Among other monuments in the grave yard, is the following :
• In
memory of
the Rev.
Silas Constant,
who departed this life
March 22, 1825, aged 75 years, 2 mo. - ,
and 7 days.
The Friends meeting house is situated at a short distance from the village of Crompond, and stands on land jointly given by John Clapp and Joseph Waters, in 1774.
The following is a brief abstract of the conveyance :
" John Clapp of Greenwich, and Joseph "Waters of Cortlandt manor, of the first part, convey to John Grifiin, John Cromwell, John Cornell, Uriah Field and Thomas Clapp, of the second part, all that tract of land being in Amawalk, in Cortlandt manor, consisting of 2 acres lying and being in the north-east corner of great lot No. 4. Dated 12 day of October, 1774.
The Methodist Episcopal society of Yorktown, was first incorporated upon the 13th of August, 1792, Timothy Oakley, John Oakley, Solomon Fowler, James Haden, Thomas Kirkham and
38-1^** ' HISTORY OF THE
Jacob Badeau, trustees.!^ A Baptist society was incorporated on the 27th of April, 1793, Reuben Garrison, John Tompkins and Amos Lane, trustees^
Directly opposite the Presbyterian church at Crompond, stands the residence of the late Alvan Purdy, Esq., who, during the revolutionary war, held a Lieutenancy in Capt. Heddy's Company of Miliiia, belonging to the regiment of Col. Samuel Drake. Alvan Purdy, was the son of Abraham Purdy, Esq., for many years a Lieutenant of Militia for the Manor of Cortlandt. This individual erected the present mansion, A. D. 1775. The Purdy's have long been possessed of estates in this town, and are lineally descended from the Purdys of Rye and White Plains. Of this family was Joseph Purdy, one of the proprietors of the White Plains and the Lame Will's purchase in Rye, A.