The first of the family who settled in America was W'illiam Irving, the son of Magnu.s Ir\ing, who was born in 1731, and who on coming to this country in 17G3, altered the orthography of the family name, changing the filial letier from e to g, to accord with the English usage. He was married at Falmouth, England, in 1761, to Sarah, daughter of John Sanders, Esq., of Falmouth. England. This gentleman was a very successful and highly respected merchant of the city of New York, commanding universal esteem from his probity. He died in the year 1S07, leawng the fallowing issue, I. AVilliain, " a merchant of the city of New York. He was distingul.slied as a gentleman of Uterar_v ta.^te, and in 1S12 became a member of Congress. He was concerned with his brother. Washington Irving, and ^Ir. .1. K. Paulding in writing for S.almagundi:" b. 17t;6, d. 1S21. Ho mar. Ja!:a I'.iuiding of Tarrj, tov/n. "\\^ C. C., a;>.d left i-^sue. 1. Lewis Graham, r.iar. Hile, ;in(l had L<-.us and ('liarlcs. 2. Klv. Wi!-

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liam Sanders of the Prot. Epis. Ch. d. s. p. 18.03. 3. Oscar, late of Tarrytown, niiir. lat, Misi llayton, 2d, Ellzu, widow of Mr. Ro:in.'yii. 4 Eierre Monro, couuscllor-u'u-iaw, 2s, Y., mar. l&t, ^Miss Bcrdau, and 2d, Lis cousin Hclc:;, da. of Gcucral Ricliar J Dodge. 5. Henry Ogdtn of Tarrytovvu. 6. Julia, mar. M. il. Grinrn.-!, Esq., of >'ew York. II. Anne, b. 1770, mar. General Richard Dodge of JoLuistowii, '3Ioatgomery Co. ; she died A.D. ISOS. III. Peler Irving, M.D , of TarrytowD, b. in ^T. Y., 1772, d. 1S37, interred at Grecuburgh. IV. Catharine Ilodgers, b. 1774, mar Daniel Paris. Esq., son of the late Colonel Isaac Paris. Y. Ebcuczer of Tarrytown, b. 177G, mar. Elizabeth Kip, (who died iu lti27,) a descendant of the old Dutch family of that name in the city of N.