The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
Anthony Miller ov.-ned the farm where the Miss Tompkins reside above the old Methodist church ; he had a fulling mill on the brook, near the Bronx river. The north west corner of the patent was seventeen chains north of this fulling mill. Christopher Tromain's house was near the Bronx not far from where Mr. Champa."ics lives on the road leading west from the old Methodist meeting-house. Samuel Horton built and lived in the house now standing known as the Jacob Purdy place at the foot of Frank Carpenter's hill. The other dwellings were on the road to Rye. The first was Joseph Purdy's whicli stood near the present house of Mr. Onderdonk. Next to Joseph Purdy' -s was Caleb Hyatt's, and a short distance south-east of it John Hoit lived in tbe old house on the other corner of North street and the road leading past Bartholomevv Gidneys. Samuel Hoyt lived a quarter of a mile further on, on the same side of tlie road. Sam.uel Hunt's house was where ]\Ir. Nelson Seymour lives. The next house which is still standing was Samuel Merrit's, and further east and at some distance from, and north of the road, was the house of Humphrey Underhill. These were all the houses then standing in White Plains.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Presbyterian church -- a stone edifice erected in 1S54 -- is the third church built on that spot, and presents a pretty appearance upon entering White Plains.
Tiie first church was erected, but not finished, and services held in it