WCHS Publication List

Catalogue of the Westchester County Historical Society's Quarterly Publications:

The Quarterly Bulletin, 1925-1947
Westchester County Historical Bulletin, 1948-1953
The Westchester Historian, 1954-1997
Including articles and notes of interest to the Town of Yorktown

Presented as a courtesy of the Yorktown Historical Society to the Town Clerk of Yorktown

September 1998

Compiled by Ralph L. Rogers, Jr., Board of Trustees, Yorktown Historical Society
With grateful appreciation to Linda Kiederer
Publications in possession of Alice E. Roker, Town Clerk of Yorktown

Publications primarily collected by Cortland P. Auser and Doris E. Auser, both of whom held the position of Historian of the Town of Yorktown successively from 1967 to 1998.

Note: Every effort was made to capture the relevant notes and articles regarding the Town of Yorktown. A casual review of the publications was undertaken meaning that every article was not read in detail. Thus, there is the possibility some references may have been missed. However, the indices were also checked for Yorktown references, where available.

1925

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 1 No. 3, July, 1925

"Monument to Green and Flagg at Yorktown," mentions burial in cemetery of Presbyterian Church at Yorktown of Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg, First Rhode Island Regiment, Abraham Dyckman, and Davenport House. "Through the kindness of Rev. Harry B. Roberts, pastor of the Yorktown Presbyterian Church and local Historian for Yorktown..."

Picture: Monument of Col. Green, Major Flagg, and Dyckman

1926

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 2 No. 1, January, 1926

New Members: Jeremiah Rutger Van Brunt, Kitchawan

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 2 No. 3, July, 1926

New Members: Walter A. Forman, Kitchawan

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 2 No. 4, October, 1926

Westchester County Historical Society, Officers and Members, White Plains, N.Y.,

Kitchawan: Jeremiah R. Van Brunt

Yorktown: Rev. Harry B. Roberts

Yorktown Heights: Wm. Delevan Baldwin and Anson L. Lee

1927

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 3 No. 1, January, 1927

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 3 No. 3, July, 1927

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 3 No. 4, October, 1927

1928

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 4 No. 1, January, 1928

"Early Westchester Maps," mentions map of Roads from Peekskill to Pines Bridge on Croton River, etc.

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Richard Webber, Corresponding Secretary, White Plains, NY, Vol. 4 No. 2, April, 1928

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 4 No. 3, July, 1928

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 4 No. 4, October, 1928

Publication: "Meeting of Westchester County Historical Society" Held at Gramatan Hotel, Bronxville, N. Y. October 29, 1928, mentions Mohegan [native Americans]

1929

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 5 No. 1, January, 1929

Cover Page: The Yorktown Presbyterian Church

"The Yorktown Church," p. 1

William Abbatt of Tarrytown, "A Landmark in Andre's Flight," Underhill house

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 5 No. 2, April, 1929

Harry Baldwin Roberts, "The French Encampment in Yorktown,"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 5 No. 3, July, 1929

John Cox, Jr., "Quakers of Westchester County," brief mention of Amawalk meetings established in 1774

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 5 No. 4, October, 1929

1930

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 6 No. 1, January 1930

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 6 No. 2, April, 1930

Edgar Mayhew Bacon, "The Capture of Andre"

"Relics Commemorating the Capture of Andre," pp. 33-36

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 6 No. 3, July, 1930

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 6 No. 4, October, 1930

"William Delavan Baldwin; a trustee of the Society since January, 1928, died at his home in Yorktown Heights on September 26, 1930. Mr. Baldwin served with distinction as president of the Westchester County Park Commission for several years. An account of his early life may be found in Allison's History of Yonkers." p. 93

1931

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 7 No. 1, January 1931

Leslie Verne Case, "Report of Committee on Indian Site," Excavations, "SCRUB OAK [sic]. The reported find last winter of skeletal remains at Scrub Oak proved to be Caucasian rather than Indian...." p. 41

