Brown's, was then owned and occupied by Daniel Brundage. It was erected i)rior to 1697 by Samuel Odell- George Lane -- "gentleman" -- removed from Rye to White Plains as early as 1714; his iiouse was on what i* now the Squire j)lace, and his brother Daniel lived opposite, near the ])resent residence of Elisha Horton, Esq. ; Moses Kna])p's liouse was on the road in front of the Mitchell homestead ; James Travis occupied a house on what is now Mr. Tiiford's place.

The old Jacob Purdy house, standing to-day on Spring Street, between Mott and Water Streets, was built by Sauuiel Horton, a son of Josej)!! Horton, and grandson of Barnabas Horton, the first of that name in this country, who settled in Southold, Long Island, al)0ut 1(;40.

On the rising ground east of the residence of Mr. Oiiderdonk, on North Street, was the house of Joseph

Purdy, and a few rods further east was the house of Caleb Hyatt, both prominent in the early history of the town. Caleb Hyatt, with his brother John, removed from Rye to White Plains about 1715. John Hyatt's house stood near the present residence of Mr. Charles Horton.

Humphrey Underhill's house was on the west side of Mamaroneck River, some distance north of the North Street road; his was one of the first houses erected in White Plains, probably before 1694, as in October of that year Mrs. Ann Richbell procured a warrant from the Governor to survey the easternmost bounds of her lands. The surveyor, Augustine Graham, proceeded along the west bank of Mamaroneck River until he came to the " improved land claimed by Humphrey Underbill, where the said Underbill, with three others, with guns, stones and staves did obstruct the execution of his Excellency's warrant." Mr. Underbill was a man of high standing in the estimation of his townsmen, and Dr.