Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution ...

Fort Washington, November 16th 1776

Ceremony of receiving, blessing and pouring upon the grave of Etienne Nicolas Marie Béchet, sieur de Rochefontaine, later known as Lieut. Col. Stephen Rochefontaine, earth from his native city of Ay, France, and water from the neighboring river Marne, under the auspices of the Sons of the American Revolution, New York Chapter