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.

John Moore, his partner, the city is also indebted for the introduction of fire engines, in i73i."a He was one of the principal benefactors of the French church, Du St. Esprit, established in New York by the refugees who fled upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz, and a warm friend of the French Huguenots at New Rochelle. The following letter addressed by him, 1591, to his …

He was a fellow commoner of Corpus Christi College (where he was styled the "handsome American") and studied law in the Temple. In 1725, he returned to New York, and on the decease of John Barbarie, his uncle by marriage, was appointed by George II. to succeed him in the Provincial Council He took his seat at the board, January 29th, 1729, and held it to April 9th, 1733, when …

The ministry of England wished to keep the command of New York in the hands of Mr. de Lancey but it was then, as it is to this day, a rule of the English Government never to appoint a native colonist to the supreme command over his own colony. To effect their object in this case without violating their rule, they decided not to appoint any new Governor as long as Mr. de Lancey …

This was a Congress of delegates from all the colonies, which the home government directed the Governor of New York to hold, for the purpose of conciliating the Indian nations who were invited to attend it ; of renewing the covenant chain and attaching them more closely to the British interest, and comprising all the provinces in one general treaty to be made with them in the …

The choice of the New York committee-man was left to Governor de Lancey, who, acting most impartially, appointed his political opponent, William Smith, Esq , the elder.c This movement, which was not within the objects of the Congress as defined in the letter of the Board of Trade above mentioned, resulted in the adopting of a plan of a union to be made by an act of Parliament …

But this plan, like the other, was without effect upon the Congress; for, as he tells us himself, "they seemed so fully persuaded of the backwardness of the several assemblies to come into joint and vigorous measures that they were unwilling to enter upon the consideration of the matters."" His idea seem to have been for a practical union of the colonies for their own defence …

" No American had greater influence in the colonies than James de Lancey. Circumstances, it is true, aided in raising him to this elevation -- such as education, connections, wealth, and his high conservative principles; but he owed as much to personal qualities, perhaps, as to all other causes united. Gay, witty, easy of access, and frank, he was, personally, the most popular …

He was found expiring upon that morning, seated in his chair in his library, too late for medical aid. His funeral took place on the evening of the 31st of July, 1760. The body was deposited in his family vault, in the middle aisle of Trinity church, the funeral service being performed by the Rev. Mr. Barclay, in great magnificence ; the building was splendidly illuminated …

We had spent, very ag -ecably, the day before on Staten Island ; after ten at night he left my house perfectly well, in the morning lie was as usual, but about nine a servant was dispatched to tell me his master was very ill. I mounted instantly and hurried to his house in Bowery Lane, but on the way was alarmed by a call ' that all was over,' and too true I found it; he sat …

By her, he had four sons ; first, James ; second, Stephen j third, Heathcote; fourth, John Peter; and four daughters; first, Mary, wife of William Walton, who died in 1767 ; second, Susannah, born iSth November, 1737, died a spinster in 1815; third, Anne, born 1746, and died in 1847, who married Thomas Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, author of the history of …

James de Lancey had two sons, Charles in early life a British naval officer, and James, Lieut-Colonel of the First Dragoon Guards; both died bachelors, the former May 6th, 1840, and the latter May 26th, 1857 ; and three daughters, Margaret, married July 17th 1794, Sir Jukes Granville Clifton Jukes, Bart, and died June nth, 1804 without leaving children; Anna and Susan who both …

Governor de Lancey, was born in the city of New York, July 15th 1753, and died at Mamaroneck, January 30th, 1828. He was educated at Harrow School in England, and at the military school at Greenwich. In 1 77 1, he entered a See Town of >"ortli Salem. THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK. 487 the regular army as Ensign, and served up to the rank of captain in the 1 8th, or Royal Irish …

Thomas James, a lawyer, who died in 1822, at the early age of 32, leaving by his wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Ellison, an only child, a son, also named Thomas James, who married Frances Augusta Bibby, and died in 1859, without having had issue. 2 Edward Floyd, born 18th June, 1795 and died a bachelor, 19th October 1820. 3. William Heathcote, born 8th October, 1797, at …

Waite, father of the present Chief Justice Waite of the Supreme Court of the United States, he was sent to the academy of the Rev. Mr. Hart, at Hempstead, L. I., and on the death of that gentleman, was transferred at the suggestion of his father's personal friend, the Hon. Rufus King, to that of the Rev. Dr. Eigeno She was his second wife. Ills first wife was Glorianna Ntcoll …

Mr. de Lancey married on the 22d of November, 1820, Frances, third daughter of Peter Jay Munro, of New York, and of Mamaroneck, the distinguished lawyer, (only child of the Rev. Dr. Harry Munro, the last English Rector of St. Peter's church, Albany, N. Y., by his third wife, Eve Jay, daughter of Peter Jay, the first of that name in Rye, (one of whose younger brothers was Chief …

Mr. de Lancey accepted this position and removed to Philadelphia, where he continued to reside in the closest and most confidential relations with Bishop White, until the death in 1836, of that great and venerable prelate, the first Bishop of the American Church, consecrated by Anglican Bishops. During this period, in 1827, in his thirtieth year, Mr. de Lancey was chosen …

"In him," said a writer in the Church Journal, " the Church in America loses the further services of one of her oldest and wisest Bishops. Descended from one of the oldest and best families in this country -- which dates far back in our colonial history, and was from the first one of the staunchest pillars of the Church -- Bishop de Lancey had also the good fortune to be …

With sound principles, earnest devotion, personal gravity, and spotless purity of life, he possessed a clearness of head, a keen knowledge of human nature, and a coolness, caution, readiness, and boldness, which all combined in making him a successful Bishop. His skill in debate was remarkable, and was fully equalled by his mastery of all the resources of parliamentary …

Training School, and other flourishing Church schools, manifest his power of organization and maintenance, and his success in rallying aid by means of the confidence which his personal and official character inspired, he never neglected the General Institutions of the Church. Not only in General Convention was he one of the strong men of the Upper House; but in the Board of …

But his foresight as to the coming change will continue on record. Another and still more important subject was also introduced first by him into General Convention -- the adoption of the Provincial System. Bishop White, indeed, had sketched out the plan long before, and he had taken it from the universal system of the Church in all ages and countries ; but Bishop de Lancey …

