For their religious opinions the Felyps suffered severely both in person and property, being finally compelled to fly, for better security, to Bolsward in East Friesland. d From MSS. in the hand-writing of the late Hon. John Jay (himself a descendant of Eva Philipse, while his wife, Sarah Livingston, was a grand-daughter of Annetye Philipse) we learn " that the first ancestor of this family who settled in this country was Frederick Flypson, and that he was a native of Bohemia, where his family, being Protestants, were persecuted. His mother, becoming a widow, was constrained to quit Bohemia with him and her other children.* She fled to Holland with what little property she could save from the wreck of their estate. The amount of that little not admitting her to provide better for Frederick, she bound him to a carpenter, and he became an excellent workman.

a Mera. of PMlipse family, from MSS. In hand-writing of John Jay. Miscellaneous works by Gen. De Pevster, p. 117. »

b Mem. of Long Island Hist, Soc. vol. L, Journal of a vovage to Xew York in 16741-«S0, Brooklyn. lSfiT.

c The noble descent of this ancient family is not only based on tradition, but amply established by their coat armor, which was borne by them long before the modern assumption of arms, when imposition in this respect was well nigh impossible, ami when, if had been practicable, no such parvenu opinions existed with regard to their value. Let those who differ from us prove anything to the contrary.-- [Editor.] In the Hall of Records, Amsterdam. Holland, is registered the following coat of arms belonging to the Philipse family : " Az a deml Hon rampant, rising out of a ducal coronet ar, surmounted by a ducal coronet or." The crest as borne both by the English and American families is •' a demi lion rampant rising out of a Viscount 's coronet ar, surmounted by a ducal coronet or."