Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.

This was in turn superseded by a more suitable conveyance drawn by a pair of horses, and finally this gave way to the regular old-fashioned mail-coach, with its four horses and the typical guard tooting upon his long horn. At this time the service had been increased to a trip each way every day, the coach going down to the city in the morning and returning at night, the route …

At this time a short cut was made for the road around the foot of the hill on which were situated the Griffin and Tompkins farms, and a portion of the old road was thus left, which runs over the hill and past the site of the birth-place of Governor Tompkins, the present residence of Charles Butler, at the " Fox Meadows, " Mapleliurst," formerly on the "Trayis" farm, and the …

cavalry, accompanied by several companions, went one Sunday to the smithy of Gilbert Vincent to have his horse shod. A sou of the smith, alone, was at the house, and he refused to perform the work, partly from religious scruples and also on the ground of lacking the necessary fuel for the forge. The officer, thinking this merely a pretext, or that he was unwilling to do the …

He immediately rose and fired upon the unsusi)ecting company, and a captain of the Hussars fell from his horse, mortally wounded." Vincent made his escape and finally went to Canada, where he died. Within a few feet of this spot, and at the bottom of a small valley, the road crosses a little stream. Here, on one side of the road, is a quicksand of unknown depth, which has …

Another legendary tale in which Scarsdale takes much pride is that, during the Revolution, one of the British generals, presumably Sir William Howe, hearing of the existence of the Bronx and imagining it to be navigable, ordered the coinnninder of the fleet, then lying at New York, to sail up the river in time to ]iarticipate in the battle of White Plains. As the depth of the …

With his fleet, and his guns, and all that ; He stoiKl where the water was w ettest -- It almost came over his shoes -- And he cried. Ml my 5H)ul that regrettcst The glory the Kates did refuse. What a mercy to all these Scarsdalers -- That they in this stream couldn't lie; For at once with my frigates ami sailors I had blown their rebellion sky-high, When these shores, which I …

But if true then the Bronx should be Ijottled To mix with Centennial drinks ! " Another statement, presumably not a legend, in which Scarsdale can justly take great pride, and which is vouched for by excellent authority, is "that no Scarsdale-born person was ever in jail or the poorhouse." Considering that the town has had a corporate existence of over a century, this indeed …

The Harlem Railroad wiis extended slowly from its original terminus at Harlem until it reached Tuckahoe, the station next below Scarsdale, and in 1847 it was finally pushed through to White Plains. At this time it was but a single track line, and there was no station within the town. In consideration, however, of the fact that the company had been given the land required for …

Besides this, the way service has been improved in time and frequency, and of the fifteen trains that pass each way daily, thirteen stop at Scarsdale, of which two are express trains. The rate of fare was for many years exorbitant, being fifty-five cents for a single trip and no excursion tickets issued ; but in 1878 a reduction of ten cents was made in the single fare …

The scene in the path of the ] storm was almost indescribable, the sky being of a j dark leaden hue, the atmosphere thick with torrents of rain and hail, and in the midst of this huge trees reeling and swirling round in the furious wind and then falling with a terrific crash of boughs, while in all directions were flying fragments of light timber and indeed of anything that …

Up to 1885 the subscribers in the town numbered but five, but a new central office for Hartsdale, Scarsdale and Tuckahoe has been started at the Hartsdale Station, with over twenty-five sub" scribers, most of them within the town of Scarsdale. It is only within late years, also, that Scarsdale has possessed telegraphic facilities. In 1881 the Western Union Telegraph Company …

In the fall of 1874 the residence of Benjamin Carpenter, on the high ridge to the east of the post road, was set on fire by an incendiary, and in a short time was burned to the ground, together with numerous out-buildings and barns and some live-stock. Some years after this a house of considerable size, which stood close by Scarsdale Station, on the Popham estate, at one time …

The club had two courts at " Fair View," the residence of Mr. Hamilton, where the members met for practice every Saturday afternoon during the warm months. The season was marked by a handicap tournament open to all the members. In the spring of 1884 the club opened its season with a membership of nearly thirty, ladies being admitted to active membership. The club occupied four …

The club meets for practice every Saturday afternoon, but the grounds are open for the useof members on any week-day. The routine business of the club is entrusted to a governing committee of seven members, including the officers ex-officio. Altliough of very recent origin, the Scarsdale Tennis Club now forms a prominent feature in the social life of the town, and the scene at …

LINDSLEY, D.D. The settlement of the Huguenots at New Rochellc is believed to have been begun as early as the year 1686-87, by certain refugees from the town of La llochelle, France. This was the year following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, by which unjust and impolitic act fifty thousand French families were driven from their homes to other countries. Many of them …

Coutant, however, in his sketches of Huguenot New Rochelle, a.sserts that the total number of inhabitants at this time was three hundred and twenty-five. The same gentleman, who, in all that relates to the early liistory of this town is peculiarly well-informed, observes that " the two oldest individuals living in the town at that date, Mary Badeau and Frederick Schureman …

There is a distinct and unbroken tradition, dating back much more than a hundred years, and handed down through several separate families, notably the Guions and Coutants, that the first settlers of the town landed at Bonnefoy's Point. The fact is perhaps as well established as any other not a matter of written record. An excavation existed, and perhaps still exists, upon that …

The Lespinard Cemetery is situated on the south side of the Neck and contains several memorials of this fiimily. In 1786 this piece of land was purchased by Newbury Davenport, father of the late proprietors, Lawrence and Newbury Davenport. Bonnefoy's Point, situated on the northeast side of the Neck, has already been mentioned as the landingplace of the Huguenots, about 1689 …

He encamped his troops the same day on the E. K. Collins place (now Larchmont Manor), and from there joined the main body in time for the battle of the 28th. The one was a landing of peaceful and persecuted emigrants, seeking in America that religious freedom which was denied them in their native France ; the other, a disembarkation of German mercenaries, nearly a century …

