Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.

This Point or Farm, which originally consisted of one hundred and seventy-two acres, was held simply by permission or lease, under James Van Cortlandt, (the son of John, grandson of Stephen, the son of De Herr Stephanus Van Cortlandt,) by the consistory of the Dutch Reformed church, until at last the law of limitation had given the latter peaceable possession of the property …

Prior to the building of the old church, the members of this society appear to have contributed one-fourth part towards the salary for the support of the Rev. minister at Philipsburgh, or Sleepy Hollow ; for in the second Book of the church memoranda, at the latter place, occurs the following entry : -- "A beginning will be made on the next page, but also by common accord it …

First, Sybout Herricksen Krankheyt and Geertje his wife, Jan Corne Van Texel and Annentj his wife, Francoy de Paw, Mathys Brower and Marretye 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 Irynje his wife, Annetje Sybout, wife of Jan …

The present church which was built between the years 1795 an^ J799 is located south-east of Verplanck's Point, near the King's Ferry Road and directly facing the Albany and New York turnpike. It is a neat structure of wood, with a tower and cupola, but its interior contains nothing worthy of notice -- a lecture room and porch have been recently added. The tower contains a …

"All that certain piece or parcel of laud situate lying and being in the Town of Cortlandt, County of Westchester and State of New York and is part of water lot (No. 7) adjoining Hudson's River, butted and bounded as followeth beginning at a small Bilberry Bush6 on the west side of the Post Road leadiug from the City of New York to Pcekskill thence south 62 degrees aud 30 …

To have aud to hold, &c," "and also the said party, party of the 2nd part and their successors shall and may from time to time and at all times for ever hereafter peaceably and quietly have, hold, occupy, possess and enjoy, &c." James Cockcuoft.c Lydia, widow of James Cockcroft, afterwards married Charles White. To prevent any claim of dower that might hereafter have arisen …

Lent and Abraham Moutross, the elders and deacons of the Reformed Dutch church of the Manor of Cortlandt in the County of Westchester and State of New York of the second part, for the sum of one dollar grants, confirms, &c, all the land before recited in Cockcroft's deed to the elders and deacons to the said parties of the first part their heirs and assigns for ever a pew …

Be this as it may, Elias Hunt, son of Stephanus, subsequently conveyed to this society the sixteen acres they now hold inclusive of the one acre, two quarters and three rods conveyed by Cockcroft in 1795. In the cemetery surrounding the church are several monuments to the Lents, Montross's, Brinckerhoffs, &c, &c; also a plain head stone inscribed as follows : -- "Sacred to the …

The following minutes are extracted from the recocds of the New York Classis : -- Flatbush, April 24, 1792, the Rev. Classis "appoint the Rev. Mr. Jackson" to visit the congregation at the Cortlandt's manor, between this and the next session, and report to Classis the state of that congregation."6 Sept. 4, 1792, Mr. Jackson reports to Classis that he has fulfilled his …

September 2, 1794, ordered that Mr. Jackson visit the congregation of Cortlandt manor, the second Lord's day September instant ; also, that Mr. Schoonmaker visit said congregation once in the meantime between this and next meeting.* Also ordered, that the Rev, Mr. Sickles in the course of this fall visit Peekskill, and apply to the Classis of Albany for recommendation to visit …

It was approved and endorsed.? a To this Individual, (tinder God,) the Reformed Dutch Church In Cortlandtown Is Indebted for her re-establishraent and present success. b Rec.of N. Y. Classis, vol. I, 110. e Rcc, of N. Y. Classis, vol. i, 113. d Roc. of N. Y. Classis, vol. I, 123. t Rec. N. Y. Classi3, vol. i, 143 / Roc. X. Y. Classis, vol. 1, 1ST. <7 Rue. N. Y. Classis, vol …

LIST OF MINISTERS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH CORT- LANDT. Date of Instalment. Minsters. Vacated by. April, 1800, Rev. William Manly,'' Death. March 27, 1S10, Rev. Abraham Hoffman, Resig. October 21, 1831, Robert Kirkwood, October 3, 1836, Rev. Cornelius Depew Westbrook, D.D., September, 1850, Rev. Samuel Lockwood, August, 1853, Rev. John B. Steele, 1859, Rev. John St. John …

Between Verplanck's Point and Crugers is Montross Point, where there is a small hamlet and several fine residences ; there is a brick yard owned by John D. Karet and occupied by Cyrus Travis -- employing about 25 men and disbursing-some $8,000 during the season. A little north, just below Verplanck's Point, are two brick yards owned by Charles Jones and occupied by Kelly and …

The chandeliers and lamps of elegant pattern and device, were the gifts of W. G. Kortright, Esq., of New York. The communion silver was presented by Mrs. Nicholas Cruger. The organ which cost eleven hundred dollars was built by Carhart & Needham, and was the gift of the Rev. Gouverneur Cruger. The font is of Caen stone with elaborate design. The tower contains a Meneely bell …

The grounds surrounding the mansion are greatly enriched with luxuriant woods and plantations. Just below at the foot of the terrace is a fine spring house, reached by a flight of stone steps. About seven years ago during a heavy drought, this perennial spring supplied the whole neighborhood with water. Overshadowing the top of the spring house is a venerable white oak four or …

After the Revolutionary war the English Government in gratitude for services rendered, presented Mr. Dyckman with a full set of diamonds, and a golden urn 18 inches high. As stated above, Elizabeth, wife of Col. John P. Cruger, was the daughter of Peter C. Dyckman, the son of Staats Morris, by his wife Eliza Kennedy. In the possession of Mr. Cruger, is a "loving cup," used for …

