Pelham

Westchester County

ABCO Plumbing & Heating

914-738-3144
 

Accents on Antiques

914-637-1195
 

Alarming Sounds

914-738-6705
 

Allstate Insurance - Albert Gargiulo

914-738-0007
 

Allstate Insurance - John Devine

914-738-6668
 

B & G Auto Distributors Inc.

914-738-3455
 

Babuska Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning

914-738-3105
 

Baskin, Howard DMD

914-712-0661
 

Battaglia Family Hair Studio

914-738-5552
 

Bill Eayrs Antiques

914-738-1162
 

Billy Shears Hair & Nail Salon

914-738-4162
 

Blakeman, Earle C DDS

914-738-0666
 

Breath of Spring Limited

914-738-3865
 

Chiropractic Center of Pelham

914-738-6201
 

10803, Christ Church, Parish of Christ the Redeemer, Pelham, NY, Christian churches, families with children, Bronx, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Pelham, life-long Episcopalians | Westchester Christ Church of Pelham

914-738-5515
  Christ Church, The Parish of Christ the Redeemer is located at 1415 Pelhamdale Ave., Pelham, NY 10803. Like all other Christian churches we are called to follow the Summary of the Law given by our Lord Jesus Christ. That means that we are to love the Lord our God with all our strength and our neighbors as ourselves. Christ Church of Pelham | Westchester  website and more . . .


Christian Churches | Pelham Christian Churches | Westchester Christian Churches | Hudson Valley

Christopher R. Montgomery

914-738-1500
 

City Suburban Plumbing Corporation

914-738-0894
 

10803, Community Church, Pelhams, United Church of Christ, Pelham, CCP, congregation of the United Church of Christ, Pilgrims, Washington, Highbrook, Metro-North train station | Westchester Community Church of the Pelhams

914-738-1513
  Community Church of the Pelhams, United Church of Christ is located at 448 Washington AvePelham, NY 10803. Community Church of the Pelhams | Westchester  website and more . . .


Christian Churches | Pelham Christian Churches | Westchester Christian Churches | Hudson Valley

find local farmers market, fresh produce, Farmers Markets, Westchester County, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, New Rochelle, Ossining, Pelham, Pleasantville, Rye, Tarrytown | Westchester Community Markets - Pelham

914-923-4837
  Community Markets, is an organization that believes strongly in supporting local agriculture, strengthening local communities, and making fresh produce available to neighborhoods with limited access. Community Markets - Pelham | Westchester  website and more . . .


Farm Stores | Pelham Farmers' Markets | Westchester Farm Stores | Hudson Valley
Long Island Sound Towns | Pelham Long Island Sound Towns | Westchester Long Island Sound Towns | Hudson Valley
Farmers Pledge | Pelham Farmers Pledge | Westchester Farms - Organic | Hudson Valley

Component Assembly

212-752-3548
 

Counseling Center - Pelham

914-738-1061
 

10803, Pharmacy, Pelham Manor NY, Westchester County | Westchester CVS Pharmacy - Pelham Manor

914-738-5814
  CVS Pharmacy
4760 Boston Post Road
Pelham Manor NY 10803
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D Ragno Landscaping Corp

914-738-0652
 

Deborah's Do's

914-654-9601
 

10803, food market, Pelham NY, organic fruits and vegetables, gluten-free section,  Bakery, craft and local brews, Growler filling station, Deli, Gluten-free products, Local and organic produce, Prepared foods, Seafood and meats, Sushi Bar | Westchester DeCicco’s Marketplace - Pelham

914-738-1377
  DeCicco’s, a food market, is located at 43 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY 10803 in Westchester County.

From DeCicco's: "The oldest of the DeCicco’s Family Markets, the Pelham store opened there doors to the public in 1984. The community staple offers a full-service deli, a fresh seafood department, a high quality meat counter, and a fresh-from-the-garden produce section containing many organic fruits and vegetables from all over the world. A newer addition to the Pelham store is DeCicco’s famous growler system, containing 12 taps of fresh, craft beer, in addition to hundreds of bottles of both local and hard to find brews lining the shelves. The location recently expanded their already large gluten-free section in order to accommodate more customers with gluten allergies." DeCicco’s Marketplace - Pelham | Westchester  website and more . . .


