Senator for the Second District in 1S21, aud Elijah; 2, FreeioTe, who mar. William Pickney. From the Long Island faiiiily also descended Sylvanus Towuscnd, wiio removed to l\0T\h Salem, and left issue William, Sylvanus, set. 91, James, Samuel, and Justus, all residmg at North Salem.
Yalenti>'e, of Yunkeks. -- Benjamin Valentine, the ancestor of this family, was a dragoon in the French military service, Canada. He removed to New York circa 16S0, and settled upon the farm (iu Yonkers) now owned by Frederick Rich.
He mar. Olrll, and had ll'.ree sons, ilatthias, tlrst proprietor of ValcntLne's
Hill. Yonkers, b. 10'.-.^. d. 1781, bulled at Eastciiester ; Nichoiis, who removed South, and Jo-trph. 1 he latter individual was so p;vssionately fond of the violin, that he obtained the surname of "The Fiddler." Jf<itl?>ia.-<, tiie eldest son, mar.
1, Anna Kych : '^, Mary , and Irlt, (I.), Abraham of Yonkers, b. 1719, d.
19th Oct., 1768. " uriod at Eastchistt-r, mar. Deborah Barton, and had, 1, Gilbert, b. 174S. d. 1610. r.uir., 1. Mary 31 jrgan, da. of Charles. 2, Martha Briggs ; by first wife he had A 'Tahnm. b. Juno 16, 1773, iiiar. 3Iay -.7, i79S, Hannah Bi iggs ; she was b. May 2, 1776. Abrabani a.'id Hamiak left, u, Abraham of New York, b. 3r.iy 10, ISiil, niir., 1S26. Jane Bates, a-.d liad Abraham, Edwanl, John. Wi:;' ■M. Ge<r- . M:;-y Jane. E::::lv,d. l^i". aii.U'uthann- : ,'-, IMwa-l B;;.'--^, b. :u\.\. 2,", l--! 9, d. Sept. 2:i, IblM, 1 :ir. . lS3i. r!;-/.:i ]".. Pickney ; <•, Su;!. .^lorgaii