Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.

Stephanos van Cortlandt, when they gave to each other releases in due form of law, viz. : Phih'p Verplanck and Gertrude, his wife. Mary Melin. Samuel Bayard and Margaret, his wife. Andrew Johnson, and Catharine, ditto. Stephen de Lancey, and Anne, ditto. Philip Van Cortlandt. John Schuyler, and Cornelia, his wife.^- William Skinner, and Elizabeth, ditto. The original partition …

Peter's Church, Perth Amboy ; his real name was MacGregor, and he was among those of that clan, proscribed after the rebellion of 1715; he had received a superior education, and was endued with a strong mind ; having received holy orders, he was appointed missionary to Amboy, in New .Jersey, 1721, and died rector, A. D. 1757."^ No. 4, Stephen van Cortlandt ; No. 5, Mr. Melin …

" All that certain neck or tract of land and meadow, situate, ]3dng and being in the manor of Cortlandt, being bounded on the east by the land commonly called Appamaghpogh, and a certain creek, called Meanagh, on the north by the land now belonging to Hercules Lent, and on the south and west by Hudson's River, containing 1000 acres, the lessee yielding and paying therefor the …

" Conditions of sale of south lot No. 1 : 978 acres of land situated in the south-west corner of Cortlandi's manor, and corner of north lot No. 6, belonging to the estate of Philip van Cortlandt, Esq., deceased, above mentioned, sometime posted in the New York Gazette, and now to be sold at public vendue, pursuant to an act of General Assembly, passed for that purpose and …

Philip van Corllandt, the eldest survivin"^ son of Stephanus, was born on ti]e 9th of August, 1683. He married Catharine de Peyster, and on the failure of heirs male to his elder brother, John, continued the line of the family Upon the death of Philip, (which took place 21st August, 1746,) his property became divided among his six children, viz., Stephen, Abraham, Philip …

"Pierre Yan Cortlandt, early took an active part against every oppression of the British government upon the colonies. He was chosen into the first Provincial Congress, was a member of the committee which formed the constitution of this state, and was honored by the suffrages of his country at the first election under the new government with the station of lieutenant governor …

In prosperity he was not too much elated, but held a temperate and uniform course, having in view only the independence of the United States and the safety of his country. In the senate of this state he presided with dignity and propriety, nor ever suffered his opinion to be known until called upon constitutionally to decide ; and his vote was then given with promptness …

Soon after the destruction of Lexington and Concord (by the British troops) he threw up business, and agreeing with his patriotic father in sentiment, determined by an appeal to arms, to obtain either liberty or death. In this intention he was strongly opposed by his tory relations, who used every effort to induce him to join their standard. Governor Tryon at the same time …

The colonel immediately started his whole command in hot pursuit. Upon the first tidings, however, of their approach, Brant fled to the neighboring hills. In his diary Gen. Philip van Cortlandt remarks, "As I approached him (Brant) he being on the hills, and seeing me leaning against a pine tree waiting for the closing up of my men, ordered a rifle Indian to kill me, but …

Hazen was called on for trial, &c. ; we were for cashiering Arnold, but the majority overruled, and he was finally sentenced to be reprimanded by the commander-in chief. Had all the court known Arnold's former conduct as well as myself he would have been dismissed the service," &c. In the year 17S0 Col. van Cortlandt was selected as one of the colonels to command a regiment of …

When you arrive at Springfield you will put yourself u^der the order of Major Gen. Lincoln, or any other your superior officers commanding at that place. You will also, if occasion should require it, alter the above route agreeably to orders from either Major General Lincoln or the quarter- mastergeneral. You will be particularly careful to collect all your men that are in …

Gen. van Cortlandt accompanied the Marquis de la Fayette in his tour of the United States in 1824. The general died at his house on the Croton November 21st, 1S31, and with him expired the entail. By his will he bequeathed to his brother, Gen. Pierre van Cortlandt, fiOO acres ; to his three sisters, Anne van Kensselaer, Cornelia Beeckman, and Catharine van Wyck. 200 acres …

John Paulding, )► Fence Viewers. Bariah Richardson, J /■ Abraham Merritt, J Hercules Lent, "] Jonathan Ferris, ^Commissioners of Highways. Pierre van Cortlandt, J Abraham Merritt, Henry Lent, son of Hercules, Jarvis Dusenberry, Caleb Barton, John Haight, John Jones, Henry Griffen, Abraham Merritt, John Paulding, Gerritt Storms, Philip van Cortlandt, Elisha Hammon, Joshua …

The landing place was then at Pemart's dock, near the head of the tide waters of the creek. On the Sth day of x\ugust, 1745, occurs a sale of land from Andrew Johnson and Isabella his wife, daughter ofStephanus van Cortlaudt, to Caleb Hall and Palatiah Haws, consisting of a part of lot No. 2, situated in great front lot No. 9, beginning on south side of Peck's creek …

» Co. Rec. Lib. G., p. 403. b Co. Rec. Lib. H., p. 344. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 63 large quantities of stoves and plongli castings, belonging to the Messrs. Thos. Southard, Taylor, Flacrjer <fc Co. ; Minor, Horlon & Co. ; Reuben R. Finch 6c Co. ; C. A. Depew & Co. ; Whiiney (fe Montanya; Rikeman & Seymour, and Judson H. C^Jilbert & Son ; besides the salamander fire brick …

The Peekskill Academy is a flourishing chartered institution, delightfully situated on Oak Hill. Near it is still standing the tree on which was hung, during the revolutionary war, Daniel Strang, the British spy.a- " One Daniel Strang, (says Thatcher,) was found lurking about our army at Peekskill, and on examination enlisting orders were found sewed in his clothes. He was …

the opening of the majestic Highlands. But my pen affords an altogether inadequate description of the scene. Peekskill is certainlj^ well situated for purposes of education, furnishing as it does facilities for communicating daily, nay, almost hourly, with the great city; and from my own personal inference, as well as the testimony of others, I doubt whether there is a place …