Brewery | Pelham Craft Beer | Westchester Brewery | Hudson Valley
Restaurants - Bakery | Pelham Restaurants - Bakery | Westchester Restaurants - Bakery | Hudson Valley
Gluten-Free Options | Pelham Gluten-Free Options | Westchester Gluten-Free Options | Hudson Valley
Crafts | Pelham Gifts | Westchester Crafts | Hudson Valley
Organic Foods | Pelham Grass-Fed | Westchester Organic Foods | Hudson Valley
Food Stores | Pelham Grocery Stores & Supermarkets | Westchester Food Stores | Hudson Valley

Devine Michael CPA

914-738-7900
 

Dowell, Susan H C.S.W.

914-738-9360
 

Finest Touch Hair Replacement

914-576-4776
 

G & G Design Engineers

914-738-4810
 

Gallin Beeler Design Studio

914- 693-4004
 

Gioe, Deborah DC

914-738-2696
 

Greener By Design

914 637 9870
 

Gristedes Sloan

914-738-3737
 

Guardian Security & Surveillance Corporation

914-738-2746
 

Hair Dimension IV

914-738-6170
 

Hair Magic

914-738-6473
 

10803, Real Estate Services, Pelham Brokerage, Pelham, NY, Southern Westchester County | Westchester Houlihan Lawrence - Pelham Real Estate

914-738-2006
  Address
Real Estate Services
Pelham Brokerage
1 Pelhamwood Ave.
Pelham, NY 10803
southern Westchester County Houlihan Lawrence - Pelham Real Estate | Westchester  more . . .


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10803, Memorial Church, Pelham, NY, southern Westchester County, Presbyterian Church, Reformed, progressive, church, Christian discipleship, music, family-friendly atmosphere, Sunday worship, Huguenot's many ministries and programs | Westchester Huguenot Memorial Church

914-738-3488
  Huguenot Memorial Church is located at 901 Pelhamdale Ave., Pelham, NY 10803 in southern Westchester County. Our church follows the tradition of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, which is Reformed, progressive, and open to questioning. Huguenot Memorial Church | Westchester  website and more . . .


Christian Churches | Pelham Christian Churches | Westchester Christian Churches | Hudson Valley

Huguenot Nursery School

914-738-6346
 

Humbert, Ronald C.S.W.

914-738-6508
 

Jaffe J William CPA

914-738-6790
 

JLF Architectural Consultants

914-712-9670
 

John C Fondrisi Aia Architects

914-738-4996
 

Junior Wonders Nursery School

914-738-6518
 

Katherine Eisold Miller

914-738-7765
 

Kathy's Salon

914-738-9599
 

10803, Pelham, NY, Southern Westchester County | Westchester Katz Russell, DVM

914-738-2665
  Address
74 Lincoln Ave.
Pelham, NY 10803
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Veterinarians | Pelham Veterinary | Westchester Veterinarians | Hudson Valley

Kessler, Irina V DDS

914-738-3606
 

Klein Pharmacy

914-738-3333
 

Mckenna Family Chiropractic

914-738-4460
 

Montessori School Pelham Manor

914-738-1127
 

10803, Pelham, NY, Grand Central Terminal | Westchester MTA Metro-North Railroad, Pelham

800-638-7646
  Address
1 Pelhamwood Ave (Wolf's Lane) at First Street
Pelham, NY, 10803

15.1 miles to Grand Central Terminal MTA Metro-North Railroad, Pelham | Westchester  website and more . . .


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10803, Address of Municipal Building, Pelham Village Hall, Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham Manor and the Village of Pelham, Westchester County Demographics, Demographics for Village of Pelham, MTA Train Station to Grand Central in Manhattan | Westchester Municipality - Village of Pelham

914-738-2015
  Address of Municipal Building
Pelham Village Hall
195 Sparks Avenue
Pelham, NY 10803
Westchester County
(914) 738-2015

Village of Pelham
The Village of Pelham is a total of .8 square miles and is located in southern Westchester, New York. The village borders Pelham Manor to its south. The Village of Pelham and North Pelham merged to become the single Village of Pelham in 1975. The Pelham Village Hall is approximately 19.9 miles to midtown Manhattan (measured to Rockefeller Plaza).

The Town of Pelham is made up of the Village of Pelham Manor and the Village of Pelham. The town government is responsible for Assessor's Department, Town Justice Court, Town Library, ambulance service, recreational activities, and more tax related functions. Municipality - Village of Pelham | Westchester  website and more . . .


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New Dimension

914-738-0232
 

New Image Hair Styling

914-738-1323
 

Nicholas Day Spa and Salon

914-738-5750
 

10803, Chinese Restaurant, Chinese food take-out, Pelham, NY, Westchester County | Westchester Number One Chinese "Chinese take-out"

914-738-4096
  Number One Chinese Restaurant, a Chinese food take-out, is located at 904 Pelhamdale Ave., Pelham, NY 10803 in Westchester County. Number One Chinese  "Chinese take-out" | Westchester  more . . .


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Specialty Foods & Deli's | Pelham Specialty Foods & Deli's | Westchester Specialty Foods & Deli's | Hudson Valley

Omni Barber Shop

914-637-2660
 

Pacia, John DDS

914-738-6707
 

Palmieri Landscaping CO Inc

914-699-2257
 

Pat's Hair Salon

914-738-1800
 

Paws On Fifth

914-738-3850
 

10803, Pelham, NY, Southern Westchester County, Animal Hospital, veterinary services including diagnostics, wellness vaccinations, boarding, grooming and treatment of illnesses and injuries to pets of all types | Westchester Pelham Animal Hospital

914-738-2665
  Address
74 Lincoln Ave.
Pelham, NY 10803
southern Westchester County Pelham Animal Hospital | Westchester  more . . .


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Pelham Children's Center

914-738-3900
 

Pelham Events Calendar

914-738-2015
 

egalitarian synagogue communal Jewish unaffiliated Hebrew school New York City cosmopolitan observance interfaith couples | Westchester Pelham Jewish Center - Conservative

914-738-6008
  Welcome to the Pelham Jewish Center. We are an egalitarian synagogue committed to fostering a rich, communal Jewish life through prayer, study, social action, and outreach to the unaffiliated. We have a Hebrew school, adult education programs, youth groups, and social action programs. Our relatively small size and proximity to New York City have allowed us to develop a community that is both close-knit and cosmopolitan. We have a few elderly founding members, more empty-nesters, and many young families. We have a diverse membership consisting of people from all backgrounds and experiences with Jewish observance, including interfaith couples. Everyone is welcome at Pelham Jewish Center; everyone is encouraged to participate. Pelham Jewish Center - Conservative | Westchester  website and more . . .


Synagogues | Pelham Jewish Temple | Westchester Synagogues | Hudson Valley

10803, Picture House, independent, international, documentary, classic cinema, restored 1921 theater, southern Westchester’s nonprofit alternative to commercial multiplex theaters, old movie houses, single-screen theaters | Westchester Pelham Picture House

914-738-7337
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"The Picture House presents the best in independent, international, documentary, and classic cinema in a beautifully restored 1921 theater. As southern Westchester’s nonprofit alternative to commercial multiplex theaters, we invite actors, directors, screenwriters, producers, critics, and others to engage with our audiences. Pelham Picture House | Westchester  website and more . . .


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Movie Theaters | Pelham Movie Theaters | Westchester Cinema | Hudson Valley

10803, Address, Pelham, Post Office, NY | Westchester Pelham Post Office

914-576-7463
  Address
Pelham Post Office
26 1st Street
Pelham, NY 10803 Pelham Post Office | Westchester  website and more . . .


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10803 Downloadable Audiobooks TumbleBook Story Time for children Book Groups Computers | Westchester Pelham Public Library

914-738-1234
  The Pelham Public Library is located at 530 Colonial Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. The Town of Pelham Public Library serves the people of Pelham and Westchester County by providing books, materials, information and library services to meet their interests and needs. The Library strives to provide excellent library services and programs which work in concert with other cultural and educational institutions in the Town of Pelham. Pelham Public Library | Westchester  website and more . . .


Educational Programs for Kids | Pelham Educational Programs for Kids | Westchester Educational Programs for Kids | Hudson Valley
NYS Library | Pelham Library | Westchester NYS Library | Hudson Valley
Long Island Sound Towns | Pelham Long Island Sound Towns | Westchester Long Island Sound Towns | Hudson Valley

Pelham Town Website

914-738-1021
 

10803, School District, schools, Colonial Elementary, Hutchinson Elementary, Prospect Hill Elementaryl, Siwanoy Elementary, Pelham Middle School, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham school, Board of Education, teachers,  about the schools in Pelham | Westchester Pelham Union Free School District

914-738-3434
  The Pelham Union Free School District is located at 661 Hillside Road, Pelham, NY 10803 in Westchester County. The Pelham Union Free School District is comprised of the following schools: Pelham Union Free School District | Westchester  website and more . . .


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10803, weather information, forecasts, severe weather, maps, weather, iWitness weather, travel, outdoors | Westchester Pelham Village Weather Forecast

  Press blue button for weather information, including forecasts, severe weather, maps, weather apps, video, iWitness weather, travel, outdoors, and more. Pelham Village Weather Forecast | Westchester  website and more . . .


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Pelham Village Website

914-738-2015
 

10803, weather information, forecasts, severe weather, maps, weather, iWitness weather, travel, outdoors | Westchester Pelham, Town of Weather Forecast

  Press blue button for weather information, including forecasts, severe weather, maps, weather apps, video, iWitness weather, travel, outdoors, and more. Pelham, Town of Weather Forecast | Westchester  website and more . . .


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Playful Wonders - After School Program

914-632-1377
 

10803, About the Pelham Police Department, Police Station Address, Pelham, NY, Police Chief, About, Police Department, Police Officers, Police Administration, Investigations Unit, criminal, non-criminal matters, Patrol function, burglars | Westchester Police Department, Pelham

914-738-2000
 
Police Station Address
Pelham Police Department
195 Sparks Ave
Pelham, NY 10803 Police Department, Pelham | Westchester  website and more . . .


Police & Sheriffs | Pelham Police Departments / Sherriff's Offices | Westchester Police & Sheriffs | Hudson Valley

10803, About the Village of Pelham Manor Police Department, Police Station Address, Police Chief, About, Pelham Manor Police, CPR, defibrillators, DARE, DARE officers, Auto Theft, CAT program | Westchester Police Department, Village of Pelham Manor

914-738-1000
 
Police Station Address
Pelham Manor Police Department
Four Penfield Place
Pelham Manor, NY 10803 Police Department, Village of Pelham Manor | Westchester  website and more . . .


Police & Sheriffs | Pelham Police Departments / Sherriff's Offices | Westchester Police & Sheriffs | Hudson Valley

Prisco, Michael Dentist

914-738-8356
 

Radogna, Joseph P Dentist

914-738-1281
 

Ralph's Fifth Avenue Hair Cutting

914-738-4317
 

Rao Insurance Agency

914-738-1820
 

Rozycki Michael A CPA

914-654-0663
 

Saint Catharine’s Church

914-738-1491
 

Sherwood Eli Allen CPA

914-738-6014
 

State Farm Insurance - Mark Link

914-712-3680
 

Pelham, Pelham Manor, Stiefvater Real Estate, Westhester's oldest town, Long Island Sound, Blue Ribbon schools, Metro North, homes in all price ranges, #One place to live, Westchester Real Estate | Westchester Stiefvater Real Estate, Inc.

914-738-1133
 

Stonebridge Pharmacy

914-738-2400
 

Tricia's Unisex Salon

914-738-1910
 

Vision World - Pelham

914-738-2885
 

Weather Related Closings & Delays - Westchester County

  For weather related school closings, cancellations, and delays in Westchester County, select one of the following links. Weather Related Closings & Delays - Westchester County | Westchester  more . . .


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10803, Bakery, southern Westchester County | Westchester Wrapps at the Bakery at Four Corners

914-636-0569
  Wrapps At the Bakery At Four Corners, serving great coffee and more, is located at 4668 Boston Post Road, Pelham NY 10803, in southern Westchester County. Wrapps at the Bakery at Four Corners | Westchester  more . . .


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Yeboa & Lawrence CPA LLP

914-712-0312
 


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Pelham
Pelham is the oldest town in Westchester County . . . "purchased by Thomas Pell on June 27, 1654 from the Siwanoy Indians; the tract included what is now New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, the Pelhams, and Eastchester."

Source: Excerpts from "New York, A Guide to the Empire State" , Compiled by workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York, 1940 Albany

The State Legislature incorporated the Town of Pelham on March 7, 1788, and at that time included all of City Island and what is now Pelham Bay Park east of the Hutchinson River. In 1895, the Town of Pelham was redefined as two villages. These two Villages known as the Village of Pelham Manor in 1891 and Village of Pelham in 1896; were incorporated within the Town of Pelham.

History And Antiquities, Compiled 1841
The following covers "History and Antiquities", a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, and anecdotes about Westchester County and its towns. When reading the following, keep in mind that this information was compiled from papers written about two hundred years ago and compiled in 1841. Population statistics and events have not been revised to reflect current events and perspective. We think this adds to the historical flavor and interest of the writings, giving a different perspective on much of this information and written in an "older world" writing style.

