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New York State Education Department Historical marker dated 1936. Found on the edge (Saw Mill River Rd Side ) of Oakland Cemetery. Reads: “Site of The Glebe 125 east of this spot stood St. John’s Rectory, 1770 -1845 given by Frederick Philipse 1751. Scene of Skirmishes 1778.” Yonkers, NY – Westchester County

Scarsdale, NY History – The Scarsdale Historical Society Scarsdale is a village in Westchester County . The Scarsdale Historical Society website  has local historical photographs. The society has also digitized a local newspaper ,  The Scarsdale Inquirer, and they state that it is a great source for local research and genealogy.

On November 28, 1776, the same year that 56 Americans signed the Declaration of Independence, well over 200 colonial New Yorkers placed their signatures on a “Declaration of Dependence.” These signers were Loyalists, citizens who remained faithful to their sovereign, George III, King of Great Britain. Prominent among the signatures was that of Frederick Philipse Read more [...]