In addition to this Mr. kip s estate was neanhat of Col. de Lane y. and a close iutiniarv had alwars ?; n 'ih ^-^'^■'•'•■'» ^l^'""- J''- ^--'^ th-r.^fore, easily m.tr.oed i., accept a captain s'c mm " ion n v^f ,'^^' government, and embark ail his interests in this cimtest He ram' Icon lan ^fro n*^! s i- ;irrV''!'l*'i!-lf?''; ^^'"n^",,:"''-'' ^^'-i"'^' J'^""''l 'he British anny wi-h the colonel, aeriv.j aiK d. nriLr rartisun o,ncer. I-or this reason he was for a tini.' as.i.'ried to the com mand of th ,■ l.ov.tl,st Uan„'er.,. In one of ihe .severe skirmishe.s wh.h look p ice We"tl Chester conntv in ITsl rapt. Kip. whil. char^rint' a bndv of .V.nerieau tn k p. h' d hU hor4 Killed r udT hUM. and r.'L ivrd .■, >..v,Te bayonet woun.l. He survived loV Ve, sJveril

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.-»:1^'.>Il.•rable time sheriff of Westchester county. He took a battalion ;;; ll'.c brigade of his uncle Oliver de Lancey, called the Loyalist Ran- ••(.rs or "• De Lancey" s Horse!' In consequence of his familiarity with the countv, Lt. Col. James de Lancey was stationed most of his time in Wcrchester, to keep open the means of procuring supplies. His coq)s in:u;e free with the cattle of that part of the country, and got the sonbr; '.v.'-/ of " Cow Boys," in revenge for their knowledge in the article of Loef. The colonel finally fixed his residence in Nova Scotia, and in 1-97, was sworn in as a member of the council of that colony. He died at Annapolis, N. S., about the year 1809. Martha Tippett, his widow, also died there in 1827, aged 73, and where his sons are still living. Oliver de Lancey, third son of Peter and Alice, threw up his