So HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



of public execration. A gentleman remarked that he had good reasons for 

 thinking Mr. Jay would be selected by President Washington for that posi- 

 tion. "If my country demands the sacrifice,'' replied Mr. Jay, "I am ready." 

 Mr. Jay was appointed. He went to England, negotiated the treaty, which, 

 though much opposed, was at last ratified by the Senate. But Mr. Jay was for 

 years an object of strong popular hostility.— The Boston True Flag, text June 

 24, 1876. 



In the same room died on Thursday, Oct. 14, 1858, his second son, 

 Judge William Jay. He was born June 16, 1779, graduated at Yale 

 College in 1807, and studied law at Albany; but having injured his 

 eyes by intense study, relinquished his practice and retired to Bedford. 

 Upon the death of his father in 1829, he acquired the Bedford estate. 

 He was for several years one of the Judges of the Court of Common 

 Pleas for Westchester County. His life was principally devoted to 

 philanthropic labors, and he went to his rest like a stock of corn, fully 

 ripe. 



By his wife Augusta McVicker, he had one son the Hon. John Jay, 

 and five daughters, Anna, who married the Rev. Lewis P. W. Balch, 

 D.D., Cannon of Montreal Cathedral; Maria who married John F. 

 Butterworth; Sarah Louisa, who married Alexander M. Brenan, M.D.,» 

 and Eliza and Augusta the successive wives of Henry Edward Peilew, 

 Esq, 



Surrounding the house are ornamental grounds tastefully laid out in 

 flower-beds and shrubbery, and to the left is a fine kitchen garden and 

 green-houses. 



Opposite the homestead in the Katonah wood is situated the hand- 

 some stone residence of Henry Edward Peilew, Esq. (grandson of Ed- 

 mund Edward Peilew, Viscount Exmouth, England,) brother-in-law 

 of the Hon. John Jay. 



A little East of the Jay homestead, flows Spruce Creek, the former 

 division line between the "Vineyards" and the "Dibble" purchases. 



North and East of Cantetoe lies the valley of the Peppeneghek or 

 Cross River, celebrated for its picturesque beauty ; on this romantic 

 stream is situated the Jay Mills, now owned by the Hoyt brothers. 



Katonah is a thriving village in the North-west corner of Bedford, sit- 

 uated near the junction of the Croton and Cross Rivers. Upon the 

 latter stream are located several mills and manufactories. The Cross 

 River or Peppeneghek is said to discharge at the rate of nine millions 

 one hundred and forty thousand four hundred gallons per diem. 



The settlement contains two churches, a Methodist Episcopal and 



