Speaking of the New York Assembly of 17r)2, and the influence of Chief Justice James de Laiiccy, Smith says, " It may gratify the curiosity of the reader to know, that of the Members of this Assembly Mr. Chief Justice De Lancey was nephew to Col. Beekinan, brother to Peter De Lancey, brotlier-in-law of John Watts, cousin to Philij) Verplanck and John Ba])tist Van Rensselaer; that Mr. Jones the Speaker, .Mr. Richard, Mr. Walton, Mr. Cruger, JMr. Philipse, Mr. Winne, and Mr. Le Count, were of his most intimate acquaintances ; and that these twelve, of the twenty-seven, which composed the whole house, held his character in the highest esteem. Of the remaining fifteen he only wanted One to gain a majority under his influence, than which nothing was more certain; for except Mr. Livingston wlio represented his own Manor, there was not among the rest a man of education or abilities (jualified for the station they were in." '

"The Seven Miss van Cortlandts," as they were long collectively spoken of, were noted for their charaent to the writers Grandfather John Peter de Lancey of Mamaroneck (the two gentlemen being second cousins) and now in the writers possession. It was printed by the writer in the Apl. Xo. , 1H74, of the N. Y. Gen. & Biog Record. 1 II. Smith's Hist. N. Y., 142, ed. of 1829.

acteristic decision of character, good sense, personal beauty, and warm affection for each other. When their mother died in 1723, the list of her descendants and family relatives i)resent, which is still preserved, is most sur[)rising for its numbers, length and prominent names. The funeral took place in New York and was one of the largest ever seen in that city up to that day. Space will not permit any mention of its details here, interesting as they are.