246 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



mill of the late Robert Reid, Esq. This gentleman was the son of 

 John Reid, who was born at Dalmellington, Ayreshire, Scotland, in. 

 1752, and bought land of John Bartow. His grandfather, Robert Reid, 

 was of Ayreshire, Scotland, and descended from the Reids of Loch 

 Hannoch, of the Clan Chatu, settled at Craig-on-Hill, Ayrshire, 1644. 

 Robert Reid's mother was Mary Bartow. He had five maiden sisters ; 

 one of whom, Phoebe, still survives and occupies the property which 

 they have held for nearly a century. The Reid cottage occupies an 

 extensive view of the winding creek and the high grounds of Pelham. 

 The adjoining property formed a portion of the ancient planting grounds 

 of Eastchester. 



Further to the south-west lies Black Dog Brook, sometimes called 

 Hutchinson's Brook, so mysteriously connected with the fate of the cele- 

 brated Ann Hutchinson. This stream constitutes a portion of the 

 southern boundary between the towns of East and West Chester ; it 

 discharges into the Aqueanouncke, or Hutchinson's Creek. 



Upon the Western shore of Hutchinson's Creek is located the village 

 landing already alluded to. In this stream a British vessel of war was 

 captured during the Revolution by a party of whale-boat men. 



In the south-west corner of Eastchester lies the estate of the late 

 George Faile, Esq., (at present occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Thomas 

 H. Rutherford), formerly the property of Fleetwood Marsh, Esq., a 

 native of Dutchel, Buckinghamshire, England, for many years a free- 

 holder in this town. The situation of the estate is very fine, command- 

 ing all the various undulations of a hilly district. The house, seated 

 upon rising ground, overlooks the valley to the south-east, Eastchester 

 Creek, and the distant waters of the Sound. 



The adjoining property on the west belonged to the late Robert 

 Givans, Esq. The mansion is surrounded by extensive plantations and 

 ample woodlands. The latter affords a favorite rendezvous, or head- 

 quarters, for vast flocks of crows, which receive every protection from 

 their generous benefactors. The noise created by them in their evening 

 assemblage and re-ascension in the morning, is incredible — causing the 

 wood to re-echo with a thousand reverberations. 



In the immediate neighborhood are the properties of the late Judge 

 Effingham, C. Schieffelin and Col. C. M. Schieffelin, late member of 

 the Assembly. The former was once owned by Capt. Solomon Fowler, 

 of De Lancy's Refugee Corps, who was killed at Horse Neck during 

 the Revolutionary War. It was afterwards confiscated. Col. Schieffe- 

 lin's residence occupies the summit of a high ridge, overlooking the 

 valley of Eastchester on the east. 