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 7 No. 2, April, 1931

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 7 No. 3, July, 1931

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 7 No. 4, October, 1931

Margaret McCord Robinson, "Milestones in the Town of Cortlandt," "After 1912, the Crompond Road claimed our attention and we succeeded in locating all but one of the milestones....The 4th [milestone] is on the Wm. D. Moore, Jr. property, on the left side of the road just west of Catherine Street (the entrance to the Field Home). Directly opposite this milestone stood the Andreas Miller house where Andre and Joshua Hett Smith spent the night of September 22, 1780. This stone was marked in 1929....The 5th is on the right or south side of the road opposite the entrance to Stoney Street. The 6th is over Carman Hill, about an eighth of a mile west of the Yorktown Presbyterian Church, also on the south side. These two stones have been removed for safety and will be replaced and marked when the Parkway extension and the new Crompond road are completed....Turing to the left at the triangle (the site of the Memorial to the Yorktown Soldiers of the World War), we come to the 7th milestone, just at the entrance of the 'East' or Congregational Burying Ground. It is interesting to note that the house just this side (south) was the parsonage of the Rev. Silas Constant, the Pastor of this Congregational group, which long after his death rejoined the Yorktown Presbyterians from which body it had separated during Dr. Constant's ministry. Continuing east on this road, now known as the West Somers road, we find two more; the 8th and the 9th. The last three named are to be cleaned and marked at an early date......Returning to Peekskill we come to Main Street, which, east from the Westchester County National Bank corner was formerly called the Five Mile Turnpike...The 4th [milestone] on the north side just beyond Mill Street. The 5th, the only one left on the 'Turnpike,' is just beyond Anderson's store at Shrub Oak, on the south side. This stone was found under the steps leading to the porch of the building used as a support. The entire stone was there but every trace of the inscription gone. It is now being recut and will soon be in place and the four missing ones will eventually be replaced with new stones."

"The Annual Pilgrimage, May 23, 1931," Mrs. [Margaret McCord] Robinson had collected a large number of historical relics, a partial list of which follows: Chair, dated 1725, was the property of Jesse Underhill of Yorktown, and was in his house on Sept. 23 where Major Andre and Joshua Hett Smith stopped that morning for breakfast. It was the last chair that Andre sat in before his capture that day at Tarrytown. This chair was presented to the Van Cortlandt Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution, in 1914, by Mr. William Halls, Jr., in the name of his friend, the late Stephen D. Horton of Peekskill....Old powder horn, dug up on the shores of Mohegan Lake by the late Walter Jones. Loaned by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Haviland Wessells of Mohegan Lake...Constitution of the Yorktown Baptist Church, dated April 14, 1790. Loaned by Mrs. Wm. J. Robinson, a great-great-great grand-daughter of Cornelius Ryder, the first named of the first Trustees on June 3, 1792....Family Bible of Abraham Ryder, oldest son of Cornelius. Printed in 1793--containing family record...Large pewter porringer and ladle--from the Currey family...Warming pan, listed in the effects of Jesse Fowler of Yorktown, a grandson of Joseph Fowler, who settled in Yorktown in 1760, near Lake Mohansic, then called Fowler's Pond...Bellows--among the effects of the descendants of Stephen Fowler of Yorktown (1798-1855)."

W. H. H. MacKellar, "Peekskill's Part in the Drama of the American Revolution," mentions Arnold, Major Andre, and Yorktown.

"Standing in Front of St. Peter's Church at Van Cortlandtville," mentions Peter Corne Grist Mill up to 1920... "There is nothing there now as the building was demolished in 1927 and taken to Yorktown to be set up again to represent the old Hallock Mill that stood there in Revolutionary times and which was been gone these many years"...also mentions Edmund Palmer, a tory, who "was arrested at his home in Yorktown, Westchester County, by his own neighbors who were led by Capt. Strang."

1932

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 8 No. 1, January, 1932

New Members: Mrs. Catharine C. Collier, Mohegan Lake

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 8 No. 2, April, 1932

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 8 No. 3, July, 1932

Margaret McCord Robinson, "Genealogical Fragments of the Appleby Family," mentions Joseph Appleby's grandson, Daniel Tompkins, son of Thomas and Mary Tompkins, of Yorktown near Croton River

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 8 No. 4, October, 1932

Robert McCord, "The 'Dugway'--A Forgotten Road," "The 'Dugway,' now a forgotten road, buried many feet under the waters of Cornell reservoir, was in the southeasterly section of the Town of Cortlandt, adjoining Yorktown."