The stock has sold at almost as orreat an advance as ever the United States Bank stock did. The Westchester Bank declared its first dividend six months after its establishment. The bills contain a beautiful vignette representing the capture of Andre by the three farmers of Westchester County ; besides a neat engraving of the Hon. Pierre van Cortlandt. There is also a bust of …

The interior contains a neat chancel, gallery, and organ. Against the north wall of the church is placed a marble tablet, inscribed as follows : - • M. S. Ann Stevenson, The affectionate and beloved wife of Gen. Pierre van Cortlandt, of this township and county, who departed this life at Albany, March 20th, 1821, '; , . translated by God to a kingdom of happiness and glory, _ …

Pierre van Cortlandt, August 29th, 1841." The marble font was the gift of his son, Colonel Pierre van Cortlandt. The site of this church was formerly occupied by a military magazine, destroyed by the British army in 1777. Large quantities of grape shot have been found in the immediate vicinity. Adjoining the building on the south is situated the family vanlt of Ward B. Howard …

A third incorporation occurs under the title of " St. Peter's Church of Cortlandt," 28th August, lS40.c This church is annexed to a much older one of the same name, situated two miles north of the village, where occasional services are still performed. The Dutch Reformed Church is a neat wooden edifice, surmounted with a spire of the same material, standing nearly south of the …

R. R. Pray, Chancellor of the State of Mississippi : *■ Mrs. Howard died on the 8th of March, 1834. b See Religious Soc lib. B. p. 56. e Lib. B. p. 60. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 67 Interred. Near this stone lie the remains of George McChain, Lieutenant in the sixth regiment of the United States Infantry, and distinguished for his valour in the battles of Chippeway and …

The Van Nest Reformed Dutch Church in Peekskill, was incorporated on the 3d of January, 1843, and called by the above name, " in consideration of the private virtues and public liberality of Abraham Van Nest of New York." The consistory also resolved to confide the manaofement to a board of nine trustees. The following gentlemen were elected to this office, on the 16th of …

The present building which was erected in 1845, is a handsome wooden structure, surmounted with a neat tower and spire ; the former contains a large bell and clock. In the cemetery adjoining the church are monuments to Capt. Isaac Conklin, who departed this life, January, 13th, 1815, aged 68 years, Zebulon Philips, and Samuel Strang, M. D., and others. There are also inclos …

The new school Presbyterian church of this place was first organized November 17, 1841, by a committee from the North River Presbyter}^ The present church edifice was erected A. D. 1845, and dedicated to the service of God 9th of April, 1845 ; the society was incorporated by its present name July 29th, 1846. The first pastor was the Rev. Daniel Brown. This individual was …

Whereas the society of people called Baptists, by way of voluntary subscription, have lately erected and built a house for public worship at or near a place called Peekskill, in the manor of Cortlandt, and as there is not as yet a sufficient sum of money raised to pay for the building said house, we the subscribers do agree upon and appoint Caleb Hall, of said manor of …

The present society was organized in 1843, under the style and title of the First Baptist Church in Peekskill. The meeting house, which is valued at $3,400, was erected August, 1847, and dedicated the 8th of April, 1847, to the service of Almighty God. On this occasion the Rev. W. R. Williams, D. D., delivered the dedicatory sermon. This church belongs to the senior Baptist …

The Methodist Episcopal church in Peekskill was first incorporated 2d August, ISOS ; Bethune Washburn, Gilbert Weeks and John Spock, trustees.^ The Methodist society must have been in existence, however, some time previous to the above incorporation, for on the 26th February, 1795, we find John Drake and Catharine his wife conveying three-quarters* of an acre of land in this …

This house during the American Revolution was occupied occasionally by General Washington as head-quarters when the army happened to be stationed here. In this time honored mansion the visitor is still shown the sleeping apartments of Washington and his noble companion in arms La Fayette. The furniture occupies nearly the same position as at that day, and the old clock still …

No. 8 name of Discoverer. In ivhich County. Recorded. Book. Page. Gilbert Weeks. W. C. Co., town of March 16, 26. 190. Cortlandt, within a 1796. quarter of a mile of Peekskill landing, on the north side of McGregory's brook silver ore. Numerous minerals are also found in this neighborhood, such as Epidote, Garnet, &c. Sphene is said to have been discovered near Peekskill in an …

It appears that Clinton had sent up a flag of truce from New York, demanding the release of Edmund Palmer, his lieutenant, who had been detected as a spy in the American camp. The brief and emphatic answer of Putnam runs thus: '' Head Quarters, 7th August, 1777. " Sir : Edmund Palmer, an officer in the enemy's service, was taken as a spy lurking within the American lines. He …

Disaffection and treachery prevailed on every side ; men there were who from fear or from other base causes refused to take part on the side of virtue and patriotism, and remained as neutrals, wavering between each party, and acting as their personal safety seemed most to require. Many, calling themselves Whigs, were constantly endeavoring by covert means to blast the hopes …

The British general wrote a letter to the American commander, demanding his prisoner, and threatening him with vengeance if a compliance with his demand was not immediately acceded to ; but he received for answer that the prisoner was " taken as a spy, tried as a spy, convicted as a spy, and that be should be hung as a spy." Here the matter rested until the morning previous to …

With a dignity of purpose and a countenance that told how intense were the feelings then glowing within him, he told her he must die. Insensible she was carried from his presence and conveyed back to her friends. The following morning, at the hour appointed for his execution, on an enclosed spot of ground near the summit, on the eastern side of the hill, was seen a gallows …

The summit of Gallows Hill embraces a fine view of the river, the scenery of the race and surrounding country. The remains of Fort Look Out are situated on the adjoining hill. During the revolutionary contest, the village of Peekskill appears to have suffered severely from the enemy's incursions. "Before the British army took the field, for the third campaign of 1777, (says …

of the provisions was considerable.''^ '' September, 1777, the enemy came out on both sides of the Hudson simultaneously in considerable force, consisting of from two to three thousand men, on which occasion the American barracks and store-houses, and the whole village of Peekskill was sacked and burnt dA^di the country pillaged."b The Weekly Mercury of Feb. 16th, 1778 …

