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navy-yard and saw active service during the war. His arduous duties in helping to suppress 

 the slave traffic on the African coast impaired his health. In 1823 he was honored with the brevet 

 rank of commodore, an exceptional honor, as the rank of captain was then the highest in the 

 service. V 4, Eliza Sands. V 5 (Propositus) , JOSHUA RATOON SANDS. V 6, Cornelia Sands. 



V7, Nathaniel Prime. V 8, Joseph Sands (1772-1825). V 9, Kampfel, of Lisle, France. 



V 10, William Bard, born 1778. V 11, Catherine Cruger. 



VII 1, Ann O'Connor Barclay. VII 2, Stephen Decatur Trenchard (1818-1883), a rear 

 admiral, 1875. He retired in 1880 after having charge of the North Atlantic squadron, the 

 largest fleet assembled under one head after the war (see text). VII 4, Rufus Prime, a banker 

 of New York City and president of the Chamber of Commerce. VII 5, Ferdinand Sands. VII 

 6, Susan Bard (1812-1838). 



VIII 1, Edward Trenchard (born 1850), a painter of marine scenes who served in the navy 

 and traveled extensively. VIII 2, Louis Joseph Sands (born 1836) (see text), served in the navy 

 and afterwards studied painting. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



DELANCEY, E. 1875. Original Family Records, Cruger (In: New York Genealogical and 



Biographical Record), vol. VI, pp. 74-80. 



PRIME, T. 1886. Descent of Comfort Sands and of his children. New York. 81 pp. 

 THOMPSON, B. 1843. The History of Long Island. New York: Banks and Co. 2 vols. 



