Philipse to England, and survived him but one year. They are interred in the same churchyard. Charley Philips, son of Angevine, lived for many years on the banks of the Hudson, and wa.s sexton of Saint John's Church (Yonkers) forty-five years. After the Philipse family had left Philipseburgh (1777), John Williams, steward of the manor, had possession of the manor until its confiscation, in 1779." * Philipse's undoing was at every stage the consequence of his own deliberate acts. If he had remained discreetly within the American lines until the fortunes of the war were decided, if is highly improbable that tin' extremity of confiscating his estates would have been resorted to; for he was a man of generally prudent character, with absolutely nothing against him except the conjecture that he preferred the triumph of England. But he was firmly convinced from the beginning that the " rebellion " would be crushed, and he shaped his course accordingly. After his removal to Connecticut he was granted leave to visit New York City, subject to recall. He was suni1 Alison's Hist, of Yonkers, 91.

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mcned back, bu1 did not conic That settled everything.1 Shortly afterward the Slate of New York confiscated his property. He died at ('hosier, England, in LTS5, and was buried in the Cathedral Church of thai place, where the following tablet to his memory is to be seen :2

Sacred to of the Memory Frederick Philipse, Efquire, Late of the Province of New York ; A Gentleman in Whom the Various focial, domeftie and Religious Virtues were eminently United. The Uniform Rectitude of His conduct commanded the Efteem of others : Whilft the Benevolence of His Heart and Gentleness of His Manners secured their Love. Firmly attached to His Sovereign and the British Constitution, He opposed, at the Hazard of His life, the late Rebellion in North America ; and for this Faithful discharge of His Duty to His King and Country He was Proscribed, and His Estate, one of the Largest in New York, confiscated, by the usurped Legislature of that Province.