THE TOWN OF, MOUNT PLEASANT. 5II 



manorial residence, "which on account of its great strength and arma- 

 ment was styled ' Castle Philipse.' There the first lord of the manor lived 

 in rugged fuedal style until the lower manor house was built at Yonkers." 



In the assize records at Albany, occurs "a pass to Frederick Philipse, 

 to put on board the sloop called ye Cock 250 schepels of wheat, to be 

 carried to Milford Mill to be ground," &c. 



" Permit and suffer Frederick Philipse to land on board the sloop ye 

 Cock 250 schepels of wheat, to be carryedto ye mill at Milford for his 

 conveniency of having it ye sooner ground for his occasions, he engag- 

 ing that the floure and meale thereof shall be brought back to this place. 

 Given under my hand at Fort James, in New Yorke, the 2 2d day of 

 April, 167 1. 



To ye officers of ye customs, 



or whom else this may concern. " 



The annexed items are taken from the family ledger of the Philipse's : 



1680, John Reyder is debett, jPr Contra is Credytt, 



According to accounte de-"| To a house and 



lijwered, £3956:2 yn I ^n-i.ifl lot yn hollans, £2250 



wampum, Com. in hoi- ( *' yi: To som petyoy- 



lans, J ans, left yn the 



To the Sherryf , a byll of house, 40 



Exchange yn hollans, 1500 : — 



Apoyt 20 ToynSylver, 2290:00 



payd £5:0:0 Com'r, 

 Hollans, " " 50 — Rest due To me 



To 110 pieces of fryer pr ballins, 0054:00 



woed wyth Cartyng 3 : 4 



£2344 : 00 



Nyew Yorck, thys the 21 £2344 : 00 

 day of September, Anno. 



1680 Fredeyck Flypsen. 



The following note occurs among some old documents endorsed Van 

 Fredrich Philipse : 



Net Bockmaster, New York the 3 Augst, 1694, 



1 have sacket to pay you'n de sume 



Of sich pount twellef shilling voor 



partt of Elyas Pudington 



fogge £6—12—0. Feedeyok Flypse. 



Margaret his first wife was the daughter of Adoloph Hardenbrook, 

 who came from Ervervelt in Holland and settled at Bergen opposite 

 New Amsterdam. She married Peter Rudolphus De Vries a merchant 