Major Andre, who was returning to New York after having in the character of a spy concerted measures with the infamous Benedict Arnold, then commanding at the posts in the Highlands, for betraying the said posts into the hands of the enemy, and for his virtue in refusing a large sum of money offered by the said Major Andre as a bribe to permit him to escape ; and for and in …

by the several acts to them given, hath by their deed bearing date on the 16th day of June, 1783, granted and sold unto the said John Paulding all that certain tract or parcel of land, situated in the manor of Corllandt, in said county of Westchester, and state aforesaid, now in possession of said John Paulding, and is commonly known by lot No. 14 in great lot No. 1 …

Fountain, (his medical attendant,) to the bed side, and thus addressed him : " Doctor, please tell all those who ask after me, that I die a true republican." Paulding's remains repose beneath a handsome monument in the Episcopal grave-yard, two miles north of the village. Upon the north side of Gallows Hill, by the road side leading from Peekskill to Albany, is situated the *' …

Here they commenced cannonading with two small field pieces which they had brought ■with them, while their light troops entered the village by another road higher up the river. The Americans unprepared, and withal too weak to resist so formidable a foe, were obliged after a short resistance to fly to the interior. Their enemies from the commanding points which they occupied …

They conveyed him as far as Fishkill village, 19 miles distant ; but loss of blood and the fatigue of his journey, prostrated the powers of nature ; and though he received surgical aid, survived but a few hours. "^ Two miles north of Peekskill is located the property and residence of General Pierre van Cortlandt, who derived his title to this portion of the ancient manor from …

Pierre van Cortlandt, eldest daughter of George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States, by Aimes ; General Pierre van Cortlandt, by Collins ; Ann Stevenson, second wife of General Pierre van Cortlandt, by Aimes ; Mrs. Magdalen Stevenson, mother of the above lady, by ditto j Nicholas Giiman, &c. The bed rooms contain three curious pictures, of full length figures …

" Fishkill, March 27. -- Our post at Peek's-kill, since the removal of the militia of the eastern states has been, in a manner, in a defenceless situation, there being only part of two regiments stationed there, under the care of Gen. McDougal, amounting to about 250 men. The enemy having received intelligence of this, formed an expedition thither, with a view to take or …

The enemy, the same day, took possession of the village, and remained close in their quarters until the next day in the afternoon, when a party of them, consisting of about 200 men, possessed themselves of a height a little south of Cortlandt's. The general having received a reinforcement from Col. Gansevoort's regiment, of about 80 men, under the command of Lieut. Col …

Notwithstanding the disparity of numbers was great, and the measure absolutely necessary, it was with the utmost reluctance they retired to the pass. As usual, these heroes of Britain have burnt some houses, plundered the inhabitants of what they could conveniently take with them, frightened the w^omen and children, and raised the spirits of their tory brethren in that …

Wherein the former party for the value of £5, conveys to the latter a parcel of land lying at a place called Peekskill, being a part of lot No, 8, beginning at the north east corner of the second parcel of land lately purchased of Joseph Taylor, by north side ofCrumpond road, containing six acres, &c. : to have and to hold in trust for a school and burying place, and also for …

Colonel Beverly Robinson endowed the united parishes of St. Peter's, on Cortlandt's manor, and St. Phillips' on the Highlands, with a farm of two Inmdred acres. This property was subsequently sold under an order of the Court of Chancery, and equally divided between the two churches. Out of these funds (aided by a liberal grant from Trinity Church, New York, amounting to $1000) …

Rec. lib. H. 339. b This lady was the daughter of the Hon. Frederick Philips. 80 HISTORY OF THE tor John Ogilvie, of New York, for the service of the Holy Trinity, according to the rites and cerenaonies of the Church of England, as by law established, by the name of St. Peter's Church." Upon the ISlh of August, 1770, the church received the following charter from His …

" George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : Whereas, our loving subjects, Beverly Robinson, Charles Moore, Jeremiah Drake, Caleb Ward, John Johnson, Joshua Nelson, Thomas Davenport and Henry Purdy, on behalf of themselves and sundry inhabitants on the upper …

Now, we being willing to encourage the pious intentions of our said loving subjects, and to grant this their reasonable request, know ye, that of our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, we have ordained, given, granted and declared, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, do ordain, give, grant and declare that the said petitioners and such other …

Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, by the same name shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall and may be capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts and elsewhere in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands whatsoever, as fully …

Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, shall meet at the said church, and there, by the majority of voices of such of them as shall so meetj Vol. I. 11 S2 HISTORY OF THE elect and choose two of their members to be church wardens, and six others of their members to be vestrymen of the said church for the ensuing year, which said church wardens and vestrymen …

Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, for the time being to meet at the said church, and choose other or others of their members in the place and stead of him or them so dying, or neglecting or refusing to act within thirty days next after such contingency, and in this case for the more due and orderly conducting the said elections, and to prevent any …

And we do hereby will and direct that this method shall for ever hereafter be used for the filling up all vacancies that shall happen in either the said offices between the annual elections above directed, and our royal will and pleasure further is, and we do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant that as well the church wardens and vestrymen in these …

And we do hereby give, grant, and ordain that the said rector and one of the said church wardens for the time being at least, together with the majority of the said vestrymen of the said church for the time being, being met in vestry as above directed, shall forever hereafter have, and they are hereby invested with full power and authority by the majority of their voices, to …

Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, any wise touching or relating to such lands, messuages and tenements, real and personal estate whatsoever, as they the said rector and members of said church on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, shall or may acquire, for the use of the said church, and also in like manner to order, direct, manage and transact the …

And whereas there hath not yet been any minister presented or inducted to the said church, our royal will and pleasure therefore is, that until the said church shall be supplied with a minister of the church of England, as by law established, as is herein after mentioned, and also in case of every avoidance of the said church thereafter, either by the death of the rector …

Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill ; provided always, the concurrence and consent of the major number of the whole vestrymen of the said church for the time being be had in every thing that shall in such cases be done by virtue hereof, and we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant that the patronage and advowson of the …

Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, and that this our present grant being entered on record, as is herein after particularly expressed, shall be good and effectual in the law to all intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever, against us, our heirs and successors, according to the true intent and meaning herein before declared, notwithstanding the not …

In testimony whereof we ha^e caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be entered on record in our secretary's office in our city of New York, in one of the books of patents there remaining. Witness our said trusty and well beloved Cadwallader Colden, Esq., our said lieutenant governor, and …

Philip's in the Highlands. The first incor})oration of this church subsequent to the revolution took place 26th of April, 1791, under the style and title of the corporation of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill, and St Philip's Chapel in the Highlands. Joshua Nelson, Richard Arunde]l,Silvanus Haight, James Spock, Jarvis Dusenberry, vestry of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill. First …

Peter Ten Broeck, Presb. 1818, Rev. John Urquehart, Presb. 1830, Rev. Edward J. Ives, 1834, Rev. James Sunderland, Presb. 1838, Rev. Wjlliam C. Cooley, Presb. 1840, Rev. Moses Marcus, A. M. Presb. June, 1843, Rev. William Barlow, Presb. Notitia Parochialis. . . 1807, baptisms 19, communicants 10, marriages 5. 1847, ditto 40, If the members of St. Peter's Parish value this …

There is also a small enclosure belonging to the Birdsall family. On the west side of the grave yard is situated the monument of John Paulding. The following is the report of the select committee, appointed in pursuance of a resolution of the board, ^ passed the 4th day of December, 18:^6, during the mayoralty of the Honorable Philip Hone directing a monument to be erected to …

The base of the monument covers a square of seven feet, surrounded by an iron railing, four feet in height, and two feet seven inches distant, inserted in a marble coping fourteen inches broad, comprehending a square of twelve feet two inches. One side of the monument exhibits a fac-simile of the face of the medal, voted by the Congress of the United States to each of the …

■ ■ . He disdained to acquire wealth by the sacrifice of . > • . HIS COUNTRY. __- -' ^- ■' ' Rejecting the temptation of great rewards He conveyed his prisoner to the American camp; ^ . ; . ■ -. - • And - , / . .< . ■ . ;. By this act of noble self denial, ■ - • • -■ - The treason of Arnold was detected, . ' The designs of the enemy baffled ; _ ■ \ West Point and the American …

The whole beiug completed with the exception of placing the cone on the pedestal, on the morning of the twenty-second of November, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, the corporation proceeded in the steamboat Sandusky, to Peekskill, where they arrived at one o'clock, and were met by the Committee of Arrangements,^ and a large concourse of the inhabitants of Westchester County …

As such it has always been viewed, and will appear in the eyes of posterity one of the most honorable achievements of our great revolutionary struggle. It was in the year seventeen hundred and eighty. There is not an aged man here present, but must remember that gloomy and disastrous period, when, if ever, the freedom of our country was almost a desperate hope. The money, the …

Howard, Benjamin Dyckman, Doctor Peter Goetchius, James Mandeville, and Doctor Samuel Strang. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 89 extinguished. What the final issue might have been, God only knows ; but we all know, the consequences would have shaken our good cause to its foundation. A plan for this purpose was agitated -- matured -- almost consummated by the treason of Arnold. To you …

He will tell you of the capture of Andre, who from a spy, was elevated by a false estimate and a mistaken sympathy, into a hero and a martyr -- of the temptations which had corrupted the second man in the nation's estimation, being rejected by the sons of the farmers of Westchester-- of the delivery of the spy into the hands of the great good man of the ags -- of modern times …

Like many now present, he was the son of a plain country farmer, who cultivated his own fields with his own hands ; and he received such an education only, as is now within the reach of every honest man's son in these United States. He had nothing to boast of but a vigorous, active, well-proportioned frame, a daring spirit, and an honest heart. His means and opportunities were …

dren, and upon all that shall nestle in old age under your withered branches, that as all are equally called upon to protect and defend their country, so there is not one of them all but may one day be placed in a situation like John PauldinfT, to confer a lasting benefit on his country, and like him, to merit and receive the highest and noblest of all earthly recompenses …

The scenery of the Peekskill creek is remarkably rich and diversified. 1'his stream rises 14 miles north of Annsville, in the town of Kent, Putnam County ; south-west of Annsville, it receives the waters of the Canopus, (Sprout creek,) a current of water which derives its source from Horton's lake, called by the Indians the " Fire-fly lake," a name derived from that beautiful …

Tryon was detached this morning with Emmerick's chasseurs, 50 yagers, the royal fusiliers and regiment of Trumback, with a three-pounder to destroy the rebel settlement called the Continental village^ has just returned and reported to me, that he has burned the barrack for 1500 men, several store houses and loaded wagons. I need not point out to your excellency the consequence …

To the north rise the mnjestic Highlands, on the west the race and towering Dunderbarrack. To the south the waters of the Peekskill bay resemble a vast lake bounded by the mountains of Rockland and Stony and Verplanck's Points, while on the east appears the village of Peekskill and the Cortlandt hills. The proximity of this place to the city, and the unequalled facilities of …

And hark ! as it comes sighing through the grove, The exhausted gale a spirit there awakes, That wild and melancholy music makes. Circuitous paths lead to the landing, while the table land to the east is heavily bordered with the ash, maple, cedar and towering oak. The hotel is under the management of Mr. Y. Truesdale. Hudson, the discoverer of the North River, appears to have …

On the left he had the sublime prospect of the pallisado rocks, whose dark columnar front, like a towering battlement, witli here and there a projection like the salient angle of a bastion, presented perpendicular elevations from three to five hundred feet, and, ranging more than thirty miles uninterrupted, (except by the valley of the Nyack,) it at last exhibited an altitude …

as he passed into another, (Haverstraw,) and viewed the insuperable barriers of mountains that lay before him, he considered his discovery terminated, until, in searching for a passage, he found one which proved to be the continuation of a river, now serpentining in its course, deepening and narrowing, until it brought him to ' where the land grew very high and mountainous.' …

