He was representative from the city and county of New York, in the Provincial Assembly, from 1702 to 17 15, with the exception of 1709; and in 1725, on the decease of Mr. Proa MSS., " Bertrand " Genealogy :-- .John Barbaric and his family came to New YorK In 16C8, In winch year (on 5th .January, > he and bta sous Peter, and John l'eter, were denizened as Einjlish subjects In London, lie was subsequently a merchant In New York, in partnership wiih his brut hei -In-law, bicphen de Lancy, aud a member of the council of the Province

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voost, he was elected again to that body. The following year he was re-elected, and continued in office until 1737; a service of twenty-six years in all. In 17 16, being a vestryman of Trinity church, he contributed ,£50, the amount of his salary as Representative to the General Assembly, to buy a city clock for that church, the first ever erected in New York. To him and Mr. John Moore, his partner, the city is also indebted for the introduction of fire engines, in i73i."a He was one of the principal benefactors of the French church, Du St. Esprit, established in New York by the refugees who fled upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz, and a warm friend of the French Huguenots at New Rochelle. The following letter addressed by him, 1591, to his friend Alexander Allaire, still preserved among the public records at New Rochelle.