1933

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 9 No. 1, January, 1933

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 9 No. 2, April, 1933

Chester E. Wheeler, "Replacement Records of County Historical Buildings," "Presbyterian Church, at Crompond, Yorktown. (5 Drawings). Built on the site of church burned by the British on June 24, 1779. Present building was closely associated with the founding of the Congregational denomination in America. Privately owned."

New Members: A. Bassford, Jr., Yorktown Heights

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 9 No. 3, July, 1933

"Erskine Maps Relating to Westchester County 1778," 32. A contraction from Peekskill to Pines Bridge (joined to No. 59), 43. From Woodbury to Crumpond (5 sheets: A, B, C, D & E), 44. Contraction from Danbury to Crumpond

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 9 No. 4, October, 1933

Margaret McCord Robinson, "Peter Huggeford and Some of His Descendants, Part II," mentions ambush at Davenport House

1934

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 1, January 1934

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 2, April, 1934

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 3, July, 1934

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 4, October 1934

1935

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 1, January 1935

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 2, April, 1935

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 11 No. 3, July, 1935

Leslie Verne Case, "The Lame Indian Chief," mentions "'Mamaranack chief of the Indians residing on the Kicktawanc, or Croton River' appearing at Fort Amsterdam on April 6, 1644 in their behalf"

"Some Recent Library Accessions," "Deeds, Mrs. Fred Holmes Rees presented two deeds in memory of Elizabeth (Tillotson) and James B. Hallock, whose son Henry Hallock married Mary Paulding, granddaughter of Major John Paulding 1. March 26, 1822. Deed from John Hyatt of Yorktown, New York, executor of the last will of John Paulding, deceased, to James B. Hallock of the same place, in consideration of four hundred and fifty dollars a farm in Yorktown. Witnesses: J. Darrow and Jas. D. Hyatt; John Hyatt, executor. 2. March 26, 1822. Deed from John Hyatt of Yorktown, New York, executor of the last will of John Paulding, to James B. Hallock of the same place, for the sum of fifty dollars a farm in Philipstown, county of Putnam. Witnesses: J. Darrow and Jas. D. Hyatt, and John Hyatt, executor."

Annual Members: Ashton Parker, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.; Robert A. Parker, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

1936

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 12 No. 1, January, 1936

Reginald Pelham Bolton, "Ketche-Wank"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 12 No. 2, April 1936

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 12 No. 3, July, 1936

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 12 No. 4, October 1936

1937

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 13 No. 1, January 1937

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, White Plains, NY, Vol. 13 No. 4, October 1937

Allison Albee, "The Leather Man, Part III," mentions Shrub Oak

1938

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 14 No. 1, January 1938

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 14 No. 2, April 1938

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 14 No. 3, July 1938

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 14 No. 4, October 1938

1939

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 15 No. 1, January 1939

Inside Cover: "Anniversary Celebrations," mentions 200th anniversary of the Yorktown Presbyterian Church founding.

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 15 No. 2, April 1939

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 15 No. 3, July 1939

Arthur E. Waldrat, "Old Westchester Taverns," mentions Andreas Miller's tavern, Davenport tavern, and old tavern at the junction of the roads from Katonah and Pine's Bridge to Peekskill in Yorktown.

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 15 No. 4, October 1939

1940

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 16 No. 1, January 1940

"The Question Exchange," Query on Amos Lane of Yorktown, p. 28

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 16 No. 2, April 1940

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 16 No. 3, July 1940

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 16 No. 4, October 1940

"The Eighteenth Annual Pilgrimage," mentions visits to Pines Bridge, Davenport House [Mrs. H. W. Wilson then the present owner], Underhill house [then owned by Mr. Julius J. Goldstein], First Presbyterian Church

Picture: The Underhill House, Yorktown, courtesy of Mr. H. Lawrence Coggins, p. 73

Picture: The Lee-Hallock House on Crompond Road in Yorktown, p. 74

1941

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 17 No. 1, January 1941

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 17 No. 2, April 1941

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 17 No. 4, October 1941

1942

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 18 No. 1, January 1942

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 18 No. 2, April 1942

"Major John Paulding," obituary, Yorktown

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 18 No. 3, July 1942

Brief Yorktown mention, p. 42

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 18 No. 4, October 1942

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin Author and Subject Index to Articles and Illustrations, Henry C. Strippel, Librarian, White Plains, NY, Volumes 1 -18, 1925-1942

1943

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 19 No. 1 and 2, January-April 1943

Mildred E. Struble, "Varying Names In Westchester," mentions Plumbrook Heights as Yorktown Heights, among others, p. 2

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 19 Nos. 3 and 4, July-October 1943

1944

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 20 No. 1, January 1944

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 20 Nos. 2 and 3, April-July 1944

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 20 No. 4, October 1944

1945

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 1, January 1945

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 21 Nos. 2 and 3, April-July 1945

"Some Recent Library Accessions," Howe, Herbert Barber. Notes on the Underhill family of Yorktown and Croton Point. Mount Kisco, 1944. Typewritten. (Gift of the author.)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 4, October 1945

1946

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 1, January 1946

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 4, October 1946

1947

1948

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 24 No. 2, April 1948

Margaret McCord Robinson, "Ben McCord, Loyalist"

"The Clearing House," queries, David Montross

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 24 No. 3, July 1948

Herbert B. Howe, "St. George's Church in North Castle," brief mention of Yorktown and Pines Bridge, p. 94

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 24 No. 4, October 1948

"The Clearing House," queries, Teller-Smith family of Yorktown

1949

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 25 No. 1, January 1949

Margaret McCord Robinson, "Some Andre Traditions," mentions the travels along Crompond Road and the stop at Isaac Underhill's house

Herbert B. Howe, "Maryland Troops in Westchester County," p. 28-32 [Crow Hill in Yorktown military trenches]

"The Clearing House," queries, White-Bedell of Yorktown

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 25 No. 2, April 1949

"Miscellaneous," Mrs. William J. Robinson presented the original constitution of the Baptist Church of Yorktown, dated April 14, 1780, p. 64

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 25 No. 4, October 1949

p. 134, "During the War of Independence--....On Crow Hill in Yorktown are trenches to defend Pines Bridge and the army's communications with Peekskill...Isaac Underhill House in Yorktown....

p. 135, "Between the two great wars....1842, with the first Croton Dam near Pines Bridge in Yorktown--the greatest engineering feat accomplished by municipal government in America..."

p. 135, "Since 1900 has come the second Croton Dam, 1905, in Cortlandt taking out much farm land and several communities with the change of the entire Croton Valley into a series of beautiful lakes..."

1950

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 26 No. 3, July 1950

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 26 No. 4, October 1950

Elliot Baldwin Hunt, "The President's Page," Historic Westchester County, brief mention of Croton River, Mohegan, and Kitchawan

1951

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe, Chairman, Editorial Board, Vol. 27 No. 1, January 1951

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe and Mrs. Frank W. Seth, Co-Chairmen, Editorial Board, Vol. 27 No. 2, April 1951

The late Cyril H. Burdett, "The Old Army Road," brief mention of Yorktown, p. 37

"In Memoriam," Henry Gitterman, a resident of Baptist Church Road in Yorktown....

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe and Mrs. Frank W. Seth, Co-Chairmen, Editorial Board, Vol. 27 No. 3, July 1951

"Mout Zion and Other Methodist Churches of the Cortlandt Circuit," mentions Shrub Oak (Yorktown) 1792, p. 58

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe and Mrs. Frank W. Seth, Co-Chairmen, Editorial Board, Vol. 27 No. 4, October 1951

1952

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe and Mrs. Frank W. Seth, Co-Chairmen, Editorial Board, Vol. 28 No. 2, April 1952

Westchester County Historical Society, The Quarterly Bulletin Author and Subject Index to Articles and Illustrations, Natalie M. Seth and Herbert B. Howe, Co-editors, White Plains, NY, Volumes 19-28, 1943-1952

1953

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Herbert B. Howe and Mrs. Frank W. Seth, Co-Chairmen, Editorial Board, Vol. 29 No. 1, January 1953

1954

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, White Plains, NY, Vol. 30 No. 3, Summer 1954

New Members: Mrs. Edward Stanley, Yorktown Heights

1955

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, White Plains, NY, Vol. 31 No. 2, April 1955

"The Old Oak Tree," story of Daniel Strang, mentions Rev. Mr. Sackett of the Crompond Presbyterian Church

William Carter Halbert, A.I.A., "Westchester Historical Buildings Addenda," "Yorktown Heights: Richardson Davenport House, 1776. Scene of Revolutionary activity. HQ. Col. Christopher Greene 1781. He was killed by DeLancey's Tories here May 1781. Altered and extended in 1840. Res. Mrs. Halsey W. Wilson, Croton Heights Road, off Route 118."

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 31 No. 4, October 1955

1956

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, White Plains, NY, Vol. 32 No. 1, January 1956

"President's Page," mentions annual fall pilgrimage to Yorktown, Grange building, Hanover Hill Farm owned by Henry I. Christal, Mrs. Logan Billingsley

"Perry D. Trafford, Jr. to Mr. Hunt, TL," mentions earthworks of Crow Hill which the writer, Mr. Trafford, could not find

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, White Plains, NY, Vol. 32 No. 2, Spring 1956

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 32 No. 3, Summer 1956

Inside Front Cover: Picture of house owned by Miss Henrietta Strong that was occupied by General Rochambeau, Courtesy of Mrs. Logan Billingsley

Picture: Hanover Hill Farm. Residence of Henry I. Christal. Yorktown Heights, Courtesy of Mrs. Logan Billingsley, p. 75

1957

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 33 No. 1, Jan. - Feb. - Mar., 1957

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Harry B. Harvey and Allison Albee, Co-Editors, Vol. 33 No. 2, April - May - June, 1957

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Harry B. Harvey and Allison Albee, Co-Editors, Vol. 33 No. 3, July, August, September, 1957

"Contributed Items," Yorktown, New York, land papers, 1800-1854 (Gift of Mrs. Maureen McKernan Ross), p. 67

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Harry B. Harvey and Allison Albee, Co-Editors, White Plains, NY, Vol. 33 No. 4, October, November, December, 1957

Fred C. Warner, "Some North County Milestones," states the following, "It is but one of the few still remaining to mark the course of the old Boston to Hudson River Post Road. Over this ancient 'thruway' that cuts across the north west corner of the Town of North Salem, passed through Somers and thus on to Peekskill, rolled the stage coaches of the Eagle and Redbird lines."

1958

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Harry B. Harvey and Allison Albee, Co-Editors, Vol. 34 No. 2, April, May, June, 1958

Virginia Larkin Redway, "A 35th Milestone," "Ultimately Cedar Lane becomes Spring Valley Road goes past Tea Town Road, past Illington Road, and joins with the Kitchawan Road which arrives at Pines Bridge with its 40th Milestone. Truly, an East West Road."

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Harry B. Harvey and Allison Albee, Co-Editors, Vol. 34 No. 3, July, August, September, 1958

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Some Preceding Events; The Defection of High Sheriff James De Lancey; The Crow Hill Earthworks" (Part One)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 34 No. 4, October, November, December, 1958

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: The Refugee Corps; The Elusive Colonel; Washington, Pines Bridge and Colonel Greene" (Part Two)

1959

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 35 No. 1, January, February, March, 1959

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Gen. Arnold and Gen. Heath, Pines Bridge Not Defended and Pines Bridge Defended" (Part Three)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 35 No. 2, April, May, June, 1959

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Rhode Island Village, Col. Greene's Colored Regiment, Smallpox in the Highlands" (Part Four)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 35 No. 3, July, August, September, 1959

Cover Page: Picture of Pines Bridge in the Town of Yorktown before 1895. Photo in possession of Mrs. Harold E. June

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Revolutionary Landmarks Inundated, Washington's Familiarity with the Croton Defenses, Bridge Positions" (Part Five)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 35 No. 4, October, November, December, 1959

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Locations of the Garrisoned Houses, Traditions of a Secret Room, the Crompond Road" (Part Six)

1960

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 36 No. 1, January, February, March, 1960

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Oblenis Ford, The Davenport House, Gilbert Totten's Arrest" (Part 7)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Allison Albee, Editor, Vol. 36 No. 2, April, May, June, 1960

Cortland Pell Auser, Ph. D., "Le Comte At Crompond: October, 1782, Part I -- An Old Problem Re-Opened"

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Totten's Threat, Greene's Precarious Position, The Unhappy Huguenot" (Part 8)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, Vol. 36 No. 3, July, August, September, 1960

Cortland Pell Auser, Ph. D., "Le Comte At Crompond: October, 1782, Part 2 -- The Problem Resolved"

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Daily Post Routine, May 13, 1781, A Biographical Memorandum" (Part 9)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, Vol. 36 No. 4, October, November, December, 1960

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: DeLancey's Invincibles, The Enemy Crosses the Croton, Davenport's Approached Unseen" (Part 10)

1961

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 37 Number 1, January, February, March, 1961

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: the Attack at Davenport's, Death of Colonel Greene and Major Flagg, A Dissenting Witness" (Part 11)

Picture: Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg monument at the Presbyterian churchyard cemetery, p. 21

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 37 Number 2, April, May, June, 1961

Allison Albee, "The Defenses At Pine's Bridge: Surrender at Griffin's, Death Before Dishonor, The Return to Morrisiania, Official Reports" (Part 12)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 37 Number 3, July, August, September, 1961

1962

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 38 Number 1, January, February, March, 1962

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 38 Number 2, April, May, June, 1962

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 38 Number 3, July, August, September, 1962

John Gemmill, "Some Westchester--Built or Projected," mentions Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 38 Number 4, October, November, December, 1962

1963

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Vol. 39 No. 1, January, February, March, 1963

Cemetery of Groveville Methodist Church, Dixie, Westchester County, New York (near Croton Dam) copied by W. P. Horton in 1918 [Yorktown?]

Hyatt Plot, near Yorktown on Shrub Oak Road, copied by W. P. Horton in 1917

"Around the County," mention of Yorktown resident Mr. Nathaniel Stein

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, Vol. 39 No. 2, April, May, June, 1963

Picture: The Presbyterian Church, Yorktown, by Renoda Hoffman, p. 52

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, White Plains, NY, Volume 39 Number 3, July, August, September, 1963

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, Tuckahoe, NY, Volume 39 Number 4, October, November, December, 1963

1964

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, Vol. 40 No. 1, January, February, March, 1964

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, Vol. 40 No. 2, April, May, June, 1964

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Cortland Pell Auser and Doris E. Auser, Editors, Volume 40 Number 3, 1964

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 40 Number 4, 1964

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian Twelve Year Index, Renoda Hoffman, compiler, 43 Read Avenue Tuckahoe, NY, Volumes 29 to 40, 1953-1964

1965

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 41 Number 1, Winter 1965

Cover: Picture of Davenport House

"A Christmas Gift for Our Society," [anonymous benefactor donates Davenport House]

Mildred E. Strang, "Crompond Street over the Years"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 41 Number 3, Summer 1965

Pictures, "Then and Now," "Ground for the Florenceville School on Hunterbrook Road in Yorktown was given by Solomon Requa to the School Trustees in 1860....The building was renovated....It is now occupied by the Campbell G. Dewey family," photographs by Renoda Hoffman

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 41 Number 4, Autumn 1965

"Davenport Museum," "WCHS has entered into an agreement with the Town of Yorktown by which the Town will have the use of two rooms in our historic Davenport House to be developed into a museum for historic Yorktown documents, books and memorabilia. Provided rent free, the Town will redecorate the rooms before moving in...."

1966

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 42 Number 1, Winter 1966

New Members: Mr. & Mrs. John R. Kibbe, Yorktown Heights; Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Lowery; Arthur C. Lee, Yorktown Heights; Miss Edith M. Phelps, Yorktown Heights; Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Thorne, Yorktown Heights; Miss Marguerite Vollmer, Yorktown Heights

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 42 Number 2, Spring 1966

"A Message from our President," mentions Davenport House, Cortland P. Auser accepting Curatorship of Davenport House, Mr. John R. Kibbe, Supervisor of the Town of Yorktown, the old Croton Heights Inn

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 42 Number 3, Summer 1966

Pictures: "Then and Now," photos of W. C. Haight's general store (Darrow's before that) on Main Street in Shrub Oak by Renoda Hoffman

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 42 Number 4, Fall 1966

"Davenport's Yorktown Museum," "Ceremonies were held at the Davenport House in Yorktown Heights on the afternoon of August 6th, when the Town of Yorktown opened its two room museum in that historic house which is owned by our society...."

1967

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 43 Number 1, Winter 1967

"A Message From Our President," mentions Davenport House and Mrs. Edward D. Lowery, Yorktown Town Historian

"Pensioners of the Civil War," The Mount Kisco Recorder, Jan. 25, 1884, Jacob D. Newman, Yorktown; Martha Purdy, Yorktown

"Dinner at Yorktown," housewarming of Davenport House

New Members: Mrs. Constance P. Auser, Yorktown Heights; Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Hobbs, Yorktown Heights; Mrs. Wilfred J. McDonough, Yorktown Heights; Mr. and Mrs. John M. O'Rourke, Yorktown Heights; Miss Ausa I. Phelps, Yorktown Heights

"Yorktown Historian," Dr. Cortland P. Auser was recently named Historian of the Town of Yorktown, Mr. Arthur C. Lee, Yorktown's Historical Consultant, will continue in that office

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 43 Number 2, Spring 1967

Back page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 43 Number 3, Summer 1967

"Open House Tour, 1967," "In conjunction with Friends of the Yorktown Museum, our Society held an Open House Tour in Yorktown on June 3rd", including The First Presbyterian Church, The Lee Homestead, The Rochambeau House, The Hallock House, The Andre-Underhill House, Hanover Hills Farm, Davenport House, Peter Pratt's Inn

Back page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 43 Number 4, Fall 1967

Back page: Davenport House Museum

1968

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 44 Number 1, Winter 1968

New Members: Edward Ross Eidelman, Yorktown Heights; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Stobbe, Jr., Yorktown Heights

Back page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 44 Number 2, Spring 1968

"Davenport House," new exhibit, the late Mme. Lydia Locke, coloratura soprano, once a resident of Yorktown

Back page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 44 Number 3, Summer 1968

Cover Page: The Lounsbury Mill, by Renoda Hoffman

Pictures: "The Lounsbury Mill," photos by Renoda Hoffman, Hunter Brook in Yorktown, a.k.a. Fowler or Hallman Mill, a saw mill, "This mill was recently razed to make way for new homes." p.59

Back page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 44 Number 4, Fall 1968

Renoda Hoffman, "The Night The Dam Broke"

Back Page: Davenport House Museum

1969

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 45 Number 1, Winter 1969

Cortland P. Auser, "In October Once: History in Low Key," [Poem]

Davenport House Receives Plaque, p. 18

Cortland P. Auser, "Yorktown Times, Woman of the Year," [Mildred Elizabeth Strang], p. 24

Back Page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 45 Number 2, Spring 1969

Cortland P. Auser, "Croton Lake," [Poem]

Back Page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 45 Number 3, Summer 1969

Cortland P. Auser, "Neighboring Heart: A Clandestine Visit To Croton," [Poem]

Back Page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 45 Number 4, Fall 1969

Back Page: Davenport House Museum

1970

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 46 Number 1, Winter 1970

A Plaque for Davenport House, p. 12

Cortland P. Auser, "Hanover: Earth-Bound" [Poem]

Back Page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 46 Number 2, Spring 1970

Back Page: Davenport House Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 46 Number 3, Summer 1970

"Have You Heard?," "Dr. and Mrs. Cortlandt P. Auser have resigned as Curators of our historic Davenport House in Yorktown. They purchased a new home on Crompond Road and move in last May. Dr. Auser is Yorktown Historian. Mrs. Auser is Curator of the Town Museum housed in Davenport House."