    Pelham
    "Pelham is situated on the sound, 18 miles NE. from New York. Pop. 789."

    Source "Historical Collections of the State of New York , Published by S. Tuttle, 194 Chatham-Square, 1841

History of Pelham, Published 1900
When reading the following, keep in mind that this information was written many years ago. Population statistics and events have not been revised to reflect current events and perspective. We think this adds to the historical flavor and interest of the writings, giving a different perspective on "history" and written in an "old world" writing style.

    Pelham Manor
    John Pell, the successor of Thomas in the " lordship " of Pelham Manor, was born on the 3d of February, 1643. He arrived in America and entered into his proprietorship in the summer of 1670. On the 25th of October, 1687, a new royal patent of Pelham Manor was issued to him by Governor Dongan, the reason for this proceeding being, as stated in the patent, that he desired "a more full and firm grant and confirmation" of his lands. The bounds of the manor as specified in the new instrument were precisely the same as those prescribed in the Nicolls patent to his uncle - Hutchinson's Eiver on the south and Cedar Tree or Gravelly Brook on the north, with the neighboring islands; but the dignities attaching to the manorial lordship were somewhat more elaborately defined, and instead of paying to the royal governor as quit-rent "one lamb on the first day of May" as had been required of Thomas Pell, he was to pay "twenty shillings, good and lawful money of this province," "on the five and twentyeth day of the month of March." He married (1685) Bachel, daughter of Philip Pinkney, one of the first ten proprietors of EastChester. He resided on his estate, and seems to have taken an active and influential interest in public matters related to Westchester County, having been appointed by Governor Andros (August 25, 1688) the first judge of Westchester County, and serving as delegate from our county in the provincial assembly from 1691 to 1695. He died in 1702. The tradition is that he perished in a gale while upon a pleasure excursion in his yacht off City Island.

    The most notable event of John Pell's administration of his manor was the conveyance by him through the celebrated Jacob Leisler of six thousand acres as a place of settlement for the Huguenots - a transaction out of which resulted the erection of the Town of href="/direct.html?http://westchestertowns.com/php/Westchester/Town0220.php" target="_blank"> New Rochelle.

    The Edict of Nantes, a decree granting a measure of liberty to the Protestants of France, promulgated in 1598 by King Henry IV., was on the 22d of October, 1685, revoked by Louis XIV., and by that act of state policy the conditions of life in the French kingdom were made quite intolerable to most persons of steadfast Protestant faith. For some years previously to the revocation numerous French Protestants had begun to seek homes in foreign lands, especially America; and after 1685 the emigration grew to large proportions. A great many of the Huguenots came to New York City. Several of the leaders of the sect abroad entered into correspondence with Leisler (known to them as a responsible merchant and influential citizen of New York and, moreover, a man of strong liberal principles), with a view to the purchase by him as agent of eligible land for the establishment of a Huguenot colony.

    It happened that a number of the Huguenot immigrants in New York City, looking about them for suitable places of residence, had in 1686 and 1687 chosen and secured from John Pell parcels of land in that portion of Pelham Manor now occupied by the present City of New Rochelle. From this circumstance Leisler, as the constituted agent of the Huguenots, was led to locate the settlement at that place. He entered into negotiations with Pell, and on the 20th of September, 1689, "John Pell and Rachel his wife'' conveyed to him, " in consideration of the sum of sixteen hundred and seventy-five pounds sterling, current silver money of this province," "all that tract of land lying and being within said Manor of Pelham, containing six thousand acres of land, and also one hundred acres of land more, which the said John Pell and Rachel his wife do freely give and grant for the French church erected, or to be erected, by the inhabitants of the said tract of land, or by their assignees, being butted and bounded as herein is after expressed, beginning at the west side of a certain white oak tree, marked on all four sides, standing at high water mark at the south end of Hog Nock, by shoals, harbour, and runs northwesterly through the great fresh meadow lying between the road and the Sound, and from the north side of the said meadow to run from the due north to Brouckes river, which is the west division line between the said John Pell's land and the aforesaid tract, bounded on the southeasterly by the Sound and Salt Water, and to run eastnortherly to a certain piece of salt meadow lying at the salt creek which runneth up to Cedar Tree brook, or Gravelly brook, and is the bounds to Southern. Bounded on the east by a line that runs from said meadow northwesterly by marked trees, to a certain black oak tree standing a little below the road, marked on four sides, and from thence to run due north four miles and a half, more or less, and from the north side of the said west line, ending at Broncke's river, and from thence to run easterly till it meets with the north end of the said eastern most bounds, together with all and singular the islands and the islets before the said tract of land lying and being in the sound and salt water," etc. This was an absolute deed of sale of the property. The sum paid for it, £1,675, was extraordinarily large, in comparison with the usual amounts given in those times for unimproved landed property, and is a demonstration of the entirely substantial character of the settlement of New Rochelle at its very foundation. In addition to the purchase money, " said Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assigns," were to held and pay "unto the said John Pell, his heirs and assigns, lords of the said Manor of Pelham, to the assigns of them or him, or their or either of them, as an acknowledgment to the lords of the said manor, one fat calf on every four and twentieth day of June, yearly and every year forever - if demanded." This proviso was incorporated conformably with the customs of the times, which required the vouchsafing of peculiar courtesies to the lords of manors on the part of individuals upon whom they bestowed their lands. The ceremony of the presentation of the fat calf was duly observed for many years, and was always made a festival occasion.

