120 



THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX 



ried Thomas Willett, inherited the estate which remained in the 

 possession of her descendants until 1793. The western section 

 was sold in that year to Dominick Lynch, a wealthy Irishman ; 

 and the eastern division to Isaac Clason, after whom Clason's Point 

 received its name. 



On the extreme end of Clason's Point stood until recently 

 the ruins of an ancient farmhouse, once the abode of Thomas and 

 Sarah Willett. The farmhouse was shelled by Lord Howe's fleet 

 as the ships passed on their way to Throgg's Neck, October, 1776. 



Watson Mansion 



Many relics from this old structure and a part of the original 

 Cornell house can be found at the Clason's Point Inn. 



Close by is the Clason's Point Military Academy, erected as a 

 residence by Dominick Lynch. The committee that designed the 

 American flag met here before proceeding to Philadelphia. The 

 Lynch mansion went successively thru the hands of the Ludlow 

 family, the Schieffelins, and finally to the Christian Brothers of 

 the Catholic Church who converted it into the Sacred Heart 

 Academy, and later gave it its present name. 



The quaint old homestead of the Wilkins family is located at 

 Screven's Point, which lies south of Unionport. The point was 

 named after John Screven, a great-nephew by marriage of the 



