[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] There his father, Frederick, married Margaret Dacres, sup-posed to have been a lady of good family from the parish of Dacre, in England. The son was born in Bolsward, Friesland, in 1626, and. 158 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY according to Bolton, came to New Netherland some time previously to 1(353, in which year lie was appointed one of the appraisers of the house and lot of Augustine Heermans, in New Amsterdam. His sur-name in Dutch was variously written Flypse, Flypsen, Vlypse, Ylyp-sen (meaning the son of Philip), which was anglicized into Philipse (pronounced Phillips). Whether he came to this country in 1 he pos-session of any comfortable amount of means is unknown; but it is certain that as a young man in New Amsterdam he began life in a humble capacity, working at the trade of carpenter. But soon em-barking in commerce, aud developing great shrewdness and money-getting ability, his fortunes rapidly improved. He made large profits" from transactions with the Indians and from the shipping business, and, having the tact and address to place himself on good terms with the government, he enjoyed from an early period valu-able special favors. From Stuyvesant he received grants to desir-able lands on Manhattan Island. There is little if any doubt that he was engaged in the slave trade and al