Barclays of New York

Records in London. 51
whether the fifty pounds per annum formerly allow'd to the Rev. Mr.
Barclay by the Crown be still continued and paid to him."
"21st August 1724: The Secretary acquainted the Board that in pursu-
ance of the Order at last Meeting he has made enquiry and finds that
the salary of Fifty pounds p. annum formerly allowed to the Rev. Mr.
Barclay by the Crown is still continued and paid to him."
That Mr. Barclay was living as late as July 7, 1725, is evi-
dent from a letter written from New York under that date to
the Bishop of London by W- Bennett, already referred to, in
which he said:
"Mr. Barclay, the minister of the English Church at Albany in this
Province, had the mistfortune to lose his senses about four years ago
and continues yet in the same unhappy condition. His congregation have
waited this long in hopes of his recovery but finding no reason to expect
it they are now very desirous of a missionary.'^ 8 )
Whether or not Mr. Barclay was living as late as 1726 may
or may not be inferred from the following extract from the
Journal of the General Assembly of New York:
"October 28, 1726
Afternoon Session
"The Deputy Clerk of the Council, laid before this House, the Peti-
tion of Anna Dorothy Barclay of the City of Albany, to His Excellency,
the Council, and the General Assembly setting forth,
"That by Order of the Lord Combury, the Commissioners of Indian
Affairs placed Michael, the Son of Montour, an Indian (who was sent
to fetch and bring far Indians to Albany) at Mr Barclay's house, where
he was maintained and provided for from the 15th of August, 1708, until
the nth of March, 1712/13 ;
"Praying it may be taken into Consideration so as that she may be
satisfied for the same,
"Which, having been read in Council, was ordered to be carried to
this House, and acquaint them that the Demand of the Petitioner ap-
peared to His Excellency and Council to be just, and therefore was
recommended by His Excellency, to make provision for satisfying the
said Demand ;
And the same being read, it was
Ordered, That the said Petition lie on the Table."
Rev. Thomas Barclay had (subsequently to his arrival in
Albany in 1708) married Anna Dorothea, daughter of Captain 9
Andries Drauyer (a Dane by birth, serving in the Navy of the
Dutch), and Gerritje Van Schaick, his wife. It is here, possibly,
that the name "Van Schaick" found its way into the family tradi-
°In the Annals of Albany, Annals of Schenectady, etc., he is described as
Captain Drauyer, although some publications have called him Admiral. The former
rank seems the more probable.