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The new Middle Dutch church on Second avenue near Seventh street. may be truly called a Memorial church. The large rose window is in memory of a long line of deceased min- isters. Three beautiful mural tablets perpetuate the memory of the founders of the church in this city. The persons thus memorialized, are Peter Minnit, the director general ; Sebastian Jansen Krol, and Jan Huyck -- the first church officers in 1626, and Jonas Michaelins, the first minister, in 1628.
The prosperity of the Dutch church in financial affairs is based upon a rich gift made in early times. A tract of land called the Shoemaker Pasture was owned by five persons, one of whom was Jan Harpendinck. This traet was bounded west
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by Broadway, north by the rear line of the lots on the north side of Fulton street, east by a line one hundred feet east of William street, and south by Maiden Lane. In 1723 Jan Har- pendinek left his share to the Dutch church, which still retains a large portion of it which is of a constantly increasing value. Among the relies preserved in the church at Second avenue and Seventh street. are the coat-of-arms of Jan Harpendinek. This hung for many years above the pulpit in the old North church, which stood on a part of the land bequeathed by him. We may add here as an historical fact, that the first Jewish synagogue in New York was in a house on Mill street (now South William street), owned by Jan Harpendinek, in 1699.
Among the early ministers of the Dutch church, the most famous was the Reverend Everardus Bogardus, who came over from Holland in 1633 with Walter Von Twiller, who succeeded Peter Minuit as director general. He was a man of education and intellect as well as one of a very determined and inde- pendent character. As he held his trust directly from the di- rectors of the West India Company, he was not dependent upon the good graces of the governor, and when he differed with him, did not hesitate to express his opinions openly and vigorously. He does not seem to have been adverse to good fellowship and good cheer. Director Von Twiller's incapacity was a matter of general comment. and the dominie was not inclined to refrain from speaking his mind. He is once stated to have sent Von Twiller a message, denouncing him as "a child of the devil." and threatened him with such a shake from the pulpit on the following Sunday as "would make them both shudder." What effect it had upon the former individnal, we have no means of knowing, but it had very little effect upon the latter, and the quarrel continned. He was equally bold in opposing Director William Kieft, who succeeded Von Twiller, and freely expressed
Dutch Church, Second Avenue, Near Seventh Street.
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himself against the abnses of the government, and his covetous- ness and many excesses, and especially for bringing on the ter- rible Indian war which nearly extinguished the settlement. In return, the director charged the dominie with drunkenness and with dishonoring the pulpit by his passionate behavior, and stated that his sermons were nothing but the "rattling of old wives' stories drawn out from a distaff," and that he was a
Dutch Church, Lafayette Place.
seditions man who strove to excite the people against him as governor. The dominie loudly denounced him from the pulpit, and the governor in revenge caused drums to be beat, and even cannon to be discharged. and he also encouraged the soldiers to indulge in noisy amusements during the time of service.
One of the most important events in the life of Dominie Bogardus was his marriage to the famous Annetje (or Anneke) Jans. the widow of Roeloff Jansen, who had been one of the su-
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perintendents of the great Manor of Rensselaerwyek. In 1636 Roeloff Jansen obtained a "ground brief," or grant of a bow- ery. or farm, which in later years was destined to become a bone of contention between the heirs of Anneke Jans and Trinity church. Roeloff died in 1638, leaving five children, and within
AN HISTORIC CHURCH
THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT BY THE CONGREGATION OF THE REFORMED'PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR ENGLISH SERVICE UNDER THE INSPECTION OFA COMMITTE OF
ELDERS
DEACONS
PETER MARSCHALK ISAAC ROSEUELT.
