606 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF "WESTCHESTER. 



care of £$o in gold and silver — not daring to carry this amount about 

 his person, as he was going a long journey into the interior. 



On receiving her charge, Miss Valentine, for greater security concealed 

 it in her dress, designing to keep it there until the owner's safe return. 



The same evening of Mr. Sneden's departure, a party of Skinners 

 forced their way into her bed-room, dragged her from the bed, and 

 demanded her money. This she either denied possessing, or refused to 

 deliver; whereupon, becoming violent, she called to her brother. During 

 the scuffle that followed her brother's entrance, she contrived to crawl 

 out at the foot of the bed, hoping, in this way, to escape unobserved. In 

 this, she was disappointed ; the villains observed and again seized her. In 

 the violent attempt made to extricate herself the second time, the money 

 fell on the floor, or, as she herself described it "was fairly shook out of 

 her." The freebooters greedily seized it, and marched off, delighted with 

 the success of their enterprize. 



In this town is situated Berrian' s Neck, the ancient Nipnichseii of the 

 Mohegans. The Dutch conferred upon it the name of Konstabelsche 

 hoek, or Point, from its owner, William Constable. This neck forms the 

 northern bank, at the mouth, of the noted Spyt den Dyvel Kil, or 

 channel. At an early period it belonged to Samuel Edsall. From the 

 Edsalls it passed to the Tippetts, who, during the revolutionary struggle, 

 adhered to the side of the Crown. In consequence, their property was 

 confiscated to the State, (the Tippetts having removed to Nova Scotia,) 

 and sold to Samuel Berrian, who married Dorcas a daughter of George 

 Tippett, a former proprietor. A second daughter became the wife of the 

 celebrated Col. James de Lancey, one of the boldest leaders of the 

 Neutral Ground. In 1796, Samuel Berrian, the father of Richard and 

 grand-father of the late Rev. William Berrian, rector of Trinity church, 

 New York, sold the whole estate of Tippett's Neck, consisting of 200 

 acres, to his nephew, Abraham Berrian. 



The latter was the son of Richard Berrian, by his wife Grace, daughter 

 of Abraham Riker of Newtown, L. I., and grand-son of Cornelius the 

 son of John, the eldest son of Cornelis Jansen Berrian who settled in 

 Flatbush, L. I., as early as 1669. He married Jannet, daughter of 

 Jan Stryker ; and, being a person of character and education, enjoyed 

 offices in the town government, and was likewise a deacon of the Dutch 

 church. In 1685 he removed his residence to Newtown, where he died 

 in 1689. 



a "A true inventory of all and singular the Roods Ac. of George Tippetts of Yonkers was 

 taken '29th day of Sept., 1675, by Thos. Hunt of Westchester, Wm. lleydon of BaatcneBter and 

 Edw. Griifln of Flushing."— Surr. Office N. Y., No. 1, p. 234, wills and adm. 1665-1680. 