The road leading from North Street, by the way of the Coutant Cemetery to the Pelham boundary line, which it strikes at what was formerly known as " Newport's Corner," must have been opened at an early period of the settlement of the town, perhaps simultaneously with the opening of North Street, as it would seem to be the only road in those times north of Huguenot Street by …

In 1693 a road was opened at right angles to Huguenot Street, known as North Street, the same which now extends to Upper New Rochelle. Centre Street was the first road laid out in a direct line from Huguenot Street to the Salt Water, it is believed, and it was on that part of Huguenot Street, between North and Centre, that the Huguenots erected their first dwellings. The land …

That they found this a work of no small difliculty, we may conclude from the following letters, written shortly after their arrival. On the 20th of September, 1089, they purchased from John Pell a tract of about six thousand acres, the price for which was not far from one dollar an acre. This was divided into lots on the 20th of November, 1693, by a surveyor ; each occupant …

acres of land more, which the said Juliii Pell and Rachel, his wife, do freely give and grant for the Frem li rliurili, erected, or to be erected, liy the inlial>ilitnt!i of the said tract of land, or liy their assignees, being butted and bounded as herein is after expressed, beginning at the west side of a certain wliito oak tree, marked on all four sides, standing at high …

The time is very short, since ii is the twenty stn enth inst;uil they must lie at W'chester, but they look forsiime foi'bearance and delay from your goodness, in case, notwithstanding their diligence, they may not be able }Mnirtnally to answiM-. It is not through any unwillingness to exert themselves to meet it, but you know theirstienglh as well as I. Notwithstanding, despite …

Their iMiyestyes, l)y their proclannitiou of ye 25th of April, lliS'.i, ilid grant them an a/.ile in all their dominions, with their Royall prittection ; Wherefore they were invited to come ami buy lands in this province, to the end that they might by their labour help the uecessityes of their families, and did spend therein all their small store, with the help of their …

Know Yee that the said John I'ell and Rachel, his wife, for and in consideration of the stun of sixteen hunilred anil seventy-five {>ounds and twenty-five shillings sterling, current silver money of this jiroviuce, to him in hand [laid and secured to be paid at the or before the ensealing and the delivery thereof by Jacob Leisler, of the city of Now York, Merchant, the receipt …

Bounded on the east by a line that runs from said meadow north westerly by marked trees, to a certain black oak tree standing a little below the road, marked on four sides, and from thence to run due north four miles and a half, more or less, and from the north side of the said west line, ending at Broncke's river, and from thence to run easterly till it meets with the north …

As relation being thereto had, doth more fully and at large appear, as also the revi'i-sion and reversions, remainder and remainders of a certain lott of land and meadow novs' in the tenure and occupation of John Jefferd and Olive, his wife, being part of the aforesaid six thousand acres »f land, with all the privileges belonging thereto, or in any wise appertaining or …

" The Siiid John Pell and R,irhel, his wife, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, respectively, do hereby covenant, promise and grant to and with the Kiid .lacob Leisler, his hell's and assignees, in manner and form follciwiiig, that is to s.iy, at the time of the ensealing hereof, they, the said John Pell and Rachel, his wife, do avouch themselves to be …

" And the said John Pell, and Rjichel, his wife, for thoin.selves respectively and for their respective heirs, do covenant, promise and grant to warrant and defend the alMive granted promises with their appurtenances and every part ami parcel thereof, luito the sjiid Jacipb Leisler, bis hei|-s and assignees forever, against the lawful charges and demands. In witne.'s whereof …

]\IiLiTARY Hi.STORY. -- Tile towu of NewRochelle appears to have sufl'ered somewhat during the Revolutionary War, althougli by no means so severely as some other parts of the county: " On tlifi 18th of October, 1776, the Biitisli nriny ( ro.ssed tci I'elbaiii Point from Throg's Neck, and niurchiiig northerly, encamped tiie same night on the high ground hetwetm Ilulehinson's …

" But their greatest troubles befell the inluibitants after the battle at White Plains was over, au<l the Bi'itish army had retired to Dobbs Ferry ; for the whole region between the Sound and the Hudson River was overrun ami laiil waste by a partizan warfare, and became, as it were, the battle-ground of the disafTectetl, and the i)rey of botli friend and foe. Scenes of cruelty …

The fields were stripped of their fences for fuel, aud the live-stock of every kind disappeared, while the granaries and barns were speedily emptied of their contents. But while the soldiery were engaged in this external department of plunder, the Hessian women ransacked the house from kitchen to garret in quest of food, clothing or any article that might seem of use to them …

But as she stooped to raise the lid the Scotchman dealt her a blow with the flat of his sword which materially interfered with her investigations, and when she arose in wrath and advanced upon him with the meat-hook (without giving the countersign) he dealt her another thwack with his broadsword which sent her staggering to the door, from which she retreated in the direction …

Failing to discover what did not exist, they marched the young men across the fields to the north of the house, down to the border of a dense swamp, and tried by means of threats and promises to induce them to confess the locality of the supposed concealed treasure. The boys, however, were no wiser than their father with regard to this imaginary deposit ; so that, in the end …

After two or three years of lodgment in this strange dormitory, matters .becoming woree and worse, and fearing that they might be smoked out or burnt out, as animals are sometimes from their burrows, they were literally compelled to take to the woods, where, in company with other young men of the neighborhood, they built a hut like an Indian wigwam in a secluded and …

A number of the young men of the neighborhood, who were convened there for amusement, found themselves suddenly surrounded in the midst of their merriment by a trooj) of light horsemen from the British lines. Several of the party made their escape from the house through the rear windows and fled across the fields to the woods. The rest were captured and searched. As very …

It was a false alarm, but their fright was such that they fled in every direction, taking refuge in the neighboring woods and swamps, and some of them failing to report themselves until many hours had elapsed. This was not a victory to be proud of, nor even a masterly retreat, but when we recall the history in more modern times, of the battle of Bull Run, we will not be too …

