638 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



The last lord of the manor, Colonel Frederick Philipse, returned to 

 Chester, England, where he died, A. D. 1785, after a short illness, and 

 has a monument erected there to his memory. His faithful colored 

 valet, Angevine, who had accompanied his master in all his changes of 

 fortune, survived him but one year. They are both interred in the same 

 church yard. 



Charley Philips, son of Angevine, still lives on the banks of the Hud- 

 son, and was — under a succession of dynasties — 45 years sexton of St. 

 John's church, Yonkers. 



There is still living in this village and near the landing, Capt. Joel 

 Cook, a hero of 1776, who belonged to Colonel Meigs' regiment. a The 

 day Andre was captured, Gen. Washington ordered the brigade then 

 stationed at Peekskill to march to West Point. 



This gentleman during the war escorted 1500 men from Teller's Point 

 to the neighborhood of Kings Bridge. 



In compliment to the services of the old veteran, the citizens of 

 Yonkers presented him with a gold medal bearing the following in- 

 scription : — 



Presented to 



CAPT. JOEL COOK, 



by the citizens of Yonkers, 



in honor of his patriotic services in defence of 



LIBERTY, 



July 4th, 1845, 



at the battles of 



Lexington, Danbury, White Plains, Trenton and Stony Point, 



Springfield and Tippacanoe. 



The inhabitants of this town appear to have taken an active part 

 during the struggle for Independence. 



On the nth April, 1775, Colonel Frederick Philipse appeared at the 

 head of a large body of his tenantry, when the deputies from the several 

 towns of Westchester met at White Plains, for the purpose of electing 

 delegates to represent this colony in the general Congress to be held in 

 Philadelphia. 6 



At a meeting of the Committee for this County held at White Plains, 

 on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th days of August, inst., the 

 committee divided the County into districts or beats, agreeable to the 

 directions of the Provincial Congress, for forming militia and minute 

 companies. 



Yonkers formed one of the districts of the southern battalion. The 



a This waa 1848. 

 b See page 360. 