    Although the deed of sale specified the Bronx River as the westernmost boundary of the tract, its bounds as finally established stopped at Hutchiuson's River or creek. The six thousand acres comprised the whole northern section of the manor, Pell retaining the southern portion, a wedge-shaped territory, about one-half less in area than the part conveyed to Leisler.

    Shortly after the consummation of the purchase, Leisler began to release the lands to the Huguenots, and the place was settled with reasonable rapidity. It was called New Rochelle in honor of La Rochelle in France, a community prominently identified with the Huguenot cause in the religious wars. From the first the French refugees proved themselves most desirable additions to the population of our county, and the entire history of New Kochelle is a gratifying record of progress.

    It will be remembered that John Richbell's original purchase from the Indians of what is now the Township of Mamaroneck, a purchase confirmed to him at the time by the Dutch authorities, and later by the English governor, Lovelace, comprised three necks on the Sound between the Mamaroneck River and Thomas Pell's lands, and that the interior extension of the purchase was twenty miles northward "into the woods". Of the three necks, called the East, Middle, and West Necks, the first was deeded by Richbell to his mother-in-law, Margery Parsons, and by her immediately conveyed to his wife, Ann; but the latter two were mortgaged and finally lost to Richbell's estate. These Middle and West Necks, with their prolongation into the interior, formed a triangular tract of land owned by several persons, which lay wedge-shaped between the Manor of Pelham, at the southwest, and what later became the Manor of Scarsdale, at the northeast. The East Neck, terminating at the mouth of the Old Guion Place, New Rochelle.

    Mamaroneck River, continued to be the property of Mrs. Richbell until its sale by her to Caleb Heathcote, in 1697. It formed the nucleus of Scarsdale Manor, erected in 1701.

    Source: History of Westchester County, New York: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900,
    Authors Frederic Shonnard, Walter Whipple Spooner,
    Publisher New York History Company, 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1900

History of Pelham Manor, Compiled 1940

    Pelham Manor, 12 m. (100 alt., 5,270 pop.), a residential community, is on land purchased by Thomas Pell in 1654 from the Siwanoy Indians; the tract included what is now New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, the Pelhams, and Eastchester. In 1680 John Pell sold 6,000 acres for 'Sixteen hundred twenty and five currant silver money of the Province, also to John Pell . . . every four and twentieth day of June yearly and every year forever if demanded, one fat calf.' Anne Hutchinson, rebel against Puritan conformity in Massachusetts, settled in this section in 1642 and was murdered in 1643 by Indians at Throgg's Neck, now Pelham Bay Shore.

    Pelhamdale Ave., to the railroad station on Washington Ave., was the route of the tiny trolley said to have provided the inspiration for the Toonerville Trolley series of Fontaine Fox, the cartoonist.

    At 12.5 m. is the junction with Split Rock Road.

    Left onSplit Rock Road to the New York City line, 0.5 m., then through Pelham Bay Park to Pelham Parkway. Split Rock Road was once the private driveway from the manor house of Thomas Pell to the Boston Post Road. Washington's army retreated along this road after the Battle of Long Island. Some of the heaviest fighting in the Battle of Pell's Point, October 18, 1776, took place in the vicinit of the cleft 10-foot boulder, which is near the New York City line.Learn about the American Revolution in Westchester and the Hudson River Valley.

Source: Excerpts from "New York, A Guide to the Empire State" , Compiled by workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York, 1940 Albany

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