The captain, by the way, had an enormous nose, which was not unfrequently the subject of good natured remark ; and he at once understood the mate's allusion. ' What,' says the captain, 'does that look like my nose? -- call it then, if you please, Antony's Nose.' The story was repeated on shore, and the mountain thenceforward assumed the name, and has thus become an everlasting …

A tribe of Indians named the Wabingi occupied the highlands called by them Kettatenny Mountains. Their principal settlement, (designated Wickapy,) was situated in the vicinity of Antony's Nose.'' Four miles south of Peekskill lies Yerplanck's Point. This place, called by the Indians Meahagh, was bounded on the east by the lands of Appamagpogh and the creek Meanagh, on the …

Michael, the archangel. The Yerplanck's subsequently sold the Point to the present proprietors, John Henry and others, for the sum of nearly $300,000. The Yerplanck family descend from Abraham Jacobsen Yerplanck; of New Amsterdam, whose son Gulian was a wealthy merchant of the same place in 16S3. The son of Gulian was Philip Yerplanck, of Yerplanck's Point. This branch of the …

On the south side of the neck is situated a convenient steam- Doat landing, post-office, two taverns, two stores, some fifteen or twenty dwelling houses, beside several extensive brick yards and lime kilns ; also one Methodist and one Roman Catholic Church. Near the western extremity of the Point is the site of Fort Fayette, which, July 22, 1779, was garrisoned by one thousand …

The British had a sloop at anchor off Peekskill Landing and a ship off the Dunderberg. Lest the enemy meant a deception, the Americans were ordered to lie on their arms, and a regiment extra was ordered to advance on the heights. " On the 2Sth, three deserters, one a Hessian musician with his horn, came in from the enemy. They confirmed the testimony of the former deserter …

Washington, orders to move as expeditiously as possible to Peekskill, where he would find Gen. Howe with two brigades. Gen. Heath w^as to take command of the whole, and carry into effect the orders which had been given to Gen. Howe. Gen. Heath returned immediately to the troops, and at 12 o'clock began his march towards Peekskill -- marched until dusk 15 miles, when the troops …

Howe with information that a part of Clinton's army were then above the new bridge on Croton River pushing for the Point ; and that he was retreating from the Point as fast as possible. On this Gen. Heath ordered Gen. Huntington with his brigade and two field pieces to push forward as fast as the troops could march and keep in breath, and take a position on thehigli ground to …

Heath, to move into the Highlands immediately, which was done, just after dark, the troops passing the night on Bald Hill. It was generally the opinion that if General Heath had not been at hand to advance in the manner he did, that Gen. Clinton by a forced march of his light troops, backed by his army, would have got in the rear of Gen. Howe, before he could have possibly …

October 21st, 1779, three deserters came in from Verplanck's Point, and reported, that the enemy were on the point of evacuating their works. The oflicer commanding the advanced picket, soon after sent information that the works appeared to be on fire, and the shipping standing down the river. Major Waldbridge, who commanded the advanced picket, immediately sent a detachment …

V.'illiam van Wert, the ferry-master on this occasion, afterwards testified at Andre's trial, " that Mr. Smith crossed King's ferry from Stoney Point to Yerplanck's Point on the evening of a day in the week before last, in company with another man, and a negro boy was with him ; -- each of them had a horse. The day of the month I do not recollect. 1 have not seen the person …

Four or five miles below Verplanck's Point can be distinctly seen Smith's house, where the interview took place between Andre and Arnold, and where the latter gave the spy the fatal papers that proved his ruin. In describing the scenery of this beautiful spot, Mr. N. P. Willis remarks : *' It is not easy to pass and repass the now peaceful and beautiful waters of this part of …

A late biographer of Arnold gives the particulars of a conversation between Andre and Major Tallmadge, the officer who had him in custody, and who brought him from West Point down the river to Tappan, the place of his subsequent execution : ' Before we reached tlie Clove, (a landing just below Yerplanck's Point,) Major Andre became very inquisitive to know my opinion as to the …

What a contrast does this scene present to the passage of the traitor himself, who, as soon as his villainy was ascertained, " mounted a horse belonging to one of his aids that stood saddled at the door, and rode alone, with all speed, to the bank of the river. He there entered a boat, and directed the oarsmen to push out to the middle of the stream. The boat was rowed by six …

The boat reached the Vulture unobstructed in its passage ; and after Arnold liad gone on board and introduced himself to Capt. Sutherland, he called the leader of the boatmen into the cabin, and informed him that he and his companions were prisoners. The boatmen, who liad capacity and spirit, said they were not prisoners; that they came on board wiih a flag of truce, and under …

As soon as Washington had solved the mystery, "and the whole extent of the plot was made manifest, Hamilton was immediately ordered to mount a horse and ride to Verplanck's Point, that preparations might be made for stopping Arnold, should he not already have passed that post." " But Col. Hamilton's mission proved too late. It could hardly have been otherwise, for Arnold had …

Livingston that he had sent for him to give him very special orders, to impress upon him the danger of his post and the necessity of vigilance, and to communicate other particulars, which could only be done in a personal interview. In conclusion he said it was a source of gratification to him, that the post was in the hands of an officer, whose courage and devotedness to the …

I had suffered severely from an ague which I could not get quit of, though I had taken the exercise of a hard trotting horse, and got thus far to the northward in the month of October. The General observing it, told me he was sure 1 had not met with a good glass of wine for some time-- an article then very rare -- but that my disa Sparks' Life of Arnold, p. 249. b Sparks' Life …

In the front of the tents was a regular continued portico, formed by the boughs of the trees in full verdure, decorated with much taste and fancy. Opposite the camp, and on distinct eminences, stood the tents of some of the general officers over which towered predominant that of AVashington. I had seen all the camps in England, from many of which drawings and engravings have …

