THE TOWN, OF MAMARONECK. 



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Mamaroneck is one of the most ancient villages in the county, having 

 been laid out in, or about, the year 1660. It now contains two 

 churches, two carriage factories, several stores and about one hundred 

 dwellings, a 



The former divisions of the high ridge, originally called " Good-Suc- 

 cess Ridge," (facing the bay and post road,) are still distinguished by 

 the names of their original proprietors, viz. : Heathcote, Nelson and 

 Budds' hills. Near the entrance of the village from the west, is situated 

 Heathcote Hill, the property of Edward F. de Lancey, Esq. 



The old de Lancey residence, upon " Heathcote Hill," stands on 

 the site of a stately brick manor-house, erected by Colonel Caleb Heath- 

 cote about the year 1700, as the manor-house of his manor of Scars- 



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Heathcote Hill, Mamaroneck. 



dale, and in which he dwelt until his death in 1721. It was accidentally 

 burned a few years before the Revolution. 



Madame Knight in her journey to Boston, A.D., 1704, thus describes 

 the place : 



"From New Rochelle we travelled through Merrinack, a neat though 

 little place, with a navigable river before it, the pleasantest I ever see. 

 There are good buildings, especially one, a very fine seat, which they 

 told me was Col. Heathcote 's, who I heard was a very fine gentleman." & 

 The grounds around the present mansion are not extensive, being about 

 fifty acres ; but its views of the bay, adjacent necks and distant sound 

 scenery, present charming landscapes. Fine rows of walnuts and locusts 



a The New York and New Haven rail road depot is situated a quarter of a mile north of 

 the village. 

 b Journal of Madame Knight, N. Y. edition, 1825. 