John Peter De Lancey by will (dated 28th of January, 1823) devised his property in this town to Thomas James De Lancey, the only child of his deceased son Thomas James, and to his son William Heathcote De Lancey the Bishop of Western New York (except a portion of the western end of De Lancey's Neck which he had conveyed in his life time to his deceased son Thomas James, who …

Thomas James de Lancey, the younger sold his part 01 de Lancey's Neck in his lifetime, and it is now held by many owners -- among whom are James M. Constable, John Greacen, Leonard Jacob, Mrs. Eldridge and others. The eastern part, except a small portion in the rear sold to Mrs. E. V. Rushmore, is still held by the children of Bishop de Lancey, the extreme south-eastern part …

Tlii- writer stated that being in England thirty or forty years ago, hr round some papers relating to the de Lancey family among some waste paper in the house where he was Btayiug; that he had preserved them, anil seeing by the newspapers that the liishop was in the city, he now enclosed them to him. 'I hese tip- liishop found to be : first, the commission of James de Lancey …

' ' This is the book of records for Mamaroneck. HISTORY OK THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. The first entry commences April 2d, 1697. Lieutenant Samuel Palmkk, Supervisor. Captain James Mott, Assessor. Henry Disbrow, Collector. Henry Disbkow, Surveyor of the highways. Lt. William Palmek, Constable and also Clerk. At a meeting held by the freeholders of Mamaroneck, on the 18th day of …

The Mamaroneck river, above mentioned, forms the eastern boundary of the town, and derives its source from Horton's pond. This stream is more remarkable for the romantic valleys it forms, and the rich country it winds through, than for its extent -- being generally buried within deep banks. Near its junction with the Sheldrake, (directly north of the village,) it forms a …

The former divisions of the high ridge, originally called " Good-Success Ridge," (facing the bay and post road,) are still distinguished by the names of their original proprietors, viz. : Heathcote, Nelson and Budds' hills. Near the entrance of the village from the west, is situated Heathcote Hill, the property of Edward F. de Lancey, Esq. The old de Lancey residence, upon " …

border the property on the south and west. Some distance west of the dwelling house, surrounded by orchards, is the family cemetery of the de Lanceys. This spot was appropriated by John Peter de Lancey, as a cemetery for the remains of the de Lancey family, and for that purpose devised to his son William Heathcote de Lancey, in trust forever, Szc &c; the family vault beneath …

This place is remarkable for a very distant echo, the true object of which appears to be the opposite residence of Heathcote Hill. In the still dewy evenings of summer when the air is very elastic, and a dead stillness prevails, every word spoken in the neighboring house is plainly re-echoed from the northern bank. " Echo (says White) has always been so amusing to the …

Upon the only tombstone remaining, are chiselled two open hands pointing to a heart, with the following inscription : PAL YCARPVS NELSON WAS BORN JBi IVLY 21 ABOT A • CLOCK • IN • THE ■ MO RNING • IN • THE ■ YEAR 1688 • I • FINNIST ■ MY ■ CORS AND • QVIT • TIIE • LAND • IN . WITNES • HEREOF • MY • HART ■ MY HAND • DESESED ■ DESEMBER . 19 1738. The neighboring property toward …

Whoe'er thou art, with silent footsteps tread The hollow mould where lie reclines his head; Let not thoughtless mirth one tear deny, But pensive, pause, where truth and honour lie. His gay wit that fond attention drew, Oft heard delighted hy the friendly few; The heart, that melted" at another's grief ; The hand, in secret, that bestowed relief. Perhaps e'en now, from yonder …

The name of John Disbrow (vestryman from Mamaroneck) occurs in the church records of Rye, A.D. 1710. The parochial clergy appear to have officiated here at a very early period, as Madame Knight incidentally mentions in 1704, "that one Church of England parson officiated in all these three towns," viz., Rye, Mamaroneck and Horseneck, "once every Sunday in turns throughout the …

The communion silver consists of a flageon and a double set of chalices and patens, inscribed "St. Thomas's Church, Mamaroneck, New York, 1837." Besides a smaller set for the private administration of the holy Eucharist. During the incumbency of the present rector, the church has undergone considerable repairs; the parsonage has also been purchased and greatly improved. In …

4th June, 1821, Wit. Hkathoote de Lancey, Deacon, ditto. 1st Oct., 1823, Lewis P. Bayard, Presb. ditto. 30th Mar. 1824, William C. Mead, Presb. ditto. 21st Sept., 1S25, Lewis P. Bayard, Presb. ditto. 25th April, 1S07, Alexander H. Crosby, Presb. ditto. 2d Oct., 1830, John M. Forbes, Presb. ditto. 11th Feb., 1832, William M. Carmichael. Presb. ditto. 17th Noy., 1S34, Peter S …

Both are now owned by Mr. Stringer. The Disbrows were originally from the county of Essex," England, and related to, if not immediately descended from Major General John Disborough or Disbrow, who married Anna Cromwell, sister of the Protector. By this lady John Disborough had seven sons, the youngest was Benjamin Disborough, Esq. Samuel Disborough, Lord Keeper of Scotland, a …

Peter Disbrow was one of the first and principal proprietors of Rye, in 1660. John Disbrow, son of Peter, purchased lands of John Richbell in 1674. A second sale occurs in 1685. a Mr. Morant, in his history of Essex, gives the arms of the Dlsboroughs-- argent a fesse, between three bears' heads muzzled, erased sable. 6 Lambert's Hist, of New Uaveu, i>. 167. To face page <"> …

Henry, of New Jersey, Washington Mary, nat. 17th September, 1791; oh. i»th September, .I.Mary Jenkins, I oh 27th June, 1882, ret. 33 years _2-Aun Robinson Jane, nat. 13th October, 1795; ob. 15th March, .lames H., nat. lath May, 179s; ob. loth Jan., 18iw_Marla Stephen* Joan William B.. nat . IRth Dec. Rosalie A. Durang 1818. ob. 6th July, 1809 | William II.. mil. 291 li_ …

Mary F. nat. 9lh July, 1871; ob. 28th January, 1873 Arthur Pearl, nat. 12th .hni. , iR7s THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK. A.D. 168S, Henry Disbrow, son of John, conveys half his lands situated in Mamaroneck to his son Henry Disbrow." Henry Disbrow of Mamaroneck, in 1690, releases a lot of ground lying in the town of Rye, which he formerly bought of John Wascot.b The Disbrow estate in …

