Robert R. Morris. This portion of Throckmorton's neck, together with Dorman's island, formerly constituted the old Bayard estate, as noticed in the early part of this town.

Further south lies the Ferris property, which has been held by the family of that name for five generations. At an early period John Ferris, ^^ removed hither from Fairfield, <= Connecticut, and became one of the ten proprietors of Throckmorton's neck. These lands he probably obtained by purchase from Thomas Pell. John Ferris was one of the first patentees of the town of Westchester in 1667 ; he lived to an advanced age, and died in 1715, leaving five sons, viz., Samuel, one of the first assistants and common council of the borough of Westchester, John, James, proprietor of the homestead in 1740, Jonathan, ancestor of the Cortlandt-town branch, and Peter, of Westchester. His srand-

» See vol. i. 550.

b Tlio Ferrises were origiiiallj' from Leicestershire, England, and descend from the house of Feriers, Ferrerr, Ferreis or Ferris, the first member of which (in England) was Henry de Feriers, the sou of Gualchelme de Feriers, a Norman, who obtained of William the Conqueror large grants of land in the counties of Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire.