He bought large tracts of land in Westchester, from Indians and others, which he had erected into a manor called the Manor of Scarsdale. He became a leading man in the colony, was judge of Westchester and Colonel of its militia all his life, first Mayor of the borough of Westchester, a Councillor of the Province, Mayor of New York for three years, for a time Commander of the colony's forces and from 1715 to his death, in 1721, Receiver General of the customs for all North Ametica. He married Anne, daughter of Col. (Tangier) Smith, of Long Island, so called from having been governor of that city in Charles 2d's time, and left two daughters; Anne who married James De Lancey and Martha married to Lewis Johnston M.D., of Perth Amboy.

8 When he first opened his office after his return from England, his father gave him £3000 currency towards '' his advancement in the world," as the recital in his Will expresses it. See Will, N. Y. Surrogate's office, XIV., 91 &e.

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alone amounting to upwards of £10,000 sterling and the former being one of the largest landed estates in the Province.

Stephen De Lancey, his father, died in 1741, upwards of 80 years of age, "worth at least £100,000 gained by his own honest industry, and that with credit, honor and reputation."! Besides which he possessed large tracts of land on New York Island and in Westchester, and Ulster counties. The whole of which estate he left to his five surviving children equally,? and the share which thus fell to James De Lancey, added to what he already possessed, made him one of the richest men in America. |