The event is thus related by General Heath: "Lord Sterling, who was before in this vicinity with his brigade, had formed an enterprise against Major Roger's corps. The old Indian hunter of the last war, who had engaged in the British service, with his corps, now lay on the out-posts of the British army, near Mamaroneck. The enterprise was conducted with good address ; and if …

" February 1, 1777. Foraging being now the object, a large number of teams were a Co. Rec. Lib. R. 21. b Co. Rec. Lib. R. 65. c The old family Rihlo, edited by Rasket of London, A. D. 1756, contains the Rook of Common Prayer, and numerous family entries. There is also preserved a silver-headed walkinjrstick Inscribed " Henry Disbrow, 1697." The above heir-looms are in the …

"Had any apparent advantage been derived from burning the house on Philip's manor, last Monday, there would have been some reason to justify the measure ; but when no benefit whatever can be proposed, by burning those buildings and stripping the women and children of necessary apparel, to cover them from the severity of a cold night, and captivating and leading in triumph to …

It is not fear, it is not want of opportunity that has preserved those buildings ; but a sense of the injustice and savageness of such a line of conduct, has saved them ; and nothing but necessity will induce me to copy examples of this sort, so often set by your troops. " It is not my inclination, sir, to war in this manner against the inhabitants within your lines, who …

"Sir, -- Could I possibly conceive myself accountable to any revolted subject of the king of Great Britian, I might answer your letter, received by the Hag of truce yesterday, respecting the conduct of the party under Capt. Emmerick's command upou the taking of Peter and Cornelius Van Tassell ; I have, however, candor enough to assure you -- as much as I abhor every principle …

" The ruins from the conflagration of New York, by the emissaries of your party last year, remain a memorial of their tender regard for their fellow beings exposed to the 'severity of a cold night.' " This is the first correspondence I have held with the King's enemies, on my part in America ; and as I am immediately under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, your future …

He feels himself but ill-repaid for the confidence he has placed in the regiment, and his inclination to ease thenduty, by never posting an unnecessary sentinal ; at the same time, he trusts, that, as this has been the first instance of the kind during the time he has had the honor of commanding the Queen's Rangers, it will be the last ; and that the soldiers will reflect what …

gines, lies immediately south-east of the village, upon the easterly side of which is situated the Seaman place. It obtained its present name from Giles Seaman, late proprietor, who married Lydia Mott, a lineal descendent of John Richbell, the patentee. This dwelling house and old Mott farm, afterwards owned by Mr. Isaac Hall, is now held by Mrs. Rushmore. The former, a fine …

Samuel Palmer, having obtained a confirmation for the same, under the hand of the Indian sachem Ann Hook, in the year 1 700-1. From the heirs of Samuel Palmer it passed by purcnase to the late Peter Jay Monro, in 1798. From the Monro's it was purchased by Edward K. Collins, Esq., in 1845, who called it Larchmont, and subsequently sold it to Mr. Flint, who laid out upon it the …

Harry Munro, D.D., (for several years rector of St. John's church Yonkers,)0 by his wife Eve Jay, daughter of the late Peter Jay, of Rye, and sister of Hendrick and John Jay. Peter Jay Munro was a distinguished member of the bar, and one of a This family is a branch of the Munro's of Foulis. Scotland, is now represented by Mr. John White, manor of Pelham, the youngest son of …

Scott was the son of James Scott, whose father, Walter Scott," took an active part in the political drama of 1745, in favor of Prince Charles ; father and son subsequently emigrated to this country, and during the war of the Revolution, distinguished themselves as brave and zealous patriots. Upon the Flandreau hammocks on the next neck westwardly, is placed the Premium Mill …

Mount Pleasant has been separated from the old town of the same name, and erected into a distinct township ; a both having been formally included in the Manor of Philipsburgh. It is situated six miles north-west of the village of White Plains, distant thirty-three miles from New York, and one hundred and nineteen from Albany ; bounded north by Ossining and New Castle, and east …

Be this as it may, however, no signification could be more descriptive of the Weird stream, which pours its swift current through the foldings of a hundred hills. The Dutch styled it, the Sleepy haven Kill,' hence the origin of the present term Sleepy Hollow, as applied to the valley. a Mount Pleascnt was originally organized on the 7th of March, 1798. Rec Stat. The present …

For the erection of these forts and strongholds, Van der Donck informs us, that the Indians usually selected a situation on the side of a steep hill, near a stream or river, which is difficult of access except from the water, and inaccessible on every other side, with a level plain on the crown of the hill, which they enclose with a strong stockade work in a singular manner. " …

In 1680, the Indian sachem Ghoharius, with the consent of his brother Weskora, for a certain sum of wampum and other goods, released unto Frederick Philipse a large strip of land, lying on each side of the Pocanteco River, for which they acknowledged to have received full satisfaction. This sale was ratified before the Governor of the province, at Fort James, in New York, and …

The said land adjoining to the creek or river aforesaid lying on each side thereof, north and south 1600 treads or steps, which at twelve feet to the rod makes 400 rods ; and runs up into the country as far as the said creek or river goeth, provided always, that if the said creek or river, called by the Indians Neppera, and by the Christians the Yonkers creek or kill, shall …

Know ye that by virtue of the commission and authority unto me given under his Royal Highness, I have given and granted, and by these presents do hereby give, ratify, confirm and grant unto said Frederick Philipse, his heirs and assignees, the afore-recited creek or river, parcels of lands and premises hereinbefore expressed and set forth, together with all the woodlands …

Given under my hand and sealed with the seal of the Province, in New York, the first day of April, in the thirty-second year of his Majesty's reign, Anno Domini, 1680." From this period we find the Indians gradually yielding their territory to the above patentee. Upon the 5th of June, 1684, (the royal patent says 7th of May.) the Indians, Sepham, Ghoharim, (Ghoharius,) …

All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being to the eastward of the land of Frederick Philipse, between the creek called Neppierha, or the Yoncker'a Kill and Bronck's River beginning on the south side at the northerly bounds of the Yoncker's land, and from thence along the aforesaid creek Nippierha, however it runs, till you come to the most northerly bounds of …

5°8 ' HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. The above purchase, (together with other sales, from the Indians.) was confirmed to Philipse by his Excellency, Thomas Dongan, Governor of the Province, on the 23d of December, 1684. The whole were subsequently included within the Royal Patent of Philipsburgh. From the Indian grants and royal patents, we proceed to give our readers a …

