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.

Bip.DS.\Li, OF Peekskill.-- Z?a«;>? Blrdmll of Peekskill, b. 17th January,

_J/7S4-5, d. Oct. 29th, ISOO, mar. Hannah ; she was b. 7th Nov. 1737.

Their chiklren were, 1, Daniel, jr, of Peekskill, who mar. 1st, Phebc Brown; and secondly, Letitia Lewis ; and left William B. of Peekskill, James of N-j-.v York; Samuel of Cincinnati. Ohio; Daniel, Mary, who mar. Medad Raymoud; Anne Eliza and Hannali ; 3, Samuel, left William, who mar. 1st, Nancy Haws;

2nd, Spook, and had Samuel of Peekskill; 3, Sarah, b. Nov. G, K.'jS;

4, Mary Hannah, b. Sept. 1760; 5. Elizabeth, b. Sth July, 1765; 6, :\rartha.

Eleecker.-- Jan. Jansen Bleeckcr, a native of Meppel in the Province of Overyssel, Holland, came to New Amsterdam from Holland in 105S, and subsequently removed to AIl)any. He was one of the first aldermen named in the charter of ^Ubany, A. D. 1GS6 : and ma}-or of that city in 1R95, mar. ^klar^'arct da. of Rutger Jacobsen, A. D. 1C67. He d. a;t. 91. They had eight children ; 1. John, Mayor of Albany in 1701, d. Sept. 173S, tet 70, mar. Anna Coster, Oct. 1693 : 2, Rutger, Recorder and Mayor of Albany, 1725, 6-, 7, 8, d. Aug. 175G, set. 82, Diar. Catalina Schuyler, da. of David S. ; 3, Nicolas ; 4, Henry ; o, Catharine, mar.