Richard, who was b. in Holland, resided for some time upon Long Island. lie mar. Grace, or Geshe, Ryker of Ryker's Island, and left, 1. Abraham, second proprietor of Berrian's neck, who mar. 1st, Mary Moore, 2nd, Mary Williams ; their children were Col. Abraham, Nathaniel of Berrian's neck, b. June 24, 1781, d. 1845, Richard, Phoebe, Mary, Geshe, and Charity; 2. Sarah, mar. Samuel Leverich. 3. Geshe, mar. Jesse Leverich. Samuel, 4th son of first Nicholas,

mar. Tippet, and left two sons, 1st, Samuel, 2nd, Richard ; whose

son is the Rev. William Berrian, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church, New York.

Bertine of New Rucheli.e. The ancestors of the Berlincs, or Berteins (as the name was originally spelt,) were Protestants, inhabitants of Rochelle, in France. On the Revocation of the edict of Nantes, Pierre Bertine fled from France to England, and soon after came thence to America. Two brothers by the name of Peter and James were living at New Rochelle in l7i-2. Peter left three sons, James, Peter, and Isaac, and a daughter Elizabeth. James mar. Deborah Cozine, and had James, Thomas, Hannah, who mar. William H. Pinckney of Eastchester, Sarah, mar. Henry Remsen, Eliza, mar. Gilbert Hatfield, and Julia who mar. Gershom Smith.

BiRDSALL OE Peekskill. Dauicl Birdsall of Peekskill, b. 17lh January,

1734-5, d. Oct. 29th, 1800, mar. Hannah , she was b. 7th Nov. 1737.

Their children were, 1. Daniel, jr., of Peekskill, who mar. 1st, Phoebe Brown, and secondly Letitia Lewis, and left William B. of Peekskill, James, of New York, Samuel of Cincinnati Ohio, Daniel, Mary, who mar. Medad Raymond, Anne Eliza and Hannah, 2. Samuel, left William, who mar. 1st, Nancy Haws,