For their religious opinions the Felyps suffered severely both in person and property, being finally compelled to fly, for better security, to Bolsward in East Friesland. d From MSS. in the hand-writing of the late Hon. John Jay (himself a descendant of Eva Philipse, while his wife, Sarah Livingston, was a grand-daughter of Annetye Philipse) we learn " that the first ancestor …

Let those who differ from us prove anything to the contrary.-- [Editor.] In the Hall of Records, Amsterdam. Holland, is registered the following coat of arms belonging to the Philipse family : " Az a deml Hon rampant, rising out of a ducal coronet ar, surmounted by a ducal coronet or." The crest as borne both by the English and American families is •' a demi lion rampant …

Some years ago the pass that was given, written on parchment and sealed with the Royal arms, was in possession of the family in this country." The same account adds " that General Redhesel had seen the parchment that had been given by the Prince as his leave to quit the German dominions and he said he must have been a man in high favor with him to have leave and to bring all …

The surname Felypsen is a patronymic from Philip -- the F for the PH, and the ij for the single Y; hence the English substitute, Frederick Philipse, which at an early period became the adopted name of the family, the Dutch termination se or sen, meaning in English son. Vrederyck therefore the son of Felyp. Besides their high rank as nobles, they appear also to have held the …

If he came over with Governor Stuyvesant, as it is asserted and as it is not impossible, then he arrived here in May, 1647/ But soon after his arrival, whenever that occurred, a Mem. of the Philipse family from MSS. In hand-writing of John Jay, Miscel. works of Gen. De Peyster. b Vrederyck Felypsen Is equivalent to Frederyk Flypsen. c In German, peace is friedc and rich is …

In the general tax list of 1674, raised by the Dutch, on their re-conquest of the city and province, we find the estate of Frederick Philipse assessed at 80.000 guilders, " an amount large in those days and yet small compared with his subsequent wealth. "a He became the largest trader with the five nations at Albany, sent ships to both East and West Indies, imported slaves …

When the Leisler party came into power under Bellamont in 1698, he resigned his seat in the Council, in consequence, as he alleged, of his advanced age, which was the seventy-second, though in reality it would seem, to avoid, if possible, the blow which was already given in an order for his removal by the home government, on account of his practices with the pirates, an order …

THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. 5" manorial residence, "which on account of its great strength and armament was styled ' Castle Philipse.' There the first lord of the manor lived in rugged fuedal style until the lower manor house was built at Yonkers." In the assize records at Albany, occurs "a pass to Frederick Philipse, to put on board the sloop called ye Cock 250 schepels of …

1080, John Reyder is debett, iPr Contra is Credytt, According to accounte de-^| To a house and lijwered, £3956 : 2 yn I o-q-i . 16 lot yn hollans, £2250 wampum, Com in hoi- f : To som petyoylans, J ans, left yn the To the Sherryf, a byll of house, 40 Exchange yn hollans, 1500 : -- Apoyt 20 Toyn Sylver, 2290 : 00 payd £5:0:0 Com'r, Hollars, " " 50-- Rest due To me To 110 pieces …

This she declared she was unable to do, probably in consequence of the commercial character of the assets; whereupon she received the anti-nuptial contract between her and Frederick Philipse in hen of the inventory, in consequence of its embodying an agreement on his part to adopt the child of Rudolphus as his own, and to bequeath her one half of his estate, unless he had …

The conclusion, therefore, seems irresistible, that Eva and Maria were one and the same person." " It is not certain when Margaret Harden-brook died, though it Avas not in 1662, as strangely stated by some, for this was the year of her marriage with Frederick Philipse. She was alive and a passenger on the ship with our travelers in 1679, but she must have died before 1692 …

Frederick Philipse and Margaret, his wife, who was the acknowledged owner and supercargo of the Charles, and was with her daughter, Auuetge, a fellow passenger of our travelers in that ship ou the voyage to New York in 1679- THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. the 6th of November, 1702, in the 77th year of his age. His wife thus records his death in the family Bible, "Anno 1702, the …

First, I surrender and bequeath my soul into ye mercy full hands of ye infinite God who gave it, and I order my body to be interred at my burial] place at ye upper mills with such charges and in such decent manner as to my executors, herein after named, shall seem concicnt ; and as touching and disposing of my lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and credittes I …

Droylett and also those lands, tenements and hereditaments in the County of Westchester (to wit) that island called Papiriuiman, with the meadows and bridge and toll and all ye right and title I leave to ye same, and all those lands and meadows called ye Yoncker's Plantation together with all and singular ye houses, mills, mill dams, orchards, gardens, negroes, negroes …

Item, I give and devise and bequeath to my said grandson, Frederick Flipse, besides ye negroes at ye Yoncker's Plantation herein before given and devised him a negroe man called Harry with his wife and child, a negroe man called Peter, a negroe man called Wan, ye boat Yoncker with her furniture apparel and appurtenances and ye equall half of all ye cattle, horses and sheep …

Item, I give and bequeath to my said grandson, his executors and assignees for ever an equall fourth part of all shipps, vessells, money, plate, goods, merchandise, debts, and personall estate whatsoever which shall belong to mee at ye time of my decease ; my Debts and ye particular legacy's in this my will given, being first satisfyed and discharged, provided always and I do …

Vredervck Felypsen, of Bolawaerl,_,Margaret Dacres, descended of the family of Holland/emigrated from East Fries- i nacre, of Dacre. land to New Amsterdam, In 1647. Hon. Vrederyck Felypsen. ov 1'hiiipse.^ first Lord of ibe Manor of PhillpebO-. rough, nat 1666, ob. 1702. Win dat. f»th Dec 170?, CbL vi. p. i»8, w. Snr. Rec. N. Y. Margaret llardcnbroch. widow of Peter iOHiolphus …

John's Church, from her carriage on the Highland es- Yonkcrs. Will dated 6th .lune, 1751, No. is, p. x-- Sur. Rec. N. Y. fate. Married 1720. Col. Frederick Phllipse.^Ellzabeth Williams, Phltl'p Phllipse. proprleto last I/ml of the Manor of Phlllpsborough, ob. clr. Hay.lTBS, at Chester, England. widow of Rutgers da.of Charle Williams, Esq. of the Highland Vpper Patent : impt …

striction and condition that it is in lew of a tract called Cintqucsingte, purchased by mee and intended to he given to his father, my eldest son, soe that if at any time hereafter ye said Frederick Flipse, my grandson, shall claime and recover this tract of land called Cintqucsingte, then it is my will and devise that ye tract of land and appurtenances extending from ye …

