My Gram:'... ther (Abraham) informed me that Gabriel had a brother on board the same ship, as he : . been told by the oldest in the family and when Gabriel and James' parents were dead, ; - having an equal share with his brother's money he took charge ol it and James' aa arrived in New York, and purchased what necessaries they were in want of, clothing, ,y< procuring and paid board for them, (it is said by my grandfather that G tbriel was a ioor twelve years old and Jane about the same age when they came here) several ye, at', ami took the amount of each's money, and went south with the intention of returning, but was never heard of since.

The following is a memorandum of a conversation held by Cha-. M. Requa with Amy Delanoy, daughter of Capt. Glode, about i S.j 5, she beirur then nearly 80 years old. As will be seen it differs on sonic material points with the foregoing, and seems in some respects morereasonable) as it is also more full and explicit :

" The Requaw family lived in Paris previous to their departure from that country (France) in consequence of the persecutions by the Romish church of all Protestants. Huguenots as they were called. The family was rich in houses, lands and stocks ; but. the persecution was so bitter that they fled in the night to save their lives, leaving behind the greater part of their property which they coukJ,not convert into money. There were eleven other families which fled at the same time and from the same cause; they were strictly forbidden to read the Bible, or to hold religious meetings of any kind The Romish priests used to search every house which they imagined contained a Bible, or in which meetings were held.