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The following epitaph is inscribed on his tombstone in Eastchester 



church yard: 



In 



memory of 



STEPHEN WARD, ESQ., 



who died 8th December., 1797, 



Aged 67 Years, 9 Months and 17 Days. 



Sons of America ! 

 Mourn for your country, she has lost a friend 

 Who did her rights and liberties defend. 

 May rising patriots keep those rights secure, 

 And hand them down to latest ages pure. 

 Mourn too, ye friends and relatives who knew 

 His worth, his kindness, and his love to you. 

 But duty bids us all resign, and say, 

 Thy will be done who gave and took away. 



By his wife, Ruth Gedney, the Hon. Stephen Ward left issue eight sons 

 and four daughters ; the fourth son was the late Jonathan Ward, sur- 

 rogate of the county of Westchester, and a delegate to the convention 

 that framed the late constitution of this State in 1812 : also a member 

 of State Senate in 1806. 



In the vicinity of Marble Hall are situated the two valuable marble 

 quarries now owned by John M. Masterton, late supervisor of the town. 

 The former supplied the material for the construction of the New York 

 and New Orleans Custom Houses and the City Hall, Brooklyn. 



The Winter Hill burying ground just west of Marble Hall, contains 

 some ancient memorials to the Haiden or Hadens and Hunts. One of 

 the headstones is inscribed: "S. 1 7 1 9 ; " another "Mary Hoden, deceased 

 March ye 10th, 1731." William Haiden was one of the first patentees 

 of this town in 1664-5. 



Upon the eastern side of Long Reach lies the estate of the late James 

 Somerville, Esq., now owned by James Somerville, for a long period 

 one of the Associate Judges of the county and a well known and 

 respected freeholder in this town. His father was Archibald Somerville, 

 M. D., of Melrose, Roxburgshire, Scotland (whose family originally came 

 from Berwickshire) a lineal descendant of Sir Gualter de Somerville, 

 Lord of Wicknour, one of the companions of the Norman conqueror. 

 His brother was the late Archibald Somerville who succeeded to this 

 estate and left a daughter. 



The Somerville property formerly belonged to Daniel Williams, a 

 native of the town of Bedford in this county, and was given him by the 

 State of New York, upon the 16th of June, 1783, " for and in considera- 

 tion of the services of David Williams of Cortlandt manor, in the county 