He was so attentive as to give me the horse I rode on the day of my arrival. I found him as good as he is handsome ; but, above all, perfectly well broke and well trained, having a good mouth, easy in hand, and stopping short in a gallop without bearing the bit. I mention these minute particulars, because it is the General himself who breaks all his own horses. He is an …

Anxious to carry away to their friends some part of this floating world of wonders, and not satisfied with the trifles they received in return for skins, one of the canoes with one man in it lurked about the stern with a thievish tardiness, notwithstanding he was warned ofl". Watching an opportunity, he at length crawled up the rudder into the cabin window, and stole a pillow …

With this mighty revenge for a trifling injury, they returned to the ship, and weighed anchor near Teller's Point, off the mouth of Croton River, near the entrance into Tappan Sea." Parsonage or Montrose's Point, is separated from Yerplanck's Point on the north by the creek Meanagh. This Point was originally granted by the Van Cortlandts to the Dutch Reformed Church of …

First, Sybout Herricksen Krankheyt and Geertje his wife, Jan Corne van Texel and Annetje his wife, Francoy de Paw, Mathys Brouwer and Marrietje his wife, Nathan Beesly and Esther his wife, Catharine van Texel, wife of Hendrick Lent, Geertje Brouwer, wife of Samuel Brouwer, Hendrick Lent and Cornelia, his wife, William van Texel and Trynje his wife, Annetje Sybout, wife of Jan …

• This gentleman is the well known author of " Travels in South America." COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 105 The present church of Cortlandtown is situated southeast of Verplauck's Point, near the edge of the Albany and New York Post road. It is a neat building of wood, with a tower and cupola, but its interior contains nothing worthy of particular notice. In the cemetery surrounding …

The following minutes are extracted from the records of the New York Classis : Flatbush, April 24, 1792, the Rev. Classis "appointed the Rev. Mr. Jackson ^ to visit the congregation at the Cortlandi's manor between this and the next session, and to report to Classis the state of that congregation."^ September 4, 1792, Mr. Jackson reports to Classis that he has fulfilled his …

Peter Stryker, each with an elder, appointed by Classis to visit tlie vacant congregations at Cortlandi's manor as soon as possible, in order to organize a consistory, &,c. <fcc. Rev. Mr. Brush and Brouwer ordered to preach in their absence in their pnlpits, and after they have accomphshed their mission to repair to the same place, and preach there at least each one Sabbath. ^ …

Upon reading the same, it was found to be in due form, and subscribed by three elders and four deacons, but not authorized by any minister as the moderator of the call. Dr. Peter Goetchius, one of the subscribing elders, appearing before the Classis, attested to his own signature and that of each of the other subscribers, and gave sufficient reasons why a neighboring minister …

July, 1836, - - " Cornelius de Pew Westbrook, present ■ minister. At a short distance below Terplanck's Point is situated Boscobel House, the late residence of Staats Morris Dyckman, Esq., at present occupied by his grand-daughter Elizabeth, wife of Col. John P. Crnger. The house is built in the French style, and occupies a very pleasant spot on the brow of a high hill …

In the vicinity of Boscobel house is situated the small hamlet and landing of Cru^ers, a name derived frotn the Crnger fnmilj^, who have long possessed estates in the immediate neighborhood. A small mountain stream enters the Hudson at this place, called the Mill brook, upon which stood the manorial mills, long since superseded by Ramsay's mill. Above Crugers, crowning the …

But even in Rocklruid County the ore was not found in sufficient quantities to render it of any importance, so that prior to the Revolution, tlie enterprise was wholly abandoned, and the property sold to iMr. John Ramsay whose daughter married JohnCruger, father of Nicholas, the present proprietor of the furnace woods. Mr. Benjamin Odell occupies the Ramsay residence and mill …

landtown post office.a To the east of Croton village, the CoUabergh mountain, a liig'i ridge encompassed by woods, towers far above the surrounding hills, at tlie foot of wFiich is situated the Codahergh pond. Near the mouth of Croton river stands the Corilandt manor house, late the residence of Gen. Philip van Cortlandt, but now in possession of Col. Pierre van Corilandt, his …

The approach to the house is by a road formed on the banks of the Croton river. The entrance hall is adorned with several stag's heads, the only remains of that wild race which anciently spread from the Hudson to Connecticut. The library contains together with a valuable collection of books, several interesting autographs, viz : a poetical effusion of Mrs. Madison, wife of his …

I recommend him to your good advice and beg you to accept the best wishes and regards of your obliged and affectionate friend. Lafayette. There is also an original letter from Gen. Washington, dated Mount Yernon, x\pri! 3d, 1797, to Mrs. Clinton, near which, is the following, "Mrs. Washington presents her compliments to Mrs. Clinton, and findiuir that Congress will, contrary …

What a variety of illustrious visitors may fancy summon up and set down in this ancient mansion. At one time the illustrious Franklin, seated in the parlour, upon seeing Gen. Pierre van Cortlandt, (then a boy,) walk in with a handfull of prickly pears, requested a iew of the pins as he was shortly going to France and would like to exhibit in that country pins of domestic …

Edmund Fanning, his friend and secretary; and after remaining a night, he proposed a walk, and after proceeding to the highest point of land on the fiirm, being a height which affords a most delightful prospect, when the governor commenced with observing what great favors could be obtained if my father would relinquish his opposition to the views of the king and parliament of …

Much valuable property was destroyed in this vicinity by the great Croton flood of 1840, caused by the giving way of the dam, on which occasion the river (directly opposite the mansion) rose suddenly to the height of eight feet above the ordinary tide level. At the wire mills, lialf a mile distant, it exceeded fifty feet. A long walk leads through the old garden or pleasaunce …

Burr) will make all convenient dispatch, marching ten miles a day, as water and ground will admit. * The Baron de Kalb." During the winter of 1782, Captain Daniel Williams, of the New York levies, (stationed on the lines.) having just returned from an excursion to IMorrisania, was surprised by a party of the enemy's horse, in a barn near the ferry house. George McChain, who …

