From the genealogical table in possession of the Strangs of Putnam, it appeal s that Daniel L'Estrange and Charlotte his wife, (daughter of Francis Hurbert,) being protestants, fled from the city of Paris in the year of our Lord 16^5, during the persecutions under Louis the XIV., and came to the city of London. He obtainf^d a lieutenancy in the guards of James the 2d, King of Great Britain, and continued there until the year 1688, when with his wife he embarked for America in company with a number of French Protestants and arrived at the city of New York. From thence he went to New Rochelle, and subsequently removed to Rye.'^ Daniel L'Es-

» The following tradition has been handed down in the family, that tlie abore Charlotte L'Estrange wishing to accompany her husband in his escape from France left her infant as a hostage in Paris, her enemies hoping by this artifice to insure her return, but taking ship the first opportunity she crossed the channel into England. During the bitter persecution that preceded their flight the family Bible wus concealed beneath the hearth stone.

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As a substitute they seized upon Dr. James Brewer, who resided in the immediate neighborhood, and were proceeding home with their prisoner, when passing through Stoney street, they were fired upon by a party of Americans, who lay concealed behind the fences. Dr. Brewer received a mortal wound and expired the next morning, Nov. 20, 1780, in the arms of Dr. White who had thus narrowly escaped the melancholy fate of his friend.