176 THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX 



North : South : 



Indian Grant Royal Patent 



of Oct. 25, 1687. 



Pelham Manor James II. 



to to 



THOMAS PELL JOHN PELL 



Nov. 14, 1654. 2nd Lord of the Manor 



First Judge, 1688 



and First Member 



Provincial Assembly 



1691 



East: of Westchester County 



Pelham Bay Park 



1884 West: 



Erected 1891 Royal Patent 



by descendants of Oct. 6, 1666. 



BENJAMIN PELL Duke of York 



GRANDSON OF to 



THOMAS PELL THOMAS PELL 



Lord of the Manor 1st Lord of the Manor 



The large stone in the center was erected in 1862 by James 

 K. Pell and it is inscribed: 



"This stone is placed here in token of respect for the memory of . . . 

 several of the descendants of John Pell, who was born in the year 1643 and 

 died in the year 1700, the son of the Rev. John Pell, D.D. and the nephew 

 of Thomas Pell, the first proprietor of the Lordship and manor of Pelham, 

 born in the year 1603 and died in the year 1669." 



The oldest inscription reads: 



"HER LYES ISEC PELL D. DEC. 14, ANNO 1748." 



On the other side of Split Rock Road or Collins Lane along 

 which the Americans retreated, stands the pre-Revolutionary Col- 

 lins mansion or Joshua Pell house which is fast crumbling away. 

 At the foot of Prospect Hill is the finest Pell mansion of all, now 

 remodeled and modernized. The splendid group of pine trees sur- 

 rounding the house, shade the magnificent columns on either side 

 of the doorway. The unique iron lattice-work forms a pretty bal- 

 cony. On the opposite side can be seen the family coat-of-arms. 



At the corner of Wolf's Lane and Boston Road is another 

 modernized Pell house where it is said Howe and his officers seized 

 the very last turkey of the people living there and dined unbidden. 



