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In earlier days, the burial-place of the family was near the 

 manor-house, but the remains were all removed to the church, 

 February 15, 1866. In the graveyard attached to the church 

 are several gravestones, which have been injured and defaced 

 by the romping children of this thickly settled neighborhood, 

 who made a playground of the church property. There are 

 also several vaults, in one of which, that nearest the church on 

 the east, lie the remains of the famous Gouverneur Morris 

 and those of a number of the family. The Honorable Gouver- 

 neur Morris died November 6, 18 16; and by his direction was 

 buried in a field on his estate overlooking the Mill Brook, the 

 site of St. Ann's and its graveyard. 



St. Paul's, in Washington Avenue near 170th Street, was 

 formerly included within St. Ann's parish, and was begun as a 

 chapel July 8, 1849. May 31, 1853, it severed its connection 

 with the mother church and was organized as a separate parish 

 under the title of St. Paul's, Morrisania Village. 



Grace Church, West Farms, was incorporated December 

 13, 1844. The credit of first attempting to establish an 

 Episcopal church in the village was due to Miss Margaret 

 Hunt, daughter of Thomas Hunt, fourth in descent from 

 Edward Jessup, one of the original patentees of West Farms. 

 The corner-stone of the church was laid November io, 1846, 

 and the edifice was consecrated by Bishop De Lancey of 

 Western New York, June 28, 1847. 



The earlier influx of settlers, both to Throgmorton's colony 

 and to Westchester, included a great many members of the 

 Society of Friends, or Quakers. There were also several 

 settlements of Friends on Long Island, and many of them came 

 into the county and founded settlements, as in Harrison's 

 Purchase, or became inhabitants of those already started. In 

 the records of the borough-town of Westchester, and in the 



