The shield on th.' right of the plate bears the arms of Pell, that on the left the coat armor of Picknev, or 3 fusils m fesse g".

* " Louis Rongrand purchased of Jacob Leisler and Elsie, his wife, 31st May, 1690, and sold to Francis Tierena and Valentine O uger, onthe 22d June, 1693. In the conveyance of the latter lo Joost Pane, 9th May, 1698, the above Rift is specified." New Rochelle, Town Rec , p. 70. " 1 n a deed from Lewis Guiou to Zacarie Enpevin, &c. On the 26th Ilea, 1 701. The former was to have a particular lane or road to Serve the latter fiom Boston road giving to the church yard, all along the swamp, Ac, making a door (gate) which shall be shut by those who will make use of it," Ac. New Rochelle, Town Rec, p. 20.

604 . HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

from that country. From which part of France this individual came it is now impossible to say ; he might have been related in some way to the Sieur de Bonrepos, " a French calvinistic officer," who accompanied the Canadian -expedition in its descent on New York between the months of November, 1689, and November, 1690,° whose family were originally Seigneurs de Bonrepos.*

The name of Bonrepos, as pastor of the church in New Rochelle, appears in the following letter to Governor Leisler :

[translation.]

N. Rochelle, 20 Octob., 1690. Sir : -- I have too much respect for your orders not to execute them punctually, so that pursuant to what you did me the honour lately to give me, I spoke to the principals of this New Colony about the nomination of some persons for the vacant office of Justice of the Peace ; but as the condition you require -- that is a knowledge of the English tongue -- has precluded them from making the election of two or three according to your order, they cannot pitch upon any except Mr.