James Bleecker, son of Rutger Bleecker, mayor of the city of Albany in 172S.<i The house is said to have been used by the British as an hospital for the wounded soldiery in 1776. Captain Josiah le Count still occupies a portion of the old family place, situated on the south side of the road leading to the viU- age.e Guilliaume le Conte, the founder of the Le Count family in New Rochelle, fled from France to England, prior to the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and brought with him his two sons Guilliaume and Pierre le Conte.^

a Mr. Leggett's father was a native of this town, and actively engaged in the Revolutionary struggle.

b The grandfather of Samuel was Anthony Pintard, who came originally from La Rochelle, and settled at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. The son of Anthony was John Pintard, whose four sons were, Louis of New Rochelle, Samuel, (as above,) Anthony of New York, and John Pintard ; the latter was the father of the late venerable John Pintard, L. L. D., whose daughter, Mrs. Servoss, resides in this town.

c Lewis Pintard was appointed by Washington commissary for the American prisoners in^New York. This individual occupied the Graham property in New Rochelle.

d See Genealogy of the Bleecker family.

e On this property there is a landing, from whence sail several sloops trading with the New York market.

f See letters of denization, and for further particulars of the family, see Genealogy.

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