The lands of ''Appamaghpogh," were originally granted to Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 16S3, by the two Indian sachems, Pewemind and Oskewans, as mentioned in our description of Somers, &:c.
The principal aboriginal settlement in this part of " Appamaghpogh,"
occupied the summit of -Indian Hill," a vast height which arises to an
elevation of nearly six hundred feet above the northern margin of "'Lake
• Magrigaries," "Magnegamus,"or " Magregard," (Hollow Lake), situated
a KuviioJ StJlutca ijJ N. v., p- +?G-
662 ^HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
in Jefferson valley. On the southern side of the hill lies the Indian burying ground. The remains of several Indians were disinterred some years ago, near the residence of the late Dr. Hosea Fountain. whose property bordered on the lake. "Indian Hill" is also memorable as the last spot inhabited by a band of Aborigines in "V^'estchester Countv. On the "eastern border of the town is situated the Indian cemetery of "Appamoghpogh." or as it is now called "Amawalk."
Upon the partition of the manor of Cortlandt, among the heirs and devisees of De Heer Stephanus van Cortlandt, in the year 1734, the following allotments were made in this town : --
North lot No. 2, Andrew Miller; ditto, No. 3, Gertrude Beeckman; ditto No. 4, Cornelia Sehuyler ■ and her husband, Col. John Schuyler. This gentleman was the father of the illustrious Gen. Philip Schuyler, of the Revolution. Middle lot No. 2 and 3, Gertrude Verplank; ditto No. 4, Elizabeth Skinner; South lot No. i, bordering tlie Croton river, John Watts; ditto, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, Philip Verplank ; ditto. No. 8, Gertrude Beeckman; ditto, No. 9, Susannah ^\'arren. The latter was the wife of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, K. B., who died in 1752; he commanded the e.xpedition which captured Louisburg, capitol of the Island of Cape Breton, in 1745.