20 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCEHSTER. 



known; Catherine De Peyster, wife of Philip j the Hon. Pierre van 

 Cortlandt, by Jarvisj and General Philip van Cortlandt, by the same. 

 Philip van Wyck, Esq., is the son of the late Theodosius van Wyck, by 

 his wife Catherine, daughter of the Hon. Pierre van Cortlandt. 



A short distance north of Mr. Brandreth's pill manufactory is situated 

 Craw-bucky point \ literally, crab-cove point. The adjoining beach was 

 once famous for its shad fishery j four thousand have been taken at one, 

 lift. 



On the margin of the river are two deep grooves, apparently chiselled 

 in a hard gneiss rock. These marks indicate the commencement of the 

 two mile line of the manor of Philipsburg, which, according to the royal 

 :.••' extended two miles north from the mouth of the Croton, until it 

 struck the southern line of Cortlandt manor. In an old " map of the 

 township of Bedford, Stamford, Greenwich, the North river, and Keight- 

 awank or Croton's river, by a survey, April the 6th, &c , 1763, by 

 Charles Webb, surveyor," two spots are marked. First, "the station 

 fixed by Cortlandt at the sand beach to measure up the river." This 

 lies nearly mid-way between the Sing Sing brook and the next stream to 

 the north. Secondly, a " rock four chains and sixty links north of the 

 brook," (the first stream above the Sing Sing brook,) " fixed by Bedford 

 committee to begin to measure up the river." 5 



Mining operations were formerly carried on to a considerable extent 

 in Sing Sing, under the ilattering idea that silver ore existed here; the 

 old shafts sunk for this object are still visible. The following entries in 

 the Secretary of State's office, refer to these mines : — 



No. 54.] 



ni:x Lyon, "Westchester County, town of Mt. 

 Pleasant, about 100 rods south of 

 the discoverers dock, and about SO 



south of the farmers dock 

 at Sing Sing landing, upon lands 

 of John F. Marsh, (gold and silver.) Nov. 14, 1820. 41 204. 



No. 57.] 



Stephen Lyon, Westchester County, town (if Mt. Pleasant, 



additional vein south of the mine, 



which is now on file, extending 1 mile 



south of suid mine, (gold and silver.) Jan. 30, 1S24. 41 29G. 



Galena has been obtained here in small specimens, as well as several 

 ores of copper — one specimen of the latter yielding from fifty to seventy- 



a S •>■ Patent of Phillpstrarg. The same kind of mark is found neaT the division line, be- 

 ttae townships of xonfcera and Greenbnrgh; both of them are probably Indian lines. 



I From the orlgiual map m the possession of the ilou. William Jay, Bedford. 