Dalyell, of Brims, Commander-in- Chief of His Majesty's forces in Scotland, 1666-16S5, Boscobel House with, its timbered gables and tower, with antique garden. There are three volumes of Bible, Old and New Testament. British Theatre 34 volumes, 1795; Porcupine's Works, &c, by William Cobbett, 12 volumes, London, May, 1S01; Orlando Furisso, translated from Italian by Judovico …

D.D., Chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty King Charles the First, and Bishop in time of Charles the Second of Downe and Connor in Ireland printed for R. Royston, 1647. This book contains not that prelate's real sentiments, but was designed to show what plausible arguments every sect and party of Christains had to say in favor of their particular opinions, &c." Works of Homer …

The finding of Moses, Queen Charlotte as Pharaoh's daughter and attendants 5 another representing the drawing of Moses out of the water, the group of females representing the queen and attendants. Here is preserved Major John Andre's flute presented to Mrs. Cruger's grandfather ; also a gold enameled snuff-box made of the veritable Boscobel oak in which Charles the Second was …

Cruger, of Cuger's Island, Dutchess county, N.Y., says "From the traditionary account in the family and from the coat of arms which lie brought with him, it is supposed he was descended from the family of Baron Von Cruger. The name of that family was always spelt with a C, while that of the commonality in Germany is spelt with a K." The name itself in its origin is a …

" Henry Cruger, the eldest of the two surviving sons of John Cruger the first, who was born 25th November, 1707, in New York, resided for many years in that city, and was also in political life. He was a member of the Assembly from 1745 to 1759, and subsequently was appointed to the Council of the Province, and served till 1773, when he resigned and was succeeded by his eldest …

whose maiden name was Koughter or Slaughter : but she died without children. His second wife was a Miss Harris of the same Island, by whom he had four sons and two daughters. His eldest son was Jolm Harris Cruger who succeeded his father in 1773 as one of the Governor's Council, he was also Chamberlain of the city of New York, and was commissioned Lieut. Colonel of the First …

In 1784, he was again elected to Parliament." In 1790 he. declined reelection, having determined to return to America and reside there for the rest of his life, and in the same year came back with his family to his native city. He was soon engaged in politics, and notwithstanding his service in Parliament, and especially his re-election in 1784, after the peace of 1783, and …

Their eldest son was Henry H. Cruger who married Mary, daughter of Nicolas Cruger, his first cousin. Their second son was William Cruger, and their third son was John Cruger who was the father of ^Henry Cruger, the late Hon. Nicholas Cruger and Col. John Peach Cruger" of Boscobel House, Crugers, Westchester county, who possesses the large silver pitcher, presented by the …

On George's Island, about one-half a mile above Cruger's, there are three brick yards employing about one hundred and twenty men, and occupied by William Tompkins, paying about $25,000. A little to the north of this are two more brick yards, owned and occupied by Orrin Frost, employing about eighty men, and paying out about $20,000 during the season. On the turnpike leading to …

It would appear, however, that the ore was not found here in sufficient abundance ; for, at a vast expense, we find it subsequently transported from the Queensburg mine, in the forest of Dean, Rockland county, by the route of King's ferry, and melted in this furnace. But even in Rockland County the ore was not found in sufficient quantities to render it of any importance, so …

At the intersection of the New York and Albany Post Road with the road leading to the railroad station is the Protestant Episcopal church of St. Augustine. Episcopal services were also performed at the village of Croton, in this parish, by Mr. Wetmore in 1756, by the Rev. Mr. Dibble in 1761, and by the Rey. Mr. Punderson in 1763, who says, "that he preached a lecture there …

The present pastor is the Rev. Mr. Ronalds. The Friends Meeting-house is in the immediate neighborhood of the latter. Here is a convenient landing known as the Collabergh landing from whence sloops ply to the city of New York, and other places on the Hudson River. There is also the Croton landing, Depot of the Hudson River Railroad, telegraph station, Post Office, numerous …

Although tradition says that when Van Cortlandt purchase^ from Governor Thomas Dongan, in 1683-4, the domain of Kitchawan, the latter had already begun improvements, intending to complete a fortified country seat for the convenience of fishing, hawking and hunting in the neighboring waters, low lands and forests. Tradition also adds, that Dongan planted apple-trees not far …

One of the principal objects the builder (whether Governor Dongan or Johannes Van Cortlandt) had in view was security against the Indians, who at one time were very numerous in this neighborhood.4 In fact its noble owners never knew when they were secure from the inroads of the savages, but in proportion to the strength and security of their habitation. The principal sachem of …

A large Indian bow now lies across a pair of magnificent mooseantlers over the main entrance door to the mansion, which was given, it is said, by that sachem to the first lord of the manor, and has been handed down to the present proprietor. But to return to our description of the house -- it has a high basement, a second story, which includes the principal apartments; and a …

Croton Point, so famous for its grapes and wine, and the broad expanse of the Tappan Sea, made classical by the genius of Irving ; and the Hudson River, with both its shores, as far down as Dobbs's Ferry on the east, and Point-no-point on the west. Turning to the right, and looking over Croton Point (se-was-qua), the high and rugged range of Tom Mountains, extending back of …

The bay is making rapid progress toward the condition of a salt meadow. In 1840, the swollen Croton River broke away the dam connected with the aqueduct by which New York city is supplied with water, and swept down into the bay, an enormous quantity of earth, on which occasion the river, directly opposite the mansion, rose suddenly to the height of eight feet above the …

