Of the sons of Jonathan G. Tompkins, several settled j)ermanenth' within the town, and proved useful and worthy citizens. The first of these was Caleb, the oldest of the Governor's brothers, who was born in 175ii, and he left a son, J. G. Tompkins, Jr. The former held the offices of poor master, town clerk and supervisor in the town, being chosen to the last-named office at three different times, while his son was twice elected supervisor. Another of the brothers, Enoch, born in 1771, held this office for ten years continuously, besides at other times holding numerous minor offices. Another brother still, George Washington Tompkins, likewise made Scarsdale his home for a time, and here was born to him a son. Warren Tompkins, who afterwards took up his residence in White Plains.

The Popham Family. -- About one-half mile from the railroad depot at Scarsdale , and shadowed beneath the branches of huge trees, whose leaves entirely obscure its inmates from the gaze of the curious, stands the ancient homestead of Chief Justice Richard Morris. It is one of the oldest houses in the county, and although it has from time to time been altered and extended in order to meet the requirements of modern life, it still retains, in its sloping roof and am])le chimney, a general appearance of antiquity. It is now in the possession of the Popham family, of whom we subjoin a sketch.

The Pophams trace their English ancestry as far into

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the past as the beginning of the thirteenth century, when their records show that one Gilbert Popham, of the Manor of Popham, married Joan, a daughter of Kobert Clarke, also of that manor. Members of the family held high offices during the reigns of Henry III. Edward III. and Henry IV.