Frederick Philipse, Lord of Philipse Manor, owned the vast stretch of land spanning from Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx to the Croton River. He was a self-made man who emigrated from the Friesland area of the Netherlands to Flatbush, New Netherland on Long Island, who began his career by selling iron nails and rose to become an owner of taverns.
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- Frederick Philipse, Lord of Philipse Manor, owned the vast stretch of land spanning from Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx to the Croton River. He was a self-made man who emigrated from the Friesland area of the Netherlands to Flatbush, New Netherland on Long Island, who began his career by selling iron nails and rose to become an owner of taverns. When he first purchased land on the mainland, which later became Westchester County, New York, he enticed friends from New Amsterdam and Long Island to move with him with the promise of free land and limited taxes. After swearing allegiance to the English and later being granted his manorship from them, he began construction of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Although financing this project, work likely progressed slowly and was completed in 1685. Philipse held 52,000 acres (210 km²) of land along the Hudson River, where he built, among other structures, a simple residence in Yonkers, New York which would be expanded by his descendents into a fully-fledged mansion. The neighborhood of Kingsbridge, Bronx is named for his bridge over the Harlem River. He was on the Governor's executive council from 1691 to 1698.
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- Frederick Philipse, Lord of Philipse Manor, owned the vast stretch of land spanning from Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx to the Croton River. He was a self-made man who emigrated from the Friesland area of the Netherlands to Flatbush, New Netherland on Long Island, who began his career by selling iron nails and rose to become an owner of taverns.
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