James, the first of these, was educated at Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, England, iu which college his father had been educated before him. On quitting college, he entered the army, rising to the rank of captain. In the unfortunate campaign against Ticonderoga, he was an aid of Abercrombie's. When his father died, or shortly after. Captain de Lancey sold out, inheriting the principal (States of his family. He married Margaret, a daughter of Chief Justice Allen of Pennsylvania, whose other daughter Anne married John Penn, grandson of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.

Early in the Revolution, Capt. James de Lancey went to England. Eventually he established himself at Bath." This gentleman, (and not his cousin, Lt. Col. James, as Mr. Sabine supposes,)

» See vol. i. 298. c See vol. i. 297.

fc Surrogate's Office, N. Y. lib. xiv. 91. ^ Ibid. 299.

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''at the close of the war, and at the formation of iho loyalist agency for presenting claims for compensation, was ippointed agent for New York, and became vice president of the heard His own Irsses were large and difficult of adjnstment, and occupied the attention of the commissioners for some days. Excepting Sir William Pepperell," Captain James "de liancey appears ^ iw i been the most active member of the agency."=^ " Five of the children of Capt. James de Lancey and Margaret grew up, viz., two sons and three daughters. Charles, the eldest son, was in the British navy, and died a bachelor. James, late Lt. Col. 1st Dragoon Guards, is living, also a bachelor. Two of the d ui-j-hters, Anne and Susan, are single, and slill living; while Margaret married the present Sir Juckes Granville Clifton, Bart., and died early, childless."