Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . ldr. and exh. ; rem. by c, 1835, and returned;d. 1850.—**Mercein, Andrew; his parents were Swiss Hu-guenots, who came to this country in 1753, and j. the settlement in New Rochelle, N. Y Therehe was b. in 1763. The father, awatch-maker, with mother andchild, moved to the city of , where shortly afterward hed. A young lad, living with hismother, and she a foreigner, An-drew remained in the city duringits occupancy by the British, buthe steadf
Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . ldr. and exh. ; rem. by c, 1835, and returned;d. 1850.—**Mercein, Andrew; his parents were Swiss Hu-guenots, who came to this country in 1753, and j. the settlement in New Rochelle, N. Y Therehe was b. in 1763. The father, awatch-maker, with mother andchild, moved to the city of , where shortly afterward hed. A young lad, living with hismother, and she a foreigner, An-drew remained in the city duringits occupancy by the British, buthe steadfastly refused to enlist intheir cause. When about 16 age, he was seized by a press-garm, and carried to a vessel which\fp .W^f^ waskept in the Hudson R. to re-ceive recruits, and he escapedANDREW MERCEIK dunng the night by svvimming to the shore, unhurt by the shots that were fired after him. Hewas otherwise connected with the thrilling events of the 1780, previous to the evacuation, he was mar., at the ageof 17, to Elizabeth Royce—a most happy union of 50 yrs con-tinuance. He j. old John-st. ch. in 1786, and while serving. 464 Old Sands Street Church. as a trus. and cl. ldr. there, he aided in the erection of theForsyth-st., Duane-st., and Bowery Village chs. He wassuccessfully engaged in the cracker-baking business for manyyrs. Before 1798 he purchased a country residence in New-town, L. I. In this hospitable retreat many a weary itinerantfound repose. Jesse Lee records of his brother John, that onSaturday, June 23, 1798, he started with Dr. Phoebus for L. I.,but after crossing the ferry they had traveled but a short distanceon the island before he began to raise blood by the doctor bled him, and, after resting a little, they went on inthe chaise to Bro. Mercein s, in Newtown. [Life of Lee, ] There Lee was attacked with a violent hemorrhage, andin the presence of his bro. Jesse, who came to visit him, hemade his will. By careful nursing he
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