Anthony Brocholes and also a house and ground lying in ye Broad street by ye ground of Jacobus Kipp with a -warehouse in ye New street and ye ground between upon a straight line from ye south cornerof ye warehouse to ye south corner of that house (to witt") from ye one street to ye other, as also those lands, tenements and hereditaments in ye County of Westchester (to witt) …

Together with all and singular houses, mills, mill dams, meadows, orchards, gardens, rights, hereditaments, emoluments and appurtenances to ye estate herein before given and devised belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold ye said houses, tenements and hereditaments with their appurtenances to ye said Adolphus, my son, and ye heirs made of his body lawfully to …

Adolphus, aforesaid his executors and assignees for ever ye other equall half of all ye cattle, horses and sheep upon and belonging to ye plantation at ye upper Mills a large boat called ye Unity with her furniture apparell and appurtenances, late by mee bought of Dan Desmaretz, and an equall fourth part of all ye shipps, vessels, money, plate, goods, merchandize, debts, and …

And 1 do give, devise and bequeath to my eldest daughter, Eva, the wife of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, the house and ground with ye appurtenances in ye city of New Yorke where they at present live in with all ye right and interest that I have or ever had in and to ye same as also a lott of ground with itts appurtenances in ye same city in ye that to the southward of ye old …

And I do give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Anntke ye wife of Philip French, that house and ground with ye appurtenance in ye citty of New Yorke where they at present live in, as also ye old warehouse and ground thereunto belonging with ye appurtenances in ye same city lying in ye New street and all that my estate of land and the appurtenances in ye County of Berghen in …

To have and to hold ye said houses, land and premises to ye said Anneke, my daughter, for and during her naturall life ye remainder after her decease to ye second son of her body to be begotten, his heirs and as- THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. signcs for ever, but for lack of such issue to her son, Fhilip Frcucli, his heirs and assignes for ever, and I doc will order devise and …

Item, I will and devise to my eaid wife, during her uaturall life, that lottof ground with ye appurtenances in ye city of New York extending from ye Broadway to ye New Street lyeing between ye ground late of Robert White, deceased, and William ye Clockbuyer, and I do will, order, determine and direct that my said wife shall have ye custody, tuition and guardianship of my …

Then personally came before me Edward Viscount Corubury, Captain General and Governor-in-chief of New York, Ed. William Nicoll, Oloff Van Cortlandt and Philip Van Cortlandt, witnesses, who have subscribed their names to ye within will and made oath upon ye holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they saw ye within named ffrederick fflipse sign, scale and declare ye same will and …

ried Maria Sparks, daughter of the Governor of Barbadoes, who died immediately after the birth of her only child Frederick Philipse in 1698. Philip Philipse did not long survive his wife, dying on the Springhead plantation, Barbadoes in 1700 aged, only thirty-seven. Mr. Philip Philipse's mother had been a Miss Joyce Farmer. Mrs. Sparks brother, Mr. Farmer, took his wife with …

This individual was also proprietor of the Great Highland patent, which included all of the present county of Putnam, granted on the 17th of June, 1697 ; and the executor of his brother, Philip Philipse's estate, letters of adminstration having been granted to him in that capacity on the 2 2d of December, 1 7 1 4. 17 Adolphus Philipse was bom in New York in the year 1665. On …

At the general election that year, however, he lost his seat; but Gerrit Van Home, one of the members elect for the city dying soon a Burke's Hist, of Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Another daughter of Gov. Sparks married a Colonel Fullerton, an only son and a man of large property In Scotland. Another daughter of i lie Governor remained unmarried. When Gov. Sparks went to …

Philipse was re-elected speaker in 1739, and occupied that office until 1745/ He died a bachelor in January, 1750, in the 85th year of his age/ and was buried in the family vault at Sleepy Hollow, leaving his immense property to be divided equally between his grand-nephew and grand-nieces, viz., Philip Philipse, Susannah Robinson, Mary Morris and Margaret rhilipse ; the latter …

Read, Administrator of Adolph Philipse. Dr. the estate of Fred. Philipse, Esq., dec. to Jos. Read, against estate of Fred Philipse. 174y. Jan'y 25,-- To 1 Boston shilling and 1 lead meddal £0 12 1 cask of apples 0 6 0 1-3 of a ps. broad cloth qt. 10 yards a 20s. 10 0 0 I steel or iron tobacco box 0 2 0 10 9 2 1750, April 6,-- To l-8th pt. of cloth, &c., divided among the …

To a razor strap with silver 0 6 0 1 silver tankard, wt. 26oz. lOp. Ogr. at 9«. Qd. pr. ounce 12 11 9 1 ditto, wt. 23oz. Up. 12gr. at 10s. Gd 12 9 H 1 ditto shaving basin and box, wt. 21oz. 15/>. at 10s. Gd. pr. oz 11 8 4} 1 ditto tooth case pick 0 13 3 12 ditto spoons, wt. 2302. lip. 12gr. at 10*. 3d. per ounce 12 3 2 6 ditto, wt. 902. 15p. at 9s. 3d 4 10 ^ 3 ditto, " 3 10 " …

A parcell of gold beads and pearl, wt. 2oz. Up. at 61. 4s 16 14 10 2 trunks 0 6 0 • £ pt. of a parcell homspun and parcell linnen 1 13 0 £ pt. of a parcell wampum valued at £40. 6 6 6 £ pt. of 23602. 9p. 1 2gr. silver pigs, valued by A. B 11 11 6 4 Arabian ps. gold 2 16 0 106 7 114 85 11 5 To sundrys bought at public vendue in March, 1749-50, as per acct To ditto at the manor …

Philip Philipse, pr. assignm't, for 2 ps. linnen bo't at vendue 23 March, 1749- 50 1 17 6 492 bushels wheat rec'd by Elbert Aartsen for rent due to Adolph Philipse, w hich ball. Philipse sold to Johanis Schank at 4s. per bushel 98 8 0 a field of green wheat of ab't 8 bushels sewing which by the opinion of Mr. Win. Curry, belonged to the personal estate of Adolph Philipse 8 0 0 …

