i He is a member of Christ Church (Episcopal) and

j was formerly one of its vestrymen, having conlibuted largely toward its erection. He married Henrietta Amelia Brooks, daughter of Benjamin Brooks, of Bridgeport, Conn. She is a descendant of Colonel John Jones and Theophilus Eaton, first Governor of the colony of New Haven. There were three children, one of whom (the eldest son) was drowned from a yacht in Long Island Sound. Those surviving are Oliver Eaton and Henrietta, who married John De

' Ruyter.

Mr. Cromwell, though well along in life, still retains his strength, and his name continues to be associated with every progressive and benevolent movement in and about the village which is the home

I of his choice. He is at present one of the oldest living members of the St. Nicholas Club.

WILLIAM PATTERSON VAX RENSSELAER.

Mr. Vau Rensselaer was the second son of the patroon, Stephen Van Rensselaer, of Albany, and was born March 6, 1805. His mother was a daughter of Judge William Paterson, of New Jersey. After graduating at Yale College, in 1824, he was commissioned aid-de-camp toGovernor De Witt Clinton, with the title of colonel, which post he soon relinquished, and from 1826 spent four years in Europe, traveling extensively and pursuing legal studies in Edinburgh.

I Upon his return he entered the office of Peter A, Jay, then a well-known lawyer in New York. For a number of years afterward he resided in Albany and

I Rensselaer County, but the last twenty years of his life were spent at his home at Manursing Island, near Rye, Westchester County. He died in New Y'ork, November 13, 1872.