604 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



from that country. From which part of France this individual came it 

 is now impossible to say ; he might have been related in some way to 

 the Sieur deBonrepos, "a French calvinistic officer," who accompanied 

 the Canadian expedition in its descent on New York between the months 

 of November, 1689, and November, 1690/ 1 whose family were originally 

 Seigneurs de Bonrepos. ^ 



The name of Bonrepos, as pastor of the church in New Rochelle, ap- 

 pears in the following letter to Governor Leisler : 



[translation.] 



N. Rochelle, 20 Octob., 1G90. 

 Sir : — I have too much respect for your orders not to execute them punctually, 

 so that pursuant to what you did rne the honour lately to give me, I spoke to the 

 principals of this New Colony about the nomination of some persons for the 

 vacant office of Justice of the Peace ; but as tbe condition you require — that is a 

 knowledge of the English tongue — has precluded them from making the election 

 of two or three according to your order, they cannot pitch upon any except Mr. 

 Strang, saving your approbation which, if you will have tbe goodness to accord 

 them, you will obbge them infinitely. Mr. Pinton has also delivered me, this 

 day, an order to be communicated to the s d inhabitants relative to the election 

 and nomination of Assessors, Collectors, and Commissaries, for levying, im- 

 posing and receiving taxes for his Majesty's service. Tbe time is very short, 

 since it is the twenty-seventh inst., they must be at Westchester; but they look 

 for some forbearance and delay from your goodness in case, notwithstanding 

 their diligence, they may not be able punctually to answer. It is not through any 

 unwillingness to exert themselves to meet it, but you know their strength as Avell 

 as I. Notwithstanding, despite their poverty and misery, they will never lack in 

 submission to tbe orders on behalf of his Majesty, both for the public good and 

 Interest. This they protested to me, and I pray you to be persuaded thereof. I 

 am with respect, and I pray God for your prosperity, Sir, 



Your very humble and very obedient servant, 



D. BONREPOS, 

 Address, a Monsieur, Pastor of this French Golxmy. 



MONEIEUR DE LEI8LAE, 



Lieut. Gouverneur pour le 

 Roy d'Angleterre, du fort, 

 William a la Nole York.c 



Nothing is known in regard to the Rev. David Bonrepos' ministry or 

 character. He must have resigned his charge here in 1694, for the 

 Rev. John Miller describing the Province of New York in 1695, says: 

 " There is a meeting-house at Richmond, (Staten Island,) of which Dr. 

 Bonrepos is the minister." Upon the 9th day of March 1696, "David 



a Doc. Tlist. N. Y. vol. i. p. 298. 



b la 1400 Jean de la Baume appears as Seigneur de Bonrepos and de Valusin, voyez tome 

 vij de cette histolre, p. 45, 420, Tom viij. 

 c Doc. Hist. N. Y., vol. ii., p. 304. 



