He owned a country home at Kings Bridge Road, and a large tract of land at Canajoharie. He bought and sold land in the city, there being records of twenty-four parcels of land sold by himself or his executors. “Gaine died April 27, 1807, at the ripe age of eighty-one, and was buried in Trinity Churchyard. Two of his children had predeceased him, and three survived, as well as his second wife. His executors were his son-in-law, John Kemp, and his friends Richard Harrison and Daniel McCormick, the latter already referred to. His lines had not fallen in pleasant places during the Revolution and his abandonment of the patriot cause was never entirely forgiven, but as a business man his integrity was never questioned. “It is not my purpose to refer to Irish activity in the city during Revolutionary days, for that would be a field worthy of independent study and treatment. The roll of the martyrs of the _Jersey_ prison ship, for example, is studded with Irish names. Nor is it pertinent to our subject, for no pioneers came here then, as the tide of immigration practically stopped during the war, although it is worthy of note that Richard Montgomery, destined to undying fame, bought a farm at Kingsbridge in 1773, and had intended to make this city his home. He was born at Swords, near Feltrim, Ireland. Like nearly all the Irish of New York, he did not hesitate a moment before casting his life and fortune into the balance when the call to arms came.