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. D. 1614." The present family are more immediately descended from Samuel Wells, of Wethersheld, Conn., who removed A. D. 1639, with his three sons -- John, Thomas and Samuel -- to Milford, Conn.^ This family gave a Govenior to that State,

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6$B HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

The last lord of the manor, Colonel Frederick Philipse, returned to Chester, England, where he died, A. D. 1785, after a short illness, and has a monument erected there to his memory. His faithful colored valet, Ange\ane, who had accompanied his master in all his changes of fortune, survived him but one year. They are both interred in the same church yard.

Charley Philips, son of Angevine, still lives on the banks of the Hudson, and was -- under a succession of dynasties -- 45 years sexton of Sl John's church, Yonkers.

There is still living in this village and near the landing, Capt. Joel Cook, a hero of 1776, who belonged to Colonel Meigs' regiment." The day Andre was captured. Gen. Washington ordered the brigade then stationed at Peekskill to march to West Point.