By the death of Adolph Philipse the whole manor of Philipsburgh became vested in his nephew, the Hon. Frederick Philipse, as the nearest male heir of his grandfather, Frederick. This distinguished personage was born upon the Springhead estate, island of Barbadoes, A.D. 1698. From 1721 to 1728 he filled the office of speaker to the House of Assembly in the province of New York …

His will bears date the 6th day of June, 1751.' The following notice of his death appeared in the New York Gazette, for July 29th, 1 75 1 : "New York, July 29th, last Friday evening, departed this life in the 56th year of his age, the Honorable Frederick Philipse, Esq., one of his Majesty's Justices of the Supreme Court of this Province, and a Representative in our general …

He had a disposition extremely social, and was what few ever attain to be, a good companion. But what I have said of his character is far from being a finished Portrait, it is only a sketch of some few of his excellent Qualities ; many features, I am sure, have escaped me, but I dare say that those I have attempted, are not set off with false colors, but drawn faithfully from …

Their eldest daughter, Mary, was Injured by a fall at the fort in New York Anthony was the eidest : Susanna, the second daughter, married Philip French, sou of Philip French by Annetje Philipse, daughter of Frederick Philipse, who had Issue four daughters-- a Philip French who died a bachelor, and a daughter was by a second wife. The four daughters of Philip French, by Susanna …

Frederick Philipse, the eldest son and last lord of the manor of Philipsburgh, was born in New York, 12th of September, 1720. He was educated at Kings College (now Columbia), New York, and became a most accomplished gentleman, and a person of considerable literary attainments. He was also an ardent Churchman, and a liberal benefactor. In fact, to his untiring efforts, under …

" She was a handsome, pleasing woman," born in New York, 5th of August, 1732, and married 9th Sept., 1756. Her first husband was Rutgers. "At the commencement of our Revolution," continues Mr. Jay, "he, Frederick Philipse," was inclined to the Whigs, but was afterwards persuaded to favor the tories." He was removed to Connecticut on his parole. Nothing could have been more …

Soon after 1771, Colonel David llumphrcvs. who subsequently b c imean aid to Washington, and under the Federal government, minister to Portugal a id Spain, and who had just completed his stmli. - at ~i ii.- « I. 'cm ii i - a re- lent in his family, then living on Philipse manor. The late President Dwight was well acquainted with him at this time, and speaks of him as " a …

Frederick and Elizabeth Williams, was drowned in crossing the Bay of Funday. Philip died without issue, Captain John was killed at the battle of Trefalgar in 1S05. Maria Eliza, their eldest daughter, married, in 1779, Lionel Smythe, seventh Viscount, Strangford, father of Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe Viscount Strangford and Baron Penshurt of Penshurst in the the County of Kent …

Firmly attached to his sovereign a'id the British constitution he opposed at the hazard of his life, the late Rebellion iuNotth America; and for this faithful discharge of his duty to his King and Country, he was proscribed, and hi3 e^tat'-, one of the largest in New York was confiscated by the usurped Legislature of that Provinci. When th" 'British troops were withdrawn from …

Sabine in his biographical sketches of American Loyalists', says, " Frederick Philipse applied t'> the British government for compensation and was allowed ^GV1^ sterling, or about $ao<\onu In 1S">>, in an English work, the value of the two manors was estimated at six or seven hundred thousand pounds, But It la lobe remembered, lhat lands in 17*1 hardly had a fixed value …

We are indebted to the Evening Gazette for the subjoined notice of this remarkable lady : " Cornelia Beeckman was the second daughter of Lieutenant- Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt, by his wife, Joanna Livingston, whose birth took place in the old manor house, by the banks of the Croton, on the 2d of August, 1753. Here her infancy and youth glided away, and but a short time …

A party of royalists, under Colonels Bayard and Fanning, came to the Peekskill house, and commencing their customary course of treatment, one insultingly asked her, ' Are you not the daughter of that old rebel Pierre Van Cortlandt ? ' She replied, ' I am the daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt, but it becomes not such as you to call my father a rebel.' The tory raised his musket …

Beeckman possessed a powerful memory, and to the close of her life could relate with exact minuteness, the interesting events of which she was cognizant ; and the HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. recital of those incidents abounded in interest, as all who know her can well bear witness.' " A number of years after the war, Mrs. Beeckman removed to the old manor house, on …

This ancient Dutch church is agreeably situated a short distance from the manor house, near the northern edge of the Hollow. The venerable edifice, believed to be the oldest church now standing in the State, is built of stone and brick, the latter having been imported from Hojland for the express purpose. Its antique belfry and hipped roof, presents quite a picturseque …

Nothing daunted, they soon had a stronger structure erected, when, lo ! another freshet came and destroyed it. This discouraged the proprietor, and he was about to give up in despair, when Harry, his favorite slave, dreamed that the cause of his ill-success was the withdrawal of his men from the church. Let that be finished first, the warning said, and the dam will stand. He …

The bell of this church was cast to order in Holland, and presented by Frederick Philips. It is richly ornamented, and bears the following inscription : S I - D F.US • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^TO S ; 1685 ] <i Reminiscences of Sleepy Hollow. Ilarper's Xcw Monthly Magazine, No. CCCXi, April, lSZu, VOL lii, p. 23. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. The western end of the building is …

There is, likewise, a baptismal bowl composed of solid silver, eight inches and half in diameter, bearing the name of Fredryck Flypse. These articles are rendered extremely valuable by the distinguished character who gave them, and well deserve the stranger's notice ; they are at present under the care of the sexton, who resides at Tarrytown. Catharine Philipse the liberal …

Item, I will and direct, that Matty and Sarah, my Indians or muster slaves, shall be manumitted and set at full freedom. <* Item, all the residue and remainder of my whole estate, both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever, I do give, devise and bequeath, to my brother Jacobus van Coitlandt, one fifth; and to all the children of his deceased brother Stephanus, and the …

Who could relate the interesting conversations that must have passed between the affectionate brother and sister, as they thus sat on horseback pursuing their lonely route from the metropolis, and the joy of the latter when the glorious work was completed ? This illustrious lady must certainly have taken a very active part, not only in the building, but in the procuring and …

