New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-15
THE NAMES Full or HISTORY.
INTERESTING MEMORIES CALLED Up Wy me
TITLES OF wEsTCHEHrER COUNTY
VILLAGES AND STREAMS.

VILLAGES AND STREAMS
The names Of many villages. streams and points OF
land in the district beyond the har'em HNst an
in the adjoining districts OF WestcheS'er 'ou",'
tel much OF the history OF the ancient Se''
ohove Manhattan Island. Few Indian names are
nraserved Mosholu the name OF ham.et De'"Te"
t<l,gshridee ana Riverdale. is the od Indian name
=, ,ho s,rear, now called "Tippetts Brook some
.,,,as incorrectly "Tibbett's Brook from a iai''
,orn,er,v living near KinGsbridge Iuch'"oe' a"
Indian name for bread. is applied 10 "ts'on,''
v,l,ae. and the Nepperhan. the stream "hicn "'"'
through the city OF io'Ne'9' ' $50
pe..ation. -. =. ~.
row names remain even 10 remind one OF the
Dutch settlements above the Har-eh f''e' ~
me "Yonkers" from the Dutch "Junkheer' "s1',
ing Young gentleman, or heir remains - 49,
,h rossesslon o. a ,arge part OF the iand between
.ho Harlem, River and the Northern line OF fonKers
nv Adrian Van der Donck. the greatest ahpho'pe'
y, the Cd Dutch colony. The and WAS once n''"'
as the .Junkheer's land" ard was afier"ar' SUD
divided into manOrs held under fhs''" p"''".''
.snuvtcn-duyvi.' Is spelled in various ways h 'ns
is Dutch ard English grants but the genera.s
accounted derivation that which formed me ou'"a
a., =, Washington Irving's tale OF the puichnlah
VINO had drunk TOO freely. and was drowhea 10 az,
,emnting to cross the stream III sp!i" pi "'- ~"
,"en spyt den duyve.) "Spiting puyv' SP'.'e"
Duvver' and other forms suggesting oth'r nerN1-
,ions are used in Old documents. The apNeh
MI >, ,,sa1 nv the New-York Common Counc. III
100 On sneaking OF the creek fingers IN local usage
for the southwestern part Of the hing 'oFlHge us
t-ict is Familiarity alluded 70 by the lhh~D'A''s "
spike" -.
Another relic OF the Dutch possession Is me name
pronx aupliel 10 he river and park. i Wou-u u
more correctly but less pretuly spelled BroncNs
River after Jonas Bronck who N 1883 oo'ahe" "
gran, from the Indians ard afterwara Duteh IKE
70 about 1o acres Of land near what Is no" Bronx
Park ,,.o,.
The Old manors each extending over huhu'euS
and I'm some cases thousands Of acres gave h@ineS
to many districts Of the upper part % '"e ~
The manor Of Pelham was one of the largest OF
these and the memory OF Thomas and John Pen
fingers IN Pelhamville Pelham Manor ana oher
Subdivisions OF the region over which the PENS
once ruled a. lords Another famous manor 'hht
! OF Morrisanla tells OF the ancient RUE o. mo
Morris family Many descendants OF the MorFlS's
/ st1 own land and live IN the territory tormsry
80. a,,I 20 tbeir ancestors Captain Richard Nor
Ria bought the land from Jonas Hronck a19vi %,
risania FAST Morr. SANTA Central Morrisanla. PORT
Morris Morris Dock and other local names can
| this weknown family. me manor OF, oitn"s.
! has It's name from parish IN the Ensi.+h county
! OF Norfolk and the name Is or saxon orisi.. N'st
! Farms was formerly The West Farms, ana was
! so named because q lay west OF the New England
settlements Edward JessOp was one o. the origin al
ped Thomas Hunt Hunts Point derived It's name
! from Thomas Hunt who obtained some o. Inc ana
through his father-in-law. MIL BROOK which olten
appears in old grants a dividing line. is COM
memorated by Brook-ave;. through which sewer
/ Haven is OF later origin. receiving its name from
| Jordan l.. Mott. who did much 10 develop That
some Of the names borne by stations alons The
! Harlem Railroad within the city are English. ard
! rose fremont Mount Hope and others OF this
class Kingsbridge takes its name from The bridge
! which Frederick Philipse was allowed 10 buiid IN
1888. and over which the coaches ran nv, 1,r many
! Van cortlandt estate has given names 10 other
, parts OF the city.