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Comprehensive histories of the county and Town of Cortlandt
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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] terms of the lease. A tract of land adjoining was rented in 1882, to be used as a rifle range, and its acquisition has also been recom mended. The camp-grounds arc elevated about one hundred feet above the river and afford a…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Andre was offered some refreshment, but refused it. He walked back and forth, and was observed to shed tears.
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " Israel Putnam. '' P. S. He has been accordingly executed." The tree which was called into service in carrying out the sentence against Palmer stood for a long time afterwards, but eventually rotted away. It is said Palmer …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Cortlandt, although Lord Gage was his cousin, and he was beset on all sides by the solicita-tions of Tory relatives. His eldest son, Philip, ac-cepted a commission in the Continental army in June, 1775, and the family, i…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the surrounding devastation, and here for a while Washington dwelt with them. The house was occasionally subject to attack. In the spring of 1777 the British posted themselves on a height a little south of the place; but the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] John (who died in 1747) is dressed in a long blue coat, knee breeches, scarlet stockings and high-heeled shoes; Abraham, in a russet brown coat and red stockings; and Pierre himself, in a scarlet coat and white stockings, wi…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] event being held September J 8, 177o, and the next on i April 5, 1790, nearly eight years after the close of the war. This silence of the records during that long period tells, more forcibly than any entries in them could ha…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The ploughman on their slopes still occa-sionally turns up some warlike relic, some mute yet eloquent memorial of the days that are gone, remind-ing us, too, of what was the favorite project of the Brit-ish government throug…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ma'-hys Brower and Marrctye his wife, Nathan Beesly and Esther his wife, Catharine Van Texel, wife of Hendriek Lent and Cornelia his wife, William Van Texel and Irynje his wife, Annetje Sybout, wife of.Ian Beesly, Maria dc P…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Through him it came into the posses-sion of various owners.
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Cortlandtown and report on its condition, stated that he had found that the congregation had lost their church, were diminished in numbers and were greatly scattered. The church was destroyed by fire about the time of Mr. Ja…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] August, 1853.— Rev. John B. Steele " August, 1859. — Rev. John St. John " August, 18fi". — Rev. Polhemus Van Wyck " August, 1870. — Rev. John C. Garretson " August, 1874.— Rev. John B. Thompson " May 25, 1875. — Rev. Joseph …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] James Wetmore, of Rye, conducted divine service according to the Epis-copal form in the old village of Peekskill. In 1746 Mr. Wetmore wrote that, "as there are great numbers of people in the wilderness northward of Bedford a…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Peter's Church." This was the same build-ing which is standing at present. The congregation of St. Peter's Church, fearing that the expense of the erection and maintenance of a house of worship would be too great for them to…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His successor was the Rev. Bennet (Bolton thinks it should be Bernard) Page, who left in a very short time, owing probably to the outbreak of the Revolu-tionary War. From September 18, 177"), until April 5, 1790, there were …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1838 the Rev. Edward C. Bull is said to have of-ficiated at St. Philip's Church, and in April of the same} ear the Rev. William C. Cooley became rector of St. Peter's. The two churches were not formally separated until Ap…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] June 11, 1817 Rev. Pctrus S. Ten Itroeck. May 29, 182f. Rev. Kdward J. Ives. December, 1838 Rev. James Sunderland. April, 1838 Rev. William l\ Cooley. The old church, an unp.iinted and weather-beaten frame structure with two…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " TlIK CoUI'ORATION Of the City of New York, Erecteil this Tomb, As memorial sacred to PUBLIC GRATITUDE." This monument, with the exception of the placing of the cone on the pedestal, was completed November 22, 1827, and at …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a courier told him that the battle of Bunker Hill was soon to be fought. Never pausing for a moment, he turned about and dashed away for the scene. As one horse gave out he procured another and another, and reached Charlesto…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Seth Pomeroy.' Worn out after the battle, he re-turned to his home, but when the danger came in this vicinity he could no longer remain, and at the earnest solicitation of Washington he took the command here, and here he die…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At one time the member-ship of the church numbered about sixty. Simultaneously with the opening of the church a Sabbath-school was organized. Mr. Andrew C. Wheeler (said to have been the first superintendent of a Methodist S…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] April, 1872, Mr. Lent having removed, Mr. C. A. Pugsley became his successor. He was followed in 1882 by Frank Hood, and he by Charles Booth, the present superintendent. The number of officers and teachers is (1884) eleven a…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the village of peekskill is situated on the expanse of the Hudson River known as Peekskill Bay, and in the midst of scenery which has been compared by Irving to that of the Lake of Como. Directly across the river rises the m…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] As appears clearly from early military maps of the town of Cortlandt, as well as from reference in a number of old writings,and from positive tradition, the village of Peekskill in early times stood about a mile north of the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1830. Samuel Marks, president. Stephen Brown, Niles Frost, James Hawes, Reuben R. Finch, secretary. Stephen Brown, treasurer. PEEKSKILL, FROM THE POINT OF LAND BELOW, ON THE HUDSON.2 the settlement of the village of Peekskil…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ward B. Howard, president, Jacob L, Post, Tillinghast Bennett, Ezra Marshall, Jarvis Washburn, Thomas A. Whitney, clerk, Henry W. Depew, treasurer. 1851. Tillinghast Bennett, president, Cortlandt Baxter, Lewis Jessup, James …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ward B. Howard, Jacob L. Post, Thomas A Whitney, clerk, Henry W. Depew, treasurer. 1852. Ward B. Howard, president, Cortlandt Baxter, Haines Charlock, Samuel II. Mabie, Andreas Elmers, William II. Briggs, clerk, D. F. Clapp,…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] George W. Depew, Isaac S. Mandeville, Lewis Jessup, John Halsted, Hiram Mabie, Francis P. Clark, clerk, D. F. Clapp, treasurer. 1859. Cyrus Townsend, president, Cortlandt Baxter, Hiram Mabie, P. D. Smith, L. D. Curry, Franci…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Uriah Hill, Jr., James L. Gregory, I. S. Mandeville, Francis P. Clark, clerk, D. F. Clapp, treasurer. 186(1. Cyrus Townsend, president, Cortlandt Baxter, P. D. Smith, James L. Gregory, L. D. Curry, Francis P. Clark, clerk, D…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wm. D. Southard, president, John Halsted, Matthew Clune, George W. Lockwood, David G. Montross, Wm. Brotherton, Warren Jordan, Leverett Crumb, clerk, Dorlin F. Clapp, treasurer. Points of Interest in Peekskill and Vi-cinity.…