. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. CLASON'S POINT 121 Honorable Gouverneur Morris. His father-in-law was Gouverneur Morris Wilkins, son of the Reverend Isaac Wilkins, who married Isabella Morris, the sister of the statesman and half-sister of Lewis Morris, the Signer. The old Wilkins farmhouse famed as the building in a secret chamber of which three loyalist clergymen, Rev. Myles Cooper, president of King's College, Rev. Chandler of New Jersey and Rev. Samuel Seabury, rector of Saint Peter's Church in Westchester,. Ferris Mansion, Zere
. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. CLASON'S POINT 121 Honorable Gouverneur Morris. His father-in-law was Gouverneur Morris Wilkins, son of the Reverend Isaac Wilkins, who married Isabella Morris, the sister of the statesman and half-sister of Lewis Morris, the Signer. The old Wilkins farmhouse famed as the building in a secret chamber of which three loyalist clergymen, Rev. Myles Cooper, president of King's College, Rev. Chandler of New Jersey and Rev. Samuel Seabury, rector of Saint Peter's Church in Westchester,. Ferris Mansion, Zerega's Point concealed themselves during the early days of the Revolution, is still standing. Food and drink were lowered to these men thru a hidden trap door. They finally escaped on the 1st of September, 1776, under cover of darkness to Long Island. The ground in this vicinity was once occupied by the Siwanoy Indians who had erected a fortified castle here, whence the name "Castle Hill ; Adrien Block, in his voyage of discovery in 1614, spoke of seeing big Indian wigwams there. Castle Hill Neck is an elevated tract of land, sixty feet above the sea level, and is situated east of Cornell's Neck, between Wilkin's, or Pugsley, and Westchester Creeks. It was for some time the property of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Harry Tecumseh, 1873-; Kaplan, Nathan Julius, 1887-. New York, The author
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