In 1765 he was a delegate to the first Congress of the American Colonies, held in New York on the 7th of October of that year, and represented the Colony of New York with Robert R. Livingston, Philip Livingston, John Cruger and William Bayard. From 1759 to 1768 he was a representative in the Colonial General Assembly of New York. He was also a member of the Provincial Convention which met in New York on the 20th of April, 1775; and on the 23d of May, 1775, was a deputy to the first Provincial Congress of New York. During this period he was one of the active sons

a Geology of N. Y., vol. Tli. No. 200, p. 128.

b Family tradition says that the Baroness Lispenard emigrated from the West Indies to Hew Yoik. In September, 1710, Margct Leppener, (who was born in France in 1644,) with,

her two children, Anthony and Susanna, were living at Sew Rochelle. c This will was proved July 29, 1696. Suit, office, N. Y., Lib. V., 161. d Suit, office, N. Y., Lib. XXI. of wills, p. m.

<• I he residence of Anthony Rutgers was on the siteof the old New York Hospital grounds nonting on Broadway, where he lived for many years.

OLD MAP OF NEW ROCTIELLE.

THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE. 6 8 7

of liberty After the death of his father-in-law, (Mr. Anthony Rutgers,) in 1746 he became the proprietor of that portion of the Rutger's estate afterwards known as the "Lispenard Meadows," then in the outskirts of the city where he erected a handsome mansion and resided until his death, which took place on the 14th of February, 1776. The following notice of his demise appeared in the New York Journal and Weekly Register for February 18, 1790: --