[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] 266 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY sition until 1755, serving-so acceptably that when another vacancy occurred in 1757 the home government permitted him to practically succeed to the full dignity of governor, having decided to make no new appointment to the place during his lifetime. Thus de Lancey was the first native American to serve regularly as governor of the Province of New York, as his grandfather, Stephanas Van Cortlandt, was the first to hold the office of mayor of New York City. He died on the 30th of July, 1700, being at that time both governor and chief justice of New York. Governor de Lancey had three sons who grew up — James, Stephen, and John Peter. James was prominent politically after his father's death until the devolution, and then became a Tory; he married a daughter of Chief Justice William Allen, of Pennsylvania; two of his sons were officers in the British military and naval service. Stephen received from his father as a gift what is now the Town of North Salem in this county (which came to the elder de Lancey as his share in the Manor of Cortlandt). It was under his land sales that that toAvn was settled. He built a large double dwelling, later con-verted into the North Salem Academy, where many distinguished men (including Governor Daniel D. Tompkins and Chancellor Kent) have been educated. John Peter was the ancestor of the Mamaroneck de Lanceys.