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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
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De Lancey, ÉTienne 1663-1741
Merchant; born in Caen, France, Oct. 24, 1663; fled to Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes; and went thence to England and became a British subject.
He landed in New York, June 7, 1686; became a merchant and amassed a large fortune; and was at all times a publicspirited citizen.
In 1700 he built the De Lancey house, which subsequently became known as the Queen's head and Fraunce's Tavern.
In the large room, originally Mrs. De Lancey's drawing-room, Washington bade farewell to the officers of the Army of the Revolution.
He died in New York City, Nov. 18, 1741