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tending to all the neighboring settlements and marts. Mr.
Edsall married a daughter of his neighbor Metje Wessells,
He built here a brick house about the year 1660, where he
afterward resided when his business did not call him into
foreign parts. Mr. Edsall lived in this city many years
after the period to which we now refer, and left descend¬
ants who have perpetuated his name to this day.

Joannes De Witt. Mr. De Witt, an eminent flour mer¬
chant and miller, had not been long a resident of this city
at the period to which we now refer. He died about the
year 1668, leaving a widow named Jannetie, who married
again in the year 1670, Matthias De Hart, a wealthy mer¬
chant of this city.

Jurien Jansen Van Auweryck, a cooper.

Herman Wessells, a son of Metje Wessells, and brother
of Warner Wessells, occupied the adjoining premises. He
died about the year 1668. His widow " Greetje," after¬
ward married Gerrit Huygen Deklyn.

Timotheus Gabry, commenced business in this city as
early as 1665, as agent for his brother Daniel, a merchant
in Amsterdam. He was a man of education, and filled
several civic offices. He was not as successful in his busi¬
ness affairs as some of his neighbors, but continued his
residence here until a very advanced age.

Metje Wessells, was the widow of an old citizen. She
kept one of the most respectable public houses in the city,
patronized by the magistrates on occasions of public
import. Her daughters married respectable merchants of
this city.

Paulus Richard was of French descent; his father resid¬
ing in France, but was concerned in some commercial rela¬
tions with Holland, which induced the settlement of his