Across the Boston road from Tetard's farm was one of about seventy-five acres, which Richard Montgomery purchased and occuj)ied in 1772, pursuant to his longcherished wish to leave the service and engage in husbandry.* His house stood on the brow of the hill, near the Boston road,' and there he lived until his marriage to Janet Livingston and removal to another farm he had puchased near Rhinebeck." The King's Bridge farm was devised to hissisterSarah, Viscountess Ranelagh, by the will found by Arnold among his papers at (Quebec, a few days after his untimely death. Fort Independence was erected on this fiirm, a few hundred yards north of the house which, with the out-buildings, orchards, fences, etc., was completely destroyed during the Revolution.

The Revolutiox. -- The inhabitants of the Yonkers were generally opposed to all efforts of the British ministry to establish arbitrary government in the colonies. Colonel Phillipse sided with the crown and tried to control his tenants. At their head, he was present at the meeting held at the White Plains, April 11, 1775, to appoint deputies to a convention ; but he declined "to have anything to do with deputies or congresses."' After protesting against "such illegal and unconstitutional proceedings," he led off" his followers. Colonel James Van Cortlandt

3 Dominie Tetard was born in Switzerland about 1721; graduated from Univei'sity of Lausanne and received ordination about 17.52 ; soon after was pastor of French Church, Charleston, S. C; came to Xew York 17.')6 ; married Frances, daughter of Robert Ellison ; became assistant pastor of Cliurch du St. Esprit, taking charge 17G4-GC, until a new minister could be engaged in Europe. After his removal to King's Bridge he used to preach in Fordham Dutch Church. lie was commissioned .)«ly li, 177.5, " French interpreter to General Schuyler and chaplain to the troops in the Colonic," with pay of major, ami went with General Montgomery to Canada.