" First and before all the right honorable, God-fearing, very wise and prudent, my lady Catharina Philipse, widow of the lord Frederick Philipse, of blessed memory, who have promoted service here in the highest praiseworthy manner." The Dutch church and its vicinity is thus described in the well-known legend of Sleepy Hollow. " The sequestered situation of this church," says …

Over a deep black part of the stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown a wooden bridge ; the road that led to it and the bridge itself were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloom about it even in the day time, but occasioned a fearful darkness at night. "a The second son of the Hon. Frederick Philipse by Joanna Brockholes, and brother of the last …

eldest son, Adolph Philipse, was "admitted to King's College in 1758 "d He died without issue in 1785. Frederick, the second son of Philip Philipse, was an officer in the British service, and died in 1829, leaving issue by Mary, (a daughter of his mother's brother, Nathaniel Marston, Jr.,) a daughter, Mary Philipse, who married Samuel Gouverneur and left Frederick Philipse …

In the year 1784, the State, by commission, parcelled out these lands to various individuals. One of the principal gTantees was Gerard C. Beeckman, Esq., who purchased one thousand six hundred acres in the vicinity of Tarrytown. upon which is situated the old manor house. Mr. Beeckman married Cornelia van Cortlandt; thus after the forfeiture of the Philipses a portion of the …

-- Castle of Indolence. Castle Philipse, the ancient residence of the lords of Philipsburgh, occupies a pleasant position on the west side of the mill-pond, nearly facing the old Dutch church ; having acquired the appellation from the fact that, in the early days of the colony, it was strongly fortified with cannon -- a necessary precaution against any sudden attack of the …

In the palmy days of the manor, the tenants brought hither their grain to be ground, and from hence the lords of the manor shipped their flour for the metropolis. The keel of the famous Roebuck that so often navigated the neighboring waters with her cargo to and from the city, quietly reposes in the muddy bed of the Pocanteco creek. The old miller (who lived to the advanced …

It happened while he was the guest of his host that he met Miss Mary Vlypse, or, as we spell it now, Philipse -- the daughter of Vrederyck Vlypse, who was born and reared here -- and was deeply impressed by her rare accomplishments and beauty. " My father," said the narrator, "used to tell it as a fact, well established in his day, that the Colonel once rode up here to pay his …

Beeckman to take charge of his valise, which contained his new uniform and a sum of gold. ' I will send for it,' he added, ' in a few days ; but do not deliver it to anyone without a written order from me.' A fortnight after his departure, Mrs. Beeckman saw an acquaintance, Joshua Smith, (whose loyalty to the national cause was doubtful.) ride up to the house, and heard him …

Smith was vexed at her doubts; but his entreaties had no effect on her resolution; and disappointed at the illsuccess of his effort, he rode away. The result proved that he had no authority to make the application ; and it was subsequently ascertained that, at the very time of this attempt on his part to secure the uniform, Andre" was concealed in his house. After Andre's …

Merwin was well known in this community as an upright, honorable man in whom there was no guile. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace, the duties of which he discharged with scrupulous fidelity and conscientious regard to the just claims of suitors, ever frowning upon those whose vocation it is to a foment discord and perplex right." At an early period of his life, and …

Both were engaged in congenial pursuits, and their residences being only a short distance apart, the author of the " Sketch Book " frequently visited the " Old School House," in which " Squire Merwin " was employed in teaching the young idea how to shoot, and subsequently immortalized his name by making him the hero of one of his inimitable tales -- "The Legend of Sleepy …

Irving was a great admirer of Kinderhook in the long ago, and used to spend months enjoying its moral and social delights. Merwin was the village pedagogue, and was the original Ichabod Crane in Irving's " Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The letter to which I allude is so charming and flowing, so rich in that eloquent description which was a graceful characteristic of the purest …

Your mention of the death of good old Dominie Van Xest recalls the apostolic zeal with which he took our little sinful community in hand, when he put up for a day or twoat the Judge's ; and the wholesome castigat ion he gave us all one Sunday, beginning* with the two country belles who came fluttering into the school-house during the sermon, decked out in their city finery …

How different he was from the brisk, dapper, self-sufficient little apostle who cantered up to the Judge's door a day or two after ; who was so full of himself that he had no thought to bestow on our religious delinquencies : who did nothing but boast of his public trials of skill in argument with rival preachers of ot her denominations, and how he had driven them off the …

Oh, wella-day, friend Merwin ; these were the days of our youth and folly ; I trust we have grown.wiscr and better since then ; we certainly have grown older. I don't think we could rob John Moore's fishing canoe now. By the way, that same John Moore, and the anecdote you told of him, gave me the idea of a vagabond character -- Dirk Schuyler, in my Knickerbocker history of New …

I don't think I should look with a friendly eye at the new school-house, however nice it may be. Since I saw you in New York I have had severe attacks of billious intermittent fever, which shook me terribly ; but they cleared out my system, and I have ever since been in my usual excellent health -- able to mount my horse and gallop about the country almost as briskly as when I …

" Some of the tomb-stones are of the rudest sculpture; upon many of them are inscribed, in Dutch, the names and virtues of the deceased, with their portraitures curiously carved in the similitude of cherubs." Heer legt Begraven Heer legt Begraven Het Lechaam van Het Lechaam van Jochum van Hendrick van Tassel, Wert overleeden den 18 Gebooren den 7 Aug. 1704. van Aug. 1770, out …

A short distance north of the church, beautifully situated upon a gentle slope which descends into the gorge of the Pocanteco, is the THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. Irving lot. What strikes the visitor is the perfect simplicity apparent in all its appointments. Within the enclosure, ranged in two lines, are the different graves. Each has a plain head-stone of marble, on which are …

Haply this frail compound of dust, which, while alive, may have given birth to naught but unprofitable weeds, may form a humble sod of the valley, whence may spring many a sweet wild flower, to adorn my beloved island of Manna-hata ! "* "- Why," he writes, " should we thus seek to clothe death with unnecesjary terrors, and to spread horrors around the tomb of those we love? …

A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to haug over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Some say that the place was bewitched by a high German doctor, during the early days of the settlement ; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe, held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hcndrick Hudson. Certain it is, the place …

Prior to the year 1771, this society, (like the rest of the Dutch churches in the colony of New York,) was under the supervision of the Classis of Amsterdam, the latter body being subordinate to the Synod of North Holland. In the contest concerning the substitution of the English for the Dutch preaching cir. 1764, the members of this church took an active part -- some …