S., or about seventyfive years before the manor-house was built. As we have previously shown, when Stephanus Van Cortlandt became full proprietor of the grand domain, it was erected into the Lordship and Manor of Cortlandt, by royal charter, bearing the date of June 17, 1697. That charter, written on parchment, and preserved at the manor-house, with the circular tin box …

The manor-house is distinguished not only for its antiquity, but for the character of its tenantry, guests, and its scenes. Its earlier owners were notable men in the annals of the Province and State of New York. Doubtless at the table, there sat most of the Provincial Governors, from Hunter and Ingolsby down to Colden, at the kindling of the Revolution, with whom the Van …

On learning that it was Brant, who was stopping at a tavern near by, he sent an invitation to the chief to come and dine with HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. him. The late war became the topic of conversation. The Colonel had once chased Brant, and had been conscious that Indian sharpshooters had attempted to kill him while he was leaning against a tree. When the Colonel …

He who extended these hospitalities for the period of half a century or more, was Pierre Van Cortlandt -- who was a member of the New York Provincial Congress, chairman of the New York Committee of Safety, and for eighteen successive years from the organization of the State Government, in 1777, was Lieut. Governor of the Commonwealth. He espoused the cause of the patriots at …

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 farm, 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 …

Fanning and said : ' I find our business here must terminate, for nothing can be effected in this place, so we will return;' which they did by taking a short and hasty farewell, and embarked on board the sloop and returned to New York. This was in the year 1774."" The patriot suffered for his principles during the war that ensued. His wife, Joanna Livingston, fled before the …

The Manor house contains interesting pictures, manuscripts and relicts of the past. There may be seen full-length portraits of the earlier Van Cortlandts in their younger days -- one representing John Van Cortlandt as a boy of about twelve years of age, dressed in a long blue coat reaching to the knees, with large cuffs turned up to the elbows, knee breeches, scarlet …

Pierre Van Cortlandt." Another portrait represents Pierre (afterwards Lieutenant-Governor) as a boy of about ten years of age, in a scarlet coat, with white silk stockings and a grey-hound by his side. Abraham, still older, is depicted in a russet coat and red stockings, with high-heeled shoes and buckles. These paintings are said to be over 140 years old, and represent three …

Beck, by Palmer ; portraits of George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States and Governor of New York and lady, in crayons, by St. Menor Valdenuit ; miniatures of George Clinton, Pierre Van Cortlandt and Gilbert Van Cortlandt, by Edward Malbon ; and Catharine Clinton Van Cortlandt, artist unknown; a portrait of Brant, painted from life at Albany for William Caldwell …

Philip Van Cortlandt, who afterwards took such an active part against the Revolution ; a silver shaving cup or christening bowl with two handles, very curious, brought to this country by Oloff Stevenson Van Cortlandt from Holland in 1638; a gold papspoon, with little golden bells on the handle to charm the babe while it was feeding, which was also brought from Holland ; a …

The buffet which surmounts the mantle contains some curious china and glass, among which may be enumerated a porcelain figure of a monster, with the body and legs of an elephant and a grim head, half brute and half human, and some Japanse figures upon its back all indicative of the connection of the first emigrant to America with the Dutch West India Company. This very curious …

Piece of china which belonged to Lord Fairfax over 200 years old ; glass tumbler with colored figures brought by theRomeyn's from Holland in 1654, and. then thought to be very old; box made of wood of the " Endeavour," the ship in which Capt. Cook sailed round the world ; she was brought to Newport, R. I., condemned as unseaworthy; the keel was sold to a cabinetmaker, and used …

On one of the fly leaves is recorded the following, in the handwriting of Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt: -- " Pierre Van Cortlandt's ejus Liber, March 1st, i739-40."a The Negro Plot, by the Recorder of New York, entitled, "A Journal of the detection of the Conspiracy, New York, printed by James Parker, 1744. A copy of this work brought $240 at Manzie's sale. This copy was once the …

Fiorelli, a young Italian sculptor, a refugee patriot, nephew to the gentleman whom I introduced to you in 1824. I recommend him to your good ad\rice, 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 Vernon, April 3d, 1797, to Mrs. Clinton, and likewise, one …

Pierre Van Cortlandt, June 13th, 1SB5 : -- " You will see in Sieutans memories of Nelson, (the author of " Fasts and Festivals ") page 136, a reference to a Dutoh translation of Common Prayer Book'"-- (Ho refers also to an autograph note from Mr. Julian Verplauck's regarding the edition of 1711, as a great curiosity just added to the State library.) " Let me congratulate you …

A small silver plate inserted under the table bears the following inscription: -- "At this table DeWitt Clinton was sitting when he died." There is also preserved a desk seal of DeWitt Clinton, given by his sons to Theodrick R. Beck. There is a fine bust of the Hon. Pierre Van Cortlandt, executed from the original portrait by Jarvis; and a portrait of Gen. Pierre Van …

But the rustling has been frequently heard, and the natural causes which produce the sounds have not been discovered. The 'ghost' is harmless, and has never disturbed the repose of one of the most charming homes on the borders of the Hudson."'1 During the Revolutionary War the ancient " Ferry House was occupied by a continental guard to protect the ferry and all passes to and …

VOL L, 131. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. During the winter of 1782, Capt. Daniel Williams, of the New. York levies, (stationed on the lines), having just returned from an excursion to Morrisania, was surprised by a party of the enemy's horse, in a barn near the Ferry House. George McClain, who behaved with the utmost gallantry on this occasion, was killed ; the rest …

