They afterwards removed to High Deverell in Wiltshire, about the middle of the 14th century; at which time hved William Ludlow Esq., of High Deverell, from whom lineally descended Sir Henry Ludlow, Knt. of Maiden Bradley, in the county of Wilts, M. P. for that shire, father of Edmund Ludlow, the celebrated republican general during the civil wars, who died in exile, at Vevay, in Switzerland, in 1693, where a monument is erected to his memory. The half brother of Sir Henry Ludlow, was Edmund Ludlow, Esq., ancestor of the American branch. Of this family is Henry Ludlow, Esq. of Clason's neck.

Near the village of Yonkers, is situated the farm and residence of the late Elijah Rich, recently occupied by John P. Groshon, now owned by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Harriot. Directly opposite the house a commanding eminence of rocks rises very abruptly. Up the side of this steep precipice, General Washington pursued by the enemy's patrol, was compelled to fly to escape capture. From the high grounds in the rear, are fine views of tiie river. Here, in 1777, a memorable engagement took place between the two British frigates the Rose, and the Phoeni.K, which lay off at anchor, and the gun boats of the patriots which sallied out of the harbor of Yonkers, having in tow a large tender filled with combustibles, intending to run it along side of the frigates. The crews however, kept it oft' by means of spars, and a heavy fire of grape and cannister compelled the gun boats and their brave crews to seek shelter in the mouth of the Saw Mill.