Prevost ; James, who married Martha Pugsley, and who lived on Prospect Hill, in the house which General Howe took possession of, October 18, 1776, as his headquarters; Philip, in the war Judge-Advocate of the American army, who lived on the old Boston Post Road, above Pell's Bridge; David I. his brother, who lived near the same bridge, but on the road sometimes called Pelham Lane, where Mr. James Hay afterward built the fine stone house now standing; Caleb, a brother of James, who lived in Eastchester town, on the old Boston Post Road, where is now the Bathgate estate, and Joseph, who resided in Upper Eastchester, on the westerly side of the White Plains Road, nearly opposite the road running down to Burtis's Mill on the Hutchinson's River.
The first of the Philipse family in Westchester County emigrated from Holland to New York City in lt)58, bringing with him his son of the same Christian name, Frederick, to whom at his decease descended his estate, the largest part of which was in this county. This second Frederick was for many years one of the council of the Governor. He was a merchant in the city much respected. His grandson, Frederick, represented Westchester for a quarter of a century in the Assembly, as did also a Fifth Frederick, wliose estates were confiscated after the Revolution. This family was connected by marriage with the Van Cortlaudt and Morris families. The estates of Philipse were in the towns of Yonkers and what is now known as Mount Pleasant.