4. Catharine Van Wyck, bap. Dec. 5, 1742 ; m. Rev. John Mason, from Scotland; came to New York in June, 1761, and became pastor of the Cedar Street Scotch Presbyterian Church ; was distinguished for his learning, and regarded as one of the most accomplished preachers of his day. He was banished from the city during the Revolution, the greater part of which time he was Chaplain to the American Garrison at West Point ; his first wife, Catharine Van Wyck, "was a woman of solid understanding and solid piety;" she d. June 3r, 1784.
He m. 2d, Sarah Van Alstyne, by whom he had no issue ; she survived him many years.
He d. April 19, 1792. Issue, nine children, of whom only three lived to maturity, as follows : ...