The Van Corilandt Cemetery is situated on the summit of a hill west of the mansion. Here is a marble tomb erected to the Memory of the Honorable Pierre van Cortlandt, late Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New York, and President of the Convention that framed itie Constitution thereof during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain. He departed this life on the first day of …

Near the Lieutenant-Governor are interred the remains of his illustrious son, Gen. Philip van Cortlandt. who died November 21st, 1831, aged 82; and Johanna van Cortlandt, wife of the Hon. Pierre van Cortlandt, daughter of Gilbert and Cornelia Livingston, born at Kingston, ifi the county of Ulster, the 28th day of August, 1722, died at her residence at Croton, on the IGth of …

VAN Cortlandt, Junr., and .eldest daughter of ~ Vol. L ':■ . \ i^ - ~ - m HISTORY OF THE George Clinton, Esqr., Vice-President of the United States. *' The memory of the just is blessed ;" Prov. 10 : 7. May death's best slumbers occupy thy urn -- The heap that hides thee nature's livery wear ; O be ihou sacred in the silent bourne, Till time rolls round the great Sabbatic …

The narrow pass which it occupied was well protected on the north by Indian Swamp, and on the south by the salt meadows. It is said to have been erected at a very early date by the sachem Croton, as a convenient rendezvous for the assembling of his war and hunting parties, and also for the object of commanding the rich treasuries of the Hudson and the wide estuary of the …

In connection wUh the above, another tradition deserves to be recorded, which asserts that several of the river tribes had a severe and sanguinary conflict with the Indians inhabiting the Point, which resulted in the defeat of the former ; and, further, that the large mound or barrow near the entrance of the Point was erected over the dead who fell upon that memorable …

The basement of the building is constructed of Ashlar marble, cut in Sing Sing ; the upper portion consists of stuccoed brick. The whole edifice is in admirable keeping with the adjoining vineyards and surrounding scenery. -.---.- R. T. and William A. Underhill, the present proprietors of the Point proper, are the sons of Robert Underhill, Esq., fifth in descent from the …

A large fish pond lying east of Dr. Underbill's residence is conjectured to have originally formed the bed of the Croton River, from the fact that trunks of trees have been discovered four or five feet beneath its muddy sediment. The southern declivities of the Point towards the Croton Bay are covered with extensive vineyards of Catawba and Isabella. The fable land also …

It was off the western extremity that tlie Vulture sloop of war came to anchor on the morning of the 21st of September, 1780, having brought up Andre for the purpose of holding an interview with Arnold ]^ and here she expected to have awaited his return -- but soon after the spy had embarked for the opposite shore, a barge filled with armed men from the Vulture was seen …

The Vulture lying in a position to be distinctly seen from Verplanck's Point, and the distance of country between it and the point on the Westchester shore, and likewise from Stony Point ; the town of Haverstraw, and the point where Andre and Arnold held their conference in Rockland County; the grounds upon both sides of the river for many miles in extent sloping gradually …

It had been reported to Colonel Livingston by messengers from Teller's Point, that the vessel was so near the shore as to be within reach of cannon-shot, and that the inhabitants were likewise apprehensive boats would land and commit depredations. Col. Livingston accordingly sent from A^erplank's Point a party with cannon, who fired upon the Vulture and compelled her to remove …

With an unconquerable predilection for stratagem, our hero immediately concerted a plot, for the sole purpose, as he says, of affording " a little sport for his soldiers." He accordingly proceeded down to the Point, accompanied by six men, five of whom, besides himself, concealed themselves in the woods, which grew a short distance from the shore, while the other paraded the …

At this signal, every man sprang up in his place, with a shout that made the welkin ring ; making at the same time such a rustling in the bushes, that the British, thinking themselves surrounded by a superior force, surrendered without resistance. On the next day they were marched to Fishkill, and confined in the old Dutch church.''^ 16th of October, 1799, (remarks Gen …

This township is situated ten miles south of White Plains, twenty miles north of New York, one hundred and forty from the city of Albany, and four east of the Hudson ; bounded, north by Scarsdale, east by Pelham and New Rochelle, south by West Chester, and west by Yonkers. It is about seven miles long, nor thand south, and near two and a half miles wide. On the west it is …

Twelve years later we find the inhabitants of East Chester confirmed in all their rights by the Mohegan Sacherns, Gramatan, Woariatapus, Annhooke, (alias Wampage,) and Porrige. The undivided lands, which were a long time in controversy between the two towns of East and West Chester, appear to have been held by the Indians up to a late period of our colonial history. Tlie …

Upon the 10th day of February, 1672, it was agreed (by the inhabitants of East Chester,) " that the town wolfpits which Mr. Pincldni and John Hoyt hath made, shall be, and is also illegal in the glan (glen,) where they are situated, and that the inhabitants, do see to fill them up." Seven years later it was decided byvote, that the inhabitants pay ten shillings for every wolf …

"Forasmuch as divers inhabitants of this colony have sufiered many grievous losses. in their stock, both of sheep and neat cattle, for the prevention of which, and encouragement of those who shall destroy wolves in the said colony, and that the breed of wolves within this colony may be wholly rooted out and extinguished, be it enacted, &c., that in the County of West Chester …

Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Pell, have granted to James Euestis and Philip Pinckney, for themselves and their associates, to the number of ten families, to settle down at Hutchinsons, that is where the house stood at the meadows and uplands, to Hutchinson's River, they paying according to ye proportion of the charges which was disburst for the purchase, and …

The following covenant was drawn up in 1665, for the' future government of the proprietors, entitled: Articles of agreement betwixt us whose names are underwritten, A. D. 1665. Imprimis, that we, by the grace of God, sett down on the tract of land lying betwixt Hutchinson's brook, where the house was, imtil it comes unto that river, that runneth in at the head of the meadow …

