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very secluded position in a pasturage hollow, surrounded by groves of 

 locust trees, bordering the old Boston turnpike, the Bronx enlivening 

 the estate upon the west. Here is situated a valuable mill seat, once 

 occupied by an extensive beaver dam. The calm solitude of this beau- 

 tiful spot is increased by the overhanging woods and the low murmur- 

 ing of the river in passing over its stony bed. The graceful hemlock, 

 fitly entitled by Coleridge "The Lady of the Woods," appears to luxu- 

 riate in this romantic position of Scarsdale. 



The Popham family were originally from Popham, in the county of 

 Hampshire, England; and spring from Gilbert Popham, of Popham, who, 

 in the year 1200, married Joan, daughter and heiress of Robert Clarke, 

 a feofee in trust for the manor of Popham. They were greatly distin- 

 guished by the favor of the Empress Maud, A.D. n 40, and held high 

 and honorable stations in the reign of Henry the Third. To Hampshire 

 county they gave several sheriffs — Robertus de Popham in 1227, and 

 Stephanus de Popham, circ, 1428. Sixth in descent from Gilbert Pop- 

 ham was Sir John Popham, Knight of the Bath, Lord Chief Justice of 

 the Queen's Bench, purchaser of the Littlecot estate, Wiltshire county, 

 England. This individual died A. D. 1607, and his remains repose 

 under a magnificent tomb in the church of Wellington, surrounded by a 

 palisade of wood and iron. On a tablet are the effigies of himself and 

 Lady Popham. His only son was Sir Francis Popham, Knt. of Little- 

 cot, Wilts. This gentleman, together with his son, Alexander, became 

 so obnoxious to King Charles the First that he excepted them both out 

 of the general pardon.* John Popham, eldest son of Sir Francis, who 

 married, it is said, a daughter of the celebrated President, John Brad- 

 shaw, 6 was, for many years, a gentleman of the household to King 

 James the First. Upon the restoration of King Charles II. he removed 

 to Ireland, and there purchased the Bandon estates, county of Cork. 

 His only son he significantly named Icabod — " the glory is departed." 

 Icabod left one son, named after his grandfather, John, who was the 

 father of James, and grandfather of William Popham, of Bandon, whose 

 son was the late Brigadier Major William Popham, of Scarsdale. This 

 truly good man, who was one of the last of Washington's illustrious 

 compatriots, "was born in the town of Bandon, Cork county, Ireland, on 

 the 19th of September, 1752. He was brought to this country at the 



a "Col. Edward Popham was made Admiral of the fleet, and Alexander Popham was sum- 



i •(. Oliver Cromwell's Boose "f Lords." " With them were joined some of the ancient 



nobility, together with .some of the gentry who had considerable estates derived from their 



.'■a as Mr. Alexander Popham and others.'"— Mem. of Edmund Ludlow, pp. 113 



and 227. 



/. "President Bradahaw was of the family of Rradshaw, of Marple county, Chester, Eng- 

 land ; Its representatives now rests in the Isherwood. "—Burke's Extinct Baronetage, Owne- 

 roda, Cheshire. 