He was a patriot, of the first order, zealous to the last for the liberties of his country ; A man of exemplary virtues ; kind as a neighbor, fond and indulgent as a parent ; an honest man -- ever the friend of the poor ; respected and beloved. The simplicity of his private life was that of an ancient Patriarch. He died a bright witness of that perfect love which casts out the …

a David Merrit of Cortlandtowu, Oct. 12th, 1S15, says : " When the Refugees surprised Williams's post, at Orsers, a part of them went uorth and cut off ye retreat, driving Col. John Post, the guide and others upon ye ice, when Odell fought with two and escaped "--Conversation between Meritt and Jas. McDonald. McDonald MSS., in possession of George H. Moore librarian of New …

"Tlie memory of the just is blessed ; "-- Prov. x : T. May death's best slumbers occupy thy urn-- The heap that hides thee nature's livery wear ; O be thou sacred in the silent bourne, Till time rolls round the great Sabbatic year. born at New London the 5th of November, 1770, she deceased at her residence, Peekskill, on the 10th January, 1811, aged 40 years, 2 months and 5 …

We have previously shown that Matsewakes was chief sachem of Kitchawan as early as 1641. At a short distance east of the fort, on the south edge of Haunted Hollow, is situated the Indian burying ground of Kitchawan. Nothing can be more romantic and beautiful than its locality, "a clear proof of the good taste of those who selected and consecrated it for that object." There was …

Be this as it may, indubitable evidence exists that a struggle must have taken place here at some time, from the fact, that vast quantities of warlike weapons have been found in the immediate vicinity of the fort. A rural lane, bordered with luxuriant forest trees, leads from the main, called Enoch's Neck, to the Point proper, originally called by the Indians Senasqua, and by …

Underhill who is the present proprietor of the Point proper, a grand-son of Robert Underhill, Esq., fifth in de- THE TOWN OF* CORTLANDT. I97 scent from the famous Capt. John Underbill, High Constable of the North Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island. The woods of Teller's Point afford a safe retreat for thousands of crows, (corvus corone Linn.) which here, unmolested and …

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 table land also …

terson, who were in the vicinity, seized their arms and hastened to the shore, resolved in their own rninds that the enemy should not land without opposition. For this purpose they concealed themselves behind the large rocks which still lie on the beach; and as the barge came sweeping along towards the shore, Patterson fired. His aim had been well directed, for an oar 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 repotted 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 Verplanck's Point a party with cannon, who fired upon the Vulture and compelled her to remove …

With an unconquerable predeliction for strategem, our hero immediately concerted a plot, for the sole purpose, 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 iney were marched to Fishkill, and confined in the old Dutch church."6 On 1 6th of October, 1799, (remarks Gen …

The first independent election for officers of the town of Cortlandt, took place April ist, 1788, when the following individuals were chosen officers for the year ensuing: -- Philip Van Cortlandt, Supervisor. Joseph Travis, Towu Clerk. Daniel Birdscll ) Nathaniel Brown, - Poor Masters. Pierre Van Cortlandt,) David Ferris, Constable. John Paulding, Collector. John Jones …

It is about seven miles long, north and south, and near two and a half miles wide. On the west it is washed by the Bronx river, (Aguehung) and on the east by Hutchinson's (Aqueanounck,) or East Chester creek, which enters a large bay of the same name, in the south east angle of this town.a East Chester6 was at first called Hutchinsons, and subsequently, "The Ten Farms," an …

Y. GaztUer. b This name, Chester, says Camden, " comes plainly from the Roman Castrum " Camden's Brlttania. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OK WESTCHESTER. the Indians up to a late period of colonial history. The aboriginal names of Coranases and Conoval, frequently occur in the early deeds of this town. A castle of the Sinamon Indians formerly stood on the hill in the rear of Dr …

Upon the ioth day of February, 1672, in was agreed (by the inhabitants of East Chester,) "that the town wolf-pits which Mr. Pinckini 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 decidfcd by vote, that the inhabitants pay ten shillings for every wolf …

" Forasmuch as divers inhabitants of this colony have suffered many grievous losses in their stocks, 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 the colony may be wholly rooted out and extinguished, be it enacted, &c, that in the County of West Chester …

The Court 01 ders that every Township & Constables jurisdiction -- The Con- Stables in their respective place shall take care under the penalty of five pounds for the neglect, that they cale together the Inhabitants & give notice that the Court of Sessions lia^e ordered & it is hereby ordered for the prevention of Damages done by wolves in this County, that the Inhabitants of …

And that annually a a rate be made before the first of Jan., paid before March next. The Constable having full power to see the same effected and done by virtue of this order, and to distraiue upon any that refuseth or neglecteth to pay his just proportion.'1 The remains of a large wolf-pit are still to be seen in the "Winter Hill burying-ground, situated upon the property of …

Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Pell, have granted to James Euestis and Philip rinekney, 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 …

These individuals subsequently took an active part in the affairs of East Chester. The following covenant was drawn up in 1665, for the future government of the proprietors, entitled: -- Articles of agreement betwext us whose names are underwriten, A. D. 1665. Imprimus, that we by the grace of God, Pitt down on the track of land lieng betwext Huthesson's broock, rehear the …

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 make sale of his lot before he hath built and inhabited one year, and then to render it to the company, or to a man whom the}' approve. 11 …

That no man shall give entertainment to a foreigner who shall carry himself obnoxious to the company except amendment be after warning given. 1G. That all shall join in guarding of cattle 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 every …

That every man get and keep a good lock to his door as soon as he can. 24. That a convenient place he appointed for oxen if need require. 25. If any man's meadow or upland be worse in quality, that be considered in quantity. 26. That every man that hath taken up lottes shall pay to all publick charges equal with those that got none. That all that hath or shall take up lots …

