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and her husband in 1787. He is described as ‘‘a very worthy 
good Scotsman” and for some years before the Revolutionary 
War one of the chief and fashionable practitioners of medicine, 
“distinguished for his abilities and knowledge”? in New York 
City and vicinity. He was one of the founders of the St. 
Andrew’s Society of the State of New York, formed in 1756 
of Scotchmen by birth or descent for social and charitable pur- 
poses. He acted as an “assistant” (manager) of the Society in 
1756 and as vice-president in 1757. * 
After 1759 Jane’s name does not appear to be mentioned in her 
father’s correspondence, nor can any reference to her marriage 
be found there. Her place of burial is unknown. 
Governor Colden died on Long Island, September 20, 1779, 
aged over eighty-eight years, and was buried in the private 
burying-ground on the Willett farm, “Spring Hill,” that he pur- 
chased in 1762 and where he spent the last years of his life. 
This property had been deeded by the governor before his death 
to his son David, but owing to the latter’s loyalty to the Crown 
it was confiscated in 1779 and passed into other hands. At the 
present time, Governor Colden’s farm lies within the limits of 
Cedar Grove Cemetery in the Borough of Queens, and the 
ancient burying-place is still extant. Though fallen into decay, 
it has not been disturbed and is to be preserved in its present 
condition. Numerous rough stones, bearing the names of mem- 
bers of the Willett family are dated from 1722 to 1797, and local 
authorities relate that there is a stone with a Colden name on It 
there, but owing to the heavy snowdrifts at the time of writing, 
this could not be verified, and does not agree with descriptions 
of the spot made in 1873.+ Governor Colden’s fine old mansion 
is now the office of the cemetery, and is said to have been but 
little altered in recent years. 
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* For some of these details, I am indebted to Mr. George Austin Morrison Jes 
Secretary of the Saint Andrew’s Society. 
+ Purple, Genealogical Notes, 9. 
