panied his master in all his changes of fortune survived him but one year. They are both interred in the same church yard. Charley Philips, son of Angevine, still lives on the banks of the Hudson, and was under a succession of dynasties, 45 years sexton of St. John's church, Yonkers. There is still living in this village and near the landing, Capt. Joel Cook, a hero of 1776, who belonged to Colonel Meigs' regiment. The day André was captured, Gen. Washington ordered the brigade then stationed at Peekskill to march to West Point. This gentleman during the war, escorted 1500 men from Teller's point to the neighborhood of Kings-bridge. In compliment to the services of the old veteran, the citizens of Yonkers presented him with a gold medal bearing the following inscription: Pesented to Capt. Joel Cook by the citizens of Yonkers, in honor ot his patriotic services in defence of progress of events, Colonel Phillipse abandoned his home and took refuge in the city of New York, and finally embarked for England. In person, he was extremely large, and on account of his bulk, his wife seldom rode in the same carriage with him. Colonel Phillipse had one brother and two sisters, who inherited the Manor of Fredericksburgh in equal portions. His brother whose name was Philip, died before the Revolution, and his children were too young to take a part in the war. Their share was saved, and is still in the family. For an account of Susannah and Mary, the sisters, the reader is referred to the notice of their husbands,—the senior Colonel Beverly Robinson and Colonel Roger Morris. The Manor of Philipsburgh was the property of Colonel Phillipse, and like his sisters' share of the other estate, was confiscated. He applied to the British gov. ernment for compensation, and was allowed £62,075 sterling, or about $300,000. In 1809, in an English work, the value of the two Manors, or the whole of the original Phillipse property was estimated at six or seven hundred thousand pounds. Nor was the smaller sum extravagant. But it is to be remembered, that lands in 1783, hardly had a fixed value; while, in 1809, the impulse which the Revolution had given to settlements, to increase of population, &c., had already effected vast changes in the marketable prices of real property. Colonel Phillipse's son Frederick, is also named in the New York confiscation act. This gentleman married a niece of Sir Alured Clarke, Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope." [The American Loyalists, by Lorenzo Sabine. LIBERTY, July 4, 1845, at the battles of Lexington, Danbury, White Plains, Trenton and Stony Point, Springfield and The inhabitants of this town appear to have taken an active part during the struggle for Independence. 11th April, 1775, Colonel Frederick Philipse appeared at the head of a large body of his tenantry, when the deputies from the several towns of Westchester met at White Plains, for the purpose of electing delegates to represent this colony in the general Congress to be held in Philadelphia.a At a meeting of the Committee for this County held at White Plains, on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th days of August, inst., the committee divided the County into districts or beats, agreeable to the directions of the Provincial Congress, for forming militia and minute companies. Yonkers formed one of the districts of the southern battalion. The officers chosen, were John Cock, Capt., William Betts, first lieutenant, John Warner, second lieutenant, and Jacob Post, ensign.b The following petition from the inhabitants of Lower Yonkers, occurs in 1775. Lower Yonkers, Sept. 15, 1775. To the Hon. the Provincial Congress for the Province of New York, convened in their recess, to the Hon. Committee of safety. The humble petition of the inhabitants of the precincts of Lower Yonkers, in the county of Westchester, humbly showeth, that your Hon. House had made a resolve, and published the same, recommending to the inhabitants of every town, manor, precinct and district within the province aforesaid, to meet, nominate and appoint a captain and other officers, to form themselves as companies of militia; and, whereas the inhabitants of this precinct did meet agreeable to your said resolve, on the 24th day of August last, under the inspection of the committee of that district, and by a very great majority, as by the list will appear, did See page 350. American Archives, p. 691. nominate and appoint Mr. John Cock of the said precinct, for his known skill and ability in military discipline, and for other good causes, captain of the company for the district aforesaid; and, whereas, we are informed that a complaint hath been made to the committee by a few of the inhabitants against the said Mr. John Cock, out of spite and malice, and as we conceive what has been alledged against him was before signing the association, we are well assured that since his signing the association, no person can accuse him of breaking the same by any ways or means whatsoever; therefore, we the petitioners and subscribers, do humbly beg the indulgence of this Hon. House to grant Mr. John Cock the commission of captain for the company aforesaid, as we are convinced he was chosen agreeable to your said resolve, and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray. Anthony Archer, Basil Thos. Oakley, Jonathan Fowler, Abraham Hick, The commanding eminence rising above the village directly east of the Philipse Mansion, is called Locust Hill. Here the American army were encamped during a part of the war, while the enemy lay in the lower grounds. October 12, 1776, the American army marched from King's bridge, along the heights above Yonkers towards Dobb's Ferry. St. John's church, Yonkers, together with its gothic parsonage, stands pleasantly situated on the south bank of the Saw mill. This church is one of the neatest in the county, having been completely repaired and beautified within a few years. It owes its early foundation to the Philipses's, who, as lords of the Manor at that time enjoyed the advowson or right of patronage to all and every church erected therein. Its first founder and patron was the Honorable Frederick Philipse, for some years speaker of the house of Assembly in the province of New York, 1721-8. There is every reason to believe that this distinguished indi. vidual took some steps towards the erection of the church previous to his death, which happened in 1751: (he died of consumption at the age of 53.) In his will, which is dated the 6th of June, of the same year, he directs, "That out of the rents that were, or should thereafter be due to him, from the manor of Philipsborough, the sum of £400 be by his executrix laid out in erecting a building or finishing a church of England as by law established, on the farmı near and to the northward of the house then in the tenure of William Jones, sen., unless he should build the said church in his lifetime; and he devised all the said farm with all the buildings thereon, unto all his children, and their heirs, in trust, for the use of such ministers of the church of England as by law established, as should be from time to time admitted or instituted in the said church; and so for ever to remain for a glebe to the said church."a That the building was commenced in 1752, there is no doubt, for among the family papers, occurs an account of the expenses on the church at Philipsborough to the estate of Frederick Philipse, debtor," commencing Nov. 1752, closing December, 1753, whole amount, £623 6s. 9d. This sum shows that his executrix had exceeded the original bequest in the will, £223. The curious reader will not be displeased with one or two more of these accounts, showing the expenses attendant on building a church at that early period: "Benjamin Fowler's account in full for ye church: May 11th, 1753, dito 61 days works at geting timber for the dors and the winder frams for the church, at 5 shillings per day, £1 12 6. September the 20th, to working and going to ask the peple to come to work at the church, 8 days, &c., &c. John Underhill's receipt for supplying the workmen at the church with beef, commencing August 31st. Madame Philipse dito, 69 pound of beef at 2s 3d per pound, £15 10 3. Received of Beverly Robinson the above amount in full. JOHN UNDERHill." Nothing remains of the original structure, except the walls and tower, the roof and wood work having been destroyed by an accidental fire, May, 1791. When the ruins of the church came to be examined after this melancholy accident, the skeleton of a full sized man was discovered behind the remains of the pulpit. In 1792, it was again repaired, and on the 21st August of that year, consecrated to the service of Almighty God, under the name and title of St. John's Church, Philipsborough, by the Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, first Bishop of the State of New York. The present edifice consists of a square tower surmounted with a wooden cupola and spire, body and vestry room in the rear. The principal entrance is by a circular headed door on the |