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

Pell's patent, to ye south-east by a certain creek, the mouth whereof openeth to ye south-east, then including ye meadows heretofore called Hutchinson's Meadows, and ye upland, to ye now knowne and common pathway coining up from Westchester, to take in also of ye uplands betweene Hutchinson's and Rattlesnake Brooke, from the said path to ye extent of half a mile north-west for …

THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER. Hinder ye obedience of his royal highness, his heirs and successors. 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, &c, &c, and in …

Phillip Pinknine, James Euslis and William Hoydeff, and our associates each of the above mentioned Phillip Pinknine, James Shute and William Haiden do, by these resigne up our perticulere interest that we have by paten, or otherwise granted and conermed unto our associates, who have owned and subscribed unto the observation of a coviuante, with us this provisall, that they …

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 State 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."" Suba Book of Pat Alb. 1M 17 …

"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 …

Merchantable barley, .... 4s. Od. Rye -. . . . 3*. 6d. Peas, . 3s. Od. Indian corn, 2s. Qd. Certain difficulties having arisen with regard to the boundaries of Eastchester Patent, Mr. Philip Pinckney was appointed on the 30th of October, 1677, "to go to our governor to meet Mr. Justice Pell, Esq., where it is intended that our governor is to decide any difference that may …

THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER. the said Indians, concerning the purchase and pay of the said land, &c, these three 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."° The following land list occurs in 1682, containing the …

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 1 6th of January, 1698, occurs the following entry in the town records: -- "There being several inhabitants of Westchester come to invade us (the inhabitants …

Lord Cornbnrr for license to purchase a parcel Of unappropriated vacant land in the county of Westchester, (discovered by them) which they should l> • desirous to settle and improve, from the native Indian proprietors thereof, to be thereby Instituted to his majestie's favorable patent for the same. Endorsed Aboynean's petition In behalf of himself & Co. Head in Council, April …

Be it known unto all to whom these presents may come, or concern; whereas the inhabitants of Eastchester did formerly purchase a certain tract of land of the natives, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty and six, and part of the same being not as yet satisfied, the said tract of land being butted and bounded as is hereafter expressed, viz. : east and …

Pell's patent, and southerly to Hutchinson's brook, and from the head thereof, north-west to Bruuckses his river, and so all the land betwixt Hutchinson's and Brunckses his river, and so from the head of Hutchinson's river, northwest west to Brunckses river, and so all the land betwixt Hutchinson's and Brunckses rivers, according as aforementioned, now know ye, that we …

D. 1700. Signed, sealed and delivered in The mark of X presence of us,* Robert Bloomer, Woariatabus. ■George Copping, David Whitlock. The mark of AH Ann Hooke, Gramatau Sachem, Porrige a Wostcliester Kec. THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER. 2i r The same year it was resolved by the inhabitants of this town, "that Edmund Ward shall have and hold sixty acres of land, in consideration that …

John Drake, Thomas Pinckncy, Joseph Drake, Edmund Ward, Henry Fowler and Roger Barton, a grant for a tract of land in Westchester county, 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 ruus to the head thereof, and from thence, north-west to Brunckses river, and so up the said …

In 1724, the inhabitants of Eastchester appear to have held a quit-rent on the patent of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, and others, &x.c a This Individual was the Mayor of the city of New York In 1703, and for many years senior warden of Trinity church, In that city. b Alb. Book of Pat. No. p. 380. e Town Hoc No. 2. 2 I 2 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTEP. The following items …

In 1686, John Pinckney appears as supervisor; Richard Shute, clerk of the town court; Joseph Drake, constable; William Haiden, Samuel Drake and Philip Pinckney, town commissioners; Haiden and John Pinckney, representatives. In 1691, John Pinckney, supervisor. The following election took place in 1776-7: Stephen Ward, supervisor; Samuel Sneden, town clerk ;a Charles Guion …

The public lands of Eastchester are now managed by a board of trustees, according to an Act of the Legislature passed May 11, 1846.' a Samuel Sneden was town clerk and supervisor for many years prior to the Revolution and was succeeded by Benjamin Mosyar subsequent to that period. b Town Records.-- The town books consist of three volumes ; the first commenciug on the 13th of …

The village of Eastchester is situated in the south-east angle of the town, at the head of the Eastchester Bay, fifteen miles from the city of New York ; it contains about three hundred and fifty inhabitants, fifty dwelling houses, one Episcopal and one Methodist church, post office, three taverns, four stores, and one grist mill. There is also a convenient landing," from …

At the same time John Jackson, Richard Hoadley and Samuel Drake, jun., were chosen to stake out the place as aforementioned for the said fortification ; also John Jackson and Richard Shute were chosen to the constable to be overseers for the carrying on the said works ; and it was further agreed, that for a man's day's work, (provided he do an honest day's work,) he shall be …

By the Governor's orders it appears to have been dismantled the following year; for on the 4th of Sept., 1676, we find the inhabitants agreeing " to employ a man to tear or to take down the stockadoes according to our Governor's order ; also on the same occasion, Richard Shute was chosen to go to Westchester to hire or make an agreement with John Hudson to carry the stockadoes …

In 1685 it was agreed to build a town house, fourteen feet long and twelve feet broad, and to set it up by the highway side between the houses of Captain William Haiden and Richard Shute. Beside the home lots, the proprietors held equal shares in the planting lands, (situated on the west side of Rattlesnake brook,) the commons, or Conoval meadows, and the sheep pasture. At a …

The town and village of Eastchester were distinguished, in our early colonial annals, for the active part they took in favor of Governor Leisler; for we find " Leisler's party strengthened on the 3d of June, 1689, by the addition of six captains and four hundred men in New York, and a company of seventy men from Eastchester, who had all subscribed on that day a solemn …