This farm, said to have consisted originally of about tbree hundred acres, was, at the commencement of hostilities, in the possession of one Frederic Deveau, called in the records of the Confiscation Act, Bevoe, by mistake, and styled "Yeoman." As the name indicates, he was doubtless a descendant of the Huguenots. At the close of the war, being a Tory, his property was …

Lossing is not so, for there is very little resemblance of the one to the other. A part of the house in which Paine lived still remains intact, and is thought to be one of the most ancient dwellings in the town. As he died on the 8th of .June, 1809, in New York, Paine could only have lived in New Rochelle four or five years. He was buried in a corner of the Paine THOMAS …

They placed something contained in a box, in a wagon, tilled up the empty grave and drove rapidly away. That was the last of the mortal remains of the author of "Common Sense" ever seen in this country. What became of them is not known, and probably never will be. They are supjiosed, however, to have been taken by Cobbett to England. HISTORY OF WESTCHESTEE COUNTY. At a much …

But his wrath soon spent itself, and the visitor was invited in. They entered the sleeping-room above mentioned. There was a fire burning in the Franklin fire-place. In the middle of the room stood a small pine table without a cloth or cover of any kind. Upon it were the remains of a loaf of rye bread, a pitcher of milk and a piece of butter, from which Mr. Paine had evidently …

^Nole hij 3Ir.Coulant, -- "It is naturally supposed by many that the resi dence of Thomas Paine in New Kochelle must have exerted an injuri ous influence upon the moral and religious character of the inhabitants, and the presence of a public monument to his memory is calculated to confirm this impression. In so far as this relates to the contempories of Paine, the majority of …

Theodosius Bartow, i)astor of the Protestant Episcopal Church, who was settled in 1790, and died in New Rochelle, November 12, 1819. The venerable old tamarind tree at the east end of the house is said to have beeu planted by Mr. Bartow himself The chimney jambs in this house, in the principal room, are ornamented with the Dutch titles inscribed with Scripture mottoes so much …

Nor was this counteracting influence confined to the place where it originated, in the vicinity of the Paine monument, at Upper New Rochelle, but it spread to the adjacent towns of East Chester, Mamaroneck and White Plains. In a word, so general and so popular was this religious reformation in all the localities above referred to, that, for a time, any man thereabouts who …

In digging a deep drain along that portion of Main Street in front of the church, in the spring of 1884, a copper coin was thrown up by the workmen from a dei)th of ten or eleven feet below the surface. How it came to be buried there is a matter of conjecture. It was in a good state of preservation. The head of George III., King of Great Britain, is faintfy discernible. The …

Lewis Pintard, of New Rochelle, and some of the papers are in his own handwriting. There were also found a pointed shoe, of ancient make, and a small vial of olive oil, a few drops of which still adhered to the sides and bottom of ihe glass. One of these papers is a bill against John Pintard for " 7 Reemes of paper, and 1 p'* Bukrom ; " dated " July 14th 1738 | £6:12: 2." …

It was not at first my purpose to print any of these old letters; but, upon further consideration, I have decided to give a translation of the letter addressed to the French Church in New York, as a specimen of the very polite style of a French commercial correspondent of the last century, and also as showingt he communication which was kept up between the old French Huguenot …

Jacob Daller could not take advantage, but has since embarked at London, in the ship Thomas and VVaddel, C'apt. Chambers, sjiiling directly for your city, and which sailed October iMi ; hoping ardently that you will have had the pleasure of seeing him in good health before the receipt of this letter, which I send to London, whence I flatter myself that it will be forwarded in …

" Which I place to the debit of your account, and if I do not shortly advise you of luy drafts on you, gentlemen, you will oblige me by remitting the amount, since I have but too frequently to make disbursements for my numerous friends on j'our place. Thus, instead of my making remittances to them, I have on the contrary to make drafts on them ; therefore oblige me by …

With it I enclosed all the letters of the Sieur Menanteau which you have taken the trouble to copy. I postponed until to-day the delivery of your communication to our Consistory, inasmuch as the second meeting of that body i» at present in session. I wish that, at last, there might be due reflection, and tliat I might have the satisfaction to communicate to you in my next an …

The extremely sharp-pointed shoe which came to light with these papers, and from the same hiding-place -- is the very same which has been fashionable in recent years, although from its small size and coarse make, it seems to have^belonged to a female servant of those ancient days. But the inquiry arises; if this was the pattern of shoe worn by the servants ; did not those of …

Its situation "was highly picturesque commanding a view of the varied scenery of marsh, and creek, and wooded point ; and away to the eastward over the islets in the vicinity of Bonnefoy's Point. For a number of years past the woodwork of the interior had been decayed, and the house itself untenantable, until at length it was removed and replaced by a more modern structure …

When they had a pastor, the sacrament was administered four times a year. When without one they walked to New York for the sake of enjoying this privilege. Tradition relates that they often set out for the city on communion Sundays ata very early hour, reached the old French Church in Pine Street in time for the service, and returned to their homes on the afternoon or evening …

The church fronted directly upon the old Boston post-road, -- then the main street of the village, and was only a few yards distant from the triangular piece of ground which forms the site of the present Presbyterian Church. This church was burned in the year 1723, and afterwards rebuilt. This first church edifice was used by the Huguenots for many years as a place of worship …

Coutant, a descendant of the original settlers of Xew Rochelle, and who was personally acquaitjted with some of the non-conformists are as follows : ' It is reasonable to suppose, that a people so warmly and conscientiously attached to the principles and forms of a religion for which they had suffered exile, confiscation and almost every imaginable form of persecution, would …

This class always has existetl, and does still exist in all church establishments ; men, who by their pecuniary means and prominence in society, as well as by their official relations to the church and state, exercise a controlling influence. But it is equally certain, that the acts and doings of this class of (lersons cannot always be held to represent the views and wishes of …

