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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Charles the First, " he entered the Parliament army and there behaved 

 himself with great courage and bravery in several engagements for the 

 Rights and Liberty of his country."* 1 At one time he was Mayor of the 

 ancient city of Chesterfield. He died April 24th, 1690. By his wife, 

 Anne, daughter of George Dickins, of Weststoke, County of Sussex, he 

 had eight sons ("seven of whom he brought upas merchant adventurer:; 

 whereby with God's blessing they obtained good estates,") and one 

 daughter, viz. : First, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Knight and Baronet, an- 

 cestor of the " Heathcotes Barons Aveland of Normanton Park, County 

 Rutland; second, John Heathcote who died unmarried in 17 10; third, 

 Samuel Heathcote of Hackney, Middlesex, ancestor of the " Heathcotes, 

 Baronets of Hursley Park, Hampshire ; fourth, Josiah Heathcote, father 

 of George Heathcote, Alderman and Lord Mayor of London in 1744, 



Hon. Caleb Heathcote. 



whose son was Josiah Eyles Heathcote of Southbroom House, who died 

 August, 181 1, aged sixty-two; fifth, William Heathcote, who died in 

 1 7 19 ; and sixth, Caleb Heathcote/ first Lord of the Manor of Scarsdale, 

 Westchester County, New York. This gentleman was born at Chester- 

 field, Derbyshire, England, 6th of March, 1665. He adopted the mer- 

 cantile profession and soon acquired considerable wealth. " The cause 

 of his emigration was very different from that which brought most Eng- 

 lishmen to America. He was engaged to a very beautiful lady, to whom 



a Ditto. 



b The two other sons of Gilbert were George, who died unmarried on his voyage home from 

 Jamaica in 1690, and Thomas who died young. The daughter, Elizabeth, died young in 1658. 