Back Page: Davenport House Museum, Yorktown Museum

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 46 Number 4, Fall 1970

1971

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 47 Number 1, Winter 1971

New Members: Miss Carol Anderson, Yorktown Heights

Back Page: Davenport House Museum, Yorktown Museum, (Closed for Winter)

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 47 Number 2, Spring 1971

Picture: Wire Bridge, a.k.a. Dugway Bridge, spanning the Croton River at Hunterville, taken 1905 [ near Yorktown]

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 47 Number 3, Summer 1971

"Westchester Bridges 1838 - 1859," Board of Supervisors of the County of Westchester report on amount of money appropriated for building and maintaining Bridges

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 47 Number 4, Autumn 1971

Back Page: The Davenport House, Yorktown Museum, "Closed for Winter"

1972

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 48 Number 1, Winter 1972

Back Page: Davenport House, "Closed for Winter"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 48 Number 2, Spring 1972

Back Page: Davenport House, "Closed Temporarily"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 48 Number 3, Summer 1972

Back Page: Davenport House, "Closed Temporarily"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 48 Number 4, Fall 1972

"Common School Teachers," Lists school teachers in Westchester, including Yorktown as of September 10, 1845

Back Page: Davenport House, "Closed Temporarily"

1973

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 49 Number 1, Winter 1973

Back Page: Davenport House, "Closed Temporarily"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 49 Number 2, Spring 1973

Back Page: Davenport House, "Closed Temporarily"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 49 Number 3, Summer 1973

Back Page: Davenport House, "Closed Temporarily"

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 49 Number 4, Fall 1973

Richard S. Cunliffe, "The Red Blinds Stables," article about Dr. Elise Strang L'Esperance who was born in Yorktown

Back Cover: Davenport House, "Closed Temporarily"

1974

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 50 Number 1, Winter 1974

Renoda Hoffman, "One Hundred Years Young," mentions Davenport House presentation to the Society in 1964 and recent problems that closed its doors

Back Page: Davenport House Museum, Closed Temporarily

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, Volume 50 Number 2, Spring 1974

Marie Poremski, "The Gedneys of Gedney Farm," mentions John Gedney (1695-1766). "His second oldest son, John, purchased a farm in Yorktown, near Crompond, where he died about 1763 when his only son of five children, also John, was just two years old."

Back Page: The Davenport House, Closed Temporarily

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 50 Number 3, Summer 1974

"HappeningS," mentions May 5th, 1974 gathering at Davenport House, announcement of 'Colonel Greene Mountain,' Colonel Cortlandt Auser Yorktown Historian

Picture: Davenport House, p. 58

Renoda Hoffman, "History Was Made in Westchester Taverns," mentions Davenport House and Andreas Miller tavern on Crompond Road

Back Page: The Davenport House, Closed Temporarily

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, , Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 50 Number 4, Fall 1974

Allison Albee, "John Dobbs Cave," mentions two caves in southwestern Yorktown--John Dobbs Cave and the Hopper Hole as well as Eugene Wilson farm, the "leather man," and Theodore Tompkins

Back Page: The Davenport House, Closed Temporarily

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian Ten Year Index, Renoda Hoffman, compiler, 43 Read Avenue Tuckahoe, NY, Volumes 41 thru 50, 1965-1974

1975

Westchester County Historical Society, The Westchester Historian, Renoda Hoffman, Editor, 5 Belmont Street White Plains, NY, Volume 51 Number 1, Winter 1975

"HappeningS,"mentions Rev. Ronald James, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Yorktown

"The Mount Kisco Recorder--1907,"mentions Theodore Purdy, undertaker bringing suit against Elisha Purdy over funeral expenses of the estate of S. L. Purdy of Purdys Station