By it. not only was their church property taken away from them, under the new charter or grant of Queen Anne, and their ancient form of worship abolished by the adoption of that established in the English church ; but, as they could not conscientiously adopt the form of religious service and worship, -- they [who decline to conform] were left without any place of worship, and …

John Bartow, who seems to have had a pretty wide field for his labors, as he says in a letter still extant, that he preached " in four towns; East Chester, Westchester, Yonkers and New Rochelle; the last eight miles, Yonkers six miles and East Chester four miles from home ;" and " does other occasional offices." The horse of this rector, one would think, must have had a lively …

He was followed upon his death, in 1760, by the Rev. Mr. Houdin, another Frenchman by birth, who was bred a Franciscan friar. Mr. Houdin died in 1776. The Rev. Theodotius Bartow was called to the church in 1790, they having been without a minister for fourteen years, during the troubles connected with the War of the Revolution. He continued to serve the church until 1819 …

But in February 1808, a new church was incorporated, composed partly of the members of this ancient French Huguenot body, and partly of Presbyterians, but still with the title " The French Church in New Rochelle." Matson Smith, John Eeid, Thomas Carpenter, Robert Givan, Gideon Coggeshall and James Somerville being trustees. On the 30th of May, 1812, it became a Presbyterian …

The first church edifice erected by the Presbyterians was built of wood, in the year 1815. In 18G0 it was removed, to make room for a new building. It was fitted for use as a parsonage, and presented to the trustees fi)r that purpose by the late Albert Smith, M.D., of New Rochelle. The new church, built in 1860-^1, is constructed of stone, and occupies nearly the same position …

Upon the subject of this ancient edifice one of the descendants of those who built and worshiped in it, has the following feeling remarks: " The Second French Protestant Church edifice in New Rochelle was erected in 1710-11. It was situated a little to the eastward of the former church, on Huguenot Street (called in Queen Anne's charter The High Street), and just in front of …

From its peculiar shape, this church was popularly known and is still remembered by some of our oldest inhabitants as ' The Old Stone Jug.' Alas, that this venerable relic of antiquity should now have to be numbered among the things that were! The changes incident to the lapse of years, and the vandalism of progress, or rather, shall I say, the progress of vandalism ? have so …

Daniel Boudet and Pierre Stouppe, whose remains, together with those of the wife of the latter, wore deposited beneath its floor. O irony of Time and Fate! While the emblazoned images of these two good men, arrayed in full clerical costumes, are displayed in glowing colors upon the chancel windows of the present Gothic edifice, their bodies moulder beneath the stones and dust …

The Beech wood Cemetery. -- For many years the town of New Rochelle had felt the need of some better place for the burial of the dead, the growing population having no other facilities for this purpose than the private or denominational burying-grounds afforded. On the 30th of January, 1854, the Beechwood Cemetery was incorporated upon land owned by the late Dr. Albert Smith …

(eighty-nine years), the rising generation was educated in French. The writer's grandmother received her education in that tongue, and used to read her French Bible and prayer-book. They were not destitute of good scholars, who understood both French and English, and could converse fluently in both languages. The education of their children in those times devolved chiefly upon …

Indeed, the general knowledge of letters, in so far at least as reading and writing are concerned, may be inferred from the fact that among a list of sixty names subscribed to a petition to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in connection with the Church of England in 1743, only five individuals signed by making a cross. But alas, for poor human nature ! All the …

" Tradition reveals to us the existence of two school-houses in the town of New Rochelle, used as such probably before the Revolution and during the closing years of the 18th Century. One was situated in the neighi)orhood of the old tollgate, and the other on North Street, opposite the residence of Mr. Simeon Lester, and just in fi'ont of a high clump of rocks, which at this …

Their ' fixtures ' were extremely rude and simple, consisting for the most ])art of pine boards nailed up to the sides and ends of the room for desks, with sometimes a shelf underneath, on which to keep books and slates. They were furnished with seats of long oaken slabs, with legs driven into auger holes at each end, and all of the fixtures and furniture were curiously …

As to qualifications, "If the teacher could make a good quill pen, and write with facility a neat and fair hand, and solve the sums and repeat the tables in Daboll's arithmetic, he was considered a competent teacher, and received a certificate entitling the school taught by him to receive its proportion of the public money." The reading-books were "The New Testament," " The …

The only teacher who taught school in either house, within the recollection of the writer, was Andrew Dean, Esq., some of whose descendants are still living in New Rochelle.^ In the year 1857 three schoolhouses were built (under the act of 1795), dividing the town into as many districts. The first was on the corner of a lane leading to the old French buiyingground. It was on …

Daily the boy bishop might be seen, to the great wonderment of the other scholars, jogging along on horseback with his dinner-basket dangling at his elbow, to take his place among his fellow-students in the High School, at that time taught by a Mr. Fox. Sometime between 1825 and 1827 this old hive of learning gave place to the school in Mechanics Street, which, in 1856-57, was …

iCoutant's " Reminiscences." « \ NEW KOCHELLE. t397 which they intended should be a model school-house in every respect. In this they have largely succeeded. The building is H-shaped, eighty-four feet front, one hundred and fifty feet deep. There are thirteen class-rooms, one library-room, one board-room, one principal's room, one assembly-room, fifty-four by ninety-three …

Iselin has not only fitted up at his own expense a fine building, containing a reading-room, library and billiard-room for the instruction and amusement of the young people, but he has expended many thousands of dollars in the erection of a gymiuisium for physical exercise, which, when complete, will be an ornament to the town, and ought greatly to promote the health and …

Every brick exposed to view in these arches was specially chiseled and shaped on the premises, requiring a great amount of skill and labor to make this seemingly small part of the building. The roof is covered with red Akron tiles, which, on the main roof are flat, and on the towers and turrets corrugated, and ornamented with terra-cotta crestings and finials. The wood-work is …