PETER LOTT
ADRIAN BANCKER
ČORNS BOGERT
ANDREW MARSCHALK
THEODORUS VAN WYCK
GARRET ABEEL
ANDREW BREESTED IU CARPENTER'AND PROIECTOR
IOHN STAGG MASTER MASON AND'ALEX BATES THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID IULY 2 1767 BY MR JACOBUS ROSEUELT SEN ELDER
THE WALLS BUILT TO RECEIVE THE ROOF JUNE 17 1768 THESE PILLARSREARED JUNE 21 1768
THE FIRST ENGLISH MINISTER FOR THE DUTCH
CONGREGATION THE REU ARCHIBALD LAIDLIE 1764 PEACE BE WITHEN THIS SACRED PLACE
AND HOLY GIFTS AND HEAVENLYGRACE TOBIAS VAN ZANDT ČLERK
GAEEL FECIT
FAC-SIMILE OF THE METALLIC PLATE
Tablet in North Dutch Church.
a year she married the minister. The marriage contract still exists, by which she settled one thousand guilders of the estate of her former husband upon his children, and they both agreed to bring them up decently, provide them with food and clothing, keep them at school, and let them learn reading, writing and a good trade. This contraet was witnessed by Director Kieft, the
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Councillor de la Montagne, and Cornelius Von Tienhoven, the most distinguished men in the colony.
The fate of Dominic Everardus Bogardus was melancholy. In 1647 he sailed for Holland in the ship "Princess." and with him also sailed his old enemy, Director Kieft. The vessel was wrecked on the coast of Wales, and all on board perished. His wife, Anneke Jans, survived him many years, and died in Albany in 1663, and she was buried in the yard of the old Dutch church in Hudson street in that city. She left in all eight children- Jan, Jonas, William, Cornelius, Pieter, Sara, wife of Dr. Hans Kierstede; Catrina, who married Johanes Pietersen Von Brngh; and Fytie. The house where she and her husband lived in New York is now No. 23 Whitehall street, and a bronze tablet commemorates the fact.
The portrait of Rev. Everardus Bogardus, here presented, is taken from an ancient painting on glass. In recent years it was in possession of Mr. Christopher Tappen, of Brooklyn, one of his descendants. Several photographs were made by Mr. Abraham Bogardus, a celebrated artist. One of these was pre- sented to the Reformed Dutch church in New York, and from that the engraving was made. The following is the list of min- isters down to 1812:
Jonas Michaelins. . . . 1628-1633
huysen 1671-1682 Everardus Bogardus. 1633-1647 Johannes Backarns . . 1647-1649 Johannes Megapolen-
sis .1649-1669 Samuel Drissius. .. . 1652-1673 Samuel Megapolen -.. sis 1664-166S
Wilhelmus Van Viewen-
Henricus Selyns . . . . 1682-1701 Gualterus Du Bois. . 1699-1751 Henriens Boel. . . . . . 1713-1754 Johannes Ritzema . . . 1744-1784 Lambertus De Ronde. 1751-1784
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Archibald Laidlie. . . 1764-1779 Gerardus Arense John Henry Living -.
ston 1770-1812
William Lim. 1785-1805
Kuypers 1789-1833
Joli Neilson Abeel . . 1795-1812
John Schurman. 1809-1812
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Coat of Arms of John Harpending.
BAYARD FAMILY.
The ancestry of this family. so famous in the history of New York, can be traced back to a very remote antiquity. Those who take an interest in antiquarian investigations have traced its origin to the Province of Dauphine, now the department of the Isère in the southeastern part of France: about six miles from Grenoble the ruins of the Chateau Bayard, crowning a hill which commands one of the noblest prospects in that roman- tie region, marks what is regarded as the cradle of the race. They were distinguished from the earliest times for courage in war and fidelity to their sovereign. A Segneur de Bayard. then the head of the house, was slain at the battle of Poitiers in the vain attempt to prevent the capture of King John the Good by the English. His son fell in combat with the same enemy at Agincourt, and his grandson at Montlhery. The second in descent from this last has furnished to posterity an illustrious example of the perfect knight "without fear and without re- proach," the famous Chevalier Bayard, the Captain of Charles VIII, Louis XII and Francis I, the latter of whom would re- ceive the honor of knighthood from no hand but his. In 1505 he, single-handed, kept the bridge of the Garigliano against the Spaniards, and saved the whole French army. In the wars between Francis and the Emporer Charles V, he was the most trusted French leader, and fell while conducting the retreat at the passage of the Sesia. April 30, 1524. He left no heirs and his rank and estates descended to the next of kin, but fame will keep his honored name in remembrance down to the latest ages.
