In consequence their property was confiscated to the State, (the Tippetts having fled to Nova Scotia,) and sold to Samuel Berrian, who married a daughter of Tippett, former proprietor. A second daughter became the wife of the celebrated Col. James de Lancey, one of the boldest foragers of the Neutral Ground. In 1796, Samuel Berrian » sold the whole estate of Tippett's Neck, consisting of 200 acres, to his nephew, Abrahaiii Berrian.

The neck remains yet undivided. The heirs are Abraham Berrian, John Hoogland, and Mr. Bleecker.

There are remains of three distinct forts on Tippett or Berrian's Neck, which once formed a part of the chain of hill batteries reaching from the North to the East Rivers. January the 19th, 1777, (says Gen. Heath,) it was determined to make an attempt to cut ofl" the British battalion within King's Bridge, early the next morning, by passing a strong detachment over Spitten Devil Creek on the ice, which, however, was not very strong, but the weather was cold. One thousand were detached for this purpose ; but the weather having grown warm Jn the night, the ice was judged, by the unanimous opinion of all the general officers on the ground, to be too hazardous, on the morning of the 20th, to venture the attempt. On this day there was a cannonade on both sides, and the enemy on the island side were thrown into much confusion. Our General observing that when the enemy within the island were cannonaded acro'^s Haarlem Creek, they