The daily gazette., 1879-11-10
The Bauards-Thetr ancestors
To the Editor of the Gazette:

To the Editor of the Gazette:
RESPECTED SIR As our citizens are
preparing to receive Thomas T. Bayard
upon his return from Europe, thought
it might not be out OF place TO give you
an account of the history OF the family,
which (reckonng from the MT lther's side)
have now, for four generations represent
ed Delaware ia the Senate fthe United
States.
The Bayards are descended from Petrus
Bay ard, who fed from France to Hol-
land during the times Of the religious
prosecutions. They are more than pro-
badly co-latered descendants Of the cele-
brated Chevalier Bayard. They could not
b. lineal as he (he Chevalier) was never
married. Petrus Bayard married An
nene Stuyvesant, a sister Of the celebra-
ted Peter Stuyvessant, the last Dutch
Governor OF New Netherlands. This New
Netherlands comprised all the lands be-
| tween the Delaware and Connecticut
Rive s, as we'll as the western shore Of
the former river. 1t consisted Of the
States of New York, New Jersey and
Delaware.
Stuyvesant himself married the wi
dow of Balthazar Bayard who was the
mother of Pc rus, his (Stuyvesant's)
brother-in-law,
Petrus (Peter in English) Bayard had
three sons variously named Balthazar, ,
Peter and Nicholas. One Of these
(Peter) joined the Labadists, q sect OF
christians who established themselves in
Delaware. Peter left New York and
came to this Slate where he purchased
Bombay Hook from Maeesit, an Indian
Sachem, for one gun, and some othel
matters, in 1875. From this Peter Bay
ard the Bayards Of Delaware are descend
ed. Bayard street in New York il
named after this family.
Amongst the most celebrated of thu
New York branch was Nicholas Bayard
He was a noted New York statesman il
his day, and was active In the execution
OF Jacob Leisler. He was afterward
tried for these proceedings but succeed
ed in getting acquitted. These event
occurred at the time William and Mar
were King and Queen of England, ant
G as Delaware was tfen part of the Brit
ish Empire, of C. urse they we're Kin
and Queen of Delaware.
RICHARD BAssErT,
the great grandfather of our present 9!
teen ed Senator Thona' +. Bayard, W,
q member of the Convention that torn
ed the onstitution of the United State
His colleagues from this State wei
George Read, Cunning Bedford, job
Dickinson, and Jacob Bromh. He WI
Presidential Elector from Delaware
1907, and with his colleagues, Thom'
Robinson and Isaac Cooper, cast the vo
of this State for John Adams, at the 8
Presidential election of the Unit
L States. He was also United States Sc
ator from Delaware from 1859 to 179
He was the first man to cast his vote f
the locating of the seat Of governme
/, on the Potomac. He was Chief Justi
of the United States Supreme Court al
Governor of Delaware from 1893 to 1S(
. He died in the month of September, 1S1
He left All only daughter who married
al JAMES A. BAYARD THE ELDER,
who was born in Pennsy ylvania in III
He was educated at Princeton Cole,
and graduated from that institution
1884. He studied law at Philadelpl
and commenced the practice in De
ware. In 1796 he was elected a rep
sentative to Congress for Delaware se
K ing from 1897 to 1901, when he was
pointed minister to France. In 1904
4 was elected by our Legislature to
Sena of the United States.
He continued to represent Delaws
in the Senate until he was appointed
= President Madison one of the Comm
, .ioners to negotiate a treaty of pc,
% with Great Britain. He embarked
q, the ship Neptune from New Castle
he the 9th of May, 1873, III company wi
I'D Albert Gallatin, one of his colleagu
70 70 The other, (Henry Clay0 going
h another vessel. They proceeded to
All Petersburg, but the Emperor of Rus
IL not being there, he (Bayard) proceed
by by to Ghent in company with his colleagu
ss- where they made the celebrated treat,
Ghent, which made peace between
M. III. and Great Britain, and thus ended vi
Or. is known as the war of 1872. At
ISL conclusion of this treaty, President M
. ison appointed him Ambassador to r
sia. On his way home, when at Pa
he was informed of his appointment
~ this office, bat he declined to accept
lie returned very sick to Wilmington
June, and died on the 9th of Aug
1915. He was the grandfather of Th'
as +. Bayard, our present U. s. Sena
JAMES A. BAYARD
? Is son of James A. Bayard the ell
"a He now resides at the corner of NJ
z and Market streets, n this city, resp
4 ed by all who know him, and who
\ intimately acquainted with his past
- tory. He is opposed to me in polt
sentiment; but l shall always est
him as politically and personally an
:, est and upright gentleman. He
born in Wilmington on the 10Th OF
yember 1893, and he will be there
so years old on Saturday next. He
nV elected United States Senator in 1856
OO the Democratic party. Previous to
election as member Of that body
had been nominated as Representa-
or to Congress, but his party being in
minority, he was defeated. In the
ate he was appointed Chairman of
judiciary Committee. He served in
ne bod, until 1868, when he was re-eleC
but resigned in 1864, and George j
Riddle was elected in his place. On
death of Mr.. Riddle, he was appoi
Ms Ms United States Senator by he Cove
Nv w in April, 1867. At the next sessio
- the Legislature they elected him tC
game nosiiion. lie was elected the