Mary Husky, and left Peter, the present occupant of the Homestead, near Long Pond.

BEl:i:IA^- of Yoxkeks.-- The family of Bernaii was ^ among the French Huguenots who fled from France to Holland on the Revocation of the edict of Nantes, Xi'chohu Bcrrian, the first of the family who emigruted to this country, had five sons : 1, Nicholas; 2, Cornelius; 3, Richard ; 4, Samuel; 5, Peter; Cornelius, the second son, mar. Sarah Warner. Richard, who was b. in Holland, resided for some time upon Long Island. He mar. Grace, or Geshe, Ilyker of Ryker's Island, and left, 1, Abraham, second proprietor of Berrian's Neck, who mar. 1st, ilary Moore ; 2nd, Mary Williams ; their children were Col. Abraham, Nathaniel of Berrian's Neck, b. June 24, 1781, d. 1845. Richard, Phncbc, Mary, Geshe, and Charity : Geshe, mar. Jesse Leverich. Samuel, 4th

son of first Nicholas, mar. Tippet, and left twos ons ; 1st, Samuel ; 2nd,

Richard; whose son was the Rev. William Bcrrian, D. D., late Rector of Trinity church. New York.

"Bertine ok New Rociielle. The ancestors of the Btri/nes. or Dertcins (a3 the n..n-e was origiii.dly spelt,) \v<.ro Protest.:ats, iuhabitanis of Ruclieik', in

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France. Oa the Revocation of the edict of Nantes, Pierre Bertine. fled from France to England, and S'njn after came thence to America. Two brothers bv the name of Peter and James v\-erc living at New Rochelle in 1742. Peter left three sons, James, Peter, and Isaac, and a dan.^bter Elizabeth, James mar. Deborah Cozine, and had James, Thomas, Hannah, -w-ho mar. William H. Pinciiney of Eastchester ; Sarah, mar. Henry Remsen ; Eliza, mar. Gilbert Hatfield, and Julia, who married Gershom Smith.