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.

There is a hopeful prospect « of the increase and flourishing state of religion among that scattered poor people, and no endeavours of mine are wanting to serve them in their best interest. I preached to them about two weeks before upon a special fast, appointed in that Province, to implore the smiles and blessing of Divine Providence to attend his Majesty's arms the ensuing …

Dibblee of Stamford writes to the Secretary of the Venerable Propagation Society, as follows: "Mr. Townsend thankfully accepts the leave to go home for Holy Orders; and if the society is not pleased to appoint him their missionary, at Salem, and parts contiguous, where he is much wanted, he will submit to the will and superior wisdom and direction of the society."* Mr …

The church, which is already built, is situated within about two miles of the north end of Salem, on the borders of Cortlandt's manor, as the society was informed in the petition of the church wardens and vestry. It was built by people of this part of Salem and Cortlandt's manor in conjunction, and this congregation is larger than either of those in Connecticut -- there being …

In his report for 177 1, he informs the Society, " that the fourth church in his mission is now building." This edifice was probably completed and opened for divine service in the fall of 1 7 7 1 , and stood directly opposite the cross roads leading from South Salem to Ridgefield, upon the land of the late Thaddeus Keeler, whose grandfather, Timothy, is said to have sold the …

Townsend is constant in the performance of his duty in his own parish, and preaches frequently in the parts adjacent." The Rector continued the services of the Church in Lower Salem until the third Sunday after the Declaration of Independence, July 2 1st, 1776, when in the afternoon as he was officiating and had proceeded some length in the service, a company of armed soldiers …

" I continued the services of the Church within my mission for three Sund lys after the Declaration of Independence by the Congress, and should have proceeded still and took the consequences ; but I was informed that all the clergy, in this and the neighboring provinces, had discontinued the public service till it might be performed under the protection of His Majesty …

One of the sergeants coming out was asked by a bystander what the minister had said, he replied : " that he declared God Almighty was a man of war." The interrogator observed, "he should like to ask him how many guns He carried." Some of the most active members of the parish having joined the army at the commencement of the Revolution, and the Rector lost at sea, the church …

Morehouse, from whom it passed to Jeremiah Keeler in 1796 ; the latter dismantled the building and removed the material, much of which was embodied in the Keeler mansion now standings The whole transaction, beginning with the attempt of the Rev. Solomon Mead to stop the erection of the building in its incipient stages in 1771, looks very much like a wicked design of a …

c Some of the material is said to have been removed toRidgefleidand used in the construction of the second Episcopal church erected in that village in ITss. on the front side of the stone chimney of the old Koeler mansion is this inscription, " A'., ITS." The Keeler family are said to have resided in the old church a short time before its destruction. The late Thaddeus Keeler …

14th of March, 1796, between John Lewis Moorehouse of Charlton in the County of Saratoga to Jeremiah Keeler all that certain parts, pieces and parcels of land situated and lying in the town of Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York, on the north side of the road leading from Ridgefield to Bedford, opposite to the road leading from the south part of South …

He was frequently appointed to execute difficult and responsible duties ; and on an occasion of this kind the Marquis presented him with a sword and his thanks, as a testimonial of his regard for a faithful and courageous soldier. At the memorable siege of Yorktown, when La Fayette's Brigade was employed to storm one of the British forts, Sergeant Keeler was one of the first …

In the possession of this family is a curious copy of the Baskett Bible containing the Prayer Book of the Church of England and the Psalms in metre, entitled the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ newly transcribed out of the original Greek and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command appointed to be read in …

These Glebe lands are claimed to be what is still denominated, " The Lower Parsonage Lands" lying between the two roads, one leading from Ridgefield to Bedford, the other from Ridgefield to South Salem ; which lands," as we have already seen, were surreptitiously conveyed by the so-called proprietors of the " Lower released ten miles of the Oblong or Equivalent lands, yet …

A portion of these Glebe Lands, as we shall have occasion to show presently, were sold by the Presbyterian Society under an act of Assembly in isoo, " for the purpose of procuring other lands on which a parsonage house might be more conveniently erected and for erecting the same ; '' but we believe no warranty deeds have ever been given in any case of sale; but simply quit …

Fancher, 16th of March, 1830-- " also one other piece ly, at the south-east corner of Joseph Webster's land/omieWj* belonging to the parsonage, at a pile of stones and running northei ly by said Webster's, 14 chains and 25 links to a pile "of stones at the corner of said Webster's land, from thence westerly 5 chains to a pile of stones by Gould Uawley's land, thence southerly …

No doubt these so-called proprietors contended in opposition to Brown and Smith, that they had a right of freehold vested in the Lower Oblong, given them by Connecticut in years past, which no power could possibly deprive them of ; but the settlement of the boundary question in 1731, vested the whole Oblong in the Crown. This they had themselves tacitly admitted in accepting …

The Church was re-organized in 18 10, in hopes of recovering it ; and that noble band of Churchmen consisting of Augustus Mc- Carroll/' William Sherwood, Henry Hoyt, Gould Bouton, Jesse Jarvis, Samuel Brown Isaacs, Samuel Amber, Joseph Nash, Absalom Holmesc and James Church, who were constantly in the habit of discussing their right to the property and probability of …

A fence running almost due north from the late Milo Webster's house, (close to the road leading from South Salem to Kidgeiield,) and so across through the swamp near to the residence of Wakeman li. Wood, (on the road between Bedford toRidgeaeld,) is said to have been the east line of Jamea Brown's lands. * Augustus McCarroll or McOaul, was a strong Scottish Churchman, Ills …

The curse of the then possessor may be formidable ; not that of one who is not possessor. But, with respect to Church property, the case is different. The Church is a corporation, and a corporation never dies. The durability of her claim to any given property is commensurated with her existance, and that is forever. Her right, therefore, of defending that property exists also …

On the 19th of Mav, 171 1, the church was incorporated under the style of " The Church-wardens and vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Salem." At this period the Rev. Nathan Felch was officiating minister. In 18 10, he reported to the Convention: " That a new Episcopal church had beeiT incorporated in South Salem. Their prospect is truly pleasing at present."* At …

