260 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



church edifice has been recently erected, to which is attached a small 

 parsonage and grave yard.* 



Bordering the Croton River, are the estates and residences of Mr. 

 Silas Finch, Mr. Edwin Crosby and Thomas R. Lee, Esq. The latter 

 gentleman represented (in 1842) this county in Assembly. 



Within a short distance of the village, is situated the property of the 

 late Lewis Brown, Esq., whose grandfather, Hachaliah Brown, of Rye, 

 purchased these lands under the heirs of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, in 

 1760. His son, Elbert, at present, resides on the estate. 



West So i/ters, as its name imports, is situated to the west of Somers- 

 town Plains. It is a scattered hamlet, containing a store, a post-office, 

 and a commodious hotel belonging to the Messrs. Charles and William 

 Teed. 



The neighborhood of West Somers is exceedingly beautiful, command- 

 ing a rich view of the Plains and Plum Brook Valley. 



To the west of this place lies the valley of the Muscoota, through 

 which meanders the Muscoota River. The margins of this lovely stream 

 are adorned in many places with thick woodland and bold hills, which 

 constrain it into an endless variety of windings, at every turn present- 

 ing new features. South of Bedell's mill pond its waters form a succes- 

 sion of rapids, which enter the Croton a little below Woodsbridge, near 

 the junction of Cross and Croton Rivers. The running supply of the 

 Muscoota is said to be, at a fair calculation, 3,628,800 gallons per diem. 



Upon this stream are placed the grist and saw mill of W. S. Tomp- 

 kins ; the cloth dressing establishment of Reuben C. Varnall ; the grist, 

 saw and fulling mill of Munson Perry; and the grist and saw mill of Isaac 

 Bedle. 



On the Mill Brook, a branch of the Muscoota, are situated the paper 

 mills of William Wallace and Abraham H. Miller. 



Angle Fly Brook, a celebrated trout stream, which rises on the lands 

 of Mr. Tompkins, is a tributary of the Muscoota river. 



On the east side of Primrose street are situated the residences of Sam- 

 uel Teed, William Marshall and Ray Tompkins, Esqs. The latter in- 

 dividual is the second son of the Hon. Daniel F>. Tompkins. In his 

 possession is an excellent portrait of the Governor, by Waldo and Jew- 

 ett. 



Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, in Primrose street, was erect- 

 ed, cir. 1 794, and appears to have been incorporated on the 20th of May, 

 1828. Henry Clift, Aaron Brown, James Phillips, Samuel S. Ferguson 

 and Samuel Pedwick trustees. 



a Tnis church is at present connected with the Bedford Presbytery. 