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The family name Du Terrail was merged in the territorial name Bayard.
Nicholas Bayard, the ancestor of the American family, was descended from an unele of the Chevalier, who went to Lan- guedoc, embraced the Protestant faith and became a minister.
Book Plate of Samuel Bayard.
Like thousands of others he fled to England to escape Roman Catholic persecution, was pastor of Norwich and was connected with the churches of "The Olive." He was pastor at Antwerp, 1591, and at Ziericksee, 1594-1613, at which place he died in 1617. He married Blandina Conde. Their son. Lazare Bayard, was also a minister and was assistant to his father at Zierick- see in 1601. He was adopted by the churches, and was sent
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to Leyden for his education. He belonged to the church of "The Olive," and visited several churches. He was at Breda during the siege, 1607, was at Amsterdam in 1632, returned to Breda in 1637, and died there in 1643. He married Judith De Vos, at Ziericksee, and had children: Judith, baptized No- vember 16. 1608; and Samuel, baptized at Breda, September, 1609. Judith married Peter Stuyvesant, at Amsterdam in 1646. Samuel married Anna, sister of Peter Stuyvesant, and had three sons: Belthazar, Petrus and Nicholas, born 1644, who came with their widowed mother and her brother-in-law, Governor Peter Stuyvesant, to New Amsterdam, May 11. 1647. and from these all of the name in this country are descended.
Balthazar Bayard married Maritje Lockermans. His will, dated March 4, 1699, mentions his wife Maria and children. Ariantie ver Planck; Anna Maria, wife of Augustus Jay; Jacobus, Gouvert and Judy. This will was proved February 19. 1706.
Petrus Bayard became a convert to the doctrines of the Labadists, of whom an account may be found in another portion of this work. He went to Maryland and was prominent in the Labadist community. His descendants are famous, and among these may be mentioned Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, United States senator from Delaware, 1869-1880. Petrus Bayard in his old age withdrew from the community and returned to New York, where he died in 1699. ITis wife, Blandina ( Kierstede) Bayard. was a noted woman, and understood the Indian language so well that she was frequently employed as interpreter. Her residence was on the north side of what is now Exchange place. New York, a little east of Broadway. She died in 1711, and her will mentions her three children, Samuel, Sarah, married Abraham Gaasbeack Chambers; and Petrus. Her son Petrus died before his mother, abont 1710. He married Rachel Van Vol. 1-7
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Boel, and left a son Petrus (3). From Samuel Bayard, the oldest brother, are descended the Bayards of Delaware.
Petrus Bayard (3) was a merchant in Essex county, New Jersey, and died there in 1743. His mother, Rachel Bayar 1. had married Henry Wileman. He left no children, but men- tions his wife Eve, and his step-brothers and sisters: Samuel. Joli, Helena, wife of John Du Bois; and Elizabeth, all children of Henry Wileman.
Nicholas Bayard. brother of Balthazar, married Judith Verlet, May 23. 1666. The will of Nicholas Bayard, dated May 9, 1707, and proved April 19, 1711, speaks of him as being "in indifferent good health." and leaves his estate to his son, Samuel Bayard, and his wife Judith.