In 1816, the Rev. George Weller, missionary in Westchester and Putnam counties, writes to the Bishop as follows : " Since my ordination, I have been engaged two-thirds of my time at Bedford, and onethird at North Salem, &c. I have performed divine service and preached twice in South Salem, and intend occasionally to preach lectures in that town. Being centrally situated, their …

John's church, in the town of Lewisboro, in the county of Westchester.' The Rev. Alfred H. Partridge was elected Rector; Jonathan Beers and Isaac Hayes, church-wardens ; William H. Robinson, Samuel Field, Amos. N. Raymond, John B. Whittlock, Jr., Stephen L. Hoyt, Feris Bouton, William Lockwood and Timothy Jones, vestrymen ; and the first Wednesday in Easter week was fixed on …

Benjamin Sherwood resided west of the late Timothy Jones's place. * Testimony of Mr. Wellman to his son, Rev. Merritt II. Wellman. July, 1870. Mr. Wellman was at one tunc a warden with Mr. Ambler, and removed from Salem in 1836. Isaac Rockwell another member of the vestry resided in the old mansion, at South Salem, now occupied by Sandy Barrett. The chimnev of this house …

Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part, for and consideration of the sum of one Dollar, lawful money of the United States of America to them in hand paid by the said parties of the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained sold, aliened, remised, released, conveyed …

Together with all and singular, the tenements, hereditaments, and appertenances, thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents issues and profits thereof; And also all the estate, right, title, interest, dower, and the right of dower, property, possession, claim, and demand whatsoever, as well in law, as in …

Sealed and delivered Stephen Hoyt, L. S. in presence of Sally Hoyt, L. S. W. H. Robeetson. DEED FOR CHURCH LOT SOUTH SALEM. [No. 2.] This Indenture, made the fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, between Stephen Hoyt and Sally his wife, of the town of Lewisboro iu the County of Westchester, and State of New York parties of the first …

Beginning to the Southwest corner of said Church property adjoining the land of Stephen Hoyt aforesaid, and running southerly by said Hoyt's laud to a stake, thence easterly by said Hoyt's laud five rods in a parallel line to a stake at the southeast corner, thence northerly by said Hoyt's land to the aforesaid Church property, thence westerly by said Church property to the …

Together with all and singular the tenements hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversiou and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, And also all the estate, right, title, interest, dower and right of dower, property possession, claim and demand whatsoever as well in law as in equity, of …

a The Hoyts who own mnch land in the north-east corner of the town descend iroin Simon Hoyt who lauded at Salem, Mass.. in or li',_>;>, perhaps bv the ship Abigail or the (ieorgc, and very soon after went to Charleston as one of Its flrst settlers. Ue was at Dorchester In l(">.;:>-ir,.;-i (ruin whrtuv lie lvmoved to Seituate, Mass., then to Windsor, conn., in 1639-1640, and …

John's church was consecrated and set apart to the service of Almighty God, by the Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL. D., D.C. L., the Bishop of the Diocese, on the 18th of September, 1855. The tower contains a fine toned bell weighing six hundred and ninety-seven pounds, which was presented by the late Benj. F. Loder, Esq., a native of this parish. The communion plate …

He was selectman of Stamford four years, in 1719 and later His second son, David Hovt, of Stamford, was born June 23d 1702; married Hannah Hait Jnno 2>d, 1727, and died 1761-2, leaving a third son, Jacob Hoyl, who was born at Stamford about 1735, he married Sarah-- lived in South Salem near Hoyt's mill. He and his wife connected themselves with the Presbvterian church there …

He resided in South Salem, and was the generous donor of the church lot and one of the founders of St. John's church in that place. He died Julv 15th, 1867, and was buried in the Cemetery opposite Jo the church. His wife.Sallv, died Sept. 1st. 1867. His brother Harvev novt was born April 26th. 1792, baptized Dec. 2, 1792, married Laura, daughter of William Clark, of Watcrburv …

Lockwood notified Mr. Dorctiv Keeler that if Episcopal services were continued anv longer in his house he would withdraw his custom. Col. Isaac Hayes then applied for the use of the school THE TOWN OF LEWISBORO. 43* The following inscription is placed over the front door of the building : "St John's Church Organized 1S52, Erected 1853. " The Church of the living God, the pdlar …

The Rev. Alfred n. Partridge thereupon determined to bold services in the street if necessary; at this juncture of affairs Mr. Stephen Hoyt offered the free use of one of his houses and the grove, where the church now stands, in the summer season for the purposes of temporary accouimodatiou. both of which otters were gladly accepted. a The Rev. David Scott, who offered himself …

INST OB I ALL. INCUMBENTS. vac'd by. A.D. 1749. Rev. Ebenezer Dibblee, A. M., CI. Per resigned. A.D. 1771. Rev. Epenetcs Townsend, A. M., CI. Death. 15 Oct. 1810. Rev. Mather Felcu, Presb. Per resigned. 1816. Rev. George Weller, Deacon. Per resigned. 16 Aug. 1852. Rev. Alfred H. Partridge, Presb. Per resigned.' 22 Aug. 1855. Rev. Franklin Babbitt, Presb. Per resigned. 14 Aug …

John's Protestant Episcopal Church of Lewisboro' in the County of Westchester and State of New York of the second part wit/ussctk, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar lawful money of the United States of America to him in hand paid, by the said parties of the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these …

Grummon to a pile of stones adjoining land of the late Gershom Lockwood, thence Northerly by land of the said late Gershom Lockwood and land of E- W. Raymond to a pile of 6tones on a rock, then Westerly by land of said Raymond and land of Hiram Bouton to the corner of said Bouton's land, then northerly by land of said Bouton to the Highway. Then westerly and southerly by the …

Then Easterly, Northerly, aud Easterly by land of said Hayes to the Highway, then Southerly by said Highway to the place of Beginning containing fifteen acres, be the same more or less. And I John Lewis party of the first part hereby declare that the above grant is made and intended as an absolute although conditional grant and gift to the St. John's Episcopal Church of …

And also of the estate, right, title, interest, possession, claim and demand whatsoever property, as well iu law as in equity of the said party of the first part, of, in, or to the above described premises and every part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances. To have and to hold all and singular the above mentioned and described premises, together with the appurtenances …

He was born on the site of the present rectory of St. Paul's, Lewisboro, Feb. 4, 1793. His father who entered the Continental service in 1776, (at the early age of nineteen, and served as an aid-de-camp on the staff a Connty Rcc Lib. 752 of Deeds, p. 430. Upon the 26th of Dec. 1873, the above named Hector, wardens and vestrymen, &c,, quit claimed to St. John's church under Its …

After serving there for three years with great satisfaction to his employers, he started business for himself in Wall Street, where, by his untiring energy and perseverence, he amassed a large fortune. No man better understood the value of money and the labor spent in acquiring it, therefore he greatly disliked to see negligence and indolence in others ; he had also a great …

In 1840 he gave ten thousand dollars for the maintenance of the common schools in this town, and at one time greatly desired to establish a school not only for the promotion of Agriculture within its borders but throughout the country at large. He was preparing to increase his gift of the Glebe Lands by the building of the new church of St. Paul's, when he was removed by death …

he should be buried by the side of his mother in the cemetery at Lewisboro, close to the Rectory where he drew his first breath. The grave stone which marks his resting place, bears the following inscription : -- JOIIN LEWIS, born Feb. 4, 1793, Died Oct. 1, 1871. He was a liberal benefactor to the common schools of Lewisboro, after whom the town is named, also the donor of the …

Paul's, presented by his nephew William T. Lewis in 1872. On the 1 2th of July, 187 1, was celebrated here the "Centennial Anniversary " of the founding of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Lower Salem and Lewisboro. On which occasion the corner stone of St. Paul's church was laid by the Right Rev. the Bishop of the Diocese and an address delivered by the Rev. Alfred H …

on the site of the present residence of Samuel Caufield, then owned by Enoch Dan a strong Churchman (son of Abraham Dan). The Rev. Henry Whitlock, rector of St. Paul's church, Norwalk, often officiated here, baptized several children and performed the first interment in the cemetery in 1805 of Isaac Hayes, Esq. Mr. Whitlock was succeeded here by the Rev. Warner Hoyt, rector of …

His father, Thatcher Hayes, was the son of Isaac Hayes, who removed from Cumpo Point near West Port, Conn., when Thatcher was only nine years old, to this part of Lewisboro during the Revolutionary war and purchased a considerable property of John Thomas,* one of the original owners of the East Patent in 1 73 1 and also one of the so-called proprietors of the lower portion of …

Rev. John Thomas, Rector of St. (Jeorge's church, Hempstead, I.. I., resided near the site of Ihe present edifice now occupied by Mr. Cyrus Bishop. He died in New York, May 1772. and was buried in Trinity churchyard. Mrs. Thomas died Aug. 14th, 17S2. His family, like that of Isaac Hayes, suffered much from the depredations of the British soldiery and found it too precarious to …

church in the Centennial year, 187 1, weighs 1243 lbs., and has engraved upon it the following legend : -- "SI DEUS PRO NOBIS QUIS CONTRA NOS." Upon the glebe lands a little south-east of the rectory is an immense boulder of granite kneiss ; this erratic block, which is truly enormous, may well be termed the " moss-grown rock of the woods." A few rods distant from the rectory …

This is a towering tree and spreads its branches by the roadside, a living memento of the past. Gideon Ferris, her son, married Lois Bouton, and was the father of the present Col. Cyrus Ferris of Norwalk, Conn. Cross street, leading west from this point, passes the Rippowam or Mill River which drains this portion of the town. The high ridge beyond being the dividing-line …

Here are interred the remains of Theophilus Ruscoe^ (whose name is sometimes spelt Resecue; a descendant of John Ruscoe of Norwalk, and Abigail Bouton his wife, who once lived near by in a house which formerly occupied the site of Daniel Bouton's residence. This worthy couple were devout members of the Church of England, and constantly a The old rent leman's silver watch …

The moose deer were common, and panthers prowled around ; the last panther seen in South Salem was shot by Hezekiah, a son of Mr. Ruscoe, when a boy, in the vicinity of his home. The sons of Mr. T. Ruscoe were Theophilus, Gamaliel, and John, who was baptized by the Rev. Ebenezer Dibblee, 26th of April, 1780, together with his sister Abigail. * Hezekiah married Sally Dean, and …

Pickerel and other fresh water fish abound here. A short distance to the south lies Lake Asoquatah, or Trinity Lake, that supplies the town of Stamford with water ; near the Welton angle or monument in the south-east corner of the town, is Vista -- a pretty settlement on the New Canaan road. Here is a post-office, two churches, shoe manufactory of Eleazer Fancher&Co., and …

with their brethren at Ridgefield ; for at a public town meeting held in the latter place, Dec. 24th, 1746, it was agreed "that what money is or shall be brought by any person living in the Oblong to support Mr. Ingersol in ye ministery shall be delivered to the selectmen and they to deliver it to Mr. Ingersol over and what ye town has voted for his salary."" A meeting house …

Mead, and invest him with the ministerial charge over them. The ministers sent for were those which follow, (viz..) Rev. Messrs. Abraham Todd, Elisha Kent, William Gaylord, Jonathan Ingersoll, Robert Silliman and Samuel Sackett, which Convocation was agreed to be called on May the 20th, 1752. Accordingly on the 19th met those who are set down in the convocation which I …

Examined him in the Languages, in his experimental acquaintance with Religion, his Doctrinal knowledge of Divinity and his orthodoxy. Then meeting adjourned till to-morrow morning. Met according to adjournment. Mr. Mead presented and read a sermon to the Convention, a Ridgefield Town Rec, 1746, p. 3. * A Hist, of the Presbyterian church in America from its origin nntil the …

" The first Sabbath after the ordination," says Mr. Mead, " (viz.) May the 24th, I took a vote of the church whether we should join with the western association in Fairfield County ; voted in affirmative the whole church, except Matthew Northrup. Accordingly I joined as a member of said association on the next Tuesday, viz., the 26th of May, there being an Association of said …

At a meeting of the church to hear reasons of Deacon Bouton's resigning his office, after hearing and agreeing he had power to Lay Down, the church proceed to a new choice ; again make choice of the deacon, he desires three weeks from the Lord's' Day ensuing for consideration, the petition granted the deacon accepts." a Sir. Mead was not, perhaps, aware that the Rev. Ebenezer …

It contains besides other minutes a " lists of members from 1752 to 1802." Persons who had renewed their covenant from Aug. 23d, 1752 to Marcli 3, 1783. making in all 167. The number of marriages from Aug. 13, 17.V2. to June '.'d. in ail 666 a list of infants and adult* baptized from May 24th, 1752, to June 24, 1S04, ia all 912, and to complete the whole, a list of deaths from …

At a meeting of church in Salem voted to continue the same elders as were above voted. Nemine contradicante : Joseph Benedict was chosen elder in room of Joseph Osburn, deceased." "September 30th, 1778, was elected to be deacon, Nathan Wicks in the room of Deacon Close deceased ; the same Mr. Wicks elected elder." "May 28, 1782, elected two elders, Nathan Rockwell, Esq., and …

By subsequent ecclesiastical arrangements a This must have been the old log house that oace stood on the west side of the road opposite to the present meeting house near the site of the late Gould Hawley's residence and which Mr. Mead Is pleased to call here "the meeting-house," Capt. Moses Bouton remembers to have worshipped there at an early day ; but. it never was designed …

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. it has been connected with the Presbyteries of Bedford and Connecticut and finally with that of Westchester. Under the long pastorate of Solomon Mead that church appears to have had a peaceful and uneventful history. Its affairs do not seem to have called for interference on the part of the Presbytery of Dutchess County at any time. In the …

One of their ancestors had been the friend and the physician of the talented, though not very amiable, Queen Elizabeth. One of two brothers emigrated to Virginia, where the family still exists." The late venerable and Rt. Rev. William Meade, Bishop of Virginia, was of this line. The other, John Mead, with his two sons, came to New England about the year 1642. The name is …

Mead was settled at Salem from 1752 to 1800, just 48 years, ne explains this himself by the following minute endorsed on the back of the old book of Record," ordained May ye l'Jth, A. D. 1T5-2, Dismist September, 1800.'' b Rec. of Presbvterian church. South Salem, vol. n. c The arms of both these families (who spelt their name Meade) were alike, viz., Sa a chev hetw three …

His first residence stood on the property of Mr. William Hoyt, near the home of his late grandson, the late Richard Mead. But a few years before his death he removed to the residence of his son, Martin Mead, now owned by Uriah Slawson. By his first wife Hannah Strong" he had issue Andrew Mead, who married Elizabeth Bouton. Their son is the present Benjamin Strong Mead of …

Know ye that we the signers and sealers of this instrument for and in consideration of our love and good will to and for the inhabitants of Salem, in the County of Westchester and Province of New York, and for the advancement of the Redeemer's interest among them, have by these presents donated and quited, and do by these presents freely, fully and absolutely donate, release …

The other piece lying by Bedford road and is bounded south by said road and the land of Thomas Hyatt, East by the laud of Thomas Hyatt and James Brown, north by said Hyatt's land, west by the land of said Thomas Hyatt and Ephraim Colby, to have and to hold said donated, quitted and released premises, with all the privileges and appurtenences to the same belonging or in any …

Esq , one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Westchester, Benjamin Rockwell, one of the witnesses to the within deed of sale, and on his oath declared that he see all the grantors to the said deed, excepting Benjamin Benedick, seal and deliver the same as their free, voluntary act and deed, for the usestherein mentioned, and likewise Ezckiel …

With regard to this instrument we have had occasion to show, in one or two instances, that it was given by those who had received their title from Connecticut which title was abrogated by the transfer of the entire Oblong or Equivalent Lands to the Crown in 1731, and that the latter in 1752 granted Letters Patent to James Brown and William Smith for four thousands acres of …

Yet we still find the said deed kept in abeyance for several years after the Revolution when it was most absurdly claimed that the " professors of the Church of England " were mixed into the "Presbyterian Society of Lower Salem."* Now it was, that the Board of Trustees moved the sale of those lands, as appears by the following record taken from their minutes in 1797 : "At a …

" An inventory and account of the real and personal estate belonging to the Presbyterian church and Congregation, called and known by the name of the Presbyterian church and Congregation of the town of Lower Salem made by the subscribers, trustees of said church and congregation which is as follows (to wit): The real estate consisting chiefly of unimproved lands occupied by …

Rent of the two tenements, £0 4s &d Rent of laud occupied by Mr. Mead, £5 18s Together with three sums of money loaned, the principal sums amount to £85 s9 <£8. The annual income being the lawful interest which is five pound, one shilling and seven pence per annum. Principal £85 9s Id Interest, £5 Is Id In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 9th day of May …

Smith from the committee to whom was referred the petition of the Trustees and members of the church and Congregation of Salem, in the County of Westchester, reported that they have maturely considered the facts stated in the said petition and believe them to be true and are therefore of opinion that the prayer of the petition ought to be granted; that the committee have …

The object of the petition was to enable the petitioners through their trustees to have full power to sell, alien in fee, all right and title belonging to the said church and congregation, vested in them as trustees of and in all such lands, situate, lying and being in the town of Salem, in a Rcc. of Trustees of Presbyterian church. Smith Salem, vol. I., p.p. 13-14. b Mr …

" Whereas the trustees and society of the Presbyterian church ami congregation of the town of Salem, in the County of Westchester, have by their petition to the Legislature, prayed for leave to sell, for the benefit of the said church and congregation, certain lands belonging to the said church and congregation, in the town of Salem aforesaid, thereupon : Be it enacted by the …

Provided always that the lands so to be sold by virtue of this act shall not exceed the quantity of fifty acres.* The following sales were made under this act as appears by the minutes of the Trustees : "The said Board of Trustees being by law of this State authorized to sell a quantity of land on the old Parsonage not to exceed fifty acres have sold the several quantity's of …

The Board of Trustees agreed with the said Rockwell to pay twenty-two dollars and fifty cents per acre for the land which on survey appeared to be fifty-six acres and one rood, and in a settlement between the said Board and said Rockwell he agreed to pay eighteen dollars towards the extraordinary expense of procuring a deed from Codwise and settling the mortgages and for …

Due from Giles Malory, ou note $ 66 62 " " Ebcnezer Grummon, ou note 42 30 " " Joseph Webster, on note 22 10 " " Elisha Avery, on note 131 50 " " Samuel B. Isaacs, contract 68 " " Jeremiah Keeler, on bond 129 32 *' " Heztkiah De Forest, for rent 12 " " Abijah Gilbert, for a balance on his bonds, 15 53 " " Jacob Hayt, on balance for rent of land... 4125 " " Philander Lawrence …

So that it was not probably commenced until 1772 or 1773 -- according to the records it was standing 1797 and probably remained until 1824. The present church edifice, erected in 1825, occupies a commanding position near the center of the village of South Salem. It is a neat wooden structure, sixty feet by forty, with a recess for organ and choir, the whole surmounted with a …

Josiah Gilbert, mentioned 1768 ; Samuel Lawrence, mentioned 17S6 to 1793 ; Gould Bouton, mentioned 1793. .1 Report of Rev. Epenetus Townscnd, New York MSS. from arcluve9 at Fulham, vol. II., 490-w.j ^Uawks). Ixst. or Call. May 20, 1752, Nov, 27, 1780, Nov. 27, 1804, Sept. 22, 1813, June 14, 1820, Hay 1, 1823, Oct. 9. 1834, Nov. 3, 1852, May 28, 1869, Oct. 18, 18TL, CHURCH AT …

The grave yard surrounding the church contains memorials to the families of the Keelers, Rockwells, Isaacs, Ferrises, Gilberts, Websters and Meads, ccc. &c. In the south-west corner appears a neat marble slab inscribed to the Memory of the REV. SOLOMON MEAD, First Pastor of the Presbyterian church iu this place, JE. 86, He had the charge of this people 48 years ob. September …

died Nov. 26, 1801, in the 81st 3-ear of her age. JOSIAH GILBERT died Oct. 25, 1858, in the 72 year of his age For forty-five years he was a member and thirty -six years an elder of the Presbyterian Church. In memory of MR. NATHAN GILBERT, who departed this life Sept. 1st, 1798, aged 71 years Hark from the tombs a doleful sound my ears attend the cry. Ye living one come view …

Upon the return of Major Tallmadge (who it seems had been out on duty,) to North Castle, and having inspected the papers, he earnestly requested, that the prisoner might be brought back, to which Jameson at last consented. In the latter's order of countermand to Lieutenant Allen, he says, "From some circumstances which I have just discovered, I have reason to fear, that a …

It will be remembered that eight or nine days previous to the taking of Andre, a letter had been received by Major Tallmadge from Arnold, in which he requested Tallmadge, if a man by the name of Anderson should come within the lines, to send him to head quarters with two horsemen, and to bear him company in person, if his business would permit. This incident, connected with …

Becoming refreshed and more at ease, he relaxed into familiar conversation, which, with his agreeable and courteous manners, excited the interest and secured the good will of his room-mate. He resorted to his favorite resource for amusement, and sketched with a pencil a group of ludicrous figures, representing himself and his escort under march. He presented the sketch to …

" What I have as yet said concerning myself, was in the justifiable attempt to he extricated ; I am too little accustomed to duplicity to have succeeded. " I beg your excellency will be persuaded, that no alteration in the temper of my mind, or apprehension for my safety, induces me to take the step of addressing you ; but that it is to rescue myself from an imputation of …

" To favor it, I agreed to meet upon ground not within the posts of either army, a person who was to give me intelligence ; I came up in the Vulture man-of-war for this effect, and was fetched by a boat from the ship to the beach. Being there, I was told that the approach of day would prevent my return, and that I must be concealed until the next night. 1 was in my …

I quitted my uniform, and was passed another way in the night, without the American posts, to neutral ground, and informed I was beyond all armed parties, and left to press to New York. I was taken at Tarrytown by some volunteers. "Thus, as I have had the honor to relate, was I betrayed (being Adjutant General of the British army,) into the vile condition of au enemy in …

Though their situation is not similar, they are objects who may be set in exchange for me, or are persons whom the treatment I receive might effect. ' It is no less, sir, in confidence of the generosity of your mind, than on account of your superior station, that I have chosen to importune you with this letter. I have the honor to be, with great respect, sir, your excellency's …

He became cheerful, and his good humor, affable address, and attractive powers of conversation, gained upon the hearts of the officers, and won from them reciprocal kindness and civilities." " As soon as General Washington had ascertained the full extent of the treason, instantaneous preparations were made for the defence of West Point, and " an order dispatched to Col …

The guard marched all night, and in the morning of the next day, September 26th, Andre arrived at Robinson's house, in the custody of Major Tallmadge."a From whence he was taken the same evening to West Point. " Early on the morrow," says Sargent, " Andre was sent over to South or Lower Salem, to the head quarters of Sheldon's regiment. About eight a.m.,, then, on September …

We were close pent up in a bedroom, with a vidette at the door and window. There was a spacious yard before the door, which he desired he might be permitted to walk in with me. I accordingly disposed of my guard in such a manner as to prevent an escape. While walking together he observed he must make a confidant of somebody, and knew not a more proper person than myself, as I …

His other arts came in aid of his conversational powers, and with ready hand and easy light-heartedness of manner, he sketched his own progress under the rude escort of militia, to their quarters. ' This,' said he to Bronson, ' will give you an idea of the style in which I have had the honor to be conducted to my present abode.' With such pleasantries he passed away the …

He walked with him to the gallows, and when he first saw ths fatal gibbet he gave a sudden start, and said " he was reconciled to death, but not to the mode," and added, " it would be but a momentary pang." On arriving at the spot he mounted the cart, and in doing so, soiled his white dimities, which he quickly wiped off with his pocket handkerchief, adjusted the rope to his …

His praiseworthy act was not sustained, which led to the property being resold, and finally to the tearing down of the old house itself -- a piece of vandalism unworthy of our enlightened age and country. When we visited it in 1846, the ravages of time had then made but little progress upon it ; the small room in which Andre was confined, the second night after his arrest, was …

Near by are two other sheets of water, called the north and south lakes, connected with the Wepuck by a small stream ; the former containing thirty-seven acres, the latter sixty-six and a half, all are fed and supplied chiefly, (perhaps entirely,) by springs and rivulets from the great Wepuck mountain. Near the western shore is located the Waccabuck house kept by Mr. Rockwell …

In the fall of that year a laboring man (residing near the lake) determined upon securing it if possible. For this purpose he took his station early one morning in the vicinity of one of the beaver's haunts. It soon made its appearance, and commenced felling a small tree, which it drew to the water's edge; but the man who had refrained from firing, in order to watch the …

Among all the beaver skins I have seen, no more than one was of a different color, and that was white, the outer-wind hairs were golden yellow. The skin was shipped on board the Princess with Director Kieft, which was lost at sea."" The deep waters of Lake Waccabuck afford vast quantities of fish, as pickerel, large perch, eels, &c. The two former are said to have been …

the hermitess, is taken from a newspaper printed in Poughkeepsie in 1804 : " As you pass the southern and elevated ridge of the mountain, and begin to descend the southern steep, you meet with a perpendicular descent of a rock, in the front of which is this cave. At the foot of the rock is a gentle descent of rich and fertile ground, extending about ten rods, when it instantly …

At this fountain we found the wonderful woman, whose appearance it is a little difficult to describe. Indeed, like nature in its first state, she was without form ; her dress appeared little else than one confused anil shapeless mass of rags patched together without any order, which obscured all human shape, excepting her head which was clothed with a luxuriance of lank grey …

To confirm this, a gentleman says he passed her cell five or six days after the great fall of snow, in the beginning of March ; that she had no fire then, and had not been out of her cave since the snow had fallen. How she subsists during the severe season is yet a mystery. She says, she eats but little flesh of any kind ; in the summer she lives on berries, nuts and roots. We …

From Lake Wacabuck issues the Peppeneghek, or Cross River (one of the numerous tributaries of the Croton) upon which is situated the small settlement of Cross River, so-called after the family of that name who were among the early settlers of Bedford. They came originally from Fairfield ; for on the 25th of October, 1655, occurs an order of the Probate Court of that place …

The Methodist Episcopal church of this place (sometimes styled the Herman Chapel) was incorporated 12th of March, 1825 ; first trustees, Joseph Wilson, Daniel Silkman, John Silkman, Aaron Silkman, Walter S. Lyons and John Brady.rf The present pastor is the Rev. Mr. Bardin who officiates alternately at Cross River and Golden's Bridge. The waters of the Peppeneyhek or Cross …

Rockwell, Sensor; Nathaniel Wiatt, Sessor; David Webster, Servicer; Nathaniel Wiat t, Servuer ; Jacob Wallet, Servuer. "At a town meeting in Salem, 10th day of January, 1763, Resolved that the welfare of the town was endangered by one Dr. Michael Abbott, of Ridgefield, in the colony of Connecticut, who had lately come into the town with sundry other persons and had inoculated …

The last syllable, " eck," or " uck" (uc), being, the ordinary inflection for locality, and one of the striking characteristics of Mohegan names, east of the " Statauc" or North River. Mamaroneck signifies " the place where the fresh water falls into the salt," from the Mamaroneck river, a fresh water stream which divides this town from Rye Neck, originally falling over a …

best historians of New Netherlands, A.D., 1625. 0 This people he describes " as dwelling along the coast from Nonvalk to twenty-four miles to the neighborhood of Hellegat." Adriaen van der Donck, in his map of 1656, styles them Siwanoys. These Siwanoys constituted a tribe of the mighty Mohegan, or " Enchanted Wolf " nation, originally called Muhhekanew, or the Seven Tribes on …

The site of the ancient Indian village in this town can still be traced upon the projecting rocks, directly opposite Heathecote Hill and the residence of the late Benjamin M. Brown, along Mamaroneck Bay. This spot was well suited to the habits of the aborigines, who subsisted, one-half of the year at least, upon the fish caught in these waters. It must also be borne in mind …

Upon the Shubal Lyon property, northeast of the village, is situated the Indian burying-ground Remains of extensive Indian works exist on the elevated ground north of Heathcote Hill, and of the late Mr. Benjamin Brown's residence, called Nelson's Hill. They consist of distinct long round ridges, with corresponding depressions, and of four circular pits in the form of a square …

We have shown that the lands belonging to this town were originally purchased of the native Indians, by the Dutch West India Company, in 1640. Their next proprietor was John Richbell, who appears from the following document to have been united with two others, all at that time residents of the Island of Barbadoes, W. I., in the purchase and settling of a Plantation in the …

"God sending you to arrive safely in New England our advice is that you informe yourself e fully by sober understanding men of tbat parte of land which lyeth betwixt Connecticott and the Dutch Collouy and of the seacoast belonging to the same and the Islands that lye bettwixt Long Island and the Maine, viz. : within what government it is, and of what kinde that government is …

Having passed these difficult yea and your family brought in the place direct your whole forces towards the increase of provision which must be according to their seasous, for planting of come, pease, beanes and other provisions which the country affords, increasing your orchards and gardens, your pastures and inclosures ; and for ye familyes employment in the long winter be …

Lastly we desire you to advise us or either of us how affairs stand with you, what your wants are and how they may be most advantageously employed by us: for the life of our business will consist in the nimble, quiet and full correspondence with us ; and although in these instructions we have given you clearly indicates, yet we are not satisfied that you must needs bring in …

Pell's Purchase; now these are to certify to all and every one whom it may coucernc, that I, Wompoqueimi, did for myselfe, and in behalf of 1113- aforesaid brother Mahatahan, firmly bargaine and sell to Mr. John Richbell, of Oyster Bay, to him and his heires forever, the above mentioned three necks of land, together with all other priviledges thereunto belonging, six weeks …

Wappaquecm saith tliat Thomas Close with Cokoc spake to him to sett his band to Mr. J U I veil's deed and he should have a coate, upon which he did it. lie saith further that Mr. Richbell came and viewed and agreed for ye land, hut not bringmg his goods tyme enough he sold it to Mr. RevelL He confesses that Mr. Richbell gave another Indian a coate and some seawant and a shirt …

Pell's land, promising that all persons who, with the supplicant's permission or order, would settle there with him, shall be willing to solicit letters patent for such a parcel of land as they may intend to settle: in the meantime, he supplicates that your honours may be pleased to grant him letters patent for the whole tract, which he is willing to enforce and instruct them …

John Richbell must have replied immediately to this letter, as the same year we find the following declaration of Petrus Stuyvesant, (Governor-General,) in favor of Mr. Rissebel: "We, the Governor-General and Council of estate of the United Netherlands, doe declare by these presents, that we, upon the petition of Mr. John Rissebel and his associates, that be under the …

Upon the 20th of April, 1666, Richard Nicolls, Governor of the Province, granted to Thomas Mullinex, "a certain neck lying between the east bounds of the town of Westchester and a certain small river called Stony River, which is reputed to be the west bounds of the land in dispute between Mr. Richbell and Mr. Revell, (Pell.) and from thence shooting along by the side of the …

" The Governor and Council, together with ye justices of ye peace, setting in this present court of assizes, having been well and sufficiently informed in ye case in difference between the plaintiff and defendant, and that ye defendant, (who in several courts of this government hath heretofore been plaintiff in this case relating to a title to a certain parcel of land at …

Nov. 1668, "John Richbell of Mamaroneck, accused Thomas Pell of gaining in a surreptitious manner, his patent of Governor Nicolls, and extending upon his lands, upwards of a mile in breadth from east to west, beside the length thereof north and south, although John Richbell has sufficiently proved his right thereto, both at several courts, and the last court of assizes held in …

P., from which, if there were a line run directly down the sound, it would divide ye meadow in difference in the middle, and put an end to ye matter in question; but neither of the three commissioners agree amongst themselves as to their opinions of the bounds, wherefore, in regard that I am very desirous an amicable composure of this difference may be made between both …

John Richbell, and Mr. John Pell/' concerning the neck of land lying between stony and gravelly brook, to the eastward of Annbook's neck, ye which is agreed upon to be divided equally between them both, meadow aud upland quantity and quality alike, which agreement I very well approve of. These are to require you, that some time next week, or with your first convenience, you …

the said neck of land, soe to put a final end and determination to that dispute of ■which at your return you are to render me an account, and for soe doing, this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand, at Fort James, in New York, this 25th day of January, 1671. "a Fbanoib Lovelace. This dispute was finally arranged by Mr. John Richbell, exchanging a portion of the west …

Having to the south, the sound, and running northward from the marked trees upon the said neck, twenty miles into the woods, which said parcel or tract of land hath been lawfully purchased of the Indian proprietors, by John Richbell, of Mamaroneek, gentleman, in whose possession now it is. and his title thereunto sufficiently proved both at several courts of sessions, as also …

But ia matters of assessment and public rates, they are to be assessed by the officers of that town to winch they do properly belong being the nearest unto them, to have and U) hold the said parcel and tract of laud in the said three necks contaiucd, and premises with all and singular the privileges and appurtenances to the said John Richbell his heirs and assigns, to the …

Given under my hand and seal, at Fort James, in New York, on Manhattans Island, the 16th day of October, in the twentieth year of the reign of our sovereign, Lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, Prance and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c., &c., Anno Domini, 1668. Fkancis Lovelace. In 1669 we find John Richbell, and Anne his wife …

By a deed bearing date the 23d of April, 1669, John Richbell, proprietor of Mamaroneck, settles the following jointure upon his wife, Anne Richbell, viz : " all that certain parcell or tract of land where he now lives, called the East Neck, and to begin at the westward part thereof at a certain creek lying, being, and adjacent by and betwixt the neck of land commonly called …

These are in his majesties name to authorize and impower you to seize upon ye person of John Richbell of Mamaroneck, in what place soever he shall be found within this government, he being a prisoner under arrest for debt in this city, from which place he bath absented himself contrary to his engagement and that you cause him to be brought back hither to answer ye several …

His commission defined the eastern boundary of the colony to be the town of Greenwich and so running northerly, provided such line does not come within twenty miles of Hudson's river, conformable to the treaty of 1650, which was ratified by the States General February 2 2d, 1656, Mamaroneck river having been heretofore considered the boundary line, as settled the 5th of …

20th November, 1673, John Richbell of Mamaroneck, mortgaged the westernmost neck to one Cornelius Stenwyck, " bounding on the Gravelly or Stony river, having on the south the Sound, and so running from the marked trees, standing on the aforesaid neck, northerly twenty English miles into the woods." Upon the 2d of February, 1683, a dispute arose between Mr. John Richbell (about …

a Webster's Letters. b Alb. Rec. iil, 276. c A second mortgage from the patentee to Stenwrck occurs on the 7th of August, lfiiS. Upon the 12th of .May, 1675, ihe patentee mortgaged to Robert Richbell, Jr., of Southampton, England, one of the three necks, called the great or middle neck; this was afterwards assigned to Samuel Palmer, July 7, 1676. d Council Min. Alb. No. v, 47 …

Anne Riehbell, the relic of John Richbell, deceased, and run alongst the west side of the small river called Mamaroneck, crossing two branches thereof unto a certain parcel of improved land claimed by Humphrey Underbill, where the said Underbill with three others, being assisted with guns, stones and staves, did obstruct me in the execution of His Excellency's warrant …

That some of their nation having sold severall parcells of land to John Pell, Esq., and Mr. liichbcl, deceased, for which they never received the satisfaction promised them although for these many years they have looked forye same, but the said persons have and do refuse to satisfie your honors Petitions and have more land. there ever was sold unto them Your Petition therefore …

I, Ann Richbell, of the town of Mamaroneck, in the county of Westchester, in the Province of New York, gentlewoman, being sick and weak in body, but of good and perfect memory, (blessed be the Lord for it,) who hath now put it into my heart to set my house in order, by making this my last will and testament, in manner as followeth : Imprimis, I give and bequeath my soul into …

I give and bequeath to my son-inlaw James Mott, 14Z. and to my grandson James Mott, the son of Capt. James Mott, 15Z." &c. &c. Elizabeth and Anne, the two devisees mentioned in the above will, were the sole issue of the patentee. Elizabeth, the eldest, married Captain James Mott, (son of Adam Mott.) Anne married John Emerson. The patentee left one brother, Robert Richbell of …

6 For a continuation of this fanillv, see pedigree. c Vol. vii of Patents, 226 THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK. 475 neck and Scarsdale, excepting only some small parcels in and near the village of Mamaroneck and extended from Long Island Sound to the Bronx river. It was holden of the King in free and common soccage, its land yielding and rendering therefor annually upon the festival of …

Bell, alien, enfeoffc and confirm, &C. , a certain tract of land lying and being in the county of Westchester, bounded as follows: to begin on the east side of the country road, going over at Mamaroneck river, and so to run as the road goes, as far as a creek or brook, known by the nam^ of Pipin's brook, adjoining the neck known by the name of the great neck, including therein …

Patthunck, Brope, Wepetuck, Indian proprietors sell to Colonel Caleb Heathcote, Captain James Mott, William Pennoyer, John Williams, Henry Disbrow, Oliver Hatfield, John Disbrough and Benjamin Disbrough, a lot or parcel of land bounded as followeth : " To begin at Westchester path by Mamaroneck river and runs as the river doth to the marked trees at the easterniost side of the …

"All that my parcel of land formerly called Mangopson neck, now called by the name of the great neck, &c. , bounded easterly by a brook, called by name Pipin's brook, which runs into the salt water creek, aud so running round along by the Sound, and so running up to a brook called by the name of Cedar or Pine tree brook, together with a parcel of land running up said brook by …

This individual eventually claimed the whole territory north of Westchester path, lying above the great neck, so that when the surveyor general, on the 18th of November, 17 14, commenced the survey of the great neck, he was stopped by Philipse, when he came above Westchester path. The surveyor however continued the original line until he came to Bronx's river, here again he …

In the Secretary of State's office, is the field-book and map containing the survey and division of all the certain tracts and parcels of land lying on Mamaroneck, Scarsdale and Harrison purchase, in the county of Westchester, the property of Caleb Heathcote, Esq., in his lifetime, and which remain unsold by him or his decendants since his death, whereof we the subscribers …

Lots No. 13 and 18, and 2 small lots in the possession of William Barker; the first lot, north division, and lot No. 7 in the middle or second division, distinguished on the map by a certain red line, which together contains 320 acres, 2 roods, 10 rods, are set apart for sale in order to defray expenses of division, &c, &c. In witness whereof, as well the said commissioners as …

The de Lancers of New York, are a branch of the ancient house of de Lancy in France, springing from Guy de Lancy, Ecuyer, Vicomte de Laval et de Nouvion, who in 1432, held of the Prince-Bishop of the Duchy of Laon, the fiefs of the four banier of Laval, and that of Nouvion.'1 These territories formed one of the four Vicomte-cies of the Laonnois, a division of the old province …

Guy de Lancy, Ecuyerc Vicomte de Laval et de Nouvion. Wife, Anne de Marcilly. 1436. Jean I, (John) de Lancy, 2d Vicomte. 1470. Jean II, (John) de Lancy, 3d Vicomte, Deputy to the States General at Tours in 1484, present at the battles Fornoue and Ravvenna. 1525. Charles I, de Lancy, 4th Vicomte. Wives, 1. Nicole St. P£re, issue, one daughter, married Antoine Pioche, of Laon …

THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK. 1569. Charles III, de Lancy, 6th Nicomte. Wives, 1. Madeline Le Brun, married 21st of July, 1569; issue, Charles IV. de Lancy, Seigneur de Cocquebine, (who died in 1667, leaving by Francoise Crochart, his first wife ; Charles V, de Lancy, Seigneur de Charlemont, who died unmarried. By his second wife Marthe de Resnel, the Sjign.'ur de Cocquebine, who …

Charles Ambroise de Lancy, Seigneur De Niville et du Con- 1697. dray, de Frenoi, et d'Orgemont who married 9th January, 1702, Marie Madeleine Labbe. He was confirmed in his nobility by a 1702. decree of the King in Council, Nov. 30th, 1697. He had issue, an only son, -- 1707. Pierre Charles de Lancy, Seigneur de Niville et de Blarus, born 5th of June, 1707; an officer of the …

Charles de Lancy, Seigneur de Ribecourt, et Pimpre, who married Madeleine d'Aguesseau and died without issue in 1675. 4. Madeleine de Lancy, married nth November, 16 19, Charles de Mornay, Seigneur de Montchevreuil. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. Henry de Lancy, above named, ist Marquis de Raray, married January 30th, 1633, Catharine d'Angennes, daughter of Louis …

1679. third Marquis, made a page to the King in 1679, who, died shortly after, unmarried, and Gaston Jean Baptiste de Lancy, who succeeded his brother as fourth Marquis and died unmarried 1680. not long after. Both these brothers died in 1680 ; and with them ended the males of this branch of the family. Their sisters were five, Henriette, wife of the Marquis de Crevecaeur …

a Le Palais d'LHonneur, Paris, 1004, page 312, family "d'Angennes." b In front of the altar at the Cluircii of Vrebcrie, (department of Oise, France,) there is a tombstone erected to this lady, iuscribed :-- - D. O. M. let repose Haute etpuissante Dame Madame Fkancoisb de Lanci KARAi,dame des Tern s et Seigneuries, d'lIaramou% Ribeconrt, Pimpre St. Germain et Kuy, en partie …

They are thus blazoned: -- Arms; Azure, a tilting lance proper, point upward with a pennon argent bearing a cross gules fringed and floating to the right, debruised of a fess, or Crest ; A sinister arm in armor embowed, the hand grasping a tilting lance, pennon floating, both proper. Motto ; Certum voto pete finem. The name of tins family, anciently spelled " Land," and later …

His son the Seigneur Jacques de Lancy of Caen, married Marguerite Bertrand, daughter of Pierre Bertrand of Caen, by his first wife, the Demoiselle Firel, and had two children, a son Etienne (or Stephen) de Lancey, born at Caen, October 24th, 1663, and a daughter, the wife of John Barbaric a On the revocation of the edict of Nantes, Stephen de Lancey was one of those who …

He was representative from the city and county of New York, in the Provincial Assembly, from 1702 to 17 15, with the exception of 1709; and in 1725, on the decease of Mr. Proa MSS., " Bertrand " Genealogy :-- .John Barbaric and his family came to New YorK In 16C8, In winch year (on 5th .January, > he and bta sous Peter, and John l'eter, were denizened as Einjlish subjects In …