History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 117 (part 2)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] He was a member of the general assembly for many years, was a vestryman of Trinity Church in New York, and was noted for his public-spirited interest in the concerns of the city. He was a warm friend of the Huguenots of New Rochelle. In 1700 he married Ann, second daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt. James de Lancey, the future chief justice and governor, was their eldest son, born in New York City, November 27, 1703. James was educated at the University of Cambridge, England. In 1729 he was appointed a member of the governor's council, succeed-ing John Barberie, who was his uncle by marriage. In 1731 he was made an associate justice of the Supreme Court, and in 1733, at the ago of thirty, was promoted to the chief justiceship. Whatever may have been the determining reasons for his support of Governor Cosby THE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES 265