In front of this entrance is a heavy balustrade of terra-cotta, surmounted by ornamental lamps. Over the main door is a panel of terra-cotta, containing a bas-relief representation of 'The Young Athletes.' There is a beautiful winding stair, of oak, I which conducts from the base of one of the towers to the topmost story of the building. The floor of the entrance is laid in a …

It is on the south side, and is fitted I with four alleys, in the most approved modern style. I This room, although below the surface of the ground, is most admirable lighted by a row of windows in j amber-colored cathedral glass, in circular form and set in lead. On the opposite side of the building are the dressing-rooms, fitted up with lockers and all suitable modern …

one of the finest institutions of the kind in the United States, and it is lioped and believed that it will be practically free for the physical training and education of the people. The donor of these important gifts is one who does not covet notoriety. He is too modest to approve of any extended eulogy on account of the good he has done. Let him, therefore, enjoy the …

Stoves and tinware |3 L'ndertakei's 3 Veterinary surgeons 2 A number of substantial brick buildings have been erected in the village during the past few years. The addition of any more structures of wood, as the population increases, is to be deplored and dreaded as a source of danger from fire. The town hall, which stands on the corner of Main and Mechanic Streets, no doubt …

He is in his ninetieth year, but enjoys the best of health and the possession of a strong active mind. The family is of English origin, and descended from Sir Nicholas Leicester, a knight of the thirteenth century. Upon their emigration to New England early in the eighteenth century, the spelling of the name seems to have been changed from Leicester to Lester, and William, Mr …

Lester, at the suggestion of his brother-in-law, moved with his family from Norwich to New Rochelle, where he purchased the extensive farm, upon which he now resides. The place has become famous as the previous home and property of Thomas Paine, it having been presented to him by the United States government. His grave, the house in which he lived, and the monument raised to …

In 1825, upon his removal to New Rochelle, he presented his letter of membership, and was admitted to the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been an elder for sixty years, and superintendent of the Sabbath-school for thirty years. He has deeply interested himself in young men, and several who have attained sucess in business life attribute the habits which have gained it for …

Jonathan Carpenter, his grandfather, born September 7, 1749, was a son of Benedict Carpenter, who died June 22, 1791, and, because of British persecution during the Revolution, was forced to remove from Scarsdale to Long Island, where he married, on April 18, 1782, Miss Esther Coles. After peace was declared, he returned to Scarsdale, and took up his trade of a blacksmith …

Carpenter's father then retired, and the whole working of the farm fell into his hands. For nearly forty years he has continued perseveringly at his labor, till at last, by dint of hard work and strict integrity, he has amassed a fortune. Since the place came into his possession he has added to it the Haviland property, containing seventy-seven acres of good farming land, with …

Graduating from that school in 1836 and sharing the first honors with a friend, nephew of the patroon, he was again favored by General Van Rensellacr, who as president of the canal board placed him in the engineer corps of the State canals, and so influenced and cared for his promotion that in three months he was elevated to a position,' that under ordinary circumstances, he …

He has during a quarter of a century devoted most of his time to professional labors as consulting and advising engineer to government work in Cuba and Peru, and to other public works in the Argentine Republic, Mexico, Central America, Australia, New Zealand and Russia. His zeal and energy have been devoted with much success to promoting American interests in foreign …

Ferguson was born December 15, 1831, at Esopus, Ulster County, N. Y., where his father, James Ferguson, was engaged in building. For a short ])eriod he enjoyed the privilege of the public school in his native place, and when the family removed to Fairfax Court House, Va., he attended its local school. The circumstances of the family early compelled him to contribute his share …

Underbill, trading in a small way behind his country counter, missed the active and energetic young clerk who had left him and finally, after two years had elapsed, offered him a partnership. Mr. Ferguson accepted the offer, and the firm began business in 1857, under the name of Underbill and Ferguson. The partnership expired by limitation in the spring of 1861. He then leased …

His prompt action at this time not only saved him much money but enabled him to hold his trade till he could replace the destroyed building by the elegant brick one, which is at present devoted, with the exception of a public hall occupying a portion of the second floor, to the purposes of his business. The property has a frontage of eighty-two feet on Main and one hundred and …

Brewster is descended from Elder William Brewster, who came to this country with the Puritans in the "May flower." His father was the celebrated physician, Dr. Elisha Brewster, who moved from Norwich, Conn., to White Plains, N. Y., early in the century. Dr. Brewster married Mary Burling, of u family famous in the Revolutionary history of Westchester County, and Joseph B. is …

In politics he was formerly a Whig, but is now a stanch Republican. He was a member of the Lafayette Guards, and was with them at the reception of the distinguished Frenchman upon his second coming to this country, in 1824, when it was also his pleasure to shake the Marquis by the hand. He married Miss Sarah Ann Hutchinson, of Huguenot descent, whose mother died in the …

It appears to have been purchased from the Indians some time previous to the year 1666 by Thomas Pell, and by him called Pelham, an old English name composed of Pel (remote) and Ham (mansion). By Governor Nichols it was granted and confirmed, in 1666, " To Thomas Pell. Esq., of Fairfield in Connecticut, together with the island adjacent and all its privileges," and erected …

Pell, ambassador of Oliver Cromwell to the Swiss Cantons.' In 1691 the name of John Pell is found on the list of membersreturned by the sherifi" to represent the county ot Westchester, New Y'ork.- The territory now within the limits of the town of Pelham was claimed both by the Dutch of New Amsterdam and the colony of Connecticut. There can be no doubt that the Dutch were the …

In all the Indian Avars in which the aborigines were involved with the Puritans, the Dutch, aud the Virginians, and which cost thousands of lives and an untold amount of suffering on both sides, it may fairly be doubted whether the Indians were in a single instance the aggressors. The Quakers of Pennsylvania, under William Penn, had no difficulty with them. The Indians in the …