Samuel Bayard, baptized September 5, 1669, married Mar- garet. daughter of Stephen Van Cortlandt, who gave to his daughter and her husband a house and lot on the east side of Broad street, next south of the house and lot given to his dangh- ter who married Stephen De Lancey, better known in later years as the famous Fraunces Tavern. In his will, proved January 30, 1746, he leaves to his son, Stephen Bayard, "the house and lot where he now lives," "bounded north by Doek street, west by Abraham De Peyster, east by the house and lot of Andries Teller, and south by the doek and wharf." This is now No. 86 Pearl street. To the children of his deceased danghter, Judith, who married Richard Van Dam, he left "a house and lot, bounded north by Duke street, and east by Burgers Path," now the southeast corner of Stone street and Hanover square. To his daughter Gertrude, who married Peter Ken- ble, he left property in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He left to his son Nicholas his house and lot on Broad street. To his oldest son Sammel he left "my house and lot where I now live; extending from Duke street to Princess street." This was a
Nicholas Bayard.
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large lot on the north side of Stone street, east of the narrow lane called "Jews Alley," and extending to Beaver street. South William street was extended through this lot in 1826. He also left him "a garden on the north side of Princess street." To his daughter Margaret, who married James Van Horne, he left "two houses and lots, extending from Dock street to Duke street, bought of Jacobus De Kay." This is now No. Pearl street. He left to his daughter, Anna Bayard, two houses and lots on the north side of Wall street.
The son, Stephen Bayard, lived in Bergen county, New Jersey, and died there, in 1757. In his will he directs "my Body to be privately interred, and none but my relations to be in- vited, and none more remote than Cousins German." He left children, William, Margaret and Robert. To his son William he left his farm at Hoboken, and to Robert he left his "farm at Weehawken with the ferry."
Samuel Bayard, the eldest son, married Catharine Van Horne. He died in 1784. His will states that "whereas my son Peter bath behaved himself in a very undutiful and disor- derly manner, I bequeath to him 5 shillings in full of all elaims." He left to his wife the use of his estate, and after her death to the children of Samuel Breeze and wife, namely, Samuel B .. and Susan B., and to the children of William Malcom and wife Sarah, viz: Samuel B. and Catharine B.
Nicholas Bayard, son of Samnel and Margaret Van Cort- landt Bayard, married (first) Elizabeth Rynders, daughter of Barent Rynders and Hester Leisler, his wife, daughter of the famous but ill fated Jacob Leisler. By this marriage there were three children: Hester, married John Van Cortlandt : Judith, wife of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer; and Nicholas. He married (second) Margarita Van Beverhont, and had three chil- dren: Elizabeth, Ann and Stephen. He left to his son Stephen
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sixty lots on the Bayard farm. To each of his daughters he left thirty lots, and the remainder to his son Nicholas, "inehuid- ing my dwelling house and lot on the south side of Wall street (now Nos. 37, 39, 41) and both of my sugar houses, and a lot on the north side of Wall street." Margarita Bayard died in 1770.
Nicholas Bayard (called the alderman), the oldest son of the above family, died in 1802. He married Catharine, dangh- ter of Peter Van Brugh Livingston. He left all his estate to Cornelius C. Roosevelt, and to his brother, Stephen N. Bayard. of Schenectady, in trust for his daughters Mary, wife of William Houstoun: Elizabeth, wife of John H. Mackintosh : Margaret Sarah, wife of Gerard Rutgers; Catharine, wife of Charles Johnson; and Anna Livingston, who afterwards mar- ried Nicholas S. Bayard, in 1800, and died in 1802. The great desire of the testator appears to have been to keep the prop- orty entirely out of the hands of their husbands. Mrs. Catharine Bayard died November 2, 1775, aged thirty-two. Stephen N. Bayard, the brother mentioned, died in New York, in 1832. leaving all his estate to his wife Mary.
Mary Bayard, daughter of Nicholas, married Honorable William Houstonn, June 10, 1786. She died August 7, 1806, leaving two children: Maria and Elizabeth. Of these Maria Houstoun married James Madison, and had one child, John H. Madison, who married Sarah Dunnett, and had two daugh- ters-Maria, who married Colonel Hancock ; and Douglas. Eliz- abeth Houstoun was the second wife of General Duncan La- mont Clinch. She left no children. Houstoun street in New York was named in honor of this family.
Anna Livingston Bayard, daughter of Nicholas, married Nicholas S. Bayard, and had one child, Nicholas S. Bayard.
