. Leslie's history of the greater New York . nizing liis]»resent firm. He has especiallydevoted himself to the departmentembracing maritime and admiraltylaw, including the steamshi]) andmarine insurance business. He isVice-President of the Sigma Phi Society, of New York City, and is one of the charter members of theHolland Society. He is a Vestryman of Grace Church, a trustee ofthe Brooklyn Hospital, a director of the Long Island Historical So-ciety, and a manager of the Church Charity Foundation of the Dio-cese of Long Island. He is a member of the University. Grolier. andSigma Phi clubs, and
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . nizing liis]»resent firm. He has especiallydevoted himself to the departmentembracing maritime and admiraltylaw, including the steamshi]) andmarine insurance business. He isVice-President of the Sigma Phi Society, of New York City, and is one of the charter members of theHolland Society. He is a Vestryman of Grace Church, a trustee ofthe Brooklyn Hospital, a director of the Long Island Historical So-ciety, and a manager of the Church Charity Foundation of the Dio-cese of Long Island. He is a member of the University. Grolier. andSigma Phi clubs, and the Downtown Association of New York City,and the Hamilton. Civic, and Church clubs of Brooklyn. He was bornat Seneca Falls. N. November 25, 18-19. the son of Edward Slyu-derse and Lilias Muir. The first American ancestor on the paternalside came from Holland in Kill), and settled at Albany. The grand-father of Mr. Mynderse, after whom he was named, was born in Al-bany in 17<)7. He acquired a large tract of land, with water WILHELMUS MYNDERSE. 298 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. (lu the Seueea River, aud in 1800 became tlie founder of the town ofSeneca Falls. He married Jane Van Cleef. BRADBHAW, CHARLES, was born in Brooklyn, X. May 18,1854. the son of Hamilton B. Bradshaw, a lawyer, and Caroline He was educated in private schools in Brooklyn and underprivate tutors, studied la^^? in his fathers office and at the ColumbiaCollei^e Law School, and since his admission to the bar has beeneniiaLied in ,ueneral practice in Brooklyn. His paternal ancestorscame to America from County Antrim, Ireland, in 1715. They de-scended from Uchtred, a Saxon Tliane of Lancashire, England, who,under the name of de Bi-adsha\v was invested with otTfic(- and estatesby AVilliam the Conqueror. The maternal ancestors came from Suf-folk (ounty, Enjiland, to America in 1030. ilr. Bradshaw married,first, Elsie A. Lisht, and, second, Daisy Furbish. His children areJohn, Alice,
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