In the year 1626 the munificent sum of twentyfour dollars had been originally paid to the Indians for the whole of New York Island -- (twenty-two thousand acres) ; paid too, in " beads and trinkets," on which, very likely, there was a large profit to the buyers. No doubt the Indians ought to have been satisfied ; but, strange to say, when they were crowded out, not only from …

This was the opportunity chosen by Kieft, to cross the river with his Dutch soldiers from Fort Amsterdam, make an attack upon the defenseless savages, peacefully sleeping in their wigwams, "just at midnight, the winter's night being cold and still." " Eighty Indians were killed at Pavonia, Hoboken, and forty at Corlaer's Hook that night, with horrible barbarities that might …

The sad fate of this woman has tinged with romance her whole history. She was not so bad as her enemies have painted her, nor was she, on the other hand, the mild and blameless saint, some recent historians have imagined. But she was a religious ' enthusiast ; a female theological polemic, armed with a tongue and a temper which made her no unequal match even for the stern and …

Her temper was resolute ; she ruled her weak husband, and had a taste for ruling: To be an influential centre of opinion was her ambition, which she took no trouble to conceal. She claimed to be " inspired," and that PELHAM. it had been " revealed to her" that she would come to New England to be persecuted, but that God would ruin the colony for her sake. She narrowly escaped …

In the year 1654, Thomas Pell bought of the Indians (so he stated in his testimony before a Court of Assize, held in New York, Septeral)er 29, 1665), the title to the lands afterwards known as Pelham, Westchester and New Rochelle. This whole tract of land was originally included in the grant made by the Indians to the Dutch West India Company in the year 1(540.^ What Pell paid …

It was supposed at first that the place Wits the site of an ancient and forgotten buryiiig-ground, but some historical facts were discovered yesterday which throw light on the subject. On the night of February 25, 164:i, Governor Kiuft, of Sew- Anisterdam, sent a company of Dutch soldiers across the river to what was then known as ' Jahn de Dacher's Hoeck,' with orders to …

The num- ■ber of bodies can only be determined by means of the skulls, as the bones are all mixed together, ami many of them crumble at the touch into line dust. The best preserved portions of bodies are the teeth." The discovery of these bones at this time is certainly a marked coincidence. There can be little doubt that the conjecture as to their being the remains of the …

To all to whom these presents shall come, send- ! eth greeting; U'/iercm, there is a certain Tract of Land within this Government upon the Main Situate, lying and being to the Eastward of West Chester bounds, bounded to the Westward with the river, called by the Indians ' .\queanonncke,' commonly known by the English by the ' name of Hutchinson's river, which runnith into the …

" Now Know I'e, That by virtue of the Commission andauthority unto [ me given by His Koyal Highness, .lames, Duke of York, Sec, upon w horn I by lawful grant and patent from His Majesty, the proprietary and government of that part uf the main land, as well as of Lung Islaml and all the islands adjacent, among other things is Settled, I have thought pro- I per to give, grant …

"Given under my hand and Seal at Fort. James, in New York, on the Island of Manhattan, the Sixth day of October, in the 18tli year of the reign of our suvereign lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God, of j England, Scotland A Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, Ac, Ac, Ac. and in the year of our Lord God, 166G. " RiCHABD NiCHOLLS." The above grant to Thomas Pell was …

Amongst other things was settled unto Thomas Pell, of Onkway, alias Fairfield, in his Majesty's Colony of Connecticut, gentleman, all that certaine tract of land upon the maine land lying and being to the Eastward of Westchester bounds, bounded to westward with a river called, by the Indians, ' Aquaconounck,' commonly known to the English by the name of Hutchinson's River …

'Mn(Z irhereas, John Pell, gentleman, nephew of the said Thomas Pell, to whom the lands, islands and premises, with appurtenances, now by the last will and testJiment of him, the said Thomas Pell given and bequeathed, now is in the actual, peacable and quiett sesi/.eing and possession of all and singular the premises, and hath made his humble request to mee, the said Thomas …

and confirmed, and by these presents doe hereby give, grant, ratefie and confirme unto the said John Pell, his heirs and assigns forever, all the before mentioned and rented lauds, islands and premises, with the hereditaments and appurtenances, priviledges, imuneties, ffranchises and advantages to the same belonging and appertaining, or in the said before mentioned deede in …

In testimony whereof, I have signed these presents with my handwriting, caused the scale of the province to be thereunto affixed, and have ordained that the same be entered upon record in the secretary's office, the five and twentyeth day of October, in the third yeare of the Kinge Majestyes reigne, and in the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred eighty and seven …

The Manor of Pelham had originally contained nine thousand one hundred and sixty-six acres, so that nearly two-thirds of it now constitute the town of New Rochelle. The islands in the sound opposite Pelham, belong to that town. These are Minneford's (now City Island) containing about two hundred and thirty acres; Hunter's Island, two hundred and fifty acres; and Hart Island …

The owners of the islands along the Pelham shore suffered more severely from this invasion than those in the interior, because a i)ortiou of the British fieet was always anchored in the Sound, and boats were constantly landing to obtain sui)plies, which they often and perhaps intentionally forgot to pay for. One Benjamin Palmer, who lived upon City Island, after tlie war was …

Their treatment was shameful and the conduct of the British in inflicting such acts of oppression upon private individuals, not in arms against them, was barbarous and indefensible. But inasmuch as the petitioner afterwards removed to New York City with his family, and had besides, abundance of good company in his .sufferings, and since his oppressors were finally defeated and …

It was near City Island that a daring and successful enterprise was accomj)lished by a few of the Americans in the year 1777, being no less than the capture of a British gun-boat used as a guard-ship, and stationed at the mouth of East Chester Creek. The particulars, as related by one of the party engaged in the capture to an aged citizen of Pelham, now in his ninety-second …

