Elizabeth d. aet. 80, mar. Martineau. VIII. Sarah d. set. GO. IX.

Mary d. at. 64. X. Abigail d. eet. 18. Arms. -- Az. on a fesse, between two fillets, or, three leopard's heads, gu. Crest. -- A demi Moor ppr. vested gu. rimmed round the collar with two bars or, tied round the waist with a ribbon ar. wreathed about the head ar. and gu, holding in his dexter hand a gem-ring of the third.

Le Comte, or Le Count, of New Rochelle. -- The ancestors of the Le Count's were Protestants, inhabitants of La Rochelle, in France. They were of honorable and noble descent, (as the name implies,) and there possessed considerable estates. On the revocation of the PJdict of Nantes, Guillaume Le Comte fled from France to England, and soon after came to America. Guillaume m. Marguerita , and had Guillaume, Peter and Esther. Guillaume, junior, mar. Annette Martha , and left two sons, Francis and Josiah. Francis, the eldest, had, I. Paul d. in 1815, s. p. II. Josias mar. Anne Riche and John of New York, and Thomas of ditto. III. John m. Hannah Ferris, and left, 1. Samuel. 2. Hannah. 3. Eleanor. IV. Joseph mar. Hannah Raymond, and had, 1. Piatt. 2. Francis. 3. Joseph. 4. Elizabeth. Josiah, second son of 2d Guillaume, mar. 1. Mary Angevine. 2. Susannah Soulice, and left, I. Peter, lost at sea. II. John mar. Sarah Badeau. HI. Mary mar. Nathaniel Lawrence. John and Sarah had, 1. Capt. Josiah of New Rochelle. 2. William of New Rochelle. 3. John. Of this family was Pierre Le Comte of Staten Island, whod. 1702, mar. Margaret , and had three sons, viz. John, Peter and James.