that fraternity, and great correspondence ensued between the different governments, before her release could be effected.

1668. GULEYN VER PLANK, of New York, to HENDRICKJE WESSELS, of Aernham.

Mr. V. was, for many years, one of the gay boys of the town. Born in this city, he received a good education, and was a clerk for one of the leading merchants. His associations were, therefore, such as to make him a desirable companion at a tea party of young folks. It is to be regretted that the young ladies who based their faith on his promises, in several instances, found, to their disgrace, that their confidence was misplaced. He was at last caught, however, by the superior address or beauty of the daughter of Madame Wessels, the keeper of the City Tavern. Mr. V. became a leading merchant and citizen.

1671. ANDRIES TELLER, of Albany, to SOPHIA VAN CORTLAND, of New York.

This marriage united two of the leading families of those cities.

1671. STEPHANUS VAN CORTLAND, of New York, to GEERTRUYD SCHUYLER, of Albany.

The same remark may be applied to this marriage as to the last quoted. Mr. V. C. became Mayor of New York, and a distinguished member of the Colonial Government.

1672. NICHOLAS WILLIAM STUYVESANT, of New York, to MARIA BEEKMAN, of the same place.

The groom was the son of the Governor, and the bri le the daughter of William Beekman.

1674. GABRIEL MINVIELLE, of Bordeaux, to JUDITH VAN BEECK, of New Willemstadt.

Mr. M. was a leading merchant, of French extraction, in the city. He subsequently became Mayor (in 1684).

1675. FRANCOIS ROMBOUTS, of Burgundy, to ANN ELIZA MASCHOP, widow.

This gentleman also became Mayor (in 1679). It would seem to have been the policy of the English, in the selection of their magistrates, to occasionally introduce foreigners into the principal places

of trust, and thus, without too glaringly bringing a sense of subjugation to the minds of the inhabitants, habituate them to the facts incident to a new regime.

1672. NICHOLAS WILLIAM STUYVESANT to MARIA BEEKMAN. Mr. S. was son of the Governor, and the bride was daughter of William Beekman, one of the leading citizens of that day. He married a second time, in 1681, to Elizabeth Schlechtenhorst.

1674. GABRIEL MINVIELLE, born at Bordeaux, France, to JUDITH VAN BEECK. Mr. M. was at this period the leading merchant in the fur trade with the Canadas, then a profitable branch of business. He was Mayor in 1684.

1675. FRANCOIS ROMBOUTS, of France, to ANN E. MASCHOP, a widow. Mr. R. was also a French merchant, one of the early settlers in New Amsterdam. He was Mayor in 1679. He became a widower, and in 1683 married Helena Teller.

1675. JOHN DERVALL to CATHARINA VAN CORTLAND. Mr. D. was a leading young merchant, and the bride was the daughter of the old Burgomaster Van Cortland.

1680. PETER DELANOY, of Harlem, to Widow BEDLOW. Mr. D. was a merchant, and became prominent as a politician on the side of Leisler, in 1689. In that year he was Mayor of the city.

1682. JAN VINJE, widower, to WIESJE HUYTS, widow. Mr. V. was in the times of the Dutch a Schepen, and a man of considerable local distinction. He was one of the heirs of the Damen farm, lying above Wall street, and lived on the property, where he had a brewery.

1682. BRANDT SCHUYLER, of New Albany, to CORNELIA VAN CORTLAND, of New York.

This was one of the aristocratic marriages between members of the leading families in this city and Albany, of the old Dutch stock. Mr. S. was an enterprising trader, and became a conspicuous character in the public affairs of his time. He resided in this city, and served as Alderman for a number of years.

1684. RIP VAN DAM, of Albany, to SARA VANDERSPEIGLE, of New York.

Mr. Van Dam was at that period a young merchant in this city,

and the bride was the daughter of a baker, of some property. He was for many years one of the most noted men of the day, and conspicuous for his liberal tendencies in politics. It has been thought that, as the head of that party in the middle of the last century, he contributed in a great degree to the production of that sentiment in the public mind, in this vicinity, which gradually brought about the Revolutionary war.

1684. VINCENT DELAMONTAGNIE to ARRANTJE JANS. Mr. D. was notable from the extraordinary age to which he lived, viz., one hundred and sixteen years. He was descended from one of the earliest and most respectable settlers, and from him all of the name in this section are descended.