From the master of this slooj) they ascertained that on his weekly passages to the city ho was sonietimea hailed from the guardship, and re quested to sell them fresh jirovisions, such as eggs, chickens, vegetables Ac, for which, to insure their delivery, he was liberally jiaid. These Connecticut whale-boatmen, to the number of ten or twelve, armed concealed themselves in the …

After the British had bombarded Stonington (August 9th), two of their vessels^ a frigate and a sloop-of war, made their appearance near Mamaroneck. The government, or perhaps the people of New York, had prepared a fleet of thirteen gun- boats, each armed with a thirty-two-pounder gun, for the protection of the harbors along the Sound. One sultry morning in August the ships of …

It was in connection with this bloodless naval engagement that the panic broke out among the militia on Davenport's Neck, an account of whichis given in the history of New Rochclle. The Rev. Lewis J. Coutant,' then a boy often or twelve years, distinctly remeni" bered to have heard the echoes of the cannonade upon that sultry August morning, rolling and reverberating among the …

The day was fine, the wind fair, and the passengers were delighted until the boat, under full sail, ran pluniii jipon a large flat rock about a foot under water, near the mouth of Echo Bay. As the tide was falling, it became evident that their sail for the day Wtis over. " Captain," wa« the indignant I'cuionstrance of the party, " I thought you knew every rock in this Sound." …

If that ancient worthy, Thomas Pell, Esq., the original owner of this spot, had been informed by some prophetic revelation, that, in the year 1885, the city of New York would conclude to take possession of the whole of that part of Pelham " lying and being upon the waters of Long Island Sound," for a city park, proposing to issue bonds, run in debt and tax the inhabitants of …

The fishing, it is true, is not now what it used to be, either there or in other parts of the Sound, having declined from causes which may be known to those who have made themselves familiar with the subject. Still, within the past twenty years, bass of large size and weighing from fifty to sixty pounds, have been taken with the hook in this vicinity. Black fish are still …

Itoltou from " Wilson's American Ornithology," and well worthy of being preserved for its originality and beauty : " Fisuerjian's IIvmn. " The osprey sails above the Sound ; The geese are gone, the gulls are Hying ; The herring shoals swarm thick around ; The nets are launched, the boats arc plying. Vo ho, my hearts ! let's seek the deep, Rjiise high the song, and cheerly wish …

There is not far from this spot a singular I'reak of nature -- a split rock, with a tree growing out of the crevice. This was a sur])rise to the writer, when, for the first time, he visited this region, nearly forty years ago. It stands on the cross-road between the Pelham and New York roads, and the oldest inhabitant has never seen it otherwise than it looks to-day. In the …

Yo ho, my hearts, lot's seek the deep. Ply every oar and cheerly wish her. While the slow bending net we sweep, God bless the fish hawk and the fisher." The man who wrote this hymn (whoever he was) was a close observer and lover of nature. lie had music in his heart, and, it is to be hoped, fish in his basket, and could his name be discovered, deserves to have this Fisher's …

This is not wonderful, however, when wo consider the changes which time produces, even among the living. There is scarcely a family of the ancient residents of Pelham which maintains its ancestral place and possessions. The Pells have long been gone. The Schuyleni have removed to another part of the town. The Roosevelt family have retained their hoM uijon the property near …

During the life-time of Miss Bolton it was justly celebrated for the thorough intellectual and moral training bestowed upon the young ladies who attended it, coming from every part of the United States antl sometimes from foreign countries. Miss Nannette Anne Bolton was herself an enthusiast in the cause of Christian education. Under her watchful care nearly a thousand young …

Besides the Priory, Pelham is indebted to the Bolton family for the first, and for many years the only, Episcopal Church within its bounds -- namely, Christ Church, of which the Rev. Charles Higbee is the present rector, and from whom the information contained in this sketch, with regard to the churches of the town, is derived. It is safe to say that without the persistent …

It is as full of ec- I clesiastical bigotry .is of re.-^jarcli, and ought to be entitled, " A History of Episcopacy in the County of Westchester." Jtore than ten times the I space accorded to all other denominations is given to this one, and the matter introduced is often tediously minute, dry and uninteresting. HISTOKY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. It is to be hoped that the great …

It was opened for worship on the 9th of July, 1876, under the pastoral care of the Rev. Charles E. Lord. The Rev. Daniel N. Frecland is the present pastor. As a place of residence, this part of Westchester County presents decided claims to public regard. The rapid growth of the city of New York, the rise of rents there and the pressure of the population on this account into …

The soil is good, the scenery romantic, the climate salubrious, and the old historic associations are such as to lend an added interest to these material advantages. Some of the finest sites in the world for countryseats are to be found around the shores of Pelham Bay, the islands that dot the Sound, and, in fact, throughout the whole shore-line from Hell Gate to Connecticut …

Bailey had bought at the close of the war three hundred acres of land confiscated by the government because the owner had taken part with the British in the war. For this tract he paid five dollars and twenty cents an acre. Of this, he sold two hundred and fifty acres to Mr. Roosevelt at the above-mentioned price, twenty-five dollars. The Roosevelt place is one of those …

In looking about for a suitable place for its establishment, the gentlemen who organized it made choice of one situated directly upon the Sound, and which was owned and occupied for many years by the family of the late Dr. Richard Morris. The grounds and the view to be seen from them are admirably ada])ted to the purposes of such a club. It has a membership of about two …

It should seem that it is a position of sufficient importance to secure the services of an army chaplain, as large numbers of soldiers are frequently gathered there, to be dispersed from time to time, as the needs of the government may demand, to all parts of the country. The Rev. Mr. Higbee, of Pelham, has for years conducted occasional services there. In the absence of any …

" It was my fortuiio to revisit, lecontly, after a long interval of nbsnnce, two lionies of my cliildluiod, tlio birth bomo at PeUiam, Westchester County, in the vicinity of Now York, and the churcli home at New Kocholle, the town adjoining, originally a part of Pelham, comprised within the area of the manor by the royal charter of liifiG, in the reign of Charles II. That …

