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France. On the Revocation of the edict of Nantes, Pierre Bertine fled from 

 France to England, and BOOn after came thence to America. Two brothers by 

 the name of Peter and James were living at New Rochelle in 1742. Peter left 

 three sons, James, Peter, and Isaac, and a daughter Elizabeth, James mar. De- 

 borah Cozine, and had James, Thomas, Hannah, who mar. William II. Pinck- 

 ney of Eastchester ; Sarah, mar. Henry Remsen ; Eliza, mar. Gilbert Hatfield, 

 and Julia, who married Gershom Smith. 



Biedsall of Peekskill. — Daniel Bivdsall of Peekskill, b. 17th January, 



1734-5, d. Oct. 29th, 1S00, mar. Hannah ; she was b. 7th Nov. 1737. 



Their children were, 1, Daniel, jr, of Peekskill, who mar. 1st, Phebe Brown ; 

 and secondly, Letitia Lewis ; and left William B. of Peekskill, James of New 

 York; Samuel of Cincinnati, Ohio ; Daniel, Mary, who mar. Medad Raymond; 

 Anne Eliza and Hannah ; 2, Samuel, left William, who mar. 1st, Nancy Haws; 



2nd, Spock, and had Samuel of Peekskill; 3, Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1758; 



4, Mary Hannah, b. Sept. 1760 ; 5, Elizabeth, b. 8th July, 1765 ; 6, Martha. 



Bleecker. — Jan Jansen Bleecker, a native of Meppel in the Province of 

 Overyssel, Holland, came to New Amsterdam from Holland in 1658, and subse- 

 quently removed to Albany. He was one of the first aldermen named in the 

 charter of Albany, A. D. 1686 ; and mayor of that city in 1695, mar. Margaret 

 da. of Rutger Jacobsen, A. D. 1667. He d. ret. 91. They had eight children ; 

 1. John, Mayor of Albany in 1701, d. Sept. 1738, set 70, mar. Anna Coster, Oct. 

 1693 ; 2, Rutger, Recorder and Mayor of Albany, 1725, 6, 7, 8, d. Aug. 1756, 

 set. 82, mar. Catalina Schuyler, da. of David S. ; 3, Nicolas ; 4, Henry ; 5, 

 Catharine, mar. Abraham Cuyler ; 6, Jane, mar. John Glen ; 7, Margaret, mar. 

 Henry Ten Eyck ; S, Rachel. John, the eldest, left five sons, John, Henry, 



Nicolas, Jacob, and Anthony. John, eldest son of John, mar. 1st, Ten 



Eyck; 2d, Brees, their children were, 1, Jacob ; 2, John, d. Sept. 1747, 



mar. Gerritje van Schaick, and left John, mar. Van Allen, Sybrant and 



Jacob ; 3, Gertrude, mar. Abraham Wendell ; 4, Anne ; 5, Catharine. Henry, 

 2d son of John and Anna Coster, d. in the country of the Senecas. Nicolas, 3d 

 son, mar. Margaret Rooseboom, and left three sons, Henry, John, and Nicolas. 

 Henry, the eldest, mar. Catharina Cuyler, their children are Nicolas of Albany, 

 mar. Nettje Staats, Henry of Albany, mar. Elizabeth Metcalfe, Margaret, mar. 

 Hermanus Ten Eyck, and Catharine, mar. James van Ingen. John, second son 

 of Nicolas, d. 1S25, ret 87, mar. Margaret van Dusen, and left, 1, Henry S., of 

 Albany; 2, Nicolas, of Albany; 3, Jacob; 4, Eliza, mar. Jacob Brodhead; 5, 

 Harriet, mar. John Romeyn ; 6, Margaret, mar. John van Schaick. Jacob, 

 fourth son of John and Anna Coster, mar. Margaret Ten. Eyck, and left one son, 



lb r: nanus, who mar. Wendell, their sons are Jacob J. and Hermanus or 



Albany Anthony, fifth son of John and Anna Coster, d. without issue at Otse- 

 go. Rutger, second son of Jan Jansen, d. 1756, leaving two sons, John Rutger 

 and James, of New Rochelle, also a da. Margaret. John Rutger d A. D. 1800, 

 . mar. Elizabeth Staats da. of Barent S., and left, 1, Barent, of Albany 

 Sarah Lansing; 2, John, mar. 1st, Jane Gilliland; 2nd, Elizabeth van 

 Rensselaer, widow of John Schuyler. Their children were, 1, Eliza, mar. Grant 

 Powell ; 2, Charlotte, mar. Vinal Luce ; 3, Sarah ; 4, Stephen, d. 1826 ; 5, 