The Dutch Reformed church at Tarrytown is attached to the mother church, its pastor having the charge of both congregations. The first minister of the church, A. D., 1697, was the Rev. William Barthoff -- styled in the 1 church records, the well learned and Godly Dominus Guilliaume Barthoff. This individual resided at Hackensack, New Jersey, but performed services here three …

styled in the church records "verse doctrina; minister," (minister of the true doctrine.) This gentleman continued to supply the church until the commencement of the Revolution." From this general account of the church, we proceed to give a few extracts from its original records. The oldest book is thus entitled, " Het notitie der Christeutycke Kerck op de Manner op …

Lord Frederick Philipse to purchase freely as or for hereditary purchase, a parcel of land or valley, so, and as it is situated in the county of Westchester in America, beginning at the river of Spyten Devil's kill, running north along the river, until the kill of Kitchawong, &c, &c, as in the license and patent is contained, which is called Philipsburgh ; to indicate further …

" And as the Hon. servants of the church experience that up to this time, being the 3d day of November, in the year of our Lord 17 15, there are no church memorandum, it has appeared necessary and good to us a One of the sons of the Rev. T. Ttitzema was a Colonel under Washington at New York, and tried for treason in August lTTti; when he left the American cause and became a …

The volume itself is divided into eight special books, the last of which contains the previous memoranda abbreviated and concluded for the accommodation of the kind reader. The first book contains the first memorandum of the yearly ministry of the word of God and the holy sacraments, as also the salary for each journey, per year and date as noted. In the second book is …

The fifth book contains the names of those who in the sight of God and His communion, after three previous solemn proclamations, have let themselves been confirmed in the lawful matrimonial state, and in what year and month. The sixth book in which is notified the receipt and the expenditure of the deacons, according to the list thereof, etc., in order to see the settlement of …

Abraham de Riviere that the well-learned, godly Dominus Guilliaume Barthoff has accepted according to request of the first inhabitants and respective congregation of Philipsburgh, in the year of our Lord, 1697, to come to preach here three or four times God's holy word, and to teach and to serv e the holy sacraments, which through God's particular grace he has continued to do …

First and before all the Right Honorable God-fearing, very wise and prudent my Lady Catharine Philipse, widow of the Lord Frederic Philipse of blessed memory, who have promoted divine service here in the highest praiseworthy manner." " The continuation of the congregation of Philipsburgh : -- Abraham de Reviere ; Uirck Storm and Maria his wife ; Isaac Sie, the elder, and …

Hyert ; William Artzen, his daughter above named; Abram van Dyck and Elizabeth; Herman Jurckze and Maria; Antje van Weert wife of Samuel Canckle ; Antje Sybouwt wife of Jan Beesly; Peter Storm and Margarietje; Antje wife of Henderick Kranckheyt ; Antje van Lent wife of Corel Davidson ; Cornelius van Texel and Antje his wife ; Antje Keninck wife of Lowies Bowie." The sixth …

Being intended to note said accounts uprightly, as per contents of the notes in this book, as much as will be possible according to truth ; but as it is very dangerous for a good pilot to arrive safely in a strange harbor without falling on a bar or rock, principally in dark weather, I request accordingly very earnestly and in a friendly manner, from the kind reader, to please …

By which it would appear as said above. The receipt at two periods of the deaconship by said Jan Ecker has been and will amount to ^288 17 o. The receipts of Jacobus Sie, deacon in 1701, were ^254 if. Credit expenditure for the church for bread and wine for communion to the sum of ^61 10. And the present moneys are found to be, £192 11 ; which have been put in the box at the …

Beeckman; and also that certain farm of land situate and lying and being in the said manor of Philipsburgh, etc., bounded westwardly by Hudson's river, northerly by land now or late belonging to John van Wart, easterly by land now or late belonging to Jacob Buckhout, and southerly by land now or late Gloud Requa's containing 100 acres more or less," etc.a The first …

a From the original (locnment in possession of the Trustees. b This church was again incorporated ou the 20t!i of June, 1T92. Religions Soc. Lib. A. 99. e The first child baptized in this church was Rebecca, daughter of Jan and Maria Hejert, Ryck Abrainsu and Clyutje, hia wife, witnesses. THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. DE OEDERLINGEN EN DIA A.D. OuDERLINGEN. 1697. Abram de …

Jan Van Tessel, Thomas Storm, 1737. Barent Duytseb, Peter Buys, 173S. Jacobus Stoutenburgh, Jan Van Texel, ENEN VAN DE KERK OF PIIIL1PS- BDRG DlAKENEN. Jan Ecker, Wolffert Ecker, David Storms, Abram de Reviere, Jr., Jacobus Sie, Jan Ecker, Andries Van Dyok, Abram de Reviere, Gerrit Van Weert, Barent Duytser, Isaac Van Dyok, Abram de Vouw, Cornelis Van Texel, Gerrit Van Weert …

Juris Juel, Harmen Jurckse, Thomas Storm, Jan Balye, 1748. William Davids, Matthys Cancklingh, JoiIANNET SEYFER. Barent Diyster, 1749. Abaham Martlingh, William Van Weaet, Hbnbeiok Van Tessel, David Srorm, 1750. Thomas Storm, Hendricis Storm, Hendrick Van Tessel, Harman TrRCKSE, 1751. "William Davids, Hendrick Storm, Jan Boyle, JoAcniM Van Waert, 1753. Willam IIemman, William …

THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. 1773. Abraham Storm, 1774. William Aaksb, Jacob Bockoout, Peter IIiok, Jan Stokm, Jacob Van Waet, Peteu Sie. Wii.i.ia.m Van Wart, Jan Van Tessel. Martynis Van Wart, 1776. Hbndrk k Storm, David Sie, 1790. Isaac Johnson, IIendrick Storm, Thomas Buys, The Pocanteco river has a two-fold source ; the first being on the lands of Isaac Lounsberry, in the …

A narrow and broken path which sweeps along the south-east bank of the Hollow, leads to the foot of the redoubted hill where once stood the school-house, in which the celebrated Ichabod Crane " tarried," for the purpose of instructing the youth of this vicinity. "The whole of the neighborhood," observes the author of the Sketch Book, " abounds with local tales, haunted spots …

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. church-yard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle, in nightly quest of his head, and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybreak." Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition …