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prepossessing manner-a public-spirited man in the true sense. In his home he was of even disposition, sanguine in temperament, and a devoted son, husband, and father. Unfortunately some years prior to his decease he contracted an illness which seriously inter- fered with his usefulness and compelled his retirement from the activities of life in 1856. In his weakened condition his system found it impossible to withstand an attack of typhoid fever, from which he passed away at the homestead on Jan. 9, 1864. Funeral services were held there on the 12th. Rev. Drs. Hutton and van Aken officiated. The Striker vault at the Church being fully occupied his remains were deposited in the receptacle at the Marble Cemetery. On the demolition of the Church in 1868 all the Mott remains were re- moved to Greenwood.
Barbara Asten, one of the principal benefactors of the Church, was never a member. The daughter of Caspar Samler, whose farm near present Madison Square has been mentioned, she was born in the homestead thereon. Her husband joined the communion Sept. 13, 1818, his wife having died two years previously, at a time when he was solicited to assume office. The minutes of the 21st state that his certificate was regular and satisfactory and that his name had been accordingly entered on the church books. He had been elected Deacon on August 26th vice Lawrence resigned, sub- ject to the obtaining of this certificate from the "Church in town." He served in this capacity until Dec. I, 1830, when a new Consistory was elected. The city Directory gives his address in 1819 as 9 Cheapside. The Astens were not blessed with children, and their work in the Lord's vineyard was unhampered by ties of blood. Mrs. Asten's gift is still bringing forth
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fruit and her memory will remain as long as an edifice stands to bear on its walls her memorial.
The Varians are represented to a considerable extent. The origin of the family is uncertain. It has been suggested that they were Huguenots who emigrated to Holland at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This expatriation is the more likely because of the Dutch affiliations formed in New York by the immigrant and his descendants. The first of the name found in this city was Isaac, who figures in the Directory of 1720 and who was admitted a freeman January 23, 1733. In 1737-8, he was a member of the military company commanded by Capt. Cornelius van Horne. A negro named Worcester belonging to him was implicated in the "Great Negro Plot" in 1741 and was transported for that crime. Varian m. in the Dutch church, Aug. 12, 1733, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel de Vouw, and had five children. The youngest, Isaac, b. Sept. 8, 1740, purchased two extensive farms front- ing on the Bloomingdale Road, one extending from 17th to 2Ist Street, adjoining the Horn Tract on the south, which composed the ten-acre gift of the city to Sir Peter Warren, and another bounded south by the northerly line of the Horn property, with present 26th Street for a southerly delimitation, all of which he cultivated as farming land. On this latter plot, just north of this street, on the westerly side of the road, he built the family homestead which remained such a conspicuous landmark for many years. He m. (1) Hannah van den Berg, (2) Aletta Harsen, and (3) Jane Betts, who became the respective mothers of sixteen children. Isaac, the eldest son of the first alliance, m., June 20, 1791, Tamar Leggett of West Farms. Of the nine children born of this union three
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were baptized by Dr. Gunn, viz. Gilbert Coutant, George Washington, and Emeline Coutant. The first was named in honor of the husband of his great-aunt Mary Varian, who became the wife of Gilbert Coutant April 26, 1789. He came of the well-known Huguenot family of which the histories of Westchester County speak at length. George Washington lived and died on the paternal farm. He was a Councilman in 1854, Alderman in 1855, and member of Assembly 1860. He is described about this latter date as being an old- school Democrat and a genuine Knickerbocker in appearance. He was stout of form, with bushy gray hair and whiskers, and exceedingly vigorous. Born to a competence, he never had other occupation than aiding in the care of the family realty, that rapidly developed in value as the city extended. In private life he was just, courteous, full of good humor, and greatly attached to home and family. Emeline joined the church Nov. 5, 1830, and m. Laurence Pell Jor- dan, Jan. 4, 1837.
Isaac Leggett Varian, another son of Isaac, acquired fame in politics. Among the various offices he held were member of Assembly 1831-4, Alderman 1833-5 and 1836, President of the Board 1835-6, Mayor 1839 to 1840, State Senator 1842, and School Commissioner 1842-3. His portrait adorns the walls of the Governor's Room in the City Hall. He was a rugged and popular man of sterling honesty and integrity. He had a pew in the church and was married by Dr. Gunn to Catherine Hopper Dusenberry, granddaughter of Andrew Hopper, July 25, 18II. They had issue baptized there, to wit:
Andrew Hopper. He was bap. at the homestead of his gt .- grandfather and namesake, where he d. May 4, 1826. Buried in the Hopper plot.
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Portrait and signature of the Hon. Isaac L. Varian, Mayor of New York City. From the original by Inman in the New York City Hall
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Tamar Letitia.
Isaac. Matilda Campbell. Mary Elizabeth.
Isaac II.
In 1845, Mayor Varian removed to Peekskill and there he died Aug. 10, 1864, in his seventy-fifth year. His brother William was married by Dr. Gunn to Susan Cornell, Dec. 22, 1819, and resided for many years in the building yet standing on the portion of the farm he inherited on Sixth Avenue just south of 28th Street, formerly known as the Knickerbocker Cottage and now occupied by Mouquin. Their children were baptized by the minister, viz. Mary Ward, Letitia Stevens, and William Henry. He removed to West- chester, where he bought land one mile from the village on the road to Fordham, and died Dec. 3, 1863, having had fourteen children. Another brother, Richard, b. in 1804, lived in the homestead, which he inherited, until its demolition, 1850-1, when he removed to 27 West 26th Street, in which house he d. Dec. 18, 1864. He was also married by Dr. Gunn, Feb. 1, 1829, to Maria Fulmer. A daughter of Isaac and Tamar Varian, Letitia, joined the membership on confession in Feb., 1821, at which time she was the wife of Thomas J. Stevens, who became in 1842 an executor of his father- in-law's will. These children were baptized by Dr. Gunn, viz. Isaac Varian, Thomas George, John Jacob, and Charles Bunner. Both she and her sister Emeline were granted letters to Brother Kip's church in 9th Street, they having followed the Domine from Bloom- ingdale to his new charge.
The first marriage entered on the records was that of William B. Holmes of Haerlem and Hannah Stanton,
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who were joined Oct. 22, 1808, in presence of Jacob Harsen and Thomas Ash. She became a member May 2, 1822, and he Aug. 5, 1842. Removing to Blooming- dale they lived in a house which stood on the east side of the Road between 7Ist and 72nd Streets, just north of the Harsenville road, and is located by name on the Commissioner's map. All the children were born there and all but one, Eldridge, baptized by the minister. Their names follow:
Nathaniel William, d. young.
George Washington, m. Martha, dau. of Martha Wilson Beard.
Augusta Maria, m. by Domine van Aken, Jan. 8, 1833, to Eldridge H. Brooks; he also baptized William Holmes and James, their children. She joined the church Aug. 5, 1842; he d. 1857.
Ann Agnes, m. by the Domine, Oct. 1, 1837, to William Fiske Dana of Watertown (near Boston), Mass. In 1856 they removed to New York . She became a member May 5, 1848.
Mary Eliza.
Hannah Stanton, m. Kindred Howard, Oct. 25, 1847, at the church and these children were baptized by the Domine: Ellen Augusta, Charles Henry, and Elizabeth Tippell, all on May 19, 1856. The mother joined Aug. 2d of that year.
Charles Darke, m. to Mary Smith by the Domine Feb. 9, 1852.
Nathaniel, m. to Rebecca Beard, dau. of Martha Wilson Beard and sister of Martha, by the Domine Jan. 25, 1847. Their children Rebecca and Sarah Martha were baptized by him. Their married life extended over fifty-eight years. He died at No. 831 De Kalb Avenue, Brook- lyn.
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Eldridge. All of the above but Mrs. Dana and Eldridge are dead.
