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: --

"Died, on Sunday last, at his seat near this city, greatly lamented,

LKONAKD LlSPENAKD, ESQ."

His remains were interred in the family vault in the rear of Trinity church, New York, near the south-west corner of the present edifice, where there is a white marble slab bearing his name. Leonard Lispenard had three children by his wife Elsie Rutgers, viz : Anthony, Leonard and Cornelia. The latter married Thomas Marston, Feb. 5th, 1759- Their daughter, Alice Marston, married Francis B. Winthrop, April 2 2d, 1779; Their grandsons are the present H. R. Winthrop and F. B. Winthrop • the latter of whom now resides at New Rochelle. The three streets which were cut through the old " Lispenard Meadows," in New York, viz: Lispenard, Leonard and Anthony, (now Worth,) derive their names from the Lispenard family, which is now believed to be extinct in the male line. The old family mansion on Davenport's Neck, formerly stood at the east end of the mill-pond. Upon the 17th of April 1724, we find the freeholders of New Rochelle granting to Anthony Lispenard a portion of land situated on the Neck for the purpose of erecting a grist mill. The mill was soon after erected on the east side of the creek. ' Among the Lispenard papers occurs the following receipt, for quit-rent, from Thomas Pell, brother of Joseph Pell, lord of the manor of Pelham : --