A. Philip Pell, and the Rev. Harry Munro, M. A."

Ui>on the arrival of the British forces in New York, Colonel Frederick was arrested on some suspicions in the J^Ianor Hall, at Yonkers, and removed to Flartford, Connecticut, by the American anthorities. On thisoccasion, his faithful colored valet, George Angevine, attended hinx until his return to Philipsborough, which took place shortly afterwards. Here Colonel Philipse was residing when the battle of White Plains was fought.

After the departure of the family from Yonkers, in 1777, John Williams, steward of the manor, took charge of the property till the confiscation, A. D. 1779. As before mentioned, at the close of the war, the whole manor became forfeited.

Februar)' i, 17S1, the following individuals were appointed Commissioners for the southern district of New York: Stephen Ward, Mr. Lawrence and Isaac Stoutenbergh. September 1785, those gentlemen conveyed the homestead and mills situated in Yonkers, amounting to 320 acres, to Cornelius P. Lowe ; bounded west by Hudson river, on the north by R. Johnson, &c., &:c. May 12, 1786, CorneHus P. Lowe convened part to William Constable. April 29, 1796, Wm. Constable and wife sold to Jacob Stout. April i, 1803, Jacob Stout conveyed it to Joseph Howland. It was finally bought under a decree of Chancery by Lemuel Wells, Esq., at whose death in 1S42, the Mansion House with 300 acres, passed to his heirs at law, he d}nng intestate. The present proprietor of the I^Lanor House is his nephew, Lemuel W. Wells, Esq. The "Wells family are originally from Cambridgeshire, England, and descend from Richard Wells, who held the manor of Wells at a very early period. In the possession of the present Lemuel W. "Wells, Esq, is a coat of arms beautifully embroidered in silk needlework. These arms were granted to the Cambridge Wells's, A.