Mr. Holmes had two brothers. The wife of George, Deborah, joined the communion Feb. 4, 1842, and William Holmes was m. by the minister May 6, 1831, to Eliza Ann Morgan. Their daughter Kate m. William Kelly June 13, 1854, and joined April 30, 1858, at the same time Jane, another daughter, was baptized. Elizabeth, a sister of William B. Holmes, became a member Aug. 5, 1853. She was the widow of Richard Darke, whom she married June 9, 1818. William B. Holmes, Sr., died 1845.
The Kellys did not settle in Bloomingdale until 1857, when the father of said William bought ten lots at present 75th Street, just west of the Road. In front of it stood the old Dutch habitation of the Somer- indycks, which was destroyed in 1868, its site being required for the opening of the Boulevard. A wedge shaped strip fronting 14 feet on the street and 65 feet on the new thoroughfare, which remained after the land needed had been taken, was purchased by him, thereby placing his property on the corner of the two streets. The homestead which he built was a large white square house, with green blinds and old-fashioned porches. It was quite a noted spot in the village, and when the Somerindyck mansion was torn down, the view of it from down-town was unobstructed. The N.Y. Herald of May 1, 1900, says that the family were very hospitable and adds that:
Every Fourth of July there was a lawn party, when tea was served out of doors, and dancing under lanterns was indulged in, to wind up with an eleven-o'clock supper. In winter there were many parties in the mansion. Many gray-haired
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New Yorkers will recall with pleasure the drives out the Bloomingdale Road and the dances at the Kelly home. There is a touch of the ghostly about the old place, too. The site was part of one of the old burghers' farms in colo- nial days. During the Revolution part of it was made a burying ground for the Hessians killed in the battle of Har- lem Heights. When Mr. Kelly built his barn in 1859 he dug up a whole box of Hessian bones and buried them again. Then there was the strange apple-tree back of the house. It was standing there in 1857. It bloomed out of season one fall-a single branch of it-and a few days later Kelly's youngest son was suddenly taken ill and died. It did this again early in the winter of 1879-80 and in January Kelly himself died. A few weeks later there was a heavy snow- storm and the tree toppled over and died.
The old home is only a memory now. Workmen began to tear it down in the spring of 1889-about the last of the Bloomingdale mansions. John Jacob Astor bought the place in 1884, but Mrs. Kelly remained there until the last. A modern fourteen-story apartment- house now occupies the site. The widow of Henry Kelly became a member of the Church in August, 1866. William Kelly was approached in 1859 and again in 1862 to ascertain if he would serve as Dea con, but both times declined.
John Parks came to Bloomingdale in 1821. We do not know where he resided there. He joined the membership, Aug. 2, 1822, was elected Deacon Dec. I, 1830, and became an Elder Aug. 11, 1835, to fill the place made vacant by Elder Harsen's death. The Consistory met at his house for the first time September 2d. He was the delegate to Classis in March, 1837. In October it was announced that he was ill, and at the next session that he had died. Isabella Hamilton,
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who had a child baptized by Dr. Gunn in 1822, united Feb. 2, 1838, and d. Feb. 19, 1868, is thought to have been his sister. Deborah Ann Parks, his daughter, was m. by Domine van Aken to George Findley in 1856. She became a member April 30, 1858, and d. Jan. 26, 1867.
It is interesting to sift the derivation of names. For instance the name Quackenbush. Translated it means "shaking wood," in the sense of a forest, originally Kwakkenbosch. The word beginning with Q is the Latin form. The name went through numerous spellings until in New York Quackenbos and Quacken- bush became the accepted methods. Pieter Quakken- bos, the common ancestor, came from Oestgeest, Holland, to New Amsterdam and removed to Beverwijk (Albany). He had twelve children. The eldest, Rynier, b. in Holland, m. (I), March 2, 1674, Lysbet Jans Masten of Flushing, L. I., bap. June 3, 1657, N. Y., dau. of Jan Mast or Masten; m. (2) Sept. 13, 1692, Claasje Jacobs Stille, bap. Feb. 11, 1672, dau. of Jacob Cornelis Stille and Aaltje Fredericks from Brasiel (Brazil). Rynier removed from Albany to New York circa 1691 and became the ancestor of the Manhattan family. To this branch belonged James Quackenbush who, with his wife, Margaret Fake (widow Romeyn), connected himself with the Church on Oct. 30, 1823. He was elected Deacon Aug. 2, 1824, in place of Ichabod Prall. The Consistory, in customary rotation, met at his residence on Nov. 8, and thereafter on many occasions. He was chosen Elder Dec. 1, 1830. In 1837, his health, because of advancing years, began to break and at the session of July 16, 1840, held at his house, he resigned, thus terminating a period of sixteen years as an officer. He d. Jan. 17, 1842, aged eighty-three
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years and four months. Margaret Fake, and others of this name in the records, were doubtless descendants of three brothers Robert, Henry, and Tobias, the sons of James Feake of London, b. 1622, who were early emigrants to New England. Tobias of Flushing L. I., was Schout-Fiscaal under the Dutch government. Robert also came to New Amsterdam, and had child- ren baptized in the Dutch Church, 1642-7. Margaret Fake (Romeyn) Quackenbush d. Sept. 2, 1851, aged about eighty-one.
