Its east boundary was Union Avenue, continued to the head of Bungay Creek, and thence to Harlem Kills, and its south and west boundaries the Harlem River and Kills/' The first supervisor of the town was Gouverneur Morris, son of the famous statesman. Morrisania Milage was incorporated in 1801, when the town was divided into four wards, in each of which three trustees were elected. The history of Westchester County to 1800 comprehends several matters of general interest in addition to the facts of development which have been noted in the preceding pages of this chapter. In the year 1848 the original edition of Bolton's 'k History of Westchester County " was published. Giving duo consideration to the conditions under which this work was compiled and to the volume ami variety of its contents, it stands unapproached by any other early contribution to American local history. The unique value of the first edition of Bolton is now so well recognized that it has become a much prized book from the collector's point of view. Robert Bolton was born in the City of Bath, England, April 17, 1814, being the eldest of the fourteen children of the Rev. Robert Bolton, who, removing to America, became rector of Christ's Church at Pelham, this county, whence, however, he subsequently returned to England. The son studied medicine in England, but did not practice that profession. In 1830, at the age of thirty-two, he engaged in farming pursuits at Bronxville in the Town of Eastchester, and ever afterward he was a citizen of our county. He lived at various times in New Rochelle. Tarrvtown, Bedford, Lewisboro, and Pelham. For many years he conducted select schools, but later was ordained a clergyman in the Episcopal Church and appointed to the parish of Saint John's in Lewisboro, his only charge.