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of liberty. After the death of his father-in-law, (Mr. Anthony Rutgers,) 

 in 1746, he became the proprietor of that portion of the Rutger's estate 

 afterwards known as the " Lispenard Meadows," then in the outskirts 

 of the city, where he erected a handsome mansion and resided until his 

 death, which took place on the 14th of February, 1776. The following 

 notice of his demise appeared in the New York Journal and Weekly 

 Register for February 18, 1790: — 



"Died, on Sunday last, at his seat near this city, greatly lamented, 

 Leonard Lispenard, Esq." 



His remains were interred in the family vault in the rear of Trinity 

 church, New York, near the south-west corner of the present edifice, 

 where there is a white marble slab -bearing his name. Leonard Lispen- 

 ard had three children by his wife Elsie Rutgers, viz : Anthony, Leonard 

 and Cornelia. The latter married Thomas Marston, Feb. 5th, 1759. 

 Their daughter, Alice Marston, married Francis B. Winthrop, April 2 2d, 

 1779; Their grandsons are the present H. R. Winthrop and F. B. Win- 

 throp ; the latter of whom now resides at New Rochelle. The three 

 streets which were cut through the old " Lispenard Meadows," in New 

 York, viz : Lispenard, Leonard and Anthony, (now Worth,) derive 

 their names from the Lispenard family, which is now believed to be ex- 

 tinct in the male line. The old family mansion on Davenport's Neck, 

 formerly stood at the east end of the mill-pond. Upon the 17th of 

 April, 1724, we find the freeholders of New Rochelle granting to An- 

 thony Lispenard a portion of land situated on the Neck for the purpose 

 of erecting a grist mill. The mill was soon after erected on the east 

 side of the creek. Among the Lispenard papers occurs the following 

 receipt, for quit-rent, from Thomas Pell, brother of Joseph Pell, lord of 

 the manor of Pelham : — 



"New York, Dec. 20th day, 1742. 



"I have received of John Lispenard, the sum of £8, 5s, 2d, in full, for 

 84 bushels of wheat, 34 lbs. of butter, and 21 lbs. of cheese. Thos. Pell." 



The Lispenard cemetery is located on the south side of the Neck, 

 and contains several memorials to this familj 



In 1786 the Neck was purchased by Newbury Davenport, father of 

 the late proprietors, Lawrence and Newbury Davenport, Esq's. Bonne- 

 foy's or Bauffet's Point, situated on the north-east side of the Neck, has 

 been already alluded to as the landing place of the French Huguenots, 

 about 1689. A further interest is imparted to this locality, from its 

 being the spot upon which the first house in this town was erected by 

 the Huguenots, and held by them as common stock, the remains of 



