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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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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)] The first recorded meeting of the church, as a civil corporation, was held August 7, 1760, when the Knapps, Lees, Purdys, Strangs, Hyatts, Whitneys, Fowlers, Bedells and Travises were all represented. The descendants of many…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] born at Waterbury, Conn., January 15, 1750. Some time after his thirtieth year he relinquished his occu-pation of farmer and became a minister of the gospel. His first charges were at Blooming Grove and Smith's Clove (now Mo…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] branch of the religous Society of Friends commonly known as the Hicksites. Upon the same ground stood the firstmeeting-house of the Society of Friends in Yorktown. From the records of meetings of Friends elsewhere in the cou…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The other branch, constituting about one-quarter of the whole number, called Orthodox Friends, with-drew and erected their present meeting-house at York-town Station. Hicks preached frequently in Yorktown. The present meetin…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I.V.t house was erected at its present situation in 1832, on one acre of land, conveyed November 9, 1832, by George Mekeel to Daniel Smith, Aaron Underbill, Edward B. Underhill and Isaac Mekeel. The num-ber of members at pre…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Within the village is located the residence of Colo-nel Nicholas E. Paine, who was mayor of the city of Rochester, N. Y., in 1851, and later postmaster, and is the owner of large amounts of real estate in that city, in Vermo…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] peat it here. It is sufficient to state that he has left a line of very numerous and distinguished descend-ants. John Underhill, eldest son of the captain, was the ancestor oftthe family of that name on Long Island, while th…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A full account maybe found in Chan-cery reports. Edward B. Underhill was born at the house occu-pied by his father when proprietor of the mills on Croton River. His early education, so far as schools were concerned, was exce…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mr. Underbill's ancestors were members of the Society of Friends, as were many of the early families of Westchester County. For many years the study of medicine has interested him and he has acquired an extensive knowledge o…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Isaac Underbill came here to reside shortly before the Revolution, and at his death it passed to his son J Abraham, who sold it to Richard M. Underbill, and it is now owned by Charles W. Underbill, Jr. A part of it as it now…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He held the office of town clerk during 1852, '53, '54, '56, and that of supervisor in 1861, '62, '73, '74, '75, serving in the board as chairman of committees on roads and bridges, census enumerators and justices, and was m…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Yorktown. It is a white frame building, with two large columns in the front, and is surrounded by a cemetery probably a little less than a couple of acres in extent. A parsonage close by the church is of a value of eight …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] one term also as super-visor of the town. He married, October 8, 1876, Miss Margaret Orsor. His long residence in Yorktown, together with his genial disposition and business habits, have made him a power of good in the commu…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Previous to the introduction of the waters of the Croton River into New York, the city was compelled to obtain its supply from the the pond known as the Collect, which extended from Canal Street to Pearl Street, from the Tea…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Phelps, who presented a memorial to the Council, proposing three different sources of supply, — first, to bring the waters of Rye Pond the whole distance through in twenty-eight inch iron pipes; second, to bring the Croton R…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Store and village buildings 20,000 Agricultural stock and. implements 2,000 Tompkins' farm 20,000 Damage to t*ie surrounding lands, houses, buildings, etc. 500,000 Total 8672,500 June 22, 1842, the water was let into Croton …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] six feet above mean tide; passes along the valley of the Croton to near its mouth, and thence into the valley of the Hudson; goes through the villages of Sing Sing, Tarry town, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and Yonkers; at the last …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Near the north end of the valley that spreads out from this is a road, culvert or arched viaduct, under the conduit. The principal work here is the large arch directly over the gulf. It is eighty-eight feet and the only rema…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] citizens of New York are now drinking, using and wast ing about eighty-five million gallons of water every twenty-four hours, a vast deal more than those who were before them drank at the time the works of the Manhattan Comp…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mentioned, there are numerous brooks and valleys, of less depth, requiring culverts and artificial founda-tions to support the work. The culverts number one hundred and fourteen, and their aggregate length is nearly eight th…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The most prominent of the valleys are Lounsberry's, Indian Brook, Sing Sing Kill, Mill River, Jewell's Brook and Saw-Mill River; the foundations of which are in no case less than forty feet below the grade-line, or fifty-thr…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] granite way from one house to the other, a few feet below the surface of the water, which divides the reservoir. By the breaks in the house the gates are open and shut to the great pipes below which supply the city with wate…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] With the nine billion gallons of water in existing storage res-ervoirs and lakes, and five billion gallons in the res-ervoir about to be built on the east branch of the Cro-ton, in the town of South East, Putnam County, the …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In order to prevent contamination of the water by any settlement on the banks, it is proposed to pur-chase all the land within a quarter of a mile of the reservoir on all sides. 1 Communication from Commissioner of Public Wo…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] summer. To the northwest, a short distance, in full view, is Turkey Mountain, which extends over an area of about eight hundred acres, nearly as far north as Yorktown Station. It is mostly covered with timber. It was the hau…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In Revolutionary days it was the principal avenue of communication between points north and south of the stream. It was guarded a con-siderable portion of the time by a strong force of
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a portion of the Americans was encamped. 1 Enoch Crosby, the original of the hero of Cooper's best novel, " The Spy," commenced his career as a spy in the vicinity of Pine's Bridge. When the New York City and Northern Railro…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1SS0-81. Rev. Aaron Coons. 1882.. Rev. K. H. W. Burden. 1I-83-C4. Rev. Robert Kerr. During the ministry of David Lyman, the pastor in 18(51 and 18(32, who was a stanch Abolitionist, a di-vision arose in the church caused by …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Hi!) West of Pine*s Bridge about half a mile, facing an arm of the lake is a residence erected by Henry Wood, but at present (1885) unoccupied. West of the railroad bridge, on the southern bank of the lake is another large d…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Wood, July 5, 1866, and the church was built in the latter part of the same year. It has (1884) about twenty-five members, and about forty Sunday-school pupils. The stewards are Jacob Hitch-cock, J. H. Palmer and Daniel Carp…