John H. Mackintosh.
Eliza (Bayard) Mackintosh.
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Jr., who was three times married and left many children resid- ing in Georgia.
Eliza Bayard, daughter of Nicholas, married John Hous- toun Mackintosh, a son of George Mackintosh, whose father, John Mohr Mackintosh, came to Georgia from Scotland with Oglethorpe; George Mackintosh married Ann, daughter of Sir Patrick Houstonn, and sister of Hon. William Houstoun. John H. Mackintosh was a graduate of Oxford, and married Eliza Bayard, April 30, 1792. He died in 1836. His wife survived him and died in 1848. Their children were: John H., Jr., mar- ried Mary Higbee. George S., married Euphemia Hamilton. Catherine A., wife of Henry R. Sadler. Elizabeth Bayard, mar- ried General Duncan Lamont Clinch. Their children were: 1. Eliza Bayard, married General Robert Anderson, of national fame. 2. John H. M. 3. Mary Lamont. 4. Duncan Lamont. 5. Catherine Maria, married Barnwell Haywood, of Charleston, South Carolina. Her son, Duncan Clinch Barnwell, is now governor of that state. 6. Henry. 7. Nicholas. 8. George W.
General Robert Anderson, whose name and fame are an imperishable portion of the history of our country, was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Clough Anderson and Sarah Marshall, his second wife, who was a cousin of Chief Justice Marshall. His first wife was Ann Clark, of the same family as Captain Clark, the noted explorer.
General Anderson was born June 14, 1805. He married Eliza Bayard Clinch, in New York City, March 26, 1842, the bride being given in marriage by General Winfield Scott. The children of this marriage are: 1. Duncan Lamont, died young 2. Eliza Mackintosh Clinch. 3. Maria Latham. 4. Sophie Clinch. 5. Robert. Of these children Robert, the youngest, died at the age of twenty. He was the only English speaking boy at the College Rollin. France, and took the highest prize for French.
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At the competitive examination at the Sorbonne, he took the highest prize.
Mrs. General Anderson died February 25, 1905. No better account of the life of General Robert Anderson from his birth to his honored grave can be given than that read at West Point. on the centennial of his birth, and which is here added.
Major General Robert Anderson was born at "Soldiers' Retreat" near Louisville, Kentucky (seat of his father, Co !. Richard Clough Anderson, Revolutionary War), June 14, 1805
Cadet at Military Academy, July 1, 1821, to July 1, 1825. when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Brevet 2nd Lieut., 2nd Artillery, July 1, 1825, to 2nd Lient., 3rd Artil- lery, 1825.
Served as Private Secretary to his brother, Richard Clough Anderson, Jr., 1st U. S. Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Republic of Colombia, 1825 to 1826.
In garrison at Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1826 to 1828.
While at Fortress Monroe he captured the French pirate Tardi.
On Ordnance duty March 6, 1828, to May 9, 1832.
As Colonel on Staff and Inspector General of Illinois Vol- unteers May 9 to October 11, 1832, in the Campaign against the Sac Indians under Black Hawk.
On Ordnance duty December 6, 1834, to May 5, 1835, and in garrison at Fort Constitution, N. H., 1835.
At the Military Academy 1835 to 1837. As Asst. Instructor of Artillery September 10, to December 1, 1835.
As Instructor of Artillery from December 1, 1835, to No- vember 6, 1837.
In the Florida War against the Seminole Indians 1837 to 1838.
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Brevetted Captain April 2, 1838, for gallantry and she- cessful conduct of the war against the Florida Indians.
In the Cherokee Nation as Aide-de-Camp to Major General Scott May 9 to JJuly 7. 1838.
Brevet Captain on Staff and Assistant Adjutant General July 7, 1838. to November 30, 1841.
Assistant Adjutant General Eastern Department July 7. 1838, to JJuly, 1841.
In garrison. Fort Moultrie, S. C., 1845 to 1846.
At Fort Marion, Florida, 1846.