Having noticed, in a musing mood, the contrast between the showing of the rude, small, stony structure that I had first known in childhood as a house of worship, and that of the finely proportioned modern temple whose graceful spire now casts its shadow over the old site, I turned my steps toward the church burial-gro\ind, seeking the graves of my grandparents. Long-slmnbering …

I could scarcely believe my eyes, as I read, 'Died March 3, 1811.' It seemed altogether abnormal, that such minute remembrances of him as had been familiar to me, scores of particulars pertaining to his individuality, even the tones of his voice and his handicraft in making toys for my amusement, should have been thus long kept within the brain as in a photographic or …

The inmgo of my grandfather, associated as it is with the old homestead, and with his flow of talk while occupying his easy-chair upon the piazza, where he was wont to enjoy one of the finest of landscapes, taking within its scope Hunter's Island, I'elliam Creek, the expanse of Long Island Sound, has never become dim ; so that he has ever represented to me the ideal ' grandpa …

" But now, while occupying the old church-yard as a retrospective view-point, it seems noteworthy that the fii-st advent of death into the household, and this first funeral that shadowed the path of my young life, cannot be desoriliod without the Joining of two olil town names, French and Kiiglish, New Koi hollo and Pelham. Thus, too, looking upon the head-stones that …

Few and weak though they seeniod, their place in history is as clearly defined as that of the 'ten thousand ' retreating Creeks whom Xenophon luis immortalized, having been long ago distinguished as a p.art of that heroic 'fifty thousand ' who lied from France to ICngland about four years before the annulling of the edict of Nantes, signed by Henry IV. in l.")!*, for the …

An area of six thousand acres, a part of the M.anor of I'elhain, was conveyed to their friend and agent, .lacob Loislcr, nicri:hant of New York, on acceiitjiblo terms, in 1G8'J, surveyed and divided into lots or fanns by Alexander Allaire and Captiiin Bond, in lG!)'.i ; named New Kochelle in memory of the old fortress of Protestantism in France, and then the family life of the …

King James II., 'an absolute, entire, enfmncliised township and place of itself, in no manner of way to be subordinate or under the rule of any rilling, township, or place of jurisdiction,' and then ob.serve how it was ' willed ' at once by its first proprietor, Thomas Pell, into the possession of an English heir, his nephew, a young man, only twenty-five years of age, without …

iHieatlied to him in this new world as the protector of an oppressed people, the fonndcr of a coiiniiunitv truly unicjiie as to condition and character. "At this point of our retrospect let us take np the exiled Huguenot s (piestion. What were this young lord's antecedents ? His father, wliose name figured largely in the st;ite papers of the protectorate as the right …

This confideutial relation to the loi'tl jirotector at the time when he stood forth at the height of his power, the recognized protei tor of Protestant Switzerland against the i)ersecutiug powers of the continent, gives amj)le proof of an enlarged statesiuan-like style of mind in harmony with the liberal ideas and i)ri>gressive sjiirit that have throughout our own century thus …

Four years after his many educational couuselings had been written from Zurich, while the school-life of John was still in progress, the English mission to Switzerland was terminated, the minister was couunended, called home, and informed on his arrival that the Lord Protector was dying. Very soon the whole country was convulsed ; but, despite the agitations of that disastrous …

These were gratefully remembered, and opened the way, soon after the restoration, for his being admitted into ' holy orders,' by the Bishop of London, in IfiBl, for his being honored with the degree of doctor of divinity, gifted by the crown with the rectory of Fobbing, in Essex, and afterward by the Bishop, with that of Ijavingdon, in the sanui county; all showing that the …

In this timing of events the Huguenot Pilgrims discerned a divine adjustment of means to ends as real and apt as was that traced by the Israelites in the predicted exaltation of the youthful Joseph to that ancient ' Lordship ' that prepared their way to the land of promise. Of the fine qualities of character exemplified by these heroic people, and the possibilities of their …

As it has been wellsaid by Macaulay, that the fusion of Norman and Saxon elements in the thirteenth century produced the Englami that has figured as a power in a wtirld of history, so that we may truly say that the fusion of English and French elements in this manorial tract, bought originally of the Indians by Thom;is Pell, Esq., in 16j4, confirmed by an English King, James …

The younger children of the family circle, us\ially speaking of her as 'Aunt Jlollie Bayley,' were obliged, each in turn, to take a lesson on the different spellings of French words that sound alike. When her memory became unretentive of things recent, it kept fresh as ever the things long past ; hence whensoever I greeted her after jibsences of a month or week, she would …

Gifted as she was with communicative power, she was, at the same time, one of the best of listeners, calling forth from her coiupany the best they had tootfer; and, indeed, I have sometimes wondered whether the charms of her conversation were to be regarded the more eminently as an inherited talent, as the incidental outcome of favoring social influences, or the product of …

From the earliest days of the American Revolution Faneuil Hall hiis been to Boston a household word, familiar to the lips of men, women and childi'en as the memorial of Huguenot munificence, rendered classical by historic associations that quicken the pulse of patriotism and call forth the spirit of song in commemoration of the ' cradle of liberty.' Thus the name of a Huguenot …

At tlie opening; of tlie eigliteonth century lie had taken nink as the leading merchant of the city in point of wealth, trusted by all as a man of honesty and honor. His death, in 1737, seemed indeed an nntimely event. The sense of loss was universal, expressed by the jjatherinK at his grave -- a procession of eleven hundred pei-sons, representatives of the whole people. His …

The opponents of the enterprise were persistent, though the grounds of their action are not clearly discernible. In this state of the public mind Peter Faneuil came forward and offered to erect the building at his own cost, ' to be improved for a market for the sole uses, benefit and advantage of the town, provided that the town of Boston would pass a vote for that purpose …