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married on i6th of October, 1760, Ann Dorothy, 

 daughter of Andrew Barclay. They had a numerous 

 issue. Of those who Hved to maturity we may 

 mention Paul Richard Bache, who became a mem- 

 ber of the Society in the year 1791, Andrew Bache, 

 who became a member in 1793, William Bache, who 

 joined in i 794, and afterwards acted as Secretary to 

 the Society from 1796 to 1801. 



Mr. Theophylact Bache filled many positions of 

 trust in this city. In the year 1760 he was elected 

 a vestryman of old Trinity Church, and continued 

 as such until 1784, was again elected in 1788, and 

 for a third period he served from 1792 to 1800. In 

 1773 he was elected the fifth President of the New 

 York Chamber of Commerce, and was again elected 

 in 1788, and continued in office until 1792. He 

 was elected President of the New York Hospital 

 in 1794, and remained at its head until 1797; he 

 likewise held office as a Governor of the Hospital 

 from 1785 to 1797. In the year 1803 Mr. Bache 

 retired from active business life and spent much of 

 his time at his country residence in Flatbush, Long 

 Island, where he was often seen in the field with his 

 gun and dogs, of which he was very fond. An ex- 

 cellent portrait of this gentleman adorns the walls 

 of the New York Chamber of Commerce. He was 

 President of this Society from i 788 to i 799. 