Maria Quackenbush was m. by Dr. Gunn in 1813 to Samuel van Orden. He was the grandson of Peter van Orden and Antje Willemse (Williams), whom he m. Sept. 24, 1726, and was baptized in the original Dutch Church, Oct. 15, 1746. Said Peter owned a farm of 31 acres extending from 31st to 34th Streets from about 350 feet east of Broadway to about 500 feet west of Sixth Avenue. This he devised at his death, 1769, to his four sons Wessell, John, William, and Samuel. The entire property was owned eventually by the latter, who d. in 1797 leaving a will whereby three acres of the farm were" bequeathed to his son Samuel, he who was married in 1813. In 1827, when he sold it for $6000, he signed his name van Norden, and in the convey- ance calls attention to the fact that it came to him under the former spelling.
William Burnham, the jovial proprietor of the vil- lage tavern, and his wife Eliza Beck became members on confession Jan. 30, 1823. Dr. Gunn baptized these of their children: James Carlton, Mary Louise, Charles, Julia Maria, Harriet Newell, and Cordelia Matilda. Because of inhibition from the communion table, in that he persisted in keeping the tavern "open" on the Sabbath, he transferred his allegiance, and when he
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died, March 3, 1850, in his seventy-first year his remains were deposited on the 5th in the public vault in St. Michael's churchyard. His wife died Aug. 22, aged 67, and was placed beside him two days later. Of the sons James C. ("Col. Jim," as he was familiarly known) was the last survivor. He was commissioned Lieut. Col. Sept. 27, 1847, and after an honorable career as commander of the N. Y. Volunteers in the Mexican War he was taken off while yet a young man by disease contracted in the service. He never married. His sister Harriet m. in 1842 Frederick Lyman Talcott, who after an experience in mercantile business with his father, Noah Talcott, established in 1858 the banking house of Talcott & Sons, the junior partners being Frederick L., Jr., and August Belmont Talcott. Wil- liam Burnham's sister Ann m. Lawrence van Buskirk. Three of their children were baptized Sept. 30, 1831, by Dr. Gunn; viz. Caroline, Sylvester Swift, and William Lawrence. Sylvester S. m. Sarah Josephine Gassner and had a child Virginia Talcott, who was baptized by Domine van Aken. Daniel Gassner, her father, came to Bloomingdale in 1828, when he bought the Samuel A. Lawrence property. Somerindyck Lane, which led to it, took the names of Lawrence and Gassner suc- cessively after the different owners. He was a witness at the marriage of his daughter Jane Elizabeth to William G. Tompkins July 2, 1847, at which the minis- ter officiated and baptized their children on Dec. 20, 1854, to wit, Emily Louise and Charlotte Pride Tomp- kins. Daniel Gassner d. in 1854, leaving his realty to his eight children.
Domine van Aken m. his son John A. to Helen, daughter of Matthew Kyle, a Scotchman, and baptized two of their children, viz. John Weyman and Susan
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Cornelia, 1854. Kyle had sons William and Matthew. Another son of Daniel Gassner was Matthew. Peter Gassner was a brother of Daniel. He was a grocer. His daughter Elizabeth C. Gassner d. at Lake Mohegan, Westchester Co., N. Y. July 31, 1907. Isabella B. Gassner m. John Weyman and had a child baptized at St. Michael's 1853.
Rachel Westerfield joined on confession Feb. 1, 1827, and her husband Cornelius Feb. 2, 1828. They had been m. by Dr. Gunn Dec. 7, 1822, who also baptized these children, viz. : Catherine Jane, m. Apr. 26, 1843, John Waite, d. Sept. 16, 1859; William Edwin; Rachel; Mary Elizabeth, d. Oct. 14, 1841, intestate and unm .; Emma Delia. By the will of Jane Cozine Acker- man, dated March 2, 1837, said Rachel Westerfield, her daughter, was bequeathed all testatrix's lands in Bloomingdale, a portion of the Cozine Farm, for and during her life. Immediately after her death said property was to vest in the above grandchildren, share and share alike. To the eldest, Catherine Jane, was bequeathed the place on which her grandmother resided, fronting on the Bloomingdale Road, to her and her heirs forever. Certain portions of said life estate Rachel Westerfield conveyed to her two infant children, Emma D. and Rachel Westerfield, in 1842, which prop- erty was partitioned and sold at their petition three years later. The mother d. Sept. 11, 1842, aged 45 years and 2 mos., leaving her husband Cornelius and all the above-named children, at which time only the elder had married. She had George W. and Anna Frances Waite. The daughter Rachel m. William M. Day in 1855. Cornelius Westerfield was elected Deacon June 21, 1838, was appointed Treasurer Oct. 23, and Clerk of Consistory Feb. 14, 1839. He became Elder
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July 16, 1840. At the same session John Waite, a child of the Church, who was to become his son-in-law, was elected Deacon and Treasurer in his stead. The August meeting was held at Waite's house. Both were re-elected to their respective offices on July 25, 1842. Mr. Westerfield resigned both as Elder and Clerk and Waite as Treasurer Nov. 29, 1843. The latter served for a month or so thereafter as Deacon. He was the son of William Waite and Margaret, the dau. of Dea- con Webbers, who were m. by Dr. Gunn Feb. 23, 1809.
Robert Carss joined the communion in April, 1829. He was m. by Domine van Aken Feb. 15, 1852, to Joanna Gordon and was elected Deacon Jan. 13, 1858, which position he filled until chosen Elder Feb. 1, 1861. He d. in office July 13, 1869. His brother John m. (1) Catherine dau. of Thomas J. Emmons the Elder and (2) Marion Bissland, a teacher in the Orphan Asylum, in 1857, she having been baptized May 5, 1850. Two of their children, John Bissland and Mary Catherine Carss, were baptized by the minister.
Domine Francis Marschalk Kip was called as a suc- cessor to the lamented Dr. Gunn, July 8, 1830. He came from one of the oldest families of New Amster- dam and his descent was as follows:
I. Isaac, m. (I) Catalina Hendricks de Suyers, Feb. 8, 1653.
2. Jacobus, b. Aug. 25, 1666, d. Feb. 28, 1753; m. (2) Rachel Swarthout, 1695.
3. Isaac, d. July 2, 1762 ; m. Jan. 7, 1720, Cornelia, dau. Leonard Lewis, Alderman, New York city.
4. Leonard, b. 1725, d. 1804; m., 1763, Elizabeth, dau. Francis Marschalk of New York city.
5. Isaac Lewis, b. 1767, d. 1837; m. Sarah Smith of
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Elizabethtown, N. J., who were the parents of the Domine.
