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 THEOPHYLACT BACHE. 



The several families of English extraction, bear- 

 ing this name, are said to find a common head in 

 one De Le Becke, who came from Normandy with 

 William the Conqueror in the year 1066, and whose 

 name is enrolled in the ancient list of those who sur- 

 vived the memorable battle of Hastings, fought on 

 Oct. 14th, 1066. The more immediate ancestor of 

 Theophylact Bache, the second President of St. 

 George's Society, elected in 1788, was William 

 Bache, father of Theophylact and Richard, from 

 whom all of that name in this country are descended, 

 and who was a Collector of Excise in the town of 

 Settle, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. 



Theophylact Bache was born at Settle, on Janu- 

 uary 17th, 1734, and arrived in New York on Sep- 

 tember 1 7th, 1 75 1. He came out at this early age to 

 the care of Mr. Paul Richard, whose wife, Elizabeth 

 Garland, was a relative. Mr. Richard was an emi- 

 nent merchant, and at one time was Mayor of this 

 city, young Theophylact coming here to act as a 

 clerk, or assistant, to him in the management of his 

 business. 



Mr. Richard evidently regarded Theophylact with 

 favor, since a codicil was attached to his will, dated 

 19th September, 1756, shortly before his death, 

 leaving Mr. Bache ^300 currency, and naming him 

 as executor of the estate. Mr. Theophylact Bache 