Nicholas Cooper, Esq,, high sheriff of the said county, having, by papers affixed to the church of Eastchester and other public places, given notice of the day and place of election, without mentioning any time of the day when it was to be done, which made the electors on the side of the late judge very suspicious that some fraud was intended -- to prevent which, about fifty …

They were joined on the hi V at the east end of the town by about seventy horse of the electors of the lower part of the county, and then proceeded towards the place of election in the following order, viz. ; First rode two trumpeters and three violins ; next four of the principal freeholders, one of which carried a banner, on one side of which was affixed, in gold capitals …

About 11 o'clock appeared the candidate of the other side, William Forster, Esq., schoolmaster, appointed b}- the Society for Propagation of the Gospel, and lately made, by commission from his Excellency, "(the present governor,) Clerk of the Peace and Common Pleas in that county, which commission, it is said, he purchased for the valuable consideration of one hundred …

Baker, which was prepared to receive and entertain them. About an hour after, the high sheriff came to town finely mounted, the housings and holster caps being scarlet, richly laced with silver, belonging to . Upon his approach, the electors on both sides went into the green where they were to elect, and after having read his majesty's writ, bid the electors proceed to the …

Upon this, Forster, and the two Fowlers, Moses and William, chosen by him to be inspectors, questioned his having an estate, and required of the sheriff to tender him the book to swear, in due form of law, which he refused to do ; but offered to take his solemn affirmation, which both by the laws of England and the laws of this province was indulged, to the people called …

This Cooper, now high sherilf of the said county, is said not only to be a stranger in that county, but not having a foot of land, or other visible estate in it, unless very lately granted, and it is believed he has not where withall to purchase any. The polling had not been long continued before Mr. Edward Stephens, a man of a very considerable estate in the said county, did …

Forster said he hoped the late judge would not think the worse of him for setting up against him, to which the judge repliedt he believed he was put upon it against his inclinations, but that he was highly blauieable, and who did or should know better for putting the sheriff, who was a stranger, and ignorant in such matters, upon making so violent an attempt upon the liberty …

New York, November 5th. On Wednesday, 31st October, the late chief justice, but now representative, for the county of Westchester, landed in this city about five o'clock in the evening, at the ferry stairs. On his landing he was saluted by a general fire of the guns from the merchant vessels lying in the road, and was received by great numbers of the most considerable …

"The coach, which would at the present time be thought an extremely slow one, was fourteen days in the journey, carrying news to and fro once a month."" Beneath the shade of the venerable locusts (which still adorn the green,) stood the village stocks, erected in 1720.^ Embedded in the bark of one of the trees, may be seen the iron staple to which culprits were formerly …

D. 1670, it was further enacted: "That whereas we being a society of christians living together, have agreed that all of those of our association shatt join together in meeting on Lord's days to tell about the worship of God; it was also resolved that whereas Moses Hoit being deserter, and being behind, and not seeming to be willing to contribute unto our minister, whereupon …

The following day, at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Eastchester, it was resolved by vote, "to go jointly unto Westchester, and so speake with the Rev. Mr. Fogge, by reason we heard that Mr. Fogge did express himself to be desirous, and also willing to live and settle among us in Eastchester ; in consideration whereof, we are willing to manifest our acceptance to …

As in some measure, according to our honored governor's order to keep the said day in the best manner we can attain unto." Mr. Pinckney appears to have been selected to carry on the said day of humiliation. It was further agreed on the same occasion, "that we will meet together on Sabbath days, for time to come to celebrate the worship and service of God. in the best manner …

"That is to say, to be paid unto the said minister, for his encouragement HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. to' administer the word of God unto us, as our minister; and that we the said inhabitants, do engage to pay the above said sum of £40 in good provincial pay, at the price according to the same of this government; provided, that the said Mr. Jones do come and live …

This present testifieth, that we whose names are above written, do engage to pay the said several sums by us, every particular man, to pay as above said, unto Mr. Morgan Jones, for the carrying on the work of the ministry for this present year ensuing, beginning the said year, from the day of his coming, &c, hither, and carrying on the said work, and allow the said payment in …

His administration of baptism and the marriage vow is incidentally mentioned. He was a ready speaker, and of a conciliatory disposition ; but different accounts are given of his character and qualifications. Dr. Calomy, in speaking of him while settled in Wales, intimates that he wanted capacity, but was honest. But Dr. Mather in his Magnalia, sets him in a positively bad …

Samuel Goding who received instructions to read in the Bible and other good sermon books, and so to carry on the Sabbath exercises in East Chester. On the 30th of November, 1692, the inhabitants of East Chester agreed to pay the following sums towards the support of Mr. Samuel Goding : Henry Fowler offers one bushel of good winter wheat. John Tompkins 3 0 John Drake 4 0 John …

John Drake, John Pinckney, Richard Shute and Henry Fowler, Senior, were chosen overseers to superintend the building of the meeting-house." By an act of Provincial Assembly passed 21st September, 1693, (confinned nth of May, 1697), East Chester • became one of the four precints6 of West Chester Parish. a Riker's Annals of Newtown, L. I., p. 114. ft Acts of Assembly from uwi to …

Also it was agreed that these men have full power to receive the said sums and lay them out towards building the said meeting-house and to render account thereof to the town." At a town meeting held 23d January, 1694-5, the inhabitants "agreed by vote to lay out half an acre of land to be set out for a parsonage-lot, to be reserved for the use of the town, to be reserved for …

Isaac Taylor, Isaac Lawrence, Edward Hancock, Thomas Vail, Jeremiiih Fowler, Isaac Odell, John Coe, Joseph Coe, West to this. The old church of Eastchester, like that of Westchester, would seem to have been a frame building twenty-eight feet square, and about eighteen feet to the eaves; the sides, as well as roof, being shingled, which latter met together in an apex. The …

July, 1697, "It was agreed by vote to meet at the meeting-house on the 10th day of August, next ensuing, at sun half an hour high in the morning, in order to the cutting brush about the common in Eastchester woods, and to appear at the beat of the drum." On the 2d of January, 1698, the inhabitants agreed by vote, "That the address which is drawn up to be presented to His …

The inhabitants of East Chester finding the Governour bent upon the settlement of a national ministry, next attempted to annul the act of 1693, by making themselves a distinct parish from Westchester. This appears by the following extract from the town records : "April nth, 1699, it was agreed upon, by a full and free vote, to petition unto His Excellency and Honorable Council …

" By an act of Assembly passed this year, the trustees of each town were to make a yearly rate.for nuildiiiir a church where wanting, Ac." 2 Will. III. A. D. 1699. Laws of N. V- vol. 1. Chap. S3, p. 37. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. At a meeting of the inhabitants, 20th of February, 1700, we find them setting aside a small quantity of land as a provision for a …

Upon this occasion it was agreed " That the minister's salary be paid by rate for time to come." On the 1 6th of May, 1699 or 1700, " Ten acres of land were voted by the inhabitants of Eastchester to Nicollas Conklin, in consideration that he shall part with his house, home, lot and orchard, for the use of a minister, in case the said minister do accept of this above said …

Mr. Morgan; also that Mr. Thomas Pinkney, Henery Fowler and Richard Shute, shall wright unto His Excellency for his approbation, that he will be pleased to induct (the word induct is marked out in the original MS. and the letters app written over it) our minister, the Rev. Joseph Morgan." At the same time, " Joseph Drake and Thomas Pinckney were authorized to agree with a …

" Whereas, by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province, entitled : -- An Act for settliug a ministry and raising a maintenance for them iu the City of New- York, County of Richmond, Westchester and Queens County, it is amongst other things declared and enacted, that the towns of Westchester, Eastchester, Lower Yonkers and the Manor of Pelham, in the county of …

And be it Declared and Enacted, by His Excellency, the Governour and Council and Representatives, now convened in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, that the said town of Eastchester, in the County of Westchester be for henceforth and forever hereafter, separated from the parish of Westchester, Eastchester, Lower Yonkers, and the Manor of Pelham, to all …

And be it Further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said Town of Eastchester, in the County of Westchester, be, and is hereby declared to be and remain forever a distinct parish from the Parish of Westchester, Eastchester, Lower Yonkers, and the Manor of Pelham, by the name and style of the Parish of Eastchester, in the County of Westchester ; Provided, that the …

S. -- Since the writing of this letter, upon consideration of the Act for declaring the town of Eastchester to be a distinct parish, «fcc, and of the reasons offered to us against it by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, we have prepared a report to be laid before Her Majesty with our humble opinion that the same be disallowed."" Again their lordships writing to the …

"At a public town meeting called by order of the inhabitants, Oct. 4th, 1700, the said inhabitants directed Mr. Henry Fowler and Richard Shute, (with the rest of the intended church,) to write unto the reverend ministers in New England concerning the ordination j they having the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Morgan. Also, that Mr. John Pinckney, Henry Fowler and Richard Shute …

Upon the 3d of April, 1702, John Drake and Thomas Pinckney were authorized, "To agree with a carpenter to make a pulpit, and set up the gallery and repair the window shutters, &c." At the same time, John Tompkins, jun., was also chosen " To beat the drum constantly, every Lord's day, if occasion require, and at other times when it is needful, and to keep the drum in repair …

Joseph was born at Preston 6th of November, 1671. "His name stands on the catalogue of Yale College as one of the graduates in the class of 1702, but he was probably not a regular graduate ; and the degree of A. B. was doubtless conferred upon him as an honarary one -- for according to the " History of Greenwich," Conn., he was settled over the First Church, Greenwich, in …

Morgan was a preacher of considerable note, and several of his discourses and sermons were published ; among them, one on the death of his eldest son, Joseph, a graduate of Yale College, 1723, and died the same year; a " Reply to a Railer against the Doctrine of Election," 1724; "Sin its own Punishment," 1728; and " Love to our Neighbors," third edition, 1749." In his letters …

On the 15th of February, 1725, the names of James Morgan and Thomas Morgan appear as freeholders of the town. To Mr. Morgan, as pastor of the Congregational or Presbyterian church at Eastchester, appears to have succeeded the celebrated William Tennent. List of ministers or pastors of the Congregational or Presbyterian church of Eastchester. Install ok Call. Pastors. Vacated …

In the Town Record of Eastchester occnr the following entries : "East Chester, the 27th day of January, 1703, Joseph Morgan, the son of Joseph Morgan and Sarah his wife, was born the 12th day of March, 1701." This evidently records the birth of Joseph the eldest son, graduate of Yale College, who died 2Sth November. 1723. " Anne Morgan, the daughter of Joseph Morgan and Sarah …

John Bartow was inducted by Govcrnour Cornbury, into the parish church of Westchester, Eastchester, Yonkers and the Manor of Pelham, notwithstanding all the means used to prevent and disturb his settlement by the Independents; and as no "good Orthodox Protestant minister" had been maintained in this parish, in accordance with the late act, Mr. Bartow was considered legally …

Caleb Heathcoate, in a letter to the secretary of the venerable Society for Propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, dated Manor of Scarsdale, November 9th, 1705, thus writes; "and thirdly, one Mr. Morgan, who was minister of Eastchester, promised me to conform."6 The following extract from a letter of the Rev. John Bartow, rector of the parish of Westchester, to the secretary …

Morgan being present, and neither lie nor the people seemed dissatisfied, and after some time of preaching there afterwards, they desired me to come oftcner; and I concluded to minister there once a month, which now I have done for about three years." In regard to this conformity of the people of Eastchester to the Church of England, Dr. Howkins says: -- "That the population …

" May it please the venerable and honorable Society for Propagating the Gospel -- we, whose names are subscribed, do hereby certify that the Church of Eastchester was built in the year of our Lord, 1692, by subscription of the inhabitants of said town ; and that Mr. Matthews, a Presbyterian minister, for about three years, and after him Mr. Morgan, a Presbyterian minister, did …

Heatcote did thereupon inform your Excellency's Petitioner's, that your Excellency had been pleased to direct that some of the Justices which lived without the precincts, should make inquiry into that matter and make report thereof to your Excellency, but the Justices not being able before this" time to get in the list of estates was the cause of the delay of that return, so …

Your Excellency we find by the return of the Justices, that our divident of the late rate ought not to have been more than .£'7 5s. 6d., and the Vestry have layd £15 10s. upon us, and there being i'7 10s. layd on the parish, besides the Minister's rate and the Constable's allowance for leavying the same, under the name of incidental charges, and that some, by the inequality of …

This the inhabitants also acknowledged by the annual election of three Vestrymen for the precinct and paying the yearly rates laid on the the parish. The choice of a minister, however, and providing for his support, had been lodged by the act of 1693, in the Vestry; and the choice of a Vestry in the people. Into the church and freehold of the parsonage lot (as it was then …

Upon the 25th of February, 1711-12, "at a town meeting held by the freeholders of Eastchester, the said freeholders did agree by vote, that Judge Drake, Isaac Taylor and Moses Fowler, should be empowered to constitute and hire a man or men, as they shall think proper, to repair and finish the meeting-house and making a pulpit in the same ; and also a Doc. Hist, of N. Y. vol …

" I am sorry that I have occasion to acquaint the Society that there are endeavours now on foot to bring in a Presbyterian minister at Eastchester. Some of their main agents have been with me and signified their design, from which I laboured to dissuade them, but in vain ; for they told me if I would undertake to come and preach every Lord's day in their town, they would be …

Thomas Standard, was inducted "To the rectory of Westchester, the glebe thereof, and to all the rights and appurtenances of the same." In the year 1728, Mr. Standard officiated every other Sunday at Eastchester and publicly catechised the children.6 "During Mr Standards ministry here, some trouble-making spirits arose, who sought to upset the action of those Presbyterians, who …

"My Brother Vaughan informs me, that Archbishop Tennison hath left upon his will, ^50 per annum, to be paid to the oldest missionary, being an Englishman, which missionary he saith I am, and that it will be necessary for me to go home in order to obtain it, which if I do, and apply to my Lord Chancellor, he doubts not of success; and he further adds, that Mr. Talbot received …

1755, it was resolved, "That Richard Stevens be appointed grave-digger for the town, for the year ensuing, and to dig a grown person's grave for six shillings and three shillings for children." On the 7th of April, 1756, the town appointed the same individual for grave-digger and sexton for the town. In 1758, Mr Standard presented the bell to the church, which still summons …

It appears that the unfortunate old gentleman and his more unfortunate old lady, had, upon some necessary occasion the evening before, agreed to lay separate; and the Doctor taking his leave, went to bed, leaving his wife sitting before the fire, where, it is imagined, the poor old gentlewoman must either have been seized with a fit, or in rising from her chair, had fallen …

The following extracts from the town records relates to the parsonage lot described in 1695, as "Lying upon the Green in Eastchester:" -- "At a public town meeting called by the justices of the town to inquire into several encroachments on lands in said town, held in Eastchester, on Monday the 30th day of August, 1762, it was agreed that these men (Jonathan Fowler, Charles …

" The people of Eastchester have laid the foundation of a new church of stone, seventy-one feet by eighty-eight, in the room of a small decayed wooden building erected in the infancy of the settlement." In the year 1766, Mark Christian was appointed sexton for the town, an office which he subsequently held under the trustees of the church. Upon the 1st of April, of that year …

I applied last winter to his Excellency, Sir Henry Moore, for a brief in their favor, but the petition was rejected." In 1777, he wrote to the Society: -- "With regard to my own mission, I can only say, that it is utterly ruined." Services had been suspended for some time in Eastchester, and the congregation dispersed. At this period the church was used as an hospital, and …

a At a town meeting held 7th of April, 1767, "It was agreed that Dr. Wright should not be molested In his hurrying yard ou said Green in said town."-- Town Records. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. AN ACT TO ENABLE ALL THE RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN THE STATE, TO APPOINT TRUSTEES WHO SHALL BE A BODY CORPORATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING CARE OF THE TEMPORALITIES OF THEIR …

Article 4. -- Whether the same consist of lands, tenements, &c, and whether the same shall have been given, granted or devised to and for their use, and they and their successors shall lawfully have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy all and singular the churches, meeting-houses, parsonages, burying places and lands thereunto belonging, with the hereditaments and appurtenances …

The Church now manages her own affairs, her power and right to do so, being fully recognized by the town ; for upon the 3d of April, 1787, prior to the incorporation, it was resolved at town meeting, " To erect a school house, and to set it on the Green near where the stocks formerly stood " -- but this resolution was never carried into effect, because the Church had been …