That none exceed the quantity of fifteen acres, until all have that quantity. 8. That every man hath that meadow that is most convenient for him. 9. That every man build and inhabit on his home lot before the next winter. 10. That no man maks sale oC his lot before he hath built and inhabited one year, and then to render it lo the company, or to a man whom they approve. 11 …

That no man shall give entertainment to a foreigner who shall carry himself obnoxious to the company except amendment be after warnino- sriven. 16. That all shall join in guarding of cattel when the company see it convenient. 17. That every man make and maintain a good fence about all his arable land, and in due time a man chosen to view if the company's be good. 18. That …

That a convenient place be appointed for oxen if need require. 26. If any man's meadow or npland be worse in quality, that be considered in quantity. 27. That every man that hath taken up lots shall pay to all public charges equal with those that got none. That all that hath or shall take up lots within this tract of land mentioned in the premises shall subscribe to these …

*' Richard Nioholls, Esq., Governor General under his Royal Highness, James, Duke of York and Albany, &c. &c., of all his territories in America, to all whom these presents shall come, sendeth greeting : whereas there is a certain plantation upon ye maine, lying within ye limits and bounds of Westchester, belonging to ye north riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island, situate and …

Pell's patent, to ye south by a certain creek, the mouth whereof openeth to ye south-east, including ye meadows heretofore called Hutchinson's Meadows, and ye upland, to ye now known and common path coming up from Westchester, to take in also of ye upland between Hutchinson's and Rattlesnake Brook, from the said path to ye extent of half a mile north-west from ye path, to …

126 HISTORY OF THE patent by me given or granted : To have and to hold all 3'e singular ye said lands and hereditaments and premises, with their and every of their appurtenances, and every part and parcel thereof, to ye said patentees and their associates, their heirs, executors and assignees, to ye proper use and behoof of ye said patentees and their associates, their heirs …

patent by me given or granted : To have and to hold all 3'e singular ye said lands and hereditaments and premises, with their and every of their appurtenances, and every part and parcel thereof, to ye said patentees and their associates, their heirs, executors and assignees, to ye proper use and behoof of ye said patentees and their associates, their heirs and executors and …

Given under my hand and seal at Fort James, New York, on ye Isle of Manhattans, ye ninth day of March, in ye nineteenth year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles ye Second, by ye grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of ye faith, and in ye year of our Lord God, 1666.* " Richard Nicolls. " Recorded by order of ye Governor, the day and year …

Philip Pinkney, James Eustis and William Hoyden, and our associates -- the above mentioned Philip Pinkney, James Eustis and William Hoyden do, by these, resign up our particular interest that we have by patent, or which was granted and confirmed unto our associates, who have owned and subscribed unto the observation of a covenant, with this provisal, that they observe all …

Upon this occasion we find the deputies of Oostdorp, alias Westchester, and the adjacent hamlet of Eastchester, offering to submit themselves to the government of the States General and the Prince of Orange ; in return for which they were commanded "to nominate, by their inhabitants, a double number as magistrates for the aforesaid villages."b Subsequently the following order …

" Whereas, by a former order it was thought fit that the two towns of West and Eastchester should be brought under one court of judicature, consisting of three schepens, or magistrates -- that is to say, out of the town of Westchester two, and one out of the town of Eastchester ; and that the inhabitants of the said respective towns should make choice each of a double number …

128 HISTORY OF THE In 1676 Nathaniel Tompkins, of (his town, was directed by Governor Andross '• to seize al! stray horses within the jurisdiction of West and Kastcliester that are without marks, and bring them to the constable or justice of the peace. "a- At this period the standard prices of grain and other marketable produce were as follows : -- Merchantable winter wheat …

" And so if they can agree, in behalf of the rest of the inhabitants, with the said Indians, concerning the purchase and pay of the said land, &c., these tiiree men above mentioned to be together in the design.'' "Also it is further agreed that the said Indian purchase shall be paid, answerable unto every man's proportion of land in the east division already laid out, &c."c …

On the 1st of March, 1686, Captain William Haiden and Moses Hoit, sen., were chosen by the inhabitants of Eastchester to go to treat with the Westchester townsmen in defence of our land, granted to us by patent." On the 16th of January, 1698, occurs the following entry in the town records : -- " There being several inhabitants of Westchester come to invade us (the inhabitants …

The vacant lands were situated on the west side of Rattlesnake Brook, in the northwest corner of the present town, and amounted to 3,308 acres. From their peculiar shape they obtained the name of the " Long Reachy In 1696, "at a meeting of the freeholders, and commonalty of the borough town of West Chester, they did give and grant unto Col. Caleb Heathcote, the liberty of the …

Pell's patent, and soulherly to Hutchinson's brook, and from the head thereof, northwest to Brunckses his river, and so from the head of Hutchinson's river, northwest to Brunckses river, and so all the land betwixt Hutchinson's and Brunckses river, according as aforementioned, now know ye, that we, Woariatapus, Annhook, and Porrige. do owne, that we have received full …

Signed, sealed, and delivered in pre- The mark of X sence of us,- Robt. Bloomer, George Woariatapus Copping, David Wliiilock.- The mark of AH Ann Hooke, Gramatan Sachem, Porrige. The same year it was resolved by the inhabitants of this town, " that Edmimd Ward shall have and hold 60 acres of land, in consideration that the said Edmund Ward do pay the Indians purely, and clear …

John Drake, Thomas Pinckney, Joseph Drake, Edmund Ward, Henry Fowler, and Roger Barton, a grant for a tract of land in Westchester Co., beginning at Hutchinson's brook, at the end of the half mile mentioned in Eastchester patent, and so up the said Hutchinson's brook, as the brook runs to the head thereof, and from thence, northwest t© Brunckses river, and so up the said …

D. ITOS.b a This individual was Mayor of the city of N. Y. in 1703, and for njany years senior warden of Trinity Church, in that city, b Alb. Book of Pat. No. p. 380. 3J2 HISTORY OF THE In 1724, the inhabitants of East Chester appear to have held a quit-rent on the patent of Jacobus van Cortlandt, and others, The following items relate to the election of town officers from …