In a back room of llie General's house, fell the notorious freebooter, Joseph Hueson, by the hand of Seth Whitney, (father of the a'bove mentioned gentleman) former j)roprietor of the estate. Hueson was a perfect scourge and terror to this part of the countrv" during the Revolution, for he devoted himself to the most cruel pillage and robber)' among the defenceless inhabitants. Whilst in the act of entering the house for plunder, Whitney plunged a bayonet into his body. Ui)on hearing their leader exclaim, " the rascal has killed me !" a band of ruffians forced an entrance, seized Whitney, and inflicted on him the most savage cruelties. Directly opposite the mansion of the latter, stands the orthodox Friends meeting-house, erected in 1833.

A road diverging to the south-west, near the raceting-house, leads to

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698 HISTORY OF THE COITXTY OF WHESTCHESTER.

the Turkey mountain, a vast tract of woodland covenng 800 acresfrom the summit of which, the spectator has a noble pro°s pect of the surrounding country. At the foot of the mountain is situated the residence of Mr. Edward Burrougli Underhill, son of the late A?jraham I. Underhill, "a worthy and prominent member of the society of Friends^ who sustained throughout a useful and protracted life, an unsuUied reputation." Abraham I. Underhill, who died on the 5th of May, 1841, aged 78 years, was the second son of Isaac Underhill, fourth in descent from John Underhill of Oyster Bay. L. I. In the old family mansion which stands one mile south of this spot, (on the Pine's Bridge road) is shown the room where xMajor Andre and Joshua H.