From the N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Record of Jan., 1889, p. 12, these additional facts are gleaned : Dr. Kip was the youngest son of Isaac L. Kip, a law partner of the Hon. Brockholst Livingston, Assistant Register of the Court of Chancery and from 1817 to the day of his death (Jan. 20, 1837) Treasurer of the Cor- poration of the Collegiate Church, of which he became President in 1830. The son's educational advantages were of the highest order. After graduation at Colum- bia College he entered his father's office, where he pursued the study of law for two years, when impelled by religious motives he entered the Theological Semi- nary, was licensed by the Classis of New York April 21, 1830, and ordained Aug. 8, in the Church at Harsen- ville. The following year he was transferred by the Classis to the mission in East 9th Street, on the present site of the Wanamaker store. His success was so great that from this mission grew the organization which erected the House of Worship at. the corner of 4th Street and Lafayette Place. Mr. Kip now received several calls and decided in favor of the old historic stone church at Fishkill, where he was installed Nov. 8, 1836. This was the church of his love. A ministry of 35 years followed, almost romantic in its faithfulness, usefulness, and beauty. His long pastorate included the most eventful period of our national history and on all questions involving virtue or vice, patriotism or disloyalty, right or wrong, this pulpit was never silent; its trumpet blew no uncertain sound, yet its utterances were so fortified and tempered by so wise an admixture of sterling integrity and affection that prejudice was disarmed and all strife prevented. His sermons were
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always the result of deep thought and careful study. His Sabbath ministrations were full of the Cross. He loved the ministry with an intensity of devotion and he was beloved by his people with a fervency rarely accorded to any one individual. His memory will ever be regarded as a benediction to both the church and the place. In 1854 Dr. Kip visited Europe, where his letters of introduction enabled him to be enter- tained by men of eminence. This journey was ever a source of pleasure during the remainder of his life. In 1857 he was President of the General Synod at Utica and the same year received the degree of D.D. from Columbia. In 1860 he was elected trustee of Rutgers College. Early in the decade of the seventies Dr. Kip resigned at Fishkill and soon accepted the pastorate of the united Churches of Richmond and Huguenot, Staten Island, and was appointed chaplain of the Seaman's Retreat, then under charge of the State Legislature. He resigned his Staten Island charge in 1881 to officiate as chaplain of the city institutions on Ward's and Randall's Islands. Early in 1883 the American Seaman's Friend Society appointed Dr. Kip their chaplain and this was the closing work of his long life. Here he was diligent and faithful in his service and exceedingly popular in the institutions with officers, physicians, nurses, and patients. He was taken ill while on duty, resigned May I, and died the 28th of that month.
Dr Kip was a man of many attainments, well versed in the ancient languages-Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. In his seventieth year he was appointed examiner in the latter tongue by the Classis of New York because of superior accomplishments. A theologian and histo- rian of parts, he delighted in antiquarian research.
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His reminiscenses of his native city were exceedingly entertaining and amusing. He m. Mary Rogers, daughter of James Ashton Bayard and granddaughter of Col. Bayard, all of the historic Delaware family. She was also a granddaughter of the Rev. John Rod- gers, D.D., first pastor of the Wall Street Presbyterian Church. She was the first accession to membership during her husband's tenure at Bloomingdale, bear- ing a letter from the 8th Presbyterian Church.
The Bayards are descended from Samuel Bayard and Anne, the stately sister of Gov. Stuyvesant. The latter, a widow, accompanied her brother to New Amsterdam in 1647, bringing with her her three sons. The Delaware family came from Petrus Bayard, sometime Deacon of the Dutch Church at New Amster- dam, who removed to Bombay Hoeck, an island of 600 acres in the South River which Gov. Andros granted him in 1675. The Rev. Dr. Rodgers, then pastor of St. George's Presbyterian Church in Delaware and an intimate friend and confidential adviser of Gen. Wash- ington, m. Elizabeth, the daughter of Col. Peter Bayard, son of Samuel and grandson of Petrus, and it was his daughter Eliza who m. James A. Bayard, the son of Col. John, of the Penn. Committee of Safety, a great grandson of Petrus. He was the father of Mrs. Kip and of James A. Bayard, the distinguished states- man who was U. S. Commissioner to Ghent. For this service he was appointed to succeed John Quincy Adams at St. Petersburg, but was seized with an alarming illness and hastened home to die. Col. John Bayard removed from Philadelphia to New Brunswick after the war, where he became a presiding judge, trustee of Rutgers College, and in 1790 Mayor of that city. He d. Jan. 7, 1807, in his 69th year, and his
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