At Fort Brooke, Florida, 1846 to 1847.
In the war with Mexico 1847, being engaged in the Siege of Vera Cruz March 9 to 29, 1847.
At Battle of Cerro Gordo April 14 and 18, 1847.
Skirmish of Amazoque May 14, 1847.
Battle of Molino del Rey September 8, 1847, where he was severely wounded, being the first to enter the Mill.
Author of the "Complete System of Instruction for Siege. Garrison, Seacoast and Marine Artillery." which was adopted for the Service in 1849.
In garrison at Fort Preble, Maine, 1850 to 1853.
Bill passed in the Senate to found a "Soldiers' Retreat" or Home. Bill passed, as the "Bill of Robert Anderson to found a Home for Old Soldiers," 1851.
Governor of Harrodsburg Branch, Military Asylum, Ken- tucky, June 11, 1853, to November 1, 1854.
Member of Board for the Armament of Fortifications 1854 ío 1855.
Major Ist Artillery October 5, 1857.
Arranged Program of Instruction for the Artillery School for Practice at Fort Monroe, Va., 1859 to 1860.
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In command of the Defenses of Charleston Harbor 1860 to 1861.
Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States 1861 to 1866, as follows: In the Defense of Fort Sumter, S. C. (to which he transferred the Garrison of Fort Moultrie), Decem- ber 26, 1860, to April 14, 1861.
In command of Department of Kentucky May 28 to August 15. 1861.
In the Department of the Cumberland August 15 to Octo- ber 8, 1861.
In waiting Orders 1861 to 1863.
In command at Fort Adams, R. I., August 19 to October 27. 1863, and at New York City on the Staff of the General Commanding, Department of the East.
Retired from Active Service October 29, 1863, "for dis- ability resulting from long and faithful service and wounds and disease contracted in the line of duty."
In the Department of the East October 27, 1863, to January 22, 1869.
Brevetted Major General U. S. Army February 3, 1865, for gallant and meritorious Service in the Harbor of Charleston, S. C., in the Defense of Fort Sumter.
Sent by President Lincoln to Reraise the same Flag over Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865, which had been saluted with all honors when the Fort was evacuated in 1861.
Proposer and Organizer of the Alunni of West Point, 1869.
First Meeting held at College of New York.
Died at Nice, France, October 27, 1871; aged 66 years.
The "Guerrière" sent over for his body. Received with Military Honors at Fortress Monroe, and buried at West Point Cemetery.
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Generons as brave Affection, kindness, the Small Offices Of love and duty, were to him as needtul As his daily bread.
Eliza Mackintosh Clinch Anderson married James Mars- land Lawton, July 3, 1886. He died February 20, 1895. Mrs. Lawton has held many social positions of importance. She was chairman of a ladies' committee of the New York Historical Society, and through this instrumentality a large sum was raised to advance the interests of the Society. She is vice- president of the Niobrara League for Religions work among the Indians. She was first directress of the Society of the Daughters of Holland, but has resigned from that position. She was founder and first president of the Daughters of the Cincinnati. For many years she has been the able and efficient secretary of the Huguenot Society, and is a member of the Society of Colonial Dames, of the Genealogical Society, and directress of the Women's Municipal League.
Stephen Bayard, son of Samuel and Margaret Van Cort- landt Bayard, was baptized May 31, 1700, and died in 1757. He married Alida, daughter of Colonel Samuel Vetch whose wife Margaret was a daughter of Robert Livingston, the first Lord of the Manor. Stephen Bayard was mayor in 1744; member of commeil 1746-7. He was married March 12, 1725. His second wife was Eve Schuyler. He had many children, but only three survived him. William, Margaret and Robert. Robert was known as Mayor Robert Bayard. He married Rebecca, daugh- ter of Hon. Charles Apthorpe, of Boston. She died February 22, 1771, aged twenty-five.
William Bayard was born June 1, 1727. In 1761 he was member of committee of correspondence, member of chamber of commerce. From 1761 to 1768 he was member of assembly.
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