The writer stated, that being in England between thirty and forty years ago, he found some papers relating to the De Lancey family, among some waste paper in the house where he was staying, that he had preserved them, and seeing by the newspapers that the Bishop was in the city, he now enclosed them to him. These the Bishop found to be ; 1st, the commission of James de Lancey as Lieut. Governor of the colony : 2d, his commission as Chief Justice of the colony ; 3d, the freedom of the city of New York, voted to pne of ths

302 HISTORY OF THE

Martha Heathcote, the second surviving daughter of Col, Caleb Heathcoie, married Lewis Johnston of Perth Amboy.a In the year 1771, the above Martha, conveyed all her right and title to her husband.

There is a deed recorded in the town books, between Anne de Lancc}^, daughter of Col. Caleb Heathcote, widow of the Hon. James de Lancey, deceased, and Lewns Johnston of Perth Amboy, physician, of the one part, and William Sutton of Mamaroneck, on the other part.

Signed,

Anne de Lancey. John Johnston, Heathcote Lewis Johnston,

Johnston by Anne de Lancey.

In presence of, John Johnston and Susannah de Lancey. John Johnston the eldest son and heir at law of Lewis Johnston and Martha Heathcote, died in 1782, leaving issue by his wife Margaret Barbaric, five sons and two daughters. Heathcote the third son, is the father of Susannah Snowhill Ward, wife of the Rev. John M. Ward, Rector of the parish.